ah yes. why? because no one should have to flee. make up your own mind. d. w. made for mines. ah ah ah, this is dw news lie from berlin, a christmas break with tradition, as the war rages on many ukrainians mark christmas earlier than usual to distance themselves from moscow's orthodox doctrine. our correspondent visits a community in boucher near keith. we've been putting their own traditions,

centers also coming up more than 2000 people a did from a visa, christmas storm in north america. we'll have more on of cale shortly from washington. ah, i'm jared right. thank you for your company or start the show in boucher outside of keith, which is a city that bore the brunt of rushes, initial invasion for survivors of alleged war crimes. their christmas is especially difficult. it's different in another way this year to with the holiday happening now instead of in early january, her russian orthodox tradition. it's a grey and rainy christmas day in butcher and residents who have come back to the city after rush. an occupation will not celebrate as usual. i wasn't really in the

mood to celebrate christmas, but now that the lights are back on in our apartment, my mood is lifted. lot movable. he already to celebrate, but this year it's only going to be the small family circle with rosie. what is the loss of? i'm not really in the mood for christmas. the sierra logistics morale tried to create special moments for the children premium online. this year they survived the west, but butch, i residence are unbroken to night. the articles students will perform at the concerts. and sasha, a young musician, is proudly wearing his bishop vanka, ukraine's traditional outfit. i wanna wear my voice, she banker, i feel very ukrainian. i feel that ukrainian this ukrainian culture is very rich. i feel very proud to be born in that same day in butch as art center. hundreds gathered for a few hours of pure joy. sasha, who hopes to become a professional pianist bring some magic on stage. ah.

2 your full muscle amusement was little cordially the wall. it's about what is really important. growing every day we must prove to our defenders on the front line that we support them. margin that ukrainian traditions can be destroyed by the enemy chim lum, livery quality and leave recording. you fear your keep what organ little be awarded . hey, the rated from the russian occupiers. butch us years hardly showcases ukrainian culture. it was of us chaos, giving them all we had a very difficult 6 months preparing for this show on the shelters without light, who we continued because we wanted to show our skills today was look a lot, especially during the war a con said like this is important the children of boucher also received presents from the city's foreign supporters bringing much needed relief after

a difficulty. ah. well d w a manual shot filed that report you just saw earlier. she told us how people in ukraine are embracing the change from orthodox christmas. well, the chair of course, is very particular for ukrainians. a certain i didn't expect to leave christmas in such conditions. and these came with a big change in order to defend themselves from, from russia. they, a lot of them don't celebrate old off christmas anymore. and you can see behind me, as the key of christmas tree, eliminated all the colors with the color of the coin. you thought there's also a lot of people here who are writing today rather than celebrating on the 7th of january. i've talked to some people on the saw, found a good compromise and also for older generations. they, we celebrates today christmas we spread any media to family and then we have another celebration of the week, a grand parents, for example,

on the 7th of january. but they really want to make a point that the series that difference and that they identify mo, most with western culture, rather than me. russian culture, emmanuel shops, there will german president, fuzzy stein, maya has used his annual christmas day address to call for a fair piece in ukraine. the speech also includes a thank you to the people of germany who helped others this. you leave the mit though. this she is address my president stein mile focuses on what he calls the brutal russian attack against ukraine. he speaks of the suffering of people forced to flee their homeland and spells out that what every one is longing for most is peace. other, these are free. there is not an issue, however, this piece is not yet within reach toughly design. and it must be a fair piece of the lawn which neither rewards the land grab alpine nor abandons people. ukraine to the arbitrary actions and violence of their occupiers lead. i'm

qian can until this piece can be established and it is a humanitarian imperative that we stand by. those were being attacked, threatened and oppressed. by doing this, we are shining a light of hope in the darkness of injustice. there half know the president talks of the welcome that refugees from ukraine received when they came to germany. and he praises the solidarity shown by many ordinary germans towards the new arrivals. and frankly, his vault a friendly word line, a small gesture of kindness understanding for others of openness towards strangers . you've offended shine. my also refers to the continuing threat from climate change after a year in which activists have made headlines with controversial protests. he calls on every one to face up to the problem and praises the commitment of concerned young people. they have all been done by this for we need both got the ambition of

the young and the experience of older people, the other after all minds that we all share. a common goal as to do that the young are not the last generation on this planet. and rather that they are the 1st generation in a climate friendly world. despite immense challenges, the president says germans have shown creativity and resolve. building on those virtues. people should look forward with confidence to the year ahead. tills, american, our way authorities say at least 30 people have now died due to the extreme weather event. sweeping the u. s. in canada, nearly 2000000 homes and businesses of suffered from power outages and countless holiday makers of found themselves stranded. a christmas day where progress was slow and frustrating. here in new york state to cause slipping and sliding in slow motion plows on the roads trying to clear a path through the snow. but many only scratching the surface the state governor

urging people to stay home. i cannot overstate how dangerous the conditions still are. we need people to stay off the roads. yes, one more day. i know it's christmas. i know how hard it is. you came off of a couple of years of being separated during the pandemic. it's heartbreaking. some of those he wanted to leave our homes. couldn't even get our front door. okay, well that was a colossal waste of time. this is how furry made it out. the snow is so thick and heavy. there. you can't. you can't even get through it. snow has been piling up from coast to coast with freezing winds, sending temperatures plunging well below 0. across the border in canada, travelers are also battling the elements. those going by train from ottawa, arrived at the station to find their journey is cancelled for some for lucas went back into the taxi of his vo. don't know how to get home. fortunately,

j cancel for today. so just trying to get back her holidays. i'm waiting for you go to stay there for a day just to go back across north america. the winter weather has knocked out power, leaving millions cold and in the dark forecasters save a deep freeze will stick around for christmas before return to calmer conditions from monday or some one is heather busy few days is our next guest meteorologist matthew compute. she in washington dc mathy. hi there, good to see you. it's, it's quite difficult to describe a storm of this scale and intensity. what's the latest on its progress through canada or in the u. s? it's really is. so this one was a bomb cycle and essentially a low pressure system back and be in so much air towards the middle. there was an out, know, it's sucking in more coal there from behind,

which is why temperatures are essentially we have to drive to minus 40 celsius. now the issue, you know, is boldly canada is that the goal here is coming in the back side, which is pushing down like here in ontario, thinking moisture from the legs in the policy it as a form, as a very heavy snowball in the vicinity of buffalo new york, which is why 130 centimeters of snow ball. again, very prolific snow falls rolls around like one to 3 centimeters and a blizzard conditions like these. busy with just 90 kilometers per hour. okay, is there more bad weather to come or is the worst behind us? no. worse for the most part listen to behind us. i think the system is finally pulling into canada no more for us in the united states. but the other issue is how why the system is about 1600 kilometers wide, which is why just the winds are so prevalent this result about 4000 why speaking. so roughly 1500000 people in the u. s. without power dirty people dead. and the issues for travel have just really been cascading by lisa. so my both been unable

to show her christmas holiday and many other holidays. well, matthew, i'm just interested to know your point of view about the causes of this storm. how much of this can we pin on things like climate change? i think that's a really tough thing to say. so these sort of storms, these middle attitude like loans, tend to feet, are something called barrack lunacy. yours actually you change in temperature with distance over a short distance of the volume levels. are there something we tend to senior, the gulf stream or a warm current of water on the eastern seaboard? so we typically see these things off the east coast. united states. very rarely do see them over the great lakes, especially in december. so to see something like this is not necessarily time the climate change is more random, but is a rare nonetheless. that said, there are size of the gen 3 and the upper level curve that wins the upper atmosphere is becoming more little the way the things, the climate change. and then maybe something that may have been tied to the development of the system. so again, kind of varies need to spurious lays,

but catch up to connect or girls a sort of, you know, if there was to be a connection would be that i'll be an unlike. ok, matthew can peachy in washington. d. c. them after you. thanks very much. then you will pipe francis has delivered his annual christmas. di address to worship is at st. peter's priscilla kane rhyme. this he is speech focused on conflict and war around the world, and particularly in ukraine of christmas, overshadowed by the conflict in ukraine. ah, francis tens of the horrors of war and the destruction caused by 10 months of fighting and makes an appeal for peace. nurses laross, let us see the faces of our ukrainian remiss and sisters the day before we were celebrating christmas in the dark and cold or far from their homes. i may, the lord inspire as to offer solidarity to those who are suffering only

a may he enlightened rose. you have a power to silence for weapons here and put an immediate end to this war. i wish that whoever incense arca francis drew attention to other war zones around the world no longer had lives for just celia and yemen. he delivered his traditional or be it, or be blessing the palaces gathered on saint peter's square. but it is she, li, his me to sent this in. the was his magnificent army. it was a message of hope and beef for the faithful. at christmas while the nutcracker, ballet has long been part of the holiday season across the world. but because russian composer pure church i kosky is behind this quintessential christmas classic, some companies are choosing to port a pause performances of this ballet. we have more or now from poland. it's

a fairy tale ballet we're toys come to life on christmas eve. and it's one of poems, beloved holiday traditions. but this year there won't be any performances of the nutcracker in the national opera. because the composer tchaikovsky is russian. something belly fence here, agree with the roger. or if you take into account how the russians are waging this war, also killing people, then you need to make hard decisions like some of the values, not to sign up or the most likely through the letters. the letter of the nutcracker isn't on the bill. instead, they're performing don quixote polls minister of culture encourage polls, turned their backs on russians in a gesture of solidarity after russian. they did ukraine, most of bones. national leaders are taking part in the boy content, but the move is controversial. yes, them school and those gorgeous share. a pop said you boy caught, i can understand and i support a boycott of artists and actors that would earn profit for the russian state bird

of bits. normal price was his kimball that option as you are. but i support urbana literary and musical works that glorify russia lot that out skewed that a matter of getting a jackie mos, it's nick drama, will be glad if he coach with the nutcracker from chikavsky. many polls want to see despite russia's war, but not in the national feeder. instead, smaller companies are offering the ballet with the cleaning performers ticking over the stage. here, up to date, our documentary series is up next on d. w with the celebration of the work of architect donnelly was kids. i'm jarred raid in berlin stated ah ah, what do you say what you get for $0.50 or $0.50? ah no.