[000:00:00;00] ah ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin. russia says dozens of its soldiers have been killed in a ukrainian ass strike. the criminal confirmed the attack on barracks and russian occupied easton ukraine. the cave claims the death toll is much higher. also coming up, we joined

a team of paramedics risking their lives to save ukrainian soldiers on the eastern front. and brazil says good bye to football legend, pele, thousands of fab pay their last respects. at his home town stadium, brazil's new president will attend the funeral. later today ah, i monica buchanan, thank so much for joining us. rushes defense ministry says 63 of its soldiers have been killed in ukraine. now this is a rat kremlin admission of military casualties in this war. ukraine says it launched the strike on a russian occupied area of the eastern done yet screeching on music. there's not much left of this building once used by the russian army and mc keith come.

ukrainian forces attacked the site in the russian occupied city after noticing a cluster of my ball fain signals. the russian defense ministry confirmed the attack for the 1st time in a long time admitted significant losses, regretted, but as an edge of the $63.00 russian soldiers were killed as a result of fall miss, i'll strike at a temporary deployment point here. this is one of the relatives and friends of the dead soldiers, one of being provided with all the necessary assistance and support it by the author. ukraine reckons the number of casualties is much higher. the ukrainian armed forces estimates that full 100 soldiers lost their lives. but if it better, only 31st of december in the settlement of mc, keith k, internet's up to 10 units of enemy military equipment of various types were destroyed and damaged or with the losses of personnel. of the occupies is still being determined while you will push neuter. on sunday night, russia again attacked ukraine with a rainy combat,

drones ukrainian sources. st. 41 of the pilot las aircraft will shut down by anti aircraft missiles. mileage we have information that russia is planning a prolonged attack using shad drones. it's probably banking on exhaustion. exhausting. are actually around to aircraft. offense is our energy, but we actually do everything. so that the terrorists feel and they're eam as all the others are failed now or well, yes, she each he is. may i be tele glitched? i said that while there have been some damage to energy infrastructure, no one had been killed. i asked al, corresponding in tea vermin, gunter and co, why russia acknowledged these casualties after the strike and maquida when it normally wouldn't. lessing, there are 2 possible reasons. one is there must have been a lot of witnesses, so you cannot hide it. and the 2nd, which is more important, i think, is that a russian war bloggers so called war bloggers, ers,

or people who are observing this war supporting this war. some of them are affiliating affiliated with russian officials, official own agencies. they have criticized russian officers responsible for deploying troops in that early school in mcgiff carbide and asked. and the criticism was very, very harsh. so they were enraged, enraged and em. i think that reminded me of the situation in have san in september when there was a totally unexpected for the russian side. ukrainian counter of fancy which led to the liberation of large parts of the hockey if origin in the north of ukraine. and after that, there was a change in command and russia and a, there was also a change of a public strategy. so russian started russia, started admitting its losses because, or probably i think they, they, they saw that when they try to hide it. they also undermine and the trust in the russian army and a distrust was badly damaged in mckee of car, she said the kremlin is admitting casualties, but there is

a significant difference in the number of deaths quoted by each side. isn't there? russia is saying 63 died while ukraine says hundreds of soldiers were killed to wit, which number is likely to be closer to the truth? well, it is difficult to verify the numbers, but i think that the ukrainian numbers might be, might be somewhere closer to the truth. i think that the russian numbers are too low and there is or an explanation to that. that's cool. when you look at the pictures, when it was i, when it was still there, and it will, it is very big. there are a lot of rooms there are for, for russian soldiers. what would be an deploy of beautiful have been deployed there . and also the moment itself, it was the new year's eve, people were celebrating members, people from, from other places, came there to celebrate to drink, to cheer, to listen, to vladimir, put into speech, and then moments after that they were killed. so it was, it was the exact time the ukrainians calculated. well, it will be been

a lot of russian soldiers there. and this is exactly what happened. that is why i think there must have must be more casualties than the russian figures are. tell us . did havanese ran encountering care reporting from t if thank you so much for that. now, russia's escalating drone and missile strikes on civilian targets in recent weeks has been accompanied by continuing trench warfare on the front lines the months now russia has focused on taking back root in the eastern dumbass region. the city has seen some of the most intense facing of the war. these images from the ukranian national guard show the result of the russian onslaught. much of the fighting is trench warfare and the front line rarely moves in either direction. shelling is causing heavy losses on both sides. the soldiers, a pin, down in known locations. d w's mac xander joined

a medical evacuation team saving lives on the eastern front. sheeting deaf at high speed. when taking the injured from ukrainian front lines on every 2nd countess. the glare has those tell me when you put your foot down, andrey, i'm flying around. back here near me. they call her call. it means little wonder. she isn't told, but few can match her combat medic experience. she's working on a soldier who's vehicle was involved in an explosion because she was this the ricochet. though we hid among the driver through me to the left and i saw everything he was thrown over the top. i had a plugs in under helmerson. i hit my head and i got hit in the chest mill. hello sir. oh,

lumen the soldier will most likely fully recover. his driver is dead. his lunch at this, and this is from a little warrenton, so we have some other things to take care of. it, do you have children with why do we did the 2? 0, we went to the set. it must be 3 more. he might be in an ambulance on the way to hospital, but his mind is still on the front collision with them. everyone thought that we will break, but in fact we stand and will continue to stand all these rates it only angus is more, it makes everyone stronger. it's been a grim day. wouldn't those a desk a day to day and very difficult day get the enemy, the russian aggressor will not come down for a while? and unless he sees the advantage is anal site and fights harder and harder. usa,

however, i am desperate because today which unfortunately we had 20, but last 3 of that out. the live isn't the wife of the of the more oh, finding the strength to face. what is coming out of the bottom? what area? oh, for some of the hospitallers voluntary combat, medics. faith is part of the answer. clahar converted to islam while working with muslim volunteers in the field. after hostilities began in 2014, she says she only fears god. but the job takes its toll. does she a by chiller, what i have seen includes deaths and civil lemming opened heads and stomachs. is that i put a barrier in front of me so to speak and wasn't there. he is wounded at that, but i work with him virtually. and if i give up love and how will that help him in the me almost. so i hold on the coaching them yet that i have 2 nephews at home when i'm exhausted here. bailey, on my feet, and then i have

a rotation though. i go home and seeing these nephews and other children fixes everything. we that can be fixed, did they do us the new ones that could avoid social wasn't but ulysses. she has to return to the frocks, even though it's been quiet for a few days. she knew rain and low cloud have created poor conditions for artillery and drums. but in the distance, cal and fire, the weather has changed, and the next evacuation call may just be moments away. here in germany, russia's warren ukraine and its economic fall out is likely to stay top of the political agenda in 2023, chancellor will have shouts as government has already pushed through relief packages to help offset rising energy prices for germans. it's feared the economic pinch could undermine public support and the government's ukraine. policies is d w

as chief political correspondent in a hazard with more. when spring 23 comes, the 1st big question will be did the german government do enough to get germans through this winter? ok, as chancellor shows promised, people do consume more gas and electricity when it's cold. after all. will consumers and companies have been able to cope with a high energy prices and with inflation? and what about energy security? german chancellor will have so it was spent much of his secondary office trying to replace russian energy sources just like he did in his 1st year following rushes, large scale invasion of ukraine. but will that come at the detriment of the countries climate goals? which brings me to the 2nd big challenge of 2023 will have shorts, needs to keep the germans convinced that solidarity with ukraine has to continue for as long as it takes financial aid. humanitarian aids and

weapons will continue this support for as long as it is needed for as long as russia doesn't withdraw its troops, that is a december poll showed not even one in 3 east german say germany should show solidarity with ukraine even if that comes with negative consequences, like high energy prices in west germany, the number was slightly higher, but still not the majority of people. and why re on that topic will afterwards needs to convince international partners that germany is reliable and can be trusted when it comes to support of ukraine. and that includes modernizing the german army, which is a huge challenge. after years of neglect and all of shorts needs to keep the country united. a foiled qu attempt in december reminded every one how real, the threat from right wing extremism is in germany. the most important consequence is that everyone knows that we have a state that can defend itself. we are a democracy that can defend itself,

which could form such violations of law, such planning with its security authorities and can defend itself with full force. then of course, there are the big international challenges. what is russia going to do next? and all i've showed says he wants to put a big focus on the countries of the global south, which are becoming increasingly not just trade, but also strategic partners for gemini. that means you'll be doing a lot of flying to have face time with leaders in countries like brazil and india will find out more details once the new national security strategy has been spelt out. and that will happen early on india. and that is supposed to be followed by japanese new china strategy. now some are already ringing the alarm bells because of germany's high dependency on china. germany is an export oriented country, roughly 1000000 jobs depend on trade with china here. so what if tensions rise between china and some of its neighbors allow,

would be pure speculation and let's face it. the german government looks busy enough as it is ah, so given that ukraine will continue to be one of the german government greatest challenges this young, very pleased to welcome alexander miller. the defense spokesman for the business friendly f t. p group in the german parliament, the f t p is one of the coalition partners and the current german government. thanks so much for being with us. mr. miller, i'm some military experts say that ukraine can win the war in 2023, but only if the west helps the country with modern battle tanks is germany prepared to do that. germany is prepared. we have delivered a lot of weaponry to the ukraine. we're number 3 in the world or in the volume of develop, delivering weapons. we are struggling currently within the coalition. you know about that, about

a heavy weapon everywhere for re like main battle tanks. we're still discussing this, but this is something aside. i think i can really say we have delivered a lot. so what would you say about the recent polls suggesting fewer people in germany, support weapons deliveries to ukraine. do you see a shift in, in the feeling amongst the german population? now from the people i know and i speak with, i see no reduction in support for ukraine. everybody knows how important it is to support ukraine. it, there is something about our international law. russia may not have any advantage of taking a peaceful neighbour country. and this is a sign that must come from, from our supports of ukraine for you feel the, even with the rising energy bills, the real, you know, the fact that the germans lives are changing as a result of the war. you still feel that this support will,

will stay steadfast our lives are changing constantly and even if we would now reduce sanctions for russia, the prices for energy would not go down. so in any way, we have to sort parts ukraine, and we have to hold on to the sanctions to russia. can we talk briefly about the, the german army itself, which was mentioned in the report we just saw it. it struggled with hardware problems of its own just last month, one of its high tech puma tanks spread down during exercise. that's just one example of the challenges that it's facing. how can the bundis fair, the german army be modernized and be, be modernized quickly? yes, the biggest, biggest problem in the bonus, where is we have to improve procurement. our procurement and boldness were, it's too slow to bureaucratic and we already did last year. some things we had a new law, the pulled the service lightning was push huffmans cassettes a long word. this is,

but this is just the worst 10. we have to improve procurement even better, we have to become faster. and that is the main problem in our buddhist where even to enhance availability of our weaponry. so you feel like that it's clear what, what has to happen. do you think this will happen? of course, we are working on that. the ministry of defense is working on that, and we will make it even more loss to reduce bureaucracy, to, to make it easier to procure, to reduce the layers and the levels in procurement. we have to be much, much faster and we're working on that. okay, mr. mill, i do just want to ask you germany's defense minister, christina lumber. she's in charge of modernizing the army just yesterday. he was facing calls for a resignation after a new message that many thor is ill judged in an inappropriate. is she the right person to leave the german army into the future? in your opinion?

we shouldn't judge her from social media videos that she in her personal accounts that she offers in her personal account. you know, our economical minister spence are 400000 euros. just for a photographer to put him in the right light. if we, if we look at our ministers in such a way that we can offer judge them from their social media accounts, everybody will have a high and a, and many people to, to help them. and the costs a lot of money. i think it was unfair to. okay, we'll have to leave it there. but thanks so much for your time. alexander mila defense spokesman for the next he p group in the german parliament. like. ok, let's take a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world is ready for a politician newly sworn in national security minister is a mob been given,

has visited one of jerusalem's hotly contested holy sites. he entered the compound, accompanied by units of israeli forces, now that some move regarded by palestinians as highly provocative. the site is known to jews as the temple mount to muslims. it's known as the our acts and mosque u. s. republican party lead a kevin mccarthy who's been critical of a former president. donald trump, is facing a leadership challenge from the right wing of his party. he struggling to gain enough votes to become speaker of the house of representatives. now that his party has a majority in that body of government, us national football league player is in critical condition after suffering a cardiac arrest during a game. the mar hamlin received medical treatment on the field before being taken to hospital the nfl game between the buffalo bills and the cincinnati bengals was suspended. now the funeral of brazilian football player

a play will take place later to day, attended by the country's new president lula to silver cues of people passing by pallet's coffin to say their final good byes to the foot or legend stretched up to 3 kilometers at the stadium in santos, where he started his career. the brazilian city of santos, which sporting legend pay lay turned into a byword for football. brilliance is bidding good bye to its hero. mourners lined up to see police body in an open casket in the center of the field at the village l . mural stadium, former teammates, and officials, were among the 1st to pay their respects. the 3 time woke up when they died on thursday at the age of 82. of course we pay tribute to him by being here. we pay tribute to him by asking an older federations now to pay

a minute of silence and tribute to play. but we are also going to ask every country in the world to name one of their football stadiums, with the name of philly. thousands of fans gathered on the streets to say a final good bye to the sporting hero. and some of them cued all night too. as to see the coffin, either thorough it was must have been fil is important here as something else. and i've been a santos fan since my father took me to a game. i'm only a sinister because of my father and there's no way to separate that from the connection with a layer. it's something i can't describe and it makes me very emotional. she that they mazama paley, arguably, the world's greatest ever player, had been undergoing treatment for cancer on tuesday. a procession carrying police coffee will pass through the streets of santos before he will be light to rest in a private ceremony. and we can speak now to david tribal, and he's the director of the netflix documentary about the football legend,

pele. and i know david, that you met him personally several times. and you said that pele shaped brazil's cultural identity. can you explain to us what you meant? by that, of course i am. if you look at reserve before 1958, we did notice in the country once a by 1970 brazil is very much rubber stamp the legacy. brazil is a nation and that was a huge ha, brazil's identity that lost the welcome home in 1950. they felt these great outsiders. they probably didn't have any so soon on a global stage. and i think it was pele, this 1st modern superstar again, who helped imprint a national and a national identity in brazil that was seen by the rest of the world. we're seeing right now we think people killing for kilometers to pass by pallet's cough and to

pay their last respects to the hero. do you think the pele realized himself, the impact that he'd had on his own country on brazil? you know, i think he actually did, he was a very modest man, very humble, a very warm, friendly man, say very close to the roots. you know, in fact it is general is are some kind of lovely ramshackle villa bone marrow stadium says so much about it. but i think he was a very, very proud brazilian. and you know, he told us many, many times we asked him about legacy. we talked about that we thought about all those things. and we, and one of the main things he was most proud about is what he meant for his country country. and he was adamant that those games you play with sounds of those well wins put present on the map. and he was very proud about it. the way that you, amanda, imagined pa, to be before making the documentary. did that change during and after the process.

and can you tell me a little bit about who he was for you personally? not really this definitely an aura, support since we're bringing books is the room which in the king is there and he's got a iconic book. you know you have a choice. never change in 606070 years. ok. so the soon as he arrived, you knew that the king was there and he was very, very friendly with everyone. he wanted people to sort of enjoy his company. he hey, silence, says he wanted to crack jokes all the time. i remember one is that we were actually with him when you guys meet president obama and he was mentally meeting, i think, at 11 in the morning and the only sort of got out of his bedroom and went to breakfast in the morning to bomb a weight of ours was so casual with it and so nonplussed by but you know, he said like that every single presidents candidates are wasted face audience. but the case that he was that kind of a figure, very genial,

very friendly and warm and giving with time. and i was a very self confident as well. and this is a big question of course. but what, what will pallet's legacy be? what would you say? i think is legacy. and i think people love this debate about the greatest football time. and i think it's a very difficult thing to have that sort of cross generational argument. you know, he was clearly best player of his own generation, but i think for me he was high and he was the 1st to do all these things. and players such as messy, rinaldo ever comes late and may become grace of them. but i think what they can do is do what he did. he did it, they can't follow it. it is exactly what steps. so i think that's his legacy. pioneer football. becoming 1st looking to start and as we said before putting his country on the map, brazil on the map. alright. and of course today, and he will be later asked with his mother in attendance, i believe. and obviously

a just a huge day for his country. absolutely, well just send a 100 only a few weeks ago and i think it was always going to happen. i think it was gonna be the de palatine brazil finally understand what you meant. meant to every one. yeah, just one. very last quick question, david, and i know this is something that i think you've potentially tried to evolve, avoid answering before, but are there any play? i mean, was he the best, you know, are there any players list that equal him a, well, i'm going to be biased there and say that was the best, i think just in terms of pure impact. if we, if we just things on well caps and still the only player 213, welcome in killing them back. they might get there eventually and look closing in on that record only a few weeks ago. but i think it was his ability to do these. i tronic things on the biggest stages that you scored incredible goes on, well, cut, finals and well clap finals. he said his most iconic memories for those biggest

occasions. and that makes that very, very special david try one director of the netflix documentary about pal. i thank you so much for your time. okay. all right, we just about have time for remind as the top story that we're following for you today. russia says 63 of its soldiers have been killed in ukraine, a rat admission of military casualties from the kremlin. ukraine says it launch the strike on news eve and says the death toll is actually in the hundreds. you watching dw news, i've been to speak a show. kickoff is up next. thanks so much for being with ah,

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