ah ah ah ah, this is d w. news live from berlin, air raid sirens, sound and cheve, after a barrage of explosions hit the ukrainian capital on the battlefield. russia claims to have taking control of a key town in the east. ukraine denies that sola dog has folded also coming up.

gemini, defense, been as that may be on her way out to media reports suggest christina lumber is ready to quit. pressure has been building on her for months and flood ravaged california brace this for even more heavy rain full costs as a warning of the potential for disastrous flooding as powerful storms take aim at the state yet to get ah, i'm all on psycho, it's good to have you with us? ukraine says a series of explosions have hit the capital. keith. ah, arrange sirens blade across the city. saturday morning and residence were urged to take shelter. officials say missiles are striking key infrastructure

lets go straight to d, w correspondence on your family car, who is joining us from keith sonia. we understand that you have just come out of an air raid shelter yourself. what more can you tell us about this latest missile attack on keith? when we heard a series of loud boons this morning, followed by a read alerts. and of course we had to take shelter like many others here for over an hour to day. you quick enough shall cure our seeing that these were russian missile attacks that hit critical infrastructure in a district in keith. and there was a fire that broke out. the mere of keen says that fire has now been contained and there been no casualties. but there is a white thread damage we're hearing of metal warehouse been destroyed, a several private homes also being damaged. the roofs and windows being shattered nor casualties. however reported with all securing from a spokesman for the ukrainian air force. who says that these rockets that attack

this morning probably came from the not. and he said that it is difficult to detect and shoot down without coming along pissed trajectory, which probably could explain why we heard those are, you know, explosions before the arid under today. now there is a power outage right now here in keith we ought securing of emergency power outages in the hard key region. the me or there said, you know, a russian missile strikes also hit critical infrastructure and industrial facilities. there were also hearing of explosions in the head thought area in the sulk. sonya do stay with us. we'll talk more in a moment because both ukraine and russia say they are in control of the strategic town of solider in the dumbass. and 1st we have this report ah, in freezing winter conditions, ukrainian soldiers in sally dark face a bleak battle against russia's constant attacks. the fight here is bloody and

brutal. ah. russia is determined to take control of this small salt mining town in the eastern region of de next, a rare push forward after numerous military setbacks. its forces are already claiming victory while still on and have a complete control. so that makes it possible to cut off the supply line is a red printer force is located in the southwest of bottled vintage laughlin, close the ukrainian units located there, 1 o'clock, and wanted to really ukraine swiftly rejected the claim that us valid. now the terrorist state and his propagandist, tried to pretend the, our city of solider almost completely destroyed by the occupy as is some kind of achievement for russia safety. but they're already presenting this as a success to their society in order to support the military mobilization and give hope to those who want aggression what. but the fighting continues to the next

front. we is holding the live, elaborate him on the loss of sally dark. would be a blow for ukraine after months of hard one successes retaking towns and territories. but the fighting comes at a high cost. it's close gone, but we have gunshots. yeah, we have for grenades, shrapner wounds and so on. so this kind of wounds in increased russia claims to was killed hundreds of ukrainian soldiers in the battle for sali darn. but there is no confirmed death toil more than $550.00 civilians are reportedly still living in the town in horrific conditions without running water or electricity. sonya fist fighting over the town. why

is it so important? when it is a small provincial town and i think it has taken you know, outsized importance in this conflict, not because i think of any strategic value by itself. but the importance, i think of solid, our lives in the fact that it is just 10 kilometers away. from baku, where some of the bloodiest fighting has been reaching between ukrainian and russian forces in this war. and you know, route for russia capturing buckman is absolutely key to its broader goal of occupying the don bus area. and it sees, you know, taking on the door as a step of getting there because of taking on the door would provide russian troops with new artillery positions, but didn't within buckled. and it would, you know, also allow them to got supplied routes to the ukrainians leading to thank you very much. sonya funny. com reporting from keith here in germany. media report suggests the defense minister is planning to resign.

christina lumber has come to under scrutiny for a number of blunders most recently, and unofficial new year's message that critics found distasteful. she also allowed her son to fly with her on official business in a government helicopter. mom left a member of chance that will have shelters. social democrats has taken heat for failing to reform. germany's military fast enough did use political correspondence . emily go dean has more on the story for us. emily? plenty of criticism here for the defense minister. what more can you tell us about the reports that she's about to resign or national newspapers actually come out on friday saying that she officially resigned as defense minister. she has already apparently spoken to chancellor shots about her resignation. and she's planning on making that decision. public next week. now, as you to said, this comes amid a series of blunders, and many scandals, almost as, as, as i would put it on. you know, she's, she's not necessarily the scandal of not

a survey routed because her politics is so terrible. it's because of like small missteps with feeling as if she is not fit for the job. hm. and with the sort of, you know, she's got terrible path and that's just made her look that's just been a huge embarrassment. not just for her, but also for the chancellor himself. and so these rumors, they come at a time where people think, yeah, it might be time to go for her. so what has she been like as a defense minister? what are some of his blunders that are taking place on a smaller scale? his blonde has have been, you know, she showed up at adam out her training site and she was wearing high heels. so just she just looked out of step out of touch with her surroundings, m. c, you know. and then it also turned out that she had an a nail appointment during official working hours. it's like small things where you think, are you not taking your job seriously? and the problem is valid, obviously the context, right?

we're dealing with the war in ukraine of the german reputation or your peers. you know, to be very hesitant when it comes to arms delivery is when you look at the state of the german army, it doesn't look very good. you know, recently had a training exercise of tumors that were meant to be sent to the nato east on flank . they all failed. so, you know, we're already in the middle of, you know, a difficult time for the german government where it is under pressure for its behalf, for its attitude and for its behavior in this whole conflict. and then you have defense minister of your peers, not fit for the job. so it is very difficult. and if you look at her, if you look at her, her career itself, i mean, she used to be just as minister and under the last government under michael. and after that, she actually announced that she missed, you know, leaving politics and then everyone suppose she reappeared and became tense minister,

which it was rumored. she also didn't really want, she wanted to become interior minister. so it comes all of this, you know, just it doesn't fit into this whole picture very well. and it appears she didn't want the job. she didn't do particularly good job in terms of, you know, help. her practice wasn't very good until the politics. there's not much you can say about it, but yet i don't think it comes as a big surprise to others. i just briefly, what does this mean full of sources cabinets for the government? well, i mean, a lot of people in the government itself and government cycles were expecting a covenant reshuffle anyways, because the interior minister said to join the election, harrison which is the area of the region, the central region in germany, around frankfurt. so that would mean she'd have to leave the her position as interior minister. and so there would have been a re shuffle anyway. but obviously,

you know, it doesn't look fantastic for him because he apparently has, he has to admit in some way or another that he maybe has made a mistake with her, which he is very reluctant to admit on, on an international level. i mean, not much is going to change. i assume the decisions of am deliveries are not just all it had decision. that's the decision that all up south makes in his coalition government together with the lines partners and bats. i yeah, i mean it, it doesn't. and brighten up jamie's reputation when it comes to its military indifference. but right, thank you very much. emily co dean dw political course. let's have a look now at some other stories making news around the world around says it has hanged. a british iranian national ali risa bari was a former top iranian defense official and convicted of spying for the united kingdom. the u. case. foreign secretary says his execution will not go unchallenged

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