oh, virgin of the rocks. was there another symbolic meaning to this beautiful dating that perhaps we just don't understand? the search for answers starts from 1110 on the w ah ah, this is d w. news live from berlin, russia, a tax ukraine as the west promises more military support. ukrainians take to bomb shelter as amid a barrage of missile and drone attacks. the strikes come one day after germany and the u. s. pledge to send tanks to ukraine. also coming up

a deadly cold snap sweeps across asia from afghanistan to japan, sub 0 temperatures and heavy snow while causing chaos from millions and 2 teenagers have been stabbed to death during a knife attack. on a train in northern germany, police have arrested a suspect who has a criminal history and was recently released from jail. ah, i'm sorry, kelly, welcome to the program. at least one person has been killed and others are injured after russian forces fired more than 30 missiles at several targets across ukraine . teams, mayor italy clinico confirmed an explosion in the capital and told residents to remain in shelters. officials said that 15 missiles have been shot down. these attacks come in the wake of germany's decision to deliver leopard to tags to

ukraine. and the us also agree to send tanks as well. after days of diplomatic wrangling to beg announcements from either side of the atlantic to day to day, i am announcing at the united states will be sending $31.00 abram tags to ukraine. the equivalent of one ukrainian battalion secretary austin, has recommended this step. because on hands, new cranes of capacity and had finished her turn achieve strategic objectives. the u. s. president statement came just hours after germany announced it will deliver 14 of its leopard to battle tanks to ukraine. okay. does this, does a given us, this is the result of renewed and intense consultations with our allies and international partners. i would like to underline that it was right, and it is right that we didn't let ourselves be forced into action. now that we

instead counted and will continue to count on closed corporation on these issues, international pressure had been growing and germany to agree to send leopard to tangs to ukraine or to at least lift an export ban on the german may tanks or other countries could supply them that last week and meeting of defense leaders from more than 50 countries at ramstein abbeys and germany failed to produce any agreements, chance loan of shots was unwilling to send german tanks unless the u. s. made a similar commitment. that diplomatic gamble seemingly paid off the agreement to supply the tangs as a huge political turnaround for germany. and it's a major boost for ukraine. western battle tanks like the leopard and the abraham's or what ukrainian president followed amir zalinski has long been pleading for and many say they could be a game changer in the wall. it was,

i am grateful to all our allies of our willingness to provide us with modern and much needed tanks of his proofs for most important fat for a while to day. for fat for freedom is only getting stronger on the way we are all working together to strength and freedom to defend ukraine in europe is a historic achievement of a part of a leaders who are working on it right now. as ask that zalinski also stressed that speed as now key. while the 1st leopard tangs could arrive in ukraine in the next 2 to 3 months, the white house has already said that it will likely be many more months before its abrams tanks will arrive at the front. and that's bringing correspond mathias ballinger, who is joining us from cave. and he has an i like to begin with the news of the morning. tell us a little bit more about this latest round of russian air strikes. yeah. and was

another attack with misses and with jones are pretty much what we've seen before. major cities targeted in ukraine. that means the capital. and also cities like odessa, asa foreclosure or there have been explosions in these 3 cities in odessa. we're hearing that are some energy infrastructure was hit again and that there are consequences, meaning power is cut off and part of the city and water supply here. and key of we heard an explosion earlier. it seems that a rocket was shot down upon entering into the air space above the city. and it fell on 2 from planes and many of them were intercepted. we have heard that are the authorities have been seeing that 15 messiahs flying on took eve, have been intercepted, butcher, there's always an amount of rockets that make it through and that hit targets within the country within the cities and mathias,

what are we to make of the timing of the most recent strikes, especially given and that we had the announcement of the u as in germany sending tank. steve gray was very likely that this is a reaction to that are the russians. they need time to prepare these kind of attacks, but they did half time considering that everybody was expecting this decision for some days now. so it's pretty likely that they have timed this attack or to come after these decisions. they have been furious at these decisions, but of course there's never any proof for these theories, a lot of talk and that both sides are preparing a so called a spring offensive encounter offensive. tell us a little bit more about the details in terms of what you're hearing. yeah, of course, there are not, not really any details known and like, is it kind of in the nature of things are that are these plans are not disclosed

before? they are happening, but we have been hearing about both military experts have said that spring would be a time when to expect another offensive or by either side. or we have heard speculation that russia may try to march on cave again from the beller russian side . but that's at the moment sir, seems to be very speculative. western services have not seen the preparations necessary, the mass deployments necessary in belarus to make another attempt. and of course, within the russian military or somebody planning such an offensive would have to explain why this time it would work out here is a big city. it's difficult. it would be very difficult to enter the city, considering that russia has tried for a month now to enter the much smaller town of buttonwood. and although they have made some advances, their capabilities are not that high for the ukrainian side. expectations are that

there will be another counter offensive or when the weather conditions get better when they are and, and possibly also after these tanks arrive. because these tanks, they are of course critical to the planning tanks are what breaks through the enemy lines. they are crucial in offensive operations retain her so far, sad that it had been held back by having not enough tanks at the hand and not enough advanced tanks at the hand. and they could have achieved much more. we will see, of course, whether this is true after the tags arrive and we don't really know about the timeline, whether they will he not have enough of them. but one expectation is that the next target that ukraine might attempt at would be in the south in his abode. easier reason that would be a very valuable area for ukraine to make gains because that's the connection between crimea and that her son are blessed on the one hand and a don boss on the other hand. and it would disrupt russian operations probably to

march into their mathias ballinger in key. thank you. here are some other headlines making use palestinian officials say that at least 9 people have been killed during an israeli raid. and the occupied west bank gunfire and explosions were heard coming from the janine refugee camp, which is a major stronghold for palestinian militant groups. these really military said that forces had come under fire while attempting to arrest several members of the militant palestinian organisation. islam with jihad, india is celebrating at 74th republic day with a military and cultural parade in delhi. thousands have lined the streets of the capital for the annual event which marks the adoption of india's constitution. and the end of british rule, social media giant meta says that it will restore the facebook and instagram

accounts of former u. s. president donald trump, after a 2 year suspension, the company says the band will be lifted in the coming weeks. trump was suspended from the platforms after the january 6th capital ryan, a deadly cold snap is sweeping across asia, causing record low temperatures and disruption. the freezing weather has affected millions of people from japan and south korea to afghanistan, which is experiencing its coldest winter in 15 years. people in china's northernmost city more he and no strangers to the cold. the temperature here can stay below freezing for up to 8 months of the year. but this week things especially chilly temperatures, plunged to minus 53 degrees celsius. it's colder stay eva recorded with yet. so northern china has been hit hard by the freezing front, affecting asia roads, a covered and snow rail tracks,

a frozen with thick ice jelly. bo dogs yeah. go here and junk. a cycling isn't an option either. the cold sweep has caused sea ice and northeast and li alden bay to expand rapidly. it's not just china that's freezing. japan is also experiencing record low temperatures. heavy snow is blanketing large parts of the country. with $93.00 seemed to meet its falling on the city of money were in just 24 hours in south korea, nearly $500.00 flights in and out of the resort island j ju were cancelled on tuesday to to the we, the 2 people have been killed and several others injured after a knife attack on a train in the northern german state of slaves. vic holstein police say that the 2 dead are both teens aged $16.19. the incident took place as the train was traveling

from keel to hamburg. police were able to arrest the attacker, he is reportedly a man in his thirties, who may be suffering from mental illness. around 120 people are on board the regional train. when a man armed with a knife suddenly began attacking passengers, people scrambled to escape in panic. my daughter, my daughter, called and screamed that they had to get out of the train because somebody was running a mock stopping people randomly. waters of mentioned anguish talking out to lot of you by the people sitting near me all ran outside, so i followed them and there was blood everywhere. road throughout the whole train . so good luck. the 33 year old alleged attacker is said to have injured 9 people. some of them sustained head injuries to passengers were injured so badly that

paramedics weren't able to help them. they both died at the scene. the attacker himself was also injured. some of the passengers managed to restrain him and turned him over to police at the next station. drive on as it had a by people on the scene helped to pin him down. and right now an investigation is ongoing to determine exactly what happened. who was involved in how so many people were injured and even killed. in the 600, the alleged attacker is thought to be a palestinian asylum seeker who came to germany 8 years ago from garza, a repeat criminal who's known to the police. he has previous convictions for violent and sexual offences. authorities confirmed he had been released from prison just 6 days earlier. as such an honest, hardy, this was a decision made within the framework of the law and what needs to be carefully considered. now is whether offenders need continued monitoring, even after being released. clearly in this case,

it was decided that he had fully served his sentence and gazette ads on top of a boost. she speak host i in state premier, expressed his condolences and helped me to teach her a tower. i was devastated to hear the news of the senseless attack to hold the took to innocent people's lives and impacted so many other mention does. leim could cost it. hutton, to feed my thoughts with all those who are caught up in this awful situation beaten, and with their loved whitey, hunger hooligan india. vicky swims a draught soon. the alleged attack her will now be questioned by police and hospital in order to determine a possible motive. here watching dw news, a quick reminder of the top story. ukraine says that russia has launched a wave of missile and drone attacks across the country, forcing people to seek safety and bomb shelters. it comes a day after germany and the u. s. pledge to send modern battle tanks to ukraine.

is this news after the break to see with us if you can for that in the meantime, i'm sarah kelly in berlin. there's always more on the website, the w dot com. you can also follow us on social media. thank you so much for watching. take care with ah, night, johnson darcy searches for the truth again.