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people have died. the strikes come a day after germany in the united states. pledge to send battle takes to ukraine. also coming up to night, a bitter cold wave tightens its grip on afghanistan. taliban officials are saying a 160 people are dead as millions face freezing, temperatures, and dwindling food supplies, and global enforcement authorities have shut down the notorious hive. ransomware website, it's responsible for helping criminals extort. they say more than a $100000000.00 from victims all around the world. ah, crane authorities there say the least. a what? then people have been killed after russian forces fired more than 50 missiles at targets across the country to day officials to say that they were able to intercept the majority of those missiles. several infrastructure sites, however, were hit,

leading to power cut across the country, including in the capital key on the strikes come just a day after germany and the united states. both announced that they will send heavy battle tanks to support ukraine forces in the war against russia. earlier we spoke with keith's mayor battelle the clear coat. we asked him how russia's attacks on infrastructure, how those attacks are impacting morale in his country. the russians tried to destroy our infrastructure right now. snowing outside temperature was pretty called, and the target the targets it's critical infrastructure. the russian sources stretches freezing here. sunni lance in our hometown. try to make head huge damages and destroy normal life to be them. and to make your house to dread, to bring the depressive mood to everyone, to everyone,

our citizen. instead, them the people were angry and read as if i listen. i like great saying the, our citizens felt better without to stand water than with russians. and we're still fighting for our and dependency for our freedom. and that why the russians, that's why we have a lot of a lot of cornish and we thank you one more time for support of our friends to android system to no more than defense weapons. it's very helpful to you to our forces and every reg, it's eric, give me guys. one was shut down tonight. that was the mayor of keep there vitale college for speaking with his earlier well, there has been no lead up in the fighting around the bitterly contested city of

buck moved in eastern ukraine after research russian advances in the area. many locals fear their cities could soon fall into russian hands. we have this report tonight from the city of cool stuff. and if cassidy nitika in the dumbass region has come, and or lot of russian fire recently, it's close to back. moot where intense fighting is taking place during filming. there was a rocket strike nearby that us only was we are under constant bombardment because the getting closer, closer than on the summer is so below. alexi ross loved heads up the cities military administration and visits all the effected sites to rockets hit this apartment lock for people were injured. 2 of them children, the city authorities, are trying to patch up the damage boarding up windows repairing cables. alexey says there can be strike several times a day. still on, on the that us were bullshit at the moment. there are more than 5000 children here

. and more and more people are returning miss. although the government called on every one to evacuate, increasing numbers are coming back with them on a live ludo board lights. many had fled, but couldn't find a new home. that's why they prefer to return to the war. although it's getting more and more risky, people are reluctant to be outside for longer than necessary would be law is helping to clear up. she's a street cleaner, and she's very upset. this is her city and her home miss him back up. they live at the upset. it's increasing. this more firing is because of bad mood. it was quieter before, but now they're a big strikes before the entire city was quieter. you know, i live on the outskirts and i can hear exactly what is coming this way. you're not crying as it will. it watching slee snuck up, but a lot is a lot, as we are driving into the center of cost it and nika. the news comes at the ukranian military is pulling out a solid r. it is now in russian hands. the front line cities are being bitterly contested.

the russians also want to capture back mood. come what may. both sides have lost a lot of troops in this battle. we hear a missile strike every few seconds. the market is still open, but eula has barely sold anything. just not a whole lot of business isn't good because there's no in walking through the city due to the women. silly people stuff. what if you look at what has happened in other cities, but it's very frightening. post on you, which we don't want this. destruction will have so little change. most of the fighting and back moot is palpable. it's only 15 kilometers away. as the crow flies, the people here know that coffee danica could be next in russia is reportedly planning a new offensive question. being asked, can the military, the russian military candidate, carry it out successfully? i put the question to it. arnold t is the european security research fellow at the royal united services institute.

no, don't think so. what we saw yesterday is a significant defensive capability in the form times which has to be used with all of the other and military assets of the western provided, linking to fighting vehicles and artillery. and that will have real use come spring and summer when ukraine is going to go on the significance offensive in terms of the strikes through seeing if the last 24 hours, which has been striking needs civilian targets for months now. so i don't think that those 2 things are linked in terms of escalation of what they did in terms of the time commitment yesterday. and then on the 3rd and final points. yes, we're still taking some ground, but it's incremental. it's not much grounded. so no strategic value in the tank and very, very heavy cost for are you convinced then that when once we reach a certain number of tanks in ukraine,

that we will see the gradient military then be able to not only hold these front lines, but be able then to push russian forces back, is that, i mean, are you convinced that it's going to happen? it's been the ukrainian defense plans, obviously come up with the number $300.00 and that's what they assess that they need to take back the territory roughly 20 percent of ukrainian territory is in russian hands. so that is the number that they have provided at the moment in terms of time support for europe and also the u. s. it's been over a 100, but i expect that to rise and actions a lot of the statements for these that, you know, there is a bit of an in situation that these might also be of initial trenches. so you might see more times in the coming days and months, but also, i mean ukraine needs and offensive capability. they'll take a 100 tanks and it's also, it's not necessarily technical specifications. the times is how they use them. and you could have to decide whether they put them immediately into the fight. now it in the east or they hold them back for us with the largest or offensive and try and

use them to, to train a higher echelon and use them in a more strategic way. that's a critical question. ukraine, them. and we've, we've been told that ukrainian soldiers, they obviously will have to be trained and how to operate these leopard 2 things. the can you give me an idea of the timeline we're working with in terms of transporting these tanks from where they are there? there are numerous countries across western europe. they have to be transported from they are to ukraine. what type of time horizon here should we be looking at for the moment? so people say around 2 to 3 months for the lap and switch feels about why it says that she probably quite quick. given that the decision was only made 2 days ago, this decision should have been made in october last year, following the counter fences in the south and east in september with the ukrainians objective for that was essentially saying, you know,

we can do the job. we just need the tools. so actually the west is delayed this decision already, which means the timeline to quite times the ad, one abrams, which will come from the u. s. the 31 has a quite large that it just takes footprints just because of the size of the time kids launch of the method to challenge and to and also the way that the fuel system works. so it needs a lot more so that, you know, these are all issues and the logistics issues on not insurmountable. but i think for your now what they need to decide is, is this a transactional hazel tanks. and that says, or is this that she, you know, they need to sustain the ed morse. i was president by p until yesterday. basically he had said that the abrams tanks, they're just not suitable for what they need to do in great. he's now not saying that we, we don't know, maybe the end of the year, we'll see the 1st abrams in ukraine. it did, he just maybe offer that to the germans to get those

a leopard to takes where they need to be. yes, the any main battle times from the west are suitable to ukraine, just because it is where they are in the current war and what they need to achieve, hopefully this year to try and get some assumption of the fighting this year. like i said, the challenge is getting in was not insurmountable, but the u. s. did not want to do this. they'll be very annoyed with the germans, was basically forcing their hand in order to release leopards. if you look at what the u. s. are providing in both are assets, infantry fighting vehicles, high loss. i mean, mission. you know, it's totally 26000000000 now and stay late to support package from the u. s. match the u. k. assistance package for the entirety of last year. the u. s. a doing all of the heavy lifting in a european war again, and i think they'll be very annoying to the fact that there's now has to sort of be forced into providing me and was that they think they didn't want to provide. yeah, that is a point that has been made repeatedly and you are making it again tonight as well.

mr. edward are we appreciate your insights tonight. thank you. with germany's defense minister of wars, pastorius has visited with the sphere troops for the 1st time since taking on his new robe. the story is confirmed that german made leopard dates are due to arrive in ukraine some time early this spring. he also addressed concerns had sending heavy weapons to keep could we can, germany's own military forest historian has been in office less than a week, but he's never been out of the headlines berlin's decision to send 14 german made leopard tanks to ukraine is welcome news to keep but his stories acknowledges that it comes at the expense of german is chronically under equipped armed forces. i would not want it on the roughly with the arms deliveries to ukraine are possibly going to tear holes in places where we already have deficits with loans. and we have to make decisions that we can hardly sell ukraine. we're going to stop helping one because we'll temporarily have gap looking at ice. the defense minister

announced he would be holding talks with the arms industry to discuss how these gaps can be filled as quickly as possible. and i'm good for boon if we need to increase production in germany in europe to fill these gaps, then that is what we should do that and listen, dan voted, are fuzzy on. yeah. there are concerns about how long it might take to replace the leopard tanks promised to ukraine. it's not only german army units, he feared being left without the necessary equipment. the german public is also divided about the move to supply the tanks and puts i'm, it has the fist. i do think that ukraine deserves help indigo, that it should be supported. but i think battle tanks are the wrong way to go. but more efforts should be made to negotiate, so i'd say ok, and you can, you crane was waiting for this. we decided to support ukraine. so i think it's good . yeah. the so good. oh god is that though? god. it's so difficult. we don't know what retaliation there will be. i've no idea

can on no one can. he could only hope that things will get better for the people and enlighten us on best target. he dies on the defense minister also addressed the doubters among the german public. except i have complete understanding for all the people who are concerned about the fact that we are delivering tanks to a country at war. that goes without saying, split public opinion and armed forces suffering from years of neglect. the war in ukraine forest historian certainly has his work cut out for him. let's take a look now. some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world. the united states has formerly designated the russian private, military contractor, the wagner group as a transnational criminal organization. the move means that washington can now freeze the groups us assets for its activities in ukraine and in other countries. the u. s. treasury has also placed multiple individuals linked to wagner. under sanctions, turkeys, foreign minister has accused sweden of being complicit in, quote,

a hate and racist crime prevailing to prevent an anti islam protest in stock homo on the weekend. he said that holding talks with sweden orphan lind about their about their bids to join. nato is currently meaningless. the nordic countries need turkeys approval in order to join the alliance tale beneficial in afghanistan, say, extreme cold. this winter has killed at least a 160 people. the country is in the midst of its worst cold snap, in at least a decade, temperatures plunging below minus 30 degrees celsius. earlier this month, dwindling humanitarian aid is making the impact of the frigid temperatures. even worse, but it, it's the brutal window for this matter. shalysea is grieving the loss of her 2 children who couldn't fight to freezing temperature sister opened fire the only way for her to keep her other children, bomb and thief. oh yeah, the,

the weather is really cold on about 2 months ago. i lost 2 of my children because of the cold too much. we don't have any way of heating inside the rain. when we bake bread, we also will myself by sitting here though that is another afghans with me could resource if had been hit, the temperatures as low f minus 34 degrees celsius. hunger is prevalent, and harsh temperatures are making life harder. snow has been bad news for this fruit filler in copy of it. and when i came outside my home, the kids were cheering saying it had snowed, but then i had to tell them that since it snowed to day, they'd be going hungry. well, they all went quiet and sad and said nothing because they understood that that mother wouldn't work to day and they would be left without food. but all of the, yeah, that was love the service. so that if i thought is another room more than 20000000

people in the war torn country need food, assistance, operations of many eat organizations have been suspended due to the ban and women him and it didn't book us by the taliban. this is jeopardizing the life of millions, my message through all the taliban line ministries all relevant to all our operations across with oh, landscape you my production is if you can't help us rescind the bad give us the exemptions to allow women to operate with no help arriving afghans like shalysea and her children feel they have been left on didn't want to fight for to survivor in investigation by authorities in the u. s. germany, the netherlands in interpol has led to the closure of a website run by a notorious ransomware gain u. s. justice department saying that the operation known as high targeted more than a 1000 hospitals by stealing sensitive data,

crippling their software and been demanding massive sums of money to free that software. again, the gave the portal. you've started more than $100000000.00 us dollars in the justice department saying since july of last year, they've prevented more than a $130000000.00 in ransom payments. unbeknownst to hiv in a 21st century cyber stakeout, our investigative team lawfully infiltrated hives network and hid there for months, repeatedly swiping decryption keys and passing them only put using lawful means we hacked the hackers. how do they do that? i put that question earlier to cybersecurity expert. isabelle stig, that's a good question. i cannot, unfortunately, give you the technical details of how they did that. but what seems clear is

that they managed to infiltrate the network, the ransomware network, already around 7 months ago. they were able to trace back and attack and then gained access to the network. they then observed the gang and the network from the inside and could basically look at how they operated. and as your report already revealed, they could also recover decryption keys and pass them on to around $300.00 victims there by watching a damage of around $130000000.00. well, i'm excited to hear more about health. well, what do we know about this hive? group so the high food is a so called ransomware as a service group, and that means that they provide

a platform for 2 attackers through which attackers can actually access malicious code. they can use their attacks and they also, so this ransomware as a service platform, also provides the operational infrastructure to conduct these attacks. and in, in that sense they have operated since around june 2021 apparently. and as you also stated, they have mostly targeted critical infrastructure service providers and especially hospitals. what they did is that they did not only conduct ransomware attacks, so they did not only decrypt files and then demand around some, sorry, encrypt files and demand to ransom for decryption. but they also exit crate x tray to data and stored that data in a different location. and then the black males, the victims, to leak that data and united

a sum of money for that as well in order to prevent the black male. yeah, i mean, it's amazing that unfortunate agencies were able to do this and it has a little bit of the matrix involved too. and as you say, many people will be waiting to understand and hear more about this is a bill. we appreciate your insights and i thank you. thank you. fridays, international holocaust remembrance day marking the liberation of the outfits, nancy concentration and extermination cap that was 78 years ago. or 3 women filmmakers are using virtual reality headsets today to take people on a simulated tour of what it was like inside the death camps. a virtual reality with a powerful message. these moviegoers in central jerusalem a being taken on confronting journey. the brain child and 3

youngest writing filmmakers who felt this new technology will help keep the past from slipping away. the 1st thing we said is, let's take this technology and bring this emotional, super powerful experience to so many people who cannot go. we understand that with this technology, we can read, you know, put life in, hit enter, history, the history of ash with the canal, for example, as seen in one of things, headsets for years. now in israel, a concern has been growing how to maintain awareness of the holocaust as its last survivors disappear. sarah and shlomo hardly needed a reminder, they escape and not the extermination plan. children. you know the calls this after we watched it. we couldn't sleep that night after we saw it on the emotions cloudy

day to see what we were saying from money. tell you that the me a scale of it bis industry of sarah and her family were on a train, headed for outfits when their fate took a different turn. me see michelle my am she miracles from above? bombed the railway they like, so instead we would take into a what can unless it's somewhere a call from god that we managed to escape this hell that we didn't. den delta of we survive and built a family for her for the developers building the experience is an act of remembrance. you know, and i feel after the survivors, after all the survivors, i watch this movie, i feel that day feel, and they know that they can leave this world and we're not gonna forget them.

immersive nature of this technology makes her very powerful and intimate experience . developers hope that it will also resonate with young audiences like this one is simply played, not just here in israel, but around the world to help keep the memory of the holocaust alive for future generations. rebecca riddle reporting they are russian and bill ruffian athletes would start to compete next year's parish olympics. the international or the committee saying that no athlete should be prevented from taking part because of their nationality. but some ukrainian athletes are saying that that decision vote endorses russia's invasion of ukraine. w news spoke to one of them, the olympic high jumper doris lava. by who chic, the iris larva who chick is back to doing what she does best. she's one of the world's top high jumpers, a bronze medal listed the tokyo olympics in 2021. and she'll be hoping for even

better in paris next year. but now who jake is adam and she doesn't want russian and better roosting athletes there with her? say died for me, really. i don't. they don't exist in my life. like before from 20 froze federer because all changed for all ukrainian people, for all the award for all ukraine and we continue fighting for our lives. the international olympic committee sees things different. last year it recommended russian and battery see in athletes be excluded from international competition. now though, it wants to welcome them back saying no athletes should be prevented from competing just because of their passport. in december i oh see president thomas bark said athletes shouldn't suffer as a result of the war. russians and bell routines would need to compete and run neutral flag. but some athlete groups insist that still is not the right view to

take saying the ios, see a strengthening russia's propaganda machine and powering the putin regime and undermining peace. that's the message echoed by my, who chic. if you'll so my be in the start men's as a big stadium and russian sportsman support. joe president, and of course, ukrainian as listened ukrainian sportsman will do ever sing? is it possible sets up bella lewis and russian estimates and sportsmen didn't come to international because zuraw, she said her estate or her cheek described 2022 as the most difficult year of her life beyond ambitions of more sporting success. her hopes for this year, a more basic my goal was this year is some not crying really. and of course a big dream. oh, a big dream for all ukrainians people is there finish of the raw and out when im

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hours after germany in the united states announced plans to sin battle tanks to ukraine, a reminder of why those tanks cannot arrive soon enough. russian forces on wednesday captured a mining town in eastern ukraine for keep a russian reality check along the front lines. the fighting, it's fiercer than ever. the arrival of western tanks will be long overdue talk of a ukrainian victory this year. it could be overkill. i'm burnt off in berlin. this is the day.