[000:00:00;00] ah ah ah this is the w use life from burly in the battle for more in the east in ukraine. it's become the longest stand off in the war. we look at what is at stake and why

each side is determined to take the city. despite the heavy human told, as nato defense ministers prepared to meet for a 2nd day key, verges its allies to speed up the delivery of military and the united nation says the earthquakes in turkey and syria, the regions was natural disaster in a century. over a week on the focus is now turning to meeting the needs of the homeless. ah, i'm been visible and welcome. it's the sight of the longest running battle in the ukraine war. the area of more in the east has become the center of the fighting russian forces are trying their fire power more than 20 villages and towns their ukraine, for its part says it will never give up. in a moment, we'll have more on why the 2 sides are determined to prevail there. but 1st,

this report toss complaining of some difficulty was hung to draw us up again. this is the glamour, according to russian state td into wants become known as the meat grinder in work over the city of buckman, which has been nicknamed as such. because neither the russians nor the ukrainians have been able to make much progress here. resulting in a breach of stalemate that's produced the longest battle of the war. and one of the bloodiest for old sides involved the bottom of, of every one can see that we're having a hard time on this section of the front of the enemy are constantly attacking and small and big groups of one day. it's their artillery. on the next day there infantry attacks, which if it's a difficult time at the moment, but our boys keep standing their ground with that battle full back more is now in its 7th month, russian officials recently claimed that its full says have almost encircled the

city. not so says the head of the walk in a masonry group which has spearheaded the russian offensive. good bomb, red boy pushing forward house by house me a square meter by square meter. it's hard work. it's not clear at all where the stories about some kind of encirclement are coming from really. it should have killed the lodge back. moot will not be taken to morrow, but because there is heavy resistance. it's grinding. the meat grinder is working on new battle. despite the ferocity of fighting back mode isn't considered a game changer in the small military. analysts say the city holds more symbolic than strategic importance, but it's important nonetheless, it's capture would give the kremlin and much needed victory after months of setbacks and give its troops and you foretold in the dawn best region,

which the russians partially occupy, but one full control off for keith and its trips back moot hold emotional value was demonte mo nissan and nobody will give a battle to mobile ski will fight for as long as we can mazano, but we consider back loot or fortress naturally for the day we consider people who died their heroes at all. um, follow missouri. good. of course. the city is more than just a prize in battle for back most people. it was home. yeah. you husband the hood. dear god, our town used to be so beautiful. there were roses everywhere, flowers it. oh. but it was clean, everything was kept in order. it's a memory that stands in stark contrast to scenes like this,

and the bloody battles that have earned back moot, it's gruesome name dw cars on an economy joins as from the ukrainian capital. keith, nick, tell us more about why, but more is so important. why think as we heard prisons, lens can that report describing city as a kind of ukrainian fortress. it's kind of really about the symbolism here. but the fact that on the one hand, the russians are desperate for when, after so many months, the setbacks of losing cats on a low territory near forgive, they really now need something to show their own public back home. why this war is happening and what they're achieving then on the ukraine. so yep, president, he decided to basically put this kind of focus on, but more than to kind of invest this much can political capital in holding on to the city. and that's why he hasn't nursery done in the past, and some military analysts are asking if that was wise. as for the strategic importance, while there's a lot of discussion among military experts as to quite how important the city is, some people say that actually you'll be easier for you. craniums soldiers to defend

a position, slightly west, the city to leave, and to basically and yet use the geography to find better positions. the real kind of center of ukrainian logistics and control in that part of the country is come a thought, which is, you know, doesn't clumps as to the west. so as for the kind of real kind of strategic importance that is up for debate, but certainly this is something that is at the center of everyone's attention here is being followed very closely and has huge symbolic importance. well, there are reports russian shillings intensifying, and that ukrainian forces reportedly blew up a breach to retreat possibly. is ukraine losing buckboard? as for that bridge, we can't confirm that for now the credit military is often very slow to confirm those kind of things, especially if things aren't going very well for them. but we have heard that in recent days, access the city has been closed for journalists and civilian volunteers, bringing in humanitarian aid. that is something that is new. the city was near despite the dangers open to outside is up till very recently. so that could be

a sign that things are going very badly and there is preparation going on to leave the city. certainly you hear from ukrainian military pundits that they say the army will leave while they still have the 2 access roads in and out rather than face being surrounded there. and i think you, you know, see public opinion here in kiev gradually coming round to the realization it's better to leave than to risk huge losses especially given the fact there are some very experienced and very capable ukrainian units in that city. losing those 2, brushing out to become prisoners of war or to and potentially loved. that is not something anyone here thinks is worth doing. what difference would it make if you kind had western fighter jets? well i think it's important to kind of look at what those jets do. it's not just about the symbolism or the kind of prestige getting those planes they firstly allow you to deal with ballistic and cruise missiles. in addition to the kind of land based systems that ukraine is getting. those patriot systems from the states and western european countries. and they also allow you crank project force forward at

a time where you can isn't getting long range missiles from the united states, from other western european countries of the kind that it wants. this would allow it to attack russian supply lines deep behind the front lines. and then it's obviously as everything in this kind of these negotiations in ukraine, it's wesson's partners. there's also the emotional aspect. there is a desire here to really get european countries in the united states to kind of nail their kind of flag, to the, to the post, to be more wholehearted and open in their support of ukraine. they say, you're safe behind that american nuclear umbrella. you don't need these planes much, we do. you're not going to give us those same security guarantees that you have in europe. that give us what we need to protect ourselves as a real sense that, you know, with the tanks already. european countries have been kind of forced out of their comfort zone to really be more loud and kind of open in their support for ukraine. and that planes would be in the for the step in that direction. nicolai and keep thank you. all nato defense ministers meeting for a 2nd day in brussels to discuss military aid for ukraine. presidents lensky is

urging allies to speed up deliveries of weapons saying this is the only way keith will be able to gain the upper head. ukraine says this is a fight for its survival. as the winter begins to thaw, all the united states warns russia is preparing fresh attacks and deploying new troops to the battlefield. but washington says kids may soon have a window of opportunity. what ukraine wants to do in her, you know, at the 1st possible moment is to establish or create her or momentum and her in and establish her conditions on a battlefield road to continue to be in its favor. and so were we expect to see them or conduct an offensive or sometime in the spring to fulfill their promise to keep sending keys,

weapons. nato nations need more arms and munitions as their own stockpiles dwindle . germany says it's now signed a contract to restart home world production lines for gepford antiaircraft guns sent to ukraine. there florida. i'm very pleased. we've succeeded in doing this because it will ensure even greater independence and faster delivery. it's particularly important for air defense in ukraine of it as old as it is to capture it performs outstanding services, particularly in defense against drones, out by that all up there. after securing pledges of western main battle tanks key, it is now setting it sites on the skies at nato headquarters, ukrainian defense minister alexi retina cove pulled out of pocket square depicting the next item on his weapons. wishlist western fighter jets get from the sky. but so far, there are no offers of modern aircraft, some site to complexity of the systems. others fear the risk of escalation. we have

to debate this with our partners also with the united states. and we have to think about feasibility. and it is something that will take time and it is best done behind closed doors or to see what is possible, what is not possible. what consequences would be nato officials, ny warn this more has become a race of logistics. and speed they say will save life. d w 's. alexander phenomena is following the summit in brussels. could nato give in to ukraine's playful fighter jets? well, i think that eventually they probably will. and nato officials that i've been speaking with a told me that of course, nato's goal is to help the ukrainian forces switch to nato standards. eventually, a birds are, they also said to dad, so we can expect that ukraine will be running out of their soviet area jets and the

spur parts for them. but at the moment, no announcements have been made in brussels, and the discussion is still ongoing. and we have to say that the are some allies that are very cautious, and they say as which has hurt in that report, that there is a risk of an escalation that they don't want ukraine to use the fighter jets to attack russian territory. but most of those who are being cautious are also saying that is just a complex matter when it comes to training, maintenance and spur part. so we don't expect any decision on that soon. ukraine also says it's running out of time. what about speeding up the delivery of military 8? this is very important at the top of the agenda here, for especially when we talk about emanation. and we have to consider that ukraine according to estimates,

is firing around $5000.00 artillery rounds every day. it says roughly as much as the small european country orders are to be produced every year. so you can imagine how are many rounds a ukraine needs at the same time, it's crucial for nato and the allies yet to maintain their ability to protect allied territory. so this is a very difficult task and the only solution here is to ramp up the production. however, this is going to take some time. the considering will be ammunition that's coming from nato members. and that has been promised how much of a concern a dwindling ammunition supplies for nato members themselves. well, i think this is a big concern for nato allies. how to solve this problem,

how to make sure that they can continue supporting ukraine with weapons, ammunition, but also add offense systems and how at the same time maintained able ability to protect ne to territory. nato. secretary general also says he sees no signs that putins willing to end this war soon. so how is naval preparing for a longer conflict? while they will discuss today the political guidance to be prepared for whatever may come and they are expected to talk very specifically, how many tanks, how many air defense systems they will need in the future? we expect them also to further strengthen nato's a posher on its eastern flank. they will probably also speak about strengthening their very high readiness joint task force personnel. they're so old that is on the agenda, brussels bureau chief,

alexander phenomena. thank you very much. and let's get you up to speed on some other stories making use. the white house says it has no evidence that 3 flying objects shot down by us jets were linked to china or foreign spying. national security council spokesman john kirby says they could be connected to commercial over. so jeff, the objects a separate to the chinese balloon shot down on every 4 villages. former us ambassador to the united nations nikki haley has announced she's running for the republican presidential nomination. next year and she's the 2nd consented to join the race after her one time boss. my former president, donald trump, from twitter, c e o is on mosque, says the end of 2023 would be a good time to find someone else to run the company. he had announced in december that he would resign as its chief executive days before that mosque ran a twitter pole in which a majority voted that he should step down. a service has been held in parkland

florida to month the 5 year anniversary of a school shooting that left 17 did. the memorial comes just a day of the 3 people were killed in the latest mass shooting at a university in michigan. you as president joe biden again demanded that lawmakers take action against what he called americas gun violence epidemic. the death toll from the earthquakes in toki and syria has a past 40000. the focus of the united nations operation has shifted from a rescue and recovery mission to caring for the millions of people made homeless in syria. more aid is only now just getting for help is finally on its way within hours of the you and negotiating a deal with the government and damascus to open to border crossings between turkey and northwest and syria. this international h convoy is heading straight on through the earthquake

devastated parts of the opposition held region in syria, and also damage the road to the only border crossing that had been approved for un a deliveries 8 workers can now deliver more shell to materials, blankets, and medical supplies, i am now you re on the article in senior order, just log into fax. we, reproductive magazine, s license transaction parking. now we're not, we're celia. and they did. hubert is like 170 perceiving. d. u n is also launching a 397000000 dollar appeal to help nearly 5000000 people affected by the earthquake and syria. as the hope of finding people trapped alive under rubble in turkey and syria is dimming, rescue efforts are shifting their focus on to helping survivors. this warship docs on the south coast of turkey has been turned into

a floating hospital. there is no available hospital in my neighbourhood. the closest one is the hot. i thought you all hospital, but it's full of people injured by the quake. that's why they can't provide help to people like me with slight injuries. instead of that hospital, we prefer this makes shift one tens of thousands of people have been injured by the earthquake and turkey. many requiring medical treatment with only 300 beds. the war ship hospital can only relieve a small part of the current huge strain on the turkish health care system. from turkey, w correspondent jack barrack spoke to me from outside a refugee camp for people who lost their homes. hi, good morning. been, well, this is sort of just waking up time here in this one very small camp on a car park in one place in garcia's tap and there are hundreds of camps just like

this one filled with people that have lost their homes. people whose homes are not yet safe to return to. and people who have come in to garcia and tap from the surrounding region. we just spoke to this family that are having their breakfast in there. that morning. coffee behind us and their house is actually just time the road is not very far away. but the gentleman was showing us the cracks in the walls and that they're not ready to return yet. and as i say, there are many small little comes and indeed bigger ones, all over the city of cassandra, which is a city of 2000000 people. not very the people that the population of their city have yet returned to their homes for fears of the structural damage to the buildings. what's the set up like, what, what, what are people saying that they need in these camps? well, there's some really differing needs across the city and across the whole region here in turkey. and of course,

in syria as well for the people here. these are turkish people that living as the and have have lived in homes their entire lives. they have find themselves in the last 9 days or so, living in tens. this is a very new experience for them in this region of a series of turkey. there are a lot of syrian refugees that have come in my those are people that have already lived in refugee camps before. and so they have different needs and there are some seeming divisions psychologically between those 2 groups of people. and that is something that a workers have told us is starting to become something of a concern, but fundamentally is dropped massively and temperature overnight. well, into the minus 3 minus 4 degrees celsius, there are real concerns about a sort of additional humanitarian issue of people getting very cold. doctors have told us there are lots of issues around about lung infections and people having difficulty with breathing. the whole of gas. the am tap has

a sort of sickly sticky taste in the mouth where inside the tent they are burning and different materials to try and keep themselves warm. so across a whole city, there's a sort of linger in the air. and the aid organizations are saying that something needs to be done as soon as possible to prevent this becoming a bigger crisis than just what, what, what the earthquake caused jack, what do you mean exactly by psychological divisions. well, i think the reality is, is that for a lot of people, they've lost their loved ones. so that's an incredibly difficult thing to go through. and some people have just lost their homes. as i said, some people are being re refugee, they've been refugees and found a place here in cassey on top of the region. so these are concerns that are very differing. and the overwhelming sadness and grief in this area is obviously causing a lot of people to feel suited to feel that this is an even more difficult time.

you know that they're living in tens on the streets for these people. this is a carpet, they would have walked past many times over their whole lives and that finding themselves living on it as i say, the 8 organizations a keen that this doesn't spiral out of control. and what they want is the buildings to be cleared. as soon as possible, clear eva sort of destroyed to be rebuilt. and they say that rebuilding is extremely important. or to be cleared for people to return to, to try and get as many people off the streets as they possibly can. and the question being of course, how long they're going to be stuck in these refugee camps jetpack for us. thank you very much for your recording. turning to some other world news now. in new zealand, at least 3 people, a dead end over 200000 left without power after cycling, gabrielle hit. authorities that declared a national state of emergency to deal with the damage. torrential rains triggered flooding and land slides that destroyed roads and other infrastructure. un secretary general,

antonio quoterush warns global warming is fueling and unprecedented rise in the sea level threatening nearly 900000000 people worldwide calling for urgent action to limit warming and to prepare for the huge numbers of climate refugees from coastal areas on the european parliament as approved a law banning the sale of new fossil fuel power cars within the european union from 2035. the measure is part of the vaux efforts to become climate neutral by 2053 d janeiro is gearing up for its 1st full scale carnival since the pandemic. while some celebrations went ahead last year in brazil, rio's famous st parties were cancelled. now organizers reckon these festivities a going to be the biggest party on the planet. ah, it's been described as the reaper thin rio and neighborhoods rides across the city. oh,

the sounds and colors of carnival are back. ah, this year sees the full return of the world's biggest policy including the cities, epic, st glucose that mock the unofficial launch your carnival. hundreds have been authorized after being bounds due to the cobit pandemic in 2022. on there's much to celebrate. allow in this carnival, what we need is to be happy. throw yourself in happiness. huck. people at the stake lays down some a lot. i think that politically this year is special. not only because of the pandemic, but also because we've had the victory of a left when governments, i keep asking myself, what would become of this carnival if it were not to this picture of a left when government foot rios well famous sombre schools.

there's no time for dancing just yet. for months now, artisans, well doesn't. so as i've been working long hours to have everything ready for the main parade, acoustic image of the will miss you, lucy, believe in this romantic carnival. he, as he that they see on television, the greatest show on us back. it's all about passion, where, oh, app i shrunk to see, but it's also a lot of hard work and b, mood of all than a year for a bio. he had the gabriella. my, you one and for re i shop owners, they hope the cities passion for cannibal will also see. revel is spend big and help them to make up for the loss of tourism. during the pandemic, m, i have everything you need to some by the night away is on sale here

with retail is expected to and more than $970000000.00 us dollars during the celebrations here in berlin, the red carpet is being rolled out ahead of the opening of one of the world's biggest public film festivals, the 73rd valley, now that kicks off those day with 19 movies buying for the golden and silver barrow woods. is he is eventual focus on the recent and government protests in iran and the war in ukraine. among the headliners shown pans, documentary about ukrainian president thought of his landscape films as russia invaded ukraine almost a year ago. and a reminder of the top stores by following for you, russia is stepping up efforts to take the city of back moiety in the east in ukraine. the area is decided the longest running battle in the war. both ukraine and russia say they determined to prevail, their you friends, western allies have met to discuss though the military assistance will keep west

defense secretary lloyd austin says they'll remain united and resolute for as long as it takes the chairman of the u. s. joint chiefs of staff launch, millie says russia has already effectively thought and the death toll from the earthquakes in syria and turkey has risen to more than 40000. but more than a week on emerging emergency crews are still pulling. the vibe is alive from the bible. up next close up looks at the children of the war and ukraine. i been facility nice to have your company. t x. now with

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