it too much on my shoulders, but i have to hold this weight because i'm responsible for the future. our country for the people behind the guardians of truth starts february 18th on dw ah ah, this is dw, use life from birth in the battle for bah, more to in the east, in ukraine. it's becoming the longest stand off in the war. we look at what is at stake, why each side is determined to take the city. despite the heavy human told nato

defense ministers made for a 2nd day in brussels to coordinate arms supplies to ukraine. keep wounds, speed of delivery could mean offensive between victory and defeat. ah, i've been fizzle and welcome. russia is intensifying efforts to take the area of bah, morty in east and ukraine. report said, troops from russia bombarding more than 20 villages and towns there with mortar and artillery fire. the area is the side of the longest running battle in the war. analysts say any retreat would be symbolic, as the city is not strategically vital, but both ukraine and russia say they determined to prevail. telescope, lynn has some disco. was unknown to solace apartments. this is the glimpse according to russian state td into what's become known as the meat grinder in the

city of blackmore has been nicknamed to such because neither the russians nor the ukrainians have been able to make much progress here. resulting in a brutal stalemate that produce the longest battle of the wool and one of the bloodiest, for all the sides involved to budget of of, of if everyone 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 to fill that one day. it's their artillery. on the next day they're infantry attacked. so if it's a difficult time at the moment with our boys keep standing their ground with the battle full back, which is now in its 7th month, russian officials recently claimed that its full says have almost encircled the city. not se, says the head of the walk in a messner regroup, which has spearheaded the russian offensive step ben reg,

no 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 issue. i have the lodge back. moot will not be taken to morrow, but because there is heavy resistance. it's grinding. the meat grinder is working with new bottles. despite the ferocity of fighting back mod 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 don best region which the russians partially occupy. but one full control off for keith and it's trips back moot hold emotional value is the mark the bottle mifflin,

and nobody will give up battle to mobile ski. we'll fight for as long as we can or more bottled, we consider back loot or fortran lasher for the day. we consider people who died their heroes little vicki, them follow missouri. good. of course the city is more than just a prize in battle for back most people. it was home. yes, you husband the hooded. dear god, our town used to be so beautiful. there were roses everywhere, flowers it. oh, i see 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 of earned back moot, it's grease some name. there are unconfirmed reports that ukrainian forces have

blown up a bridge and back more to possibly retreat. i spoke to our chief correspondent, nicolai and asked if ukraine is losing the bow. as for that bridge, we can't confirm that for now. the cranium 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, you know, 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 ukraine, 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 know, see public opinion hearing key of gradually coming round to the realization it's better to leave than to risk a huge losses, especially given the fact that are some very experienced and very capable, ukrainian units in that city. losing those to russian. you know,

to become prisoners of war or to and potentially a lot of that is not something anyone here thinks is worth doing nato defense ministers meeting for a 2nd day to devise a plan to help you kind of fan, did cease in territories. ukraine has repeatedly made successful demands for tanks and air defense systems, but a so far failed to secure nato commitments for fighter jets. ahead of the meeting, british defense secretary ben wallace said that you k was ready to supply weapons to ukraine. but said the use of fighter jets required extensive training data members a discussing how to speed up the supply of the other military equipment to ukraine . asked about possible peace talks with roger canada's defense minister anita anna, had this to say. if slide amir put in wants piece, he can leave ukraine in till that time, we need to continue to do whatever is necessary to support ukraine, sovereignty instability in the short and the long term. there are 3 main categories

of aid that we are discussing. an air defense missile systems continued 155 millimeter ammunition as well as tanks. and in all 3 categories, canada has been contributing and we are working closely with our allies to ensure that aid of all sorts continues to be put on the table for ukraine. but no word on 5 digits there did use alexander phenomena following the summit in brussels. what is the likelihood of nato giving in to ukraine's please for finance? well, there have been no decisions. unknowns here and we understand didn't discussion is still ongoing, but of course in the long term they might eventually decides to provide ukraine freight with fighter jets off to all nato. his goal is to help you create new forces, switch to nato standards. but as i said, no decision that has been made because of course, some allies are very cautious. they don't want to situation to escalate. and they

are may be also afraid that ukraine could use those fire to jets, to attack russian territories. they also point out that it's a very complicated matter when it comes to training, maintenance and spur apart. so no decision on that yet. what about speeding up the delivery of military 8, especially tanks that have been promised nato countries that are willing to provide ukraine with mortar. a western battle tanks are coming together a here on the sidelines of the defense ministers meeting and they wanted to coordinate. and to speed up the process. but we heard from the german defense minister at the store use here and he sounded quite frustrated. as you know, germany had been criticized for not deciding fast enough to provide their

leopard 2 tanks to ukraine and to allow other nations to do so. but now there are scrambling to get enough nations on board to really have a stronger tank correlation there and said the german defense minister was in particular quite critical of poland saying that they are not living up to add their promises. so we'll see what the outcome of today's meeting will be. how much of a concern a dwindling ammunition supplies for nato members who are supplying ukraine with ammunition? a huge concern for all nato allies. we have to understand that ukraine is according to estimates. fire inc. around 5000 artillery rounds every day, the need emanation, they also need ur defenses. but the longer the war goes on, at the more dead nato's stockpiles dwindle. and of course,

the only solution is to ramp up their production. however, it is going to take some time alexander phenomena. thank you very much for bringing us up to date on the latest from that summit in brussels. and let's get you up to date on some of the other stories making use. former us ambassador to the united nations nikki haley has announced she's running for the republican presidential nomination next year. she's the 2nd tend to join the race after her one time boss form of president. trump, right? this demand more than twitter, c, e o. e. lon musk. says the end of 2023 would be a good time to find someone else to run the company. it announced december that he would resign as his chief executive days before that must ran a twitter pole in which a majority vote that he should set them at a service has been held in portland, florida to mark the 5 year anniversary of a school shooting that left 17 people did. the memorial comes just

a day after 3 people were killed in the latest mass shooting at a university, michigan. u. s. president joe biden again demanded that will make us take action against what he called americas gun violence epidemic. in you zealand, at least 3 people, a dead and over 200000 left without power of the site and gabrielle. it authorities have declared a national state of emergency to deal with the damage. torrential rains trip flooding at land slides that destroyed roads and other infrastructure. the death toll from the earthquakes in turkey and syria has the past 40000. a. d w team is documenting events in the disaster zone. the border between turkey and rebel controlled areas of syria has been largely closed for a long time, but has now reopen further to allow in 8 supplies. bahama tree tape reports from the bub iowa border crossing. this is not in

a convoy crossing from turkey to syria. it's a procession relief to you and families taking the bodies of relatives who had been living in turkey back home for per some have only the backseat of the family cause to transport that he means abutment has driven more than 20 bodies across the border so far he can't understand why much needed aid is so slow to arrive in northern syria, la la, la la, in the, just as we noticed that there are more dead bodies than aids and rescue teams that arrive into northern serious m. i. would you rather, the north needs a lot to be on it and they died for people whose homes were destroyed. and we're now living in the street audio and gun. when regarding rescue times, people are still under the rebel less had that global. finally, an 8 convoy arrives more than a week after the earthquake. only

a very few have gotten through the you and relief chief stood here on the darker side of the border, crossing with celia and said, we have so far failed the people in northwest syria. martin griffith was referring to the inability of getting aids to syrians and finally were spotting some aid convoys crossing into syria on a basis off better late than never conflict across the border. insidious behind the delay. the region is controlled by different militant groups and political factions, disputes, and distrust have offs. kurds, a delivery here in the village, often, dearest. desperation has set a legal feel and there is shortage of every thing. we do not have any wood that we do not have any heater, but let the go. it is so weird in the evening. any of that, we covered ourselves with blankets, but all our children got sick with cuba, allow cuba,

jamal has worked himself to exhaustion. he's been cleaning properly from his home, his bed hands trying to pull the bodies of his relative out from under the winds. oh or not. what on the 1st day of the earthquake, people under the rubble was still alive and they called help us get us out. but we had no tools on the 2nd day, the same thing. now we nearly tools to get a dead bodies lying under the rubble, 3 alone. a law help us. we believe in god, but we want to take the bodies of our kids, mothers out of the rubble and buried improperly in graveyards. globally remarkable . some syrians feeding the world has once again feigned them after years afford and multiple displacements, little help has come there we and that brings you up to date on the all the international news happening at this hour. let's just leave you with this story. the red carpet being rolled out ahead of the opening of one of the world's biggest

public film festivals. the 73rd belly knowledge kicks off. those they with 90 movies, find the golden and silver barrel woods. this is eventful focus on the recent government purchase in iran. and the war ukraine among the headline is sean penn's documentary about ukrainian president lot of miss lensky filled as russia invaded ukraine almost a year ago. up next our documentary on artificial intelligence and love. i've been for sewland, got outfits, we'll have your next news update for you next out. see then. ah. nike, connecticut, snap, flish at 1st. nick, a consortium. manager. meaner frish, nika, gunners his teeth. eye. witnesses, reporters. but mostly mary. you pull a story of resilience.