ah ah ah this is dw news life from by land. the u. s. defense secretary holds tools with nato ally, estonia. lloyd austin's were meeting with prime minister kaya color address, ongoing support for you crave. and for ne and nato defense issues for bringing their press conference life also on the program saved after 250 hours buried under rumble. the turkeys teenager is pulled alive from the ruins 10 days after earthquakes, flattened parts of turkey and syria. relief efforts of

a growing focus as a hopes of finding survivors face. ah, i'm feel gale. welcome to the program. we start with more suspected spy balloons. this time albert ukraine. authorities there say they're shot down. russian balloons are the keys. that may have carried surveillance equipment, official say, only a few of the 6 balloons detected have been brought down. the kremlin has not commented on the reports. meanwhile, russia is increasing its attacks on areas of eastern ukraine. the nato countries are responding to keeps calls for support by promising to increase production of munitions for the ukrainian military or russia's war. and ukraine has fundamentally altered the perceived threats to security in europe. since the start of the war, nato has significantly ramped up its forces in the baltic states at the request of

the governments. there latvia, lithuania and estonia, old board of russia, and but one's part of the soviet union. now that members of nato and the european union, w killian buyer has been to the amari air base in australia to look at nato's air policing mission, aimed at monitoring the skies for unauthorized russian activity. thermal underwear. a water immersion suit boots a g suit, a life jacket and a helmet. it takes the tenant kernel christoph hoffmeister just under 2 minutes to put it all on right next door. his euro fighter is refueled and armed with a 27 millimeter cannon, and air to air missiles ready for take off in under 15 minutes. this is their court summons on hall complex. that's a very short time for such a highly complex system. as for ela, pillow, it's no secret that for all pilots,

when you're fast asleep and the alarm goes off, the u pulse dots rising melina. so that's in the adrenalin kicks in, because you're trying to be ready. heights is to be completely awake, shine, so that you can get your job done at day or at night is and splitting ones off. think about half meister is the german detachment commander for nato's enhanced air policing mission in estonia, under his command on a mile re airbase or for euro fighter jets, their pilots, ground crew and support personnel. a total of around $150.00 soldiers. their military mission is to protect the air space over the baltic states and to identify unknown and potentially hostile aircraft. just like the other baltic states, estonia has a very small air force and no fighter jets of its own. nato has been providing air support to estonia, latvia and lithuania since 2004 in 2014. after russia illegally annexed crimea, nato started a 2nd air policing mission and amory,

where the germans are now stationed. i'm standing here on the estonian coastline at behind me in that direction is the gulf of finland. and this is where nato fighter jets are regularly scramble to, to intercept russian airplane heading from st. petersburg to coline ground. after take off the jets need as little as 3 minutes to reach international air space and intercept their targets. russian military aircraft regularly fly with their flight transponders turned off and do not communicate with aircraft controllers on the ground. a potential hazard for civilian air traffic. in this case, the loft buffer euro fighters are tasked to intercept the unknown aircraft and identify them. melissa, so, but not normal when to fight a jets don't communicate in international airspace. but when you're approaching an act craft that you're not in contact with facts and you don't know what the other guy's doing, what his intentions are, and what his flight path is going to. of course, you are a bit more tense,

can respond as well as miss an english monta. kristoff hoffmeister and his soldiers are well prepared for all possible situations. together with other nato pilots, they secured the air space along the alliance eastern flank, 24 hours a day. all year round. rushes warren, you come in ukraine? hi sir, returned the focus back to the issues of refugees here in germany. last year, more than 1200000 people arrived that's a lot more than previous years. leave more than during the 2 years of what became known as the refugee crisis of 2015 and 16. many fled countries that have long been suffering from wars and conflict like assyria and afghan is done, but by far majority more than 80 percent of from ukraine. now, many local sources of feeling overwhelmed and sounding the alarm as why today politicians and experts are meeting in berlin to discuss potential solutions. mass,

germany struggles to keep up with that unprecedented number of refugees arriving some communities. a trying a constructive solutions to house people. the small city of gas law in central, germany's using all the resources it has to make the new arrivals feel at home. a taste of home to day you, yellowstone panko is making ukrainian bush beetroot soup. she fled from ki if to germany and march 2022 with her 2 daughters since then they've been living in the small city of kosler. her husband a policeman stayed behind uli as daughter's anya and maria go to local school and kindergarten at 1st the family lived in a hostile room provided by the district but moved to a private apartment just 2 months later that which hath woodson will do so at the beginning, it wasn't very important where we left because the situation was so terrible and that she didn't have any expectations. school of numbers, all we wanted was safety that we ended up moving here with these great conditions

is very cool. wanted see if see or, or more with said, those are group just over 2000 ukrainian refugees like julia and her kids have come to the district of goss law. since the war began. the local population is about a 130000 people. there are many older people here and many apartments have been left empty. the local administration created a system to match refugees up with the owners of that free accommodation. the district i were interrupting, that's a report to go over to estonia, where they are you or secretary of state lloyd austin has been meeting with countries prime minister on defense ministers. ah, the press conference at huff started for let's say, was being set to loyal. soon after that one estonian and one you us, her media outlets will have an opportunity to ask her a one question from each minister. her there will be no opportunity for one on one interviews. at the end of it is free for her. after the press conference,

we kindly ask you to remain in this room until both ministers have left left the building. but now we will start with the press conference 1st her with the statement from minister of defense of estonia. mister on or before leave. thank you so much. her. the journalist beloit. it seems that the in this week i've seen you more than, than my wife. so so, but i hope that my wife will understand the situation we are living in than this is exactly why we need to meet her so often. ah, so late and gentlemen, it is a pleasure to welcome her. i stayed sir. defense secretary here in estonia with his delegation. and there of course are well more than happy to know to were. i welcome everyone who are coming

here to day lloyd's visit her is a testament to the close corporation and strategic partnership. what we have between our countries, but the timing is also very, very significant. next week, estonia will celebrate its independence day. we must not forget that it is thanks to the committed allies like the united states, that small countries, like estonia can even flourish as independent sovereign states. our security continues to be guaranteed by our membership in nato. the most powerful alliance in history. last year at a ne, the matter its summit allies made historic decisions to make the alliance even stronger allies committed to establishing

a credible forward defense poster on nato's eastern flank. in order to ensure that every inch of allied territory is defendant without delay. as part of this commitment, brendan biden announced the decision to enhance the e with rotational presence in the baltic states. call that promise the liver, r u. s. highmark, blood tune and an infantry company are now training side by side with his own and defense forces, increasing enter operability and strengthening the security of estonia and nato. however, since russia has not given up its imperial ambitions and continues to bow the biggest and most direct threat to allied security, estonia expect to see more rapid progress in the upcoming villainous summit.

the 3rd, the 4th of february, will also be the day that we mark one, the air since russia's full scale, brutal war and invasion of ukraine. i'm glad that estonia and the united states shared that the nation for ukraine to win this war against the aggressor to expel russian forces and it's boxes from ukraine and restore ukraine's territorial integrity. ukraine has shown incredible courage in defending its people territory and our common values. and while we know that freedom will always triumph, overturn the rushes war in ukraine is a stark. remember that freedom is never free. that is why the united states and estonia are among the biggest providers of military

aid to ukraine. the united states in particular, has demonstrated outstandingly the ship and strategy foresight. since the very beginning the allied, i would like to thank you. also personally for that with the united states is the biggest contributor in absolute d'oeuvres. estonia is in relative terms as the result of the talent pledge commitment as stone as military assistance. lu crane recently exceeded one percent of our did you the b? still we can and must do more. i have 3 key proposals as to how 1st all european partners and nato allies must spend more than 2 percent. ideally closer to 2.5 percent of the g,

b on defense. more can only be given when there is more to give. second, the international coalition should reach at least 100000000000 euros in combined military aid to ukraine. by the end of 2023, we can talk about how substance also mothers. but trust me, there is at least up 100000000000 worth of things. ukraine needs already at this moment. 3rd, the european union should urgently support the ukraine and defense with 1000000 artillery rollins. a proposal recently put forward by estonia at same time as the owner will continue to accelerate the development of its own national defense. the newest own and national security strategy foresees

a new stander of at least 3 percent of g d, b for defense host, they shall support the allies, is planned to come on top of this. we will continue upgrade allied infra infrastructure and expand training go between the disk to support us and other allied deployments to estonia, because we recognize that it is best to do practice defending in estonia in the stone. yeah, last but not least, i'm grateful to the us and also to secretary austin for their substantial financial aid that the u. n. e. i states has provided to estonia, he has been vital, good acceleration of all capability development. without say it. i paused the word to secretary austin, the light pleased to florida, yours or good afternoon everyone and mr. pat

gore. thanks for hosting me in this beautiful city. it's my 1st visit to town as, as a secretary of defense. and i am grateful for your warm welcome, especially in this february weather. so i was delighted to be able to host you in washington last year. and i'm glad that today we could continue our dialogue on bilateral defense partnership and regional security. was also delighted to have the chance to meet earlier today with prime minister callous. so i want to make one thing very clear to the estonian people to day. united states remains steadfastly committed to the freedom and sovereignty of our baltic allies. and we stand united with you to deter and defend

against any threat to our shared security. now i'm visiting at a critical time for europe and for the world. as minister pep gert as stated earlier next week, we'll mark a year since russia launched its full scale invasion of its peaceful neighbour ukraine. and we more in the lives. busy lost so needlessly and prudence, cruel and unprovoked war of choice. as a ukrainian people fight so bravely to defend their sovereignty, they remind us that we can never take freedom for granted. now estonians understand that very well. and estonians

know how important it is for all countries to stand up for a free and sovereign ukraine. you've experienced the kremlin aggression 1st hand and you shown tremendous leadership in supporting ukraine today. as a share of your economic size, estonia has provided more military aid to ukraine than any other country in the world. you've made hard decisions to get ukrainians, the assistance that they need to defend themselves. so thank you for your leadership. it is truly a shining example to all countries in a stony as leadership reminds us that even small countries can make a big difference. now estonia is also making contributions further

afield, and i welcome is stony as planned to increase its participation in operation inherent resolve and iraq. and estonia continues to make critical investments in its own defense. your strong defense spending and procurement of new capabilities are crucial in deterring attacks against nato. united states stands beside you as a friend and as an ally. you can see that commitment in our recent deployment of u. s. forces in estonia, including the high mars multiple loc, multiple launch rockets system in our infantry. mr minister, we've just come from an important meeting of the ukraine defense contact group, and a successful nato defense ministerial. potent thought that

he could divide nato. but his aggression achieved just the opposite. the nato alliance is more united and stronger than i have ever seen him. now we had a very highly productive discussion today on strengthening our collective defense in response to russia's reckless assault on, on ukraine. nato is strengthening, strengthening. it's deterrence and defense in the eastern part of the, the alliance. the united states is also enhancing its presence along the alliances eastern flank. and will maintain a persistent rotational presence in the baltics. so i'm confident that are too proud. democracies will work together to meet any challenge and together

will continue to strengthen trans atlantic security and to defend the rules based international order, but keeps us all safe. so thank you very much. and so now we'll take a couple of questions. iraq, please. thank you. johan ester ala from a stone in public broadcasting, ah question to secretary austin, what should the u. s. and a stone and do together to further reduce the possibility of russian aggression and shoot things ago saw. or how can we be sure that you, as troops with, will fight with a stone now from the very 1st moment. but i'm also curious, why has it been difficult to say that russia has to lose the war in ukraine? and when do you see that happening? so the 1st part of the question is, what can we do together to deter aggression in the future?

i think the 1st thing that we can do is what we're already doing. and that is working together along with allies and partners to provide ukraine, the much needed security assistance that it requires to, to be able to be successful in defending its sovereign territory. now we've seen them make good use of the capabilities that we provided, that to this point. they won the battle of car keith. they won the battle of keith, they won the battle, of course on. they've inflicted significant damage on, on russia's lands for land forces, and they've held their own in a, in a very contested battle in the, in the don boss. and so this fight will continue to evolve. and we will do everything we can working together to ensure that we're providing them the means to be successful. i think we've all been very,

very impressed by what we've seen from the ukranian forces. their leadership has held together the forces of remain committed to, to being successful in defending their sovereign territory. so that's the 1st part of the question. the 2nd part of the question i think was whether or not we would be here any event of an attack on a, on a stone. you know, i'll, i'll just point to the what, what our president, president biden has said a number of times. and what i've also said, our commitment to article 5 is iron clamp. we take that very seriously and, and we'll live up to our commitments. we also said that, you know, beckett, madrid, our president made the decision to rotate, forces in and out of the baltics are on a consistent basis in a heel to toe fashion. so that we had the, you know,

consist of presents. we've lived up to that will continue to live up to it in the final thing i would just point out to is that prior to russia's invasion, and i met with your minister of defense. and i told him that if russia invaded ukraine, we would deploy forces to, to estonia the next day. and we did, we were the 1st to be here and we met every word we said, and we'll live up to our commitments going forward. so we are committed to article 5, and you can, you can bet on it. so ah, that was the, are you a secretary of state or a lloyd austin and estonia now ah, the devastating earthquakes in turkey and syria have now claimed more than 40000 lives in turkey. many of the dead being buried in mass graves, making it difficult for their loved ones to find them and just eat up his jack

paris reports some graves are still unmarked. the unmistakable sound of grief. ah, these people have just identified the body of a loved one at this graveyard on the outskirts of karima marsh in southern takia. the staffer arrives in search of his child, hastily letterhead, cindy, blush, him by the modem. i searched to hospitals for my baby like almost the room, but i want to bury my baby. and to pray, rosalind, that's all i want washing machine. it's no legitimate yesterday. and nurse told me my baby had died is all that i get and that i should come here, but they showed me a photo let. now i'm here to find the gravy of miss lot. we should bill on a good at she been recovered in this theory. been mystified, goes to find his baby fans arrive here every few minutes throughout the day, each carrying up to 4 people who died in the earthquakes. the national

police force is coordinating the operation taking photos and fingerprints of the bodies which they match up to a national database in coordination with the interior ministry and the office of immigration will eligible. joshua that history to them of them is janasia. let him is when her processes are done, look, there is still some bodies which can't be identified whomever southerner for them. would you do to avoid any confusion in the future? in our knowledge, we take a biological sample for dna analysis. lamar, which can be matched to blood samples from their families later, miss yelp will up, you know, assist them as an initiative to mrs. alma. it was shaking luchella's way of yours. there is 600 people working in this graveyard alone. each of the graves here has a number on it so that the families can come and find out exactly where their loved one has been buried. it is an extremely sad and extremely powerful scene. and the

reality of this earthquake is that this is just one graveyard like this pretty much every city in the region has a similar one. around 95 percent of the buried have been identified for those whose families don't make it here in time. volunteers have come to treat the bodies before burial gun in his language are hutchison, i wish every one was alive, isn't stevens? i'm but we're here treating the bodies as they should be treated in the islamic way . her brother did give the family's peace of mind to law. mister clover keys in the toronto few places represent the horrors of the earthquake more than here. and as more bodies are buried, more families walk the graveyard to find their final resting place. all those earthquakes in turkey and syrian are claimed more than 42000 lives. over 10 days after the massive tremor, survivors are still being freed. from the rubble,

17 year old girl was rescued in karen mcmanus, a province, 248 hours. after the 1st quake hit on refuge, sachi appeared to be in good health and could open and close her eyes. but such glimmers of hope are dwindling. tension is now focusing on delivering aid to millions of people who've been left homeless without water fuel and other infrastructure reaction shockey his c e o. of the marin foundation, which has been distributing 8 at gassy, on apple and southern turkey. welcome to the w. i could you give us a sense of the situation where you are, please. well, i mean, if it's still arriving with aid, like from every country you can think of here to this airport. everybody's working, everybody helpful, the government employees to make everything easier. it's would that agencies and now nato's promise to send tens of thousands of tents. so what else is needed

that? well, everything else is needed. i mean, we're talking about food blankets tailored. like all kinds of shelters. i mean there places to shower. you saw anything, this is woke up here and i'm talking here, lots of guys and i'm talking to the southern turkey and northern syria. i'm. we've heard the reports of tensions between turkey citizens and syrian refugees. have you seen that? well, all this. yeah, i did not see it myself. i had the few, i would call it through my or on line or maybe some individual incidents. but me, i've been in the garage and many areas. i did not see it, but i think this will happen sooner or later if the right. right. so are more sheltered. right, so it's 8 is the most important thing at this time. yes, yes, absolutely. i mean, aid that any other essential, like 2 days ago,

actually yesterday i managed to pick shower up at the base and you know how relief is that? and i just imagine people who doesn't have shorter doesn't have food. and we can give them even place to just shower. it's very simple things. people don't think. all right. so what do you think that is needed next? let's presume then that the 8 is arriving. because we, we know, at the very least it's, it's on its way people get fed tense, get to put up what then is needed. i want to be done. i mean, that trauma everybody here, what does this catastrophic disaster is traumatized? so we really need it like a specialized box. that was problem here. we need school agencies where it's for gap. we need like a lot of food care for you after at craig, and this one is not, is it great? thank you so much for joining with you and deficit. yeah, jackie,

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