ah ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin. russia unleashes a massive missile barrage on sissy's, across the print reports coming in of explosions in keys and across the country with energy infrastructure targeted in the attacks. we'll go live to our correspondence in the ukranian capital. meanwhile, in georgia,

protests of rocks in the capital tbilisi for a 2nd day police battle with demonstrators protesting a draft law that could limit press freedom and harold, an authoritarian shift. and in israel concerns over plans to overhaul the legal system to protest to say government proposals to change the supreme court processes are a threat to democracy, while supporters say they reflect the will of the people ah my manuscript, mccann, in a very warm welcome to the program, russia has unleashed a massive missile attack across ukraine, reports all coming in of residential buildings, hit and energy infrastructure targeted in this latest garage heaves, mayor vitale glitch says there were explosions in the cities,

southwestern neighborhoods, and that emergency services are heading directly to the areas affected now it's not immediately clear how many missiles have struck targets in the capitol and across the country, but air raid sirens sounded for hours and the delivery is amen. se is in the capitol cave, amine, can you tell us more about what happened overnight about these ass strikes? well, i was awoken around 6 am by the unmistakable sound of an explosion. for many people it shook the building that they were in the windows of this seems to have been a blast, a little bit outside of the center of targeting thermal electric plants. so this applies electricity to the city. now there are reports that 15 percent of the city does not have electricity at this time. it's unclear if that is a shut down from the electric plant, or if it's due to preventative measures. but at this time,

the building i'm in has electricity. that's what i know about key of there was also reports of smaller glass around the city, but this wasn't just key of it was a major strike across the country as places as far west as levine. you also had a tax in the north, ensure near in the east, in har keith and in the south in odessa as well as other cities across the country . harkey, was the was attacked, was hit by 15 missiles and there was also reports of a residential building being hit. but at this point in there haven't been reports of casualties anywhere. so far, russia has been hitting ukraine with massive missiles hack since october, but these do seem to be the biggest wave of air attacks in recent weeks. can you describe the feeling, you know, is the feeling in ukraine that this war is simply going to keep grinding on and on

. of course the war is very different experience, very different in different parts of the country. for people in the east. they are know for certain that this war is grinding on and on places like bar mood that seen the heaviest fighting. but in places like here where the cities that are just subject mostly to long range missile attacks from russia had been pretty quiet here for about 3 weeks as you said. and there were no power outages. now if you remember from october through last month, due to heavy missile fire from russia attacking power stations, there had been daily black out. so this was a daily reminder of the ongoing war for residents in the capital key. if that had subsided for a while, there hadn't been any blackouts for a while now with renewed attacks. i think just when people thought life was getting back to something like normal there, the war has been brought home for them. so this will be a blow to morale here in the city and in the west where they're the war is not

experienced on a daily basis. i mean, thanks so much as i mean, se reporting from keith. i am stuck under the head of the nato military alliance is wanting that the ukrainian town of bad mood may fall to russian forces in the coming days. it's the latest indication that keeps grip on the town is slipping, as rush and mercenary forces claim control of the towns east. but key for its parts, as it will do all it can to prevent russia from taking bad mood. he will only reveal his alias to us commander curt speeds through abandoned villages. these are the fringes of the battle for back moat. a perilous desert of mud shots are fired her daily luxuries my party. our mission is to wear the russians down as much as possible and it's working. we're seeing that they're losing strength and, and not in the position to start major attacks elsewhere. kurt has hidden his ukrainian commanders in the rooms. well. they plan,

they tell us to ambush russian units his father. nicola is among the group. look, amanda is a commander, but a father is a father at home. i am the father. here is my commander. the rumble of an approaching tank interrupted the father, some discussion. curt moves on. he would rather stay on the move when the russians are so close by. on the way, he shows us his infantry, his supply of military equipment. summers like the hardest thing is that every day we are losing the best people in this war that ukraine didn't start. everything else can be overcome. the summer when we lose comrades that spurs us on me, we have a goal number of why did someone have to die? we don't win that you want, so we have to win. but come with us in the building. and now they're preparing for

their next battle on the front of back. moved police have clashed with protest isn't a 2nd night of unrest in the george and capsule tbilisi the demonstrators who voicing their anger over a controversial new draft law. the legislation which has been dubbed the foreign agent bill received initial backing from parliament earlier this week. opponent say that if passed, it would limit free speech and mark an absolute shift towards authoritarianism. ango in georgia, capital tbilisi, as people continue to protest against the government's attempt to pass a controversial bill, it would require organizations to register as foreign agents. if they received more than 20 percent of their funding from abroad. the bill is reminiscent of russia's foreign agent law, which the kremlin used extensively to crack down on descent. people feel freedom of speech will be lost in georgia to normally me and my colleagues was

on part is heard to them of phrases. we color was the most reason as any other, even, but i know is the time when we are under direct attack from the government, so we should proto kellerso public. discontent isn't the only reason why the bill is considered risky. it also threatens to derail george's negotiations. to join the european union, the e u has responded saying, this is a very bad development for georgia and it's people. this law is incompatible with e values and standards. it's final adoption may have serious repercussions on our relations. demonstrators are holding their ground fiercely. despite clashes with the police and despite the tear gas water cannons and sondra needs that have been directed at them,

follow the rule of this law is absolutely anti constitutional and it goes against the will of the georgian people to become an e member, a full fledged member of the european family who was on so revealed a home builder. oh wow. these mass protests come when the bill hasn't even become low yet. if it does ga us government could have an even bigger force to reckon with . a european union has said that the bill is incompatible with e values. earlier we asked joshua co chair who is a freelance journalist in tbilisi to tell us why the georgian government is trying to enact less bell. even though polls show that a majority of citizens want the country to join the you. i mean, this is the big question that everyone's trying to answer, and i don't think anybody has an answer yet. i would say that the government definitely does see the countries civil society sector, independent media and, and organizations. in particular,

a handful of big western funded organizations that are very anti government. they see that is a big threat to them and they do want to weaken them. but this law is such a blunt instrument and it carries such a big risk of running ruining the country chances for getting you candidacy that it's hard to imagine that it's worth the risk. they might also think the government and also think that they can get away with it, that they are now because of the war and ukraine. geopolitically important enough to europe that they can, that you will still want them even if they don't meet all of the use profess values . but if it's a big risk, if that's what they're thinking, joshua conceras to israel now where government proposals to overhaul the legal system, have spot protests with some calling it a threat to democracy. support to say the plans which reduce the influence of the

supreme court and allow political influence in selecting court justices are the will of the people. others have grave concerns about the rule of law and minority rights. one of the many protest happening across israel, this time is really ami veterans and reservists have invited the public to demonstrate against the government's plans to change the legal system across the street from prime minister benjamin netanyahu office sigma bessler, a physicist as addressing the rally. these were in the scientist baris, that is, rose, democracy is in danger. the new government trying to impose laws such that the government will be supreme to basically everything including justice. so why we are here to make sure that such a legislation will never bess, it will take us down below that, that hungary and poland and turkey and iran went before us. we just want to make

sure that this is not happening here as well. just a few 100 meters away at is riskiness at the far right government is pushing through with its plans to trust stickly curve. the powers of the nation's supreme court. parts of the legislation have already passed the 1st reading in parliament sim co hoffman from the far right village to sign his party is one of the main architects of the traditional reform he states. voters have given the government a monday to go ahead with the controversial overhaul in november. first. a lot of people went out of the whole homes and voted, and they voted on exactly this issue. so to listen to that, there is a lot of people, but it is a small minority in his room. that says, is that this reform is not good for him. we have basically a court that is an unbalanced and uncheck on like the other entities, him with the government, which are checked and balance or we need to introduce checks and balances to says

river system. the deponent disagree. they say the overhaul, the give, the government unchecked power and override israeli to dish or aris independence and, and, and there's no constant in the state of israel and no declaration of human rights. we do not have the 2 houses of parliament. we do not have term limits for the prime minister now and who i'll be more than that's why in terms of checks and balances. many times we lean on the high court decisions. this law makes it impossible for the supreme court to oversee the candidate and the government's actions. another protest this time in front of the prime minister's residence in jerusalem after weeks of demonstrations, people here are angry that their voices are not being heard. and legislation is being pushed through here because things are getting really radical with good enough people citizens.

i would say that's a bunch of streaming just to go over the parliament and they just want to buy their own laws. they don't care about us. they don't care about the public love with try another way, but i mean, nothing else. do we need to fight for our country despite efforts but israeli president isaac had spoken to this. a meaningful dialogue on the issue has yet to materialize. the government insists the reforms essential and doesn't seem to be backing down some sports needs now and a big result the by and me, nick in the champions league, they have not linelle messy and they started from i out of the tournament. and the 2nd leg of their round of 16 match out bands. tomas malott launched a counter attack that led to eric maxime chicago tangs 2nd half goal sash. natalie

added another goal as by an advanced to the quarter finals 3 now on aggregate. now before we go, his reminder of the top story that we're following for you today. russia has unleashed a massive missile barrow and shawn cities across ukraine reports and coming in of explosions in keith and across the country with energy infrastructure targeted in the attacks that we have time for. for now, the business news is up next with christy plots and looking africa's the future as an exporter of environmentally friendly hydrogen fuels. to stick around for that, if you camp, i'm an nicu to make an, an invalid. thank you for watching. with

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