the the, this is daily news long from berlin, the leaders of germany and the us force for more a to ukraine chancellor off shot meets with president joe biden and washington to urge us lawmakers to approve more military aid for keep the us presidents as not doing so would be criminal, also on the program. a deadly attack on ukraine. official say 3 children are among the dead after a russian drone strike on har keith. this comes in leadership, jacob, and team for as the military struggles on the battlefield. and the year of the dragon has arrived as china and other countries mark the start of the lunar new

year. we'll look at how people in hong kong are celebrating one of the most important holidays in the calendar. the really welcome to the show german chancellor shaw says met with you as president joe biden in washington to pressure the us congress to approve more military aid for ukraine. lawmakers are working on a bill that would send tens of billions and assistance to key, but a political deadlock has left the legislation in limbo in washington, where political paralysis has left vital a to crane in jeopardy. germany's chancellor, all of schultz made us stop at the white house, joining in on efforts to push for the funds. and you know, without the support of the united states,

you can have lots of chance that the country the us is the largest supplier of military assistance to ukraine. the white house has been warning for months. that of lawmakers failed to resolve the deadlock on sending aid. it would hurt, keeps ability to fight off brushes nearly 2 year old invasion for the failure message. congress not to support this close to criminal justice outrages the us senate is making progress on a bill that includes some $60000000000.00 in a to ukraine and funds for other us allies do things in senators hope to pass it within days. but it's unclear if the legislation will be approved by the us house, where some republicans are strongly opposed to connecticut is the effects of the

stalls funds already being felt on ukraine's front lines or us and european official say the delay is contributing to critical shortages of weapons and ammunition needed on the battlefield, critical shortages of weapons and ammunition needed on the battlefield. jackson, james is a political scientist and resident senior fellow as a german marshal fund, and i asked him if chancellor left shots and president job i didn't have any sway over congress at this point. at this point is unclear. i think probably the best thing that the shots could have done was to say, europe is here, europe is ready and germany is in the lead to help a crane. but they're asking to actually be something that's more in leadership with the, with united states on making sure that ukraine was sustainable. it's not quite clear with that sort of work of me. what will it take for that to work?

well, it's basically a domestic fight in the united states and mostly in the house of representatives is keeping the question open as to whether they will support what the senate guess is trying to present to them. so it's. ready it's a bit of a problem for shots to impact the bad, but he can only have. ready to mr. biden's attempt to say to the show in the house in congress, in general, we have partners that are ready to move at eye level with us and we have to maintain our own support. so that be great. it's not always just lighting, but it's able to maintain itself over the next several years, not just this year. what is a deadlock in the us doing to the united front? the west wants to present in the face of lot of input and it's undermining it. and that's the problem, i think that mr. bided was talking about when he said it's almost criminal for the us to pull out of the support from the printer at this juncture. so that's

a problem. it's basically domestic politics. so we're trying to figure out member, this is last year and it's definitely difficult to extract that from that particular uh environment which mr. barton is in. and i think it's important that mr. schultz was there just to say, we stand with you, will you share with us of course. okay, now that joint strength being undermined, what does that mean in practical terms for the people in inquiry? i think that basically the supports for europe is increasing. i think that will maintain a level of support for you print to keep going in this war with russia. but the united states isn't a major support of military hardware that begins to, to decline. that's going to make it that much more difficult for us to keep up that side of the support they're supporting in all kinds of ways financially. but the major problem is that it's american doesn't give the support for military hardware . it should be very difficult for ukraine to maintain its position towards the

russian oppression. jackson changed the air from the german marshal funds officials in northeastern ukrainian or russian drone attack and hard keepers skilled 7 people, including 3 children. according to the original governor of the strike on your friend, 2nd largest city, hit homes and infrastructure, causing several large fires. in greens, military said, is air defense is down more than 20 drones. the attack comes as president will let him or zalinski shakes up your brains armed forces replacing it's chief of staff. and commander in chief cave has been struggling to make progress on the battlefield for months now. in the field in central ukraine, a shy head drone lice almost intact rainy and supplied drones like this have become a key partial versus air war. relatively inexpensive, their use to drain ukrainian air defenses and spread fear among civilians,

burned cars and damage building show the aftermath of a successful drones strike in a village in the eastern hockey region. 7 hits were recorded. the force of the bloss blowing at windows, and this has something to do a little to show that they can use the food it includes. i thought they would never come here. it's all remote. but do you see dunn's out that the do fly to the middle of nowhere as they lose the takeaways? as waves of russian drones and missiles are launched at civilian homes and infrastructure across ukraine on the battlefield. there are also for middle challenges. after nearly 2 years, a fighting ukraine struggling to mobilize new forces, ukraine's military have said it needs half a 1000000 new recruits to replenish and leave the exhausted troops on the front line. the hopes for military gains of all so fated as ukraine was unable to break russia's front lines and it came to offensive launch last summer. so ukrainian

forces have switched the defensive mode, facing the length of the rest of the sold. sometimes, like i've discussed, president flooded me as a lensky is no best thing on a shakeup at the top of the military to turn the war and ukraine's favor the short while ago i spoke to marina moran. she is a military analyst and researcher at the worst studies department at kings college london. and i asked her why russian forces are so focused on taking a small so if you like, of these as well as steve car has been very important, it is a russian force. so since 2014, as a matter of fact, because the premium troops established a strong hold, they are, it has a symbolic importance for russian since they tried to take it for 10 years now. and according to the russians, ukrainians use of the you've got to sheldon that so on the one hand the russians

would be able to better defend the nets and attack ukrainian troops in the vicinity . however, the other important military strategic importance inside of the car is on the height. so it's, it will be easier for the russians to oversee the area. and of course, defend the city which has a, a quote planned the biggest in ukraine for these things. steel which would deliver a blow to ukrainian and military industry and of the car is located next to a railway and a highway which would make russian logistics much easier. opening up the route to a permit, taurus can slip out. and so having bust moved and having of the grass would make it much more easier for the russians to supplies of forces. if they happen to come to launch an offensive on a slow down skin from a towards how much longer do you think you crank and what stand large scale attacks

on savings like of they've got and hard keep especially looking at the difficulties the army seems to be facing and finding your recruits as well. i think especially in of the of cards association, fee of ukrainian troops is very critical because they are about to be surrounded. not only is that of supplying them becomes more and more difficult. they are also lacking a refill re emulation and have to resort to trends. so, and especially in the view of great is expected that it might for a very soon as far as her keys. and um, as replace as was a russian forces are actively on the offensive. it's still looks like so you create new troops. i able to offer resistance. however, given the overall situation, it's remains to be seen how long, but you can find of russian fences across the entire line of contact one way or another. it sounds like tough times i had for the new commander in chief alexander

sir ski. why do you think the landscape picked him? well, it looks on the surface. if somebody who is the opposite of solution e and ends the landscape is view solution a has failed to counter offensive. he had a very unpopular and tactic of defense, araselis and all fans which the landscape prefers. and uh, sir skis of course, much more pliable. he's been appearing along sides of landscape as early as a spring, 2223. so the service key will be assuming the position in order to do what's to lansky sizes without any conflicts between the lensky and the how to of and the chief of staff. therefore, i think on the one hand, his experience to him being kind of more soviet minded general,

as well as the fact that he is much more willing to do what the lensky says makes him ideal in order to avoid conflict. that being said, he is not well liked and amongst the population, and he's not well liked amongst the trips and given the situation and remains questionable how much change he can bring in those moreno moran from the worst studies department of kings college london. thank you. so much thank you for having me. and a quick look at some of the stories making headlines around the world today. and pockets on jails, former prime minister in wrong con and his rival novels shreeve has both claimed victory in the general election. independent candidates, backed by con, one. the most states, bunch of reef muslim league emerged the biggest single party vote counted as still under way after an election large by violence and allegations of vote. rigging

for astronauts have splashed down off the coast of florida at the end of a private mission to the international space station. turkeys 1st astronaut was among those returning it was the 3rd slide operated by us company axiom specks. man, we not thousands of revellers have taken to the streets of brazil's rear. it is an errand to kick off the annual carnival. events are being held despite the city state of emergency due to an epidemic of dingy fever. some 200000 tourists are expected to visit brazil for this year's festival, which lasts until february 14 billions of people are marking a different kind of festivity. the beginning of the lunar new year is an especially important holiday and chinese culture. the w. c. be con. reports now from a temple in hong kong, which is a popular spot for people in the city to mark the start of the new calendar. a mrs

. house phone call writing saying that yeah, off the track and thousands of people flocks to this famous temples, to offer that fast in says at the altar at midnight to mock the perfect evening of luna. new. yeah. as a citizen, a ritual worship post belief as it early as a mix. that offerings the best of luck they will have in the yeah. has is also the 1st new. yeah. well we can find people to celebrate without the mosque, again, from hong kong yourself. how soon we covered that quickly? no, no, no. yeah, it's on about as good fortune and blessings. many of the people here tell us it's not only something that the appraisal themselves, but also the city. because the previous year was a tough one for home comb. it's economic expense performance one way was then all of his major competitors. um, there are also ongoing concerns over outlook, especially when china is also struggling with it's slow down, not to mention the photo tightening of political control. so now people now have to

tell us to take a risk and do lights with the families, but also hopefully won't. the time is striking symbolizes that is conspiracy and strength in the upcoming. yes. that was cd con. i'm the controllers and this is the end of our show. thank you so much for your company. by the way, these places in europe, a smashing step into a bold adventure. the treasure map for modern globetrotters. describe it as some of us wriggled, bragging sites on youtube and also in the ice coat be at the end of the plastic underneath an expedition venture. this on 2 places that no one has to.