spiegel published an article about the situation in ukraine, the german weekly took comments. the mayor of kyivayor of the capital of ukraine say that there are signs that an autocracy is forming in ukraine, that is, the power of one person or some group of people who are trying to take all the power into their hands, although we we understand that after 2019, the year of the president. elections and parliamentary elections, when a monomajority was formed in the verkhovna rada, this monomajority appointed its government, in fact there is a monomajority in ukraine, with the beginning of the great war, from february 24 , 2022, when martial law was introduced, it is clear that the entire concentration of power was concentrated in the hands of the supreme commander-in-chief of the armed forces of ukraine, volodymyr zelenskyi. now, when a certain amount of time has passed, the representatives of local self-government bodies have questions about volodymyr zelenskyi and volodymyr zelenskyi, or the team volodymyr zelenskyi , to the commander-in-chief of the armed forces of ukraine , valery zaluzhnyi, c

recruit, well, it is difficult to assess, but there is potential, there is potential, and the mayor of kyiv recently made a rather loud statement, he told foreign media that ukraine is moving towards authoritarianism, some laughed at it, some condemned it, er... some said , that the mayor is just playing politics, here you are, as a sociologist, you you see signs that ukraine is moving towards authoritarianism, which means that it is moving towards authoritarianism, we have martial law, in general, and in us. his his in general, i wonder how much of this authoritarianism, yes there are, compared to a peaceful life, there are features, well, i understand, but what is authoritarianism, er, it is the concentration of power in the hands of one person, that’s how i understand it, i don’t i know how klitschko understands, but i'll tell you, i don't know how, come on, i, he's not a political scientist, he said, ukraine is moving towards authoritarianism and can stop differ. from russia, where everything depends on the whim of one person, well, then he understands correctly, authoritarianism is pow

of missile strikes at the ukrainian capital overnight. ukraine's air force says it took down ten targets over kyiv early this morning, but falling debris damaged homes, cars and a children's hospital. the mayorkyiv, vitali klitschko, said 53 people were hurt, including six children. odesa also saw a series of drone attacks. well, jessica parker sent this update a short while ago from the ukrainian capital. i'm standing in a children's playground in a district of kyiv. but part of it has been totally destroyed. let me show you some of what we can see here. first of all, you'll see a group of people just here and there's a massive crater in the ground — that must have been the point of impact from last night's blast. and then look up at the apartment�*s windows blown out everywhere. some of those flats have been completely destroyed, others very badly damaged. they're doing what they can to try and make those buildings structurally safe or the site as safe as possible. and then also just look over here. there is a burnt—out car. now, what we're told is it was actually parked near the apartment blocks, but the force of the blast blew it over here right into the middle of the children's playgrou

something like the subway is flooding, sinking somewhere, uh, in the number of her various comments about the kyiv authorities and the mayor klitschko is going overboard, well, let's do it, cutlets, flies, let's sort it out separately, and you will tell us what, what kind of war it is under the ground. and on the surface of kyiv, underground and on the ground, and everything behind the ground, look, regarding the subway, a temporary control commission has been created in kyiv today, which should receive answers, first, first for the deputies, and then it will all be relayed accordingly, for society, regarding what actually happened to the subway, in what way... okay, if it was improperly built there during the time of azarov and yanukovych, then why during the whole other period. we did not receive information that this branch is in an emergency state, and we need to react accordingly, well, according to preliminary information, this study was carried out, we just expected that it would be possible to go for scheduled repairs closer to the warm winter season, closer to spring, but it went away it's not true or not, it's ju

and today the mayor of kyiv visited the metro station, or to find out what is happening there, we will hear his comment right now. a few weeks ago there were the first such calls regarding the leakage of a large amount of water and the situation unfortunately worsened in such a way that it happened deformation of the tunnels, which means it is dangerous, and safety for passengers is a key priority. it is known that geological and geodetic research will be carried out, soil will be extracted and examined in places of seepage, it will take several months, before that the metro stations will be closed for six months, so now there are duplicate routes of ground transport, which should improve the situation at least a little and help people get to the designated places. however, the situation is actually quite... quite complicated, because there are many people at bus stops, inside tisnyav , in fact, ground transport is much slower than, of course, the metro, my usual route of 20 minutes took an hour today, so we hope that this ground transport will become more active and we are also waitin

viewers whether they see attempts to usurp power in ukraine, and this is due to the fact that the mayor of kyivtaliy klitschko , said that there are attempts at authoritarianism, the establishment of authoritarianism in ukraine, he said this in interview influence. to the german weekly spiegel, do you see a threat to democracy and an attempt at what the government can do to be in the hands of one person or in the hands of several people, no, i don’t see it, i see and know that we have approved martial law, and all power in the country, primarily military, is really in the hands of one person, the supreme commander of ukraine, once, secondly, the entire vertical power during the war in the hands of the military, the troops of the commander-in-chief of the army, commanders-in-chief, branches of the army, the ukrainian armed forces, and in principle military administrations. i think that all of us should understand this feature, and moreover, precisely because of this vertical, because of martial law, i the only one who is convinced that the entire direction of the government should be in support

, that's how they deal with it, each person measures another person by himself, klitschko, the mayor of kyive an interview to german journalists from the publication de schpiegel and said that ukraine is moving towards authoritarianism, and i already saw it. how some so-called court political scientists, courtiers at the president's office are starting to talk about the fact that, yes, klitschko has presidential ambitions, he was also asked about it from another publication, he said that, the swiss publication, and he also said there that it is wrong answered what he had presidential ambitions, klitschko, here, said that he was not surprised by the drop in popularity of president zelenskyi in contrast to the army, said that people are asking themselves why we were not better prepared for this war, why zelenskyi denied until the last that this will be enough, or why the russians yes... to reach kyiv so quickly, but at the same time adds that and in the end that our president nevertheless plays an important role today and we must support him until the end of the war, but at the end of this war

viewers whether they see attempts to usurp power in ukraine, and this is due to the fact that the mayor of kyiv, vitaliy klitschko , said that there are attempts by authoritarianism to establish authoritarianism in ukraine, this is what he said in an interview with the influential german weekly spiegel, do you see a threat to democracy and an attempt at what the authorities can find...' in hands of one person or several people? no, i don’t see it, i see and know that we have approved martial law, and all power in the country, primarily the military, is really in the hands of one person, the supreme commander-in-chief of ukraine, once, secondly, the entire vertical of power during the war is in the hands of the military, the commander-in-chief’s troops . is convinced that the entire direction of the government should be in support of the armed forces of ukraine, for this purpose the power is concentrated and for this reason we voted for the introduction of martial law, this, by the way, is the essence of it , no democratic freedom, no court procedure will cancel it. on the law on martial law, th

see the main new year's beauty behind my back , it has an overhang of 12 m, the chairman, the mayor of kyiv, told about it vitaliy klitschko was installed and opened traditionally on the day of: st. nicholas, i apologize, and this happens live broadcast, you can’t do anything, except for the new year’s beauty tree , they also installed a location called brave hearts, you can see it, behind me, she, there is a big the heart is like this, it is made of illumination, there are also small christmas trees nearby, on which toys hang, these toys. every visitor to sofia square can take it with him as a souvenir, but there is one condition: you need to make a donation, the christmas tree will shine every evening, during all winter holidays, i let me remind you that this year in ukraine the winter holidays have all shifted, because we switched to a new calendar, today they celebrate the holiday of st. nicholas and traditionally in kyiv on this holiday they already light... the main new year's tree. state funds, city funds, i apologize, no christmas tree was spent, it was installed at the expense of p

oleg , they don't want to release another of your colleagues either, and they won't release the mayor of kyiv, mr. klitschko, because he made a rather, rather unexpected and sharp message, which was covered by almost all european mass media, and ukrainian, that is, in the opinion of mr. klitschko, it smacks of a dictatorship, something, well, this statement by vitaliy klitschko about authoritarianism in ukraine, i think, is the result of all your actions against the local self-government carried out by the current government, and again, this is not an attack on klitschko personally, although he also gets it, it is an attack on ukrainian unity, that is, the authorities are starting to look for witches and find out inside the country, well, who is against her, who interferes with her in order to simply shift the responsibility for all troubles, this is a very dangerous trend, and here are all... these facts about people's deputies, it is not about the fact that the people's deputy wanted to go somewhere on vacation, this is not kolya tishchenko is with him there, i don't know maldives, taiwan o

mayor of kyiv vitaly. reported that there was a hit in an apartment building in the capital. meanwhile, the kyiv city military administration reports that it is about falling debris, and the journalists of the roughters agency showed the moment of the explosion and how the drones were shot down in the capital. roksana ubychai, a correspondent of radio liberty , joins our broadcast at the moment, she works at the scene of the incident in the capital, where the actual consequences took place after the attack on kyiv. roksolana, my congratulations, tell me what you know. hello, oleg, i can tell you that there are victims and now i'm trying next to the house that was hit, here you won't see the exact place of the hit, because it's the last floor, it was hit there according to preliminary data hit parts shot down by the russian camikat drone the shakhead, i also know that the apartments on the top floors were on fire, where exactly did these fragments hit, where did they hit, and i know that one of the apartments belongs to our colleague, he was there with his family, he is a journ

. >>> overnight the mayor of kyiv says 34 people were injured in what is being called a russian missile attack on the capital, most from falling glass and from blown-out windows from the blast. we'll keep you updated on the talks. >>> ron desantis changing tactics antond tone on teflon donald trump to see if it sticks. he turned questions about issues into a straight rebuke of trump. >> donald trump, so he's -- when he gets off the teleprompter, you don't know what he's going to say. donald trump has refused to debate throughout this campaign. when donald trump ran in '16, he was going to repeal and replace obama care. i'm the only one running that can beat trump one-on-one. >> but the newest poll shows this. trump with a 32-point lead over desantis in iowa, where the caucus will happen almost a month from today. jessica dean joins us again this morning in des moines at grand view university. quite a night, quite a tone change from ron desantis on a number of fronts. i thought it was really interesting. what's your read? >> reporter: good morning, poppy and phil. when i was talking to p

the mayor of kyiv, vladimir klitschko, has said 12 people have been injured and a children's hospitale the air raid sirens sounded, an indication, analysts say, that they might have been cause by ballistic missiles. this comes as ukraine's president is in washington meeting president biden who's said his administration will continue to support kyiv in its fight against russia, even in the face of domestic political opposition in the us. volodymyr zelensky is there trying to save a $61 billion us defence package for kyiv. but his pleas for a quick approval of the aid package have gained little traction with republicans in congress. president biden says congress would be giving a christmas gift to russia if it fails to pass the measure. joe biden told the ukrainian president that the us would stand by kyiv. the pair appeared together at a news conference. history willjudge harshly those who turned their back on freedom's cross. today ukraine's freedom is on the line but if we do not stop vladimir putin, we will endanger the freedom of everyone almost everyone. vladimir putin will keep g

of russian missile strikes on the ukrainian capital overnight. ukraine's air force says it took down 10 targets over kyiv, but falling debris damaged homes, cars and a children's hospital. the mayore hurt, including six children. odesa also saw a series of drone attacks. jessica parker sent this from the ukrainian capital. i am standing in a children's playground in a district of kyiv, but part of it has been totally destroyed. let me show what we can see. first, we see a group of people just here. there is a massive crater in the ground. it must�*ve been the point of impact of last night's blast. look up at the apartments — windows blown out. some of the flats have been completely destroyed and others badly damaged. they are doing what they can to try to make the buildings structurally safeor the site as safe as possible. over here, there is a burnt—out car. we are told it was parked near the apartment blocks but the force of the blast blew it over here right into the middle of the children's playground. we have spoken to residents — clearly many having to find somewhere else to stay. some have family and friends they can go to. others will go to a school provided as a temporary

mayor of kyiv, vitaly klitschko, declared support for zaluzhny, the leader of the servant of the peopleon, david erahamia, criticizes both zelensky and zaluzhny. the murder in russia of kiva, who has repeatedly predicted the arrests and even the liquidation of zaluzhny, may be intended to divert attention from the growing contradictions between the banking sector and the headquarters of the commander-in-chief. i deserve it myself. hired managers who are financed by the states of america, and who are paid by the uk, are brought into the general background by the united states, yes, that is, if they tell them, then they will play in this to understand that zelensky, that zaluzhny is a theater, so to say that there is some kind of struggle inside, some kind of wiretapping was found there, listen, well, this is absurd, well , they would be found very often, including in similar compositions we are talking about the fact that the way the ukrainian people and their leadership are being mocked , it is impossible to call these decisions in any other way, it makes you think that somewhere in the

stuart: the mayor of kyiv was issued a warning about president zelenskyy's support inside ukraine. losing support? in ashley: that his opinion, ukraine - ukrainians are losing trust in zelenskyy's handling of the war, told the swiss media outlet the ukrainian leader is paying for the mistakes he has made. what kind of mistakes? he said people are wondering why the country was not better prepared and why russia was able to reach kyiv so quickly. the former boxing champion claims the ukrainian leader has authoritarian tendencies telling a german newsmagazine at some point zelenskyy will no longer be any different from russia where everything depends on the whim of one man, strong words. vladimir putin will visit the united arab emirates and saudi arabia, the russian leader rarely travels abroad in recent days, mostly to states of the former soviet union. stuart: israeli forces ramping up their attacks in gaza and considering putting the hamas underground tunnels with seawater. what is the latest? >> reporter: we are at an israeli defense for staging area outside the town twee 6 miles

of kyiv. at least 40 people have died from that nationwide attack. more than 150 people injured. the mayor of kyiv is calling for, tomorrow, new year's day, to be a day of warning. as you mentioned, this is a sign that this war is showing no sign of stopping in as it closes in on the two year mark. michael. >> nbc news's megan fitzgerald, thank you so much for your reporting. joining me now to discuss the russia-ukraine war in the israel-hamas war is msnbc military analyst, colonel jacobs. good morning to you, what is your reaction to the or tele-tory strikes at this point. do you think that will continue to see an escalation of that? that just be a one and done? how do you read what's going on there? >> well up till now, it hasn't been a what in, down this is just the latest in a series of attacks across the border. this will continue as long as both sides have ammunition. these attacks will continue. they're liable, of not likely, to escalate. as things on the ground stagnate, not very much movement one where the other. the strategic towns that were taken, or reminiscent of the first wor

the mayor of kyiv has plenty of duties and he really needs to pay attention to them.tmas is, you know, such a time ofjoy and hope, traditionally. will you be able to have anything like a normal zelensky family christmas this year? are there any particular traditions that you look forward to? translation: i'm not sure that we'll | be able to do everything we're used| to doing at christmas. one tradition which will definitely be fulfilled is to give gifts to our children. it is a difficult task. i cannot really go anywhere, even to the shops, but fortunately there are online shops, so to be honest i spend lots of time now scrolling the feeds, looking for what i can get as gifts. we will definitely have gifts but unfortunately i can't tell you how we're going to give them to each other. first lady, thank you so much indeed for speaking to us again. it's been such a pleasure. translation: thank you very much. on tuesday, keir starmer hopes to make the most of this moment and proclaim labour is ready to serve. liz kendall, from his top team, is here. welcome to you. thank

wladimir klitschko mayor of kyiv came out a few days ago called zelenskyy an autocrat.g is made by one man. there are calls for election in ukraine. zelenskyy's popularity drops to 32%. there are problems for ukraine at the moment. not to mention the counteroffensive didn't go well. they're entering winter when the power plants will get hit. the counteroffensive did not go well. it is a difficult time and they're not sure how they play out. charles: the cover of "the economist," this week's the economist russia will win, have a great chance of winning, i think with or without those funds. here in country, accountability for the money, a gameplan for authentic approach how they would actually win but i want to talk about your new podcast, "searching for heroes." my man, every time i look at you i get choked up. you're the ultimate hero. you're an amazing example for all of just fighting, fighting for your family, fighting for your life. i couldn't think of anyone better to have this sort of a podcast? >> well, i'm very honored you would say that but i would say the purpo

there are some, including the mayor of kyiv, who have said that he is instituting authoritarian dictatesnging. there is also criticism in a large "the washington post" piece about how the war has been fought and the offensives not being effective. you were on the ground with these forces. you have been on the ground with these -- this government. how do you respond to that? >> believe me, they know what they do. better than "the washington post" or "new york times." they know what they do. they prevented the full scale invasion. if we don't give them f-16 and f 16 now, france, no army can win over the world which -- >> bret: have you done a good job depicting the atrocities happening on the ground to some of those families. do you think that the attention that the attack of hamas on israel and now that war between israel and hamas leadership has taken away from the impetus, the urgency of supporting ukraine and in the world's eyes? >> yes, of course. but, it is a mistake because it the same it is the same war again, russia, hamas, putin, iran man turkey and china. same axis of evil. and

you hold out holding elections next spring calling for unity but then the mayor of kyiv says that youre turning it into authoritarian state. had you do you deal with that criticism? what do you say to critics who are saying that. >> i say aside person from government and mayors think about the war, think about how to defend our people don't travel through the world they travel the front line. soldiers do, this not built roads for today. don't do it. spend all your money to the weapon, to the drones, to the society, to the pensions and et cetera. and don't cry. because you're leaders. that's why -- that's why we are and that's why we stayed because most of the people, people are not crying. people stay and fight against putin. and we don't have any enemies in our countries. we can't have time for this we have one enemy, this is putin. >> bret: you will stand for democracy going forward? >> yes. of course. of course. because we are really defending democracy and we are really defending freedom. >> bret: mr. president, we appreciate your time and we will continue to follow the war. >> th

now the vitali klitschko famous mayor of kyiv, says we need a lot of four by fours who are perfectlycars. maybe you allow londoners to donate that to us and there are other british associations who are already doing that. but in this case, sadiq khan , the labour case, sadiq khan, the labour mayor of london, says no, no. and we were struggling to see why he says no and no wonder title is khan's decision to block cars for ukraine scheme has been described as gobsmacking, as baffling . he gobsmacking, as baffling. he says it does not. the decision to donate them does not meet the legal threshold that requires the ulez scrappage scheme to benefit londoners. it's as if he needs to reach a certain number of cars to be scrapped . yes, of cars to be scrapped. yes, okay. otherwise, what do you think , lewis? think, lewis? >> what do you think the reason for saying no. um, i'm. >> we just were discussing this beforehand. i don't i think the reason he's saying no is because it's possible . highly polluting, it's possible. highly polluting, and he's . so he believes this and he's. so he believe

now the vitali klitschko famous mayor of kyiv, says we need a lot of four by fours who are perfectlyars. maybe you allow londoners to donate that to us and there are other british associations who are already doing that. but in this case, sadiq khan , the labour case, sadiq khan, the labour mayor of london, says no, no. and we were struggling to see why he says no and no wonder title is khan's decision to block cars for ukraine scheme has been described as gobsmacking, as baffling . he gobsmacking, as baffling. he says it does not. the decision to donate them does not meet the legal threshold that requires the ulez scrappage scheme to benefit londoners. it's as if he needs to reach a certain number of cars to be scrapped . yes, of cars to be scrapped. yes, okay. otherwise, what do you think , lewis? think, lewis? >> what do you think the reason for saying no. um, i'm. >> we just were discussing this beforehand. i don't i think the reason he's saying no is because it's possible . highly polluting, it's possible. highly polluting, and he's . so he believes this and he's. so he believes

kyiv? we are seeing quite a lot of— quite a lot of recriminations breaking out of a type of fairly tough political argument that was suspended, really, during the war. vitali klitschko, the mayorthe atlantic council's eurasia center. thank you for talking to us. is this going to go through? is this brinkmanship now, is it going to go through eventually, what do you say? i think you might be unmuted. i am so sorry, can you hear me now. —— i think you might be on mute. so sorry, can you hear me now. -- i think you might be on mute. vladimir putin aot think you might be on mute. vladimir putin got what _ think you might be on mute. vladimir putin got what he _ think you might be on mute. vladimir putin got what he wanted _ think you might be on mute. vladimir putin got what he wanted for- putin got what he wanted for christmas today. it looks like the aid bill will not go through in the next two weeks and it may go through in january. there next two weeks and it may go through injanuary. there are enough votes to put the bill through the house of representatives but all of the ukrainian aid is stuck now in america's domestic politics, and it's not an easy way out, that's the real

igor, the public demarche of kyiv mayor vitaliy klitschko, who in his interview described the situationa kind of authoritarian process in ukraine. in your opinion, what is connected with klitschko's démarche? yes, we understand that he was read in his own way at the bank, but he went for it. well, i think there are two reasons, probably the first reason is this. what we see in the context of decentralization, or rather contraction decentralization, he represents not only kyiv, he also has another position there, and accordingly he represents local self-government to a certain extent, that is, it probably happened after certain conversations with other representatives of local self-government there and he dared to do so, and the second point, well, some the personal attacks that there are on him, he had to react to it somehow, he chose such and such a format, the only thing i want to say right now is that, look, he is in some things, in many things even a river, he was essentially right, there are certain problems, the form he for he also chose some of the statements that he made, they w

and also the mayor of kyiv vitali klitschko . so of kyiv vitali klitschko. so klitschko.is , this war think since this, this war started well. >> he's under tremendous pressure here in part because the west has not come through. and his entire campaign has been based on belief that the west would deliver the jets, deliver the armaments that they'd promised. so in a way , he's in a promised. so in a way, he's in a bit of a catch 22. >> and in a sense , that is >> and in a sense, that is that's restricting his ability to win on the front line. and he's obviously you have to be authoritarian as a leader in a wartime . he's imposed martial wartime. he's imposed martial law in your view, is he going over the top? and is that why he's coming under the criticism from, uh, from the general and, and the mayor >> absolutely. i think there regime right now controlling 70% of the economy, control , of the economy, control, trolling the media, trying to destroy this church , uh, destroy this church, uh, rebuilding, sort of a siloviki like we see in russia. uh putting tremendous power

another massive blow to the military infrastructure of ukraine, a few minutes ago there was a message about a powerful explosion in kyiv. the mayor... in shelters, in addition, explosions are thundering in odessa, kanatopa, sumy region, and in lviv at this moment a large fire is being extinguished at one of the ukrainian armed forces’ facilities. high-precision hits on targets were also recorded in cherkasy, starokonstantinov and khmelnitsky regions and the ukrainian-controlled city of zaporozhye. at least six explosions occurred in kharkov at night. an air raid alert has now been declared throughout the country. according to information from the kiev telegram channels.

the mayor of kyiv, vitali klitschko, said 53 people were hurt including children.force say it took down 10 targets over kyiv early this morning, whilst odesa saw a series of drone attacks. history will judge harshly those who turned their back on freedom's cause. today, ukraine's freedom is on the line but if we don't stop putin, we endanger the freedom of everyone almost everywhere. putin will keep going and would—be aggressors everywhere would be emboldened to try to take what they can by force. here's our north america correspondent nomia iqbal with more details. meeting president biden is the easy bit for president zelensky. both men are on exactly the same page when it comes to passing military aid for ukraine. both men have said if it doesn't happen, it would be gifting the russian president, vladimir putin. the difficult bit for president zelensky was earlier today. we were at the capitol where he met with all 100 senators, of course, including republicans. he also met with the speaker of the house, mikejohnson. we spoke to a few of those republicans afterwa

the mayor of the ukrainian capital, kyiv says anti—aircraft units destroyed russian drones attacking air force says 30 of 31 drones were shot down across the country early on saturday with no casualties or serious damage reported. seven organisers of a long—distance race in chinam in which 21 runners died because of extreme cold weatherm have been sentenced to prison. the competitors died in may 2021 when a storm hit the 100km event in gansu province. scientists who identified how a hormone makes some women extremely sick during pregnancy say they're now looking at whether the genes of the baby's father also have an effect. the level of sickness depends on how much of the hormone gdf15 is produced. hospitals across the uk are struggling to deal with overcrowded wards and long waits outside accident and emergency departments as nhs leaders warn winter pressures are affecting the service. the latest nhs england figures show more than a third of ambulances waited longer than 30 minutes when they arrived at a&e last week. meanwhile, the chief executive of nhs wales has warned the system

for the attacks today that come one day after kyiv and cities across the country saw one of the biggest attacks by russia since the war began. kyiv's mayoralling new year's day a day of mourning as more than 30 people were killed and more than 100 injured across the nation now, the reminder that the war in ukraine is showing no signs of stopping as it closes in on its second year. meagan fitzgerald, nbc m news, london >>> in the middle east today israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu who vowed his war with hamas will last many more months, and with thousands, tens of thousands already killed in gaza violence in another palestinian territory, the west bank, is growing increasingly dangerous for the children who live there. here's jay gray. >> reporter: families say someone's always watching here. east jerusalem and the west bank, a place wrapped in constant fear for decades palestinians, israeli police, soldiers and jewish settlers have fought in and over this land, but never according to the u.n. has it been as violent or deadly as now, especially for children 124 palestinian and 6 israeli children killed, the most ever in a year. 83

february and january, for the payment of pensions and salaries, they say will be in the parliament. well, according to mayor klitschko's reports, they reached kyivy under the rubble of a warehouse in the shevchenkiv district of the capital, next to that in odesa they report two dead and... 16 wounded, this is what our correspondent from the scene says, explosions were heard there, and there were also explosions in dnipro, there were several of them series, a shopping center was on fire in the city, public transport was stopped, mayor borys filatov wrote about this on facebook, according to the head of the regional military administration serhii lysak, four people were killed and a dozen or so were injured. russian was also hit rockets into the maternity hospital, there were no casualties. such a video was published on the telegram channel: people caught a rocket attack right on the street. well, let's go back to the rocket attack on lviv, halyna trischuk from the scene of the residential area, where the effects of the hit are actually there, halyna, you have a word. at this moment, it is known that a 40-year-old man died in a residential buildin

i when i saw that, uh, letter from, uh, the mayor of kyiv, think he's a vitali kyiv, uh, i think he'srid of a load of vehicles and most of them are past they just don't past the moat. they just don't meet standards that, uh, meet the standards that, uh, sadiq khan has put in place dishonestly. and as far as i'm concerned, a idea . concerned, what a great idea. very creative. and i think every single one of those should be filled up with medical supplies and driven over there help. and driven over there to help. what's happening in ukraine. what's happening in the ukraine. but what? man used but guess what? that man used a stupid little, uh, detail in a legal detail to say it's not going to benefit the london issues in terms of the environment, etc. i was sickened by this , and that man must go. by this, and that man must go. i my inbox. martin is absolutely overflowing with people saying , overflowing with people saying, for god's sake, get rid of that man . man. >> now you would say that of course you're standing against him. but what about this? um, this issue around the flights to

debris fell on the city, four people were injured, all of them adults, kyiv mayor vitaliy klychko reported. in the darnytskyi district, fragments fell on an unfinished building, the fire was quickly extinguished there, and another fragment fell on the lawn. to mykola povoroznyk, first deputy chairman of the kmda, joins our broadcast. greetings, mr. mykola, thank you for joining us this morning. please tell us, as of now, what is known, what is the situation in the capital and whether it is already full. information about the consequences of the morning shelling, well, you have already said almost all the information that is available for today, for the present time, the relevant explosives technicians, relevant specialists are currently working at the places where the debris fell, uh, yes, we really have four victims, one received wound fragments, three, this is an acute stress reaction , they all received help, medically no one needed to be hospitalized er, so the situation is like this in part of the er... theirs, theirs is now being studied, it is being understood what kind of missiles

kyiv. this was announced by the mayor of the city vitaliy klitschko.n private houses were damaged by the blast wave. as a result of falling debris , a fire broke out in an unfinished building in darnytsia district.

that around 3:00 a.m. a series of explosions were heard in kyiv, after that an air alert was announced in the city and region, just a few minutes after the explosions, the mayorthe capital vitaliy klitschko reported in telegram that after the work of the air defense forces over kyiv, numerous incidents of debris were recorded on the left bank of the city, in particular in the dnipro district. there is a fire in an apartment building, we will ask our guest for details, this is mykhailo shamanov, the spokesman of the kyiv city military administration, if he is already on the phone, colleagues, let 's show him, mr. mykhailo, so we expect mr. mykhailo to be on the phone , and in the meantime i will give you the information that is known as of this hour, that is, in the dnipro district of kyiv the damage to the facade of the building and the fire on the seventh floor were unfixed , residents were evacuated, serhii popko, the head of the kyiv city military administration, reported this in a telegram. according to him, 15 people were saved, including four children. yes, and they have already informed me that we are in contact with mr. mykhailo shamanov. mr. mykhailo

is, i want to remind you of the numerous so-called cases of the mayors of chernihiv, atroshenko, and rivne, and sumy, and mukachevo, and kyivits into one picture, when, comrade. the president still tried to influence the political position of the mayors, there with different tasks, maybe to reduce their influence , maybe to increase loyalty, it doesn't matter, but this confrontation is taking place, confrontation number two along the lines of the government and the opposition, that's even the question of poroshenko, which you and i mentioned it, it is far from the first, it was not released abroad once, there is a confrontation with other opposition forces, i also have it. and of course it weakens the state, well the worst that can happen is confrontation along the lines of civilians and military. well, unfortunately, what we guessed about, what we talked about very carefully in recent months, hinted at, tried to engage in self-censorship, i think every journalist, every expert did not want to voice these very scenarios in order not to to destroy the remnants of trust, but today, unfortunately , all westerners are writing a

of the sky with... eight air targets. currently, the information is still being clarified. previously, four people were injured in a rocket attack on kyiv. this was announced by the mayor of the city vitaliy klitschko. as a result of falling debris , a fire broke out in an unfinished building in darnytsia district. another piece of debris fell on the territory of the warehouse store. debris was also discovered in the shevchenkiv and holosiiv districts. in place. emergency services are working. at night , the occupiers launched 18 shaheds across ukraine. air defense forces were able to destroy all the attack drones. most of them are in the mykolayiv region, the air force reported. it is known that air targets flew from the temporarily occupied crimea, in particular, cape chauuda and belbek. according to operational information from the general staff of the armed forces of ukraine, 98 combat clashes took place on the front during the day , the hottest so far near avdiyivka, where the defense forces repelled 49 enemy attacks, ukrainian defenders repelled another 18 attacks in the mariinsky direction. there are also enemies near bakhmut, enemies also continue the assault a

of the city military administration, roman mruchko. the information about the damage and the injured is still being clarified. four people were injured in a rocket attack on kyiv. this was announced by the mayorof the city vitaliy klitschko. damaged by the blast wave windows, fences in private houses. as a result of falling debris , a fire broke out in an unfinished building in darnytsia district. another piece of debris fell on the territory of the warehouse store. one man has lacerations on his legs from debris. three more women had an acute stress reaction. mykhailo shamanov, spokesman for the kyiv city military administration, told eteris press that the speed of the ballistic missiles was so high that the air warning sirens sounded in the capital already after the first explosions. as a result of the russian missile attack in kyiv, 120 consumers were left without light. this was reported by the ministry of energy. currently, repair crews. eliminate the consequences of damage. the air force reported that around 4 o'clock in the morning, missiles attacked the kyiv region. according to preliminary information, from the northern direction from the bryansk region of russia. our sky defenders d

of rocket attacks on kharkiv , a hospital building was damaged in the kyiv region. this was already announced by the head of the police of the kharkiv region , volodymyr tymoshko. mayorhov wrote that kharkiv was fired upon by two types of rockets. cs-300 and x-22. lviv was attacked by rockets and rockets, we expect ours to be activated correspondents who are at the scene of the events, and the head of the regional military administration, maksym kozytskyi, in his telegram, also published a video that he is already at the site of the residential quarter that was affected by the blast wave, according to his data, there is destruction and there are victims, there are no victims at this time , i will only note that the information is constantly updated in real time, only verified data, we try to provide you, inform you, so... stay with us, and write in the comments what you know, what is the situation in your city well, the destruction of the kakhovskaya gs dam on june 6, 2023 delayed the crossing of the dnipro by the defense forces of ukraine. the american institute for the study of war came to this conclusion. the ukrainian counteroffensive has certainly become one of

in the capital city of kyiv, the mayor there said two more bodies today were pulled from the rubble.e death toll and his city to 13. the death toll across the country is over 30 people, with more than 100 people injured. no, ukraine has called for new year's day to be a national day of mourning. meanwhile, today, and a border city in russia, it came under attack. the kremlin is blaming ukraine, ukraine has not taken responsibility but more than a dozen people were killed in this border town, including children and over 100 people injured. russia now saying they will retaliate and just within the last couple of minutes we are getting word from the minister of the interior of ukraine that kharkiv has been under attack again within the last couple of hours. we can see that this violence just continues to escalate as this war closes in on two years in february. >> reporter: wow, incredible that it's been a full two years and the fighting is just continuing. what has the u.s. said about this recent uptick in attacks? >> look, the focus is right now making sure that all the aid gets to ukr

four people were injured as a result of a rocket attack on kyiv, it was reported city ​​mayor vitaly schko. windows, panes and fences in private houses were damaged by the blast wave. as a result of falling debris , a fire broke out in an unfinished building in darnytsia district. another piece of debris fell on the territory of the store. one man had lacerations on his legs from glass fragments, three more women had an acute reaction to stress, mykhailo shamanov, the spokesman of the kyiv city military administration, told veteri espresso about this. did he explain why the air raid siren sounded in the capital already after the first explosions? at first, explosions were heard, and then the air alarm went off, we all understand very well, well, that is, accordingly, the air defense... will answer what type of missiles it was, but you have to understand that ballistics fly very fast, especially, for example, if suppose it was launched from the northern direction, that is, from belarus, well , for example, again, this is an assumption, as, if you recall, on january 14, 2023, when the r

well he's gone one further and, uh, the mayor of kyiv uh, vitali klitschko , wrote to him vitali klitschkoyou've got to get rid of, could you donate them to ukraine? we're ukraine? because we're desperately vehicles, desperately in need of vehicles, especially which desperately in need of vehicles, espcan lly which desperately in need of vehicles, espcan repaint which desperately in need of vehicles, espcan repaint, which desperately in need of vehicles, espcan repaint, we which desperately in need of vehicles, espcan repaint, we can which desperately in need of vehicles, espcan repaint, we can fit1ich desperately in need of vehicles, espcan repaint , we can fit with, we can repaint, we can fit with, um, rocket um, you know, rocket compartments and all this kind of just help, of stuff. we just need help, basically. , mr khan has basically. and, um, mr khan has said no. and the reason he said no is because he says there's some weird legal thing some kind of weird legal thing that allow him to do that . that won't allow him to do that. >> oh, surely there's a way around there's around that?

kyiv. this was announced by the mayor of the city vitaliy klitschko. windows, panes and fences in private houses were damaged by the blast wave. as a result of falling debris , a fire broke out in an unfinished building in darnytsia district. another piece of debris fell on the territory of the warehouse store. in one the man's legs were cut from broken glass, three more women have an acute stress reaction. mykhailo shamanov, the spokesman of the kyiv city military administration, told eter espresso about this. he explained why the air raid siren sounded in the capital already after the first explosions. first , explosions were heard, and then an air-raid alarm went off. we all perfectly understand, well, that is, the air force will give accordingly. the answer is what type of rocket it was, but it must be understood that ballistics fly very quickly, especially, for example, if we assume that it was launched from the northern direction, that is, from belarus, well, for example, again, this is an assumption, as, if you remember, on january 14 , 23, when

of weakness. >> bret: it's interesting you mentioned authoritarian regimes. the story out kyiv mayorussia says kyiv mayor in shocking interview. at some point he says we will no longer be any different than russia. where everything ghendz on the whims of one man klitschko. one institution. pressure is being exerted on it. local self-government. people see who is effective and not. there were and are expectations. zelenskyy is paying for mistakes he has made. that again is the kyiv mayor. your response to that? >> one. zelenskyy is a visionary person. secondly, is he a brave. is he astute and fought against all the. i think the mayor commencing the beginning of the political season. >> bret: political season? >> yeah. >> bret: there's another story in the "the washington post" that quoted 30 officials, characterizing what were mistakes and miscalculations, divisions between the u.s. and ukraine. it was very detailed. and essentially it says the west under estimated russia's ability to rebound from battlefield disasters. are you concerned that you're going backwards? >> first, when we

, four people died as a result of the russian attack, this was reported in the kyiv city military administration, and another 28 people were injured. according to the mayor of the city vitalii klychko, four people were released from the rubble of the warehouse in the shevchenkiv district. there too a residential building, the premises of the metro station were damaged. lukyanivska - one high-rise building and a private house in nivochyna in darnytskyi district, and in sviatoshynsky , cars and a high-rise building caught fire due to falling debris. previously, air defense forces hit more than 30 air targets over kyiv. one person died and 15 were injured due to the russian attack on lviv. volunteer points for the victims were deployed near the site of the rocket attack. our correspondent kateryna oliynyk is there, katya, my congratulations and tell me what kind of help they provide in these centers to people. greetings to annoyeva , greetings to all the viewers of the tv channel, we can truly say that lviv is recovering from that difficult night, there were rockets, missile strikes, as well as shaheed strikes in lviv, and in general , many utility workers

of his flagship rwanda immigration plan. iama i am a sumi somaskanda, thanks forjoining us. russian air strikes have reportedly struck the capital, kyiv, injuring five people. that is what mayorst couple of hours. the ukrainian president is wrapping up a whirlwind visit to washington, seeking more us support for his country's war against russia. ukraine's counteroffensive has stalled in recent weeks — even as the country continues to come under attack from the air and on the ground. while in washington, mr zelenskyy appealed to us lawmakers for the $61 billion made out to lawmakers as part of a larger package that has stalled in congress but he may fly home with less than hope as republicans and democrats are divided on the aid. mr zelenskyy spoke with us senators on capitol hill, helping them to convince him of their cause. he then headed to