mer putin during a visit to the headquarters of the southern military district talked with participants in a special operation of a special operation, distinguished himself and the supreme and commander-in-chief orders and medals and thanked them for the fact that they perform combat missions with honor and dignity. in addition, putin presented combat colors to the new military formation of the russian army. the new year has already been celebrated on most of our planet this time almost everywhere they celebrate without anti-covid restrictions in the side for the first time in 2 years they staged large-scale fireworks in paris on the champs-elysees thousands of people gathered to watch the fireworks in the united arab emirates a light show staged on the highest building in the world the sky burj khalifa. ukrainian new year's eve troops again shelled the settlements of donbass of the donetsk people's republic under attack the capital of the region was damaged, at least five apartment buildings in the city center three people were injured, including a baby in makeyevka at least 15 civilia

deploys new hypersonic cruise missiles as vladimir putin armed forces come on, the growing pressure of a set facts on the battlefields in ukraine and berlin's mer, calls for a youth summit after a night of violence on the streets of the german capital and new year's eve leads to widespread damage and scores of arrests. ah, i'm all on soccer. welcome to the program. with again in washington and the 2nd dramatic day in the u. s. congress. republicans in the house of representatives have again failed to alex, a speaker for the 6th straight time, conservative kevin mccarthy lost his bid to lead the republican majority in the house. his election as being blocked by a group of rights when members who defied an appeal by former president donald trump, to back mccarthy. lawmakers have adjourned until thursday, allowing the republicans to try to work out a new city. jeffries. earlier i spoke to d. w correspondent, assuming some a scandal in washington all or nobody's really certain, if they will do something different, they're hoping that something might be different. i can tell you what's been happening behind closed doors in the hallways of congress.

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mers on airy group. outside of that, really this is a battle for what we used to call hearts and minds. how they can each leader of each country, president zelenskyy or putinesident zelenskyy is right in terms wrf the focus is. what his focus needs to be is how does he keep humanitarian aid flowing into the country? how does he keep weaponry and ammunition flowing in for his military forces? and then above all, how does he sustain his force when there is still receiving artillery, missile strikes, air strikes that targeting critical infrastructure. this is all politics inside russia to see what the best positioning is to keep this fight going and to keep the russians at bay as long as possible. >> clint, can you describe the type of military intelligence the u.s. might have on russia? and the level of coordination that the u.s. and ukrainian intelligence communities have with each other? >> in terms of level of coordination, i actually have no idea. you have signs and reports of that in the news here and there that there are tips or there are coordination, but it is hard to tell. some ways it feels what the u.s. does understand better than ukraine is russi