let's return now to natasha butler. what are the you mentioned natasha. the shock waves that will be passing through within the ukranian government and the ukranian officials who've been fighting such a tough war. such a long war against russia. what will be going through their minds right now? what is likely to be their next move? what been for the credit government? it is of course going to be a huge loss. they are losing their interior minister in the middle of a war as ukrainian forces continued to battle. russian forces they of last a, the interior ministers deputy add these other senior political figures they are on the helicopter, and of course it will be there. they also will be going out to the relative to families of these senior figures that have been working so hard for many months now in ukraine as part of ukraine's a worth it and push to try and push back those russian forces for from the country . so this will be huge loss for the you credit questions about why it is helicopter has come down, why it came down here and what exactly happened?

let's go straight to correspond. natasha butler, who joins is on the phone from keith. natasha, one more. can you tell us where we are getting more details now? about what happened a bit earlier today. it was just off the 8 o'clock local time in this town is just on the outskirts of the capital keep. a helicopter came down in a residential area near kindergarten. kindergarten is pretty much in the middle of the residential tower. blocks now according to police and they are reporting that at least 3 people have been killed and 5 people injured well we on the. a days, the other people in the area with the vacuum is emergent. 55 seen mobile. and some of the residents in the surrounding blogs shows that the norm as 5 is already spread out in the area. we can hear from a residence or a panic on screening. so very difficult. seems that coming out to, for very this morning. i don't know how it is much about helicopter, whether it was, for example, a military helical. whether it was i'm afraid we're losing a connection to you, natasha. i'm going to try with another question on the sound that the

report, natasha butler reports from bravery. the kindergarden in the town of bravery, nick heave, was still smouldering, as emergency team's work to the scene carrying wreckage some of it scattered across the playground. earlier a helicopter carrying 9 people had crashing the building, killing all on board, including ukraine's interior minister. denis monasteries sky keeps mayor current his death a huge loss. hello sir. young guy, why we're able to to go do it a lot of sense for your brain and make it police reform. in a way, dozens of children were in the kindergarten at the time as a crash. at least one was killed. others were injured. a regular school day turned into a tragedy. ukraine's presence said he was in unspeakable pain. this kindergarden is right in the center of a residential area and people who live around tyranny's, a palm and blocks, have been coming out to see what has happened and most are in shock. alexander was nearby when he heard the crash. he filmed what happened next on his phone. well, normally robasho,

let's get more now from natasha butler, who's in cave. natasha. what's the latest from the capital and elsewhere on the front line? well, there's an ongoing, a, an alert across ukraine, including a here and key sirens is sounding a little bit earlier this morning. i, what we know is ukrainian, or military officials say that 30 cruise missiles were launched against her crane. keep city council here saying that 15 are, were intercepted missiles that they say we're heading in the direction of the capital. and in just over an hour ago, we heard a very loud explosion coming from that direction over there, where we now know that that was the result of a rocket hitting a non residential building. at least one person has been killed. we understand, and at least another person has been injured. so that's the scene. the people are waking up to a here and keep this morning after a very tense night. air raid sirens throughout the night, people advised to seek shelter, ukrainian forces, saying 24 russian launch a rainy and made drones, were launched across the

let's get more now from natasha butler, who's in that cave at natasha. what are you hearing about? what's happening on the front line? what you just said, if i was happening a here we just heard a few minutes ago. quite a loud explosion coming from a direction over there. possibly in the city or on the outskirts of the capital. it is still a fluid situation here we're on a state of alert here in ukraine. most regions have been put on alert air raid sirens, sounded across the country earlier, including here her in keith with people urged her to take shelter. what we know is the ukranian officials say that a number of missiles are in coming. a key city council has said that at least 15 missiles were intercepted by ukrainian forces, but we understand there could still be others in the air that says tallies also with a d as a top presidential aid, who earlier said that some missiles or had been intercepted and all this comes after another tense night in ukraine, the country again, own alert, ukrainian forces, save at least $24.00 drones, a were taken down by anti or m miss. all systems

i sketched natasha butler who joyce, we now live from cave. pretty grim statistics on the natasha. very much so grim statistics on a sobering reminder of the toll that this war is taking on the civilian population . more than 7000 people killed many of them, teenagers, and children molden, 11000 people have been injured. some people with life changing injuries, not the un report says that these deaths and injuries were caused by many weapons artillery. shelling as strikes, then not attributing blame than not attributing responsibility, but there is no doubt in the mind of most ukrainians, that this is the work of russian forces. now since the beginning of this war last year, a russia has maintained that he doesn't target civilian infrastructure that it doesn't target civilian population. but the reality on the ground of course tells a very different picture indeed. and just on saturday, a, what we now knows of an 11 meta ballistic missile, a 5 by russian forces slammed into an apartment block in the central ukrainian city of denise pro, the mayor of that city says look, there is ve

like this. natasha butler al jazeera keith ashley, moscow reports. now, in russia's reaction, they're saying that this was a planned attack on infrastructure, and that the, the targets that were aimed at what civilian targets. this is what they did. the russians are saying the voice spoke to us and for the, for the ministry and money as a how of also wrote on how to social media say using ukrainian politicians claim that these rockets were intercepted by ukrainian anti missile system. and this time, if a system had one of it's like it's hitting the building and then it was so and precise with respect to the russian position. with regard to the, the pros attack, there are kind of denying that this was aimed at this was aimed at civilian targets. however, all of the other side. also we had president tutoring, had an interview today. and i think that the economy situation is, is positive. the, the military operation, as he called in ukraine, is going on the plan. and that, that is no, really anything outside the agenda. nothing surprising for the russia

thank you so much. natasha butler, meanwhile, fighting has continued nearer ukrainian town, which russia claimed to have captured on friday. fighting has been fierce and solider for months. moscow wants to secure it before advancing to nearby by moods. the british prime minister is promising to provide tanks and artillery systems to ukraine. 19 baba has more a lot from london. this is the 1st time that a western power has promised to actual battle tanks to ukraine. so it is significant. the detail came after a cool between prime minister richie soon, and president followed them as a landscape of ukraine now a spokesperson for richey soon access, but he outlined the u. k. m mission to intensify our support to ukraine, including through the provision of challenge to tanks and additional artillery systems. it's being reported in the local press. now that will be an initial send of 4 tanks and then 8 further down the line about still to be clarified. president zelinski is going on, twitch of thanking the u. k. and saying that this will not only strengthen us on the battlefield, but also send

the fighting there and in buck moose is led to some of the bloodiest battles of the war so far. natasha butler reports from keith. ah, in full all the battle is relentless. the one thriving sold mining town and east in ukraine is now a wasteland of the months of fighting between ukrainian or russian forces supported by mercenaries from the russian. wagner group its head. yes, kenny precaution places a photo of himself and his troops online saying that taken control of solider. but there is didn't huge. you look at rog, vox units. so take control of the entire territory. so laid out, a cauldron has been formed in central city, in which urban fighting is going on. that scheme probably, and of course the spokesperson for rushes defense ministry didn't comment on the claims, but said the russian airborne unit surrounded the town. securing it would help russian forces net pushed to capture the entire done. but the region bought ukrainian military officials and some soldiers on the ground, se solar door has not fallen, and that ukrainian forces holding on here. but as all our positions are still hol

excuse me ukrainian. santa salazar ukraine has denied that saying severe fighting is ongoing. natasha butler reports from keith from above. the scale of destruction in solid door is clear and so is the danger. smoke below his above buildings as ukrainian armoured vehicle weaves through what's left of the eastern ukrainian town on a mission to evacuate injured servicemen. ukrainian military officials say the situation in solid are, is critical, but that their soldiers are holding on. so toward cervical, none of the situation is difficult, but stable that we are holding bags and nobody lose the position. so we are fighting back some ukrainians, fighting in solid r say they need more ammunition and back up ukraine's president says that they'll get everything that they need. the donor is in raleigh. we have analyzed in detail the decisions needed. 3 enforcements needed on the steps to be taken by commanders in the coming days. we have also discussed the situation with the supply of weapons and ammunition to the troops and used for months, solid. r has been the scene of relentless and intense fig

let's go straight to natasha butler, who is outside the scene of the crash. natasha brings up to date about what happened yeah, well we've actually been just walking around the perimeter. this kindergarden where this helicopter crashed and i mean terrible scenes there. you can see some of the twisted wreckage of the helicopter all burns out. scattered in this playground where there are childrens slides, colorful children's toys, and a number of windows, you might even be able to see them behind me completely. a blown out, smashed out, and part of this building has been destroyed and charred. now the emergency rescue teams out there at the scene, they are picking through the debris a short while ago. there was a bit of activity. some people thought they might still be somewhat inside, but that isn't the case. it has been a terrible morning. we know that this helicopter crash just after 8 o'clock in the morning, a low, cool time on board 9 people, a 6 top, a government officials, including the interior minister and his deputy. there were 3 crew on board. all of them have been killed and

for country that's already suffered so much. natasha butler, al jazeera bravery ukraine. frank led, which is a senior lecturer and military strategy and law at the university of portsmouth. he says it could take some time until we know the cause of the crash. it's probably just worth pointing out that it is now january and in ukraine. this is nor than ukraine. the weather was foggy. this morning. it is light clay and i would think wise for helicopter helicopters, flying low and flying low in the fog, trying to take advantage of what the pilots call club grounds. collector are not at risk of the missile. those are all factors which may well have played into this and we will find down 2 to 3 weeks whether that's the case. but it was not the most favorable of flying circumstance. let's say that i would think that before any flight, that would have been a risk assessment and decisions made as to whether the risk justified the return. there's always danger in flying key stuff in, in one frame. so for example, and it is i suppose it's topical in one way that the witness will fa

here's natasha butler. i smoke billows from the rubble, his rescue was continued to search for survivors in the city of emergency teams. it went through the night in a cold and dark sifting through the deputy of an apartment block that was destroyed by a russian missile. some people were pulled out alive. some were badly injured. among the dead was a 15 year old girl, less emergency workers tried to console one woman who had lost her son in law live . what have you done to my son? you cowards. i'll curse you for ever. let the whole world curse you. ah, the missiles strike was part of a wave of russian attacks across ukraine on saturday. that official said targeted power infrastructure in a village nick heave 1 may saw, landed near this man's house. elsewhere in the capital, people took shelter after a series of explosions while cities including hockey, even the viv, we're plunged into darkness. it's terrible what happening nipple, i hope there aren't any more victims. it's a shame that the whole world is wa

they've been training. russian and bella, russian forces are continuing major air exercises. natasha butler met ukrainian troops on the border and this will mir province. marsha lived in ideals. weaving through a pine and silver birch forest ukrainian forces on a training exercise near the border with ben a roofs ha. they practiced maneuvers to repel the enemy. ukrainian troops have been full to find that defences along the border for months. if moscow tries to launch a new offensive from the north, the soldiers said they prepared with doggy or proposals. 3 men were york were totally ready to meet them. that whoever brings the sold will fall by the sword were ready, mentally and physically. so were wait time of an underground bunker office, warmth and a place to rest. the border is just a few kilometers away over there in that direction. and on the other side of thousands of russian and bellow, receive troops or carrying out joint military exercises. minsk says the exercises are defensive, but keep nor taking any chances. it was nearly a year ago that russian troops invaded ukraine from par

like this, natasha butler al jazeera keith rushes president vladimir putin says the military operation in ukraine has gained what he calls positive momentum. in the media briefing, the defense ministry didn't specifically mentioned in april, but said the russian army carried out a successful missile strike. when you cranes command system on saturday, the brutal massage strike was carried out against ukraine's military and infrastructure psy gentlemen, that all assigned objects we're hitting, the targets of the strike has been achieved. on the ground in ukraine, there's a fierce battle for control. raging in the east russian forces are inching closer towards the city of buck mote, major transport hub in the don, yet screeching chance stratford was that which to spend the last few hours inside the besieged city of bar mote were here at a new ukrainian tank defensive position on the outskirts of the town effectively. the reason why these men are here is because of an intensification of the shelling of back moot in recent days. we do know that russian forces i've taken control of a lot, at

what moscow is planning next, but they're watching closely and say they're ready. natasha butler, i'll just 0 on the ukraine. better rous border. the us is hoping to buy up to 100000 artillery shells from south korea, so can give them to ukraine. us defense secretary lloyd austin, isn't sold for talk. some estimates suggest that ukraine's army is using the shells at twice the rate that the u. s. and you can produce them. south korea has a policy of not selling weapons. the countries that are at war, rob mcbride has more from the global search for 155 millimeters shells for ukraine's guns has now turned to south korea, which doesn't want to antagonize russia because of its influence over north korea. right now ukraine is getting through about $90000.00 shells per month. that's double the rate of which they're being produced by both the us and europe combined . the u. s. has reserves here, and it's buying more than 100000 shells from south korea to replenish stocks being sent to ukraine. that way soul can help its western allies without contributing directly to the war effort. francis is

the western balkans. officials say the root is now the most used entry point to you countries. natasha butler reports now from the albanian capital toronto use ethic, barley feel safe in tarana. although she never imagined ending up there. he fled the taliban in afghanistan with his child and pregnant wife, who had been a school teacher in kabul, they reach the european union by agree spot. he says greek police possessions and harassed them. so they left the you and cross the border into albania. so i'm coming here. the money is good. i can you? please help me. i'm good to hospitality ambulance. some float if you give it to me and some glue for my daughter, my babies and my wife. she helped me. it's a good country and he says he'll remain in albania for now. but most migrants and asylum seekers that arrive in the country don't stay but pass through it and other balkan countries on their way to u. member states including croatia hungry and austria, a route that the commission says is now the main route for people arriving illegally in the block. c e. u. border agency, front tech. there's more

oh, natasha butler, al jazeera keith. there's been some encouraging news for ukraine about the delivery of german made tanks. germany's foreign minister has told french television it will not stand in the way of poland decides descended slip to tanks to ukraine. there comes as french presidents, a menu, a la cron, hosted german chancellor, olaf shops for the 1st face to face franco german summit since 2019 bernard smith reports from paris. the alliance between france and germany is often described as the engine of the european union. it's been sputtering since last year when emmanuel micron canceled this meeting after a series of disagreements with berlin over defense and energy policy in the wake of the war and ukraine. differences that affect policy making in the rest of the e u. every time when there is a major decision to be taken, the 2 countries may have different approaches, but in the end, it's only when they agree that the 27th can agree. so we are in that process at the moment on different issues. one is obvious

they're watching closely and say they're ready. natasha butler, al jazeera, on the ukraine. better us border. the president of bella raises in zimbabwe for 2 days. visit. alexander looked a shanker, will hold talks with president emerson, mother douglas on tuesday. the meeting is aimed at strengthening what the 2 countries cole, the existing excellent relations, how roma, tulsa, how small from the capital hut ave africa. i see the number of high profile visits in recent weeks from countries from the waste, such as united states of america, as well as russia and china and the bobby, the close, allied with rooms and russia. but africa is divided on the war in ukraine. some countries support ukraine, some countries of what russia but other say they want to say neutral because they have longstanding, historical ties and trade deals with both ways and companies as well as president emerson and douglas visited better is back in 2019. and during that trip, the president of brother is promised to come to the barbara and he is now here, the 2 needed one to strengthen economic ties be

all right, thanks for bringing us up to spade at natasha butler live for us there in a cave. moving on now and head to south africa where the main opposition party has been holding rallies nationwide against rolling power cuts and an increase in the price of electricity. demonstrators have been picketing outside the ruling amc parties headquarters in johannesburg. most households go without power for at least 6 hours a day. so let's take a closer look at the impact those blackouts are having on everyday. south africans, dairy farm is say, they're having to regularly dump a days production of milk while fast food outlets. kfc says around 70 of its stores and now closed as it's chicken supplies struggle with constant outages. and some small businesses say they're unable to trade because they can't afford generate is a little early i spoke with chris yellen, who's an energy analyst and managing director of e business intelligence. he says, the government's government must find a better way of dealing with an old power infrastructure in 2007 in 2008. a major new build of power st

that is natasha butler for us. from cave, with germany's defense minister has handed in her resignation. christine landbrick's decision comes as jimmy faces pressure to increase its military support to ukraine. well, let's get more on this now with dom that cain in berlin and will her resignation have any impact on germany's support for ukraine. one thing is certain that in the inbox of the incoming defense minister on many different things, but particularly of notes today is what is being said in warsaw and what is being said in helsinki. this idea of putting some pressure on the german government may be to allow the respective countries, poland, finland to release to ukraine, weapons systems that germany sold to those countries. because germany has the right to decline, such a transfer to give from those countries in so far as the government here is concerned, there are questions. well, might this lead to a change of policy? it's unlikely in the short term, at least that this is going to lead to a change in polic

on a hush him is standing by in moscow and natasha butler is in cave. but 1st the ghost boston from the room shed in it base and germany with that meeting is being held. we any closer to knowing if jimmy will or once in tanks to ukraine. we are a little bit closer, at least are all hopes that ukraine might have had to hear about any sending of fur lap or 2 tanks to ukraine today has now been erased by the german defense minister . we just announced that they haven't made a decision yet. he said there will be a decision, maybe in a day, maybe in a week or maybe in 2 weeks. but surprisingly he said that they still have to make her an assessment of the stalks of the lap or to battle tanks here in germany. that will take time. of course there were questions about why hasn't this been done before, because for month already, the has been pressure on germany to sent these battle tanks to his lap or to to ukraine. so no decision here in ramstein to i'm sure the disappointment off for ukraine, we hurt for law to mercy lansky, the president of ukraine, making a r

allegations. president zalinski says there'll be 0 tolliver tolerance for corrupt officials. natasha butler has more from cave. now what the modem is, lensky is obviously trying to do. is show western powers that are pouring in aid and military aiden financial help to ukraine, that keith is taking this sort of thing very seriously indeed. and that that aid and money is being used for the right reasons and not being siphoned off by some government officials. of course, cleaning up corruption is one of the conditions all say for ukraine to do if it wants to be part of the european union. and we know that steps are already underway for ukraine to accede to the block. nato secretary general john tin stalsen burger's meeting with germany's defense minister in berlin, where they are likely discuss the subject of deploying german made tanks to ukraine . he sees the lippard to tank as crucial to its defense against russian forces. at least 7 people have been killed and shootings in the us state of california. they happened in 2 locations in the city of half moon bay, south of san francisco, without

the delivery of m one abrams tanks, berlin's expected, authorized exports of leopard to tanks. natasha butler has mourner from keith will have germany has been hesitating for week, say whether or not to send dates let the tank saw allow other countries that have them to send them all. so look, germany has been worried about sending the wrong signal to moscow of escalating the war. all of this tied up with a germany's military pass, particularly in world war 2. now berlin has also said for many weeks now that if it was to send tanks, they would want to do so as part of a wider coalition, particularly with the united states and rescue as a searching for 8 people missing after their ships sank, southwest of japan the vessel was carrying a crew of 22 when the captain sent out a distress call during a storm on tuesday night. okay, those are the headlines. the news continue. see on our 0. that's after africa. direct a weekly look at the world's top business stories from global markets to economies and small businesses to understand how it affects our daily lives with me and counting the cost on al

says 7000 civilians have been killed in ukraine since the start of the war. natasha butler has more from keith. also, more than 11000 people have been injured. and what the u. n says is that most of these injuries, and most of these deaths were caused by a weapons by artillery a shilling and air strikes. now view and report doesn't attribute responsibility, but there is no doubt in the minds of most ukrainians that this is the work of russian forces. united nations atomic watchdog says it's increasing its presence at all ukrainian nuclear facilities to help prevent a disaster during the war. the head of the i. e. a raphael grossey made the announcement during a visit to southern ukraine. he says that the nuclear watchdog will establish permanent missions at all 5 nuclear facilities. the german chancellor schultz will appoint buddhist historian as the new defense minister christine lambert, resigned on monday. the country is under pressure to increase its military support for ukraine. she says the media's attention has hinted factual debate on the readiness of germany's defences. she's be

country were covering this story for us as ali hush him and moscow a billet start, and keith with natasha butler at natasha. can you just bring us up to date with the rescue efforts and how they are going into the pro well rescue efforts are ongoing in denise pro, in fact we, we did hear there's some rescue team say that they are still in contact with some people underneath the rubble because they're receiving a message from them. so there is always hope, but of course they have been working through the night very difficult conditions. it is very cold. it's dog. they've not had always electricity because there are power outages, but they say they'll do everything they can to try and pull people out. we know the dozens of people have been rescued many injured in taken to hospital, but of course there have been a number of deaths for sure. officially, we know at least $21.00 people have been killed including a 15 year old girl. so very sad and tragic scene said in a residential neighborhood, look, this missile attack this russian missile attack on that apartment block on saturday, took place on a

people died and 60 were injured in the city of the pro rockets destroyed to residential buildings. natasha butler has more from the capital key athena, a number of russian attacks in different parts of the country. there are ongoing air raid alert systems also in most of southern ukraine. here in keith though it is a bit more quiet. we certainly though, had a different picture this morning. we heard, at needy 5 very distinct explosions that we later found out were strikes at key infrastructure in the city. according to local authorities, thousands of tennesseans have rallied in the capital tunis calling for the resignation of present case i aid demonstration, march 12 years since tennyson protest has sparked arb spring uprisings around the region. the white house lawyer says another batch of classified documents have been found that the private residence of us at present, joe biden, which is southern, says the white house will corporate with the special council appointed to investigate. thousands of people have demonstrated in tel aviv against plans by the new is really government to overhaul the

but 1st let's had to keith with natasha butler and to natasha ukraine's. denny premier has just said that hope is fighting of finding any more survivors yahoo! fading a, finding a survivors a bit earlier though. there had been some reports that some emergency workers were still receiving text messages from beneath the rob all or at least they, they thought they were now whether or not that's still the case. we don't know because of course, every hour, every minute that passes is absolutely crucial because these emergency workers have been working around the clock while so many people are asking is why this building in denise pro, in this central ukrainian. a city was struck in the 1st place by a russian missile. it is not a power facility, that's the kind of target that these russian attacks have normally aimed at. there doesn't seem to be a power facility anywhere near it or any other significant source of building. so many people very confused. and it's also worth noting that that a poem and blog would have been really crowded with people because it's a holiday. here was a holiday

so let's go to cave now. natasha butler, standing by natasha. we got a wholesale clara going on. what is happening now? will ukrainian present fellow to me as lensky had indicated on monday that he was going to make some changes in government circles because of a number of recent corruption her scandals and allegations. what we now know, what those changes are, we've seen a number of top ukrainian government officials who have resigned or have been dismissed the same for a number of regional governors, including either governor of here, the capital keys. now, as lensky says, we are, look, we're at a time of war. there is no place for corruption at any time. there's particularly no place for corruption at a time of war when all politicians or people should really be focusing on the war effort is also said that are all officials are no longer allowed to go on holiday abroad. they should be remaining in ukraine and very much focusing on that war effort. as i said, look for sir lensky. he knows that you have western powers. ukraine's allies are sending billions of dollars of military

perhaps because albanians often understand why some people like yusef feel they have to leave home. natasha butler al jazeera, tirana albania. ah, this is al jazeera, these are the top stories. the vote for a new speaker in the us house of representatives will now go into a 3rd day. republican kevin mccarthy has now lost in 6 rounds, has been adjourned until thursday. the republicans again failed to convince a group of hardliners to given the top job. john 100 reports from capitol hill. it's been a long and disappointing 2 days for kevin mccarthy and a vast majority of republicans who support him. 2 days, 6 votes, something it hasn't happened for a 100 years. it was a last time it took for more than one balance to choose the speaker. so they took a break for 3 hours to night, came back, had not made significant progress and simply adjourned for the night until noon to morrow. mcarthee, his told reporters that he expects to have more votes tomorrow, but of course, he's hope for that each of the past 2 days. the palestinian ambassador to the u. n . has spoken about the impact of what's being describ

but 1st, let's start in keith with natasha butler. so natasha as a day breaks fare via situation becoming clearer as to the aftermath of those strikes. yeah. will the scale of devastation and ni pro is certainly a lot clara this apartment block that was hit by a russian missile strike on saturday. rescue workers have been working through the night. they've been working very difficult and challenging conditions because it's very a cold. it is dark. they are dealing with power electricity outages as well. but what they have say is that they have pulled dozens of people from under the rubble of that apartment block alive. many of them, of course, are injured. they will say, pulled out a 3 year old. a girl bought a sadly regional official say that at least 21 people have been killed including a 15 year old girl. so very sad seems that many people are residence, the still wandering, whether their loved ones are still alive. there are, people are missing. you can only imagine how desperate so many of those families feel as they wait for news

let's bring in natasha butler, who joins us live now from cave. and he's following this story. natasha, why it had been taking so long for the us in germany to reach a decision on sending these tang what germany? sony been hesitating for a number of weeks. i've whether or not to send it, sir, leopard tanks to ukraine will allow other countries that have those tanks to be able to send them to ukraine. you know, berlin is very concerned about the sort of message that sending those tanks would send to moscow. it is worried about escalating this conflict, but it does seem that there could be a change. in fact, we do, i expect to hear from the german chancellor, olaf sholtes in a few hours. he will be addressing parliament and he's expected to field some questions. so we might hear more from him directly about germany's decision on tanks. but what berlin has been saying until now is that it really, if it is the syntax it wants to do so as part of a white, a coalition including the united states. and we're now hearing that the u. s. could be considering

denise pro, where 2 residential buildings were destroyed. rescue work is searching for survivors. natasha butler has more theda number of russian attacks in different parts of the country. there are ongoing an air raid alert systems also in most of southern ukraine. here in keith though it is a bit more quiet. we certainly though had a different picture this morning. we heard needy 5 very distinct explosions that we later found out were strikes at key infrastructure in the city, according to local authorities. united kingdom has announced it will supply tanks and artillery systems to ukraine, follows a phone call between the british prime minister where she soon act and the ukranian president laudermill zalinski on saturday. the hardware will include challenge a 2 tanks which is seen as crucial to recapturing occupied territory. the head of the world health organization as welcome, china's public release of data on cove 19 related deaths. a says it must continue. aging says nearly 60000 people have died in hospital since it lifted strict corona virus rules. on december, the 7th, thousands of to

but 1st let's bring in natasha butler. she's joining us from keith to update us on all things solider and what's happening in the east of the country. yes, will ukrainian or military officials say that the situation in solid door is critical, bought ukrainian forces they say are still resisting, still holding on to their positions. a one ukrainian, a unit on the ground says that it's been staging counter attacks, but there are a number of ukrainian soldiers who say that they need more ammunition and more back up they will get it has said a, the ukraine, you present fellow to me, zalinski and his nightly address, he said that soldiers fighting in solar dar will have everything that they need in order to be able to defend the town. as for russia, they say that they have though the upper hand in solid are in this eastern salt mining town. in the east of ukraine, they say that they are making progress, and they are very positive about the state of affairs on the ground, the russian mercenary gree wagner, however, says that its

let's cross over to keith and speak to natasha butler. she's joining us from there. so that's alpha. no surprise, really? the lensky is urging his western allies to speed up the delivery of these tanks. what more did he have to say? earlier and what specifically is he asking for well, you know, for the ukranian president and many ukrainian peoples, they see a real disconnect between all these conversations and discussions that are taking place in capitals and cities around the country in germany today about whether or not to send weapons or sort of weapons and the reality of what is happening on the ground here in ukraine or ukrainian forces continuing to fight russian forces in the east's, in other parts of the country. and then also, just to day we had more air raid sirens, go off in many parts of ukraine, a nursery in an eastern city, ah, targeted by another russian attack. so this is the reality for ukrainian people. and that is why volota me zalinski has urged people at this meeting in germany a to decide to send more weapons. he says that's what we need. it's w

d c. natasha butler standing by for us in cave. but 1st let's cross to berlin. dominic cane is that for us and dominic, 1st off i live shoals agreeing to supply tanks, but voicing a know to portion the thing that people have to remember is the old shots as seemingly been at the center of this storm of opinion about what should happen what tanks should be sent from germany or released re export rights released by germany for countries to send their tax to ukraine. his attitude has always been in the he needed the time to make the decision in the right way with the right coalition of other countries, pledging the same sort of thing tanks for ukraine. that is the way to perceive it from his perspective. it needed the time to do it, but he also had a note of caution. and indeed he also told his parliament, the members of parliament that he was aware that there are many people in germany who are deeply concerned at the prospect of german manufactured tanks. being used to fight russians in ukraine was aware of it, but said that this is t

not to go that far. natasha butler is joining us now from caves to lloyd austin has pledge us support and commitment. what does this mean for ukraine? well, it's clearly good news for ukraine, a dance. one of the best pieces of news that come out of this meeting today in germany that ukraine has this ongoing support from a 50 countries in organizations that met ramstein for he what it is look for is not any support of course, but weapons. and it also has that a pledge of weapons and military aid from a number of european union countries, but also that huge military aid to plat package from the united states to point $5000000000.00. evil receive tanks from the u. k. will receive a munition. it will receive vehicles, helicopters, drones, how it is from a number of other countries. that's all great news for keith. however, he will be disappointed that germany has decided not to send its leopard thanks for the time being. and it was there hasn't a green lighted, sending those let, but thanks for any of these other european partners that actually have them and have them ready to go. so tha

this natasha butler from key for us. the cargo ship carrying $13000.00 tons of peas from ukraine has run aground and stand bull. the vessel brought traffic to a standstill and the boss for a straight. several tugs were sent to help the ship. no damage or spill has been reported. while there is plenty more ahead on this news hour, including the trial of 5 men over one of the worst sporting disasters in world history begins in indonesia. we look at who's behind an attack during a church service and east in democratic republic of congo and, and sport barcelona, get one over the arch rival this, all the details coming up later on in the show. ah, over the 1st time, in 25 years, extreme wealth and extreme poverty have increased simultaneously. bets, according to a report by oxfam, it shows the world's richest one percent got a lot richer over the last 2 years. they messed more than 40 trillion dollars worth of new wealth, high costs of living and inflation and making the disparity worse food prices and now unaffordable for ma

head to residential buildings, killing 14 people. rescue workers are searching for survivors. natasha butler has moved from t athena a number of russian attacks in different parts of the country. they're all ongoing . an air raid alert systems also in most of southern ukraine. here in keith though it is a bit more quiet. we certainly though, had a different picture this morning. we heard a needy, 5 very distinct explosions that we later found out were strikes at key infrastructure in the city. according to local authorities. united kingdom is announced, it will supply tanks and artillery systems to ukraine, follows a phone call between british prime minister richey soon. i can be ukrainian present fellow to miss lensky on saturday. a hardware will include british army challenge at 2 tanks, which is seen as crucial to recapturing occupied territory. the head of the world health organization has welcome china's public release of data and coven, 19 related deaths, but says it must continue. aging now says nearly 60000 people have died in hospitals since it lifted strips. karone of ours restrict

the governor of nikolai says missiles have been seen flying, but air defenses are working. natasha butler is joining us from keith. so tell us more about these reported attacks and keys natasha. well, he's just actually had the air raid sirens go off a short while ago. we'll have to wait to see what the situation is with them, and that is the 2nd time for to day here in the capital, kiva. earlier this morning, around 930 local time, we heard at least 4 very distinct explosions here in the capital. we've later since learned from officials in a cave that these explosions were at a critical infrastructure. so we talk about things like electrical power stations, that sort of thing. those facilities have been repeatedly targeted by a rush and strikes over the past few months. this russian forces really try to make life very difficult, indeed for ukrainians. it's a similar picture across ukraine that there are a number of a array deluxe, currently at a company going on at the moment, i should say, from east to west, north to south. again, the 2nd time for today, because earlier there were simil

let's bring in. natasha butler, who joins me live now from the capital. hello there, natasha. what more can you tell us about these attacks and have been a number of russian attacks in different parts of the country. they're all ongoing . an air raid alert systems also in most of southern ukraine. here in keith though it is a bit more quiet. we certainly though, had a different picture this morning. we heard 95 very distinct explosions that we later found out were strikes at key infrastructure in the city according to local authority. some houses also damage. we're also getting more information about a strike on an apartment block in the city of denise pro, that's in central ukraine. terrible pictures are coming out of there. a whole residential apartment block pretty much reduced to rubble. emergency services have been frantically trying to find survivors. they've been pulling people out from the rubble. we know now that at least 5 people were killed and these 27 people injured, some of them very badly wounded and that includes some children. so very grim and bleak picture fr

okay, let's find out how deep that disappointment is and bring in natasha butler. she's joining us from keith. thank you. step for the time being. so natasha. no announcement on the on the tanks. ukraine and president zelinski must be disappointed. what was all heard from her presence lensky? a yet the look. there was lots of good news coming out of this meeting. the sense that you have more than 50 countries and organizations that are pledging their ongoing commitment ongoing support to, to ukraine. and you also have a large number of countries outlining the sort of a weapon to they will be sending. we local u. k, for example, is sending tanks, but also houses, ammunition armored vehicles, helicopters, or all sorts of weapons being sent from a number of countries promised and pledged. and that is obviously good news and will be welcomed by keith. disappointing though. yes. that germany has not made a decision on whether to send it's leopard. thanks a whether c a green light and allow all the countries european countries have closed tanks.