same months, amnesty international was accused of supporting terrorists by ukrainian president vladimir the lensky for daring to expose the ukrainian militaries use of civilians as human shields and violating the laws of war. month 7, ukraine launches relentless counter attacks in the regions of his son and hock, of incurring massive casualties. and washington admitted it took a huge role in coordinating ukrainian troops. we do engage with ukrainians, you know, at a, at a variety of levels on the military side. as we've said previously, we do provide time sensitive information to enable them to conduct operations and defend their, their homeland. in the same month, russia announced a partial mobilization with the goal of drafting, $300000.00 reservists, while for previously ukrainian regions voted in referendums to join the russian federation. they use guns, can i don't know whom liquor referendums were held in the denounce can lugens people's republics and is approaching. and harrison regents the results are well known. people have made their choice an unambiguous choice. in october, ukraine carr

you're giving an ad analysis of vladimir as the lensky speech to the world . economic for will ask, addressing the same beating the german chancellor laughed shots are pledged, pledged to continue military support for ukraine. and he's under increasing international pressure to allow for the transfer of a german made leopard 2 tanks to create the amount the chancellor did not pick up on in his speech. russia has already failed to completely in reaching its imperialist goals. ukraine is defending itself with great success and impressive courage abroad international alliance that by the g 7, is providing the country with financial, economic, humanitarian, and military support. germany, a long made available over 12000000 euro last year. and we will continue to support ukraine for as long as necessary. but in order for the war to end russia's aggression must fail. that is why we are continuously supplying ukraine with large quantities of arms in close consultation with our partners. that's where i go to a diverse ed and join that benefit from a d w business. welcome, ben. so did the german chance

when in the new years addressed the nation, that president vladimir lensky fangs, the ukrainian people for staying unified lo equal again. it is okay, i wish you health dear ukrainians. new year, new day, $45.00 shy heads were shut down on the 1st night of the year. i thank our ear forces, pilots, antea, graft warriors, gratitude to the air defense of our ground forces for another 12 down iranian drones. our sense of unity, authenticity, life itself, all those contrast dramatically with the fear that prevails and russia, they are afraid you can feel it. and they are right to be afraid because they are losing drones. missiles, anything else will not help them? because we are together and they add together only with fear, and they will not take away a single year from ukraine that will not take away our independence. or russia says, all strikes are targeted at military infrastructure. it's a good or the go, but other dish a lot for all on december 30. first, the armed forces of the russian federation carried out a strike with high precision long range air launched weapons at the faciliti

it's accused moscow of trying to use the situation to reposition its troops. ukrainian president vladimir lensky says the gunfire in buck mode came from russian positions . he graciously chill wouldn't have quoted his meal. by the way, once again the world has seen how deceptive any statement at any level coming from moscow is that i was saying something about the suppose cease fire. the reality however, was that russian shells once again hit back moot and all the ukrainian positions. iran is facing international condemnation. after it hanged, 2 men accused of killing a member of the revolutionary guards in november. amnesty international says both convictions relied on forced confessions. the e u says it's appalled while the u. s. is demanding an end to what it called sham trials. republican kevin mccarthy has been elected speaker of the us house of representatives ending a 5 day political stalemate. mccarthy's bid was blocked by a hard line. republicans who repeatedly voted against him. the debacle exposed deep divisions within the party and has raised questions about his ability to govern. th

vladimir putin for a 36 hour cease fire came into effect at this hour, but it has been dismissed by ukraine as a trick. the russian announcement coincides with the orthodox christmas holiday, and ukrainian president vladimir lensky has accused to sin of using christmas as an attempt to stop the advance of ukrainian forces in the dumbass region and to consolidate russian positions. in another development, germany and the usa, they are now prepared to send armored vehicles to ukraine. the 2 countries elite is announced that ukraine would receive german, made marta and u. s. built bradley fighting vehicles. the decision follows a similar move by france. this is the emx t n r c. it's a french light battle tank. that's highly mo bile and fitted with a powerful gun. now to ukraine's delight frances donating some of these ahmed combat vehicles. to cave france, if a will, did you or france brings a new level of european defense support to ukraine. and i thank president my call for this leadership. we'll get more armored vehicles, including french made wheeled tanks, which sends a clear signal to all our other partners as there is no rational reason why western style tanks have not yet been supplied to ukraine. it's impo

attacks shall fire, could be clearly heard in the frontline town of buck. mood which has been abandoned by most of its residents. ukrainian president vladimir lensky says the gunfire and bachman came from russian positions it graciously till william quoted his meal. by the way, once again the world has seen how deceptive any statement at any level coming from moscow is that i was saying something about the supposed cease fire. the reality however, was that russian trails once again hit back moot and all the ukrainian positions. 30000000 ukrainians or orthodox christians. and as charles stratford reports from keith for them, attending mass is not just a spiritual act, but a political one. ah, churches have stood here for almost a 1000 years. cubes, lover cathedral is one of the most important, also talks christian institutions in the world. but this is christmas service is different if you're a barrier love for the 1st time the liturgy is being delivered in ukrainian by recently formed ukrainian orthodox church. for centuries, the ukrainian church is conducted the christmas service in ancient slavic, and russian times have changed. she has m, i saw

the ukrainian capital. when you cranes, a president vladimir lensky has ordered the secret service to carry out the investigation or into this crash. it is still unclear though, as to why the helicopter actually went down on wednesday, killing 14 people, including all the leadership, all of the ukraine's interior ministry. at what prism zalinski has said, is that look, whatever happens in a time of war is not a mishap. every single thing that happens in the time of war he says, is connected to the war in some way. we do know that the helicopter was flying a 2 ca, he's in the northeast of ukraine. that's very near the front lines. but in terms of the investigation, we do understand that it could take a several days to have a bit more clarification about what happened now for the government here in ukraine . the loss of course, of the leadership of ukraine's interior ministry is an enormous, particularly at a time of conflict when rush ukrainian, a forces are fighting. a russian force is a huge loss for the government and a huge personal loss for the president of the lensky. because ah, dennis mon astir ski, the i

what shall fire could be clearly heard in the front line town of back. moot, which has been abandoned by most of its residents. ukrainian president vladimir lensky says. the gunfire came from russian position. it reaches the chill. wouldn't have quoted his meal, by the way, once again, the world has seen how deceptive any statement at any level coming from moscow is they were saying something about the supposed cease fire. the reality however, was that russian shells once again hit back boot and over ukrainian positions. 46 soldiers from ivory coast accused by molly of being mercenaries returned home. the group was pardoned on friday. 6 months after being detained, there were flown to be commercial capital. i begun, i reco says the soldiers were part of a united nations peacekeeping mission, and molly arrest bought a diplomatic dispute between the 2 countries. voters in beneath ned to the poles on sunday to choose their next parliament what scene of the test of the nations democracy. the opposition was back on the ballot after a de facto ban in the last election triggered political violence from caught the new address report. yes, the final push

the report. when you cranes, president vladimir lensky, spoke before us congress in december, he took a calculated risk, leaving his country for the 1st time in 10 months of war was dangerous. but we assuring his most important ally was vital had on your money is not charity is an investment in the global security and democracy that we handle in the most responsible way. days later, congress approved an extra $45000000000.00 package for ukraine. but that decision was taken by the old congress, led by democrats. this new congress is split. republicans have taken the majority in the house and that's about to sound a lot more like this. president trump's water wall would have only cost $22000000000.00 with the money we sent to ukraine. we could have our a secured our border, but we're not doing that. leading voices of the hard, right. echo chamber have little power on paper, but growing influence over the political agenda. americans feel like we've been providing the lion's share of the support for ukraine, both material and financial aid. they do not want to see that continue because we have so many

janice showed him on his face, hopes that the new modern tanks will arrive soon. ukrainian president vladimir lensky once again, increased the pressure on germany. in an excuse interview with german television, he repeated his call for the rapid delivery of tanks. more than that lamp are in plain language. can you deliver leopards are not living in this, but then hand pneumonia part of the thing. it's not like we're attacking if anyone's worried about that by these leopards are not going to pass through russia . we're defending ourselves champs. let's get more now from tim ripley, a military and defense expert and author, based in london, that good, that be with us, clear and direct criticism in presidents lensky towards germany. he says ukrainian forces desperately need weapons like the german leopard to tank. my question is, would these tanks really make such a difference in the bull? yes, i mean the, at the moment the, the as you report showed the ukrainians are using their old equipment. and it's taking a heavy bathroom and we're just about to embark on a new season of fighting. the russians of

the coming months. bill about, i'll just era miami, ukraine's president. ms. lensky has dismissed a proposal by russian president vladimir putin for a temporary cease fire put in order they 36 our true starting on friday to correspond with the orthodox christmas holiday. so lensky says, russia was attempting to stop ukraine in advance in the dawn, best region, cave and fists, they will be no truce or peace talks to all russian troops leave ukrainian territory. charles stratford is following developments from keith. this initially comes from a suggestion made by the, the moscow patriarch, carol, russia, patriarch. carol, they're looking for the study success these 5 from about, well, from mid day, which effectively would be on all that. i was christmas christmas eve, right. the way through the next day, christmas day until 12 midnight. and it was a response to the patriarch carol's suggestion that we heard from an adviser in the president's office mikhail portfolio. and he just called this a cynical trap. let me just give you a little bit of background here. there's a very create a very interesting sort of change of atmos

then, on at this phase hopes that the new modern tanks will arrive soon ukrainian, president vladimir lensky has once again increased the pressure on germany, in an exclusive interview with german televi. and he repeated his call for the rapid delivery of tex. more than that lamp are in plain language. can you deliver leopards are not living in this, but then hand them only a part of the thing? it's not like we're attacking. if anyone's worried about that by these leopards are not going to pass through russia. we're defending ourselves champs. earlier i spoke to the military expert and ortho tim ripley who was based in london. i asked him if the german leopard to tank, which president soleski desperately needs and is asking for, would make such a difference to the ball? yes, i mean the, at the moment the, the, as you report showed the ukrainians are using our old equipment and it's taking a heavy bathroom and we're just about to embark on a new season of fighting. the russians of saudis are advancing around bark. mood offensive is probably going to escalate very, very quickly. so this bottle

beaming into parliaments and combat fatigues, welcoming road leaders on the streets of war torn key ukraine president vladimir lensky as a flare for public relations, winning the world's hearts and minds. one photo op. at a time, he was a comedian. he had never held political office before. 2019 didn't know anything about public policy, but his indisputably the right man for the job because he knows how to communicate . and he knows how to communicate and brilliantly in russian which drives vladimir putin crazy, right. a photo genic president too by comparison, is making vladimir putin t p r game full flat. lacking the digital savvy notes or panache, putin has stuck to his old playbook media personalities. parroting is talking points alongside his own, turgid personal performances that would give even the best communications teen little to work with. that contrast, volota mere 2 point. oh versus the velocity may or one point. oh, was a full display in last week's victory day speeches. absolute and then you pretty gross. but if you buy city of the national ranking, president putin and his suit looked very stayed. he

attack targeting and residential neighborhood for apartment buildings and the hotel with damaged ukrainian president vladimir lensky says moscow has been stepping up. it's offensive in the east. it is out regularly. we've been having breakfast. it's a good thing that all the windows were boarded up, everything got blown away. the good thing that my wife is unharmed, all the window blown out. so what do you like? what do you like? you know, you haven't, i was sitting here watching the television in just a moment. i heard a loud clap. i didn't understand anything. i closed my eyes. then i opened my eyes and everything was blown out. you thought i was covered in blood. my mom was sitting in the bedroom, also covered in bloody then to help came, we started to clear everything to come in. when you came, president has criticize the international olympic committee for considering a way for russian and bella rush nasties to compete at next to paris. olympics, so let's keep plans to launch an international campaign to prevent such a move. he posted these photographs on his social media which appeared to show athletes practi

investigate which part of the day to on the very telling insides there from our very own francis fans. thank you very much. you credit your president, vladimir lensky, says his troops on the eastern front are holding on despite everything. the soldiers faced continuous assaults by russian troops and mo, scenarios around the towns of sola dot and buck mode is part of the dumbass front. seeing some of the most prolonged fighting of the will. russian military blogs recently reported breakthroughs in those areas, but neither moscow know keep support the claims. arena, milan from the war studies department of kings college london gave us this assessment of the difficulties facing ukrainian forces. well, the situation remains very hands after the declaration of unilateral cease fire by russia. russia has resumed its operations around buck moved and sold a dark solid hours being located to the north of baltimore. so ukraine has announced yesterdays that the, the ukrainian forces are still holding full adar, but what russians are trying to do, and especially as a wagner group, is to basically take full adar in the semi encirclement by cutting off the suppl

up to 3 days and 10 failed votes, the republican continues to fail to get enough of his party support. a cranes president vladimir lensky has dismissed a c spot proposal by russian president vladimir putin calling it. an attempt to stop ukrainian advance is put in order the temporary truce to correspond with orthodox christmas present. joe biden has unveiled a new plan to allow people from haiti, cuba, nicaragua, and venezuela. to work in the us. thousands of people hoping to join the program have already queued at border authority. offices in mexico. now to nations, security council has held an emergency meeting on the recent developments at the al axa mosque, knotty pine east, jerusalem. israel's new security minister mar bengal here, angered palestinians by visiting the site on tuesday. a move that's been widely condemned. vandeveer has called for greater jewish, accessed alexson, sadie, robert, united arab emirates, and jordan of all condemned in church in which the hottest in, in leadership called an unprecedented provocation at the sensitive moment. all efforts to lower tensions should be accorded white provocatio

been rating churches across the country, over alleged ties to moscow, the chromosome was initiated by ukrainian president vladimir lensky, who announced new measures seeking to band religious institutions. that connections with russia, kansas stated goal is to maintain the spiritual independence of the nation. like face and coast of against the ukrainian government is persecuting the traditional over dogs church and forcing people to worship on the key of control. if the history of the current conflict between the separatist o c u, the orthodox church of ukraine, and the canonical you will see the original korean orthodox church dates back to the time of the collapse of the use ceasar. when an independent ukraine was being formed in the back then, the cranium authority is decided that it was absolutely necessary for a new independent state to have its own church. and then, part of the clergy who used to belong to the moscow patriarch age, created a schism, and formed their own schismatic orthodox church of ukraine. but the attempt, somebody ukrainian authorities to make this church the main one and transfer the law ra t

the house of a somali government official algebra was claim responsibility. ah, french president, man, one micron has told ukrainian president vladimir lensky, that france will be delivering the light combat vehicles to keith at this comes as ukraine's foreign minister announced us based patriot air defense missiles will soon arrive in the country. washington. it's pledge $1850000000.00 worth of men create, which includes a patriot missiles. us promised this help during the ukrainian president's visit to washington. last month, or boxing is often described as ukraine's national sports. it's produced numerous well champions, one of whom is now the mayor of cave, but many of ukraine's boxing talents and possible future champions. now hanging up their gloves to fight on the front lines. as charles stratford reports to machine gun bullets ripped through alexander's legs. when he was fighting on ukraine's eastern front line, a 3rd bullet was stopped by the mobile phone in his pocket. his sciatic nerve was severed. you cannot feel his right leg, and he is afraid. he will never be able to fulfill his goal in life. in a sport, ukraine is famous for around the world b

months or even years to actually reach the front lines, russia says any supply of such tanks would be a blatant provocation, but ukraine's president vladimir lensky says his country, nice decisions on real deliveries. that direction, part of what it there is a lot of talk about tanks, about modern tanks that we need and about the way this shortfall can be filled if it's a lot of efforts, words promises well, but it is important not to lose sight of reality. but it is not about 5 or 10 or 15 tags. the need is larger. michigan, terrible session of heathen ship discussions must be concluded with decisions, decisions on real strength thing of our defense against terrorists. a saw a bunch of aid takes a closer look at the type of military hardware that's been promised to ukraine and how that could realistically affect developments on the actual battlefield. this is the leper to a coveted german battle tank. the 55 to 60 tons stealth war machine known for expired power mobility and armor, has a 500 kilometer range. the tanks have been in production for 44 years and currently around 2000 are being used by 13 european armies. but the arrival on ukrainian

the clock down was initiated by ukrainian president vladimir lensky, who announced new measures seeking to ban religious institutions for their connections with russia. he had stated goal is to maintain the spiritual independence of the nation. of mol, on kiev crackdown on the church. you can head over to our website for one of our, his latest documentaries. his previous lydia upstairs. orthodox churches are being shelled from ukrainian positions. a rocket was fired from ukraine and droned, a group killed. mm . november 22nd 2022 outraged orthodox christians confronted ukrainian security service offices, docking entrances and exits to keeps oldest monastery. they were looking for alleged russian spies among the monks shower bridge or more. on march 3, 2015, i was abducted by as b officers from the monastery, and it was kept here in the department and summer to 7th your gift customers. they tortured me for the 1st 3 days here. really are grounded nationalist battalions, use metal bars and fittings, and they began to be the orthodox, the clergy and one of the priests died from beatings. s

the attack, talking a residential neighborhood. for apartment buildings and a hotel were damaged, ukrainian president vladimir lensky says moscow has been stepping up it's offensive in the east. well, ukraine's president has criticize the international olympic committee for considering away for russian done bell russian athletes to compete at next year. paris olympics. so then he planned to launch an international campaign to prevent such a move. they posted the photographs on his social media which paid to show athletes practicing the sport, surrounded by ward damage, buildings and facilities. name was no nimble. one cannot avoid being disappointed by the statements of the current head of the international and big committee, thomas bach. i had spoken with him on numerous occasions and couldn't hear what he was going to do to defend sport from war propaganda. if he returns russian athletes to international competitions, syria has rejected a report from the global chemical weapons watched on which flames. government forces for chlorine to attack the killed 43 people in 2018. the organisation for the prohibition of chemical weapons a

the day. now, once again, once this is a temporary truce, was offered by president vladimir putin suggested by the patriarch of the russian orthodox church. president lensky of ukraine. refused to observe this cease fire, and that he was also echoed by the leaders of the so called collective west as well . now, too many observers say here in the boss and in russia and ukraine as well. this shows and another divides between a ukrainian leadership and the orthodox our church. now this has been going on for a while, many priests in ukraine, of the ukraine, an orthodox church of the moscow patriarch kate, were a question that interrogated by the agent. so the police and other law enforcement services many times are threatened with death and incarceration. so is a very huge divides in terms of religion now in ukraine. but sir, rush, any crane, have but traditionally been a orthodox and the shared. this are common histories for many, many, a centuries. our as the in regards to local officials say, here in the boss, presidents, alpha, the head of the, the ness, people's republican is priscilla says that if the seas wire will be broken, if there are casualties, t

the one person who was really gained out of this is vladimir putin. yeah. so, i mean, ukraine is receiving many other weapons, but friends, lensky says, quote, there's no alternative but for the west to give you a green heavy tank. so why is that so important? for you green in its defense against russia, you have to turn this on the head. it's really valerie is zillow's ne, and hit 5 o sex general, some of whom seemed to have real genius. but also experience, interestingly not because of the fighting ukrainian force is more experience than many of those they're asking for weaponry from they've got a campaign design for breaking or breakout. they have to have ahmed formations and they're going to be built round the tank. the maneuverability and the defend ability of the tank and the best available for all kinds of reasons. if the leopard to that challenge it to have a bronze m one, a 2 on bad either. that shows clearly how badly they need that now germany says no. is there a possible scenario where a country like, for instance, poland would leopard tongues can send them to ukraine without balance approval? well, i have to say tha

the moment to unleash on on violet bias. gandhi's legacy starts january 28th on d. w. ah, this is d w. news, and these are our top stories. ukraine's president vladimir lensky says, russian bombardments have destroyed the western cities of solid, r and bach mote. separately the german foreign minister analynn a bareback met the pr.

think what we've seen from ukraine, of course, spearheaded by vladimir lensky, is an extremely effective communication kind of effort over the last year. trying to ensure that trying to get as much international support as possible for their cause in order to obtain the financial support that they need. the q training the economy has suffered gigantic setback of the last year under this invasion and also the issue of weapons. so they, using every forum they possibly can. lensky most famously of course, recently or most notably, even going to washington to speak in congress to speak to the 2 american law makers . they're obviously endeavors. you have a particular kind of crowd day. you have not just politicians, you have in fact the dominant presence is business leaders. and it's also important for the ukrainians to, to get messages across to them as well. you know, to, to try to peel away in the last remaining of major global companies that are doing big business in russia, for instance. so you're seeing not just lensky taking part in this, at least virtually, but, but other ukranian officials and also the 1st lady of, of uk

the incident prompted turkey to post on plan natal, accession talks with sweden and finland ukrainians. president vladimir lensky has renew it as appealing for us, felt f. 16 fighter jets left on a week after securing heavy tanks from western matches. boylen says it would subordinate to effort to send the chester ukraine. now officials from france and the u. s. as well said, they have not ruled out that option. but german chancellor left charles has drawn of red line over supplying cave, but combat aircraft. meanwhile, fighting and dance flying in the east of ukraine. russian forces this week took the town of florida and now making another bush in a city of back what what for nearly 6 months now, russia has waged a brutal battle to take the city of bar moot. and so far failed. but at a heavy cost to ukraine, with this makeshift cemetery on the outskirts of the city, shows the scale of the loss. but mute is located between don't yet and the hands get the edge of the frontline and the don't bass region. a victory there could give russia a base to launch a campaign further west, who would also be a blow to ukrainia

support some more radical voices in the party, including kevin mccarthy, are questioning a policy. makayla could not reports. when ukraine's president vladimir lensky spoke before us congress. in december, he took a calculated risk leaving his country for the 1st time and 10 months of rule was dangerous, but reassuring his most important ally was vital on your money is not. charity is an investment in the global security and democracy that we handle in the most responsible way. days later, congress approved an extra $45000000000.00 package for ukraine, but that decision was taken by the old congress, led by democrats. this new congress is split. republicans have taken the majority in the house and that's about to sound a lot more like this. president tramps, border wall would have only cost $22000000000.00 with the money we sent to ukraine . we could have already secured our border, but we're not doing that. leading voices of the hard, right. echo chamber have little power on paper, but growing influence over the political agenda. americans feel like we've been providing the lion's share of the support for ukraine, both material and financial aid.

conditions for euro integration are formed. natasha butler has more from the ukrainian capital will ukrainian present, vladimir 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 official, serv resigned or have been dismissed the same for a number of regional governors, including as a governor of here, the capital o 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. he 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 so lensky. he knows that you have western powers. ukraine's allies are sending billions of dollars of military and humanitarian aid to the country. they of course, want to know th