its assault on ukraine and its people is not going to stop. hope is fading very fast here tonight. you can see some of the exhausted firefighters just trying to catch their breath. the air here is still thick with the smoke that s billowing out of the destroyed shopping centre. you can see members of the military as well. it s past midnight here and the operation continues. they re not giving up, but i think when we look at the devastation behind us and we look at the video of the aftermath of the missile strike, the inferno that took hold, people here are thinking there s really very little chance that people would ve survived this. that is, of course, people who weren t brought to safety in the minutes afterwards. but this was not the only attack on ukrainian civilians today. in the east, in the donbas region, in lysychansk, at least eight people were killed. we re told that two of them were teenagers. more than 20 people injured. and the information we re getting from that particula
who weren t brought to safety in the minutes afterwards. but this was not the only attack on ukrainian civilians today. in the east, in the donbas region, in lysychansk, at least eight people were killed. we re told that two of them were teenagers. more than 20 people injured. and the information we re getting from that particular place is that those who were killed and injured were targeted or certainly hit as they were queuing for water. nick beake reporting there. nato says it will boost its quick reaction force from 40,000 to 300,000 in what the secretary general called the military alliance s biggest overhaul of defence and deterrence since the cold war . jens stoltenberg was speaking as leaders of nato countries prepare to meet at a summit in madrid on tuesday. he said russia has become the most significant and direct threat to western security.
why here? we don t know. but moscow is showing this city and the watching world its assault on ukraine and its people is not going to stop. hope is fading very fast here tonight. you can see some of the exhausted firefighters just trying to catch their breath. the air here is still thick with the smoke that s billowing out of the destroyed shopping centre. you can see members of the military as well. it s past midnight here and the operation continues. they re not giving up, but when we look at the devastation behind us and video of the aftermath of the missile strike, the inferno that took hold, people here are thinking there s really very little chance that people would ve survived this. that is people who weren t brought to safety. but this was not the only attack on ukrainian civilians today. in the east, in the donbas region, at least eight people were killed. we re told that two of them were teenagers.
who weren t brought to safety. but this was not the only attack on ukrainian civilians today. in the east, in the donbas region, in lysychansk, at least eight people were killed. we re told that two of them were teenagers. more than 20 people injured. the information we re getting from that particular place is that those who were killed and injured were targeted or certainly hit as they were queuing for water. nick beake reporting there. the military alliance nato has announced what it s calling the biggest overhaul of its collective defence and deterrence since the cold war. here s the secretary general. we will transform the nato response force and increase the number of our high readiness forces to well over 300,000. our new concept will guide us in an era of strategic competition. i expect it will make clear that allies consider russia as the most significant and