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jazeera. ah, streets littered with dead bodies, the grim aftermath of a russian retreat from the city of boucher. ah. montera austin, this is al jazeera, alive from also coming up. another strategic withdrawal for russian forces. what's left of the city of at a pin. now back on the ukrainian control hope so 2 month truce will hope in yemen. potential turning point for the 7 year with poverty and unemployment on the rise of voter apathy. in costa rica selections shows no clear from the sun baseball.

the as an increasing number of russian soldiers retreats from parts of ukraine, evidence has emerged revealing the trail of destruction. they've left behind. video has been released showing the bodies of at least 20 civilians strewn along the street in boucher north west of cave. jane was, robbie begins r, coverage from the western city of leave. you may find the images in this story to study. ukrainian forces have retaken the entire keith region, but russia's retreat comes at a high price. northwest of the capital, the city of boucher bears witness to the brutality of war. at least 20 people in civilian clothes, left dead in the street. each scene a grim snapshot of the chaos and violence of their final moments. ukrainian se

at the hands of russian forces. days earlier the mayor of boucher announced the liberation of its town. do you know which one is going to march 31st. go down in the history of that community as the day of liberation. the liberation of around for civic you claim from russian occupiers said today, i state that the state joyful, joyful. and this is a great victory in the region and we will definitely wait until there is a great victory all over ukraine. the joys of victory soon dampens by death. ukraine's general staff is warning future residents. russian forces, mind the city before they left. combat engineers work to clear suspected mind areas . bodies remain where they fell until it's safe to retrieve them. boots as mayor

says, entire families were killed and nearly 300 people have been buried in a mass grave. not far from butrend, the village of demitra, fca, west of cave. the remains of russian soldiers killed in fierce fighting there left in the street. not even a janasia grain in the north of the country, the occupies continued to retreat slowly, but noticeably in the east, the situation remains extremely difficult. russian troops are moving to don barza towards cock eve. they are preparing new strikes. we are preparing an ever more active defense as ukrainians begin to occupy and clear recaptured areas. what happened in boucher ukrainians? fear could be the 1st of many instances of community shattered by this war zane basra, avi al jazeera levine and that's bringing john quigley. now he's professor of international law at ohio state university joins us from columbus. ohio,

thanks for joining us here on al jazeera at we've seen some graphic images emerging from the city of boucher. how would you categorize what's happening there? it certainly appears that the russian forces have been targeting civilians. there have been so many apartment buildings that have been struck where there is not a para military activity. and so i think there is a good chance that there will be prosecution for war crimes that russia has repeatedly said it's not targeting civilians. but do you think that's really the case on the ground? well, it needs to be investigated. oh, the image is that the western media shows where it would suggest that definitely there has been targeting of civilian objectives. the prosecutor of the

international criminal court is already collecting information and i think will need to await his determination. indeed, as he said, international criminal court prosecutor is already looking at several incidents. how important is that kind of work looking into the future? well, i think it can be important. it does send a message to the russian government that their actions are going to have consequences. so how solid do you think the evidence is that war crimes are being committed and, and in the long run, where can that lead us? well, as i say it, it needs to be verified, but we have seen so many images of civilian buildings that have been struck.

there was the leader in mario pole that was struck now in war. it is permissible to hit a civilian objective if it is incidental to striking a military objective and if care was taken to avoid the civilian damage. but it doesn't seem for some of these situations that there was enough evidence of a military objective that would justify the striking in the circumstances and how difficult it is it for the prosecutor to investigate these kinds of things. well the, the ukrainian government will be in control of many of the areas. so the prosecutor

should have access to these sites ah, ah, and they have a forensic experts who can i make a determination. so i think it will be possible to collect information. ok, john quickly professor of international law at a higher state university. thanks very much indeed for joining us. thank you. well, the northern city of her pin, which is next to butcher, has also been a key battleground for weeks and is mostly back on the ukrainian control president will miss lensky said their poor back of russian forces had been slow, but noticeable and accused them of leaving mines as they withdrew. emron con is near at hand, that were volunteers, and emergency workers have been moving dead soldiers and civilians. slowly, methodically, they search for booby traps left by retreating russian forces. this ukrainian demining team tells us the russians have hidden explosives in consumer electronic

devices, such as mobile phones and laptops, and spread them all around. this car was abandoned by the russians. the ukrainian say it was full of looted electronics, look with real looking for minds and other devices, including unexploded devices. ammonia shall live behind by the russian troops. we are trying to prevent any one who comes back here from being endured in this area. there rashana animals look whether you to your barely a few meters of this town remain untouched by battle. the russians used heavy artillery and rockets and missiles all throughout are pain. you see sites like this scenes of heavy artillery shelling. those almost near complete destruction in places where then utter pain. this place was incredibly important to the russians. if they had taken this town, it would have been a staging post for any potential attack into the capital. keith ah,

buses still taking last remaining civilians out of town. these people had no choice but to remain. they had nowhere else to go. others are returning to a village on the outskirts. they have no idea what awaits them other than the destruction of what was once their homes and lives insider pain. however, residents are not allowed to come back as security forces suite, the town before the war. this was a bustling commute, a town around 70000 people. today it's become a symbol of ukrainian resistance. the town, the full back president vladimir putin says, russian forces not targeting civilians or civilian infrastructure. but once again, these pictures contradict those words. we won't know for a while how many people have been killed, but early estimates from the mayor's office suggest 200 to 300, with many more injured. we won't know for sure, because the bodies of some of the dead remain under rubble and may well be there for some time. m, ron con our desert,

but pin russia's defense ministry has accused the international committee of the red cross of destructive actions near the ukrainian port city of maria. pull the agency is trying to reach the besieged area to get the residence out. a 3rd attempt to bring a fleet of buses failed on friday. russia says red cross employees made unplanned stops, and some vehicles broke away from the main convoy. another attempt is on the way with a convoy expected to arrive on sunday. more than 4000000 ukrainians have fled to other countries. millions of others remain internally displaced. stephanie deka is at a facility on this a vacuum border in western ukraine. around a quarter of a 1000000 people have come here to the trans, carpathian mountain range. every one telling us it's because they feel safe as tear, it is remote, it is close to nato countries and the border. now we're in a center for the internally displaced. these are people who cannot afford to stay anywhere else. why? because the main civic was good is packed,

the hotels are packed apartments are pat and there is no where to stay. so now this center really does tell the story of the entirety of this conflict. people we've been speaking to coming from mary paul coming from card keep coming from the don bass region. lou hands done yet is coming from the aries around the capitol like butcher and her pin, which have been heavily attacked by russian forces. now, people who don't want to leave, they're waiting to be able to go back home. one lady, we spoke to saying that her tone actually though, had been completely destroyed after 3 weeks of sheltering in a basement shelling. also we talk a lot about these efforts to evacuate our humanitarian corridors again here we get a sense of what that is like. another couple telling us that they left under heavy shelling and that they were terrified and other one trying 4 times to leave. and that they only manage to leave at the very last point. it is a tragic what's happening here and you can see people trying to live their daily

lives, getting dressed. they need to shower here. they get a meals 2 times a day, but certainly at the moment as this war is now into it's 6th week. um and negotiations continue, but it certainly doesn't look like any one here is going to be able to go home any time soon. the death toll by a strike or a local government building in the southern ukrainian city of mich alive has risen . the attack happened on tuesday. the city's governor says at least 35 people are now confirmed dead. a rocket blasted a hole to the side of the building in mac alive my police across russia. the arrests took places, rallies were held in 30 cities on saturday. hottest organizes a quote for p c. ukraine and for the kremlin critical nixon valley to be released from jail. polk france, it says he's considering traveling to keep on a trip to malta. the head of the roman catholic church told reporters he's been invited by political and religious authorities in ukraine. also criticized russian

president vladimir putin over the invasion and atomic threats were grim memories of a distant past. however, the icy winds of war, which bring only death, destruction and hatred, has swept down, powerful, provoking and foment in complex. where as ordinary people, since the need to build a future that will be shared, will not be at all grow. now, in the night of the war that has fallen upon humanity, let us not allow the dream of a peace to fade. it was to the head on al jazeera ah, the french president manual micron holds his 1st election rally just 8 days before the 1st round of ah,

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ah, watching al jazeera reminded her of our top stories. this disturbing footage has emerged from ukrainian town of butcher neck here. it shows all these dressed in civilian clothing strewn in the street. the russian forces withdrew. ukraine says its forces have now been taken the entire region ukrainian present, but mere lensky says that russian soldiers are deliberately mining houses, even bodies, as they withdraw from some areas, or to say more than 1500 explosives were found. doing a search and village west ushers, defense, ministry has accused the international committee of the red cross, old destructive actions, then mary, up or agency, is trying to reach the besieged,

what city to evacuate? residence now, a tune, bump. truth has come into effect between yeoman's warring sides un envoy for yemen, says the saudi lead coalition, and who the rebels are stopping all the attacks inside the country and across its borders is being held as a decisive moment. the devastating 70 a conflict mohammed atta reports now from santa to monk c. supply and human between host these and the solid wall sion is the more significant breakthrough in years. some flight from sun r o ports are allowed under the deal, and field imports can reach hold the hill areas halt to the fighting. coupled with the enter your full sheeps and the using of restrictions on the movement of people and goods in out and within the country will contribute to building trusts and creating a conductive environment to resume negotiations for

a peaceful settlement of the conflicts through scoring sides of this talk to the muslim holy month of ramadan, and it's the most important step in years. 2 words ending a conflict that has killed tens of thousands of people and pushed millions into hunger. the war has hurt civilians, the masts, about 80 percent of emma's population. now relies on age for food, medicine and shelter. many wall come the truce, remain is skeptical not to let the truces a victory for the many people cause it turns the focus away from the military politics over to the humanitarian issues. when the seller has an adult and it has a lot, this truce will benefit the year. many people we hope the truce will stay for a long time as long as you can live on that. i'm a handy lot of blame and we appreciate the support of al r oh my t who helped me to reach such a truce that put us on the right path. the burnings and sufferings of the many people will decrease the yahoo!

these for a long time had felt that it was just inevitable. their success was inevitable, but they had a huge setback in mara, which had been besieged for over a year. so i think that both sides kind of realized, you know, this more is not on the way we want to maybe work out. so for half of those attacks between hoses and the call sion escalated recently when a saudi oil facility was heads by hope. these last week react struck back some believe the war has become an winnable. the last coordinated cease fire was in 2016 of a peace agreements have led to finish. it's a step forward, but with a no, you know, if this is firewood holds on time will tell. but in any case, it's a step in the right direction and i must say into 7 long years for this

truth to be agreed on. it's extraordinary. a conflict widely seen as a proxy war between saudi arabian iran has did the stated young man you and special and voice hands grant berg says the 2 month cruise could be extended at both parties. agree, a sign of who, after years of fighting that up al jazeera, hungarians will vote on sunday in an election, overshadowed by the war and neighboring ukraine. when for prime minister, victor or van would extend his 12 year rule, the race is closest in years, thanks to all opposition parties coming together to put up a single candidate under simmons reports now from the capital with the past. ah peter mark, his eye is leading an alliance of 6 opposition parties. they don't all agree on policy, but they're united in one aim to bring down hunger is prime minister victor all by

marcus, i is telling his people that all been has split the country. he's made his close supporters, rich, and he's moving more towards the autocracy of russia. and it's friend, president vladimir putin, rather than abiding by the use rule of law. the war in ukraine dominates this campaign. mark is i want to back nato when the you in helping ukraine with military aid. but all been is telling his people, the opposition wants to join the war is happening right. but old man has been doing this forever. i would say that he has a little bit is that of protecting the nation, protecting the country. he has always me in the backing the opposition for 12 years or that has been waging war on everybody, homosexuals. they are to be thinking human in the roma. migrant left is brussels, or man has been beating more forever. he's been serving coatings in with monkeys. i is from the provincial town of hot mess of asher hay, where he organized a national movement to unify political parties. peter marking, sy is hardly

a high profile politician. his mare, of a town known mostly for its unusually long name. he isn't a member of parliament. he doesn't belong to a political party yet. he's posing the biggest threat yet to victor alba and the 2 men do have one thing in common, though. they're both conservative or band disputes that he brands, marcie zion, his alliance as left wing lozzo, mama on the left thinks that ukraine fights are wall. this is what the leader of our opponents said word for word that ukraine fights are war. this is a mistake. this is not our walk in this war. we cannot gain anything but can lose everything as now mommy, hobble past all been tells his people, he'll keep them safe and throws in sweetness. tax cuts kept petal prices and securing russian gas supplies on ukraine. the government says it's welcomed more

than half a 1000000 of its refugees, more than any other european country of its size. that claim is described as misleading though by at least one human rights organization, saying most of the refugees are in transit while the evil voting monkeys. i staged his final push to try to buck the trend of opinion polls giving all been an increasing lead. oh, but whatever the opposition says they struggle to dissuade many hungarians from seeing or been as a strong figure of stability in dangerous times. andrew simmons, al jazeera budapest voters in serbia, will head to the polls on sunday to elect their next president. they also vote in parliamentary polls and some local councils. president alexander view church is running for reelection. he's found himself stuck between maintaining close ties to

russia and trying to get into the european union. french president emanuel micron has held his 1st election rally just 8 days before the 1st round of voting. his supporters gathered in non tear in the western suburbs of the capital. paris polls show a tight race between micron and far right. rival marine the pen, toucher. butler reports emanuel michael wants to win his 2nd term as francis president. and for now opinion polls suggest that he's likely to succeed at a packed stadium outside paris macro held the 1st rally of his campaign. the sentries leader promised more jobs tax cuts, and to continue with his pro, you agenda, and some we're a european nation and proud to be one. we are no one's vassal, we pursue politics and diplomacy that independently. we talk to everyone all the time. that's what we do. france's role is not to give into divisions that paralyze on. i see other thought off my call said that these are challenging times the past

5 years of certainly tested his ability to handle a crisis. his diplomatic efforts over ukraine have played out well with most french voters, as has his management of the cove. it pandemic is government injected billions of dollars into the economy to protect businesses of jobs. i gave it ukraine. he's managed it all well, calmly. we can't complain and he will, when are you going to book us for future we are living and catastrophic times. i call it the war he's a fur president, is neither left or right but in the middle. and that's exactly what we need right now. my house is in the president away for now, but a reason days. why? oh, need a moving hand as close the gap? quite need you good to say. i mean, living, you know, she energy is not a luxury or a waste, but a basic necessity. so as i proposed as far back as september,

all lower tax on fuel hating oil, gas and electricity depends focus on rising prices as deflected the spotlight from her anti immigration, anti islam agenda, and white and her appeal. but some analysts say it's unlikely to be enough for a victory for barracuda micron, social and economic track record is seen is pretty poor by some french people. but he's benefiting from what we call the rally round the flag effect. what different parts of society support a leader at the time of grave international crisis? one week before the 1st round and frances election seems likely to be a re run of the 2017 race in which a 2nd round between macro and the pin pit centuries politics against rising populism. natasha butler o. g 0. not her voters in costa rica, heading to the poles on sunday to elect a new president. but the run up to the election has been mired in widespread apathy

with no clear favourite candidate to lead the country for the next 4 years to his abode reports. it's considered to be the most stable country in central america, famous for its beautiful beaches and environmental protection. but in the past years, poverty and unemployment had been on the rice. the pandemic had a devastating impact on the vital tourism sector. something that most people are hoping and you precedent will be able to reverse. oh, come your phone number for the next president. you change everything because we are very poor. there's nothing here. so i hope that from here on, in whoever wins fights for this country, because we're costa. ricans, we have tape o voters, will elect a new president. the sunday, in what many say is the most polarized campaigning years, will be choosing between former center left president jose maria figures, who is promising to revive the economy, protect minority rights,

and the environment. we are going to focus on the issues that are most important and for us, of course, the main one is the revival of the economy and the creation of job we're pushing.