ah, ah ah, this is, did every news live from the poor doors of conflict? ukraine rejects russia's proposal for civilian escape routes leading to russia, and believers thousands waiting to flee or hoping for humanitarian. poor doors to safety. although strapped in russian controlled areas, displayed their defiance and are met with gunfire and fleeing while bombs fall. ukraine says a people were killed by a russian attack during your suppose it sees fire. president of

a lot of reasons. he says russia must be punished for murdering civilians. and a port woom battle keeps asks us top court to order a stop to rushes invasion, but the hearing russia is a no show. ah hello everyone, i'm layla rock. thank you so much for your company. it's day 12 since russia launched a military assault on ukraine and the human toll is great. ukraine has rejected a russian proposal to create humanitarian corridors, to enable civilians to escape cities under attack. all but 2 of the plant corridors would lead to russia or it's allied by roost. ukraine government spokesperson called the proposal immoral and accused russia of shelling civilians during

previous cease fires. ukrainian delegation today flew to better risk to take part in the 3rd round of talks with russian representatives. since the invasion began, the talks have now finished the ukrainian negotiator, as just said, there were no significant improvements on a turn out to were roman. now gone to ranko from r d w. russia service for more on this, the 3rd round of talks at roman another round of talks. what are they hoping to achieve that they haven't yet? oh, for ukraine, of course. as you've said, a number one, our goal is to as the chief some kind of a ceasefire for those humanitarian corridors in 2 major ukrainian cities, the credit of capital q and the 2nd largest city of ukraine, hockey. i to let people out of those cities, of course, of the situation in the 3rd or city of maria bar, which is in the south of ukraine,

which is surrounded by russian troops, is also very dire. and ukraine would like to, to achieve some kind of agreement with russia to let people from their city out as well. so as up, as you're saying, establishing humanitarian corridors to allow safe passage for those fleeing the violence. any reason that this will be respected by russia because it already violated those, these fires 2 times already? well, it's the 3rd round of talks and whom we, we must be very skeptical about the outcome because the, this, the 1st and the 2nd one failed. and obviously maybe there is some pressure from the international community which is not always obvious to ours. some, some western or even eastern politicians. let's think for example, that a turkey is trying to negotiate as well. these rarely prime minister was in moscow

. so there is something going on how we will see to day if they have succeeded in achieving at least some kind of a compromise. let's pick up on what you just refer to these 2 very different diplomatic efforts that are underway when a spearheaded by israel and the other by a turkey on thursday, i understand russian foreign minister, sergey allowed rod and his ukrainian, a counterpart we'll meet in turkey for talks antalya, i believe, their 1st talk since the beginning of the invasion pan turkey really mediate a potential cease fire. bo, i personally am skeptical about it, but still turkey has some chances because turkey has very good relations to russia . the turkish president, ridge of tape around has very good relations with president putin. so i think there is a chance there is a chance and we should try to believe that maybe this will bring some kind of return, at least in the humanitarian crisis,

which is unfolding in ukraine. i think maybe maybe if some international organizations like the red cross or like the or you see the organization for security and cooperation in europe. if they participate in the talks, which will be in the coming days and weeks may be, then we will see some kind of success. so i am very cautiously optimistic while men are gone to rank are from our d. w. russia service sir roman, thank you. so much lawson forces arkansas nearing to attack cities across ukraine, south and east air strikes had been reported on the outskirts of cave, one reportedly killing more than a dozen people in a bred factory. a ukrainian army chief has warned that russian troops are preparing to storm the capital. ah, the ukrainian national anthem echoes across keys. oh,

but just a few miles from the capital. people continued to seek safety from the ongoing russian assault. meanwhile, the mayor of crime, a tourist said 2 people were killed and 6 wounded shot in missile strikes on the eastern ukrainian cities. on monday rushes defense ministry released this footage purporting to show tanks advancing towards keith. but ukrainians are determined that won't be taken without a fight. volunteers are helping protect their capital. but there are no guarantees. it will be enough. as diplomatic efforts, continue, ukrainian president volota me as a lensky remains defiant. and his message to the world may nap robots more. we will

not forgive the shooting of unarmed people the destruction of our infrastructure in festival. we won't forgive the creation of hundreds and hundreds of victims the suffering of thousands and thousands of people. and god won't forgive, not today, not to morrow. never when he needs after you call it work, we'll growth a spokesperson for rushes. defense ministry has announced a number of humanitarian corridors, unlike wonderful those fleeing key of have been offered passage to neighboring fellow bruce, while those and har keith and escaped to russia itself. so they bring yardly body on. this is an unacceptable option for opening humanitarian car doors. if you do, people will not go from even call from demon from vish garad from near keith to bella ru, seem in order to then fly to russia report we keep, or, or the school for that. i 2 and her son, the only major city captured by the russians. people have displayed their defiant objection. standing their ground even as the occupiers fire

guns above their heads. the earlier we spoke to him, maria sir jenko, originally resident of the besieged city of multiple. she's now left the city and is in western ukraine and levies. yeah. so in with the sedation that is quite peaceful or if we might say this horrible, these are a lot of people are trying to volunteer. for instance, yesterday we were calling our maybe in hundreds of people who want to help with humanitarian how the delivery rights to here. and also there are people who are we reading, camouflage, nash, or they are buying some medicine because they read the shortage of medicines in other parts of ukraine, specifically hemostatic or pain killers. and also,

you know, people are trying to help whenever they want her. and whenever they can, for example, yesterday i was calling maybe 1565 people who are approaching the biggest humanitarian, the center of the house in the movies. and a lot of how does come in from other countries. so we are trying to transfer it all the help right to key of to hark you to the cities who can receive the help. unlikely may real poll is not one of the seated who can actually get a minute there and help or ukrainians attempting to flee cities under russians. fire face immense danger. on sunday, an entire family was among a people who were killed as they tried to escape the town of european near keith, according to ukrainian authorities, while almost 2000 people were evacuated from urban and mit heavy, balmy. and i'd like to warn you, our next report contains distressing images. ah,

this video captures the moment a motor blast hits the town of a pin people and making a desperate dash to safety. taking only what they can carry, residents climb over a bombed out bridge, praying they make it out before the shelling returns. not everyone does it's risky to leave, but perhaps riskier to stay. the city's infrastructure has been decimated by days of fighting, leaving residents without hate electricity and water supplies, a running thin station in full, and the resolve her not was ability, physical, if lose any supply. ah no read no milk, no eggs, no, nothing. and all the tremors three's close to stumble,

ukrainian, or authorities say the russian army has stepped up its shelling of residential areas. russian forces blew up the railway station here. so now ambulances and vans are being used to evacuate people to me by keith. talk your folks with that with the russian assault, getting close to cave, it may not be long before they have to flee once again. and how can people get out as bombs fall all around them? russia now civil local cease fires today that would open up humanitarian corridors, but as we've been reporting, it might be too good to be true. let's get a closer look now at all this widget of use. william croft lamp right there does seem to be some irony here in russian forces that i've been firing on civilians now saying they are going to be the ones to protect them. and let's look at what these so called humanitarian quarters look like that. the russian military announce today

they've said they're going to come out of 4 cities, the capital of keith, the 2nd largest city. hi keith. maria. paula, we've been hearing is completely surrounded, besieged cut off from the rest of the country, and the city of sue me now from cave. they're saying they would take ukrainian civilians into bel errors into the city of homo, and from hockey and sue me to the russian city of belgrade. and from here, maria po, just across the border into rust, off on, done. now, you might be wondering why would ukrainian civilians b, put their fates into the hands of russian soldiers and be brought to fates on certain in russia and bellow roots, which are enemies of ukraine right now. and if you're wondering that you're not alone, ukraine's government has called this announcement immoral french president emanuel mac. vaughn said it's cynical and hypocritical, especially in light of 2 attempts over the weekend to get civilians out of maria poll. both fail due to suspected russian attacks breaking those local cease fires.

now the cities are major population centers and they have been under heavy bombardment for days. we can see on our next map, when we overlay where the cities are, where the fighting is. you can see it might not look like things have changed much in the last few days, but that's because military analysts say it, russian forces are regrouping. they're getting ready for renewed assaults on key. if you could see here they're moving in both from the north coming around from the west and also coming across the east trying to surround that city. we've heard of course, maria poll is completely cut off, besieged by sit by russian forces on all sides. heavy bombardment in high cave, so it is very, very heavy fighting, even as ukraine forces have reportedly been able to beat back some of the advances and are still challenging russia for control of the aerospace now regardless of how these monitoring quarters worked out, if they hold at all. busy how successful they might be if anybody even takes them

up on that offer. the overall picture, as you can see here remains one of sheer terror and all out war. and remember, it is still rather unclear what vladimir putin's ultimate in game is. sir william, a glue, croft to all western ukraine, has remained relatively safe so far with the heaviest fighting, concentrated in other parts of the country. but ukraine's defense forces are preparing for a possible russian attack. locals are worried about what might happen if the war reaches their doorstep. w's onion of anom reports. ah, a chick point on the outskirts of flute skin, northwestern. you queen, sasha, by rhoda, is one of the local fighters who have joined ukraine's defense forces. he tells me that morale among the troops remains high. despite the dire situation in the country, little speed lumen, but about the moment, it is calm here, suleima. we are preparing the defense of looks on the region with everything we

have horrible were employed at the same time, were helping those who volunteer to join the army and deploy to the friends in the east and to defend our ukraine. you call that a little uncomfortable where you live still seems to go on here in western ukraine despite the heavy fighting that it's taking place in other parts of the country. and yet, residents tell us, they want to be ready for whatever might come next. at the beginning of its invasion, russia targeted an earth fields not far from the city. the military airport in loads with one of the 1st facilities hit by russian messiah in ukraine. since dan, it's been relatively quiet here in the region, but people are scared that it's just a matter of time before the war comes here. oh, they seek comfort through prayers in the local church. the sermon that day urges to

church goers to forgive those who have done them wrong. this is a truly christian message. father roman tells me, but one that it's so hard to follow right now. you will, i wish i had never seen that day was that, that he had died before. it's really hard to keep living outside the church valentina receives at blessing for a safe journey. she's not in good health and wants to leave for neighbouring poland . deliciously so hard to leave. of course. yes. heartily. my children are my grandchildren here. usually she goes with a heavy heart. what seems to be hopeful? ukraine will prevail. she says, let me tell you about the other developments in the conflict. the un human rights office has confirmed the deaths of 406 civilians in ukraine since the beginning of

the war. it noted that this only accounts for verified deaths and the real number is believed to be much higher. and the european union nations have agreed to start the process of considering membership for ukraine as well as georgia and moldova, in the wake of russia's invasion. ukraine has asked for a fast tracked application process, but it could take years before its even formally considered a candidate. and he was secretary of state anti blinking is on a visit to lot via n lithuania, where he reassured the 2 baltic countries that nato's promise of protection is iron clad. the baltic states are increasingly on edge falling rushes invasion of ukraine has lived well while ukraine battles russian forces on the ground, t is also attempting to stop the invasion in the courts. ukraine has launched a case at the international court of justice accusing moscow of launching its

attack using false pretenses by alleging genocide in 2 eastern regions of ukraine. but russia has not sent a delegation to attend the to day hearing in the hague, in the netherlands. he wants the, you want body to order an end to the invasion rulings issued by the quarter binding, but there are no means to enforce its decisions. that provisional result is expected within days. ashlyn or reedy is a human rights lawyer who worked at the international criminal tribunal for the former yugoslavia. she is now a senior legal advisor at human rights wash. thank you so much for taking the time to take our questions. this is, i understand a very complicated legal case. so just let me start if, if you want with a very simple question, can an international court stop an ongoing military invasion? that is a simple question and i guess the most straightforward answer is, is no,

no, it is not clear that the cases you, when it either is there that, that ukraine has brought, is that russia is misusing a claim of genocide to justify the invasion that started on february 24th, and it's us to the i c. j candidate to order russia to stop at the manage operations. and it is not clear that the i c j has that jurisdiction either under the genocide convention or in general to, to issue such an order and came, looks like us a little bit how the i c j works. i mean, does it work retroactively? and does it decide on matters of territorial integrity or also on issues of human rights? well, the, the international court of justice has a very large re met. it is the official court of the united nations, if you like. and it can cover things from indeed a lot of territorial disputes, boundary disputes between states, a lot of interstate and arguments or disputes as to where responsibilities

lie. but then it also has been given particular responsibility under and some human rights convention. so for example, this is the genocide convention which ukraine has invoked. they also have another case against russia under the convention on elimination of all forms of racial discrimination. and that is for the treatment of the ukraine population, and particularly that talk to our population in crimea, which russia has occupied since 2014. so the i c j certainly has a human rights jurisdiction under certain conventions. and then also as a much broader role in determining interstate disputes. so if i understand correctly the i, c, j has no means to enforce any verdict that they reach. but could any verdict that is reached in this case, for instance, could be used by, let's say, nato, to justify intervening in the conflict, should they want to do that, which they don't at the moment. i think that is very speculative as to anything

that the i c j could say would it would justify military adventure intervention or, or just a use of force. so i'm afraid that's something that i can respect later on. the russian delegation has, was not even showed up for today's a hearing. and one of their members of the french lawyer, a law appellate resign just a couple of days before a saying, and i think we have his quote right here. it has become impossible to represent and forms dedicated to the application of the law, a country that so cynically despises it. will russia even bother arguing its case at the i c, j? i mean, as we said, that remains to be seen. we know that the international court of justice, what russia on notice they know about this hearing and the best of my information

as yours is that they have not sent somebody. and you know, that being said, they have engaged with the course before. in other cases, whether or not they comply with their rulings, and it is a different thing and that to be fair, is not only true for russia, but russia has a frankly, ignored rulings from other courts that are binding. for example, the european court of human rights. so it does not have a great track record in complying with international law. no. and what role could the other important court that's also headquartered in the hague? the i c. c, the international criminal court. what, what role could they potentially play? because they are currently looking into the russian invasion. what do you expect to come out of that if anything, i mean, i think the international criminal court, as you said, has a potentially very big role. they have opened an investigation and they have jurisdiction to investigate any crimes that happen in ukraine that fall under its jurisdiction, dating back to 2014. so it is quite possible that the i, c, c. m,

can bring prosecutions. and the, you know, that the big question is going to be, how are they going to get a either cooperation from russia or failing that if they do indict russian nationals for violations in ukraine? will other states cooperate to make sure that those nationals appear in the dock to answer any charges? what it is right that the i c. c has the potential to play a significant role in the future in prosecuting war crimes. ashley really is the human rights lawyer who worked at the international criminal tribunal for the former yugoslavia. she's now we senior legal advisor at human rights watch. we appreciate your time. thank you. thank you. thank you very much. more than 50000 ukranian refugees have been registered in germany. so far. most of those fleeing the war are coming directly to the capital d. w report. matthew moore was ad berlin's main station were 14 trains are arriving every day. bringing desperate men, women, and children,

they keep coming trains packed with fleeing ukrainians. arriving in berlin for some familiar face, awaits others like dog hon, are alone. her daughter stayed behind in hockey with her pet. dog has a nurse, will travel on to a friend in frankfort, where she hopes she can give back. come after here by the ice, come, guy would like to work here as a nurse see her, maybe i can work as a volunteer nurse i. if i really get others like ana and her 6 year old son will stay here in berlin, touched by the help they've received better grades. who do this? all people read it, get a full fan, full. yes. ready for him? and now you're going to try and find somewhere to sleep for to night. yes,

i will try. we will try to find some home here. ah. 7 it is a better irony of war that it often brings out the worst and best of humanity. an innate desire to help, small acts of kindness, boundless generosity, and new mothers move to action. really hard sitting at home watching like the pictures on television and feeling like there's nothing i can do and i just have to watch what's happening there and i am yeah, i try to find out where can i help and yeah, i live close by. so i thought that's a good idea and yeah, he likes to be carried around so it's a win win situation. elsewhere in the capital, the german president frank vall, to shy my a welcome to group of more than 100 jewish orphans,

was the youngest. among them, just a baby it's been done pro. i am grateful and happy that children and teenagers, 5 from an orphanage in odessa, were able to make their journey safe and sound to germany, to berlin commons. and they will not be among the last back, outside the station workers assemble a reception center needed to make room for yet more humanitarian upheaval in washing you'd every news live from berlin. here's a recap of the main stories from the crisis and ukraine. ukraine has rejected a russian proposal to create humanitarian orders which lead to russia and his ally bowers keys said people should be able to escape to ukrainian territory. a 3rd round of negotiations between the 2 countries has just concluded. mccrae says it's been no major improvement. he wants to do the news and our special coverage on the

war, and you print coming up next to the news asia. how seriously should the west take china's offer to mediate in the war in ukraine? coming up with melissa cham and a lot more in just a moment. i'm. we'll have rock and berlin. i'll see you tomorrow, with with

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