a ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin. ukraine accuses russia of bombing a theater in mar, you bowl sheltering hundreds of civilians. satellite images published by a u. s. companies show the were children painted on the ground outside the mixup shelter a few days before the attack. russia denies striking the building. also coming up with the russian hip hop star who is risking his future to rap against the war.

ah, i'm see me so much gun to thank you for joining us. ukraine has accused russia of committing further atrocities in the besieged port city of mighty opal, ukrainian official se russian forces bombed a theatre that was sheltering hundreds of civilians. satellite images taken by a private u. s. companies show the word children written on the ground and large white letters on both sides of the building. russia denies carrying out the attack and says it does not target civilians. ukraine has accused russia of several other attacks on civilians, and just the past day, in an impassioned speech to the u. s. congress, ukrainian president volota mersa lensky called for more help to defend his country . the streets of keys, empty millions have fled the city since the start of the war and those who remain

hudelin homes or shelters under a city wide curfew. shelling continued to hit residential areas of the city on wednesday. homes and lives destroyed with a shock in the eyes of those who made it out. ukraine st president followed the maid zalinski made a heartfelt appeal in the live stream to the u. s. congress. he reference martin luther king and repeated calls for the us to implement a no fly zone over ukraine. ya, my, you both read. i have a need both rams. i need to protect our sky. what i need your decision, your help. which one is exactly the same bills, which are the same you feel when you hear the words? yes, i have a dream of july. if we fully show it. i have a dream while he spoke refugees from mother you,

paul were able to reach relative safety. they escaped hell in the besieged city, travelling in a convoy possible on that 1st. everything was fine. well, not fine, but at 1st it wasn't particularly scary of what they were explosions and all that, but it was far away and we said in our home school, we hope that it would not reach us and that it would all be solved that somehow they wouldn't negotiate and that it would all end but know every day it got worse. we were left without light, without water, without gas, without food, it was impossible to buy anything i'm willing, didn't to, when you call. thank ukrainian. authorities reported that russian forces had fired on one of the convoys out of my you poll, leaving several people injured in vivo on the western border with poland, residence, learn how to use weapons. the city has not yet been hit by heavy fighting,

but people fear an escalation in the conflict. they say it's best to be prepared where the russians to attack here too. and let's go right to love if our correspondent, alexander phenomena standing by forest they are good morning, alexandra. this is a region where people had been fleeing to for safety. what are things looking like there now? well, during the day, people are trying the best they can to continue with their lives or they have to get food and they have to earn some money. and many of them are trying to help to organize aid deliveries to other parts of the country. but at night and in particular at dawn, it's getting scary here because of almost every night, every night we have a raid alarms going off as it was the case this night. but this city is very important for the country as a transit point. as i said,

for 8 deliveries going eastward, but also would have many, many refugees that have fled to the heavy fighting in the central and eastern part of the country. and to give you a better understanding what the situation looks like there looks like there. we weren't to the city of, she had told me she was our report residential houses reduced to rubble. people mourning the loss of their loved ones. this is a neighbourhood injured, tommy, a city around 150 kilometers west of ki, if that has been under constant shelling since the beginning of russia's war on ukraine. this is worry mad a he whose house was completely destroyed by russian misdialed. removal of the bombs dropped on everything exploded. we just made it out. his 29 year old daughter however, was killed on the spot. you see he appears coleman withdrawn. it seems like he is

still not able to process what happened? good, but it's moved to the night before we were sitting together. the little one she said, daddy, you have a difficult personality, but i'm just like you. yes, that's what she told me before she died. those words remain in my heart just down the street a hospital and miss, i narrowly missed the building. dr. lesh tells us, he's still shocked. while we are talking, the error rate alarm goes off again with the goal. and by showing you something we've never seen before, if enough, it's war, a war waged on a civilian population. so we're seeing that more civilians are being killed in ukraine than soldiers. e, b, m a t v can be quoted. you told me a just 150 kilometers away from the heavy fighting and key of has become a trends at point 48 deliveries to the capital and refugees fleeing the region.

we met with the mayor say he's to homeland. his taff told us he's so busy. he hardly sleeps in the senior booting hooton's approach to the cities that don't given is to intimidate us to break our will. but he's achieving the opposite. the people are uniting and are determined to fight. let the very word problem only do. i mean, yeah, it's it. the may show us us components of the messiah that hits the city. one of the targets, he says, was this cool in the city center? the building is heavily damaged. fortunately, there were no kits here. when the attack happened. back at the ruins of c, he's house. he lost so much and yet he says he doesn't hated a people of russia. the ordinary people are not to blame. it's their leadership. say he wants to rebuild his house as soon as possible. at 1st he says,

we need to please alexander how widespread have these attacks on civilian targets been well, we have to say that russia is continuing to systematically target civilian areas. and people are devastated and, and getting angry with every day we have to say, just look at what i happened in jenny heath were a russia a has allegedly targeted and civilian area where people were waiting in line to get bread. a look what happened in my, you pull or were russia dropped a bump? honor theatre were hundreds of people were sheltering. so people that i've been speaking with there are devastated. there are saying that however, when a look at what has been happening, this is only hardening there a determination to fight for the country. amid these devastating images,

alexandra were hearing them cautiously optimistic tones about russia and ukraine. perhaps finding some sort of agreement soon. so is that optimism warranted? well, cautious optimism is indeed what are we is sense of from what both sides are saying . however, i think that there are still of far away from, from reaching an agreement there because both sides are far apart with regard to their positions. and there is also a deep mistrust towards anything that the russian government is saying. just as keep in mind, there are still claiming that they didn't attack ukraine. so even though ukraine and the ukrainian government is of course, are interested in having a ceasefire. this is like the most important thing right now to, to, to, to have a,

c, 3 o 2 that they're fighting can stop. there are still a very, a cautious and of course what they say they are not going to do is to of to accept any ultimatums or to surrender. that's off the table course d. w. 's, alexander, phenomena reporting for us their interview. thank you. joe biden has told reporters that he thinks vladimir putin as a war criminal because of his actions and ukraine. it is us presidents, sharpest condemnation of russia's leader yet, until now the white house has avoided calling put in a war criminal, saying a formal process is needed to make the designation under international law. biden also announced an additional $800000000.00 in military aid to ukraine, including more drones, anti tank and anti aircraft weapons fight russian aggression. natural. now,

to some other developments and the conflict, the united nations top court has ordered russia to immediately haul to its invasion of ukraine. and it's largely symbolic ruling, the international court of justice that it see no evidence to support the war. moscow claims ukraine is carrying out genocide against russian speakers in the east of the country. nato secretary general yen suttonberg says the alliance has no plans to intervene on the ground in ukraine. and he once again ruled out setting up and policing a no fly zone. he also said he is encouraged by progress reported a talks between russian and ukrainian negotiators. russian president vladimir putin has given a new televised drastically threatening russians who aligned themselves with the western, calling them from the scum and traders. put in, also denounced western sanctions on russia and said his invasion of ukraine, which he calls a military operation, is going to plan for it. yes, you will. one of russia's most famous wrapper has taken a very public stand against the war oxy. muran has shelved 6 sold out concerts in

russia in protest, and instead staged a charity concert this week in the turkish city of assemble. des julia han was at the gig along with hundreds of russians. ah, a rap concert against the war in ukraine. the show musician oxy miran plays at this east symbol club would probably land him in jail back home in russia void. we're going to pull out of the war and ukraine has been going on for more than 2 weeks. and yet, there are tens of millions of russians who categorically disagree with this war, and i think this should be said as loud as possible, but more of the grown. sure. with those color, the redstone sentiment resonated with many concert goers. hundreds lined up to get a glimpse of the artist. most of them were russians or did human imminent grains cannot? oh it's, it was we are all supporting the ukrainians and days he still remained there

because i just want to show you that as russians we stand together against what is happening now. we're still quite, it's a shock them aaron and his team have helped us concert in protest of concert women . the little was the voters, it's, we're pretty, i my don't want this war. i don't believe that it's a special operation. you know, i've been against, puking, for many years, against his claim to power. i'm ashamed of what our country has become. i was just that oxy miran is one of russia's best known wrappers. he recently postponed his shows in moscow in saint petersburg and announced a series of charity concerts abroad, called russians against war. proceeds will go to woods, helping ukrainian refugees. he says, like oxy miran many russians who oppose the war or trying to go abroad. turkey is still allowing russian flights in its air space. thousands are estimated to have

escaped to istanbul in recent weeks. oh we so from russia on march 8th, i because we felt very secure and scary and we didn't want to stay there and i'd be, we, we was, we were afraid to get stuck there. so that's why we moved here this hitchow's which is neither is very serious repression, taking place against those who protest in russia. and it's become impossible to take to the streets because people are beaten up with morton and being taken into custody. the g is, this is a nightmare you saw yet though, of shit. a nightmare that rep oxymoron has decided he must speak out against even if that might mean he won't be able to return to russia any time soon with let's get a reminder of our top headline. ukraine has accused russia bombing

a theater in mar, you hold sheltering hundreds of civilians. satellite images show the word children was painted on the ground outside the makeshift shelter a few days before the attack. russia denies attacking the building. u. s. president joe biden calls let him reputed a work criminal. thank you for watching either youth with blue, i think is everything challenging, fair, some are big, almost so much different culture between here and there. so challenging for everything ah finish. hm. is this, i think it was.