ah ah ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin, ukraine accuses russia, a bombing a theater in mar, you, bold, sheltering hundreds of civilians. satellite images published by a u. s. company show the word children painted on the ground outside the matrix shelter a few days before the attack. russia denies striking the building. also coming out the world health organization raises the alarm about the growing public health crisis in ukraine, as bombs fall on hospitals. it says ukraine's public health system is teetering on

the britain and a pop star who is risking his future to rap against the ah, i'm see me so has gone. i'm glad you could join us. ukraine is accusing russia of attacking a theater that was being used as a bomb shelter in the besieged port. city of mighty you poll. ukrainian officials say more than a 1000 civilians were in the theatre when it was hit. satellite images taken by a private u. s. company show the word children written on the ground in large white letters on both sides of the building. russia denies carrying out the attack and says it does not target civilians. we can go to our correspondent alexandra,

for now. now she is in the city of live in western ukraine for us. hi, alexandra. we have been hearing these increasing reports of civilian targets being hit. what more can you tell us? well images that were published by the queen authorities and other sources show the extensive damage to this drama theater in mar, you pull with the city officials saying that the russia dropped a bomb on the theatre were hundreds, up to 1200 people were sheltering at this time we do not have any information how many people were killed or injured. we have to say that according to the mayor of the city, the entrance of this building is blocked by rubble. and we also have to stress that the city is under near constant bombardment. and so that situation there is a very difficult russia, as you just mentioned,

has denied that it was them saying instead, without any evidence of that or the as of a battalion at far right paramilitary group, that it's part of the ukrainian national guard is to be blamed however, we have to question whether they would have such a cap military capability to launch such a strike. and we also have to stress that's a and this war. russia has been systematically targeting civilian areas, hospitals, schools, and to give you a better understanding what it looks like on the ground we visited the city. obviously tamiya. here is 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 war on ukraine. this is where we met the 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 its mitchell is the night before we were sitting together, the little one she said, daddy, you have a difficult personality, but i'm just like him. 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. lash tells us he still shocked. while we are talking, the error rate alarm goes off again, the mythical. and by showing you call it something we'd 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 i 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 dunked 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 body work or brought them all you do. a big notes in 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 see 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 peace. alexander, you are now back in love if, and that's a place where people had been fleeing to for safety. what are things like there now? well, almost every night we have a rate alarms going off at a don't to be specific. so people don't sleep at all or much on that. they are on ash a bit butter during the day. they're of course, trying to continue with their lives the best they can. they have to get food, they have to earn some money and too many of them are trying to organize, help, help for those who are still in the central or eastern part of the country. this,

a city has become, become an important hub for 8 deliveries having is towards, but also of course, for the many, many refugees that are still arriving here, fleeing the fighting in the eastern part of ukraine and some of them then trouble on a to cross the border into poland and that to, to travel to other european countries as well. mark, central, we've been hearing this cautious tones of optimism from both russian and ukrainian negotiators about making progress towards finding some sort of agreement. how optimistic are people there? well, people of course, hoping that sir there will be peace at this nightmare will be over soon. however, there is a deep mistress, they don't trust anything that the russian government is saying or promising. however, when we look at the authorities, they are or did the ukrainian and the russian government officials,

they're are both saying both sides are saying that their progress has been made and that there is room for compromises with the ukrainian president, indicating that the russian at russia has softened its tense on ukraine that russia doesn't demand any more that ukraine surrender. but of course, as it seems, both sides are still far apart with regards to the positions d, w. 's, alexander phenomena reporting for us from the v. if good to talk to you as the shelling destroys ukraine, cities, leaders on both sides have intensified their rhetoric. u. s. presidential biden has branded russian president vladimir putin, a war criminal for the 1st time. that is widening the diplomatic rift between the u . s. and russia at a time when many see a diplomatic solution as the only way to end the bloodshed. it was a day of high drama and emotion which intensified after ukrainian president velocity

mere zalinski spoke to congress, making an impassioned call for more western support. addressing the president by them, president joe biden followed up with a pledge for more assistance, including angry aircraft systems, weapons, and drones, while sticking to his refusal to create a no fly zone over ukraine. he also issued the harshest us condemnation of putin's actions since the war in ukraine began 3 weeks ago. oh, here's war for really oh, it's an explosive phrase which signals a grim new reality in relations with russia, holiday of assistance. thank the present, was the presence remark speak for themselves or he was speaking from his heart and speaking from what you've seen on television, which as barbaric actions by a brutal dictator. through his invasion of a foreign country. in moscow,

vladimir putin delivered a chilling speech, accusing the west of trying to destroy russia, and he threatened russian youth who don't back the kremlin faction wasn't of school of gentleness, mackerel, so you'd see a phillip 9 years ago, the west has one aim at the destruction of russia, no, but any people and even more so the russian people will always be able to distinguish true patriots from scum and treasures but non good. and they would just spit them out like a fly that accidentally flew into their mouth. just spitted out on to the sidewalk . i'm convinced that such a natural and necessary self purification of society will only strengthen our country with natural struggle. as the harsh rhetoric intensifies, it's hard to see how the badly wounded relationship between russia and the us can ever heal. let's bring in. are russia analysts now roman? gotcha. danco is joining us. good morning. roman. how has president putin reacted

to joe biden, calling him a war criminal? well, we haven't heard of a reaction by president putting himself, he normally reacts, or responds in a few days after such remarks, but we've heard some, some response from his spokesmen. dmitri pasco, of course, biden's remarks, are unacceptable and unforgivable. and we've seen also some typical russians. what about is saying that the united states cannot blame a russia for, for victims in ukraine because united states have responsibility for thousands of lives we've heard killed in other conflicts. we've heard, for example, the head of the russian space agency, cosmos. mr. gordon, who president by any 999, was educating bombing old belgrade in the republic of yugoslavia. so typical correction they are in moscow and i would say in detention,

arising also on the verbal level. but there are, this is not a dramatic development because they are relations already in a very, very bad state. and we, well, we saw that address from president putin on tv, where he is threatening russians, who don't back him. what do you think prompted this? and what do you think it tells us about russian support for this war? well, the president put in definitely feels that the russian economy is suffering greatly . his war is not going quite according to the plan. although he stated that everything was fine and he will continue. so, and this his remarks to those who may oppose this war were spoken just the day after we had the case on the russian se tv where john listens, ran out during an unused program with an anti war message. i think the president thought he was trying to warn all those who might do the same or something similar

or might try to defect lead to the best to the west. i think he is feeling that there is very great needs in rational leads and he's, he's warning if you're trying to do that, we will hit your heart. we are hearing the possibility of some progress on peace talks between russia and ukraine. but at the same time we read this very defiant speech from bruton. so what did you make of it? well, i wouldn't be too optimistic about those negotiations because in my view, russia has no interest in stopping this will at this moment. because, okay, russia is suffering losses on the battlefield, but still has much more resources and manpower and equipment than ukraine. so i think this will, will continue and answer at this stage. it's too early to speak of a breakthrough in negotiations whereas ukraine desperately needs a sci fi because ukrainian civil population is suffering greatly dw, russia. analysts roman. gotcha ranko speaking to us. thank you so much.

now to some other developments in the conflict, the united nations top court has ordered russia to immediately halt its invasion of ukraine in it's largely symbolic ruling. the international court of justice said it is 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 against outbreaks as 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 report, it talks between russian and ukrainian negotiators. large russian airstrikes on civilian areas in ukraine of hit dozens of hospitals. the strikes form just the tip of a growing health care crisis. the world health organization has raised the alarm, saying the consequences could spread far beyond ukraine as millions leave the

country for other parts of eastern europe and beyond. we want to warn you that this next report contains some graphic images. with images that shocked the world, a pregnant woman badly injured in an air strike on a maternity hospital. in merrier poll, doctors performed a syrian section, but neither mother nor baby survived. but beyond the victims of air attacks, gland not seeking cat because they're afraid of the security situation. health co workers are not able to reach the places of work because they're concerned about their insecurity and taking incredible risks. add to that a shortage of oxygen and medical supplies. the world health organization has started shipping dozens of tons of medicine to ukraine, as well as ventilators and emergency surgery kits. and volunteers from across ukraine as well as other countries are trying to keep the health system functioning . the situation is so acute that the w h o has warned that more supplies will not

be enough. wednesday, 9, march, the conditions receive nuclear had the worst possible ingredients for the amplification, the spread of infectious disease doesn't matter if it's covered, doesn't matter which polio doesn't matter if it's measles, this a matter of its color, you put that many people in desperation on the move women and children packed together. people in basements, people stressed people, not eating, not sleeping. these are the conditions which immune systems are weak. people's defenses are low and infectious. diseases can read through populations like this. it's hardest for those stuck in the country. people with diabetes cut off from insulin cancer sufferers, unable to get their medicine and pregnant women. tens of thousands of babies are due to be born in the coming weeks. under the worst circumstances imaginable.

we can get some more perspective on the story. now with christiane cats up, he's the head of the german branch of doctors without borders. thank you for joining us. how do you assess the situation for people in ukraine's besieged cities right now? in the top of that, i want to put a new clients and what we see a dire situation for many civilians. and what we really have to remind everybody that civilians always have the right to protect us. no matter in any current. also, via union and divisions are protected by international law. and that really has to be reminder to all or what do you think is needed most acutely at this moment? so let me see at the moment i'm not publishing. it's not supply line in order to get as much material and medication into the country as possible. and it's roughly

a 100 international staff right now in the country. and of course, they're joined my number of contacts, which hospital i'm giving them training on the training. so whenever there is a matter of windows that are able to receive that and make you make sure that you have enough material in order to capture those patients, you mentioned international law. i mean, under humanitarian law, medical staff cannot be targeted. they can, they must be allowed access to war zones from what you see are russian troops actually, adhering to these rules. so what we see right now with the active conflict and the changing frontline, it's very difficult to actually accept those areas. and what we actually call of all the content that the civilian will have to be protected, that have the right to sleep and their medical needs to be respected. we know that from added on to that to medical care in active it's very difficult for

patients. we have of course, seen off already that know, reaching articles can be dangerous. so you actually call again on all to the effect that here to international law in order to allow for patients to reach out to us no matter where they are from and what their condition is. weird, no report the world health organization saying these are the worst possible conditions for the spread of infectious diseases. what are the biggest risks there? so right now, it's actually, you know, the number of people leaning towards the west of the crane neighboring country. that's why you see that child that's and people, you know, they just when they put in a minute. and that's what we're preparing for non food items and keeping back the

true law in order to allow for people to once deep and say, while they're sheltering into the product. childhood with the alternate id. you know that a lot of people with with conditions which need monitoring anything. they need medication for high blood pressure and therefore there is needed for those people to be in the company will leave it there. cuz jan cuts are from doctors without borders. good to have you with us for thousands of ukrainian fleeing the war are arriving in germany every day. for many of them, the central train station in berlin is their 1st stop. but official said, germany's capital is close to running out of accommodation for the refugees. a common side in berlin these days ukrainian refugee families arriving at the central

station. the arrival. suppose a serious challenge. a challenge. the capital contained la alone enlightened that these are for reasons this terrible war began. i have been in very close contact with our federal states, them together with the local authorities. we're doing everything we can to help the war refugees who come to us quickly and comprehensively. so hes around 175000 ukranian refugees have entered germany. the interior minister says, but the actual number of arrivals could be higher in is expected to increase. more than 3000000 refugees had fled from ukraine to neighboring countries. the united nation says, the majority of them going to poland. for almost all of those who continue their travel to germany, this is the 1st stop and berlin after the difficult journey. thousands arrive here every day. early mentioned a young. com. i think that those who have arrived here have experienced terrible

things. and i've been through a lot of other past days. so i think it is important that they can 1st get some rest here. something warm to drink out of my, as my uncomfortable will come come. something that is only possible with hundreds of volunteers assisting refugees around the clock. the more people are her grateful and her happier bought anyhow for carrying the luggage for collecting a children and especially a door to her for the ticket service and all these things. despite plenty of volunteers and the best efforts of 8 organizations, the work remains challenging. city authorities warned that berlin is nearing its limit, asking others to share the responsibility. let's get a round up of some other headlines now. 2 british iranian citizens have arrived

back in the u. k. after years of detention in iran, nazarenes at gary ratcliffe and unashamed. assure re touched down in england early thursday, they'd been accused of threatening the iranian state claims that they deny their release came after long running negotiations between the british and arraignment governments. a powerful earthquake has struck ne or pan killing at least 4 people and injuring over a 100. it could be felt in central tokyo hundreds of kilometers away. the tremor hit the fukushima region where an earthquake triggered and nuclear disaster 11 years ago. and the u. s. federal reserve has raised interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point. it is the 1st rate hikes since 2018. it's aimed at controlling skyrocketing prices with inflation at a 40 year high. 6 more similar rate hikes are expected over the course of this year . one of russia's most famous rappers has taken a very public stand against the war oxy miran has shelved 6 sold out conference in

russia and protest and instead staged a charity concert this week in the turkey city of istanbul. d. w julia han was at the gig along with hundreds of russia. ah, a rap concert against the war in ukraine. the show musician oxy miran plays at this a symbol club, would probably land him in jail, back home in russia. void with almost approval of the warn 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 him spell it the ruts, don't send him and resonated with many concert, go as hundreds lined up to get a glimpse of the artist. most of them will russians. what judgment, even though science cannot order it was we are all supporting the ukrainians and

days. he still remained an because i actually want to show you that as russians we stand together against what is happening now. we're still bloody, it's a shucks. ameren and his team have helped us concert in protest. the only other concept them in the little bush, the voters, it's so pretty at yahoo! i 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 a lot 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 towards helping ukrainian refugees. he says, like oxy miran, many russians who oppose the war, trying to go abroad. turkey is still allowing russian flights in its as space. thousands are estimated to have escaped to istanbul in recent weeks. now we flew

from russia on march 8th. i because we felt very secure and scared and we didn't want to stay there. and i believe we, we was, we were afraid to get stock there. so that's why we moved here. this is our searching. now there's 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 more and being taken into custody. but your g is, this is a night, mary. is sayed over here? oh. and nightmare that rapport 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 we have a reminder now of our top headlight ukraine as accused russia bombing

a theater in mar, you pull 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 as u. s. presidential biting calls, let him put in a war criminal will have life coverage of ukrainian president villa premier to lensky speech to the german parliament. coming up in the next hour they tooth ah, with ah

a with who oh, to war. volunteer fighter, i'm not to leave. he was an instructor in the show me. now he wants to use his skills again in ukraine. and he is not alone. many volunteers are gathering at the foolish for, to fight for ukraine. focus on europe next, on dw,

into the conflict zone with tim sebastian. how quickly the misery of destruction of the war has spread across ukraine. as russia speaks to impose its group or well known country. but is the conflict now entering? it's most critical phase question to lieutenant general greg hodges, former commander, united states army europe. but my guess is conflict in 60 minutes on d. w. o. ah, listen carefully. don't know how with today.

ah, feel the magic discover the world around you. subscribe to w documentary on youtube. with hello and welcome to focus on europe. russia's war of aggression on ukraine means that for ukrainians, not a day or night goes by without heavy fighting, human suffering, and indescribable destruction. the war is raging ever more fiercely, especially.