a starts april 16th on d, w ah ah, this is deal the you news why from berlin? ukraine rejects russian demands to surrender the besieged city of mario paul. as fighting in the strategic port rages, there's still no way out for trop civilians. ukraine's president calls moscow's bombing campaign, a war crime. also, coming up on the show, russia says it's recruiting thousands of syrian mercenaries to join it's invasion of ukraine. we'll look at what's propaganda and what's facts. and we go to

a children's hospital in keith, where staff are working around the clock to treat the injured despite enormous challenges. ah hello, i'm claire richardson. thank you so much for joining us. ukraine has rejected demands from russia to surrendered. the eastern port city of mario paul, russia had said it would guarantee safe passage out of the city for those who laid down their arms and open humanitarian corridors for trop civilians and previous evacuation attempts have failed due to cease fire violations. after weeks under siege, mario paul is cut off from food water and other supplies. russian state television records, the destruction in the city of murray, you pull russia's military has managed to take parts of the besieged city.

following heavy bombardment. the price of its progress burned out. buildings and traumatized residence near by one of europe's largest steel plants was damaged by shelling. people in mar, you poll, have taken to burying the dead next to their homes with graveyards out of reach due to the fighting bodies line, the streets as the russian show cold squeezes life out of the city were further north. russian forces have been unable to take the city of har, keith, but their relentless shelling has ravaged ukraine's 2nd largest city. many here had been driven under ground. near keith. people were evacuated from the fighting to the bovary. suburb of the capitol is soon kid. good . we were evacuated from chef jenko village. there was terrible shooting day and

night. this is god's nightmare. all of our buildings are demolished. so it's just a terrible war. in the countryside, the picture is no different. the village of crusty leave, co, ne of keith lost 7 homes to a russian missile. 92 year old hannah is furious at thank you. i knew yet this is the 3rd war that i've lived through, ye the fins, the germans, and now these low lives, the fascist, the real fashion, where everywhere the russians go, there met with defiance in the occupied city of her sewn angry residence, forced rushing trucks to a stop and eventually to turn around more evidence that russia's invasion is not going to plan it earlier. we spoke with neat colon tricky

men, co, an associate professor of international relations. and rector of merrill poll state university. and he managed to get out of the sea city, and he told us about his escape. the experience. so we faced while fleeing from ru paul actually reformed a huge con, of course. and we and used to the way that was found by in the previous day on march 14 by 106 to carrasco managed to get to the patricia reform this q to enter the upward asia. and this q, of course, with a white ribbons on the doors, it was a shooting by mind throwing throwing machines and the heat, the car with a 4 people in 2 children there. they killed the parents of 2 and a half years children. it was in 7 meters from my car and my car jumped actually.

so how could, how could, how could you believe this people when they're shooting the civilians in the cars that are trying to get to get out from the war zone? the situation in multiple is continue to be very difficult. the constant without any breaks or bone, been shootings from different kinds of weapons. from aircrafts today, they should it, and they had a bomb, the city from the war ships. so they use everything they have to give the city. so i can't call my rupert city anymore. there is no city there. and all the neighbourhood a around my, my home, it's totally destroyed, totally. now the former commander of us forces in europe says he expects the next 10 days we'll decide the war in ukraine. we asked dami my research of the atlantic councils, europe center for analysis. i had to say it's very difficult to know whether

general hodges is correct on this. all of us in and the sort of non official sphere are watching the news and trying to piece together exactly what's happening. just like you are in the media. and we do see that the russians have failed to achieve their initial goals. absolutely, there's been a setback for them. and as a reporting has shown, the ukranian response has been quite fierce and they have managed to, to stall what has happened. but it's not clear to me, quite frankly, that the russians have not started adapting to the next phase of the war, which i think will be one of attrition. given the kinds of losses the russians are taking and the kind of a real morale that the ukrainians are showing. i think that the optimistic take is that perhaps a kind of a necessary still made might emerge within the next 10 days. but i wouldn't be quite so certain of that. it's just as likely that we,

we could get just an ongoing grinding war that goes on for weeks of not moss time yet my research there. and let's take a look at some other developments in the conflicts. shall fire has had several homes and a shopping center in the palace hotel, sky district of the ukrainian capital keith, at least one person has been reported, kills. and keith has been hit by a series of strikes over the past week, with one on an apartment block earlier sunday, wounding 5 people. polish official, a 40 kilometer line of nearly a 1000 frock warmed at its border with l. a roof. after protesters gathered at the crossing demonstrators or demanding the e. u. haul all trade with russia and its ally, bella ruth, over the ukraine, ukrainian president of all the d moors. lensky wants israel to digits, neutral stance on russia, as a continues its war against his people. to lensky made his plea during

a virtual address to israel's parliament, the cassettes, and he compared the situation of ukrainians to that of jews during the 2nd world war. accusing the kremlin of trying to wipe them out and says how he addressed the can asset. more of the law of the oldest time. why can we get weapons from you in the most amount? that is why has israel imposed strong sanctions against russia eve, but during a santee for that, i see you on that. why not put pressure on russian businesses more? oh, but the answers to up to you. dear brothers and sisters, he says you've off and you have to live with his answer. people of israel or grange is there louis ukrainians, made that choice 80 years ago to say jews if a volley, that is why the righteous people of the world are among us. see people of israel, the, now you have such a choice where you was you, i think he and her correspondent tanya kramer has more on how israel is likely to respond to that call. well, i think a israel will continue to walk her, you know,

this very cautious diplomatic align. it has been walking for all these weeks right now. i mean on the one hand, be heard from the i is ready, foreign minister, yo, yo, la, pete. he was more harshly condemning russia for the invasion. on the other hand, the israeli prime minister nurse talley bennett has been very cautious not antagonizing a russia because there are several interest he on the one hand, israel needs to keep it. security military are coordination or with russia, its northern border over of syria. on the other hand, i am israel once to keep friendly relations with both countries with russia and with ukraine because it wants to help mediate between when i add the 2 sides, we know that of israeli prime minister, enough, tele bennett, has been frequently on the phone even made a trip to russia to meet with the russian president vladimir putin. and he has said

he can only do that if and he keeps, you know, are this, he, if he keeps on this cautious line. but that has also come, of course, in israel itself, under criticism, because israel sofa has only sent humanitarian aid to ukraine. and meanwhile, russia says its recruiting mercenary fighters from syria to join the assault on ukrainian cities. moscow has spoken of bringing in thousands of syrian militia fighters with experience in urban combat. and i love shows it. we're not afraid of this war and are ready and waiting for a marching orders. you know, those yards. the syrian militia leader delivering a warning to ukraine from a church. now bill abdullah says he wants to give the ukrainians a lesson. they will never forget. no jordan on bureaus. ya are 700 orthodox christian fighters under his command. a militia that takes his orders from president, a sad, serious ruler, has equipped them with weapons and heavy equipment,

including tanks. destination here on the front line in the lab series, last remaining rebel stronghold the militia as close links with russia. the need for russian state tv, the christian fight is let themselves be filmed in a convoy on every car, the zed symbol of rushes, invasion of ukraine. let us know if like the head of the u. k. base searing observatory for human rights says that while much is propaganda, his source is confirmed. the basic facts behind it to transport planes with fighters have already departed syria. one besides a political move, they were already requested by russia. if will, some of them could already be in moscow or ukraine malady, they have urban combat experience and have taken part in military operations. i'm an under russian supervision in syria, a daughter, rosie alaska. if you sophia, according to the observatory, 40000 fighters are ready to join putin's war and have registered to fight. 22000 have been accepted by russia so far. but whether they are really

a certain of victory as they appear in the cremeans propaganda videos is questionable. oh, me. whom club would was he'd olive in syria. they wanted to save their homes in them. but when they're fighting on foreign soil, he will they show the same motivation will do enough, or will they just be cannon fodder in the end? what do i have to hold little a mommy? many a drawn to recruitment centers like this one out of sheer necessity hoping to secure a ticket to europe even if they're bound for a war zone. and there's a lot of money on the line as this enroll lee. and as to wida told a japanese reporter at that hour, they say that i can get $7000.00 a month on the front line, $3000.00 for other positions. and i think that that after the a difficult choice for serious would be fighters, poverty at home, or war, and even death in a foreign country. and right from the start of this war, civilians have been paying the highest price. many families unable to flee their

homes, have found themselves caught in the crossfire some of their suffering. the most are children and one hospital and keith is trying to treat young survivors despite the challenge as belong to me, it is lucky to be alive is the car he was travelling in was hit by gunfire. 2 days after russia invaded ukraine, his father and his 6 year old cousin were killed. although the 13 year old survived, he's been left with serious injuries. no, no, hulu, he'll face was hurting his jaw and his nose were broken. his arm was hit, his leg was hit in 2 places as well as his other leg. he had one or 2 bullets in his back. i can't remember staff working at this children's hospital in the ukrainian capital keep. stay here round the clock. they have to because of the

security situation and the amount of work they have. these are tough times rational. it's really terrible. it's challenging, emotionally. it's awful. we live in the hospital, we don't go home. we are available 247 and any time day or night morning evening we rushed to help the children and it's really difficult. labor after all, her family, some of us, her new school cycle support maybe more thoroughly. busy only focus on for people treatment children to follow to me it will need more surgery. doctors hope he will be able to walk again. but no one really knows if his emotional scars will ever heal. or the blue

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