ah, ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin tonight trying to wipe a ukrainian city off the face of the earth. that is how the mayor of mario pole describes what russian forces are doing to his city. he's also accusing the russian military of genesis. also coming up tonight, german chancellor, olaf shoulds says that albania and north macedonia should start talks to join the european union to protect them from the reach of putin's russia. and prices talks at the european union over how to accommodate the nearly $4000000.00 ukrainians who have been forced to flee the country,

plus and on stage slap at the oscars actor will smith heads. chris rock in the face on live television. and the condemnations have now begun. ah, i'm bring gov to our viewers watching on p b. s in the united states into all of you around the world. welcome. on this monday, the mayor of mario pole in southern ukraine says that his city is on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe. and that every one left has to get out. mario pole has endured relentless bombardment from russian forces in recent weeks, mer vadim. boy jenko says that nearly 5000 people have been killed. a 160000 civilians remain trapped in the city without power. there is growing concerned that the city could soon fall under russian control me while you grange defense ministry

says that there is no evidence that russia is planning to abandon its effort to capture the capitol. keep russian forces are also stepping up their attacks in easter. you cray ah, for just a few brief moments, musicians provided those inside this hot heave metro station and bomb shelter with a brief respite from the war. if the music is a ray of light that helps our soul survive, it brightens our lives stops us panicking and keeps away the darkness gloom and bitterness of this war. i think plainly that the voice with him. yeah. we'll need support like never before. show him. if we classical musicians can provide support to the people by playing our instruments, by doing what we can do best,

we will do it anywhere there so much my pleasure. what would the most that i would do it? but across ukraine and with each day that passes the death toll increases. this watch belong to one of the wars victims of his son, victor witnessed his death. i yeah, i the russian soldiers just started firing. i looked up, my dad looked into the car. will the what he was already choking on his own blood? well, i saw a ford direct hit to the windshield, turned on yellow as to call. but there is a faint glimmer of hope. the peaceful return here and keith, the president, offered to moscow a compromise on the don boss. this is peace talks between russia and ukraine. are set to resume on tuesday in turkey. yup. when you must awesome. will ye? boy, i understand. it's impossible to make russia give up the territory completely line yet that would lead to world war 3. and i understand completely,

i am aware of that. and that's why i'm saying this is a compromise. but let's try to resolve the question of the don boss. the complex question of the don thus slowing up rosenberg. but in moscow, there appears to be no shift in russia's demands my business. dillard books. we have to make sure that ukraine stops assimilating itself with the west to work with nato in the military sense, where you, with threats to the russian federation, physical military threats to the russian federation, where you little girls notice usually figured out soon. death and destruction in ukraine. harry levine, the funeral of a soldier. another day that a family has been touched by the war and in the green city of libby bizarre corresponded amin as if forest tonight is good to see you ami. and so we are in week 5 of this war. what is the situation there in western ukraine?

and i'm actually speaking to you from the basement of the building that i'm saying, and which serves as a bombshell through the been air raid sirens going off. the 2nd time today, so the 2nd time i had to go down to the bomb shelter, there was a strike for more than 48 hours ago. and this is roy oil reserves from russian missiles launch all way from crimea. so it has people started here, but there haven't been any new text in for over 48 hours, but there were reports of attack, just 150 kilometers. you probably think your kids playing around right now. people are trying to make the best of it because this happened daily. it's not more than once a day. that's when the area sirens go, go there, but look, a lot of this is symbolic strikes in the rough military because the real fighting

is happening. the real suffering is happening in eastern ukraine, the dumbass talk to you, or you pull and even a lot more in kiev than it is here in western ukraine brand. yeah, you know, i'm hearing those children knowing that they're sharing the same space with you in a bomb shelter and that we're talking about war and peace. you know, it just speaks to the brutal reality of this conflict. and what about a possible ceasefire? we know that there is at least one new idea that is being floated from the ukrainian perspective. what can you tell us about that? i signal i can't hear you press any or you know ok. ok. past the fire has become more weird because of the comments from the cranium. presidents basically what he

said is that he's willing to talk is willing to give you cranium neutrality. so he has hinted before that this would be on the table, but it sounds in his remark that further he's gone and said that a neutrality would be an option. of course he said he would have to put it up to a referendum in the country and just speaking to the people here on the ground, i don't know how many people would vote for anything that would give russia any kind of advantage here or give them any ground now the don bass is a different question. basically what you said was that instead of demanding that all russian to leave the country, he would says basically february 23rd before the russian, russian invasion of the country. and then decide the question of the dom that after that they went back to that being the only disputed territory. but then russian troops to be out of the rest of the country. like, for example, me,

let me just ask you before you run out of time, the ukrainian government, we understand investigating possible torture of russian soldiers by its troops. what are the allegations? this is an interesting case, brandon saw centurylink. interesting to see how the ukranian government reacted. there were videos circulating yesterday, mostly pro russian account on social media, showing gruesome video watch this myself. i don't recommend watching it. it is. it is truly torture. if it is real. showing videos of soldiers shooting the crane photo shooting russians in the leg as soon as they got to the truck, breaking their bones, beating them into almost so that their unrecognizable. now the government for it said that this was fake videos that this was russian dis information, but then they said that if it were true, they're going to investigate it. they will punish anybody who is involved. if it turns out to be true because they said, recreating army as a european army and they follow international standards. and this indeed,

if it was true, would be a crime and needs to be punished or corresponded. amin s if in the western ukrainian city of levine tonight army and thank you. military drones are an important weapon for both ukraine and russia. the unmanned aircraft come into variety of sizes. they do everything from aerial surveillance to launching missiles. the us is now sending ultra light drones known as switch blades to ukraine. they're small enough to fit inside the backpack, but they are able to strike targets with high precision. and i in the sky with a deadly payload. this is a promotional video by the maker of the switchblade loitering munition. it hangs out in the air and images back for humans to figure out targets. then it becomes a missile. switch blades are advertised online. they way just a few kilograms and can be launched from a small tube,

requiring little setup or training. but it's the weapon system whose name cannot be spoken, at least by us officials. i can't confirm a particular systems that president did speak ever. we did speak of tactical unmanned aerial systems we provided and are providing a 100 of those systems that and is not in position to, to speak to all the specific systems and may be included in that package. ukraine has already been using so called loitering munitions to strike russian forces. turkish made drones carried lightweight laser guided bombs. this footage purportedly shows the result of their strikes on russian targets. meanwhile, the russian military has been using drones, both big and small as part of its arsenal against ukraine. this video shows the aftermath of an alleged drone missiles strike on a science institute in keith. and a small drone recovered at the scene. will the switch blades be a game changer?

some analysts say the u. s. is sending too few of them a supply that will only last a couple of days. but as ukraine battles against the superior fire power of its invader, ukrainians can use all the help they can get jeopardize all of sholtes to they said that albania and north macedonia should begin talks to join the european union. as soon as possible, sholtes made those comments after meeting with sweden's prime minister magdalena anderson in berlin. he said that it's important that the e, you speed up talks with the 2 balkan nations to prevent them from being pulled into rushes sphere of influence. sholtes and anderson also discussed the question of swedish neutrality as the country considers joining nato. anderson said that have sweden's membership in the european union means that it is no longer

a neutral country. this here is more of what the german chancellor all actually said today in magdalena and myself. agree that we want to strengthen the make it more resilient as well. with the turning point in history is something that means we must achieve real progress within the urban union. thus, we talked about the fact that the time has come to pass the albanian and macedonian . in this session, we'll talk soon to begin as soon as possible. otherwise, even about to as well can. states will be vulnerable for russian inferencing and we need to strengthen our capacity is equal to in terms in a number of different ways. with, with the w, spoke to the swedish prime minister magdalena and said about you a session talks with our baby and north macedonia. here is what she told us when i mean country should be able to join european union when they are ready for it. and

i think it's important that all countries can have a process coming closer to erupt, peon and membership. and, and from a swedish perspective, we have been supporting countries. for instance, ukraine add to help build that their institutions to become. so they could come closer to the coming that members of the european union attacking ukraine was not only an attack line ukraine, but also european security order, which means that every country can make their desist in themselves. so of course we don't, we have the right to do with the decision that we think is right for our country. but of course one, the duke would do that. we have to away all the different risks with the different options that we have. the situation in rounded baltic sea has change after rushes, the invasion of ukraine. we've had a deteriorating a security situation round the baltic for a long time, but this was really a shift. what we have done from a swedish perspective during the last years is to increase our defense spending. and we, we also follow germany to go up to 2 percent of g d p, but also increased our bilateral, multilateral corporation. like being

a part to nate. so with a very close close corporation to woulda finland but also with the joint expeditionary force with, with other countries. and we will continue in this direction. but you also have a discussion with the other part is in parliament to analyze the situation and see what that means for and how it will acts in the future. there was the swedish prime minister, magdalena anderson, speaking with his earlier. here are some of the other stories now that we're following for you. russia has added this broadcaster door developed to a list of media organizations that it labels for an agent. now that designation requires all of our content to be labeled. with a disclaimer, a russian delegation has arrived if they're bull ahead of planned peace talks with ukrainian negotiators. tuesdays meeting will mark the 2nd time that turkey has hosted in person discussions between the 2 sides. the kremlin have said that it expects, however,

no significant breakthroughs. the european union wants member states to end what is known as golden passports, which have allowed wealthy people to by mistake their way to e, you, citizenship, the war and ukraine has shown a light on previous beneficiaries with close links to the kremlin, including many oligarchs, the russian independent newspaper nevaeh gazette, had suspended publication. it says the suspension is necessary to prevent the kremlin from shutting it down completely because of its reporting of the war in ukraine. these paper garnered international attention last year when its chief editor, dimitri mirror tom, won the nobel peace prize. now more on the humanitarian crisis in this war to day e, you interior ministers met to discuss how to deal with the millions of refugees fleeing the fighting in ukraine. they discussed a range of issues including the distribution of refugees across all human for

states as well. as how to financially support that investors agreed on the creation of a platform to register those who are seeking temporary protection. poland alone is ticketed more than 2000000 people from neighboring ukraine. since the start of the russian invasion dw corresponded christine moon. what she is covering today's meeting force in brussels. good evening to you, christie did it. i mean, it has been a decision or has a to ship and i should say been reached in brussels to day on how refugees from ukraine should be distributed across the entire e. u. brent, going into this meeting. poland and germany wrote a letter to the european commission asking for the commission to play a more active role in distributing your cane refugees. across e u member states. the commission declined to do that. instead, it is insisting on

a voluntary based system where member states step up and take the initiative. however, as we've seen thus far more, maybe states are bearing more of a load than others. what the commission will now do is it's a little compiling index where it will assess e u, member states that will access their existing burden. it will assess their capacity, publish that and, and hope that the member states will step up and do their bits. now part of this is also about incentivizing an e u member states or rather, incentivizing and refugees, ukraine, refugees. why in poland to come to the states or the u commission as encourage member states to do that because for a lot of the craner refugees they prefer to be in poland. right now it's closer to home. the assimilation is much easier because the language is, are closer and very to most chances are that people do know somebody in poland. so part of that is also going to be having a new member states actively go out and reach out to ukrainian refugees and give them some incentives to, to come to their territories as well. the european union is also going to be

working with it's with 3rd countries. we're talking about the u. s. which on about the united kingdom are talking about canada. so as to share the load at the peak of this migration flow, we had about 202250000 people a day leaving ukraine and coming in to the european union. those numbers are down considerably. we're looking at about 40000 a day as we speak, whether or not this is just a temporary law and those numbers will pick up again at remains to be seen. but what we can confirm is that the european unit has still struggled in terms of reaching a common migration policy. they reject the idea of quotas. it still up to member states to take the initiative. and, but it's not even europe's our biggest world crisis. g crisis in salt water that can bring that solution together. it's something that member states just cannot agree upon existing to tell us more about this of this platform to register the ukrainians who are seeking temporary protection here in the this is right. so the

idea behind this is serena consolidates the data because right now member states are collecting their own data and putting it into their own and databases. what the european union wants to do is to to gape oversize of that. so it's going to build it. it's an i t platform, essentially we're going to collect all the data that's been collected by the different member states and put it on a single a platform. part of the reason is also the security of people, even ukraine. there are, for example, unaccompanied miners and, and, and, and, you know, venerable people who could go missing and it was slipped through the cracks. i dearest to, to keep a handle on that. of course you will know they've been report, especially in germany. where you are brent about an human trafficking at burden police. at some point, a re sent a message to ukraine and repeat is not to just accept rights from anybody offering it. because it is believe that sam, ukrainian women are been targeted by 6 indicates and being looted into prosecutions . all of this is an attempt to just consolidate dates and keep people safe,

as well as to just keep an overview of the situation across the block or right or corresponding. christina moodle with the latest light from brussels, christine, thank you. more than half of ukraine's children have been displaced by the war with huge implications for their education. some ukrainian teachers are trying to keep up the school routine using the internet to teach children who are scattered across europe. we met one young school girl who fled to germany, but she still attending classes run from back home in ukraine. it's 8 o'clock in the western german city of bon yes. now the 1st lesson of the day is starting for nasty harbor. you. it's an online lesson. normally she would be in here at her school right now. but at the beginning of march, she had to flee ukraine together with her family because of the war. said the hotel over there it is. it is quite important to stay in touch with teachers and classmates. we all need that in the situation. that way we get to see how all of us

are doing it. that way everyone knows that i'm doing well said over after number issue liz knowledge show, she said over here to day. oh, lena trots is giving the lesson before the war began. they could all be at school together. now most of her classmates are scattered all over europe. that's why elaina teaches them digitally. she still and keith ever should say that was placed nelly other than me. it's dangerous to stay at home here. see her not to her daughter, he can re yeah, but teaching the children distracts me from the reality we live in the game when you're home. is that not for them? i would like to close my eyes and wake up in another life. but unfortunately, that is not possible with the call. we were from with ours. nast, jeff, along with her sister and mother, has been placed with a host family in germany. this gives them security for the time being,

nevertheless, like thousands of ukrainian children, the kids are now missing important lessons at school. that's why they'll soon be enrolled in germany until then online lessons help them. yet i will use them if i do exercises with them. i paint with them, we carve and glue, we make all kinds of art work. i knew you know, orca, you may have it is i this gives them strength. it gives them courage and also confidence land for the future. you guys you said that they yes. so in that 99 um, now my bulletin sales for doing a shopping today. being a close of sinks for as of next year is in germany. her classmates in poland, the check republicans, lavinia, but her teacher managers to reach them all. here are some of the other stories. now we're following for you in showing it millions of people in shanghai are in lockdown, confined to their homes, in order to control

a growing outbreak of coven 19 the financial hub has become a corona virus hotspot. in recent weeks, this is china's most extensive lockdown in 2 years. canadian indigenous leaders have met with pope frances at the vatican. they want him to apologize for the catholic church is role than the abuse of indigenous children. in residential schools in canada, many were subjected to abuse, rape and malnutrition. in what has been called a cultural genocide. you a secretary of state antony blinking is meeting with his counterparts from israel and for arab countries to discuss reviving a 2015 deal to limit iran's nuclear program. but the start of the summit was over shattered by a terror attack by so called islamic states in the israeli city of adair. canadian football fans are celebrating after their country qualified for the men's world cup for the 1st time in 36 years. their spot was guaranteed by

a foreign near victory over jamaica. it meant wild scenes outside the stadium in toronto, as fans started planning their trips to tar later this year. it's the maple leafs, 1st, world cup finals appearance since 1986 good for them. well, the feel good family film coda was named best picture of the oscars in a surprise when last night, making it the 1st streamed film to pick up the prize. but the most memorable, unforgettable moments of the ceremony was an outburst of violence from one of hollywood biggest stars. will smith walked up on to the stage and slapped comedian chris rock in the face. it was the year's biggest night in hollywood with a star studded line up the academy awards honoring the film industry's best movies at the oscars ceremony. but the night was overshadowed by an incident on stage.

comedian chris rock made a joke about, act at will smith's wife, j pink at smith, who suffer strong alopecia. it didn't go down too well, data lug her j j into can't wait to see it. ah, oh ricka. oh, wow. wow. do it was a g. i jane jokey, mark boy. oh, now a jaw dropping moment for viewers around the world smith and then went on to win best actor for his performance in king richard. a movie about the father of tennis does venus and serena williams. and he apologized in his acceptance speech, your part imitates life. i looked like the crazy father list like they say, like crazy father. just like they said about with you or your mom,

but love will make you do crazy things. the lapd says it won't take things further . as chris rock declined to file a police report. oscars organizes tweeted that it does not condone violence. the academy also tried to show off its diversity compared to previous years. apple teams, koda took the spotlight starring death actors in leading roles. it won best picture mocking the 1st time a streaming service to come the film award. i don't expect the power of the dog which lead 12 nominations picked up on jane canyons directing when jessica chastine landed best actress for her role in the eyes of tammy faye, local, and best international film was awarded to japan's drive my car.

while the oscars was hoping to have a boost in ratings to see as physical confrontation between 2 superstars certainly dominated the headlines, you're watching the w news from berlin after a short break. i'll be back to take you through the day. we're going to have the latest on the board in ukraine and the latest on that face slap at the oscars. we'll be right back with

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the phenomenon a dimension, if we know we won't live forever and illusion. about time presenting futures past starts april 14th on d. w. ukraine's forces say that they are reclaiming territory in the northeast of the country. the same cannot be said in the south, where russia's siege of the port city of mario pole is nearly total and complete. after 5 weeks of war, president zalinski says that he's willing to discuss a key demand of the kremlin making ukraine a neutral country. but only after all, russian forces have left the country. and so far vladimir putin seemed intent on staying put. i'm brink off in berlin. this is the day.