he's 90 minutes on d w. ah ah, this is dw news live from burly on the brink of humanitarian catastrophe. the mayor of the besieged port city of mario bolt warns of disaster if more evacuations are not possible. he accuses the russian military of genocide saying it's trying to wipe his city from the face of the earth. and our correspondence shows us the situation on the streets of the ukrainian capital key to have prepared themselves

for a possible russian assault. but as the russians are stored in front of the city, confidence was returning to the capital cost a kremlin slams. u. s. president, jo biden's comment on vladimir putin as a personal insult. quite in however, refuses to apologize for his statement, saying he was expressing moral outrage. ah hello, i am clear, richardson. thank you so much for joining us. the mayor of mario paul in southern ukraine has said his city is on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe. and that every one left there must get out. am, are you, po, has injured relentless bombardment from russian forces in recent weeks. would civilians trapped in the city without power? and those who have been able to flee, have described continuous bombings and bodies lying in the streets.

a place of calm. after the trauma she experienced in a home city and pressed the hero image. as we were driving, we saw a small ukrainian flag it. when you no one could hurt us any more. the horror was behind us, and we were home. ve kind her cat's new home, his supper, his ear, 300 kilometers away from mario, pull many harrowing escapes. and here in a parking lot, this supermarket has been turned into a shelter for those who manage to escape. here they get food and medical help and share their stories. im a her deal is we were hiding in the theater mario pole when it was bombed. we were in the basement, we went down there the day before, and that's how we survived. was to lose. wortham was a video show scenes of total destruction. the maria poll,

nearly 5000 people have died there. the maya says, $160000.00 civilians are believed to still be trapped in the city. no electricity, no running water, heating or gas. there is no food for children, and the russian bombardment is relentless. hello me. quickly let's hide i thought it's coming from there. we can recognize it now, it goes from that to their, their tanks, authorities hoping for more humanitarian corridors to get all of the remaining civilians out to safety. let's bring up to speed now with some other developments in a war on ukraine. amnesty international has acute rush of committing war crimes in ukraine, likening the situation to its actions in the syrian war. the human rights organizations

denounced rushes deliberate attacks on civilian infrastructure in the country. amnesty also accused moscow of turning humanitarian corridors into death traps. g 7 energy ministers have rejected demands by russian president put in to pay for russian gas in rubles german economy and energy minister robert havoc said that the demand was unacceptable and called on companies not to comply with its e interior ministers have been meeting in brussels to address the flight of millions of refugees into the block from war torn ukraine, they discussed a range of issues such as the distribution of refugees across member states, as well as financial support. poland alone has already taken in more than 2000000 people. and ukraine's president, as a lensky has reiterated his calls for the west to provide his country with more planes. tanks and other weaponry soleski stress. there countries that aren't

supporting ukraine have become complicit in what he called a catastrophe created by russian troops. b, he criticized many countries. hesitations based on the economic and political implications of opposing russia, not live fuel. and president lansky has also said, russian forces are still attacking keith, despite being driven out of the north western suburb of european. and although the center of keith has not seen fighting, 5 weeks of war has made a capital unrecognizable from its days before. the invasion are corresponded in key for parts. this is home, most streets and key. it looked like these days before the war kia was one of europe's party destinations. this street was full of young people, spending the evenings and not far from here, you were to hear the constant drum of the base from techno clubs. now the only drum you hear is from artillery from the outskirts saving statues from war. the

fighting has left its mark on the city. even though don't on queue has so far been sped. have you, shelly? it's mostly the elderly was still in the capital, yet not a louis. i was born here. my mother was born here and my grandmother. my great grandmother, lived here. when i was here yesterday and i am here to day, i am out and about with chris bull hadn't been in this. i have memories of every corner here. boy and i pray to god that i and all other residents of keith will be all right. sampled the doping stillness. yes. and we, we have everything there is heating, there's water, there's electricity, it would be a sin to complain. of course, there are restrictions. the very fact that there is a war is terrible psychologically. but physically we're managing. we're few teachers that give according to official estimates, half of the population has left on the ground and feels like more than that. those

that remain have been anxiously following the fighting. so far. the outer defenses have held on key of center my dance, where things are come for weeks give has been fortified. people have prepared themselves for a possible russian thought. but as the russians are stored in front of the city, confidence as returning to the capitol. people are slowly returning to the streets . they're feeling more comfortable being outside. businesses are now reopening some never close their doors like this coffee shop in the trendy poodle neighborhood. on the very 1st day of the war, the owner decided to yet to stay. before they conclude, they, priscilla got amazon hollywood at 8 a. m people came in and asked whether they could get a coffee. some of them usually we open at 12, but they looked at me in a way that i couldn't say no. then even more people came and that's when i understood many are leaving. but there are those who want to stay just and they

need something to look forward to a little. but remember what it was melinda, when the new the was since then, the coffee has remained open, the staff have been donating meals to those and shelters. and to the military in the city where so many civilians have left those in uniform, unknown among the most regular clients. meanwhile, the kremlin has had u. s. president jo biden's remarks that russian president vladimir putin cannot remain in power, were quote, a personal insult. on monday biden said he would make no apologies for the comments which he made during a speech in poland. on saturday, he insisted that he was not calling for regime change in moscow. i want to make it clear. i wasn't then nora my now or to clue to policy choose as are expressing more outreach that i feel and i make no apologies for this is just stating

a simple fact that this kind of behavior is totally unacceptable. so for more on let's, let's get straight across to stuff and simon's in washington, dc, a stuff on the white house almost immediately try to walk back biden's comments that putin coat cannot remain in power. now we're hearing from the president himself 2 days later, is he going to be able to turn the page on this controversy? i think so. i think he already has. this is a typical white house playbook. as you mentioned, he made the comment it reynolds a few people really badly. apparently the white house walked it back and now the president gave it while he was presenting his budget for the fiscal year, 2022. a little bit more beef to the bond, paddling beck and to stay in the picture to make this ship sale a little bit softer. however, he's tried to make the distinction as pointed out. and as you, we just heard that he didn't speak as the president. there, but as a person,

a private person who was rattled of the experiences he had just moments before before he give that press conference in poland and that he is not lobbying regime change. is that a surprise for mr. brewton or russia? no, mister putin is well aware of the fact that mister, bye and dislikes him and vice versa. so that's where we are at at the moment. and when i ask you about that budget, you touched on it briefly and on monday, bite enhanced and they did a plan to congress. it would include billions of dollars in aid for ukraine to defend itself against russia. what exactly would that include? right, so a budget really briefly 5 pond, 8 trillion dollars. let me repeat this $5.00 trillion dollars. that's the budget of the united states of america. and if we're talking about the 682000000 dollars proposed in this budget for ukraine, for military help for economic help,

further down the line in the near future hopefully than we have to talk about the military budget of the united states, which is 813000000000. this is an uptick of 4 percent of the budget for military spending from last year. and last year the budget was already for military spending more than the 11 countries following in this ranking. combined spending on military so, but what is in the 86682000000 dollars for ukraine, weapon systems, weapon systems, the ukrainians need training, what have you all of the good military stuff the ukrainians want to fight back the russians or to counter the russians in the near future. stephan simons for us in washington, d. c. thank you so much for that update it. meanwhile, 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 scattered across europe. we met a young school girl who fled to germany, but it's still attending classes run from back home in ukraine. it's 8 o'clock in the western german city of bon yes. the 1st lesson of the day is starting for nasty harbor. you. it's an online lesson. normally she would be in keith 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 a little over the don't as 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 alena teaches them digitally. she still and keith ever should say. there was personally out of me. it's dangerous to stay at home. you see her not to walk if he can, maria, but teaching the children distracts me from the reality we live in the game when your home is that is 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 here from 1st nostra 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 helped them yet, but it was new, but i do exercises with them. i paint with them,

we carve and glue. we make all kinds of art work fine. do you know what oracle you may have? what is i? this gives them strength. it gives them courage and also confidence one for the future. will you guys you said that the you are still in the us? no, no, no, no. my booking sales for doing a shopping to day. the close of sinks for next year is in germany. her classmates in poland, the check republicans, lavinia, but her teacher managers to reach them all. we can change gears now and go to some drama in hollywood. actor will smith has apologized to chris rock for slapping him on stage during sunday nights academy awards ceremony. in an instagram of post, smith said violence in all of its forms is poisonous and destructive. my behavior at last night, the academy awards was unacceptable and inexcusable. earlier on monday, the film academy had condemned smith's behavior and announced they were opening an investigation into the incidence. well,

smith hit at chris rock after the comedian made a joke about the appearance of smith's y as your news update. as our coming up next, as a documentary on the history of a korean piece that will be on after a short break. i'm clay richardson in berlin from the entire news team working behind the scenes. thank you so much for joining us with a to time for an experiment about time, it can be measured precisely. and yet each person experiences it differently as if there are different forms of time with a dimension and illusion. about time starts april 14th on d, w. i.