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hello everyone, i'm layla rock. thank you so much for your company. ukrainian president voluntary zalinski has called for urgent action from the united nations over alleged russian war crimes. he addressed a meeting of the un security council after would appear to be a deliberate mass killing of civilians by russian troops in the city of butcher. but mister zalinski also question the value of the council. when russia's veto power means the body is prevented from taking action. we are dealing with a state that is turning the veto into the un security council into the right to die . the. this undermines the whole architecture of global security and to allow students that to go at punish. so they are destroying everything that they can. so destroy it, we, you know, if this continues there, that the countries will be,

rely only on the power of their own arms to ensure that they are security and not on international long, not rely on international institutions. the united nations can be own simply closed young ladies and gentlemen, i are ready to close the un. do you think that the time of international law is gone? if your answer is no, then you need to act immediately. and that was the ukrainian, the present of alarm res lensky speaking just moments ago. here with me on the said, his political correspondent, thomas sparrow. thomas, the ukranian president, addressing the world and calling out the united nations. and that sound bite that we have just heard actually summarizes the 2 main points that mr. zalinski a tried to present before they knighted nation security council. on the one hand, his criticism of russia, of those war crimes, as he described them,

telling also western nations telling the international community about those atrocities. on the other hand, also criticizing the united nations security council itself, or it's inaction and basically calling for a reform of the united nations security council. it's important to stress that the united nations security council has one of that key un institutions, holes. a lot of power, for example, has the capacity to present binding resolutions. yet at the same time, the 5 permanent members of that security council have a veto power. and one of those 5 members is russia, which basically means that on this particular case, it is very difficult to have concrete action from the united nations security council. and that was something that mr. savanski with this particular sound might but more in general with his age clearly tried to criticize. that's why he was asking for more action coming from the united nations security council. and now the atrocities, sir, that have been perpetrated in boucher that the world has seen and leaders and

people around the world are shocked by the images. a news coming out of their talk just a little bit about what effect that has had on germany and german leaders. well, germany as well as other european countries announced that it was expelling russian diplomats in particular, 40 russian diplomats of the russian ambassador was convened at the foreign ministry here in berlin. and there was announced that 40 russian diplomats would be expelled . russia said that it was a pro, it in some way or another, and this is just the beginning. so basically what this is causing these images is literally growing pressure on germany to actual more already german officials have said that they want to strengthen existing sanctions on russia. but what best pressure actually means is for germany to change its reluctance students to accept an embargo on russian energy inputs. germany so far has been one of the few

european countries to say that they do not want an embargo immediately because they believe that that could not only harm russia, but we're also hom, germany in particular, in germany's economy causing poverty, mass unemployment, recession and so on. but basically what this is happening is it's increasing pressure for germany to change cost for germany to go along with the european union countries that are demanding for some sort of an embargo. it will be interesting and very important to see how germany actually reacts in the coming hours in the coming days, and whether it does indeed change tack on this particular course. let's talk about russia's position. i mean, how deep is it's isolation at the moment while russia is to a large extent, isolated and you see that within the united nations. in general, a majority of un members do reject, do criticize rushes, actions in ukraine. but there are a handful of countries, very few of them who voted in favor of russia in a recent vote,

the u. n. and they have other, there are other countries that have been at hesitated a bit when it comes to rushes position. one of the most important countries there being at china. so i wouldn't say that russia is completely isolated, but i would say that just as pressure is growing on the west to act. pressure is also growing on russia to make sure that they stop what is happening in ukraine right now. did over your political correspondence, sir thomas fairer. thank you so much. thank you. appreciate you. let's take a closer look now at what happened in boucher and what were puerto saw when they were able to visit the town on monday. and we have to warn you this next reports can report contains graphic images in the streets in butcher. it looks as though the russian troops have only just been driven out. many of the bodies have only just been recovered. the ukrainian interior ministry invited

journalists from around the world to come and document what took place here, atrocious scenes. russian foreign minister, sergey lover of described as a stage managed anti russian provocation. ukrainian president vladimir zalinski came to get a 1st hand account. he's visibly emotional when he describes women who are raped in front of their children. entire families executed. zalinski says his country must keep on fighting, but at the same time negotiate yellow eyes show. i am convinced that we will achieve peace on ukrainian territory from wood. ukraine cannot live in a constant state of war because this is europe, and this is the 21st century. he will be. the one was one specialist at each. the interior ministry takes us on buses through checkpoint, after checkpoints, past the burnt, apt remains of civilian vehicles. it's a dangerous trip through an area where russian troops have only just recently left . our guides says he's expecting new attack soon. in the village of my titian

authorities take us to a site where 4 bodies were found among them. children gone? yeah, i mean my family is lying over there. we are in that hole. i don't know why they were killed. they were loving no good people who a few of them were rumors were nobody wondering with shortly afterwards, volunteers exceed the bodies and take them away. wrapped in plastic sheep walker, this scum have tortured, beaten, and murdered an entire family. they will be brought to justice that we will find all of those who carried out this terrible crime these lot. there are hundreds of bodies and very little time to give the victims a decent burial. these are also images from butcher mass graves, improvised grave markers. tanya buried her husband in her own backyard. she wants

nothing more than piece in ukraine. was yeah, yeah, i beg you implore you, please do something. i'm talking to you as a ukrainian wife. the mother of 2 children and a grandmother president soleski says butcher is representative of what he says is the genocide, russia is committing all across the ukraine. he says the word must bear witness to it. meanwhile, ukraine wants to record exactly what happened. he did have your correspondent nick collie was in butcher on monday. ann is now back in clear from which he joins. as on nick, what did you see in boucher i saw a city that is in large parts gone. this is the young sub of, of care of lots of young families moving to new high rise apartment blocks some of which been destroyed before they were even complete. pacey ever, were you going there were bits of shrapnel bits of ammunition,

ammunition crates on the streets, blocks of burnt and destroyed russian tanks. and the most of the bodies that had been seen in days before, had been collected, had been taken away before we got there. or we were in one cellar of a children's holiday camp where there was still blood on the walls, some bullets. and we also went to the biggest mass grave is known for now, where the locals are basically gathered and temporarily provisionally buried people who've been shot on the streets. one man said to me that basically every time he left his house, he knew that he was being traced in the sites in the scope of a russian gun because he said the russian soldiers were so shocked and scared, given the resistance that they had encountered. they hadn't expected from the crane ami that they basically expected any ukrainian civilian to be a potential threat to them, a potential army soldier. and as such, there were just lots of people who are losing their lives. just trying to go out to get water to get food. and we spoke to

a woman who had asked her brother in law to go out to try get some food and he didn't come back. and within the same day, they heard of his body being cited on the streets and they weren't able to recover that body for weeks. so they had to watch him there for days, his time body already in quite some states and were unable to recover the body once ukrainian force came back. weeks later did other correspond nicoli reporting from the ukrainian capital. keith, here's a look now at some of the other news in the headlines right now. allegations of russian war crimes in ukraine have prompted the e. you to propose an import ban on russian coal. as part of a new sanctions package. the package would ban russian call imports valued at some $4000000000.00 euros a year and would be the 1st e sanctions targeting rushes, lucrative energy industry. the on says more than 11000000 ukrainians have

fled their home since the war began. that's over a quarter of the population under secretary general for humanitarian affairs, martin griffith said more than 4000000 people have left the country while others are internally displaced. european countries have expelled dozens of russian diplomats over allegations of atrocities committed by russian forces against ukrainian civilians. the u, as also revoke the immunity of 19 russian diplomats in brussels. the kremlin, called the expulsion, short sighted and said moscow would retaliate. one of the ukraine's neighbors, moldova is one of the poorest countries in europe. but it has taken in hundreds of thousands of ukrainians fleeing the war. although as prime minister was at a donor conference right here in berlin, calling for more international support to deal with the new arrivals. germany,

france and romania along with other donor countries, agreed almost 660000000 euros in aid for the country. the conference is to be the beginning of long term support for moldova with 40 nations taking part. germany has pledged an immediate loan of 50000000 euros and says more than 659000000 euros have been promised in launched budget support and other financial assistance. if often if no, i lang, we don't need to just take a deep breath. we need a long collective breath. that's because we know that in the end it's not just about moldova, it's not just about ukraine. it's about europe and about our collective freedom, summer freiheit. it's also not just about money. moldova is supposed to get help managing its borders, and more flights or plan to fly out 12000 ukrainian, refugees from old, over to other countries. and there's another big challenge securing alternative energy sources. we are the only country in europe, the gas imports of which are

a 100 percent dependent on one source. and that is gus bro. poland used the conference to call for an immediate import ban on gas and oil from russia. that was also a barb aimed at germany. this didn't via the rebel up there. are we discussing whether a german customer did it or a customer from another country will pay $0.30 or $0.50 more at the gas station? is that really so much in order to stop the suffering and ukraine? so stop him. and francis foreign minister said he would talk with his german colleague about even more sanctions against russia. he wants to get every new so this is our main story right now. ukrainian present villamore zalinski has urgency united nations to act now to stop russia's war in his country. addressing a meeting of the un security council, mister zalinski described the recent atrocities in the city of boucher and the

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