ah, ah ah ah, this is dw news, the wire from berlin, mounting evidence of atrocities in the ukrainian town of bo, chuck residence, tell d. w of the horrors they endured during 4 weeks of occupation by russian forces living in fear that they could be the next to die or so on. the show ukraine's president demands russia to be brought to justice. he makes his play to the un security council where russia has vito power to block action against the war and satellite images from a bush. i showed the dead were lying in the street. for weeks. we speak to the new

york times about their work to debunk moscow's claims. if the bodies only appeared after russia's retreat. ah, hello, i am clear. richardson, thank you so much for joining us. after 4 weeks under russian occupation, the world is gradually finding out the scale of the horrors inflicted on the town of boucher graphic. evidence of killings and torture has emerged since russian troops were treated bodies lying in the streets and piled up in mass graves. t w's and nick connelly visited boucher to hear 1st hand what survivors have witnessed. russian armies 1st attempt to take boucher was over in a matter of hours and it ended like this. soon enough they were back and back to stay. for a month, the shelling the shooting barely stopped. those outside us included could only

guess what life in future was really like. baba, hollow cushion, they the bang from the explosions went on every day. we didn't know where they were coming from. they were bright flashes of light in the distance. we had the bullets whizzing past, but only dolly, most of the time people had barely dead to leave their homes. nest sellers, when they did, was often with deadly consequences. more yes, as strong as it you live. my sister asked her husband to bring her food to the place. she was hiding. that was march the form to push that he didn't make it. you will. they shot him just before he got to the house is wooden co, good. well, had to put so many people died. there was so many bodies just on the street. some had lost their legs, their faces went blue. they were out there that long. overwhelmingly, this woman's son in law's body was only recovered oft ukrainian troops had retaken . gotcha. almost a month after he was killed of the victims were recovered by their neighbors, even while the russian military controlled the town and brought him to this

churchyard. locals told us that more than a 100 civilians, men and women of all ages lie provisionally buried in this pit some just in the clothes they were found in others wrapped in blankets, plastic nearby, we met local men who helped to organize the burials in the churchyard. this really woke people live their lives, knowing they were being watched through the sites of russian soldiers, guns when they were just shoot people walking the streets. they killed a lot of people because they were so afraid. squirrely afraid that any one of us could be ukrainian soldier, lost watch, ready to kill them filled up a game mostly would be. the danger was not just out on the streets this thursday in the morning with i met a group of families who were stuck in their cellar for a week in school was for see, the russians had told them to go down there with their families, with the school over to proceed that they would give them food and water. it should

be would be in the middle of the or not that instead they threw 2 grenades in that sort of culture. when they came out, the men who were 35 to 40 years old, they could barely speak to live, they didn't even have the energy any more to be afraid. lumala sooner got this. is reports mass graves coming from ever more places? previously, the russian army control fear, the butcher might soon prove to be false. one isolated, the trusty la ukrainian at present volunteers. 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 visiting butcher on monday to lensky sharply criticized the security council for its inability to stand up to rush as aggression. as a permanent member of the council, russia has the power to veto any binding resolution, making the body powerless to act against the war on ukraine. and i asked richard

painter, professor of law at the university of minnesota. whether there was an avenue by which russia could be stripped of its un security council. vito, i don't believe that that's going to happen in the united nations. and we have a permanent that membership of the security council for russia, as well as the united states. and it's china, france, and great britain. and it's going to be impossible, i think, to remove russia from that role. and yet, there are many other avenues for addressing russian aggression. there's nato, there is the european union, there's economic pressure that needs to be brought on russia. and this may have to happen for an extended period of time. because russia needs to be told they're just non negotiable, that they leave every inch of ukrainian territory, and that they make recompense for these agree just war crimes. and i believe the vladimir putin and other russian leaders should face the international criminal

court over what has happened here. this is going to be a long term struggle for democracy and western europe needs to focus on making sure that it is energy independent and is not dependent on russian gas generating clean energy. that's going to be very important because we're, you are in this for the long haul and we cannot be dependent on russia for energy. we cannot have russia engaging in this type of conduct, the serious war crimes with impunity. if the un security council fails to meaningfully intervene here, what does this mean for international law on the whole? well, we've seen this before with the security council being unable to take a snap against the soviet aggression. in the 19 forties and fifties and sixties, the invasion of hungry,

the invasion of czechoslovakia. we've seen this before and yeah, if of the democracies of the world remained resolute in protecting the democracy against this type of aggression over the long term democracy, it can thrive. and in the authoritarian as them could be pushed back, but we must be determined to do that. the un security council was not going to solve this problem for us. russia has a permanent veto and they will use the stop any type of action and security council . we have other means we must use those other means to push back against russian aggression and war crimes that we're seeing today. and you crank professor richard painter from the university minister. i want to thank you so much for taking the time to speak with us today on do you know the news? thank you for russia. denies accusations that its troops committed. war crimes.

annabelle chap claims the bodies found on which is streets only appeared after its forces with the dream from the town. but visual evidence contradicts that narrative . the new york times has examined satellite images which show a street in butcher. and this 1st image is from february 28th before russian troops took control of the town. while you're looking at now is from mid march when the russian military occupied boucher, the outline to see there are the bodies of civilians which have been there for weeks. i'm joined now by malik. he brown from the new york times visual investigations team. thank you so much for taking the time to speak to us. how did your team reach this conclusion that the bodies had actually been there for 3 weeks while russia was still in control of boucher thanks. we began by examining the images of horrifying images of bodies in the streets, in basements behind office blocks, under trees, and,

and other locations across boucher, once you creating officials and turn of the screws access the town. after was russia, which through just this past weekend, we began by focusing really on the, on the bodies that were scattered across the open grounds and streets. because russia was very quick not to launch an investigation, to this point, to deny any responsibility for us. and said that either it was a hoax, or these bodies had appeared there after they had left. and we looked at satellite imagery, we have access. the visual investigations team here has access to satellite imagery divided by plan us labs and mux our technology. and we match ours image rate over several weeks in march to see if we could identify any changes on the streets. and indeed, there were dark objects that appeared on the streets at the precise positions along

the road for the bodies were found weeks later. and so we contacted macs or they were able to provide even higher definition imagery on clearer days that showed the bodies remaining there for over 3 weeks. they didn't move. and so the orientation of the bodies was the same. and we could even see that the shading of clothes of some victims on the street as well matched supplementary with the ground . that was captured weeks later. you've been able to confirm that timeline. russia, meanwhile, had said the deaths in a boot or have been staged by ukraine for the benefit of the western media. what other evidence have you analyzed to debunk that kremlin narrative? well, the satellite images themselves are pretty conclusive. you know, they are taken from march 9th right through march. those body bodies don't move and as i said, they must, physicians just published a video that we analyzed today. again, taken early march, same intersection,

jablonsky histories of a cyclists moving along the street, turning the corner and to infantry fighting vehicles open fire. one of them appears to direct fire at that cyclists and you see a plume of smoke rising from the place that they just walked into. we zoomed in on that footage and you can see again the attire of the cyclist and video firms. again, just this past weekend, 3 weeks later shows a person wearing the same clothes, lying beside a bicycle in the precise position appears to match the person who is fired up by the or the, the armored vehicles in already march. this is even further evidence of russian forces committing atrocities in boucher while they were in control of this very same street. this very same area where for a half a mile further along and many other bodies are phones. now we don't know what the

story is for each body, you know, there appears to be an impact, greater aside, some of them. another body has arms bound behind their back. it's hard to say for sure what happened to all of them, but we can see with certainty that russia was stationed in that area at the time that those killings happened. all right, thank you very much for sharing the conclusions of your investigation. i'm lucky. brown with the new york times. thank you for joining us on the w news. well, there have always been street musicians in the western ukrainian city of levine. but now during the russian invasion there more than just entertainments. w correspondent on the assa reports from levine, where residence of the city told him the music and songs bring comfort and are a reminder of better times. oh, for the 2nd time today, air raid sirens in the div. people rush off to find shelter. oh,

oh no, when the all clear is given a different sound is heard, lou street musicians have always been a part of the city. but since the war began, a familiar song means something more. mm. oh. yeah, as i show, i think street music is exactly what we need right now because it takes us back to the time before the war. the time when we didn't have problems, it was there was really 3 years ago. yeah. yeah. was i should see a problem with them with showing that i think it's good because it helps people stay calm either way. it's a tough situation right now. and when you're walking the street and you see musicians still singing, gives you a little bit of a, he's lucky sort of thing. it doesn't like. level block was that she was crying. it

was her favorite song. you know, when my husband is not home all day, i listen to this music. they were to listen to that song at home when i'm deployed local minima with hers were the only tears in this side street off of rock square lou . even those headed home before the curfew seemed to walk a bit slower. ah, here watching a deed of your news before we go, let's get a reminder of our top story. ukrainian, president of all the dreamers lensky has urged the united nations to act now to stop russia's war in his country. addressing a meeting of the un security council, zalinski described the recent atrocities in the city of butcher and for those

behind the killings to be brought to justice. disease update at this hour, but our doc film on the war in your credit is coming up next. you can see june for that or you can find more news and analysis on our website, t w dot com. i'm clear richardson in berlin for me in the entire team. thank you so much for watching. ah, imagine how many portion of lunch us heard out in the world climate change people off the story. this is my plan, the way from just one week. how much work can really get we still have time to go. i'm going all with ah.