this is the w news live from berlin. i witness testimony of the atrocities committed by russian forces in the ukrainian town of poacher. residents tell dw off the horrors they endured during 4 weeks of brush an occupation living in fear that they could be next to die. also coming up, european lawmakers vote on the 5th round of sanctions against moscow, including a ban on russian cold. the commission president boynton, oil import band could follow suit

ah, i'm glad as well come to the program. fears are growing in ukraine of even more wide spread atrocities committed by russian forces against civilians, with global revulsion solidifying over civilian killings. in the town of boucher president, florida miss zalinski likened russia's assault to nazi war crops. ukrainian officials warned that other shattered communities, including the town of 4 or the anchor north west of the capital. keith may have suffered even worse fates than boucher. currently, more than 200 people are missing there or have been found dead. the one i am now joined from keith by d. w. corresponded next connelly. nick what the situation and keith in the region are right. how and what have you been hearing about board younger?

oh, we've been getting reports of more mass graves. more people still missing? unaccounted for situation that's mirrored across this region. big swathes of church in northwest the kids were under russian military control, 4 weeks or up till just a couple of days ago. and it's a huge swathe of territory. and there are lots conflicting reports coming out and it's very difficult to verify them because also there's a huge issue with mines with various kinds of traps and other dangerous to ukrainian services going in, trying to recover bodies trying to help the civilians who are there on the ground, lots of whom have been living now without power, without gas, without mobile phone coverage for a month. and this is huge confusion and inability to basic get a very clear over what's going on. but definitely here, the worry is that the situation we saw in future with hundreds of millions, dead off lying in the streets for weeks before they could be buried. that is going

to prove to be far from an exception. but this was can be something to be repeated in town of to town. now to have the atrocities that were uncovered in boucher and of still being uncovered elsewhere impacted ukraine's approach to peace. the go, she ations with russia was 70 change. the tone here within ukraine, i think people thought that they had seen it all of that in the images of from our apple, of some our pole has not been fully taken by russian troops. so that was artillery fire from outside hitting indiscriminately targets and civilian residential areas. this of the different living and occupation running the gauntlet. as we saw that bush people have risking death being shot at just leaving the homes. and the defeat hardening in the turn. lots of ukrainian military people saying that they can't see how they can take russian prisoners that basically taken care of shooting and not take prisoners. that's not government policy for now, but definitely hear that changing tone as to the government. well, personalised,

he says that negotiations are the only way out, and that in spite of everything you crane indeed he has in butcher. he's willing to sit down at a table with vladimir putin. but the thing is that a person doesn't want to sit down to negotiations with him. he's consistently been avoiding this consistently been ignoring those ukrainian offers of dialogue. at the beginning, it was more about basically saying that ukraine isn't an independent country, isn't in a position to make a deal that basically putting has to cut a deal directly with joe biden, who he says basically is calling the shots here in ukraine. and that kind of rhetoric has passed are slightly, but for now they're still avoiding those ukraine offers of direct talks in the rooms for moscow. all the video portion will basically only be willing to meet to lensky if zalinski will be willing to sign some. her capitulation to a seed. so those russian demands and basically allow russia writes over ukraine in its freedom to choose its path in future, make represent lensky as spoke directly to the un for the 1st time since this invasion. what is he looking for from the un security council?

i'm not sure the, the hopes are pretty high hearing here that the u. n. a specifically, will be able to do much. i mean, that had been to colorado some kind of un peacekeeping mission. and indeed, all through the years of this conflict that basically southern 2014 and carried on and on by since then. now fully in a much bigger and more violent form. and, but i think this is just part of ukraine's diplomatic efforts to draw as much tension is possible to try and put pressure on western leaders who by ukrainian or, but ukrainian can take on it or not. still sending enough in the way of money in the way of weapons or not taking the steps towards the full energy embargo russia and not doing enough to really make russia pay a high economic price for this war. i'm sorry, that's all part of that. as for the ins and outs, i think people here very a very we are conscious fact that with rushes a veto in the suit council. the chances of some kind of resolution that would do much help you find a pretty slim all correspondence commonly there in t,

if many thanks, nick. after 4 weeks or under russian occupation, the world is now gradually finding out the scale of the horrors inflicted on the town of boucher grim evidence of killings and torture has emerged since russian troops retreated bodies lying in the streets and piled up in mass graves. those who survived are telling their stories now the w's alexander of an arm and visited boucher to hear 1st hand what residence their experience and a warning. some viewers will find some of the images in her report disturbing on the road to good chair burnt out. tanks and tie rag sky the foreboding of the horrors, the small town has lived through in a center of butcher residents came together like every day hoping for humanitarian health to life. food its cares here, they say many seem deeply traumatize,

while anemia and his mother told me they saw their friends and neighbors detained and killed by rational forces, couldn't you sigma wichita, they took him on march 7 in as it turned out he was shot him dead a day later dr. daniel took costly. we found his body only after they retreated. when actually it that they were yellows, we found his body with his fingers broken their policy, and a shot to the head. if they prefer it in the hollow. yes, the kicker to our old people were buried in the back yard still are in the forest dumbly. sousa cornelia here in butcher russian soldier stand accused of terrible war crimes. witnesses speak of summary executions of civilians killed at will. the ukrainian government is urging international experts to come to which are to investigate the allegations. they hope that what happened here will be a turning point in the international response to the war. at the ever and of butcher forensic scientists arrived at the spec yards to pick up

the bodies of sick civilians discovered their recently authority say they were not held by a born born messiah, but shall dat. and then set on fire. you've you not only re score he of me shootin or all were soldiers kill soldiers. joanna, are watching it to the hotel. they've been trained to hotdog and are ready to die for their beliefs and ideals. idiology bottled, whoops, where'd all through a killing civilians. hearted pro fish are yet, i've almost you not embrace within 3 color, but show freedom. the russian government dismissed the allegations as stage anti ration propaganda. but the evidence is mounting even though a full investigation could take time. time consuming is also the clearing of minds and booby traps placed in the town. ukrainians. troops told us in woodshop when you miss, there was, as you can see yourself, there are many different types of military hardware here that can explode and

threaten the lives of civilians. over so we're working on industries. butcher still has a long way to go before alive can get anywhere near back to non the you and the u. s. already in tough new sanctions on moscow in response to the atrocities in butcher while washington is expected to target, put his in a circle and ban all new investments in russia. you lawmakers, for the 1st time us said to take aim at the country's energy industry with a ban on russian coal commission. president, also a funder lion warned. an embargo on oil imports could also follow soon did abuse bower vessels spoke with the leader of the conservative european people's party group in the european parliament, montfort vba. what we're seeing in ukraine as heartbreaking. we're seeing evidence of the most horrific war crimes there. do you think that the response of the european union is strong enough? well, the response sir, must be strong, and for the moment as he 1st steps in

a good direction, especially the big question of energy or embargo. there we have, now's a decision on the coal and that is good. but her, my group, and i myself, i'm insisting also and abandon oil on because there'd be to really hurt their puddings power system much. and that's why we should go one step further to also exclude tre, all from importing to the opinion. oil would really be the crucial point, because that is a large part of his income. he makes more money from oil than he really makes from gas. so why our country so reticent, all is replaceable from other sources. what's going on? well, you have to ask her counsel member, so member state level from an e p groups point of view from my political family. and also i think her, yesterday the european parliament will decide about coal and oil embargo towards russia. so that is the position of the parliamentarians. and he insisted this must now him, do you think you're after this biggest shake up of european policies,

european security structures, everything that we believed in and thought would be our future. we can recover as easily do you think that we have to really rethink a lot of our basic presumptions. the us thought the a strong, especially economically european union is a strong from pillar in the gold order. or the question is not whether we are strong enough to to answer the question is whether we are ready enough to have an understanding. and that's my main meant my main messages. this war is not a very far away. this is, this is our war. it's about our values, so we are affected, and we have to be honest to citizens, that if this will cost us, we see the ready with the energy prices is inflation all over europe. so we have to contribute if we want to defend our european way of life, we have to invest in this, in the short term, next to the energy embargo, 2 things on necessary. first of all, the greens are asking was 1st of all for weapons, weapons, weapons they need or the possibility to defend himself. and the 2nd thing is, we need budgetary support,

or grain is running out of money. and that's why we have to stabilize the state budget resume. thank you very much. thank you so much. as millions of people in ukraine are driven from their homes and displaced by the russian invasion, many have been forced to leave their pets behind. did abuse mcsaunder met a volunteer louis, trying to help animal owners and their pets fling across the polish ukrainian border. olenka and saba are full of life warning to war torn ukraine. the puppies have found a temporary home in poland. here at the animal shelter and caught up you of it, sir. sylvia prom looks after animals that have been saved since the invasion began to my man. i am only voluntary offer. okay. we know ukrainian volunteers will help us in getting the dogs out of ukraine. i nat, i think they usually bring down to the border where we pick them up and we're man. some owners were forced to leave their animals behind. she tells us, but most here come from shelters in cities under attack. at other one, yes,

the rescuing animals in ukraine right now is dangerous for them for both of you know to will. i know that 2 people die trying to feed the animals in disease ios. i had that people trying to feed the dogs in the abandoned shelters in ukraine have been shot so the solar, further east at the polishing cream border. roughly one and 12 people arriving here brings a pet like elena and her 3 kids have just arrived from keith. they simply couldn't leave behind their dog pacifica. i'm going you, my scar will. she was the leads as fast as a little bit. and not that he, a bubble of she was constantly alert and she's a delicate animal that she stayed kola gum. she was very thirsty too. she clung well, much water in beat, wasting the journey was hard on the family. but the pop seems to have taken it well . however, many pets suffer from the hydration hunger and frost bite along the way. back at

the shelter here we may gandalf another recent arrival he was badly injured child events decided to amputate his leg. now gan off is doing well, but cases like his could become more frequent. there's, there's actually been them, faculty, animals will be coming in an increasingly bad shape because of their situation in ukraine. the globe because the glove huh. oh, we also expect that those animals loans be the ones that were important to the owners. that's obviously vase. they might be in west sate hungry, ill traumatized. we expect anything, huh? that's famish of cisco. more than a 100 cats and dogs from ukraine have been brought in here by volunteers, or they need to be vaccinated, shipped and document, as well as undergo at to we currently. the 1st ukrainian pets are now ready to be adopted. and sylvia prom and her team will continue to help evacuate and try to

find a home for all of their 4 legged refugees. and as it of from the other news seem fun. i'll don't go way critical, but we'll be here with the business news in that just a moment and members, you'll always get all the latest news on background on the website, d, w dot com, i'm gather as in berlin. thank god. so i'm skin that i think that's hard and in the end is a me, you are not a lot us to you anymore. we will send you back. are you familiar with this with the smudges were lions as of the what's your story. ready