starts april 16th. oh d w ah ah, this is news line from berlin surviving boot shop. after 4 weeks of living under russian occupation, residence of the ukrainian town described to d. w. some of the atrocities they've witnessed by russian troops. also coming up, prepare for the long haul. nato chief. yes, thornburg warns of enduring tensions with moscow alliance defense ministers.

foreign ministers rather meet to address russia's war on ukraine and e. u. leaders push for an immediate break from dependence on russian fossil fuels with coal. first on the list, but not all countries appear to agree on the timing. ah hello everyone, i'm layla rock. thank you very much for joining us. ukrainians are evacuating eastern regions after awarding firm officials to leave immediately or risk death. the areas bracing for a russian assault as forces withdraw from the key region. these, the images that we're about to show you are for madera sheet near ukraine's 2nd largest city har. keith. people have been born buses with whatever they can carry

to get out while they still can. the city already hit by russian artillery authorities expect a full blown assault there, as well as a major offensive in the don bass region or warnings. the 2 were get out, come as more evidence of atrocities by russian forces emerge from areas where they've retreated. ukrainian authority say they have found hundreds of dead civilians in the keith region. did abuse. alexander almond spoke with survivors in the town of boucher where russian forces appear to have carried out a massacre. and we have to warn you this next report contains graphic images on the road to boucher burnt out tanks and car wreck ski. the foreboding of the horrors this small town has lived through in a center of butcher residence. came together like every day hoping for humanitarian

help to life. food is scarce. here they say many seem deeply traumatized while a demeanor and his mother told me they saw their friends and neighbors detained and killed by rational forces, couldn't you signal wichita, they took him a march 7 in as it turned out he was shot him dead a day later dr. daniel closely, we found his body only after the retreating room when actually it that the what yellows we found his body with his fingers broken their party and a shot to the head. if they prefer it in the hollow a yes, the kicker or people were buried in the back yard still are in the forest, dumbly sous accordingly. here in butcher russian soldier stent, 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 woodshop 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 bond or messiah but short dat. and then set on fire. eugene like olivia escort me, shoot in a war hallway. soldiers kill soldiers, janna out watching it today or they've been trained dog and are ready to die for their beliefs and ideals. idiology bottled worst where or through killing civilians: osric pro fish are yet i'm us. you not embrace within 3 color, but show fema there and governments dismiss 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 butcher volumes,

there was, as you can see yourself, there are many different types of military hardware here that can explode and threatened the lives of civilians over. so we're working on industries oh, which are still has a long way to go before alive can get anywhere near back to normal. and we can talk to alexandra. she's back here in the ukrainian capital key for um, alex, would you describe this as a watershed moment in the war? is that it's at least what so many here in ukraine are hoping for. first and foremost, the ukranian president, who is calling on the world on the international community to open their eyes and to see what atrocities the russian army has allegedly committed in butch and in other villages and towns. however, i have also spoken with many residents in kia with her military personnel and,

and they seem to be very skeptical. they told me that they are losing their faith in the international community, and they are losing their hope that the world we'll see what's going on here and to respond accordingly. and you've had the opportunity to speak to survivors. what have they told you and shared with you about life under russian occupation? well, what really struck me that every one i spoke with, that all of them had their own story of terror to tell. many of them, of course, deeply traumatized. one woman told me that she was held in captivity by the russian army for many hours that she was beaten at one woman told me that her good friend who was a very nice and very kind for us and just her walked out with his dog and he never came back because he was shot by russian forces and shot dead by russian forces and

all of the stories and you, you, you can just see talking with those people that are still scared. there are still scared that the russian forces could come back and even for me and i cover at a different crisis in the world, is really sometimes difficult to listen to the story. stories where people want to get them out. they want the world to listen. as you know, ukraine is now warning, the fear russian military has probably committed worse atrocities elsewhere. what are you hearing? oh, so we have to say uh that the access to those areas that were retake in by ukrainian army is still quite limited. for instance, we went to butcher at the invitation of the ukrainian authorities because of course they want journalists to cover them. but you are not able to, to get to every single village or town on the outskirts of key of but what we are hearing from borrow deaf copper, for instance, a small commuter,

a town new york. here we are hearing that was one of the towns 1st hit by russian airstrikes and and many here fear that the death told there could be even higher than in boucher. we are trying we will be trying to get there tomorrow. so many here fear that the whole picture could be even grimma, that what we now know from butcher. now it appears that russian forces are preparing an all out push in the east. do we know what's happening there? right now? what we are hearing is that a heavy fighting is taking place in the eastern part of ukraine in the southern part of ukraine. we also know that the ukrainian government is preparing for a new russian offensive there. and according to the ukrainian president zelinski, they know that they might be outnumbered, but there are still determined to fight and defend their country. we also hearing

from more airs frogs on some of the cities in the southeastern part of ukraine. michel, i of, for instance. so that is the picture right now, but the real fear is that in a few days the russian forces could be starting a new offense if they're always on a phenomena reporting from a key for ukraine. thank you so much. our foreign ministers from nato countries are meeting in brussels to discuss further support to ukraine. nato is warning that russia is preparing to intensify attacks and eastern and southern ukraine. un secretary of state antony blanket and nato secretary general in stone berg just spoke moments ago. here some of what mr. thornburg had to say earlier in the day about the need to put more pressure on russia. we have seen no

indication that the president putin hossa changed his ambition to control the whole of ukraine. and also to rewrite her the natural order. so we need to be prepared for a long haul. we need to support ukraine, sustained our sanctions and strengthen our her defenses under our de terrence want to bring in. now i did, of course, monetary short says she is at nato headquarters in brussels. terry, what exactly would a long hall war mean for anita layla, nato secretary general. so jim berg has warned allies that this war could go on for months, possibly even years. and that means that some of these bolster defences that people may have thought would be temporary, thousands more troops to the baltic states and poland. now for more battalions down

along the eastern flank, making a total of 8 that those may have to be permanently structured in this way that nato needs to change its defense posture for the future. not just for this, but preferably temporary situation. so this is what suttonberg calls the new normal and he warned that along with this, this question of how much government should be spending on their own defense. as you know, this old argument about 2 percent of g d p, he warns them that's going to have to be a lot harder if they're going to be able to sustain these deterrent and defense posters into the unforeseeable future. terry keith is asking for more of lethal aid will be trans atlantic lines be receptive to their requests. ukrainian foreign minister to mutual kula is here in person. so i wouldn't be surprised if he does have some success in getting nato allies individually to announce more support for ukraine, for the defense of ukraine,

which i allies have felt so keenly what we will not see. change. layla is an unwillingness to put any new nato boots on the ground inside ukraine. there will be no nato, no fly zone, no nato planes in the air. those are red lines for the alliance and they will not cross them. but individual allies have been supplying ukraine with weapons with money to buy their own defensive equipment and even countries that would have been unthinkable to see them supplying defensive equipment. germany included, finland, sweden. those countries now were also shipping ukraine ways to defend itself. is there anything that the alliance can do that need or can do without risking direct military conflict with russia and ukraine? well, these are the reasons why they're not going to be putting boots on the ground or, or planes in the air. they feel that this very likely could lead to a direct conflict with russia if, if you establish a no fly zone, russian planes will fly right into it. and so those are things nato will not be

doing. otherwise, there's been a change in attitude. russia has not responded to their deference and has gone ahead and attacked as an innocent country. and so nato is less willing to consider its actions provocative. at this point, the w correspondence very short reporting from nato headquarters as always, thanks so much terry. while european diplomats have failed to approve new sanctions against russia, it's after a proposal from the european commission to ban imports of coal from russia failed. that proposal is part of a wider package of measures that would further restrict trade with moscow sanctions need to be approved by you government to collect evidence. and a short while ago did corresponded barbara bay. so who is in strasburg. i touch base with her and i asked her why it's proving so tough for the you to reach consensus on banning russian fuels,

the negotiations have hit the rocks and this should have been according to the ideas and the proposals off the european commission. the 1st step into restricting and finally eliminating energy exports from russia. and so it happened during the talks of the ambassadors in brussels, and that they couldn't get on to the same line because it was germany that sort of stuck a spoke is sticking into this folks and just talked about what if we eliminate coal? now what does this mean? does this only concern a current contract? no contracts that are already running, or is this only for future contracts that would make a big difference between that? because those, the contracts about delivery for energy usually run for years. so if it would be for a future contract, only, it would mean that russia could keep on exporting coal for the time,

for the time being, if it were immediate of if a will for immediate effect, then all running contracts would have to be caught in the devil is in the details as you see here, a lie, and it's probably not unproblematic politically, that it was germany who raised the issue here because they have been really on the brakes that was born hazel reporting earlier will be back at the top with got some hot tips for your bucket list, ah romantic corner chat. hot spot for food and some great cultural memorials to boot d w, travel off we go. green. do you feel worried about the planet we to.