ah, ah ah, this is dw news line from berlin, hearing the stories of war 1st hand with when the world sees what happens in murray, you pulled, it will be butcher multiplied 515-105-1000. and i witnessed the count of the bombardment of mario full from a doctor who fought to help the injured and then made the difficult and risky decision to flee. also coming up, prepare for the long haul. nato chief danced oldenburg warrens of enduring tensions

with moscow. and a protracted warren ukraine, as members of the security alliance, neat and brussels. ah, i'm abby core of us and welcome to the program. leave while you can. that's the message from ukrainian officials to people in eastern regions of the country. the area is bracing for a fresh russian offensive as the kremlin pulls its forces from around the captive. people have been boarding buses with whatever they can carry russian artillery or has already struck residential areas. authorities expect a full blown assault on her kids, as well as a major offensive in the don bass region. meanwhile, evidence is mounting of war crimes committed by russian forces. and ukraine is warning that the apparent massacre of civilians in the town of boucher is likely just the beginning with more atrocities yet to be documented w's. rebecca readers

has spoken to a doctor who escaped the besieged city of mary or bull. the port city has been under consistent attack for weeks through almost full weeks of war and the most unspeakable conditions. anna, a neurologist worked and lived in the mary hugh paul city hospital. now in the relative safety of live. she tells me of her ordeal. it just my just show, during the heaviest, bombardments we had around 50 patients an hour arriving a day. the hospital was so over crowded and the windows doors and roof wall destroyed stead. not long after it got even worse, the russians cut the water supply as but alice knew we would gather snow. rain water, use the water from inside the boilers and disinfect it so many patients were dying . she tells me they were forced to put the corpses outside in bags as to her will.

the worst thing was when the relatives would come to look for their loved ones and they had to open all the bags, the bitter cold. they're saving grace, as it prevented the worst of the stench. they show by chill out what i saw. i think that even the most perverted minds wouldn't be able to imagine. it's an outage. nay, bit as the night of the 20th of march. i named this night the genocide. yup. as wally this was the night when the bombings just wouldn't stop political, an issue hollow every time we heard a bomb coming. mitchells i was lying and thinking i would cover my head like that and think this one will be the one that gets us lost. just a moment comes directly and it's hard to comprehend. a moment when you want it all to be over. in a good way that she survives a blitzer as a king or in a bad way, and you die to rosa and you don't care how you die. just as long as it's all over among us to booth can that solution. and soon it would be, she and

a few of her colleagues took their chance to escape. were ye holly? we were driving and then in the distance we saw a flag of blue and yellow flag and ukrainian troops looking to put up a tumble. one of them gave me a hug. and it's weird, but i asked him, can i be a ukrainian here? is it safe thought and he said yes, you're at home, but nobody talked of dormer sit alive but dead inside. she tells me as she faces a life haunted by what she's witnessed. call it when the world sees what happens in mary, you pull, it will be butcher multiplied 515100, which are by 1000 to modern and the situ. let's go to the ukranian capital, where dw correspondent alexandra phenomena is standing by alexandra. we heard that

story from this woman who escaped mary o bull, they're expecting to see more atrocities, more murdered civilians. how fearful are people that this is not the end of such gruesome killings? while the longer rushes war on ukraine and continues the more fearful people here are that there will be more gruesome crimes to be revealed. more mass graves, more civilians killed and will more deliberate shelling of civilian infrastructure . and we just, sir, can take the, the city of mar, you pull this one. so beautiful port city in the eastern part of ukraine that has been under almost constant shelling from the beginning of the war with tens of thousands of people still trapped there with no access to electricity or water. and we don't even know how many people are dead lying under the rubble of the shalt buildings there. or let's take the small town or for board young car,

north of key if odd there as well. apartment buildings were struck by a russian ur strikes and we also of fear of the ukrainian officials of fear or that the death toll. there will be much higher that what we saw in boucher and you were an booge. i recently, alexandra, you've been talking to the people there about what they endured during rush as occupation. what had the survivors been telling you? every one that i have spoken with her had to their own horrific story. to tell one woman told me about her a neighbor who apparently was a very nice and polite person. he was shot dead by russian forces, only because he left his house to walk his dog. other people told me that the 1st russian unions that sir arrived there, there were a quite okay. people told me they just hold a try to hold their positions and her control documents. but the other units that

followed there were brutal and people really had her. where is carrots? to leave their house, not to be sh should dead by the russians. there are concerns that it might worse and russia now says it will focus its efforts in the east of the country. what more can you tell us about that? alexandra, russia indeed sir, seems to re focus on the eastern part or to shift its focus on the eastern part of ukraine, with ukraine, an official saying that russia is messing their troops there, that ukraine is now expecting. and you offensive. we're in order for russia to there will be trying, as they say, to take full control of their, the netscape low hands region. and so we are hearing from some local officials in law hands, for instance, that there are urging residents to get out as soon as they can and the hostilities

right now still to focus on other done as creature with the city of mar. you pull that, i mention that the, the russian forces are trying to seize and full dw correspondent, alexandra phenomena, reporting from ukrainian capital. many thanks. alexandra foreign ministers from nato countries are meeting in brussels to discuss further support for ukraine, nato. as warning, russia is said to intensify attacks in eastern and southern ukraine. here some of what secretary general against oldenburg had to say earlier about the need to put more pressure on moscow. we have seen no indication that the person putting house so changed his ambition to control the whole of ukraine on also to rewrite her the natural order. so we need to be prepared for a long whole. we need to support ukraine, sustained our sanctions on strengthen our her defenses on the hour to terms

devalue, correspondent terry schultz joins us now from nato age q. good to see you. terry. now stolen berg says the long haul. what does he mean by that? exactly? abby secretary general stillberg says that russian forces are by no means leading ukraine, as they said they would do. instead, they are moving further into john boss. he says where they are preparing a major offensive. stilton berg says it's clear that russia wants to create a land border between don, boss and crimea, which is already illegally occupying. and therefore, he says, allies are going to have to be prepared that these reinforcements, the further troops and equipment that were sent to the eastern allies are not going home anytime soon either. instead, they will likely be made permanent. stilton berg says everyone needs to be ready for more months of war, possibly even years. terry ukraine is continuing to press western allies for more

weapons and quicker deliveries. meanwhile, more atrocities are being uncovered on the ground. will this impact how nato is viewing this conflict in any way? well, we're certainly hearing leaders express their shock and horror at what's being uncovered on the ground they're in ukraine, which our colleagues have expressed so forcefully as well. but that doesn't mean that nato is going to change his positions on things like moving nato troops into ukraine or establishing a no fly zone as much as ukrainians would like. that to be the case and ukrainian foreign minister to me to a cooler, but will be here in person tomorrow. to press that personally, nato simply feels that this would increase the death and suffering and not prevent any of it, because that would bring nato and russia into direct conflict. so those things are not going to change as sad as that is for ukrainians. so what more can nieto do without risking direct military conflict with russia then

as demitra kilo will ask his counterparts to morrow more weapons quicker. as you mentioned earlier, he will also ask for more money more money for, for a ukraine to buy its own weapons. and also for, for, for the country to help rebuild after this absolute destruction. at the same time, i think that there's also going to be a lot of pressure on the other side of town on the european union side where they're discussing sanctions. that's how you really hit moscow in the wallet, and many people feel that's the best way to make the kremlin convinced that it needs to pull out of ukraine. so what you'll be hearing from nato allies tomorrow is more strong words telling russia that it cannot step one foot into nato territory. at the same time, they will be saying they will be giving more support to ukraine. and that's really all you're going to be able to expect from nato, as again, as i said, they are not going to move personally nato troops or airplanes into ukraine. dw

correspondent, terry shoals reporting from nato h q. thank you, terry. here some of the other stories related to the ukraine war that were falling for you this hour. the european commission is proposing new sanctions, including a ban on coal imports to break the reliance on russian energy. some countries, including germany, are disagreeing on the details of the plans. sanctions need to be approved by all you, governments and negotiations are set to continue on. we will hold you as president joe biden has accused russia of brutality and inhumanity while announcing new sanctions in the wake of new atrocities in ukraine, calling the killing of civilians, war crimes. he's targeting russian banks and individuals, including the daughters of russian president vladimir putin. credit was already failed and the images from boucher and ukraine continue to shock and here in germany, transfer olaf shoulds is promising more support for ukraine and told lawmakers

everything must be done to end the war. meanwhile, outside parliament, thousands of people gathered to demand more action, a red powerful sight outside the german parliament in berlin. people lying silently on the ground, a clock ticking rhythmically in the background. hundreds chose this way to reject the suffering and deaths in ukraine and to demand more action is only a short walk away inside parliament. discussions were marked by that suffering, but by the harrowing damages from boucher and other cities. horses, r dot, and haven't got russian soldiers massacred, ukrainian civilians, there's including children, women on the elderly before retreating, fallen and i to mention the cynical assertion for made by russia true not. this wasn't age like these and falls back on those who spread these lies. heard of

tearing, talk to d, the looking for brighten the murder of civilians. he really is a war crime creeks for press shots set berlin would continue to support key if this includes further obs deliveries. if the arms are available that make sense, he called for the conservative opposition feasible is not enough for the fall. germany is doing or a lot hoping ukraine or no question urban financially, aka normandy to politically. but concerning the question on, on heavy we're heavy reference, i think her said german government has to reluctant, outside protest as one germany and the you to increase pressure on russia. they demand an immediate embargo and russian oil and gas, which is not likely to happen very soon, but many here believe precisely this is what will help to put an end to fighting destruction and deaths in ukraine. ah, this is detail the news, my colleague steven beardley will be with you shortly with

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