ah, ah ah ah, this is dw news alive from berlin, ukraine, it says thousands of civilians have been killed in russia month long blockade of mario paul as those who fled share their stories. typically, when the world sees what happens in murray, you pull it will be butcher multiplied 515100. by 1000. we hear an eye witness account from a doctor who cared for the injured before me the difficult decision to escape. also coming up on the show, thousands demonstrate outside germany's parliament demanding an end to russian

energy imports. chancellor, olaf shoulds pushes back against claims that berlin is not doing enough to help you . crane and tomatoes, chief warns western allies to prepare for a protracted war in ukraine and long term tensions with russia. ah. hello, i am claire richardson. thank you so much for joining us. leave a while. you can. that is the message from officials to people in eastern regions of ukraine. the images were going to show you now were filmed near the 2nd largest city park. if people there have been boarding bosses with whatever they can carry. russian artillery has already struck residential areas at authorities expect a full blown assault on her chief, as well as a major offensive in the dumbass region. meanwhile, evidence is mounting of war crimes committed by russian forces. the mayor of the

besieged port city of mario ball says 5000 civilians have been killed. t w rebecca readers has spoken to a doctor who escaped from the city through almost 4 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 natasha 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 with

him, they had to open all the bags, the bitter cold, they saving grace, as it prevented the worst of the stench. they show bachelor what i saw. i think that even the most perverted minds wouldn't be able to imagine it's unlighted, nay, bitten 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. holla, every time we heard a bomb coming, chills i was lying and thinking, i would cover my head like that and think this one will be the one that gets us last. why the moment comes sickly and it's hard to comprehend. a moment when you want it all to be over in a good way that she survive, i would say, 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 amongst a booth can that so much and soon it would be she and

a few of her colleagues took their chance to escape. were ye holy? we were driving and then in the distance we saw our flag of blue and yellow flag and ukrainian troops. the block of the proper 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. switched. nevada talked of dormer, sit alive, but dead inside. she tells me as she faces a life haunted by what she's witnessed. gully is it when the world sees what happens in mary, you pull it will be butcher multiplied 515100, which are by 1000 to modernity situ. let's get an assessment from raphael lost from the european council on foreign relations. he believes the reports of atrocities in places including butcher or

a deliberate part of moscow strategy. it's been a long part of russian military strategy to target civilians. we've seen this in ukraine since 2014 when they 1st next crimea and baited the dunbar region. we've seen an area where they even used chemical weapons, but nonetheless, i think it's the logical consequence. when you read what writing and written about ukraine as a nation that he denies even exists really. and the goals that he's online and various speeches, beginning late last year. meanwhile, the german chancellor, all our schoultz has defended his government's response to the war. heading back of claims. berlin is not doing enough to help you. crane shall says more weapons will be sent. and he condemned russian killings of civilians as a war crime. 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 death 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 images from boucher and other cities, or officials or dodson 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 was staged. this falls back on those whose bread you these lies. heard of dealing torque did is a looking for brighten the murder of civilians. he really is a war crime and creeks for where we shall set berlin would continue to support key if this includes further obs deliveries. if the arms are available,

that makes sense because for the conservative opposition, this is not enough for the fall. germany is doing or a lot hoping ukraine or no question, financially or can nominate politically. but concerning the question on, on heavy we're having reference, i think her sir, term government as to reluctant, outside protest as one germany and the you to increase pressure on russia. they demand an immediate embargo and rush, an 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. in foreign ministers from nato countries are meeting in brussels to discuss further support for ukraine. nieto is warning. russia is set to intensify attacks in eastern and southern ukraine. here some of what secretary general yen stilton berg had to say earlier 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 on also to rewrite her the natural order. so we need to be prepared for long a whole we need to support ukraine, sustain our sanctions on strengthening our her defenses. on the, our to turns earlier we spoke with dw correspondent terry schultz in brussels. and we asked her, what a long haul wore in ukraine would mean for nato. yet stilton berg told allies that they needed to be prepared for months of war, possibly even years. and that means that these reinforcements have both troops and equipment that have been sent to the eastern plank are probably not going home any time soon. if ever he also warned them, this is means they're going to spit, need to spend a lot more money on their militaries, possibly more than the 2 percent of g d. p. that nato has called for up to this point. shots reporting dashed more than 4000000 ukrainians have fled abroad.

most have gone to neighboring countries, and many others have travelled overseas. hundreds have reached the mexican border city of tijuana, an international court of entry, connecting to the us state of california. from there they're hoping to cross the border and seek asylum in the united states and enjoined. now are 5 d. w correspondents. definite silence is reporting for us from cicc. when at mexico. i'm a chef on a tier one, a is one of the world's busiest border crossings. it's also a place where asylum seekers often end up spending a long time. we need to cross into the united states. can tell us what the situation looks like. they're now right, and that's where we're back here right at the benito horner sports facility compound that was used in 2018 for what was locked in the caravan immigrants

crisis right here. now, we're turn the camera, let me fill you. where is it? this is where most of the ukrainians about $300.00 on average per day arrive here with taxes and bosses and what have you. and they also of course, want to make their way to the young. you see the sun, you see those border crossing, which is just that way. so now we turn the camera, then you sit there. this is the bus. this is basically where hope for many, many people who are right behind me here are, begins for a new life in the u. s. because this boss will bring him to the us border 4 miles down the road. and hopefully they can cross to the us. there that's their hope. now let's go quickly in here where they actually leave a mostly horrible past and horrible experiences as we have heard from many, many behind and where it actually starts for them to hopefully provide a better a new future of some sort when they get out of here you see about 500 people are

here on average for days, not gonna get much more. why? because every hour 50 people are in this area here, which you can see right here. and then they wait to go on to the spot. so while more people are coming in volunteers trying their best to organize the care. see, and it is organized case, i have to say 50 go out. so that's the situation right now. here for ukrainians, camped up in the new old benito who are a sports facility, refugee camp. thanks for showing us around their chef and inside. and the quality is a little bit shaky. but we were able to see those people waiting to board those buses . and i want to ask you whether the process for ukrainians waiting to go to the united states is different than it for those who have fled from say, central american countries. yeah, it is different here in the camp. situations are vastly different. this is not

a nice situation and not a good situation for the people who are here on one hand. on the other hand, those are the lucky ones who are escaped, the horrors of your crane. and also, compared to what refugees, immigrants, of people who want to read to the united states space who are come for latin america. this by no comparison as bad as they have it. this is ok again, organized cares, but it is provided for them. opportunity to sleep. there's a bed, there's tens, there's food, there's water, medical attention to them. so the situation is absolutely different from what we, for example, experience just 4 years ago here when people waited through mud and we're in a desperate, much more desperate situation than those people here. but again, as serving as i have said, are those people he of course, went through unspeakable trauma. around a much better humanitarian situation than our course when it happens. i'm is. thank

you so much for that update. we're going to turn our attention now at to some other stories related to the war on ukraine. u. s. president joe biden has accused russia of, brutally of brutality and in humanity. and he's announced new sanctions in the wake of atrocities. and biden has also spoken of war crimes. the latest measures drawn up by washington target, russian banks and individuals, including the daughters of russia's president vladimir putin working as long as you leaders, meanwhile, are pushing to cut off russian coal imports. and considering imposing an embargo on oil and gas, the block is preparing to implement a 5th round of sanctions against moscow, which is like britain is also drawing up a time table to end. it's russian energy imports. we will, and germany is also planning to speed up, its move to renewable energy economy minister, a hobbit a hobbit says reforms. ange eliminate dependence on fossil fuels. why 20?

35, the amos to help germany meet climate goals and become independent of russian energy imports. and pope francis has received a ukrainian flag sent from gotcha, and has condemned as condemned as the deaths of civilians there. the plentiful greeted a group of young ukrainian refugees at the vatican and called for an end to the war . that's as the un says, more than 11000000 ukrainians have fled their homes since the war began. it is more of a quarter of the population. the under secretary general for humanitarian affairs marching . griffith said more than 4000000 people have left the country while the others are internally displaced. you're watching it, do you know the news before we go? let's get a reminder of our mean story. officials are warning civilians to leave eastern parts of ukraine before unexpected russia offensive. moscow is thought to be preparing fresh assaults on har keith and don bass regent. after pulling troops

from around the capital and made of chickens, fulton barkers warned of a protracted war in ukraine. he says, there is no indication the russian leader vladimir putin, will give up his ambition to control your cri. as your news update at this hour staging for the business headlines of coming up with her again that i think that's hard and in the end is a me, you are not locked up to you anymore. we will send you back her. are you familiar with this reliance of the what's your story. ready ready