ah, ah ah, this is dw news. why? from berlin? the world condemns russian war crimes in ukraine. we report from the port city of mario, paul, where the mayor says more than 5000 civilians have been killed in a month long siege. and nato's chief warned western allies to prepare for a protracted war in ukraine and long term tensions with russia. meanwhile, thousands demonstrate outside germany's parliament demanding an end to russian energy imports. chancellor schultz pushes back against plains that berlin is not

doing enough to help you. crane ah hello em claire richardson, thank you so much for joining us. world leaders have condemned the growing evidence of war crimes committed by russian forces in ukraine. authorities are still trying to identify hundreds of victims of atrocities in the town of boucher outside the capital. keith and the mayor of mario paul says, more than 5000 civilians have been killed as russia lay siege to the port city. this is what's left of my real poll. most of the residential buildings have been destroyed. russian bomb being in shelling has been relentless, forcing some residence to live in basements for weeks. still, many a reluctant to leave. one must have out of my own. my husband says we will not

leave maria, pull it up. we will stay until the end. whatever happens if he likes living here, he's a fisherman. he will not abandon where you pull those one to leave face a dangerous flight. the fragile ceasefire means those trying to reach civilians in the besieged city are also at risk for jim tried days and nights for 5 days to reach murder on their extremely difficult secret conditions. but we had to bus check warrants. we it was b, i might operation and relentless the we tried to reach out, but unfortunately we'd not my last to reach you because of the citric security commission. but the team did manage to drive civilians to safety more than 200 kilometers away. all in the private as well. we decided to go with our child at the side of family. let us go with t as in their eyes. this is a long and dangerous johnny said for any visit was the nightmare of maria. pull

this over for these families, but the civilians are still trapped. there is rebecca writers has spoken to a hospital doctor who treated the wounded before deciding to make her own escape from our evil 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, but just my does show during the heaviest, bombardments we had around 50 patients an hour arriving a day. the hospital was so overcrowded 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, asked her to have all the worst thing was when the relatives would come to look for their loved ones on him, 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. they, it's, and i had no bit of 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 in rituals 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 buddha, looking 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 both connect to motion. and soon it would be she and a few of her colleagues took their chance to escape. were we wholly, we were driving and then in the distance we saw a flag of blue and yellow flag and ukrainian troops. public goodly 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 budged. 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 is it when the world sees what happens in mary, you pull it will be butcher multiplied 515100, which 851002 modern day such

and ukraine's president of already, mary zalinski, has accused russia of trying to cover up war crimes in territories under its control. salsa show of the russian leadership is really scared of the world's wrath . what we've seen in gucci will be seen in other cities. we will inevitably kick out the occupiers. we have information that the russian military has changed its tactics and is trying to hide dead bodies on the streets and in basements in the occupied territory. the speed while if there's a problem you that included with the glue day. let's get an assessment from raphael loss from the european council on foreign relations. he believes the killing of civilians in places including butcher or a deliberate part of moscow strategy. it's been long part of russian military strategy to target civilians. we've seen this in ukraine since 2014 when they 1st next m crimea and made it and the dumbass region. we've seen syria where they even

used and chemical weapons. but nonetheless, i think m. it's the logical consequence am when you read what running important has written about ukraine as a nation. he denies em even exists really. and the, the goals said he's our light and various speeches. i'm beginning adelaide last year. nato meanwhile, is warning that russia is preparing to launch fresh assaults in eastern and southern ukraine. secretary general yann's stilton burke has told western allies the conflict could last for years. we have seen no indication that the president putin has so changed his ambition to control or the whole of ukraine. ah, and also to rewrite her the natural order. so we need to be prepared for a long haul. we need to support ukraine, sustain our sanctions. and strengthen our her defenses under our deterrence.

earlier we spoke with d. w correspondent, terry schultz in brussels, and we asked her what a long haul wore in ukraine would mean for nato. e. n. stilton burg, 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. and the german chancellor. ola schultz has defended his government's response to the war. hitting back a claims of berlin is not doing enough to help ukraine and promising more support. he also called the murder of civilians, a war crime, o d o. 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 images from boucher and other cities also shows r dot martin god, russian soldiers massacre ukrainian civilians. there's including children, women on the elderly before retreating, fallen and i to mention the cynical assertion for made by russia to true not. this was staged. i didn't falls back on those who spread these lies. heard of dealing torque did the, the looking for brighten the murder of civilians. he really is a war crime and creeks for breaking shots. set berlin would continue to support key of this includes further obs deliveries. if the arms are available that make sense because for the conservative opposition, this is not enough for the fall. germany is doing or

a lot hoping ukraine or no question urban financially or co normandy could politically. but concerning the question on, on heavy we're heavy weapons. i think her said german government as to reluctant outside protesters, one germany, andy, 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 . let's bring up to speed now with some other updates on the war in ukraine. u. s. president joe biden has accused russia of brutality and in humanity and announced new sanctions in the wake of the atrocities. bite has also spoken of war crimes. the latest measures drawn up by washington at target russian banks and individuals, including the daughters of russia's president vladimir putin. for the credit people y e u leaders meanwhile are pushing to cut off russian coal imports. and

considering imposing an embargo on oil and gas your ship, the block is preparing to implement a 5th round of sanctions against moscow. britain is also drawing up a time table to and it's russian energy imports testimony. and germany is planning to speed up. it's moved to renewable energy economy minister, robert ha, back says reforms aimed to eliminate dependence on fossil fuels by 2035. the goal is to help germany meet climate goals and become independent of russian energy imports. and pope francis has received a ukrainian flag ascent from boucher and his condemned the deaths of civilians. there the pontiff greeted a group of young ukrainian refugees at the vatican and called for an end to the war . and one of russia, as the most prominent writers, is also an outspoken critic of the kremlin food. mila will lead sky is one of the 1st cultural figures in russia to oppose the war in ukraine. and she has paid

a price for stating her beliefs. ludmilla will lead sky doesn't know if she'll ever return to moscow. the russian writer left her home in mid march a month after the war started. she was persuaded to leave at the age of 79 by her son. but still, i didn't feel threatened and i didn't understand my son's decision. but i trusted his judgment because i think he can assess something better than i can. and i was jimmy, a lead guy. i was one of the 1st in russia to speak out publicly against the war in ukraine. the writer has never held off, criticizing rushes leaders. she speaks out fearlessly and sees herself in good company, grew my knuckle in my widest circle of acquaintances, and i'm not just talking about friends, but every one i know, i haven't met a single person who supports putin was,

was not one of our lead sky is not just an important voice in russia. the trained geneticist from a jewish family has had her books translated into 30 languages, novels and stories about the tragedies of the 20th century and everyday life in post viet, russia, in her later collection. and lisa, by her death, the heroines are women coping with everyday life. resume systems, which is sooner than russia is a country where women have the upper hand than everyone except for in government. i mean, if this war can be, it will be by women who if it's not stopped, it means that in power, don't care at all what women think, or want to say from blue. it's a lumens ancient. but bullet leach guy, i feel sure the wall will have terrible consequences. relations between russia and ukraine, she believes have been poisoned for generations. nevertheless,

she's against century russian. art is to fail to distance himself from putin. yes, it does for hulu. i believe every artist, like every other person, has a right to his or her own views, including in politics as an artist should be measured solely by their work. if they work is worthy of being presented to the world, let it be done. the last, if not, then not a person's political views, are his personal business. now the chill area, if they were listening, despite her own views, ludmilla lead sky has mixed feelings about becoming an antique. putin spiked person in exile. writers should observe, she says, and a bubble she wants to continue writing and hopes the war will end soon. blue or watching and dw news before we go, let's get a reminder of our top story. officials are warning civilians to leave eastern parts

of ukraine of war unexpected russian offensive. moscow is ought to be preparing fresh vessels on har keith and the john bass region. after pulling troops from around the capitol his update at this hour. don't forget there's more on our web site d, w dot com and clare richard sent in for lynn for me and the team here working behind the scenes. thank you for watching. take your time for the experiment about time. it can be measured precisely. and yet each person experiences it differently as if there are different forms of time. but dimension and illusion about time starts april 14th on d w. ah.