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ah ah ah, this is dw is coming to live from berlin after boucher a warning of further atrocities by russian forces in northern ukraine. tar corresponded reports from the town of bora, danco were ukrainian leaders say the devastation is much worse. also coming up, the ear approved a new round of sanctions against russia, including a ban on russian coal and vodka. and a historic day in the united states as co tangy brown. jackson is confirmed as the
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1st black woman to sit on the u. s. supreme court ah. hello, i'm terry martin. thanks for joining us. ukraine's present it says there could be more gruesome discoveries ahead in the wake of the russian troop withdrawal from the north of the country. there's melting evidence of civilian killings, rape, and torture. authorities believe hundreds had been killed in one town. 11 mass graves were recently uncovered in the town of boucher, but present below to mister lansky says the situation in bora, danco, 70 kilometers north west of t. f is much more horrific. our corresponded alexandra phenomena was just there and filed this report. they have began clearing the rabble, but any hope of finding drivers here is long gone. for
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a dan car lay on the main root of the russian, offensive on key of the scale of the destruction is so massive that even emergency workers seem shock. this sham about you is why live it by now? we see with our eyes what the russians did to a peaceful time, there were no military bases here. missed them, they shot people dead. bombed high rise blocks. so 32, i don't understand why we're behind the bullet here in the v show, when russian plains dropped their bombs on the town in early march, these apartment buildings were demolished. local authorities feared that up to $200.00 civilians were killed. their bodies still buried under the rubble with marie hole in one of the blocks we meet alexander. he is back to sell with some items from his ruined apartment. with you, when the russian bombardment started, he managed to flee together with his family. oh horrible, it's better, damn it,
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but like, i'm still rain, same clothes i had on. when i left, at least i want to take some things with me. his growth will. this used to be his children's room. his life. i don't really know what to say. we don't have words left there. bastards. gra putin, him his whole government. if he can approve you to florida. oh, a few blocks away. a distribution center for humanitarian aids among the residents lining up nina and her family. they lived through a lot during the russian occupation of their home town, including hunger and constant fear. for dawn of y'all that they were pointing that guns at my daughter and the kids. i went down on my knees and screamed begging them not to rate my daughter. you know what can happen the wonders night there from a boy. many he told us similar story later says she is still shaking when she thinks about the weeks under russian occupation. but she will not him what we
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have to thank her soldiers. they're so brave. they are so brave that they freed up already. okay. look, what they did to my town. already unco was once beautiful and green residence told us. now it lies in ruins. the town is free, but it has paid a high price for its freedom. she w corresponding to con lee, as in kevin joins us now. nick, the ukranian president vladimir lansky said that the horrors inflicted on that town board younger or even worse than what we saw in boucher tell us more about what's been found there. i think most people here in ukraine can't basically take their eyes off those images of those destroyed towel books and borrow junker everyone's here, bessie guessing how many people are still trapped under those ruins and how many
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people managed to get out before those are homing. those shillings happened, and i think the real difficulty now is trying to work out the numbers, trying to get some kind of handle on the scale of this. and for now you as you concern that report, and it's all pretty chaotic. there are locals turning up, trying to salvage what's left of their property and other government organizations trying to d mind to make sure that if people go back, they're not going to face the risk of traps of minds. and but it certainly seems like the kind of images we saw in boucher on no exception that this was a more widespread thing in the territories around ki, if that were controlled by russian army forces for the best part of a month. and we're getting some very, very, very distressing reports. not only all that her shilling is the indiscriminate shelling of residential areas, the bombing of the kind. we've seen mary poll but also of arbitrary killings on the streets of mckyrie. so in future bills of sexual violence and the war is continuing,
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of course, in other parts of the country. where is the fighting concentrated now, nick? so right now, it seems like mary poll is still the number one target. because after all, mariposa on the see of as of is basically be anything between russia and its self proclaimed republics in the hans cabinets and crimea and its crimea. so that's the irony, basically a thing in the way of russia, basically having an easier time of controlling that se of ukraine. so is a lot of a fighting going on there. some you credit for still there. now, more than a month off, that stage began and then further to the north or near city called is you, which is based southeast of had give you crane's 2nd city at the base of sense. now that russia is putting all its forces into the south, south east, in hope of encircling a ukraine's forces in don bass. now that solar be so easy because don bass, as you remember, is the place where war has been are basically in full full swing since 2014 since
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rush supported those separatist movement stair said the ukranian army is very well defended. there has french is, has other con, defensive set up. so this is not going to be easy. this is going to be very hard. a very static war, very has ukrainian government sources voting. this could be a battle on the scale and of the kind we saw at last, i guess in europe in world war 2 tanks, trench warfare and very, very high losses on both sides. nick, the new commission president and the blocks top diplomat, are planning to meet with ukraine's present in t uh today. what quick specter were overseas for the ukranian side. this is about the optics is about europe showing that it cares about ukraine, that europe also believes in ukraine's ability stand up for itself and to not basically a full a pot under this russian pressure. i think generally it's all about the weapons right now. it's all about the money and yes, but standards of the you and individual european countries, they are doing
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a lot more than they have done in previous years. but compared to the billions and billions of billions of euros that are being transferred to russia every day for energy, the sums are all pretty small and the crane is going to put more pressure on their guess. show them more of what's happening here in hope of seeing a significant increase to that support and fast because the big thing you hear here, time and time again from ukraine, government officials, you might, you know, make some plans to help us. but given how bureaucratic, how slow you are, that could reach us too late at so if whatever you are planning do it earlier, do it now because we need the help today and not tomorrow. nick, thank you so much our correspond an economy there in keith kremlin spokesperson dmitri pest golf has acknowledged that russia has sustained significant losses of troops and ukraine in an interview with sky news. he called it a huge tragedy for russia. it's a rare admission by russian officials of military losses, but has called said that russia still hopes to reach its goals. in the coming days
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. russia's defense ministry reports that between one and 2000 russian soldiers have been killed. but independent estimates with the number closer to 10000. what's bring in ruth. dear money here. she's a senior lecturer for war studies at london's kings college. thanks for being with us. ruth. russia has suffered significant troop losses in ukraine. it's been forced to withdraw from the north. it's failed to capture major cities. what impact do you think all this is having on russia strategy in ukraine? well, i think it had a devastating impact on, on russia strategy in it. we know that the initial time was to take as a capital key very quickly at really to take control of the whole country in 2 or 3 theories here. lensky replacing it that didn't. now with minimal consent, attempts were longer term. he states that failed as well. so this is in the
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next one, i'm none of it speaks to a well thought out here a workable strategy. i think, oh, it seems russia now switching his focus to the south and east to don bass region and, and the coast or russian forces in a better position to make gains there. the ones you would have to say they all because that's a more feasible objective. them attempting to after the entire country or even you know, to, to take heath which is a very large city. and it would require an enormous cheap presence to, to successfully take it in and maintain control. and of course, you know, the russians have and have had forces in this part of the country for a long time. and it's place to, i mean when they also have a significant presence. but on the other hand, after 6 weeks or fails,
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campaign failed, who, an international humiliation and staggering troop and equipment will you know, the capacity to wait to are effectively has to have been degraded significantly. and not lisa's morale is going to be very poor as well that keith is getting weapons and intelligent support from a broad, particularly from nato countries. do you think that will be enough for ukraine to defend itself against the russian onslaught overtime it's, it's very, very help. 3, there are so many variables at play here, but we have seen that the cranium armed forces have done a spectacularly good job of defending themselves with what they have been given so far. and so if they said that this equipment at this supports will enable them to
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defend themselves. i think we have to take that pretty seriously. and of course, in contrast to them are all problems that we know brush or is facing. the russian troops in ukraine has a very strong willed. so when i will absolutely what you see, and then as the main factors that will determine how this war plays out, that well, there are lots of fact says, i think obviously central to this is the ability of ukraine to defend itself, which obviously requires as significant military assistance and in terms of camilla trade from the west and morale clearly the will to win. and it's very, very significant and local support support from the population on the ground is all sec, he and, and then what happens in the capital's and again, if we see the russian government now at missing to losses,
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although much smaller than we think that's a fine i think that they are worried about what's happening route. thank you very much for that, todd. that was ruth darren of kings college london. and let's check on some other stories related to the war in ukraine. the united nations general assembly of suspending russia from us human rights council over the war and ukraine. it's only the 2nd time a member state has been suspended from the council. moscow has condemned the decision is politically motivated and illegal. nato members have pledge to send more military and humanitarian aid to ukraine after its foreign minister made an impassioned plea for help. and had it been expected russian assault in the east. he says ukraine urgently needs more weapons to fight off any fresh attack. a nobel prize winning russian journalist has been attacked on a train with red paint in an apparent protest over his newspapers,
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critical coverage of the war. dmitri moore, a talk, is editor in chief of the liberal. no via gazette, up. last week. it said it was suspending operations in russia after receiving official warnings. european union member states have approved new sanctions against russia. the include a burn on imports of russian goods such as timber, bodka, and coal. new colburn is estimated to be worth $4000000000.00 euros a year, but that is just a fraction of what spent on russian oil and gas. well, the burn isn't due to be implemented until august. and that following pressure from germany to good members time to find alternative suppliers. i think this vision of this parliament is clear and sends the strongest of myth or brussels corresponded christine was covering the story. christine, how much of a difference or these sanctions going to make when the e was still buying massive amounts of russian oil and gas. terry,
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when you consider the fact that the european union, the, as a block is still sending hundreds of millions of years to moscow every single day for, for energy payments. that is, even when the coal band comes into effect in 3 or 4 months time, you do really get to understand that call a banning coal is that almost insignificant in comparison to, to what the other energy imports are so called import amount about 4000000000 years annually are for the e used impulse of about 99000000000 years. so the math already is indicative. i'm over there and i have to say that it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's feeling discontent and, and, and division in the european union as some, some see this continued energy imposing as and a mining are all efforts to end rushes aggression in ukraine. indeed, the money that europe is still sending at to moscow as seen as topping moscow's war chest and effectively fueling the aggression at that we're seeing in ukraine. so
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there is the feeling that more is needed at that the european union needs to go for more than just the coal short of an embargo on russian oil and gas. christine, what leverage does that you have to persuade russia to get out of ukraine or from an economic perspective, the most decisive blow, terry would be a complete, a total ban on or energy i imports from russia. we know that energy exports are at the main revenue source for russia. and this would of course, have the biggest impact in terms of our sources of funding for, for the aggression that we're seeing at in ukraine. we're from a political perspective. we seen the european union reach out to countries around the world in an effort to politically isolates at russia. institutional levels are, for example, at, at the u. n. level, et cetera. and you know, we're seeing more and more solidarity are being mobilized by the european union,
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and it's partner countries at nato level as well. the a european chief union chief that was on the line is in a ukraine today. she's going to be meeting our with the president of anatomy zalinski in the a capital keeps her continued at solidarity. but it does appear that from a, from a leverage perspective. what the european union can only do at the stage, the most decisively that it could deliver is a total ban on those energy. watson, of course it's not done that are just a crooked christine. the unity is often an issue or within the european union. how unified are the 27 you remember states and dealing with rockville, terry, that the cracks are starting to appear and you can almost divide the block into into 3 categories. you've got those like the baltic states who feel vulnerable at a potential attack from russia. you have those that are economically dependent on, on russia, from in terms of the,
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the energy impulse. i'm talking about germany until about italy, countries axial vakio. and then you've got those that have close ties with, with, with, with the kremlin, like hungry, for example. so you can already see that as some core for increased pressure on moscow, others have self interest to consider as well as others having closer relations with the vladimir put, for example, the hungarian sir, who have said that they are prepared to pay for russian gas in rubles if moscow had asked for it that is taking a direct step away from the consolidated european response or of not doing so for example. so the divisions are certainly there now terry christine, thank you very much. shar correspond, christine, meanwhile, in brussels. the war in ukraine and the threat of a larger war in europe. those are the biggest concerns among people here in germany . according to the latest poll by public broadcaster already the survey also found that a large number of germans think their government should be doing more to help and
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the conflict t w's thomas sparrow report a regular c nowadays in berlin. protests against the war in ukraine. people here in germany are clearly worried that the biggest concern is further escalation for dusty or does all the europe and nato fall apart. and i know phone cliff, the biggest tears at the war will come here on a new paul seems to confirm those feelings. a vast majority of germans are concerned about the well being of people in ukraine, but many are also worried about the economic situation at home. energy supplies, or an even bigger war in europe is mostly german authorities have been helping ukraine for example, by sending weapons like a clear minority thing. the government's response has gone too far. just over a 3rd say it has been appropriate, but nearly 50 percent believe it hasn't gone far enough. this is also evident on
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the streets of berlin. acreage to me 1st on all powerful weapons or should be supplied with often what had and i am in favor of an oil embargo i was a friend or stronger action against authoritarian regimes that should have been taken before. for games, oil pressure is increasing on german authorities for them to do more. but it's unclear just how far they will go. joining me in the studio for some analysis, ours are political correspond, manuel shows m o pressure growing on german authorities from the public public pressure of something that german politicians of course a think about what do you make of the figures in this lives, paul? well, it's very interesting to see that it is 91 percent of the germans, who are actually very worried about what's happening to the ukrainians are right now in the world. but at the same time,
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80 percent of them are actually worried about worsening of the, of the economic situation of the economy. consequences of that war here in germany . so it does very contradicting attitudes, but those are, you know, growing concerned about what's happening in ukraine. i think we can really say that there's a before and after butcher effect, after those terrible pictures reached us over the weekend, we can see that the mood has sifted significantly here in germany, also on how the german government has reacted to this war. or he may have held a german government has reacted the or the german government made announcements regarding military spending. that shock to lot of people. um, it's a remarkable turnaround on germany's military posture under that seems to be going down pretty well. exactly. it is something we couldn't have thought about, or maybe 2 months ago, you know, the fact that germany, it would deliver as so many weapons to another country. but there are the supports
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to that has grown significantly. and, and also what's interesting to see is that germans or you know, at 1st are supported by a slim majority of the, the attitude of the government, which was a bit, okay, we'll see what, what comes next. and now we see that this support has sunk by 16 percent, only 37 percent of a germans are expressed of, favorable opin, and of the artist of the german government. and in face of this war, journeys in quite a dilemma here, it's under massive pressure to cut gas imports from russia because russia was able to finance its military with that at the same time, public opinion in germany. as you mentioned, people are worried about the economic impact of it are the german public and the german government on the same page with these issues. well, not exactly because in the public you can already feel an increase of prices. you
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know, when it comes, for example, for, for petrol, for energy, or even for food. so a germans are worried about the impact it has on their daily lives. there is supports or does the supports for a quicker turn around and turn towards a renewable energies. but at the same time, there's a think, a bit of a incomprehension towards the fact that germany simply doesn't accept to have an immediate embargo on a russian energy, as of course, or ukraine is hoping for them. a thank you very much. our political correspondent, amish us. let's catch up on some of the other stories making headlines around the world today. 2 people had been killed after a gum, an open fire in the israeli city of tel aviv several others were wounded in the shooting at a bar in a popular night life district. security forces later shot dead the attacker in a gun battle. a cargo plane has crashed during an emergency landing near the costa
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rican capital san jose. the aircraft operated by logistics company, d h. l returned to the airport shortly after take off because of mechanical problems. the one was hurt in the crush. the or other a landslide has killed at least 10 people in northwest columbia, after torrential rains, mud, and boulders buried of mining camp from the mountains. several people are still missing. a nearby town was evacuated. now to the u. s. where the senate has confirmed kentucky brown jackson as the 1st black woman to sit on the u. s. supreme court supporters including present joe biden, have hailed her appointment as a historic day for america. but most republican senators voted against it. the age of 53. the name of $47.00, and this nomination is confirmed. after 233 year wait,
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a black woman will soon sit on the us supreme court. contains brown, jackson watched herself enter the history books from the white house alongside president joe biden, who hailed a consummation as a historic moment for the u. s. g. 3 republican senators vote with the democrats to confirm. brown, jackson is only the 3rd black person and 6 women to serve on the u. s. highest court. the vote concluded a bitterly part is an approval process. they were that so brown, jackson grilled by republican senators on hot button issues like race relations and abortion. as well as her raincoat as a judge. senate democrats were overjoyed by the result. it is just an amazing day. if i had to think of an adjective to describe all of us, it would be elated, elated because of this wonderful person going on the court. this has been a long, hard road. as we've tried to get to greater equality,
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less bigotry in america. and there is often steps backward, but when you have a day like this, it inspires you to keep moving forward. brown jack, set your play steam bright when he retires at the end of the cold current term. but with the conservative set to maintain that 63 majority, she may find it difficult to make much impact on the increasingly right wing coat. you are watching dw news from berlin. just a reminder of our top story, this, our ukraine's president, his warning of more atrocities. in the wake of the russian troop withdrawal from the countries north, he says the situation in the town of florida younger is much worse than boucher or hundreds of dead civilians were recently discovered. don't forget, you can always get dw news on the go with just download our app from google play or from the app store. that'll give you access to all the latest news round the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news. and if you're part of
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