so father cents starts april 16th. oh d w ah ah, this is g, w. news live from berlin, a deadly attack on civilians playing war, battery ukraine, at least 50 dead and dozens more wounded as missiles strike a pack train station ukraine condemns it as another russian war cry. you chief ers of underlying tells president the lot of the landscape. she'll speed up ukraine's bid to join the block. she also sees for herself the mass grave that shocked the world. and frances presidential res, heat up,

current leader emanuel mccall faces off against for right challenger marine le pen . both contenders are tip to go through to the 2nd round. ah. a warm welcome to our viewers around the world. i'm michael o, coo ukrainian president, florida. mary lensky says a russian missile attack on a train station in eastern ukraine that killed at least 50 people amounts to war crimes. the president is demanding more weapons and a tough global response. french and german leaders have condemned the attack and the white house is called it a horrific atrocity. scenes of tonnage and destruction. in easton, ukraine streets littered with smouldering debris and the bodies of dozens killed.

the governor of don't ask said at least 5 children are among the dead. after several rockets hid chrome, a tossed station on friday, already speaking to the finish parliament president vladimir lensky, condemned russia. if a striking clear civilian targets they hit, yeah, but little foolish. i will start with what happened this morning when you write russian forces hit the train station in our city. cremmit ask an ordinary train station with ordinary people can, will didn't tell if there were no military personnel there. and there were people who are waiting for a train to get to a safe territory where mission forces hit them with military missiles will battle or getaway or lose. the criminal has denied they employed this type of projectile. but ukrainian military officials said they've been used throughout the wall

on a visit to london to meet british prime minister boris johnson. german chancellor. ola sholtes, never called the attack. atrocious pleasure. after walk viewed the bid at the veils will be images we have seen from bushels here from maria pole. and from many of the places the dramatic attack we have been told about to day to it shocks us. and we must say here in clear terms. it is a cruel, cruel wall. loudon. von gazette then goes on as a st. garza, my creek around 4000 people were thought to be at the station. they came with their pets and personal possessions, hoping to escape the worst hazards of wall. earlier i spoke to d, w correspondent, nick connelly in keith. he told us just how shocking the attack was. it's pretty extraordinary that this is even possible

a time where it is well known by every one that lots of civilians. i'll get ahead of don bass. now regional governments in that part of the country are now calling on all civilians who can't get out before it's too late before it becomes too dangerous to leave. in recent weeks, the, the situation there in dumbass, which has been the scene of fighting since 2014, had been comparatively quiet, at least in that part of john bass, around crematory, had been less dangerous. now the pots, the country, but people now increasingly panic, increasingly convinced that this could be situation where the russian army will try to, in circle ukrainian forces from the north and the south and the east of us from those separatist l territories. there. so lots people try and get out in a hurry and basically for most people, the train, the rail road is the only way out. and now increasingly we've seen a tax on the actual railroad tracks themselves. so increasingly fewer options to get out and more people try and get on fewer trains and now seemingly not even safe while they're waiting on the trains. how is ursula funded lines visit received in

keith? does ukraine think the e was doing enough? i think it's always going to be difficult to meet expectations here, but there is a sense that you're is waking up to the scale of this. i think this was, it was taken a very well of was received very well, but also ukrainians who had been frustrated with what they saw as fairly meaningless can message of solidarity and sympathy from the west that were backed up with real action and real promises of action, i think the words we heard from was from the line basically promising ukraine at turbocharged kind of fast process into you. that was something that was very well received and was received with yeah, the some positivity unexpected. positive t given by c, the nato is for now at least seemingly close to ukraine. i think you membership is the one kind of process towards closer ties with the west that people think is tangible is realistic that maybe you crank and end up with the status like finland for insights to you, but outside nato. having said that, finland, now off to decades,

new trotty is trying to get into nature itself. so i think people are acutely aware that, that you doesn't bring security guarantees in the way that nature would. and all these attempts now to kind of organize bilateral security guarantees from the u. s . so germany or the countries all quite the same deal as nato would bring. nick, you've made a reference to this already, but i want to get a little bit more detail from you on it. it's believed russian group, sir. forces are regrouping for major assault in eastern ukraine. what more you hearing about that? we're, we're definitely hearing a of an uptick in activity, an uptick in a to attack shelling along those front lines. and we're hearing of more russian hardware being sent towards those borders with ukraine and into those areas. and it does seem that if mario pal were to fully for full into russian hands, which is still hasn't, it's been under siege since the 1st of march. then of see there will be a lot of russian forces freed up to try and push further into those territories in low hans convenience, co bless,

of blood regions that are still under ukrainian control. and at the beginning of this, the russia recognized those cells became suspicious reasons in the board as the entire regions. so there is the, the, the sense that maybe that is the kind of mid term goal of those russian forces to take don, yes, kind of house regions in their entirety to then maybe come back to the negotiating table and say, okay, now you can, if you recognize though separatist regions in the entirety of the church think they control them. maybe there's some deal to be done on it. that is a nick connelly and keith many, many thanks. meanwhile, seers are growing in the ukrainian or portuguese of odessa, that it could become russia's next target. the city has imposed a weekend curfew after the missile attack and promotes come a task odessa ease on the black sea, which is strategically important to both sides in this war. over the last few days, russia has launched 2 attacks near the city. even before these

latest attacks, many ukrainians, mostly women and children, have been leaving odessa. and for some it's been a heart breaking decision with the zulu. it though it's hard, very hard. with bridge, we sent my daughter in law with the kids, and we'll stay here. i don't know how it's going to be. i hope we'll meet again with this city. looks calm. but on friday, russia launched 2 attacks on the region war of a woman with rober. our enemy conducted an attack with the shore. miss al complex bastion on the village of crest, nor silica. unfortunately, people were killed and wounded infrastructure was damaged. also the enemy launched another massage attack near a dasa. fortunately, no one was wounded. on

a desert shore line, there are warnings of mines, but that doesn't stop people from being outside as much as is allowed a car view between 9 pm and 6 am if now in place because of fears of more attacks. for those still here, life goes on, but no one knows what will become of this city. all to those who were left behind were now joined by sugar live, if cough he is a volunteer who's assisting internally displaced ukrainian refugees. and he joins us from odessa. miss elizabeth coffer, welcome to d. w. a russian forces are clearly moving, closer and closer to odessa. what's the climate there right now? i hello everything i. i think this is the climate for calm.

now. there is a strong and brave and so all of us, so united for a invasion to our country and so nearest cities out there. but we feel safe because a, something like border or russian and they protect us for the day. so that's why we can leave a leave work safe and tell all of our ukraine people to start school now in odessa. and so to help our army or as more as we can mission

of if you've already been busy for weeks. of course. what are you doing right now for the hundreds, if not thousands of people who anticipate they might be the next ukrainians to be forced out of their homes? ah, our p po, tried to supports our economy. for example, me personally, i'm in talk to now i have a new company and all this it weighs them. we deepen working and do. ready our job at treats i'm, i'm a volunteer, i help our humanitarian stuff i held our armed forces so we have more than 24 hours. and so we, we do. ready more we, we can answer help everybody who needs this help. now, what is the nature of this?

i'm sorry to interrupt you. i'm just curious about what you're doing on the ground to help people. ah, we oh, we're fine. so human, it's aaron, how are we distribute eats way our armed forces? are all i think most of our people are willing to now. and so we help each other and support that shows that answer and invite people from our announcer reaches. so for ukraine here in odessa because we stay safe and so we believe in our army, they will protect us. ok. thank you so much for joining us. that's a sugar levy. cough who is a volunteer. thank you so much. thank you. ah, francis presidential race is tightening just

a day before the 1st round of voting. paul show for right challenger marine the pen, gaining on the current leader, manuel nicole, who's seeking a 2nd term in office. a monument crone is asking voters to bank him for another 5 years in power. a few weeks ago he enjoyed a comfortable lead in the polls. but his far right challenge a marine le pen has steadily closed again. she's focused her campaign on the cost of living crisis that low to say is that biggest concern, while still promising radical anti immigration policies and barring and upset, she expected to join micron in the run off on april 24th. micron is blaming his own loki campaign on having to focus on the wall and ukraine. he still tips to when in the 2nd round, with le pen only narrowly behind and gaining, but with up to a quarter of people thought to still be undecided. and many planning not to vote to tool an upset remains a possibility. mccrendon,

his supporters are hoping that back as a fall at firebrand john mcmillan shall who sits a 3rd place in the polls. will vote for micro in the 2nd round. keep pen out as many did the last election in 2017, but this time may be different. overall uniquely today left when voters consider him to be to right wing to day left during voters can here is messages on the political and economic order. but there is these speak more to the right than to the left alone here. so yes, it's a challenge for the president to reassure the left with regard to social norms on one hand, but also of his ability to protect purchasing power ra galaxy. in fact, the, to quote a shot, while net, crohn's margin of victory looked set to be narrow. he does remain the favorite to win and become the 1st french president to hold on to power in 20 years. you watching t w news. his you reminder of our main story. at least 50 people, including 5 children, have been killed in a rush and airstrike on a train station. in the eastern ukrainian city of comatose thousands of civilians

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