[000:00:00;00] ah, this is dw news line from berlin. tens of thousands have been killed in the ukrainian city of mary all fall. that's the estimate from ukrainian president, florida mears, the lengthy, after more than a month of relentless shelling by russian forces on the port city. also coming up here, foreign ministers meeting luxembourg to discuss further action against russia block remains divided on whether to impose the measures that would hurt moscow the most

a boycott of russian oil and gas. ah, i am abby quote. awesome, welcome to the program. we begin this hour with the ukranian city that has seen the most intense fighting since the russian full scale invasion began. more than 6 weeks ago. tens of thousands of people are dead and merry or bull, according to the ukrainian president, florida. mir zalinski speaking to south korean lawmakers today he appealed for more weapons to defend the country. the port city has been under relentless, russian bombardment for weeks. and officials say much of mary o. ball lies, and bruins, and tens of thousands remained trapped with little or no food and water. russia has said it will focus on eastern ukraine and intensive by its military efforts. there . earlier i spoke to our correspondent rebecca readers and love it,

and she spoke about the high death tall in the port city. that's right, abbey. it's hard to imagine how president valencia estimates could be very far off . i mean, if you think about the worst images you've seen in war, the most devastating pictures coming out of any conflict, that is what's happening in mary paul since the beginning of this war, as you just reported, that city has been under constant rush and bombardment. people have been living there without access to food electricity communication am. i was crucially without access to any drinking water. people have been in that we hear of been in their bunk has almost the entire time the ukrainians are defending that city. and that's creating even further bombardment from the russian side a i'm so i could very hard to get news out of mary paul. but i have spoken to a couple of people who escaped and they told me of their harrowing stories of living under that siege. so hard to get out of that city. one doctor i spoke to told me that those same those horrific scenes we've seen in boucher once. we say

what's happening in mario poll, that'll be boucher times, 10 boucher times, 100 booty times 1000. so it's very hard to imagine that president salenti, unfortunately, that his estimates are very far off and we know about the millions of internally displaced. people like the woman that you were talking about. the doctor talked to us about the influx of people moving toward love. it where you are that's right. i am in love in the west of the country. now as you can probably see behind me, i mean this city is wild. there's definitely attention to the air in the city is on a marshall lower as well. it's definitely far from the scenes that we're seeing in the eastern parts of the country and therefore has become the relative safety area the, the relative air, if it internally displaced. people have found safety here in levine, but thousands more now are evacuating the east. is the conflict seems to be ramping up there, particularly in the dawn bass and the southern regions,

the port cities where mary mary poll, for example, i was just reporting in the south east of the country in a city called me pro and also ins apparition where most people from merry who poll evacuate to and they were just thousands of people terrified having no idea where they were gonna even go to. and you know, we were, we were talking to lots of people who said that they, that the seeds that they had left behind, which is horrific. i spoke to one gentleman at the train station who said that his friends didn't even want a label. hans can done yet because they were so upset that they'd already been, they'd already lost everything in the war in 2014 and they just weren't going to do it again. they were gonna stick around and defend their cities. they, he did broke down in tears when he talked about it because, you know, everyone's worried that those things that we've seen out of butcher and that we sent out of mary paul that that's going to happen in their homes, in their cities and towns rebec out we know that russian troops invaded ukraine from russia. they did so from bella,

ruth and now concern out of ukraine that russia may carry out operation from moldova does break away. trans mystery, our region. what more can you tell us about that? we don't have a lot of information on that abbey, but what i can tell you is the ukrainian military said that they are worried that russia will try an attack from the west, through mold over in an area known as trans mystery. and now they have, it's been controlled by russia since the 90s, and i have about 1500 troops stationed there. are they worried that, of course it mold over is right next to the port city of odessa, which is a key target of the russian military. it's certainly a city that they want to gain control off. and so far the city has spared much bombardment at all. but with the change of direction of the conflict that city is definitely going to say are ramping up of shelling and bombardment. they're worried that the if the soldiers from the west, through moldova could make soldiers coming from the sea and from the east, and therefore encircled ukrainian troops that it had taught,

trying to defend that port city. now, you know, russia has denied claims that they are going to do anything like that, but rush also denied that they were going to invade you crime. so they were not holding much white. at this moment. dw correspondent rebecca ritter is reporting from love it. european union, foreign ministers have been meeting in luxembourg to discuss ways to expand their support for ukraine. you foreign affairs chief yoseph morale had already proposed an additional 500000000 euros and weapons and other military equipment. ministers are also, i'm further sanctions options with a plan to phase out russian oil imports quicker. the block announced a ban on russian coal last friday. after the meeting brought also said that you would do all it could to facilitate an investigation of possible war crimes. committed by russian forces in ukraine. this morning we have had a meeting with a general producer cuter, on the international criminal court,

showed the 1st thing russia how to make russia accountable for the gross gush regulations of international law. we will provide assistance in documenting their walk crimes dissolving correspond, christine, when war is in luxembourg, and she explains how the european union is offering its support to the icy. well, it's both political support as well as monetary support. that is the european union effectively as sustained. the international criminal court are in its probe of war crimes in ukraine. it's going to do this through its mission ad that is in ukraine . this mission was in ukraine for the war. and it is going to be assisting the i c . c with evidence gathering to help the i c. c. build its case as so as to bring at these war crimes at allegations are to be effectively looked at and possibly

resulting in some kind of prosecutions are. we also know that to a hit that germany sweden and another human misstate, a pledge to something to the tune of 2 and a half 1000000000 euros are in financial supports at to the i. c. c to assist in this probe are in particular or of course they are also allegations around genocide that are being considered. that is a technical, a legal term. but some a e u. member states, for example, except that definition is happening. exit dental site is happening, of course i in, in, in ukraine for example. shortly before the close of that meeting, i had an interview with the latvian foreign minister who said, of course it is for the legal experts to reach that conclusion. but as far as he saw it, genocide was being committed. i in ukraine. so the i says he's going to be supported in the with the year by the european union financially. and of course some politically via the office in, in, in ukraine,

dw corresponded christine when wa, reporting for us from luxembourg. now to another meeting, austria chancellor, karl ne hummer has met with russian president vladimir putin in moscow. he's the 1st e leader to hold face to face talks of putin since the start of this full scale invasion . namor says he did not get a positive impression from the talks, but did say he pushed putin on ending the war mirror image in gow house. it was important to me to state clearly that the war must end for the people in ukraine. thus, under the crimes taking place must be investigated by international organizations, the united nations funding them, as well as international criminal justice system, which works slowly but steadily. and we have seen how successful they can be in one place as a sangha. for more on this d, w reporter and russia analyst constantine agger is with us now. constantine, by his own admission, he didn't get

a positive sense. after meeting with latimer putin, what was the austrian chancellor trying to achieve with his visit when the entire block has thought to isolate vladimir putin? well, austria is probably trying to kill the shoes of finland, which was always there to talk to russia even more than germany. i would say no author is probably the only country in europe that i could still do that. but the result i think is pretty predictable. capuchin and also in chancellor met one of the one without translators because the german went well and without secretary. so we really don't know what happened there. but it seems, it was a kind of mediation attempt by the, by the austrian government, lots of european leaders have this illusion that they can, can impact to influence a culture including quite a few or student. charles, i would tell you that the helmer is the town or student charleston and put his life

. so he is definitely not the 1st to try and persuade them to do something. i was absent this at the beginning that this will go nowhere put in is a no move now to change anything in his policy with regard to cry. hasn't in austin austrian chance or before this meeting said he was going to build bridges. germany has tried this strategy for years with russia and clearly a growth ms. black calculation. it hadn't stop putting from attacking his neighbors . what was vienna trying to achieve with this trip? knowing that engagement has not worked well. first of all or 3 is heavily dependent on russian oil. and the chancellor said that any, any you sanctions will do apart from stopping or a party will embark essentially. secondly, very close ties are between the banking sector on the 2 countries, including authors biggest bang, right? fighting bank, which is quite prominent in russia,

which has been suspected if you're times of, let's see being to close it with a credit. and i think that this, this only with the chance to, to try and meet the book. but i do think that this the dilution dw reporter and russia analyst constantine agger. thank you very much. chabarise sharif has been sworn in as pakistan's, new prime minister. he will form a new government until elections next year. shareef was the only contender after the lawmaker is removed in wrong hon from the post. more than 100 members walked out of the national assembly before the former cricket star con, last and no confidence vote. earlier i spoke to shamia chance from d w. news, asia who is following the story for us. he has more on pakistan's new leader. we'll surely prime minister should he faces ready,

huge dos. he has to lift the concrete out of this political turmoil, which we saw, which happened for the past few weeks. the economy is in a shambles. he has to do something about it. and he has to broaden this tremor on the con who has threatened that he won't let him go on easily. they're suppose out taken to the street. they're accusing the new dot m government offer colluding with the united states and the list. and austin, cons government. so they are blaming the west for that, so there is a lot of political tension still and bunk strong, and the economy, the economy needs to be to be lifted as soon as possible. now the new prime minister or the incoming prime minister, abbas sharif. he's phased his own controversies in the past. what more does he need to do now to convince the pakistani people and particularly the supporters of him on con, that he's a man for the job? i well shall boss, should even face is of corruption,

corruption charges the pending and the goals the course need to decide on them. but now he's the prime minister. it won't be easy for him to convince hosted friends for hans supporter supporters that he is the good folks while disposition because they all accuse him of corruption. usher, bosher, eve having said that is already able to competent administrator. he has proven himself as chief minister of the punjab robins, so he has a done already good job. as the chief minister of been job progressed, leaps and bounds under his chief minister ship. so he is a competent administrator and that's what bugs on needs at the moment because the economy needs to be fixed. the foreign relations that have been damaged to were damaged under ostrich brown. mr. cons to know, especially with the rest in the united states, need to be fixed. so there is a lot from social boss reduce plate. and um, i think he's a competent,

able le administrator. and he could do that. more importantly, he has to hold elections as soon as possible, but to say that there would 1st do undertake left order forms and then hold fresh lectures. he w news ages shemelle. sions, reporting for us. you are watching di da, be news live from berlin. i'm abby. called us, we'll be back again at the top of the hour. we hope you'll join us. thanks for watching. sh, unsecure, that i want that tag and in the end is a me, you are not a lot of to you anymore. we will send you back. are you familiar with this with the smugglers with lions of me? what's your story. ready i mean when i was women especially and