ah, ah ah, this is b w. news live from berlin to night, a death told in the 10s of thousands in the ukrainian city of mario pole on that's the estimate from ukrainian president vladimir zalinski. after more than a month of relentless shelling by russian forces on the port cities also coming up tonight, austria's chancellor call ne hummer tells rushes. why don't we approved that the war in ukraine must? and he's the 1st european leader to meet fulton in moscow since the invasion began

. and that is raising some eyebrow. plus, a pakistan swears in a new prime minister after a week of turmoil, the opposition politicians, shabazz sharif, has been elected by the parliament. but it came only after lawmakers from the party of altitude, former prime minister, him on con, walked out ahead of the boat. ah, i bring gov is good to have you with us on this monday and we begin tonight with the ukrainian city that has seen the most intense fighting since the russian invasion began. more than 6 weeks ago. tens of thousands are dead in mario pole. that's according to the ukranian president vladimir zalinski speaking today to south korea, lawmakers. so lensky appealed for more weapons to do send his nation. now the port

city of mario pole has been under relentless, russian bombardment for weeks. officials say much of the city lies in ruins and that tens of thousands are trapped with little or no food and water. russia says that it will focus now on eastern ukraine and intensify its military efforts. there . earlier i spoke to our correspondent rebecca ritter's in levine, and she spoke about the high death told in the port city of mario pl. 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 picture is 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 russian bombardment and people have been living there without access to food, electricity, communication, and most crucially, without access to any drinking water. people have been in that we here have been in

their bunkers almost the entire time the ukrainians are defending that city and that's creating even further bombardment from the russian side. i was working very hard to get news out of mary paul. but i have spoken to a couple of people who escaped and they've told me of their harrowing stories of living under that sage. so hard to get out of that city. one doctor i spoke to you told me that those same so terrific scenes we've seen in boucher once. we say what's happening in mary paul that'll be boucher times 10 voted times 100 times 1000. so it's very hard to imagine that president. so as he, unfortunately, that his estimates are very far off rebecca rivers, they're reporting for the western ukrainian city of levine, or the city of china in northern ukraine was besieged by russian forces for weeks following the russian withdrawal from the region. the hordes of what happened beer are only now coming to launch or corresponded alexander phenomena file this report

to night, from sure in the city of journey his after weeks of siege and have his shelling by russian forces. we meet fit planner and valentino sippy and coin a local hospital. they survived but were both injured in a nurse strike that hit their house. the bullish wounded some one logan took less than a 2nd. loosely sweet. we just heard a whistle your creek, boom. the gym i screamed get down. wasn't covered my son cylinder glue, savoy. even school valentin still has surgeries ahead of him for atlanta is doing a little bit better. she shows me pictures of their house before and after the attack. there's done up on why did they attack us? i don't know. we didn't do anything bad. where civilians are still the quinn, islam. the hospital itself was not spirit either. balked and russia load,

the hat of the trauma center here, tells us after russian strike his team struggled to keep going with you all before we worked without water and electricity will only put headlamps on and took care of those seeking medical assistance. and also it was very hard on me, but we stayed here and did what was necessary. raleigh williams social will next. and the situation worse. and when russian forces completely encircled the city, residents tell us journey heath and you are to weeks of russian siege and just barely came through. water and electricity were almost completely cut off. no aid could come in. local officials say at times the city buried up to 100 people in a single day. some of them were killed by russian troops. others died because they could not reach the hospital due to heavy shelling. in their local morgue,

edward slept place using refrigerator trucks for the bodies that still needs to be identified or pick up by relatives. those are bothered, they were you follow. many people left the country to escape the fighting. that they are not in ukraine for them. and cannot get back to bury their relatives, came from warner. so that's why there are still many bodies here to preserve the right here was that would be those who come here to claim their loved ones are overwhelmed by make ego's family. he was a husband, a father, a brother, shut debt by russian soldiers who it was the best buy that he could have. i was so proud of him and now something this terrible has her peter dance and destruction is all that is left after the withdrawal of russian forces from jenny heath. and what those who survived you most if that the russian army might return

you, that is the fear that will not go away. the talk about what's happening now and what may happen in ukraine. i'm joined by raphael, los, he's a research fellow for the european council on foreign relations here in berlin. raphael, it's good to see you again. so we think that we're seeing a regrouping of russian forces to focus on eastern you. craig, from what you're hearing, is this military operation as the criminal cause. it, is it going as planned? i think it's very an easy to see that that had good didn't go as planned. i think there was as wide spread agreement among rosanna. this and it said that i'm russia for a quick success with in the 1st couple of days. and that has clearly failed. even the extent military campaign am focusing on entrenching some russian forces. north of keith and denton succeeded. is always seeing anita and military reorganization

of re privatization of goals focusing on the south and east green. and what about the re shuffling that we're seeing at the top of the russian military? there is a new general in charge. now, alexander diviner cough and he has a reputation, not a good one for what happened when he was overseeing the war in series. that's correct. the whole russian compared against ukraine was marked by incoherence and consistencies. technically, operationally, we had a couple of bad commanders in charge of different theaters. and now it's, it's be consolidated. this whole russian campaign against a crane on the i'm going to turn to during the call was indeed lead to russian campaign against syria. when russia 1st intervene and late 2015, you stayed on the russian forces there for about a year and was awarded amazing to hear all the russian federation about getting our

food in and 16. he's been in charge of southern military district and been in charge of probably the south and east in front in this current oregon's ukraine. so it's a logical, i think, next step. and when the russian campaign focuses on, particularly these regions and put less emphasis on areas around key from the north, that the command of this region, what a take charge of that, of the russian efforts overall. do you anticipate him maybe doing the same thing that happened in syria and i'm talking about the use of chemical weapons. for example. i mean, russian armed forces have already targeted for the past 67 weeks, civilian assembly ins and humanitarian infrastructure. we've seen more renders pictures coming out of different cities, towns that happen. am i freed from from russian forces the suburbs of ki, if the numbers that we're hearing am off of dead civilians from

a report and other places are our just atrocious. and so it wouldn't be inconsistent for, and the syrian tactile russia tactics that it had been employed in syria targeting on hospitals, the use of chemical weapons to not be employed in by this new commander as well. but it would be consistent with what we've seen in the past couple of weeks already . it's what we got when we're putting, putting a new general in charge for the war in ukraine. what about though, in terms of the intelligence orbit around putin, over the weekend, a high ranking f. s. b intelligence official, sergei bescedy was thrown in prison. how do you read that? i think it's to be read as, as you know, and the mission of failure, that this campaign indeed has not run as smooth as the russian leadership had hoped, as i had hoped. and so the, somebody to, to blame for this disaster this, this,

you know, misinterpretation of, of ukrainian resolve of ukrainian ability and capability, both of the military forces of ukraine, but also among the civilian population. there were clearly expectations that the ukrainian government and the ukrainian on possible collapse within days. and so it was sensible to focus on storming here in a couple of days. but this has turned out not to be true. we've seen that, you know, west that you nato allies have provided with you. i've provided you with an unprecedented amount of support, both in weapons and economic support and implemented see very sanction semester. so this is all a gigantic miscalculation on the kremlin. and we see every shot, one of the 4 intention service, i think as a result of this recognition that at least operationally campaigns or rather than a failure profit loss with the european council on foreign relations roughly. we appreciate your time and your insights tonight. thank you. thank you. here some of

the other headlines now that are making stories headlines, connected to the war in ukraine, european union, foreign ministers to de, backed war crimes investigations into the war in ukraine. the ministers also discussed providing more military aid to key. there was no decision, however, on an embargo on russian oil, the world bank says that ukraine's economy will shrink by as much as 45 percent this year. the war has forced, about half of all businesses to close exports have plunged. the bank is calling for financial support from around the world. in mexico city, dozens of people have been protesting the board ukraine. they marched to the russian embassy, hearing a 30 meter ukrainian flag, singing the country's national anthem, and shouting slogans. calling for an end to the conflict

back here in europe, austria's chance the crony homer met to day with russian president vladimir putin. in moscow, he is the 1st e leader to hold face to face talks with bruton since the start of the war. they. homer says he did not get a positive impression from the talks to day, but he said that he told prudent he has to end this war me of avi in gow house. it was important to me to state clearly that the war must end for the people in ukraine. thus, and that the crimes taking place must be investigated by international organizations. the united nation sunday, as well as international criminal justice system, which works slowly but steadily. and we have seen how successful they can be in. we have our guys as a thank them. earlier we spoke to our reporter and russia analyst constantine a good. and we talked to him about why austria made

a controversial decision and sent its chancellor to visit prudent in moscow. 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 now also is probably the only country in europe that i could still do that. but the result i think is pretty predictable. recruiting and also in chancellor met one of the one without translators because i didn't speak german went well and without secretary. so we really don't know what happened there, but it seems it was kind of mediation attempt by the, by the austrian government, a lots of european leaders had this illusion that they can, can impact to influence a culture. including quite a few or certain channels. i will tell you that the home or is the town or student johnston in his life. so he is definitely not the 1st to try and persuade people to do something. i was absolutely said one of the beginning that this will go nowhere

put in is in no mood now to change anything in his policy with regard to the crime that was the w constantine nigger speaking with this earlier. hundreds of children have been killed and wounded since the start of the war in ukraine. thousands more have been traumatized by the violence that they've witnessed, but there's only limited capacity for professional treatment. many of the facilities, the clinics, the hospitals, they've been destroyed, or evacuated because of russian attacks. the w's corresponded. yon phillips schoultz, visited a children's, psychiatric clinic in the western city of v, and he spoke to some of the young patients there. when words fail, pictures sometimes help 4 weeks live it's largest. psychiatric clinic has been treating more and more children with civ via ward trauma. fussy lena comes from hard keith. she saw rockets destroy her hometown and killed many people. she was evacuated, but her parents remain in the embattled city. what are you drawing right now?

this is the ukrainian flag way. i your drawing the ukrainian flag at because we will win him. the therapist say that's drawing helps many children to process their experiences. they often cannot talk about it, but even small children perceive the terrible things around. then i will, maurice, will you, my parents and grandparents often try to gently explain to the children what is going on. well then sometimes they act like it's all just an exercise of a game or something. but then the children reply, no, we live in a war with. this is a real war. i'm here for dina watch hertz, the doctor. most the children are constantly searching for explanations for the horror. and many begin to doubt themselves. we're going to do sometimes the kids think that this has something to do with their behavior, that it just happened because they did something wrong with what we then try to explain to them that they live in a free, independent country. we didn't break any borders,

we didn't behave aggressively towards other countries. so it's not their fault at all. you can even have them approached them over the children often have sleeping disorders, who would sway since become apathetic. many ask every day if they can ever go back to their own lives. i'm so sorry about my country. i used to live in such a beautiful city. now everything is destroyed. exxon us t and tries to reach out to the children with games and music. and they are often amazed about the resilience of the young patients whenever they sleep, the thing, sometimes we ask ourselves, who is treating whom am old, are we treating them or they treating us? can we get works in both directions? yeah, they give us so much. they, if they went with us, we would be much worse off my been on behalf of his fellow patillo son, a has learned through her work that doctor suited gift children false hope the situation is bad. and unfortunately,

the most innocent of all will probably have to live with this for a long time. a political turmoil in change at the top in pakistan to night. the country has a new prime minister, shabazz sharif was the only contender for the job after. while makers removed his predecessor in ron khan, in a no confidence vote, sharif will form a new government and elections are now planned for next year. me a moment ship shabba should he sub is declared to have been elected as the prime minister of this mummy? ah, he was the only candidate let stand after ousted prime minister, m ron conn and his party members walked out of parliament. fed am okay. this is the 1st time in history that had no confidence motion has succeeded. come your way. oh, it's

a victory of righteousness. i am yagi and evil has been defeated to me. pakistan's new interim premier shabbas sharif is no stranger to the country's thorny politics . his brother is disgraced, former prime minister, noah sharif. both are members of a family dynasty that has been prominent and government for decades. during that time, the sheriffs up an accused of money laundering and corruption charges they deny. the leader of the centrist pakistan, muslim league has served 3 terms representing punjab province. but serving as prime minister until august 2023 sharif. we'll have to navigate the country out of a near historic budget deficit and revive a shaky repeat. sharif announced a wrath of measures that includes increasing the minimum wage and civil servant salaries. he's also pushing for more development projects and rural areas. aside from targeting,

the troubled economy sharif wants improved relations with india into devoted rog, abriana, we need dialogue, not deadlock. if we are to take this democratic process and economy forward, we're not as b. o, what emron con will not make the job easy. his supporters have taken to the streets to protest his removal. con insist that he is the victim of a regime change, orchestrated by the united states. an accusation washington denies. ever more now on joined buddy w. harun john jew and he is in islam about fours to night in the whole world is watching this and obviously concerned pakistan is an important geo political power in the region. it also has nuclear weapons. the fact that we saw this no vote of confidence and the fact that we're seeing a peaceful transfer power. does that tell us that the political establishment about

the parliamentary democracy in the country is intact? a chef ashley was elected as a new prime minister with one sound affordable in his dealer. after all, what did he go to? drama and political instability and constitutional crises for a week in the country and day in his mid and speech. and he said that he will increase the minimum wage and the high electricity bills will be addressed. and he want good relations with india and emphasized that deductible piece is not possible without our solution to the long dining a sheet issue. a he indicated the contested margin value for each for both the countries pakistan and india for separate wars. but he was determined that the girl meant for the base up the development and deconstruction of the, the dollar. 60000000000000000 china clinic non included all the beatings bennett, enrolled in charity. so he was focusing on the foreign foreign policy and, and the indian prime minister in response congratulated him minutes after he

thought so. and said that in your desires these instability in a region free of terror. and what about the else prime minister in ron con, he is calling on his supporters now to continue with their approaches. how widely are we to see unrest at a higher level? well, last night, thousands of protesters on where to go to rallies in vegas cities across the country and to protest against the ulster of the iraq hon. the supporters of having a party, flags jumping slogans in favor of the former prime minister. and it saying that my best friend is a, is a traitor. so there is a still political uncertainty in the country and the haunt village and not the one will give them a tough time or hide it with a newly elected government to offer it should leave him on con. is it possible for him to make a political come back in your opinion?

well, he has he and a jazzy sport as with this andy, a madman regarding that are the foreign wants. good. as he has been hacked or gas is government, and he has been hosted by the american people and the american government. he's blaming and he says that there have been sent. it will be boxed on people imagine. and there are instances that they have not my government. so this is of a very serious situation because the people are coming in series and it protesting against the hostess katie w to room. and you are joining us tonight with the ladies from islam abad. a rude thank you. and you and back here in europe in france, emanuel my crone has emerged as the clear front runner after sunday's 1st round of voting in the country's presidential election results published by the interior ministry. give mac wrong just under 28 percent of the vote his far right challenger

martin le pen. she received more than 23 percent. that's a lot. both contenders now go through to the 2nd round of voting on april 24th. 10 other candidates from across the political spectrum have been eliminated. the micron did come out on top in this 1st round, le pen dramatically narrow the president's lead. in the opinion polls, ah, he may have won the 1st round, but for a manual mac crone, this was no time for a victory lap. down, don't be fooled, nothing is decided if we barely a month ago, micron looks like a shoe in. instead, the incumbent president ended up in the fight for his political life, with critics accusing him of focusing on global crises rather than the ones at home at to local but the a to all those who chose to abstain or to vote on the extreme server.

because i want to convince you in the coming day 70, that our project is a much stronger respons thought in and out of the far right lot. and there scare munger. it would iffy you don't. you can count on yama growing anger of a rising inflation created an opening for the populace marine le pen as she softened her image as a far right nationalist and re cost herself as a champion for struggling households. now that have been a duly during this 1st round, the french people have clearly wanted to arbitrate a fundamental choice between 2 opposite visions of the future. either the division, the injustice and the disorder imposed by men or am i call for the benefit of a few or the gathering of the french people around social justice and protection, guaranteed by fraternal framework around the age old idea of nation and people millionaire de, unless you're a defer with micron headed for

a potentially bruising run off. he's hoping to stave off the threat from the right with the help of more mainstream parties but his biggest boost could come from an unlikely. baccha far left lita john luke melon shone, who came in 3rd with over a 5th of the vote. coming down on that we will never lose our trust in democracy. so you must not give a boat to mrs. le pen name. we must not give one boat to mrs. le pen revenge in an election that saw the extremes celebrate and traditional parties flatline. the battle lines for france, the future have been drawn. you're watching the w news. here's a reminder of our main store. ukrainian president vladimir zalinski says that he believes tens of thousands of people have been killed in the russian siege of the

city of mario. and today, germany's foreign minister called for more heavy weapons. it's to be sent to ukraine to help it fight to repel russia's. and i'll be back at the top of the hour with more world news followed by the day we're going to have coverage of that presidential campaign in france to proceed with ah, with

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