ah ah ah, this is dw news life from berlin, more russian atrocities come to light outside. keith, ukrainian authority say they've recovered over 900 bodies following the withdrawal of occupying forces. most victims were civilians, shot dead by russian troops. also coming up german chancellor, olaf sholtes answers criticisms of dithering over a to ukraine. he promises a $1000000000.00 that keith can use to buy weapons. ah,

i pablo phone las welcome to the program. the scale of russian atrocities and liberated areas around the ukrainian capital, keith is coming to light authority, say they've recovered the bodies of more than $900.00 civilians following the withdrawal of russian forces. please say most victims were shot dead. more bodies are being found to every day under rubble and in mass graves. these men should be preparing for the jewish holiday of passover, but instead of celebrating freedom from slavery their morning one of their own. the rabbi overseeing this funeral on friday said russian forces gun, the man down in boucher, a suburb of ukraine's capital keith. they killed him. the kill the shuttle him. no, let him. at least 900 civilian bodies had been recovered from the cave region. according to police there. more than a 3rd had been found in boucher,

the scene of some of the wars worst brutality. investigators are looking into possible war crimes. alexander memory of lost his entire family along with much of his leg when russian troops and boucher shelled the car they were driving the new plan. they fired at an ordinary car that they weren't interested in where we were going and why the shelling just started. they didn't care what and god is their judge. yeah, he will punish them for this. over night, russian forces killed at least 2 more civilians and attacks across the country, according to ukrainian officials. that follows a strike on a factory near keith, which may have produced the missiles that both ukrainian and u. s. defense officials say were responsible for sinking rushes musk for warship on thursday. russia says it will keep up its attacks in the key area. as it warns

against western arms shipments, but fighting is mostly moving east. ukraine's president vladimir zalinski said his troops were trying to break the siege of maria pole where thousands of civilians have likely died from weeks of russian bombardment. more humanitarian corridors had been announced to try to get people out of maria, pole, and other areas under heavy shelling. 52 days since rushes invasion. zalinski gave cnn ukraine's casualty list. 3000 soldiers killed. another 10000 wounded. he put russian troop fatalities at 20000. the numbers are impossible to confirm, but scenes of death around ukraine look only to multiply as this unpredictable conflict presses on. while we are now joined by dw correspondent young philip shells, whose in las eve, i am full of good to see you. now there have been reports of recent strikes

targeting the levine area. could you tell us about the situation there? yes indeed, there have been a new air strikes on leave. even the past 24 hours and we had to go to shelter several times. but to my knowledge the, the air defense has been successful and no major damage was caused here. really no comparison to what is happening in other parts of the country. most ukrainian say it's some kind of retaliation for the thinking of the russian flexor for moscow. the thinking really, it can't be either the significance of this highly symbolic thinking really can't be over estimated. and russians are very angry about it, obviously. and this is one of the reasons most ukrainian say that they have intensified attacks. yeah, and philippa, you mentioned that there, but russia has intensified attacks across other parts of the country as well. what

and where are the recent targets most major ukrainian cities have been targeted sir. they have been you asked writes on a key f, as we heard. and also artillery is dry x on the part 60 of me call i f and also on the eastern city of car to keep many civilians died. many more were injured. and of course preparations are ongoing for a major attack in the don bass region. there are many reports of ongoing metals there, and most observers predict that the major attack will happen within the next 2 or 3 days. now rushes black sea feet continues to blockade. the besieged port, city of my you pull, you crane, say street fighting continues there. what more do we now yes, that's also what i hear. the russians have apparently made some advances,

but they still haven't been able to take over mary or pull a completely. there is, are still battles going on, or unconfirmed reports that some ukrainian soldiers have surrendered bud sir, others, especially the famous i saw for a regiment to this voluntary group. they keep fighting around to steal factory in the city. the good news is that sir, hundreds of residents have been able to, to flee the city to day. and sir, but another very worrisome development is that you, crenan officials claim that russians have attacked aid workers again in the city. we'll leave it there and you know, view correspondent yan philip shall say in levine. thank you. thank you.

here are some other development surrounding the war in ukraine. the russian government is barring the british prime minister bars johnson and several other u. k. officials from russia. the foreign ministry says it will be adding more names to the band list. the block is in retaliation for british sanctions over the war. russia has also added 9 more prominent kremlin critics to it's tally of foreign agents. these now include documentary filmmaker duty to it political scientist, a kathrina, schulman, and journalist roman double cove bus. moscow is stepping up a crackdown on descent. russia has told the united states to stop supplying weapons to ukraine in a diplomatic note. delivered this week. moscow warned washington and its nato allies. they could face quote, unpredictable consequences if they continue to arm ukraine. while germany is sending ukraine a $1000000000.00 to buy weapons, the funds are part of

a substantial increase in german defense spending. the government has been widely criticized for failing to deliver heavy weaponry to help ukraine even in his own governing coalition. chancellor, all of sholtes has been accused of dithering over supplying heavy weapons to ukraine. but just before the east break, schultz came out in favor of paying more than a 1000000000 euros to ukraine, directly under the rather bureaucratic sounding heading of strengthening funds that are called over in a coalition. that is so split a phrase like that makes it easier to argue the case. it's not the german government exporting weapons to a war zone, which is of course, a controversial issue. it's money to strengthen a friendly nation and who could argue against strengthening a friendly country on in co operation with the u. s. and other partners, ukraine would then be able to decide for itself what arms to spend the german money on. although under the proposed plan,

it would have to get the decision rubber stamped by germany's economy minister, robert harvick, for the opposition. the plan doesn't go far enough as yet, so it's good that these funds are being freed up for ukraine to spend how it wants . but we should also be supplying heavy weapons so it doesn't look like we're buying ourselves out of the situations. why? even some in sholtes, his own government have called for more to come in to see to rest assured we will keep the pressure on because germany is simply not doing enough in the face of this war of annihilation against ukraine. the german parliament budget committee still has to approve the financial aid to ukraine, but it's all but certain to pass. or joining me now is gustavo brassel. he's a russia specialist with the european council on foreign relations. welcome to d. w. cost of the german government doesn't want to send heavy weapons to ukraine, but instead it's offering 1000000000 euros. why has germany made this decision? well, as it was already said, in any direction,

those are within the collision. there's a bit of fight or want to do in the situation. there's a camera, i would call them a conditional pacifists, especially within the a city. oh, who half will pose are sending how we reference and sending more weapons. you train directly on there. of course the are the green party in particular, but also part of the year free democrats who are wanting to accelerate exactly that . and so basically that's the compromised new weapons direct. the bunch of money says, goes up. russia has warned washington and it's nato allies, that they could face quote, unpredictable consequences if they continue to arm ukraine. what could that mean? well, it's usually the language that points towards a nuclear war, but that is certainly a bluster. moscow itself has supported reform groups,

including those who point us in the tale bound to be remembered about also father iran hosta in syria. and they delivered a lot to barring middle eastern parties, vietnam, north korea, whatever. se, sending alms is neither eagle, something unusual, and united states already made it clear that they will continue to pursue this part . however, especially in europe, of course, doesn't lose public opinion. looking at russia, a lot of people just don't know the details behind what is allowed in on conflict, but i'm for them such wording of course means no city and they start back down to stop question 8, which is exactly what these kind of knows. trying to achieve that took him to russian military they've, they've taken significant losses in this war. so far, several generals have been killed. the mosque of a missile. a cruiser has sunk. what's morale like in the russian forces?

well, answer very hard question. to generalize. there are some units who are arguably in very bad moral. um, i say you might have found their only role and she is in ukraine fighting in this a so called a special military operation. but you know, they're all, and she is under wall and she is in russia. some have been more or less forced to do, sir. and to sign off, and then old enormously motivated to continue to fight. on the other hand, the force you have to eat forces paratroopers or a naval infantry who find and who do not show kind of this kind of weakness bought a for the ordinary troops, are the motivation is not all too high. also a lot of them, especially the 1st wave that been sent to you, train away the expectation that they will be treated as liberators on the half and greeted with gunshots. and that has, apart from moral issues,

it basically has made them lose trust in their commanding officers and in the top military act alarms that they can truly assess and dis situation and give the right orders at the right time. because barry, obviously there happened and that has caused or to sort of that makes them cautious engaging in battle. coast of wrestle with the european council on foreign relations . thank you for joining us on. did okay. you're welcome. here's a round up of some other news making headlines around the world. south african rescue teams are searching for survivors of floods in durban and the surrounding region. the death toll of nearly 400 people is still rising. the government has declared a state of emergency and pledged $68000000.00 in really fight relatives of people missing in landslides, in the philippines of urged authorities not to call off the search. despite

concerns over the safety of rescuers, more than a 150 people have been killed in the eastern late province. heavy rains from tropical storm maggie trevor triggered the lance lights. a rescue ship carrying more than 200 migrants has arrived on the italian island of sicily. the german 8 organizations see watch rescued, the travellers in a series of operations in the mediterranean sea. hundreds of climate change activists have forced the closure of the square in central paris extinction. rebellion protesters criticized the environmental programs put forward by both candidates in the 2nd round of frances presidential election. the vote is on april 24th. you're watching dw news. here's a reminder of our main stories. ukrainian authorities have recovered the bodies of more than 900 civilians following the withdrawal of russian troops from around the capital. keith, the total is twice as many as 1st estimated here up to date

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