[000:00:00;00] ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin. a deadline to fight. russia says ukrainian defenders of mario paul refused to lay down their weapons exchanged for their lives as the cities of har, key in the capital, key of face, new attacks from russia boss. also on the program, pope francis says the world is seeing an easter of war giving his easter address, the leader of the catholic church that ukraine has been dragged into into a cruel and senseless conflict.

ah. and a ukrainian bend aims high with hopes of winning the eurovision song contest it in so doing, highlighting the destruction. russia's war has brought to their country. ah, ah, i'm ami annisa. welcome to the program. the last ukrainian soldiers in the besieged port city of mar, you poll, have shown no indication that they've complied with a russian deadline to surrender said for this morning, remaining troops have been holding out in a steel plant in the city, and russia says it would spare their lives, if they laid down their weapons. russia has also hit the capital key of with missiles and stepped up its shelling of the city of har. keith,

more russian rockets falling on, kind of keith. it's the latest strike to hit the city in a deadly week with many civilians among the dead and injured police. time at least 2 people were killed with over a dozen more wounded. ukrainian officials here the bombardment is just the prelude to a new assault on the strategically important city. just 40 kilometers from the russian border. far to the southeast brushing forces gather for a new offensive on another key target. muddy you poll with the port city has been besieged for weeks. now moscow says it's defenders have been forced back to hear the giant ads of style, industrial district, juggles,

go to diploma the entire urban areas. mariposa has been completely cleared the militants of the nazi formation as all vulnerable unicorn must reason ukrainian troops. i'll spell the remnants of the ukrainian group blocked in the territory of the as of dom metallurgical plant visuals. and the only chance to save their lives is voluntarily lay down their arms and surrender. but a war lawful as we got older is thoughtful, ukrainian, president zalinski, warned that russia risks jeopardizing further peace talks. with michigan nation. she hopes of winning the elimination of our troops, the shipment of our men and mary, a poll, will put a nail to any negotiations manageable, stolid to collapse on a budget for muslim or with matter you pose. last offenders cut off and russian forces posed to strike ukrainians feared the city may well soon. finally fall or correspondent rebecca readers as in key if we asked her if the

window from are you pull to surrender had definitively closed? yeah, that's right. that sir. surrender or di order given by the russians to the ukrainians . they gave the time window of 1300 at local time. that has now passed. they said they would show no mercy to the ukrainian soldiers if they didn't have that warning . now it's really difficult to get real time information out of mary paul. as we know, all communication is largely caught to the city. there are no journalists there. and but the as of battalion, this last stronghold, these be the battalion that her is in that as of steel plan. as you were just reporting there. the last a sort of strong hold of the ukrainians. they have said they will from the very beginning there have been saying that they will not surrender. they're going to fight to the end to very hard to imagine that they're heating that warning that city has been under constant bombardment. now, since the beginning of this war, and though the russians have all but destroyed the city em, you know, it is

a key target for the mere tactically and territorial tori lee. and they are also fighting to the enter remains to be seen whether or not they will succeed, whether that city will fall. but at this stage, it is looking likely. now ukrainian president vladimir zalinski, he warned that the peace talks would end if are the russian troops executed. ukrainian troops though remaining in that city. it looks like they haven't complied with the the, the order to surrender. so what does this mean now for the future of the war? well, president soleski said that if stir russians kill those remaining soldiers in married pole, then the peace talks would die with them. but in, in reality, those peace talks have stalled, have been on hold since the russians retreated from areas just north of care of here and the true atrocities of what happened under russian occupation came to light. so the peace talks have stalled regardless. and one thing that we have heard

is that russian oligarchy, roman abram avila, appears to be in cave, talking to the ukrainian delegation, to try to resuscitate those piece talks, remains to be seen, whether he'll be successful. and of course, the events in mary you pull over the coming hours and days will certainly determine whether or not they're able to get back on track. now russia has also intensified a detox across the country, even in the capital t of where you are. so what is the current situation there? well, this is a city you know, trying to get on with life as normal as possible under the really difficult circumstances with adding or just in front of made on square site of the 2014 protests. it's normally a busy tourist attraction, or it is much quieter today. it's a sunday we are seeing people come out in the streets though, and we are seeing some shops opens non central shops and restaurants. these people are trying to get on with life as best they can. but the mid vitale, clear co, the mayor of cave has warn people not to return to the city. he said they are

preparing for intensified attacks on the capital. and we've seen signs of that already over the weekend. a couple of attacks to yesterday, the day before, both on ammunitions factories are on the outskirts of the city, about 15 kilometers from where i'm standing and this morning in the early hours. another attack was reported in a suburb just east or a sort of an area, if you like, a satellite city, east of keep. it remains to be seen exactly what the target was. russian say it was another munitions factory, but were say hearing that said miss, i was in fact intercepted and it was in fact, a shilling. so difficult to get that concrete information about that. but definitely a city that is once again under attack, that was des rebecca, readers and kia for us. here are some the other developments in the war and ukraine . the russian navy has held a ceremony in the crimean city as a vest opal for the sunk flagship of its black sea fleet. ukraine says the most

cova went down when it hit the vessel when it hit the vessel in a missile strike. russia blames and on board fire and says it's crew evacuated, safely. european commission president ursula found a lion, says brussels will be sanctioning more russian banks. the new measures target, spare, bank rushes biggest, which has so far been spared. the european union is also working on mechanisms to include oil sanctions. it's the question whether they in his easter address sunday, pope francis has urged world leaders to hear the calls for peace. and what he described as an easter of war. pontiff told the 10s of thousands of people gathered at saint peter's square that the world needed love and reconciliation. now more than ever, in reference to several conflicts around the world, he described the fighting in ukraine as quote, cruel and senseless. this was the 1st easter sunday mass with a crowd in 2 years due to the corona virus pandemic. earlier i spoke to dw

religious affairs analyst martin gac for in analysis of the pope's address. well, i mean, i think it has had a very strong diplomatic harm that it has exercise in order to try to bring peace to the for conflict regions. i think it was somewhat unexpected that the pope would be talking or the vatican would be concentrating its efforts in europe. and most of what we heard, it's actually a plea for peace and a plea for essentially, for you know, unity, unity, brotherly, brother, unity across europe, particularly in the face of a possible escalation. and this was actually this loom quite large. and in the speech in which the pope actually were, and if escalation, becoming really form of violence that could potentially not stop and could have enormously devastating effects for human kind. he said, now does the pope's opinion on this war matter to russia,

or is he just preaching to the choir, as you could say look, i mean it's, it's extremely difficult to say, how is it that moscow is receiving? what have been increasingly critical, you know, but essentially messages from, from the vatican development has been quite clear last 3 weeks. although at the beginning it actually did take a much lower approach to condemning moscow precisely because they have a very strong diplomatic approach to conflict. and they have a very broad, sort of a very broad muscle are very large, but diplomatic muscle know the vatican has become much clear as to the criticism. it's not really clear that, that you know, the criminal incurs at all. what is that? that is said in rome, but it is quite clear that the criminal understands how broad the base of the vatican enough. the catholic church is, including that only inside the ukraine inside ukraine, but also inside russia. i want to talk about the pope's health as well, because on saturday he attended the easter vigil mass,

but he didn't lead it. and some think that's because of leg pain. what, what do you know about this? this is mostly a speculation, but this is precisely the, the rumor that is circulating that you know, he has, he's ne problem has prevented him from leading saturday evening work. he had to be mostly stunning for about 3 hours today. he started actually the old we said thought abuse, which he did lead to the mass this morning. he started standing the, the speech therapist, but actually half way through. he sat down. so, you know, i mean, this does not seem to be a major health concern, but it does seem to be beating his movement and some of his offices that was d, doug d w's religious affairs analyst, martin gac talking to me earlier today. and here's a round up of some of the other stories making headlines around the world. north korea says it's successfully tested, a new tactical guided weapon aimed at boosting the country's nuclear capabilities.

the announcement didn't specify when or where the test took place, but said leader kim jong and took part in it. after his military says it detected to projectiles, launched from the north on saturday. the death toll, the philippines, from tropical storm meggy has risen to 172 according to the national disaster agency. search and rescue operations continue after the 1st tropical storm of the year hit the archipelago one week ago, causing landslides and floods. me and mars military giantess said it will pardon more than $1600.00 prisoners from jails across the country to mark the buddhist new year. on sunday morning, a crowd gathered outside young guns prison to hoping to be reunited with loved ones as they were released. now local reports indicate that so far, no political protesters have been freed. ukrainian band has received permission to leave the country so they can take part in the eurovision

song contest next month. the musicians hope the high profile event will help them draw attention to the devastating war back home. ah, for ukrainian band collusion, orchestra. it's a very special concert. the musicians have taken to the stage for the 1st time since war broke out in tel aviv they play the song with which they hoped to win the upcoming eurovision song contest. ah, ah, ah. but for the band members, this is about more than just euro vision. they want to use the concert to raise funds for ukrainian refugees upon the market for young getting somebody got it done tomorrow while traveling in israel, the musicians worry about what's happening back home during a stroll through jerusalem's own city, they spread the news about the situation they're rather shamelessly,

i'm happy to be able to help ukrainians for years. these activities are another chance for us to be a mouthpiece. yeah. to remind people everywhere about the situation that that's really important these days are you know, upsize. let us do, jack. glad. unable to remember, the musicians had to get special permission to travel to israel in the 1st place. all males of fighting age are barred from leaving ukraine, but there are exceptions. now the troop has been allowed to travel into representatives of their country. expectations of them are high and the war has made preparing for your ovation. even harder. which i know my though she, charlie will live in different towns throughout ukraine. shaw and we didn't have a chance to rehearse in person, but it isn't that a thought a whole crate. instead we practice on line lol is on line. i'll as out of glom now the with finally together, but the rehearsal, the time it was sure are your vision performance loser? ball will run smoothly. interval blue. i knock and i lay not supposed to. ah, stephanie

a is the name of the song that collusion orchestra will perform at the eurovision song contest. they had originally dedicated it to their mothers, but now they say they want to become an anthem for ukraine, according to book makers, they're the favorites to win. ah, this is dw news up next sports life they with with oh, i think is everything challenging. first are big. i'm listening so much different