on d w a. ah, this is the w news coming to you live from berlin brushes. president claims the city of mario paul is under moscow's control. but ukraine says its troops continue to resist the invaders. new satellite images appear to show mass graves near the city. crane accuses russia varying up to 9000 civilians. also coming up the u. n warns almost 8000000 people have been displaced within ukraine. weeks of shelling in cities like hockey have forced many to leave their homes and seek shelter under ground. hello,

i'm terry martin. thanks for joining us. us present, joe biden says the ukrainian port city of maria poll has not fallen. he says there is no evidence to support president putin claimed that city is now under russian control. meanwhile, new satellite images appear to show mass graves near murray of poll, ukrainian officials of accused russia burying up to 9000 civilians there in an effort to conceal the slaughter taking place in the city. in maria, pull some, 2000 ukrainian soldiers, and 1000 civilians are believed to still be holding out at the asset stall, steel plant. here's a look at the vast industrial complex that is become a symbol of ukrainian resistance. the huge is of style steel plant, seen here and footage from russian state television. ukrainian forces are holding out inside. mario pull has witnessed nearly 2 months of heavy fighting with much of

the strategic port and ruins. president putin has claimed a victory in the city. and told his defense minister to seal off this last stronghold, bigler groom my considered the proposed storming of the industrial area, pointless by order to aborted emotionally. there is no need to climb into these catacombs and crawl under ground through these industrial facilities block off this industrial area is obligatory too, so that not even a fly can get through more, you will never shut in washington. u. s. president joe biden dismissed putin's claims that will not happen. it's questionable whether he does control murray. one thing for sure we know about murder. he should allow your monitoring corners to let people on that steel mill and other places are buried under rubble to get out. ukrainian authorities have also edged moscow to open humanitarian curry doors to

allow those sheltering and the heavily bombarded as of so plant to flee. these pictures were filmed by the far right nationalist, ukrainian group. as of battalion defending the plant, the footage shows some of the hundreds of civilians said to be sheltering in the bunkers below the steel works. but previous efforts to organize evacuations from mario pole have had little success. some $100000.00 residents are thought to be still living among the ruins. but the dead may lie elsewhere. mary poles, mayor, has accused russian forces of hiding the true death toll by burying bodies of mary po, residence in a neighboring town. us satellite company, mac saw released photos which it says show new mass graves in man hush. west of merrier poll attempts to break her cease fire ahead of the orthodox easter festival

. this weekend failed. majority of the unfortunately, russia rejected a proposal to establish an easter ceasefire daughter. this demonstrates very well how the leaders of that state actually feed about the faithful, about one of the most joyful and important religious holidays. but we maintain hope, hope place miss bri. i am when i do let you know a little bit from the as off style steel plant, hopes that piece seemed far away. the blockaded ukrainian fight to say they do not plan to surrender and best growing concerned that those traps inside could stove. it's got an update now from our correspond rebecca richards, who saw it on location just outside gear. rebecca, we know that some ukranian troops are still holding out. is that still works in mario poll, but are there any other parts of the city that are still contested? that russia does not control it's not looking so

terry, it does appear that russia has full control of mary po. apart from that as of steel plot, as we've been saying for several days now, there are still around 2000 soldiers thought to be underneath in a vast network of tunnels and as well as round about a 1000 civilians hiding underneath there. as we know, russia has claimed victory over mary, who paul, that is contested by president zalinski and the ukrainian side, backed up by u. s. president joe biden. as you just heard there, they saying that it's still too early to say rush is completely captured, mary. you poll bots, ease looking that they will succeed in taking that as of stew upon at some stage with those ukranian troops outnumbered at least $10.00 to $1.00. but you know, 8 is war neither side wanting to concede defeat until they absolutely have to. what more can you tell us rebecca, about those reports of mass graves near merrier. oh yeah.

shocking stories coming out of mary paul the mer saying at least $20000.00 dead there. that numbers potentially a lot higher than that. he's also said that russians are going around and picking up the dead bodies and throwing them into these mass graves. that he says a near a cemetery outside of the town with very difficult to verify this information. but as that report suggested, we've seen maxwell satellite images that do suggest those graves exist. and we've also seen similar scenes on the outskirts of keys around not too far from where i am, where the russians were occupied to show that they were also a digging mass graves and bearing bodies there. so it is potentially a likely story talks about some of the other flashpoints in this war right now, rebecca, because i understand the 2 sides are now concentrating their forces elsewhere along that very long line in the south and east. that's right. we've been expecting

that for some weeks now now that battle of dawn bass, sir, as it's being dubbed he has, is entering it's 4th day. we're seeing an uptake of bombardments, particularly in the hard keep region. don bass and to the south along the coastline . their cities like mich alive, being heavily bombarded as well. we are hearing that russia has claimed around 40 villages in the east. but president zalinski says that's going to be a temporary taking, and that, that, that russians should prepare to be ejected out of the country and you to be prepared for a, for a ukrainian when we are seeing that the ukraine is a managing to hold back. russia to advancing, you know, particularly quickly if big gains and losses on both sides bought the battle for don. best definitely in full swing now. so back to thank you very much. that was d w as rebecca ritter's on location just outside g. the nominations migration agency says the number of people displaced within ukraine has

risen again, reaching 7700000 aid groups are trying to help those who fled their homes, as well as those still stuck in cities under bombardment. people face a daily struggle in places like ukraine's 2nd largest city hockey. it's been the target of indiscriminate shelling for weeks. their homes are unlivable, after weeks of bombardment. now the people of hock eve survived by collecting rain water and cooking on fires, fueled by debris or last year, we don't have electricity, water, any communication at all, including gas in you, the garza, her breather from us. you can't really cook here because the would not be worth gold soon. it's hard to get it. if a garage is hit, you go and pick a panels. where else can we get it from a tree as head? we'll pull it and cut it. there is no other option with bombs still flying above many are now living below in hockey's metro stations. some have been camped here

for weeks once and we brought several blankets. mothers came here and now live next to the ticket machines. now i believe that must the best decision mission. they paced the platforms to stay active. doctors tried to help the many elderly with medical conditions, parents distract their children from the realities of war. for many finding food has become a daily challenge. these hockey residency, gather what vegetables and can goods they can find to cook bosch sharing what little they have in crime. i talked neither frontline, public transport still operates, but medicine is running out. walk on your, it's bad that there are no drugs in the pharmacies and that only a few pharmacies are still open to publish it. more pharmacies were open, it will be better. millions of ukrainians have fled to cities further west living

in cramped shelters. like this one in ne pro, remembering the comforts they used to have such good own as will, i had a small piece of land value. we planted everything there, tomatoes, cucumber, and greenery, or brittany. there was a flower bed in front of our house. the valenzuela signee now many rely only on donations aid groups worn. the humanitarian situation is worsening as the tide of internally displaced ukrainians grows. for every person they help, more are waiting is a look at a couple of other developments related to the war in ukraine. investigators from the united nations have documented the killing of nearly 50 civilians in town of gucho and near kia. they say russian troops executed some of the victims. ukrainian forces discovered mass graves in boucher following the withdrawal of russian units from the era. the leaders of britain in india have called for an immediate cease

fire in ukraine prime ministers, boris johnson, and a render. a modi made the appeal during talks and deli, the 2 leaders also signed trade and defense agreements to reduce india's reliance on russian fossil fuels and weapon join foreign minister. molina burbock is in vilnius as she wraps up a 3 day trip to the 3 baltic states. rushes invasion of ukraine has dominated the agenda during her trip. speaking alongside her lithuanian counterpart, burbock stressed germany support for the nato alliance and for strengthening regional security in the face of the growing threat from russia. she also played down the prospect of a quick ceasefire, much less an end to the war in ukraine. and russian station and home he had met cannot be a cease fire at any price. and dick touchscreen, we cannot accept the dictated piece. i line you early the ukrainians and the ukrainians alone get to decide their future if we should not be. and any illusions

about that as bitter and as difficult as it may be to accept nothing. having tried our time and again to reach a common security policy in europe with russia is our partner partner putins. russia has forced us to take a new parking or slant yet i'm annoying course. so game today about when we must now protect ourselves from russia, was slant spring in our political correspond, honey blonde here, hans, the german 4 minister there saying europe needs to protect itself from russia. did she offer any details on how europe should do that? while she's been saying in these baltic states that she's visited for the last 3 days, that every inch, every last corner of the nato territory would be defended against russia. in the case of an attack from russia. and the last corner she was talking about was the baltic states in those states that has been for the last 5 years or so. the so

called trip, why policy that have stations smaller units of nato troops then russia should attack those units. and that would trip the response from the natural countries against russia and the baltic states have said that is not enough that this is not enough protection for them in the light of how russia has operated in ukraine. and the german foreign minister has now said that she supports the colon by the baltic states to increase the military present presence of nato countries. nato troops in the states, germany itself has stationed quite a large number of troops into, through and prepared to increase. those block has been touring. those 3 baltic states over the past few days. all those states have called on germany to do more for ukraine, including delivering weapons. has there been any movement by the german government on that front, hans? yes, there's been some confusion, especially in terms of communication from various members of the german government

about this in the last few days at no, i think some clarity has emerged. germany is not going to deliver heavy weapons out of its own, also known because it says it just simply does not have them available. what's going to happen is that as slovenia, as the 1st country will deliver heavy weapons, will deliver tanks to ukraine. and those gaps that are, that then exist in slovenia will be fooled by supplies from germany within a few weeks a month. so this kind of chain reaction as it were, has been agreed on. in addition, germany is offering to tears, not only money, but also maintenance and training for some of the systems that are going to be supplied. and some of the training is likely to happen in lithuania and other baltic sets on. thank you very much, our political correspondent hunts, but you are watching d. w. news. just reminder, the top story we're following for you this our, you as president joe biden has rejected russian president vladimir putin claim of

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