ah ah ah, this is dw news coming to live from berlin. mario paul's last holdout, russian president putin claims the city is under moscow's control, but ukraine says its troops continue to resist the invaders. satellite images appear to show mass graves near mario bowl. ukraine accuses russia varying up to 9000 civilians. they're also coming up, i think the war, the air waves, how ukrainian hackers are intercepting the russian radio traffic and what they are

learning about the invaders tactics was trying to extend. shanghai is locked down indefinitely. authorities war and 25000000 residents. they won't be allowed out of their homes until coven 19 has been completely eradicated from the city. however long that takes ah ell, i'm terry martin. thanks for joining us. ukrainian president below them is the lensky says, fighters in the besieged port city of maria poll will continue to resist. despite moscow's claims that it's completely under russian control. russia's defense ministry today said it was ready for humanitarian ceasefire at r. e o pulse as a stall, steel plant. if he had soldiers surrender, some 2000 ukrainian soldiers and $1000.00 civilians are believed to still be

holding out at the steel works is look at that vast industrial complex that has 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 paul has witnessed nearly 2 months of heavy fighting with much of the strategic port in 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 human lives. there is no need to climb into these catacombs and crawl underground through these industrial facilities block off this industrial area so that not even a fly can get through moving next or in washington. u. s. president joe biden dismissed him,

claim that will not happen as questionable whether he does control. mary. one thing for sure. we know about variable. he should allow you managerial corners to let people on that steel mill and other places are buried under rumble to get out. ukrainian authorities have also as moscow to open humanitarian curry doors to allow those sheltering and the heavily bombarded as well. so a lot to flee. these pictures were filmed by the far right and 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, mia has accused rushin forces of hiding the true death toll by burying bodies of

mary po, residence in a neighboring town. u. s. satellite company, macs are 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 altar docs east. the festival this weekend failed the salarous year. 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 peace, miss bri. i am. when i do let you know a little bit from the as of style steel plant hopes for peace 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. she w, correspond,

rebecca ritters is just outside of kia. we asked her if there are any areas in maria poll besides the steel plant, which russia, russia does not control. it's not looking so terry, it does appear that russia has full control of mary poll. 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 lensky 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 paul bots. it is 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 mary a full yes. shocking stories coming out of mary paul, the mayor sang at least $20000.00 dead. they're 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 cemetery outside of the town was 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 burying bodies there. so it is potentially a likely story. tell us about some of the other flash points 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 its 4th day we're seeing an uptake of bombardments, particularly in the hard key region. don bass and to the south along the coastline . their cities like make a lie of being heavily bombarded as well. we are hearing that russia has claimed around 40 villages in the east bed. 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 they've been gains and losses on both sides. bought the battle for don best definitely in full swing now. rebecca,

thank you very much. that was the w as rebecca ritter's on location just outside you. the united nations migration agency says the number of people displaced within ukraine has risen again reaching 7700000 aid groups are trying to help those who flared their homes as well as those still stuck in cities under bombardment. police 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 ha keep survived by collecting rain water and cooking on fires, fueled by debris. one last thing we don't have electricity, water, any communication at all, including gas in the garza. bear with us for the you can't really cook here because the wouldn't be of earth gold soon. it's hard to get it. if a garage is hit,

you go and pickup panels. where else can we get it from a tree? a said we'll pull it and cut it. there is no other option. with bombs still flying above many are now living below in hockey, 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 walker. it's bad that they're 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 and cramped shelters like this one. in ne pro, remembering the comforts they used to have such cuddle known as will i had a small piece of land value. we planted everything there, tomatoes, cucumbers, and greenery, or brittany. there was a flower bed in front of our house. the valenzuela peggy 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 . the un humanitarian coordinator in ukraine, aust nutler brawny has been trying to get into maria poll. here's what she says

about. the situation in that city, my you fall is, is, is a, is an unfolding tract tragedy. and i think that we have continuously been trying to get in there. i was actually accompanying a convoy that we were ready to go in, but unfortunately it, it hasn't worked out yet, but we are continuously trying to ask for those pauses so that we may be able to go in. so we were not giving up. we're not giving up, not on my, you po, not on her son. we keep trying every day. 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 the town of butch, on 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 area present below them is the lensky of ukraine, says russia wants to hold an illegitimate referendum on independence. in the south

of the country, he told residence in the occupied regions of cason and supper. each are not to give their personal information to russian forces. the vote is seen as an attempt by moscow to legitimize it's occupation for the leaders of britain in india have called for an immediate cease fire in ukraine. prime minister is boris johnson. and the ringer modi made the appeal after talks in delhi, the 2 leaders signed a new defense agreement to reduce india's reliance on russian weapons. joined foreign minister, emily at about bach is in vilnius says she wraps up 3 day trip to the 3 baltic states. russia's invasion of ukraine has dominated the agenda during her trip. speaking alongside her luther way lithuanian counterparts, burbock stressed germany support for the nato alliance and were strengthening regional security in the face of the growing threat from russia when she also laid

down the prospect of a quick cease fire. much less an end to the war in europe and russia, staged on to him, he had met, cannot be a cease fire at any price on the top seat. and we cannot accept the dictated piece . i line the only the ukrainians and the ukrainians alone get to decide the future did not. and any illusions about that as pitcher in his difficulties, it may be to accept that the having tried your 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 part, was land yet. i'm annoying course. so game today about when we must now protect ourselves from russia, was slant german foreign minister there saying europe needs to protect itself from russia. but how i asked w, a political correspondent, husband to bear box tour of the baltic states providing an answer. 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. so that has been for the last 5 years or so, the so called trip. why are a policy that have stations smaller units of nato troops there and of russia should attack those units? and that would trip the response from the nato countries against russia. and the baltic says, have said that is not enough that this is not enough protection for them. in the light of haul, russia has operated in ukraine and the german foreign minister has now said that she supports the are caused by the baltic states to increase the military pressure . the presence of nato countries. nato troops in their states, germany itself has stationed quite a large number of troops in lithuania and is prepared to increase. those mailbox

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 as 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 arsenals because it says, it just simply does not have them available. what's going to happen is that as lavinia, as a 1st country will deliver heavy weapons, will deliver tanks to ukraine. and those gaps that are, that then exist in slovenia will be filled by supplies from germany within a few weeks or months. so this kind of chain reaction as it were, has been agreed on. in addition, germany is offering to not only money, but also maintenance and training for some of the systems that are going to be

supplied. and some of that training is likely to happen in the through and your and other baltic sets on. thank you very much. our political correspondent hunts blunt tanks and artillery are not the only weapons that ukraine is using to fight the russian invasion. there's also a war being fought over the airwaves. ukrainian computer specialists and radio operators have managed to jam russian communications or intercept them. and in the process they've been able to reveal some shocking details about the wars route, talent he this man known as viking, is one of ukraine's most experienced amateur radio operators. he's also a member of radio resistance, a group that interferes with the russian military's radio transmissions. they're fighting in the war of radio waves of g loan and em all obamacare radios actually forbidden and war time. but our intelligence services quickly realized that radio resistance can help in this war liking shows us how members of the group searched

through long and short waves for the conversation channels that russian soldiers used to communicate, decoding, intercepting, and jamming them is the goal. yeah, i mean he is an example, a driver of a russian army personnel carrier since he's coordinates, according to ukraine security services. this conversation took place between a russian soldier and his wife. he asked her permission to rape ukrainian warrant another. do you allow me to? yeah, the question, yes, i allow it. she says, according to this protection on a bullet gene call that we haven't even identified the 2 of them. polish little boards that we know their names are, their social media profiles and for march the us to so we know everything about that and you can leverage cuz even the date they moved to crimea from russia. let's see which timothy shameka ukrainians like viking of fighting tooth and nail to

defend their country. his comrade, known by his code named raymond, has risen to coat status. he takes radio jamming a step further speaking directly to russian soldiers, often insulting them. ah, this is on fire, land side were under fire radios, this russian soldier, rex jams to call stopping reinforcements from coming. and then since this i didn't, so now you see ukrainian intelligence work is serious business. he said, love and respect her enemy. i got at the end of the battle and then there's a radio resistance interfere with the signal so that the trident of the ukrainian flag appears on the screen. this is what the war of radio waves looks like.

sketch up on some other stories making headlines around the world today is really police and palestinian demonstrators of again clashed at the alex and mosque in jerusalem. lea storm to compound after use through stones of them. the side is wholly to both jews and muslims. tension is high after deadly attacks in israel and is really rates in the occupied westbank portuguese prosecutors say a man in germany is now an official suspect in the disappearance of british toddler madeline mccann. prosecutors did not name the man publicly, but he has not. and he has not been officially charged. the 3 year old girl went missing in portugal in 2007 triggering an international manhunt. french prosecutors have issued an international arrest warrant for carlos boone, who formerly ren renault and nissan. going is accused of funnelling millions of dollars of renault funds, through a car distributor. in a month for his personal years, including for the purchase of $120.00,

put your chinese authorities in shanghai say residence. we'll have to stay in their homes until coven 19 has been completely eradicated from the city. as many as 25000000 people have been confined to their home since the beginning of april, to contain a spike and current of virus infections. the strict measures are part of china's 0 covered strategy, which is being met with growing anger and frustration. the economy is also feeling the strain. the lockdown has caused chaos. shanghai is port which is disrupting global supply chains and pushing up prices. for more on that were joined here in our studio, i. d, w, correspond clifford clifford chinese lockdown measures in dealing with cobit are severe. what sort of economic consequences will always have? well, it's going to a very severe economic consequences. i mean, it's truly

a remarkable lockdown. a quarter of the population of china is under some form of lockdown. and it's even more remarkable when you think that there's the 134000 cova debts in germany. and china has had 4600, and yet they've completely shut down the whole economy in shanghai, in particular, and other major cities in china. so it's hitting real estate sitting exports. it's hitting retail and it's causing major problems for supply chain. we have shanghaied, you know, the busiest port in the world and what they've done in a lot of chinese factories, for example, that they've created bubbles because the workers all live in dormitories on site. so sometimes the production has been fine, but you can't get your products out because the truck drivers are in there in florentine, you know, so there's all these sort of things. and also in china, for example, you use a chop to add to a stamp government stamp to get business done. but all the government offices are closed. so really the economy is kind of seizing up and, and the economy grew faster than we were expecting. the 1st 3 months,

but already this month, as signs of that it could be dropping quite severely. most other countries in the world have accepted that they are going to have to learn to live with the corona virus, that the virus isn't just going to go away. why is pop wise china sticking to it's 0 coven policy? but i think there's a couple of reasons. i mean, one of the reasons is that the public health services is still underdeveloped. and there is a genuine worry that if there is a mass infections that the hospitals won't be able to cope, and there won't be enough beds that there won't be enough icey use and attic to look after people. but there's also big political backdrop to this. i mean, this is the year where she's been paying go for an unprecedented 30 in the autumn. and he needs to make sure that he's, he's put a lot of political capital into this saying that we're going to get rid of of coverage. and so he now has to back that up and, and there's a problem as well with the vaccinations in china that, that, that the chinese vaccines don't work. so he has to, really,

as they don't work as well anyway as, as western vaccines. and so they're, what they're doing is they're sticking their, he has to stick to his guns. and in this one i'm, there's also a geopolitical aspect where i am, china has sort of been touting his success in combat and covered so far with the 0 coven policy. as a way of highlighting the fact that, you know, in the u. s, for example, things weren't handled as well, you know, to 1000000 deaths. you know, so there's a big geopolitical aspect to it as well. so he really needs to kind of stick to this 0 coven policy of fed, just for the political capital save face to china. it's even created a museum, a celebrating it's victory over covered which? well, i think that's still a little ways all good. we're thank you so much. good for conan from our business unit. french president manuel mccall and his all right challenger, marine la penn, are making a final push for boats before sundays. presidential ronald whole show of the race is much tighter than 5 years ago when french voters faced the same choice. though

my call is expected to win, millions of voters are still undecided and the candidates are taking nothing for grant. his campaign slogan might be all of us, but it's not clear enough. a france will be with emanuel micron at the ballot box on sunday la hose, both the incumbent president, he and his far right opposition. marine la pen fair had been making a final push for votes entering the t v stations on friday morning, them but they're not speaking to their cold demographic. instead vying for votes from supporters of far left candidate shall new mellon, shaun who went 20 percent in the 1st round on the streets of paris. neither le, pen nor micron are popular with this key group of voters that we haven't had a choice in 2nd rounds ages. i'll get the least worse choice. i went voting for the

right or the extreme right? so it's become a campaign of style over substance micron attempting to shake off a reputation of arrogance and connect with worked and clusmo says le pen trying to betray herself as a serious states woman in a tv debate earlier this week, i mean, micron attacked le pen stance on russia. huh. she refused to the accusation. instead, trying to focus on the cost of living. oh, that's good for dip on did you depend on russian power? you depend on mister putin as a few months after saying that, madame le pen, that you took out a loan from a russian bank in 2015 for the 1st check russian bank. that self tick wish and bank objected that got more. shall i read on all the sanctions that was taken against the oligarchs against the bang? us less said the only sanction that i disagree with is the one blocking russian gas

is a coil in port zuka. why? because i think that's not the right method. this is not what we'll actually hurt russia mix and above all, it will hurt the french people along which she micron is expected to keep the keys to the elisa palace. even though it was a tough fight, the many expected lumber boats with millions undecided and unhappy with both candidates. there is no clear wind in sundays deciding round of micron. bess's le pen you are watching dw news, just remind her of our top story. we're following for you this hour, ukrainian president, but all the meals lensky says fighters and the besieged port city of murray of holt will continue to resist despite moscow's claims that is completely under russian control. moscow says it will provide humanitarian cease fire at variables of stall steel plants if key of soldiers surrender. you're watching the w

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