starts may 28. 0 d w ah ah ah, this is d w. news live from berlin. ukraine says it is doing everything possible to evacuate fighters still trapped, and the steel plant in mario pool. and concerns grow over the well failed. the ukrainian soldiers who have already surrendered off to some russian lawmakers say they should be tried and even executed. also coming up, the u. s. president pays his respects to the victims of a racist math mart,

prevail in white supremacy, will not have the last word. joe biden is in buffalo, new york to meet the families of the 10 people shot dead by a white supremacist on saturday. ah no, man, you keep his mckinnon. thanks so much for joining us. uncertainty is growing over the fate of more than 260 ukranian soldiers who surrendered to russian forces in mario pull, keep hopes to exchange them for russians captured by ukraine. but some lawmakers in moscow have spoken out against a prisoner swap, calling for them to be put on trial instead. meanwhile, ukraine says high level talks are underway to evacuate. an undisclosed number of fighters still stuck in the steel mill,

millennial like little and the russian defense ministry says these pictures show mario poll fighter is undergoing inspection before being evacuated. a large convoy of surrendered ukrainian soldiers was escorted from the as off still works by pro russian armed forces. dozens of troops are wounded and have been taken to a hospital in the russian controlled timing of nova his offs in the far east. some 200 other as were transferred north to all any fca in russian backed separatist territory. several 100 ukrainian soldiers could still be inside the as off steel plant keeps as it wants to get them i to live, but that negotiations remain delicate. many ukrainians are skeptical about russia's pledge to treat ukrainian soldiers in line with international norms. during whom nothing good will come of it. we don't know how they will be treated. well, actually we do know what we've already seen in boucher,

a pin on the other towns. issues. though most of mario paul now lies in ruins. the ukranian soldiers defending the city managed to fight against russian forces for much longer than expected. what's use the court suits for so just all these guys basically changed the course of the war and gave ukraine the possibility to prove on the battlefield, that we have a strong learning muscle. ukraine says that their mission at the mario post steel plant is complete. and that its defender is fully accomplished, what they set out to do. nevertheless, the city's loss, an evacuation of its people, is a major, symbolic blow free crane. one that came at a heavy price for both sides. and we can speak national correspondent, not santa, who is in living in western ukraine, wanting max. and so there are still soldiers left in the as of style steel works.

and the ukrainian foreign minister said on tuesday that no soldier would be abandoned. so what's gonna happen to the ones who stayed behind do we know? well, there is a lot of uncertainty regarding the remaining a soldiers in the us toll steel mill. as far as, as we know, perhaps some of the pressure has been lifted now, especially with some of the, the 50 critically wounded personnel being removed from the still more which a footage of them being carried out on stretchers. some of them probably wouldn't have made it much longer down there. but that being said, the situation there is dire. there are limited resources in terms of food, in terms of water, in terms of medication and at fighting material. so this, this fight is on sustainable and it doesn't appear that the russians will back down at any point. so for the remaining fighters down there, probably none of them want to surrender. none of them will want to put themselves

in the hands of the russians. put themselves in the mercy of, of, of the enemy, especially regarding the situation. if you look, have a look at the situation right now where it's very unclear what will happen to the troops that have been evacuated and are in, in custody of the russians at the moment. as he say, fears are growing for those fighters who are evacuated, been now in russian control territory. and key f is calling for an immediate prison at swap. what's the likely scenario there? well, from what are the tears right now? there's not that much information out, but it appears that it's not going to be as straightforward as many in ukraine and other parts of the world would have hope that you could exchange a one for one. what we know right now is that the 7 buses of troops and people were not critically wounded and were brought to a town alaska in the russian held territory of former penal colony. and they are

waiting for, for, for the next steps there. and now they're having these calls by russian lawmakers to investigate them for crimes against civilians. investigate them for, for war, for war crimes. so it's not really clear what exactly will come out of this. certainly not a fair process. um, so it really depends now on what to what russia has to gain more from either exchanging for their own troops or perhaps making an example out of these people and crushing a symbol of resistance. all right, we'll have to leave it daddy, daddy correspondent knox, and ever pointing from livia. thanks so much. now, finland and sweden all pushing ahead with their assets to join nato, despite opposition from turkey. in stockholm, the foreign minister signed sweden's official nato application. finland's parliament also approved its application by an overwhelming majority. the 2 nordic

neighbors now plan to submit their membership bits together. on wednesday, rushes invasion of ukraine has convinced sweden to end decades of military on alignment on neutrality. he w. terry schultz reports now from stockholm. ah, every presidential visit is loaded with pomp and circumstance, but this time the circumstances are heavier than usual with war weighing on every one. the finish and swedish leaders making history together as they finalized their bids to join nato. a move long considered unthinkable and stockholm and when the government resisted despite strong public and parliamentary support for it, you also have finland so firmly moving forward. and in that way, sweden has perhaps not pushed ourselves into nature, but we are, you know, pulled in for months. swedish prime minister magdalena anderson warned nato

membership would destabilize the region. now she seems ready to move in to what she calls a new era. it can go in a new day at on matthew for shaked, missouri. we can enter it with confidence and bring the best of our history into it . we have long been a strong voice for arms control piece of freedom and human rights. not every one is convinced sweden can keep that treasured identity inside nato. it's not an organization working for priest at peace. it is sir military alliance. and what a military alliance does it is that creates more war. we wanna keep the pieces written, but polls show most swedes do support joining. i think it's that younger generation are more against i think. so. why do you? because day and never. m had war. this young ukrainian knows war and wishes. her country was in sweden's shoes. i think

it's great because sir, my country is sir in this situation. oh, we have to protect ourselves without any one's help. but until now, swedish law would have actually prevented foreign forces from coming to help the country in any situation short of a declaration of war. parliament is voting on a change this week. this open up her ability for us to get support on swedish territory in case of a crisis. pro nato policy analyst, eric brandt berg lives in washington, d. c, and flew to his native sweden just to be here when the momentous decision was made . he says, even if sweden has historically been ambivalent about nato, the alliance is very positive about it. there's already a lot of respect from nato toward suite on, but i think the fact that sweden are joints, gives nato a lot of new capabilities and give suite in the capabilities to no longer risk, an uncertain future alone. take a look now,

some of the other stories making headlines around the world. north korean leader kim john and his blasted officials, the suspected cases of covert 19 continue to search more than 1700000 people have displayed symptoms of what young young is calling fever. since april, the countries anti virus authority says most patients have recovered the global experts a deeply concerned. the british government has it wants to scrap parts of the new of an island that protocol the trade deal agreed with the european union as person left. the block versus foreign minister lives trust that the plan legislation should provide and with an island with access to the same benefits as the people of britain. this will be on the pins by the us. president joe biden has visited buffalo in new york state where a gunman shot dead 10 people just a few days ago. police are investigating the attack as a racist hate crime. the president and 1st lady met with community leaders and bereaved families. suspect is an 18 year old accused of white supremacists,

and these he attacks a grocery store and a predominantly african american neighborhood. 11 of the 13 people struck by gunfire. all black. in an emotional speech, president biden urged americans to reject what he called the poison of white supremacy. in america. evil will not, when i promised hate, will not prevail. white supremacy will not have the last word. what happened here is simple, straightforward terrorist terrorism domestic terraces, state abuse, washington bureau chief, and his paul was in buffalo for present biden's visit. the 1st place president biden visited during today's trip to buffalo was a little memorial next to the supermarket right behind me when 18 year old man killed 10 people last saturday and injured 3. the stuff big to drove about 200 miles of this black neighborhood in buffalo because he was aiming to kill black

people after president biden met with family members and 1st responders. he delivered a speech which was both very emotional and highly political. he said evil was in buffalo, and it was white supremacy. you recognize the suitor as a terrorist. who followed a racist conspiracy and directly called it domestic terrorism. he warned that americas democracy was in a quote, this year in danger. like it hasn't been in my lifetime before he made his way back to the white house. it's the spain now where women suffering from painful periods may soon be entitled to paid time off. the cabinet there has approved a draft bill that would allow work as to claim medical leave during menstruation. if they have approval from a doctor in spain, periods becoming less taboo and may be less painful for women in the workforce.

the government has proposed a new law allowing work is to take as many days as needed to recover from severe menstrual pain. every month. sac, i want you to know are going to work in pain bust, no more taking pills before arriving, and having to hide the fact that we're in pain and can't function. all of those women who need it will be able to use paid leave to deal with periods that caused a disabling pain, unless i must roughness it on the reticent about he done this. under the draft law, the state would pay for the recovery time. not employers and not workers who sometimes use up holiday allowances or take unpaid leave to cope. a spanish doctors association estimates that extreme period pain effects around a 3rd of women campaigns. hope this bill will be the 1st step for workers suffering

from under research conditions like endometriosis not get em us engaged. we don't want this to just be 2 or 3 or 5 days at home. yeah. and then he go back to work as if nothing ever happened. what we're asking for is for this to be a 1st step towards investigate research and finding a cure to that period. pain really stops being such a problem. for many women. when i get the element in the rather than a ladder, hillis in berlin over, i'm ok. if spain passes, the baylor would join a handful of mostly asian countries that already offer a menstrual leave law. and it would be a european 1st. but the draft floor is controversial, not all tried, unions supported and some believe it won't help women in the workplace. i mean it, but as it is, this is seriously damaging for women when you consider the opportunities they could have helped us before that. but i think some people will take mentally without

being in terrible pain. so this law will really need to be better policed. holla down faster than ever saddle for the loss. control. spanish lawmakers still have to vote on the bill. and it's not clear whether the governing coalition will get enough support to pass it upset you're up to date. robots has your business news coming up next. americans mckinnon above the whole team. thanks for watching the w. people and trucks injured when trying to flee the city center more and more refugees are being turned away at the border families played on attacks in syria to these credit owners. we learned demonstrated people fleeing extreme ross getting 200 people.