ah ah ah ah, this is d w. news live from berlin, both sides, trade accusations, after 50 ukranian prisoners of war, are killed and a missile attack president polity. mister lensky describes that as deliberate mass murder in the russian controlled east. russia says the attack was carried out by

ukrainian forces on the program. u. s. secretary of state antony blinking announces fresh sanctions against russia and his health. his russian counterpart that moscow's annexation of ukraine will never be accepted. 16 people are dead and many more missing after flash flooding in the us state of kentucky authorities. war mass search and rescue efforts could take weeks. ah, i'm all on soccer. it's good to have you with us. we begin with the death of dozens of ukrainian prisoners of war. russia and ukraine are accusing each other of shelling a prison in the eastern frontline town of all america, which is controlled by russia backed separatist. we'll hear more about that attack from our correspondent in keep shortly. but 1st in another key development,

ukraine is ready to resume grain exports from to black. c ports. ukrainian flag shapes are loaded and ready to leave, to help ease a global food crisis. a cloud of dust or wraps, his grain is loaded onto a merchant ship. in the port city of odessa, ukraine's president is on hand to inspect the loaded vessels ahead of departure. but assumed numbers of this is the 1st vessel being loaded up since the war began. for chuck levine, i'm standing in front of a turkish chevy. more yes. been of this means the board has started operating. what is the most important thing for us is that the port is operating and that people are working on the partial millions of tons of ukrainian grain of been held for a month in silos in ships blockaded by russia on the black sea, sending food prices soaring around the world, according to a recent deal brokered by the u. s. and turkey merchant ships will be given safe

passage in and out of key ukrainian ports. this agreement, as a, as the secretary general said, is not just important for ukraine and ukraine's economy. but he's as important for the world because it will help to prevent the global food crisis. local officials, they more than a dozen ships loaded with grain are ready to leave. a rare moment of good news and the 5 month long war. but it's being overshadowed by reports of a missile attack on a prison in a separatist control region of eastern ukraine. the strike killed dozens of ukrainian prisoners of war, moscow and key if blame each other for the death. and the w correspondent, fun, if a char is standing by in cave, funny local officials say more than 50 ukraine in prisoners were killed in a missile strike. what more can you tell us? first of all, it's really difficult to establish a picture here because it's impossible for us journalists at this point to access

this site. also, in fact, international renovations, like red cross in the un, are not present a at red cross, just requested actually yesterday that they want to be there. they want to make sure that those soldiers who are wounded and still alive, that they can be taken out, and the ones who have been killed can be evacuated, taken out in a very dignified way. now why we do not really know the conditions, the circumstances, circumstances under which this attack happened, russia and ukraine, blame each other for the destruction of this facility that appears to have killed scores of ukrainian soldiers among them from the hours of regiment. what we can say that the prison 1st to what exists, and that in that facility, hundreds of ukrainian soldiers were held after the surrendered from the hours of sa, still pending mar, you pull in mid may. and from here on the picture gets blurry, even though if you ask people here on the ground, they will tell you that if you look at those pictures, the very 1st images that emerge on, on,

on from that facility that everything points to will russia. because if you look at those bodies apart the charge from inside the facility, but you also see bodies laying around their outside at the facility. and i would actually ask people who do not have to look at this images now to do so. so if you, if you look at those images, ukrainians here will tell you this was russia, but as i say, we cannot confirm any of it at this point. as i say, no access to decide. and we just have to see when, for example, the rats cross that where it was apart, when the, the soldiers, a surrendering and murray pool and hopped into a vacuous from there. and we have to see when they will have access to sides. and what more they will be able to tell us. so funny how have people in ukraine reacted to this attack? people are very angry, angry because they feel that the international community at this point didn't really seem to could condemn these attacks at hardin, awful it on high

a level. in fact, president zelinski pointed out in his video night the video address and social media yesterday. he wants washington to declare russia a terrorist state, a country that's plums, there's terrorism. and obviously asking most of the you and a rat cross to investigate this because un and red cross guarantee that the prisoners a fool i going to be treated according to geneva convention. now a lot of questions are surrounding what may or may have not happened. it was wanting is clear, people here are angry and they want to know why this is possible. a why certain laws international laws are not cap that have to be maintained even when there's a war ongoing. so people are angry, one at the same time. others are saying, this is just the way for russia to provoke ukrainian soldiers committing the very same will crimes. now and other developments presidents lensky says, ukraine is now ready to restart grain exports. when will we see those ships leave

port? that's like really the 1000000 dollar question because nobody knows we have really heard so much during the course of the past couple of days. allison's, in fact, the deal was signed between ukrainian, russian and earl and turkish officials mediated a broker also by the un. more than a week ago. we do not know that the simple answer, however, definitely president savanski by his presence presence at the hotel support yesterday. also with the british and the u. s. ambassador of ukraine and other delegations was basically trying to show you grade is ready to start that there is this political will to start to make sure that the grade can be exported soon. but we do not know which is connected also with the question of security. when will it be able to guarantee that these ships that will set sail there from the mind to port of odessa can do so safely without any casualty. so

a few things very important things in fact still need to be booked out. and also of course, the question is the question of insurance. who is going to ensure this ship that he's going to set sail to get the grain out, given the threats that i just described. many questions still open if and if a child in keep many thanks. now the u. s. has announced further sanctions on russian individuals and entities for supporting what it calls the global malign influence of the kremlin. it followed a co between the secretary of state antony blinking and russian foreign minister survey leverage which a man spoke by phone for the 1st time since russia invaded ukraine in february. during this exchange, blink and told his russian counterpart that moscow's annexation of ukraine will never be accepted. i spoke with russian foreigners for love. every correspondent, mikaela christina in washington, has more details on the fresh us sanctions against russia. was made quite clear in

that statement that came from the secretary of state justice. so while after comments on that telephone conversation, that these were functions in addition to those already imposed over ukraine, that they were very much separate and that they were because of russia's quote, malign influence on elections, but also democratic institutions around the world. this goes back to the less meddling in us elections. and this is quite interesting because it wasn't raised in connection with that telephone conversation that was much more on close to home masses for the americans and who have put what they call a serious offer on the table to try and secure the release of to us citizens, so this really is a wholesale condemnation of russia's influence on democracy's worldwide. and that's

why individuals and entities are targeted here in the united states who are seen as anti international and anti democratic haylock isn't there in washington. let's have a look now at some other stories making headlines. spain and brazil have reported their 1st monkey folks related deaths. their believe to be the 1st fatalities linked to the current outbreak outside of africa. hundreds of people have been receiving monkey folks vaccine in spain, as one of the country's most affected by the illness worldwide. but francis has ended his trip to canada by meeting survivors of abuse at former residential schools in e calloway. the pontiff visited canada as we apologize for decades of abuse committed at church run schools for indigenous children. he asked for their forgiveness, and thank those who are brave enough to share their stories for actor will smith has posted a new apology to comedian chris rock for slapping him. smith said he was deeply

remorseful for the incident. he struck rock at the oscars ceremony in march after rock made a comment about smith's wife. at least 16 people have died and many are missing off the record flash flooding in the us state of kentucky to rental rainfall washed away roads and hundreds of houses and some of the poorest communities in the united states. authorities are warning that rescue efforts and the search for victims could take weeks in a flash, st, stoned to sludge after unprecedented rain hit the mountainous region of eastern kentucky. little was left above water including its residence. we had his way out and it was good. it was over my head, so yeah, it was. is harry you? my car stopped stalled out and then i didn't know what to do. i just kinda went

into a panic. probably about a minute. 2 minutes at the max would start flooding into my car like that. floods of this magnitude would normally, aka once in 1000 years, according to experts, the climate change is likely to make them more frequent. i local farm and said it's the worst damage he's ever seen. probably 95 percent people in this area here as well. everybody houses, gorge animals. it's. it's heartbreaking. it really is. the flooding has got firewalls in several areas, making tens of thousands of people difficult to trace. more deaths are being recorded of the hours pass for children from the same family. drowned in the fast flowing water. means we've got at least 6 dead children. and it's hard, it's even harder for those families and those community. so keeper,

i am there still a lot of people out there still a lot of people on account of for we're going to do our best to find him. all rescue workers are trying to help people buy boat and to spot them from the skies. but it may take weeks to find every one if at all, especially as the ongoing rain submerges even more of what is left. the turkish and german foreign ministers have clashed at a tense meeting, inestimable in one of several points of contention. turkey cues, germany of fighting with greece in the dispute of energy reserves and atlanta burbock, arrived in turkey with a packed agenda. the war in ukraine and the energy and food crises that flow from it. turkish military operations in syria and turkeys, human rights record. high on her list to was security in the eastern mediterranean, arriving from athens. the german foreign minister still had greek views on that subject, bringing in her ears when bare bulk into the turkish counterpart emerged from talks

. mamma chevy show lou clearly felt she had been influenced by greece. all night. in the past, germany has played an honest mediating role in this process with a balanced attitude. about his recent times, we see that this balance has unfortunately been lost. we have to listen to both sides years. athens is concerned about growing belligerents from turkey. like these recent military exercises, tensions between the 2 countries have been sharpened by the discovery of lucrative gas reserves in the mediterranean. anchorage has threatened to challenge grace's sovereignty over the islands. such tough talk between nato partners is alarming to germany is not a bad partner. i've been for partners in an alliance, in my view, it goes without saying that we respect each other's borders. it is therefore important to me that we do not drift apart politically at this moment also

inducement. and that was bare box key message. now is not the time for discord, because division among supporters of ukraine would only play into the hands of russia. you're watching the debris news live from berlin up next our tech. so shift look said how a digital avatars are stepping onto the stage. i'll be back in 45 minutes. in the meantime is a waste d w dot com for all the latest news allows like a invalid. thanks watching with a vibrant heaven.