j. david mcswane. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. austria's leader met monday with russian president vladimir putin , warning after his visit to moscow russia set to intensify the brutality of its assault on ukraine. the chancellor said he spoke with putin for about 75 minutes, becoming the first european leader to meet with the russia president since the start of -- since latfebruary. tens of thousands of russian troops are amassing for a major new offensive in eastern ukraine aimed at capturing the entire donbass region. on monday, the ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy addressed south korea's parliament asking for military aid. he also said the death toll in mariupol was far higher than previously reported. >> mariupol has been destroyed. there are tens of thousands dead . even despite this, the russians are not stopping the offensive operation. they want to make mariupol a demonstratably destroyed city. amy: zelenskyy's claims could not be confirmed, as mariupol r