nick nick connelly. well, nora love is emergency director, the international rescue committee and is currently leading the team in ukraine. welcome to d, w. m. have you i wanted to been hearing or had you been hearing rumors of the sorts of events as you went about your, your business? i hadn't been hearing that any iris is shocked in paul at this says is killing the conflict. ukraine has gone to long and the international community must step up its efforts to find a diplomatic solution. the civilian life must be protected and we can't afford to be a witness to another crisis like this. and i how of the people that you've been helping a very reacted to this news. i say we're focusing with our local partners on stabilizing the health systems in easton, ukraine. we're looking to support people with cash and basic needs and respond to the trauma. as a move out of some of these areas for the central and further west of ukraine to or even on to europe and countries. so, you know, we're focusing on that workin

did have the correspondent nick connelly who was in boucher oh, you're welcome, nick. what did you say? i saw a city in sha, christie, that basically has been destroyed even before it can be fully finished. this is a very young suburb of give lots of high rise new apartment blocks that have been basically a ruined while still under construction. and you see a lot of people on the shell shock, happy to see outside as they were cut off from the outside world. basically a month, but a mix of kind of hope relief and a very am shocked energy. people very keen to tell their stories to share what they've been through the last few months am and we were at the main a grave site next to our church. am we believe based on what people there told us that about 100 people are lying there in several layers. those right at the bottom that you can see in parts have, which is buried in what they were walking in when, as the locals told us, they were shot on the streets and then collected by neighbors, another ukrainian, or locals who brought them there to get them off the streets in the

that's holding a whole lot of a lot of consternation among people who now 2nd to double use nick connelly. nick, thank you so much for your reporting. we can now speak to ashleen reedy, she's a senior senior, legal advisor at human rights watch. welcome to the w. so we just heard from our correspondent about the reports of civilian killings in boucher ukraine's president . let him is the lens. he has said that to russia's actions amount to genocide. is he right? i think it's far too early at this stage to to talk about genocide. it's obviously not off the table, but genocide is a very specific crime with a very high threshold about the intent to destroy in hold or parse a civilian population. and you know what your correspondent and what others are witnessing. i mean is this certainly will crime potential crimes against humanity where we're seeing, you know, civilians killed purity killed in summary, execution format, and the investigation. he's recently areas which at least just taken back on an official training courses. i'm hoping not accessible for a couple of days even though while they we

i'm joined now by nick connelly in kiva . nick, a missile attack kills people, trying to get on trains to flee the fighting. yet russia is still insisting it does not target civilians. what do we make of this? well, it's kind of extraordinary. if you look at the russian state media, they are even saying that this was ukraine hitting ukraine. there are reports in russian media of a supposedly ukrainian missile divisions to the south west of this station in chrome at oscar, in don bass in the east of the country. and they're not quite sure in their message . if you look at them, if in their reports, whether this, they claim this is a mistake by the ukrainian forces or whether they were doing it on purpose. but certainly they are definitely saying repeatedly in different sources that this was the ukrainian side and then other rush media. i'll just trying not to talk about this at all. it's pretty extraordinary that this is even possible a time where it is well known by everyone that lot to civilians all get ahead of don bass. now, re

thank you for more, i'm joined now by nick connelly in key. if nick, you k prime minister bar is johnson there in t if to me, to, with the ukranian precedent. what should we make of this gesture? this is yet another show support for ukraine's democratically elected president pulled him zalinski yesterday. we had ursula from the line. the prisoners here been commissioned in town and i think definitely bristles will not be the last western leader here in kia, visiting. i think the example of a flimsy can not leaving here when he had an option to do so. basically telling the americans that he needed munitions alms and not a ride. i think that is something that has captured imaginations in lots of places and more specifically for boys johnson who was based grappling on for his political survival over scandals related to her violations of crook covered rules. basically the war here and ukraine has to factor saved his political career and his premise ship. so more than one reason to be grateful to a zalinski for her holding up the flag here in ukraine and k

nick connelly. good evening to you, nick. so we understand that you actually spent the day in the north eastern key of region where ukrainian forces say they've retaken territory from retreating russian troops. can you tell us what you saw there and what you heard? so i saw a lot of burnt out russian tanks, russian military vehicles and craters seemingly in almost every yard where we were in the small town where the russians had been basically since the beginning this war they had moved in on the 27th of february. so 3 days of the been in the war and stayed there till last thursday. have most that time the people we spoke to said they barely there set a foot as footstep outside their doors. most time they were just hiding in doors, trying to keep away from those russian soldiers, often enough hiding in their sellers in their sheds. when the shooting began, when the artillery fire became between ukrainian or russian forces, lots of stories of russian forces, especially when they were leaving stealing people's televisions. ther

nick, thank you very much. our correspondent nick connelly there in keith. here's about the stories related to the ukraine. warm ukrainian president vladimir savanski has called for urgent action from the united nations over ledge, or russian war crimes. as a permanent member of the council, russia has the power to veto any binding resolution, making the body powerless to act against the gremlins war on ukraine. u. s. secretary of state antony blank and says, washington will provide an additional $100000000.00 and assistance to ukraine, including anti armor systems as lincoln made the announcement ahead of wednesdays, meeting of native and g 7, ministers in brussels, where they'll be discussing the conflict. meanwhile, western leaders are set to impose tough new sanctions on moscow over the atrocities in boucher, the e. u is expected to include a ban on russian coal in ports with commission president or slip on their line warning. oil could be next and u. s. says it'll target members of hooton's inner circle and banned all new investments in russia. the besi

commission president on friday. changes us get more now in keys with my colleague nick connelly, who's there for us, nick, good evening to you. let's start with all of these visits. european leader is top diplomats. they've been traveling to key if it's a sign of support. is there more than just symbolism to this though? well obviously this is 1st and foremost about the optics about showing that they basically trust ukraine to have the security here on the ground and to be able to provide conditions for people of this seniority to be in care of and to do so safely. uh, it's an arduous journey. they're coming in by train. not able to fly here right now . but sir, i think it's also a question of what they have in that bags. what kind of promises they have, the ukranian side, and also the u. k. has been providing a lot more weapons earlier and in larger are kind of scales than most other european countries. certainly maybe not quite as much as the u. s. sat certainly something that hasn't been missed here in ukraine, where there was a lot of anger and frustration with germany pre 24th february, the beginnin

nick, thank you very much. our correspondent, nick connelly. they're in kia, german news, magazine dash beagle says more evidence has emerged of war crimes carried out by russian troops in the northern ukrainian town of boot shop. spiegel says, germany's foreign intelligence service to be andy has monitored russian military communications which troops can be heard discussing killings in boucher or more on this, i'm joined by our political correspond it. neither has it. if phyllis in here, what's in these intercepted communications from the russian military according to the speaker and the german intelligence service, b and d in full members of parliament here in berlin about those intercepted messages on wednesday. that's how they found out. so the b and d, apparently, according to those reports, intercepted radio messages from russian military personnel where they discussed the killings of civilians in butcher. now some of those radio messages are said to have a direct link to dead bodies that have been photographed in butcher to dead bodies f

nick, thank you very much. our corresponding to nick connelly there in keith. well, ukrainian present blood miss lansky has called for urgent action from the united nations over alleged russian war crimes. he addressed the un security council sharply criticizing its ability to take action to end russia's aggression. as a permanent member of the rest of the council, russia has the power to veto any binding resolution. only a day after returning from butcher ukrainian, president de lensky addressed the killings in front of the u. n. boy e. m. the russian military search for him purposely killed any one who served our country. they shot and killed women outside their houses. when they just tried to call some one who was alive, they killed entire families, adults and children. and they try to burn the bodies. smalley, the eula bull. so lensky said, russia must be held accountable for its actions in ukraine. he questioned dayton ability of the security council to punish russia due to must coast veto power. that roll yoga, but we are dealing with a state that is turn

nick connelly is in the ukrainian capital, kia nick, can you tell us why humanitarian convoys have not been allowed into mario poll? why, it's hard to really understand how that can even be possible. we've heard in recent days from ukraine's present believe mr. lenny can an interview to a turkish or media house. he suggested that the russian side just didn't have an interest in letting outsiders get close to my uncle to see those images of humanitarian catastrophe of huge civilian casualties of total destruction of residential areas. that was his take on this, but this a fortune has been the picture all the way through this war. am all those attempts to create magic cardoso most the time failing a lots of finger pointing lots of attempts, scratch and presses funds and then when it's meant to happen, the shelling starts again of what she that is not also not only restricted to miracle is something we've seen across the country a basically civilians often cut off from supplies while the fighting goes on. i went to small town not far from cave in recent days, or where people had been busy

unexpected losses on the ground or get more or less v as in other developments with nick connelly who's there for us in keith nick boris johnson. we just heard it, he's hailing the bravery of the ukrainian people during his visit. is there more to this kind of symbolism? well, definitely this visit was all about the optics about making that difficult journey to care of by train from poland getting here. and yet this was a visit that was like all these previous visits from top or western officials has been trout in secrecy for safety reasons. but he came with a whole list of things that the cranes had been expecting of him, not only for money, financial guarantees for ukraine's economy, but also and to ship missiles that's on top of further anti tank and antiaircraft missiles. and the promised that trends cooperation between the u. k and ukraine would grow in future that you crank, rely on british intelligence and other miniature technology. so there really was a lot for volumes lensky to be happy about. and he has said that the u. k. is basic exemplar to other european con, is who have be much more luck than much

nick, thank you very much. our correspondent, nick connelly. they're in kia today. it is world health day and the world health organization says there have never been so many attacks on hospitals across the globe. this year alone has seen more than 130 health facilities targeted the majority of them by russian forces in ukraine. ah, the moment a bomb exploded in the city of mary awful and this is what was hit the maternity and children's hospital since the start of russia's invasion, more than 90 health facilities, including hospitals like this one in the city of it's him, have been attacked according to the world health organization, brutal bullock, and for some more than once, at the start of the war, the main hospital in the town of bo, nova, was hit. days later, it was attacked again. and then again, while dozens of civilians were hiding inside, trying to escape the shelling among them was andry key. and he in of head of the hospitals, trauma center who was bare with his wife and children with the experience still haunts him. we know if a viewer was shelling las

nick, thank you very much. our correspondent, nick connelly. they're in kia now let's talk more about alleged war crimes being committed in ukraine for that of joy. now by kyle, i'm both, he's a professor of law and goodman and counsel at the international criminal court in the egg. thanks for being with us. professor investigations are underway into war crimes committed in ukraine. could russia find itself facing charges of crimes against humanity or even genocide? well, i would say it's not easy to gather evidence on the ground and even for walk rhymes and it's racial it for crimes against humanity. and genocide would be much higher. we would have to prove policy to, to a taxes of the population. and this policy could only come out of the credit. and so it's, it's, it's really difficult it's, it's difficult enough to, to identify concrete victims and, and, and padre as a walk around on the ground. tell us how you go about gathering that evidence in crimes of this nature does. does the i c c, have people on the ground or do you rely on the wor

nick, thank you very much. are corresponding to nick connelly there in keith the besieged ukrainian city of mario poll has been under constant russian bombardments since the beginning of the war. more than half the population has pled while up to a 170000. others remain trapped without food, water, or electricity. dw correspondent rebecca ritter's met one doctor who spent 25 days and nights helping the injured until she too took the chance to flee through almost full weeks of war and the most unspeakable conditions. anna, a neurologist worked and lived in the mary hugh paul city hospital. now in the relative safety of live. she tells me of her ordeal. it just my just show during the heaviest, bombardments we had around 50 patients an hour arriving a day. the hospital was so overcrowded and the windows doors and roof wall destroyed stead. not long after it got even worse, the russians cut the water supply is, but alice knew we would gather snow, rain water, use the water from inside the boilers and disinfect it. so many patients were dying, she tells me they were forced to put the corpses outside in bags, asked

nick, thank you very much for your reporting. that was our correspondent, nick connelly in kia, old over is appealing for helping coping with the large numbers of refugees coming from ukraine. some 100000 people have fled to the small country, which is one of europe's poorest. to help load over raise money for refugee aid and increased energy costs. berlin is hosting a donor conference and the german government has just announced the 50000000 euro loan for the country. he debbie's political correspond nina hasa had the chance to speak to moldova as prime minister, natalia gabrey. lita here in berlin, ahead of that conference, she asked her what she and her country need most from the international community you know outside of ukraine. moldova is the most, the affected country, and it doesn't even have a security umbrella. and herb, you know, we're not talking only about the societal effort to host the refugees, but the economic and social consequences of the war on our borders. ok, so trade has been disrupted about 15 percent of our trade was with the crane and russia an

nick, thank you very much for your reporting. that was our correspondent, nick connelly in kia all those discoveries in boucher have prompted germany to expel 40 russian diplomats. france and lithuania have announced similar most german foreign minister. molina bow box said germany would also boost it support for ukraine's armed forces and titan economic sanctions. against russia, berlin is shocked by the images of russia's attack on boucher germany's foreign minister spoke of crimes against humanity that will be countered with immediate weapons supplies to keith unto me. not to van mental types with my given will, you will such rank than our support for ukraine's defense. i admire boucher and mary jo paul have shown us this is a life or death situation for millions of ukrainians. my mention in that we are considering delivering weapon systems that we had held back until now. deviate busy on nist khalifa tom, on top of this, the german government has declared that 40 diplomats from the russian embassy are now persona non grata, and will be expelled from the country. and

nick connelly? they're reporting from keith. thank you, nick. moldova, this appealing for help and coping with the influx of refugees from ukraine. some 100000 people have fled to the country, which is one of europe's poorest germany host. it had on a conference to raise more money for mold over the day together with france and romania agreed on $695000000.00 euros in aid. the former soviet republic sits on ukraine's southwestern border. the w corresponded christine manuel filed this next report from its 2nd biggest city, or hey, it's humble homes like these in this village in all hay, whose doors have opened to ukrainians, fleeing the war in their country. this is maryanne his house. 10 people live here now, sharing the little her family has the latter infant. i've earned a small salary. electricity is more expensive. groceries are more expensive. we can't afford everything we need. despite that, she's taken in 2 families from ukraine, including her sister in law, oksana, husky, ne hska, fled her home in odessa. in february. she's here with he

nick, thank you very much for your reporting. that was our correspondent, nick connelly in kian. moldova is appealing for help and coping with the influx of refugees from ukraine, some 100000 people who fled to the small country, which is one of europe's poorest. the u. s. has just pledged $45000000.00 euros and assistance, and germany's government is hosting a donor conference to raise money for more dover. a former soviet republic is sandwiched between romania and ukraine. d. w correspond christine one wall filed this report from its 2nd biggest city. or hey, it's humble homes like these in this village in all, hey, who's doors have opened to ukrainians? fleeing the war in their country? this is maryanne, his house. 10 people live here now, sharing the little her family has the latin infant. i've earned a small salary. electricity is more expensive. groceries are more expensive. we can't afford everything we need. despite that, she's taken in 2 families from ukraine, including her sister in law, oak santa husky. me sca fled her home in odessa in february. she's here wi

nick connelly, he has made his way to the north eastern cave region. we're ukrainian forces say they've retaken territory from retreating. russian forces. and nick, where are you and what are you seeing now? time about 100 kilometers ne kid on the east bank of the new pro river. we've just been literally 5 minutes ago in some ukrainian positions that up to then last week where the front lines, the russians are about for coming to the way they've been digging in and preparing a longer fight to the end. they didn't even have jobs to finish building those trenches and those kind of protective areas. because in the end, the russians were treated now about 82 inches away where we are. but there are lots of signs of destruction. huge crate is where shilling happened. was that someone exploded, broke it in the fields around us and cycle that the farmers are still trying to get out. and so their crops for the next season. so there's lots of things around, lots of worried about mines and of what kinds of explosives left on event. and we've just seen those horrific pictures of dead civilians, apparently lying in the streets of book. what more do you know