since we arrived yet again, a lot of heavy shilling, we believe targeting the east of the town. savanski is the target. it is the big urban center with neighboring cremmit oscar in this area. and so far, at least the ukrainians have managed to keep russian forces back. but there is a fear amongst the soldiers here that the closer we get to may the nights and a day that vladimir putin, it's believed once something to show for their efforts, the russian efforts in this war. the closer we get to that date, the more tense and the more dangerous it becomes in areas like these. tell stratford how does era outside the village of but i think of a east in ukraine. cave ukraine, 2nd largest city is and renewed shilling from russian forces out 0. madison ibrahim is the and then, and had we're now inside one of the industrial districts of car keys, which has been really under incessant showing since dawn. many of the manufacturing plants had been destroyed and caught fire like this one. it was a plant that produced machinery lubricant spite. the ongoing bombardment fire crews had been trying to cont

charles strafford reports now from savanski indolence. a ukrainian military ambulance speeds south towards sylvie and sc. evacuated civilians arrived in a van into ukrainian army checkpoint north east of the city. the military won't allow us to fill inside the vehicle, our spit, lada, delia, as nearly as 86 year old bother. until anita, my husband is still in there with home. i'm very afraid for him sit on breaking down to the person in ukraine. what's this water end? says nadia and we can say that's imputed stop this dreadful war and put it to the we're hearing a lot of shelling as you can hear that possibly that shilling coming from this direction. we've also hearing from that direction about 7 kilometers up that road is the town of newman. now we, we know that russian forces control a village very close to it. we also understand that most of the civilians have left and the military are telling us that what the russians are trying to do, fly attacking the man is move closer to the city of savanski, which is down this road. bloody toll c

town that he's being contested now by the russians in the grange, the closest town to the city of savanski, and he's a new front line. there's been a lot of heavy sharing in there. we understand there are civilians still trapped inside the local authorities. just saying that there is some sort of evacuation ongoing evacuation effort to get the remaining civilians out. the reason why this is important is because leman is, as i say, the closest to savannah, but it's one of what we understand are 3 fronts, 3 areas where the russian forces are trying to push towards the city of slow bands, which i say is behind me. the other areas, an area called ism, which is further west from here, russian forces pushed down west of called a cave. a few weeks ago they took control of the town of him. we know that there is heavy fighting in that area as well. now to the west of is you, we understand there is a new front that has started as well. a push by the, the russians to take control of villages. south west of is you, you basically have a 3 prong move by russian forces. now, trying to get to the strategi

s. secretaries of state and defense met with president bologna savanski in peeve. it's the highest level visit by american officials. since the invention a mass testing has begun in bags. largest district chow young lays on live pitches of dozens of people lining up. china has been rising to track a carpet 19 outbreak that may have been spreading in the capital for awake. to me am i now and it's deposed civilian later on, son suit. she's expected to hear the verdict in the 1st of multiple corruption trials. so she was arrested by the army when it seized power more than a year ago. she is accused of influencing the 2020 vote to win a 2nd term in office. florence louis is covering developments from home. while this is the 1st of several corruption trials she faces, and for this case, there is a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison that carries a much heavy, attend the other cases. and the other trials i have gone on against her, they were for relatively minor offenses with much shorter, maximum prison terms. and she has been found guilty in those cases ranging from

charles stratford is near the frontline in savanski the town of lee man, which is about 20 kilometers and also had a town that we were literally unable to get to today because the shilling was so heavy. we did, however, speak to civilians coming out of it. they yeah, confirming what we could hear saying that they were families sheltering in bunkers . we smoked one person to describe the crater in the central town. that was believed to be changed from an as strike. we cannot confirm that. and just as indication of the difficulties that people are facing here is this, as it continues, there was a young family that will actually trying to get in to leave. at one stage we said, well, where are you going? can you hear the shelley? and they said, well, we have no choice, our home is there and we cannot afford to live in denise pro, and that's where they fled to. they played that every once before and now they were going into it. just as it seems, russian forces are making a concerted effort to push towards the city of sloppy and see where we are now. in other areas, we also know is ongoing

causing respiratory and other problems. russia has denied the claim. ukrainian president of automated savanski has called on world leaders to respond will be was rudely. one of the russian occupier spokesmen who said that they might use chemical weapons against the defenders of north pole. okay. and then treat this with the utmost seriousness, which i would like to remind will leaders that the possible use of chemical weapons by the russian military has already been discussed. and already at that time, it meant that it was necessary to react to the russian aggression much harsher and faster source decent issue h or were now joined by our correspondent rebecca renters, who is now in the western ukrainian city of levine. rebecca, great to see you. now we're hearing allegations of chemical attacks being carried out by russia. what we know about the situation and how do you pull now? hello. it's really difficult to get real time information of what's happening in that receive city. as you can imagine, communication has been caught from the city for more than a month, or the mayor of mario poll say

that a poisonous substance was dropped on the besieged city of mary. jo paul president floated me. savanski said the with now needed to act to prevent such weapons from being deployed in the future. let's go straight to washington, now be in speak to michael or handling. he is a senior fellow and director of research in foreign policy at the brookings institute at welcome to d. w. let's talk about this. re imaged use of a so called poisonous substance in married. paul, what do you make of these claims and how can they be independently verified? is that even possible? great question. we can't. no, and of course it will require independent verification. yes, i think it's possible because if you can sneak out samples of soil where this allegedly heard, and course that requires bravery unlocked to get out of there. but it's certainly conceivable. i think that there is also every reason to think the russians might have done this. we know they have used chemical poison against their own dissidence in the past. we know they were not at all shy about working with president of syria even after he ha

well, ukraine's president of vladimir savanski sat pleading for more heavy weapons to defend his country against russia, saying that without them the war will be an endless bloodbath. and a video in english, posted on twitter, he called for heavy artillery armoured vehicles, air defense systems, and combat aircraft, ukrainian officials or look into germany for help. but berlin argues at sending such weaponry, logistically difficult, and risks escalating the war. in january, russian troops were preparing for war, while ukraine begged allies to send weapons. but germany said its history meant it could off a helmet's not arms. and the soil check immediately that out, and we'll deliver 5000 hammerstein crane as a clear signal that we are on your side. right? it was supposed to be a gesture of good will, but it went down like a bad joke. then vladimir putin gave the order to the attack as tens of thousands protested in berlin. the german chancellor lifted the weapons bon, citing anew reality under guests and in shooting. we decided yesterday that germany will supply ukraine with weapons to de

and then be so kind as to mom is savanski speech was followed by john legend performing his new song free with ukrainian exiles, including singer actress mika newton. ah, let him sing roscoe, oh, you know, there were grounds. you're watching it. every news coming up next in d. w. news, asia, pakistan prime minister eminent hines, political troubles, and how he got there, that in a whole lot more coming up in just a moment in the w newsagents and will be back at the top of the hour. these places in europe are smashing the wreckers step into a bold adventure. it's the treasure map for modern globetrotters, discover some of europe's record breaking sites on google maps. you too. and now also in book form. sometimes a seed is all you need to allow big ideas to grow. we're bringing environmental conservation.

while this package does not include russian made fighter jet switch at present, savanski continues to ask for the u. s. i said it will not prevent nato members for vacuum from transferring its megs to ukraine. particle haine has more from washington dc. this is very significant. we're seeing now from the u. s. that they're willing to not only do more of a, provide more for ukraine in its war effort. their reports of us is now looking at the intelligence. it's been sharing with ukraine and are looking to expand that, including possibly showing russian locations in the don bath. that is something they're exploring. something if they do, they probably won't confirm publicly. but if you look at the list of weapons, and again, this all comes after about an hour long phone call between us president joe biden, and you creating president load as a lindsey then they came out this new $800000000.00 worth. now we knew some of the things last night when you really get down to the nitty gritty of the list. this is a quite extraordinary departure. as you mentioned, the 800 howitzers. one of the pro

and that was something that mr. savanski with this particular sound might but more in general with his age clearly tried to criticize. that's why he was asking for more action coming from the united nations security council. and now the atrocities, sir, that have been perpetrated in boucher that the world has seen and leaders and people around the world are shocked by the images. a news coming out of their talk just a little bit about what effect that has had on germany and german leaders. well, germany as well as other european countries announced that it was expelling russian diplomats in particular, 40 russian diplomats of the russian ambassador was convened at the foreign ministry here in berlin. and there was announced that 40 russian diplomats would be expelled . russia said that it was a pro, it in some way or another, and this is just the beginning. so basically what this is causing these images is literally growing pressure on germany to actual more already german officials have said that they want to strengthen existing sanctions on russia. but what best pressure actually mea

live from berlin. crane was at washer plans to expand this war across europe. president vladimir savanski says neighboring. moldova is in moscow sites offer senior russian commander, hinted at extending control right across from the ukraine. and the final. com towel to francis presidential election incumbent emanuel kong and his challenge, maureen le pend, has made a final pitch to daughters that many are unhappy with both candidates. ah, i'm really mohammed walking to the program. ukraine has warned that russia plans to attack more countries and expand its war president vladimir lensky said neighbouring moldova should be concerned about russia's latest military strategy. moldova is home to trans mistrial. a breakaway pro russian region, which borders ukraine. russia is in control of ukraine's south east regions. the scene here in blue, a top russian commander says moscow's forces. want to push west straight across southern ukraine. ha, keep on fire. a hospital in the dawn bass. even in the countryside. no, escape from the bombs in eastern ukraine. now the deputy commander of russia's cen

hundreds of dead bodies somewhere bare hands bound, discovered in the streets of capital subs automated savanski accuses moscow of genocide. the school is washed, needs of these are war crimes and will be recognized by the world of genocide when you're not when you were here and can see what happened for yourselves invoice. the discovery prompts germany's foreign minister to announce moved to expelled, 40 russian diplomats and increased russian sanctions. holds on the program. nuanced top climate scientists say it's now or never to save the planet. a new report wants a climate change could spin out of control without swift and traffic cut to the use of fossil fuels. ah, i'm so gale. welcome to the program. ukrainian president vladimir as it ends. k has accused of russia of genocide after hundreds of bodies were discovered in the town of butcher, near the capital, keith images of mass graves and bodies showing signs of torture, of sparked widespread international condemnation with several you countries now pushing for tougher sanctions against russia. moscow claims the killings was staged . next

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 besieged city of murray, who ball in ukraine has been under constant russian bombardment since the beginnin

but savanski said his forces are strengthening their defenses. nice as it is nicky, either his greatly but a little i'll defend his continued to regain control of localities and key of and churning, he regions more and more ukrainian flags are being flown in areas which used to be occupied. a cranium armed forces do not let the enemy withdrawal without a fight there, pounding the enemy, destroying all those that we can reach. we are strengthening our defenses in the east and the dumbass. we are aware, the enemy has resources to put pressure on the eastern part of our country, shown what he or is he, what is the aim of the russian armed forces, unless they want to seize both the dumbass and the south of our country. what is our aim to defend our freedom, our land? our people do everything to repel them. one southern ukrainian city that has come under intense russian bombardment is maria paul. russia's defense ministry has accused the international committee of the red cross of destructive actions near to fort city. in other news, a 2 month truth b

and as i say, is an indication of the russian army trying to surround savanski here as sofa. so far, at least, ukrainians, ukrainian forces seem to be keeping, keeping them back. when you cranes, president villamore, a lot of me as a lensky has called for unity and resilience during an address marking easter sunday and the will for the christian church. subdued celebrations have been held across the country. church leaders have been asked not to gather too many people together in case they become a target. alexi or brian reports. yes, the horses will go and miss in the shadow of war. ukraine's president turned to a building signifying peace caves 1000 year old st. sophia cathedral, the setting for his latest video message marking orthodox easter sunday or on will yours. christina crystal, his show symbol is we believe easter symbolizes the greatest victory of life over death. each of us is asking god, only one thing. every one says the same words, the words of a great and united prayer. great lord to save you. crane. oh, sunday also marks 2 months since russian forces invaded

devastating toll of the war becomes clearer as corpses are found to the hands bout ukraine's president savanski brands the russians murderous. but the friendly and strongly reject the accusations and claims the killings were staged by youth crime condemnation from the west has been swift. germany's chancellor schroeder and other western leaders boys are the reports of atrocities against ukrainian civilians and threatened moscow with tougher sanction. plus a landslide victory for victor alba, congress nationalists, prime minister. with almost all the votes, counted albany, appears to have won the 4th consecutive time by a much greater margin than expected. used his victory speech to criticize brussels, bureaucrats and friends pressed vin, follow them as lensky calling the opponents. ah, i am glad offers welcome to the program. russian forces are being accused of committing mass atrocities before retreating from areas near the ukrainian capital cave. footage of scores of dead civilians in the street of butcher. some bounded shot at close range have sparked outrage. several you countries are pushi

but them use ukraine takes center stage of the grammy awards, frozen, and savanski, or jazz musicians to support his nation. ah, back now to our top story in the decision of carry lamb not to seek another term as chief executive of hong kong. lamb took power in 2017 as hong kong 1st female leader. as we mentioned, her tenure saw a security crack down on both protesters and the media with worse social unrest in half a century triggered by a controversial extradition bill. lamb successor will be picked in may by a committee of mostly pro bay ging loyalists. joseph chang is a political analyst and former professor of political science at city university, hong kong. he joins us from oakland in new zealand. good, have you with us? so why has caroline made this announcement? now if she informed bay jing a year ago? well, we don't know. probably beijing, as thought may, is decision until very, very recently. are you gave the new show, excuse off, according party to a family are, but the general reading has been decor administration has not done well in the combat of the co it epidemic. and t

bodies somewhere bare hands bound are discovered in the streets, capital, suburbs, and other minute savanski accuses moscow of genocide. the scores or shades of the disease or war cries and will be recognized by the world of genocide which when it does not when you are here and can see what happened for yourselves children bush, the discovery prompts germany's foreign minister to announce moved to expelled. 40 russian diplomats.

speaking to a stony as parliament ukrainian president valid made savanski repeated allegations that russia is using phosphorus bombs as part of its military campaign. he said the world must come together to stop the cremins war on ukraine. russian troops on the streets of murray. you pull. russia has been accused of using band chemical weapons against the city. ukraine's president admitted it is difficult to verify the claim while the city is under siege. but he urged the world not to wait to act all f hoge in. no one has given the repeated threats from russian propagandists of using chemical weapons against the defenders of murray. you poll even and given the repeated use of for example, he phosphorus munitions by the russian army. by people, the world must react. now what must react preventively? i didn't want to put it on, did not across eastern ukraine. people are fleeing ahead of an expected wide scale russian assault on the don best region. military analysts say the don bess with it's open to rain and lack of natural barriers will be harder for defenders to hold on to as to the outco

help him. kraft are intended to convey the stakes for ukraine and to inspire the audience to act. savanski messages are simple, emotional, and memorable. that's helped change longstanding policies in his favor. just one example, germany up and a decades a foreign policy to send weapons to ukraine. gentlemen, on his recent address to finland's parliament, had a particular nerve for the country which also borders russia as pri. thank you. do understand that in the russian army will count the order to invade your country. they will do the same with your country as well. something i don't want you to witness. they will do the same what they did in the city of gotcha to your cities as well, to the cities of any country. the power of words to inspire action from an actor who became a war hero. it's a remarkable evolution of fest evolution. we want to talk about that tonight. i'm joined now by an yanna. she's arlen. she's a professor of information systems and responsible artificial intelligence in michigan state university. in the u. s. professor, it's good to have you on the program. a lot of m

the grading president vladimir savanski has accused russia of genocide after the discovery of hundreds of bodies in the town butcher. near the capital cave images of mass graves and bodies showing signs of torture sparked widespread international condemnation. several e u countries are pushing for tougher sanctions against russia. moscow claims the killings were staged. and next report contained some disturbing images. ah, bodies lined the streets, a future. evidence of russian atrocities. coming to light filling the liberation of this town. yeah, he's the other one. ukraine authorities say over 400 corpses have been found in areas written, taken by its forces with a visible shaken present floating me zalinski, visited to show on monday. he called on russia to come to the negotiation table before it's too late. he lives, i almost ain't mitchum lucia, wouldn't i? she's giving it out as a dagger brought us the longer russia delays, the talks, the worse it is for them to be glad. because every day when our troops advance and the trailer territory which the sky, you see what's going on wil

destroyed city of mariel, offer its convoy was forced to turn back on friday. against president vladimir savanski says russian forces are slowly retreating from the north. but he warms that preparing for new strikes in the south and east it don boss region. the head of russia space agency says cooperation with its international space station partners can only continue if western sanctions i licked it. the i assess is jointly run by the russian u. s. european canadian and japanese space agencies. yelman's warring sides have agreed to a tumult truce, which can be extend it. the un envoy for yemen says the saudi led coalition and who the rebels will stop all offensive actions inside the country and across its borders. saudi arabia, allies have been fighting to support the government against the who these since early 2015. katya lopez, hardy on the ports, a 2 month c, squire in yemen, between who the rebels and the saudi le coalition is the most significant breakthrough in years. some flies from santa airport are allowed under the deal, and fuel imports can reach healthy hilt areas halt to the fighti

i don't think savanski is a free agent in this. he is very close. you know, even with his background, he is surrounded by members of the health and right fact groups and work very closely with some of the leaders of those groups. and are they ready for the thief or any of the process? it's not clear that that is the case, but it's also not peer in russia has certain objectives for this a military operation. and it is still possible that if they feel they have achieved those objectives, they may feel that the best thing is simply just to go and leave. and the don, yes, good. now, scott, republics will be look after themselves and their own way. once the russians have completed them in a trail ration black sea cope will be similarly, probably an autonomous region may be western ukraine will be taken by the pose. maybe parts of the other parts of ukraine will be taken by hungry. we don't know quite certainly the polish prime minister has made it very care. they have territorial issues because most of that land on the west can evolve and all of that wer

i don't think savanski is a free agent in this. he is very close. you know, even with his background, he is surrounded by members of the self and right fact groups and works very closely with some of the leaders of those groups. and are they ready for a thief or any of the process? it's not clear that that is the case, but it's also not peer in russia has certain objectives for this a military operation. and it is still possible that if they feel they've achieved those objectives, they may feel that the best thing is just to go and leave and the dawn. yes. good. now, scott republics will be look after themselves and their own way once the russians have completed them and a trail ration the black sea coast will be similarly, probably an autonomous region may be west and ukraine will be taken by the pose, maybe parts of the other parts of ukraine will be taken by hunger. we don't know quite certainly the polish prime minister has made it very care. they have territorial visions because most of that land on the west devolve and all of that were polish

and as i say is an indication of the russian army trying to surround savanski here as so for so far, at least the ukrainians, ukrainian forces seem to be keeping, keeping them back. ukraine's president vladimir zalinski has called for unity and resilience during an address makeing easter sunday. in the orthodox christian church, celebrations were subdued, and small church church ladies were asked to, cape can congregations limited in case they became a target. as alexia bryan reports, he has an horde rochelle all going me. in the shadow of war, ukraine's president turned to a building signifying peace caves 1000 year old st. sophia cathedral, the setting for his latest video message marking orthodox easter sunday room will yours. christina crystal has shaw symbol is we believe easter symbolizes the greatest victory of life over death. each of us is asking god, only one thing. every one says the same words, the words of a great and united prayer. great lord to save you. crane. oh, sunday also marks 2 months since russian forces invaded ukrainian authorities urged those celebrating the

ukraine's president has told the un security council that should expel russia or disband the lead savanski said the world has yet to learn the full truth brushes an edge to war crimes and his country european union has announced it will hold all fossil fuel imports from russia, but it did not give a specific date around a 150 russian diplomats have been expelled by you countries. in the past 2 days more dead bodies haven't discovered in the ukrainian town of boucher associated press. journalists, i've seen 6 burn parties lying on the street. others were found in and around people's houses. the u. s. is taught general says the world is a more dangerous place because of the russian invasion of ukraine. general, not many told members of congress that the military action has raised the prospect of a bigger war. between what he described as 2 great nations. and fisher reports from capitol hill. we will have that debate about what that top line number should be, and it was a meeting to discuss the u. s. military supposed $773000000000.00 budget for the coming year. the largest in the world by fa

so russian officials will no doubt be listening very carefully at that evidence that mister savanski might bring to day. it will therefore not only be interesting to see what mister cilenzo himself says, but also what reaction we hear if at all, from russian representatives of the united nations security council. it is therefore a very important speech. it's interesting also to see what reaction comes then from the west pressures also growing on the west to increase it sanctions on russia to make sure that they make decisions that can ultimately stop the war. a can stop these very, very terrible images that we've seen. so all in all, a very significant speech that we're going to see with those evidence is that we are expecting him to also present. and with the reaction that will then come after spread. and as you're speaking, we're actually also showing images are from inside the security council. people are still making their ways or to their seats, so it won't get underway right away. but we'll take our viewers there as soon as it starts on talk to us a little bit about russia's ro

us that what the russians are trying to do, fly attacking the man is move closer to the city of savanski, which is down this road. bloody told a case lie on the ground close to the checkpoint, cut from the limbs of soldiers or civilians. injured them like before. a military ambulance arrives, had injured ukrainian. soldier is helped to waiting on medics who refused to let us vill oh, stop filming. now he says, what are these crater is from what the ukrainian army say was a russian rocket. the landed near another check point on a different road into sloppy, and it leads to the russian controls city of elysium. the ukrainian army says it's holding back at least a 2 if not 3 pronged russian army evolves. sloppy. ask along with neighboring cremmit also. only a 10 minute drive further south of the 2 biggest cities in the door, best region still on the full ukrainian army control. we drive it detailed the streets of virtually empty. the people still here shop at the occasional supermarket, still open. many of the shelves of bare close by we find marina and said a gay by him 6 years then you li

unit with far right allegiances. russia denies using chemical weapons. ukrainian president vladimir savanski has warned about their use or the little bully. one of the russian occupier spokesmen. he said that they might use chemical weapons against the defenders of north pole. or they treat this with the utmost seriousness. what i would like to remind world leaders that the possible use of chemical weapons by the russian military has already been discussed. and already at that time, it meant that it was necessary to react to the russian aggression much harsher and faster source decent issue, which will, let's pick up some of those threads with a d. w correspondent, nick, commonly, who joins us from ukraine's 2nd largest city hockey. welcome, nick. let's start with the city where you are. what's happening was he can see her give his, basically a shadow of it's for myself, it's 5 pm here and it's totally empty to, to few passes by occasionally visible on the streets behind me, the regional government headquarters that was destroyed in a russian, michelle tech. right, the beginning of this war

to a town called izzy. him that they already control pushing further south and south west towards savanski. and there was also reports by the ukrainian military saying that they'd seen russian a russian movement of at least $500.00 pieces of weaponry and military machinery in that area. also ongoing attacks in a town called lehman, which again is increasingly close to slave janski's. also with respect to donnette sk, which is south from here, an area that nuts, vall in this, since the russian invasion has, has been relatively speaking, relatively quiet. we're hearing that there has been a lot of shelling overnight in the ukrainian or on the ukrainian control town of abdi erica, which is very close to done exc. and also south of the next an area called marine cat only last week. the ukrainians said they had retaken control back from pro russian forces them having lost control in the early stages of this russian campaign. and then any strategic any analysts will tell you that there's very worrying developments are west of here quite a long way west of here. actually the city of zap parisha r

conley there in keith or as we heard you commission president ursula on the line is to meet president savanski in kiev in a show of solidarity from the block. the block top diplomat, joseph burrell, will also attend the meeting on alliance new sanctions on russia, including a ban on importing coal vodka and timber were backed by each member states. this week, the new coal band is estimated to be worth 4000000000 euros a year. but that is just a fraction of what spent on russian oil and gas and the band isn't due to be implemented until august 9th, our brussels correspond christine min. what is covering the story, christine? you christian president, pon alliant and foreign policy chief, joseph burrell, are on their way to meet presidents lensky innkeeper. tell us about the significance of this trip. terry, it's, it's a gesture off solidarity i. it is the repeated affirmation to the ukrainians, that the european union stands with ukraine that will do whatever i can to support ukraine and defending itself against russia. but we've got to be honest about the fact that says she's not necessarily go

live from berlin crane more that washer plans to expand, thats or cost europe. president vladimir savanski says neighboring. moldova is in moscow sites offer senior russian commander, hinted at extending control right across the ukraine. and the final comes out to francis presidential election incumbent emanuel kong and his challenge marine la penn, had made a final pitch to voters.

you pull as president savanski said. could you tell us more on that president zalinski spoke about said the humanitarian disaster about the situation unfolding in a city of marie opal. when he was addressing south korean lawmakers and we have to stress that the city has been under almost constant shelling by the russian forces since the beginning of the war. and as you just mentioned, tens of thousands are still trapped there without water electricity, without foods. and of course now we can assume, and that is what the ukranian government is anticipating that the russian forces are preparing for a major offensive there to capture the city of new pool. and to take control of to hold the ned screech and to establish, to secure and lend bridge between their forces in the eastern part of ukraine and their forces in the, in the next crimea. and that is why the government of ukraine is so alarmed that the situation in my you pool could get worse and that the life, all, all of the people trapped there are of course, at stake.

for as mike give us a bit more detail about what savanski had to say t, that's a u. s. network. and what's the reaction been to his comments in the us? well he, her there prism insulin ski saying that in his view the russian action has constituted genocide mentioning that the ukraine has some $100.00 nations each. and every one of these he says, is a target of russian aggression with the intention of extermination. but president lensky also said that approbation and criticism should not just be restricted to russian leader vladimir putin, but also to the commanders on the ground who are carrying out the instructions and who are equally guilty of genocide should this in fact be the case. there has been reaction from the u. s. a particular to those events and butcher, the secretary of state antony bin can saying it's like a punch to the gut. these of sentiments that have been echoed by other nations as well. the prime ministers of france, of germany, the european union, have whole heartily condemned the latest action, particularly those events that happened near the capital keep r

and when the president savanski casing russia have killing civilians, one ukrainian top official has crucial residents that they kiev reach and to be brought to justice due to the alleged cooperation with russian soldiers. there were collaborators who gave away the location of our soldiers, those scoundrels who leaked information about the heads of government bodies, volunteers, participants of the anti terrorist operation. traders among local residence because of whom both civilians and members of the military died. to bring these persons to justice, please share their details. so they can literally call for programs like this advisor did. you did these, this guy type of vigilante justice usually ends up with local settling their own private scores and a lot. busy innocence, getting hurt, due process, what is that? there is no due process. and you can just basically accused of anybody being his arbiter and commit, unspeakable repression under disguise, of fighting traitors. and yet the fact that they're so brazen about it and so open about it justifies to the kind of media coverage

and as i say, is an indication of the russian army trying to surround savanski here as sofa so far, at least the ukrainians, ukrainian forces seem to be keeping, keeping them back. the emanuel macro has been re elected as france as president. he comfortably beat far right challenger marine the pen, but he's acknowledged voter as dissatisfaction with his 1st term. and with almost all the votes counted, macro has an estimated 58.54 percent in the presidential runoff. while the pan leader of the national rally party has 41.46 percent, here's bernard smith reporting from paris manual micro gamble that a short but tense election campaign would be enough. it was his comfortable margin of victory over marina pan, gives him a 2nd term of the lease a palace, only 2 presidents before him of manage that in his victory speech, makram promised that his next 5 year term would be different. said there are new readiness up this new era will not be a continuity of the 5 previous years. but the collected invention of a revised method for 5 better years for our country. and are you faced supporters? this

strategically important town of sla vianza as you also say, there were full civilians killed in an area near savanski, a village near there as they tried to escape that village. and we heard reports of a lot of heavy russian weapons moving into that city off the street fights. and there's also been further west. we understand there's been a lot of shelling in the, in the town of michael life also. and the coronel authorities are saying that this is an indication, potentially, of this largely long awaited long awaited offensive or push up by the russians. a concentrated effort to try and take more territory in the eastern area of the country after, as we saw 2 weeks ago, this move this withdrawal from russian forces north and east all the capital key. if so, yeah, there are some very worrying developments for literally hundreds of thousands of civilians in these areas. the are the authorities in the gangs over the last couple of days have been telling civilians to leave literally to save themselves. and that's in the word. and that's in the words of officials they're am and we understand that there is

ukrainian president vladimir zalinski has declared the world needs to know what happened in butcher savanski spoke while visiting the town near keith, where he and western allies accused russian forces of committing war crimes. before leaving it, ruins images from recent days appear to show bowed bodies shot at close range, and hastily dug mass grave. russia has suggested that this was staged with lansky says there's no doubt about russian atrocities. but when a single another's was lewis should be lockwood. first of all, it's very important that we have media here. we would like you to show the world what happened, what was done by russian military in ukraine. it's very important for you to see that these peaceful people who live without electricity or water still oppose the russian occupies. there's no difference between the authorities, all the people. we have representatives who were captured and killed. there is a wrong con, has been reporting from blue to throughout the day. and a warning, some viewers may find the following images disturbing. it was march the 10th when they 1st starte