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our correspondent, char stratford, reports to match 92 year old ry isa is blind, infirm and terrified. she sits crying on her bed in this makeshift shelter, shrapnel for michelle ripped through her leg while she sat at home in the eastern ukrainian city of muddy anchor. mercedes law. thank god, we're alive. they shall, every half an hour, shrapnel hits everything. we climbed out with the rebel, grabbed what belongings we could then lifted mom out. we found a wheelbarrow and put her in it and pushed her to the road where a volunteer rescued us. in a nearby village, people waited a food distribution point too many have either fled or been rescued from the shelling and muddy income. a volunteer from a church group, hands out plastic bags filled with a few. essentially wood miller shows us what's inside. we live off canned food and what we can grow. we have no money because we can't walk. we can't work anymore. this is how we survive. further towards marianne k. as the sound of shelling echoes across the fields, signs of the fighting begin to appear. houses badly damaged and abandoned, a

charles stratford has the latest now from keith. say more than 900 bodies discovered in what else or to say, or approximately a 180 different sites. mainly around the capital city and saying that the majority of those killed, it seemed to have evidence of being shot at close range. now we know that obviously the ukrainian government is pushing for russia to be tried for legit war crimes we ukrainian government has backing in that endeavor by its western backers. and it was in the last couple days that the chief prosecutor for the international criminal court was he in kit visited that area, boucher, where so many of those bodies were found. but it's important to recognize that there are huge legal challenges if any kind of investigation into these illegible crimes is going to take place. also, interestingly overnight, there were reports of another russian as strike in the capital. there were reports of sicily, according to the local man saying that there were teams of medics and rescuers in an area of south west in the south west of

let's get more from charles stratford who's in the ukrainian capital and charles, this is a grim roku of the dead. very much so, net guess those figures as you say, more than 900 bodies discovered in what sorts you say are approximately a 180 different sites mainly around the capital city and saying that the majority of those killed that seemed to have evidence of being shot at close range . now we know it was at the see the ukrainian government is pushing for russia to be tried for legit war crimes. we know the ukrainian government has backing in that endeavor by its western backers and it was in the last couple of days that the chief prosecutor for the international criminal court was he in kid visited that area, boucher that you mention where so many of those bodies were found, but it's important to recognize that there are huge legal challenges if any kind of investigation into these illegible crimes is going to take place. i mean, the 1st challenge, so lawyers and legal experts in this country say is the compatibility between the ukrainian legal system and the kind of regulations

as soon as chance stratford reporting live there from the dumbass region of eastern ukraine, chance many thanks. indeed the interior ministry of more dove as break away region trans. these trias, as that shots have been fired from ukraine. russian backed regions says that a large ammunition depot was targeted. the ministry also accused ukraine of launching drones towards its territory. a series of attacks have been carried out in trans desanya over the past 2 days. it's unclear who was behind them. accordingly, emma has sentence, the ousted leader on sans who cheat a 5 years in jail, so she was found guilty of accepting $600000.00 and $7.00 gold bars in bribes. 76 year old trial was close to the median. al jazeera florence lewis is following the case from kwan alone, but she's with us now by florence. what more do we know about the sentencing? while we know that this is one out of 11 corruption charges she faces and maximum sentence for this was 15 years, she's been given 5 years in prison is not yet known whether she will be taken immediately to prison. this is not the 1st custodial sen

would be a john lewis in stratford.67, sharon grew up in layton in the east of london. my mum came as a 19—year—old, i can't believe of it, and my dad came when he was in the late 50s, and they met here and tried to rent. it was really difficult to rent as a family. of course it was a. all those assigns of no blacks, no irish, no dogs. it was a really big thing that they were able to find the right house. hats off to my dad. tell us about him, curtis. my dad curtis is still alive and now 86. like my mum, coming from jamaica to england for five years, would then go back and they got married, they had their children here, they made this their home. but my dad is interesting because he always wanted to improve himself. even though he didn't do much schooling. he do much schooling. left school when he was about oi’ he left school when he was about 15 or 16. he left school when he was about 15 or 16. my mother left school when she was 11. wow. she hardly did any primary school because she was the eldest of nine. every time i

let's speak to our course one child stratford who's there and joins us live at. charles, it is an increasingly desperate situation and, and little sign of any respite. absolutely. 0 side of any rest by next certainly in this area that we are north of the city of savanski. we've seen quite a lot of sharing in the last 15 minutes or so on the horizon we believe could well be, but we called confirm on the outskirts of that city or thereabouts. one particular cloud of smoke, huge joy and great mushroom cloud. basically, that rose from the horizon about 15 minutes ago. now we understand, we know in fact that russian forces are to my left, up to around 20 kilometers away. and they are trying to push south towards the vents directly from the north, from the north west. and from the east, we know that there's been a lot of fighting in areas that we have been covering or reporting from in the last few days. towns close to town, close to the the urban areas of lucy, chance, the village of papa as well. that be worrying reports about evacuation efforts from some of these to

once again been the target for russian forces. moscow sands that shalt a military plant, charles stratford has more from the capital, keith. the russian ministry of defense as this destroy building was a ukrainian weapons factory in the southwest outskirts of the capital. give. moscow says the plant made anti aircraft an anti ship missiles. people living nearby, say they heard at least 3 large explosions early friday morning was fall, marcia marie told us to actually park the car and the 2 rockets hit at 1 am. i did not realize that there are 2 rockets coming in, but when i went out afterwards, i waited indoors for some time fitting. motioning. we saw the 3rd one coming damage the car towed. the tires hid the windows and was people suffered to the walls fell out, which i, the attack came hours after russia said its black sea fleet flank ship. the moscow had sunk while being towed back to port after a fire cause an explosion on board. ukrainian military said it was responsible having targeted the vessel with ukrainian made net you missiles. people gathered at a memorial ceremony for the shi

charles stratford spent the night at a military field hospital that's treating.

the 1st time in the 7 weeks ege, russia is use long range bombers to target that poor city child stratford reports now from cave the russian ministry of defense as this destroyed building was ukrainian weapons factory in the south west outskirts of the capital. give moscow says the plant made anti aircraft an anti ship missiles. people living nearby say they heard at least 3 large explosions. early friday morning was over, lemme say annoy apology lest actually bought the car and the 2 rockets had at 1 am . so i did not realize that there are 2 rockets coming in. i. when i went out afterwards below, i waited endorsed for some time getting motion. when we saw the 3rd one coming it damaged the cars that were on the tires, hit the windows and was if he was afoot to him, it was fell out interiors. let me apologize. the attack came hours after russia said it's black see fleet flagship. the moscow had sunk while being towed back to port after a fire caused an explosion on board. the ukrainian military said it was responsible having targeted the vessel with ukrainian made neptune missiles. people

charles stratford reports from the capital key if there is a cold silence before easter sunday service at this catholic church and cave worship was neil and crossed themselves as they come in some take confession. while the congregation gathers many of the people here have family members and friends fighting in the east, most never expected. they would have to live through war. this is i see south, i see the other one is living through their own personal plane. and they know some of the people they know may not come hodge. and we're coming here to look for belief and hope because maybe there will be nothing left oh, there are more than a 1000000 roman catholics in this predominately orthodox christian country boxes of donated, food and clothing, stay along the aisles. ready for volunteers among the worshippers to distribute to those in need. father. pavlov. the scope sky prepares to give communion the congregation wait in line. oh, i see where i need several, only gets you. when the war started. i started coming to the church more often because of the anxiety. when i hear the father's

charles stratford reporting titian, ukrainian capital case. thanks a lot. charles. of course it is your hearing has been a great deal of focus on the sinking of the muscular russian warship. but it's estimated the rushers actually lost nearly 3000 pieces of military equipment in ukraine. military experts put the losses down to the advanced, unmanned drones, anti tank and anti aircraft weapons. nato countries have given to ukraine or so. so the reports on this now from keith tanks, helicopters, personnel carriers, tens of millions of dollars worth of equipment all destroyed. and these are just a small portion of the losses suffered by one of the most powerful armies in the world. when russia began is offensive it hope to capture ukraine's capital keep within days. but you please army wrists with their souls. evidently rational b, n. genic projects with moral, with its equipment, with its training and his doctrine. and as a result was soon trans. your question directly. russia has been defeated in the field to a point where it was effectively routed from the north of

and another of our correspondence, charles stratford spent the night and a ukraine on the field hospital close to the front line in the east warning his exclusive report contains images that some viewers may find distressing. ukrainian medics carry a wounded soldier into a field hospital close to the front line. a piece of shrapnel has written through his side. the wound looks small but the sharp metal franklin inside will kill him if not dealt with fast. medics pump the soldier with anesthetic and pure oxygen. they practice the wound. he will be evacuated to a hospital further back from the front line to have the shrapnel removed. the team say some nights they have to treat up to 70 men wounded as they defend their positions against the russian army advance. in a town close by. many of the medics have worked in foreign wars, owns the decades, but they never expected one day. they would be saving lives home, many of my whole professional life. i've been treated people. i love people. i love life in all ways. i chose my field because death is the worst enemy russians is worth. the deed is

ok, thank you for bringing us up to spade charles stratford life ross. new city of a back move tension is rising in the pro ration break. my region of my guys are after a series of attacks and way, some days the interior ministry of trans mysterious says shots were fired on wednesday and came to ward village housing. in ammunition def i am on tuesday. it said 2 explosions, damaged or radio antenna in another village. me back a has more fun. kitchena ukraine's interpretation of what's happened in france. nisha is that this is very much a false flag operation, orchestrated by russia or to justify possibly bolstering russia's troop presence within the trans nice year. there is a sizable russian speaking population in the region. and of course, we know historically that russia has used the defense of russian speakers as a reason for moving military into regions, of course has happened in the done yes, because half a little hamster in the 2008 warwick georgia that happened in south of sasha as well, the moldova, and believe that they may well be some internal

charles stratford reports with the russian ministry of defense. as this destroy building was a ukrainian weapons factory and the shelf wished out. schools should the capital give moscow says the plant made anti aircraft an anti ship missiles. people living nearby say they heard at least 3 large explosions. early friday morning. was lowville, i must say, annoy apologize. thanks. we parked the car and the 2 rockets had at 1 am. i did not realize that there are 2 rockets coming in, but when i went out afterwards, i waited in doors for some time, fearing mostly we saw the 3rd one coming damage. the car toward the tires hid the windows and was people suffered to the walls, fell out. apologize. the attack came hours after russia said its black sea fleet flank ship. the moscow had sunk while being towed back to port after a fire caused an explosion on board. ukrainian military said it was responsible having targeted the vessel with ukrainian made neptune missiles. people gathered at a memorial ceremony for the ship in the port city of sebastopol in russi

let's go live to al jazeera is char stratford, charl, charles stratford, who joins us from eastern ukraine. tell us about what's been happening as far as the fighting there. charlie. well, fully. yes. so a lot of heavy shedding of various locations in the east overnight and into this morning. most particularly the town of po persona, lucy chanced and a town called hid escape. now these towns are all east of here and they are part of, according to what you current military are saying as his campaign by the russians to try and push down and surround the herb and censor of slo vance can just south of that. kraemer tools. we're also hearing wiring worrying signs, of course of no movement yet again, a full potential movement for those civilians trapped under the as will still plant in mariel pool. and the one of the. busy commanders of the adult battalion yesterday putting out a video message directly appealing to the turkish presidents for help. we know that turkey is seemingly having an increasing role in trying to mediate or at least set up an, a sufficiently calm environment full of potenti

the russian armies sites cha, stratford al jazeera, sloppy asked. the era secretary of defense says that ukraine can win the war if it has the right equipment. lloyd austin said that he wants to see russia weakens to the degree that it can't launch another invasion, like the one into ukraine. he made the comments after visiting ukraine's capital with the secretary of state antony blinking on sunday. it was the highest level visit by u. s. officials since the war began, and they pledged the father free $713000000.00 in military aid. the 1st step in winning is believing that you can win and so they believe that we can win. we believe that we can work, they can win if they have the right equipment, the rights of war, wordly, everything. we can continue to be everything we can ensure a good use of following the invasion. many ukrainians are choosing to shun all things. russian. one thing that's changing fast is the use of the russian language . razzles said our reports from live the service at the orthodox church of san jose in libby has continued for c

thank you so much stratford reporting from the dumbass region. now the us, british and canadian leaders are all promising to send more artillery, an anti tank weapons to ukraine. keith is defending its eastern region from a new assault by russian forces. and if moscow is successful, then it could essentially slice ukraine in to. the pentagon has given further details about the weapons being sent. we have helped deliver, not just from our stocks for from stocks of other nations, more than 50000000 rounds of small arms ammunition of various calibers 50000000. and that's the kind of stuff that the koreans are literally using every single day instances invasion began. so all of that will also be factored into this package going forward. here is alan fisher with more from washington d. c. to weeks, as joe biden announced that the u. s. was going to send any $100000000.00 package or military aid to the ukrainians that's already started arriving in country. in fact, the pentagon, seeing it somewhere between 40 and 72 hours to get those weapons that mate

, stratford. anthony pro has more also those strikes on the western city of levine. it's fair to say that there is also been what is being described as an escalation by russian forces in their attempts to take control of more territory. here in the east, we have reports of at least 11 civilians killed in the city of car cave, sporadic but heavy shelling in that city last night and throughout the day we're also hearing reports from all the ukrainian authorities in the region of lou ganske . they imploring civilians to leave the area because of what they describe as the beginnings of a major push by russian forces in that area. we understand that at least full civilians were killed as they tried to escape a village, a village that ukrainian forces admitted had been taken over by the russian military and debt and pro russian separatists. we understand earlier today. meanwhile, the besieged city of mariel pull in the south east. 7 weeks of being bombarded by russian employ, russian forces the mare of

charles stratford report from a pasta. he was present, and joe biden has pledged another $800000000.00 of military assistance to key for weapons, ammunition and drones. our white house correspondent, kimberly hawkeye reports as the russian siege under ukrainian city of mary. a po continues intend on crushing any remaining resistance. the white house says it's sending new shipments of military aid to help you cranium. like back. we're in a critical window now. and united states and our allies and partners are moving as fast as possible to continue to prod ukraine. the forces that they need, the weapons they need, excuse me, the equipment they need, their forces need to defend varnish. the latest aid package announced the same day the ukrainian prime minister was in washington meeting with you as president joe biden, and military leaders. total's 800000000 in heavy artillery, including 72 howitzers, 144000 rounds of ammunition, and follows more than a 1000000000 in security assistance already sent to ukraine. however, with t

worship, many of the people here would find living through war even harder than it already is. cha, stratford al jazeera keith. china's economy has beaten full costs in the 1st quarter of 2022, but figures show it's also at risk of a sharp slow down. in the next few months, asians gross domestic product expanded 4.8 percent year on year more than expected . but the effect of the new curve 19 locked down on the war, ukraine could put pressure on the economy going forward. so j, u. c, should, i must be aware that domestic us an international environment becoming more complicated and uncertain. as we faced these challenges, we must follow the guidance of shipping for them. social doesn't change characteristics for a new era and fully implement the spirit of the center economic conference in the arrangements made by report of the work of a government. the must coordinate the efforts of 19 to response and social development make economic stability, our top priority empathy progress, while ensuring stability and put the task of 6 or shoring system safeguards front and center katrina, you have more

charles stratford al jazeera, eastern new grade. the international criminal court chief prosecutor says he's received no response from russia about his investigation into alleged war crimes committed during the war and ukraine. speaking at the united nations kareem khan said, the world is holding its breath waiting for a resolution of the conflict. this is a time when we need to mobilize to law and send it in to battle, not to not on the side of ukraine, against the russian federation, on the side of the russian federation against ukraine. but on the side of humanity to protect, to preserve, to shield people who are children, who are women, and who are men who have certain basic rights. and at that age at those people, whether they are russian or whether they're ukrainian is absolutely relevant. their families and their lives are being torn apart. so if this moment is not a moment for us to define and strain our sinews and come together, what moment will we wait for? and will we be alive to see it? for a short breakout to 0, when we

charles stratford al jazeera cave. that's enough for me as a member to him who's in cal keven has more on russia strikes on residential areas . clearly medina caught guess what? solely on the massage, shooting the often targets the eastern neighborhood. the city of khaki has today landed in the defense of the city pacifically in this neighborhood, which houses a number president job buildings in factories, according to the security forces. and mr. landed here textile factory. one person was killed in at least 20 people were injured. the extent of the damage stretches to approximately 500 meters from where i am. emergency services searching for potential victims khaki has been on the intensive bombardment security for he's on high alert knowing the areas in khaki, the potential targets. russia has increased its attacks on civilians here in khaki, indiscriminately shedding residential neighborhood. now, 17 policy worshippers have been injured ought to be forcibly disperse. male must compound. israel said the operation wa

charles stratford al jazeera, eastern, new grade. still ahead on al jazeera, an airport in southern china is forced to cancel hundreds of flights. i mean mass testing of staff because the 19 ah hello. well, i don't often get the chance to say this, but i think dahlan damp sums up the weather across a good part of the middle east over the next couple of days. not a cloud there in 2 central parts, a saudi arabia, pushing over towards even us here and cut out. we saw few spots of rain yesterday. we may, will see a few more spots of fright. over the next couple of days. you can see shari outburst possible in to a good part of saudi arabia, western parts of yemen, further north, while a shout running across iraq, western parts of iran, up towards the caucus, his waddle to shower, still there in place across sir parts of turkey, at least for a time, brighter weather does come back into events, temperatures in damascus at around $34.00 celsius. that is that sherry rain lingering around the gulf, he wait to see some showers. there we go with

charles stratford are joining us from near pots, not that's in the hunt region. because charles, there have been reports of more missile attacks by the russians. what can you tell us according to the ukrainian military, they're saying that so there were least 4 explosions in the port city of odessa. that is a long, long way west from here and something ukraine. they're saying that according to their reports, to residential buildings, we hit residential areas and to military facilities, no more noble news on that as yet. but obviously a very worrying development, seeing as a desa has relatively speaking, remained very quiet indeed since this war started. and it comes, of course, on the back of statements made by the russian major general last night saying that the 2nd phase involved the control not only of this region, the east of ukraine, but suddenly ukraine as well. with the invocation that there was going to be a connection to to the transmission area. that's the self declared republic of transmission. as you mentioned in your intro is heavily rushing back. we

let you, sir. ever see her home again for joy stratford, al jazeera marie anchor. you shouldn't grave you. meanwhile, hundreds of evacuees have arrived in the city of car keys. they were forced to leave. the nearby village of russ colors over area has been under russian seats for more than a month. ukraine 2nd largest city khaki has enjoyed nearly daily selling since the war began. booms hurry, a woman through no which our house was burnt this night. the house burned and all that was inside. we have no place to stay. it is scary. what he blew hide in the basement, it was horror. the basement was shaken from the explosions. we were screaming, we were crying and we were praying to god. what, despite rushes bombardment in the east present lensky hope for his soldiers will stand very ground discuss a glitch in the situation in the car keys region is difficult, but our troops and our intelligence have important technical success. of the occupiers are doing everything to destroy any loss at the dawn, best her true, seen him. constant, cruel bombardments, lying because th

charles stratford got ne, what's been called the line of contact, where both sides are exchanging fire. he spoke to people to space by fighting in eastern dumbass region. not shallow white v zario shows us what exploding show did to her home. yes. her house is a few kilometers from where russian forces are trying to advance that are being held back by the ukranian army fellows voice, thoroughfare, them all day. it happened so quickly. yeah, i was in the house. i heard a whistling sound. she says a ship casual thing and so we don't worry, this is out going. she continued at the suddenly i came out of the house and i saw my son was crawling towards me. he shouted, ma'am, are you alive? liam? my ears were ringing and there was debris everywhere. yet when, when they shoot, it's not that scary. it's the incoming. we are afraid of it. she says another shell blasts out across the fields the ukrainians, saying that they pushing russian forces back from positions close to here. we have no way of confirming that but we were in the last few minutes or so heard shells leaving this area. the lady i

charles stratford reports now from the capital. keith. there is a cold silence before easter sunday service at this catholic church and keith worshippers. neil and crossed themselves as they come in. some take confession, while the congregation gathers many of the people here have family members and friends fighting in the east. most never expected. they would have to live through war. but if i see stocks, i see everyone is living for their own personal brain. and they know some of the people they know may not com and but i have a look for belief and help because maybe there was nothing left ah, there more than a 1000000 roman catholics in this predominately orthodox christian country. boxes have donated food and clothing, stuff along the aisles. ready for volunteers among the worshippers to distribute to those in need. father. pavlov. the scope sky prepares to give communion. the congregation wait in line. oh, i see. were you several only guess? yeah. when the war started, i started coming to the church more often because of the anxiety.

are the serious charles stratford reporting live there from the pro in easton ukraine. many thanks, d. charles will. the scale of destruction is becoming evident in some regions of ukraine following rushes. withdrawal al jazeera razzles sat up, visited cha, have one of the cities hardest hit by russian forces, and there he spoke to people who are trying to rebuild their lives. this is all that remains of 80 year old hannah's house. she lives in the neighbourhood of barbara pizza on the outskirts of jem here in a minute. let me ha, so nearly there is no water. i had christy and gas and no one comes here and asked, no one does anything to and it is not the only one to have lost her home. her neighbor will, i see said other shows us what was once his pride and joy. all that's left are the ashes of a previous life. his home was 1st, he had by russian bombs in the early days of the war. and again on the 10th of march, a letter from june. we had a limb, fidel keeley, now i have nothing him succeeding and flows of burnt, but the most painful thing is that all my memorable docu

ok, thank you so much. charl stratford is reporting for us from new york lehman the now in minute micro has been reelected as francis president, he comfortably beat for right challenger marina pen. but he acknowledged voter as this satisfaction with his 1st term. with almost all the votes counted, macro has an estimated 58.54 percent in that presidential runoff. while the pound leader of the national rally party has 41.46 percent. let's get the feeling from paris and bringing bernard smith. he's joining us from the french capital, bernard marine with the mandate not comfortable margin of victory. manual micron is now promising significant social reforms, raising the retirement age, amending and changing, adjusting unemployment benefits. i'm making it easier to hire and fire workers with me to discuss this is some k u la. i've listed on the space here in paris. i, thanks very much for joining you. first of all, the reforms that micro wants to push through how important economically are they for? they are important, but it's also important to know that he did do quite significant reforms

as an invading army continues to wreck hers and millions of other people's lives. shall stratford al jazeera, easton ukraine. local authorities in india's capital have destroyed dozens of properties in a predominantly muslim neighbourhood. it follows violence between hindus and muslims in the area on saturday. the hindu nationalist party had you not a party that runs the district, is being accused of disproportionately targeting muslims. elizabeth corona reports from new delhi. oh, the bulldozers muth with a john good pooty neighbourhood of northwest deli on wednesday morning, accompanied by hundreds of police and paramilitary forces. they destroyed shops for 3 hours despite a supreme court order, telling them to stop. the gate to the john, good through the mosque was also demolished while the hindu temple next to it stood intact. yaeger in brown was it would have been a war. there's i, you get a, this dimension should stop because no one from these shops to pardon saturdays while it was on dark day in those what creating trouble. some people asked them to stop, but they didn't want

talks to the russian president vladimir putin recently described as having reached a dead end. cha, stratford al jazeera. here i'll just here is miles, and abraham is in cocky with more on russia strike on residential areas that clearly might you know, what's on the massage, shooting the often targets the eastern neighborhood. the city of khaki has today landed in defense of the city pacifically in this neighborhood. which house is the number president job buildings in factories, according to the security forces. and mr. landed here textile factory. one person was killed in at least 20 people were injured. the extent of the damage stretches to approximately 500 meters from where i am, emergency 70. the searching for potential victims khaki has been on the intensive bombardment security forces on high alert knowing the areas in khaki for potential targets. russia has increased its attacks on civilians in call, keith, indiscriminately shedding residential neighborhood, or russian forces have also targeted the ukrainian capital. keith bristol said are, has the latest from their a raid sirens sou

charles stratford has more on the fighting in east in ukraine. a lot of heavy sharing of various locations in the east overnight and into the smaller.

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 contain fires in a number of locations across the industrial city. these plants were hit by artillery shells. here you can see some of the devastation let you me can sit down with her. so i'm a cobalt and then again, it seems that targeting fuel and lubricant plants has become routine for the russian forces. as they tried to destroy all the facilities that can be put to military use, the people how it took a number of hours for cruise to contain the fire before it reached the nearby plant corner. if you had done mamma, clinical apply to the as you can see, the fire teams are

let's get more from charles stratford. he studied by 1st in the ukrainian capital and charles said more grim discoveries in places from which the russians have withdrawn. yes, makes them horrific. statistics being put out by the ukranian authorities on what they describe as a legit war crimes being committed by russian forces in those areas surrounding give mainly when they occupied the area. let's not forget the 2 weeks ago, russian forces left the area. ready the ukraine was archie saying up to a $180.00 locations more than $900.00 bodies, $350.00, of which in that area of boucher which has had so much media and international attention. and. and the understanding is, according to the ukraine and authorities that many of these people there is evidence to suggest that they were shot at close range. we know that the ukrainian government and. ready west and back as a keen to try and get some sort of investigation into 2 alleged war crimes. we also know that in the last few days, the chief prosecutor for the i c. c. the inter

charles stratford al jazeera, eastern new grade. while still ahead on al jazeera, an airport in southern china is forced to cancel hundreds of flights. i made mast testing of staff, a covey 19. ah hello. the weather is set fair across eastern parts of the us just means eastern parts of canada over the next couple of days. kind of my now in the process of pulling out to the way, brightest guys come back in behind, courtesy of high pressure which will keep its satellite where the systems getting squeezed out to the way we have got a little disturbance towards the southwest, which will gather and develop further as we go on through the next day or so ahead of that loss, a warm air across the plains to the north of that some cold air in play chicago, 4 degrees celsius. but south of that line, south of our cold front, kansas city at around $23.00 degrees and it's going to be the warmer where, which was grassy ease a little further east was. we got some live showers and from that area of low pressure which is pushed across the plains by t

all stratford reporting from baton. so while all that is happening to prime ministers is spain in denmark of the latest european leaders to visit keith, the spanish prime minister pedro sanchez in a danish prime minister meto frederickson are expected to whole talk. soon. ukraine's president followed amir zalinski from on this. russell sar is joining us from the vive. so what significance do these visits have? and whether we have any impact on the fight currently taking place in the east of the country? russell that's a little how because we have seen that whenever the european leaders particular listing here they're promising more weapons, more humanitarian aid. so today the spanish and english prime ministers are here are going to be a that the here and was at g m. and me that the ukranian president bullet image that ask you just yesterday, that the president of the european council shall, michelle, was here. and when he met the president, as the lensky, he said that the he had, he and you with the european partners,

at charl stratford. it brings us more now from inside ukraine. we know that there are hundreds of thousands of people still inside the city. i visited it a month ago and went into underground shelters. or the metro station, for example being used, people living in pretty terrifying conditions in those bunkers. and as you, as, as we say, there are daily daily attacks happening on car q. and we understand it as, as a, is, is as a result of a push by russian forces form areas around car cave heading south trying to take greater control of more territory in those eastern regions. in lou ganske and don etzky almost go thing its troops have cleared the entire urban areas. mario pl of ukrainian forces off to seizing control of the iliad steel plant. but it said some ukrainian soldiers are still blockaded in the as all cells still works as been footed showing damage and all these sites are in our guidelines. the taliban government in the afghan capitalist, some in pakistan on basset to cobble to protest alleged military strikes inside afghanistan by paki

charles stratford has more now from east ukraine. a lot of heavy shedding of various locations in the east overnight and into this morning. most particularly the town of personnel. lucy chanced and a town called his gay. now these towns are all east of here. and they are part of, according to what you create military saying, this is campaign by the russians to try and pushed out and surround the urban sense of slow vents can just south of that cremmit. also, a funeral has been held for palestinian man killed by israeli forces in the occupied west bank. the palestinian health ministry said he was shot dead during an israeli army operation in the village of as soon on friday. the united nations estimates his ready forces have killed at least 40 policy and since february, separately, israeli forces are searching for suspects who are accused of killing and israeli security guard in the occupied west bank, israeli military se policy and gunman open fire and the real settlement and then fled the same. all sentiment saw illegal on the inter

charles stratford has more on the fighting in easton ukraine. a lot of heavy sharing of various locations in the east overnight and into this morning. most particularly the town of pasta, lucy chance and a town called hill escape. now these towns are all east of here and they are part of, according to what you current military are saying as his campaign by the russians to try and push down and surround the urban sense of slow violence can just south of that crime a tool. so a federal has been held for a palestinian man killed by ready forces in the occupied west bank. the pallet, the your health industry said he was shot dead during an israeli army operation in the villages as an old friday view and estimates israeli forces of killed at least 40 palestinians february separately, israeli forces and searching for suspects who are accused of killing and israeli security guard in the occupied westbank, israeli military say that palestinian government opened fire in the aerial settlement and then fled the scene. all settlements are illegal on the int

in nikolai of and her phone in the southeast. austin forces also shell, the town of lyman, shall stratford reports now from the hotel in ukraine. don bos, region, the advisor to the mariel poor male. and his telegram channel is said that as strikes according to him, russian air strike underneath that steel plant in mary opal. this morning we are hearing reports of air strikes on that town of the we are hearing these, these rockets that cover a vast area. so idea, because certainly seemingly, according to reports, the brunt of some of the main movements in the east this morning. but as i say still yes, all eyes on the, the civilians tracked underneath that joint. great. so we built steel plant prisoners at a time when they deeply divide it over the ukraine war. the deal was reached after lengthy negotiations washes foreign ministry says the former us marine health a critical condition or in kenya where millions face salvation of the west route and decades. and we look at how a fire a landfill coupled with a heap of africa in a moment. the 1st. c to the middle east and we've seen some unsett

also heading towards lyman and proportional to cities being defended by ukrainian troops, which are stratford sent this report from mad income, a village now on the frontline of the war in the east 92 year old roy isa is blind, infirm, and terrified, she sits crying on her bed in this makeshift shelter, shrapnel for michelle ripped through her leg while she sat at home in the eastern ukrainian city of murray, inca mercedes law. mo, thank god, we're alive. they shall, every half an hour, shrapnel hits everything. we climbed out of the rebel, grabbed what belongings we could then lifted mom out. we found a wheelbarrow and put her in it and pushed her to the road where a volunteer rescued us. in a nearby village, people waited a food distribution point too because of the fighting begin to appear, houses badly damaged and abandoned a school destroyed. we dr. further and into mary anchor was the sound of artillery for an occasional small arms fire. russian forces a close we can hearing what sounds like more died. another shell there. now, we also know that the russians made gains, hey marianne, or