surrounded the eastern ukrainian city of back loot, he appeared in a video urging president vladimir zaleski to pull his troops out of the area. residents have also started to leave their homes ahead of a possible russian advance. this city and its defenders have endured some of the most brutal fighting of the war. but after 6 months under constant attack, ukraine's hold on buck mote appears to be slipping. for both sides, the cost in both lives and ammunition has been enormous. but now the commander of russia's mercenary wagner, group claims the city is almost completely surrounded. a wagner group units have effectively encircled buck, mute, barry's. only one road left out all the pins is a closing room, while most roads in and out of but most have been cut off, making it difficult for ukraine to resupply its forces. those that remain open are under constant fire from russian artillery. as russia closes in their affairs, that ukraine's forces may become unable to retreat. throughout it all, medics continued to ferry the wounded away from the besieged city. close injured on the front line in

of the war last year, people really paying attention and you know, doing comparisons with william zaleski is that it's the front lines to the troops. he's there pretty often. this certainly didn't look like a man who feels safe or very relaxed. all this was mobile happening during the hours of darkness, basically no interaction with the people living the city except for those residents of that new block of flats which will look very stage manager. very awkward people . the kind of been wheeled out to greet him to shake his hand and to thank him, but not much more than that. so that definitely didn't seem like the actions of someone who is convinced the marable is going to stay on the russian control. nick, there are of course symbolic battles in war. places like stalingrad waterloo may be even back moved. now, what does marian polls symbolized for ukrainians? well, this was the 1st kind of major battle of this war. extraordinary images. and people will remember that destroyed theater that we mentioned, the report for the scenes from the maternity ward that was his mother's escaping with t

and for now, we're seeing that prince zaleski is not willing to countenance a withdrawal and keeps talking about the fortress battle right in the economy. even keep there, nick, thanks so much. pakistan's, former prime minister iran con, has briefly appeared, added judicial complex in islamabad to face corruption charges. clashes outside prevented the proceedings from going ahead. police fire tear gas on con supporters who gather in anticipation of his arrival in convoy left for the capitol earlier on saturdays from his home in the hall. 400 kilometers away. con, repeatedly failed to attend to previous hearings, leading to an arrest warrant being issued against him. although that wind was cancelled on friday, can say as he fears, heat may still be taken into custody. he is understood to now be returning home to le hor, user as curry is a journalist in karachi, she has more now on these clashes between police and iran. con supporters absolutely. as anybody. so imagine jane. we saw wrong home making almost 5. our journey would usually takes about 2 to 3 hours in 5 hours from the water. and a

and for now, we're seeing that prince zaleski is not willing to countenance a withdrawal and keeps talking about the fortress battle right in economy, even keep there, nick, thanks so much. well, the international criminal court in the hague has issued an arrest warrant for russia's president vladimir putin. the court said the warrant was issued over alleged war crimes in ukraine. person is accused of involvement in the on bothell deportation of children from it occupied areas of ukraine to russia. the kremlin has dismissed the allegations and the arrest warrant as meaningless. the charges are the 1st that the i c. c has ever laid against the heat of a permanent member of the you. in security council, russian president vladimir putin and his commissioner for children's rights and now wanted for war crimes. they are alleged to have been responsible for ukrainian children being forced from the occupied cities and seem to live in russia. judges f, review the information and evidence submitted by the prosecutor and determined that debt are credible. alicia keys, deese, persons for the alleged

that the for the quarter pianist is there some of them make secret deals with a narco traffickers, zaleski anbo kong and not a corporate vehicle. it's a mini lay it problem anthea shenika, bearing the brunt of it to protect themselves from the coca farm is they've been forced to carry weapons, shot guns, and bows and arrows. they determined to be visible presence in the area to discourage the expansion of coca fields. here for now, they key demand from the government is for more weapons to protect themselves from the drug cartels. nephi nemo, almost, there is only one way. we would even die to protect this land for our children, nissan. altima. but for that, i'm with mom, our patrols need modern weapons models. his tongue guardian is talking with us. today the patrol doesn't come across any coca pharmacy, but they do find any number of coca fields which they'll report to the authorities . but given the world's insatiable hunger full cocaine, the ramp and spread of coca here is likely to continue cons to taking over the world at the end of the 1970s that we just stay the 275000000 passenger

you cranes present it to laudermill. zalesky says he's, but he believes russia war is approaching a decisive moment in his nightly video address. said moscow was on the verge of failure in ukraine, thanks to western weapons deliveries. and it's those deliveries including german, made leper tanks that may many or pending their hopes on in the east. particularly buck mode. the city has been a key battleground in the war so far. and it's in the region where q of has signaled it's gearing up to launch a counter offensive against russia. so can ukraine break the stalemate? their russian artillery fires on past moot after months of attempts to take the city. ukraine has forced its enemy to commit major resources and take tens of thousands of casualties. the ukrainian military says it's buying time for a spring counter offensive. part of the preparations for that counter offensive are happening far from the front lines in spain. ukrainian troops are finishing their training on advanced western tanks. they hope the leopards will be a game changer on the battlefield until now ukraine has been using o

but everybody from zaleski on west is saying, you know, but we, what we want negotiate was put, you know, we won't negotiate with the russians. well, who are you going to negotiate with if you're not going to negotiate with, with, you know, president good. and, you know, he's the leader of the russian federation right now. and, and that's the way it is. you know, eyes, it's just a situation that has, that has become unmanageable, certainly from, from the side of, of the west. and the irony, i think, is that what may well emerge from all of this in the end when finally, people do sit down and talk is a resolution that's going to look very much like what russia proposed to buy in with. i agree with the addition of territories and populations. now i absolutely, everybody does go back to december 17th, 2021. and the proposal is there. it was sent to nato. it was sent to washington and then 10 year writing. i think we're going to basically get that. okay. and what a pity it is for ukraine to have to go through that and all the suffering that's gone away in europe for example, as result. i kno

and which way to see overseas, more details merge and ukrainian president roland whereas zaleski says, keep with absolutely not involved. and there is actually no indication to prove the contrary, but the evidence can apparently be traced back to ukraine. who's there, do you think could have had an interest in blowing up the pipeline? you know, i think if you look at the, say, some of the covers, maybe it's just as ukrainian or russian nationals opposed to vladimir putin is what is being said. and again, my stress, this is just reporting at the moment. none of us know the full facts that we're going to work or what, what we're seeing. but there are obviously quite a lot of powerful interests. i think within russia, within ukraine, obviously many ukrainians, exact in favor of love right now is war and happy to see things that ensure the national survival. i'm sure and oversee some with him, russia as well. i mean, let's not forget that the oligarchs with a powerful big is in russia right up until just about a year ago. when many of them fled or forced effectively into exile with russia

there have also been some unconfirmed reports that president she may even talk with president zaleski following his trip to moscow. do you think most likely well, it is always likely. all these are predictions and guesses, but i did leave as to whether miss besieging paying is going to to, to, to call and talk with the lensky over the phone or in person. we don't know, but whatever the case, i think all these things will get unfold very soon. wedding a matter of a week. i think after the meeting with mister booting so and also as to the results of the meeting as to what they're going to discuss about whether there'll be any concrete plans coming out. that's something we'll have to wait to see and looking forward to. well, you can certainly imagine that many in the west will be eyeing this meeting very closely, especially after the us made the claim. a couple of weeks ago that, that china was about to send lisa laid to sue to russia. again, it didn't provide any evidence of that, but do you do, how do you think this is going to go down in washington in the west? well, there's being a l

reminder of the top stories that we're following for you. ukrainian president followed him, your zaleski has ordered military commanders to send reinforcements to help your premium troops defending the besieged city of buck. doubts are emerging over the strength of russian forces, amid reports of ammunition shortages were to be of the news coming up next in database news. asia, why south korea wants to forgive japan for past war primes and focus on the future with help with my colleague louis chan. do stay with us if you can for that. i'm sarah kelly in berlin. thank you so much for watching. take care a ah, with getting ahead. documentary series founders valley with the founders, empowering their continent through digital in installing work pills and living conditions in their country. and inspiring the world with their ideas. founders valley africa watch. now on deductive documentary. will you become a criminal? mm franklin mayo already know. who's with hackers and paralyzed me to your societies? computers that out some are you and governments that go crazy for your data. we explain ho

about what to do about a mood president zaleski argument doesn't want to give up. so it's quite a difficult situation and we shall see what the ukrainian political leadership will do about this, whether it will realize it and how far it can push its military instrument. and whether it's worse and all the human cost you sent it, their president zelinski wants to send more troops to defend buffalo, but given the highly questionable strategic importance of board and the sheer brutality of the war there. would that be the right decision in your opinion? well, it depends because the problem is that is significant, then it has become significant for both sides, especially as president. the lensky has been stressing for months that the korean troops wouldn't give up. now, losing, but most would be very self defeating right. both from the political and strategic perspective, especially because in military strategic terms, but more the next key road which would severe the logistics of the ukrainian forces. the other thing is founding more given the cd because the question i

and which way to see oversee more details, much ukrainian, president roland, whereas zaleski says, keep with absolutely not involved. and there is actually no indication to prove the contrary. but the evidence can apparently be traced back to ukraine, who's there, do you think could have had an interest in blowing up the pipeline? you know, i think if you look at the, say, some of the covers, maybe it's just as ukrainian or russian nationals opposed to vladimir putin is what is being said. and again, we're stress. this is just reporting at the moment. none of us know the full facts that we're going to work or what, what we're seeing. but there are obviously quite a lot of powerful interests. i think, within russia, within ukraine, and obviously many ukrainians exact in favor of love. and right now is war and happy to see things that ensure the national survival, i'm sure and oversee some with him, russia as well. i mean, let's not forget that the oligarchs with a powerful figures in russia right up until just about a year ago. when many of them fled or forced effectively into exile with

really big today because of everything that calling explain, well i want, i want to bring in a earn zaleski. she's a freelance journalist and she has a little bit different view of it. let's. let's see what she has to say. background is not backing down the have the impression that more french people are resigned to the bill pushing through and becoming law and while the majority support be ongoing strikes, i think okay, don't quote me on this. i think it's about 56 percent. some people are feeling strike fatigue. for instance, ordinary people who just want to get to work in the morning are getting tired of the train in the metro cancellations. there's garbage piling up on the streets of paris. and at the end of the day, people are starting to feel that the strikes aren't gonna make a difference. the government's going to push the agenda through anyway. so why punish ordinary people? going to respond or answer it, raising their hand area and go for several points. first of all, i agree with what i didn't catch to him anyway with what just seems to be so formal resignation, but will remain 2