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sarah rainsford, bbc news, bucha. finland and sweden have formally announced their intention to join nato in response to russia's invasion of ukraine. the alliance's secretary generaljens stoltenberg has described the move, which amounts to the abandoning of their military non—alignment, as historic, while president putin, talking about finland, described the plan as a mistake. the north atlantic treaty organization was created back in 1949 by 12 countries, including the us, the uk, canada and france. after the soviet union's collapse in 1991, many former eastern bloc countries joined nato, and it now numbers 30 member states. finland, which has a border of more than 1,300 kilometres with russia, and sweden would bring that number to 32, and would more than double nato's land border with russia. our europe correspondent, nick beake, reports. they claim vladimir putin's war has brought them closer together and made them stronger. now the nato family is set to get bigger. america's top diplomat, back in europe, said t

sarah rainsford, bbc news, bucha. countries in asia are marking one of the most important buddhist festivals of the year, vesak day. also known as buddha day, it usually takes place on the first full moon in may, but the event had been disrupted by the pandemic. the bbc�*s azedeh moshiri reports. chanting. the celebration isn't meant to be done remotely, for these monks, it is the first time they have mark macorna, or buddha day since the pandemic began. translation: ., .,, began. translation: ., , began. translation: ., translation: today is an important _ translation: today is an important day _ translation: today is an important day because - translation: today is an important day because it l important day because it commemorates the birth, enlightenment and great decease of the lord buddha. celebrated on the first full moon in may, no effort was spared. worshippers in thailand laid out thousands of led lanterns at this temple to mark the occasion. 21,000 to be exact. chanting. some of monks were encouraged tojo

sarah rainsford, bbc news, bucha. finland and sweden have abandoned their longstanding military neutrality and announced their intention tojoin nato — in response to russia's invasion of ukraine. the alliance's secretary general jens stoltenberg has described the move as historic — while president putin, talking of finland, said the plan was "a mistake". nato — the north atlantic treaty organization — is a military alliance which, by the mid 1990s, had many members in western europe — including the uk. after the soviet union's collapse, many former eastern bloc countries also joined. now, sweden and finland — which has a more than 800 mile border with russia — want tojoin. nato foreign ministers, meeting in berlin, said they hoped for a rapid accession because of the ukrainian crisis. 0ur europe correspondent, nick beake, reports. they claim vladimir putin's war has brought them closer together and made them stronger. now, the nato family is set to get bigger. america's top diplomat, back in europe, said

more than 1,000 bodies are discovered in the bucha region. nato is confident that finland and sweden will rapidly become the alliance's latest members, despite the misgivings of turkey. the white house has announced that president biden will visit the city of buffalo on tuesday, after a gunman killed ten people in a case of suspected racially—motivated domestic terrorism. it happened at a supermarket in the city in new york state on saturday. an 18—year—old white man has been charged with first degree murder. most of the victims were black. 0nce once again, one man's deep—seated racism and access to semiautomatic weapons have combined to deadly effect in america. 18—year—old peyton drove for miles to reach the supermarket in a predominantly black neighbourhood, buffalo. heavily armed and dressed in tactical gear, the live stream to his entire horrific attack. the killing spree began in the car park were four people were killed, before he entered the building and continued his rampage. a security guard, a retired buffalo policeman,

more than one thousand bodies are discovered in the bucha region. i still don't have a full picture. but from the evidence that we have found underground, it's clear they were executed. as nato foreign ministers meet in berlin — finland and sweden — neutral for decades — say they plan to join the alliance —— a decision hailed by nato's secretary general this could be a historic moment. their membership in nato would increase our shared security. president biden says america must do all it can to end hate—filled domestic terrorism — following saturday's mass shooting in buffalo that left 10 dead. and north korea announces a further eight deaths as it battles a covid outbreak. welcome to the progamme. finland and sweden have announced their intention tojoin nato — in response to russia's invasion of ukraine. to russia's invasion we'll get to that in just a moment — but first i want to tell you about this exclusive report: a bbc team have uncovered further evidence of potential war crimes committed by russian forces in ukraine. since

our correspondent, ben brown, is in bucha and has more. this was the road were so many bodies were found after the russians finally left and so many homes have been destroyed. you can see home after home completely devastated here. in fact, only yesterday, police told us about three more bodies of men they had found here, bodies with their hands tied behind their backs, showing signs of torture, so they will be added to the growing list of alleged war crimes in this town and other towns north of kyiv. the prosecutor general said they are investigating 8,000 separate allegations of war crimes and specifically in this town in bucha the ukrainian government and prosecutor general has now named and identified ten soldiers from the russian army, they are called the despicable10 in ukraine, ten soldiers from the 64 russian motor rifle brigade who are alleged to have carried out atrocities in this town, whether they will ever be brought to justice remains to be seen, but ukrainians are saying that ultimately president putin is their commander—i

bucha pictures, it's a fabrication. you don't believe it? it's not true. is this a fabrication, sir? this is the city of mariupol, completely devastated. don't worry about mariupol. we have already... many people are worrying about. are you going to listen to me or we are going to talk yourself? if you will continue to talk, then it is over. we can finish on that point. what's your view of mariupol? so tell me. we have established a governmental commission which is going to rebuild mariupol totally. we will provide for the necessary financial resources for the building of it. and believe me, it will be done. we can see from the pictures these are residential areas, residential areas. residential houses. we saw a lot of experience... complete devastation. these are residential areas. these are not legitimate military targets. we have a lot of registered cases where this is over a wide range artillery. this is over a wide range. when ukrainian artillery was shelling residential areas, especially. this is a war crime and this is a war. as i have told you, as

it's myjob to wonder, as we see the evidence from mariupol, from bucha, from a whole host of other towns and cities where, according to the un human rights chief michelle bachelet, civilians have been shelled arbitrarily, where schools and hospitals have been hit, it's myjob to ask, are you ever going to change your stance in budapest? not because of what you are suggesting, and that is your moralising or media perspective. no, it's not my moralising. it's my discussion of facts with you. yes, we are aware of the facts and we are aware, again, of the possibilities, if you like, the framework in which we can move. that has been provided by the hungarian electorate. we cannot change that. again, our hands are bound by the fact that we have been given a mandate very clearly based on hungarians' desire for peace, and that is the rejection of participation in that war. do you see volodymyr zelensky, president of ukraine, as some sort of enemy? i'm just wondering why mr 0rban, after his election victory, said it was a triumph over the brussels bureaucrats, the soros empire and, he said, the uk

we have funded mlss for bucha. we have funded generators for regions. we are continuing to see what needs to be done to help people return to their houses. we have provided plywood to replace the glass so houses can be habitable again point >> in that you mentioned that your providing medical supplies and helping with hospitals as well. what are your teams are seeing in the east of ukraine and what they have been facing as the offense pushes on? >> the hospitals are getting more and more people who are wounded, critically wounded, this includes many civilians who were not prepared for this at all. there is a wide range of medications that hospitals are requesting. we are able to work with large distributors in ukraine that in many cases have these medications in warehouses. as a matter of connecting the requesters to the suppliers and paying for the delivery and the medications himself. there are multiple pages for individual hospitals. >> i really appreciate you taking the time to talk to us and all of the team that you and your work are doing on the g

plus the most innocent victims of the war, children targeted in bucha, stories of snipers repeatedly as children were trying to escape swiftly. >>> and just how much trump ivanka trump is giving to the january 6th select committee, how her hours of testimony may actually end up being key to the investigation. let's go "outfront." good evening, i'm kaerin burnet the breaking news, russia intensifying assault on a sprawling steel plant where thousands of ukrainians are holed up. i just spoke to a commander there who said the strikes have been literally nonstop over the past few hours yet despite the attacks ukrainian fighters say they still hope to evacuate several hundred people which includes still in that plant, commander tells me, 20 children. as you can see, though, there is heavy black smoke rising over the area where the plant is located. it is, of course, in the area of mariupol, and tonight, russia is cla claiming putin's forces reached the outskirts of the plant and carrying out a step-by-step clearing operation. well captain pladomar at the plant pushed back against russia's

why don't you start in bucha. >> bucha is totally vastated. it was a beautiful little town just north of kyiv. i was there -- these were suburban tns where there were a lot of gardens, parks, beautiful place. now they are devastated beyond belief. for me, it is like syria where there are entire towns that now look like they look in 1945. this war is raging in a way we have not seen in a long time. it is urban warfare. it is devastating the lives of millions. amy: did you actually see a mass grave in bucha? >> we were on the very place just outside of a church they found the largest mass grave in bucha. those bodies have thankfully now been excavated and have been placed elsewhere. they have also been subject to forensic investigations so that thercan be evidence of potential war crimes trials in the future. bucha is the place where perhaps the most bodies in places like where i visited, but also the other towns have had a lot of loss of human lives, civilian human lives. amy: as we speak in mariupol, cap perhaps 100 people have been able to ge

in bucha some 12 miles from olena's basement shelter, ukranian forces discover evidence of potential war crimes. >> ukranian authorities in bucha lead us into a basement they call a russian execution chamber. it's a gruesome scene. five bodies, their hands tied behind their backs, shot. >> russian troops often left bodies of their victims where they fell. this person was killed riding a bicycle. this man was most likely bringing potatoes home to his family. more than 400 bodies are found. >> i was watching all the details of these dead bodies just to remember, just to remember this forever and not to forgive. never, ever to forgy and not to forgive what hthey have done. i hope that those people who were tortured in bucha, became victims, and now they are looking at us right now from the skies. they are looking at me. they are looking at you. >> at least 50 people killed, many more wounded today at a train station. in the eastern city ever kramatorsk. you see broken bodies, broken bones, men, women and children. >> just in the railway station, even though they knew that people were li

and after bucha, we know what will happen with them if they will be captured. these women, these children, they will be raped and they will be killed. so of course we're trying to evacuate all of them. but importantly, as for now, without success. >> we don't know whether those soldiers are part of the evacuation plan, is that correct? >> from our side? of course we're trying to locate soldiers, evacuate soldiers and all the civilians. >> where would that mean? if they are evacuated or if they surrender, this basically gives in many ways a win to president putin, taking mariupol. what would that mean, do you think, for this city that's so beloved by many that i've spoken to? >> i'm not sure that will be victory for putin because he already announced his victory. he already announced that they captured mariupol. so that looks like he can have this victory twice. so for us, it will be really very, very harsh situation. because all that ukrainian army, all our guys are doing there is far beyond heroic. and for us, of course, they are a symbol of resistance. and we

but what they have done to us, what they have done in bucha -- >> in mariupol! >> in mariupol, it's awful, and now i am ready to fight. in o >> the children know by heart the names of places where atrocities have been committed. >> this is my neighbor. >> ah. >> you know, these old ladies, what they do, they take care of the small gardens. >> outside, the sun is shining. it is a beautiful day. what will you tell darina about this time? >> well, i will tell her that she was such a powerful warrior of life. we didn't plan her with my husband. this was a complete -- >> she was a surprise. >> moreover, we discovered her when i was already two months pregnant. >> oh, wow. >> now i'm not only a mother of three kids, which is already difficult, but i'm a mother of three children at war. but i feel that she was gifted to me from the heavens, god, or something powerful, to help me to go through all of this. >> it all feels so normal. >> i want to show you some photographs. >> except olena's hospital, serhiy, isn't here. >> your husband is still serving? >> yes. for now h

just this week the new york times reported new detail of a suspected russian war crime in bucha. speaking with eyewitnesses and families of the dead ukrainian fighters. it is more troubling is times gathered footage from security cameras, drones, witnesses that shows russian paratroopers captioning -- capturing in bucha. it shows the lifeless body of similarly dressed men lying on the ground. james a goldstein, the director of the open society justice -- you served in the office of the prosecutor at the international court. great to have you with us. thank you for your time. what does it mean that the world is seeing potential war crimes unfolding in realtime because of social media and reporting from news outlets? is this unprecedented and your line of work? >> yes, the short answer is it is. the kinds of crimes that are being committed on such a scale, we've seen them in a lot of places around the world before. but as you suggest a response of the international community or international [inaudible] all at once in parallel, moving to investigate with a great deal of will and re

. >>> in our world lead, at least 31 children have been killed and 19 wounded in the bucha district. but as more atrausocities commid by russians come to light, there are growing fears similar numbers will be found elsewhere in ukraine. sara sidner reports from kyiv on the youngest victims of russia's invasion. we want to warn you, the videos we're about to show you are quite disturbing, but the families want the world to see these faces. >> 68-year-old galina stand over her 7-year-old granddaughter's fresh grave. this is only the second time she's been able to visit the remains of her sweet, funny girl since the russians rolled into town, snuffing out life as casually as putting out cigarettes. these are the faces of the children of russia's war on ukraine, two sisters the family says were shot in a russian attack in bucha, 11-year-old leta flinches in pain, hospitalized, her 7-year-old sister lies motionless beside her. she never regains consciousness. >> tell me about your granddaughter. nastia, she says, calls her granddaughter by her nickname, she was so nice. everyone loved her

but we have already seen in bucha and other towns -- what we have already seen in bucha and other towns. >> mariupol lies in ruins. they managed to fight against russian forces for much longer than expected. >> all of these guys changed the course of the war. they gave ukraine has a possibility to prove on the battlefield at we have a strong arm >>kraine says their mission at the steel plant is complete. the defenders accomplished what they set out to do. nonetheless, the city's laws and evacuation of its people is a major symbolic blow for ukraine. one that came at a heavy price for both sides. >> dw is in ukraine's second biggest city close to the country's border with russia. he brought me the latest on the soldiers taken out of the still works. -- steel works. >> as you mentioned, we do actually not know how they are treated. we heard that they are being questioned. the question is what is going to happen. there should be prisoners, exchanged for russian prisoners of war. listening to what we hear from moscow about them, people demanding the death penalty for them. in a court of jus

ukrainians are following their fate closely, especially in places like bucha, which survived its own nightmare. russia's war on ukraine has destroyed businesses, ruined houses and wrecked lives. here in bucha, even a month after russian troops were forced back, people's horror stories of life under occupation are still spilling out. there were queues for food at the local scout hut because many lost everything in this war. kalina tells me russian soldiers stole all her savings. even her granddaughter�*s jewellery, while the family cowered in fear in their vegetable cellar. in moscow, russian troops are rehearsing their annual proud parade, all this to mark soviet victory in world war ii. in ukraine, their shells are hitting playgrounds and apartment blocks. and we'll have more on the situation in ukraine when my colleague ben brown takes questions sent in to us by you the audience and puts them to a panel of experts in the programme, your questions answered: war in ukraine. that's coming up a little later this hour. the covid pandemic has caused the deaths of almost 15 million peop

two sisters, the family says, were shot in bucha. 11-year-old lita flinches in pain, hospitalized. her 7-year-old sister lies motionless next to her. she never regains consciousness. tell me about your granddaughter. nastia, she says, calling her granddaughter by her nickname, she was so nice. she loved me and always asked me to sing a song for her. will you sing the song that your granddaughter loved for us? she refuses because the song that used to bring them both joy only brings her pain now. she was there to witness the murder of 7-year-old anastasia and the wounding of a second grandchild why remains hospitalized. she says a russian sniper shot through their vehicle from these woods as the entire family, seven children and three adults, tried to escape the russian siege of bucha. these children were scared, they were all screaming, she says. and i asked the soldier to help us, i was begging them, saying, don't you have kids of your own? funeral director anna says theirs is a story that has played out again and again around here. what are these families enduring? russians would

chaparro: esta es una casa normal de bucha. es una casa rural. a esa seÑora le mataron al esposo y lo enterrÓ aquÍ, en su patio. fÍjese bien que es un patio normal de una casa de campo. aquÍ estÁ enterrado el esposo. lo enterrÓ hoy. 3 horas atrÁs. janiot: las vÍctimas inocentes se iban acumulando. pero tambiÉn iba creciendo la tenacidad del ejÉrcito ucraniano ante un agresor mucho mÁs poderoso. chaparro: la clave de la resistencia fue que todos y cada uno entendimos el mensaje. el mensaje era claro, o nos unimos o nos matan. o trabajamos en conjunto o damos lo mejor de nosotros, o simplemente nos van a exterminar. janiot: aunque el fin del conflicto es incierto y josÉ david chaparro no baja la guardia en sus labores de defensa territorial, Él ya tiene la mirada puesta en su futuro. ¿quÉ viene para ti, para tu esposa? para la vida en ucrania. chaparro: que viniera una pronta paz. que viniera la colaboraciÓn en la reconstrucciÓn de este paÍs. y que viniera tambiÉn tiempos buenos para mi patria, para venezuela, para tambiÉn de a

the town of bucha has become _ damage as possible. the town of bucha has become synonymous. damage as possible. the town of. bucha has become synonymous with atrocities but the ambassador dismissed allegations of war crimes here is a fabrication. and what of an incident caught on cctv in which these two soldiers are about to kill two unarmed ukrainians?— these two soldiers are about to kill two unarmed ukrainians? these men are walkin: two unarmed ukrainians? these men are walking away _ two unarmed ukrainians? these men are walking away from _ two unarmed ukrainians? these men are walking away from the _ two unarmed ukrainians? these men are walking away from the soldiers. i are walking away from the soldiers. you can see it there. they are short and they are killed. is this how russia is conducting this war? —— they are shot and killed. i am i cannot tell whether they are russian soldiers. —— i cannot tell whether they are russian soldiers --— cannot tell whether they are russian soldiers- --— soldiers. -- i cannot tel

aggressive, regular pattern of trying to spin events and really anything we've seen, casualties in bucha, nuclear power plants, squirmishes as a result of the fire that raise a lot of alarms. and all those events are one way or another with a pro-russia bent, really leaning into historical narratives i've relied on for a long time. neonazis, that's one thing we saw all the time in really any event where there's a casualty or charges of war crimes, things against russia. they were able to say, well, that was either the neonazis did it or they were responsible. that was a big feature and something we're aware of. but it really did send out the programming. >> steve, there are a lot of people who spend their entire careers trying to figure out what's happening inside the kremlin. is it possible to get a sense of the kremlin's thinking by looking at what they put out on state tv? >> yeah, i think it's -- i think there is a -- there is sort of an optic there. it's, like, open source intelligence when you watch what they're putting out in these very shiny, western-looking, cnn-looking studios.

the bodies of around 1,000 civilians were discovered in the bucha region, when the russians left in march. the local police chief has said that more than half had been shot. finland and sweden have formally announced their intention to join nato in response to russia's invasion of ukraine. the alliance�*s secretary generaljens stoltenberg has described the move — which amounts to abandoning their military non—alignment — as "historic" while president putin described the plan as "a mistake". one person is dead and four others critically wounded when a gunman opened fire at a church in california. he's later overpowered. it comes just a day after a gunman killed ten people in a suspected racially—motivated terror attack at a supermarket in the city of buffalo. now on bbc news, dateline. hello and welcome to the programme, which brings together the foreign correspondents who write, blog and broadcast for audiences back home from the dateline — london. it's been a convention—busting week, this one — a queen's speech delivered for the first time in 70 years by a royal other tha

the images from bucha shocked and disgusted the world. now we're learning more about the russian brigade that prosecutors believe is responsible. cnn's melissa bell is in southeastern ukraine with this story. melissa, what can you tell us? is. >> reporter: the military sources here, military ukrainian sources have been telling us they understand this very brigade, the one that prosecutors now believe was responsible for that reign of terror during the russian occupation of bucha is fighting even now in eastern ukraine. the point about what we're learning about these men and exactly what happened to the north of kyiv during that russian occupation matters because we're discovering it even as the war continues to rage on. russian tanks entering the village in late february. now in charge here of life and of death. six weeks later, now back in control of the village, ukrainian authorities begin counting the dead. i can't look, says one mother. it was only after the tanks had withdrawn that ukrainian prosecutors were able to start piecing tog

ukrainians are following their fate closely, especially in places like bucha, which survived its own nightmare. russia's war on ukraine has destroyed businesses. it's ruined houses and it has wrecked lives, and here in bucha even a month after the russian troops were forced back, people's horror stories of life under occupation are still spilling out. there were queues for food at the local scout hut because many lost everything in this war. gallina tells me russian soldiers stole all her savings, even her granddaughter�*s jewellery, while the family cowered in fear in their vegetable cellar. in moscow, russian troops are rehearsing their annual proud parade. all this to mark soviet victory in world war ii. whilst in ukraine their shells are hitting playgrounds and apartment blocks. sarah rainsford, bbc news, kyiv. israel says the russian president vladimir putin, has apologised for comments made by his foreign minister suggesting hitler had jewish blood. sergei lavrov 5 words, which included the view that some of the worst anti—semites were jews, sparked outrage in israel. the i

the bbc sees more evidence of apparent war crimes by russian forces in bucha. ukrainian civilians are found to have been deliberately shot. and a standing ovation for the queen, as her platinum jubilee celebrations get underway.

it happened in the town of bucha. he mentioned earlier you have identified the 64th brigade of the russian military. you have already identified 10 soldiers from that unit and accuse them of war crimes. could you talk about the effort to prosecute those who were responsible for the killings that the world has watched with such shock? >> if we speak about pooch it, we started to prosecute people. this brigade, we have soldiers. we started to prosecute several. this investigation, we are not ready to go to the court. that's why i don't give you a lot of details. when that case will be in the court. we can speak more in detail. if we speak about this example about this commander who gave the orders to kill, it's very terrible situation. his soldiers shot people. [indiscernible] to such a terrible situation, we had examples of such situations. >> with the greatest respect for the suffering of ukrainian people, the terrible crimes you are investigating, i want to ask you about what you are doing as prosecutor general about

. >> the prosecutor in bucha says as many as 30 kids were killed in bucha. >> reporter: when you think about those numbers in one place and if you've been in bucha, it's a small place, a small village where people moved out of the city to try to enjoy the country life. it's a really beautiful place. but as you drive through, you see all of these tanks that have been charred, you see cars that have been charred. what we've been doing over time is trying to figure out if there are actual war crimes that have been committed, and certainly the killing of children and the injuring of at least 19 children would be considered a war crime, especially if they were targeted. we were able to track down one of these families who lost a child and a second family, the friend of a second family who lost a mother and child. both of them were in separate cars, driving to flee. they were trying to get away. they were on their way out on a two lane highway and here comes the russians. one was a tank attack and the other a sniper, according to the grandmother, who is gorgeous, and she talked about her 7-y

, by the way, are still insist the whole world, including the united states should introduce bucha list or mariupol list with military criminals where we definitely need to introduce the sanction, maybe with the participation of the american fbi expert to deliver the evidence and to demonstrate the transparency. >> okay. >> and point number three for mariupol, definitely we need the assistance of the whole world. we are very much welcome the steps undertaken by the secretary of general of united nations, mr. goo tareguterres be need the world to help civilian to evacuate people from mariupol, to create humanitarian corridor because this is a vital thing. >> mr. president, you, of course, preceded volodymyr zelenskyy as president of ukraine. you've been critical at times of his leadership. do you think he's been a strong leader for ukraine through this war? have you been impressed, surprised by his leadership? >> i'm impressed by the ukrainian armed forces. i'm impressed by ukrainian people. and we don't have president leader of the opposition, we are united now, all of us are soldiers.

ukrainians are following their fate closely, especially in places like bucha, which survived its own nightmare. russia's war on ukraine has destroyed businesses, ruined houses and wrecked lives. here in bucha, even a month after russian troops were forced back, people's horror stories of life under occupation are still spilling out. there were queues for food at the local scout hut because many lost everything in this war. kalina tells me russian soldiers still all her savings. tells me russian soldiers still all hersavings. even tells me russian soldiers still all her savings. even her granddaughter�*s jewellery, her savings. even her granddaughter�*sjewellery, while her savings. even her granddaughter�*s jewellery, while the family cowered in fear in their vegetable seller. in moscow, russian troops are rehearsing their annual proud parade, all this to marked soviet victory in world war ii. in ukraine, their shells are hitting playgrounds and apartment blocks. as russia intensifies its attacks on eastern ukraine, many thousands of people are trapped in horrifying conditions.

the bodies of around a thousand civilians were discovered in the bucha region, when the russians left in march. the local police chief has said that more than half may have been executed. finland and sweden have formally announced their intention to join nato in response to russia's invasion of ukraine. the alliance�*s secretary generaljens stoltenberg has described the move, which amounts to abandoning their military non—alignment, as historic, while president putin, described the plan as a mistake. one person is dead and four others critically wounded when a gunman opened fire at a church in california. he's later overpowered. it comes just a day after a gunman killed ten people in a suspected racially motivated terror attack at a supermarket in the city of buffalo. now on bbc news, nick robinson in conversation with people who influence our political thinking about what has shaped theirs. hello, welcome to political thinking. a relaxed conversation, not a news interrogation with someone who shapes our political thinking about what has shaped theirs. now not since the creation o

reporter: just outside these windows here in irpin, and down the road in bucha, what do you think the russians did? >> it's scary. and i don't understand why. what did we do? we had a normal life. before the war. now, nobody knows what's going to happen tomorrow. or even tonight. you see, everything is shattered. reporter: perhaps russia's single worst war crime here behind st. andrew's church, a mass grave of more than 100 people. today inside that church, a requiem for the dead. surrounded by the images of atrocities, and of the memories this community can never forget. the russian strikes that produced shrapnel big enough to pierce this fence, many of tm, ll next to children's playgrounds. in total, 75% of all residential buildings here in irpin were damaged or destroyed. irpin held. ukrainian soldiers here prevented russians from going down the road, only about 15 miles to central kyiv. and that was in large part thanks to american weapons. and today president biden highlighted those weapons 5500 miles away, in a javelin missile factory in troy, alabama. like the trojans of antiqu

this video here is showing the recovery of bodies in bucha. we spent a lot of time in bucha. and what i would say right now is there are still families trying to reunite with their loved ones who were murdered, who are still missing. there's still dna testing being carried out. that is still taking place across the country. i don't think it will have gone to a stage yet where they can think about justice, where they can think about reconciliation. and again, when you look at that video from mariupol of the almost 2000 now, we understand, ukrainian fighters who surrendered to russian forces. there is an understanding across this country that this war is still raging. and what we might see in the future is pows swaps and there still a lot, as we said, people looking for their loved ones and looking to reunite. >> looking for the 11th, looking to reunite, and of course, people who just want to go home. i want to ask you one more question. you have ukraine identifying more than 40 russian soldiers potentially guilty of war crimes. any sense on how far they go to capture the suspe

found. >>> my mom and grandmother survived occupation in bucha, she tells me. now she's in poland. dorina finds solace on the stage throwing herself into her character. >>> all the negative emotions which accumulate for a long time, flow out, she tells me. a ca that are tick performance for both those on and off stage, offering comfort to those who need it most. in the hope they can lift if briefly this nation's aching soul. >>> the power of art and trying to heal, of course, the wounds of war. there was a powerful moment at new york's metropolitan opera over the weekend. have a look at this. that is ukrainian soprano who performed in the title role of turendal. then took her curtain call drapd in the ukrainian flag. she replaced russian star anna, who was cut from the performance after she -- after russia invaded ukraine. >>> that does it for me. we have much more breaking news at the top of the hour. for now i want to send it back to christine macfarlane with other top stories. >>> thank you very much, isa. still to come on cnn -- mayday brings people togethe

. —— you have seen what has happened in the bucha. thank you very much indeed. 0ur thank you very much indeed. our second question today is one for our military analyst, justin, max is asking "which way is that were currently going and how do you see it panning out? " how do you see it panning out and what is your military analysis of what's happening on the battleground? right now, ithink happening on the battleground? right now, i think what _ happening on the battleground? right now, i think what we are seeing is the last— now, i think what we are seeing is the last major effort that the regular— the last major effort that the regular russian army, the peace time russian _ regular russian army, the peace time russian mobilised army can make him they started _ russian mobilised army can make him they started out with the italian tactical — they started out with the italian tactical groups that the regular russian — tactical groups that the regular russian army can generate in peace time and _ russian army can generate in pea

the horrific scenes that reporters brought to the world from bucha out. we'll hear so much more. all of that is unleashed in mariupol and other parts of ukraine. >> countries like india, they pride themselves of being representatives of the developing world of this strong alliance but representing our soul, human rights, democracy and freedom and the vote. how can you stand in the sideline of more and more coming to light? >> i want to ask you about the sanctions regime. millions and billions around the world are not affected by the sophisticated sanctions regime in place but yet, i put to you as russia continues to put really food security on the globe at risk, do you think it will further change the situation? >> i think it does. >> on the one hand, what the west is able to do. and 2.5 months. the first month, they were able to gather some of the most sophisticated and economic sanctions. >> it ux exceeded what i think capable. >> so, that sophistication left much of the world on the sidelines. >> they don't feel that russia is indi is. >> it is an important perspective for us

sarah rainsford, bbc news butcher. —— sarah rainsford, bbc news bucha. millions of women across the us could lose their legal right to abortion, according to a leaked document from the supreme court. a final decision is due by the summer. abortion has been a legal right across the united states for almost 50 years. but if that ruling is overturned — individual states would be free to set their own rules — meaning abortion could become illegal in more than 20 states. president biden says he wants to protect the law guaranteeing abortion rights. campaigners have already been protesting outside the court building in washington dc from where our north america editor sarah smith reports. an almost instant reaction with campaigners quickly gathering outside the supreme court, demonstrating a miracle's deeply —— outside the supreme court, demonstrating america's deeply held views on abortion. from those who say the death of fundamental women's rights chanting: roe v wade has got to go! and those who believe lives will be saved if the supreme court rever

they include the massacre of 300 unarmed civilians in bucha and the killing of many hundreds of civilians, mainly women and children in the more than two-month-long siege of kharkiv. >> we have now some evidences that commanders give the orders, shot civilians. but from other side, we understand that ordinary soldiers have their own responsibility for these atrocity. >> reporter: and that, says irina venediktova is a message that needs to be sent now, so that russian soldiers need to understand there will be no impunity, even as the fighting in regions like luhansk continues. she says she's been helped in gathering facts by the many foreign forensic teams working in towns like bucha, evidence that will also be used by the international criminal court as it investigates both russia's overall aggression in ukraine and the individual war crimes allegedly committed by russian soldiers, which russia denies. >> and they have to understand they cannot use the armies to invade another country, and they cannot use the armies to kill civilians. >> reporter: for now, though, it is in this small cour

frankly speak— for what they did in bucha. frankly speak the — for what they did in bucha. frankly speak the -- — for what they did in bucha. frankly speak the —— frankly speaking talking — speak the —— frankly speaking talking about compromising territories is extremely difficult. a point— territories is extremely difficult. a point which i do want to make and ithink— a point which i do want to make and i think it _ a point which i do want to make and i think it is _ a point which i do want to make and i think it is important, the difference between transatlantic league _ difference between transatlantic league between public communication including _ league between public communication including leaders communication of policy _ including leaders communication of policy i_ including leaders communication of policy. i think when it comes to policy— policy. i think when it comes to policy there is not really much of a difference — policy there is not really much of a difference. if i think about the position— difference. if i think about the position o