hello and welcome to bbc news. the united nations has described the war in ukraine, as a horror story of violations against civilians, and says there s growing evidence war crimes may have been committed. it comes as images from a us satellite company appear to show a burial ground where new graves have been added at the beginning of april a site allegedly containing around 200 graves, near the besieged southern port city of mariupol, which russian forces have been trying to fully capture for several weeks. our correspondent, catherine byaru hanga, is in southern ukraine a warning, her report contains some images viewers may find upsetting. haunting, apocalyptic scenes in mariupol. russia has bombarded this city into near submission. once home to about 500,000 people, thousands are believed to have been killed. emergency workers from russia are filmed here, retrieving the dead. moscow has repeatedly denied that its troops are responsible for the mass killings of civilians
Has been spending time with ukrainian troops, in the capital. gunfire for the defenders of kyiv, the battle isn t over. this time, it s training, but while the enemy has retreated to the east, the danger still looms. vlad was a phd law student until the russians tried and failed to seize his city. do you think it is possible that they could come back? let s say we lose our positions on donbas or luhansk region, and then they see that we don t have enough troops and resources to protect kyiv, they would come back for their initial aim to take over our capital and take over our government. in the forests of kyiv we can t disclose where the 131st battalion is dug in, a crucial line of defence for the capital.
Let s say we lose our positions on donbas or luhansk region, and then they see that we don t have enough troops and resources to protect kyiv, they would come back for their initial aim to take over our capital and take over our government. in the forests of kyiv we can t disclose where the 131st battalion is dug in, a crucial line of defence for the capital. how many kilometres of the trenches? i don t know. ten kilometres, 20 kilometres, i don t know. great britain sent us these weapons. it says anti tank missiles from britain. yes, yes. and when was the last time that you used this weapon here? secret. translation: the russians were three or four kilometres from us, translation: the russians were three or four kilometres from us,
Borisjohnson announced that british diplomats will soon work in kyiv. 0ur correspondent mark lowen has been spending time with ukrainian troops, in the capital. gunfire for the defenders of kyiv, the battle isn t over. this time, it s training, but while the enemy has retreated to the east, the danger still looms. vlad was a phd law student until the russians tried and failed to seize his city. do you think it is possible that they could come back? let s say we lose our positions on donbas or luhansk region, and then they see that we don t have enough troops and resources to protect kyiv, they would come back for their initial aim to take over our capital and take over our government. in the forests of kyiv we can t disclose where the 131st battalion is dug in, a crucial line of defence for the capital.
The danger still looms. vlad was a phd law student until the russians tried and failed to seize his city. do you think it is possible that they could come back? let s say we lose our positions on donbas or luhansk region, and then they see that we don t have enough troops and resources to protect kyiv, they would come back for their initial aim to take over our capital and take over our government. in the forests of kyiv we can t disclose where the 131st battalion is dug in, a crucial line of defence for the capital. how many kilometres of the trenches? i don t know. ten kilometres, 20 kilometres, i don t know. great britain sent us these weapons. it says anti tank missiles from britain. yes, yes. and when was the last time that