steel plantd in mariupol, the resistance to the war that vladimir putin will not call a war, official inside the plant tells the washington post the situation is, quote, critical. translator: the shelling and storming of asovstal is not stopping but civilians still need to be taken out. women, many children remain there. president says, quote, if there is hell in the wuorld it s in asovstal. the hell is intense, growing darker by the hour by all accounts yet an official said russian troops entered the territory of the steel plant but, were, quote, repelled by defenders. again, that is the reality, one vladimir putin is trying to deny so he can secure, we assume, something that resembles a win four days ahead of a holiday special to the russian people that commemorates their victory in world war ii. and a war, vladimir putin s closest ally, dictator of belarus, said today, dragged on, russian troops weren t repelled because they never tried to enter the steel plant in the
in the disappearance of madeleine mccann. it s the final stretch in a tight french presidential race, for marine le pen, and emmanuel macron. and art in the shadow of war. the ukranian entries at the venice biennale. and coming up in the sport, on the bbc news channel, tyson fury weighs in nearly a stone lighter than usual for his heavyweight title defence against dillian whyte tomorrow. good evening. 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. near the beseiged southern port city of mariupol us satellite images appear to show a mass burial site containing around 200 graves. russian forces have been trying to fully capture the city for several weeks. they do control most of the area, but hundreds of ukrainian troops are still hiding out in the sprawling azovstal steel plant. today president putin accused ukrainian leaders of refusing to allow their s
euro from nissan that ended up benefiting me directly or indirectly. and art in the shadow of war. the ukrainian entries, at the venice biennale. if you justjoined us, welcome to bbc news. i m shaun ley. we begin in ukraine, with a warning from president volodymyr zelensky that russia s attack on his nation is only the beginning. president zelensky was reacting to comments earlier on friday in which a russian general which seemed to suggest that russia s war aim is now to cut ukraine off from its black sea coastline, which might allow it to advance towards a pro moscow enclave in moldova. his comments come as the un confirms that its secretary general antonio guterrez will hold talks in moscow on tuesday with president putin. the un says there s growing evidence of war crimes being committed in ukraine, describing the situation as a horror story. us satellite images allegedly show a mass burial site, containing around 200 graves, near the besieged southern port city of mariup
and art in the shadow of war. the ukrainian entries at this year s venice biennale. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. 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 us satellite images allegedly show a mass burial site, containing around 200 graves, near the besieged southern port city of mariupol, that russian forces have been trying to fully capture for several weeks. they do control most of the area, but hundreds of ukrainian troops are still hiding out in the sprawling azovstal steel plant. president putin has accused ukrainian leaders of refusing to allow their soldiers to surrender. our correspondent catherine byaruhanga has more from 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
international correspondent clarissa ward. i want to begin with the situation in mariupol. you have putin now seeming to back off for now saying he doesn t need to assault this steel plant there that has become something of a lifeboats for those remaining. we have learned throughout this war to take the words of vladimir putin with skepticism and to assume he s misleading. what do you think his game is here now for mariupol, his intentions? reporter: well, i think, jim, it is looking more and more like this might be the small victory that russia hopes to be able to proclaim ahead of may 9th, which is victory day in russia. people have been speculating furiously as to how they were going to try to construe anything in this war as some kind of victory. mariupol may provide him with that opportunity, which may be why he is seemingly trying to appear as magnanimous in this moment, even though we know that the according to ukrainian commanders and people inside the city that t