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
Bodies in mass graves. these satellite images show them appearing over the course of a month. the civilians have been buried in the village of manhush, outside mariupol, the southern city which has been besieged and encircled by russian forces for weeks. the last ukrainian troops in the city are holed up inside the azovstal steelworks, on mariupol s coast. 1,000 civilians are still said to be in this sprawling industrial complex. on this missing persons wall, most of the faces and names that you can see are people from mariupol, and now, with the ongoing blockade and with communications cut off, it s almost a miracle for people to get out. these women escaped mariupol together on thursday just a handful of people who made it through with a humanitarian convoy.
By russian forces four weeks, seen here in red. the last ukrainian troops in the city are holed up inside the azovstal steelworks, a mariupol s coast. 1000 civilians are still said to be in this sprawling industrial complex. on this missing persons wall, most of the faces and names that you can see are people from mariupol and now with the ongoing blockade and with communications cut off, it s almost a miracle for people to get out. these women escaped mariupol together on thursday, just a handful of people who made it through with a humanitarian convoy. a friendship born out of the horrors of this war. translation: people are risking their lives under fire. they have to because there is no running water, gas or electricity. there is a mosque with a well nearby, a lot of people got killed there.
On this missing persons wall, most of the faces and names that you can see are people from mariupol, and now, with the ongoing blockade and with communications cut off, it s almost a miracle for people to get out. these women escaped mariupol together on thursday just a handful of people who made it through with a humanitarian convoy. a friendship born out of the horrors of this war. translation: people are risking their lives under fire. they have to because there is no running water, gas or electricity. there is a mosque in the prymorskyi district with a well nearby. a lot of people got killed there. they got caught up in shelling. they were just looking for water in the city. but they are safe now and able to rebuild their lives in new cities and countries. catherine byaruhanga, bbc news, zaporizhzhia.
To get out. these women escaped mariupol together on thursday, just a handful of people who made it through with a humanitarian convoy. a friendship born out of the horrors of this war. translation: people are risking their lives under fire. they have to do because there is no running water, gas or electricity. there is a mosque with a well nearby, a lot of people got killed there. they got cut up in shelling. they were just looking for water in the city. but they re safe now and able to rebuild their lives in new cities and countries. that was catherine byaruhanga reporting from ukraine. miles of defensive trenches have been dug around the ukrainian capital, kyiv, as a precaution should russian troops return. life is a little less precarious now, after the city was successfully defended few weeks ago. borisjohnson boris johnson announced