the, the russian forces pushed ahead at the front clearing mines left by retreating ukrainian soldiers. while the french president doubles down on calls to send troops to ukraine, and the sparks controversy for trying to get nato allies on board. as india says at stepping up trade with russia in defiance of western pressure, we sit down to discuss the prospects with this person of india as ruling party does not need any information from our big positions from the board regarding it by russia or any other kind of people that apply to also among the week's big stories in bob wake the controversial usaid

mission from the country after washington slab sanctions on the african nations top officials, the original rubel live in moscow. you're watching r t international. we start with the trade comp, like for a mazda says, troops are advancing on the southern front of this upper roche of region. the russian defense ministry has released footage of its engineers clearing the ground from ukrainian mines and other munitions, the the s as a fatal nurse. this was taken as a trophy by a comrade roof during the advance on the same from pitts,

an american grenade. or we had those, and this is a german splitter grenade. will someone put to the enemy mostly uses m 70 mines? these are american mines. they are deployed remotely, approaching them is forbidden, just and so on. i mean, it was such remote mining affects the magnetic field of therefore such minds are the most difficult to destroy. and as you do not know how close you can approach them. therefore, if we have to use some new technologies of our own to know we can, we figure out how to destroy it. all france could apply troops to ukraine and freshman forces advanced toward tia of, or a desk that's according to the french president speaking behind closed doors with local party leaders in paris this week earlier. and i know micron tried to rally fellow you politicians for a possible military intervention. but there appears to be a little appetite for that in neighboring germany. is that the whole do? we have certainly approaching the time in europe when we must not be cowards. gosh, we never want to see the dramas to come. the fact that war has returned to us soil

. we want success powers that have become on stuff people are extending the threat every day, attacking us. so we have to be meet the challenge of history and match the courage it implies wasn't shown at all, can offer more. who is more coverage is who is more, whatever it is, not about who wants to do more. have to focus on that. this is what ukraine really needs the most. we don't need to really uh, from my perspective, at least discussions about boots on the ground are being more often having more coverage or less coverage. this is something which does not really help solving the issues we have last month. mr. mack ronstadt shop ways across the west. when he said nato could send troops to ukraine. france has reportedly started training. it sold us for a potential class with the powerful opponents, but the countries the allies, are in no rush to do the same with several states openly saying they have no such

plans. after the french leader double down on his cause, washington reiterated its refusal to put boots on the ground. sounds my words and then he certainly has every right inability to, to speak for himself and his views. all i can do is speak for president button. the commander in chief and the president has been clear, we have been extraordinarily strong in leading international efforts to support you credit for the last 2 years. he's also been very clear since the very beginning of this war. there's not going to be us troops on the ground fighting inside you create a met, a number of statements on nato troops being sent to the war zone. us, prior to president joe biden misspoke and admitted that washington should have stayed out of ukraine before quickly correcting himself. i don't make the mistake american. american made a mistake. we went after been logged to a job, but we shouldn't have gone into the training. i mean, we usually,

we should have got into know the whole thing in a rack in afghanistan. it wasn't necessary. some a saying the by didn't confuse, do crane would have gotten a strong. he did not. he can no longer hold back what everyone understands that the united states has blood really embarrassed itself with the ukranian project. on western countries discouraged, a crane from signing a peace agreement with russia. that's the statement made by slovak prime minister, robert pizza, and his recent interview, where he also stated western tactics against russia are not working. he's a book which i'm, it will do the demo. we are trying to open the topic of an immediate cease fire to stop fighting and the start of negotiations asking me, i think it is better to portal at the negotiating table for 10 years, then to leave the russians and ukrainians queuing each other for 10 years the question is, once was, seems to me that the west is extremely supportive of this work. so this message originated in 2022 when some wisdom countries discouraged ukraine from signing

a disagreement with russia saying let's use the war and you're going to, we can rush this, give you queen military and economic 8. let's impose sanctions on russia and we can rush internationally, politically, economically, and financially when it's not working. what has been going on for 2 years? we are learning that rushes through tauriel gains are greater than ukraine's the huge number of dead soldiers wounded soldiers on both sides or rush how he's doing well economically. and politically. president putting has a lot of support. so perhaps we have the right to ask whether the strategy of the west is a good one. i argue that the west strategy and ukraine is not working as to which echo. so what could i, the kids losses on the battlefield seemed to be pushing and growing number of people toward a negotiated solution to the conflict. in a recent interview, pub, francis stated it's time for ukraine to negotiate a peace deal. my case. ok, april 4th. i believe that the one who sees the situation is stronger than the one who thinks of the people and has the courage to raise the white flag and to

negotiate. and today it can be negotiated with the help of international powers. when you see that you are defeated so that things are not going well, you have to have the courage to negotiate, negotiate in time, look for some countries to act as a mediator, turkey 8, for example, say so don't be ashamed to negotiate. before things get worse, me or yeah, i think majority of ukrainians seemed willing to negotiate with russia. a recent cab institute research poll shows that over 70 percent of greens, the country should also be seeking a diplomatic way to end the war. and that's compared to a 2022 survey when only 59 percent of respondents believe back. yep. and moscow need peace talks. a popular support for negotiations is not only growing within ukrainian society, but also across across the us. and europe. recent polls in europe suggested over 40 percent of respondents agree the you should push you trying to negotiations with

rush at the end of the conflict soon. and us pulse suggests nearly 70 percent of americans wants to bind in administration to encourage kids to enter peace talks with moscow. or these number suggests western public support for ukraine is slowly but steadily decreasing as the conflict drags on and friendship. president emanuel micron has reportedly said that there is no red line in the frame conflict. timing, there is no limit when it comes to back in kiev. it's not the 1st of the statement from a cron who earlier discussed the possibility of sending western troops to crane and was later back by the polish foreign minister who claimed sending nato troops to crane is quote, not unthinkable. and that they are already operating in ukraine. a needle soldiers are already present in ukraine, and i would like to warmly think the masters of those states that have taken that risk. those who are those states know who they are. well, you cannot disclose that contrary to other politicians, i will not list those countries. but we discussed this earlier with professor bruno

d'oeuvre, etzky of the national institute of languages and eastern civilizations, who says western relates are now more convinced the situation. a new plan is not working in our favor. the president, i didn't make quite, quite often a lot of errors, but it said that it's showing it's unconscious. and i think that's to, uh, what he's telling me is going to main. trent in western elite, who are no more and more convinced of the situation in ukraine is not working under side and they have to the side some compromise. and i think that's the main trend now in the west. even if you have some older and they scores like my calling friends. but basically, i would say that the basic trend, especially him, of military's, is to negotiate with russia. the balance of power on the grounds to change the

ukraine. the balance of power in the whole world has changed due to war in to meet at least and in other region of the world. and also a ukraine in is much weaker than it was a 30th does one thing and also what we call the american elections. and in the united states, we see a growing trend of the population of the society against the war and health cards bind anyone's due when the election. so he has to adjust also to the opinion of his fellow citizens stable and from light. that's how india's foreign policy chief has summed up relations with russia. i'm in the backdrop of western pressure over the ukraine conflict. everyone conducts a relationship based on past experiences. if i look at the history of place, the independence india, russia has never heard of our interest. we've always had

a stable and very friendly relationship. and our relationship with moscow today is based on this experience of india is expanding cooperation with russia, despite western sanctions against moscow. u. s. and e officials have been calling for across, down on indian enforce impression commodities. my colleagues to ask you a tailor talked with a spokesperson for india's ruling party, the beach i p who broke down how moscow and new delhi are doing business in defiance of the west. the russian appreciate his student and know you don't face all kinds of lives and then videos. right? yeah, we did for a year for russia. the halls of stick to the starting from defense, starting from investment in my group follows a start date, strong investment in boy, starting the up into a boy from brush. yet the most important point in this is for india foreign policy . you may not russia old of

a very important please. e d. i o not be any pressure from wisdom board. does not see any certificates or dictations from the rest of the work regarding it's at a time with russia or any other kind of default that might be able to continue to do engage with russia, to explore the photos active off in energy off, i will call them off the cream of defense, which has to be got really for long. but i do specifically want to ask you about a new daddy's position. he's a pizza, ukraine conflict. we've got president mark chrome saying that we're not ruling out sending western troops to ukraine with hair and taps of them. and officials talking about helping ukraine, low up russian infrastructure, new to any says we want this conflict to be resolved. do you see resolution coming before escalation at this point in time we did in the interest of the global peace,

the resolution of the conflict is a team of people is this is not the for any a nation. the of you with all these basic and d to be able to do the via rather this is an add up to the buyer to control the buyer. so the country which is a, the steve porter, this got to make a lot of estimating the wall sugar device or the matrix. so the both sides are on the b and b's in this mode of us. foreign minister is sounding the alarm over what he claims our russian attempts to topple the government of mil deals. well, putting up a roadblocks on the countries that passed to e. u membership. this past 2 years have been by far the most difficult in the past 30 years. we know that the kremlin is going to invest a lot of energy and financial results is through their proxies to try to get the way to top of the democratic government. in moldova, it feels like a geo political race in which russia is trying to stop mold over for moving toward

the you. while know david tries defend of russian influence until it joins the you . in the wake of the current in conflict in odessa apply to join the you and was granted candidate status. in june 2022 brussel said it would open accession negotiations with the country. but you know, the of a fails to meet the blocks requirements, especially on corruption. another issue is the question of trends. nice. 3, a, a break away region cation now has repeatedly accused russia of destabilizing the region which moscow categorically denies. right? that's across live. now to serbian m p. alexander, have it's good to have you on with us. how accurate are these allegations of rush are running? this information campaigns to undermine will do is passport e u membership. it just sounds like more propaganda. uh, war propaganda. uh, you know, the only ones that have been, they've been doing, uh, were game changes in color revolutions over the past 3 decades have been western

countries most specifically the less and some of the countries of the big western european powers. and you know, this whole, this whole problem that we have right now, not just in the, but in europe in general. it's really tied to nato expansion. and the model lies caught, you know, between uh, between a rock and a hard place in the way. because romania, its neighbor, uh, and of course, very close typically has become a part of nato. and of course, uh, due to questions, mobile is becoming a security issue because of nato expansion. but russia has never, ever proposed any countries, even membership. i can attach to that from serbia itself. uh, service has been very close to russian for centuries. uh, serving governments over the past 20 years. have all been, uh,

company we advocate you, accession dresser. is that some worst times and has no problem with that? it only has problem a problem with uh, serbia, applying for natal mean membership because as i said, it is a security issue. some olds, all lines being i think, used as a farm and was big just game being played by the western powers against russia. adult was much better off keeping on that for you when it was tied naturally to russia and the soviet union. and you know, this is an artificial sort and lived wide being made between mobile and it's economic interest and the 1st place. and uh, you know what, our gift, which is so the west and there is no dollars your cheese and it really doesn't matter to them just like they're willing to cite to the last you great. and i think tomorrow going to be willing to fight russia to the last my job. and unfortunately,

the mode of and foreign minister also said russian terms, nato, into a boogeyman and is trying to influence public opinion amid sweden's recent accession into nato. you are we, what are your thoughts on that? well, once again, you know, these are, let's, this is honest for time rhetoric, you know, made those now expand it all the way up more to or the scandinavian countries. and this is something that's been a policy for what's, you know, ever since the fall of the berlin wall. unfortunately, russia, russia hasn't shown any sort of design or protections against mobile. well, what it does, what it has been doing. and this is a totally, you know, within international law, it's been a, it's been having, it's been a part of a peacekeeping operation in transmission or trading is thrown there. uh for more for about a quarter century. and you know, that's the issue of this thing,

is people from fitness, fitness thrown the and i was there personally 10 years ago and as well as an adult day don't want to be part of nato. and they don't want to be part of a greater romania and there's very danger modeller being annexed to romania which in fact warped uh, the further nato expansion for russian borders. so once again invested true issue. what to the foreign minister says that's just, that's part of us. it's part of the rhetoric of being use is part of information war. but to choose there's something completely different, most dollars and very poor countries. that's the bottom line. and it's not doing any better just because it's received, you can or the status. it's keisha. now claims are fresh that comes out victorious . and that's conflict with you. crime that no delva will be next. do you think there's any reality there? is that really russia's name?

does anyone really think that russia needs more care as far as, i mean, it's kind of ridiculous to biggest country in the world. it has that open spaces unsettled. it has huge natural resources. it certainly doesn't need more dollar natural resources to become even richer. but there's no, there's absolutely no, no russian interest in expanding further west. but russia does have a security interest. and this thing is a nato countries. i'm not respecting it. if they respected russia's wish and actually you yours are ukrainian, the constitution post soviet ukraine to remain neutral. we wouldn't have this problem today. the thing is west wants to pull countries into its own camp and wants to make your estimate the use division in europe. you know, and you are in for me either you're with us or you're against us. and so low

countries like no dollar there, they're again, they're being forced to choose why can't mold what would be neutral. i'm sure the russian would have no problem with that. but obviously not nato and western capital is no problem with that. just like they have a problem with ukraine being neutral. okay, we're gonna leave it there. serbian m p alexander prophets. thank you. thank you. so it is a red line, and that's how you as president joe biden describes the idea of some tension to begin a new ground operation in the southern, the gaza city of rasa. despite his doubling down on us military support for israel, there's no red line. i'm going to cut off our weapons so they don't have the iron don't protect. they don't have. but there's red lines that if you cross isn't vacancy, cannot have 30000 more palestinians. he must, he must pay more attention to the ears. allies be lost as a consequence of the extra stake he's hurting my view,

is hurting israel more than helping to israel by making the rest of the world as contrary to what is your stance. the american leader adds further confusion to the dialogue by stating benjamin netanyahu. his policy brings more harm than benefit to these rarely people. biden's remarks are made during an interview shared by amazon b. c. on sunday, he discouraged israel from launching his ground operation and to a safe zone would be created. well, once again, confirming washington support for israel. we talked with go come about to a security studies expert at the or some center for middle eastern studies who says, washington is trying to find a balance between the 2 polls. as it seems that the ref all the version will be the last biggest campaign that will be held in gaza actually, but it could also lead to it too much and cut also in the reasons. so you know that there are many protests targeting is very of,

i'm united states and united states has also lost many columns, these peoples, and a lot of protests, even in the united states, even the western countries. and this very important and for united states sold by them is struggling to find ways to insure balance between some point in time and supporting the house and trying to increase the number of casualties and the you know that there isn't some entering contests for the ongoing gaza and this is, this is quite a bad image for united states support as the conflict and guys are near is the 6 months mark, new waves, the pro palestinian marches, have swept to the united kingdom. tens of thousands have filled london streets in the 5th organized march against the war and gaza. since october, protesters are demanding an immediate cease fire in the enclave chanting from the

river to the sea. a palestinian call for liberation. administrators are holding weekly vigils calling for the u. k to take a harder line against israel. i meant the rising desktop. the british prime minister has been around the criticize for claiming the pro palestinian protest undermine democracy, or russell and activist that there valley told us to stand off between the government and the people grows ever lighter. the space again, the majority the is all going to the

have written the whole holding for leadership. the government has desperately attempt to cisco divisions with us pressure on officials across africa and sparked a fresh confrontation in zimbabwe. ferrari has expelled the controversial us agency from the country after washington. sanction that the southern african nations top officials. and it's not the only diplomatic conflict, the white house is fueling on the continent as our twos know who you can get reports. the sanctions a once again, the whip of choice in full say, maria, off you is foreign policy goals and some up ways the latest targets back in 2001 the u. s. lawrence, an onslaught on how to validate through it's so cold news would be jumping on the

entries in public band rick and what his own draft essentially is a 2002 many events have taken place since then. but one issue that's amazing phones and bob was relations. what's the waste is the continued suffering of the country's population. as a result of wisdom powers refusal to remove those muses have slowed progress inhibited economy recovery and time is the low risk, the most vulnerable in societies. equally astounding is wisdom. countries failure to come to terms with the reality that the land reform and resettlement programs. the main reason for these sections will not be reversed, have thoughts and repeatedly tried to reverse that. to started programs through political tools or confrontation with isn't bubbling government. but those different to prove it futile. it cannot be right. that's alone, a healthy basis for conducting international relations or building friendship for a country. however, mightily it views itself to slam the innocent nationals of other nations,

while also maligning those same nations for daring to be independent and silver and, and for reversing a baneful legacy of secular colonialism in line with the united nations tratta. the sanctions of slowing down our progress inhibiting our economic recovery and punishing the poorest and most vulnerable in our society. so unit 2 of the above was a scene for my us president george bush, the activity of the sexes and bulk obama together with donald trump. leave offers, having failed to achieve regime change ins. and bob, we present vital support of the senses, has also been in vain. that says, african countries continue to raleigh behinds. the bubbles push for the lifting of what many c, as in the legal economy. can bob go? small man cannot negotiate with a big man. europe in countries have been putting sanctions on zimbabwe, which has been suffering for 20 years. you're gone to itself has suffered from wished to sanctions with the you is attempting to exec political control over the

country, accusing it of human rights abuses last year. washington, would you, you kind of prefer racial trade status aiming to punish compile off with n c l g b to q goals. they defy in prison. the severe needs slamming the move is justified defending the countries, the southern states at days the external prussia. it is unfortunate that the world bank and other actors dare to want to coerce us into a band. and in our face, culture, principles and sovereignty using money, they really under estimate all africans, we do not need pressure from anybody to know how to solve problems in our society. they are our problems. i want to inform everybody starting with your guidance that uganda will develop with or without loans. another country you to be target to do the rich your long stigmatized as a regional spoiler by washington. it's section for supporting taylor bas groups. despite years of scrutiny by monitoring groups, using little evidence of those claims that it was excluded from the suff payment

system. with the you is closing the accounts of richmond to pro magic missions and a number of states and causing the code to use for the impulse of vaccines and mid us into the country. this unilateral sanction that ships blame to and scape goat scare a trail on the basis of spurious allegations is in contravention of international law. and constitutes a flagrant breach of the sovereignty, independence and liberation of peoples and nations. that the primary aim of the elicit and immoral sanctions is to inculcate suffering and starvation on the population. so as to induce political unrest and instability is patently clear. over the past decades wisdom, the states have made some which is they go to diplomatic weapons, the united states and the ropes in union administer. hundreds of section programs targeting thousands of individuals, companies, and economy, except as in many countries,

but have sanctions achieved the goals. despite the efforts, the targeted states retain suffering and independent domestic and foreign policy is building ties with the global solves and russia. you essentially have also cause the economy collateral damage, sedans, economy being severely impacted, even often. some of those sanctions were lifted and leaving many struggling in new jersey. after that, evidence appears to be clear. sanctions on the african continent failed to achieve the aims, and by damaging local livelihoods may have had the opposite effect. as those states behind the coast of mist has failed to learn the lesson time and time, and do stay with our to international and back with more and 30 minutes. in the meantime. be sure to visit our website, r t dot com for the very latest news and updates by the

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