and i was shocked because i was not aware i'm very excited to be part of the high space, which is fine. will be going against seems like brazil, columbia, bolivia, mexico, very nervous about bizarre because i feel like they have soccer in their blood. so, but i think the composition will be a learning experience and very good, comfortable friends to help us. but our game or level our game of i'm very excited for the i wasn't going to stay longer at least experience one of the games. i, i'm so that we, watching everyone was up game. all my teammates are i think all of us are mexican american or at least have hispanic background. i feel like everyone in the other countries are expecting you know,

americans actual like americans born in america, parents of america. but we're going with parents immigrant. parents make them proud and show them what we can do. a year headlines on the right, the final day of nathan meetings with defense ministers discussing how to deal with moscow and better arm ukraine. germany sent the 1st 4 promised air defense systems to keep on wednesday. russian president vladimir putin arrived in catholic, stand for a meeting with regional leaders, and he is said to meet her keys, president and the amir of guitar to discuss the war and ukraine. the un general assembly has voted overwhelmingly to condemn russia's move the antics parts of ukraine. $143.00 countries voted in favor of a resolution that reaffirms ukraine, sovereignty and territorial integrity with only 4 states supporting russia. hot bill hamid has reaction from president zalinski said it was

a historical vote, but i mean when it comes to un resolutions had been already to un resolutions about the annexation of back one back in 2014. which cool, but a very dorian integrity of your grade. one in 2020, which called really for the withdrawal of all russian to some ukraine and nothing happened. i think if you speak to the wider ukrainian public, they are more concerned about the war about how it's going. and more than 500 people have died in nigeria is worse floods in a decade. and operation is under way to rescue thousands of stranded people after floods blocked roads and destroyed villages. women around the world are showing their solidarity with the women of iran in kosovo. protesters cut off locks of their hair during a rally in the capital. christina demonstrations have spread across the globe since the death of 22 year old must the menial september conspiracy theorist alex jones

has been ordered to pay almost a $1000000000.00 in damages to the families of the victims of the sandy hook school shooting. jones falsely claimed for years that the 2012 shooting was actually a hoax. a report from the world wildlife fund says animal populations around the world have declined sharply in the past 5 decades. populations of mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles, in fish, have seen a 69 percent drop since 1970 right. those are headlines on al jazeera up next inside story. little bit clean and hit a dollar industry with challenge back from vacation and cultural tradition. hollywood thing as even

russia threatens more strikes as the war in ukraine seems close to a new turning point. the escalation came after the bombing of the curse bridge linking rushes mainland to the crimea. he is now seeking more military aid. so what direction will this will take mixed? this is inside story. ah. hello and welcome to the program. i'm tom mccrae, russia launched a wave of missile strikes on several regions of ukraine this week, killing at least 20 people. the capital key was among cities targeted for the 1st time in months. ukraine's military says it shot down 41 of 75 missiles,

but that wasn't enough to stop the destruction. it's energy minister says russian muscles have had around 30 percent of the countries electricity infrastructure over the past few days. around $300.00 areas were knocked off the power grid. the mayor of the western city of levine says it will take months to repair energy facilities . there, well, those strikes happened in response to an attack last week on the coach bridge linking crimea to the russian mainland. russia security service says it's arrested 8 people. it's federal security services. the blast was organized by ukraine's military intelligence service. the explosion destroyed a fiction of the bridge. keith hasn't said whether it was involved. and g 7 leaders held a virtual meeting to discuss what they called their unwavering commitment to ukraine . they promised they would hold russian president vladimir putin to account for the

missile attacks ukrainian president below them is lensky asked the group to supply keith with a defense weapons. he's described it as his number one priority now. yeah, just one that i thank you for all the help already provided it is big, it is significant. but the russian leader, who was now in the final stage of his rain, still has room to through the escalation. this possibility is a threat to all of us, but we can overcome the threat. we have a formula for pace. and now reacting to russian terror, shame, referenda, and the attempt to enix our territory. we can apply the pace formula so that the terror state stands no chance enough. ah, well let's bring in august now in strasbourg. alexi gone sharika. he is a member of the ukrainian parliament, and the ukrainian delegation to the parliamentary assembly of the council of europe . from geneva, alexander vor trevor's editor in chief of swift, military review,

and security and defense policy analyst. and from moscow, andre backlit of vice chair of the association of russian diplomats, and the former russian ambassador to saudi arabia. a warm welcome to you will. thank you very much for being on the program. it's 1st to begin with. what's happened so far before we move on to how things might play out from here. just in regards to the latest strikes on ukraine over the last 48 hours or so on. sure. i'd like to begin with you, the russian ministry of defense, the goal of the strikes was achieved and to quote, all designated objects were hit. so can you explain? one missile hitting a children's playground in cave was that a designated object was a legitimate target. well actually oh of course the, the targets are only the measure where

you should be sure. busy you bring it for each brush, but also i would want to reach on bridge actually only would be you so much because there were many people many ordinary people criticizing. busy duration for better speed you know this saying that the source to make then then there. busy

was no. busy reasonable decision taken by the president to the doctor these last major city and. busy general, the innocent people people will do. and so what happened was some sort of the war. okay. well i went back there, search on intentionally each each day, intentionally the lenient side and then it started bob. the other regions

are which many, many people are dying each day do do well and they're making these eventually that sound, the better side of the store. i'm looking. okay, alexi, you'll country men and women and living through these is trucks. many who haven't been attacked in months like even levine, haven't had it strikes since near the beginning of the war. so how difficult is it watching on and has it rattled the public there? do you think 1st of all, i want to add to what i heard. 910 people were killed. no one of them is the army officer, old soldier, though very interesting. designated military targets russian. russia has russia, the terrorist state. that's all. and which is the we to, we know where you're grania an army, so he takes revenge on ukrainian women and children and their residents before

cities. that's the reality for sure. we are very much concerned about what had happened. there was a brutal attack on the infrastructure energy infrastructure. very interesting to release them. that it was a ritual ation for something for what russia is making war against the grain from 2014. then the full scale invasion from february 24. so what's your relationship they're looking for? they just make in colonial aggressive work. that's all about. yes, people are concerned about to know. we can the whole, these blue cause penny can ukraine, but it's not the case. ukraine now they're already prepared. we know with whom we deal, we understand that for us it's been show we didn't want to wipe, wipe out your brain from the map of the planet. you're committing genocide and russia committed genocide against your brain. now, when you buy a territory, so we're, we're not penny or we,

we understand we are confident in our victory now. so we are rebuilding everything we need and for sure where address and draw our partners and at least to provide your grant with more weapon rate to store this jerry ok. alexander, do you think that these lead just strikes in ukraine about hitting, legitimate military target, or is it about scaring the ukrainian population? allow me to remain neutral after these 2 periods of comment. i'll just remind you of what international law and convention say targeting deliberately, civilian infrastructure or critical infrastructure such as sewage, informations, or electrical power plants that are going to be necessary for life and health. so civilian population, noncombatants, it's technically a war crime. so i can only stress that it is very and most unfortunate

that such collateral damage has taken place. what i do see with regards to the latest strikes from russia is 2 things. first of all, both sides are now ending battle and the fighting very, very much deeper into terra, into the land. the territory far away from the front lines the ukrainians are doing this because they're offensive either in the north or in the south, is now closer and closer to the russian border. and they are targeting logistical supply for russian forces. and on the other side of russia is now targeting targets or infrastructure is deep within western ukraine because russia feels that this is where the ukranian army building up and training. it's comes chris and receiving news or so i can only say that both sides are actually

extended the area that they are striking with their long range weapons. ok, let's take it back as did to, i guess what? brought on the latest round of a strikes the, the attack on the crimea bridge, the curse bridge. now, andre, russia claimed this bridge was impenetrable. to attack, it was a jewel and putins crown. so what happened and how embarrassing is this to russia? well blessed visions. i'm sure imagine still having people are just season. well now. i think the, what we can expect into my son is that it will be a real change of the situation that they're using all of us to be

an issue with a deep se. i mean, these are percentage of damage to their business worrying warnings. and these are the start of the new or loss of the national federation of the nations will be. busy less than 2 months, john, when the regiments charming to the get it that i would love to show us that we bring exactly as many as you go from the nazi regularly, not over you know, german origin was to be willing to do it as a 2nd was what was 20 times your. busy the want did you

know we started a very, very limited. busy number of the, of the, of the much less than the revenue train. and so there was a limited duration might be that the staff will be more, wants to go. okay. well, you know, russia has said that ukrainian security services are responsible for blowing up the crimea bridge. alexander perkins called at negative tara, what do you think happened? how do you think this bridge was attack so successfully? you know, one of my a fuser study in academia was military and political is. and what i can say is it will take some months and perhaps years in order to figure out what exactly happened. what we can say is that the official,

a story that has been told of a truck carrying exclusives and producing this kind of damage. this official version does not to does not hold up the nations that were necessary in order to produce this kind of damage or either large bombs. we're talking about several 100 kilos where we are talking about to liberate a special forces attacks. so whatever has actively happens in order to cut that bridge, the official story that we have been told of a truck blowing up is not correct. in any case, ukraine has now demonstrated on at least 2 occasions that they have the ability to strike deep behind the lines of russian troops. and this is extremely worrisome for the russian war effort. because the train, for example, that's called fire, that was stuck for more than

a day on this particular bridge and was carrying 1600000 liters of fuel. this is the kind of fuel is necessary to sustain the tree operations in the south and the car san region for 2 days. so we're definitely what we can expect very soon is to see ukrainian troops mount offensive in bazaar each and care song area to try and gain an advantage from the stolen. i was the russian forces in the south . like let's just move on slightly to what you train us asking for. now the g 7, a nice oh it a discussing what more can do to help ukraine litzy litski in fact m, you know, know who secretary general has said it was a top priority. so how heartening is it to, to hear that help is on the why and what exactly are you asking for? are you getting enough? yeah, 1st of all, we are very thankful for all support we are receiving and answering your question,

is that enough? or simple enough will be when there will be final victory on the battlefield. that will be enough. and today we have a unique window of opportunity. what i mean for ukraine in the end of march would have been read that we have today. hi marcy, hope it serves then everything, all of these were wouldn't be finished in the spring. because when russian forces were retreating from ki foster failed britsky back towards the moment for us to show them. but unfortunately, at the moment we had not with the vote for them. and then they changed the tactics . replenish, refresh, started this 1st world war and style warfare range. war with a particular re does destroying new organ into rubble, ukrainian cities. now, now we have again the moments you for your grain today now will receive long range

missiles to hi mar 10th. because for the moment we. 3 haven't received any one with them. we could finish everything in weeks. i really believe in the course. 123 and more military defeats region would not survive, administer a catastrophe near hard. after their catastrophe and here on the region. they, these resume is shaking. and this is the moment to finish it. ok, alex and you are a military expert. do you agree with that? that would be over in weeks if you cry and got everything it was asking for. no, i do not believe so, but i believe that i have lost tremendous amounts of personnel and in particular materials, both sides have lost more than 50 percent of the equipment which they have started confrontation. what we are seeing, however, is that russia is trying to move military equipment out of stocks out of its

reserves to modernize this equipment is also mobilizing troops and sending these troops in tobacco with very, very little training. and on the other side, you have the ukranian, military forces have been able to not only stop the russian advance, but they have been able, in several areas to make deep counter attack stripes within the russian lines that are now completely destabilizing the front class. so what i would say is that we are sage, ukrainian, military being refurbished with more and more nato. and i would not be so optimistic, but i would definitely say that in the spring of next year, the ukrainian military will not look as it does today. it will have more and more nato or western and also the troops that it has mobilized february and march, and the goal and here have now received a lot of very good training. and so the balance is now shifted and the ukranian

military forces is gaining. it has not only stronger in terms of numbers, but also in terms of quality. compare with russian forces, just sticking with weapons and the most destructive of all nuclear weapons have been talked about more in the last week or so than probably through the rest of the war combined. the joe biden said the risk of nuclear. i'm a given as the highest in 60 years. andre, you are in russia. do you agree with that statement? doesn't feel like we're potentially on the brink of and you, claire war. actually with the region. it's really explored more very wanted one percent. said the gas. busy did you believe the brand is just a limited ration loss,

but unfortunately, unfortunately the game show more and more ration. and as soon as the next beats the defeating the large. busy the promises that the rest of the doctors are going to do business with us and we all real about unit just to bring what to do. so this will start as a big for the dish of the so why we did not. busy deep that's why many or. busy such, my mother of the,

of the development of this is also i would love to see something else. that's what we're discussing. it's not just the reservation so stingy off for interests for ever is like my mother used to the brain and. busy so well you know, because of the development of the situation and the it did not prevents development of the specialist and that i can get a war. okay. before we finish, i just want to talk briefly about diplomacy because there's been a lot of tough talk from all sides, especially ukraine as well. so lensky city is not going to negotiate with person

alexi. do you think that there is any space at all the negotiations? and when do you think that could begin for us to, you know, rush and their representative is saying that they're not using all their mind. but the question is, what, for, in this case, they're making mobility nation in that country, which hundreds of thousands of them are running away from russia. that's like a port fills of their resume when russians run in from russia. so listening about bleeding hearts from the. busy what's happening so you, they acumen up and saying that their hearts of bleeding. wow, it's something very impressive. speaking about diplomacy, it's very clear. fujen caught all ways to diplomacy. he destroyed it with this decision to accept our territory and to announce the green and territory russian. nobody in the world accepted this so called shamrock brenda. nobody will ever accept it and about what we can negotiate today. we will never give up our territories. we will come to leave minnows,

ukrainians under genocide. so the only way now for us it's really great our land. so we are ready to any negotiation any moment, but about in russia retreating from our territory. we don't want any prussian territory, but we will never give up any of ours. does that include crime in for sure? grey means ukraine internationally recognized by the whole volts and by russia. russia during the 27 years before the 2nd grade year. many, many times. 23 years, sorry, a signed document, but they recognized that ukraine, crimea, ukraine, and they recognized our borders many time. and also they gave a guaranteed the 1994 when we voluntarily gave up the biggest nuclear arsenal in the world for the 1st time in human history, under the guarantees that they will never attack us. but you see what does it cost?

russian guarantees and date andre, just very briefly, persons mentioned that he may be open to meeting with the us president joe biden. how serious is he and how likely do you think that is to happen? well, actually seems to be something during the meeting, but i'm not quite sure, but we don't bring any, any results of the positions. and now we're getting the most simple in each of the on the side, if you just various limited balance for the us. russians a successful negotiation over several situations in the last thank you very much to all our guests. alexi gone, sharika, alexander, vo, travis,

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