the proof for a change when you. be ready for a. freedom of speech. and the freedom to watch. we're following breaking news are here national russia's foreign ministry warning of irreversible consequences after a shell fired from the from ukraine kills a russian citizen in the rostov region near the border with ukraine ukraine and denying responsibility for to attack. two pm in moscow we're starting today with breaking news on our general in a war russian citizen has been killed when shells fired from ukraine struck the yards of private homes in russia's rostov region where if an ocean has the details

on sunday we saw a very dangerous escalation of the crisis here in ukraine several shells fired from the ukrainian territory lended to in the russian border town then asked has the same name as the ukrainian city has now become the major battleground of a lot scale military operation here in eastern ukraine i would say that there were at least six shells they hate a private house killing one man and injuring one woman earlier there were reports that four people were injured but it was down to one person we know that one man was around forty seven years old he had a very big family and four children kiva already denied any responsibility for this attack and he is russia's reaction. these facts are evidence of a dangerous escalation on russia's border with ukraine that creates a higher level of danger to russian citizens therefore our moves are going to be harsh and specific and while we see the two print and crisis is spilling over to

russia here in ukraine the situation is getting more and more tense and ordinary civilians are often those who are facing highest price and you day brings. to the city of the guns was. this goes mother has just been killed when a shell landed on her fourth floor balcony it was up to the daughter to tell her father. was put. to the. this young man was lucky he was brought to the hospital with a gunshot wound and thought unlikely to survive can regain consciousness just minutes before we arrived. these kind of use of see when you're going to end this it seems to be getting a. little sense to

chill. my son a little tougher to listen i would. say during the war to children. or no way out of the hospital we made him drink who just brought his wife here. you're not going to. have nothing no water. but i often work around i was raised still in shock and can't believe his wife survived a little margin. so it was a little bit she didn't know. when we have to start it logic not pop it up or not only never know how to mushing what you know a lot of details get there when you're not and i don't overstretch it so did a lot of he's just moved with his family from the suburbs of la guns into the south to skate fighting between anti government forces and the ukrainian army prosenjit the slow growth of sticking it in the region is

a short union so he asks the operation commanders in kiev what they're trying to achieve. the main goal now is to act carefully so civilians won't get hurt well that we don't have any definite numbers of civilian casualties there we only have the numbers of dead and injured fighters of the anti terror operation. the same day equines deputy health minister reported four hundred seventy eight civilians have died since the beginning of the operation in one pro including seven children but just hours later the ministry denied his statistics without giving any turn to figures we meet with the health minister of the self-proclaimed people's independent republic of the guns. at the aircraft siren starts before we even osco first question. we have to continuing to face. it perhaps a hearing in the yeah i can't give any definite numbers concerning civilian

casualties as a because many people died while we couldn't get to them so i don't have the statistics of ukrainian media doesn't say anything about those casualties and so much so they are not allowed to show this or they believe that only terrorists are dying here i ask whether they tell about the civilian casualties. no one requested this information when no one is interested as an us that i even have statistics on the ukrainian soldiers but they have their own numbers so you know one asks oz's about ours that is sticks and while neither the guns skokie of know exactly how many men women and children have been killed the civilian toll is high and it's likely to rise. in eastern ukraine. incidents along the border and even on russian territory happening at an alarming rate earlier this week in a vehicle with russian border guards came under ukrainian fire the car riddled with bullet holes but the men managed to escape on heart were bitterly was out of the

blue the people ran out unexpectedly with an open fire and up a troll. for them. judging by the damage to the car firearms were used and it's obvious they were used on purpose. just a week earlier shells reached a russian border checkpoint near the scene of sunday's incident the crossing full of refugees trying to enter russia and escape the war zone they had to be moved to safety along with the personnel. the film was going to put on one of those will differ with them obviously they were just don't know what you don't know that you would you know you are you don't want to know really. well. you know you don't know don't you think w. w w w. w you would.

stay with our tea on air and online for all the latest news from ukraine. turning to some of the week's other top stories israeli soldiers have entered gaza to take out several missile launch sites ending in armed clashes with a mosque there are now here is a move will spark our ground invasion into the enclave policy reports from tel aviv twenty soldiers briefly into northern gaza the i.d.f. says that the purpose of the mission was to destroy rocket launching sites we understand that there was a brief exchange of fire during which four his way the soldiers would likely wounded but the army has since returned to israel of course the question being asked is whether or not this is a precursor for a ground offensive certainly the sense on the ground and from me witnessing the amassing of tanks and armored personnel vehicles and troops along the border it does seem as if a ground offensive could be imminent and certainly the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has indicated that this is an option that he is considering the

word from the israeli army however is that they are ready for a ground offensive but that ultimately this is a political decision. meanwhile israel says its air raids are aimed at rooting out hamas in gaza though innocent people are being killed along the way more than one hundred sixty palestinians have died in the offensive so far these are pictures of some of the air raids on got out and yet i don't know what i mean about. the. budget of the time of the secret. israel launched the offensive tuesday and is claiming it only targets hamas militants meanwhile the united nations calling for a ceasefire saying most of the casualties are civilian but israel is vowing to press ahead with its campaign until hamas stops its rocket attacks harry fear reports from gaza. on a visit to gaza's main hospital we met four year old shaman mastery she was injured in abdomen she became collateral damage in a drone strike one of them has yet i learned had nothing. that about how

william i don't have them but i want to. settle how at the bed now that i'm a fan. furnace this had that then. when i wouldn't go to ted kennedy or. hello is this how that the deal where they thought i thought of the doctors tell me they've been dealing with the biting shortage of medical supplies in gaza for the last three weeks as a result of the ongoing c h but even civilians that survive the violence suffer the mental effects of living in a war so our bed lives in a neighborhood of shaikh redwine that was targeted last night the assault on the night was a little bit is that none that i'll be. done is not open to the. gun in the. london needs if you. thought. it's been a traumatizing couple of days for the civilians of han eunice in the south of the

gaza strip to during its operation israel says that it's going off to hamas militants those that alleges are hamas militants however it's willing to go as far as targeting their homes and in this case israel killed six children and two adults when it struck this family home the family didn't have time to heed the warning drone missile which arrived four minutes before the main strike. almost but still so subtle. when we got on the phone and then one of. them said that israel has made clear that it's not interested in restraining its operation on gaza so long as hamas rocket fire continues to see gaza and. israel facing its share of attacks as well it retaliated with artillery fire twice this week after being hit by rockets from lebanon it's also been

a barrage from gaza overnight. oh wow r r r r r r r r r m. a r earlier rocket fire from gaza struck a petrol station in the southern israeli town of our own all at least five israelis were going to this week two of them seriously let me advice from the i.d.f. tells us why they are pursuing the offensive. this is not an operation in any capacity against the people of gaza this is an operation against hamas against an organization that purposely and specifically uses the civilian population of gaza as human shields the point is is that you're defending your people but thankfully no israelis have been killed by hamas rockets in the last number of days but let's just get some more figures because in gaza since two thousand and eight over thoughts and civilians were killed in the trying twenty times more than the israeli civilian death toll is israel's reaction to rockets fired by hamas measured unjustified there are four with five million men women and children living in

shelters that is something with which we cannot continue and which no other country would accept we make unbounded efforts to protect the civilian population in the gaza strip before any attack is taken against hamas to take measures that no other military or no other country takes in the world which include text messages to people in civilian areas phone calls to their homes to do this because at the end of the day. and as you say yes margaret but why then is the u.n. security general urging israel to show restraint but prime minister netanyahu is vowing to step off the offensive so international colds are simply being ignored aren't they. again i and he calls about international claims really should be directed towards the prime minister at the end of the day as a military big been given a very clear mission that mission is to restore quiet to the people that are living in israel and to teach hamas that there is a very very heavy price to pay to committing acts of terror and questions regarding

these civilian casualties in the gaza strip i believe should also be directed towards the leadership within gaza that actively and purposefully puts its own civilians in in danger. a woman and a three year old girl were killed in israeli airstrikes on gaza sunday morning reports say some thirty children have been killed there since tuesday from two thousand and twenty thirteen the alarming data puts the total number of deaths of miners at more than one thousand believe an asphalt from human rights watch thinks that disregard for the civilian lives in the gaza attack could amount to war crimes . the civilian suffering is not getting enough attention it's not getting enough attention from the israeli forces who are conducting those airstrikes naval strikes tank shelling and other forms of attack under the laws of war which bind israel as they bind any military force you cannot shoot first and ask questions later you have got to make sure that what you're shooting at is a legitimate target and if there's any doubt in your mind whether it might be

civilian you have to hold fire and i'm very concerned that we are not seeing that we may be seeing the opposite we've seen virtually no accountability for a very well documented past cases of abuse of violations and even war crimes and without accountability and with impunity then abuses will obviously continue you you weaken your enemy by by attacking their fighters and their military objects you do nothing to weaken your enemy by attacking a civilian population who is not fighting you it does nothing for you it's a war crime. we're keeping a close watch on all the latest updates coming out of gaza in israel on air and online at r.t. dot com bring you the latest as we get. this is about making the business survive.

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sixteen minutes past the hour now a look at some more of the week's news relations between the united states and germany have suffered another blow germany kicked out the cia station chief in berlin after officials unmasked two alleged american spies working for a state security anger over the snooping is widespread the german interior minister dismissed the information obtained by the alleged spies as a laughable but said the political damage is serious a lot of party member expressed outrage saying there is no longer a blind trust in the u.s. and the justice minister has demanded u.s. spying in germany be halted once and for all artes peter all reports from berlin. sent packing a with a flea in his ear. i just want to say it if you see it was human common sense in my opinion spying on allies and friends is a waste of energy. germany has now told the cia contact at the us embassy in berlin to get his things and leave. for the first time after

a series of spy scandals this is a strong message from the germans that they've had enough of washington's behavior . experience or foreign intelligence services isn't something we're taking lightly but it took a whole string of and biasing snooping slip ups to get to the stage that paints a picture of an abusive relationship in june of last year it emerged that the u.s. had spied on its european allies prompting this response from the chancellor spying on friends is not acceptable then it was revealed that mrs merkel's private cell phone was bugged by the n.s.a. washington promised not to do it again but refused to sign a no spy deal bilin still wanted to talk trade and rebuilding of trust between the transatlantic partners flash forward to april of this year when germany's request to see the chancellor's n.s.a. file was turned down and even then the next angler merkel was content to stand side

by side with the u.s. president as he again spoke of the close friendship but the discovery of two potential double agents in germany and his many weeks and a lack of cooperation from the u.s. with the investigations looks like the final straw and it will be interesting to see what effect the expulsion of the cia official will have on an already strained u.s. german relationship now that berlin has shown its willingness to act peter all of a r.t. germany. now this isn't the first time u.s. intelligence has been caught spying on its ally let's take a look at some instances it was revealed last year in june that half a billion germans a month were having their private messages monitored chancellor angela merkel fell victim to her phone was tapped in february is reported care hard schroeder's phone calls were snooped on in the run up to the u.s. led invasion of iraq one american investigative journalist tells r.t. the latest revelations are leaving berlin embarrassed. the german and american

security systems is so interwoven you can't even separate from the basically the same infrastructure the same architecture of security so if germany was to say they don't want to it's very hard for them not to because there's so many institutions which are basically into the same institute the german political leadership. wants to be involved the united states they want to have an integrated security infrastructure it's part of who they are it is part of who they've been since the end of world war two but this recent espionage scandal the medical being spied on and of the two ropes recent cases is embarrassing for the german political system because it shows that germany has been very loyal to the united states with the united states still doesn't trust for one week and this summer speed limits outside the kremlin in moscow mean nothing.

and head of russia's first formula one grand prix in sochi fans in the heart of the capital can get their russia bracing excitement more images from r t dot com. and an investigation shedding light on a deadly plane crash in congo four years ago turns out that it was all the blame of a runaway crocodile that apparently survived the crash. right from the sea. first rate. and i think that you're. on our reporter's twitter. and instagram. the in the. russian president vladimir putin set off on a grand tour of latin america this week while and when a sari's his latest stop off the russian president cemented future ties with his

argentine counterpart cristina kirchner they've agreed that moscow will expand its foothold in argentina's energy sector. but you do in over twenty percent of argentina's hydroelectric power is produced by russian equipment we really hope to take an active part in the modernization program and the construction of new power plants one of our companies is planning to take a role in a hydro power station project worth two billion dollars. before argentina putin was in havana to meet with cuba's current leader raul castro and his older brother fidel russia's president confirmed moscow's decision to write off ninety per cent of the country's debt to moscow in return to secure rights for russian oil company to drill for oil off the cuban coast while speaking with raul putin noted fidel's unwavering political energy. no you just had a lengthy meeting with comrade for dil. yes it was an excellent and very interesting conversation we discussed international affairs economic manses the

markets as well as most specific issues like i grew culture so does feudal still talk a lot. yes he talks and listens a look he's an experienced politician. will inspect stop brazil where he's expected to show up at tonight's football world cup final and he'll stay for the annual bric summit leaders expected to discuss the formation of a new development bank to potentially rival western financial heavyweights r.t. discuss the latest political developments with analyst william doors. so many order reserve economic life in the world since the end of world war two and especially since the end of the cold war have been controlled by a handful of wall street banks either directly or indirectly for regency like the international monetary fund and world bank and they have used their power their power to force privatization shut down of industry all kinds of aggressive. programs on countries around the world and to be

a wonderful thing of the very good thing for humanity if the brics countries whatever their differences are among them are able to create some kind of alternative but they're also talking to about maybe creating a new internet to help data theft to keep data safe from foreign prying eyes with us tell us about these countries desire to go it alone in more and more areas well i think that. what the united states is doing as far as spying on its own so-called allies in germany shows very much the need for this anything that could weaken the monopoly the monopoly power exercised by u.s. corporations in the u.s. military industrial complex in the world i think is a good thing for people all over the world in the united states as well. reminder of our breaking news here on our to russian citizen killed after a shell fired from ukraine landed in the yards of private homes in russia's rostov region it's the second such attack in the past two days ukraine is already denied all responsibility for the shelling and the incident has prompted

a strong reaction from russia. these facts or evidence of a dangerous escalation on russia's border with ukraine that creates a higher level of danger to russian citizens it could bring about to reversible consequences which ukraine would be responsible for these are pictures from the scene and the victim of the shelling leaves behind four children two women also wounded knee attack that according to their family started in the morning but although you might have the attack began at around eight thirty in the morning they started shelling and destroyed his house my mother and sister were hurt and i'm in hospital. after the break a look at a recent slump in u.s. russia relations in the spotlight with oksana boy those worlds apart.

when people talk about human rights violations is involved some pro western protesters getting beaten up and responsible mainstream media is usually to bomb somebody somewhere so good thing they haven't picked up a story from detroit that the u.n. is calling a human rights violation residents of the motor city are well sadly the former motor city who are hundred fifty dollars or more behind on their water bills are getting their water shut off completely the different water and sewage department is five billion dollars in debt and that is the justification to crack down on deadbeats on the surface the seems like an open and shut case of course everyone has the right to water especially detroit which is near huge bodies of fresh water that other cities can only dream of but on the other hand if the poor don't pay for water then us taxpayers will be paying for it for them and that's not fair i think this is not so much a case of a right to water but a right to decent employment and a corruption free city government back when people in detroit had good salaries and

a government that wasn't flagrantly corrupt they would have any problems paying for their water bills but that's just my opinion. this is what we do we kill people and break things. we can see something as simple as people playing soccer game you can see individual players and you can see that. you can only see his facial expression you can see is. maybe cursed us. or maybe. a lot for forgiveness for. there must be there are certain be no civilians will be killed were.

a lot of welcome to worlds apart the rising anti-americanism in russia and the increasing with the fall being the united states may come across as two sides of the same coin but are they both rooted in reality and how does one tell apart constructive criticism from geopolitical malignancy well to discuss that i'm now i'm joined by robert friedman visiting professor of political science at johns hopkins university dr friedman thank you very much for being here it's my pleasure now you know one of those people called criminologists you studied the soviet union later russia for several decades and i'm sure you would agree with me of that. there has always been a considerable level of mistrust bits in our two nations but i wonder if the

rhetoric used by both sides has ever been asked colorful and asked passive aggressive as it is nowadays well i think we're almost back to the worst of the cold war underbridge now and the early reagan days in the early one nine hundred eighty s. after the soviet invasion of afghanistan that's when relations really hit their bottom we're not there yet but if we continue in this direction will be there well i just use this word passive aggressive and i think you know both sides seem to believe that they're defending their national interest or that national values and see the other side as an aggressor but it seems to me that this aggression is a very different caliber because the united states. has the whole list of countries that is essentially ruined through intervention whereas russia is charged with one count of quote unquote bloodless an exception is that really fear to compare the two well you know we haven't seen the end of ukraine yet but if you go back into

history you know russian then soviet intervention in. afghanistan in hungary and even it is germany in one nine hundred fifty three not exactly very pleasant the u.s. intervention was in afghanistan in two thousand and one and that was after nine eleven and the jury's still out on what's going to happen there the big american mistake of course was in iraq but dr friedman i think you were replying to my question is very telling here because most examples of the quote unquote soviet aggression in fact he was an example that he just mentioned the invasion of afghanistan it dates back to the soviet times where is all the examples that russia can cite it's exam of american aggression of very very recent isn't that actually. an instance of how americans really view russia through the prism.