find themselves worlds apart. we choose to look for common ground. ah, a camera crew from us is the channel out. the arabic narrowly escaped shelling and the cranes breakaway in yet republic. while people are flinging can you try to mid morning? the key military is escalating violence in the region. that key ways have been crossing the border into russia with her. there's such tension here in the morning . there was an explosion again, let's hope for the best russians don't abandon their home and also to come. russia goes ahead with this and you're testing this nuclear capability to make driving tensions with nato. and the threat from the broken chain contradicts his earlier claims that he won't be escalation. so if criminal aim is to

have less laid on its borders, it will only get more natal. i am canadian authorities, the cracking down on the anti mandate protest is with hundreds of police, deployed to the capitol, and the 70 people have been arrest ah, 6 pm. here in moscow you watching international stop that breaking news because the camera crew from our sister channel sierra bake is narrowly avoided being hit by shelling while filming in the din, yet screeching. we've just received this footage from the st. a. was it done with

for thousands of people? me? marla, being evacuated from the self proclaimed on bash republics in east in ukraine as after officials did warn that. keith could attack them at any moment with that with both sides. reporting frequent shelling across the front lines. boarding schools in orphanages are 1st in line to be rescued with the latest off and each being evacuated from the against region. the children have been taken on to a bus that will drive them to safety in russia, women and the elderly also have priority status in the moon. listen, we're going to russia running away from the shelling with my wife and our daughter and granddaughter. i hope they'll meet us and receive us, which it really hurts. i don't want to leave. we are worried about everything. we are very worried our entire family is going to rush at 5 people with there's such tension here in the morning. there was an explosion again,

let's hope for the best russians don't abandon their own. okay, let's just give you a reminder of how we reached this situation. because the brake way republics did declare independence or for a western backed uprising, overthrow the government in kiev back in 2014. that marked the beginning of an ongoing conflict with nearby kiev controlled territories and yet can again scar in east, in ukraine, on the border with rushes roast of region. where evac he, we are being taken, or correspondent on quarter, has this report from a temporary shelter in ra stuff. over here at this vista children's camp that has been turned into a temporary refugee camp. it's one of many that have been set up across the russian region of a stove to basically house people temporarily that are fleeing from the people's the self proclaimed people's republics of danielle and logan's can see right here. there are some cars parked with daniel license plates,

and you can see behind me that some people have already arrived. but this is just the beginning of the flow of evacuation. actually when we got here, we saw buses, convoys of buses that were likely intended to transport them to facilities like this one. we even saw people walking across the road that were likely coming right here because people are afraid of a potential full scale ukrainian offensive. they're afraid of a return to the heavy artillery bombardments that characterized the years of 20142015 in these people's lives. this region is just one of many that have been set up across russia's rust of region to house between 500700000 potential evacuees from the don boss region. people fleeing that area, rust of region has been put under a state of emergency, and according to the governor, they have a concrete plan of already in place on how to, how's all these people temporarily already they've established enough areas to

house, 13000 refugees across the the region and they are have also appealed to hotel owners to help in the effort of temporarily housing these people. it's also important to note that this area already has experience from 2014, when there were all at that time. also refugees coming from done boss fleeing the outbreak of hostilities between the breakaway regions and on boss and key of forces . another 27 russian regions, though, have also agreed to open their doors to potential done bus evacuees. and, and that number is actually growing as time goes on, is growing very quick at their, they've already said that they're ready to help out with food, housing, and anything else that people might need to live. we also saw a lot of individuals, russian citizens on social media saying they're ready to open their doors and help out for anyone who's potentially fleeing a, a war situation. of course, the people of dun boss are very grateful for all that. but the main thing they really want right now is to be able to return home. don't quote that will me model

the 1st train from ganske to russia since 2014 has brought that q e. see safety, local official, say the train is carrying more than 600 people stopping at see where the locations before crossing the border. it does come as the heads that the dumbass rage in the nights, general mobilization artes from casa reports. now from central ton, yet over the last couple of days, actually the situation on the front line had indeed intensified. we've been hearing the sounds of for shelling throughout the city of i've done this can. of course the rest of the self proclaimed people's republic was a shelled as well. it was all happening on the front line. the representative of the people's militia of the self proclaimed people's republic says that the ukraine is ready for a full scale of war. he had just on a friday night there was a blast writing in his sensor of the city. one, a car was blowing up

a car belonging to the head of the people's militia, and when i arrived on the scene, there were engineers working. there were other cars, a park near by and we had to be very careful a while working there. also it's a center of the city, of course a lot of us civilians are walking around, but so thankfully no one, no was heard. also what we're getting from the local press service, a power station, the and a water pumping plans were old, sold damaged by shelley and as the salsa. nearly 2000000 people are now left without any water supplies. and those people live in 40 sounds on both sides. of the conflict. nevertheless, the leaders of both the republics have announced mobilization of armed forces in both republics. i'm actually standing outside o fall, one of the sensors where people are coming over to sign up. and this is what denise

bushland. ah said one, he thought about mobilization oklahoma with tonight and yet of the no matter what scenario develops, we will be able to fend off campus aggression. we must unite all our efforts. i urge my fellow countrymen who are in reserve to come to the military commissar. it's today i signed a decree. on general mobilization, i ask all men of the republic who are able to hold a weapon in their hands to stand up for their families. their children, wives and mothers, so organized evacuation, the continues here in the net scanned in logan's, people are using any means and necessary to leave those who do want to evacuated. praying for private garza organized the buses. ah, however, of most of the people who are leaving, that's women, children, and the elderly, of course, and they're being ha, that they're, they're seen off by their loved ones by the men who are staying behind. now i spoke

to some of them a little bit earlier, and this is what they shared with me. mostly of the voice i am seeing off my sister, my mother and nephew, so there's pain in my heart. we will fight back, we will be invincible. i know that russia will not let us down. we will always be with them by heart and soul will lose the child. chris, i'm a russian man. my wife and child are leaving to russia. we men stay here, of course, if necessary, we will defend our country, our city, our homeland, the most important thing is that everything will be fine with my family there. the number of those people who could be evacuated to a rush are stands at around 700000 people so far. only tens of thousands have actually taken that opportunity and gone to the roster region. now the rest, they remain here, there remain in their homes and to tell you honestly what we've seen on the streets

of the nest. earlier in the day, for example, we saw a wedding party, we saw people drinking coffee on the streets and well could long on could only be described as courage. probably. so despite the threat or for full scale war, people are trying to continue on with their lives. i sent the roman custody reporting east in ukraine. meanwhile, moscow has opened a criminal investigation into ukrainian shelling that is hit russia endangering local civilians. these are the images of a shell that exploded a kilometer inside. rushes board is just a few 100 meters from residential areas around for a m, civilians for sleeping, the area has been cordoned off. as long foresman examines the scene, no casualties have been reported. now in washington, joe biden has addressed the nation over the crane crisis, despite the fact it's the breakaway republics that have been shout at the moment

the president claimed that kiev is suffering from russian aggression. and again, with that providing any evidence over the last few days, we've seen reports of a major uptick in violation of the ceasefire russian back fighters attempting to provoke ukraine in the us. we also continue to see more and more disinformation being pushed out by to the russian public, including the russian back separatists, claiming that ukraine is planning to launch a massive offensive attack in the dumbass. hello. there is simply no evidences, assertions in devise, defies basic logic. however, russia has said multiple times, it is not planning any offensive own ukrainian territory, although several russian officials did say that moscow would do everything possible to defend civilians. if ukraine uses its army to resolve the conflict, the russian defense ministry has also been released in videos of treats, returning to their bases after concluding military trails. and she wore campaigner,

david swanson shared his thoughts only the crank cars. you have to take everything as a lie until proven honest when you're dealing with war propaganda from anybody but in particular from the us government. whereas we know a couple of weeks ago, a reporter for the 1st time asked for the slightest bit of evidence of any of these claims and was, was just not understood. they didn't even comprehend the idea of providing evidence for their claims. you can have a proposal as we just had this week in the, in the united states, from the president, for the biggest military budget ever with the enemy being a couple of provinces of ukraine. it has to be russia. even china doesn't do that, doesn't do you know enough. it has to be the russian enemy. people understand russia as an enemy. they've understood it since 1917, you know, and in this is, this is what is not coming through in us media is that there is not an equivalence

here. this is on the border of russia. it's not on the border of the united states in the united states would be making the exact same demands. russia is if the roles were reversed, where u. s. intelligent sources are being quoted in the washington post at the moment, saying the russian pullback from ukraine's board was just a ruse to deceive the west. while secretary of state anthony blinkin says that moscow is planning a chemical attack, although again, didn't back that up with any evidence. his assays were against. if in years past, when up was up and down was down, classified intelligence was just that it was classified so secret available to the presidents and secret services. but that was then, it's just fashionable. now, the united states and its allies have new intelligence that russia could launch an attack on ukraine. before the end of the olympics. we have intelligence that

indicates that partners preparing for, for some common invasion. the intelligence we're seeing today is, is still more encouraging. us intelligence says that it has information that russia is preparing what's known as a false flag operation to create a pretext for another invasion of ukraine. u. s. officials have obtained intelligence that rushes announced military pullback from ukraine's border was a deliberate ruse to mislead the united states and other world powers. for officials said thursday, we have seen no evidence that russian forces are withdrawing from ukrainian border regions. russia retains a significant military presence that can conduct an invasion without further warning. you must have seen them dozens, perhaps hundreds of maps drawn by the pres, showing how russia would invade ukraine. men, december, then january, now, february. and everyone seems to have drawn them and dated them based on classified

reports. they have come up based on intelligence of course. with the most fantastic scenarios, it could be a fabricated so called terrorist bombing inside russia. the invented discovery of a mass grave, a stage drawn strike against civilians or a fake even a real attack using chemical weapons. some have called into question or information . but let me be clear. i am here to day, not to start a war, but to prevent one in the past. they say we were wrong repeatedly, but trust us this time just trust us. we remember when american officials lied about ethnic cleansing in yugoslavia, village used to launch a bombing campaign on yugoslavia. we will remember when colin powell wave deval around evidence of saddam's weapons of mass destruction. they assured us,

and now they want us to believe that they not only know how, but when i says it will have an invasion, could began a major military action could begin by russia and ukraine any day. now that includes this coming week before the end of the olympics, it would be pertinent if he hadn't been saying the same thing for every week. for 3 months. if west that media hadn't been turned into a allowed speak of a war hysteria which it has. and people everywhere have noticed, even the word classified has lost its luster. now you talk about intelligence. i think actually these are not of gems from, from deeply sensitive agent reporting. this is that what has been released the, the are the idea that i'm pushing might want to dislodge zalinski and replacing with a puppet government. these have based on a, on a growing understanding analysis of preaching rather than deep secret intelligence

reports. these words, intelligence, snakes, anonymous sources. they are all supposed to evoke, you trust. big people are saying this. i ought to trust them. it isn't just a news anchor reading off a prompt. it's, it's intelligence. someone intelligent must have had a role in putting it together. the sad fact is any classified report that the media is fed was intended for the media. it was intended to be parroted and to be spread to make people believe. but they over used it. and the most remarkable thing has happened. people have finally caught on. most people observe this country, know that you really can't trust what the united states so says in terms of its foreign policy. we are pretty notorious for doing whatever we want and saying whatever we need to say to get what we want, we just don't have any evidence to support what the state department and what joe

biden is saying. usually when the united states foreign policy establishment for the defense department when they are seeking war or conflict and they're seeking to generate support for that. oftentimes we will be provided the evidence of some kind even if it's fake deb, it's you know, the access to faked satellite imagery. we're not even being offered that to support some of these allegations. you know, well, one of the big things is, you know, the defense department has put forth its budget request. they want $800000000.00 to operate. and this is during a time of peace in a, in a time of economic crisis for the united states. and i think it helps to justify their budget position. ah, my russia has successfully conducted an annual testing, this nuclear missile capabilities with flat imitating overseeing the latest rules. suskin taylor has more details of thought. he, a busy sat today in the kremlin situation. room was a pitch long side,

his better washing counterpart, overseeing those joint military drills. i'll be air force as well as the northern black sea fleets or anticipated, but undoubtedly the biggest crowd. torah was those practice launches of the intercontinental ballistic missiles. now despite the announcement of these drills being and top 2 by the west as an open declaration of war against ukraine, it's important to note that not only will they plan well in the font, they also do happen on an annual basis. the main goal is really just to test the readiness of forces and of course, the reliability of weapons outside of putin. ernie himself and he recently reiterated, there's no aggression him what the, what it is if the in the light of the growing military activity of nato countries on the external borders of the union state. we jointly gave a high assessment to the allied 2022 exercises that are purely defensive in nature, and do not threaten anyone. a crucial moment to add about this being defensive

images of nic warheads, exploding, or of course terrifying. but russia's military doctrine on this is crystal clear. first off, it does not strike preemptively on like, for example, the u. s. and secondly, nuclear weapons are used only if and when russia feels that its very existence is under threat. despite that, those ask, yeah, i mean there is concern, isn't there in the west, particularly if you listen to what's been said that the current munich security conference is taking place? well, exactly, i mean, this form has drawn it more than $100.00 ministers over thought. he had of state lots on the agenda from ukraine to climate change from covert to crypto currency notice be absent this year. and the russian delegates, partly because washington box is yet to be recognized by the you part you, of course, because of this was in, in communication with the west. now russia might not be that, but it is still the topic on everyone's let. unfortunately, what we seem to have seen is really just

a continuation of the rhetoric of the last few months, which is something to up will for diplomacy. it's russia here that of being the aggressor. but let's just break this down and look at the facts because moscow is taking concrete diplomatic steps to try and diffuse the current tensions. i'm talking specifically about the ongoing deliberations to get a signature and a legally binding document. that would stop nato from expanding for the eastward, would stop it from hosting such troops and missiles, russia. now from the start, moscow is consistent. you said we have wanted you to sit down and talk to us about all very serious security concerns. not to his credit board, johnson in munich said that he was willing to lay her tins fairs and give him a little lesson. and how kind and loving nature is, is a peaceful and a defensive alliance. and we are willing to work with president putin to demonstrate that point, and to give him the assurances that he may need. but it seems that the nato chief

himself seems to be aware about this primarily defensive character of his military lines. so if a kremlin name is to have less nato on its borders, it will only get more natal not, not sure how want to spend one self fight in thought playing and not the country, but that is the logic that we are dealing with. and certainly over the last few as to we've seen a pretty big uptake in violence in east in ukraine. anything we've had on that while obviously, i think we're not surprised. russia's allegedly hostile intentions towards ukraine . our course front consent to hear, even though the criminal has consistently said that it has never had any plans to invade its neighbors. and even though it has withdrawn a significant number of those troops that were causing alarm along the border with ukraine, about full, those political big hitters and munich thought is not enough. the waltz even goes a bit farther because the wall denito chief has issues with russian troops being

stationed on russia, russian territory. he claims that the presence of tens of thousands of his forces alongside, of course, around 6065000 us troops all over europe really right up to russians. borders thought, is there any legitimate and defensive? not just thought. apparently without them that would be no wild piece to rural wars and the cold war has totals. there is no real security and without the strong trans atlantic ball standing together in europe and america will continue to keep the peace. paul could not goodness for nato one can say, but it's not just the nature forces that are breathing down rushes next. we've also heard from us the common harris who has warned of this plan functions package that will suffocate and isolate russian unprecedented manner. sentiment was echoed by

forest johnson too. it really does seem that for a conference that claims to be all about diplomacy and communication. that seems to be very little of that at the moment. instead, what we seem to be witnessing is really the latest installment of this almost war mongering hyped up hysteria that of course there's been bombarding of fights in recent times. saskia taylor talking to me a bit earlier. now. in other news tonight, canadian authorities have launched to crack down on the freedom convoy demonstrators, hundreds of offices, and right. some carrying automatic weapons broke up tribes in the capital. distressing video being shed online does show to mounted police forcing their way through the protest this ah oh my goodness, a

blue oh i. 7 protest is resisting arrest. we are forcefully taken away by offices with several pins. the ground before being handcuffed among them. movement organizes in trim ought were police chief, did confirm to that dozens of arrests were made during the clear act we began making arrest the key individuals who were responsible for organizing these unlawful activities this morning. public order units and a significant number of officers were deployed to support our operations. as of 3 pm today, we've arrested 70 people. they have been charged with a mold with multiple various offenses, including mischief. work is underway by the city of ottawa to remediate and clean

up the area that we've gained back today. freedom convoy, i organized a recall, believe that the government's actions to violate canada's democratic values. it said it's very disturbing to see where the federal government has taking this and you know, and bolting in the emergency for simply having hundreds of thousands of people peacefully protesting in this country is the exact opposite of what a democracy should look like. with our movement, we're showing a prime example of how a free democracy should work and to be able to practice the right, the peaceful protest when it comes to not being democratically correct. i think that our, our, our federal government is, is showing a prime example of that there that they've denied so many of our rights the last couple years. and now that the people have taken action and thing enough enough because because our provincial and federal leaders, you know,

they wouldn't stand with the people over the past couple years now that you know, we're practicing our, our race, the piece of protest. that's the one last freedom that we feel we have left in this country and now even not to be stripped away from us. so it's very concerning and very disturbing. and that is havanese is looking at so far tonight here, naughty international. we have the company, don't forget that before a website full of storage to and as always, you can find that and asking them mass kaiser is fine as a survival guide. liquid assets are those that you can convert into cash quite easily. but keep in mind, no, as if the me to inflation to watch guys report mm

hm. a with i'm after 10 senior watching a special edition of going underground a so called nature, mainstream media breast se covers today's music security conference. this has been a week when the usa claimed russia may use weapons of mass destruction to catalyze a war in europe after wednesday's russian invasion of ukraine failed to materialize with the same nature nation tv stations that propagandized for interventions in iraq, afghanistan, syria, and libya sending their presenters to kiev the world, if you believe politicians like u. k prime minister, or a strong sen himself under police investigation, is now in a precipice. how did nato and vladimir putin let things get into this situation?

joining me for this special edition for moscow is richest, have nick at off the deputy chairman of the russian state duma committee on international affairs and member of the ruling united russia party. thank you so much. have it to suffer. coming on the show, i been a 1st ask about why there are nuclear weapons drills today happening. russia has the largest number nuclear weapons warheads in the world. why? why is russia doing this today? i made all this world wide tension. russia is conducting exercises almost on a daily basis. the most from the found says around $200.00 drills a year. it includes exercises of all forces including the strategic forces, of course, as oh, what, why now i think it's also message to the west that we're serious about talking about security. and we have something to present. russian is

a nuclear superpower, as well as the united states. of america, and that should be taken into account. just a reminder might certainly a reminder of weapons of mass destruction. what did you make of the west exact corporate consultant who's now by the secretary of state. and he blinked him, claiming that russia could use weapons of mass destruction, great war in europe. he said this at the un security council. ah, well, oh, the easy answer of course is that the americans are lying as easily as they are breathing . but of course, there are more deep explanations to lead to the american rhetoric. sometimes they do believe their own propaganda. and this is probably the most dangerous explanation for american motives, because they sometimes do believe the fakes they produce. and that means that their decision making is.