politics or does this, i'm show business. i'll see you then. ah, to like the camera crew for us just a channel out arabic, narrowly escaped shell are going to craig break late on it. we're probably people are fleeing is to be crated with warnings. the camps, military escalating violence in the region evacuated, have been crossing the board it into russia a there's such a tension here in the morning. there was an explosion again, let's hope for the best russians. don't abandon their oh, for the russian goes ahead with the annual testing of nuclear capabilities. i mean threats from the head of nato, but he earlier called aggressive actions by moscow. so if a criminal aim is to have less nato on its borders,

it will only get more at night. a canadian authorities are cracking down on the anti mandate protested with hundreds of police deployed in the capitol. at least 17 been arrest with hello there, life. what's international h q moscow? welcome to will these attend with me? kevin, who started with more on that top headline, a camera crew from our sister child, lottie arabic, as narrowly earlier today, avoided being hit by shelling, well filming, and jeanette screeching. early this evening we got this footage in from the st. and talk about it because it was about from a dormer. this also said that it wasn't,

but he's coaching now because of because this he did backups that he also said on the grand scale, automated or silly wait so all right, so or a still noise feature, we still lump aka record. so she did not go with her or for them with my see to let you close coal. i will thousands of people being evacuated from the self proclaimed on bass republics in east and ukraine after officials hold that can could attack them at any moment with both sides. reporting frequent shelling across the front lines, floating schools and orphanages of 1st in line to be rescued. the children take

them a bus to safety in russia. then women, an elderly of priority to the lead. 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 is it really hurts. i don't want to leave. we are worried about everything. we are very worried. our entire family is going to russia 5 people there. you can. there's such a tension here in the morning. there was an explosion again, let's hope for the best russians don't abandon their own, such a lot of upheaval and stress for them. now we got a reminder of how we got to this current situation. the breaker republics declared independence after western backed up rising over through the government and came back in 2014. the beginning of non going conflict was nearby camp control territories, to ask and legal scholar at eastern ukraine on the border with thrushes ro, stuff, region with about to ease of being taken. many hope they can one day return to

their homes without the constant threat of shelling. but i came here from dom bass together with my children. yesterday i was walking to work, but it's impossible so much showing you what they told us about evacuation and in an hour we gathered everything that we can and came here just when you get to. i don't want to come back, it's very dangerous. there. i live there and don't want to anymore. if down das forces are there, it's okay, but as soon as they leave valan vate immediately, so it doesn't, you how that out. they say if they get to our territory to done that, no one will be left, they won't even stare, children still destroy everyone. they want our land. our men won't let them in, that's what we pray for. and yet they are holding up. have been holding up for 8 years, not letting them in. so we hope we'll be able to return home where we will up because i wasn't sure it would be good if we had anywhere to return to and that our relatives were okay, their lunch as well. no, my boy, my grandchild, when we were under shilling, we ran outside and there was

a shooting star. he asked me, granny, what did you wish for? and i asked him back, what was his wish that he said, i want this war to be over sooner because he was 4 years old. then i said, i wish the same thing before i get the war has been going for 8 years. now you more, you shall be like more than 20000 people have already been evacuated from the south proclaimed as can against republics to southern russia. since the rescue operation started friday next. and i don't recall for that one of the locations, the vacuum being taken to russian region of russell is under a state of emergency. and the authorities have set up zones all over the region to accommodate the expected 700000 evacuated. coming from the don bus region of eastern ukraine and one of the things that the regions governor asked was for the owners of hotels in the region to help out in the accommodation process. and as you can see here, this hotel that we're staying in is no exception behind me. you can see a number of evacuees from the don bus region that have already made their way into

russ stove. they're right now checking into the hotel and there's another part of the hotel where they're already trying to give monetary compensation to these people that are coming to russia as evacuees. they don't know how long they're gonna be here. they don't know what's gonna happen if there's going to be a ukrainian invasion or not. but as, as for right now, this is their reality. ah, the company is 4 of us arrived here. me, my nephew, his wife and their son. i left my house, set my dog free. let the cat out of the house abandoned my own house and laughed my nephew. she's the same. everyone left their homes because it's very scary there. we travelled the whole night and day the cues, a terrible moving only 10 meters, an hour kilometer long queues. buses with kate standing there. be while the 1st train from la guns to russia since 20 fourteen's broader factories to safety. local

officials say that train carried more than 600 stopping it to other locations before crossing the border. it comes as the heads of the dumbass region announced a general mobilization covering that artes roman custer of reporting that from central gwinnett over the last couple of days. actually the situation on the front line had indeed intensified. we've been hearing the sounds of a shelley throughout the city of i've done that and of course the rest of the self playing people's republic was shelled as well. it was all happening on the front line. the a representative of the people's militia of the self proclaimed people's republic has said that the ukraine is at ready for a full scale of war. he had just on a friday night, there was a blast writing in the center 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,

they were engineers working. there were all the cars up park nearby and we had to be very careful of well work in there. oh, so 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. all so 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 results of 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 off armed forces in both republics. i'm actually standing outside o, one of the sensors where people are coming over to sign up. and this is what denise bushland, i said when he talks about mobilization. okay, coma with somebody in your view, no matter what scenario develops,

we will be able to fend off keeps aggression. we must unite all our efforts. i urge my fellow countrymen who are in reserve to come to the military commissar yet 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 that continues here and, and that scanned in logan's, people are using any means and necessary to leave those who do once it evacuated trains of private cars organized a buses. however, of most of the people who are leaving, that's women, children, and the elderly, of course, and they're being there, 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. let's see of the world i am seeing off my

sister, my mother and nephew, so you fair as 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 be turned. 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 russia stands at around 700 thousands of people so far. only tens of thousands have actually taken out opportunity and gone to the roster off region. now the rest, they remain here, there remain in their homes and to sell 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 on, on could only be described as a courage. probably. so despite the threat of full scale war, people are trying to continue on with their lives. they always see monitoring missions says the 870 sci fi violations in don't ask a new ganske on friday alone. speaking at the meet excuse to conference ukraine's president blamed the self proclaimed republics is sure. yesterday they showed some shells on temporarily occupied territories that allegedly came from outside. and then some shells have been shown even on rust off region territory. and those are all provocations. those allies, nobody died, that no one is injured. that's just cynicism. there's such a high level cynicism that they schilling themselves, they themselves shooting at the territory. they control the statement. they're the ones shooting in relation to the people of dawn. bass could only be made by a solar cynic given how many people in the don?

yes can. lu ganske republics have died over the years. the special o s. c monitoring mission is registering. shelling that comes considerably more from ts forces. perhaps that is why washington withdrew us observers from the mission, so that there would be no american witnesses. after all, they could accuse the government of lying. meantime, another line in tonight, a top level diplomatic incident is mounting around german chancellor sholtes. he's comments area, fully meeting with president putin shelves branded, ridiculous. the fact that putin has been describing the situation in dumbass as genocide. russia's foreign ministry called the china says response unacceptable. i think that the crumley will send a dispatch to berlin with information about mass graves in easton, ukraine. german regional m. p. martin dosa told me earlier on she'll should have been more careful over such a sensitive issue. this is absolutely not the way to handle this conflict. in this

conflict, the ukrainian army grasping the dongle, so the people have the experience of 2014. you have to see a general size. it's something very serious. threatening. it's the genocide to something systematically causing suffering and causing walk rise and destroying people's life. and if now there is a tension situation like we have in the florida region where they have in shelly templates all choose in the wrong words. and it's not very respectful to talk like flesh or should try to make some pro feel of a strong man. and which was like that he should be responsible, try to find dialogue instead of collecting inverse moscow's house who opened a criminal investigation into ukrainian shelling that hit russia endangering local civilians. he's rummages of a shell that explodes the kilometer inside rushes borders just

a few 100 meters from residential area. earlier around 4 am. a civilians are sleeping. the area's been cordoned off the floor of force and investigating the scene. no casualties, thankfully reported there. elsewhere russia successfully conducted an annual testing of its nuclear missile capabilities, as planned. with that they were approaching over sing the latest drills. jessica taylor gave us more details of thought. he a busy sat today in the kremlin situation. room was pitch log site has better russian count, overstaying those joint military drills. i'll be at force as well as the northern black sea fleets or participated, but undoubtedly the biggest crowd torah while they 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 with a pound while in advance, they also to happen on an annual basis. the main goal was really just to test the

readiness of forces. and of course, the reliability of weapons outside of putin. ernie him himself and he recently reiterated, there's no aggression him or the go. 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 ally, 2022 exercises that are purely defensive in nature, and do not threaten anyone. a crucial moment to add about this being defensive images of nikki 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 us and 2nd meet nuclear weapons are used only if and when russia feels that it's very existence is on the threat. despite that, those saskia, i mean there is concern, isn't there in the west, particularly if you listen to what's being said that the current unique security conference is taking place while exactly, i mean this form has drawn more than $100.00 ministers over thought he had of state

lots on the agenda from ukraine to climate change from cobit to crypto currency notice be absent this year. and the russian delegates, partly because washington box is yet to be recognized by the u party. of course, because of this was in communication with the west. now, russia might not be that, but it is still the topic on everyone's let on. fortunately, 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 is 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 and would stop it from hosting such troops and missiles and russia. now from the start, moscow is consistent. he said,

we have wanted with you to sit down and talk to us about all very serious security concerns. not to his credit for his johnson in munich, said that he was willing to lay perkins fares and give him a little less and, and how kind and loving nato is, is a piece school 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 the kremlin name is to have less nato on its borders, it will only get more natal not, not sure how want to spend one south by in thought playing and not the country, but that is the logic that we are dealing with him. and certainly over the last few asked to, we've seen a pretty big uptake in violence in east in ukraine. anything we said on that while

obviously i think we're not surprised. rushes allegedly hostile intentions towards ukraine. our course front and center here. even though the covenant 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 to fall. stephen goes a bit farther because while benito chief has issues with russian troops being stationed on russ russian territory, he claims that the presence of tens of thousands of his forces alongside of course, we're on 6065000 us troops all over europe really right up to russians borders that is legitimate and defendant said not just thought, apparently without them that would be no weld peace. to rule wars on the cold warrior has totals. there is no real security near without the strong trans

atlantic bond. standing together in europe and america will continue to keep the peace while good. don't 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 an isolate russian unprecedented manner. a sentiment that 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 thought 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 us from 5 in recent times for my senior pentagon security policy. i list michael lukes spokesman iran. he says they to appears to be engaging in the very behavior it's accusing rusher of i don't think the russians are plan in any expansion anywhere.

but nato certainly is. and nato is, has been defiant if that's unfortunate, and it is bringing about the greater instability in the region as far as i'm concerned. and as far as other observers are concerned, because it, it's define certain rules that were laid out years ago about indivisibility of security for both countries. namely that security in one area will not be bolstered at the expense of the other. and that's what we're seeing right now. and with these exercises that we're now seen by russia, which are annual, in that, in that area. i think it's to demonstrate that there are areas where the united states, particularly and russia can negotiate, particularly on intermediate range, missiles and, and, and creating buffers,

buffer zones for out true for trip, but deployments as well as over flights, up strategic bombers, as well as ships in the black sea, and we're not seeing any of that. and, and you have stoughton burg, who's a rent. randy on about that nato is, is necessary as a defense of not of it is tonight. canadian, the 3rd his launched the crack down on the freedom convoy demonstrators. hundreds of offices in rodriguez, some carrying automatic weapons broke up crowds in the capital. distressing video being shared at times online showing mounted police forcing their way through those protested ah my, my goodness, bob,

i didn't look at your dead look with blue. oh boy. oh. 7 protest is resisting arrest or forcefully taken away by offices with several pin to the ground before being handcuffed among the movement organizes the inter him or 2 at police chief now confirming dozens of arrests had been made during the clear up 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 multi 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 it, rick wall spoke to us. he believes the government's actions violate canada's democratic values. he said, it's very disturbing to see where a federal government has achiness and you know, and both in the emergency act 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 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, you know, we're practicing our, our race a 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. so last are those valleys are not just taking place in the capital . us truck has joined their canadian counterparts. so again block the border between the countries jealous of logo lauren southern on the board of their joining me earlier on the se, freeze, and even protest is bank accounts is going to backfire and the government. so i, i'd say 90 percent of the trucks year have already left their headed down to multiple locations. i'm in joanne, british columbia right now. top of them are going to be headed down to a road near the border that we have actually shut down and put checkpoints to garage to ensure that no convoy,

doctors go there to shut it down between the in washington and how many people are going to that use organization because those hundreds, well, which way they went but there's like about a 1000 people here like i said, 90 percent of last, but you still got, you know, dozens of people across the plains all over the place. it's shocking. this is the opposite side. of canada, right? this is the opposite side of rainy day. you still a thousands of people coming out to protest the media and the government over this mandate issue. these are being known valid demonstrates is the say the bank account flows emergencies. i've just been use those that go yet. so i was speaking to some people on the ground here. they travel from hours out to kind of just saying i've lost everything i've donated. i've taken part in the convoy protests. 2 and now i'm not even get a bank account anymore. so what do i have to lose about

a move which is the rent and food? that's an excellent question, and i think that's why you're going to keep seeing these protests. because people are terrified, they have nothing to lose at this point. and this is going to be a dangerous game. but you know, to play because he may squash the protest in ottawa, but he's going to have a crazy game, whack a mole across the country of other protectors showing up and coming out saying fine, we want to take everything from us. we want to take our bank accounts, our jobs, we're going to have nothing better to do that. it's a camp out in whether it be kilowatt. then for toronto, ottawa, there are cities across the country that are not going to stop lane or shine. will continue to try the story that starts his world news at 10 from moscow with me, kevin o' instead, cross everything we're talking about. while headlines in from russia, the russian point of view tonight at r t dot com. thanks. check it in for this use addition for the team. for good evening. ah

. what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy confrontation, let it be an arms race is on offense. very dramatic development. only personally, i'm going to resist. i don't see how that strategy will be successful. very katy killed time. time to sit down and talk with

i'm african return 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 that presented to key f. the world if you believe politicians like u. k prime minister, or a strong sen himself under police investigation, is now on a precipice. how did nato and vladimir putin let things get into this situation? joining me for this special edition for moscow is vicious that 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 of interest offer.

coming on the show. i bit of 1st ask about why there are nuclear weapons drills to day happening. russia has the largest number nuclear weapons warheads in the world . why? why is russia doing this to day? amidst all this worldwide tension? russia is conducting exercises almost on a daily basis. the ministry of the fans 1st around $200.00 drills a year. it includes exercises of all forces including the strategic forces, of course, as oh, why now? i think it's also a message to the west that we're serious about talking about security. and we have something to present. russia 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 state antony blinking, claiming that russia could use weapons of mass destruction, great war in europe. he said this at the un security council. oh, well, no, no. 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 based on fakes, which is very, very, very, very dangerous. another explanation of course, is jerbill clinical, and i think it's more reliable. geopolitical explanation is that the united states are using this situation to mobilize.