[000:00:00;00] ah you people are reported killed in artillery. shelling in easton ukraine admitted to the escalation of the conflict in the region. meanwhile, i would never have left when i had a stroke, i had to come here, my wife, so afraid. if my health would have allowed me, i would have joined the militia, forced to leave their homes due to the fighting, but with hopes of coming back. more than $40000.00 residents of ethan ukraine have crossed the board to safety in russia, where the government is providing accommodations, the evacuees plus in the news. that's why you're going to keep seeing these protests, because be quite terrified. they have nothing to lose at that point. desperate yet

defiant protest is a pushback by the police in all to where is the canadian government seeks to stump out weeks long demonstrations against the cobit vaccine mandate. with you're watching the weekly here on our international. my name is peter scott, and these are the stories that shape the week. but 1st 2 civilians were reportedly killed in artillery shelling this morning in east ukraine. it happened in the break away lou ganske republic. the village was sheltered, 5 a. m, as people slept. and you can see here footage of the house where the civilians were apparently killed for the homes were also destroyed in the shelling. the lou ganske people's militia blames the attack on caves, forces the heads of the cell proclaim, look, guns and dennis are probably early announced a general mobilization of the armed forces. text messages have been sent to all men

age between 18 and 55 to show. but meeting points to join the army ortiz broadcast div has more another violent night. here in the nets, we heard the last we had shelling was at 6 30 in the morning where about a dozen or so rounds impacts. you could tell by that the unique sound that they make but her to the west of the city, which is the location of the nearest airport, which is where the front lines are and which is where much of the violence in the near city. a city of 2000000, no less, which is where much of the violence is sent to the u. s. c registered more than a 1600 cease fire violations yesterday, which is a huge escalation given the in past months you could go days without hearing an explosion. it is, it is now mia hours that you can, that you can wait for and

a good to hear an explosion just just to just for reference in the past in 2015, 60, the entire city would vibrate every few seconds that be another explosion with heavy caliber weapons, nevertheless, it is restless. here, people are fearful of another escalation of rounds falling into the city so far. the, the violence has been centered on the outskirts of vignettes, this also the mobilization ongoing, whereby all men of service age, 18 to $55.00 were being urged to join the defenders. they feared here that an invasion, an offensive by the ukrainian military is imminent. in fact, just a few minutes ago, iron law, the mobile phones here in the near to receive the another as a mess. message text message urging males to join the ranks of the defendants. she'll sit at my, i'm a volunteer. i decided to come head because in any case it will be necessary. the enemy, as we say, is on our doorstep,

we must fight back on no one but us can protect ourselves. i came voluntarily to protect our home. i have no other thoughts and emotions. this has been happening here since 2014. i'm tired to be honest with you. this is puzzled against. i've lived in the nets all my life. i'm a lawyer by education. they called told me to come to the military and listen. office. i have combat experience in 2014, 1516 and 17. i'm trying to be ready for anything. i don't see any recent worry. i hope this time the conflict will be resolved in our favor. ukrainian officials have said multiple times now that they don't plan an offensive operation here in the near school lugens just to the north of the nets. nevertheless, wall preparations here are underway, local authority, say that the concentration of ukrainian troops, as well as heavy armor weapons artillery on the front lines along the front lines,

is unprecedented. they haven't seen the light. they say more than a $100000.00 ukrainian troops aligned up on the board. then we have seen the same image replay the over the past few days, time and time again. and that is tearful, good buzz wives and daughters saying good bye, that husbands who have gone to enlist the join the ranks of the defendants. we've also seen our correspondence from our arabic says the channel come under fire yesterday while visiting an area near the front lines. a town that was shelled by ukrainian troops over the phone over the course of the last the week or so. we also heard from a foreign journalists and c, n, n, a p, saying that they were shell on the other side of the conflict line on the ukrainian side. so certainly sci fi violations being registered for both in the breakaway republics. and on the ukrainian side of the conflict blood the,

the fear is of course he and now that there could be an escalation right away escalation, that would be very difficult to stop given the, the concentration of forces. now in the region, a spokesperson for the red cross, his delegation. moscow told us how the escalation in ethan ukraine is affecting the civilian population reportedly was so that 2 of the big pumping station in the donnie. it's cree jen, been she had and damaged by the has the dis currently, which got about 1000000 people from the access to water. and that's really worrying because to that one meal. and it also includes access to for hospitals and other such services. and this is really important and we keep repeating our message to all sides. that civilians and civilian infrastructure must be sped. because this is key for the survival of the population. is to speak about the people that arriving on the couch of the russian federation to what we know is the russian which cross.

i'll main partner here is already conducting a needs assessment to be able also to respond and help people under really hope that people who suffered so much already don't have to suffer more while it's now been 2 days since the rescue operation begun in the break away don bus republics with more than 40000 evacuees have been cross the border into russia. ortiz don't call to reports now from one of the come sets up to accommodate them. this is, this is doc children's camp. it was once a place where kids came to have fun. now the only children you'll find here are among the 700000 expected evacuees from the don bus region of eastern good. and i wouldn't have last. it's just that i had a stroke. i always stayed her. now i left everything. everyone behind kittens, dogs go. my go to supposed to give birth. everything's left. it is perfect. were

being fed well as a tv. like home. they call a sane as heavy shelling. why are they shelling? i'm not afraid. but you couldn't leave me alone. i can barely walk. my wife is scared. she came on the heavy shelling. will you? yeah, i wouldn't have left. i stayed there in 2016. not leaving your. yeah. when you were here? yeah, i wouldn't have left. i'm not afraid of anything. it's all the same to me. i'm used to it. i was a soldier in the past. i'm used to it. but ha, she's shaking, stuttering. fish. but if i were healthy, i would have joined the militia. right behind me. you can see the sheer number of evacuees that are waiting to get into just this area. it's only one of many spread across the russian region of ross thought earlier i spoke to a staff member here. she said that already since yesterday,

500 evacuees from the don bus region have arrived and have settled here. now this is the temporary settlements cafeteria. it's already 10, 15 in the morning and breakfast is coming to a close. so you can't see too many people behind me, but for hours already, the staff here have been providing be evacuees with breakfasts free of charge. earlier we saw a large cues waiting right next to these vans right here with the logo from rushes largest bank spit bank. they were actually waiting for stipends of $10000.00 roubles around $130.00 that the russian government has promised evacuees, fleeing from the don boss region. over $40000.00 don boss evacuees have already reached the russian federation. and in the roast of region alone, almost $100.00 areas just like this one have been set up and are accepting more and more people as every hour passes. of course they're very grateful for what rushes done for them, but the thing they want most of all this to be able to return home donald quarter

r t rust off around 30 russian regions are ready to host people who fled the escalating conflicts in easton, ukraine many of them are currently being housed in temporary comes in russia's roster region which borders the to self proclaimed. republics. is what people there how to tellos included with the conditions here. a good we had breakfast, lunch, we've been provided with beds. everything is on a good level. the only thing is that there are too many people here. scores of bus is all full. we spend whole nights sleeping in buses. i'm here with my grand daughter. people are good here. they help us a lot. my husband's son, daughter, and grandson state and don boss they done. now, if it's worth coming here, we're afraid that 2014 may repeat itself. russian president vladimir putin and his french counts thought a manuel, micron of agreed and a telephone conversations take urgent measures to hold the escalation of the conflicts in easton, ukraine, written against stress that nato is actions are pushing here towards

a military resolution of the crisis. nature countries and go in pump enough, modern weapons and ammunition into ukraine is pushing keith towards the military solution to the so called dumbass problem as a result, civilians in the done yes, kind of guns republic suffer and have to evacuate to russia to skip the intensifying showing the u. s. equity of states has threatened russia that it will pay a huge price if it's invades ukraine moscow's invoice. the u. s. was once again forced to point out the kremlin has never had such plans. and i was in response to unzip. lincoln's warning prepared with a response. it will have massive consequences for russia. it actually carries the through. there is no innovation and there is no such class. we're not trying to teach a tory or for foreign countries. i would like to confirm the last couple of hours is a part of your credit. the ukrainian president's bloody me zalinski says kia could

reconsider the countries non nuclear status. he made the comments during a speech this weekend's immunity security conference. yeah, yeah, cuz then i have instructed the foreign ministry to convene a summit of the budapest memorandums signatory countries. if it fails to take place or refuses to provide security guarantees to ukraine, careful regard it and the close is signed in 1994 as no void. we all know that the answer is to be a comedian, but this really does seem a joke too far. just to be clear. tearing up the budapest memorandum means that ukraine goes quite literally. and the backdrop to this is that, as the soviet union was collapsing, key of pushed by the u. s. and the u. k. gave up all it's nick, can i also know? so everything from strategic bombers to wool heads to intercontinental ballistic missiles were handed over to russia. the successor, of course, to the u. s. a saw it was in fact, one of the conditions on which washington recognized unsupported ukrainian

independence said you're good to go. just 2 things. one is the weapons and to please just please don't turn into a hateful nation. americans will not support those who seek independence in order to replace a far off tyranny with a local despotism. they will not aid those who promote a suicidal nationalism based upon ethnic hatred. while bush senior was like, he came back to haunt 10 because in 2014 off to the crime men referendum eula tymoshenko for me ukrainian prime minister had one of have phone calls leaked. and what did we have from the countries political establishment pledged to continue the non proliferation and tolerance? no, unfortunately what he had proof of funds and killing yanagishta could you see, i hope i'll use all of my connections and the whole world will rise against the russians and bombed them into oblivion. we need to kill them all with nuclear

weapons and she wasn't one rogue voice. we heard this occurred by ambassadors and the people to in fact, at that time in 2014, almost 50 percent of ukrainians supported nuclear rearmament falls forward a is to the music security conference. and this isn't so lensky chatting on the phone to his friend about his wild fantasy, you know, to massacre ethnic russians as it was with tymoshenko. he is, in all seriousness standing before the globe elite and saying i am considering we're making on one of the most significant documents of the 20th century. and it's really not far from being political blackmail because essentially zalinski saying, unless you own in front of me, do more, send me more weapons, more money, what troops preemptively sanction moscow for what we're not sure. then i will fire up those nikita factories again. and while to put a multi, especially at the moment, the west is not rush is biggest fun. i think even it recognizes that this would be total madness. the budapest memorandum is indeed a format without legal obligations under international law. but i think that now we

need to try everything to avoid war. i mean, i would say that it's disappointing, that we're not hearing more outrage and condemnation from the west, new jeans, and stephen rescind such an incendiary statement. but then maybe it's not surprising, unfortunate. we've seen it every single time how nato on its allies of failing to press key of to abide by those very simple starting points in the midst agreements . instead, claiming that the kremlin is the only violated of despite independent monitors on the ground. easton ukraine saying, well that's actually not entirely the case just so that we understand back in the day ukraine. what had the world's thought? biggest nucular arsenal. just one of its heads exploded was about $37.00 times the size of the hiroshima atomic bomb flat t 7 times. as part of the budapest memorandum, those facilities were destroyed. so yes, it would be a stretch. now that said, crucial elements are still in place. i'm talking about uranium mining, obviously the expertise

a re such react and the capability to build delivery vehicles, missiles and aircraft. yes, it would be costly, crippling, in fact, especially for a country ready on brink of economic ruin. yes, it would be time consuming and it would never be anywhere near the levels that we've got here in russia where in the us. but it would still be nicholas capability at a time of global tension, an instability in europe, in a country that's ready in the throes of civil war and in the hands of a government which as past has shown us by shelling its own citizens already displays a disregard for peace, ensuring measures sense is what should fill the global community with horror, especially if, as it claims it's on the side of diplomacy and di escalation. while our guests told us about the possible implications of prison zalinski statements very nervous. and so he says so many different things on the same day that it's incredible, wants to meet the president put,

and then he says that he doesn't know what russia wants all, isn't it clear yet? and on 3rd, he says that he wants a date for joining nato. and then he speaks of the budapest memorandum of course, which. ringback is incredibly dangerous because the whole has in the west of ukraine are really dangerous people. i wonder if the european union understands who they support. it's to me that the real surprise is how little lane and deciders in brussels understand about the human geography of ukraine. you know, most populations east of the down, russian speaking forever. and the use of language is in your brain is a real scandal. i think he's trying to upgrade a government, a major itself was a victim in this story. the care of as the, as the government which sacrificed its chance to be a nuclear power and believe,

you know, those on the us now being turned over and deceived. and so, and that's really what he's trying to do. he's trying to put that on the mac level to effect, to reclaim more i was going forward as a result of this sacrifice that be made in the past. i think that's what he's planning or that's what he's positioning with this statement. and now for the story we're across to day in canada, police in riot gear have swept through the capital, arresting 170 demonstrators in 2 days and throwing away trucks, taking part in the freedom convoy. now says the government tries to finally stump out processes have gone on. now for almost a month. was the process against the no job? no job coven, monday. to talk about this latest development. we're joined live now by freedom cover process. the jim car who's in also where jim, welcome to watch the international. thank you so much. you know, jim is the shock of the extensive this crowd down,

including police holding basically peaceful protesters. now when you say to shock, i mean we, we knew that the government didn't love aspects of the government didn't want us there. and we knew that they use everything. you're supposed to make sure that we weren't there so no, much shocking at all. i mean, it was disturbing, but not shocking. have you got any personal experience this latest cart down by the canadian police the can share with us? well yeah, i mean, a year in a month ago, i was at a protest. i would be in toronto and young dundas square on the sidewalk and we have 3 different camera angles of the police, arresting me for supposedly, obstructing police, and breaking my thumb. putting the gentleman, putting conditions on me that was a year ago for somebody ever been arrested and, but we've been pretty hard out it since then. so we've seen a lot of these kind of conflicts, never to this degree, and never with the, with the short force, and in some cases reckless shows of force. so what's been the reaction to the 1st ever use of the emergencies? arts that's blocked, traveled to the rally,

isn't and even the bank accounts of some non violent demonstrators, of the reaction. well, i, we, we knew we'd be assailed. i mean, we knew that we were going to be charging, you knew that they take any, any chance that they could, we can us either financially, morally or otherwise. so it's really not surprising. there's, there's some things that have happened that are just really off side of the talk about all these people being arrested. it didn't mean that they were charged. i talked to 3 people yesterday who were arrested. i put in hand because putting the back of a police cruiser and then there were driven 20 to 30 kilometers out of the town and dropped on a road expected to find their own way back with no peep work, no wall or no charged at the end of it was just casualties programs. i wonder how many of those numbers you say are actually that set and given this cracked down by the police, how long do you think you'll move and can survive given this coordinated offence offensive by the establishment? sir, my do this is going to, this is going to,

this is going to make us thrive. people are as excited as anything in depth and their spears whatsoever. we as, as a protesting group, i don't know a lot of these for these who came in from all over the place. and they've been in a freedom flight for a lot of different reasons. now these truckers are just, they came out of left field when they came down, all of a sudden all of the freedom fighters who do something somewhere else with this is it? and they coordinated the reference that came together is 3 lisa bliss. i mean, the kindness, the random aster kindness, the generosity shown the help that was given by protest for 2 protests, which incredible people were showing up with the envelopes of money and giving them away to people. it was, i've never seen anything like it. so this, this crack down was just a way to, you know, polarize us together. well, i guess, given your response to my last question, mizo nice, it's a nice one. how long do you plan or how long do you think these rallies will continue? feel the answer. they're never gonna stop there never to stop these people. see if there's a saying that says that there's gotta be a he'll be willing to die on. well guess what?

the majority of people out loud, i don't know, but majority majority people i spoke to believe that this is hilda dia because if we don't do it, not only do we lose our own country, but the world loses their way of life, and that's just it was so unexpected to see the international response to this. and so damn encouraging so we can stop now. so does this whole crowd down by the government? raise serious questions about canadian democracy itself? my god, yes, brother. that is not maple syrup and hockey sticks. man. they got rubber bullets, they got tear gas, they got the cars and they did a lot of these people. did the police have you'll notice a lot of them didn't have names on their, on their things. a lot of them there's private contractors coming in. there are corrections officers that are getting temporary resting powers. there's all levels of army, there's people coming in from out of the country. so basically our leader, the prime minister, has decided not to talk with the com, where people are said,

employ all of his financial resources to bring in the force to just make them do their, his will. and it is going to work on given how pm to don't have to handle this situation. all public attitudes towards him change in. and if so, how you know, big way, what's happening is we were the fringed minority with unacceptable views. if you'll remember what the pm said about us massaging this racist french majority with an acceptable views. well, now what's happened is the middle market, all of the people that were just kinda sitting on the fence, maybe had a couple of axioms, maybe out of booster. they're starting to clue into the fact that unless they are on this regiment on an ongoing basis, they're backseat passport or the whatever your country's equivalent is, is no longer going to be be valid. which that means you are on a needle program for ever. if you want to continue to work or do anything else productive. and that's just something that middle market is starting to come into. and now you're seeing it used to be people were anti max or anti masters and 9 more . this is engineers, dr. every single walk of life who see that this is

a real threat. while jim are afraid, us all, we have time for thank you very much for your insights into the development of the freedom come void processes for them come work towards the gym. thank you. actually rather, and if you want to find us church of bubbles on youtube and all the other platforms, church of bubbles. thank you very much, jim. thank you. thank you. well, our correspondence pizza, oliver reports from the scene in the canadian capital, just over my shoulder. i can see the remnants of the comments that were here in the center of the kid eating capital off to all. almost all of those protesters it'd be occupying the city have now being moved along or left of their own volition over my left shoulder. maybe see the flushing lights of a police cruiser that that's where they've blocked everything off the red zone. they're calling it now they've put up a fence around the parliament building to allow m p. 's to go about that business on

a harassed they say is the emergency act has been implemented. they moved out the people over the last few days and seeing that being so of the last full full. but canadians can certainly trend pretty ugly certain times. i know my oh my goodness. good, good, good, good, good. the me, the, the. 7 we made some very important progress in safely removing this unlawful protest from our streets. we backed up those warnings with a deliberate and methodical operation using lawful and safe tactics. and that's why

implore all the protesters who remain there, go home. this occupation is now over. we will continue with our mission until it is complete. i see receive moved, people out of this particular part of the canadian capital protest. this spoke to the media and said that they were sure that this protest of the had been was over for now. but that they felt something had changed in canada. mandate people out there. we need to change to mind. we need to hold people accountable doctors for this room kitchen, for selling out our freedom to measure their gender. i've been here 20 days and they're being very heavy here today. they're pushing back stream. this is not canada guys, this is a dictator ship, you know, is running our country. get here, don't be afraid to stand with these people. the protest movement started out with

anger from ciocca groups over a vaccine monday that was required for travel across the border between canada and the united states. it then snowballs being in upsets over covert 19 mandates and restrictions and measures in general other to the, to the time visceral anger toward prime minister just intrude that we've seen. born out here on the streets of the canadian capital. we've seen an awful lot of criticism of mister trudeau from sections of canadian society, including an open letter from christian ministers. there is no national emergency and to invoke one to crush peaceful political descent. is it to tell a terry inactive repression, displaying weakness not strength. these tyrannical actions are exposing this government in people to the judgment of god. and we are deeply concerned that you do not appreciate the significance of god's wrath upon a rebellious and wallace nation. the prime minister himself is sticking to his guns, though he said that this wasn't

a legal protest that it was an illegal blockade of the 50. and that is why he a few de emergencies that he put that into place, which among other things, gave police the extra powers they need to block off areas like that over my left shoulder. to remove those protesters from the streets of also to blockades and occupations. are illegal. there is threat to our economy and lation ship was trading partners. there are threats to supply chains and the availability of essential goods, like food and medicine. is there a threat to public safety? but there is a lot of political capital to be made here as well. mister true does. opponents have not missed an opportunity to stick the knife in? let's remind the prime minister this is canada. this is not a dictator. think gasoline on embers,

things are de escalating as we speak. so why is the prime minister using this hammer on canadian, isn't it true he's doing? and just to save his own political skin, he has politicized his pandemic and divided canadians at a time when we should be working together. when we shouldn't be supporting one another. his lack of leadership has divided, stigmatized and traumatized canadians, a fringe. who quote, take up space and he said shouldn't be tolerated. it's really about the prime minister, taking a sledgehammer to canadians and he thinks are unacceptable. parliament will continue that debate. only emergencies act with a vote expected on monday evening during not they could choose to make amendments to the current situation or, and the state of emergency entirely. certainly though this issue isn't going to go away any time soon. even if the protesters have left the streets of also what these

are all about our feet in the canadian capital. well that's it for now, for any more, no stories feel free to have it over to r t dot com. my name is peter scott, and i'll be back in 30 minutes to stay tuned from all grade program. so naughty international with 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 successfully, very critical of time. time to sit down and talk