ah ah why work cheering celebration in dawn bass as vladimir putin, it recognizes the independence of john yet scan lugens republics sang also that measure of being taken now to ensure peace and prosperity in the region. germany now stopped the certification of an old stream through gas pipeline. this news in just in the past one out. it's all according to the german chancellor, the government withdrawing and early a report that found the energy project with russia, posing no security threat. the un security council convenes an emergency session over this decision, russia's envoy stretching that moscow once a diplomatic solution to the ukraine crisis,

but will not allow blood bought and gone back with and all eyes remaining fixed on ukraine as we continue rolling coverage. or announcing international it's a great you with us to pay. the german chancellor left sholtes has just announced that the certification of an old stream to gas pipeline will be stopped. he said the instructions to do so were given by the ministry of the economy. at the same time, the chancellor said that germany's position on refusing to send lethal weapons to kiev remains on change. let's us shed some light on this right now. let's cross back to berlin. archie's fall asleep for us. now berlin is pulling the plug. paula on his energy project with russia. what else do we know now? well, certainly this is part and parcel of the snowball reaction that we are being seen here across the european union to the announcement by the russian president

vladimir putin, that he is wick, igniting the 2 regions of guns and the nets. as you quickie said, the german energy ministry has now halted these certification process of the north stream to pipeline. until further notice, the instruction was given by the german chancellor left shalt off the he met with the irish prime minister short time ago having the german capital of berlin. following that meeting, the chancellor said that the situation had fundamentally changed, that russia had broken all agreements in terms of international law, and that the recognition of the 2 regions was to, quote, incomprehensible and unjustifiable. he said that this is a clear signal to moscow that such actions will not remain without consequence. and at the same time, the chancellor said that russia has no backing whatsoever in the world, and he extended his respect to the ukrainian president. now we're talking here

about a 750 mile under water pipeline. it has already been built, but it has eyes of yet to been certified by germany's energy regulator. the idea is that it would carry natural gas directly from russia to northern germany. and in the past, the german government has been reluctant to impose any kind of sanctions that would in any way affect the naut stream to pipeline, but solely now, this no longer seems to be the case. the pipeline itself is owned by a subsidy of the russian state owned gas problem. a silver lining perhaps is that the chancellor on a different point said that berlin was still refused to supply any kind of weapons to kill. and just a last point, the chancellor said that the waste in countries will in no way recognise or accept

the russian recognition of lou ganske and donates no correspondent polar slayer. thank you. when it comes to the issue of the north stream to gas pipeline, now potentially being absolutely closed down, i discussed the implications of it with the austria, its former foreign minister. karen can ies, is that from an indication for germany, not only when it comes to an she's security supply of 4, it's janet households and companies. but it also has tremendous indications for john and companies byron large because we will in the future. and that will include major infrastructure projects in germany with companies. if you to political intervention, these infrastructure bro checks are stopped. r abolished. so it's all about the trustworthiness. the credibility of the job business are now when it comes to

and she rises and it just security has to be more precise. it mostly to be speaking to suit and for you to existing you have been in place for about 9 years and we will see what's there, what the russian companies in that case will decide whether there will be a slow continuing through last spring one or what does it mean already on the market? prices will go up, have been going up. and it said that the implications are really tremendous and they are very negative off on germany and as a place of investment. all of this comes off, the rush is a state duma ratified treaties of military and economic cooperation with a don. yes. look on republic. so i'm sure you know by now let me put in sign to decree, recognizing them as sovereign states. and here's how some don boss,

residents on refugees from the region in russia, greeted a decision. ah ah, no with on i don't watch much. pointing horton horton home. a, we are not dealing with him, you know, afforded to the signed agreements. russia will help to ensure the defense of the 2 republics that include protecting their borders. and the deal also allows

participants to create and use military base is on each other's territory. it is a key point to take a note of right here. also recognize each other's official documents like passports . russia will provide support for the financial and banking systems in both republics. as we understand, the treaties will after 10 years, they can be prolonged automatically. now while coming to the aid of don bass, the russian president stressed regional concerns for sure, the west has started to explore the territory of ukraine as a future theater of military action. joint exercises are aimed against russia. last year alone, more than $20000.00 troops. more than a 1000 units of hardware to part. so the treaties have also been ratified by the parliament of both republics. so we took to the streets of don. yes, to ask people there how they feel out all of this and what their short term and long term expectations might be. yes,

i am certain we haven't been abandoned and that we have a future liada. well, 1st and foremost, because now our people won't be killed anymore and i feel sorry for our people. it is a long hold for events. i can get hold of da nance to watch the tv expectation. yes, they were greeted the knees with tears and we are happy. at least there will now be order. the bombings will stop and people will be able to lead normal lives, fortune dog, and he's been waiting for this for a long time. this is the feeling that finally it's happened to us. more than $13000.00 people have reportedly died now since the start of the ukrainian conflict, almost a quarter of all the victims are civilians. and a more than 23000 have been injured. and on top of all of that more than a 1000000 ukrainians on now displaced or several regions and on bass have been cut off from the water supply to to happy shelling. our correspondent raymond caseres is near don yeske. he'll be finding

a full report very shortly for now though he is his latest update. we are in the village of sy, glen of car, right outside the city of the nest. this place is a home to about a 1000 people. and it's so if a major major fighting over the last few days, i was told it's better to put on a bullet proof vest before stop working. we are now waiting for the red cross who are going to deliver water tanks for the people here. because as a result of shelling, water supply was cut off to the people here and to nearby towns as well, all and all about a lot more than 20000 people have no access to drinking water. dozens of sci fi violations were reported overnight from both sides of the border. a car bomb, as we understand, went off in the center of lieut. guns can what's being called an attempted assassination of a local official. all intermittent shelling has been ongoing financial reporting

now from danielle, because ortiz, but against a situation here in the next could certainly much come of than it was yesterday as vladimir putin. but pad recognized the independence of lucon. thinking that the new things squatted down somewhat off of the decree we heard from the russian president, but that's only here in them yet. as we've heard from our friends are contacts across the east than you crate these the conflict line and these parts of the country we've heard about shelling, endless shelling with gloucester throughout the night. in areas just north of here in the bud surveyed in cost. the cost of it and there was also shelling in la god's we have heard there pallet station was hit yesterday, there was

a $122.00 millimeter artillery board to bear, which is by the means agreement should be here, but again, sees violations being recorded and not being conducted by both sides of the conflict, that is the ukrainian military, as well as the breakaway republics, now recognized by russia of the security situation here. while the haps here called with it, it was yesterday remains critical, remains in the sense of the state of escalation. nevertheless, it remains a will bring because with . 3 right now on what is happening here. so there is a lot of pressure will sides to be on their best behavior. the current president says he is now considering a severing diplomatic ties with russia. the same time vladimir zalinski said he

didn't think they'd be an all out war, adding the, well, the not dimensionality, you'd have to impose martial law in an early address, he stress ukraine quote, won't give anything to anybody. for it's pot. moscow says it doesn't want to suffer relations earlier, rushes for ministry issued a statement, calling the recognition a hon, but necessary decision. so one that was a based 1st and foremost on as we understand the issue of humanitarian needs for minnesota law for offset that since 2014, the ukrainian government has no longer represented old ukrainian people. well, meanwhile, the syrian foreign minister has taken a different line, expressing solidarity with a don yet can look on the people's republic. a no surprised at that. russia is getting a bit of support from its allies and syria. yesterday, president putin made a statement that constitutes an important milestone in world history. the syrian,

our republic fully supports the decoration by the russian president. it is the only way to respond to western countries supportive terrorism. they use a policy of force wherever they want, alongside soft power to change the situation in the world. in the interest of the company, we got reaction from a spike cohen, the 2020 libertarian u. s. vice presidential candidate. and now he says that a western involvement in the crisis is only worsening matters. that i think that vladimir putin is the head of state of one of the least militarily, one of the largest powers on, on the planet. and of a, one of the, one of the larger economy, the former member of the ga and, and i'm, i'm sure this does weigh heavily. i'm not sure that anything that could potentially lead to a hot military conflict, especially when we're already seeing shelling and things like that wouldn't weigh heavily on him. i'm sure. honestly, i'm sure this is weighing heavily on everyone on all sides that are having to make

these kinds of decisions, which is i'm hoping that, that weighing heavily in, that desire to try to avoid conflict will lead to you know, the, the tensions receiving from this in from just respecting the rights and autonomy of people to make choices for themselves and their own local governance. whether that will happen or not totally remains to be seen. europe actually has a history of this, right? there's a history of, you know, things that happen as a result of thousands or hundreds of years of history that often lead to long simmering tensions boiling to the surface. and as an american, again giving an american perspective on this. this is a perfect example of why i don't want our government even remotely involved in this, because this is something that isn't going to end with this. however, this ends up ending and hopefully it ends peacefully and hopefully, and 2 people respecting each other's rights in their sovereignty. but however, this and it isn't going to end with this and having the involvement of a superpower that's clear on the other side of the planet,

i don't see how that does anything but, but inflamed tension even further i, i suspect that what's going to happen next if he, if he does move forward with, with recognizing the or it sounds like he already has move forward with recognizing these to break away nations or, or break away people for those who don't think a new nation has been form. i think that there is already that there is definitely going to be sanctions coming from europe and apparently from the u. s. and, and probably canada and other countries as well. i hope that this can remain in this realm in the realm of, you know, of saber rattling and political posturing. and i'm not a fan of thanks and i think sanctions separate people with the, the 1st thing you want to do if you want to create a war is remove any of the relational or financial incentives that people would have to not have that war, which is why they always start with sanction, but i hope it there have to be things and or, or anything like that. it ends with that. and that this doesn't turn into a hot war because not only just the,

the lives that are lost anytime that there's any kind of military conflict. but the fact that this is the conflict between multiple nuclear powers. and although i don't think anyone wants to go there, there's always that real risk that if some one or another side feels at that there's an existential threat here, that it could go far past the hot water into a much hotter war. and i hope we can avoid that. i listened more about this right now. bring in and conwell sibyl, the former foreign secretary of india, joining us, your knowledge, you into national very good afternoon to you. so thanks so much for joining us here on the program. it does look like berlin is going to be holding now the certification of the nord stream to gas pipeline, hoping about move. would you call this on the whole geopolitical chessboard? when i think there being that i showed by the united states, i was a bit surprised that when johnson that shows was in the lighthouse standing next to him, president biden said of a category, i believe that the not to pipeline,

that will be stock. and he said, i promise you it will be stopped as if the germans have no agency in this. and i'm sure it may be chancellor of germany look very small, very unfortunate. now, already the gas prices have gone up by about 400 percent in the last few years. and the, and the public and the consumer in europe is all that is suffering very heavily from high gas prices. and if you're not going to his top, this will add to the best that there's already did on the ground and how the consumers, it just doesn't make me make sense. on the one hand, the logic is that some kind of interdependence always is a kind of a cushion against things going worse. but in this case, there is a mutuality, is a clear, michelle, it shows a source of gas and sources. europe needs don't miss the interest of both sides. keep the gas prices cheap. so and then the pipeline has been built. it all,

it all needs is a vacation for it to become operational and it is a common goal. i'm so sorry. can i jump in? because you've got some really interesting analysis on this considering so especially considering your political background. but i wanted to ask you ok, so let's say so germany, it looks like it is going to shut down no stream to now. but but why hit the 99 percent is the one percent who made these kinds of decisions. they're not going to be affected by this. they've got plenty of money. it's the 99 percent. the rest of us who are going to be affected by this. but i guess it's all in the greater good of freedom and democracy so. so the thing is that they have to show some teach not to be abiding has already said that he's not going to intervene militarily. so what else is going to do if they have a slap sanctions on russia repeatedly in the last few years? and they are now going to slap more sanctions and buys and said that and come. and i had a said in unique that these are going to be the sweetest that have been seen the whole. so this is the only instrument they have,

but this will become even more complicated for the, for, for the, for everyone including those who are not directly involved in decision countries like india. because we bought 90 percent of our carbon needs and the prices are already around the $1.10, they may go up further. so actually this is hurting the world economy at a time when because of the go with prices, the economies are facing huge headwinds everywhere. and global growth has gone, had gone down and other economic problems on advising because of the health issue. instead of concentrating on this larger good off the international community. unfortunately, work loud in europe, i've unnecessarily being, being created because of the inability to solve the basic issue of accommodating russia security concern. i think it makes it really, really good points that, you know, some would say the, you know, that the socio economic screws have been getting tightened on the people for too

long. now when you talk about, for example, the energy crisis, now it's a gas crisis that going to shut down north stream too. it's going to affect all the people, the hard working people of the middle class and the low cost. these are the ones who are going to get hit by this is it's a case of short term, short sightedness. i don't know. it's not, it is a good policy moved to effect russia. it's opposed to her. will it hurt? russia? is 2 things. one is that they have to show that they are doing something as it is in this conflict that are, that isn't the west a strategy and is all their fault because they had all these years to accommodate a genuine security concerns. but they kept on relentlessly expanding nato, mit and positioning the troops and messiahs and everything else close to the russian borders. didn't. he did that. i tried to read lines in georgia, they brought it up on themselves and now they have sent and trainers and everything

else. you know, having created this situation. now they can't step back because it's a question of the credibility, the global leadership, the unity of europe, and you, nato, and everything else. so they have to be, seem to be doing something and they have lost a demonizing. the one i vision comparing again, and i shuffle so long that the only people are biding. some people who understand these things would believe what can isn't all good and put into the demon. and therefore, they will be able to mass public support behind them because the best of the media in the less than i have the experience of that they're fairly negative about mr. sibyl. if i can ask you about the russian president's announcement last night is televised speech, where he essentially announced that he is recognizing the autonomy or the independence of the sovereignty of these 2 eastern republics and eastern ukraine. i wanted to ask you straightly straight if i can, is this an escalation or a de escalation? do you think in the crisis?

look, i mean, you know, if you just take this action and then now so on it, it may look like escalation. but this has been preceded years of escalation on the other side. so i don't want to stop in time and say that this act is in particular a formal escalation. after all, the russian side has been complaining about a security issue with the west for a long time. and this time the game didn't proposals, let's look at and come back with a response and they have dejected the president's proposal. so i can understand why they can't accept them, because again, as i said, they will lose all their credibility would mean it wasn't all the pharmacies or the last for many years. and this is not a load that united states can take off to understand. it was bound to end in this kind of fun condition that we have seen. on the other hand, if, as i read from the press, 14000 people have already been killed in this,

in the sign conflict between east and west. and you can then there is a human problem. human and we've seen the shelling that has been going on. and to that extent, i think and you have been forced. but yes, if you get your li floyd as a single act, then it will look as if it isn't moving now have that in the agreements or the music begins. i one function for the last 8 years. this is a if i can just ask you last question, i really have any 30 seconds left here. i just was reading online. so someone commenting on putin's position here, saying the russian president, perhaps he feels a need to escalate in order to de escalate the situation. can you read anything into that? no, i don't think so. i think, i think they will do the best best of the western country, lead by united states and nato and europe. and everything else will continue to have as much as much as they can. and it's sort of get prolonged into

a kind of campaign on all fronts against russia. and from the indian point of view, this is most unfortunate because we have excellent days with russia, and frankly, pushing russia and china to get some border more global. and you'd like to get somebody straight on to the fascinating commentary from a canvas civil, the former foreign secretary of india, joining us your life went off the international. thank you very much, i appreciate that. my pleasure. well, in the meantime, the un security council convened an emergency session after russia ordered its peacekeepers and don bass of the u. s. delegate brian to get an unprovoked violation of ukraine's sovereignty. while the u. k. want a fresh sanctions. i rushes you in a basket. i criticized those reactions as quote, a highly emotional and reiterated that moscow's focus is on the avoidance of war. earlier in the day nicky aaron discussed the issue with my colleague danny armstrong, but it's no surprise that we see here the usual suspects that have taken their roles in this ongoing ukrainian crisis. of course, the un security council,

their emergency meeting called in new york, we have the u. s. u k. on the side of the west, promising a sanction is playing russia as the aggressor labeling these russian threats because the peacekeepers were sent into those regions of guns and done. yes, of course. that was the reason why the security council convened this meeting. it has been pretty much a continuation of the history that we've seen over the past months. of course, the west bank, the job for warren, and mentioned this eminent invasion in ukraine. of course, the bats being taken on what they have would be sometime last week. if memory serves me right, that was from joe biden. now, joe biden was one to sign a decree imposing sanctions on the regions blue guns and done. yet that was targeting the economy of the 2 regions as been pretty much he has since announced that he will place russian troops in these regions. he calls some peacekeepers.

this is nonsense. we know what they really are. russia's clear attack on ukraine sovereignty and territorial integrity is unprovoked. it is an attack on ukraine status as a you and member state. russia's actions show, blatant contempt for international law. the united kingdom will be announcing new sanctions on russia in response to its breach of international law and attack on ukraine sovereignty and territorial integrity. so as we heard the, i'm more of the say met rhetoric of this set russian aggression and the attention that should be paid perhaps to some of the violence in the region. and some of that increase shelling geared towards the dumbass region. it has taken the form of attention towards this russian threat, this russian aggression, as we heard the u. s. representative, linda thomas greenfield, debasing the fact that these are peacekeepers that have been sent to the 2 regions

. we know exactly what they are. she said, we can only guess what she means. barbara would, would of course the, the u. k. representatives saying that there will be sanctions from the u. k. as we've seen from the u. s. already. now it is important to know or are the funny thing. vladimir putin in his address to the nation yesterday began. it was something of a history lesson. it seems that the, the west is there taken a leaf out of his book, of course, when they were talking about the u. s. s. on the fact that the russia wants to, again rebuild the soviet union. that was the bogeyman for the west threatening and for all that simon, frightening the world as it were, this time at the u. s. representative thomas greenfield, linda thomas greenfield. that is when even further and actually mentioned the russian empire as a point of reference, president putin asserted that russia today has a rightful claim to all territories. all territories from the russian empire,

the same russian empire from before, the soviet union. from over a 100 years ago, that includes all of ukraine in essence to wants the world to travel back in time to time before the united nations to time when empowers rule the world. we, as we just said that we say we heard linda thomas greenfield is having some actual trouble listing those countries. she says that russia has their intentions to kind of annex and rebuild the u. s. s. saw as it works. she also says that russia has the intentions on parts of poland and sticky. now they saw would be quite amusing if it weren't for the fact that russia security demands have been repeatedly ignored by the west, by u. s. and natal, the security demand, of course, would be the stopping of the expansion of nato in eastern european guarantees that ukraine would not join the alliance. and the course the read those red lines that

would be the, the military bases on the, on countries that share a board with russia, cost $5.00 member nations of nato, already share a border with russia. russia wants that number and the no circumstances to get any higher. latimer putin in the russian side, have raised this constantly. they've also said that they want a diplomatic solution to it. they want de escalation and dialogue. russia has become sort of accustomed to that being ignored. and instead, these accusations of aggression threats from the west. now, russia's representative at that un security council meeting the cd. now ben did said that he doesn't want another military adventure ukraine out. 2014, and also want a stop or a rabbit prevention of a blood bath in dumbass. it's important to focus on how to avoid war and force

ukraine to stop it's showing. and it's pro occasions in don't ask. and lou ganske dumbass is on the brink of a new crane and military adventure, just like it was back in 20142015. we cannot allow that. that is why the russian president heated the opinions of parliamentarians and members of russia security council. of course was he said that rush earth felt that this was the right step to make in his critical situation to send peace keepers into the region to protect the population of both the la guns. and that the nets regions were not really surprised by these double standards over the minsk agreement. of course, it's always highlighted when it says russian violation as it were these minsk agreement. but it tends to turn a blind eye, the west tender blind eye to any other violations from west. they're all ukraine itself. so we're seeing more of the same instead of diplomacy and dialogue. d escalation. and we'll see more sanctions from the west. russian threats and aggressions and accusations of all sorts and russian please for security demands

not to be ignored.