ah, ah, russian law makers approved the deployments of troops abroad on the president's request. although he may have written says he has no immediate plans to use that's authorization. in the newly recognized dom boss, republics. this comes up to president putin recognized the independence of the done yet can lugens republics, pledging to ensure peace in the region. here i am certain we haven't been abandoned and that we have a future. we 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 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. thanks for the people here. our correspondent reports from the don boss is 8. workers delivered much needed supplies and made reports of

sci fi violations from both sides of the border. the u. s. secretary of state council's, a meeting with the russian foreign minister, said, a gale of rav running a useless and accuses russia of already starting an evasion in ukraine. ah, coming to you live from our headquarters here in moscow. you're watching out scenes national. my name is peter scotts, and here are the top stories this hour the open house of rushes, parliament has approved the president's request to deploy the armed forces abroad. thus, after the lower house are ratified treaties of cooperation with the newly recognized done yet scandal, guns, republics. earlier, it's easier picture anchor taught with daniel hawkins about those developments. everything that's been said doesn't mean at the moment that the russian troops are

marching across the border, that the army hardware is currently being sent over to the republics of don bass. mr. poo pretty much said well of, for now we'll have to look at the situation. we'll have to see where this goes and if there is a necessity for it, in that case mr. prudent could actually say, hey, well, now it's time to act. but at least this is something that the russian legal system requires. he's now got the green light from the opera house of the russian parliament to deploy russian troops abroad. again, like i said, if there was the need for that. now, what that means for the locals, what that means for the situation on the ground perhaps, is that the, the ukrainian army won't be emboldened to further attack these 2

republics that have now been recognized by russia. we've heard from our correspondents on the ground that the night was much more silent. and this is indeed a sigh of relief for the russian speaking population of what used to be east ukraine. what used to be the regions of don, it's and logan's, now something else that was very important that mister putin made clear it, was that pretty much the minsk agreements don't exist any more. but despite what the western leaders are saying, president vladimir putin says that the key of is entirely to blame for it. because if we look at the 1st 2 key elements of the minsk agreements, they are giving special status to the donors can lugens credence and also making changes to the gradient constitution that would give these 2 regions more

autonomy and independence from kiev in many decisions. but under petro, portia ankle underwood dimmers in, in lansky, none of these steps have been made by kiev. and here's what mr. prudence that exactly about this particular thing. these documents are signed by the hands of days, republics. and we plan back then we achieved this compromise. and it wasn't an easy thing to do because initially the hands of you make sure that you did this republics didn't even want to be a part of the mains agreements. they didn't want to sign them, but finally were a breach compromise. and it was really making a step towards reaching this whole agreement, resolving the situation by peaceful means. and yesterday, during the security council meeting, it was sad with the app or itself, the current keep authorities. it was all brought down to 0 dance. why?

the main, the grants really it will be the they were destroyed. long before yesterday's recognition of the people's republic called don bass. i mean, not by us, not by the representatives. with all this republics, but by the you. so read your acting key of authority as and yesterday's recognition of these republics was dictated by the fact that publicly their leadership of ukraine actually 0, looks like music. did a key of started saying that they had no plants of implementing the agreements. they didn't want to, so what else was left to said mister proven, went on to talk about how important these decisions are in the context of the actual will of the locals. and he went back to talk about how the

referendum in crimea happened when overwhelmingly the population there voted to join russia. we remember that to about 7 years ago, that the peoples of dawn and skin lugens, these 2 don bass republics, voted to be separated from ukraine. so mister putin reminded the west of how important it is to listen to these people and called it the highest form of democracy. referring to these referendums in the que does not want to know should happen from both sides or from, from keith. so that we considered the situation saddled in long term perspective. so that market the situation come down and we wouldn't talk about any conflicts, especially aren't conflicts. so i don't think it's sir secret that you with her is nothing secret about bad. the 1st thing that must be done by every one is to

recognise the will of the people who leave and service topple and crimea, you know, get us it with them. and i have said that unmet which many times so how different is this? has these for a friend in boston cost with his will expressing this will. how different is it from what happened kosovo because there was a referendum there and i would like to reiterate one more time. no one did that at gunpoint, no one for them to go to the voting stations. they did it voluntarily, and they made that decision to join rush and we should respect their decision, of course. so the announcements that have been made by the most senior russian officials today are very important. but like i said, what will be more important is the final decision by the kremlin to at physically send the troops and the hardware over to don bass. like i said,

mister putin has the green light to do that, but the decision is not yet been made when it happens. that will definitely be breaking news, as well as some proper reaction from the likes of joe biden, who still hasn't announced his full reaction to everything that we heard from the kremlin and other senior russian officials. they're to day and the day before rushers evacuate thing, it's empathy stuff from care of after numerous threats to their safety. the foreign ministry has accused ukraine of failing to meet its obligations under the vienna convention to protect diplomats on its territory. meanwhile, the ukrainian foreign minister is in washington accusing putin overnights of aggression against ukraine. he called on the west to impose sanctions on russia and rumpled pressure on its economy in or u. s. officials seem to agree with that request. as we heard joe biden announced new sanctions and send more troops to nato member countries in eastern europe.

moreover, state secretary blinking has canceled his meeting with his russian counts about said gala rav seeing it is no point in it. after russia recognized the dumbass republics, ortiz correspondent caleb morphine has more. we heard from antony blanca and speaking along with the foreign minister of ukraine. from there, they made all kinds of drastic statements about pushing russia off of the global economy. they talked of new sanctions and went into detail about new sanctions that are being imposed on russia in response to russia's recognition of the dawn asked republic and the lugens republic. and they are essentially talking about how this is just the beginning. and if russia proceeds, are they what they referred to as a further invasion of ukraine? there will be harsher consequences. and they made some very harsh allegations against russia, saying that russia does not recognize the sovereignty of the ukraine and ukraine's

right to exist as a country. this is never been about ukrainian nato. it's about reconstituting the russian empire or short of that a sphere of influence, ukraine and nato is really been an argument, an excuse to mask the fact that what this is about is present to you that ukraine is not a sovereign country. now this is the narrative we've been hearing from us leaders for quite some time that somehow this is about russia seeking to violate the territorial integrity of ukraine, not wrecking ukraine, recognizing ukraine as a country, not they are not touching on the fact that nato's expansion has indeed, been a threat to russia and they have not also touched on the fact that the men's agreements have not been implemented. and that moscow waited quite some time, 7 years before recognizing these republics that were declared in 2014. now it's

important to know that much of what we heard from lincoln was echoing what we heard earlier from us. president joe biden and biden said that, in addition to sanctions that are being imposed on russia now, which will make it harder russian to trade on the global economy. and we'll target certain specific individuals in russia as well as their family members. that biden's said that while troops are being deployed, additional military forces from the united states are being deployed to europe. they don't want to directly have a confrontation with russia. they're not looking to fight with russia. we have no intention of fighting russia. we want to send an unmistakable message though, that united states together with our allies, will defend every inch of nato territory. now, later we heard from jen saki the white house spokesperson. and when she spoke, she was pressed on issues such as the possibility of the swift banking system and

throwing russia out of the international banking system. now apparently this is not in the sanctions that are currently being considered on russia. so it seems like the white house is kind of scrambling to save face mid this moment as russia has gone ahead and recognised the dawn at the people's republic as well as the gods people's republic. and biden, the biden administration is trying to take action to the contrary and saying that if russia were to move ahead with what they call a further invasion of ukraine, there will be further consequences. so not exactly clear messages coming from the biden administration about what their next moves might be. there are sanctions in the work, so there's certainly heavy condemnation being directed at russia. no question about that. well, we spoke with journalists and analysts keeps in mansfield, who says the biden has conceded the sanctions against russia will also have an impact on the american people. well, we were expecting, at least i was expecting to see perhaps some more fire and brimstone rhetoric from

by wanting to really drive home that the u. s. was ready and willing to fight russia. thank goodness that wasn't said, but actions are going to speak louder than words, but biting. did portray this as an invasion. the problem with that kind of rhetoric that what has happened is an invasion of ukraine is you cannot invade a country that you are welcomed into by the people and the government. the government of the don back region has been asking russia to recognise them since the euro maiden qu, that put in the anti rushes lensky government, ukraine, and don bass declared itself sovereign. they've been asking for russia to recognise them as independence and russia did today. and is now following through with that or did yesterday and now following through with that recognition, it's not an invasion. it's a peacekeeping mission. if severe sanctions go through,

you know, biden, in his address. his very short address that he gave today said that he wants to minimize, the pain felt by the, by the sanctions on the american people. so he's already admitted on live international television that these sanctions are going to hurt the american people . and in my opinion, that is just going to further turn the american people, his constituents that have elected to, into office against. because nobody least of all americans who have already been suffering from social services being cut and roads falling apart once to feel more pain and more of a boot because of economic hardship placed on them over some dispute, thousands and thousands of miles away from their homes. in the us rushes recognition of the don bus republics has been welcomed by people in those regions. here's the reaction from locals on some of those who have fled to russia. we

certainly does not. he follows region 14, i think he's a nice guy cuz i stay with an over mr. newton, this is with you. he shot it with nothing. you look like you buy you ever wish know has got messed up with no more than a hood. what out of moody boost of beach,

who to do or to and all get that it i, she said it was the opinion, this is sheila, the issue is according to the signed agreements, russia will help to ensure the defense of the t republics. and that includes protecting the borders. it allows the participants to create and use military bases on each of this territory. they will also recognise official documents, including passports. russia will provide support for financial and banking systems . in the 2 republics, the treaties will last for 10 years and can be prolonged automatically. russia's recognition follows 80 years of conflicts in the dumbass. more than 13000 people have been killed there since early 2014, many of them civilians. more than 23000 have also been injured and more than 1000000 people displaced. now a massive explosion is reported to have happened in the center of don, yet skip building belonging to local television. since it is said to have been

badly damaged, but no casualties are reported. for now, several regions in dom bus have been cut off from the water supply due to heavy shelling. all correspondence, roman coast is near don. yes, with this old dates. we are in the village of sy, glen of car, right outside the city of damascus. this place is a home to about 8000 people and is so if a major major, quite think of the last few thought working are we are now waiting for the red cross who are going to deliver water. and thanks 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. oh, and all about it. well, more than 20000 people have no access to drinking water. the moment we are riding along with the red cross delivering water tanks to the people here we're driving

right along the front line. the ukraine positions are merely just basically hundreds, all 5 meters away. but this, despite that, the, the red cross nice to deliver water tanks to a residence and they deliver to these a water tank for to 5 different locations in the village. this is for so told and 2nd, the cold water. they have also delivered a bottled water for those residents that say needed. the international committee of that i cross is very concerned about the developments we have witnessed in the don bus over the past few days and times of conflict and violence. it is essential that all sides ensure the continuous supply of a sufficient quantity of drinking water as well as other essential basic supplies to meet the daily needs of the civilian population on both sides of the line of contact. unfortunately, the recent intensification of the fighting has again put certain keys central

services at risk of coming to a full stop. the ice r c would like to stress that without urgent action to protect essential services in areas where the hostilities take place. we might face humanitarian implications at the large scale. much of a little nurse plus in the shelling over the last 2 weeks has become very frequent . people were evacuated from their homes and we were left without water. the red cross is bringing us water supplies. for 8 years. we have been waiting for the republic to be recognized and now it's happened. so we one well no more shopping in milan and parts unions sandra pay. thus for the use top, diplomats, your said barrelled sweet said before swiftly deleting it. so if the brussels slug sanctions on a list of influential russians over the recognition of the don boss, republics ortiz policy, lee a reports, well, we're just hearing from you opin union foreign ministers saying that they will sanction 27 russians and entities. and this will include banks, the defense sector,

and limit russian access to europe in financial markets. it will also include members of russia's duma, which is parliament's lower house and will involve things like travel benz, an s at freezes. we've also heard from the e u commission chief saying, and i quote, we need to diversify our supplies and look for reliable suppliers. now all of this comes after a press conference. earlier on tuesday was held by yes, stoughton berg, the nato secretary general. he said the most dangerous moment for you appear un security in a generation is what is being face now. so quite a dramatic way of looking at things. he also has accused moscow of moving from covert to overt operations, saying that he has evidence that moscow is planning a large scale military invasion of ukraine. but he didn't give any examples of what

that evidence is. and he went as far as to say that since 2014 russia has been operating in the danverse region. at the same time, he has accused the russian presidents recognition of little guns and a netscape as independent entities as a serious escalation by russia and a flagrant violation of international law. and in fact, that's what we've been hearing some many in the international community. and here in europe is that this recognition violates international law violates ukraine sovereignty. and at the same time, a call on russia to step back. now this comes as we understand that more than a 100 aircraft are on high alert and these are aircraft belonging to nato. and some, a $120.00 allied ships are come clean underway. so certainly seems as if nato is preparing for something. these are the military. we spoke to geopolitical analysts

when a rough person, he says the recognition of done yet, unless guns is a logical step for russia. well, this is a critical issue of course, because according to international law, there is sovereignty of peoples. and if people decide to be independent and self governing, then usually it should be expected by the international community that these moves are being respected. but of course, the independence of the people's republic of internet were in contrast with in conflict with the constitution of ukraine. and therefore, the western partners as illegal and russia is it, as in accordance with international law. and therefore, on behalf of the russian government, it was,

i would say logical, this step to recognize those republics, sooner or later as a real severe humanitarian crisis was going on in these people's republics for over 188 years now. and this of course is also a compelling argument. i mean, we cannot stand idly both the west and russia, seeing that a conflict can not be resolved. that means a court was not really so usually because it was not really taken serious and it was not really put into practice. so some move forth or back what's necessary over in canada, the occupation of downtown or to were led by the truck. a convoy has now ended. protesters were taken a stand against coven mandates, brought in by the governments, bought p. m. just intruder brought out the big guns to disperse them,

introducing the emergence, his outs for the 1st time in the country's history arts. either peter oliver picks up the story. nps have approved prime minister, just untrue those decision to invoke the emergencies act. here in canada, last monday, it passed through the house of commons, 185 to 151 votes. it always was thought that it would go through that was because true, those liberal party had a tentative alliance with the new democratic party on this particular issue. the greens also saying that they would vote in favor for the, at the, the putting in place of these measures against worthy conservatives and the block cubic corps. and what we heard from the, the liberal party was them saying that this measures, these measures they were put in place were needed in order to try and get the protestors who were all around here where i am in central or to were just

a week ago in fact, they were all here up until saturday when they were forcefully removed from this area. you may be able to see just behind me as a fence that leads up to the, the parliament building. that fence is to not only keep protesters out but to keep everybody out apart from the m p. 's right now. and what we heard from them is saying that if it wasn't for those measures, they wouldn't be able to do this. that was strongly contested in a mammoth debate by the concert is unblock cubic core. and this, and i say, man as debate, i really mean it. it started at 7 o'clock and run through until midnight on saturday and sunday on monday. it started at 7 in the morning and ran through until 7 in the evening. and the liberal party also saying that they needed this. and these measures to be put in place as it allowed them in order to be able to press gang tow truck drivers into service so that they could tow away some of the trucks and their other vehicles that had been part of the,

the protest part of the blockade that had been here in central or to where they also used the new measures that were in the emergencies act, freeze bank accounts, of those that had been involved in organizing and financing all pro testers. now that has come in for a lots of criticism, a lot of scrutiny, saying that they are basically isn't enough transparency over what's being done when it comes to whose bank accounts are being frozen and how long those bank accounts are going to be frozen for the conservatives essentially saying that these measures were a little bit late using a sledge hammer to crack and nuts, the prime minister just and true though it stuck to his guns and said that he didn't want to introduce the emergencies act, but it was needed. and that's why he did it. we didn't want to use the emergencies act. it's never something to turn to without serious consideration, but after weeks of dangerous and unlawful activities,

after evidence of increased ideologically motivated, violent extremism activity across the country. after a flood of misinformation and disinformation washed over canada, including from foreign sources. after these illegal blockades and occupations received disturbing amounts of foreign funding to destabilize canada's democracy. it became clear that local and provincial authorities needed more tools to restore order and keep people safe. this vote isn't going to see any hatchet buried between the various parties here in canada that agree or disagree with the emergencies act. following the vote, we heard from m. p. 's from various different parties who still very much towed their particular lines. i say this to all canadians that conservatives will continue to use every tool at our disposal and ministers,

employer general one of order mister speaker, i even wrote a point of order and then is also the protestors who were driven out of central or to or over the weekend, they were never going to expect much to be given to them by the politicians. they are say know that they will continue to protest in some form. we waiting to see what form that will take, you know, look and staying with canada. donors who supported the canadian truckers convoy against covey mandates of had their personal details leaked on line. the list allegedly includes nearly 100000 people who gave money through the fundraising site, give, send, go. the hacker, claiming credits for publishing the donor info or bri, cottle is a founding member of the house of his group anonymous and has reportedly worked with the f, b i, and canadian law enforcement. the data was published by

a distributed denial of secrets, a transparency collective known for leaking the private data of conservatives. we spoke to american journalist nights of his barrettes brown. he words with aubrey cottle this heck, as well as several others that have occurred last year. are not what they seem like in each case. they have been overseen by elements of the f b i. and it goes back to this problem whereby when you have groups like you leaks, or anonymous, or my project peon groups, or all of these other factions that have been proven able to challenge power by just getting the information that that's of most use and getting in for the public, it is well worth the time and effort of the, of the state, the various states and children's community for like balance or etc, to infiltrate those groups when they can't stop them outright. and that's exactly

what's been happening to a huge degree in the last couple years. in particular, i 1st learned of aubrey called on at the very end of 2021. i was in the midst of fleeing the u. s. by antigua and then to the u. k, he was brought into wal mart, so my signal groups that i still use with a lot of other whistleblowers researchers, journalists, and very quickly became suspicious of him because he kept talking about hacks, which we don't do. we have no need to do that. we do research, it became very confusing very fast as soon as we started coming out publicly and warning people about who this person was, we showed me and others involved in this found ourselves being attacked by people who.