ah ah, penalize right now here were naughty international. tensions are mounting in don baths with a massive explosion and going off near a television station and gone yet. and the newly recognized public accusing ukraine of ratcheting up it's shelling attacks. meantime, the leader, although gone yet people's republic moments ago said there are no russian troops in the region however they could be brought in. if the conflict escalate, also a fresh wave of sanctions. how getting moscow but of russia warms, it's the global energy market on which the most pain will be inflicted that defends its decision to protect the russian speaking population of don bass from shelling attacks and further violence. as we understand and thousands have been fleeing the danger there in recent days,

by crossing the border into neighboring russia. here on the program, we speak to some of the refugees mover, extremely terrified. that's why. when we heard about the vacation, we gave up everything and came here. volunteers helped low and even organized a little show for the children when they danced. the 1st i was very emotional, it helps to cheer up with great to have with us for this program live from moscow. of course is oxy international. we're seeing huge developments in the past hour or 2 right out of east in ukraine is where officials of the breakaway republics of essentially stage that, well, apparently that 1st ever international press conference will give you details right now here on this program. meantime, ukraine security and defense council declaring a nation wide emergency. it also made a point of excluding danielle and lou ganske from this. the decision still needs are not from the countries parliament before coming to full effect in the mean time,

but tension in don bass remains. hi. this video was shared exclusively with our tip of to show the shelling of john yes. according to local authorities, 3 civilians were killed by ukraine's forces in the last 24 hours. and over in lieu guns, the militia report, 2 civilians were killed when a car was hit by an anti tank missiles. got a lot of reports coming to you this hour on here on our team to national for the meantime. first to our senior corresponded. this is the aftermath of an apparent car bombing that recently happened in the guns city. devastated during the war 7 years ago. violence has come anew to the separatist republic to the city. and the outskirts is another village that was hit over the course of this violent night, say $122.00 millimeter mortar round here, the bits of shrapnel that caused all this damage. cutting down power lines as well

as blowing out windows in nearby houses. this happened again in the very early hours of the morning in this village, ironically named mary mountain. locals are terrified when this ukrainian shell landed in the middle of their village. many were hiding in the basements, which may have saved their lives. no people were hurt, but the family dog wasn't so lucky. you can see 2 wounds in its head, a piece of shrapnel, apparently that went into either it's on the back of the head and came out of the other side given conditions. here are the violence and the lack of money from people here. the villages it is unlikely that this dog is going to get any help. this is the harsh reality of war at cheapens the value of life and made fear and terror. people turn in woods,

survival rather than charity or mercy becomes. the priority has been usually i think like gym of you, they have no decency why till people are dying on the other side and we feel bad for them. my grand daughter and son are there, and we're being attacked hair, they behave like animals. it might make more sense if there was a ministry base hair, some, so just the dest, nobody, but pensioners continue to do. accomplish that, why do you think doing this? out of hatred, these level of violence stretches for hundreds of kilometers. the entirety of the front line is a fire near by. 2 civilians were reportedly killed when a guided missile fired from the ukrainian side struck their vehicle. how is the parts an explosive device apparently went off at the lou ganske tram depot with such force that thousands awoke in the middle of the night. people are exhausted,

physically and psychologically wasted by 8 years of war. and so it goes on the violence and shelling in bombardment. it dulls at times, only to start up again with renewed ferocity. and there is no end in sight. diplomacy so far has failed. every one. on tuesday, the federation council are russia's upper house, gave the president permission to use military forces abroad to conduct a so called peace keeping mission of vladimir putin said it didn't mean troops would be deployed immediately. that decision says putin will depend on the situation on the ground or ukraine. meantime, blasting the decision, calling it an act of aggression or the national security and defense council has declared a state of emergency. new crimes president vladimir zalinski has said diplomatic relations with russia. could be separate. meanwhile, russia had started evacuating his diplomatic staff from ukraine. this was confirmed

by the russian embassy, and here it says its staff have increasingly become targets of aggressive actions, including threats of physical violence. he weakness show you some of the vans and buses in the distance and taking some of rushes, a diplomatic, a, a personnel out of the key of comp. what british lawmakers are considering further sanctions against russia over its recognition of the don yeske and lou ganske republics, the 1st batch, a target 5 banks and 3 the individuals. and now r t is in westminster as cross says let's learn more straight now to our correspondence shot. your edwards dash the good to see you that the following. the latest developments as you were with the house of commons. i understand just yesterday that prime minister was was against the binding c apparently for this channel. something's changed. well, that's correct. r t is in the spotlight here in the united kingdom for a 2nd day in a row that says m p 's calling for this very channel to be taken off immediately.

it's all being spearheaded by the leader of the opposition for kiss darma. and he is calling our t putin passel propaganda tool and accusing its journalists of spouting disinformation. russia to ty is his personal propaganda. i can see no reason why it should be allowed to continue to pro cost in this country. so will the promise to now i'll stop calm to review his license a i believe get my writing friends at the state. go to meet in school, has already all sto, film to review that, nasa. but what i will say this is beaca is it, is that we live in a, in a democracy, mrs. because we live in a country that believes in free speech. and i think it's important that we should leave it to offer comb rather than to politicians, to decide which media roy organizations to back. that's what russia goes. well,

boris johnson says it's a matter for off come alone and not politicians, but now we're in a situation at the very same time as far as johnson was uttering that, the culture secretary nadine doris. she's writing and had submitted her letter directly to of com, directing it to take action against our tea now of come already said it is going to examine complaints against this very channel on its coverage as a priority, almost bowing to this pressure then. but that's simply not good enough, really. the government wants to see an affair well and truly now, the letter reads this letter from nate in doris, the called the secretary that r t is part of a of part of russia's global. this in for mention campaign. and that it's essential the u. k. limits russia's spread of state propaganda at home. so it's interesting now to see nathan doris really weighing in, urging and influencing off come here despite the prime minister saying that that's not the job of politicians a tool otherwise. and the words of boris johnson,

the u. k, would be as bad as russia. so 2 things really point out to me here. first, the cooling artie to be shut down in the 1st place, arguably as our, the gangs free speech across the united kingdom. hells itself. on the principles of free speech, the right to tell all sides of the tale all sides of the coin. also encouraging the british public to engage in critical thinking and not just to go along with the government line. and secondly, so that monster with the government line is the issue. his state sponsorship because if it is well arguably we look then to the b, b c, which is also state response to by the way, just to mention just last year when china bomb the b, b. c, world service, the u. k. headline slammed. this is an unacceptable curtailing of media freedom. they were the headlines. the pbc has lines at the time. so now it seems somewhat critical that the pbc on r t r very much being accused of various things. now off chrome has released

a statement that says all licensees must observe off comes rules including accuracy and impartiality. it causes break those rules. we will not hesitate to step in. so just like any tunnel here in the u. k. b at sky b, it's a, b, b, c, b channel for even r t, all playing by the same rules i showed you. thank you. now, after the kremlin decision to recognize the independence of the guns and on yet the west suddenly announced the beginning stages of a russian invasion of ukraine and swiftly triggered a barrage of punishment. the latest countries to join the sanctions against russia, australia, and japan of moscow as warning though that the measures are likely to end up hitting unintended targets. there is no doubt that the sanctions imposed against us will hurt the global financial and energy markets. the united states will also feel these sanctions. prices will rise and ordinary people will feel the consequences.

over the past 7 years, the u. s. has done nothing to convince the ukrainian leadership of the need to comply with the men's agreements. instead, washington has encouraged inaction within the key of regime. washington looked on as the russian speaking population in the country face persecution. we could not keep allowing threat of destruction and the death of civilians and don bass. meanwhile, the us secretary of state anthony blanket has council, the meeting with his russian count apart. so to get live or off saying he sees no point in it after moscow recognize the don bass republics. it comes as a us unveiled it sanctions targeting large financial institutions as well as our russian people in that family. the kremlin claims are these punitive measures to just like the european ones will only back fire or that you, you as also rolled out. fresh sanctions are prompting its top diplomat to juggle and took her. there now be no more shopping in midland, or partying,

and central pe, georgia burrell seems to have well regretted that he swiftly deleted that tweed or with more on the entire european reaction over to berlin. now his policy was, was heard from the french finance minister who has last out at the north street to pipeline project. and this is quite surprising because he was one of those, one of those who overwhelmingly supported it initially. we've also heard from him, and this is to quote that they will be infinitely more damaging sanctions coming rushes way on friday and saturday. you finance ministers are to meet to discuss these sanctions. it comes as the e u has agreed to impose tougher than initially expected sanctions on russia. now the german chancellor has halted the certification process of the north stream cute project that was supposed to bring natural gas directly from russia into northern

germany. it is a 750 mile and a water pipeline, and its indefinite suspension has been met with anger and in some quarters, disbelief here in germany. fun is on. what should people here live off image? how do we want to buy fracking gas from the usa or did us america and canada also get their gas from russia, but no one is talking about it. and yet they want us to turn our tops off. i honestly don't think it's right. and that doesn't have anything to do with the region. that is just my opinion. and i just think it's serve us again. it's being played out as political level because of course, you need to have some sort of leverage. but russia has always been a reliable part. now really, we felt food. i personally think it is a power game between the involved parties. and personally, i have the impression that we as individuals have little influence on the outta now, the german industry association, beady, i has issued an unusually harsh warning saying that any kind of further increases

in energy and gas gas prices. wolf threatened to crush the economy. we've heard from the nato secretary general young, ultimately saying that the most dangerous moment for european security in a generation is what is transpiring now. he has accused russia of being active in the dumbass region since 2014. he says that covert russian military operations have now become overt and that he has evidence of a large scale planned russian invasion in t ukraine. but at the same time, we are hearing from frances foreign ministry that they don't see signs of a invasion happening anytime soon. or as of yet, at the same time, we know that more than a 100 nato, a croft on high end of it, and some, 120 alike ships are underway. now, the russian ambassador to the united states has said that history has shown that

sanctions do not work. and he says that russia will not revive her foreign policy under the threat of restrictions. there have always been restrictions from the waste on russia. he says, this comes as the united nations continues to refuse to call what is happening in the don bus region, a genocide, which is the terminology that the russian president vladimir putin used, of course, will continue to monitor developments and bring them to you throughout the course of the day. so when it comes to the sanctions of paula which is referred you of core sanction is targeting russia. that under germany's decision also now to scupper the north stream to gas pipeline. we gauged analysis from journalist and author thomas 1st. well, i think we have a situation here where the west is almost desperately defending its western dominated global order. we have a conflict about the interpretation of the validity of international law. so it is

natural that the un secretary general takes a position off the validity and the challenges like china and russia in this sort of uphill battle in that respect of germany for a long time, protected the pipeline project, or not only a government, but also the new chancellor shoals, but as things developed scholes gave his word that up on the 1st moved by the russian government on ukraine. they would scrap the project or at least scrap the licensing process and the west germany interprets the recognition of the 2 peoples republics. and in particular, any possible move off russian military into these republics as an evasion, as the, the move on you grant triggering the decision that scholes took yesterday.

this is off international. so godaddy, we lost it with us today as our western leaders and the media announced essentially today that russia had started to invade ukraine. at the same time, the leader of the don't yet people's republic has denied reports of russian troops entering the region. and then a special and has just given a press conference or saying russian soldiers will only be deployed if the conflict escalates. it's a tough to get a clear picture of the story right now. here we're not here to national cost of live now to artists, roman called to ref, study by in john yet. government could you see you but plenty of conflicting information going around what's being said now with this press conference from the donors republics. and just the past one hour. oh, this was sir denise bushland, sir. first press conference or a massive press conference, or after the announcement self recognition of the nest people's republic by a russia. well, he started by saying that he still can believe that this historical decision was

made and it's still kind of a sink in, in that there were many journalist and the press conference, i included in a local russian and a foreign media as well. now, one of the italian journalist who was present there, asked surgeon, is pushing whether, ah, russian army is present on a territory of don boss on the territory of the nest people's republic. to that says, and he's pushing replied, that's a russian army is not present in finance. people's republic, however, kiana that they could be here if they were needed. and that said, in accordance with the agreement, signed with russia on the 21st of february. oh no, any on any one was free to ask her any questions and she was so pretty open about everything. ah, he added so also denise bushland, that sir dennis peoples republic will use any opportunity for peace as long as soon as it presents itself. however, he added that the enemy, meaning ukraine, is

a showing aggression and could start an offensive at any time. and indeed it's been far from mark wyatt here on the front lines ins anesco for the last few days. any special and said that ukraine had started using multiple rockets, launching systems, and they're also receive monitor emission have confirmed that sees fire violations have been taken place over the last few days. and those allegations are all a denied by official authorities in ah, key of for now, denise bushland ended. so the press conference by saying that says, this war must be ended as soon as possible. and the rebuilding of the economy should start and the improvement of peoples lives as well. yeah. ramana denise marshall and made a number of comments. as you said, he was a bit like an open book. he was very forthcoming with his commentary during what as you said, is that basically the 1st ever press conference to come out of the don't the people's republic he, he went out to say,

this is mr. pusher and he blamed ukraine for the increase in violence in the region . he also said that western weapons are being used as resulting. he said west to weapons being used by the ukrainian soldiers leaving civilian casualties. remind will be speaking to you in the very near future. remind culture of thanks very much, but obviously with a life becoming ever more difficult and dangerous on don don basset, due to the ongoing showing that people have been fleeing to russia. so we visited one of the temporary accommodation centers and, and heard from some of the refugees. right, that ah, listeners, my children have grown up. my daughter works at medical university. she can't leave and the grandchildren left with their mother, god willing, they will stay safe. ah

listen, i have arrived was just placed little bag and my son's back back. we only brought essential documents and if you close, we did manage to bring per saw thanks such a shampoo or so we're given that hear me. yes i do. the scene of them be in 2014. we were harshly sheldon b cells were flying above our heads. we were constantly hiding in sellers. we were extremely terrified. that's why when we heard about the vaccination, we gave up everything and came here. ah, we had children for the all fish come. we had a lot of fun. volunteers helped law and even organized a little show for the children when the dodged the 1st day was very emotional. it

helped us to cheer up. what's been a really busy day here? we're not international for developments coming in every hour from eastern ukraine . but while the west is essentially busy, punishing russia for its well presidential recognition of the don bass. republics, it does seem perhaps attention spans, are running relatively short nowadays back to 2008 people might remember cause of oh, becoming europe's youngest country. alternate us bombing campaign in the or the former yugoslavia a danny armstrong takes a good look now. the old saying goes, those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it. but in the west, it seems that those who don't know their own history are doomed to accuse others of their own wrong. doing. the west is worse to bran. russia's recognition of the guns and the nets. republics. as a violation of international law. who in the lord's name was prudent, gives them the right to declare new, so cor, countries on territory the belonged, whose neighbors? the so flagrant violation of international law and demands of firm response from

your national community. however, look not too far back into the annals of history, suggest that it might not be about respect for the law at all. in 1999 nato completely bypass the un by not seeking authorization for a bombing campaign in bel, great. even just one day is a long time in politics, but for $78.00 days straight, that the bombs rained down in serbia. it seems that no one in the west took time to ponder its legality. but then the killing of hundreds of civilians was handily explained the way as reasonable force under the chart of the security council has primary responsibility for maintaining international peace and security. and this is explicitly acknowledged in the north atlantic treaty. therefore, the counsel should be involved in any decision to resort to the use of force. and not long after that history repeats itself. the usa didn't fancy waiting around for you and clearance on the invasion of iraq or whether it complied with international law. they simply went to war and that didn't exactly err on the side of legal

either. a wall waged without a clear mandate by the security council would constitute a flagrant violation of the prohibition of the use of force. security council resolution 1441 does not authorize the use of force. now, okay, we may not be talking about war here, but the recognition of breakaway regions as independent. but if we take another look back, can surprise surprise. we see another example straight from the usa textbook. washington was full of congratulations for costs off to recognizing its independence in light of the conflicts of the 1900 ninety's. independence is the only viable option to promote stability in the region back then they said it was the only peaceful resolution, but it seems there is no a deering to tradition as regards lugens and annette regions now. so those who do not learn lessons from history may be doomed to repeat it. but when it comes to the west, the u. s. and nato, it seems a total lack of awareness,

means they blindly accuse others of repeating their own history without ever gazing back at their own checkered past. shifting gears to canada now apparently though, despite the streets of auto being pretty common quiet now there's still major public anger across canada. it's also a high profile organizer of riley's against. cope restrictions was ultimately denied bail. peter oliver is on the streets of auto alter with streets, remained clear from protesters, but the repercussions from the major police operation that went into clearing the streets while they continue to rumble on lawyers representing some of those who were arrested during that operation. say their clients rights may have been trampled on the police right now and are out of control. the current interim chief that took over from the departed chief slowly, whoever's dealing with their social media and the, the threats the extort of types, threats that are coming across from the,

the ottawa police twitter account. and then the police down on the ground are completely out of control right now. there is no doubt that the emergency act gave the police greater powers. there is no doubt about that. but they didn't give the police unlimited powers. protests lead a tomato late to was among those arrested by police was denied fail on tuesday. she's facing charges that could lead to up to 10 years in prison. author was acting police chief and candidates deputy prime minister of both said that there will be retrospective charges against those who took part. if you are involved in this protest, we will actively look to identify you and follow up with financial sanctions and criminal charges. absolutely. our country has been in this state of emergency many times before, 911, the shooting at parliament hill to name a couple. and we have never invoked the emergency act as scant simply has stated. this is a necessary government overreach going after people for prosecution after the fact

has drawn comparisons with the storming of the capital in washington, dc, and 2021. something which should be avoided says lawyers, what we saw in canada, particularly ottawa, was nothing at all like what took place in the united states and there january 6th . i know a lot of people from dishonest brokers from before the protest even began. we're trying to frame it that way and wanted it to be can was january 6th. that certainly wasn't the case earlier this week and a vote in the house of commons. mpm upheld prime minister just untrue, does decision to invoke the emergencies act. it gave police the power in order to get people out of their camps in the streets of altura, but opposition politicians have said it was akin to using a sledge hammer to crockett not ah, to lower the temperature across the country. the prime minister clearly wants to raise and it comes up the cost to canadians, rights and freedoms. speaker,

parliament should not allow the prime minister to avoid responsibility in this way . i think what we're doing today, the president, we're setting to be able to freeze bank accounts of political dissidents. the be important is a bad, cannot be understated. the conduct of offices towards the protesters remains controversial with a number of people looking to bring cases against the or to a police, the heavy harm the tactics. then we see now with the next leg up, where we've seen a very aggressive police presence and police operation, the use of mounted police units, one woman was trampled. we've also seen our c m p text messages that were going on in a private chat where they were, they were sort of making light of the use of force of the tactics that were going to be used. oh, the so called freedom convoy, which wound its way to water, was started out as

a protest by some truckers against mandatory coven vaccinations. across the us border for work they spiraled into demonstrations, encompassing a host of people. angry with the current canadian government. hundreds have been arrested. then numbers may be added to the prime minister trudeau and his supporters continue to insist that the emergencies act was necessary. meanwhile, hundreds of people who came here to also add to protest. i left wondering if that next knock at the door may well be from the police coming to arrest them. be sure oliver, all ti altura canada. but a group called a, just a sentence, a constitutional freedoms, a set up, a legal defense team to help the protest is that people taking part in the auto freedom. a convoy cannot get advice from them for free. we spoke to john cafe, the who he leads, this advocates the organization. he says, the government's actions to date against the people of canada. a serious cause for

a long national emergency requires that there be a serious threat to the ability of the government of canada to protect the security sovereignty and territorial integrity of canada. and the serious threats must be such that it cannot be dealt with by regular, federal and provincial laws. now it should be obvious to any reasonable person that a bunch of truckers that are peacefully protesting in ottawa, causing some inconvenience to some of the auto residents that is not a serious threat to the security sovereignty or territorial integrity of canada. is just outrageous. and this is an example of an old saying that the big lie works better than the small lie. and so here we have the big lie.