ah, with don't boss leader say ukrainian forces have stepped up cross border shell fire ever since russia recognized the new republic? the head of the don? yes, peoples republic denies western reports of russian troops entering the area while saying they could be brought in if that conflict escalates further. means i'm working on power to russia with a wave of sanctions called moscow says soaring energy price is going to be heard. he consumers worldwide, and tens of thousands of flat on bass in recent days by processing of over the

border to that of neighboring russia seeking shelter. and we speak to some of the refugees. extremely terrified. that's why when we heard about the vaccination, we gave up everything and team here volunteers helped law and even organized a little show for the children where they dont the 1st. i was very emotional and helped us to tear up with questioning the mainstream narrative and a 100 countries worldwide 24 hours a day. this is asi, international. ukraine's security and defense council has declared a nation wide emergency. it also made a point of excluding don, yet scan lugens from this. the decision though still needs or not from the countries parliament before coming into full effect. the

stand off continues to rage and the new guns republic. this video was shad exclusively with r t. it seems to show the optim office and showing a local official say, 2 civilians were killed when a car was hit by an ansi tank missile. we can show you more videos here, the exclusive video, sarah possibly showing an artillery fire hitting don. yes. local authorities say 3 civilians are being killed by the ukrainian side in the last 24 hours. so let's go down to the region right now in our senior correspondent file this report. this is the aftermath of an apparent car bombing that recently happened in the gods 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 house as this happened again in the very early hours of the morning in these 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 its eye or the back of the head and came out of the other side, given conditions. here are the violence and, and the lack of money from people here. the villages it is unlikely that this dogs scurrying to get any help. this is the harsh reality of war, had cheapens the value of life and made fear and terror. people turn in woods

survival rather than charity or mercy becomes the priority. have been usually hot and then came 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 an industry base hair, some soldiers, the dest, nobody, but pensioners continued to 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. nearby to civilians were reportedly killed when a guided missile fired from the ukrainian side struck their vehicle hours the parts an explosive device apparently went off at the lou ganske tram depo 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, that's our russia's upper house, gave the president permission to use military forces abroad to conduct a so called peacekeeping mission. vladimir putin said it didn't mean that troops would be deployed immediately. that decision putin says will depend on the situation on the ground, or ukraine has a blast at that, calling it an act of aggression ukraine's president vladimir zalinski has said diplomatic relations with russia could now be 7. meanwhile, russia has started and evacuating its own diplomatic staff from ukraine. this was confirmed by the russian embassy in kia. it says its staff have increasingly become

targets of aggression, including threats of physical violence. and you can see some minivans are leading rushes, diplomatic mission in key. yes. for the u. s. president joe biden insists russian forces are now in the don bass. and it's actually the start of a huge russian invasion or that the leader of the don. yes, people's republic says there are no russian troops in the region where a short time ago i spoke with artists roman casa ref, he's in don yeske. put all this was denise porcelain sir. first sir. press conference, a massive press conference after the announcement self recognition of an s 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 so still kind of, i think in, in i'm, there were many journalists and the press conference. i included in a local russian and a foreign media as well did. and he's pushing replied, that's a russian army is not present in finance. people's republic. however,

he added that they could be here if they were needed, and that's in accordance with the agreement, signed with russia on the 21st of february. he added so also denise bushland, that certain, if people's republic will use any opportunity for peace as long as soon as it presents itself. and indeed it's been far from mark wyatt here on the front lines ins anesco for the last a few days. any special and said that ukraine had started using multiple rockets, launching systems, and there also always seem on is her emission have confirmed that cease fire violations have been taken place. so over the last few days, and those allegations are all 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. me time british

lawmakers, a considering further sanctions against russia over its recognition of the don, yet scan lugens republics. the 1st batch, talkative, 5 banks and several wealthy russian families. but now vis channel r t international is apparently in the firing line. let's cross life to london right now and join us. he's a shot here. it was actually the very latest on this. you are following the development in the house of commons and just yesterday sharia the prime minister was firmly against banning arts. he apparently something's changed. well r t is in the spotlight here in the united kingdom for a 2nd day in a row. that's because m p 's in the house of commons, calling for this very channel to be taken effect immediately. the campaign is being spearheaded by the leader of the opposition sick is stammer, who is slamming our t as putin's past no propaganda tool and accusing its gentleness. of spouting dis,

information. 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 premise to now i'll stop. com. to review his license, i need to speak, i believe that my bridegroom, friends, secretary state for go to median school has already all stop. com to review that, nasa. but what i will say this is speaker is it, is that we live in a, in a democracy, mr. speaker, and we live in a country that believes in free speech. and i think it's important that we should leave it up to off come rather than to politicians to decide which media, roy, organizations, a bar. that's what russia does. so therefore, it shows in the prime minister saying this is a matter of course not politicians, but at the very same time, the culture secretary ne, dean doris has written to of come directly. and that's the british broadcasting

regulator here in the united kingdom. of course, telling it to take action against our tea. now, of course, is an independent body, has the power to fine or even revoke our license here in the united kingdom. now it says it's stepped up, it's oversight of coverage. so certainly keeping a close eye on our teeth, that's simply not good enough for the government. the government wants to c r t taken off because as the letter reads, auntie is part of russia's global disinformation campaign, and that it is essential the u. k. limits russia spread of state propaganda at home . so it's interesting to see a cabinet minister really weighing in on all of this. we just had as a prime minister barak johnson saying it's not the job of politicians whatsoever otherwise. and i quote, or as johnson, the prime minister, the u. k, would be as bad as russia. so 2 things are quite striking in all of this. calling on r t to shut down shop is quite

a slippery slope of to for freedom of speech for and freedom of speech being something that the united kingdom hales itself on. as a fundamental principle, it also says that everybody has the right to hear various sides of different of the same story, even if you don't like exactly what you hear encouraging the british public to engage in critical thinking and not just accept the u. k. government line and on that for that matter, that's the issue. is it about state sponsorship? because if it is, then you only have to look at the bbc which is also sponsored by the state to, by the way, to mention this last year in early 2021. when trying to bond the bbc world service, the u. k. government at the time slammed that move as unacceptable curtailing of media freedom. so they were the headlines at the time and it seemed somewhat hypocritical. now, of course, of course, has now released the statement confirming it will not hesitate to step in and take action where necessary. recognizing the

serious nature of the crisis in ukraine. we have been keeping the situation under close review and have already stepped up our oversight of coverage of these events by broadcasters. in the u. k. we are expediting complaints in this area is a matter of urgency and we will not hesitate to take swift action where necessary. well, if statement goes on to say, and i read it is acceptable for board causes to present issues from a particular perspective. provided alternative views and opinions are also represented. so it seems as only one condition and that is that coverage can't be one sided propaganda. make of that what you will, but ultimately, any channel here in the united kingdom, whether that is sky news, the b, b, c channel for i t and whatever it is, you name it all t is also playing by exactly the same off. com rules. sharia. thank you. let's say this further. now let's join pete

a for the former of british ambassador to both syria and the ryan. it's great to have with us on the program today. a very warm welcome to you. so on the one hand bars, johnson, he says he doesn't think the government should ban tv channels at the same time that he's now ordered off colon true view ortiz license. what's your initial thought on that? though, it's ridiculous. in fact, we claim to be a democracy. here we are government and the physician clamoring that should be signed. it does not surprise because the, the government, the man just won the narrative, not to ukraine, but all international affairs, including my own pet subjective syria. but in the ukraine, quite very noticeable i showed you that the coverage would be and

all the other mainstream media, other things totally one sided like britain, myself from british diplomats to watch these channels is shameful. shameful, that the leader of british physician coffee should be calling for silence and t decorative series of politics actually. ready not the best in the national politics think it's a little to do with domestic politics, mr. florida. but i wanted to ask you because i have such a little time here and i must pick your brain off. he does get an awful lot of scrutiny because basically it's a government funded channel, but couldn't you then start investigating all government funded networks? i don't know. france, $24.00, the bbc deutsch of out of the list goes on it

myself complained to off call about the blatantly biased coverage of syria. but off. com, although it appears to be independent. it's not really independent on either creature. and i say it was staffed by establishment to get caught from the positions of the typically british in the same way that we claim that would be the government. it's not really, it cuts out for the sake of independence. i hold out no hopes that will demonstrate real independence or in seattle, but what i do hope is that the british state will be afraid of russia and

retaliation. anything that happened to be true also happen to the pvc with russian services. we could not complain mr. ford ortiz, my manager, is to question more, and we do. we ultimately push back on the mainstream narrative, as you alluded to a bit earlier on our conversation, it does seem to ruffle feathers around the world. some people saying we're doing the wrong thing. some other people saying we're doing exactly the right thing now with a political atmosphere so toxic right now. you didn't seem to show much optimism right now, but do you think off. com will bow to pressure and try and ex, license them? i believe that the call i'm not going to be real decided here. this is just the cover for the british government to decide whether it's ready to risk the cutting of the b b. c russian services. because surely this is what we're follow

silencing on t. they are pretending to pass the box to off gone. but talk to the big pantomime a shirad. the british government will decide and they will take into account russia recovery get the, gotten them the whole business. the actions have consequences and sanction can be followed by functions from the other side in a different form. but what adding the ultimately the end of the day is an independent body and we understand it will do its own investigation into see when you, obviously when it comes to an issue of balance these days, i think everyone's walking a really fine line today. for example, i work off and i checked all the western media outlets, and they will already saying the russian invasion of ukraine has begun. it is

actually the 1st stage is right now the tanks are rolling in, but president putin is saying this is a so called peace keeping force. and it's very, very difficult to get a clear picture of exactly what, what's coming out of east ukraine. but a couple of hours ago, mr. ford, we did have the 1st have a press conference from the leaders of the don. yes. people's republic. some very interesting comments were made. and those comments right now are available on our website r t dot com. i wish i had more time pete afford the full, my british, i'm back to syria and bahrain a great pleasure having you with us. thank you very much. thank you. well, the us and its allies all piling on with sanctions off the rushes recognition of the don bass republics the latest to join in our australia and japan. moscow has worn though the measures are likely to end up hitting unintended talk. 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 an action within the key if regime washington looked on as the russian speaking population in the country faced persecution, we could not keep allowing threat of destruction and the death of civilians and don bass. president biden claims russia has already started its invasion of ukraine. so he's approved a 1st round of sanctions targeting rush and financial institutions on the high profile individuals as well. of the e. u, meanwhile, has slapped travel bands on the asset freezes on 351 members of the russian parliament who voted for the recognition of the don units. and lu guns. republics, let's learn more now and cross lifetime, and he's fullest li a. standing by. can you tell us more about the action? brussels is taking about against moscow?

i should say bona. while as you quickly say, you ambassador is in brussels. have those heard a package of sanctions against russia and these go further than the sanctions. the u. k and the united states are implementing 1st and foremost we have the 351 russian parliamentarians. you mentioned they, they will face sanctions for having voted for the independence of the provinces of lou guns and the next in eastern ukraine. in addition, they will be as freezes, as well as travel band, as well as the prohibition for making funds available to 27 high profile people and entities. now these include banks, they include business people, they include ali, gulf, anybody and everybody who had any kind of financial or material support for the guns and the next regions. there was also talk of an intimate,

so called whole factory being targeted in st. petersburg. now they were also restrictions that are being placed on russia and on the russian government's ability to raise money on the european financial markets. and there was also trade ben that has been implemented with the next and low guns we are hearing from you need is that fir, the sanctions are likely to be in the pipeline that they've could follow in the next few days. and, and some leaders have actually expressed a desire to have, quote, big bags sanctions to come. now we also heard earlier from the french finance minister who lashed out at the north stream to project, which was quite surprising because earlier he had supported it, the e. u. finance ministers are due to meet on friday and saturday to also look at further sanctions. the french foreign minister has said that person does not accept

ukraine's independence under international law and choose 10 of revisionism and reinventing history. at the same time, we've heard again from the german foreign affairs minister, accusing putin off to quote, lying we moscow's planned intervention in ukraine and, and in terms of what putin said to waste and needed in recent days. the west is said to be preparing for or scenarios, including a full russian invasion. and then the united kingdom is waiting for more military action and more military support for ukraine. we have heard from the british prime minister bobby johnson saying that to quote a lethal aid in the form of weapons and non lethal aid will soon be provided by the u. k. to ukraine the previous slide. paula, thank you for the british defense. secretary has lost our president putin,

over his recognition of the don pass republics and wallace who's a former soldier. what as far as suggesting the u. k. could even fight russia and when claiming it did just that in the crimean war, by the way it is consistent publication is concerned ever since the fall or the soviet union when there was talk about helping russia. in fact, what, what was actually happened is consistent attempts to try and sort of clamp down on russia, push the boundaries back, incorporate many former soviet countries into nato. and there was talk quite recently of bringing the ukraine into in tomato there is

a consistent hypocrisy in the way that russia is treated by comparison. if you think of china, china and is doing all sorts of things that the west would be saying is, is unacceptable. but in fact, nothing happens in the way of sanctions fall from it. there's more business been done that has been done with and so with life becoming increasingly dangerous and complicated, and don bass due to the ongoing shelling that people have been fleeing to russia. we visited one of the temporary accommodation centers and spoke with just a few of the refuge. ah, my children have grown up. my daughter brooks at medical university. she can't believe and the grandchildren left with their mother. god willing,

they will stay safe. ah . i have arrived a little bag and massaged back back here. we only brought essential documents and a few close we did manage to bring per saw. thanks such a sham poor. so we're given that here. mm. she is doing the scene of them being in 2014 over hoskis sheldon b cells were flying above our heads but 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. mm. hm. we had children from the orphanage cook, we had

a lot of fun volunteers helped law and even organized a little show for the children when the dodged. the 1st i was very emotional. they helped us to cheer up. thanks for joining us. that's it for now. here we're not you international. my colleague, daniel hawkins here at the desk and half an hour's time with all eyes continuing. paying attention to that of east ukraine. we'll give you updates on the hour every hour for the meantime. thanks for checking with. oh is your media a reflection of reality? in the world transformed what will make you feel safe? isolation, whole community? are you going the right way? where are you being led somewhere? direct. what is true? what is great?

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about militants in the neighborhood, it's usually reliable with the squadron has played about in conflict before or but this was the 1st attack of it's kind of on to rain like this. we would expect from them. we were ready for them at any moment, but it was a very difficult area and they were able to open fire 1st was not with with one of the 3rd special forces soldiers, the thinking is paramount. but that's how he make the right decisions. during that 5 minutes and tried to outflank the 3 soldiers led by apple and started throwing hand grenades at the sergeant. he again, yep. of covered one of those grenades with his own body. of course i was frightened, but i tried to compose myself. i was thinking somehow i had to come bank because mom was waiting for me. this is a thought,

comes you down moms waiting fit your thank society here is none before that because every one of us is ready for it. well, perhaps not completely reading it. it's hard to prepare yourself for death, but we do know the risks, moves them, we know what our task is and above all. now where it is that we serve. we neg recommended. that was the 1st last my unit ever suffered to them. and the 1st law under my command and in general, do you to go, sir? comrade manager, then you got just prior tim tinker. tyler, good morning. conrad metal plate. how are your camera major, your? i often think of them over minute, especially of gaining off is he was different to all the other new recruits. well,

on political career he approached me and asked if he could enroll in my group as long as he wanted to serve in asbestos unit. he would never know. i showed him a blank sheet from my notebook and said just to see the sheet. schneider, will you to or a clean sheet at the moment. it's up to you to prove yourself worthy. we'll shuttle everything in your own hands. other people have to make the decision themselves sure, which if a man wants to put himself to this test, to go through this trial, then he must do so both becoming a soldier was always my ambition to r. o . usually the singer is a chosen arbitrarily hall on which the 1st is mostly the soldier with the loudest voice for.