ah, ah, don't boss leaders say ukrainian forces have stepped up cross border show for us in russia recognized the new republic the head of the donors, people's republic denies western reports of russian troops entering the region while saying they could be brought in if the conflicts escalates further western powers head, russia with the wave of sanctions. while moscow says soaring, energy prices are going to hurt consumers globally. for 90000 fled the dumbass and recent days by crossing the border into neighboring russia. he speaks to some of those refugees. boomer extremely terrified. that's why when we heard about the vaccination, we gave up everything and came here. volunteers helped law and even organized

a little show for the children when they danced the 1st day was very emotional. it helped us to cheer up with blood from moscow. thanks for joining us here. not international. and daniel hawkins word, he was this our welcome to the program. now ukraine is security council has announced the state of emergency over the dumbass crisis. the measures which require parliamentary approval are likely to include transport restrictions and troop deployment to protect national infrastructure. meanwhile, the stand off continues to raise in the don't ask, look on sc republics. the figure from school shed exclusively with all tea and appears to show the optim off of a bombardment. a local officials say 2 civilians were killed when a call was hit and miss all other kind of go live now. so patrick, blacker,

american journalist, who is in going to ask, as we speak, patrick, thanks for coming on the line there. just tell us a bit more about what you've witness on the ground. what's the mood like and really how bad is the escalation from both sides in the last thing definite increase in. ready showing coming from ukrainian territory and increase in the use of improvised explosive devices. and yesterday there were 3 civilians killed on the highway, which we've done. yes. can go look. and this morning there was an explosive device, but outside the tv station, the main station headquarters here just exploded and knocked out almost every window in the building. luckily, there was no civilian casualties but shows a definite increase in the hostilities from ukraine and increase in the

targeting of civilians just before. ringback there was also 2 schools hit by ukrainian showing one man was killed in the past weeks, electric power station, charging civilian infrastructure and civilian areas. a local authorities are saying ukraine has been firing shells over the contact line as you've been describing. key of those been very adamant that's not been happening. they've denied those claims. in fact, by saying it's the rebel, is that a been falling into that territory? they've claimed the soldiers have been all. is there some truth perhaps, to both play monsieur, all the rebels also falling into groaning territory? well, i'm here and done. yes. showing exactly what's happening here as far as the other side of the contract. i'm not over there. i can't really say what's happening for sure,

but the fact that you're denying they are showing areas. this is something that they've been denying to the last almost 8 years now. they've never admitted that they were showing civilian areas. so i don't think we could expect them to admit it, but the fact is it's happening. and just give us a bit of an indication what's the overall mood like on the ground in don't ask, are there any signs at all or things coming down the thing rushes recognition or do you think things are getting worse? i mean civilians have left the area more many civilians have left the area. is there any sign perhaps the things off labeling well after the announcement of the recognition by latimer church and the civilian population here was really got an uptake and emotions. and they were very happy about the recognition and hope that this means is soon. russia is going to come and help protect the republic span,

put a stop to this war, and the stop to the attacks from ukraine. and we understand that you and perhaps the journalist as well, actually witnessed some selling directly. and that was quite close to you just sent us a bit more about that. what exactly you saw and how close was not call. so yesterday, when we were at the site of the id, provides explosive device attack on the road. going from done yesterday to lift. we were documenting the aftermath. and as we were there more shells started coming in. it was a little bit nervous situation, but everybody made it up. ok. but it's another example of ukraine show in the territory here. just international coverage of what's going on in

and on and how would you assess the balance in the coverage? have you met many correspondents, for instance? mainstream media travel is data reporting from the other side of the line from where you are sure the most blurred to throughout this whole war, the western main street in north. what is happening here and the only chart to show what goes in favor of you create on the other side of the line occasionally are foreign journalists. is that the come? but it's, it's not the standard. and hopefully this with this recognition by russia, maybe things will change to the best and hope the western mainstream media start showing the truth. what has been happening here and what is happening here? all right, we'll leave that for now. we aren't of time patrick blank as the american war journalist. thanks so much for your time here today. we appreciate it. thank you very much. will this sir exclusive video?

we're showing enough shows that the refire hitting don't ask your local authorities, say, 3 civilians have been killed by ukrainian, shutting in the last 24 hours or to use more, i guess if is in the region. 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 house as 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 heard. 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 dogs schooling to get any help. this is the harsh reality of war at cheapens the value of life and mead fear and terror. people turn in woods, survival rather than charity or mercy, becomes the priority that they have been utilized and let him do. 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 were being

attacked here. they behave like animals. it might make more sense if there was a military base hair some so just because nobody but pensioners accomplish that, why do you think they 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, hours apart. 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 chilling and 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 rushes up, a house gave the president for mission to use military force is abroad to conduct a so called peacekeeping mission thought to be approved and said it didn't mean trucks would be deployed immediately. and that's decision the president said will depend on the situation on the ground. or you train has blast the decision, calling it an act of aggression. ukraine's president vladimir zalinski has said, systematic relations with russia could be 7. meanwhile, russia started evacuation its diplomatic staff from ukraine is, was confirmed by the russian embassy in key. if it says it, staff have increasingly become targets of aggressive actions, including threats of physical violence. you can see when events leaving rushes, diplomatic mission in kia and the u. s, president said joe biden insists russian forces are now in the don bass. and it's the start when invasion though, the leader of that and as people's republic says,

there are no russian troops in the region unties. one cost of reports from been asked. hello. this was denise purcell and sir, 1st press conference, a massive press conference after the announcement self recognition of an s peoples 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 on there were many journalists and the press conference, i included in a local russian and a foreign media as well. didn't, 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 also in his bushland that sir denis 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 the last a few days in the special and said that ukraine had started using multiple rockets, launching systems, and also se montessori mission 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. a british lawmakers are considering further sanctions against russia over its recognition of the look up to ask and against republic. the 1st best targeted 5 banks and several wealthy individuals. now this channel is in the foreign line, sharia it was that she has the latest. well o t is in the spotlight here in the united kingdom for 2nd day in

a row. that's because m p 's calling for this very tunnel to be taken off as spearheading that campaign is the leader of the opposition to kiss star. huh. and in his words, r t a seed as putin's personal propaganda tool. and he's accusing its gentleness of spouting, disinformation, russia today is his personal propaganda. i can see no reason why it should be allowed to continue to prove cost in this country. so will the promise to now i'll stop calm. to review its license a i believe get my writing friends in the state for go to median school has already all still come to review that massive thought. 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 that important that we should leave it up to off comb rather than to politicians to decide which media roy,

organizations a good back. that's what russia goes off, come has already said it is going to investigate. examine complaints about ortiz coverage, specifically about the crisis in ukraine as a priority. so it is keeping a close eye on us then, but it's simply not good enough for the government. the government wants to see this channel taken off that because as the letter reads, r t, as part of russia's global this information campaign, and that it's essential the u. k. limits russia spread of state propaganda at home . so it is interesting to see a cabinet member hi. hi. hi, politician. here in the u. k. weighing in despite the prime minister saying it's not the job of politicians to weigh in in such matters. and if they do so well, the u. k. would be as bad as russia, but 2 things really are quite striking in order 1st. i see that the fact that cooling for ought to be shut down in the 1st place, quite a sip. so specifically about free speech as a fundamental principle,

the u. k. how's itself on the fundamental principles of free speech, the right to tell all sides of the same story and encouraging the british public to engage in critical thinking and not just accepting of the u. k. government line. secondly, though, for that matter, is this an issue of state sponsorship because if it is an issue of state sponsorship, then we have to look at the b, b. c. that too is sponsored by the state. by the way, just to mention last year when china band, the bbc world service that was early last year in 2021, the u. k. government slammed that move as an unacceptable tailing of media freedom . they with a headlines at the time. so it does seem somewhat hypocritical at this point, 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 broadcast is 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 when necessary. while it statement goes on to say and i read it is acceptable for broad 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 n, whatever it is, you name it all t is also playing by exactly the same off. com rules that we had from ortiz deputy editor, and she's on a balcony. she says the channel is in full compliance with u. k. broad cross regulations. what i had seen and again, this is all the news or dropping. basically, there's any update every minute. but from what i have seen, they have made comments to other media outlets. they're reviewing. i guess the

letter and the culture minister have not received any asian from them yet. but that they will have, you know, perhaps maybe ask some additional scrutiny to review our content and complaints and things. but i'm not quite sure what the complaints they have in mind because are not had a single breach of the awesome co that is really important for me to reiterate in the last 4 years at all. i think the content of leaders of the highest quality award winning recognize internationally. there is a pressure to have a special review indicate that it has nothing to do with our firm has to do with our own existence. which means that it is becoming a purely purely political matter for a very long time. b r. i understand that was not even subject to the review by the independent regulator. i don't see any difference in terms of the

well, the nature of the funding, the nature of the center of the be, have long proudly said that the be the platform carries the voice of the bridge and british values to the world. which is essentially what r t has tried to do. among other things, or russia are afforded a lot more latitude and a lot more. i know the benefit of the doubt, i'd probably say is, are carrying their point of view to the world. and for some reason, russia and r t are not allowed to. now the secretary general of nato who slammed russia decision to recognize the breakaway don't mass republic speaking a few hours ago, get sold to murder queues. moscow of disrupting global security. there is much at stake in today's crisis. the risk of conflict is real. russia is using force and

ultimatums not only to redraw boulders in europe, but to try to rewrite the entire global security architecture. of the human wireless slapped travel bonds and asset freezes on members of the russian parliament who voted full recognition of the republic of his pul, asleep had this report you ambassadors in brussels. has those heard a package of sanctions against russia? and these go further than the sanctions, the u. k and the united states are implementing. first and foremost we have the 351 russian parliamentarians. they will face sanctions for having voted for the independence of the provinces of la guns and, and it's in eastern ukraine. in addition, they will be assa freezers, as well as travel benz, as well as a prohibition for making funds available to 27 high profile people and entities. now these include banks, they include business people, they include ali, gas, anybody and everybody who had any kind of financial or material support for the lu,

ganske and dan, it's regions. there was also talk of an internet, so called ho factory being targeted in st. petersburg. now there were also restrictions that are being placed on russians on russian government's ability to raise money on the european financial markets. and there was also trade ben that is being implemented with donates and low guns. we are hearing from e leaders that further sanctions are likely to be in the pipeline that they could follow in the next few days and, and some leaders have actually expressed the desire to have, quote big bang 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 putin does not, except ukraine's independence and international law and accused him of revisionism. and when went in 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 leaders in recent days. the west is said to be preparing for all 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 lee, so 8 in the form of weapons and non lethal aid will soon be provided

by the u. k. to ukraine. the british defense secretary is lashed out at president food and over his recognition of the dumbass republics. but wallace, who's a former soldier, went as far as just u. k. could even fight russia. and when i think it did just that's in the crimean war, by the way it is consistent publication as far as i was concerned, ever since the fall of the soviet union when there was talk about helping russia. in fact, what, what was actually happened is consistent attempts to try me sort of clamped down a russia, push the boundaries back, incorporate many former soviet countries into the nato. and it was talk quite

recently of bringing the ukraine into nato as a consistent hypocrisy in the way that russia is treated by comparison. if you think of china, china and it's doing all sorts of things that the westwood saying is, is unacceptable. but in fact, nothing happens in the way of sanctions fall from it. that is more business been done that has been done with the russian defense ministry has given its response to been was said, accused him of mythology, analyzing the crime in war and advise seem to be more careful with historical facts . now with life become increasingly dangerous and on bus you to the shelling that people have been fleeing to russia. artie visited one of the temporary accommodation centers and heard from the refugees ah

was nervous. 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, much of a i have arrived was just placed little bag and my son's back back. we only brought essential documents and if you close we didn't managed to bring per saw. thanks such a shampoo or so we're given that here. ah . she didn't do the scene of them in 2014. we were harshly. sheldon b sales were flying above our heads. we were constantly hiding in sellers who were extremely terrified. that's why when we heard about the vaccination,

we gave up everything and came here. ah, we had children from the orphanage come, we love 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 a rush as a matter to the un has accused ukraine of shutting the door mass republic saying they've been will end of the attacking the region for 8 years receiving the vendor spoke just now at an emergency general assembly session on the crime crisis. so let's get more of the, marty's caleb and who's been falling all the action at the un headquarters in new york. had caleb, thanks for staying across the story. just give us an update of what exactly happened. what was said at that session. sure. while the un general assembly, they convened for a meeting regarding discussion about the situation in ukraine and we heard taking

the floor, the russian ambassador and benzine. now the benzine took to the floor and he pointed out, many aspects of the situation that are being blatantly ignored. in us mainstream media and a lot of western discourse, he talked about the language in position that has been carried out in ukraine against those who speak russian. he talked about how lies about the 2nd world war are being perpetrated. and the ukrainian government has celebrated collaborators with the nazis as if they were somehow heroes. talked about the murders of journalists and the shutting down of tv networks that had a different opinion, a different perspective than the ukranian government. and in addition to that, he talked about other men's agreement has not been implemented and, and the 14000 people have been killed. many of them children and civilians killed in the eastern regions. and he also raised the spectre of a possible new refugee crisis being created by the crisis in the country and by the ongoing situation. so he basically laid out why it was necessary for russia to

recognise the don at people's republic and the lugens people's republic, and he made it pretty clear to this international body. now, there are obviously many voices representing countries aligned with the united states that disagreed with him. but many were paying close attention when the ambassadors spoke. and this was a gathering. this was not the un security council, this was the un general assembly representing all member states. and it was an important moment for russia to take the floor and defend the recent decision to give recognition to the new republics. or what kind of open that were the latest from new york. thanks for that up. they will get back to you. as more reaction comes out. well, as the headlines for the sal boone bosses heading away in am i with time up for you, can you is. it's the latest episode of going on the ground with action with time the we're back in half an hour with the latest join us again. them ah

rushes, official recognition of the don units in lieu against people's republics as independent states formally puts to an end what was known as the men's piece of process. this recognition also creates a new political fact on the ground. and there is nothing nato can do about it. it's been 30 years since the soviet union collapsed in muskogee louder glitter chill the month. the water pump nuclear, you know, took, so shown where you also trust them. one, coil or thumb ukraine was one of the independent states that emerge from the ruins of the super bower. i'm doing awesome. good. would you also get on google greens? come a little. i'm surely confusing and less new lucian with better lung or law. a special for a service for the to school, and finish out the should with water the past 3

decades. been likely ukraine. eye witnesses with callie events. this would be a moral issue of judiciary, affinity, deficiency of chipotle. what i knew more about that order. i'm not sure, but i did that for months with no idea what those and what other forces were at play. you have to do so to whom you should see engine mushy in you are in the kid a watered motor currency. little bit. when is it the shows us the most of the versions? rosalie's brother, take a look at ukraine. 30 years out. the gaining independence dog with almost unless, unless you mean like unity retorted was, a muscle has been holding no problem. with

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