friends, me the latest you findings was he stepped up cross border show farm, since russia recognize the new republic they had a little mass, people's republic, the noise, western reports of russian troops entering the area while saying they could be brought in. if the conflict escalates further, the western powers hit russia with a wave of sanctions. while moscow says orienting prices are going to hurt consumers worldwide. the law for

moscow, thanks for joining us this evening on our team to national i'm daniel hawkins. wherever you are this hour, welcome to the program. now ukraine's parliament has just approved a state of emergency over the dumbass crisis. the measures will last for at least 30 days and include transport restrictions as well as troop deployments to protect national infrastructure. meanwhile, withstand of continuous ration on esque and lugens republics. this video from guns was shared exclusively with r t and appears to show the aftermath of a bombardment local official say 2 civilians were killed. what a call was hit by an anti tank massage. well, this exclusive footage will also shape with our t here shows artillery far hitting finance. the local authorities say 3 civilians have been killed by the ukrainian military in the last 24 hours or 2 more, i guess the f reports. 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 houses. 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 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 the people here. the villages it is unlikely that this dog is screwing to get any help. this is the harsh reality of war and cheapens the value of life and need fear and terror. people turn in woods, survival rather than charity or mercy becomes. the priority has been usually hot. and glen came of you. they have notice from say why tell 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, has some soldiers, there's nobody but pensioners in seniors you 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 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 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. now, on tuesday, the federation council rushes up, a house gave the president permission to use military forces abroad to conduct

a so called peacekeeping mission. but to have hooton's that it didn't mean troops would be deployed immediately. that decision president said will depend on what happens on the ground of ukraine. has blossomed decision calling it an acts of aggression the national security and defense council. as the clad of state of emergency ukraine's president vladimir zalinski has said, diplomatic relations with russia could be severed. now the u. s. president joe biden insists russian forces are now in the don bass, and it was thought of an invasion. although the leader of the donuts people's republic says, there are no russian troops in the region. parties, roman custody of reports from bon ask. but all this was denise porcelain sir. first, sir, press conference or a massive press conference or 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. 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 dennis 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. there is any special and said that ukraine had started using multiple rockets or launching systems, and they're also always see monetary 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, all british lawmakers are considering further sanctions against russia over its recognition of that on us can look out for publics eat 1st, batch targeted 5 banks and several wealthy individuals. now this channel is in the foreign line, shandey as was estie, has the latest. well ot is in the spotlight here in the united kingdom for 2nd day in a row. that's because and peter calling for this very channel to be taken off as they're heading. that campaign is the leader of the opposition to kids star. huh. and in his words, r t, a c, 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 pro cost in this country. so will

the promise to now i'll stop calm to review its license, i need to speak, i believe, get my writing friends at the state for go to median school has already, i'll 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 into a country that believes in free speech. and i think it's important that we should leave it up to off comb rather than to politicians to decide which media roy organizations a to back. that's what russia both of them 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 fad because as the letter reads, auntie as part of russia's global, this information campaign. and that it's essential the you k limits,

russia spread of state propaganda at home. so it is interesting to see a cabinet member, high, high, high politician here in the u. k. weighing and 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 to, especially the fact that cooling for our kids to be shut down in the 1st place. quite a, for a slight, specifically about free speech as a fundamental principle. the u. k. held itself on the fundamental principles of free speech, the rights to tell all sides of the same story, any courage 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 were the headlines at the time. so it does seem somewhat a 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. as 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 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 n, whatever it is, you name it all t is also playing by exactly the same off com rules that we had for montes deputy editor in chief on a bell kenner, she says the channel is in compliance with u. k. broadcast rules. 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 some comments to other media outlets. they're reviewing. i guess the letter or the culture minister have not received any asian from them yet. but that they will have, you know, perhaps maybe add some additional scrutiny to review the content and complaints and things. but i'm not quite sure what the complaints they have in mind because he has 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 the highest quality. busy award winning recognize internationally can happen. 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 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 about the be platform carries the voice of the british british values to the world. which is essentially what r t has tried to do. among other things, for russia, are afforded a lot more latitude and it's a lot more. i know the benefit of the doubt,

i'll probably say, is your carrying their point of view to the world. and for some reason, russia and r t are not allowed to determine tabloid build, is taking a sign against russia in the ukraine crisis. the papers thought had covering up the gas from logo when it appears on football, us placing it with freedom for ukraine. the russian energy giant is an official sponsor of chalka football club, which was relegated from the legal last year. the club itself has commented, saying gas problem has been a reliable partner since 2007, though shelter, expressed great concern over russia's recognition of the don bus. republics. we can go live now to all the blog at thomas roper thomas, thanks for joining us. good tag on the program today. what's your take on the stories build? abandoning old presence of media and bar shot at the or is it well with the right to take a stand on the ukraine crosses?

well, you have to know what build is built. it's part of the extra spring for lag, and this publisher publishing house, and earlier times they had even a contract in the contract with a journalist was written that the journalists have to support the trunk atlantic partnership. so nato us a and israel. so you had to sign this a journalist that this you have to support this. so this explains what they are. they are propaganda and they're saying of themselves. so to, to take boots for, for serious is yeah, well, complicated and gas problem also supports before or governing body. you a for that now considering moving the champions league final from the gas from marina in st. petersburg. you think politics has a place in sport? do you think that's the correct decision? a political should not have a place in sports. boards should somehow be something which brings people together

and not dividing them, but we see it in the west. that sports is politics. we see this been all these stories in olympia with a young russian girl. there was no doping but a whole week and the german media was writing about doping schedule, which at the end of day it was nothing. it is always politic. the west is doing this not for the 1st time, and it's a pity that they use to sports for that for that instead of for given a chance for people just to come together and have a good time at the cooper game. yeah, that investigation obviously is still ongoing into the doping scandal at the winter . lympics. i'd like to ask you about the sanctions though. the german chancellor has taken a pretty harsh thoughts against russia. they suspended the certification of nord stream to that in turn, leading to arise in gas prices are further set to rise in coming months. it's likely. do you think that's in germany's interests, do you think that's likely to impact russia?

well, i would say they made a big step against germany, not against russia, because okay, russia might less money and that way, but the problems we have, we have to problem right now in the whole europe. we have a lack of gas, we have very high prices and steps in this direction like like, stopping, not seeing too, or even general because import will work from the situation in europe. and the worst case when you're a pretty, a, starts the changes again, the direction, energy sector, and maybe the just input stops. we will see europe situations with, with blackouts. without that electricity, a rush of just left money. but the problem is in europe. i think this is, yeah, the is shot in the own let. you know, i'd like to touch upon the question of perspective and media coverage because there is always the 2 very narrow tips going, hey, a russia is defending its action saying is stabilizing the reason it's bringing

peace. it's helping be many refugees who fled the region where the media, western officials viewing ruffles, actions as aggression, as an in cache in a sovereign states. it will be very hard for people really to figure out what exactly is going on. what is the perspective of german people on this of the average tv view of the average newspaper reader? well, i'm afraid germany is in the international propaganda. it's one of the hardest in europe. there are many studies above that. anyway, when we see questions in germany, why my, my people are asked about that in about half of the german population is not supporting an actual course. and this is despite of always program that we're just going on in germany. so you don't have to forget that i'm living in petersburg, not in germany. so i can't tell you something about what the average viewer because

i'm writing it quite critical block. and my readers are not part of this german maybe majority of who is influenced by this real propaganda offensive, what we see and younger and just touching on the why. the picture here in this crisis obviously has been mounting for, for quite some time. for many months, no rush of course says them on a day, a hope tonight to expansion through its borders. the us and its allies really, there was saying the given that do you think western powers should have perhaps tried harder to see the russian perspective, to see their concerns and to try negotiate harder for a solution diplomatically as opposed to let things get to this stage with both sides engaging in saber rattling nips. well, i think so and, and i am, is this, it is not on the russian, russian propaganda that the west didn't take it serious. are russia opened all the negotiations? they opened the contracts or to the u. s. a. and to, to nato, they,

the answers of usa not who were published in the new spanish newspaper. and now the, the, again, the answer of russia is also public. and so we can see we can read beyond his answers from the west, and we see that they didn't even answer to the main concerns of russia, whether you agree with them or not. but, but it's effect that the west even didn't answer for my point of view, yet they should have taken it serious because it's very simple. imagine a rush i would go on a would make a contract was met with mexico and sent troops and raucous to them from the mexican american border. i don't think the, the americans would like this. so from my point of view, it's obvious that they should, that the west should take the rush concern serious because why so were so they would, they would do like, so it's object. you've just just very objective to look at this and say, yeah, we have, we have to situations where the west doesn't take it serious,

but he wouldn't like it if somewhat somewhat doing it would be doing the said to the west. so you're from a point of view. yes. all right, that, so we have time for this al, it's almost robot olva. i'm blogger, thanks so much for your time here to run the program. we appreciate it. thank you. good night. now, another headlines, the secretary general of nato, has slammed russia's decision to recognize the breakaway republics. speaking just a few hours ago, yet still to margaret, choose 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 reach all boulders in europe, but to try to rewrite the entire global security architecture. the human wine has slaps, travel bands and asset freezes on members of the russian parliament who voted for recognition of the donor. can look at republics, ortiz pool, assia reports, you ambassadors 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. first and foremost, we have the 351 russian parliamentarians. they will face sanctions for having voted for the independence of the provinces of lou ganske and an it's in eastern ukraine . in addition, they will be as a freezers, as well as travel bands, 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

has been implemented with dignity and low guns. we are hearing from e leaders. that fir, the 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 hootin does not, except ukraine's independence and international law and accused him of revisionism. and we printing history. at the same time, we've heard again from the german foreign affairs minister,

accusing putin of to quote, lying we moscow's plan intervention in ukraine and, and in terms of what bruton said to waste and needed in recent days. the width 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 always johnston saying that to quite elite. so 8 in the form of weapons and non lethal aid will soon be provided by the u. k. to ukraine. the russian government has accused a british defense secretary of mythologized in the crimean war and getting his fax model starts off. the ben wallace reached back into history to suggest the u. k. code fight russia and when by the

way and get away it is consistent publication has ever since the fall or the soviet union when there was talk about helping russia. in fact, what was actually happened is consistent attempts to try and sort of clamp down or rush, push the boundaries back, incorporate many former soviet countries into the nato. and the was talk quite recently of bringing the ukraine into nato. is there is a consistent hypocrisy in the way that russia is treated by comparison. if you think of china, china is doing all sorts of things that the westwood ought to 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 russia as a matter of the un has, are actually trying to stop shelling the dumbass republic saying they've been religiously attacking the region for 8 years. my ceiling had been just spoke just a few hours ago and out an emergency general assembly session on the ukraine crisis . for those of 8 years key has continued and is continuing to bomb its own citizens and shock from direct dialogue with don't pass. it has led over the past 8 years, the entire international community, up the garden path, insisting on its commitment to the mint agreement with and a but only through its interpretation. they convened for a meeting regarding discussion about the situation in ukraine and we heard taking the floor, the russian ambassador and ben zia, now in bens the it took to the floor. and he pointed out, many aspects of this situation that are being blatantly ignored. and us mainstream

media and a lot of western discourse, he talked about the language in acquisition 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. he's talked about the murders of journalists and the shutting down of tv network. so that had a different opinion, a different perspective than the ukranian government in kiev on. in addition to that, he talked about how the minsk agreement has not been implemented. i and, and the 14000 people have been killed. many of them children and civilians killed in the eastern regions. i'm 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 recognize the don at the people's republic and the lugens people's republic, and he made it pretty clear to this international body. now,

there were 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 not to give recognition to the new republics. just coming up 730 here in the russian capital. that's the headlines for this. our cross full heading away in a few by mid time. we're back in half an hour with the latest join us again that ah, join me every thursday on the alex simon show, and i'll be speaking to guess in the world, the politics sport. business. i'm show business. i'll see you then.

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hello and welcome to cross soc where all things are considered. i'm peter lavelle. russia's official recognition of the don't the answer in lugens people's republics . as independent states formerly puts to an end what was known as the minced piece process. this recognition also creates a new political fact on the ground. and there is nothing nato can do about it. ah, cross fucking ukraine, i'm joined by my guess, intimate pay of an london. she's an analyst on russian and ukrainian affairs in author up through times of trouble conflict in southeastern ukraine, explained from within in del mar, we have scott ritter. he is a former intelligence officer and the united nations weapons inspector. and in sydney we cross jo loria. he is the editor in chief of consortium news dot com. all right.