ah, ah, the kremlin confirms that and yet scandal guns people's republics have asked russia for, quote, help in repelling the ukrainian regimes military aggression. it comes after dumbass leaders say ukrainian force has have stepped up cross border shell fire. meanwhile, the head of the done, he has peoples republic deny is. western reports of russian troops entering the area was saying they could be brought in if the conflict escalates further. western powers heads. russia with a wave of sanctions. while moscow says soaring, energy prices are going to hurt consumers worldwide with

from moscow to the world. this is our t international. i'm peter scott. and these are the top stories this hour. and we start with breaking news. the kremlin has confirmed that it has received a request from the heads of the danielle and lou guns republics, for quote, help with curbing aggression from ukraine. and ukraine has responded to this news by asking the un security council to hold an emergency meeting. ah, the help was asked for on the basis of treaties they signed with moscow earlier this week and comes out to reports of an escalation in the region. this video from la guns was shared exclusively without sea and appears to show the aftermath of a bombardment. local officials say 2 civilians were killed when a car was hit by an unseat. thank miss isle. meanwhile, people in done yet scar,

reportedly having problems receiving incoming calls on their mobiles was internet appears to be remaining stable and this exclusive video shows artillery fire hitting done. yet. local authorities say 3 civilians have been killed by ukrainian military in the last 24 hours. ortiz mod gasdio 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 a new 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 my list. 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 going to get any help. this is the harsh reality of war and cheapens the value of life and meet fear and terror. people turn in woods survival rather than charity or mercy, becomes the priority. they have been usually hot and like 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 hair. they behave like animals. it might make more sense if there was a military base, has some, so just the dest, nobody but pensioners continue to do, okay, which is like, why do you think, doing this hatred? this level of violence stretches for hundreds of kilometers. the entirety of the front line is a fire glass 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 shelling and bombardment, adults at times,

only to start up again with renewed ferocity. and there is no end in sight. diplomacy so far has failed. every one. earlier we spoke with an independent war journalist who is on the ground in don. yes. can. he says he's been close to the shelling yesterday when we were at the sight of the id is to revise 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 of a nervous situation. thing definite increase in the showing coming from ukrainian territory and increase in the use of improvised explosive devices. and yesterday there were 3 civilians killed on the highway where tween don, yes,

can go lift this morning. there was an explosive device outside the tv station. the main tv station headquarters here just exploded and knocked out almost every window in the building. luckily, there was no civilian casualties, but this shows a definite increase in the hostilities from ukraine and increase in the targeting of civilians. the fact that 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 can expect them to admit it. but the fact is, it's happening after the announcement of the recognition by the population here is really got to take emotions. and they were very happy about the recognition and hope that this means soon russia is going to come and help. well,

on tuesday, the federation council, which is russians open house, gave the president permission to use military forces abroad, boots instead, it didn't mean troops will be deployed immediately. the decision routine says will depend on the situation on the ground. ukraine has blustered the decision calling it rights of aggression. meanwhile, the national security and defense council has declared a state of emergency which affects the territory of ukraine. except for the done yet is going to be guns. regions. the state of emergency gives all authorities the power to be able to introduce a curfew transport restrictions and a ban on strikes. u. s. president joe biden insist russian forces are now in the don't bus and is the starts of an invasion. although the leader, the done, yes, people's republic says there are no russian troops in the region. ortiz roman custody of reports from dun yeske. hello, this was denise bushland. sir. first sir. press conference sir. a massive press

conference 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 so still kind of, i think in end um 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, she 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 a far from mark wyatt here on the front lines in genetic of the last a few days that any special and said that ukraine had started using multiple

rockets or launching systems. and they're also always c, monitor emission have confirmed that cease fire violations have been taken place 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. no more than 13000 people have now died since the start of the conflicts in the don bass. as, according to russian government data quarter, the victims are civilians. russia's main investigating authority has opened 400 criminal cases over the death of which 85 a legit perpetrators have been established. the list includes members of ukrainian military members of all the security services and stay bodies. now, british law makers are considering further sanctions against russia over its

recognition of the done yes. can look guns republics. the 1st batch targets at 5 banks and several wealthy individuals. and now this channel is in the firing line. shoddy, it was dusty has the latest. well ot 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 darma. and in his words, r t, a c t, 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, i need to speak. i believe that my writing friends in the state for go to meet in school has already all still come to review that massive thought. but what i will

say this is beaca is that 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 up to off home, rather than to politicians to decide which media roy, organizations, acrobat. that's what russia does, of 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, the 2 things really are quite striking in order 1st, i see the fact that cooling fox to be shut down in the 1st place, quite a sip. so specifically about free speech as a fundamental principle. the u. k. held itself on the fundamental principles of free speech, the right to tell all sides of the same story, any current thing, 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 dot to 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 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 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. earlier we heard from ortiz,

deputy editor in chief on a buchanan. she says the channel is in full compliance with u. k. broadcast rules. what i had seen and again, this is all the users dropping. basically there's, there's an every minute. but from what i have seen, they have made some comments. you other media outlets. they're reviewing, i guess the letter and the culture minister have not received any from them yet. but they will have, you know, perhaps maybe add some additional student need to review our content and complaints and things. but i'm not quite sure what the complaint they have in mind because he has not had a single breach of the awesome 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 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 it was not even subject to the review by the independent regulator. i don't eat 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 warded a lot more latitude and just a lot more benefit of the doubt, i'll probably say carrying their point of view to the world. and for some reason, russia and r t are not allowed to earlier we spoke with london form

a mere can live in stone. he prays the channel. i don't think it's an issue for off . com. i mean, i watch on tv every day. i have never seen propaganda. i've never seen a long way. it's got a good balance coverage of global news around the world. and i mean, this is all we're just being ramped because of the crisis on the ukranian borders. and why use me so much about people watching all this stuff on tv is being ramp, topless or land t russian propaganda that we're not told on any british television or radio channel that these areas in ukraine have russian populations. they want to be part of russia, and that happens all way around the world. i have not seen any british news channel or any she telling us the truth about the what's going on and you cry and why? i haven't seen a single a news program pointing out that these are substantial ration communities on the

other side of the board with you cry. and i have not seen any media produce media and point out that crimea was never a part of the ukraine. the hundreds and hundreds of years, it was only back in the 1950s that then russian leda khrushchev, who was himself a ukrainian, changed the board and included crime air in it. and the people crime were never given their choice a few decades ago. we allow the people of scotland and wales to have ballots to decide whether they wish to be independent or remain within the u. k. and that should be a freedom offered to everyone. old world. the secretary general of nato has slammed and russia's decision to recognize the brake way. don bus republics, speaking just a few hours ago, yet installed some burg, accused moscow 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. the you meanwhile has slop trouble. bonds and assets freezes on members of the russian parliaments who voted for recognition of the den. yes. and the guns republics ortiz pull asleep 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 la guns and, and 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 loo, ganske, and dentist regions. there was also talk of an internet, so called ho factory being targeted in saint petersburg. now they are also restrictions that are being placed on russians are on russian government's ability to raise money on the european financial markets. and there is also trade ben that is being implemented with dignity 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 we in 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 putin said to waste and needed 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 quite nice. 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 the british defense secretary of mythologized in the 19th century crimean war and get thing is far from models. that's up to bend, wallace reached back into the street to suggest the u. k. could fight russia and when by the way it is consistent publication as far as concern 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 foremost 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 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 in the news, the canadian prime minister has announced the country will end the use of the emergency act since invoking it 10 days ago. authorities were given temporary powers to crack down on until vaccine monday protest as you occupied much of downtown auto way and today. and after careful consideration,

we're ready to confirm that the situation is no longer an emergency. therefore, the federal government will be ending the use of the emergencies act. one of them all high profile organizes was arrested and subsequently denied bail smoking anger within the community. ortiz pizza. oliver reports for malta were all to his streets to remain clear from protesters. but the repercussions from the major police operation that went in to clearing the streets while they continued to rumble. all lawyers representing some of those who were arrested during that operation, say their clients rights may have been trampled on the police right now in order out of control. the current interim chief that took over from the departed chief slowly, or whoever's dealing with their social media and the are the threats, the extort of type threats that are coming across from the a,

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's no doubt about that. but they didn't give the police unlimited powers protest lead it's modeling chew is among those arrested by police was denied bail on tuesday. she's facing challenges that could lead to up to 10 years in prison. also 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 a state of emergency many times before, 911. they should and parliament he'll to name a couple. and we have never invoked the emergency act as scant simply passed. 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 in 2021. something which should be avoided says, noise. what we saw in canada, particularly in 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 protests even began. we're trying to frame it that way and wanted it to be can as january 6th. that certainly wasn't the case earlier this week and a vote in the house of commons, m p. 's upheld prime minister just in today's 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 the crooked note. i lowered 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 process we're setting to be able to freeze bank accounts of political dissidence, the be important, the back cannot be understated. the conduct of offices towards the protest is, remains controversial with a number of people looking to bring cases against the all 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 out. we've also seen our c, m p. text messages that were going on in a private chat where they were, where 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 called voice, which wound its way to walk to 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. he, while hundreds of people who came here to also add to protest, left wondering if that next knock at the door may well be from the police coming to arrest them. peter oliver, artie auto canada. a group called the justice center for constitutional freedoms. a set up a legal defense team to assist the protesters. people taking part in the ottawa freedom convoy can now get advice from them free of charge. john car bay who leads the advocacy organization, says the government's actions are serious cause for alarm. 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. no, 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 that this is a national emergency. when in fact, it was

a peaceful protest that was causing some inconvenience to some people. in ottawa, this is very scary when the government can freeze your bank account just because they don't like your political opinions. and that's what's happening. know, a prime minister trudeau did not like the political opinions expressed by the peaceful protesters in ottawa. and now some of these same protesters are finding that their bank accounts are frozen. well, that's the wrap for now. my name's peter scott and i'll be back again at the top of the hour with all the latest news and views. hey on, on the international with

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