is really homeless, you depreciate life ah, russia defense minister orders say fix it, moves for ukrainian soldiers willing to surrender as i'm going to treat operation on falls off the russian president to order the so called special operation saying the aim is to defend the people don't buy from aggression by the military of a lot of putin has stress. the russia has no plans for occupation of cuts diplomatic relations with russia and the west to build an anti proven coalition. while the us and its allies flat and the criminal operation is a barbaric attack on the valve, the harshest sanction the law from moscow. thanks for joining us tonight or our team to national. i'm daniel hawkins. wherever you are this hour. welcome to the program. now all the tasks

assigned for russian troops have been completed. that's according to the russian defense ministry. this comes off the kremlin, started a so called military operation, which it claims is aimed at defending the don't boss from ukraine in aggression. russian armed forces have destroyed 83 ukrainian military target. the defense ministry out of that no civilian areas were targeted on the strikes were aimed only at military infrastructure and also that safe exit routes. the equating soldiers have been arranged. artie correspondent was garcia reports from the guns republic i was thou that hasn't been a any exclusions and the gods sca oh, in the suburbs in the outskirts of the city as we had seen in previous days with, with constant shelling between the 2 sides. so shelling from the ukrainian side and from the self proclaimed all as the now recognized republic of lugens. nevertheless, the operation, the offensive that they have launched this morning following,

following a very sustained, very loud and very sustained artillery. shelly campaign this morning as the the operation they say is progressing according to plan. they say they have penetrated 3 kilometers into, into ukrainian lines more i believe on that than yet. side just south of us. nevertheless, the front line stretches for, for hundreds of kilometers and we haven't been able to, to get close to the front lines. we have been turned back because of the dangerous situation that as we were told, nevertheless, the cross you crave as a whole lease has been a chaotic day. a complete surprise for every one we saw russian. the units russian forces launch caliber cruise missiles at various military installations. the for the ministry of defense came out and said it themselves that they launched precision, strikes against ukrainian military infrastructure against air defense sites,

as well as against airfields and assets of the air force of the ukrainian air force. there was even a port that was struck multiple arms, depos fuel depos. we saw the fires characteristic fuzz raging throughout the day. nevertheless, the russian, the russian defense minister came out and said that any ukrainian that wants to surrender cancer and that he will be treated with respect. he ordered russian troops to treat any ukrainian a regular with respect the, the brunt of the resistance of a hearing about a is coming from nationalist battalions neo nazi elements. for example, such as as off battalion battalion, which for years as used a nazi symbols on its uniform and in its brochures and the likes, the organization, for example, his band band and russia, and many of its members are of wanted by court. nevertheless, the,

the situation in ukraine is developing very rapidly, very quickly, the russian of the russian ministry of defense, or it has also said that they have destroyed about a dozen at fields or struck a dozen or so. and fields are more than 70 various military infrastructure sites around ukraine, which presumably includes those, i ammo, ammunition depots that, that i talked about. and the other side such as 0 we've, we've seen footage unconfirmed as of yet. and for example, ukrainian military vehicles destroyed a convoys, entire convoys of tanks, basset, and burning across ukraine. it remains very difficult to, to verify various footage and information coming out. there's a lot of a lot of fake information recycled footage from previous was the reserve being leveled here and pushed on social media. nevertheless,

the picture will become clear in days to come the the, the hot spot now is keith, obviously, where russian paratroopers or russian special forces have been cited at a number of apples, including one just 25 kilometers away from 25 kilometers away from keith authorities in key of have said that the russians or the vladimir putin isn't going to go off to civilian infrastructure or civilian targets and he wants public support and that would destroy his public support. they also said that they want the going to try to tonight to beat russian troops out of the airport. and i believe the airport near ki, of which is where they are now stationed. and that have been report that more russian units, aboard cargo planes could perhaps be headed that again approach and is also calling for ukrainian soldiers to be treated with respect. she obtained this exclusivity

from a russian war of water in the dawn bus. he claims it shows ukrainian troops surrendering to the republic forces the reporter says, are soldiers, who, while i'm terribly laid down, the weapons authorities in bananas can shed pictures of one of those soldiers whose apparently wounded and receiving 1st aid the video which we kind of verified reportedly shows truth myself flying over the units are in the west of ukraine, or russia. defense ministry says rockets fight in this special military operation or targeting many military infrastructure. another video which we also verify shows a missile hitting a military warehouse in the strategic ukrainian port. city of desa or russian tanks have a power also been spotted in ukraine's sumi region near the russian border resident, send us this unverified video of military vehicles. hello,

the bill, but oh ah, but he lives ah yeah, go sure, but we're still, i'm still good bundle. we shall go. ah . we heard from people living in ukraine, scarce on region near crimea. at one of them expressed surprise, ukrainian army was nowhere to be seen it. you're not sure you won't have that. i will not deal

with all the while with a lot more. you're done really good. some with well and other updates. the korean government is saying, russian forces have seized control of the tra, noble nuclear power plants. the facility was shut down off to the infamous disaster . 1986. there's been an exclusion zone surrounding it ever since. euclidean officials say russia took the zone after a fierce battle, though, so far, we've heard no confirmation of that from moscow. russia says ukrainian for his fun

shelves across the border into russia's belgrade region. investigative committee released this footage, official say 2 adults and a child was injured and not a full one. residential building was destroyed each other. the damage a criminal case has been lost. with this video was filmed by our crew on the front line and the go that screw public where as we understand how to suddenly flee to in coming shells, rushers, defense ministry says ukrainian force is a foreign cities in and on bus. ukraine says russia is carried out more than $200.00 attacks since the start of the day in the region. well, a series of powerful explosions reported across ukraine this morning. loud blas rocks, several cities off the rush. last minute filtration. it's being reported. the explosions were caused by missile strikes for russia's aerospace forces,

who just received these images from mario full, fixed smoke can be seen blowing across the sky. you can see damaged ukrainian radar system throughout the day. powerful explosions have been reported throughout you frame. we're looking at the water picture here. you can see a mouthful of the next, going to look at the people's republic. so the 2 reasons and out there independent from kiev, shortly after the 2014 mazda revolution and have its claim has been repeatedly shelled, ever since the numerous civilian casualties. now both republic say they will liberate that territory. still on the key of control. up to now they've held only about half of that area. president putin says russia recognizes these 2 states as defined by this map. while the russian president announced that decision in a nationally televised speech, and he also said there is no intention to occupy ukraine. so it's a thank you, said the richard with a quote as to the article,

51 in the 7th chapter of the un charter with the sanction of the federation council . and according to the friendship and mutual help treaties with the nets and lu ganske republics, i have decided to conduct a special military operation. the goal is to protect the people who for 8 years suffer bullying and genocide from the key of regime. and for this, we aim for the demilitarization and the ness, if a cation of ukraine will bring to the court. those who committed multiple sanguinary crimes against civilians, including russian citizens. we do not plan to occupy ukrainian territories, as well as cross lives to dr. george somewhere political expert, an author of the book, bombs for peace. nathan, when it's area and war on yugoslavia. george, thanks for joining us in the program. good time with us today. now, as we speak, western powers drafting new sanctions against russia. some already been brought in,

much thought to depend on what germany does, at least in terms of the swift system. and some officials in berlin suggested a block or all energy imports from russia. can you see that happening? not really. i mean, because germany does depend on the energy for the natural gas from russia. so even though germany is not put on hold forever, the certification of mill stream to germany is still getting an awful lot of natural gas in russia. so, you know, given the problems that germany has, with its coal and it with it's, you know, having end of the nuclear power plant. where else is germany going to get its energy from other than natural gas, a natural gas from russia. now maybe down the road, you know, in years to come, this will change, but energies. it's a long term projects that it takes

a long time to build the pipes and the rest in order to have a consistent supply of energy. and that's not going to be something done in the next few weeks. i think anybody watching the news over the last 24 hours is going to be quite shocks and nobody wants to see war on either side. but perhaps few people will know the war has been going on for 8 years in the dorm bus, down the form of a frozen conflict with thousands of people killed. yet that was largely at best it at best put on hold by was the lead is the most ignored by western leaders. why do you think it's taken 8 years for things to get to the way they are? well, i think the russians have been very, very patient. so this by the fact that president boot and foreign minister love roth of over and over again says look, we have them in scores. if you want that done as going to be incorporated within

ukraine, you have to go through this step by step process. that was negotiated by key and the representatives of the done as it's there was in black and white. it's in the united nations security council resolution 22. oh $2.00 is an addendum and it's supposed to be here. the steps that you have to take a spelled out very clearly. this was an amnesty for, for everybody above the war. the supposed to be a constitutional change giving special status. don't ask me the local elections in the donors going to guns and then and only then the ukraine get to take control of it from border ukraine has made no attempt at negotiating the seriously and in fact, but now openly said in recent days, but they need us to go to council meeting last week that they're not going to go

sheet with the representatives of the donors going to go because they don't want to give them legitimacy. 12 negotiation with them, especially in that minsk agreement. so they're only saying, we're not going to ever negotiate. and what's really shocking is that france and germany, which are the guarantors of them. because along with russia, they've known they've been talking to boot in for months. now they go endless. full goal, visit little kremlin and they know that the russians are now being very serious and they said, you know, our patients is run out and they will, they should have warned the landscape flow. the russians are very serious. just just go is at least pretend the you're thinking minutes here is that, but they weren't even prepared to do that. they allowed you crazy openly to say we're not going to say anything serious about midst given the gravity of the

situation on the ground. right now, what do you see is the best realistic outcome for ukraine and indeed for, for russia as well, in terms of sitting down and trying to perhaps we're use the whole service. he's come back to some sort of seas far negotiated solution is really charts. now about happening, whether there is a chance, because i think let's, contrary to all the western media, hysteria, radians woke, bites of the bitter n against the russian. i don't think it gradient was 5. i think koreans want peace and reconciliation with russia. i think they, you know, they got a brother nation, and i think that, you know, and that's shown by the fact that the landscape in 20191 huge margin with a program of reconciliation with russia and peace in the us. so i don't think that they want this well,

and i think something along the lines of an agreement between russia and ukraine, that your brain will enjoy the status of a neutral power. it won't join nato and he won't join the collective security, treat the organization that would work. and there's also the possibility of russia did not recognize the russia did not incorporate. the donors can log into the russian federation though, is there still, there is independence of political entities. so there's still a possibility. you know, the russians hotel key if you can still reconstitute ukraine, but you have to negotiate with them. you have to think about a new ukraine, not the ukraine, that is not driven by anti russia animal club driven by a desire to expose the russian culture russian civilization. and if you do that, then maybe some sort of reconciliation is possible with the, the don't us going to speak once or public and you could reconstitute ukraine. but

as ukraine, as it once was the grain that was with any is leading within the u. s. s. and even the ukraine that seem to work up until the orange revolution of 2004. so that's still a possibility. so i think, you know, if your brain once to end this, i think they should move down this path neutrality and, you know, reconciliation with the don't that's going to against people's republics. right. thanks for your time. it's right. ok. you're somewhere in a senior research fellow global policy institute. thanks again for your time. thank you very much. now what we spoke earlier, the rushes for ministry spokes, one who said moscow has been left apparently with no choice but to defend the civilians being shelled in and on us since 2040 shallow is the international community. and you said notice so before i for 8 years. so there was

a more reads in the gong bass is that when they had kept to say that it was wrong to kill civilians there. they had seen how many people actually died that talked about human rights, about how the conflict she the resolved, but they preferred not to notice any of that. they prefer not to notice you actual people living in the regions. i mean, they also did everything in their power to make sure that the media would present, but the situations and i will on the keeps perspective when there is no reason to say that this is aggression on the part of russia. that was for 8 years. we've been trying to, you know, just different options and we put forward different proposals. you'll resolve the crisis in these agreements where russian initiative,

when and i like to remind everyone i surely if you don't want to see the obvious ukrainian officials started saying good publicly. but i see they should probably consider that ukraine should get on the nuclear weapons. and we're talking about the country torn apart. so crisis, ukraine was being pumped up with weapons from different places to yes, britain, europe a all supplied you crazy with arms. why? if you're going want of piece is like, why did they get this money? weapons, food, it was clear, these were weapons to use boy in an offensive, or that who are they fighting? what you needed? they were fighting their own citizens in the south east part of the country. and it's not about waiting for a match to light it up. no, there's no blood appeared over the last 8

years. it would anyone really not consider that the main aim is to stop the escalation of the war that has been going on, are able to stop this war? west doesn't want to be that would be another day. they have made plenty deals throughout the theory. no, but i think is more now ukraine's health ministry has said 57 people have died and 169 have been injured since the special operation began. ukraine has severed diplomatic relations with russia. whoever was called a full scale invasion ukraine's president for me is that and sky claims his country did not choose a path of war, but offered ways to restore peace. a president lensky is vowing to fight russia, though not all ukrainian politicians share that view. 7 members of parliament, of called for different arctic solution and direct negotiations with moscow.

president zelinski, we urge you to immediately start talks with russia as president putin on ways to end the bloody confrontation and negotiate a treaty. as her body has also condemned the russian operation on unveiled what he calls devastating sanctions. caleb morphin reports. well, when we heard from joe biden, the u. s. president. he laid out new sanctions on russia. these spoke specifically of some banks that will be targeted specifically talk to products being outlawed, to export to russia. u. s. companies will not be able to export certain products to russia later in the press conference he was pressed about. this is with international banking system. and he gave kind of a mild answer and said, well, the european allies don't seem to agree and essentially admitted that while the states might want to kick russia out of the system, it seems united states is not going to be able to do that at this time now the

narrative that joe biden laid out throughout his remarks was the same narrative we've been hearing from us officials all along. apparently, this whole crisis, according to joe biden, has just happened simply because of russia. there is no other factor. it is simply russia's malign activities that has caused the whole thing. this is what we heard from joe biden laying out his interpretation of a dance 4 weeks. we've been warning that this would happen, and now it's unfolding largely as we predicted. now, it's important to note that russia has repeatedly raised the issue of its security guarantees. in addition to that, russia has made clear it has no intend to invade ukraine. however, at this point, they are engaging in an operation to protect the people of don, ask, and luc guns, and make sure they do not continue to face the shelling and bombardment they have been enduring for the past 8 years. it's important to note that unlike what joe

biden said, these republics were not declared by the russian president vladimir putin. they were declared by the peoples of these regions in response to the u. s. coo in 2014, and it has been 8 years since then that russia has waited to declare the republics . now, what was also interesting is when pressed by report, joe biden revealed some rather interesting lack of knowledge when it comes to events. one of the reporters actually asked him, it is potent threatening a nuclear strike, to which widen replied, i don't know what he is threatening, so we have the president of the united states saying, he doesn't know if nuclear war is on the table. now of course, russia has not threatened a nuclear strike nuclear war is simply not on the table. russia is engaging in an operation to protect don ask and lu, gone from attack. the idea that this is some kind of nuclear confrontation is pretty outrageous. the fact that biting responded to such a question was,

i don't know is something that a lot of americans have got to find very concerning. well, here with the reaction has been pouring in since the thought of the russian so called special operation in ukraine. pul, asleep, delta v for the president of the european commission, a shallow funder lion has said that putin chose to bring wool back to europe. now this is factually incorrect. you need to a member of course, that the war has been ongoing since 2014, so that's 8 years. and the western media and with the folder for no point from that out. in fact, in the last 4 years. so if we looking at just simply from 2008 alone, that they have been 381 civilians who have been killed in the done best region. and that is according to united nations figures. this is 5 times more measures the, the number of people who have been killed in territories that are controlled by his

hands. and the vast majority of these people who've been killed, in fact, of 80 percent are in these hoops. republics who have the kid independence. this is what ocean from the lion had to say. my children are dying of fear for their lives . we condemned this barbaric attack and the cynical arguments to justify it. it is president putin was bringing war back to europe. now we have received a leaked text regarding this you meeting that is currently underway. and it says that you leaders will call for sanctions also to be imposed against belive, worse for supporting russia in this military action. and i decided to follow who is g. i representative of the new full for foreign affairs made these comments. ready, then i'll do been gone to regina michelle high school for our meeting. are due to

be and gone to this evening. and they will agree and provide voted to guidance to adopt the stronger package, the harsh it package. those sanctions we have ever implemented. there's not a quick, no blush is not a question of deep romantic power games is a matter of life and death. earlier the g 7 mate virtually, and they say that they will poured by unprovoked and unjustified attacks by russia . they said that this military action was preceded by fabricated claims, an unfounded allegations, the g 7 saying that this has fundamentally changed united atlantic security situation. and that those 2 are when full, severe and co ordinated, economic and financial thank sanction or con, cross law of now solano, legal and media. unless thanks for joining us, a good savvy with us today. now,

as we heard the from a president boyden, you're saying he's got no plans to talk with president putin do. you think talking now might actually be a good idea. i can't think of any reason why it would not be a good idea. and in fact, we need a lot more and what we really need, especially here as a tutorial on the history of what this is all about. because i am shocked at the number of people that i meet, who are seemingly relatively intelligent and get educated who have not the slightest idea of what we're even talking about. but what they are getting them from mainstream media sock puppet media in particular is that putin is evil, was. and then the motivation for this is some kind of weird kind of a psychotic evilness and, and to, to recreate the soviet union. and you know what? that's enough. i have a theory. i don't know what you call it,

we're you are. but in here we have these people called karen's and you're able to become angry at the drop of a hat. if you're not wearing a mask, if you're coughing him, anything that goes wrong, whether he's on an airplane, we're being conditioned to overreact to everything. and this ukraine situation is no exception. they have no idea how much also fascinating to me. and i must share this with you, is when i ask people, why is it that we or other countries can invade san invading or was entering okay, well that bowden, it entering. no, he's invading. is it a partial of 8 water? no. is he occupying was a partial occupy, and there's all these, these little dispatcher, of the words, i'm a lawyer and i love to pars word. but when it comes to go grenada, when it comes to the vulgar islands or vietnam, or iraq or afghanistan,

we don't need justifying from anybody. we don't have to explain to anybody who matter who cares who's killed we are right in their wrong. but when it comes to this, people have it in their mind based upon this relentless and by the way, let me remind you, 5 years plus of this rule so far, big anti russia. rhetoric from collusion to elections here just did jump into lockstep almost out of a pavlovian obeisance for reasons they have no idea, none. that's where we are right now in terms of the response as well, biden. so the u. s. and salaries are taking steps. the limit, russia's ability to do business in foreign currency and other sanctions, of course, still to come are very likely to come or how serious of a blow will that be for rush when it's economy. will it, will it? well, it depends. i think when somebody says sanctions but a couple of things they noticed.