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ah ah, an apartment building has been hit in a reported missile attack, can ukraine's capital a k f, just momentarily a local residence reported powerful explosions in the area? the russian president ledges ukrainian radical nationalists say using civilians as human shields. my deploying heavy weapons in densely populated areas with, you'll notice the ukranian radical nationalists are deploying heavy weapons security, multiple loans, rocket systems, right? in the central areas of the large city, they blend to provoke a response from russia strike systems on residential areas. un security council resolution condemning russia military intervention and ukraine is vetoed by russia, which is claiming weston double down with the united states sets the bar when it
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comes to invasions. i will refrain from listing the aggressions that the united states has committed in its history. but it has no right to preach morality to russia. ah, and i am here in the russian capital, and you're watching all t internationally as we continue to take you through the latest updates on the ongoing crisis in ukraine, including live reports from our correspondence on the ground. and of course, we're discussing the global repercussions of what we're witnessing goal. so thanks for joining us. on the 3rd day of russia's so called special military operation, ukraine is underway with more explosions reported in the capital of keith. the apartment building has been hit in a reported missile attack on the outskirts of kias. several flows have been damaged
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. there are no reports of victims. the house is located close to key giuliani port the data. some unverified pictures reportedly showing a huge thing and explosions in kias, locals sharing videos of fires and smoke along the capitol, central victory avenue and the surrounding areas. why thing is also taking place 2 kilometers away in my down square where anti government protests were held back in 2014. he has officials who are edging residents to hide in bomb shelters in this and verified video from one shell. so you can see locals sleeping, standing, and sitting residents are also seeking safety in the cities metro stations that will. meanwhile, the russian president, vladimir putin is alleging ukrainian radical nationalists were in charge of the army using civilians as human shields by deploying heavy weapons and densely populated areas. claiming also that is happening at the direct constructions of us
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advises, in the ukranian radical nationalists to deploy heavy weapons including multiple loans, rocket systems, right? in the central areas of large cities, including kia and harko, they planned to provoke a response from russian strike systems on residential areas. in fact, they act in the same way as terrorists do. they hide the truth and hope blaming the russia. it is reliably known that this is happening under the direction of foreign consultants, primarily americans that uses that several unverified images have emerged from the ukranian army, taking heavy weaponry into residential areas. a russian defense ministry spokesman save the russian military will not be drawn into provocations on will not attack heavy weaponry inside cities. he also noticed this similar type of thing that we used my see a box militants in the middle east. meanwhile, ukraine has scraps, the age limits, needed to join the army, and found the old men between 18 and 60,
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from leaving the country. ukrainian authorities are also issuing guns to any citizen who wants one in the kiev region alone. it's reported that more than 10000 rifles, 100 ounces volunteers. we have chose sheep, which form a u. k. and counter terrorism intelligence officer live earlier. he says western promises to offer arms to ukraine could actually be against key as interests. i think if to west britain and america suggested that i would try and make an occupied ukraine, ungovernable if they do that, i'm afraid that i may well flood airy weapons and then they would try what they would turn on regardless of their intentions. as the risks that i would tense, you kind into a new syria or creating massive civilian casualties and apps and sustainable massive refugee flowers as well. if civil will were to break out and be prolonged. that sound is what the west britain and america at least britain especially has
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been promising to do to make it ungovernable, for russia. but in doing set it, of course, by flooding weapons into that they are likely to create a situation of civil war and endless, or very long, long term conflict. the chief, of course, are victims of which would largely be the ukrainian civilian population. we know that from what happened in syria and libya where weapons were literally flooded in without much concern as to where they ended out. well, it's getting more on what's going on now in cross like to our correspondent women cause to have his in don. yes, good women, good to see you. could you bring it up to speed on, on the latest face? well, our russian defense minister for your reports that said they continued to neutralize the ukrainian army of positions of bases communication hobbs. i airports, air defense systems and the other equipment as well. there are also reports that the ukranian army is not in sight near the or russian
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a border on our residence in the city of hare song. for example, were baffled by the fact that they could see a russian troops, but the ukrainian army was sent in nowhere to be found. also, there are reports that ukrainian city of 5 minutes. opal is now completely under a russian control, and the russian troops met no resistance as they inserts. now we seen footage or fall large fires in the city or far higher gulf as well, apparently, and the army. so oil depot will was well set ablaze by now. russian tanks have also been seen in the city of sumi and we are also getting reports that ukrainian army blowing up bridges as they are retreating. also all this is all reportedly of course, now russian defense ministry earlier stress that's
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a ukrainian military infrastructure is their soul. it's argued and they are not targeting civilians and women where we're seeing reports about further attacks in don bass as well. could you please get more details on that? while it's been relatively quiet so morning of this saturday the night. so my time was not the case. so we've heard shelling here in don't next. apparently, a kindergarten was sheldon's. a 32 windows were blown out. the roof was damaged as well, or thankfully, kindergartners and school children are now all at home or have evacuated so no one was hurt in that had sag, however, on friday to school teachers were killed in the city or for a girl of go about an hour away from where i'm standing here in donetta because there were at a school preparing a materials for distance learning as the shell fell and killed them instantly. one person was damaged in that attack as well. and i brought the number of casualties
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in girl of care alone, 2 of 4 people in the 48 hours now. another person was killed in dannetta on friday and was a woman who was on the street. and the shell fell near by. and she was skilled, not instantly because medics arrived at the scene and put her in the ambulance and she died on a route to the hospital. also a lot of far ah, civilian infrastructure damage in don't ask as well. currently, thousands of people are without access to water and electricity because those plans have been damaged as well. oh, so shelly and um boss was hearing and ask his a taken place regularly however of this morning. this hasn't been the case and the locals hold with will remain so in for the time being. okay, so a little bit of respite from the madness and tell us more about the dumbass military and our role. what they're doing right now. well,
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according to reports denounced people's militia are advancing ins, ukrainian army positions so westward. and are they vast as far as a 14 kilometers into the fence lines of ukraine's military. and they have liberated, as they said, to several settlements already. and we've seen footage of the nest people's republic soldiers, switching flags from ukrainians of the nest people's republic, one in the city of nikolai of car. however, despite these news of advancement, heavy fighting has still continues to several fronts here and done. ed scans in la guns as well, for example, the city of murray, opal in the south of the republic. there's a lot of heavy fighting. there are 247 and nearby segments have been shown as well . um, the city is controlled by
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a nationalist militia group called as offer, which are russia links to neo nazis. and they have also been accused by the un or for committing a war crimes. well, according to reports from the people's militia here, they have encircled the city, and they are preventing a residence from evacuating virtually making them into a human shield. meanwhile, in other use, there's heavier fighting in variable, but in other reports. so some ukranian soldiers are actually surrendering a lane's our down their arms as they've been promised, a safer passage to their loved ones as long as they leave their weapons behind. and they've been promised amnesty as well. okay, our teeth, corresponding with man culture of speaking to his life. i'm don. yes. can i thank you very much. and we heard from patrick hanning, cindy, executive, editor of 21st century wired dot com. he thinks the ukranian government has little
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control over some of the more extreme forces fighting in the country. you don't really have a fully functioning state. and i think a lot of people will argue that, you know, on many levels, ukraine has been the kind of a failed state in some sense, after the clue in 2014, but just by nearby the, the nature of the fact that they don't have the military hierarchy don't have full control over all of their a paramilitary units. we're talking about the us all battalions. and some of the more extreme, a radical or right leaning extreme right, leading military units that russia moscow's complained about that or not under the full control of the unified ukrainian military hierarchy. and hence, this is why you probably have all of these a civilian casualties. shelling in the dom bass and at the same time the government makia has been denying that they've been firing or group group broken ceasefire
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protocols regarding the mix accords and so forth. so that level of deniability is always very convenient. if you have sort of freelancing our units are within your military structure. the russian defense ministry say's russian forces have entered the cities have see me and countertop and ne ukraine according to his report trips when not met with resistance. earlier, the ministry also said trips from the don, yet skinner ganske republican advancing with the supportive russian forces. they've made 25 kilometers west. beyond the former contact line into territory that wasn't till now held by keith. numerous ukrainian soldiers have reportedly surrendered and laid down that they weapons. russian force is now control the city of churney. gov in north ukraine and goes to mel airfield in the suburbs of keith. despite the ongoing battle, was there still a glimmer of hope for a diplomatic solution? kiev said it was ready to talk with the kremlin about to cease fire and the status of neutrality as close live to what he's don't quarter. for more details on this.
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now on good to see, can you give us the latest on what we've heard from russian officials on the ongoing situation, please? while the latest piece of information we have is an update from russia's defense ministry on what's going on at the front. apparently, the lugens people's militia has advanced over the past 24 hours, at least 30 kilometers forward. and as for the done yet people's militia, that's another 6 kilometers, but then the russian defense ministry of course, wants to reiterate that it's only military infrastructure that's being targeted during this offensive by both the people's militias of both lugens can done yet with support from russian armed forces was, he's given us worship. reminder in russian service men are taking all measures to ensure the safety of civilians and exclude provocations by ukrainian special services and nationalists. our fire is directed only as the military infrastructure
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of the armed forces of ukraine, or we do not target residential and social infrastructure to look at. so we've been given a glimmer of hope and what is the criminal view regarding possible negotiations? while the, like you said, i'm in the row, the russian government has agreed to be ready to sit down at the negotiating table . basically they have 3 main demands. the 1st one is demilitarization. i mean, that's pretty self explanatory. russia doesn't want ukraine to be a military threat to, to moscow, to russia any more as an especially doesn't want it to have nuclear weapons. this is something that a number of ukrainian members of parliament were talking about seriously in, in the parliament before this russian offensive began. now the 2nd thing is d nazi vacation. right now. the russian government has been conducting an investigation into war crimes that have been committed by the most ferocious of anti russian
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forces in the ukrainian military and militias. these are neo fascists that are in organizations like as all battalion and right sector. russia wants to hold them accountable to the for the 8 years of shelling in discriminant shelling of men, women, and children in the don boss region. now, number 3 is that ukraine, that needs to remain neutral. the primary thing here is that russia doesn't want ukraine to be a nato member state. this is something that rushes said for 4 months now. for a long time, it's been asking the west to does not let you crane enter this military organization . something they've time and time again, rejected, and that's also one of the factors that have brought things to this point. but another thing i wanted to mention is that russia a yeah. ah, let's talk about the reaction coming out of keith. yeah,
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sure. the ukrainian government has also agreed to sit down to of the negotiating table, but they basically have said they want only one thing. 3rd party security guarantees that they're not going to be attacked in the future. let's take a listen to what they said. national namenda, our goal is to stop the bloodshed he brush or we'll have to talk to a sooner or later do talk about how to end the fighting and stop this invasion. who sold that to you previously? not now, as for where these negotiations are going to take place, there are, it's still on known 1st. russia had suggested uminski in bella, rou, says a place, but ukraine rejected that. then kiev suggested, perhaps war saw in poland, but russia doesn't want it there. right now, the main contender for a potential 3rd party negotiator is israel. it's one of the very few countries that has good relations with both russia and ukraine right now. so we're gonna have to
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see how that plays out. okay, thanks very much, the update that se don't corta the russian foreign ministry spokeswoman phase. moscow is always ready to negotiate. maria harris also claimed that though that it was the ukrainian government's decisions that have led the country to his asta. we will always respond to requests for negotiations. we always hold them even with the most aggressive opponents you. it's important to understand that the person stood as the president of ukraine is inadequate for the job when you are in recent years, the decisions that ukraine has meet brought it under the guise of national interests, contradicted the interest they alert that would serve. and that's leading the country to disaster vendor, the endless publications in october and november 2021 alone. there were 5 provocations in the air space above the black sea that needed an answer. and it's being given way. and we should note were all connected, perhaps by friendship, by business. but when the security of the people, both ours and the people of ukraine is at stake. these connections will be
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redundant without demilitarization. so the goals are set and the operation is implemented. i bet i said in the you announced a raft of sanctions against russia following deliberations between european leaders in brussels. charlotte debowski breaks them down. will these sanctions are really designed to attempt to cripple the russian economy. the e u says they are wide ranging and they will be able to do that now. being targeted specifically, are state owned companies, individuals who are incredibly rich and close to the kremlin, and also key sectors of the russian economy. we also know that all members of the russian parliament, the duma, will be targeted by asset freezes and also travel bands here in the u as will those members of the security council. now, bank deposits for just normal russian nationals in you countries will now be
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limited to a $100000.00 euros. and there will also be a ban on the sale of a croft machine and any repair parts that are needed to russian airlines. now in an extremely n, i mean this is, is extremely remove. the e u has also decided to freeze the assets of president putin, and his foreign minister said k, lovegrove. now, as the a european ministers say that these extreme measures are absolutely necessary to interfere, deezen were adding president, putin and foreign secretary love rav to the list of sanctions. they are responsible for the deaths of innocent people in ukraine and for trampling on the international system. we as europeans do not accept that vehicle, it's not just the ease, it's doing that, canada, the u. k. and the u. s. of also decided to freeze their assets. however, the u. s. is going one step further than it has actually imposed
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a travel ban on president putin and said caleb roof falling a television, a telephone conversation a president biden held with a european commission president ursula of underline. and an alignment with the decision by our european allies, united states will join them in sanctioning president putin and foreign minister love other members of the russian national security team. now some e u countries are actually creating their own specific sanctions. poland bulgaria and the czech republic have said that they will ban russian air. crawford flying through their air space and from landing in their airports in the czech republic, has also said it will now not issue residency permits to russia, nationals, and this may not be the end of the sanctions. the e u says it's already possibly mulling a 3rd round which could include banning russia from accessing swift, which is an international payment system that something that the u. k is already on
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board with doing and has been trying to persuade the you to do for the last few days. so far though, there has been some resistance to that. now the e u blocks are chief of foreign affairs. i am chief, this is use of beryl has said that these sanctions are not meant to target ordinary russian citizens. and he's also congratulated those in russia who he says have stood up to their governments by protesting. i want to stay where we are not targeting russia people, many of them wish bulk against the senseless war. and i want to salute their courage, the cottage of the people that the 5th, the age russian cities had been demonstrating against the war and were certainly made the difference between kremlin and russia for didn't not the russian people. so the sanctions are meant to target the elite and not ordinary ashan russian
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citizens. but the reality is, sanctions like this will trickle down through the economy. a will impact ordinary individuals and already russian nationals living in parts of the european union and in the u. k. are already wondering how this will bite, how this will impact them, and of course, how it will impact their families. back in russia. economists richard wolf claims that barring russia from the swift banking system would cause huge financial problems worldwide. in a global world, more globally interconnected than ever before. if you block this with the system, you are declaring a kind of economic warfare that will damage and destroy all kinds of economic relationships. the reason mister shows in germany did not want to and stopped the attempt to convert to freeze russia out of swift was because it would
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throw the price of oil and gas up into the roof beyond what it has already been. because you couldn't pay russia for the oil and gas through swift, and they wouldn't send it any more. and no one knows where that's going to go. so if they do that, if they actually go through with that, they will disrupt global trade. they will drive inflation through the roof. and let me remind everyone, russia, china, iran, and many other countries don't like the domination, the united states as over the swift system. and it really is only a matter of time before there are multiple systems. bitcoin is already functioning to a degree like that. so this would be a very dangerous step because it will accelerate the end of the swift monopolies too. but with international condemnation of rushes,
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intervention and ukraine. mounting and un security council meeting was convened. member states including the us, russia and ukraine, issued statements, and those of those on a resolution condemning moscow's actions. russia used as veto power to block it. this is naught, self defense unto article 51. it is naked aggression. it is an unprovoked unjustified war. and this council must condemn it. russia's latest attack on our most fundamental principles is so bold, so brazen that it threatens our international system with new understanding. the united states sets the bar when it comes to invasions. i will refrain from listing the aggressions that the united states has committed in its history, but it has no right to preach morality to russia. i will ask all of you to pray for so. so those who has been already killed for
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souls of those who may be killed mission with i do apologize. but before moving to a moment of silence, i want to include in the list those people who perished over all these years in don bass. they also are worthy of being mentioned. all human lives are valuable. let's not forget them either. hours before the vote, the text of the draft resolution was war to down in an apparent attempt to gonna more support. for example, the would condense was replaced by deplores, but still india, china. i'm the united arab emirates, abstained from the vote on the government. we spoke to journalists and darcy contributor which had met her as he say, the west is employing double standards. yeah, i mean the, the hypocrisy is unbelievable. i don't think we can possibly count the number of countries. the u. s. m, u k have have together a crude invaded bond since world war 2. it's. a quite staggering. we. i literally
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con, name them all. us was bombing, syria and brian williams was, you know, bo, me get them out on life television. it's not isolated. they all do that on every network. i am old enough to remember when they were invading iraq and they were doing the same thing. you had a live stream from a tank on cnn. this is when these people are, they are spokes person. they are the mouthpiece for the weapons manufacturers. so it's their job to sell war, and i know this must be very frustrating for americans because when they see bombing on live television, they're used to seeing their own troops do it. so when they see russia doing it to defend itself, it's weird for them. they don't understand it and it causes a lot of it's, there is a lot of emotions. and you know, israel is bombing syria almost every single week. and i don't see anyone i'm seeing and covering that as a matter of fact, a few hours before rush along the operational ukraine. israel bonham, syria, and there was no coverage at all. so there okay, with violations of international law and sovereignty and territorial integrity.
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they're okay with bindings, they're working with wars when they're the ones doing it. and that's most of the time. they may ask agreements obliged both sides of the ukrainian conflict to withdraw weapons from the front line. as he has a documentary following the lives of people living in the conflicts over the past 8 years. and you can watch the full version of that on our website, dot com. good news, like most, who live in the gray zone. the v rosky family tries to pay little attention to the wall that came straight to their house. they're getting used to their usual village life on the fire. damage table gardens have long been turned into mine fields and 7 years of civil war. the basement is where they mostly live now, and they are well aware that any time they venture outside, it could end in injury or death. mm. i work with
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i guess with sure is this seal, and it's done by the villages who ended up living on the front line. don't want to leave their homes. i sure did a quote ah a turning point for you. train came back in 2014 when the government was talk pulled in an uprising bank. then a phone call was leaks in which you s diplomat victoria noon and was talking to the
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u. s. on pasadena to sign in which you trade in officials to put in which government posts, max blumenthal, edits of the grays on independent new side things those actions put ukraine on the path to wool. so if you watch you as coverage of. 1 this war, you will not hear about my done, particularly in that context that is career suicide for any correspondent or any reporter to provide that context. and that is the most critical context, the context of what has happened to the people have done it. and lugens, since b of my don regime came into power, the 13000 dead majority on the don bass side. that is forbidden to discuss in the u . s. and so potent is this. the entire conflict is reduced to one person. vladimir putin who was just portrayed on emerson bc, by their top correspondent, richard engel, who is pretending to be in the field is actually far away as
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