speaking to guests in the world, the politics, sport, business and show business. i'll see you then in the hour stop headlines right now. we're on asi international, according to officials in the kremlin kremlin, says ukraine is refusing to negotiate and the military and culture will continue. so just not satisfied with the conditions. russia is offering peace talk. i mean, time is often moscow's defense ministry says ukraine, not russia hit a residential tower blocking. but the case of he said, she said we are working to confirm these details and investigation is getting underway. this kindergarten in one of the next districts is just one of the places that was shelled on saturday morning. quite

more than 100. 20000 people already being evacuated from the dawn bass region. those still stuck their suffering under continuous shelling and living through one of the most dangerous times in modern history. and a russian cargo ship is intercepted by the french and the english channel. the top district sanctions were imposed by the you over this military crisis. and ukraine the and it is during these difficult times, we're doing everything we can here to national, to bring you a transparent picture of the tragic conflict in ukraine way reporting from both ukrainian. you run the russian sides as well. and of course, covering the latest continuation of european condemnation towards russia. it's good to have you with us today with your cranium. the president's office is saying that kia is not satisfied with the conditions being offered by russia for sci fi

negotiation. that's after the kremlin spokespersons that ukraine is refusing to hold talks and so russia will continue what it calls a special operation. stressing again that russian army units will not be targeting and civilian areas to read me on yesterday, when we were expecting negotiations with the ukrainian leadership, the russian president ordered a suspension of the russian army bosses advance. but as the ukrainian side has refused to negotiate, the advance of the main russian forces resumed this afternoon in accordance with the plan of the operation. was usually if a chunk of joining us back here in the studio for continuation of our special coverage. good to see you again it, let's talk about that pest golf right there as well. the cranium. leadership was welcoming that comments that we get it. we're hearing from the ukrainian cyber here from the russian side and seems to me that both of them are blaming each other for this potential door that was open just

a crack for possible peaceful negotiations to an end to this tragic conflict. it now seems that both sides are closing the door. perhaps i'm wrong. can you can you, can you help? well, rory, you're not wrong for now. and when you're talking about this door being open for these are slight period of time that happened on friday. we just heard from the kremlin spokesperson, dimitri passcode, and his words are being echoed by the ministry of defense. and the latest statement came up from them. and we're hearing from the representatives of the russian army that the russian units have been given orders to advance wherever the advances were planned. after a refusal, and i'm quoting here by the ukranian unit army units to hold peace, dogs, and also the russian ministry of defense is saying and reiterating that in no cases under no circumstances,

they are targeting the residential areas. you say you say that though, but, but you also say that the russian soldiers were told to be put on pause for a moment, right? as the potential piece chat was a potentially gonna night boring. got happened last night. okay. and then, and then now, now we don't get anyway, now we're not making any progress with this as, as i understand, i just want to make sure we're on the same page. yeah, so the russian side is saying our refusal came from the ukranian side. and that is why the units will move on in completing their mission. and that's the order that's been given by the man. do you think it was an automation? do you think? do you think moscow gave gave key of an ultimate and they saying that guys were going to crack open the door if a piece talk to if you don't jump to the table, we're going to carry on a continue and it looks like that's, that's what's happening for me to judge sure, but at the same time, perhaps some experts would argue that in a situation when one of the sides is in

a stronger position. and clearly, in this particular conflict, russia does seem to be stronger in terms of numbers in terms of how much the hardware is more advanced. the weaker side does need to make concessions and possibly accept terms that are being imposed to the by, by the other side. but then again, there are other experts who disagree, and also we do have to take make sure we understand how much international pressure is currently imposed on russia and this kind of situation. so it is indeed very complicated, but i just want to take you back to what exactly the cranium present office. the representative of the office was saying when he explained why ukraine wasn't ready . well, at least on friday to sit down and talk directly to the kremlin. ukraine of

course, did not refuse negotiations, but that's about negotiations, which by the way, have not yet taken place. ukraine and president zelinski categorically, renounce any unacceptable conditions or ultimatums from the russian side. or did need to say they refuse, refuse negotiations, just the opening comments or sarah's. i grab said we refusing. right? well, you see this is i don't know, jumping back and forth because the grading side wants to show the world that they're always open for talks. but at the same time, again, rory, like you said, how can you be open for talks? where from the very onset, you are not winning war, you'll always have to make concessions because of a stronger party in this conflict. so it is indeed a very difficult one for ukraine. at the same time, we are hearing the announcement from mr. lensky. he was talking

low the times about the prospect of the ukraine in joining nato. we understand that nato's, of course, a military alliance. first of all, he seems to have given up on that idea. however, on saturday we heard that mr. lansky really wanted ukraine to be accepted to the e. you almost immediately. here's what exactly the crating leader said about that. that stuff will affect the moment. the decisive moment has come to close once and for all the issue of ukraine's accession to the you. i hope that germany and hungary will have the courage to support this decision. and this is something that perhaps is going to provoke some tough reaction from russia. and we always have to remember that whenever a key of is talking about joining nato or the e, you always something that really annoys the kremlin. so we're not completely sure if mr. is lensky trying to raise the stakes ahead of possible negotiations. but

like i would say on friday it seemed that they were just around the corner because it seemed again the 2 leaders wanted to make these some concessions to ensure that you know, why the no, no, no one was to drag this out. surely not, i mean, i know boris johnson, the british prime minister had had spoken about sending night vision goggles to ukrainian soldiers a body armor as well. maybe some more of these are anti tank missiles as well, but at the, at the end of the day, nobody wants to drag out the pictures we're seeing that that art is posting, for example, and he's instagram account. we're seeing some devastating scenes of tragic violence . you really can't believe that happening in europe. you can't believe it at all, and it is history in the making is no wonder that many people are rounding on russia right now when it's no wonder that people are shocked and horrified about what we're seeing down there. and the question is, nobody at this point knows how far this is going to go. but you do realize that the likes of such statements by mr. zelinski that your grade needs to be accepted in

the you right away is something that could indeed provoke military action. because one of the reasons that russia intervene was the refusal of the west and ukraine to talk about the neutral status of the country. that is also have to keep in mind, you talk about, you know, could provoke russia even further. russia is already provoked. what we're seeing right here is, is on a colossal scale, and i can't even back to 2014, my dad. i can't think of a time when so much of the global community has around it on russia. i've never seen it like this. ever for elia. stay close will speak to you soon, and if a transfer thanks very much for that. well, what russia is calling it's a special operation now into it's a day condemnation from some of the west is not reaching fever pitch. now it comes as mole explosions. been reported in the ukrainian capital key f. let's bring some

images for you right now. what appears to be a missile strike on a residential tower book just on the outskirts of key of some damage that to some of the flaws unclear if there are any victims. though, the russian defense ministry, they're saying it was caused by a missile guidance failure in ukraine's at defense system. here however says of course it was a russian missile stripes. so we're working really hard here at austin international to bring you all sides of this conflict. and bring you confirmation off to confirmation. meantime, key of officials urging residents to hide in various forms shelf is a his, a video, allegedly on verify though from one of the, one of the shelters in town there in the key of in the capitol. residents are also seeking safety deep down on the ground in the cities metro stations. well, the situation continues to be fraud for the don bass region. we understand shelling continues that more than a 120000 people have already been evacuated from the area over just the last week.

many are still remaining. as i understand in that part of the world, not part of the country of both sides are being blamed for violence that parties were mine culture ref visit an area that was recently show this kindergarten in one of the districts. it's just one of the places that was shelled on saturday morning . you can see shattered glass all around me. he says that i fell off to building at least 32 windows here had been shattered. and this is the place of impact. you can point the camera this way. right next to begin kindergarten. thankfully, a was done over night. no kids were here. no teachers, i saw nobody was hurt. but you can take a look all around me. this is a heavily populated residential area. there are people living in each and every one of these houses and i can see absolutely no military positions here at all. but the front line is located not very far away from here.

but this place in the nest is being shelled throughout the 8 years since this conflict existed. room on call for a hearty donuts. let's, let's give you some information now from the officials in the don yeske republics. this saying that local militia groups have seized a settlements around the city of a nickaligha images from that. they also claim to have taken 2 territories on the way to mario full, as well as may by roads. the russian defense ministry says ukrainian nationalist fight has a using a truck mounted motors to fight back against the russian soldiers maliciously book value on the bridge. the nationalist battalions use so called pandora cars, which have increased off road capability and are equipped with large caliber, small arms or mortars. let me remind you that this tactic is used by international

terrorists in syria. that is the machine. let us show you a map right now and bring up some colors to give you an idea, red and blue on this, not these all the so called don bass republics, according to their borders. and of course, as you well know, recently recognized independently by russia. that's basically how we got to where we ought to day. russian defense ministry has just announced new developments saying new ganske forces have a retaken territory from the ukranian army. but this is up 46 kilometers beyond what was the contact line. as we understand on nets forces have pushed forward by 10 kilometers, so they are pushing forward into ukraine. meanwhile, the russian president, but i may put in his, alleging that ukrainian radical nationalist in the army, a using civilians as human shields by deploying heavy weapons and densely populated areas. again, this is according to the russian president illnesses the ukrainian radical

nationalists are deploying heavy weapons, including multiple loans, rocket systems, right? in the central areas of large cities, including kiff and hark of they plan to provoke a response from russia strike systems on residential areas. in fact, they act in the same way as terrorist do. they hide the truth and hope playing the russia. it is reliably known that this is happening under the direction of foreign consultants. primarily americans, likely that person is referring to this right here. it's a 1st verified photo of ukrainian artillery squad. it's apparently that is right in the middle of a residential area. a russian defense ministry spokesman says the russian side won't be drawn into provocations. he says, the russian side will not attack heavy weaponry in side cities. meanwhile, ukraine has scrapped the age limits for army entry, binding old men between 18 and 60, from even leaving the country. authorities are also issuing guns to any citizen who will stand in the key of region alone is reported that more than $10000.00 rifles

were handed out to volunteers. and in the northern associate charter nichol, it's mayor is calling on the citizens to take up weapons. good morning, sidney is his most amazing fellow citizens of churney. cough i have urgently address you. we need to prepare for fighting on the streets. that's why anyone who knows what i'm talking about. prepare lighter fluids. another thing committed citizens, guys. i'm asking you to proceed to the dislocation center of territorial defense with some might say desperate times call for desperate measure when it, when it comes to handing out weapons to civilians who are ready to stand on flight and protect their independence. so we spoke about this with charles shoe bridge, gave out weapons to anybody that offers to use them against somebody is poverty quite of that because it's max's desperation, of course. but the problem comes when weapons are given out freely, the festival you're giving it to people who might not be copy,

trying to how to use them in the 1st instance. and secondly, you've got an issue that you've only got it on trusted as people are going to use those weapons against the invader. after all, they could be going to actually anybody, once you introduce those weapons freely into an environment, yet will you kind of keep control of those weapons? well, as we are trying to field reports from all sides in this conflict, we're now getting news in of shells. reportedly falling in russia's southern self region are correspond. donnell, quarter reports from the area ukrainian military just fired. 3 mortar shells at the russian federation to ra stove region where i'm located right now. you should be able to see on your screen right now footage of the devastation left from it. luckily nobody was injured, infrastructure wasn't damaged either. as you can see with your own eyes, it landed in a forested area. now the ukrainian foreign ministry says that it's military has not been shooting at the territory of the russian federation. but this is not the 1st

instance in which bombs have fallen here yesterday in this very same region of ra stove. at least 14 artillery strikes, took place on border areas within the region, and right after the beginning of the russian military offensive. there were other such instances in brand screech, and there were, there was shelling there where houses were destroyed, and 3 people were injured. the same thing happened in belgrade. infrastructure was damaged, shelling happened, and 3 people were also injured there. interesting, interestingly enough, more recently, near belgrade region, a ukrainian soldier had been trying to escape to the russian federation trying to basically defect and neo fascist groups. there that had their hands on artillery artillery batteries had fired out at him and unfortunately killed him and injured another servicemen in the, in the russian, a federal security services as well. now, because of this violence that's actually been happening on the russian federation,

the authorities have taken measures. they've closed down rushes southern air space . basically there's going to be no flights out of this area until march 2nd. that's at a minimum that can be extended. there's 12 airports in ra stove region alone, that will not be having flights until after that date for now. another thing they've done is closed down all the schools that are located in boarder regence of that border. the don boss, people's republics. we have to remember that there are at least 3000 children from done yet can lugens cologne that have left that have evacuated that region to the russian federation and are connected to educational institutions in these border region. so that's another task. the russian authorities now have on their hands. what are they going to do? where are they going to put them so that they can make sure to continue their education? it does seem that some of the sanctions being unveiled to talk at moscow in the entirety of russia are starting to bite. as we understand,

france says it has intercepted a russian vessel in the english channel, reportedly on suspicion of sanctions violations. of course, as i was saying, it comes off to the e. u has been hitting russia with a fresh raft of punishment over its continued military escalation in ukraine. we discussed it a short time ago with our correspondent charlotte sky. this cargo ship was seized at around 7 am local time. here on saturday in france. it's a cargo ship cool. the baltic leader. and it is apparently on a list of companies that have being sanctioned by the u. s. as a result of that, russian military action in ukraine. now we understand that originally the cargo ship was pulled over by the french officials because they wanted a check documentation. however, it then emerged that it is on that sanctions list. and as a result, the boat was seized and taken to balloon soon there, which is the largest port here in france, just down the road from cali,

it's better known cousin 19 crew on board. we understand that they have been allowed to disembark from the cargo ship, and they are allowed to move around freely. now, the russian embassy here in paris has sent a note to the government requesting more information, and it says it will do all it can to protect the rights of those a sailors on board. the 19, now are for the moment we don't understand a window aware of what cargo that ship may have been carrying. but we do understand that the reason it was pulled over is because this ship belongs to p. s. b leasing, which apparently is on the us sanctions list. now for the moment, the cargo, if there is any cargo, and the vessel itself have been seized, and the feature of that will be determined now by a french court will answer the various forms of punishment continue to impact

moscow. a number of countries are closing their air space to russian airlines over this crisis. among them are of the u. k, the czech republic, poland, and both nations. moscow has responded with what it likes to call tit for tat measures, or the u. u. s. and you can all agree to further tightened the sanctions pressure on moscow after talks in brussels or let's get the latest on his artist policy. while they set the spelling out in some kind of spiral, they are growing with the u. k. imposing hot sanctions on russia, they've now imposed an extra travel ban in terms of not only russian aircraft not being allowed to land here, but also private chests. at the same time v to be bank. the 2nd largest state own bank and a number of other russian banks have also been sanctioned. the u. k is no longer accepting visa applications from ukrainians who are stuck in that country unless they have close family. here in the u. k. and beat bella was ambassador to london

has been summoned and told that new members of the ruling elite also to be sanctioned for supporting russia's military moves. the opposition eda has said that more sanctions anisa. sorry. as one of the members of parliament from his party has started receiving death threats for search for criticizing and speaking out against nato expansion. the prime minister boys johnson earlier recorded a twitter video in which he called for an end to what he has termed a crisis. it was also an opportunity for him to show off his knowledge of the russian and ukrainian languages. putin's actions are leading to complete isolation for russia, shunned by the rest of the international community, hit by immense economic sanctions and facing a needless and bloody war. for these already costing count, this lies from innocent ukrainians to your russian soldiers who will never see

their families again and to my russian friends, your view store to avoid ah advance uva ebony, this crisis. this tragedy come and must come to an end to show you 2 by 3 muh villa as to what a no brainer. slobo greeny. now the european union also says that it is imposing harsh sanctions that these, that says will cripple the russian economy. they include sanctions on individuals, state owned companies, and can sectors of the russian economy. all members of the russian parliament will now face asset freezes and travel bands at the same time and an extremely rare move . the e u has frozen the assets of the russian president vladimir putin and his foreign minister. so gait live rav, although neither certainly not at this point,

are being subject to an e. you travel ban the european union, and european leaders saying that all of this is necessary, but to want to for decent, we're adding president prudent and foreign secretarial of rav to the list of sanctions. they are responsible for the deaths of innocent people in ukraine and for trampling on the international systems london. and we as europeans do not accept that. i'm in canada, the united kingdom and the united states have also decided to freeze the assets of president putin and minister liberals. and sophie, this is part of a co ordinated action. but one step further is being taken by the united states who has also imposed a travel ban on the pair following a television, a telephone conversation. a president biden held with a european commission president are still 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 rob and members of the russian national security team. these sanctions i'll

expect to trickle down and affect ordinary russians soaking here in the u. k and elsewhere, us russians are wondering what impact we have on them and on their families back home. well, no surprise anti war protests to spreading world wide against what many people are calling russia's invasion of ukraine. of course, the credit continues to call this a military operation. one of the latest sort of protest and berlin were hundreds of people gathered outside the russian embassy waving ukrainian fly banners on display calling from nato to help you crane. and for russia to be cut off from the swift financial system, a peace rallies have also been held over the past 3 days in russia in more than $56.00. will r t continue to take an awful lot of flack for opposition in this military conflict? we are doing our best to bring you all sides of this and it's, it's, it is hard work. correspondence are embedded across many parts of ukraine. right

now we are working to confirm and reconfirm so much of the information that continues to come into us here in the heart of moscow. and now we're leading australian pe, tv company folks tell will no longer distribute our channel odd c, citing the crisis in ukraine. and we got a reaction from our channels deputy editor in chief. our teacher was tirelessly work to bring valuable facts and use to an audience. the 1000000 around the world where they organizational government either call for or for us aren't you to be taken off the air. it's simply highlights the policy of media freedoms in the nation. they were present to look up your face of your injury. analysts, who on the one hand, so practically declared themselves as the journalist right yet, so readily turned back on the very founding principle to support the suppression of news. and journalists under political pressure is the word time to recognize the importance of all gathering and understanding the old use is now folks still has sent a letter to us here on t basically saying it ended distribution of

a quote concern about the situation in ukraine. the channel added that he considers it has the right to do so under the license agreement with this network. well, fair enough, then it comes to my growing pressure on this channel. internationally artsy was already banned by potent national broadcasting council. and the british culture secretary is also calling to reconsider as his license. meanwhile, even before the current military crisis erupted ortiz, a german language system channel, the brand new city journal r t g e r t deutsch was basically blocked in germany, basically since the 1st day of broadcast. well let's, let's learn more now from benjamin child, professor of the power school of technology and business on the sound of a china in globalization. good to see you today to see is taking an awful lot of flack right now. more than we've ever really seen before. we're trying our best to cover all angles of this military crisis in ukraine, but we are looking at being shot down now in any number of countries at the moment, is our

t doing something wrong. at dainties classic double standard and select keep prosecution . china also faces the same problem siege it here in china has been been in several countries in the last 2 years. we must ask, this question is so free speech that when he was denied the choice between different outlets and points of view, this indeed heard the debated surrounding free speech. how can viewers have an informal opinion when they don't have access to all sides of the story? look, what if the world were able to hear the views in iraq, that there was no massive destructive preference with a yes. do you have the skills to even made iraq? you know, there are just so many broadcast, not just r t. there are arguably broadcast a bit different views influence on entities. why are they just stopping our tier and cigarettes yet? is their legal system broken?

well look, i mean it is fair to say and i think with r t for 12 years now, it is fair to say that we do push back on the mainstream narratives on mantra is simply question more. but when we do that, it does seem to get this channel in a fair amount of trouble. some would say you're doing the right thing. you ruffling feathers. some would say you're doing the wrong thing. do you think? do you expect more international ban? so on, on this channel, but a lot of people out there called putins channel. i think so any such felling decision must be height is be highly cautious because there could be, you know, trigger some reciprocal actions from the other side. you know, you know, we stories are complicated. you is just as some of the truth. we only saw this many years to come. it is important to hear different views and the, the well audience is heidi. so fix k to now no paper cannot used to cover by end.

this particular situation of ukraine. right now seems to be the 1st f o, a situation like situation in which you're rigid, or it has been more caused by a net to since through tech talk and you know, facebook or whatever. so it is very high to high any true anyway, so that will force our can any broadcast it to be more fair you know, covering the story so thank you. again, sanctions are coming in, not just against r t, but of course, against russia for this, for this military, aggression in ukraine was seen this military crisis right now benjamin, shall we appreciate you joining us. thanks very much for your time. thank you. thank you. well, we are fielding just about every angle here of the concert on our t international. we appreciate you joining us for this. i was program. keep in mind if you want to see some more of the footage and that is a lot of violent and tragic. that's coming out of ukraine, you can check out ortiz, instagram channel, r t dot com. it's basically been cyber.