lee, with a russian delegation arrives in belarus for peace talks with ukrainian officials book here doesn't approve of the location that says russia's military operation in ukraine and the 4th day residents of ukraine, 2nd largest city car co, fillmore. they are russian troops entering their city. a sporadic fighting is reported in the area or authorities in the newly recognized done yet no guns. republics, claim that the ukrainian military is conducting relentless selling of residential areas and has a type of fuel deposit of it in a massive blaze. western powers rob, such as against moscow, preparing to disconnect some russian bangs from the swift international payment system. china closes such measures,

they cannot resolve the ukraine crisis. ah, you're watching the international. my name is peter scott and wherever you're joining us from, welcome to the program. now peace tours between russia and ukrainian officials appear to have once again reached dead end as moscow's delegation arrives in belarus for the negotiation. kia says the location isn't appropriate. let's get the latest from ortiz donald quarter. donald's, what's going on between these 2 countries seems to the negotiations that can't seem to get off the ground. well, peter, moscow has said it's ready for negotiations for days now. and it's just reiterated that, like you said, a russian delegation of negotiators has arrived in bella roofs, and they're ready to hold negotiations with ukrainian officials. let's take

a listen to what the kremlin spokesperson had to say about it. in accordance with the agreement reached, the russian delegation has arrived in bel roofs for negotiations with the ukrainians. we will be ready to start these negotiations in gumble. the special offering is training inside zalinski at 1st was saying he's ready for the negotiations, but at the same time he's then he then said that he's not ready for them. but now he saying he is ready for them again and that he wants peace. but like you said, he seems to be a bit picky about the venue is king july, i sincerely hope that bill rues becomes, is kind and safe again, as everyone saw it, not so long ago, you make the right choice. this is the most important decision of your lives, right? any apologies her insults knew that don. now what was ongoing operational putin is called a special miniature operation. and ukraine is now engine his 4th day will. can you

tell us so far about that? that's are i peter. well, uh the latest update is that russian forces have entered the city of hot cove that's located in a region that borders both don boss and the russian federation. according to the russian ministry of defense, hundreds of ukrainians had dropped their weapons and surrendered upon the entry of russian troops. and throughout the past several hours, actually, we've been hearing reports of planes flying overhead, a gun fights in that area. bombs going off, apparently, the russian military was busy taking out ukrainian army warehouses there. now, the russian defense ministry is also described. the city of mario po's, been a fighting hot spots are the moments. what's the latest from the while, according to russia's defense ministry, these neo fascist armed groups have been taking tactics out of the syrian terrorist playbook. they've been using so called ban dera cars. these are off road vehicles

that have been equipped with light artillery and they've been heavily shelling civilian areas around mar, you pull, actually crane, and what's all the developments are there with this ongoing operation while russian forces have also just recently blown up a damn, that was actually built by ukrainian authorities after crimea declared that he wanted to be part of russia in 2014 the ukrainians. built this dam to cut off water supplies from the north, crimea, and canal to the crimean peninsula. it's been the source of many severe water shortages throughout these 8 years since then. but now the ministry of defense is saying that water supply should be restored to normal any day. now, very soon on the other. and we've also got more news from the chernobyl exclusion zone that was taken by russian forces just 2 days ago after which ukrainian forces

that were stationed there, agreed to jointly defend the area with russia. so that's me. that means basically that staff are continuing to work, their radiation levels have remained at normal levels and, and this is just a good thing. i mean, this, this means that there hasn't been really any fighting there at all, and everything's okay around the chernobyl station. there will dawn. thank you very much for those old days. i hope you keep us up to date with the latest information . awesome. when you get to the se, dakota reporting from saga rog, insulin was to thank you now moving to the newly recognized dom bus republics where intense fighting with ukrainian forces continues along the front line ah, local authorities and boasted of guns from den. yes, the public's claim that several towns were targeted in overnight artillery at times ukrainian military units and nationalist militia,

groups in the region have allegedly intensified shilling as they prefer to treat retreat westward. a massive fire has a rope, so that's a fuel depot in guns. people's republic, local authorities claim a ukrainian missile attack caused a blast with at least $200.00 tons of fuel having caught on fire. several people have been reported injured, but the numbers are so far unclear. revenue cost of is in the bus. oil depot was struck in the elegance people's republic by a ballistic missile, and indeed, the massive blazes been reported at the scene of there. now, the ballistic missile in question is called tortuga, all in russian. and to solve solve your weapon. it's naser classification is s as to one to one. a scare of now it's a 2000 kilogram weapon than it's capable of carrying and nuclear warheads. obviously, that was not the case in this instance. or however,

the people's militia in la gans could do reports. her casualties, but certain old civilian deaths at the moment. so as they're fighting too with this sir, blaze. now indeed shelling is taking place across the nest people's republic here as well. earlier on our saturday you, we heard the several explosions here and reportedly there were from a hobbit sir shells or a 152 millimeter caliber shells that landed on the territory of the city office and asked several houses. so were damaged, however, no casualties have been reported. we managed to speak to one of the, one of the people that witnessed this attack. taking the military of care, there was no window. there. glass was shattered. we covered at our south that was back in 2014 chestnut and now this happened rubio,

i was near the entrance. as the result of this sad sack of public transportation service was suspended. now jeannette, scarce seen a continuous shilling over the last 72 hours, and unfortunately a civilian deaths have been recorded as well in of got them on the outskirts of them as kinda damaged to civilian infrastructure as well as thousands of people here are still still have no access to water or electricity also on saturday morning kindergarten in don't ask was us frog in an area nearly near the airport, very close to the front line and i visited that place. and this is the report that i sent from their list kindergarten in one of the next districts. it's just one of the places that was shelled on a saturday morning. you can see shattered glass all around me. pieces of fill off

the building, at least a 32 windows here, had been shattered. and this is the place of impact if you can point the camera this way. or the editor degrades the new sites on your param pill spoke with those about the beginning of the turbulence ukraine 8 years ago. emphasizing that the us supported it back then, and continues to do so now it's been going on for 8 years. ukraine sovereignty was initially violated in 2014, when the united states supported openly a 2 in can install the public government and then sparked off conflict in the countries east. the suffering of the people have done bath to have experienced shelling and artillery fire at the hands of the ukrainian military over the past 8 years. leading to the death of nearly 15000 people. their story has been completely

erased in u. s. media, i think if you pulled the average american individual u. s. american individual, they wouldn't have even known that there was a war in ukraine for these past 8 years. president biden just approve $350000000.00 in weapons to be released to ukraine, to the cleaning of rent. i wonder where those weapons will go, considering a russia has all but wiped out ukraine's main military capacity. it's disturbing because just in recent weeks in the united states report surfaced in media, showing that and this is according to u. s. officials, the united states has been covertly training ukrainian forces in order to respond to a potential russian entry into their country. creating the kind of pretext for a situation as we saw in syria where the u. s. isn't officially working with the government or the military, but training paramilitary groups in order to destabilize ukraine and embroil

russia in a prolonged conflict. i think that is the worst case scenario we could see play out at this point announced the latest news from ukraine's capital. this video, which we can't yet verify, appears to show crossfire taking place just kilometers from the hearts of key of the shooting was reported close to the capitals, infrastructure, ministry, and just 25 kilometers away from the capital. an oil depot has erupted in flames, reportedly due to an explosion. this and verified video shows the blaze and you can clearly see the fire and vast plumes of smoke billowing into the sky arts eager is done of early abroad. to me, the latest on what's been happening in ukraine's capital and the surrounding region, or it is very important right now to try and make sense of all the, you know, video of all the information that is pouring outside of the ukrainian capital. especially given that the we are at the height of the information war and

a lot of fakes are coming from world, frankly, both sides. so again, we were trying to can looking at the videos which people so far, this is the main source of information as to what's going on there. people just filming out of their windows like here for example. this is one of the, this is one footage that we're, we're seeing and apparently chose a fire fighting all was like in the heart of the ukrainian capital. there's of course we can see trace arounds being sure being fired. sounds of gunfire. but the problem here is that it's not clear who's fighting, who, because the logical assumption would be that while the ukrainians are trying to repel a russian attack. but so far it has. the reports have been rather conflicting as to whether or not russian troops are inside the capital. in fact, the ukrainian side has been denying and saying that while they've managed to ward off the russian world,

russian troops who they are calling occupies. and so, so some of course are saying that sabotage groups, you know, some ukranian officials are saying that russia, sabotage groups are operational within the city. but so far, well, there we haven't seen any documents on people who have been shown as, you know, captured or in the videos or like, you know, photos match between those who are captured and key of to some. there may be like social media profiles, for example, where they would have listed were like there, for example, the military particular military branch where they are serving. so and given how much firepower has been pumped into the crane and capital. more than 220000 rifles have been handed out to the general population and they didn't even ask for passports. so right now, even the ukrainian authorities have no idea who has the union, who, who is armed and who's not, the ukrainian law enforcement, don't know that the ukranian army doesn't know that. and there have already been

reports, and there have been in fact, confirmed cases of you know, friendly fire when you know to will, local groups when they just took one another. they took each other for, ah, for like russian saboteur sabotage groups. and they shot at each other. there have even been reports of casualties and also some other people that have been using the fire power that they got to well to maron and to scare people. now, as we mentioned early the up in numerous reports of explosions, not too far from the capital, including an oil deputy, must be terrifying for local residents. was our threats are they facing what our local officials saying will absolutely this explosion. this strike on the oil depot has been arguably, well, it has been the biggest event of the night military wise. we saw the basically a missile head and all depot there was a massive fire that lit up the night sky. so it, in some videos it looks like it was a door like it, like it,

like the sun was rising. that's how bright. it was also a gas storage facility apparently was targeted as well, and it was, was set ablaze by an explosion. and so, yeah, also the nights the night, you know, was pierced with sounds of air, raid sirens and so, so on and so forth. so a restless night for the ukrainian capital. certainly now we see quite a few emotional videos of residents of care of doing the rounds on social media. can you tell us more about what they're facing right now? well, this city is scared of rule. remember, they aren't exactly used to living a med, you know, a military operation, emitter fuller. you know, i mean, you know, asked strikes and gunfire and firefights. so a lot of people chose to shelter in the tube and the trains in fact have been stopped. so the tube and key of is right now used exclusively to give people shelter. in fact, the was we saw a report of a baby being born on one of the tube station as, as he,

as their mother was hiding from all the may. hm. that's going on on the surface. and of course, the ukranian authorities and ukrainian president delivers the lensky he has been trying to calm down and to reassure the population. for example, he is what he said in the evening. cbl much green c. c world has seen that ukrainians are strong ukrainians are powerful ukrainians or bray. so it's not surprising that these people always have friends more powerful than enemies to us during the day i spoke every hour with heads of states, friends of ukraine. but it seems that ukraine has gained the sincerity and attention of the entire normal, civilized world. through western powers have announced their decision to penalize moscow by disconnecting some russian banks from the swift money transfer system. the world's biggest mechanism for conducting international financial transactions. the commissions president announced the measure in a statement. we commit to ensuring that

a certain number of russian banks are we moved from swift. this will ensure that these banks are disconnected from the international financial system and harm their ability to operate globally. we will stop a protein from using his war chest. we will paralyze the assets of russia central bank. this will freeze its transactions and it will made it impossible for the central bank to liquidate assets. western powers have been cleared, it's only certain russian banks will be affected or the measures include a crackdown on so called golden passport, which is the sale of citizenship in western countries for wealthy russians. there is also to be a transatlantic phosphor setup to ensure the implementation of these measures are britain's prime minister says the removal of some russian banks from the swift payment system is just a stepping stone with more sanctions. yet to come. we've taken decisive action

tonight with our international partners to shut russia out of the global financial system, including the important 1st step of rejecting russian banks from swift. we will keep working together to ensure put him, pays the price for his aggression. as for all the measures being taken in response to what putin calls a special military operation, france is boosting supplies of military equipment to ukraine. and germany is also you turning on its non intervention policy confirming now that it will deliver arms to the country. artesia davinsky reports for the grave warning coming from president macklin of france, who said that the war will last and the will be consequences. the lease a palace though has said that it is still working to ensure that the collapse of ukraine doesn't happen, and that it's looking for a ceasefire, and that it will continue to work towards that joseph barrel, who is at the

e. use foreign affairs chief. i said that he'll be holding a meeting with you foreign ministers later on sunday to discuss possible defensive and emergency assistance to send to ukraine. he said to support the her wic fight. they're also germany. going to be sending weaponry to ukraine. they're the country has had a longstanding policy of not sending armory to conflict zones. this is what the german chancellor had to say about that. it is our duty to do our best to help you crane defend against the invading army of putin. other measures that have been announced over the weekend, including more you countries saying that they are banning russian aircraft from not just landing at their airports, but also flying through their space with a stony joining the likes of latvia bulgaria, and others in the european union is signing up to that particular sanction. and in a further blow to russia,

sweden says it's going to try and persuade his other members to boycott sporting links with the country. the swedish sporting minister says that would last for as long as the invasion of ukraine does. now, in a separate development, a russian cargo ship was seized by french port authorities on saturday morning. that cargo ship was then towed to the port of bologna somewhere in the north of france, the largest port in the country. originally, it was overt checking documentations, but it later and merged that, that, that cargo ship belongs to a russian company that is on the u. s. sanction less than, that's why apparently it was detained. the russian, as an embassy here in paris says it has written a note requesting from ation. and it says it will do all it can to protect add the measures and security of the crew are on board that they are apparently being

allowed to disembark. and to freely move around, but the cargo and the ship itself have been seized. that will now be up to a court to decide whether that will be able to continue to make its journey towards st. petersburg. ortiz ilia potter anchor will now take a closer look at the western sanctions against russia, and whether it comes when it comes to the energy sites, or if they're all bark and no binds. i've lost count how many times in the last couple of days i heard european american heavy weight say we stand by ukraine and we're going to punish poodles, russia like never, ever before the occasion onto the largest, most of your package of economic sanctions. the russia has ever seen this package of sanctions. it has been approved by unanimity of it and member to stage would hurt russia and he would hurt a lot. the sanctions measures we impose today. i think without question,

i mean in history, those who invested in russian stocks woke up to find themselves in the red earlier this week. but soon after, there was relief for russian business. the indexes, as well as the rubel rushes currency, recovered slightly. not all the way to the levels of last week, but they did bounce back. why? maybe because the sanctions didn't live up to the expectations of those who wished russia economic hell. but i notice something else. how a look at the following. this package includes financial sanctions that cut rush us access to the most important capital markets and these sanctions will increase rush as borrowing costs raise inflation, and gradually it won't rush us industrial base serious stuff. all the russian energy sector be like, ah, because the big hitters gave up the idea of targeting the energy sector. otherwise,

are they gonna warm themselves? if an immense share, a few resources comes from russia, misty far must ask yourself if you come to this exclusion, is this a trigger that will cause russia to stop its gas supplies because they can no longer be paid for? and if it ends its gas supplies, what impact will that have on our supply? we will limit russia's ability to do business and dollars, euro pounds, and yet to be part of the global economy, we're going to start the ability of to finance and grow, rush, the russian military. we've cut off rushes, largest bank, or bank that holds more than one 3rd of russia's banking assets by itself. cut it off the u. s. financial system, but russia's biggest thunders, burbank has had fewer problems than expected. their operations are still good to go . the energy sector a bit like would be you, ah,

to be clear. our sanctions are not designed to cause any disruption to the current flow of energy from russia to the world. part of the reason is perhaps that the democrats don't want to disappoint american voters too much. they don't want gas prices to go through the roof even more as we respond. my administration is using the tools. every tools are supposed to protect american families and businesses from rising prices at the gas pump, especially when 57 percent of americans disapprove of how joe biden is handling affairs. right, so that brings me to my earlier observation. they may be firmly reassuring kiev, they'll try their absolute best to save ukraine and give the kremlin a beating. but let's be realistic. no one is ready to go too far. if some business folks are going to suffer back home. it mostly for me, it's the natural gas issue. that is the, the one that is a definite masochistic move and that sense because it, it promotes the, you were going to have

a number of factors affecting the economies of the west. and particularly europe with inflation from rising a situation that's going to be much worse. busy than it was in 1973 with the energy crisis, the oil engineers after the mountain 73 middle east war. so it's very much like shooting on the front seat. meanwhile, chinas, foreign ministry opposes the sanctions against russia, saying those measures cannot resolve ukrainian crisis. the chinese embassy moscow as echoed remarks made by the russian envoy to the un in condemnation of the u. s. among the 248 armed conflicts that occurred in 153 regions across the world from 1945 to 2001, 200. 1 were initiated by the u. s. accounting for 81 percent of the total number. the chinese embassy in russia has posted a list of the armed conflicts. the u. s. has been involved in since world war 2. you can see the names of cities on years where the armed conflicts took place,

more than 80 percent of which the chinese embassy said were initiated by the u. s. a chinese foreign ministry spokesperson suggested that the u. s. should ask yourself, who's been the aggressor in those conflicts? meanwhile, big to go and international relations experts at china suture university one. this sanctions against russia will be mutually destructive for the west. china believes that ukraine has been very much used by the united states and western countries in attempting to recruit ukraine into nato, which is very, very aggressive. as far as russia is consent, very destabilizing of peace and stability in that part of the world's play. such sanctions will be very mutually destructive a, mainly because russia is a very, very important country in the world. politically, militarily, in terms of energy, you cannot make relations of all kinds. and russia is such an important and

indispensable energy supplier to so many countries in europe. so by taking out russia from the swift settlement system, for example, as well as making it almost impossible to russia to deal with other countries in europe, in terms of trade export, energy, businesses, et cetera, is very hurtful to russian interest of cause on the one hand but it's very heartful of the european interest who benefits for all this. i mean, the, that is states has an agenda to benefit hugely because they want to sell l and g to europe punches, and they do not want to have european can inches buy more. and more of oil and natural gas, more russia, which is cheaper and which is more sustainable. well, that's the wrap for now. for more news and an artist on the ukranian crisis head over to r t dot com. my name is peter scotts, and i'll be back again to the top of the hour.

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