ah, ah, or russian delegation arrives in better rates for peace tools for the current in officials for kiana doesn't to prove the location and refuses to participate. that is russia's military operation in the crime entered it's poor day for residency crane. second largest city are called film, what they say a russian forces entering their city. sporadic fighting is reported in the area and authority in the navy recognized in yet can against republics, claim that the ukraine military is conducting with relentless shelling of residential areas and attack to fuel data that erupted in a massive place. also desire western powers. ramp up sanctions against moscow preparing to disconnect some russian banks from the swift international paint system. china opposes the new day saying it won't result ukraine prices.

ah hello. well, can you, watching out international peach talks between russia and ukrainian officials do appear to have once again reached a dead end. this moscow's delegation arrives in belarus for the negotiations. kiev says the location isn't appropriate. so let's get more in this now. go to ortiz, don't quote a joint. this is dawn. we know that these 2 sides been struggling to get some sort of talks off the ground. and again, there is disappointment, it saves. that's right, andy. well, moscow has been ready to negotiate for days now, actually, and it just reiterated that it sent a rush and delegation to bella roost to a location of keith's choosing. actually, according to the kremlin spokesperson,

this delegation has guaranteed the safety of any ukrainians that are going to come to negotiate. but it said that it will leave after an hour if nobody shows up. by that time, let's take a listen to what russian officials are saying about the potential for negotiations with. if you are concerned about ukraine's fate, you need to come, you need to start the negotiations to day. we can discuss a position that will really lead the parties to a common position. it can't be any other way because people's lives are at stake. now, at the same time, the lensky earlier said he was ready for negotiations. at that time, russia halted its military offensive to work out the details. then he back tracked saying that he wasn't ready for negotiations, and the offensive continued to day again. he said he was ready to sit down at the negotiating table, but then back tracked again. he said that russia gave you crane an ultimatum that they had to put down their weapons and surrender at the last minute. so they've

refused at this point. but let's take, let's do a little bit of what zalesky said in his recent speech to just move in the west. he was wasn't now there is lots of news about possible negotiations between ukraine and russia. the can end this war and return peace to all of us. immense, because of the mentioned as a platform for these negotiations, a platform that was not chosen by us. now we are saying no minsk, i sincerely hope that vellerilla becomes as kind and safe again as ever on. sorry i am not so long ago. she v denisia that them now zalinski also said as you heard there, he wasn't happy about the venue. he said he didn't want to negotiate in a country that was allowing russia to attack ukraine from its territory. but we also heard com and from the president of bell, russo, alexander lucas jenko. he said that actually zalinski is lying about this, that bell roofs is not letting any war being waged against ukraine from its own territory. and actually it's a, it's,

it's actually come to god. we're actually seeing alexander lucas, shank po, potentially becoming a mediator in these potential negotiations. let's take a listen. go. you know, everyone is in go mold waiting. when they arrive, there will be negotiations. if they don't come, as the president of russia told me yesterday, it's their choice on the waiting list for the last time i call for them to get a grip on common sense and make a decision. but also that that one's life is the most valuable. the now, as i said before, the 1st time zalinski said he was ready to negotiate, the russian government halted it's offensive, but it's important to note that this time russia has said it's not going to halt it's offensive, waiting for negotiations. and don't just brings up to date than on the latest on events on the ground because there are reports on that that russian forties have recently entered the city of hoff cove. i in the east of the country. that's right. the russian military has entered the city of hark of it's located in

a region that borders both don boss and the russian federation. over the past several hours, we've been hearing reports that a plains had been flying over that area. we've said, we've heard a gun gunfire from that area, large bombs going off. and according to the ministry of defense, actually hundreds of ukrainian soldiers surrendered after the russian military entered hark of. and the reason for a lot of those sounds of explosions is that they've been saying that the russian military has been destroying ukrainian army depots in the area under m. oh, so we know i don't, there is face fighting, isn't that the russian defense ministries told us in the city of mattie, you pull up? what's the latest? that's right. according to the russian defense ministry, these neo fascist armed groups are using tactics from the syrian terrorist playbook . they're using so called ban dera cars. these are off road vehicles that are equipped with light artillery. and they've been rolling up to civilian

installations and bombing them indiscriminately. let's take a listen to what the ministry of defense had to say. first, on february 26 from 4 pm to 4, 20 pm. it is recording nationalist from the 8th of italians. if use grad rocket launchers to attack residential areas in the suburbs of them, are you in a school in the city of mario? if this resulted in the destruction of residential buildings and gaps among the gillian population, the russians defense ministry had warned that ukrainian nationalists, your parents conduct such provocation rather than other than that broker. okay, so how kaufman you pull out the central fighting moment to don't just brings up with other developments across the country. while the resa, the russian armed forces have recently blown up a dam that was built by the ukrainians in 2014 after crimea, had declared that it wanted to become part of russia. the purpose of this dam was to block clean water from making its way into crimea,

and that's actually over the years created a lot of severe shortages of clean water. but now that, that dams gone, the ministry of defense says water supplies are going to return to normal. it's also important to note that in the chernobyl exclusion zone, this was taken by russian forces 2 days ago. and after that happened, ukrainian forces that were station there had agreed to jointly defend the area with the russian military. this means that staff are still working there and radiation is that acceptable levels and there hasn't been any fighting there since then. so that's basically the main takeaway, it's from the fighting closer to the russian border. okay, well thank you for the update there. don't that was art, he's don't quarter and we can speak nights, journalist and geopolitical analysts. java rhonda about these latest developments and thank you for your time this afternoon. i'm. let's start with the attempts. it's formulating further. say, further formulating some sort of paste talks between the 2 sides. again,

it seems to have reached a dead end. what are your hopes that the 2 sides can sit down and talk? well, i think common sense, i hope, with the end of the day, because if there are no box, there are no peace talks. that means more or less in the ukraine and not as the situation exist on the ground. it seems that the russian forces will take over the entire clean. and it may be a matter of days and weeks or so. i think it is an option with the u cleaning government now to directly speak with the russian government and all the questions and get concessions. and if the situation persist, i think that really does not aboard well for the euclidean government. because already a more than 150000 people, they have, they are internally displaced and over 50 to 60000 people. they are migrating to the european definitions. so that means more problems for the you want to as well.

but i think there is a, unfortunately, it seems a bigger a game plan which is being being played up on the ukraine. and that is the, the, the vest. perhaps it has been influenced by the military industrial complex. the, there are, there won't be a reference to be sure to know in the ukraine, and i think that will be part of the problem because it was very known. everybody there, there is no match from the russian military. and nonetheless, there, then there you can is more often father wishes that that means that the helps rest wants more war in the, in the, in that part of the world. ok. but of course, i would argue that the sending method to weapons in c defend ukraine against the russian military operation as it's called by president pigs in but just stay on these pace talks because it is their hope in the sense that alternative locations

for the space talks and i being discussed, or at least put a bad does that suggest there is a will at least to try and move forward here. i think if the, you could, doesn't agree a bone on about their own, but any destination in the bellows that amused dulcie could possibly be another definition. but i think for that, where you can use to every will to negotiate, but not dest, till they're still believe that they can resist. and the ukraine is being at the bone, by the rest of the countries. and i think that is a part of the problem. if bishop, this conflict continues it. if it persists that we use more monitoring crisis, that means more selling of the rebels, the you to the rest of the government. and then they are sending blood happened to that. you can government as a matter of fact, let me explain that vest think that it may be another one you saw this you can is more than one is already a significant portion of your population. they have the issue of origin. she has

a score based inside you cream and the ethnic composition and didn't use composition of the ukraine, such that it would not resist the russian attacks alike of love. you saw this, it's a very different scenario. less sure the piece, but what i mean by understanding of the situation is that as long as a d a should groups they move forward over more cities, the you can probably would not be likely to hold negotiations. definition should not be a problem. i think turkey serve as an actual destination for negotiations because by and large turkey has been neutral in this conflict. how concerned are you about the accusations that human shields are being used in this conflict? and the president putin has made that claim against the training military. we've heard the current military might that claim about forces that are in the don bass region at the moment. i think that has been the typical doctors which have been

used the military across the across the region. then ability cannot fears a bigger ability though obviously they will shield themselves into the, into the population centers. that means that they are creating a conditions we have that ability could possibly can conduct airstrikes on the population certain. and then the rest of the media will make a lot of you and try and they will see the oceans are coming in the same citizens. the fact that dealership you could any really big or not fears d, russian, russia military pause, and that is why they have they have social but inside the popular ship population certain but that would be at the cost of the innocent civilians. but let me give you our bigger picture. unfortunately, there has been a lot of we won't cry about what is happening inside the euclidean lot of wonders to understand that the americans have been bombing it all have been warming, lee, b, r, and other mutilation concrete. and particularly i would reference here of about

a log on a very false pretext of it, but doesn't suffer naples of mass destructions it or not there, sir, it was intelligence failure, failure. they talk on the dislodging doctrine 3 and i can directly, more than a 1000000 people have died there. and date has become a hot bed of the militancy. i know they're talking about to similar things in the youth in looking at cry. yes, there. unfortunately, there isn't going to do guys in the game, but there was a far because prices in, on the song, the americans queued for 200000 people there. and similarly, they had there been killing tens of thousands in libya and other other countries. but again, it is, or your adjuster digit gave which is being played in that part of the world. the no, i say that it's max of people can see on the part of the rest of the media when they about and only run the spectrum to humanity. and crashing you came and

forgetting of what they have been reporting and analyzing when it comes to the muslim turn, please. on day one, simply silent one day was using the dollar drum in the inventor the offer. beautiful, beautiful. but once does it make sense? that was all of us destroyers people. so i think there are unfortunately double standers. and that is that the hard rock at the heart of the jews to be politics being played in that part of the world. when i type that there is a bright through the finding a location for the piece, thoughts are that are being reposed, job it nice to talk to that was job brianna, a journalist and political family that live there from his lumber back now is the 4th day of fresh is a cycle special military operation in ukraine with their pulse of advance is by russian troops and dumbass forces against ukrainian army. martin red and blue on this map of the 2 dumbass republics. according to the board is recently recognized by russia. the russian defense ministry has just announced that against militia

forces have retaken territory from ukrainian army. 52 kilometers beyond the previous frontline, while in yes, forces have advanced by 12 kilometers. now. newly recognized dumbass republics. there is intense shelling, reportedly by ukrainian military units has been reported to in residential areas causing more damage. crane in military units. and i said to be retreating from the board. is that then? yes, going against republics? local authorities. but in both republics, claim that several towns were targeted in missile attacks. meanwhile, a massive fire has are up to date, a fuel dep home against people's republic local authorities, their claim ukrainian missile attack caused the blast with at least $200.00 tons of fuel. having caught fire several people have reportedly been injured to, but the numbers a so far unclear artie's roman casa ref,

has more now from don bash ridge was super. they have a big usage lea, ukrainian army, our retreating. but sir, they are destroying everything on their, on their way on this, on this retreat, according to a local officials, the crating army are targeting civilian infrastructure in people's home. and they're using a so called a scorched earth policy against the civilians and not the military. now the added the ukrainian military, the ones who are still fighting or placing their positions in near civilians, homes and schools, and kindergarteners, and virtually serving civilians into a human shields wants in this, according to the local officials. and of course, we can hear artillery strikes here in the nest where i am right now. i'm on saturday. a massive, massive artillery attack was heard throughout the city. and they were 152

millimeter hold, sir hollitz or shells that said, landed about 5 kilometers away for war, around standing right now. and it wants to villian was reportedly killed during those attacks. the city of the nest suspended public transportation. many houses had been destroyed. the apartment building sends it. here is one of witness accounts from saturday night of what can you do? you just can't do anything about it. thank god, at least i am alive. god is looking out for me. well, the total number of civilians who were killed sir during the ukrainians armies attacks now stands at 8 people this only over the last as 72 hours and the scores of people had been in had been injured as well. like i said before, civilian infrastructure has been targeted here in our nest. as the thousands of thousands of people now have no access to water or electricity. now,

over in logan's people's republic, an oil depot, a fuel depot, was struck by a ballistic missile, creating a huge a fire. apparently, the missile is called a tortuga, or it's an nato classification, as says $21.00 scarab. and it is capable of carrying a nuclear warhead. that wasn't the case. in this instance, however, it weighs 2000 kilograms and a very, very 5 frightful weapon. now, people's sir militia reported that there had been no, it's allergies or there in logan's. however, some people were, are wounded as a result of this ballistic missile attack. according to a local officials of, according to the russian defense ministry of damascus logan's peoples, the militias are moving deeper and deeper into the territory formerly controlled by ukraine and both law. both the republic,

so report that they have liberated several settlements in le, ganske and internet as well. they're also reporting that some, some ukranian soldiers are actually surrendering and switching sides as that they been promised a safe package, a passage back home. and an amnesty from this a war ah, now head of the nets people's republic, denise bushland said that this operation will, i will last for a few more days. but he said it will not stop until the rest of the nest people's republic is liberated. and that's a statement is echoed by the soldiers on the ground as well as them here in my personal opinion, we must get our territories back from these evil peoples to there will be peace and every one will sleep well closer to roger. the enemy is behaving in different ways and most places they run, but sometimes they fight to the very end. but that's mainly those fighting for political reasons. basically, everyone has running away and giving up. it's been

a relatively quiet here and anesco this sunday as the fighting is moving further away from, from the city. some of the most fear, so fierce fighting is taking place in the south of the republic. near the city of farmer rouble, which is currently encircled by other than neo nazi us off. but sally, which has been linked to o. war criers by the united nation center. reportedly they have a place their positions around the civilians using them as a human shield. now the editor has the gray zone new site and yet had impulse spoke with us about the beginning of the turbulence in ukraine 8 years ago and expressed concerns about the hugh s position it's been going on for 8 years. ukraine's sovereignty was initially violated in 2014, when the united states supported openly a coup in kin, installed the public government and then sparked off comp conflict in the countries ease the suffering of the people of don bass,

who 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 approved $350000000.00 in weapons to be released to ukraine to the training government. 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 d, stabilize ukraine and embroil russia in a prolonged conflict. i think that is the worst case scenario we could see play out at this point. okay, well, western powers have an answer. they will impose severe economic sanctions on moscow by disconnecting some russian banks from the swift money transfer system, the world's biggest mechanism for conducting international financial transactions. so let's get some more, nas sound. go to paula slayer. good afternoon. to you paula: with regards to this, just let us know what this means. what is the significance of this move to remove some of those banks from swift and also the european reaction we've been hearing to the latest reaction to the conflict?

well, certainly this is the major topic under conversation here in europe. a number of european union countries are considering banding russian flights from the air space we've already had in individual european countries who have agreed to do this later today. sunday european foreign ministers will be meeting to discuss this and if they go ahead with it, it will be part of a new package of sanctions being posed by the european union. as you mentioned, late on saturday, there was also a decision to ban a number of russian banks from the swift, international monetary system. the us, canada, and key you up in countries including germany, signed off on this agreement. earlier though, the united kingdom had already agreed to do so. swift is the mechanism that stops people are making payments to vladimir putin, russia. it's incredibly important for tightening the ligature,

the economic ligature around the putin regime. and today you've seen more and more countries, france and others coming forward to say that they will not block a valley. a boycott of swift now button is preparing a so called pick list of russian on the golf that it planned to impose sanctions on . we heard earlier from the u. k. foreign secretary list trust, who said to quote that there would be no way left to hide for these mega rich russians who many are aligned with the russian president vladimir putin. she said that every few months there would be new names added to the list. fits long running conflict is about freedom and democracy in europe. because if we do not talk payton and ukraine, we're going to see others on the track, the voltage, harland, moldova. it ends up in a conflict with nato. now greece and romania are the latest countries to announce

that they will be sending defense equipment and humanitarian aid to ukraine. romania has also offered to take care of the wounded in military and civilian hospitals. germany in a turn round has also announced now that it will be sending weapons to the ukraine, including n t, a craft massage and tank busting rockets. now this is a reversal of an earlier policy. what we heard from the german chancellor olive shops is that quote, it is our duty to support ukraine to the best of our ability in defending hooton's, aggressive and invading armies. so that's how the german chancellor justified this . you turn in policy. berlin also says that it will now allow the netherland to deliver german made weapons to the ukraine, and that is also a reversal of policy. we heard from amsterdam saying that they planned to do this and that they have authorized,

that they will deliver these weapons. we commit to ensuring that a certain number of russian banks are removed 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 approaching from using his war chest. we will paralyze the assets of russia central bank. this will freeze its transactions and it made it impossible for the central bank to liquidate assets. now often land is the latest country to announce that it will be closing its a space to russia. other countries, a weight including bulgaria, the czech republic, lithuania, stonier, germany, and poland have blocked the space to russian, a croft which is provoking food. the tours so will be keeping you abreast of the

reactions here in europe and in the u. k. as for the sanctions are considered against moscow. ok, thank you for that pool. that was our team pool asleep now. meanwhile, china is foreign ministry says he's opposing the sanctions against russia, saying the measures cannot resolve ukrainian crisis. chinese embassy in moscow. his echoed remarks made by the russian envoy to the un in condemnation of the united states. among the 248 armed conflicts that occurred in 153 regions across the world from 1945 to 2000. and 1201 were initiated by the u. s. accounting for 81 percent of the total number. while the chinese embassy in russia has posted the list of the armed conflicts, the u. s. has been involved in since world war 2. you can see the names of cities in years where the armed conflicts took place, more than 80 percent of which chinese embassy said were initiated by the united states. a chinese foreign ministry spokesperson suggested that the u. s. os itself,

who's been the aggressor in those conflicts. meanwhile, the guy had international relations experts at china's so true university warned the 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 concerned, 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 saw 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 course, on the one hand. but it's very heartful of the european interest. who benefits for all this? i need. i did states as 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 for russia, which is cheaper and which is more sustainable so that brings up tonight for now you watching artie. don't forget you can stay across event 2 by using our website and you can find that out of come

ah with me. hello, welcome to worlds apart. the former evil empire standing up to the employer of life . let me put him. it was announcing his decision to the potentiate ukraine's military infrastructure. he wasn't just resurrecting the growth of the cold war. he made it clear that the use russian animosity never really ended. how hot and bloody could still get. well to discuss.