an engagement across the trail, ah, when so many find themselves worlds apart, we choose to look for common ground. the be crying 2nd largest city hall call is now at the center of the fighting with a huge explosion reported a numerous claims of st. battles with russian troops. meanwhile, hope for different magic solution in ukraine is talks between ukrainian and russian officials begin on the belly russian border. and the united nations calls for a red emergency special session on russia's military opperation in ukraine is western powers. attempt to further isolate more skype, the closer face the russian flights and announces the ban on news agencies. artie nick and then subsidiaries.

ah hello, good afternoon. you're watching the international now how top story, vis our has the conflicts and ukraine enters its 5th day. the country, 2nd largest city car, the gulf has seen fierce fighting. another explosion has been reported in the area with locals filming huge claims of smoke billowing above the city. amid what they describe is ongoing battle alleged artillery. shelling the shopping center has been reported in a northern part of the city claim to have come from a nearby residential building. meanwhile, this video from residence proposed to show ukrainian forces assessing positions on the balcony of a residential building and residence, alleged and being harassed by the troops. this map shows what is happening further east marked him red and blue of the 2 dumbass republics. recently recognized by

russia, the russian defense ministry says that against the militia have retaken tarrot free from the ukrainian army, 60 kilometers beyond the previous front line. while the yes forces have reportedly advanced by 21 kilometers and zooming, i see ukraine, those dots are the cities that russia's military claim. so you have either seized or car are currently fighting full. well, you have accused moscow with aggression and says around 5000 russian soldiers have been killed in recent days with 30 russian plains and helicopters shot down and about 200 tangs destroyed. moscow refused to claim that disclosing concrete figures and says it's been made king major advances against ukrainian military. i mean, while diplomatic talks on resolving the conflicts have begun. with the craning delegation, having arrived at the border with batteries to meet with russian officials and has

said it seeking an immediate cease fire under withdraw of russian forces. while the leader of the russian delegation has express concerns about the talk. having been early a postpone saying that such delays have caused because lives in conflict areas. okay, well let's get more in this night and sleep with our correspondent konstantin ross . coffee joins us live from batteries with news about these negotiations. i think we can go to him live now as hello. okay. we okay. i think we just got an audio alignment, konstantin, because it's pretty bad reception. but konstantin, just run through these latest developments because this meeting at a pace is not taking place that are on the bus and start it in russia for you to know from we're actually on the plate and we're on dry apologize. konstantin, the line is especially bad that we'll try and reconnect and see if we can get

a better one. now, in other developments, the year and other forum paths are providing hundreds of millions of years with military supplies t crime. you saying it will, gave 450000000 euros of weaponry. germany sending a 1000 anti tank weapons and $500.00 sting anti aircraft systems while denmark is also announced, plans to send anti tank weapons. sweden, meanwhile, is sending 5000 anti tank weapons as well as body armor. and over a 100000 field rations, we spoke to guests about nathan stones on the complex i'm very concerned about that . i mean, so, 1st of all, let's face it, it seems to me that nato, and in particular, the united states did everything they could want to provoke this war to provoke russia into it, and to egg ukraine on, into acting in aggressive ways themselves. for example,

with zalinski saying very recently that maybe she get nuclear weapons again, that's what i understand, may have tipped it. so in the meantime they provoked this. then when it happened, they basically stood back and watched it had been an ab, i'm watching it happen. it now that they're entering piece talks, they're sending and lethal military aid again, what's nato due to me? this is only adding fuel to the fire. it does not contribute to peace talks. and again, it's just or provocation. the aggression has been ramped up, a nato continues to say, we are not a threat to russia. well, in the meantime, they're providing millions of dollars with the u. s. together billions of dollars in weapons for ukraine to kill russians. so as a rural proxy war going on here between the u. s. e u and russia ukrainians are in the middle. they're the ones that are the ones getting shot on. they're

fighting and dying for the us, not for their own independence. now this video is heavy rockies artillery has come in from the southern training and city of norfolk cova, of act 80 kilometer from crimea. the man has reportedly said the cities under the control of the russian military, but locals are describing ongoing fighting in the area. and this video does show an apartment building a legendary hate spine overnight. rocket attack in the northern ukrainian city of chick journey. gov. that's about a 150 column tis from kiev. the lower floors were damaged where a fire ruptured. although report you say one woman was injured and the blaze has been put out. now to the capital here are these unverified images have come in from ukrainian capital where local state say that our defense systems are actively operating. key of authority said the city was surrounded and then back down from

that claim and say that groups of russian sub it serves the trying to bring chaos to the streets. although that's being denied by the russian military. do is just the key of is flooded with armed gangs of looters, robbers and radical nationalists. they were given guns in an unlawful decision by the authorities to hand out lethal weapons to anyone without checking. i am addressing all residents of g f. everyone can leave the capital freely by a designated road. this road is open and safe. i want to emphasize once again, the russian army is attacking only military targets. the civilian population is not under threat. now, meanwhile, united nations is called a rare emergency meeting to focus on the conflict in ukraine with the u. s. and it's western allies seeking to further isolate moscow. russia recently used his power as a permanent member of the camps were to veto a resolution condemning moscow's actions while china, india, and the united arab emirates. all abstained with more now from new york. is kelly

mop it the representative of the united states hurled a lot of allegations at russia, accusing russia of many things, and blaming russia for the entire conflict. here's some of what we heard. we need to take extraordinary actions to meet this threat to our international system. and do everything we can to help ukraine and it's people just this morning, president putin put rushes. nucular forces on high alert, even though he is invading a country with no nuclear weapons. we urge russia to tone down is dangerous rhetoric regarding nuclear weapons. now from there are a number of countries aligned with the united states echoed these allegations from the united states, placing the blame for the conflict solely on the shoulders of russia. now we heard china take to the floor of the un security council meeting. and when china spoke, they called for a de escalation,

they urged dialogue from china supports and encourages or diplomatic efforts conducive to a peaceful settlement of the ukraine crisis and welcomes the earliest possible direct dialogue and negotiations between russia and ukraine. at the same time, china supports equal footed dialogues between the you and russia on european security issues. now from there, we did see russia take to the floor and debunk a large number of the allegations and he did rhetoric we heard from other countries . one theme that was very key in the remarks made by russian ambassador and a band via was fake news than the fact that there are videos circulating throughout the internet that report to be from ukraine showing russian atrocities. when in reality, some of them in been filmed in libya, some of them have been filmed in syria. some of them have even been filmed, come from video games in the united states. and these,

this crisis broke out not as a result of the launch of the russian special military operation in ukraine, but much earlier when for 8 years you turned a blind eye to the crimes perpetrated by the ukrainian nationalists in dunbar. and again, today you did not mention at all the suffering of the residence of dunbar. that's the russian ambassador, pointing out that while there is so much concern for the people of ukraine, there seems to be no concern over the past 8 years for the people of the don boss region, the peoples public of don adds the people's republic of lugens and what they've been enduring, the shelling the food blockades, the dan on their language, the threats against them. we had the russian ambassador taking the floor and just kind of refuting a lot of these allegation. now that was followed by a very theatrical speech by the ukranian representative in which he spoke in both english as well as russian and which she, you know, did

a lot of dramatic things and made personal appeals to members of the security council. not a lot of agreement between great powers represented in the meetings, some pretty big gaps in their understanding of world events. but it seemed like one thing that did bring everyone together was a desire for the fighting to. and it seems like everyone wanted the conflict to come to an end. everyone wanted their to be some kind of resolution. so that is at least one thing the countries had in common despite the fact that they had very, very different interpretations of events. kind of the reporting that will can stone from the hamilton coalition to stop the war says that when the media less of not sufficiently conveyed to suffering the paper of the dumbass having jord for years in the conflict with the cranium military for one thing, people in the west, i have no idea generally about what was going on, the war against the people of the don bass region. it was hidden from them,

hidden from them by the mainstream media here. but hopefully they'll now learn that out. the cool that was sponsored by the usa in ukraine and 2014 brought in a government. they proceeded to take away the autonomy and language and cultural rights of the russian. speaking minority in the don bass region in the east of ukraine. there was an uprising and the government was who wage a war against a russian speaking people in the dark bass, which was right on russia's doorstep. and 15000 people died and tens of thousands were made homeless and had to become refugees. this is not known, this is not well known at all in the west, just when i went to the dumbass front lines. now where this video proportionally shows an explosion of the suddenly sensitive matter, you pull the target of which is still unclear. we're working to confirm exactly

what's been going on in the area. not forces they didn't yet, scandal against republics are advancing. east would have westwood sorry with the crating, treat for courtly, imitates among the areas taken is the village of nichol. i. f k for an elderly woman said she narrowly escaped shelley. with deal with with where you cranium. troops are, believe, have been surrounded by russian army forces near the se, in city of matthew po, reporting on may sand, other developments to on the front line. his more against what we are hearing is that the city of my reopen, which is ukraine's largest boat, is, is now almost surrounded with, with the garrison. that is there. the russian side has said that it is nationalist

elements that are putting up the stiffest resistance and that, that those units belonging to the regular military to regular formations, that they are choosing to negotiate. and in some cases, lay down their arms and return to their homes. but it is very difficult to verify this information at this time because events are developing so quickly. and because there are so few reliable reports close to the front lines where it is extremely dangerous. the situation there is that many roads have been mind. we have received reports from the city of dance, which is a half way between the crimea and mario ball, which is at the axis of russian advance, which is a, which is where you credit units have planted in the city itself and in the outskirts minds for example, to, to surprise that to devastate advancing force as it is very difficult to reach

mario pool the vicinity of mary opal. at this point, they have been according to reports, more than a dozen civilian casualties. here in the city of the near victims of fun, directed find and the neighbourhood civilian neighborhoods, places where our weather, apartment buildings and, and other houses. we have seen of course, soon over ukraine, different reactions to this operation. there are certainly civilians who have been happy to see the russian forces but there, but they have also been those who have been less than happy to see again. russian troops advancing through through ukraine on the whole with so far it is with the good the good with the, the, the administrations of various villages and towns that has been contact. they have the been somewhat responsible have tried to fly to agree try to negotiate with russian forces of bod responsibilities, for example,

about joint patrols with police being with police being kept up to speed and allowed to do the job to prevent looting. for example, to prevent crime mud from taking place in the at i'll keep that his cellphone left behind. after military operations and the lady we discussed the actions of the military coup aim to enter the city and sure order and reassure residence. they convinced me that this would not affect the life of the city in any way. there will be order in the city. our police will patrol it in a vehicle. there is, of course, also also the fact that the russian military has been keeping us up to date on it's statistics, which is how many various military infrastructure sites, objectives they have destroyed, which is at this point over a 1000 as well as the majority from what we understand of ukraine samples has been destroyed many huh. before being able to take off many jets,

many helicopters before being able to take off in stripes directed at airports and as heals and hangers, and other objects belonging assets belonging to the ukrainian air force via west bank of the west bank of kia. this also set to be under the control of the russian military. viv could the situation and care fees of course. desperate made much more so after authorities there, boosted that they had handed out almost 30030000 assault rifles, 10000000 rounds of ammunition, r p. g 's as well as grenades to the civilian population. we heard at 1st the, the only a passport was required. then there was footage of people just coming up to the boxes and, and trucks picking up guns by the dozen and, and leaving, which has resulted in as we have seen on social media, get verified footage anarchy in the, in the capital

a capital of ukraine. nevertheless, the russian side says that is making all efforts to avoid civilian casualties, which, which includes a bad on bombing blow to lunar rockets, missiles at indiscriminately at cities and trying to keep will stripes, procedure stripes to our military infrastructure sites. and again, have reiterated that they are offering ukrainian forces. those that don't, don't belong to nationalist or neo nazi battalions. they're offering them the chance to surrender, that they will be treated with respect and allowed to return to their families. now is done yet, scandal against troops to advance many of say, soldiers sir, do have the opportunity to see beloved ones. once more, one of them is alexi, the daughter of he managed to see his parents for the 1st time. after years of being separated by the conflict

with . ready you who are, you don't, you know, mom who has a couple students though with some of the of a fortune a now do you has imposed severe sanctions against russia, including freezing a large amount of the countries financial reserves. more on the measures being taken. his peter oliver. well, these are some of the most forcibly you sanctions that we've seen so far. we heard from the you commission, president earth lafond ally and he said that there would be some potential economic blowback on european citizens. but that the sanctions and the measures that were

taken were necessary. now, one of those measures is the cutting off of russia from the swift banking payment system. we heard from yoseph burrell, who's the, you hi, representative for foreign affairs. pretty much the european union's foreign minister, and he said that it wouldn't involve old russian bank slow to disconnect the financial system of a country, which is a strongly interrelated with other answers. another economies cannot be the ladies with seizures of the night. we have to keep the possibility for the financial system to work in order to people. ready to use it and to send money to their relatives. but don't worry. the degree of this connection is carefully calibrated in order to create the maximum damage to the financial system of russia. on the line confirmed that all russian aircraft would

be banned from entering u. s. face and a comprehensive move from the block. we are shutting down the e u. air space for russians. we're proposing a prohibition on all russian owned russian registered and russian controlled aircraft. these aircraft will no more be able to land in take off over fly the territory of the european union. and that includes the private jets of oligarchs to hi representative for foreign affairs. burrell also announced that all t and spoke, nick would be banned from broadcasting in the european union. he made the announcement on sunday night. we also heard from our tea editor in chief following, not news that taking a crucial step to turn off the tap before the russians. information manipulation in europe may banning russia to date and sporadic broadcasting into the

p and union. you would say you got to renew the e u. that for years has been telling the whole world how much of the treasure and love freedom of speech. how they appreciate and love diversity of thoughts, diversity of news and information. today in response to the actions of russia, ukraine meant to protect russian speaking citizens. there the you announced that we won't broadcast there any more. what the president's decision to start. the operation has to do with us is unclear. it's absolutely obvious that no matter whether we continue broadcasting or not, the operation would proceed. it's absolutely clear that it's just an excuse. they wanted to close us for a long time, but it would have looked bad in the eyes of their own citizens, our audience, because it's against freedom of speech anyway. and now it convenient excuse appeared and they decided to get rid of the long lasting uncomfortable issue of us and our huge audience in this way groom will find some other way to communicate with our audience for sure without direct broadcasting. but the people of the european union today can see how much the lot of talk of freedom of speech costs.

yes, 3 more of the you have from a small sanctions while russian troops remain in ukraine, would be looking to see what form they will take. well, political expert, john lawson express concerns about the banning of artsy and says it would raise a disturbing precedent full freedom of speech. what's wrong with it is that it's totalitarian. if you don't suppress media outlets, that's a basic principle. if the e u is going to suppress r t and sputnik, that means european union citizens will no longer be able to watch those channels. no one forces them to watch them. it is a measure that she is announced which drastically reduces the liberties of you citizens. it. i'm sure it doesn't make a slightest bit of difference to russia, but, but it does make a difference to people who want to watch out in sputnik. and i mean, we got used to tell attorneys and for 2 years now with all the coven madness. but this is a, this is so this is in the same category. in any case what,

what laws is she is claiming to be operating under lee. you doesn't have that authority any more than as the authority, by the way, as far as i know, to close as spaces you mentioned in your report. above all, i mean, independently of the issue between russia, nato and ukraine. i think anyone watching this, any european citizen watching this should be deeply preoccupied by the assault on his own rights, his or her own rights. you mentioned just now in your report from london about the seizure of assets belonging to rationale, galks in london. what happened to due process, what happened to property rights? and we really saying that from one day to the next, somebody's property can be taken away just because they are deemed to be politically close to russia. this is literally dictatorship. i don't want to sound hysterical, but somebody has to a bully, alarm bell on this and say that these kinds of measures are undermine the very thing which are the british government and other european governments claim to be

standing full, namely the rule of law and democracy now made all the sanctions russia's rouble. currency has plunged about 30 percent in recent days. in the u. s. and other western powers, impose harsh sanctions over the ukraine conflict artes. peter scott got the latest from archie correspondent. he goes off quite a day on the market. so i woke up this morning, check the news, check the exchange rates, and the roubles taken quite a bit, what's going on? well indeed, it is by far the worst day for the russian markets for the russian economy as a whole. because over the weekend, of course, the united states, the e u and their allies, they imposed the harshest and the most hard hitting sanctions by far targeting the russian economy, targeting the russian central bank. again, a bunch of russian banks, including the biggest ones, have been excluded from the swift system. so yeah, it is, it has been quite bad for the russian national currency, the rubel. i mean,

it does, it hovers around a 100 rubles per dollars. now, just to put it into some context before it was, it was standing at around 76. so it is a pretty big dive, and the 100 rouble it is. well, it is. that's how it's trading right now. but at the beginning of the day, it passed that mark and was well over a 100. so yeah, it is, it is a very difficult day. and the russian government has already announced the russian central bank has already announced a bunch of measures that it will take to help the russian economy to help the russian bank. because a lot of foreign capital has been well extracted from the country right now. and according to the russian prime minister, the government is preparing its own set of measures again to help the russian economy in a very difficult time, which is now for it. now, for example, the russian stock market, it has been officially announced that it won't start the trading session today. so

today's trading session has been effectually cancelled. but if we turn to london over there, the over there, the russian companies, some of them have lost or over 50 percent in values. so, i mean, again, also a very, a very tough day for russian big companies. there was see how the russian economy fast in the future, and i will if any, more because the west has already said the us have already said that there will be, there might be very likely more sanctions on the way to head the russian economy. so arguably unlikely this, this is not the, this is not the worst that we have seen. and that brings up to data with the news for this i watching our table back again in about 30 minutes. ah, ah,

ah ah, ah. we are told russia special military operation in ukraine is to demilitarize and be not to buy the country. negotiations are likely to start soon. what kind of ukraine can we expect after the special military operation is come to an end

with ah, and north atlantic alliance, reconnaissance aircraft wolf ships cruising close to rushes, borders have become commonplace. along with military hardware redeployment and large scale exercises. nato has also developed its offensive capability near the russian borders. ah, every year a russian backed resolution is submitted to the un against the glorification of not

system the outcome is always the same for you as votes against it. and in recent years with ukrainian backing with typically the u. abstains. ah, but we've most countries voting in favor. the document is accepted, but it's only advisory nita clinic writer and history professor with the american university in washington. summarizes that you essays, official position. united states says that we're not going to prevent freedom of speech united states as that even neo nazis have the right to speak and to assemble. the german journalist and filmmaker mark.