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the po for a diplomatic solution on ukraine. this talks between ukrainian and russian officials are on the way on the battery border. meanwhile, ukraine 2nd largest city hall called me now the center of the fighting with a huge explosion reported a numerous claim street platforms with russian troops. the united hundreds of millions of years worth of support for ukraine, including from high caliber armed with it, contain instructions, action. however, nato says he has a membership of the military block is not currently on the agenda. you close it. it says base to russian flight and the 9th is a ban on news organizations are on this subsidiary the news

or talk here. moscow, you watching us the international diplomatic talks on resolving the conflict in ukraine. underway with the ukranian delegation. having arrived at the border with better roost to meet russian officials, kiev has said it seeking an immediate cease fire and the withdrawal of russian forces. while the leader of the russian delegation has express concerns about the talks having been nearly postponed, saying that such delays have cost lives in the conflict areas, we'll hope to get the latest on that from our correspondence embarrass shortly. now as the conflict in ukraine enters is 5th day, the country 2nd largest city has called for seen fierce fighting. another explosion has been reported in the area with local school and huge claims, smoke billowing above the city made what they described is ongoing battles. and also in house gulf following video is this following video is disturbing with heavy shelling report there miss, how's the hitting residential areas?

russia says it is completely avoiding such time. so while warning that ukraine is putting forces in residential buildings using civilians as human, she was coming to think that key have strongly denies. now alleged artillery shelling near a shopping center has been reported in the northern part of the city claim to have come from a nearby residential building. this map now shows what's happening for the rece. the russian defense ministry says that the guns militia have retaken territory from ukrainian army. 60 kilometers beyond the previous front line. walton. yes. the forces of reportedly advanced by 21 kilometers the red dots to highlight head the cities where the russian army is currently fighting with ukrainian army. and nationalists formations scares me. molecules is moscow of aggression and says around $5000.00 russian soldiers have been killed. in recent days, with 30 russian planes and helicopters, shut them,

and about 200 tanks destroyed. moscow refused to claim without disclosing though any concrete figures and says it's been making major advances against the cranium military. ah, this video is heavy rocket. artillery has come in from a southern ukrainian city about 80 kilometer from crimea. the mayor has reportedly said this city is under the control of the russian military, although locals are describing ongoing fighting in the area. and this video shows an apartment building, allegedly hit by an overnight rocket attack in the northern city of cheer. nichols, that's about a 100150 kilometers from key f. lower floors were damaged when a fire erupted report say that one woman was injured and the place is now been put out. now in the capsule kia, these unverified images are coming in from there were local, say that air defense systems are actively operating here. authority say the city

was surrounded and then back down from that claim and say that groups of russian saboteurs are trying to bring chaos to the streets. although that's being denied by the russian military. do the shuttle 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 any one without checking i am addressing all residents of g f. every one 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 with what you can see the take on pass republics. he recently recognized by russia as independent countries. red dots are located is that russia's military with grapes, a desk, and again stripes are currently fighting for. and as you can see, there are numerous battles of tans throughout those 2 regions. and over said

a dumbass front lines where this video portly shows an explosion near the southeastern city. matter, you pull the target, which is still unclear material. still trying to confirm the situation that meanwhile, forces the than yet can against republics, are advancing westward with ukrainian shrieks reportedly in retreats among the aries taken instability. they can give care, but are now italy woman said she narrowly escaped, shall ah, with all the way. now you train intrigues are believed, has been surrounded by russian army forces near the south eastern city of matthew po, reporting on mason to other developments. so on the front line, his correspondent, more cast. yes. a hearing is that the city of mary opal,

which is ukraine's largest, bought a 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 not that those units belonging to the regular military to regular formations that they are choosing to negotiate, in some cases, lay down their arms and return to their homes. but it is very difficult to verify this information at the start because events are developing too quickly. and because there are so few reliable reports close to the front lines where it is extremely dangerous, the situation marries that many roads have been a 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 ukrainian units have planted in the city itself. and in the outskirts mines, for example, to, to surprise that the devastate advancing force as it is very difficult to reach mario below 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 fire and the neighbourhood civilian neighborhoods, places wet weather. our apartment, buildings and, and other houses we have seen are 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 you crate on the whole with so far it is with the the good the good with the, the, the administrations of various villages and towns there has been contact. they have

a been somewhat responsible. i have tried to fly to agree try to negotiate with russian forces about responsibilities, for example, about joint patrols with police being with police being kept up to speed and allowed to do their job to prevent looting, for example, to prevent crime murders from taking place in the anarchy that is often left behind after military operations and the lady, we discussed the actions of the military claim 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 at any info. 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 of the majority from what we understand of ukraine's air force has been destroyed many before being able to take off many jets by the helicopters before being able to take off in stripes directed at airports and as heels and hang his and other objects belonging assets belonging to the ukrainian air force via west bank of the west bank of care. this also said 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 that the only a passport was required than that there was footage of people just coming up to the to 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 a verified footage anarchy in the, in the capital a capital of ukraine. nevertheless, the russian side says it is making all efforts to avoid civilian casualties, which, which includes a bad on bombing blog. launching a rocket missiles at indiscriminately at cities and trying to keep will stripes, procedures, 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 fabulous, lurid ghastly of then i have a certain yes can against troops to advance many of those. so just now have the opportunity to see loved ones. one of them is alexi did of who managed to see his

parents for the 1st time after years of being separated by the conflict with. ready so if you were, you know, mom, you have a couple students over some of the of a fortune a little bit more here. hm. okay, well let's go back to our top story. this are because diplomatic talks on resolving the conflict in ukraine. our underway with the ukranian delegation having arrived at the porter with batteries to meet russian officials. kiev has said it is seeking an immediate cease fire and the withdrawal of russian forces. while the leader of

the russian delegation has express concerns about the talks having been early postponed, saying that such delays have cost lives. let. let's get the latest on this now and join constantine, rosh golfer, he joins his from bella, ru some. these talks. i think you've been going on now for about 2 hours, haven't they? just tell us more about them and what people's expectations are? yes, absolutely, andrew. so the talks between russia and ukraine started more than 2 hours ago, and we're here in bella. ruth, close to the border with ukraine near the government residents provided by the valor rushing side for the 2 delegations from russia and ukraine. the meeting is being held behind closed doors and we were only able to see the 2 sides walking into the room and sitting face to face around the table. no opening remarks were made for the media, but were expecting to learn about the outcome of this meeting by the state and

statements that we expect the 2 sides will make after this meeting is over. of course, the main question is whether this a summit will yield any tangible results. expectations have been really low and judging by the public statements of the 2 sides, their positions remain far apart. the office of the training presidents that earlier this morning that the countries main goal in the go she, asians with moscow, is an immediate cease fire and withdrawal of russian troops. some members of the ukrainian delegation also try to act as if they have an upper hand in the upcoming talks because as they put it, their country has been successfully repelling the russian offensive. this also echoed in the latest address made by the ukrainian president, but latter resilience gifts also had to admit that he's country has been forced to reserved to desperate measures. he mentioned that he is going to release all prisoners from jails, those prisoners who have military background. now,

moscow has an absolutely different perspective on its military campaign. rushes military officials claim that ki, if is losing control over the weights of a territory that ukrainian troops are either treating or getting in circles and a spokesman for the russian ministry of defense. ab daddy trains authority as desperate as they've been handing our firearms to civilians. live to quote unquote, looting, gangs rampaging through the ukrainian capital. so quite a contrast between the 2 sides perspectives. but of course that's why these talks are so important because there is a chance to stop hostilities and bloodshed. of course we coming straight back to you if there are any developments. thank you. constantino's conference in the roscoe of the embed race. now the strategic michelle commands, russia, northern, pacific fleet, reinforcing their staff as part of boosting, russia strategic deterrence forces it does come as the you and other foreign powers

names. hundreds of millions of euro's worth in military supplies to you, correct? what we can do with this half a 1000000 euros. yesterday we decided to grant ukraine and our forces. we know that these have a 1000000000 viewed us will be devoted to provide defensive arms. high caliber arms, anti tanks, all kinds of agreements in order to re pails declaration. well, besides the joint package plan, germany is sending offense and anti tank weapons and $500.00 sting antea cross systems. while denmark has also 9 plans to send anti tank weapons to sweden, meanwhile, sending 5000 anti tank weapons as well as body armor. more than a 100000 field rations, these plans come amid white calls for pace in ukraine from the u. well,

let's get the latest now and then find out more on europe's position and all of this. good afternoon to you at pate. this is pedro oliver, the year we were just saying that clearly showing its support ukraine in terms of military hardware, military hardware. yes. but there's also be in a request from blue to me as a lindsey the ukranian president, that is country b fox tracked into you membership through way as special you will mechanism to allow them to join without the, the usual rigmarole. it goes into the coming into human, the state as families, we appeal to the european union for the immediate accession of ukraine via a new special procedure. we are grateful to our partners for being with us. but our goal is to be with all europeans and most importantly to be equal well, the certainly some signs that there are those within the european union that would

be very keen to see this on the line. the you commission president said on sunday, that is speaking of ukraine day or one of us and we want them in on monday. we've also heard from the liberal block within the european parliament to made for me as a lin skis party and a temporary affiliate member of the block. within the european parliament, they'll be voting at the next committee to make permanent. but when it comes to the idea of ukraine joining the european union, there's also some coming in oring about whether it's going to happen anytime soon. we've heard from sha, michelle, the european council president to said that there are different opinions among member states when it comes to the matter. all 27 existing member states would have to sign off on it. there's also a whole load of criteria that would have to be adhered to for ukraine to join the e. u as it stands at the moment yoseph. but al, who's the,

the high representative for foreign affairs of the european union was asked if it was on the immediate cards, if it was on the immediate agenda, ukraine joining the european union. and you said it wasn't something that was coming up in the immediate short term trying to request a membership. what do you think about it and is it possible and which is not in the end? i believe me how to do for more practical things. membership is something that was laid out of ears while ukraine is part of an associates agreement, which has been since 2017. there is no formal application for recession talks when it comes to ukraine, joining the european union as of yet. okay, well thanks for the update that was awesome peter oliver in berlin and we can get more reaction to because we've got geo political expert pierre, a manual bowman in paris to talk with this afternoon and you're very welcome. thank

you for coming on. let's just firstly talk about the suggestion that ukraine could be fast tracks into e u membership. so what are your thoughts on that development? what respect, very upset this proposition could not be accepted among member states because or they will be divided on this issue. first, for practical reasons, are as wrong as e u is or operating weaver different a budget line. so it's main butcher lined us our agree cartridge policy or so regional funds, oversize of ukraine. you will make explode but budget of european union. so this is a non starter but or so, or for, or geopolitical reasons. because as long as herb european union or so consider

itself as complimentary to nate tool or the enlargement of you could ukraine to e. you would apply a more or less later or so the question of enlargement to the tool and her, which is, or a nonstarter as well because is precisely your of a problem of is conflict. the central program of conflict. mm hm. let's just move on to sanctions that are being imposed. me know that is definitely happening or the you is targeted. rush is energy sector and i mean, we shouldn't sort of necessarily disregard the fact that we'll have negative impacts on the u. k. when particularly their citizens in terms of paying for energy . yes of course are. busy already your re, your energy prices are rising up. the are already demonstration in brussels for example, of,

for citizens against beast and inaji. pricey. so too high and or any restriction in the sector will make your things worse. but i think there is no real eternity for a for importing or. busy russian garza into you are, we are somber diversification a proposition. so. so of course, from united states which we risk crises who like to explore to shave gas and to replace her russian gas. but he's not going to be enough under germany also, as a economic power, only been a european union. the main economic power cannot avoid the importation of russian gas. also, it will do be a very bad jeopardy car sign, because so far or germany always. so try to maintain communication line with russia and especially we've entered she cooperation because already in the us body chic

during your or the quarter war. busy germany imported russian, an oil from u. s. is saw and it was a way to ease the tensions and do we can expect to be the one to continue to do so on. we c a o far of a would like to apply assumptions against russia. and it's interesting to resonate sir pierre, when you look at how they've imposed the swift sanctions, because not old banks, we're going to be affected by this in russia. yes, wendy sort so very difficult to apply and do this is a good interesting jo chrisy to observe if russia can sustain a bigger level of sanctions when you mean no. but russia is trying to build its own system a bit like swift and all sore or russia is also having its own no

internet. it can be cut from internet. and russia also has a meaner arzoo gas and european union doesn't have any of these resources. so it's very difficult to isolate russia on or so because russia can export to other countries in asia, guys on own. and finally hear what you make of the, an airline ban of the air space and across europe at the moment for, for russian carriers. because russia has retaliated to that could have a big knock on effect for everybody were varies in economic war going on and do each are. busy sanctioned from you against russia or russia will replied weaver of assumptions better is gonna go nowhere because he's not gonna change a situation under the geopolitical wrong, which is basically will ukraine or be in your to our state,

or will it be continue to to were to apply for day to unused, as the most act on 2 states, especially united states as a front state against russia and are, which is be your reason of a conflict. ok, fascinating. totes, you're going to leave it there. that was geopolitical expert here, a manual pullman, as speaking to us there from paris. thanks for coming on. i mean, while the husband artie sputnik and its subsidiary companies in a heavy crack down on russia, his foreign policy chief made the announcement that taking a crucial step to turn off the tap before the russians. information manipulation in europe may banning russia to date and sputnik from broadcasting india to be in union. what it does come as part of increased european pressure on russian

media polish in the state. regulators have already been rushing tv broadcast is, while states like you came from, are reviewing their policy over are see the editor in chief of r t on support. it says that the move does expose the hypocrisy of western claims to respect free speech. you will say you will, scott, i'm not really at 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 that you announce 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 or 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 or political expert. john laughlin did express concern about the ban on r t, saying they would raise a disturbing precedent for freedom of speech. what's wrong with it is that it's totalitarian. you don't suppress media outlets. that's a basic principle. if the e u is going to suppress r t and split, that means european union citizens will no longer be able to watch those channels. that one forces them to watch them. it is a measure that she is announced which drastically reduces the liberties of a you citizens into. i'm sure it doesn't make a slightest bit of difference to russia. but it doesn't make a difference to people who want to watch r t and sputnik. and,

i mean we've got used to, to tell attorneys in for 2 years now with all the cobit madness. but this is, this is, this is in the same category. and in any case what, what laws is she is claiming to be operating under you doesn't have that authority any more than that has 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 and 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 all right. you mentioned just now in your report from london about the seizure of assets belonging to rationale got in london. well, what happened to due process? what happened to property rights? we really saying that from one day to the next, somebody's property can be taken away just because they're deemed to be politically close to russia. this is literally dictatorship. i don't want to sound hysterical, but somebody has to pull the alarm bell on this and say that these kinds of

measures undermine the very thing which the british government, another european governments claim to be standing full, namely the rule of law and democracy. and before we go to princeton, usa here, turkey says it is closing his boss for straight to russian. and ukrainian warships anchor says it is following the montreaux convention, which allows such actions in wartime, russian in the train ships can still pass through the straight to return to their bases. but the chair of turkey party is saying that there is domestic disagreement over the move i believe the goals are green, and russia are coastal countries of the black sea. and the one true convention is, well, it's for both of these countries. now currently it from my point of view is not really clear whether we have a situation of war or of military operations or skirmishes.

so once this situation is clear, i will also be clear which paragraph and how the mon true convention will be applied as currently we don't have this situation of war. both countries, grain and russia can get the passage, take the passage through the straight to their according harbors. of course, there is the position of the turkish government and the position of the town party are not the same as but on fire tv. consider, did need to enlarge me towards the east as a threat against turkey to turkey officially and legally is not citing with russia in this conflict currently. but there's what time party we consider ourselves on the same side as russia as china. and iran is pocket fun and all other countries of asia which are facing the same. and similar tracks.