rail oh, when so many find themselves will to pardon we choose to look for common ground. ah, the west is destroying the very rules that created that's according to russia's top diplomat, as he addressed the un officials about nuclear, non proliferation and human rights. basics of the violence in ukraine civilians caught between the front lines. we report from the war torn don, yes, the people's republic where homes and lives are being lost every day. it's good. if they did this with

over half a 1000000 people have flood ukraine since last week, they've been seeking refuge and neighboring countries such as poland, moldova romania and russia. the european union pledges support for ukraine, including ammunition, medical supplies, and weapons. even traditionally neutral switzerland has joined european sanctions against russia. ah hello and welcome to r t international special coverage of the war and ukraine. i'm your host donald quarter. now, russia's top diplomat has addressed un officials on nuclear disarmament and human rights with

a focus on the conflict and ukraine. he spoke remotely because several european countries blocked his plane from flying to geneva. but to get more, and now we're going to go live to ortiz alia, but tranquil thanks a lot for joining us, celia. so there were 2 speeches and 2 hours. what were lab, rob's main points, and what was the specific context? don high again. well, enormous concerns voiced by the washing top diplomat and also some very serious demands. and one of them, perhaps the most important is europe without american nuclear weapons and also infrastructure for their potential deployment. take a listen. there must be pretty much the executable for such in violation of basic provisions of the treaty on the non proliferation of nuclear weapons. there is still us nuclear weapons on the territory of several european countries. the misguided practice of joint nuclear emissions involving non nuclear nato states is

continuing such missions, develop scenarios for using nuclear weapons against russia. it's time to return us nuclear weapons to their origin, country, and dismantle all the infrastructure for those weapons in europe. now, as in the past, we believe there would be no winner in a nuclear war, and it must never start regular as well. i guess it's fair to say that metro lab. rob's 2nd statement was mostly a response to the western media to american and european officials. who keep saying that the military action on the cranium territory that is now underway by the washing military forces was unprovoked. now mister lab, ralph kept reminding the charlottes, the officials how after the 2014 coo and key of the right of the russian speaking population. the rights of the pro russian majority in the eastern parts of the

country were constantly violated how there were restrictions when it comes to the use of russian language. how the operation to so called anti terrorist operation by the key of forces went on for almost 8 years. and we do remember that more than 13000 civilians were killed as a result of this anti terrorist operation. so called in the regions of donnie. it's and the guns and the don bass region. now 30 lab or i've also spoke of the unilateral sanctions that are currently being imposed by plenty of european countries and the countries across the atlantic as well, calling them illegal. and here's what else. the foreign minister said about that is up of the potato. the west has clearly lost self control in trying to vent its anger against russia, its destroying all the institutions and rules that itself created, including the invite lability of property rights in the west african philosophy

based on its own feeling of superiority, exceptionalism and impunity must come to an end doors, and which was shortly after we heard from the washing top diplomat. we also heard a few things from the kremlin spokesperson dmitri pat scott, who was taking questions from journalists now a few important points that he made. let me just go through the accusations against russia, according to the kremlin. the accusations of war crimes are nonsense, that's something new entry. pascal said, besides this, russia continues to consider volume or zalinski, the president of ukraine, and that other message for the creative leadership that came from dimitry pass golf was that if full dimmers, then ski as the leader of ukraine agrees to lay down arms, in that case,

there will be no victims on either sides. plus, we also heard from the crumbling press secretary that the accusations against russia that russia can be using cluster bombs or vacuum bombs is also complete lies artillio for drink. oh, thanks a lot for bringing us those updates. now, nato's general secretary has just finished his joint news conference with poland, president banking, poland, which neighbors ukraine for its support for ukrainian refugees. he also condemned russia's actions in the conflict, but cautioned that nato was not looking to fight russia. presidents has shattered peace in europe, allies condemn, of the unjustified and brutal invasion of ukraine. the russian assault is totally unacceptable. unacceptable. nate, there is a defensive lines. we do not seek conflict with russia,

russia almost immediately stop the war, pull out all its forces from ukraine, and engage in good faith in diplomatic efforts. the world stands with ukraine in calling for peace. european union member states are sending weapons to ukraine along with ammunition and medical supply, says the e u has added another 26 people to its sanctions list, imposed against russia over the conflict. now, meanwhile, a decrease signed by ukraine's president to allow foreigners to enter the country without a visa to fight for ukraine against russia, has come into force or to corresponded peter oliver reports of the european union has stepped up deliveries of legal aid to ukraine following russia's invasion of the country b. hi, representative for foreign affairs of the european union set. but al says that old member states need to step up and provide ukraine with what it needs in this

situation or support for the change in our forces is crucial. crucial. they need munitions, your new health care material. they need to defensive purpose arms of any kind. and we are going to provide them together by with the member the state. germany provided its 1st delivery of weapons on monday that marked a major policy shift for berlin. they'd previously said that they wouldn't be sending weapons into the conflict the arrival of russian troops in ukraine while that changed everything as far as berlin was concerned. denmark has also sent deliveries as well. 2700 anti tank weapons have been sent from copenhagen, sweden as well, have been sending weapons neutral, sweden, it's worth pointing out, 5000 anti tank weapons coming from them, as well as field russians. health it's,

and body armor of russia has been extremely critical of the actions of europe when it comes to these deliveries. now, the masks are off, the e is revealing its true self with the decision on february 27th to send lethal weapons to ukraine. this means the end of european integration as a passive his project to bring your p and nations together after world war 2. the e. u has definitely taken the side of the cranium regime, which has committed genocide against part of its own population therapy in union has also expanded its sanctions list against a number of russian figures. these include the fios of energy companies and airlines, as well as government officials including the kremlin spokesperson. now the 1st round of negotiations between russia and ukraine have concluded in ballard, sneer the ukrainian border now with both sides saying they've also presented their positions. our team constantine rush, called reports. well, at this point,

the main outcome of these talks is that the, these talks to place and the 2 sides agreed to continue dialogue. it's not much, but in something that creates room for cautious optimism. there's going to be a 2nd round, maybe it'll bear more results, but for now it's a wait and see approach. this is what the cranium president vladimir, alaska said about the rep top talks and valve covers nothing in my article. while we do not have the result, we would like to see russia has stated its position and we have voiced counter points to end the war. the were state apartments that it would discuss the 1st round of talks with the craniums. now, the members of the russian delegation were also cautious talking about the outcome of the meeting. the head of the russian delegation reported to letterman potent yesterday and the russian president already gave instructions so that the necessary war can be done before around 2. let's listen to what the russian delegation said about the talks. social workers are going to go with negotiations with the ukranian

side have concluded they lasted around 5 hours. during the talks, we went through all the details on the agenda. found some points on which common positions can be foreseen, and most importantly agreed to continue the negotiation process. the next meeting will take place in the coming days on the poland, bella rouge border was a 2 size. negotiate the military situation on the ground remains tense. key f accusers, russian troops of shelling residential areas in cities across ukraine. moscow says it's specifically instructed, it's military not to do so. russia, ministry of defense blamed key for using civilians as a human shield by placing military hardware next to residential buildings provoke in the russian military to respond and hit these areas. at the same time, the shipment of lethal weapons and to crane has reached alarming rates. you and nato countries and in thousands of anti tank and air systems as well as ammunition . there is also been a lot of talks about providing keys with fighter jet. so ukraine's ministry of

defense and it's expecting up to $75.00 jobs from bulgaria, poland, and slovakia bulgaria has already denied, but poland seems to be on board and could even provide its air fields for ukrainian pilots. grains authorities really use prisoners with a military background and handout weapons to civilians without any supervision. this has already resulted in the spike of street violence and looting. according to russia's ministry of defense, gave, of course, boots to blame on russia for 4 days. but nonetheless, moscow thinks that sending more and more military equipment into crane in this situation is reckless. fighting continues across ukraine as the russian military operation enters day 6. videos posted on social media, show cars destroyed and key of across the capitals, nearly empty streets. this comes in it, warnings of escalating crime in the city as the government is said to be handing out weapons to civilians and released prisoners. the russian military is now

calling on residence to leave key of via a designated highway heading south west. you can see on your screen now plumes of smoke over ukraine, 2nd largest city, called hark of with a massive explosion reportedly caused by a projectile in the city center near the regional administration. building the local authorities are blaming russia, but media reports say there were not even russian forces in the area from which the projectile reportedly came from. we are still waiting for comment from the russian military about it. here's other footage from the city and a warning you may find it disturbing. explosions were reported in the city also on monday with locals filming huge plumes of smoke amid what they described as ongoing battles. russia has denied responsibility saying it is not targeting civilians, and instead claiming that ukraine is positioning its forces in apartment building to use civilians as human shields. this is a claim that he has strongly denied. now you can see this map here. it shows what's

been happening with the red dots highlighting the major cities were fighting is being reported. russia's defense ministry says the guns people's militia has advanced against the ukranian army by another 3 kilometers beyond monday's front line. as for dynamic forces, they reportedly advanced 16 kilometers. people from various parts of ukraine are fleeing the ongoing conflict. almost 400000 have sought refuge in neighboring poland. and these images show ukrainians at a railway station in the western city of laval. hoping to get a train across the border. according to the un, more than half a 1000000 people have fled ukraine since last week, seeking refuge in neighboring countries, such as romania, moldova, and russia. other countries in europe have also announced their willingness to help the refugees with charities collecting donations for humanitarian aid. now kiev accuses moscow of aggression and says around $5000.00 russian soldiers have been

killed or wounded in recent days with dozens of russian planes. and helicopters, shot down and about $200.00 tanks destroyed. moscow refutes those claims while not disclosing concrete figures and has said it's been making major advances against the ukrainian military. all members of the o. s. c. e. special monetary of monitoring mission in the dance people's republics are on their way out. mission used to monitor and report violations of a ceasefire agreement between key of and militia forces emissions set on sunday, and it would relocate staff due to deteriorating security conditions. now we've here got the latest footage from barnett's showing the aftermath of shelling civilians are trying to survive and the conflicts own as cities and towns are caught between the 2 front lines with battles raging on. vocal residents are terrified and people's lives at homes are being lost every day. amid this conflict,

ortiz correspondence more audacity of has more. the sound of war is deafening across the nearest ah. north west and south war rages. i very close the law with the friendship village by the republic of done yet skis. very much in full swing. the city of mario bull, the heart of the as of sea and the bastion of ukrainian troops and nationalist battalions. it is nearly surrounded, caught between advancing troops of the nets, and russian units spreading out from crimea. ukrainian troops have fallen back and from a distance reeked destruction of villages and towns they once ruled. as

you can hear from the sounds of thought hillary the battles he had just just west of than yet still still rage this used to be until hub week ago, a village well beyond the front lines, the ukrainian positions went but east of here to woods than if, when this, this battle but gotten the offensive, the ukrainian military abandoned their positions there, they moved further eastwards, further towards kiev. and that is where they took up positions when the units of the den, yes, people's republic began moving in to here. they were met with a fire storm of artillery which, which devastated these village. there were many people here. there now much few. we've heard about 3 people killed in their house. another family that burned up the

barrage of shelves and rockets, artillery, sped, few houses and tries. they might not, everyone escaped the devastation. the tragedy here is that these mother and daughter they, they hid in the basement. right. rise outside the house. the shell impacted a little further away. right above the basement. the irony, the tragic and sad irony here is that if they had stayed in the house, they might have survived. it's a grizzly scene down there, full of full of blood images that we don't want to show you. only the father survived wounded amid the shilling he ran for help. well, i started out when you were looking for a loaner star. supposing brewster consistently what neopost along with

a kick and his mother lost her. i nearly booker, i nearly connecticut was correct except bug, but a boy put valuable of dominions like it was you left? i'm sure, at least using it was more num garage? yes sir. ah yes, bullshit, stover thought kenneth bon bonded. yes. an artist. those 3 smoothly. brazil threads and i said a nice letter doubled by the as the door will further talk, which it is d that a near by nikolai of car, which is much bigger. the onslaught was much the same here, terrified civilians, women, children, the elderly hunker down in the school basement, waiting for ukrainian military bombardment to end here in nearby nickaligha in a school basement on the ground. people are existing in these conditions in the cold without power,

without heat. this is all about survival. even though the front lance of have moved on. they don't dare leave for fear of yet more shelling, which is claimed the lives of, of so many people. already. it is yes, this is too much like they don't even let him bury a person normally any more. they burn them by the front door like animals and not crying for myself and crying for my grandson for my son. my son came out of the basement 3 days ago and still hasn't come back. my you said it should in there still shelling. of course it's carrie, but i reassure myself that everything will be fine. they destroyed our houses. if there are no windows in our house any more, as shells fell right here. now we have to rebuke and clean everything up to your appointment, or check you only issue children right now i'm sitting and sinking. if i leave hair,

where will i go? now window snow doors, everything is broken. i do not know where i should go now. oh yeah, if you're not good, much go. my grand daughter has had a fever for 2 days. my house was destroyed. my husband was operated on, his leg was torn through by a shell. on the outskirts one family apparently decided to brave the shelling at home. it would be their last decision. this house sustained a direct impact shell, landed the middle of the house. you can perhaps see the remains of the house, the still smoldering was consumed everything including a family that was in the house at the time their remains have been buried, but we have been unable to verify how many people exactly died. dear. nevertheless, this seem is being repeated across the dorm bus as fighting rages here in the

ukrainian military retreats firing back perhaps in revenge as they flee social media giants including you tube tick, tock and meadow have announced today that they planned to restrict access to russian media outlets r, t and sputnik in the u. we have received requests from a number of governments and the e. u to take further steps in relation to russian state controlled media. given the exceptional nature of the current situation, we will be restricting access to our tea and sputnik across the e u at this time. now if you're wondering what this means are, t and sputnik will no longer be accessible on the platforms within the european union. twitter has also said it would put warnings on tweets sharing, links to r t, and take steps to significantly reduce the circulation of that content. microsoft has also taken measures in recent days to restrict our team for making money from

ads on its platforms. meanwhile, amid the european union's massive clamp down on archie, the network encourages viewers to continue watching on the online platform odyssey where the content remains available. online platforms have been under severe pressure to shut down r t following an announcement by the you commission president to ban r t from broadcasting in the european union. that taking a crucial step to turn off the tap before the russians. information manipulation in europe may manning russia to date and sputnik from broadcasting india to be and union. now polish and stony and regulators have already banned russian television broadcasters, while the u. k. is reviewing its policy regarding r t. but to get more on that, we're going to go live now to nicola markovich, a political analyst, thanks for joining us on the program. the 1st question i have is,

why are these media companies basically meet meta youtube, tick tock. why are they blocking our t and sputnik on their platforms in the u, because they're, they're working hand in hand with. i would say that the government and the european union, especially the head of the european union, are still have underway. and i was putting a lot of pressure on these companies to co down to freedom of speech. and i think that's, that's the object that we see that they are very quick. and none of them are resisting . when you have a platform which is supposed to be based on freedom of speech and that everybody is supposed to have access. why? what sort of societies are we living in the west? when government figures ask social media platforms to stop giving access to some media. so i think it's unfortunate that they were kind of hand, it showed that there is control of the information by politic politician in western europe in the west, globally. and, and it's fad because this is not an attack on freedom of speech and it's an attack on reasoning, unintelligence, how can we have access to, to understand what's going on if we can't have access to all the information,

was kind of interesting that our keys being singled out here, i mean, we're not the only media output that's ever been accused of bias. why do you think that is this is because i also have to be pressure. i think what is her? this is what is hurting them. what they don't like about a lot of people are going to get their information. they want to understand is quite positive. actually, this is normal. people want to know what is going on and they're going to rush to r t because, and even if they know if it's rushing back to media because they want understand, i'm analyzing the situation every day. i'm going to see what's being said in russia . i want to know what's being said in ukraine. i want to know what's being seen in the us in different countries. a lot of people are doing this. the problem is that people are getting different news in western countries compared to what they're getting on mainstream media. and that's why they want to shut down. i would say r t and picnic because the mainstream media are all pending information which is going into one direction. there's not a lot of space for a paralysis of opinions for discussion debates. people from different political

horizons with different analysis on the situation. don't see a lot of that and ministry media, so people go to to media like our chance. but because they want to have another to another opinion. that doesn't mean that they're going to follow blindly, everything which is stand that they're going to swallow everything that. ringback they've, that's the version the official version, but they want to compare and want to compare what they're seeing on mainstream media when they compare what they're seeing on your channel. i think, well, there's something wrong because this, this doesn't, doesn't fit out. so this is pushing people to want to have more information, and that's scaring politicians in the west. well, something vladimir putin said recently is actually connected to this subject called the west an empire of lies. what do you think about that? that that's a, that's a tough statement, but we can't say that it's entirely false. look at how come we don't have access to different points of views on mainstream media in the west. and this is not only

concerning the war today. this is also concerning vaccine mandates. this is concerning the social and i would say issues or social issues are on unions, on retirement, on so many issues. we have a tendency in the west to only have a media which is more or less pulling the information from the government. and there's not a lot of room for the base and discussion. and this is something which is extremely scary. and if you take a look at the wars wage, by the way, these past years and column power saying that to weapons of mass destruction in iraq, how many people died in iraq because of that. lot of people died in yugoslavia in kosovo because william walker said that there was a massacre in rad check. and there was, there wasn't any how many people have died, cross the world. and because of a u. s. a military intervention and nobody saying anything about that. so i think that unfortunately lies and the fact that we're not have access to the truth or we can't beat freely is really undermining the western societies. aren't we supposed

to be exporting democracy? freedom of speech, are we supposed to be explaining to the rest of the world, how society's work? and then all of a sudden we find out that we're lying, we're going to ourselves and we're like other countries. and this is, i think this is why he said that, unfortunately, some of that is true. well, nicola markovich, thanks a lot for joining us on the program. thank you. now this is news just in the sound of an explosion has wrung out in the russian city of target rogue, near the border with the don units republic. our crew was there, heard it themselves, and of course, will bring you any updates as we get them all that's the end of our special coverage in the about the war and ukraine for right now. but join us again in just about 30 minutes for more details. ah

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