or remain in the shallows, ah ah, the western destroying the very rules that created that's according to russia's top diplomat, as he addressed un officials about nuclear, non proliferation and human rights. they 6 of the special operation in ukraine civilians caught between the front lines and we report from the war torn done yet people's republic where homes and lives are still being lost every day. 8 years since ukraine began. shelly, it's a bit with

we're fighting to be equal members of europe. i believe today, we're all showing that a union with us will be stronger, and without you, ukraine will be alone. ukraine's president makes and impassioned plea to join the european union. brussels officials are less sure about giving his country membership. however, the pledges support for ukraine, including ammunition, medical supplies, and weapons, even with traditionally neutral switzerland, joining european sanctions against russia. ah. hello and welcome to our international special coverage of the war and ukraine. my, i'm your host donald quarter. welcome to the program. first we start with breaking

news from coming in from the russian city of talk and rogue, that's near the border with done yet, people's republic. the sound of an explosion has been reported near a military airport. although local officials have not yet commented on the current situation, will bring you any updates on this developing story as we get them. now, russia's top diplomat has addressed un officials on nuclear disarmament and human rights with a focus on the conflict in ukraine. he spoke remotely because european countries blocked his plane from flying to geneva ortiz ilia, per tranquil, has the details on sir gala, rob speech. 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 goals. that must be pretty much the, it's on acceptable 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. well, i guess it's fair to say that mitchell ab rob's the 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 under way by the washing military forces was provoked. now, mister law rob kept reminding the journalists,

the officials how after the 2014 coo and key, the rights of the russian speaking population, the rights of the pro russian majority. in the eastern parts of the country were cause the violated how there were restrictions when it comes to the use of russian language. how the operation, this local anti terrorist operation by the court has went on for almost 8 years. and we do remember that more than 13000 civilians were killed as a result of this terrorist operation, so called in the regions of donia and the gods in the dawn bass region. now 30 lab route 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 west has clearly lost itself control in trying to vent its anger

against russia. its destroying all the institutions and rules which 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 shortly after we heard from the washington top diplomat, we also heard a few things from the kremlin spokesperson dmitri patsy 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 us something do we do? best golf said, besides this, russia continues to consider voting, the landscape, the president of ukraine. that other message for the creative leadership that came from dimitry pass golf was that f different then ski,

as the leader of ukraine agrees to lay down arms. in that case, there will be no victims on either side. plus, we also heard from the criminal press secretary, that the accusations against russia that russia can be using cluster bombs, or di team bombs is also complete, lies. fighting continues across ukraine on day 6 of the russian military operation . videos posted on social media show cars destroyed and key of across the cap was nearly empty streets. this comes amid warnings of escalating crime in the city. as the government is said to be handing out guns to civilians and released prisoners, russia military is calling on residence to leave key v a designated highway heading southwest. now, as you should be able to see on your screen now, plumes of smoke rising over ukraine's 2nd largest city hark of with

a more massive explosion reportedly caused by a projectile in the city center near the regional administration. building local authorities are blaming russia, but media reports say there were not even russian forces in the area from where the projectile reportedly came. were still waiting for comments from kremlin officials and the military on the situation. and we can now show you other footage from that city and warning. you may find it disturbing. explosions were reported in the city also on monday with locals filming huge plumes of smoke mid what they described as ongoing battles. russia had, has denied responsibility saying it is not targeting civilians. and instead claiming that ukraine is positioning forces in apartment buildings to use civilians as human shields. this is something that key has strongly denied and we heard from a local woman who is currently hiding in a shelter that this weekend. mccord them says it is already the 5th day. we are here in the basement. we are worried very much and it is very scary. we have small

children, elderly people, and frankly speaking, it is very frightening. it is a nightmare and it's due from the inside very strongly. this cannot be explained with words at that. now this map shows what's been happening in the area with the red dots highlighting the major cities where 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 danielle forces, they've reportedly advanced 16 kilometers beyond previous front lines. people from various parts of ukraine are also fleeing the ongoing conflict. almost 400000 have sought refuge in neighboring poland. these images you see now show ukrainians at a railway station in the western city of love of hoping to get a train across the border. now, 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 refugees with charities, collecting donations for humanitarian aid. now kiev, on its part 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. refute those claims, while not disclosing concrete figures, it says it's been making major advances against the ukrainian military grains president has made an impassioned please to join the european union and at you parliamentary, meet at a new parliamentary meetings. lot of myra's lensky said he was stressing key abs willingness in the wake of signing official requests to become part of the block. you lawmakers and officials gave a standing round of applause but have not, but have held back on any assurances what we're fighting to be equal members of

europe. i believe today we're all showing that a union with us will be stronger, and without you, ukraine will be alone. we have proven our strength, proven were at least the same as you prove you aren't letting us go. prove you're really europeans and then life will defeat death and light will defeat darkness. ah, ukrainian journalist has made an emotional plea to britain's prime minister as he held a news conference in poland. forest johnson was asked to impose a no fly zone over ukraine. but johnson refused warning, it would lead to the u. k. entering open combat with russia and korean people are desperately asking for the west to protect our sky. we are asking for the no fly zone. so you are coming to poland. you're not coming to kia,

prime minister. you're not come into these because you are afraid, because nato is not willing to defend because nature is afraid of. it will were 3, but it is already started. and this, the ukraine and children who are there taken the hit, i see that my family members, that my timbers. i think that to be a great you know, the power to rob. this is what is happening. prime minister. well, thank you. thank you very much for the questions and, and when you talk about the, the no fly zone. as i said to vladimir as zalinski, i think a couple of times. unfortunately the implication of, of that is the, to the oh the u. k. and i will be engaged in, in shutting down a russian planes a will be engage in direct combat. i with russia. that's not something that we can do that we've, that we've envisaged. meanwhile, the

e. u also fears the sanctions tit for tat well, heart europeans, the president of the european commission, ursula under lay on has admitted that restrictions against russia will hit you economies quite heart. all members of the o. s. c. special monetary makes monitoring mission to the done yet the people's republic are on their way out. the mission use to monitor and report the violations of the fire of the fire agreements between key of and militia forces emission set on sunday that it would relocate staff due to the deteriorating security situation . now here's the latest footage from done yet showing the aftermath of shelling civilians are trying to survive in the conflict zone. and cities and towns are caught between the front lines with battles. continuing to re john local residents are terrified with people's lives and homes lost every day. amid the conflict,

some ukrainian soldiers have decided to lay down their arms there now in a special shelter in lou ganske ortiz minute. maria phenomenal went there to gauge the possibility of the warring sides establishing peace. we have to say though, we cannot fully verify the statements of these people since they were taken in captivity. just days ago, these military men from ukraine's army were on the front line, fighting hard against the forces of logan's republic. to day they are hosted by their yesterday's enemy. we came here when they were just served lunch. the head of the la guns republic promised all of them and others, if there are more, will be sent home as soon as war is over. and before that kept here and treated well here in la guns, they eat the same food as local military. they sleep on the same beds and linen in similar dorms. and apparently that is the treatment. they didn't really expect, luminous with whom we had expected, worse treatment acquittal. so it is

a rare situation that we, the fighting sites had a dialogue. now those up there should sit and talk to designate in the woods who miss up. they are treated well and in good condition, some form. the man have quite a bit, a shadow and many visitors, father let him her himself spent 113 days in ukraine's capture back in 2014. and after speaking to those people, he says it's so different from his experience about her with coastal europe. but they took me to the prison and i lost 45 kilos digits was what i knew the goals are across. who would know they're like prodigal sons. let them come back to their family, they can be useful. back home, these ukrainian service members will most likely be treated as traitors. but they said differently and believed by that decision. they saved lives. that the so because of the list,

i was the head of the group and i made the decision to give up. i gave that order to 14 people to save my life, but most importantly to save there is that they are so young. here how to get to i can't call for my comrades fighting out there to lay down their arms. but i believe those who armed them should do so surprising as it may be here. conciliation between previously bitter enemies seems not only possible but real and will be seen as an example to those who hope that when the current conflict ends, the 2 size can finally find common ground. where even ocean r t from logan's great public. oh, and now we've got some breaking news from ukraine. russia's defense ministry has just announced that it is ready to hit ukrainian security forces and information and psychological operation center facilities in kiev with high precision weapons in order to suppress information attacks against russia. and while russia says it does everything, it can to avoid hitting civilian areas. it's advise all citizens to leave the area

. nato secure nato's secretary general 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 is not looking to fight russia. presidents has shattered peace in europe, allies condemn the unjustified and brutal invasion of ukraine. the russian assault is totally unacceptable. unacceptable. nate, the defensive lines. we do not seek conflict with the rush. rush 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. you remember, states are sending weapons to ukraine along with ammunition and medical supplies, has the e. u has added another 26 people to its sanctions list imposed against russia over the conflict. 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. corresponding peter oliver reports for 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. yo separate al says that old member states need to step up and provide ukraine with what it needs in the 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 to 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. helmets and body armor of russia has been extremely critical of the actions over year 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 europe ian nations together after world war 2. the ear 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 ceos of energy companies and airlines, as well as government officials, including the kremlin spokesperson. meanwhile, a german parliament member said the conflict and ukraine has resulted from the west's attempts to integrate cube into its fear of influence and voice. hopes that ukraine would be treated as a neutral state and not a potential nato member on russia's border. as my and i hang this fall off, it was a fatal mistake to tease ukraine with impossible promises. joining nato and the ear tool. theora has dragged ukraine into this confrontation. it would be smarter to do so,

so that ukraine could develop. it cannot be any one's outpost nato membership as a red line for russia. the russian federation will not allow this. it has been talking about it for 20 years by chosen yet soon. the 5th. now the 1st round of negotiations between russia and ukraine has concluded in belarus, near the ukrainian border with both sides saying they presented their positions. archie is constantine roscoe, reports from the area. 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 of talks in valve covers. and i asked him article while we do not have the results, we would like to see russia has stated its position and we have voiced counter points to end the war in the west de departments that it would discuss the 1st round of talks with the cranium now,

the members of the russian delegation were also cautious talking about the outcome of the meeting. we had of the russian delegation reported to the latter more potent yesterday, and the russian president already gave instruction so that the necessary war can be done before around 2. let's listen to what the russian delegation sat about, the talks. social workers are going should is free to go with negotiations with the ukrainian 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 if accuses russian troops of shelling residential areas in cities across ukraine. moscow says it's specifically instructed, it's military not to do so. russia, minutes for defense blamed key for using civilians as a human shield by placing military hardware next to residential buildings provoking

the russian military to respond and hit these areas. at the same time, the shipment of legal weapons and t 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 key if with fighter jets ukraine's ministry of defense and it's expecting up to $75.00 jazz from bulgaria, poland, and slovakia bulgaria has already denied, but poland seems to be on board and could even provide its airfields for ukrainian pilots, grades 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, put the blame on russia for 4 days. but nonetheless, moscow thinks that sending more and more military equipment into crane in this situation is reckless. and social media giants including you tube tick,

tock and meadow have announced today that they plan to restrict access to russian media outlets r t and sport nick in the you we have received requests from a number of governments and the e. u to take further steps in relation to rush and state control media. given the exceptional nature of the current situation, we will be restricting access to our tea and splitting it across the e. u at this time. now if you're wondering what this means, our teens food net 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 r t for making money from its ads on its platforms. meanwhile, amid the european union's massive clamp down on our t, 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 our tea following an announcement by the u. e. u commissions president to ban r t from broadcasting in the you 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 union polish and estonian regulators have already banned russian television broadcasters, while the u. k. is reviewing its policy regarding r t. so to get more on this, we're gonna go live now to independent journalists, thomas roper, thanks a lot for joining us on the program. thomas. so the u applauds the ukranian president's plea to join the block. has a decision already been made on that or do you think reality will turn out to be more complicated? well,

i don't know exactly what the decision is already made. but in general, i find it quite interesting that the weapon, the west is starting censorship. but russia, not all the critical pro western media, russia still an airline lexical, moscow or tv, rain or several other sites and platforms of the west, the starting censorship, where they fight for freedom of press and the russian. that's a do i'm not doing this is quite interesting times when we're living and why do you think that is, why do you think social media companies like matter, youtube and take talk are blocking our tea and sputnik on their platforms in the u . well that facebook and, and google, what, which is youtube are following the political line of the u. s. is nothing new. we know this for, for, for a long time already and they, they try, they make money where they can. but if, if money and politics come in conflict, they go on politics and, and refusal for money. so the rational, the market is 1000000000 market, the chinese market. also,

they are not there because politics is more important for them than, than money than business. coca cola wouldn't be like that this. so think about this, why the companies are dealing in another way. there's a big pressure from the west on them and they're falling this pressure, they are following what the west wants them to do was alec r t r channel has is the only news outlet that's ever been accused of bias. why do you think art is being singled out specifically? um, well let's put it another way, way in the past. a total total systems have to it censorship. why the soviet union and why the not the germans and so on. why did that sensor? because i'm part of that, what they were, a propaganda was lice, and they didn't want their, their people to hear other opinions. and that's why it's interesting, and i don't want to come in this right now, but it's interesting for me to see that now the west was fighting, officially for freedom of press. freedom of speech is a starting censorship. why are they so called dictatorship and russia?

let's work media platforms, which really has progressed an opinion. this is an interesting situation which really makes me think about many things. well, what consequences do you think we're going to see if tech giants continue to take sides in the conflict? do you think? do they really think that right? the remaining outlets are and bias 20 think well, what we will see if i think rush, i will block them sooner or later. this is, i think the question of a lot of weeks russia has a law which allow us are russia to block internet companies in russia when they are starting to censor russian media where they are doing this and what will follow after this is a good question but again, a company private own company, which has the aim of making money, which has shareholders that want to make money. that's such a company act and such a way that's coca cola mercy spends to really for market because they don't like

the government. no, they do it when they have sanctions and then forced to why of the internet? companies putting politics over making money. what, what does this tell us about the question whether they are real, private profit oriented companies? this is for me the, the core question. well, let's look at the, the current conflict going on right now. you know, people in the west can see the ukrainian side of the conflict on cnn. they're, they've got journalists there and they can see the don boss side of it on our tea. what do you think? how do you think this is going to bode the censorship? how is it going to bode for the future of news coverage of this conflict and others? well, the west, once the people to see only one opinion, the other opinion is not wanted and they try to block it. and again, we can think about why this is, let's make it simple comparison. we can see all the, the past was which were fort by the us and tonight, what was the 1st which they bought?

it was electricity stations. it was a water supply and so on. while okay, the 1st was of course defense. so that became pretty freely, but after this, the 1st thing was structures like water and electricity. we still see the difference. we still see because we see that in all ukraine, nearly everywhere, water, electricity, and so on and nothing is hidden. so it's quite interesting thing for people, for people who want to analyze this conflict, to see the difference between walsh which the west has fought in the past and the way russia is going in ukraine. well, tom and sorry, i got to interrupt you there. we don't have any more time on the program, but thanks a lot for joining us. independent journalists, thomas roper. thank you. bye bye. well, join us again for more news in just about 30 minutes. ah, ah. i driven by drink shaped bankers and those

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