a week, dare to ask in a, the west is destroying the very rules it created. that's according to russia's top diplomat, as he addressed un officials about nuclear non proliferation and human rights. de 6 of the special operation in ukraine, civilians cough between the front lines. we report from the war torn danielle people's republic where homes and lives are still being lost every day. 8 years since ukraine began share with me. they did this with

fighting to be equal members of europe. i believe today we're all showing that a union with us stronger without you, ukraine will be alone. ukraine's president makes an impassioned plea to join you, but brussels officials are less than sure about giving his country membership. however, the pledges support for ukraine, including ammunition, medical supplies, and weapons, with even traditionally neutral switzerland joining you, european sanctions against russia, with

hello and welcome to our to international special coverage of the war and ukraine. i'm your host donald quarter. we start now with breaking news from ukraine. russia's defense ministry has just announced that it is ready to hit ukrainian security forces and information and psychological operations 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. all citizens are being urged to leave the area since the beginning of the special military operation. the number of information attacks on various state institutions of the russian federation has increased many times over. cool, the constantly made the russian citizens with threats of physical elimination as well as about mining schools, kindergartens, row way, stations, and other social infrastructure facilities information attack. so marcia carried out by the 72nd main center of information and psychological operations of the ukrainian armed forces,

as well as by sober operations units of the security service of ukraine using hardware and software systems and communication facilities in key of in order to suppress information attacks against russia, the technological facilities of the ukrainian security service, and the 72nd main center of information of psychological operations in key of will be hit with high precision weapons. we call on ukrainian citizens who recruited by ukrainian nationalists to carry out provocations against russia as well as residents of ki, of living near the relay hubs to leave their homes. russia stop 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. artillio. katrinka has the details on sir g. a lab. ralph 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 the 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 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 under way by the

washing military forces was provoked now mister law rob kept reminding the journalists, the officials how after the 2014 qu, key of the rights of the russian speaking population. the rights of the pro russian majority in the eastern parts of the country were causes the violated how there were restrictions when it comes to the use of russian language. how the operation this awful 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 operate 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 it's anger against russia. it's 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. shortly after we heard from the washing top diplomat, we also heard a few things from the kremlin spokesperson dmitri pet stop 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 new that said, besides this, russia continues to consider the landscape,

the president of ukraine. that other message for the creative leadership that came from the injury pass golf was that f different then ski, as the leader of ukraine agrees to lay out harm. in that case, there will be no victims on either side. plus, we also heard from the problem 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 t of across the cap goals nearly and empty streets is comes amid 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 calling on residence to leave key of via a designated highway heading south west. as you can see on your screen here, plumes of smoke rising over ukraine's 2nd largest city. hark of with a message. it's a 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 that there were not even russian forces in the area from where the projectile reportedly came. we are waiting for comments from kremlin officials as well as the military on that situation. and we can now show you other footage from the city, but a warning you may find it disturbing. explosions were reported in the city also on monday with locals filming huge plumes of smoke come in what they described as ongoing battles. russia 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

a claim that key has strongly denied what we heard from a local, a local woman who is currently hiding in a shelter that there's 2 criminal court and 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 if you from the inside very strongly, this cannot be explained with words. now right now you can see on your screen a map that shows what's been happening with the red dots, highlighting the major cities were fighting is being reported. russia's defense ministry says the lu ganske people's militia has advanced against the ukrainian army by another 3 kilometers beyond monday's front line. as for done yet, forces dave reportedly advanced 16 kilometers beyond previous front lines. people from various parts of ukraine, though our fleeing the ongoing conflict, almost 400000, have sought refuge in neighboring poland. and these images you see right now show

ukrainians at a railway station in the western city of laval, 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 including romania, moldova, and russia. other countries in europe have also announced their willingness to help refugees with charities, collecting donations for humanitarian aid. now key of accuses moscow of aggression and says around 5000 russian soldiers have been killed or wounded in recent days with dozens of russian plains. and helicopters shot down and about $200.00 tanks destroyed moscow. refute these claims, while not disclosing con of creed figures, it says it's been making a major advances against the ukrainian military. ukraine's president has made an impassioned plea to join the e. u. at an e parliamentary meeting. vladimir lensky said he was stressing kids willingness in

the wake of signing official requests to be become part of the e. u. the lawmakers and officials gave a standing round of applause, but were held but 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 to warning that it would lead the u. k. into entering into 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 going to leave. because you are afraid, because nato is not willing to defend, because maybe he's afraid of over 3, but it is already started. and this the ukrainian children who are, they're taking 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 philadelphia 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 russian plains, or will be engaging, direct combat. i with russia. that's not something that we can do that we've, that we've envisaged. meanwhile, the you also fears the sanctions tit for tat will hurt europeans, the president of the european commission. ursula on the land has admitted that restrictions against russia will also hit you economies hard. meanwhile, a german parliament member said the conflict in ukraine has resulted from the west's attempt to integrate key of into its fear of influence and voiced hopes that ukraine would be treated as a neutral state and not a potential nato member on russia's border. it's 9 high hang this fall off. it was a fatal mistake to tease ukraine with impossible promises. joining nato and the e. u to europe 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 is a red line for russia. the russian federation will not allow this. it has been talking about it for 20 years by all members of the o. s. c e. special monitoring mission in the done yet the people's republic are on their way out. the mission used to monitor and report violations of a cease fire agreement between kiev and militia forces. but the mission said on sunday that it would relocate staff's doing due to the deteriorating security condition. now here's the latest footage from vignettes showing the aftermath of showing civilians are desperately trying to survive. and the conflicts own as 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 last every day, amid the conflicts. so i mean cranium. soldiers have decided to lay down their arms

. they're now in a special shelter in regards ortiz, maria phenomenal went there to gauge the possibility of the warring sides establishing peace. we cannot fully verify the statements of these people, however, because 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, lined 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. but also, 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 use up. they are treated well and, and good conditions for the man have quite a bit, a shadow. and many visitors, father, redeemer 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 yorba little. they took me to the prison and i lost 45 kilos. the tooth was, or the new nicholas or across you would know they're like prodigal sons, let them come back to their family. they can be useful back home. these ukranian service members will most likely be treated as traitors, but they say differently and believe by that decision they saved lives. but the so only look clickable is the shallow. 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's. they're so young. yeah, hotel, good, good. 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 to 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. wave nationality from logan's, quit public and other news. iran has pointed the finger of blame for the current situation in ukraine at washington. the country supreme leader added that key of suffering is just the latest in a long line of orchestrated events by american basically, the u. s regime creates crises, lives off of crises, and feeds on various crises in the world. ukraine as another victim of this policy . now to get more information on that, we're gonna cross live now to follow it is adi associate professor at the

university of toronto. thanks a lot for joining us. first, i want to talk about the around supreme leader statement that he thinks that the american government and western countries are to blame for the ukrainian crisis and much else besides. what do you think is the logic behind that claim? and you know, even has been suffering from aggressive american policies for the last 4 years or so. so the country, the people that leadership politicians, ordinary citizens, are very much familiar with american aggression. and what he was talking about today was history. the fact that there was a cool in 192014, in the fact that the russian minority, the russian speaking minority ukraine, was under a lot of pressure. the fact that 14000 people have been kim to since

2014, most of them make them of aggression that's coming from the other side. and if the americans did not orchestrate the qu in 2014, to think that things would be much, much more different numbers john mccain. i mean, they may die in kiev. people like chris murphy, even john katy. victoria knew that who is now the political director at this state department is engaging in and many open intervention in internal affairs of another country. and she said that obviously, you know, does not support wars was generally end up in 70. and that's, that's not something that you don't support, but you don't realize is who is that as a default? and it's the united states that this started this,

this problem. what are your thoughts on the supply of weapons to ukraine coming from the west? do you think this is going to shift the conflict? you know, generally the americans engaging this type of activities in the past in different countries. the want to fight the enemies using other people's soldiers. and this is actually one of the things that you don't need to talk about today that is relying on the west and sort of accepting less than many promises is a big mistake. and i think the ukraine realizes the fact that they encourage the united states encouraged ukraine to join nato, starting in 2008. and now they are just sending some weapons

and relying on promises that's coming from the rest is a mistake. and that, that's something that you don't need to talk about. why does it look from the perspective of around these piece talks between russia and ukraine? do you think they're going to yield positive results? are they just going to flop you know, i think the russian government wanted to find a peaceful solution for the last 8 years. if the ukrainian government implemented the means agreement, you would not have any fighting to the if the ukrainian government realized that this idea of joining nato is not good for the train. you would not have the current situation that i think that i sent to sir, is interested in resolving this issue to piece will mean that is why they are talking to the other side. and it's the decision that the you to in the government

needs to make whether they want to continue to fail the policies that have resulted in the current situation, or they want to change course that's, that's the option they have. that's the choice they have for these are the associate professor at the world studies faculty of the university at of to ron. thanks a lot for joining us from the program. thank you. now social media giants, including youtube, tick, tock and meadow. have announced today that they plan to restrict access to russian media outlets r t and sport nick in the european we have received requests from a number of governments and the e. u to take further steps in relation to rush and state controlled media. given the exceptional nature of the current situation, we will be restricting access to our tea and split nick across the e you at this time. now if you're wondering what that means, r 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 r t from making money from ads on its platforms. now, online platforms have been under severe pressure to shut down r t following an announcement by the e. u commission's president to ban r t from broadcasting and 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 p and union. while i get more on this, now we go live to ortiz, oksana boy co in the studio high extent. and thanks for joining us here here. well, we're being banned everywhere. but it seems like there's actually a lot of fakes going on in the mainstream media. why is this happening?

well, because we are right in the midst of the major war, the war in europe. but even more than that, a huge information war and have to tell you that i've covered pretty much every conflict over the last 15 years. i cover them from the ground. it's the 1st thing that i'm covering from the pseudo here and how logical technologies reaching such an average because back in 2008, when they call to broke out in georgia, it was more or less the war of narratives done in the app complex. it was a slow introduction of for social media and then fakes, especially in theory. but here in the ukraine you have a put on an industrial scale really industrial scale and you know, the most threatening thing. i think it's not only did mental and unfair, but imagine european countries see as, as an enemy understandable, but at least you need to understand the logic be rationale of your enemy,

at least in the, in these days and guide, by the way, it's not just the limited conflict between russia and ukraine, russia, who's as a, as a part of a major, a clash with the west, primarily nato. so i think citizens of europe, residents of europe and many other countries do have a direct speaking understanding what the leaders in the kremlin, the russian population thinks, why they have allowed themselves to take such a measure. but apparently, and that's not what they european leaders have in mind because they are blocking any way for the residents of year of to get information directly from russia. yeah, just to show our viewers, the kind of rhetoric that's being used here. let's, let's go to a quick statement regarding facebook and germany. units independent media, your estates agency of the russian government under the jurisdiction of putin responsible for war crimes. you denote,

publish independent reports about the statements of putin's politicians. your estates, integrated power propaganda tool that is published in the west with the intention of broadcasting the will of the puts in government in our country. you are permanently opposed to the foundations of the german press code. you can't have any claims against us there. if i'm it down here and here i think germans in particular have this ora, i'll find well, i hire nobility to say in professional terms, because i don't, i don't know how to frame it. even because germany also supports and funds to which railway, who's direct purpose is to express german governmental views. and even if you believe that archie is a strict direct line from kremlin to, let's say, western audience, that's what you need in the time of war. and you need to understand what the enemy is actually trying to communicate because this is a way of, you know,

booting and to violence because our diplomats apparently haven't been able to reach any agreements. at least people can understand what, what this thing is all about. yeah, yeah, exactly. well, as you mentioned before, actually, i mean in previous conflicts that were connected with russia, we haven't seen this kind of central why do you think it's gone to that point? because many analysts in the west saw that information war is actually a safe way of fighting where i mean there's been lots of commentaries over the last couple of years that when you have information warning, don't have to fight an actual warwell. apparently had that logic didn't quite work out and you mentioned before in your broadcast that the russian defense ministry is now planning strikes on the, on the center called let me, let me give you the, it's precise title. the information and psychological operation center of the

ukrainian defense ministry. the russians say that the center has been responsible for a number of attacks on the rational governmental institutions i'm talking about cyber attacks, but also this wave of phone terrorism that we are experiencing over the last couple of days. numerous reports of schools, train terminals, shopping malls, or whatever being, being under the threat of, of a bone being tied to their, i'm sorry for being out of worth here. and this, this type of this type of tech to meeks has, has been perfected by the ukraine, is they, and this is what they use against the russians as, as a way of delivering harm cheaply and quickly. now we are expecting a major strike against this facility, and by the way,

the russian defense minister also asked residence to residence of nearby area to possibly leave the places. but this is where it came to, because if you, if you try to suppress everything, if you try not to listen to what you're supposed upon and tries to communicate to you sooner or later, it will come to kinetic conflict that we are having in our house. right now, well unfortunately, we don't have that much time left in basically just 30 seconds. where do you think this is going to go? do you think we're going to go back to eventually after this conduct? i have a nuclear war and my have, i'm sorry, i don't want to scare anyone, but it's actually i, it's my intuition. i don't want to scare me longer, but i think we're not talking about russia ukraine anymore. we're talking about a major possibility of a major class between russia and neither and people who are watching us right now. they need to be aware of that. and they need to be aware that it's not just about,

you know, russia flexing it's muscle. we actually came very, very, very close to major nuclear confrontation and at this time we do need to hear what the other side has to say. you know, that was our t looks on a boy co, thanks for joining us in the program. well, if you want more news on the conflict in ukraine, make sure to join us again and just about 30 minutes. oh gosh, nobody will actually this it was she actually we're not a wiley in the city on their point. 2, this is a lot osha, laura, that the she's us him. yeah. i didn't have school or g f q 3 a i z 8 you.