saying, oh, we dare to ask in awe breaking news. ukrainian tv channel stopped broadcasting after an explosion that kias network tower. according to unverified reports on day 6 of russia's special operation, the ukrainian armies indiscriminate bombing of gun boss continues leaving civilians caught between front lines. we report from the dynamic peoples republic where homes and lives are still being lost after 8 years of ukrainian bombing a, with the west of 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 for fighting to the equal members of europe, which i believe today, we're all showing that the union with us will be stronger. and without you, ukraine will be alone. who's ukraine president makes an impassioned plea to join the you. but brussels officials have held back on any assurance with hello and welcome to our to international special coverage of the war and ukraine. i'm your host donald quarter. we start with breaking news. ukrainian tv channels have stopped broadcasting after an explosion. a key obs, network tower. that's according to on verified reports,

but now we're going to go live to ortiz maria phenomena, to get more details. she's right now in logan's people's republic. hi maria. so what more do we know about the alleged key of tv tower incident? yeah, good evening to you don, we hear just now from ukraine's interior ministry or that the control room of the broadcaster on key. it's t v. tower has been heat. this information is yet hard to be verified, but there are reports that there were 2 strikes and we are now receiving many, still, and verified. we do show in kids tv tower and black smoke coming out from the building next to it. and also one strike was caught again on the video that we cannot unfortunately so far verified. and we hear information that some ukrainian tv channels stopped broadcasting and they are talking about preparing our like jenny raiders or other methods to restore their broadcasting. all that comes shortly

after earlier today, russia's defense ministry issued, the official warning saying is going to strike technological objects of ukraine, security surveys and telecommunications facilities and calling on local residents. especially those live in nearby, near release stations to leave their house is. here is the official statement. information attacks on russia carried up by the 72nd main sensor 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 care of in order to suppress information attacks against russia, the technological facilities of the ukrainian security service, and the 72nd main center of information and psychological operations. and key of will be hit with high precision weapons. we colon ukrainian citizens who are

recruited by ukranian nationalists to carry out provocations against russia, as well as residents of ki, of living near the relay hubs to leave their homes. shortly after that, we started receiving unverified videos. our from key especially from the seat is railroad station is showing a p po with no bags, with little bags, with backpacks or suitcases with kids, with no kids up trying to get on a train and running in here and a panic since the beginning of its special military operation in ukraine most who has been always tracing that moscow has no plans to occupy ukraine, and that it is not going to target residential areas. but of course, people are afraid. and people since last week have been trying to flee to escape ukraine, and now we hear from you, and that it could be possible that the rav 4000000 people have already left ukraine back to you. that's ortiz,

maria for national. thanks for bringing us those details. now this is all happening as fighting continues across ukraine on day 6 of the russian military operation. this map you're seeing on your screen now shows what's been happening with the red dots highlighting the major cities were fighting is being reported. russell's defense ministry says the guns people's militia has advanced against the ukranian army by another, a 3 kilometers beyond monday's front line. and as for the done yet people's militia, they've reportedly advanced 16 kilometers beyond the previous front lines. this is the latest footage we're getting from the dunbar. the region, amid showing by the ukranian army, a missile has destroyed cars and residential buildings in the city of done yet the number of casualties is not yet known. however, the city mayor has warmed that there may be victims under the rebel as rescue operations continue. this footage from the don boss shows an abandon she's 64 tanks near the liberated cell settlement of bu goss. it appears that ukrainian

forces simply left the military vehicle with all of its equipment and ammunition intact. videos posted on social media show cars destroyed in kiev, across the capitals, nearly empty streets. this comes in made warnings of escalating crime in the city. as the government is said to be handing out weapons to civilians and released prisoners alike, russian military as calling on residents to leave key of the designated highway heading southwest. now here's some footage from done yet showing the aftermath of some shelling civilians are trying to survive in the conflict zone as cities and towns are caught between the front lines with battles continually to re john local residents are absolutely terrified with people's lives and homes still being last 8 years after ukraine invade again, indiscriminately bombing done, boss ortiz corresponded more. i'd gas, do you have reports?

the sound of war is deafening. across the near the ah. north west and south war rages. oh, very close. little la. with you can see the fence influenced by the republican of them yet skis. very much in full swing. the city of mario pal, the heart of the as of sea and the bastion of ukrainian troops and nationalist battalions. and is neely surrounded, caught between advancing troops of the nets, and russian unit, spreading out from crimea. ukrainian troops have fallen back and from a distance reeked destruction on villages and towns they once ruled. as you can hear from the sounds of ha tillery the battles he had just just west of

dan, yet still still rage. this used to be until hub, week ago, a village well beyond the front lines, the ukrainian positions. what but east of here to woods than yeske 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 din, yet people's republic began moving into here and were met with a firestorm of artillery which, which devastated these village. there were many people here. there now, much few are we've heard about 3 people killed in their house and other families that burned up the barrage of shelves and rockets, artillery, sped, few houses,

and tries. they might not, every one escaped the devastation. the tragedy here is that this 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. last also though when you are okay, where are you? lona: stell simplest su brewster consistently. what neopost of only a joke. and his mother last me. her i nearly booker. i nearly exotic uncle.

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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 know those. this is too much, but they don't even let him bury a person normally any more. they bear than by the front door or 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 to use my data shit. and they're still shelling. of course, it's carrie, but i reassure myself and everything will be fine. lucian. they destroyed our houses, but yes, there are no windows in our house anymore. shells fell right here. antibiotics now we have to rebuke and clean everything out if you could, into your pointers or chassis link only this year to the right. now i'm sitting and thinking, if i leave hair, where will i go on? yeah, we get no dorski. every tongue is broken. i do not know where i should go now. only

had he been aka lynn, which cut my grand daughter, has had a fever for to day and so my house was destroyed. my husband was operated on, his leg was torn through by a shelf, get it on the outskirts one family, apparently decided to upgrade the shelling at home. it would be their last decision . these 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 of 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. the ukrainian military retreats firing back,

perhaps in revenge as they flee. 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 european countries blocked his plane from flying to geneva ortiz iliad. katrinka has the details on sir gay lover of 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 technology, there must be pretty much the bits on acceptable for such in violation of basic provisions of the treaty on the non proliferation of nuclear weapons. there are 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 mission that develop scenarios for using nuclear weapons against russia. it's time to return, as nuclear weapon is the origin country, and dismantle all the infrastructure for those weapons in europe. now, as in the past, we believe there wouldn't be no winner in a nuclear war in human, it must never start. well, i guess it's fair to say that mr. lab, rob, the 2nd statement was mostly a response to the western media to american and european officials who keep saying that the luxury action on the cranium territory. that is now under way by the washing military forces was unprovoked. now mister la, rob kept reminding the journalists, the officials, how after the 2014 coo and key, the right of the russian speaking population, the rights of the pro russian majority. in the eastern part of the country were

cause the violated how there were restrictions when it comes to the use of russian language. how the operation is all anti terrorist operation by the what has 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 donia and the guns and the don bass region. now 3rd law broke 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 self control in trying to vent it's anger against russia since destroying all the institution. but rules that anybody, including the invite affinity of property merely philosophy based on its own

feeling of superiority, exceptionalism and impunity must come to an end gotten with shortly after we heard from the washing 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 that convictions against russia, according to the kremlin. the accusations of war crimes are nonsense. that's something. ready we do, best of said, besides this, russia continues to consider them as the landscape, the president of ukraine, that other message for the greater leadership that came from dimitry pass golf was that if full of difference then sky as the leader of the great agrees to laid out arms, in that case, there will be no victims on either side. plus, we also heard from the kremlin press secretary,

that the accusations against russia that russia can be using cluster bombs, or di team bombs is also complete lives. now, key of accuses moscow of aggression and says around 5000 russian soldiers have been killed or wounded in recent dozens of russian plains and holler after shot down and about 200 tanks destroyed. moscow, however, refutes those claims while not disclosing from concrete figures and says it's been making major advances against the ukrainian military. ukraine's president has made an impassioned plea to join the european union. at a special session of the parliament blotted mirrors the lensky stressed key of willingness to recede in the wake of signing official requests to become part of the block. i were fighting to be equal members of your island in which i believe today were all showing that the union with us will be stronger and without you,

ukraine will be along with proven our strength to would proven were at least the same as he proved you aren't letting us go, should we? because you're really, europeans, then life will defeat down light will defeat darkness, little fish. ah, well, there might have been loud applause there, but european lawmakers and officials have not actually given any direct response to zalinski is plea referencing quote, sensitivities within the you on enlargement button. for more on this, we're actually gonna go live now to our correspondence. charlotte, who pinsky in paris. hi there, charlotte. so there have been a lot of please and statements made during the last few days. what have we heard from the e u session today? well, that's right. i mean, the e, you've used this war in ukraine from very different eyes to how it's been seen in moscow. or we know the

e u is said to be preparing even more sanctions against russia in the wake of this war. this invasion as they describe in you, in ukraine, and they said that the sanctions have already had a massive impact on the russian economy. we know that the rubel has tanked in the last few days and that there are many people trying to get hold of a savings at banks in saying that they can't do that. however, the europeans have also warned that the sanctions, while they are hitting russia right now, there will be a sense of them also hitting here in europe as well. this is what ursula vandella had to say. i am well aware that the sanctions will come at a cost far economy to i know this and i want to speak honestly to the people of europe. we haven't do 2 years of pandemic and we all wished that we could focus on our economic and social recovery. but i believe the people

of europe understand very well that we must stand up against this cruel aggression . yes, protecting our liberty comes at a price. but this is a defining moment, and this is the cost we are willing to pay because freedom is priceless, honorable members, this is our principal. freedom is priceless. so well just to give you a sense what the e u is doing right now. it is sending arms to ukraine some 452500 1000000 euros worth of weapons that are coming from countries that have previously been neutral. for example, finland, we also know that switzerland has decided that it will support the sanctions that have been laid down by the e u. so far against russia, against companies and individuals. now, just to give you a sense that the u. k. o,

who is also, which has also been sanctioning russia and originally closed its air space to russia prior to the e. u. doing this, we know that the british prime minister was in war. so today in the capital of poland. and he was questioned about the situation, a rather emotional question coming from a ukranian journalists, who wondered why boris johnson. first of all, they said, we know why you know, in care of today. but also wondering why and that there was going to be a no air space drawn against russian forces in ukraine and korean. people are desperately asking for the west to protect our sky. so you are coming to poland. you're not coming to kia, prime minister, you're not come in to leave because you are afraid. i see that my family members, that my timbers. i think that to be a great dakota rob. this is what is happening. prime minister. well,

thank you. thank you very much. for the questions and when you talk about the the no fly zone. unfortunately, the implication of, of that is the, the, the, the u. k. and i will be engaged in, in shutting down russian plains. it will be engaging, direct combat with russia. that's not something that we can do that we've, that we've envisage the e u and the u. k. trading a very fine line here. now there have been even more reports today coming out of ukraine of civilians being killed in air strikes that are reportedly coming from the russian side. and earlier today, ukraine's president. as you mentioned, there had called once again for ukraine to have this emergency ascension, to do european union. ukraine has been asking for many years to become part

european union. and earlier on tuesday, president savanski once again said, let's make this happened essentially. now the use council president has accused moscow of engaging in what he describes as g u political terrorism. he said that the rule based or international that democracy, human dignity, this is the quote from sha michelle, are also under attack. and he said, this geopolitical terrorism is pure and simple, and he also accused russia of violating international law with this invasion in ukraine. however, despite that, being the majority view, at least here in europe, there are some dissenting voices who are suggesting that the e u has perhaps dragged ukraine into this war. hi, hank, this call. it was a fatal mistake to tease ukraine with impossible promises. joining nato and the ear to europe has dragged ukraine into this confrontation constant. 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 vitals. and of course, the 1st system talks were held on the board with salaries between ukraine and russia on monday. and there is the suggestion that those talks will continue, and that is what pretty much everybody wants to see at this stage for both countries to be sat down and to be able to gauge and talk to find a way out of this crisis out of this war party. charlotte davinsky. thanks a lot for giving us those updates. now we're going across live to gregory coakley, president of the international strategic studies association and the author of the new book, the new total war of the 21st century. thanks a lot for joining us. gregory, so the 1st question i have for you is basically about these you officials that are admitting that europeans will suffer from sanctions against russia. do you think

they're gonna regret imposing them? absolutely, and i think this is the price that paying for the relationship of the united states . the united states has literally controlled this situation over the last year, particularly over the last couple of months. and the imposition of sanctions is going to definitely hit the european union states as well as possibly russia, but it will also eventually had the us economy. the u. s. is offered to compensate by increasing energy supplies to germany. for example. this is a very short term measure and is not going to be helpful. sanctions are in fact a very, very precarious weapon to use. they can be used selectively, but generally used only to bolster public opinion in the imposing country rather than in the target country. that makes the country's feel good is, or they've done something shorter war,

that the reality is that they have an intended consequences. and russia has already, after years of experiencing sanctions, particularly the democratic party government in the united states has found ways around that and actually strengthened its economy as a result of these sanctions. what we've seen the members of the new parliament giving the standing ovation for the ukrainian president, please, to join the block. do you think a decision on that has already be, may been made or do you think reality is going to turn out to be more complicated? well, the decision has been made already big because of the rules of the european union itself. there's an exception process which requires candidate states to go through economic restructuring so that they can pull them to a u ideals. and the ukraine has had several years, many years, actually to prepare for this if it really wish to do so. but it is done nothing to

harmonize its economic situation, its rules and regulations and its corruption in particular. so that ukraine could be a candidate, a viable candidate to your opinion. so really candidacy in european union is not something which could happen quickly. it's probably not something which could have ever happened until given ukraine's reluctance to conform to weston standards. and in any event, it's looking to be a member of a union which is of declining relevance, declining strategic, importance and declining. liability. want to bring the discussion towards the exchange of information between east and west wire social media companies like mehta, youtube and tech talk blocking r t and spook. nick, do you think on their platforms in the you? well, i think we have seen for the last few years, particularly with a the have

a 19 crisis that the social media platforms are very popular in their approach. they tend to follow the dictates of the, for example, a democratic party in the united states. they are very, very populous left wing, and this means that they are really following whatever the, by the ministration wants to this day. so it's, it's no surprise at all. frankly, i thought that they would have been even more severe strikes on the social media by the social media against russian, russia, biting it's opinions. well, i mean, staying on this topic, other media outlets have been accused of bias. of course, why do you think r t of all of the outlets there are in the world is being singled out because he's been a visible in the most successful, that it has a high degree of credibility. and i've faced these questions in the last few days.

myself as to position and he has endeavored debate to provide a more balanced point of view than most propaganda stations, which voice of america, for example, has become, i mean they have lost credibility, a has credibility and therefore printed penetration of markets because of the way it presents news ok, you can find instances where certain news items might appear to be more pro ration than pro us, for example, that's a normal sort of journalistic stance. every journalist has their own basis but, but he has hi, credibility. it's really an authoritative voice for reason coming from moscow. so naturally it's, it's going to be regarded as, as a threat by the, by the ministration in particular. and certainly in western europe. gregory,

hopefully, president of the international strategic studies association and author of the book, the new total war of the 21st century. thanks a lot for joining us. thank you. well, if you want to see more of our special coverage on the war and ukraine, make sure to stick around and just about 30 minutes. ah, the news. ah . so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy confrontation, let it be an arms race is on often very dramatic development only personally and getting to resists are those 3.