ah, ah, ukrainian tv channels stopped broadcasting after an explosion of the kids network tower thats according to own verified reports on day 6 rushes military intervention, ukrainian army is the legend bombing of don't bust continues leaving civilians court between the front lines. we report from the done yes, the people's republic where homes and lives are still being lost. after 8 years of conflict with the west is destroying the very rules it created according to russia's top diplomats, the address un officials, about non nuclear proliferation and human rights are 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 an impassioned believe to join the you. but brussels officials have held back on any assurances. ah. you're watching art international ally from moscow. my name is peter scotts, and we are via joining us from welcome to the program. and we start with breaking news. this. our ukranian tv channels have stopped broadcasting after an explosion, and he has network tower. according to on verified reports with more details, his ortiz maria phenomena. we now hear from ukraine in interior ministry that the

control room of the broadcast are on key. it's t v. tower has been he to we also hear reports that we cannot yet verify to this moment that there were 2 strikes and we are now receiving many, yet, and verified video is showing caves, tv tower, and ball black smoke heavy smoke coming out from the building. next to the tower in one strike, a was caught on the video too, but again, we cannot verify those the videos so far. we also hear that several ukraine and channels have stopped their broadcasting and they are talking about preparing the backup methods back up. the generator is a to restore their work and we, we cannot verify information on casualties. but we heard, again from ukraine's culture minister that no one was killed during this attack. all this came shortly after early today. russia's defense ministry issued the

official warning saying that their forces are going to strike a telecommunication objects and technological objects of ukraine security surveys. and release stations. and also in this warning, they called on all local residents living nearby to leave their homes. this is the crystal statement information. a thanks so much carried out by the 72nd main sensor of information and psychological operations of the ukrainian armed forces. as well as bus. so bo parishioner, unit of the security service of ukraine using hardware and software systems and communication facilities in key. if, 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 and key of will be hit with high precision weapons. we call an ukranian citizens who are recruited by ukrainian national to carry out publications against russia, as well as residents of ki,

of living near the relay hubs to leave their homes. the shortly after this warning was issued, we started receiving unverified videos show in people in key f, especially in a railroad stations of the city running in panic and fear trying to escape, trying to leave the city or some of them were res bags. some of them with no bags at all, we've pads with children. so it's clear that people got scared following these warnings. but since the beginning of its special operation, ukraine, moscow has always been stressing that russia has no plans of occupying ukraine and has no plans to target residential areas or affect our ordinary people, innocent civilian population. but still, it's clear that people are afraid, and we now hear from you, and they say that around 4000000 people that have possibly already

left ukraine, thus fighting continues across ukraine on day 6 of the russian military intervention. this map shows what's been happening with the red dots highlighting the major cities where fighting has been reported. russia's defense ministry claims that guns people's militia has advanced against ukrainian army by another 3 kilometers on monday's front line. as for the nearest forces, they reportedly advanced 16 kilometers beyond previous front lines. and this is the latest footage we're getting from the don bus region, amid the parent shelling by the ukranian army, a missile as destroy cause and residential buildings in the city of done yet the number of casualties is not yet known. however, the city's mayor has warned that there may be victims under the rubble. that's the rescue operation continues. this voltage from the don bus shows an abandoned c 64 time can near the settlement of google. it appears that ukrainian forces simply

left the military vehicle with all equipment and imo intact videos posted on social media, show cars destroyed in care of across the capitals, nearly empty streets. this comes amid warnings of escalating crime in the city. as the government is said to be hunting out donors to civilians and released prisoners, the russian military is calling on residence to leave kia via as designated highway heading south west. and his footage from don. yes, sho, in the aftermath of an apparent shelling civilians are trying to survive in the conflict zone. cities and towns are caught between the front lies with vessels raging on local residents are terrified with people's lives and homes still being lost. 8 years after ukraine invaded and beginning indiscriminately bombing the dom bus, r t correspondence, muradi just the reports. the south of war is deafening. across the nets, ah,

north west and south war rages. i close the lot with dixie via friendship launched by the republic of them yet skis. very much in full swing. the city of mario pal, the heart of the as of sea and a 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 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 eastwood's further towards kiev. and that is where they took up positions when the units of the den, yes, people's republic began moving into 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 try as 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, blessed also though, when you are looking for a loaner style, simplest su brewster cook, jesus lee will neopost the only i took a national that last me. her i nearly booker, i nearly kinetic a good was cuz it looks a bug, but a boy put valuable dominion low killers. you left, i'm sure,

at least using was more num, career fair. ah, yes, bullshit. clover fluid, skin as blood, i'm dead. yes. artist. those 3 smugly, brazil 3. right. and i said that there are double by the as the door will 3rd thought 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, how good down in the school basement, waiting for ukrainian military bombardment to end here in a 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 above survival even though the front lines of have moved on. they don't dare leave for fear of yet more shelling,

which is claim the lives of, of so many people already do it. those. this is tim, might 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 today to sit in the they are still shelling. of course it's carrie, but i reassure myself that everything will be fine. they destroyed our houses. there are no windows in our house. any more, as shells fell right here. now we have to rebuke and clean everything up. what just using the only issue that you're right now i'm sitting and thinking. if i leave hair, where will i go? no windows, no doors, everything is broken. i do not know where i should go now, or if you're not too much of 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 shell. on the outskirts one family apparently decided to brave the shelling, at whom 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 flies 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 here. nevertheless, this she is being repeated across the dorm bus as fighting rages here. the ukrainian military retreats firing back, perhaps in revenge as they flee care of accused as 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 soon, at tanks, destroyed. no moscow refused. those claims were not disclosing concrete figures and claims as be making. major advances against ukrainian military ukraine's president followed him. his zalinski has made an impassioned, please to join the european union. at the special session of the you parliaments, involved him zalinski stress hears willingness to a seat in the wake of signing official request to become part of the block. but 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 are letting us go. prove your really europeans and then life will defeat death and light will defeat darkness.

ah. but despite the loud applause, european lawmakers and officials have not given any direct response. zalinski is plea referencing quote, sensitivities within the you on enlargement. artesia to bend ski reports in the you viewed this war in ukraine from very different eyes to how it's been seen in moscow . or we know the ear is said to be preparing even more sanctions against russia in the wake of this war. this invasion as they describe it 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 and saying that they can't do that. however,

the europeans have also warned that the sanctions while they are hitting russia right now, that will be a sense of them also hitting here in europe as well. this is what ursula vondell and 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 have endured tool is 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 price with. well,

just 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 now just to give you a sense that the u. k. how, who is all sneeze and individuals now just to give you a sense, the u. k. o, who is also, which has also been sanctioning russia and originally close, it's a space to russia prior to the e. you 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 journalist and korean people are desperately asking for the west to protect our sky. so you are coming to portland, you're not coming to kia, prime minister. you're not going to leave. because you are afraid 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 move flayson. unfortunately, the implication of, of that is that the, the u. k. and i will be engaged in, in shutting down russian planes. i will be engage in direct combat with russia. that's not something that we can do that we've, that we've envisage use kept. so president has accused moscow of engaging in what he describes as g, u political terrorism. he said that the rule based on international that democracy, human dignity, this is the quote from shaw. michelle are also under attack and he said, this geopolitical terrorism is pure and simple. 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. if i hang the scholar, it was a fatal mistake to tease ukraine with impossible promises. joining nato and the eel tall deer up 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. of course, the 1st set of talks were held on the border with galleries 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, at this stage for both countries to be sat down and to be able to gauge and talks to find a way out of this crisis out of this war. while for more on this,

we can cross live now to martin summers independent journalists and writes on eastern europe. welcome to the program, martin, and how do you think the west must new pledges of arms will shift the conflicts in ukraine? well, it's entirely symbolic. it's a, in a sense it's, it doesn't achieve anything at all. ah, the military situation is pretty clear. the russian federation has got all the forces. it needs to conquer the ukraine. the question is of what, what will they do if they did the talk of having an insurgency of such a conquest took place? i suppose the insurgency in afghanistan in the 1980s is the kind of thing that people are thinking of. it's, it's entirely destructive and for no, for no military purpose. i what do you think the alternative would be then? well, that gets discussion of sanctions by the makes more sense, but it makes le,

but it's still silly. in my view, um the that we really need for the western powers to take responsibility for what led up to this crisis. the qu, in 2014 ukraine, was carried out with violence, including the murder of demonstrators, which court case since you have, have shown were carried out by a nato backed desk. what not russian public opinion knows. these facts, western public opinion, if you to ask any of these people in the screen now, do they know that they demonstrate is in mind and square in 2014, what kilbourne nato des squad, i'm sure they would look at you blankly. but there is already been a court case, which has proved exactly that the western powers have provoked this all along and have not worked himself up into a frenzy of you know, outrage about the whole situation. i think it's possible people in ukraine of got

a more realistic understanding of what's required to bring this fighting to an end and find a solution which worked for everybody. we had a you parliamentarians loudly applauding the ukrainian pleasant presidents and his pleads adjoined the block. now, despite those loud applause, do you think it's realistic that the ukraine would join you? not really. if you think about it, i used to work in eastern europe in the ninety's me to talk about the accused community. the fact that if he wanted to join you you, you got to accept all the rules and regulations as all ready put together. now some countries in the balkans have not been allowed to join because they haven't reached the key community castillo, for example, which incidentally became independence on the back of a 78 day bombing campaign by name. so that kill thousands of people including

civilians and attacked infrastructure, including the birth belgrade t v station because it was supposedly a nest of lies and therefore a journalist with a game. now the such a lot of hypocrisy here. yeah, i don't know where to begin and that doesn't mean that i'm, it's all happy about the terrible situation that we find ourselves in. now, art and a lot see has been blocked by social media companies, met the youtube and take talk and sputnik as well. and why, in your opinion, do you think they've done that and what president do you think it says a free speech? well, they've done it because it's another, a son of a knee jerk reaction. i mean, i kissed alma called for the banding of r t in the parliamentary britain and then the government went along with that. it's not clear whether they want to do when they can do it. i mean, they could. but by doing it you, you basically saying, we don't want to hear what the other side have got to say i'm and that's all very well with us that move on the chessboard and there for anybody who wants to know an

alternative view will know where they've got to go, it's like banning the sex pistols or the rolling stones isn't. it wasn't necessarily very effective strategy by those who didn't all hear the music. i said it wasn't them, and it the talks the p so so 5 yielded little to no success. how do you rate their chances over the next couple of days or so? i don't sprite them very highly, but i'm very glad that they are taking place. because if people carry on talking even while fighting continues, it means that at some point common ground will be found. i think the only reason that zalinski is talking to russia and talking to the don bus separatists is because of the freelance that's been going on that had a years to settle this. and they've been put, they've been put under no pressure, particularly by the french and the germans are the guarantors of the minsk agreement that have been put under no pressure to negotiate. that's what should

have been happening. and if they've been put under pressure to negotiate, this could all have been resolved years ago. and zalinski was actually elected on a piece platform that he wouldn't negotiate. and then pressure was put on him not only by the far right in lee crane, but also by the western powers not to negotiate. because there is of satisfaction within the west that wants to compensation with russia for its own reasons, no doubt the, the oil and gas industry in the us are very pleased that node stream to finally been cancelled or so from there going to be all of this is, is good, and the, as you saw earlier with prison, with forest johnson, in actual fact, they've never had any intention of fighting for the ukraine. and that should have been made crazy, crazy from the get go. martin some other friend. that's all we have time for now. martin summers independent journalists. thank you very much for your time and insights and kick and out the rushes northern capital where people have gathered

for a sakes the day of anti war rallies. lo, committee report the summit, 150 people thought to the central streets of st. petersburg, at least 50 had been taken into custody with some being, not over during the detention people having heard it chancing no war, demanding an n 2 versus a special operation. in ukraine also president getting calls it versus taught. the diplomats has addressed un officials on nuclear disarmament on human rights were the focus on the conflict in ukraine. he spoke remotely because european countries blocked his plane from flying to geneva ortiz. patricia has the details on so the level 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. pickle is 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 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 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, the crating 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 qu, 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 this awful 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 terrorist operations. so called in the regions of donia and the gods and the don 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. here's what else,

the foreign minister said about that is up of the west has clearly lost its 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, 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 part a few things from the kremlin spokesperson dream. pascal 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 we do best of said. besides this, russia continues to consider the landscape, the president of ukraine, that other message for the credit leadership that came from dimitry pass golf was

that if full a difference, then sky as the leader of the grade agrees to lay out harms, 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 die q bombs is also complete lives. well, that's a rob for this. are for any more on those stories and the unfolding ukraine crises, head over to r t v dot com. my name is peter gods, on the back again in just around 30 minutes. the i oh,

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