[000:00:00;00] the good news, as russians, military operation in ukraine enters its 7th day explosions, have been reported at a key of a tower, tv tower, that is, and in the heart of region, i mean heavy fighting. the 2nd round of peace talks is scheduled for today. horrific destruction of homes in the aftermath of a battle is done. vast region where a village has come under the control of the gods militia and you politicians demand even harsher sanctions against russia. after the block decides to ban or t and cut some russian banks out of the international transaction system,

swift ah, russia's military operation in ukraine has entered its 7th day with heavy fighting and explosions reported in several cities around the country. now in this footage, you can see a massive explosion that happened late on tuesday in the city of to give in ukraine's eastern park of region. with plumes of smoke filling the sky, it was reportedly observed near a ukrainian air force base. there is no information about possible casualties at this point. here's another video from the region in ukraine's 2nd largest city. hark of the flashes revealing intense, showing during the night. you know, this footage is from tuesday morning from ukraine's 2nd largest city. how goes again with plumes of smoke rising into the sky. this is from a massive explosion, reportedly caused by

a project that landed in the city center near the regional administration. building local authorities have blamed russia, but media reports to say there were no russian forces in the area from which the projectile had reportedly come. now we are waiting for comments from the kremlin about the situation. of course, our new team is on top of it. we will bring information as it comes in before, not really we heard from military journalist and retired to colonel victor, but, and yet, who says the ukrainian side is probably aware that the projectile came from their own forces though simply because use very just i got to talk to experts on the nature of the heart of bluff. they say look like an artillery hit by $152.00 millimeter gun, highly explosive, with enhanced gunpowder charges, considering the position of russian and ukrainian troops, everybody, even the ukrainians, came to the conclusion that the administration building had been hit from the ukrainian side. it's interesting to know how precisely the building was hit,

considering the density of construction in high government. it's clear that ukrainian intelligence worked on it. the strike might be part of the ukrainian operation. the reasons for that are obvious. it was a provoke to step by ukraine to play out the anti russian show. they took the fact of the explosion and spread across social media, blaming russia. however, the russian side claims that it is a priori, impossible. and in the loo, ganske, and done. yet republics, residents are enduring, intense battles between ukrainian army and local militia forces. if you take a look at this map, what has been happening with the red dots highlighting the major cities where fighting is being reported, rushes defense, ministry claims that lugens could. people's militia has advanced against the ukranian army by another 3 kilometers beyond monday's front line. as for don, yet forces they have reportedly advanced 16 kilometers beyond previous front lines . now these are the latest images of a village that has come under the control of the guns can militia forces with

residents showing in the aftermath of the fighting. you can see that homes and infrastructure have been destroyed. and in this footage where we are getting from the dunbar region, amid apparent shelling by the ukrainian army, a missile has destroyed cars and residential buildings in the city of dunn yeske. the number of casualties is not yet known. however, the city mayor has warned that there may be victims under the rebel as rescue operations start at this point. now this would to cheers from the don bass and it shows and abandoned t $64.00 tank. near the settlement of gus, it appears that ukrainian forces simply left the military vehicle with all of this equipment and ammunition intact. and again, here's footage from done yet showing the aftermath of shelling civilians are trying to survive and becomes like zone as cities and towns are caught between the front lines with battles raging on. local residents are terrified with people's lives and

homes still being last 8 years after the conflict began to blasts were reported near a television tower in chief with the local authorities saying 5 people were killed and some ukrainian tv channels have temporarily stopped broadcasting in the area from our we can cross live to r t 's. maria, the notion of reporting from the guns were public. marcia, how are things unfolding in ukraine and what information do we have so far? yet received many and verified videos showing he has tv tower and black smoke coming out from the facilities around it. and there was one strike caught on the video hating the area around the t v station. and there were a reports that there were 2 strikes a total, but this information is hard, yet to be verified. but shortly after that we heard from the ukraine and interior ministry that the control room of the broadcaster on our, the t v tower in the ukraine. capital has been heat,

you just mentioned that to the local authorities, a talk about 5 people killed. but earlier we heard from the ukranian culture minister that no one a was a heard and all that came shortly after rushes defense ministry war. and that it is going to strike technological objects of, or ukraine security surveys, calling on all local residents, especially those live in a nearby overlay stations to emitted, they leave their houses. this is their 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. slavery ed sparked immediate reaction and we started receiving videos from care of, especially from the cities railway station, showing people running in a panic and fear since the beginning of its special military operation. here, moscow has always been stressing out it has no plans of occupying ukraine. it will not target residential areas and it will not do i, it will do. it's best to prevent ordinary civilians, innocent civilians from losing their lives. but clearly people are still afraid and many are trying to leave the country. and now we hear from you. and at the round

4000000 people have already left to ukraine. that's round up with 10 percent of the country's population. meanwhile, later, we expect the 2nd round of peace talks between russia and ukraine and ahead of it. we heard from the ukranian president, mr. zalinski, that he is ready to meet, widen reporting. he gave an interview from his banker to american media. and just to remind you that the leader is, did not physically take part in the 1st part of a peace negotiations. or i was invited mercy lensky and white more potent are. we're not on the ground, we're not at the table, but this time it could be different. but mr. zalinski also said that there was. * some conditions of that russia should accept. let's listen to what he has to say. you have to speak. first of all, everybody has to stop fighting and to go back to that point from where it began. 56

days ago, i had of this 2nd round of the peace talks between russia, ukraine. we hear from moscow that ukraine is not, does not seem to be ready to be precise or 2 to will to resolve this crisis with a balance solution. you are right now waiting for the peace talks to start and everybody's waiting for it with high hopes for peace back to you . right. marsha, phenomenal there for us in the area and thanks for that. we know that as the situation is else you'll be there for us. appreciate it. are now the lugens could people's militia claims to have liberated the town of shots and inoffensive as ukrainian forces left the town on monday morning. the battle had been ongoing for almost 4 days. now, residence had to take shelter and basements during the fighting, while infrastructure was severely damaged, we will guns militia ledgers,

that ukrainian forces least most of the destruction during their retreat. locals have been sharing their feelings about the situation that we have been waiting for the saviors. they have helped us a lot. the korean army were monsters. they wanted us to die. they wanted to shoot me in my legs. i was sitting on a bench and they approached me and told me that they'd seen the guns. i said i hadn't been there for a long time. then they threatened to shoot my legs. i was crying when i saw people . thank you for coming. when you moved to super, it is really scary going through these all. we're glad that it's over. well low concern. we know who was showing where when ukraine shells are kindergartens, schools houses. what love can there be? thank god they got out of here. we should have happened a long time ago. how long were we supposed to bad is? now we have received exclusive video from what used to be a resort in the dumbass on the sea of ours of it now appears to be completely destroyed. it was used as a base for ukrainians for right as of battalion before being taken on monday by

forces of the done yes, people's republic. in, in a disturbing you turn, facebook will now let users express praise for a neo nazi ukrainian military group previously band along with islamic state and the ku klux klan. but meanwhile, facebook is banning r t in the you while promoting ukraine's far right as a battalion and a bit to improve coverage of ukrainian forces. for the time being, we're making a narrow exception for praise of the as a battalion strictly in the context of defending ukraine or in their role as part of the ukraine national guard. are now the policy tweak, though still forbids any praise of violence committed by the extremist group. the battalion emerged as an anti rush of militia and to join the ukrainian national guard in 2014. it is infamous for its neo nazi ideology and usage of associated

symbols. the un has accused the as of battalion of committing torture and rape, and the u. s. has blocked military aid to the group due to its nazi ideology. now ukraine's army has tweeted a video showing a soldier from the neo nazi regiment, dipping bullets in pig fat as part of a threat to kill russian muslims. we have requested a comment from facebook and we'll let you know if they reply. meanwhile, we spoke to independent journalist, benjamin norton, who sees a fit in facebook, a decision, obvious adherence to the stance on the conflict. i wrote an article i, my independent news website, multi polar easter, about the street of the national guard. the official verified twitter account of ukrainian national guard sharing a video of a neo nazi from a's of dipping bullets in pig fat to kill chechen muslims from the russian army. i wrote an article about this completely factual as a journalist, and then i posted

a screenshot of that article and instagram and instagram censored it, and said that it violated their content on, on promoting violence and hateful groups. but i run a cli meadow which owns instagram, says that it actually allows people that praise is the ultimate irony of this, is that the european union is attacking russia, claiming that russia authoritarian and it doesn't care about human rights and press freedom and freedom of speech meanwhile, the european union, which claims to be democratic, is violating the freedom of speech of its own citizens is violating the freedom of expression and the freedom of press by preventing its own citizens from having access to journalism. not only done by russians, there are a lot of europeans, there are people in spain, people in germany, people in france, and britain who work for r t. they're not russians. they are journalists who are doing journalistic work. meanwhile, you politicians have called on the block to impose even harsher sanctions against

russia over the conflict in ukraine as the you has already approved. banning news outlets are t sputnik, as well as excluding some russian banks from the swift international transaction system and is iron restrictions on oil and gas imports as well. from august, we can cross live to our correspondence. davinsky in paris. charlotte, tell us more about the restrictions in place and what is being discussed by you leaders. that's why they use sanctions. the new sanctions coming to force on wednesday here in the european union, and they do impact us here at art international as well as our sister station r t fronts, meaning that all broadcasts by the channels in the u. r band. whether that's fire, the application, if you've downloaded it on your telephone, i via television or even the internet. it also means that companies in the you are

also now band with working with our channel. so really quite severe restrictions. it comes as the e. you said that it was doing everything it could to support ukraine during this war. i am well aware that the sanctions will come at a cost far economy too. but i believe the people of europe understand very well that we must stand up against this cruel aggression. it's not only you true that to the touch, international law worse bruce international order, democracy, human did, she are awful. and i thought this is drew up a little bit, draw the origin pure and simple. oh no. all there is using is a sanctions regime regime which allows brussels to bypass the normal rules. now, for example, our sister station, audi france,

had its broadcast license in france were new just back in 2020. but under this regimes is sanctioned regimes that can be scrapped automatically. now, arty, frances denounced what's happening as being simple censorship. and earlier this week we heard from its director who said that nothing justified this censorship. the decision to banner channel, which currently has $176.00 employees, including more than $100.00 journalist, is a violation of the rule of law and goes against the very principles of freedom of speech. nothing can justify the censorship. there's also been a criticism of that decision by the you, by a non e u member. this is serbia, the president of serbia saying that when they say freedom of the press that they're

only thinking about freedom for themselves. that was his quote in reaction to the ban of r t r t front. sputnik and any other organization associated with the channels as part of those sanctions. now, r t u k isn't covered by those sanctions because of brakes. it because the u. k. isn't part of the european union, however, it has emerged that sky tv, which hosts the channel in the u. k, says it will be removing it from its platform within 24 hours. it says it's not going to wait for an off. com. this is the media regulator in the u. k. to conduct its investigation. now, the foreign secretary in the u. k. has actually warned about banning channels like r t saying that this could have a tit for tat reciprocation in moscow saying that russia could now look to ban outlets such as the bbc. and that would prevent russians being able to access a different narrative in their own country. however, despite that, our

t u. k will be we and stan taken off the sky tv platform at later on wednesday. now there's also going to be a meeting in europe on wednesday of energy ministers from you. what they're going to be looking at is how they're going to sustain the blocks energy needs. you may be aware that russia provides a substantial amount of energy to the european union around 40 percent of gas, 35 percent of crude oil. and more than 40 percent of coal, all imports from russia come into the usa is significant. and this change of policy is because the use as it wants to win itself for russian energy, also heard from germany saying that they had used or sustained a russian or you sustained russian energy for far too long. and now we also know there's certain banks under these sanctions will be excluded now from using the swift payment system. so that's

a new sanction that comes into place on wednesday. and the whole idea of all of these sanctions is to cripple the russian economy. although, as you also heard from ursula vaughan delane, the commission president, just a few moments ago to sanctions, she said will also have an impact here in europe with the idea that it's better to pay a price now than to pay a higher cost. a higher price in the future. in some other developments, we've heard the company such as apple, nike, boeing and food. these are all american companies of all decided to suspend their sales to russia. as a result of the invasion, they said in ukraine, and in another development, we have known for quite a long time now that ukraine has been seeking out to get you membership on tuesday, presidents, the lensky of ukraine once again urged it, a ukraine be given immediate ascension, to the block, and as a result of that,

m. p 's did debate that in european parliament on tuesday and have voted for you institutions to start looking at how this is possible. now this is a non binding tax, so it doesn't mean that ukraine will join the you. but it does mean that the e u is showing how it can in any means possible to show that it has solidarity with ukraine and it does ukraine, potentially in the future. being an e member, arrayed ortiz showed the review. there for us are keeping an eye on what's happening in the, you know, as the story developed, you'll stay on top of that for us. thanks for right now. not all you politicians share the blogs approach to the conflict in ukraine as a german emp. it says if nato that is responsible for the crisis line, hang this fall off, it was a fatal mistake to tease ukraine with impossible promises. joining nato and the you 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 charles and russian foreign ministry spokeswoman maria. the heart of us has said that cyber attacks on the russian embassies have become more frequent in recent days. she emphasized that these attacks can also affect citizens of other countries. nation list are not going to need them. they are embassy or under unprecedented cyber attack. this has been done for many years and we have tried to, to our attention to it through the appropriate channels. we have raised this issue and international platforms. these threats that did not appear a week ago, this has been going on for many years, were see threats by phone. now work is largely blocked. but we also need to understand that by blocking our embassies our permanent mission, they cause damage to civilians who need help. they shouldn't disband fed by deploying such an information attack with elements of

a cyber attack. they're also heating cit, his of their own countries. more and more reports are appearing in the media and on social networks about russian citizens facing discrimination in western countries due to their nationality or policy. we're explains. it's one thing to blame the russian government for ordering movements in ukraine, but it's quite another to put the responsibility on the shoulders of ordinary russians who are now feeling discriminated against and isolated. not to mention being banished, russian conductor valerie get, give, has refused to condemn his own country. and he's paying the price with immediate effect. there will be no further concerts by the munich philharmonic orchestra under his direction. other countries of also refused to cooperate with dead give and for not playing. they accuse his korea is crumbling, internationally, fame, performer net. net trip tech has also been banned from the bavarian opera. russian

sport is also under attack, and football is, are no longer allowed to play fee for. and you a for have to day decided together that all russian teams, whether national representative teams or club teams shall be suspended from participation in both fee for. and you have competitions until further notice and the olympic committee is following suit. the international olympic committee executive board strongly urges international sports federations and organizes of sports events worldwide to do everything in their power to ensure that no athletes or sports official from russia or bell roofs be allowed to take part under the name of russia or bella. ruth, russian or bell, russian nationals, theaters, individuals, or teams, should be accepted only as neutral athletes or neutral teams. no national symbols, colors, flags, or anthems should be displayed. and not to mention the eurovision song contest whose organizer say russia participation would bring the competition into disrepute

. it's certainly flies in the face of the european union, insisting that it's not targeting ordinary people. i want to stay where we are not targeting russia people. many of them broke it against the senseless war and i want to salute the courage. meanwhile, ordinary citizens are being discriminated against just for being russian. i'm not ashamed to say i'm russian, but i'm a bit afraid i'm worried society will have this perception that all russians are bad. and they were many cases of people being put to shame, but also was only one way to counter this barrage of bruce's phobia by drawing attention to the double standards that are employed in the west when doing russia. this is currently the only way to release cooled or collective sentiment in regard to russian citizens. in my opinion, the term double standards is widely used. now we see how they're applied in math when russian speaking ukrainians were discriminated against ukraine when the main

right the right to life russians. and the don bass was violated. nobody paid attention to that. they thought it had nothing to do with human rights, and that it was a domestic affair with an ukraine. this reaction has led to what ukraine has been doing for a long time. today. they've forgotten what's been happening in the dom bass for over 7 years. they're forgotten. what's been happening in ukraine lately. now they just talk about russians as the main violators of human rights. this issue requires attention in terms of our athletes. i hope those are just emotional steps and international organizations are taking. i hope that soon people will realize that athletes have nothing to do with politics and with the current situation, i hope the international organizations will considerately, in regard to our athletes. appointment and powerful african prophet says that when elephant fight, it's the grass that suffers. it's one thing that the you and western countries are pushing back on moscow, but it's not clear why they choose to punish ordinary people. and what that can

achieve. our tv app was removed from apple's app store after the u. s. tech company halted sales in russia. that is a mid claims that the news agencies content was upsetting to some view viewers. the app is to be removed from the app store globally, but remain available in russia. now, earlier social media giants including youtube, tick tock, and meta announced that they would restrict access to russian media outlets. r. t and sputnik in the u. r. t is oksana. blanco says that the network has been caught in the middle of a massive information war launched by nato countries and their allies. we've got a response from meta on the issue. you are not independent media, you are a state agency of the russian government under the jurisdiction of putin responsible for war crimes. you do not publish independent reports about the statements of pollutants, politicians, your estate integrated power propaganda tool that is published in the west with the intention of broadcasting the will of the putting government in our country. you are permanently opposed to the foundations of the german press code. you can't have

any claims against us. we are part right in the middle of a major information of war. and i have to tell you that nader analyst and people who work for native for a number of years now have been talking about the so called cognitive warfare reach . they saw as an alternative to a food kinetic warfare. many of the recommendations that they have been producing, i now use by the ukrainians. i mean the your heard that warning by the russian defense ministry of the impending attack on the information in psychological center . and keep that center has been responsible for an avalanche of phone terrorism here in russia because of the last couple of days we've been there's been a huge wave of ferris had alerts of various building social infrastructure, supposedly being bogged there. we are talking about shopping malls, kindergarten and schools, etc. and it's not just a campaign of fakes. it's

a very organized, it looks like case, but it's not. it's a, it's an organized deliberate information campaign. in fact, today, rushes foreign ministry and sad that behind the avalanche of bags are special forces of nato countries. there is a degree of censorship or against our channel, against our agencies, which are actually producing verified information about what a police people here in most course think about it that is being blog. so the access of european and american citizens, people are citizens of the world. actually to that kind of information is blocked. meantime, we have a huge operation to infiltrate the russian airways to affect the public opinion in this country, or through the use of um, various platforms through the use of various media, which don't even bother to verify their information. there is

a deliberate effort to make sure that the russian government crumbles the under the pressure from its its own population that so that's actually being the goal of this cognitive warfare or that is it for me this hour. i will be back in 31 minutes with another full and fresh look at and is this is arch international statements. ah ah, to what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy confrontation, let it be an arms race group is on often very dramatic development. only personally, i'm going to resist. i don't see how that strategy will be successful,

very critical time time to sit down and talk. aah, ukraine. a big and rich country. that's always been hand in hand with russia until recently. 2014, a qu divides ukraine and leads to fratricidal war and on a war that continues to this day. on the edge of a large field near lo ganske,