ah ah, as it rushes military operation in ukraine enters its 7th day explosions, have been reported at a key of tv tower and the hock of region. i'm a heavy fight on the other side of the conflict. horrific destruction of homes in the aftermath of the battle in the dumbass region. grey village has come under the control of the guns coalition. and if you politicians demand, even harsher sanctions against russia, after the block, you decide to ban rti and cut some russian back out of the international transaction systems with. but there are voices in the block opposing the establishment approach to the ukraine. crisis here has direct ukraine into this conference station. he will be smart as you do so, so that ukraine could develop. it cannot be any

with broadcasting, live direct from our studios in moscow. this is our international. i'm john thomas . certainly glad to have you with us as we unravel the ukraine crisis as best we can. right now, russia's military operation in ukraine has entered its 7th day with heavy fighting and explosions reported in several different cities around the country. there is an ongoing battle reported in ukraine's eastern hark of region with russian troops attempting to advance. in this footage, you can see a massive explosion that happened later on tuesday in the city of gwyn, in the heart of region, with plumes of smoke filling the sky. it was reportedly observed near a ukrainian air force base, and there are no information coming in about possible casualties at this point. here is another video from the region and ukraine,

2nd largest city. hark of the flashes revealing intense, showing during the night. we heard from a local woman hiding in a basement here. her thoughts came on accordingly. it is already the 5th day. we are here in the basement. we are read 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 review from the inside very strongly. this cannot be explained with words that rushes defense ministry has confirmed, conducting a strike on a television tower inches and says no residential buildings were damaged to blasts were reported there earlier this week. and some ukrainian tv channels stopped broadcasting in the area. for more on what is happening on the ground, we can cross whom riff an ocean, reporting from the guns republic. marcia, how things and folding in ukraine and what information do we have right now? well, hi, sean rushes, defense ministry spokesperson, major junior,

only going to going to shank and said that he saw on a big c t on the black sea in the south. original capital is now under total control of the russian forces. he also added that the civilian infrastructure hasn't been effected anyhow, hasn't been damaged, and the, that the negotiations are currently undergo in with the local authorities on how to organize further corporation in order to prevent any bad things happen on the ground with local residents to provide security and to meet their everyday needs. plus he added that the armies of vineyards, endless guns, republics advanced, 60 and 75 kilometers. accordingly, since the beginning of the special mil to operation here with several towns and villages taken now under the control. and he also said that it was 1500 ukraine's military infrastructure objects have been damaged and that they'll continue striking military targets uniquely. and yes,

mr. cornish shank of also confirm that's russia is behind keith tv tower a tag have said that it was done to prevent information attack against russia. let's take a listen. so the procedures are muslims in order to end information attacks against russia and technological facilities of the ukrainian security service in the 72nd main center for psychological operations were hit by high precision weapons in the broadcasting of a television tower has been disabled. the strike did not destroy residential buildings, the versus defense ministry war and about they said tackle and tv tower our as before, that calling a local residence and especially those leaving a near relay stations to emitted to leave their homes up. and of course, clearly it's parked a panic in the ukrainian capital when we started receiving many videos, especially from the cities railway station showing people trying to get on an

evacuation train organized apparently by the authorities. while it's already packed, and people running, we've bags and the children and pads in a panic. although moscow has always been stressing it has no plans of occupying ukraine and it is not going to targets residential areas, but it didn't prevent panic from a spreading. the un estimates that these whole crisis could afford us around 4000000 people to flee ukraine. that's 10 percent of the country's population. and all that comes at the time when the world is waiting for the 2nd round of peace talks between ukraine and russia to start had of it president a zelinski as spoke to american media from his bunker, saying that he is ready to meet vladimir putin to remind you of the leaders of the 2 countries did not take physically part in the 1st part of

a round of negotiations of latimer potent and mr. zalinski did not meet. there were not on the ground. there were no that the table maybe this time is going to be different. but mr. zalinski also said that the rock conditions that russia should accept to continued talking. let's say to listen. you have to speak, 1st of all, everybody has to stop fighting. and to go back to that point from where it began 56 days ago. and also here from russia that's moscow, does not see ukraine is ready and willing to find a balance solution to this crisis. but of course, let's wait and see what the p stops will bring. and the very latest is that we hear that it could possibly be delayed. and we can see that in a 2nd round, only at the end of this week. but we still have to verify this information.

actually all the information that's coming back to you, or is it more if a notion of there for us in the area. now, we should say that the images here about c, r of war and they are disturbing. so just a bit of a warning. lugens kenton, yet republics residents there are enduring intense battles between the ukrainian army and local militia forces. this map shows what has been happening with red dots highlighting the major cities where fighting is being reported. russia's defense ministry claims. the lugens people's militia has advanced against the ukrainian army by another 3 kilometers beyond monday's front line. as for daniel forces, they have reportedly advanced 16 kilometers beyond previous front lines. and these are the latest images of a village that has come under the control reportedly of the guns militia forces. this is what they claim with residents showing the aftermath of the fighting. you can see that homes and infrastructure have been destroyed. and here's more footage . we're getting from the don bus region, amid parents showing by the ukrainian army. it missile has destroyed cars and

residential buildings in the don units, republics, capital, city, the number of casualties is not yet known, but the city of done yet. sc mayor has warned that there may be victims under the rebel as rescue operations continued. and here's footage showing an abandoned t $64.00 tank near the settlement of gas after ukrainian troops apparently left the vehicle with all of his equipment and ammunition in time. now the guns people's militia claims that they have liberated the town of shafter in an offensive as ukrainian forces left the area on monday morning. the battle had been ongoing for almost 4 days. residence had to take shelter in basements during the fighting, while infrastructure was severely damaged. the guns militia alleges that ukrainian forces unleashed most of the destruction during their retreat. locals have been sharing their feelings about the situation with us. that those, that we have been waiting for our 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 me in la ganske. i said i hadn't been there for a long time. when you went 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 you crane shells are kindergartens, schools houses. what love can there be? thank god they get out of here. we should have happened a long time ago. how long were we supposed to bad is we have received exclusive video? what to be was in a resort in the don bass on the see of as it now appears completely destroyed. it was apparently used as a base for ukraine's far right. i saw the battalion before being taken on monday by forces of the done the people's republic and a disturbing you turn facebook will now let users express praise for a neo nazi ukrainian military group previously banned along with the islamic state

and the ku klux klan. but meanwhile, facebook is banning r t in the e u while promoting ukraine's far right as of the tally and in a bid to improve covering the ukraine forces for the time being, we're making a nero 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 god of the policy tweak though, still forbids any praise of violence committed by the extremist group. the battalion emerged as an anti russia militia and joined the ukrainian national guard in 2014. it is famous for its neo nazi ideology and usage of associated symbols. the un has accused the eyes of battalion of committing torture and rape, and the u. s. has even blocked military aid to the group due to its nazi idea. logy . ukraine's army has tweeted out a video showing a soldier from the neo nazi regiment dipping bullets in pig fat as part of its

threats to kill russian muslims. we have requested a comment from facebook and we'll let you know if they reply. meanwhile, we spoke to an independent journalist, benjamin norton, who sees in facebook's decision and obvious adherence to the us stance on the conflicts. i wrote an article and my independent news website, multi polar east, up about this tweets of the national guard. the official verified twitter account of the ukrainian national guard sharing a video of a neo nazi from a soft 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, it violated their content on, on promoting violence and hateful groups. but ironically, meadow which owns instagram says that it actually allows people that praise a's of the ultimate irony of this is that the european union is attacking russia,

claiming that russia's authoritarian and that 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 worked for archie, they're not russians. they are journalists who are doing journalistic work. amid the chaos in ukraine right now, and there's a lot of it, there is an information vacuum about what is happening and the positions of each side with conflicting reports about who is responsible for certain attacks. our team is trying to do their best to make sure we get the actual information as accurate as possible. this footages from tuesday morning from ukraine's 2nd largest city hark of with plumes of smoke rising into the sky from a massive explosion reportedly caused by

a projectile that landed in the city center near the regional administration. building local authorities have blamed russia, but media reports say there were no russian forces in the area from which the projectile had reportedly come. we are waiting for comments from the kremlin about the situation. we did hear from a military journalist and retired to colonel, the barnett's who says ukrainian side is probably aware that the projectile came from their own forces. this is his opinion simply because it is, i got to talk to experts on the nature of the heart of bluff. they say it looked like an artillery hit by a $152.00 millimeter gun, highly explosive, with enhanced gunpowder the 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 ukrainians. side, it's interesting to know how precisely the building was hit, considering the density of construction in height is clear that ukraine in intelligence worked on it. the strike might be part of the ukrainian operation. the

reasons for that are obvious. it was a provocative step by ukraine to play out an anti russian show. they took the fact of the explosion and spread it across social media, blaming russia. however, the russian side claims that it is a priori impossible. joe biden has given his 1st state of the union speech, choosing to focus on the ukraine conflict as domestic problems mount in the u. s. he said the u. s. has joined the e u. in closing its airspace to russian flights and specified the american forces will not participate in the conflict with russia are inflicting pain on russia and supporting the people of ukraine. prudent is now isolated from world more than he has ever been announcing that we will join our allies in closing off american aerospace to all russian flesh. her i say, adding additional fries on her. but let me be clear. our

forces you are not engaged and will not engage in a conflict with russian forces in ukraine. our forces not going to europe to fight ukraine, but to defend our nato allies, the event that decides to keep moving west. 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. r. t and sputnik as well as excluding some russian banks from the swift international transaction system. the block is also considering restrictions on oil and gas imports, or t str, davinsky reports. will these restrictions directly impact archie international and also our sister station? artie france here in france. what it means is that our channels are no longer allowed food costs with it that be on applications on a telephone via the internet, or even on television subscription services across the european union. those new

sanctions that have come into force on wednesday. no, it comes as the says, it has to stand in solidarity with ukraine as this war plays out. 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 low wars, bruce international order, democracy, human, awful. and i thought this is, drew a political terrorism, pure and simple. well, the easy thing, a special sanctions regime to bypass the ordinary media licenses that apply. so to give you an example, artie france or says the station was given a renewed license to put cost in france just back in 2020

a. despite that under the sanctions regime that can be taken off immediately. now our t francis denounced the action, saying that this is simply censorship. the decision to banner channel, which currently has $176.00 employees, including more than $100.00 journalists, is a violation of the rule of law and goes against the very principles of freedom of speech. nothing can justify their censorship. now there has been criticism of that decision, not just by one union of journalists, but also by the president of serbia. of course, serbia is not an u country, but the president saying this is what he said when they talk about freedoms. what they mean really in terms of freedom of the press, is the only freedom that they're thinking of is the freedom for themselves. now in a separate development today, european energy ministers are going to meet to basically look at the use reliance

on russian energy supply. so just to give you a sense, 40 percent of gas to use here in the you 35 percent of crude oil, more than 40 percent of coal supplies all come from russia. and the e. u is desperate to win itself off those supplies. as a result of not just the sanctions, but the fear that they say that russia could potentially turn off the gas supplies between europe. we've also heard from germany that says it regrets it's heavy reliance in the past on russian energy. as for germany, we have to admit that in the past we relied 4 to one sided lee on energy imports from russia. germany is more dependent than other european countries in this regard . this means there is an obligation to get rid of this quickly. now other sanctions coming to bite on wednesday include the fact that certain russian banks are going to be excluded from the swift messenger service. all of the sanctions, the idea from the european union and the u. k. is to have

a heavy financial and economic burden on the russian economy. we do also know that there has been further help for that via companies from the united states, such as apple, nike, boeing and food wal said that they have now suspended. they sales their transactions in the russian federation, and in another development. we know on tuesday that president landscape ukraine once again cool on the european union to look at immediate ascension for his country to the block. as a result of that, m. p 's on tuesday voted to ask for your institution to start looking at how this could happen. no, this is a non binding vote to doesn't mean that ukraine is about to join the european union . what it does 2nd also is that there is a re, it's as a result of this war to see ukraine being bought, inclusive to the western fold. not all you politicians shared the blocks approach

to the conflict in ukraine as a german n p says it is nato that is responsible for the crisis line high hang the polar feeler. it was a fatal mistake to tease ukraine with impossible promises. joining me to in the you, europe has direct ukraine into these confrontation. it will be smarter to do so, so that ukraine could develop. it cannot be anyone's output. mate and membership is a red line for russia. the russian federation will not allow. he has been talking about it for 20 years. we heard from vladimir cheese off russia's permanent representative to the european union commenting on moscow's complicated relations with the block as well as restrictions imposed on r t. he says the use sanctions are designed to push the russian government into making policy. concessions. are the aim of the sanctions. a is the influence of rational state policy and the

are the views of the russian president. that is irrational because that aim will not be achieved by these symbolic sanctions and trying to locate non existent assets of residence in, in europe, or elsewhere in the world. is it just ridiculous? russia you relations have seen their ups and downs over the years on. but what we witness today is certainly beyond any one comprehension, perhaps the european union of one rule with relevance and the situation financial war on my direct other

countries, or if russia, oh, room proceeds to certain countermeasures along that track. our team is i would say beloved target for our western oh regulators and western governments is portrayed as a propaganda channel. ok, though, i believe it or beyond just the current crisis. i believe it's a case of unfair competition from those who find themselves lagging behind in terms of popularity or, or lagging behind our tea. we also asked international affairs expert gregory cope lee whether ukraine could potentially become an you

member. he says keith is still needing to provide further proof. it's economy would be ready to join the european block. well, the decision has been made already big because of the rules of the european union itself. there's an accession process which requires candidate states to go through economic restructuring so that they can pull them to a you 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 it economic situation, its rules and regulations, and it's corruption in particular so that ukraine could be a can a viable candidate to be your opinion. so really, candidacy in the european union is not something which could happen quickly. it's probably not saying which could have ever happened. a toll 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 up declining a relevance declining strategic importance and declining liability. 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 users. the app is to be removed from the app store globally, but remains available in russia and earlier social media giants, including youtube, tick, tock and meadow announced that they would restrict access to russian media outlets . r. t and sport. nick in the u. r. t is a kind of breaker says the network has been caught in the middle of a massive information war, launched by nato countries and their allies. we got a response from meadow 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, integrated power propaganda tool that is published in the west with the intention of broadcasting the will of the puts in government in a 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 mater 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. and many of the recommendations that they have been producing, i now use by the ukrainians. i mean the, you're 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 area and alerts of various building social infrastructure supposedly being bogged there. we are talking about shopping laws, kindergarten 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, russia, foreign ministry is sad, the 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 moscow 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 through the use of various platforms, through the use of various media, which don't even bother to verify the information. there is a deliberate effort to make sure that the russian government crumbles the under the pressure from its, its, its own population. that's so that's actually being the goal of this cognitive warfare. some of the u. s. politicians most associated with american invasions abroad have suddenly changed tack now passionately pushing for respecting national sovereignty and international law. notably hillary clinton, secretary of state, in the disastrous nato bombing of libya and conduct a rice. it was the national, know security advisor for george w bush for the invasion of iraq. well, and i have argued that when you invade a sovereign nation, that is a war. well, i think it is certainly against every principle of international law and

international order. we have to provide sufficient military armaments for the ukraine military and volunteers. reaction from former marine corps intelligence officer, scott ritter, who says that american politicians are using the conflict between russia and ukraine to score points in their campaigns for the upcoming election this year. but he warns such rhetoric can have drastic consequences. you know, hillary, clint right now is playing to a domestic political audience. this is, you know, the issue of russia and its military incursion into ukraine. is a hot political button right now. it's cheap political points. all american politicians are going to be running around saying bad things about russia and talking about all the brave things they want to do. you know, but it doesn't solve anything. it certainly isn't going to further the cause of ukrainians. all it will do is cause more people to die. zalinski,

the ukranian president has made a very emotional appeal for special procedures to apply to ukraine so that these can be obviated. and his appeal resonated, i mean, people were in tears over over what he had to say and you know that the europeans are up in arms. ok. so there's a possibility that you could get the kind of unanimous consent on the part of european union to allow ukraine to enter. but i think once people leave the immediacy of the moment to wipe away the tears from their eyes and think they will realize that that is probably the most irresponsible and dangerous move they could take to invite ukraine in as a european union member is to create the conditions for further armed conflict between europe and russia over ukraine. and we all know that this is a volatile and fluid situation. our news team is doing our best to make sure that

we independently verify all the information that comes in to make sure thank you for you. stay with us as we cover the warranty claim. ah ah . oh, when i went to the wrong one on just a few feet out because the kid and engagement equals the trail when so many find themselves worlds apart.