a way we could do it, hold on by ah, ah, the russian delegation arrived for a 2nd round of peace negotiations with ukraine to take place today. crash confirmed the detect a television tower in kids and also came to have taken control of the southern city oppressed on. although the ukrainian side fits fighting is ongoing with a man from the next, but public stranded in how cough since the war started claims to live in fear of death. since ukrainians in the region were armed, ukrainians of roving stores, it was expected, they would give them weapons and now they'll behaving as if everything is permitted . but if you challenge them, you just get a bullet that may say russians did it with you as president joe biden. in his 1st

state of the union speech discussed closing american air space to russian aircraft and said, no troops will be sent to ukraine at the same time mixing up ukrainians with iranians. put in a circle key with tanks, but will never gain the hearts and souls of the ready people. ah, this is our international life. a moscow you're watching all night bulletin this thursday. the 3rd of march. thanks for joining us. i'm paula. clear. well, there's just one story dominating the news, and that is ukraine. the head of the russian delegation says he expects care of officials to ryan for talks on thursday. the talks had been said to start already that have been postponed. is constantine rascals, the ports from bellis?

the 2nd round of talks between russia and ukraine is going to be held morning. and that is because of a complicated logistics that the training side is facing. we have to understand that ah, the cranium. they don't want to go from keith directly towards the bowers, and that is something that already happened before around one. so instead they go from key if towards a poland 1st and poland give provides them with a helicopter, which transfers them to under the bell, russian territory. from there they are going to this specific place where we're now, so it's a, it's a bit of a long journey and this is why they said that they want to freshen knob get some breast. and the russian delegation that if the russian delegation said that they absolutely understand this and that they ready ought to, to wait, ah, now div, i gotta tell you that. so there is a lot of security arrangements around these talks. and for instance, i can tell you that we, the media were, we are strongly advised,

not to give away exact locations. we're a film, any specific building surround this place. and this is why we go live from, from this place with an absolute and neutral background. but what i can tell you is that it's someplace at the border between a poland and a bowers. and this is, this place was chosen mutually by the russian and ukrainian side because it's mutually convenient for them. ah, and this is also an area where there is that it's, it's the largest. europe's largest 4 is here, cold, below your scale, boucher and it's famous because back in 1991 on the famous belive ish, the courts were signed here between ah, russian, ukrainian and belive our leaders which effectively de sold the soviet union. so this is how displace i went down in history and also i can tell you that the afford this talk publicly. neither side has ch changed. it stands up we. we

understand that keith wants an immediate cease fire and a complete withdrawal of all russian troops of, from, from ukraine, including from crimea and the, and the don vast region masika wants ukraine to assume a neutral status without align with western powers, as well as ought to recognize crimea as russian territory and dornan's can lugens people's republics as independent states. so i guess it's everyone's guess or whether the 2 sides will be able to come out with something ah, from to morrow's talks. now, earlier the russian foreign minister said, again, evolve, told the al jazeera news. nicholas, how russia got to the current crisis. we'll see it was similar, but the little the, the key is we've been trying to appeal to the conscience of the west and tried to bring reason to this regime which was taking on to radical and neo nazi outlines. and the west did not want to do anything because ukraine was used as a tool to deter russia even before 2014. i'm amazed to listen to the comments of

european and especially german politicians when they declare that they are obliged to supply weapons to ukraine. what's that supposed to mean? understanding historical guilt makes germany support neo nazis. it causes strange associations and the live on the land said that europe has never been so close to ukraine. this is probably a signal that as long as you are russ phobe, as long as you are a fascist, as long as you are a neo nazi, everything is allowed to you recall at least a closely similar reaction to what russia is doing in ukraine, restoring justice when hundreds of thousands of iraqis libyan syrians, residents of other countries were killed, where the united states and its allies from the democratic camp directed their eyes thousands of kilometers from the borders. it was enough for the united states. this threatened the national security and look at the hysteria that has risen regarding threat to national security right on our border. i do not rule out the someone wanted russia to get my head in this man made conflict created by the west. we are

able to resist any pressure if anyone helped out. i recommend reading listen history for the russian defense ministry says that 400 and 98th of its service members have been killed in ukraine. they also estimate ukrainian military losses at more than 2800 ukraine's defense ministry has came that the number of russian military service men killed in the war is much higher. is the video from the region taken in ukraine's the 2nd largest city hardcore. you can see flashes caused by intense shading, swamp, and noise. so if the organization has said one of its members was killed in the city on tuesday, neither russia nor ukraine has given any statement on the issue. a man from the next were public who has been stranded in harcourt since the war started says he has lived in fear of losing his life since the ukrainian population was giving weapons. pullman rope everywhere. here there is darkness,

like in the films of world war 2. it is stuck in the streets because the lights are turned off everywhere. including in the residential buildings. i experience the same in 2014, 2015 and 2016. because i am from mckay of car and don bus. the ukranian nationalists came to us brother against brother. and now they are saying outrages, stuff in the media. that putin has hitler for example. that is nonsense. they are trying to rewrite history. to be honest, i've been waiting for this moment for the past 8 years, but not at such a price. on the other hand, there is a proverb, a wedge is kicked down with a wedge. and so sooner or later this was going to happen, especially because so many people have died and the next guy and lou, hans during this time there is looting here ukrainians of robbing stores. it was expected, they would give him weapons. and now the other hating is if everything is permitted,

but if you challenge them, you just get a bullet and they say russians that it. i haven't eaten anything for 2 days because i can't buy anything. we have a curfew overnight from 4 pm to 6 am. if i go, i can be a catastrophe for me because i have ukrainian passport. but the next people's republic registration. this is a terrible situation here in hawk off. i don't know when and how it will end, but i would like that to be peace and justice for those who died in 2014 to prevail . ukraine's president flooding me as the landscape says that more than 6000 russian soldiers have been killed or wounded. over the past week. moscow has denied that claim and says it has inflicted casualties among the ukrainian military. meanwhile, the lensky says, king of needs security guarantees from the west if it is not allowed to join nato. and in the guns and the nets, people's republics residence continue to endure intense battles between the

ukrainian military and local militia forces. this map shows what's been happening with the re dots highlighting the major cities were fighting is being reported. was defense ministry claims. the guns people's militia has advanced against the ukranian army by another 3 kilometers beyond monday's front line. as for the net forces, they reportedly advanced 16 kilometers beyond previous front lines. and that was footage were getting from the don bus region and the parent shilling by the ukranian army. amazon has destroyed cause and residential buildings in the capital city of the people's republic. the number of casualties is not yet known, but the city of the nest has warned that they may be victims underneath the rubble as rescue operations continue. we've received this footage from 2 villages in the guns region where the guns, the people's militia say they have taken a ukrainian army stronghold as well as the vehicle checkpoint. the militia add that

more than 40 towns and villages in the dawn bus have now been liberated. correspondence. we have a notion of reports on the ground. the joint center, full coordination and control on cease fire report that the ukranian army has continued to shall the territory of lugens carry public. meanwhile, the republican peoples militia say that the or forces are continuing to advance further condition with some 20 kilometers north august. can i can tell you it literally looks like a ghost town. the sign on this gate says jose, i was you. meaning it's in russian. the owners are alive, most of the residents fled their homes, left this village, back in 2014. what happened? then there were several air bombs targeting this innocent village, now with a control restored here in this village local residence start slowly coming back here, but not everybody is lucky to get a home to return to me how he college hasn't been here since 2014,

for the 1st time in 8 years, he enters his house. did anyone lit stay in your house, then would you watch the movie to go with her? this is lucy woodson, where she was only of this is me hale's house, but he told me that he cannot enter which morning would you like to use just anymore what you've done. but most of your years, what does it in your storms in your, on? is this mold with her mean the mod, which will always kick a canyon with almost or, oh, but less g o grants. you cannot send the least a little one that's correct. before the 4 days late it good to what on earth is asia? oh, poor her silly bertha will order for several bottles lukewarm us. what on earth noodle just with them, with a personal or never seen this? are you, it's me is via is he is here with

a school which given any route from what i, what i assured him for that arc young fresh or that there were long in your below was her gotcha. and looks like a metal bar and of a shell. yes, it's just that you choose to do a year with almost or no. this was at the store a year. we're going to lose them way or others, the toaster, if, as in a better. but if you're treasure we consider you got lucky, your house hasn't been destroyed. there's going to take some time before me, how yos, family can come back here, but at least now they have a place again to call home and to return to. it's a very little village, but there is a railway station just nearby and, and this is how it became kind of like strategic point for, for all forces. and all of them one wanted to take control over it. these men,

me how it was all these 8 years under the ukrainian control. you mean the appeal to you yet? failure. so you, you, you so you, what do you watch and you, what sir? the 30, my will dormer the year. so from the food chain, lack of ice, roy use our to the thought. come when you deal with nathan, you dealer really las cross will shimaya there with such as sir cavaloni. will you show the governor lumberman? reason who is poor to live. women is guy here. killing us was reason. i'm mom, voice him leo, nazareth, nice guy. utica little natural reason. i knew lucy lim, of see war more than 500 children from the conflict. read and done by region have begun attending schools in russia's neighboring roster of region. however, more than 1800 students still remain in a temporary accommodation center. artie went to one of the schools that has welcome the children evacuated from the war zone.

oh, when mm ah, i'm seeing that we had strong explosions in the morning, so i didn't go to school. then in the evening we were told to evacuate to rusty. my new classmates came when we were at the temporary accommodation center. they visited and helped us. i've been well received here. everyone's friendly. it's really good when there's no explosions over our heads. no shelling a dough to come back in the dawn. yes. for public. i had to skip school several times. one day in december 2016, a shell flew into our house, all the windows collapsed. luckily no one was injured. but the next day i didn't go

to school. it's good when you were at school. there was a peaceful sky over your head and no one is shooting ah goodies. in conversations with your mothers, we realized that the children of course, wanted to return home as soon as possible. but we are ready to teach them as long as necessary for emergency situations and by decree or stop regions. ah, joe biden has focused his 1st state of the union speech on the ukraine conflict. surprising critics who note mounting domestic problems in the united states. he said, washington has joined the e u, enclosing it's a space to russian flights,

but specified that american forces won't participate in the conflict with russia. are inflicting pain on russia and supporting the people of ukraine. prudence now isolated from world more than he has ever been. i'm announcing that we will join our allies and closing off american aerospace to all russian flesh. i say, let me be more he will not engage and will not engage in a conflict with russian forces in ukraine. our forces are not going to europe to fight ukraine, but to defend our nato allies the read to put in decide to keep moving west joe biden also voice support for the people of ukraine and said putin miscalculated the ongoing situation there, but he confused ukrainians for iranians with more on the story arctic correspondent

caleb martin. joe biden state of the union address was given last night where he addressed a joint session of congress and in that state of the union address, he began by focusing almost exclusively on russia, demonizing, russia. the situation in russia's role and intervention and ukraine pretending that nothing was done to provoke this as if this just happened out of the blue. there was an even an embarrassing moment where he said that he said that the iranian people will never surrender to prove it. basically, he slipped and instead of saying ukrainian, he said iranian putting a circle key with tanks. but i'll never gain the hearts and souls of the iranian people. however. a at the same time, you know, many are looking on at the world situation and quite concerned about the rhetoric. people are looking at the possibility that these sanctions that are being put on russia that we just heard about from anthony blank in the us,

secretary of state. they could have a global impact. for example, russia is one of the main exports of fertilizer. and if a russian fertilizer is not able to get to farms around the world and places like brazil and african countries and in europe, the results could be a shortage of food. we already have supply chain issues. and the price of food in the united states has drastically increased over the past several months. and if russia is, fertilizer is not allowed to be exported. the results from the world in terms of malnutrition, in terms of crop shortages, could be massive. this is not being highlighted in american media, but serious economists are looking into this. it's also worth noting that in addition to that, in the united states, there is a big concern about the rising price of gas and the rising price of gasoline and heating gas for winter time. and those prices are only going to increase and joe biden, to talk about strategic reserves, but that hasn't really addressed the issue joe biden basically use the wage and i

in ukraine to distract from his own very low poll numbers. joe biden is quite an unpopular president. he has not been doing very well. the us economy has really been suffering under jo biden's president, the promise to fix up all the mistakes and all the problems that went on under the trump administration with the pandemic. and he's gotten in and the economy has gotten worse, the country is more polarized and more divided than it was before. so here in the united states, we have a lot of, you know, chest pounding and high podium, pounding and hostile rhetoric against russia. they are mobilized in the public to hate russia, but it's not addressing the problems below the surface. meanwhile, the international paralympic committee says russian and bell russian athletes will now take part in the beijing winter paralympics. under neutral status. the committee says it's because of the country's roles in the war against ukraine. civil countries had earlier demanded that russian parent pins be thrown out of the

games altogether. the effect of western sanctions has also sprayed into space with rushes was cause most warning. it can no longer carry out all of its international obligations due to the restrictions. the space agency have came to cleaning efforts to hack the systems were incredibly dangerous for the entire global community. calling for them to be classified as war crimes. last, just no use fresh it. many are asking us now about how much the attack while ukrainian hackers has affected the rose cosmos, flight control systems and our orbital group. i want to say this is fake. there were indeed such attempts to break into the flight control systems, but our security system automatically repelled them. and secondly, i want to warn those who continue to do this, that this is a crime that should be severely punished. the removal of a space group of any country from duty is an act of war. such an act can lead to disorientation of space apparatus an acre full to the grounds. i think this is

a crime against humanity. we will search for those who organize these attacks and we will pass all the relevant information to law enforcement agencies to initiate criminal cases. all of their job sunset sanctions against the russian space program were introduced a long time ago. back in 2014. they existed before as well. the plan was to completely reset our capabilities for creating spacecraft. but we switched from imports to domestic supplies. and after losing a couple of years, which of course was painful, we were able to build our own devices and will continue to make them. now the europeans have repeated these sanctions. it is quite obvious that their intention is to bring down the russian rocket and space industry. we consider this a war declared against us. therefore, we will have to respond just as harshly because corporation in space does not allow such actions. in fact, sanctions against ross cost must will not stop pros, cosmos. it is difficult to stop us. we have many other customers who do not obey

american sanctions. we will now corporate with them absolutely openly. but the western coalition is just uncontrollably smashing international scientific projects . i mean, you americans are pragmatic people. they want to maintain cooperation with russia within the international space station, despite the numerous sanction wind because it is impossible to manage the space station without us. we are responsible for its navigation and fuel delivery. i'm not talking about the interdependence of all control systems. therefore we will closely monitor the actions of our american partners. and if they continue to be host though, we will return to the question of the existence of the international space station . i would not like such a scenario because i expect that the americans will cool down. meanwhile, you politicians have court on the block to impose even harsher sanctions against russia over the conflict in ukraine as the you has already banned news outlets. r. t and sputnik, as well as approved excluding mini washing bank from the swift international

transaction system. the block is also considering restrictions on oil and gas imports, as ortiz, charlotte 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 to podcast. whether that be on applications on a telephone by the internet or even on television subscription services across the european union. those are new sanctions that have come into force on wednesday. now it comes as the e u says it has to stand in solidarity with ukraine as this war plays out. we are able to, the other 2 are very pretty and to decide the surgeons whist. message constituencies for russia, but also to be honest, the through the web address for us, where the secretion of dr. richards is additional for democratic principles

discretion of international law. well, the ear is using a special sanctions regime to bypass the ordinary media licenses that apply. so to give you an example, artie france orsis the station was given a renewed license to boot cast in france just back in 2020. but despite that under this sanctions regime that can be taken off immediately. now archie frances denounced the action as saying that this is simply 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. now there has been criticism over decision not just by one union of journalists, but also by the president of serbia. of course, it 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 mean this is 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 to 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 back to 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 keep bowing and forth was 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 cools on the european union to look at immediate ascension for his country to the block. as a result of thought, m. p 's on tuesday voted to ask for you institutions to start looking at how

this could happen. no, this is a known binding vote to doesn't mean that ukraine is about to join your opinion. what it does 2nd also is that the e u is showing that it has solidarity with ukraine. and it does see crane potentially in the future. being an e member. operators of russia's as 400 tribes and to call from the south system has the gun a military exercise in some barrier. the exercise for around 600 military personnel practice combat training, talk to detect and destroy a mock enemy, preparing 5 positions camouflaging the weapons and organizing a defense. meanwhile, romania has lost 2 military across in one day near ukraine's border. a fight today went off the goods yesterday evening. according to the country's defense ministry. while 2 hours later, a rescue helicopter also crashed in bad weather, leaving 5 people dead. no explanation has been given for either incident.

well that brings us to the end of the bulletin for this hour. we'll be back at the top of the next hour. stay tuned for more breaking news on this developing story. ah no one else seemed wrong when i was just a few feet out. disdain becomes the african and engagement. it was the trail. when so many find themselves will depart, we choose to look for common ground.

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