dallas will support, we choose to look so common ground. ah, the whist creates a picture like in hollywood, there is absolute evil, an absolute good and absolute good is embodied in the character who is the screen. right? so this action rushes foreign minister warns that western media and politicians have taken up totally unbalanced approach to covering the crisis in ukraine day age of russia's military operation and ukraine. locals, flea the fighting as scores of homes are devastated by shelley key city and the done yet the people's republic. if you cranes, latest tart therapy and union is preparing a port package of sanctions that could significantly head the economy of the e u itself. that's according to the french president. while

the western media continue to push a heavily bruce to phobic narrative, a french journalist steps forward to note, the ukrainian government has actually been targeting civilians in don. bob, this is that all those people praying is showing is also conducted by ukrainians. definitely with your watching arts, international, special coverage of the war and ukraine on your host, donald quarter. welcome to the program. but 1st of russia's foreign minister, circ a lab, rob has given an interview to r t and other international media to address the current crisis in ukraine. he says, coverage of the conflict has been artificially scripted is going to even ukraine has long. we made an anti russian spring board for undermining everything russian. i'm thinking about the diplomatic talent of the west. people have been dying by the

1000. none of the western media had the idea to go to the doctor to see how people live in the ukrainian regime. declared terrorists, although they did not attack anyone the west create the picture like in hollywood, there is absolute, evil and absolute good. and absolute good is embodied in the character who is the screenwriter of this action movie. are joining me now in the studios are keys, iliad. katrinka, thanks for joining us. sylvia. so what's the rundown of what lab? rob said, don. hey, there now. well, one of my questions to mr. alive ra was. do you actually believe that the russian side is being heard, given the reaction from the politicians mainly in the west, but in other parts of the world as well, and also the media to now let me explain why this question was asked. i've listened to several interviews by the russian top diplomat, mister lab, rob, and i can tell you that when moscow is trying to explain its motivation and what

is called a military operation here in moscow against ukraine. it seems that the questions that follow from western media are completely ignorant of what rush has been saying all along. so to that, mr. lab, rob replied that he believes that at the moment the west is listening, but it's not hearing russia. so take a listen. what exactly the russian foreign minister had to say about i'm good at the never lose will being told, don't worry, the expression of ukraine or any of the country today. so won't be a threat to russia security. why on us should the west define what russia requires for security? they hear us, but they're not listening. and they're trying to impose upon their own understanding of how to continue living in europe as well. moscow was accused of actually war mongering by the west after vladimir putin ordered rushes nuclear deterrent system to be activated. what did lab rob have to say about that?

well, we do have to understand that it's not really being activated. it's something that they're calling here in russia to make it ready for some kind of potential response. and i guess response is the key word here. again, if we listen to what exactly as being said by the russian officials, this, according to the kremlin, is in reaction to the military build up of nato over those forces. it's hardware on russia's doorstep. so it's not really something that could be interpreted, i guess, as russia banning the drums of nuclear war, something like that. and this is what sir elaborate has been explaining in this particular interview and in the conversations that he had before. take a listen to what you should have. it is up to the idea of nuclear war is constantly

bouncing around in the heads of western politicians. not ours. i assure you will not allow any provocations to throw us off balance. now just to follow up on the what i've been saying a little earlier, the messages that have been coming from moscow not only this time around, but in previous years, was about how the russian side is worried about the expansion of nato. eastwards. and also we heard from sir de la ralph, that nato really it needs to follow up on its own mission statement that it is a defensive alliance. and if it's about defense, the russian side then cannot understand why it keeps edging closer towards russia's borders. because i need to speak to show that it can dictate orders in europe. if the alliance was defensive, then it would have to defend itself. but no one has attacked. it has been

constantly expanding eastwards and each time union actually determining the so called lines of different so that it has already come close to the bows out of the russian veneration. i do so quite a few things being said by foreign minister loud rob about nato, about the actions of western countries in the past. and during this conflict as well, that leads to consequences. but he also had a few things to say about the negotiations that are either about to start or that have just begun. the next round in bell rose between the delegations of russia and ukraine. according to certain live robs kia, found a pretext which is unknown, to somehow change the time, and at least try and change the location of these talks. according to the russian foreign minister again, he believes this. the reason for it is that key of is listening to orders from

washington, that is dictating some kind of changes or he believes the gradient side as being manipulated according to the russian foreign ministry. ukraine is completely not independent in this particular situation. like it's been since 2014 after what moscow keeps calling the military coup in kiev when president jacobi was ousted right now. i just wanna make sure that we understand that these were the latest comments of surg, elaborate before the next round of negotiations between key of moscow and bella. ruth was very important right now is to hear from both sides when they come out of that negotiating room. well, thanks, a lot alia for walking us through what the russian foreign minister had to say. that was our team. it will trickle. now for some insight into what's going on, we're going to go to live now to martin martin mccauley historian,

an analyst of russian affairs. thanks a lot for joining us. so the foreign minister notes, the consequences of nato's eastward expansion, could cause a serious dialogue on that finally happen. given the ukraine crisis. yes. will brought 1st been reiterating what he said, many 100 for what redeemer put in a said many times before the very easy russian security. very uneasy about the penetration of nato into the east european states. pohden check republics, lavaca and so on. and redeem of brazil put in his astral or demanded but major retreat to his 997 bounties and regions. they see natives presence in those states. ah, as challenging as a threat to russian security. whereas nato said, well,

these countries are chose to become members of nato. and they are concerned about that security. and because of that, they would like nato to remain. so we really reach an impasse. yeah. the conflict in the war in ukraine. he pointed out a very important things, again, a rough point, tommy, very important that there should be no other country. no other military getting involved in that conflict is a conflict between the russian army and the ukrainian army. and the go to the russian army is to eliminate, demilitarized ukraine, and nobody else should interfere because that could, in fact, heighten tension and lead to a nuclear war, which would be what 3 that would be up to disastrous. it's very important that he made that very, very clear. and so that everyone now knows what the russian position is while

speaking of nuclear war, staying on that topic, do you think lab ross was right to note that nuclear war seems more of a figment of western politicians imagination or do you think it's a bigger threat no, i think the nuclear war is a reality. you can't, we should away. we would like to wish it away. we wish that there were no nuclear weapons in song, but there are nuclear weapons, and russia has a lot of them. america who never them and nuclear weapons are in other countries as well. so we can't, which way the nuclear threat, it's always to beg your mind and those in those responsible for defense and security of our own country, up to remember that and under no circumstances should we get involved in a nuclear conflict because everyone knows it, world war 3, as a gala ro said, world war 3 will be a nuclear war. i will demonstrate the world, it will ruin, it will destroy everyone. everyone is aware of that. and therefore it is very

important that new grew up in only roommate i did tenant. and i never used, i did tell meaning that no side would risk using nuclear weapons in the other because retaliation would be fast and very, very violent. so therefore, i reside, realizes that under the snake consensus should nuclear weapons. we used live rob, this is another thing. the foreign minister said. he said that at ukraine has long been made to be anti russia. and that the west has been creating a picture akin to something that would have been made in hollywood perhaps. do you agree with that? well, from the ukranian part of europe, president, lindsey has pointed this out. we are under threat and we need support from our allies. we need support from everyone in the outside world. and if you are, the president is up to you to unify your country to say, right. we are facing unprecedented challenge and therefore we are the good guys and

those who are attacking the bad guys. this is another to, this is normal narrative in walk in war. the 1st casualty is information truth and therefore the ukraine will in fact present. it situation, the stock is possible to language so that it can gain as much support from the outside world as possible. and the russians will come to that by saying as a gala said, they don't listen to us. ah, we say all these things, but we don't take it in like a language of the death. we talk to them, but they don't listen. and what they say to us when we listen to that much that we don't accept it. i mean, we keep on making a point and show, but they don't acknowledge that i didn't wall. this is, this is a war for from one of your the grands truth. of course, information is

a caraway. and your present, your, your, your, for situation in the stock as possible terms that if ukraine is not supported, doesn't fight. it will be wiped out as a nation, as a country and so on. our country will be destroyed and so i have to put it in a very, very extreme language, so as to hit the, the conscience of the outside world and hope that they will then support support you. but jalencia is better clear. he's been asked for. he has asked for no fly zone in ukraine. i may do a duet said no, no, go area, because that would bring him to conflict with russian aircraft. and that could in fact, precipitate a nuclear contract nuclear complex. therefore, we can do that. so therefore, from valencia's point of view, he will appealing in the stock as possible language and strongest possible language,

say we're being annihilated and appeared to, i'm sorry, powers allies and john to come to the help of ukraine. but they have pointed out of the image, the beds, nato make. other countries have made clear. they will not put butcher the grown up, but in any troops it will not get involved minutely in the conflict between, between russia and ukraine. and i was historian an analyst on russian affairs, martin mccauley. thanks a lot for joining us in the program. thank you. i meanwhile, the 2nd round of peace talks between russian and ukrainian delegations is set to start. keith has just confirmed its group is heading to the negotiations location in bel ruth, it's the 2nd attempt to find a common position on political, humanitarian and military issues. after the 1st round of talks at the end of february, we will of course, bring you the latest on this developing story as it becomes available throughout the day. stay 8 of russia's military operation in ukraine with many

civilians fleeing the fighting and others trying to escape the rubble that once was their homes. this map here shows what's been happening with the red dots highlighting the major cities were fighting is being reported. russia's defense ministry says the guns people's militia has advanced 75 kilometers against the ukrainian army. and then you have the forces have reportedly advanced 58 kilometers since russia entered the conflict last week. a warning you may find the following image. this image is disturbing that we're going to be showing right now. we received the footage of the destruction in the city of gordon of car in the don't done boss region where heavy shelling has been reported to city mayor published this video of a home guided by the fighting as emergency services tried to restore basic utilities like water and electricity, another warning, you may find that the upcoming images disturbing as well. this is a video showing the bodies of killed ukrainian soldiers and burned military

equipment. and yet the people's republic forces entered this settlement and are now trying to clean up the area. the locals have taken shelter in basements. now we've received this footage from 2 villages in the grounds to people's republic where the people's militia claimed its taken control of a ukrainian army stronghold and a vehicle checkpoint. the militia says that more than 40 towns and villages in the don boss have now been liberated for. here's a video from the region taken in ukraine's 2nd largest city of hot cup. you can see flashes caused by intense shelling throughout the night. and the o. s. c e, which for years monitored the conflict in the don boss said one of its members was killed. and hark of this, this week, neither russia nor ukraine has given any statement on the city streets in ukraine have descended into chaos. as the government is said to be handing out firearms to civilians and released prisoners are then yet resident stark in the ukrainian city

of crock of says he fears for his life is pulling up everywhere here. there is darkness, like in the films of world war 2. it is dark and the streets because the lights are turned off everywhere. including in the residential buildings. i experienced 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 out 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 as 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 away, it could 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 . and this for did, you can see a small village, devastated on the outskirts of ukraine's capital resident say, a bomb destroyed several homes on wednesday morning. new cranium side has reported that 2 people have been killed and 12 injured in the village over the past week. in this footage, you can see russian armed forces units advancing in the kiev region with damaged buildings and the infrastructure following intense showing and explosions. you can

see some of the burnt wreckage there. now ukraine's president says that more than 6000 russian soldiers have been killed or wounded over the past week. moscow has denied that claim, but says it has inflicted heavy casualties among the ukrainian military. vladimir zalinski added the key of needs. security guarantees from the west. if it isn't allowed to join nato and insists that ukrainians have rallied since the start of russia, a special operation thing to which victor are here for a week ago for am, russia invaded the territory of an independent country of ukraine. this is an act of aggression, megalomania and persecution. rockets artillery tanks and other moment vehicles coming like a swarm of locusts. the 1st hours and days of a full scale will will really difficult, but we were united, which means we were strong and us. we survived, and so it will continue. we will stand that extreme russian representatives abroad

have faced unprecedented threats and attacks as a result of the conflict. moscow's embassy in paris has been vandalized with paint earlier. russia embassy and australia was mailed to envelopes with a suspicious white powder inside. local authorities are investigating the incident . we spoke with russia's envoy to australia who says the package does not appear to be dangerous. in fact, oh, poor these, a recent days, the situation around the embassy has been very dense. and we haven't been massively targeted with the threatening and insulting messages and actions. it is the 1st time uh we received such a mail. what we know by now from the lease and the emergency services that the

content off for the 2 envelopes approved to be safe. in fact, no dangerous. oh by now it seems the situation has been the result. what i would like to know is say that the a law enforcement agencies should be credited, they take very seriously. it seems there are negations of the convention, and they take measures to protect the embassy, to ensure the security around. the embassy is a, is there. a french journalist has been criticized for saying that don bos residents are being targeted by the ukranian government. she's been filming in the war torn region since 2015 and told us about her experience on air. the anchor was quite

skeptical about what she said. sir continued about dead and wounded. i filled them every day. i take photos every day, save us proof. i cannot have any political message to compress, but just so you know, this conflict has been widely discussed for a week, but it has lost it already a tears and cost the death of 13000 people. people are devastated, all of them are ukrainians, and they're extremely surprised that europe is now aware of the situation. all of the shilling hiding and living and basement heavy artillery everywhere. i was filming this back in 2015. but i repeat, this has been going on since 2014, on the, on the computer. sorry to interrupt. not all of us know about the situation as much as you do that since you've been following it for so many years. something you said surprised me. you said that all those people are ukrainian, the showing is also conducted by ukrainians. definitely. this is something really important and somehow it's being ignored. presidents of the don't best begin to be

targeted by their own government in 2014 russian speaking citizens fell victim to shilling by key of government. it's true, i have proof, i can show it as soon as i go back to france, i have a whole documentary. it's undeniable. as a the showing has been carried out by russians or ukrainians. the craniums are shining where i am now. the ukrainian government bombed it said, since children had to live in basement for months. the film that i made in 2015 has proof of these crimes against humanity. i take responsibility for my words, an edge to watch it. the other day i was at the school, 2 teachers were hit by explosion. their bodies were caught into applauded this photo to facebook. i met elderly women who could not leave this area. civilians are falling victim to heavy artillery. rocket launches. i'm not very good with weapons, but i can confirm that here in the don't best in the russian speaking part, residential areas are still being show today. yesterday the net squash bombed and

you think these bombings are being conducted by the central ukranian authorities. so yes, in the meantime, the e u has been preparing a 4th round of sanctions against the moscow over the ukraine crisis, as announced by austria as foreign minister. that's some european leaders, including french president, emanuel micron have admitted the already imposed sanctions on russia. would inevitably backfire on the block with more. here's our t. charlotte to pinsky president macklin of france warned a very difficult days ahead. and he said the whole of europe would be impacted now in that address, which was made on wednesday evening. here in france, he put the blame for the war in ukraine solely on president putin of russia. and he said the pretext that president putin had outlined for that war it was false. now he saluted what he said was the ukrainians, who were fighting for their country. and he said that there would be a plan developed to try and mitigate the impact of the sanctions here in europe. he

said that they would be a knock on effect, and that would include price rises for every day products such as buying fuel or even foods. let's have a listen to what else president icon had to say from normal or de sick. too many economic sectors are suffering and will suffer either because they depend on imports of raw materials from russia and ukraine, or because they export to these countries. our growth, which is currently at its peak, will inevitably be affected. the increase in the price of oil gas and raw materials has and will have an impact on our purchasing powers. i have asked a prime minister to drive an economic and social resilience plan in the coming days to address all these difficulties. not his own president, michael also addressed the refugee crisis at the moment saying that france was ready to open its arms, its hands to those who are fleeing war in the country at the moment. just to give you a sense of the scale of that, at least here in europe, at the u. n says around 1000000 refugees have had to flee ukraine. it's described

this as being an exodus. and it has called for the guns to be put down for the war to stop if only for humanitarian assistance to be able to get in to the country to help millions and millions of others at. meanwhile, companies here in the you are offering free flights and free train to those are from ukraine who have had to flee their country in order to help them get to destinations elsewhere in europe. we have also heard over the last few days of other european politicians, also warning about how those sanctions against russia will come to bite here in europe to and as airlines are facing restrictions are with them not being able to fly into russia and russia having band or some airlines from the you coming back into the u. this is this tit for tat over who can fly in which air space at

some airline see that they are already feeling the pinch of this bypassing, the russian air space lengthened flight times to asia considerably. and thus, the operation of most of our passenger and cargo flights to asia is not economically sustainable or competitive. there's also the fall out of course of those individuals who are listed on the sanctions list just for example, in the u. k. or roman of brom, of it. sure has been the owner of chelsea football club i he's normally ok. he says he's now selling the club and there are reports that he's trying to offload several of his multi 1000000 pound properties in london as a result of at what's happening at the moment in germany. our reports that add a super yacht over a russian billionaire has been seized. that cb, your said to be worth over 600000000 euros. and there is also been ultra backlash. in fact, one university in milan attempted to try and ban

a course, or at least postpone a course on dostoevsky. the russian writer at saying that with these tense times, that you know, they could be strong internal disagreements and tensions as a result of that. however, there was a backlash to that decision, including from the italian ex prime minister, mateo renzi, who described that decision is insane. and as a result of that, dostoevsky is back on the menu. well, thanks for sticking around with us here at our 10 international for more updates on the war and ukraine. stick around for our special coverage in just another 30 minutes. ah, what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy even foundation. let it be an arms race. is an offense,

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