a with russia is military offensive in ukraine enters its 9th day, laughs and gunfire are reported, both thing, government controlled area and then the, the net scan loop. ganske republics. meanwhile, the ukranian president mix of passionate liter other more guarantees. still move, not me. when i see i don't, i don't need to have those guys lives which come with a mile name with a 2nd round of pace talks ends in bella. bruce, both sides agree to the setting up of humanitarian car doors for a vacuum visa possible,

a temporary cease fire to allow it to the system with talk on the conflict 2 between the manual mccrory and vladimir putin, but the end and frustration, but the french and russian leaders had loggerheads over a key issue while the west continues with its indignation towards russia's actions, a french journalist who's covered the conflict in eastern ukraine for years. claims the key of government has been targeting civilians in the dom boss. you sent an all those people ukraine. it was showing. it's also conducted by ukrainian. yeah, definitely. with your couch in the program from today across the world. welcome to moscow on to then use our on our t. i'm own you. have a fighting continues on. russia's military offensive in ukraine enters its 9th day

with europe. largest nuclear power plant reported to have become bustle ground. let's get into that detail. security camera footage circulating in the media show smoke at the supple rehear nuclear plants with management at the site saying it was caused by a fire. it's unclear what spark the blaze, or the or russian forces took control of surrounding areas. although the plant is still said to be working safely. meanwhile, in the western ukrainian city of la evolve, volunteers have been building a bomb shelter in one of its parks. it's designed to hold around $100.00 people. one of the workers spoke to the media. we are all in here and here, and we help in to clean the bomb shelter because the leaf is still not in danger, but we have to be prepared for russian invasion. iverson change in one

all or so as a month explosion in keys. i live in santa, i live in peaceful district of c t a, and it was immediately i understood that the order started and reality is different. well, ukraine's president has once again asked for a no fly zone to be sent up over ukraine, or for more fighter jets to be delivered. he made a passionate plea of latimer potent while saying he didn't understand the security guarantees. ukraine is expected to give guarantee, a storm of not me when you're not near stillia, those guys come when you die, you're not. my name was sag some money by godaddy she would use but on the other side, all the conflicts and the lookouts. scant done yet. people's republics,

residents continue to endure intense battles between the military of ukraine on local militia forces. we have received footage of some of the damage in gor love care and the don bus region were shelling was reported. the cities merge published this video of a home hit during the fighting emergency services humping, trying to restore basic utilities like water and electricity through this. oh, we also receive this footage from 2 villages and luc counts for public whose forces say they have taken control of a ukrainian army strong hold on a vehicle checkpoint local authority, same ukrainian soldiers have not been forced outs of more than 40 towns and villages in the danverse ortiz maria phenomena sent this report from one of them. we are now driving closer to the front line to the area, is that the army here called liberated areas. and it's a little different picture here. we just left the guns. we arrived in the town of

nova, i dar about a 100 kilometers north of lou ganske, just day off to the russian army, took it under their control. you can see it doesn't look like there was any fighting here and we were told that's because the ukrainian army was not to actually resisting. they were abandoning their positions, living behind weaponry vehicles, armored vehicles, and actually everything looks absolutely peaceful. yellow and blue, ukrainian flags of steel everywhere. here for 8 years since key of launched its counter terrorism operation against wordsworth, than ukraine's east. and most regions of the nearest and logans. these town, as well as by the way, all the towns and villages in the area has been living under ukrainian rule. and we heard from locals. what was that like? see this one is cross. that means there are new rules here will go to his

appointment. well of course, at 1st it was hard when you crane came and then every one just got used to it. fighting his hardwood and the attitude. we've never been loved here. could you was i to pit road im here you know, at 1st one of my grandchildren who was 2 years old kept saying the grandma there, boom me, i'm scared. well i come him down. every one is scared. it's very difficult time. we're worried about people on that site and the other side and also worried for you were a told that this is where her ukraine's security service headquarters were in this town. here's the ukrainian flag. as you can see, we're going to go check. they say it's in the basement. things are scattered all over the place and clear people were live in this place. in a hurry. this is where the office of the head of this little region used to be. locals used to call this building a white house, and there are signs here in ukraine,

and he says attention attention. attention is about evacuation of local residents. if you want to leave this place, they say there are buses leaving from central square every day at noon. yeah, you could then for you, why would i leave my beloved? is it the cemetery here we have peaceful come here, tory because say that live, he's slowly coming back to this town. but military vehicles are the only will i've seen in this town. there are different forces fighting here on one side. this is the army of the republic of logan's. they are now going to the front line to rejoin with the russian army. these forces were advancing from different directions . now, when they meet, we can shakes path on the back. they will continue together. new if notional r t from milligan, square, public. russia, meanwhile,

say ukraine is deliberately putting the civilian population up risk by using them as human shields. president putin made the claim of his security conference, not only skiwski neo nazi sky for them, internationalists and neo nazi groups with foreign mercenaries and their ranks. also including those coming from the middle east. you citizens as human shields. i've already told you that there is solid evidence. there are images clearly showing them deploy military hardware in residential district is a thursday was a busy news day. a 2nd round of pace taught ended in belarus on the day with both sides agreeing to set up humanitarian corridors. with more details on that on more besides, here's ortiz constantly. rosco, russia and ukraine agreed on humanitarian corridors. they will be organized in urban areas effected by heavy fighting so that the civilians who found themselves stranded between the military could evacuate safely. both parties also agreed to

deliver food and medicine to these areas, as well as the impose limited and temporary cease fires that would only be maintained during the time when people are being evacuated. they out of the rush and delegation environment and he said that humanitarian issues were front and center during the meeting and also urged common ukrainians, who stuck in the war zone to use these passages or he added do something so that the fighting isn't necessary. it's up to the ukrainian president who was present at the meeting, also welcome the fact that the 2 sides agreed on humanitarian corridors. however, he admitted that the 2 sides bo delegations had failed to reach any progress in other areas. it means that the fighting's in ukraine will continue, however, there is a way now for civilians to escape. earlier. moscow accused steve of using people in cities as human shields, by placing military hardware in residential areas. next to schools and hospitals.

there will be a 3rd round of negotiations to firm up tonight's agreements and sort out their implementation. both sides agreed to meet up again in a couple of days when we spoke to the former director general of the united nations office in geneva, this is his take on the conflict of as the oldest, like negotiations for the go spaces for report administer, group made that much better to have 10 years of negotiations, one day of work, but history, cruise ship, war is inevitable. whether you would like it to not work in, in this case was there was no way actually war several times,

the publicly privately talking them misstatements. you're going to have your grade you believe the aggression against? yes can look, ask will course, the russian response to the russian population and we cannot tolerate such an enemy on board will will be used as a n d b. as a semester done in the politic and i know a french journalist has been criticized for claiming locals in the don boss region are being targeted by the ukrainian government and lauren, but now has been filming in the war torn region since 2015 and spoke about her experience on there in france,

although the presenter didn't seem convinced sir continued about dead and wounded, i filled them every day. i take photos every day, save us proof. i do not have any political message to express, 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 shelling, hiding and living in basements, 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, surprise me, you said that all those people are ukrainian about 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 governmental. 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. it's only 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 as 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 called into applauded this photos 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 bomb. and

you think these bombings are being conducted by the central ukranian authorities. so, yes, on a lower, banal swell report say the french president, manuel mac tron was meanwhile left frustrated, following a phone call. a lot of them are putting over russia's actions in ukraine. according to the kremlin, the russian leader rejected the majority of microns arguments during a 90 minute conversation. charlotte dubin ski can tell us the worst is yet to come. a very stark assessment by frances president on the situation in ukraine. now that followed yet another long phone call with his counterpart president putin, of the russian federation with an aide to macaroni, saying that apparently the french lead to believe that putin is intent on seizing the whole of the country of ukraine. now, a french official also suggested that preaching told me that the war in ukraine was going to plan, but malcolm was pretty blunt when he told him that he was making

a major mistake, saying you will lying to yourself. it's understood, the preaching continued to assert that russia is trying to demilitarize and to d, nazi fi ukraine. but president michael was holding back very bluntly saying that ukraine wasn't a nazi regime. microns. only assessment of the cool was pretty pessimistic. according to this tweet, i spoke to president putin this morning. he refuses to stop his attack on ukraine at this point. it is vital to maintain dialogue, to avoid human tragedy. i will continue my efforts and contacts. we must avoid the worst. mat corn is then said don't spoken to the ukrainian president zalinski to say that he believed that the russian leader was determined to pursue a military operation right to the very end. now,

following that cool between macklin and putin and elisa official also told reporters here in france that the country is thinking of toughening sanctions even more against russia. they said that the current sanctions 1st though needed to be evaluated and then that they would be complimented and the sanctions have already started to bite those who are here in france, a c p. your belonging to one russian oligarch was seized by customs officials on the mediterranean coast. in other developments, ministers have also been meeting to approve for the very 1st time the use of the temporary protection directive. now it will give those refugees who are fleeing ukraine temporary protection, as it suggests. it will also mean that they'll get you residency and the rights that come along without residency access to health care and to education for

a year. and that that will be able to be renewed. we managed to have a unanimous decision on the temporary protection directive. there's never been used even though it's been existing for 20 years. when this comes into force, everybody can how to protection directly they can work. they can have their, they can have with accommodation, children can go to school. there will be no wasting time here. and this is really, really important. now as you, her day was hyped up has been a 40 major announcements, but there was some in the press room. the question whether actually this had been watered down. that's because the scope of the directive is actually a lot wider than what is being implemented. it is white enough to include giving those protections to food nation nationals. that means individuals from other countries who were working in ukraine or studying in ukraine, legally, who've also had to flee the country as a result of the war. however,

the directive assets been in that it will be a political ukrainians. now there's also a warning that won't be you is seeing an influx of around $1000000.00 refugees in just one week alone. that many more could be on their way. you shouldn't be naive, the commissioner said, millions of refugees will create challenges. however, she believes that the e was in a much better position. since the migration course is in 2015 to ensure that those protections would be upheld, that least ukrainian citizens with the european union showing a united stance in its efforts to help ukrainian refugees protest. i've been l throughout europe on a run the world. busy of rushes, actions in berlin, $5000.00 students, made a standard sad to finish pulling for peace. while in the bulgarian capital sophia,

people there celebrated its national de holding ukrainian flags. demonstrators also taken to the center of london incurring anti were banners, trafalgar square. and in the middle east and israel, dozens of protesters gathered as well to collect humanitarian aid for the ukrainian people. more than 800000 people have fled ukraine since russia's offensive started according to the u. n. but there is growing criticism, not western media comparisons between those refugees and the millions who fed conflicts in the middle east, enough callous done over the past 2 decades. here's our t from on culture. in times like these, the ugly side always shows itself what hidden becomes revealed with her media are no exception. apparently, race is the factor that got them so riled up over ukraine. me. i'm sorry. it's

really emotional for me because i see you repeating people with blue eyes and blond here being shields. this isn't a place with all due respect, you know, like iraq or afghanistan is a relatively civilized, relatively european. i have to choose those words carefully to, we were in the 21st century, we're in a european city, and we have cruise missile fire as though we were in a rock rough canister. so for them people dying in iraq and afghanistan, arts also a different. it seems and nothing can stay in the path of a narrative. take this tweet, for example by b, b. c. a describe savage racism encountered by africans in ukraine. didn't look good . so they replaced that with a milder one. too bad, some one has spotted it. b, b, c, deleted this tweet about the savage racism faced by africans in ukraine and replaced it with one that soft pedals the reality. they call this blatant white

washing more context and clarity or take this map. the new york times seems to have divided the people one region into separate classes. they're calling ukrainians, fleeing violence to the west. refugees, while ukrainian seeking refuge in russia are just migrants. but that's, of course, if you managed to spot it there graphically minimize to the point of being barely visible. and these are the very same people, again, europeans. but for them, the hardships began not in 2022, but 8 years ago. according to jim shoot os cnn. ukraine was peaceful until just days ago to us media stenographers, the don bass war that has killed $14000.00 plus people in ukraine since 2014, fueled by billions of dollars in u. s. weapons doesn't exist to media. snog refers that on bus war that has killed more than 14000 people in ukraine since 2014 simply doesn't exist.

peaceful. want to know more about the hardship of people in the don boss. while i was there from the very beginning and person, they witnessed the killing of civilians by artillery strikes, children, women, elderly, literally torn apart by the shelling of ukraine's army. ah, when these atrocities all went largely unnoticed by viewers and readers in the west, why you ask? well, the answer is simple. though skilled were proclaimed pro russian separatist. the reality seems too inconvenient for the mainstream media to report as they were nowhere near denette core logan's could. you are in the conflict. no wonder it

doesn't show ukraine in the best light. according to the united nations, more than 80 percent of civilian casualties in the dom boss war came in a rebel held territory and only 16 percent were in the ukranian government control territory. i've just returned from the don boss, people's republic, where many residents have been in something of a state of euphoria since russia recognized their sovereignty for them. this period of uncertainty and hopelessness is now overt. it's doubtful. they even care now how the western media sees them, but it still doesn't. as it continues with narrative, we're the suffering of one group of people deserves coverage. in contrast, others don't as the do not fit the agenda. topography that is best when comparing the crisis in ukraine or yemen. any bombs being dropped anywhere deserves full

media coverage and the plate of civilians. whether it's ukraine or in yemen should be prioritized and de escalation should be the message, but from, you know, media pundits alike. but perhaps right now, the biggest hypocrisy in coverage that we're seeing is the complete outrage at russians, milling rushes military actions in ukraine by the western mainstream media. while simultaneously being completely silent for the last 7 years to the nearly daily bombings by saudi arabia and the u. e was completely hypocritical. and part of that reason is because our media in the west has become the product of the military industrial complex. we conducted a study in mid press, actually looking at all of the up ads and articles published at the new york times, the washington post and the wall street journal. when found that 90 percent of those articles have taken a hawkish view on the ukraine conflict,

written by pundits tied to the national security state, promoting nato as a defender of the free world, the lives that are being lost in the, in our lives that are being lost by weapons that are being manufactured and created by the west and natal allied countries. human life is a human life, no matter where war is waged and we have to end this very blatant racism. well, let's said dig a little bit deeper into that and cross live to alessandra berlin, political on list joining us from toronto county. welcome to you on the find the general on the overall one. is there a different out a true then towards say ask ukrainian casualties? i would say completely, the entire conflict has been presented at an entirely different light. i've never

in my life felt a conflict so close to almost physically close even though i am in canada now and the fighting isn't ukraine. in fact, i have to say, i'm quite frightened. i'd never been because the media coverage has been much more not only intense, but it is skewed in, in a way to, to show that the victim than the conflict goes. this is europe. the conflict is happening in civilized europe and the contrast with the complex that took place in iraq and gone, it's done serial libya we could go on. and of course, the one that continues to occur in yemen and which most people know absolutely nothing about that is presented at something distant. and when you watch the media, the mainstream media, you do feel these conflicts as distant and the, the victims are rarely shown. the images are different. they tend to focus

on mass. rather, an individual stories i've heard, you should see the story that some of the newspapers talking in detail about the dialogue of the victims. and i'm sure some of them made up because i don't know how they would have gotten so close. and so there is this sense, and of course i have been calling all the complex and no conflict has outrage me more in my lifetime than the iraq one of 2003. i remember exactly the situation there, but this one i think, is the one that's going to have the most that's created the most visceral reaction . so, and why is this important? because the governments of the west now feel entitled and supported in the actions that they're taking actions which at which are going to damage the russian economy

and russian ordinary russians, regardless of the politicians and they're also going to damage their own people. many europeans do not benefit at all from the sanctions that their governments are going to be enforcing. yeah, i just, just on the point one, mainstream media reported alessandro reported, and i saw that i've saw this just not just wall. i've seen others say that the difference is that syrians, afghans live in what they're calling eternal bombing conditions, and that's not the case with ukraine, hence the difference when you hear something about what's your take, what's your view? well, my view is that quite clearly the conflict in the dorm bus has not been reported. i don't even want to say accurately, it hasn't been recorded in the mainstream media, especially in, in many countries of the west where there are ukrainian populations to in

canada. for example. there is a very important ukraine population, but certain narratives about ukraine would never really watch with, with the media, given the how it would affect important sectors of society. so these, these, and they're quite rooted, there. they've been established. the afghans and iraqis and the syrians, we assume, even though political correctness tries to mascot sometimes in an integral task way that makes it so obvious then we assume that those populations are in constant war and therefore, oh, well, you know nothing new there. so whereas the ukraine conflict seems new because it was so and reported under reported and not only under reported, but miss reported was sorry to put in, but something that's all it interests me,

lester. i just to just, to briefly get your take is this just the media view of what we're seeing about the, the refugee situation, or do you feel people feel generally the same? well, i mean there is a media, but there was also, i think of psychological. busy proximity, i mean these, it's true in the, in northern europe, in europe, you're going to look at your opinions and, and, and feel perhaps, i think there is the sense of going back to world war 2. these look like the victims of war, 2 and europe, and they're also occurring in, in the territories, in some of the main battle fields of world war 2. of course, they belligerence or rather different. and it will be helpful if the history of ukraine in lower to were better explained because it's very, it's not it's by no means an innocent one. ok, so.