i'm this conference unfortunately with a last minute move humanitarian car, adults helping people escape the city of mario pole have been shut down. and yet republican authorities claim the nationalist courses are hindering refugees from leaving. meanwhile, here because the evacuation was stopped by russian troops. far into war, the exit. this is justin. the name of this town sounds exactly the same in russian and ukrainian languages. it means had been painting that he wasn't exactly a town which spent a few years in the firing line between ukrainian and don't boss both because the locals on the ground while the landscape land nato's decision not to introduce

a no fly zone over the country. russian foreign minister said a gay love role believe ukrainian president, he's trying to encourage nato into entering the conflict. and it turns out that he seeks to provoke a conflict with the participation of nighttime, between nato and russia. also in the program of thousands of to take to the streets of belgrade in support of russia. wallet opposite rally in georgia, with ukraine's president via a live link hope urging more people to protest. again, which is offensive with your watching all the international. my name is peter scotts, and wherever you are joining us from. welcome to 30 minutes of news and analysis. now with the conflicts and ukraine in, so it's tense day. let's start the program by taking a quick to look at some of the latest developments. a need, so emergencies submits,

has rejected the idea of imposing a no fly zone in ukraine. in response ukraine's president followed him. is the lensky accused? the alliance of weakness. the un high commissioner for refugees said further military activities in ukraine may result in irreversible damage on geopolitical and humanitarian levels. meanwhile, 2 german t. v channels a r d and d. f of join cnn and bloomberg. in the latest move to temporarily suspend their work in russia. this comes as fist fighting in ukraine continues along the phone lines with losses on both sides of the conflicts. we'll be looking at some of those headlines in more detail ahead in the program. are russia's defense ministry claims that more than 200000 refugees have been cut off from the humanitarian corridors. the ministry blames ukrainian forces for stopping the civilians from leaving the cities. now i'm joined the live in the studio of arts. he's roman costa

to discuss this who's recently just come back from the dumbass region, i believe. now these corridors are recently set up after negotiations over the past couple of days, but there's been some trouble in the meant in them as far as my way. what can you tell us about this from all? absolutely. at this point, we know for sure that these corridors are still not being used. these safe passages, if you will. they were opened up at 12 pm local time, and the evacuation should last for the entire day. but according to russia's defense ministry at this point, out of nearly 215000 potential refugees that were expected from the city of mario paul and the nearby city of all new york. well, none showed up now we have received reports over the last few days that some people from that area were actually able to break through and evacuate to the territory, not controlled by the ukrainian military. but those numbers are very low,

and i'm talking about no 510 people here and there. and those people, they will risk their lives because they were making their own routes. and it wasn't organized. and once again, those people were from the area surrounding maria pool. so not, not the city itself. well, she went tearing corridors are still open at this point. so we're still waiting for people to take advantage of them. but according to russia's military officials, well, locals and foreigners that live in a city where you are simply blocked from leaving because the city surrounded by ukraine, nationally. the battalions we have, i believe, a clip from russia's defense ministry list of good you did each should keep the secret book grouped. you humanitarian corridors have been opening daily. but the national battalions have categorically stopped attempts by civilians to exit towards the russian federation. city a little taking into account the insistent requests of the ukrainian side

a cease fire has once again been declared to day, exclusively for humanitarian purposes for the exit of civilians from mary you paul? unfortunately, according to our information, out of the declared 200000 refugees from mary you, paul, and 15000 from villanova not one has arrived at the open humanitarian corridors. it is established that nationalists are not letting civilians and foreign citizens out what you've done. now the mayor of the city of murray whipple, which is the still of the crating control, while he claims that everything was ready for an evacuation indeed. and they even began to inform and collect maribelle a residence, so that could be as safely evacuated heathens said that the red cross international committee of the red cross were invited there as well. but he claimed that situation was impossible due to the fact that the, the russian army began shelling the surrounding area. and it wasn't as safe for the people to leave of all that. so despite the fact that the russian defense ministry,

well, earlier in the day they claimed to have a ariel of footage that filled from and wrong. and that showed that absolutely no attempts were made to organize and evacuate the people. and they said that instead of organizing the people, the military that's present in maria, pull at the moment, use this to cease fire opportunity to regroup other forces. now, we also received on confer unconfirmed winds. you reports that a building exploded in mar, you pull earlier in the day and there was at least 230 residents were buried in the rubble of as a result of that explosion. once again, we don't have a confirmed and i information about that yet, but these are a lot of reports that we're getting from are you of course. yes. so it is a very tricky situation. and you know, we do believe that the ukranian army has left the city. is it just because of these

reports of explosions that these evacuation is struggling to get off the ground for, you know, lately, it's been hard to distinguish where the ukranian army is or where are these so called nationalist territorial defense battalions are the latest reports that we're getting from are real pull has been for well for the longest time, basically throughout the entire constantly 8 year conflict in the boss. it was under the control of the so called a zone battalion. and as all battalion i using a scare tactics to, to keep civilians in place to keep them from evacuating and they have encircled the city of murray, opal. well we, we do know for sure that. busy this battalion, as off battalion, they've been linked to neo nazi affiliations. even the united nations have accused them of committing war crimes. and well, like you said,

i've been working and covering done boss conflict for at least 8 years already. and unfortunately, i have witnessed atrocities that were reportedly committed by as of battalion myself, i've seen, you know, mass graves, i've seen an execution sites. i've seen a nazi symbols on their clothing. so really, it's a picture that's not a representative or vote or a soldier if you will. and this is why people are very scared of this. not, not the battalion, they're very scared to encounter them and to evacuate without even evacuation are being organized. so all these people who did manage to escape from my rouble, or surrounding areas by themselves, i could consider them very lucky now to get you a better perspective on what are some battalion is. we have a clip for you. let's take a look. ah

ah. retreating, ukrainian forces have also allegedly blown up a bridge in the republic of lou ganske, thousands of locals must now use boats to cross the river. the hurried destination has report to lift traces of explosives on the bridge is now let's cross live now to ortiz, maria finacialow. maria, what can you tell us about where you are at the moment? hi peter, what i can say that everybody is here concerned about the situation. the civilians

are right now in like hostage situation. and moscow is also very much concerned. we heard from russia's foreign minister speaking, not the press briefing with his case account to park. he said the reason for mation, the local authorities of his song, a big city on the black sea that just recently fell under the control of the russian army, refused to accept humanitarian aid provided by moscow, while the civilians in another city of murray open let you heard a lot about recently are not allowed to evacuate from the see to use in humanitarian corridors. this is what mr. oliver of had to say. did he go to printers? no lessons can i ask him? did he got securing the talks between the russian and ukrainian delegation? so it was announced to everyone satisfaction that there was agreement on the creation of humanitarian corridors. we expect, or at least expected disagreement to be clearly implemented. our military did all

the work expected of them. the main thing now is for people to be let out of the cities through the humanitarian corridors, with in which our military provide security today. information is already appearing on social networks that the nets republic has said that the mary hugh pally or forty's is refusing to provide residence with the opportunity to leave for the humanitarian corridor, which was created by russian forces. unless to love rov added that the fact that a ukrainian president, mr. zalinski is so unhappy with nature's decision not to interfere in the war here indicates that he's been interested in provoking a direct conflict between russia and the alliance. and he also stressed that the ukrainian side is doing its best to postpone the 3rd round of peace talks between moscow and keir as the ukrainian side never set up any day and never reacted to any russian suggestion. meanwhile,

i am here in the city of logan skinner. we have been traveling all across the republic in the last 7 days, and we have been able to speak to many local residents who are suffering and have been suffering here under chalet. and under these uncertain situation and the last 8 years, and i can tell you that everybody here is waiting for the results of these piece talks with high hopes. he is my report. this is just him, the name of this town sounds exactly the same in russia and ukraine in languages. it means happiness in english, but it wasn't exactly lucky. it is on the very front line. it has been medically destroyed, locals even compare it with stalingrad, located near a river on a strategic high point. shasta, so fierce shelling, 8 years ago, dear in caves, so cold coun, to tear reparation in this region. recent battles over the town between the

ukrainian military and the army of de la ganske republic, left him in more scars fiercely. bill there is some sort of melee combat going on endlessly for a week. i don't know where they are shooting from. maybe the trees may be somewhere else, but it forces us to hide in the basement home to at least 12000 people. a decade ago. to day the town is deserted and the lives of those who decided to stay seemed to have turned into quest for survival. you might cure is some kind of projectile stuck. i don't know what it is. i am not a military man, but if there were no pillars, 2 houses would have been destroyed. walk boss, martial law has been introduced. there are a roadblocks with constant checking. i don't know how to live normally if you can't do anything and go anywhere as everything is mine. when we were in town, there was no electricity, no gas, no running water, no connection. if you shop still functioning close before noon, church services are held only on sundays. the shelling left one of the walls

destroyed. it's cold and dangerous inside. it's hard to believe this place is habitable. this is eric commendation for population and how to behave during war during showering, like find a concrete wall. if you are outside a lay down on the ground, if you are in the field and here it's marked rad is not exactly a good idea, like wearing uniform for example, or approaching windows for a new level. we're not leaving. but moving to another apartment where they're at least intact windows, it's hard to live there with them being broken. then you authorities say work has already begun to repair infrastructure and provide security for locals. there is still hope that one day the town so brightly named happiness can finally find it once again. nathan osha, r t from shes here in la guns republic. it's ortiz,

maria finacialow. they're in other parts of ukraine. fighting is ongoing. this on verified footage from the ukrainian capital shows a huge explosions said to be in the western part of the city. buried sirens are still being sounded occasionally in care of with the authorities asking people not to leave their homes. and here is what it from the russian defense ministry which claims to show forces further infer the key of region while strengthening their positions. this video from a car curve in the northeast shows smoke rising above a residential area, often a legit missiles strike. local authorities say the ukrainian military is launched a counter offensive against russian forces within the region. while moto moscow claims artillery is being deliberately placed in residential areas, yet another bridge has reportedly been destroyed. nicky have now it's not clear who was responsible, but ukrainian forces have allegedly been destroying bridges across the country to

hinder the russian military advance. locals now navigates the river on foot across the rubble of what's left over in the city of sumi, a ukrainian nationalist brigade, has allegedly shelter commendation housing, indian students that's according to the russian defense ministry. 5 people are understood to have been injured in the attack while the fates of another 11 is still unknown. the video you're seeing now is from the local student coordinator. you said the wrong 600 people remain stranded in the building and they're left with no electricity or water. they reportedly been forced to melt snow just for something to drink. there's been no official comment from ukraine for those claims . indian journalists, seller who, deans, i in outlined, what engine students have been going through. it's a very bad situation that most are saying that they have either walk out almost 50 kilometer. maybe i've been without food and many of the guys

were close to the borrowers were beaten, you know, and at the pollen bar. specialty was saying that the situation was so bad that they will not allow me and not there so much when they were allowed to go inside. there was so much discrimination against them saying that they are not allowed or not allowed. so it seems all the jew within the you grin, and when they will cross, it could be other voters of the librium could be for all, and nobody has them. russia's foreign minister believes that valjean followed him is the lens he seeks to provoke nato into participating in the conflict. ukrainian presidents, meanwhile, hasn't held back on his anger at nato claim in the alliance will have blood on its hands for rejecting ukraine's demands to implement a no fly zone over the country. at the sloppy salmon, the nato summit was

a very weak and directionless summit. for 9 days. we've seen a brutal war. they want to continue it album. knowing that a new strike is inevitable. nato made a consenting decision not to close ukrainian airspace. russell from this day those who die will die because of you to suitable again, summer zalinski still relies on the resolution of the conflict by involving nato in his whole story and not through negotiations. it turns out that he does not hear the constant statements coming from washington, paris, berlin, and other capitals that nato is not going to interfere in the conflicts. and it turns out that he seeks to provoke a conflict with the participation of nato, between nato and russia. streaming spruce, while both the u. s. on nato have said that implementing a no fly zone could escalate the conflict as it were mean any aircraft could then be shot down by nate. so over ukraine, including russian jets which moscow could interprets as a sign of war or human light rights lawyer done coverlet saw my colleague,

unit o'neill, the zalinski request was unlikely to be given. the go ahead. they ultimately decided not to impose a no flies on which by the way, i agree they should not do that. when we look at, for example, libya when that was imposed, it became much more of a conflict in the course of destroyed libya. so no fly zones are very serious affairs. indeed, at the same time, i can understand zalinski frustration because look, may tell when the us kind of a, you know, prodded ukraine in more provocative acts against russia. and then once russia invaded nato pretty much stood aside and watched it all happened. so from his point of view, i could see that he would feel betrayed. yeah, that language that he used saying that those at the meeting in nato will have blood on their hands. do you think though he really expected some sort of action to

follow through on nuts, at desire for a no fly? so, i do, i think, i think so lensky, if he, if he had not been under the impression that nato would back him up from the beginning, my guesses he might have taken a different stance towards russia. you remember as zelinski became more and more strident, even saying he might know it. oh, seek nuclear weapons again. that seemed to be one of the last straws that might have led to this invasion. i don't think he'd be talking like that if he, unless he thought that nato would turn back him up, which of course they haven't. and i would just say that nate already as blood on its hands. the situation i nato, i think had the u. s. a. nato simply told russia that ukraine would never be admitted to nato. that would have been a big step towards preventing office and they refused. and yet again, when you cranes attack, they certainly made a clear ukraine is not part of it. you know, so

a lot of mixed signals here were given by nato and i think it is a, you know, been disastrous. meanwhile, protestors hit the streets of bell grade in serbia to show their support for russia . the raleigh started with the russia and serbian national anthems, thousands in the crowd wave to russian flags and carried pictures of president putin. many the protests is also sharing unseen nato sentiments. this comes as many ordinary serv still hold the memory of nato's bombings of their country. back in the 99 says let's cross live now to 7 guide. she's a professor at the institute of european studies in belgrade. welcome to the program. as you know, most western politicians on western media have been very scathing of russia's military action in ukraine. but since we're some serbs who supports moscow or is

this a widespread sentiments on each one, it is a wide spread sensor and so, and a rally. it's also says that because the rally was not really advertised very much except for the telegram groups or about size that are really very small. the, their, their, their scope is not large. neither is their audience, but from word to word, from mouth, mouth, the word spreads. so people came in great numbers, actually to support russia. and there is a simpler place for that is because russia was supporting for last 20 years. serbia's 3rd tauriel integrity in the you and when it comes to the course of all issue, russia was supporting and still is supporting the resolution. 1244 that guarantees a real integrity. and there is

a strong and tiny percent demands that only grew over the years, which is why people actually know that these kind of protests are finger in d, i a, in, in the western, let's say a media in the western or even a public. so that is exactly why people reacted like this. so they wanted to say that there is an alternative view. you know, of the whole situation is going on in eastern europe. well, talking about history. can you draw any similarities between the conflicts currently happening in ukraine with what's happened with yugoslavia back in the ninety's? well, absolutely, especially when it comes to these negotiations. what i see from the key upside is that they're trying to buy some time a while a conflict is escalate thing and this is exactly what happened. i with the so

called law lisbon, r negotiations, where actually ali's and beg, with leader of the muslims in the time agrees to that this was in the early stages of, of the civil war. in bosnia, he agreed to a cease fire and the some kind of a political deal, but it is sad and it is confirmed like with several sources that during his flight i. he was called by the americans and. and he was told to to withdraw his signature. so that's how of the war escalated the similarity and see here is this whole issue with the convoys. so apparently the sides agreed that a go away from the war zones from, from the cities are to safety. while this is not happening on the ground,

and i am afraid that need to, once i, once more blood actually in order to have a moral higher ground. and then to say, look at what the russians are doing. they're leveling the cities. it all looks like growth, the, or like vocal are on during the use of civil war and so on and so forth. so i think that need to is an active participant in this war. the fact that nato countries are now fighting with their armies is not saying anything because it is not, you know, the stick that beats you, but the hand that holds the stick and nato is the hand that holds the stick. so i'm afraid that the situation will escalate before it becomes peaceful again. yes, it does appear that this war has been full on many fronts, not just on the ground in ukraine, not returning to serbia. he has

a very difficult of balancing act between his european aspirations on his close ties with russia, which make it somewhat of an outlier in europe. how do you see future ties with russia developing? and indeed, the i think that the current government, led by voltage is actually deteriorating his relations with russia. sir b of voted for condemning russia at the u. n. r, which is mad with the lot of resentment. i actually from even from watches bolters because most of his voters are, let's see, with brawler russian leanings. so i think that this conflicts will provoke turmoil in my country as well. unfortunately, because the government is doing the things that are really not are not in accordance with their words only couple of weeks ago

and with the atmosphere they were, they were creating. so in order for any serbian politician to have a chance of winning elections is to have good relations with russia. because serbian people wants good relations with russia because of the security. because russia was the only power defying nate to and you know, when it comes to sovereignty of serbia, as far as the serbian european integration goes, i think that the integration stopped actually in 2009 with the acceptance of croatia and actually need to enlargement is the only game in town. the only 2 countries that are not members of nato are out of the former yugoslav, republics are only serbia and bosnia and herzegovina was against ago. not only because it serves in bosnia, meaning that a political sort of stuff. so i do expect that there's going to be a lot of pressure on, on the serbian people and actually a on gosh,

i'm terribly sorry to interrupt you. i'm afraid we've just run out of time as much as you'd like to continue discussing this with you. that's professor 7 guides professor at the institute of european studies in belgrade. thank you very much. thank you. now meanwhile, another large demonstration was held in georgia this time in support of ukraine. thousands of people gathered in the capital to make the feelings felt over russia's actions. and during the rally, ukrainian president's volume is the lensky address protested in live broadcasts, urging them to bring more people on the streets in a show of support. among the mirror distinctions being targeted at russia is the freezing of the russian central banks overseas assets that move has left some wondering whether such responses jeopardize the dollars. reserve status by showing countries how they don't have control over their own foreign currency reserves. the russian central bank, foreign currency reserves, so, so almost

a 13 trillion dollars with us bills and bonds accounting for around 60 percent of the since 2014 roosters central buying cars steadily divested its reserves of most of its us dollar assets. but the dollar euro and sterling still accounts for more than half of its holdings. i need to discuss this. we can go live now to bloody mirrors on call sky, who's an economist, a managing director of trade 123. welcome to the program. and so hire me these now, do you think that the free think of the russian central banks overseas assets will make other countries question how safe their money is in dollar reserves? well, for us to start with, this is one of the supporting claims that i am strongly, again on any treasure a, any you know, somewhere in the ball is that a beer or tender,

which means any party can sell this bond. busy to the market and the open market, the size of the market is immense. this means it can be sold, it's, it's highly liquid as it can be sold. and the secondary market, if any moment to track particular i s i m, which is essentially the serial number of what to call a bong, it's a highly complicated task. and this is why i think this is why move this many, many unsupported blame, which is hard to realize how physically they are be able to implement it to begin with. without no, i'm open to discussion of how are you, which would be the impact will stretch an action on their expectations or. busy other call me or doesn't call sky my a.