a, with in the headlines this our, on our international, the russian military offers to provide a passage for civilians evacuating 5 ukrainian cities. after several previous attempts at establishing humanitarian corridors have failed. massive destruction and ukraine's 2nd largest city with a residential building left only partially standing after intense shell. it more than 2 dozen civilians were reportedly killed in the city on tuesday with the affording vote on last month with devastated town also in the dunbar. republics of done yet and will guns,

as residents leave the fighting and fear for their lives. and joe biden announces a ban on oil and gas imports from russia to the us for the move, it closes divisions between america and the u. as the block says, it will not go along with washington strategy. ah, broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow. this is art international. i'm john thomas. certainly glad to have you with us. we know you have a choice as we cover the war in ukraine. now it has it been almost 2 weeks since the conflict erupted in ukraine. let's take a look at some of the latest major developments. the russian military has established a regime of silence for wednesday morning to enable civilians to safely evacuate from 5 ukrainian cities to nearby bella luce and russia. meanwhile,

russian convoys, which military and age have reportedly been pouring into those cities. ukrainian authorities blocked the previous attempts to establish escape routes and nationalists groups have also reportedly been trying to stop people from leaving those cities here in turn says past attempts to set up civilians safe zones failed because russian forces were allegedly violating fees, fires. now, earlier russia and give agreed on 10 humanitarian corridors in 5 cities during the 3rd round of b stocks. this is according to moscow. now ukraine officials, however claimed that only 2 corridors were opened as of tuesday, insisting they had not agreed to any of the corridors leading to russia. moscow's defense ministry says that only one quarter was confirmed open from the north eastern city of so me to the central city of poultry. then the evacuees can go from there to the polish border. now ukrainian president wagner. zalinski says he

is ready to compromise on the breakaway regions of don, yet lugens and premier, adding that it's important to assure the safety of ukrainian loyalists living in those territories. moscow have fed for its part, it will withdraw its troops. if ukraine recognizes crimea as part of russia and john yet, and lugens as independent states, and moreover, if ukraine vows it will not join nato, thousands of ukrainian families have been forced to seek shelter underground as showing continues. they are adapting to life and metro stations with their children . many of kid's father's have joined the army or local defense forces, leaving their families to cope on their own. and sadly 27 people were killed. reportedly in shelling and ukraine's 2nd largest city hoc of on tuesday, this is according to a local police official, but moscow's defense ministry says no civilian areas were targeted by the russian

armed forces. in this video, you can see the remains of a partially destroyed residential building. the russian army says it is organizing an evacuation route out of the city to enable civilians to flee to safety. and here is another video from the south eastern city of marino pal where it residential area came under intense fire and reportedly shooting can still be heard nearby residents told us how it felt to escape to deal with the loop. and well, we spent 4 days in the basement and then we ran through the fields where we didn't go into the city. we left through the fields, and on the 12th day they were firing morters in our direction and we were just running over. so my husband went to the donuts a commander and they helped us leave. they issued an alert that civilians were coming through, but i knew it was good. it was they didn't let anyone out of the village. those who managed miraculously to break through to get out of the village they left for us

cuz we were lucky. we got through and went into ukraine. that us then when we saw the russian tanks, we went along the military routes and arrived here in rome. went bizarrely we were running and didn't know whether we'd recess debts. we were in the open air with our 8 year old daughter and bombs were falling a 100 meters away, was still singing explosions. we were screaming, we were afraid, but we didn't know whether we'd survive in and as the war between ukraine and russia, rages on, people live in fear for their lives and try to cope amid the aftermath of the battles. really just running with i can't afford to go down like from la to do with this is footage from a village in logan's republic where an rti reporter was able to pass through with the help of mind sweeping team. now you can see 2 unexploded minds stuck in the

ground in front of a house where residents have been forced to hide in the basement. the stores are closed and locals have been struggling to get food. in this drone footage, you can see deserted streets and damage buildings in the la ganske people's republic, as local authorities continued to report showing by the ukrainian armed forces ortiz, mary phenomena is in the republic. right now. she sent us this report from a village just taken by the local forces from the ukrainian army for now in the village of cream, square, the army of gilligan's republic, just to control over it. and this is one of just a couple of buildings destroyed in this village and a tumble. now explain me why. what was on look at tells us the ukranian forces were leaving without almost any fight. there just let our troops enter the village without deploying weapons or military equipment. i'm order mccoy didn't ask local curriculum, willa black. if i see, say, for teachers, there are no major fortifications here. just some regular trenches and defensive

structures. they felt at ease suited in kept the local population under control without seeing any danger to the very last moment when you're sharing ukraine denies, it uses civilians as human shows, but here we see approve all the opposite level menu. on my left, you can see a defensive structure for maneuvering, wheeled or attract military equipment. thank you. it was built right in a residential part of the village was there's a concert hall just 30 meters away. we are now in the very middle of residential area and this is where they were hiding. there are armored vehicles in tanks, correct? yeah, mostly these are typical tracks. if we can figure out that this was the location of an armor troop carrier, or an air defense system or some other armor tract, vehicle merchantable. and this is where the control and command center of the ukraine's armed forces stationed here, used to be boards that are on the, at the open. this is a former local farm management building. it's well made and durable with concrete

ceiling. so it can withstand a direct hit from a 120 millimeter mortar, or 122 millimeter artillery shells. now we can hear the sound of a tillery working. where is it, and how far is the frontline added to them? it's about 15 kilometers from here. we can hear the sound of our artillery far. while our forces continue to move towards the cities of least chance and save road to nets and liberate the territory of the lou grants people's republic. but apart from the constant shelling and cross fire, the village still holds threats of another kind. the sign says top mines. some air is in this village, a still dangerous to go to. we've seen some locals. those who remained as they had no way to flee too, but it is too early to say if others can come home. mary, phenomena r t from crim scare in logan's grip public. as western governments continue to

accuse russia violating ukraine's territorial integrity, the daniel campbell ganske republics have meanwhile, been suffering from persistent attacks from the ukrainian military for already 8 years. let's take a look at how the situation developed. ah mm hm. he did this each exit. when he quoted viola bolling on the me, you drop with it is somewhat stuck movie very much with

oh, i'm sorry, posted yesterday here. there we was misty richard. i see you next week in chrome. it thornton tucker when dealing with joe biden is ramping up sanctions against moscow. this time announcing a ban on all oil and gas imports from russia to the us. meanwhile, fuel costs in america have had all time highs with the drivers feeling the pain at the pump. ortiz kill them up. comments, joe biden addressed the united states about new sanctions. he is imposing on russia

. the main focus will be ending russia's ability to export oil to the united states . the united states will no longer receive petroleum from russia. now, in addition to that, there will be efforts to shut down the assets owned by russians in the united states. the junk just department is involved in that, and there will be efforts to cut off technology and prevent rushes ability to import key technological products. joe biden also referenced how certain corporations are boycotting and shutting down their operations in russia. now joe biden emphasized that this was going to cause the average americans, the price of gasoline is already soaring, and there will be a higher cost of gasoline for average americans as a result of this move. now joe biden said, essentially that americans should blame russia for this. this is what joe biden said about the rising fuel costs spawn by his sanctions. this is

a step that we're taking to inflict further pain on prudent front. there'll be cost as well here in united states. i said i would level with the american people from the beginning. and when i 1st spoke to this, i said defending freedom is going to cost prudence or is already hurting american families. of the gas pump, says prudent began, is military build up and ukrainian borders just since then. the price of the gas, the pump, an american of $0.75, and with this action is going to go up further. now, joe biden emphasized that the united states would be taking these moves as the united states as a net energy ex, border united states, exports energy on the international markets, the imports energy as well. but overall, united states can afford to take this move while the europeans cannot emphasize european al eyes that are dependent or in his words, to depended on russian gas and russian oil. they will not be able to take this move . here's what joe biden said. we're moving forward this band, understanding that many of our european allies in partners may not be in

a position to join us. united states produces far more oil domestically than all of europe. can all the countries combined. now these moves are not a very big deal for russia economy, less than one percent of russia, oil exports go to the united states. however, for americans, they are going to have an impact. the price of gasoline has already gone up. and we recently saw donald trump's speaking up on social media, the outlet that still allow him talking about basically saying, do you miss me that and talking about the impact this will have on average americans when they go to the car. when they go to fill their cars up at the pump. so it's quite an interesting move. we have the biden administration, essentially blaming russia for the ongoing suffering of americans. we have defensive statements from behind and saying that it's not true that he's trying to suppress domestic oil production eyes. his critics are alleging republicans continue to criticize biden, blaming him for the inflation and for the rising fuel costs. however,

at the same time we abide and the democrats saying this is necessary, this is to punish russia, blaming russia for these moves. so that quite a divide biden's speaking defensively about his position in the united states while emphasizing that he's taking more moves or punish rushes economy amid the ongoing conflict. earlier we spoke with author and journalist daniel lazar who says that the u. s. and e u will be deeply affected by their sanctions against russia because they are highly dependent on gas applies. 10 who really will suffer are the europeans. they will be devastated if oil continues to rise and they're the ones who are on the line. and they're the ones who are paying the price for this increasingly crazy and dreadful war. the u. s. will make up the difference, but they will pocket a huge profit from the, the incredibly high prices of the europeans. we, for the day, no country is more gasoline dependent than the us. americans consume roughly twice

as much as gasoline per capita as other capital countries. and the reason for that is the government has never for a single 2nd, been serious about taking various measures to restrain energy demand. so americans pay very low prices for gasoline and they drive like mad as a consequence. but the result of this is they will certainly be paying more for that privilege and also will be paying more to heat their homes for electricity, etc. the, the economic blow will be quite considerable. the americans are highly dependent on gasoline. they get very, very angry. when prices go up and the person they punish is the president. for the use of foreign policy chief says the block cannot follow america's lead and ban russian energy imports. but the european commission has announced a plan to slash its dependence on russian fuel supplies before the end of this year

. we are not going to ban imports of russian energy. we are not following bite and on this matter, it is a meeting to have discussions on tuesday about this idea of reducing the reliance on russian imports of natural gas and also of oil. just to give you a sense of how important they have been to the block over 40 percent of the gas that comes into the e. u at the moment is from russia and around 25 percent of the crude oil is also from russia. so these are significant portions. what we heard from the vice president of the european commission. this is france timmons at that press conference, is that the block is now going to look to reduce massively. it's dependency on those energy imports from russia as this war in ukraine continue to run the lawn and france, him and said that again, the war and ukraine's so really being blamed at the foot of president putin not at the russian people. was part of this. why the european union right now feels has to

reduce this dependency on russian energy imports. and he said that a part of that was defending europe against sits in the abilities this. he said is one of those vulnerabilities. and the answer for the future would be looking for security when it comes to renewable energy, and also diversifying supply away from russia. by the end of this year, we can replace $100.00 museum of gus and ports from russia. that is 2 thirds of what we import from them. this will end our over dependency and give us much needed room to maneuver todd, bloody hard. but it's possible if we're willing to go further and faster than we've done before. there was also a sense from friends to him and them that they needed to be protection from those who are going to be impacted, particularly as that dependency on russia is weakened as price. rices in

a price is royce, here in europe. so that's the gas and electricity bills that households and businesses will have to face. we already know that prices have been hugely high since the last autumn. and the e, you said that russia's aggression against ukraine had exacerbated this energy crisis. and because of these extraordinary circumstances, pranced him and was also asked about the diversification and what people could do. and he had this nugget of advice in the short term, at least for people to look at, reducing their energy at home and help the european union reduce it's dependency on russia, your choices and how much energy you consume, decide how strong co, decide how strong we are in our reaction to russia, you know, by lowering the temperature in your house. if you come by be more conscious in the choices you make that lead to energy consumption. you can substantially contribute

to reducing our energy consumption and thus make a stronger phase of erotica. however, they have been you countries that have been massively resistive to these sorts of sanctions on energy, particularly germany, which has a higher dependency when it comes to russian as supplies coming in. a 3rd of our fuel comes from russia. if we stop at now, in a few days, we won't be able to transport ourselves. we've also heard from some energy providers who say, you know, the idea of doing this will be incredibly difficult and such will really impact europe not right now, but they'll impact you next winter where people could see their prices really significantly increase and ask governments who are able to do something to mitigate that elite is expected, discuss much further. these id is on tuesday. and of course if those sanctions are implemented will be keeping up to date. here problem is the jama,

seem to be more realistic because i just know that without russian gas or to switch of might, it will not be enough electricity even for living. and i'm not talking about the economy and i'm not talking about prices. so we really have to understand that from my point of view in brussels, we have people who are just fighting for ideology, ideology, which is transatlantic. and there's no real is no realism, no realistic view on the situation. that because whatever you want to do it's, it's simple. we have a limited gas on earth and whether you can change it or not, there is no, we may be rushed out to switch off that because we're a fed up with the sanctions. i don't know. maybe russia will make a decision without effects from the russian ukrainian war are already being felt across the continent in spain as so mark supermarkets in barcelona have started rationing sales of sunflower oil as a quarter of the importance of that product to spain come from ukraine. consumers

fear shortages and higher prices triggering panic, buying in recent days, as the conflict continues, russia says it will keep its energy supplies flowing as usual. despite threats by western countries to impose and embargo, and russia's deputy prime minister says any serious restrictions could actually lead to disastrous consequences on the global markets. every one knows that oil supplies from russia are the most competitive for the european market. it is obvious, the rejection of russian oil will lead to disastrous consequences for the wild market. the surge in prices will be unpredictable. if you want to refuse the delivery results is from russia, that's ok. we know where to redirect these volumes. in italy, they are also feeling the effects of the ukraine conflict at with gas prices surging as italy in ports, almost 40 percent of its gas from russia. we asked italians on the street to share their opinions about the price likes they want to the sitting. so sunny be that

it's become an unsustainable situation, ronald, i'm really struggling to pay bills. his prices for electricity and gas are increasingly covered with gas supplies for europe. should have no connection with what is happening in ukraine. and i am, i'm having a lot of difficulty paying all these bills, especially for electricity, which has even doubled compared with a few months ago. it's becoming an impossible expense. it's a big problem for all of us citizens see them on a russia supplies gas to many european countries. and it seems to me that it will be really difficult to live without russia gas shamburger. all the prices have increased from raw materials to electricity and fuel. electricity prices are up 40 per cent, and i find it difficult to pay for a figure. but i think europe can survive without rushing gas in by gas in other places. it's a question of organisation. well, i'll get to remain there. i don't think europe can do without russian gas because we fundamentally need this gas. the consumers must be protected and what's happening shouldn't be connected with gas supplies for europe. the united nations

has reported that 2000000 people have fled ukraine since the conflict ruptured 2 weeks ago with about half of them entering through neighboring poland. and the 1st train is taking 400 ukrainian refugees directly from a checkpoint on the polish border in the town of medina to crackle. now it is hoped that these direct trains will help these congestion at other checkpoint as well. and to make the journey less difficult, many european governments have welcomed ukrainian. refugees with open arms quite the opposite of their previous attitudes towards migrants. fleet war zones in the middle east and africa are cheese pilots fleer. explains seeing those, let me list that if we have these women, children and elderly must be welcomed in europe. any one can now perfectly understand the difference between the flow of refugees that is happening now. and the invasion of young men, of military age and of muslim origin that have been launched against different borders of europe in attempted to stabilize and colonize it. if he's still in doubt,

the corporate media dots, the eyes and crosses the t's is really emotional for me because i see europe, young people with blue eyes and blond here being huge. this isn't a place with all due respect, you know, like iraq or afghanistan says a relatively civilized are relatively european. i have to choose those words carefully to. we were in the 21st century. we were in a european city and we have cruise missile far as though we were in a rock current and just told to put it bluntly, these are not refugees from syria. these are refugees from ukraine. them all their christians there while they're very similar, just they seem so like us. that is what makes it so shocking ukraine as a european country. it's people watch netflix and have instagram accounts. war is no longer something visited upon impoverished and remote populations. shawnee, a little racist for such progress of countries. not to mention the fact that the crisis is at least in part,

down to the failure of western diplomacy and foreign policy. when assyrians or africans on a boat. these countries didn't even try to integrate them. they reject even the chance that any one brown could assimilate your skin is still dark. you couldn't possibly borscht, but this disparity is not only about racism. ukrainians, seeing violence, and heading to the west are refugees, while ukrainians fleeing violence and heading to russia to seek refuge. adjust my guidance, apparently 2nd class citizens, despite looking the same. what about the bombing of yugoslavia? also a white christian nation comparable to ukraine? it was celebrated not condemned in large part, because nato itself was the lisa. just remember this and compare it to this spot. the difference, it seems, the west is ok with dividing people between those who are worthy and those not worthy. it's not only racism, it's politics, while concern for those are forced out of their homes,

plays 2nd fiddle will after years of lucrative operations in russia, many famous western brands are leaving the domestic market, mcdonalds, coca cola, pepsico and starbucks are a few of those temporarily suspending their businesses in the country, stopping sales of their products and closing their restaurants and cafes in a sweeping response to the conflict between russia and ukraine. and does it for me this hour, i will be back in just under 34 minutes with another full fresh look at your news as we have special coverage of the war and u. k. ah ah

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