for ah, the headlines this our on our g international russia claims it has taken full control over europe largest nuclear power plant in southern ukraine. archie gets an exclusive glimpse of the massive arsenal stored at the plant, but unused vibe, ukrainian army, half crates and crate, stacked with assault rifles, kalashnikov, rifles, as well as grenade launchers, ammunition of all sorts in touch, also massive destruction and ukraine's 2nd largest city. hook up with a residential building left only partially standing after intense shelling, more than 2 dozen civilians were reportedly killed in the city on tuesday. a thank you though for the vote on la la,

devastated towns also in the don basket. republics have done yet. and lugens, as residents flee the fighting and fear for their life. and joe biden announces a ban on all oil and gas imports from russia to the us. but the move exposes divisions between america and the u. as a block says, it won't go along with washington strategy. ah. broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow. this is our t international. i'm shan thomas. certainly glad to have you with us as we have our special coverage of the war in ukraine. now it has been almost 2 weeks since the conflict directed in ukraine. let's take a look at some of the latest major developments. the russian military established

a regime of silence for wednesday morning to enable civilians to safely evacuate from 5 ukrainian cities to nearby bella bruce and russia. meanwhile, rushing convoys with humanitarian aid have been pouring into those cities. ukrainian authorities have blocked previous attempts to establish escape routes and nationalist groups are also reportedly trying to stop people from leaving the cities. give, in, turn, says past attempts to set up civilians safe zones failed because russian forces were allegedly violating, sees fires earlier. russia and she of agreed on 10 humanitarian corridors in 5 cities during the 3rd round of p stocks, and this is according to moscow. ukraine officials, however, claimed that only 2 corridors were opened as of tuesday, insisting that they had not agreed to any of those leading into russia. moscow's defense ministry says that only one corridor was confirmed open from the north eastern city of sumi to the central city of polt. over then the evacuees can go

from there to the polish border. ukrainian president vladimir zalinski says that he is ready to compromise on the breakaway regions of daniel cool, ganske and crimea, adding that it's important to assure the safety of ukrainian loyalists living in those territories. moscow for its part, says that it will withdraw its troops if ukraine recognizes crimea as part of russia. and daniel ask and will ganske as independent states. and moreover, if ukraine vows that it will not join nato, russian forces now claim that they are in full control of the zappa, roche sky, our nuclear power plant in southern ukraine. it is the largest nuclear plant in europe. are these magazines visited the site and brought us this exclusive report? on the 4th of march for days after russia announced the takeover of europe's largest nuclear power station, the world awoke to terrifying images, fires and fire fights in their go done. this building or rather what happened to it

is what caused so much fear internationally about potentially a new nuclear incident. and ukraine where as up at oscar nuclear power station, the biggest nuclear power station in europe react number 12345 and 6. over there in the distance, this was the sight of a pitched battle between russian troops. so our onsite and who they say will ukrainian infiltrators who penetrate to these building on the outskirts of the react, a complex itself. and there was a pitched battle, ah, when they retreated, these are of again the outskirts of the nuclear power station. they allegedly set fire to the building. the worry was that this was the training center. according to i. e, a rules, every nuclear power station must have a training complex with a mock react up on site. fortunately, the training center itself is in this nearby building which has lodge lit and

damaged for a frightful stretch. no one knew what had happened, but the damage was, fortunately, things cleared up soon enough. the i. e. a gave the all clear and panic died down, but the station was left on the verge of a crisis. it could have been worse much worse if the sabotage had succeeded, who if ukrainian troops who were ordered to fight off russian soldiers during the initial takeover had followed their orders. bobby letter bonfire. after which of the plans under control, we found a huge stash of weapons and ammunition and couldn't have a weaponry. we even found ammunition on top of reactive facilities. they had been preparing for real battle sense prevailed after talks ukrainian troops, hundreds of them lay down their weapons,

which were promptly locked away. this is the armory at the pros. a nuclear power station filled to the brim with weapons seized from ukrainian national guardsmen. more than 200 of them who surrendered to russian troops who have taken over the facility, you can find here all sorts of farms. this is an american m full rifle clone locally made called the will crop. you have crates and crate stack with assault rifles, kalashnikov, rifles, as well as grenade launchers, ammunition of all sorts and types. also in vast quantities. the ukrainian soldiers who was stationed here were ordered to defend this nuclear power station to the last drop of blood. evidently, they thought better of it, they surrendered to russian forces. and i have been let go there now with their families at whom having written and signed papers that they wouldn't participate in

any more fighting. again. rocket propelled grenades, ammunition sees from around the facility cabinets stacked with pistols and even farms and weapons from the united states. here is a rocket propelled grenade launcher. and it says, here, spring branch, texas of this was evidently manufactured in the united states and handed over to ukrainian troops. at this point, the nuclear power station is secure, thousands of workers laboring shifts, keeping operations running and supplying as much as a quarter of ukraine's electrical power needs. while the complex is secure, the workers aren't. they're afraid of the fighting of the threats made against them . and their families, many of which live in areas controlled by ukrainian nationalists and radicals. they

were warned, worked together with the russians, and you'll pay. yet here they are bound by duty to keep europe's largest nuclear power, plant, operational and above all, safe. thousands of ukrainian families have been forced to seek shelter underground as shelly continues, they are adapting to life in metro stations with their children. many of his fathers have gone and joined the army or local defense forces, leaving their families to cope on their own. now 27 people were reportedly killed and showing in ukraine's 2nd largest city hot. gov on tuesday, this, 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, though, you can see the remains of a partially destroyed residential building. of the russian army says it is organizing and evacuation route out of the city to enable civilians to flee to safety. here's another video from the southeastern to give him a new book where

a residential area came under intense fire shooting and can be still heard near buying reportedly residence say how it felt to escape did it nibble presidio 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 mortars in our direction and we were just running over. so my husband went to the donetta commander and they helped us leave those. they issued an alert that civilians were coming 3 of them and you knew it was good. it was they didn't let any one out of the village. those who managed miraculously to break through to get out of the village. they left one more pros 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 the room with ms. eileen we were running and didn't know whether we'd reach us debts. we were in the open air

with our 8 year old daughter, and bombs were falling a 100 meters away with stormy singing explosions. we were screaming, we were afraid, but we didn't know whether we'd survive a move of shaping and as the conflict between ukraine and russia, rages on people live in fear for their lives and tried to cope amid the aftermath of the battles. you can really just when you call you for. yeah, so you don't want to go down to the into some of the food you listen. this is footage from a village in lieu guns republic where in archie reporter was able to pass through with the help of the mind sweeping team you can see to an exploded mind stuck in the ground in front of a house where residents have been forced to hide in the basement now the stores are closed and locals have been struggling to get food. in this drone footage, you can see deserted streets and damaged buildings in the guns. people's republic

as local authorities continue to report showing by the ukrainian armed forces and as western governments continue to accuse russia of violating ukraine's territorial integrity, the done yet scanned lugens republics have meanwhile been suffering from persistent attacks from the ukrainian military already for 8 years. let's take a look at how the situation developed. ah mm hm. yes. dish each exit. when they quoted you the vala bowling issue on the me with it. thank you so much,

dr. mobile. very much with oh, i'm sorry i posted yesterday here. there we was. was mr. z shiki, can i see nashik routine cleaning appointment, coupled with pointed to the use 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 impulsive 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. that france him and said that again, the war and ukraine's so leaving blamed at the foot of president putin not at the

russian people. was part of this quite the european union right now feels it has to reduce this dependency on russian energy imports. and he said that a part of that was defending europe against it 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 gas imports 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. it's hard, 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 france, tim, and 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 rise 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, france him and was also asked about the diversification of 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 house call, 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 erotic. 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 is will really impact europe not right now, but they'll impact you next winter where people could see their price is really significantly increase and ass governments are able to do something to mitigate that elite is expected, discussed 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 light, it will not be enough electricity even for living. and i'm not talking about the economy and i'm not talking about prices, but um, 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 is no real is no realism, no realistic view of the situation. because whatever you want to do it simple, we have a limited gas on earth, and whether you can change it or not. there is no way maybe russia starts to switch off that because it is fit uh, with the sanctions. i don't know. maybe russian will make a decision without effect from the russian ukranian war are already being felt across the continent in spain. as soup markets in barcelona, have started rationing sales of sunflower as a quarter of the imports of that product. to spain come from ukraine. consumers

fear shortages and higher prices triggering panic, buying and recent days. and as the conflict continues, russia says that it will keep its energy supplies flowing as usual. despite threats by western countries to impose and embargo, and russia, deputy prime minister says any serious restrictions could lead to disastrous consequences on global markets. every one knows that oil supplies from russia are the most competitive for the european market. it is obvious that the rejection of russian oil will lead to disastrous consequences for the wild market. the search 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. italians are also feeling the effects of the ukraine conflict with gas prices surging as italy in ports, almost 40 percent of its gas from russia. we asked italians on the streets to share their opinions about price hikes. they want to see the sony. so sony be that it's

become an unsustainable situation. arnold, 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, liberty. and oh yes, 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 it figures. but i think europe can survive without rushing gas in by gas in other places. it's a question of organisation where logic to remain for 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

. joe biden is wrapping up the 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 hit all time highs with drivers, feeling the pain at the pump at his kill him up and 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. that john 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 spawns by his sanctions. this is a step that we're taking to inflict further pain on prudent front. there will 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 or 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 up $0.75. and with this action is going to go up further. now, joe biden, to emphasize that the united states would be taking these moves as united states as a net energy export or united states exports energy on the international markets. it 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. the united states produces far more oil domestically than all of europe. pretty can all the european 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 speaking up on social media, the outlet that still allow him talking about basically saying, do you miss me yet? 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 have biden in the democrats saying this is necessary, this is to punish russia, blaming russia for these moves. so it's quite a divide biden's speaking defensively about his position in the united states while emphasizing that he is 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 the you will be deeply affected by their sanctions against russia because they are highly dependent on gas supplies. 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 us 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 take, 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, et cetera. 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. senior american diplomat. victoria newland has admitted that the u. s. helps ukraine, secure certain bio lab materials and keep them from quote, falling into the hands of russian forces. the russian military previously claimed ukrainian authorities had been hastily destroying biological weapons so that russia could not prove that they had been violating an international convention. here denied that allegation of the time, and the pentagon insisted claims of its involvement in biological weapons programs in former soviet states was dis, information. after years of lucrative operations in russia, many famous western brands are leaving the domestic market. donald's coca cola pepsi co and starbucks are just 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. that does it for me, and about let's say 34 minutes, i will be back with another full and fresh look at your news. thank you for choosing us for our special coverage of the war. and ukraine is our international ah, for the west, the liberal world of order is collapsed in the hedge money inside to maintain and expand. the conflict in ukraine is a proxy war. the real target is russia and indirectly china. the law of unintended

consequences is in play. in the end, it will be europe that pays the highest price for driven by adrenal shaped bankers. and of those with who dares sinks, we dare to ask with

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