a with 2 weeks since the conflict interrupted in ukraine, where people's homes have been devastated and many are fleeing as the russian military advances. some civilians are still unable to leave despite humanitarian corps doors agreed upon by cuba. moscow is if we stayed in shelters for 2 weeks, it was really very scary. thank you. could have gotten us a crystal with archie, visit families hiding a basement in the war torn ligaments. republic as showing continues to hit residential areas. this is a little after 8 years. we know when someone flies when shells full

russia urges the us to disclose materials on its biological research programs in ukraine, amid allegations about possible production of biological weapons in violation of international law. with broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow. this is our 2 international. i'm john thomas. we know you have a choice when it comes to your coverage and we're glad to have you with us as we wrap up what's happening in ukraine in the war. right. now it has now been 2 weeks since the conflict erupt in ukraine with masses of people continuing to flee or take shelter, and many finding their homes destroyed in the fighting. here are some of the latest developments. a hospital in the southern city of mario full has been devastated in an apparent there strike ukraine's president lensky was quick to blame russia for the attack. saying 17 people were wounded and urging western powers to ramp up

their sanctions against moscow. the russian military for its part, has repeatedly denied targeting civilians. ukraine's president lensky says, a king will secure 6 monetary and corridors for the evacuation of civilians on thursday. adding that 3 such safe stones were arranged the previous day, enabling about 35000 people to leave the city of sumi as well as the towns in q region and the city of and there go dark. moscow says the russian troops have been observing and limited seasons fire for 10 evacuation routes. it had earlier proposed during peace talks with que, noting that ukraine rejected those that actually lead to, to russia. russia's defense ministry says ukrainian forces have been targeting power lines and electricity generators have the tra, noble nuclear plant. moscow says the attacks were a provocation by ultra nationalists and the facility has switched to using backup generators. russia earlier claimed it took control of the plant with the local

ukrainian staff. continuing their work. the un says more than 2000000 people have fled ukraine because of the conflict, including 1000000 children. the organization has described it as an historic exodus . many have been seeking refuge in neighboring countries, particularly poland in the west and russia to the east. you authorities have been increasing humanitarian aid for ukraine, saying they expect millions more refugees and emphasizing that. they are welcome to come. many of those fleeing ukraine say that they have endured a lot of suffering from i forget, when was the last time i ate? i'm so scared because we can do 12 days of shelling. there are a lot of people staying in the shelters, and there's a lot of confusion. there's no water, no mobile service, gas or anything. and russian troops have broken people's phones. if we stayed in shelters for 2 weeks, it was really very scary. however, despite some humanitarian corridors being open to some people still can't leave in

marble. in the dance republic, civilians have had to remain saying give, has given them no opportunity to use the corridor. they say they fear for the lives of their loved ones. then you, because i need to learn you need for tomorrow. who are the school? i follow you need to keep from what i yes. when you, when you master the what, what the, what were you going to do using that you could have gotten us from do to to move. this is near looking at the war in terms of numbers. the united nations human rights agency has confirmed that more than 470 civilians have been killed in the ukraine conflict in the past 2 weeks. while more than 860 civilians have been wounded. that death toll has increased by about 15 percent since monday. now russia

says that the army of the guns people's republic has taken control of 3 more villages, while ukrainian military infrastructure continues to be targeted by russian forces . and as our t 's, maria for notional comments, ukraine's return fire has hit places far from military positions. a regular 2 story apartment building in a densely populated residential area in the town of kid or mice in the la guns republic. it has no army positions here. it's not a strategic point, but it's shelled over and over again. we thought we were filming, and abundant building, but surprisingly caught sign of la, workable for the showing started yesterday in the evening. this po and it's still happening. locals have got used to the sounds of showing and seemed now to pay no attention to them. while still terrified. we've got used to this yesterday too. we walked under flying shells,

hiding from minds and shells to save their lives. the locals moved on to ground. a tray, they now leave a refuge to eat and sleep. there is no connection to the outside in these basement . so we bring its residence, the latest developments that the shall in continues. but so do peace talks. the needs of the negotiations, the so called mental talks last 8 years, but to no avail. there isn't any hope left for those talks. we take a look around this basement. it seems unfit for people believing that this is a new home in the storage facility. half of the doors of food on the shelves are now empty. people have been hiding here for days. were that were younger. those water, sedatives shells did fall before about 200 meters from here. after 8 years. we know when someone fires when shells full we know who shoots the nazis of their the big question remains. why is this village and many others relatively far from frontline?

being targeted at all. thursday she came yesterday. we see terrorists like methods of waging war. we shoots at their artillery, but they don't shoot back at us. but at residential buildings, sometimes 2 shells hit the same building was like any of you know, sometimes they don't even move their artillery and they set the position and shoot chaotically. the result is gruesome. innocent civilians continue to get hurt in the showing, including women and children. we now came to the la guns republic children's hospital where right now doctors are fighting for the life over 14 year old boy. he was brought here from the city on the very front line with severe injuries he's been in coma for several days. the clinic in his home village is not equipped for the serious surgery. the boy needed a time for an ambulance to arrive under shalon again and bring him to the regions

main house center. by the time we finished editing this report, the boy was in critical condition, who guns crew, public officials saying the last 3 weeks, they have been almost 700 attacks on their territory from positions of the quinn forces. using heavy weapons. it took lives of at least 7 civilians, much more injured and has to fight and continues. these numbers might go higher reef notional artie from the login's quick public. russia is urging the u. s. to disclose materials about biological research programs in ukraine, amid allegations that those countries could have been collaborating to produce weaponized germs in violation of international law, russia has said it's uncovered documents in ukraine supporting those accusations. but the white house is spokesperson gen. saki has denied the claims and says russia could use them as a pretext for deploying chemical weapons themselves. we took note of

rushes false claims about alleged us biological weapons labs and chemical weapons development in ukraine. we've also seen chinese officials eco, these conspiracy fairies. this is own an obvious ploy by russia to try to justify it further premeditated unprovoked and unjustified attack on ukraine. meanwhile, the u. s. under secretary of state victoria newland has admitted there are research facilities there. when asked whether key of is in possession of biological weapons, does ukraine have chemical or biological weapons? ukraine has biological research facilities. we are working with the ukrainians on how they can prevent any of those research materials from falling into the hands of russian forces. should they approach? so a us official as senior, as deputy secretary of state is saying that some kind of facilities

do exist and the washing ministry of defense says that there were or possible still are quite a few biological labs that are either us run or us funded. then according to the russian military, according to the documents that they have obtained as a result of that russian military offensive and ukraine scientists, there worked on some extremely dangerous pathogens. these are very dangerous substances. we're talking about diseases such as cholera, plague, or anthrax at the list is actually much longer than that. apparently. as the russian ministry of defense claims the staff there at these biological labord, marie's received orders from officials in ukraine to destroy either of these pathogens or evidence of possible work on the development of biological weapons.

and again, the russian ministry defense has shown documents in ukrainian about these orders are taken out independently, verify them. what is now really a cause for, for concern here in russia is that they may have been destroyed or may have not. and if not, the question is, could they end up in the hands of the radical national as groups that are currently still very active in ukraine. but what is very crucial for the foreign ministry to find out is the actual role of the us in this research. chevy of the u. s. department of defense and administration must as soon as possible familiarize the international community with the programs conducted in ukraine. and do that officially, we believe that the materials existing now and the confirmations coming from both ukraine and the us to not get washington a chance to stay silent. but russia is not alone in this particular case because

the eyebrows are also being raised in china about all this. we remember how bay jane was accused of running some bio labs. well now bay jane once answers from washington on this particular story, don't change and she's got to we call on all parties concerned to ensure the safety of those lab in the as the party with the best knowledge of those labs. the u. s. should release relevant details as soon as possible, including what kind of viruses are stored and what kind of research has been carried out to here. i do have to point out that key of has been denied running any kind of program for developing biological weapons. but with this latest comment from victoria new and again, who is the deputy secretary of state, now there will be plenty of more questions asked because see set it out loud. there are some kind of facilities there and what's going on with them right now is not

clear. russian military officials say they are continuing to analyze the documents, retired colonel, victor let token, who is now a military columnist for the task. news agency says the information revealed so far is disturbing. deal with them still says bang and the creation of biological labord terese in other countries is a blade and violation of the biological weapons convention. the documents for these laboratories, which the russian army obtained and what it found in the laboratory themselves, shows that the worst kind of pathogens were being developed there. so just plague, malaria, se, planning, fever and other diseases that can become pandemic. not only in ukraine or russia, but also in neighboring countries. it's prohibited to create such labord terese on us soil. and americans strictly follow that law. it's also understandable that leaks of poisonous and biological pathogens could come from such lapse. that's why

they feared creating them on us soil. but when it comes to ukraine, kathy or georgia, what's the problem? meanwhile, russia claims ukrainian forces have brought ammonia to the heart of region in order to accuse russian forces of allegedly using chemical weapons. but lugens officials say ukraine placed explosives at ammonia warehouses to blame lugens in a provocation. a number of russian conscripts have been captured by ukrainian nationalists. it came to light after the russian defense ministry admitted some were involved in russia's operation in ukraine. that is, despite the authorities earlier claiming that only professional military personnel have been deployed, president putin is now seeking punishment for officials who dispatched the conscripts in defiance of his instructions. berlin, unfortunately, it's being revealed that a number of conscripts are serving with russian armed forces units involved in the ongoing special operation in ukraine. and almost all of them have already been

relocated on to russian territory. also, one of the units operating in home front has been attacked by a group of nationalists, were born in a number of service men including conscript. when we captured. currently, we are taking all necessary steps to release them into the engagements of conscripts in combat zone. ukrainian president vladimir zelinski says his country will continue fighting russian troops until you have regained full control over its territory and an address he also called for western partners to secure a no fly zone over ukraine, saying they would be responsible for humanitarian catastrophe. if they don't, zalinski also says he is ready for another round of talks with russia. while western media outlets focus on the ongoing war in ukraine, their rhetoric is much different from what it was during previous conflicts that their countries were involved in. our cheese constantine arose. coff has compared the narrative a tank inside latimer putin's hat. that's the image the economists chose for its

cover story on the russian military campaign and ukraine. and this is what the say magazine had on its front page back when the u. s. invaded iraq in 2003, a nice picture of george w bush and the title. now, the waging piece, you know, the difference as they say, when you hear american mainstream media talk about the ongoing war in ukraine, don't forget to check what the very same outlets used to tell the whole world what it was, their country conducting military operations in 1999, the western nato launched a bombing campaign of yugoslavia. im also in europe, which saw thousands of casualties and millions of people displaced, time magazine sat the attack quote unquote, open the door to peace while what followed didn't look peaceful at all. at stake is our entire policy in europe since the end of world war 2 to promote stability and democracy. nato's credibility is on the line. i was suggesting we bomb belgrade. i

was suggesting that we send american pilots in an blow up all of the bridges on the dina. i was suggesting we take out his oil supplies. i was suggesting very specific action. ah ah . ah. western media definitely has a knack for justify wars in 2001 during the u. s. invasion of afghanistan, the economists came up with discover, a heart rending, but nasa, sorry, war. and that said, no cause for sanctions,

for businesses to shut down. no condemnations just to pat on the back or the american military with little concern for the potential humanitarian catastrophe that would follow the invasion. ah. the western corporate media seem to be very concerned about the polite of common people in ukraine now, which is completely understandable yet when the us invaded for nations. the same talking has pushed a different narrative where regular of danny's or iraq is effectively had to be thankful and to consider themselves the lucky ones for being liberated. this is all

about one evil dictator who possesses brutal weapons with which he will threaten and hurt a lot of people, including a lot of americans unless we take them away from him. i'm asking this question over and over. why would we intervene and libya the most consistent? one is because it be the right thing to do because people are dying for altruistic reasons. oh, and don't forget, it's russia that are seen as waging a brutal war and oppressing people. when it comes to the american military, there's always room for admiration and glorification. we see these beautiful pictures at night. now i'm guided by the beauty of our weapons. i think the dollar from became president of the united states. he talked about international norms, international rules about america's role in enforcing justice in the world. now the very same media that basically have to justify multiple wars across the world are pre, think about what's going on in ukraine. and if there's conflict between moscow,

when keith has exposed anything, is that there is no limit to the level of double standards and high poxy anymore. the u. k. may lift its current ban on drilling for shale gas, as part of plans to boost the countries energy security. this comes after the british government decided to phase out imports of russian oil by the end of the year. now the u. k. the energy secretary security plan includes steps to increase its output of oil and gas in order to reduce dependency on russian fossil fuels. this includes plans to launch 6 north sea oil and gas projects. but the push faces opposition as it goes against the case plan to be carbon net 0 by 2015. we discussed the issue with political commentator anthony webber, who thinks the policy will devastate green ideals, be the policy is going to come out with now. are going to be very destructive of

the great agenda. because the taxation on my mitchie was funding. i better agree gender pool, the whole of the u. k. so we're going to be, and i'm, i'm say the answer, assignable position and the gender will be caught back. and it's very, very sad because the grading party in the you carry, i've not seen my set all of supported bish attacking or russia without looking at what is in the interest. so be you need assistance. what is needed is a sense of relative and if weak about politicians, then you can also turn where you cop and change their policies. that messes and i get into suffering enormously. and in fact one form i haven't p

r t for upland data. she mention that these missions with work, again that you carry about the u. k. would south a far more and we suffered in many, many ways because the financial reputation will suffer as well as the the economic reputation. ah many ukrainians excuse me, and foreigners who are trapped in the country are attempting to flee. the shelling that is proving to be especially difficult for non ukrainian citizens. black and other ethnic minority evacuation say that they are experiencing racism while waiting to cross the border. and pull it one nigerian medical student says border guards are prioritizing white people through the checkpoints in the laval allowing bus loads of ukrainians through while making or asset refugees travel by foot. we spoke with a leading figure of a movement that works to unite indigenous and diaspora groups of african origin. he

shared his views on the alleged racism being suffered as well as the broader russian ukrainian country. yes, a little nickel. given debussy, nato should not have extended its influence to territory so close to russia. president putin and russia have been subjected to aggression. they are not aggressors. dressers, are the western oligarchy, nato and the european union de cranium. people are the tragic collateral damage and hertz, hey, when i see it's, and when i think about it hurts me even more when i see how the africans living in ukraine are being discriminated against by the ukrainians. first, i think the conflict could have been avoided if the major agreements had been respected. and 2nd, as is also very important to say if the ukrainian authorities had not been used as a tool in the wrong hands. although i deplore this war because no one can ever be happy about a war, i think the president putin's reaction has been predictable. given all the threats the rush of faces, the west had wanted to turn ukraine into its tool. it supplied with weapons for

several years, and moreover, guarantee protection to the ukrainian authorities. but here again, we see the deception the hypocrisy of this political demon. to some extent, this western oligarchy which promises to help its allies. but only when this situation is red hot. these people are always trying to act through a proxy. this is what they did in syria by supporting terrorist forces. this is how the act in libya, also supporting terrors forces. so lensky toy of the western elite understands that he has many friends, but his friends are very far away. in any case, i hope that the western oligarchy will understand that its attitude towards russia and these proud peoples in general, needs a profound shift that jesus criminy gasoline prices in the u. s. may be skyrocketing, but a cnn reporting claims americans will be okay to pay even more as long as it's to teach russia a lesson, but not everybody agrees people we've spoken to over the last couple weeks there. oh, okay. paying higher prices if it means holding russia accountable for what they are doing in ukraine. no, we're not. did you even ask?

feels like it's hurting us more than the russians. it's amazing how these people think they speak for everyone in the us. i wasn't asked the average of gasoline price in the u. s. has surged to 4.10 dollars a gallon nearing the record high set in 2008. that's nearly a 20 percent increase from just a month ago. california has the country's most expensive gasoline with prices reaching $5.40 a gallon. meanwhile, joe biden insists that nothing can be done with the sky rocketing prices as the country should seek to punish russia. but many americans don't seem to agree with their president, but the guy said writers throughout the world. but of course, i mean, it shouldn't be going up this much as they should be. a little increased, but not drastic increase. gone up in the last week. it's gone up by nearly

$60000.00 defense effects because it's like $20.00 more for week. i think the president, by the, is the wrong for blaming it on russia. they're all we have to get gas prices. i right. i've heard they might be in all time record breaking high and i feel like that lack of awareness preempted. present advice, and i think you should have opened up the gas line on imported oil. 33 and a half minutes. that's when i will be back with another look at your news and wrap up of the war and you can stay with us. this is our to international. ah

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i ah, i'm absent and senior, what you're doing underground is a u. s. has committee holds a hearing on so called big oil to determine whether the country's largest companies are meeting climate commitments this after the i m f, ones of serious global economic consequences following the russian invasion of ukraine. and the several nations tried to isolate russia from the world economy with russian oil exports under fire will join even after chicago's economist, political scientist, professor james robinson of global conflict studies at the university of chicago, harris school of public policy. thank you so much. sure. have professor robinson coming back on so away from obviously there was

a bombing of yemen this week that the bombing of damascus this week. but there's only one story, obviously, as regards some. well, what's in your title of your um chair, vest ship global. gov, the it is ukraine given now that a it appears mosque who may be cutting off energy supplies or threatening to why didn't they just try that to we're avenge the 14000 killed in lieu hands can't on yet over the buster since since 2014 then their full scale invasion and i think there were some people at the hoover institution saying, why didn't he try cia activities to destabilize the zelinski government? why send in armored personnel carriers the military? and as we witnessed the pictures of, of death and destruction of civilians on all our tv screens. well i, you know, i don't think this is really about economics. i think it's about, you know,

some national project nationalist project in put in mind. you know, that he wants to reclaim about a year ago. he wrote to ranting a several 1000 word essay about, you know, how there was no basis in history for an independent ukrainian states. and this was paul to russia. and so, you know, so i think i think that he's willing to tolerate the independence of bella as low as that. you know, the happy to kind of cody out totally up to him. but since, you know, the regime change, the ukraine, you know, there's a much more independence, much more democratic pro western regime. then he just decided he couldn't tolerate that. so he's, you know, so, so i think it's not much to do with economics. i suspect is going to have very negative economic effects on russia but, but i think he's willing to tolerate that because of his nationalistic agenda. it's an old economic and obviously russia says that it can replace all the demand for my

western europe in the united states. from the global south, obviously from.