a, with a headlines this, our on our to international. russia accuses the un of spreading misinformation after the organization says civilians were killed in an attack on a hospital building that russia insists was being used as a ukrainian military facility. despite humanitarian corps doors being opened, many civilians are still unable to flee as they fear for their lives. they keep getting nothing with we stayed in shelters for 2 weeks. it was really very scary. russia's ambassador to

washington calls on the u. s. to end all is illegal biological activities and post soviet territories. while the white house accuses russia of preparing a chemical attack in ukraine with broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow. this is our international. i'm john thomas. certainly glad to have you with us. we know you have a choice, we glad you choose us. now, we start with ukraine, where masses of people are continuing to flee or take shelter. and many have been finding their homes destroyed in the fighting. here are some of the latest developments. russia says the u. n. is spreading misinformation after the organization claimed that a hospital building hit in an air strike in the southern city of new pl at civilians. inside that's how fake news is born. we warrant in our statement back on

the 7th of march, that this hospital has been turned into a military object by radicals. very disturbing that the un stress this information without verification 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 un has called the attack horrific saying a health care facilities should never be targeted. ukraine's presidents lensky says here will secure 6 humanitarian 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 towns in the key of region. and the city of good are now moscow says the russian troops have been observing a limited cease fire for 10 evacuation routes. it had earlier proposed during peace talks with give notice that ukraine rejected those that lead to russia. russia,

as defense, ministry says ukrainian forces have been targeting power lines and electricity generators at the sure noble nuclear power 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, ukrainian, president veterans, lensky says, his country will continue fighting russian troops and so key of regains full control over its territory. in an address he also called for western partners to secure a no fly zone over ukraine, saying they would be responsible for mandatory and catastrophe if they don't. zelinski also says he is ready for another round of talks with russia. 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 of more refugees and emphasizing that. they are welcome to come. many of those fleeing ukraine say they have endured a lot of suffering. the who am i forget? when was the last time i 8, i'm say scads. we and do 12 days of shelling. i believe this kid who didn't see them. i didn't hear. ready that a lot of these here are a lot of people staying in the shelters, and there's a lot of confusion. there is 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 humanitarian corridors being opened, some people still cannot leave in

a village near my, your people in the done yet republic civilians have had to remain saying give, has given them no opportunity to use the safe. so they say they fear for the lives of their loved ones. the thing you're gonna get hung is isn't my being you get a lot of people who are that leave school go far you was you won't keep prom key for thought is, what are you when you've done your most of that would have with what that came what is it were you going to do? you think that you could have gotten us and get to a big with russia says the army of the login's, the people's republic has taken control of 3 more villages, while ukrainian military infrastructure continues to be targeted by russian forces are just eager to done off sent us an exclusive report from the cave region where he has been following a russian military convoy advancing to the ukrainian capital. sabotaged groups made

up not of regular soldiers, but of local vigilantes. they are swarming these places and thanks to tens of thousands of weapons changing hands indiscriminately in ukraine. these groups are well armed, so this is what aerial support looks like. russian military helicopters are right now, circling all around us. is their scouting the area ahead of what we're expecting to see? is yet another military convoy to head down. this road towards key of aerial support is vital a day before we arrived. the russian checkpoint here came under attack right next to it, a road serving as the main artery, pumping fresh forces towards the main combat zone. russia it seems, keeps amassing its troops in ukraine. right now. we are in the key of region and this road leads it to the ukrainian capital. well care, and right now behind me,

russian military hardware is rolling further towards the battlefield. ah, some vehicles look fresh and new. others already bear battle scars. so the driver of this vehicle is a medical but you won't find any red cross is painted on his vehicle. that's because everything is a target in this war and especially medics. this is where a mortar shell hit. you can see some damage dealt here compared to this part, for example. and more importantly, this is where the red cross used to be painted, but they painted over it to make them stand out less. so the key of an front is definitely one of the most hated hotspots in ukraine. right now. the russian military sometimes don't even have time for some very basic repairs. like, for example, look at the sy, it has been shot. you can hear the air coming out of it, have a listen for how it keep moving his base he the

compress inside is working so that this a, b, c, stays operational. such damaged hardware isn't sent into the heat of battle, but rather used as cover for humanitarian convoys heading to areas already under russian control. we're go into the front line where the fighting is underway. the road is not bad in principle, but there are mines in some places. one armored personnel carrier has been hit, but for now it's fine. how's the artillery? it's difficult to say, but still we're trying to overcome all the difficulties inside captured towns, even trucks loaded with humanitarian aid can come under attack. you deliver just a week ago, our column came under fire. we lost 6 pieces of equipment with food and property. we waited at the checkpoint for about an hour as you weren't allowed to pass through before we were given approval and it took a while after that in the night there was shelling by nationalist battalions as well as sabotage recognizance groups located in the settlements. it seemed to

disguise the civilians and at night they turn into saboteurs. from whichever point you look, rushes advance on cave is challenging. even areas, tens of kilometers away from the front line, our anything but safe. but the russian troops, mur all remains. hi, i'm a good dawn of reporting from ukraine. r t rushes ambassador to washington has called on the u. s. to immediately end to any illegal work that it may be performing with biological weapons in the former soviet union. as russia urges washington to disclose information about alleged u. s. collaboration with research programs in ukraine that could have been used for germ warfare. the u. s. administration justifies illegal and dangerous activities with standard tactics by accusing russia of all since it's uses groundless. anti the old arguments, as we say in russia, a guilty conscience needs no accuser. i dont you corresponded among costello is

joining me in the studio, live up roma, lots of moving parts. incredibly complicated story. you can get lost, easily talk us through the latest develop. very true, it's a very complicated set. it's quite a lot of controversy and contradictory information coming from both the white house from ukraine and from russia as well. now we have the latest court where, according to russian officials, the latest statements by the united states show that very serious concern by the white house about potential disclosure, regarding ongoing military biological programs near russian border in ukraine. now at the moment, according to russian officials, well, it is truly a fact is that the united states at the moment is the only country that hasn't fulfilled its international obligations for a chemical weapons convention. and they haven't destroyed any of their chemical

weapons. now all of this was in response to a statements by white house press secretary jump saki, who said that she wore the potential for russia to use chemical weapons in ukraine after moscow, alleging that the united states was that housing, biological weapons on the ukrainian territory. now, on the other hand, moscow is accusing the u. s. of having a military weapons program there in ukraine. so here is what white house press secretary said about that we took note of russia's false claims about alleged he has biological weapons labs in chemical weapons development in ukraine. we have also seen chinese officials echoed these conspiracy theories. this is all in algiers ploy by russia to try to justify its feather premeditated unprovoked, an unjustified attack on ukraine. now that russia has made this false claims in

china, his seemingly endorse this propaganda. we should all be on the lookout for russia to possibly use chemical or biological weapons in ukraine, or to create a foss flag operation using them. it's a clear pattern. so ram, a lot of this is familiar. russia says they're c u. s. as that blaming each other for different things, but this is an act of war zone. so i guess my question is, is there a real threat here? well, according to our la guns can then as people's republic, according to a russia, there is a potential thread, there is a potential provocation in place. of course, a key of has a long denied designing a biological weapons. so the pentagon says that it's all a speculation regarding its involvement in these programs a, not just an ukraine, but in all of our former us, it's the soviet state. they said it's all russia, this information. meanwhile, according to russia's defense minister, few ukraine is indeed preparing biological weapons are provocation. i'm with the

use of chemical weapons. it warned that at least 80 tons of ammonia were delivered to a city near harder gulf. it's very close to the russian border. the ministry of defense of russia, they also sites the witness accounts by and vacuum ease from the area that the national guard of ukraine. they conducted her several freight and chemical weapons or chemical defense training programs with their local residents surplus. we've heard from her with warning warnings about potential pro cation with chemical weapons. so before i've, i've been hearing it for 4 months. now i'm from the authorities in both low gaskins and as people's are republicans. this is just one of the latest statements from la la guns people's militia. according to the information we received, ukrainian forces, places closes at ammonia, warehouses in the town of se brewton ask and plan to detonate them within the

coming days. in order to place 2 guns, people's militia for this provocation. so when we talk about biological labs, a lot of people have no idea, no clue what this means. could you talk a little bit more about what these labs actually are? well, i'll tell you a couple of names, probably our yours are familiar with because we've heard about these diseases before as well. well, according to russian defense ministry, the documents that they have discovered. now if they're true, then we were talking about and facts, among other things we're talking about the plague. so of very dangerous developments. indeed, according to under secretary of state victoria newland ball, she will confirm the existence of biological labs in ukraine. and she went as far as saying that the united states are making an effort to ensure that

no materials from these labs ever ends up in the hands of the russian military r y. she said that remains to be seen now according to the information from russian defense ministry, according to the documents that they haven't covered. if they're true, that means there are at least 30 facilities within ukraine. and they said that the contract, the contract authority of the, of these by labs is u. s. department of defense. once again, this is cannot be confirmed independently at this point, but it's certainly alarming. and it's certainly alarming to the fact that these potential biological hazards are very close to civilian population, run a lot to take in lots of moving parts rapidly developing story, we know that you'll stay across it for us as it develops. thanks for that. right now. ukraine said president zaleski has signed

a law to allow civilians to legally shoot at russian soldiers with any weapon in their possession. the legislation that says civilians will have to hand over any firearms they receive as well as unused ammunition to the police. within 10 days after martial law is lifted, with guns flooding into civilian possession, there have been numerous reports of armed robberies and shootings between private citizens. ukrainian officials have blamed so called russian and sub tours for the violence. russia, as foreign ministry has warned that the ukrainian government in decision to arm the public would lead to civilian casualties. while western media outlets focus on the ongoing war in ukraine, their rhetoric is much different from what was during previous conflicts that their countries were involved in our consumption around coff has compared the narratives a tank inside latimer, putin's hat that's the imaged economists chose for its cover story on the russian

military campaign and ukraine. and this is what the same magazine had on its front page back when the us invaded iraq in 2003, a nice picture of george w bush and the title. now the waging, pete, you know, the difference as they say, when you hear american mainstream media talk about the ongoing war and ukraine. don't forget to check what the very same outlets used to tell the whole world when 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 this cover, a heart rending, but nasa very war and then said no calls 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 foreign 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 in 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 dar 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 about what's going on in ukraine. and if this conflict between moscow and keith has exposed

anything, is that there is no limit to the level of double standards and high poxy anymore. 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 lesson, but not everybody agrees. people we've spoken to all 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 to, 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 u. s. i wasn't asked the average gasoline price in the u. s. has surged to $4.10 a gallon nearing a record high set in 2008. and that is 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 it. the skyrocketing prices as the country should seek to punish russia, but many americans don't seem to agree with the president right now. i think the president, by me, is the wrong for blaming it on russia. there we go. all we have to give the guy producer. but the prizes throughout the world, but of course, i mean, it shouldn't be going up this much as they should be an increase, but not drastic increase in gas prices. i could add, i've heard they might be in all time record breaking high. and i feel like that lack of weirdness, preemptive president biden. i think you should have opened up the gas line and not made it important oil. the u. n. has urged countries to avoid

imposing sanctions that could harm ordinary citizens. that has russia faces mounting pressure from crippling economic measures implemented by western powers over the conflict and ukraine. now the recently broadened its sanctions less to include all russian senators who voted to recognize the breakaway regions of done yet scandalous, gone, scans independent countries, as well as 14 russian business. people said to contribute a substantial amount of funding for the national budget. western powers are also urging other countries to follow their lead. the white house has warrants china to follow sanctions imposed on russia, saying that the u. s. could take devastating action against chinese companies that defy the franchise. but being has consistently argued that economic restrictions only exacerbate conflicts and has emphasized that moscow is its most important strategic partner. we heard from a politics professor and shanghai, who argues that china's more neutral approach can have more benefits than the

hostility shown by the west. well, let's be clear, china has tried to articulate an effectively neutral position, one that is consistent with its own foreign policy principles, which include a fundamental rejection of sanctions. china is sympathetic with russia, security concerns fees of the nato expansion, but it has not endorsed military operations in ukraine. and from a humanitarian perspective, china is calling increasingly for maximum restraint and ukraine. but above all, china is calling for a diplomatic solution and offering to mediate. and all of this, i think is far better than the western approach, which not only isn't working, it's throwing fuel on the fire. i don't see the white house really needing to press china. china has its own reasons to mediate which can only be done through a position on neutrality. for the more china does not abandon its friends. when the winds change, it might not support them unconditionally, but it doesn't a bad of them. and the to, in the test, the test case here is in russia it's,

it's north korea. in short, while it's possible, a big deal might happen between the u, as in china, when this somehow result us trying to refix frictions. i rate one very unlikely at this point. perhaps the most we'll see is the wes agreeing to let on immediate and refraining from being a spoiler. while western countries rapidly cut ties with russia and impose heavy sanctions, pakistan has struck a key deal for natural gas and wheat imports. earlier pakistan's prime minister slammed to western diplomats for allegedly trying to push his country into condemning rushes actions in ukraine. we discussed the issue with a retired pakistani lieutenant general. there are statements coming out even from the secretary of state that and the european union countries. i've also insisted that focused on take a position that focus on is trying to stay away from it. yes. like india and sri lanka, because you know, we do, we have our own problems. we have many problems here and we do not want to add

problems, offer any additional problems. and at the same time, we think that it is for these 2 countries. and for the west, and especially for the us and russia. well, i think america definitely desires and is pushing back a sand to take a position. but as you know, back to sun is not going to do that because it realizes that it also, it has an experience of taking sides in the past. it has been supporting, for instance, the u. s. envision in of, i understand and all that. and you know, the consequences of that we are still suffering from it. so i think back a son has a history, and it has realized and learned from its history that it's not going to repeat the same mistakes. more of our continuing coverage of the warn ukraine in about 33 minutes. stay with us as our international. ah

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