a with ukraine's president, once he says that nato publicly misled russia into believing the block was prepared to accept ukraine as a member, despite privately telling you that it can join i'm being told that every day more and more such trophy weapons fall in the hands of the russian troops are to take a look at 8 years of western arm supplies to ukraine, which allegedly fuel the conflicts in the dunbar. and even countries are split over whether to impose and embargo on russian oil. as politicians say, the measure would severely impact the blocks economy with

more direct from our studios in moscow. this is our to international. i'm john thomas, whatever you with us as we figure out what's happening in the war in ukraine. now ukraine's president zalinski suggests the conflict with russia could have been avoided. if nato had made it clear that it had no immediate intention to allow ukraine to become a member. i requested them personally. i to say direct please. if we're going to serve you in to new york or nato in a year or 2 or 5, and the response was really clear bridge, we're not going to be in a tour member, but publicly was the doors will remain open. zalinski saying that nato has essentially been bluffing about the possibility of accepting ukraine into the military alliance. all this time comes as a real shock. basically, the west could have potentially stopped this whole situation of an escalation of tensions into armed conflict between russia and ukraine. if it just told moscow the truth, and let's not forget back when joe biden was actually a senator,

he also warned against the further eastward expansion of nato, he said it could have possibly lead to an open conflict between russia and the west . and in 1990 nato actually promised the soviet union, but it would not expand any farther east than the older river in central europe. and since the western media began its hysteria campaigned late last year, russia's main negotiating point has been to hold the military alliance to its promise. lucille knew conflict with juno, one's own conflicts of bloodshed. we want to resolve the situation by political and diplomatic means. we should at least have some clear and understandable legal guarantees. this is the purpose of a proposal which has been written and sent to brussels and washington time and time again. moscow has said that accepting ukraine and to nato would be a violation of several treaties of the council for security and cooperation in europe. agreements that specifically states that a country cannot enter military alliance at the expense of another country's

national security. in response to this washington just called that a nonstarter negotiations. and of course, moscow itself was not very happy about that. the new book will know. they literally put the principle of freedom of choice, of alliances at the forefront, completely ignoring the conditions that were agreed at the highest level on the, in admissibility of infringing on the security of, of the states to has been a negative response to our security proposals about the non expansion of nato eastwood. this cannot satisfy us. they maintain the rights of any country to choose join and change alliances. it's non negotiable. after zalinski is recent statement, we now know that ukraine never had a real chance to become a member state of nato. but if russia knew that it's very possible that diplomacy could have diffused this situation that's exploded into a serious escalation in the don boss conflict that already been going on for some time. now instead, nato just decided to tease everyone. basically, nichols door remains open. so the enlargement of night thought has been

a great success that helps to spread democracy freedom. we will not compromise on our core principles. now one more thing that's a bit embarrassing for zalinski is that he just kind of laid down and accepted. the west's rejection of what was one of his government's main goals. and when these hostilities with russia broke out, the washington said no to sending troops that said no to opening a no fly zone. it basically said no to any serious direct help to ukraine. and basically left it to fend for itself. while western powers has said they cannot enforce a no fly zone. they are sending lethal weaponry to ukraine. in fact, hundreds of millions of dollars of it from the u. s. and you, the latest package was announced just a few days ago. the united states delivered $650000000.00 and military equipment to ukraine. it is more than we've ever provided to ukraine in the past. it is a significant amount of assistance that we had expedited the delivery on and we

will continue to do exactly that. and we're not doing this along, or ours and partners have stepped up to revise significant shipments of security assistance and will continue to help facilitate these deliveries as well. russian armor versus american missiles, ukraine, once a country, know the world's largest test site, where the u. s. and allies are duking it out with russia, who's weapons are more lethal. it's to weapons buffet for the ukrainian military from small arms to advanced anti tank and anti aircraft. missiles, american go seem eager to make keeps every request come true. western made weapons are in such abundance. the ukrainian forces have no 2nd thoughts leaving them behind on the retreat. like a trail of breadcrumbs. well and here you have the infamous american made javelin an anti tank single use miss. i'll here it's will, little brother,

the german made panza faust, the same panza vows just there a better, a more modern version of the same unit of the same missile used by the nazi germany against soviet troops. back during the 2nd world war. arguably, these world conflicts as these missiles, they caused the most problems for the russian army. but i'm being told that every day, more and more of such trophy weapons fall in the hands of the russian troops. the factory packaging even contains this panza, faust, anti tanks, weapons, passport, and that's when the unpleasant truth about its foreign origin comes out. apparently, this particular p g was decommissioned by germany all the way back in 2013. now americans, stinger missiles are a common threat for russia's helicopter pilots. in fact, some pundits are concerned of a looming security catastrophe. potentially caused by such a flood of indiscriminate weapons in ukraine. we heard from investigative

journalist alex rubinstein, who alleges that the u. s. is using ukraine to conduct a proxy war against russia who have all the markings of what the cia did in afghanistan arming and training the militia dean with billions of dollars against russia. you have the same markings with, with the see i did with timber sycamore and syria, which is much the same arming and training. these extremist factions in order to service proxy forces to take out a, an opposing state. the, the real question is, is whether russia will be able to move fast enough to cut off the supply lines because they're not flying anything. and it's all coming in through poland. the one thing that does distinguish this, and i think that this, this is an effect of their just being so much a animosity in the west against russia. here it's being done in the open because they can, i, and that's, that's really the scary part about it. is because it shows that the,

the great power competition is an accepted doctrine for the west. they don't want to have an international cooperation you officials have disagreed on whether to impose sanctions against russian fuel imports. germany and several other countries have expressed opposition to an embargo on russian oil saying it would seriously harm the blocks economy or cheese showed biscuit reports . you ministers met on monday with cracks already beginning to show in that wall of unity that they seem to have forged with unprecedented sanctions against russia in recent weeks. and countries like poland and the baltic states had gone into that meeting, calling for an outright oil embargo as a next step to ramp up the pressure on the kremlin over its invasion of ukraine. however, other countries, particular countries, like germany,

have been very resistive to that, not because the heavily reliant on russian energy imports. now german misses of also wound of the catastrophic impact that that could have if there was an embargo, immediately with talks of mass unemployment. and also poverty as a result of that. so they have wanted to sway away from this idea of an outright oil embargo. they might be a little bit of sanction fatigue setting in yoseph paralysis. the use foreign affairs chief said that energy was being weaponized, but it just wasn't the right day to make a concrete move on this. and it ministers and a lighter situation and decided to, to continue and taking decisions today was not to moment with a concrete decisions. but to have a look at where we are. all member states remain extraordinary united in supporting

your grain. we will continued isolating russia to call out for gore grimes, a war crime, a may. she woke crime committed by the russian armed forces. he gazed ukrainian people and this cannot go and answer it earlier on monday. the kremlin had said that you would be hard hit by an embargo on russian oil. and there were suggestions that had that been announced that moscow would have been ready with its own retaliation. and that some suggest it could have been to close a gas pipeline to europe, to give you a sense of how important that would be. the e relies on around 40 percent of its gas from russia. so such a measure would have really hit the pretty hard. however, the meeting of humans is did achieve one specific goal. they approved the

strategic compass. this is a block wide common defense strategy that would create an e u rapid deployment force of around 5000 soldiers. it also historic 1st for the block, it's a plan that's been in motion for many years. but while some suggested that this could be a move towards in you all me, which is favorite amongst some european leaders like president mark on a france, that is not what it is said. beryl is not about creating a european army, but we have to work together closer. we had to coordinate better. i was spend a tra we have to be able to react. and one of the ways to react rapidly is this rapid deployment capacity that has been great. we're a conductor, live undersized as to whether it has never been happening, never. and we will better tools to fight hybrid attacks, hybrid come bench,

cyber threats, and for any interference and manipulation of information. because the battlefields of tomorrow had also on the networks. this conquering mind shook their people. sure there's a big work to do. not with the guns, but we've worked with a dish. the plan has been in place for some time, but it does seem as if the crisis, the conflict in ukraine has given you members a sense of urgency to finally put this plan into action. and use burrell was very stern when he described the need for a saying, our neighborhood is in flames. there are circle of challenges and we have to face them. ah, the speaker of russia's lower house of parliament has called on his american counterparts to impeach their president joe biden, citing

u. s. legislation that specifically prohibits the funding of a reputed neo nazi group and ukraine. that's as u. s. media outlets including cnn, have promoted statements by the controversial as a battalion, but he's kill them up and comments. while we had the speaker of the russian duma, citing a law and allocation of funding to the pentagon that was passed in 2017, that specifically name to the as our battalion as a neo nazi an extremist group. and well, it allocated funding for the ukranian government. it outlawed any funding from united states for that specific grouping. the as our battalion now, when the speaker of the russian duma spoke about this, he pointed out that this is a group that has specifically engaged in actions targeting russian speaking people . and that they are an outlaw extremist organization in russia. here's what he said . the weapons that are shipped to ukraine now end up with neo nazi battalions, including the off that's a reason to impeach, biden. he broke the law,

the blame for the blood of peaceful civilians which has been shed by the neo nazis of the czar, lies with the u. s. president. that's a matter for the hague tribunal. now it has been revealed out of the united states, has been engaged in training extreme as forces in ukraine for quite some time. this as our battalion, i was made an official division of the ukrainian military in 2014 by ukrainian president poorest shank. the group is notorious for its extremist rhetoric. it's violent attacks on individuals, migrants, rama other communities that have been targeted by the organization. and it has been widely can down internationally for its activity. now the group is reported dab roughly 900 combatants and they have in gauged in quite a bit of terrorism and violence against russian speaking peoples in eastern ukraine . and even among people in the united states that were quite critical of russia and quite supportive of the euro made an event,

there was concern about weapons blowing into their hands. and us support going to these forces. but we now understand it is very clear, the added states has been training and arming forces associated with the as italian . and that raises concerns of the legality. and that's the grounds on which we have the speaker of the russian duma. talking about the possibility of the impeaching joe biden, for such a thing. this is a violation of the u. s. law. and it is something that has caused white a bit of outrage around the world. from all this we cross live it to us academic and liberal studies professor michael reckon, well, thanks for being with us here on our international. so the u. s. has legislation specifically against supporting ukraine's as a battalion over its reputed neo nazi ideologies. but a kind of twisted, tangled web we weave, because apparently u. s. military supplies have been going to that group. what's your opinion? yeah,

i mean it's the car ranges that the u. s. would be officially outlying, such such shot arming and such training of the as of the militia, the ass off battalion. and yet at the same time, it's actually undertaking it. but it wouldn't surprise me whatsoever. doesn't surprise me whatsoever. because basically we get nothing but double speak here from the, by the administration and the mainstream media. they basically do one thing and say they're doing the, you know, say they're doing one thing and do the precise opposite. this is the, this is the order of the day. we're living in a world of extremes and a divided american if you will. but could this actually be reason to impeach joe biden as the senior russian law maker has suggested? well, i don't think it'll actually get anywhere in the united states. i think more likely

they should look at the post top impeachment of biden, for undertaking the qu in 2014, which set the stage for the conditions we're now facing. that is, you know, the 2 that was undertaken to depose elected president and install harper, who had anti russian sentiments and then began his assault on the don bass region. and then of course, we made the ukraine staging, a staging place for us and nato aggression in terms of arms and the possible positioning of nuclear weapons at the border. all of this, of course, is the pretext for what we're seeing today. right now us media ls, including cnn, have provided a platform for the, as of a battalion to speak to the american public. is that appropriate, considering the legislation against the group?

and it's absolutely inappropriate. i mean, cnn is a basic cheerleader for neo con, militarism and, and this whole totalitarian regime that we're under here in terms of the u. s. i mean, we're, we're dealing with a completely fallacious and propaganda stick media. and, you know, cnn is just the arm of the democratic party, their, their, their, their mouthpiece and bill will support whatever the democrats are doing, including war, including illegal arming and training of the as all forces and including anything that they undertake really. so if we actually look at the western media outlets, there are just now starting to explain the as of battalions neo nazi ideologies. after the group has been surrounded and faces defeat and variable,

you have an opinion on why they're kind of coming to the table late on one. yeah, i mean if, if it's going to come out and it will be revealed, and this is just how things operate here, will know about this in 6 months or, you know, what will be called conspiracy period. today i'll be in fact tomorrow, that's just the way it works. as long as they can pull the agenda off in time in time without, you know, any serious blow back in the moment. they don't care. that's effectively how it operates. right, michael rectinwald's, u. s. academic and little states professor, thanks for being us here. on our international. thank you. now to ukrainian touch k u ballistic missiles were reportedly intercepted by air. defend forces, the done yes. republic. a fire was recorded in the area of the fallen missiles and a number of buildings have been damaged. now local emergency workers have set up

a refugee camp in the secure part of the dynamic republic, supplying it with heat and electricity, and providing food and medical assistance to civilians who take shelter their also in the done yet screw public russian forces are continuing to help civilian slee to safety has hundreds of people have been evacuated from my youth to the village of busy men, neu, in just the past day. we heard from some of them, i did see you soon. a function of the way it would be with up with, with these to head you with didn't finish

with a lot that was in the building that included them all the family please is a school of the applied to go with the port city of brit johnson. on the sea of oz off is now being used to support relief efforts for civilians in the embattled city of mario pal. russia recently took control of the fight after local ukrainian forces, allegedly fled without a fight or cheese. but i got you. i've got an exclusive look at the operations there by land, air, and now sea russian troops continued to advance and reinforce into ukraine. these is a unique sight, a russian naval armada at a port which ukrainian troops had abandoned without a fight, leaving its facilities entirely intact. the as of sea with its ports and towns is

now honda, russian control, all save several districts and the coastal city of mary jo pal, which has allowed russia's black sea fleet and the ost landing ship to stage this operation translated from russian. this is a, a large marine ship code named alligator by nato. it is harmed the sludge caliber, odo cat and for example. but the point of this ship is to transport troops and heavy equipment. it can fit as many as 20 tanks or 40 armored personnel carriers along with hundreds upon hundreds of troops. this conflict needs one of the most intense in recent decades, both sides of leverage, sophisticated and highly destructive weapons for russia's operation to succeed. it is paramount. the troops of supplied and reinforced non stop,

but at which it was our arrival here is a milestone event, or it opens up completely new opportunities for the black safely to use existing ukrainian infrastructure for our logistics operations. this logistics operation is not only geared for fighting. it is also humanitarian. millions of ukrainians and liberated territories must be fed and supplied with the essentials. just kilometers away. thousands of scared and battered refugees pack the roads leading from mary opal. the russian military has set up camps for those who want to stay and supplies fuel for those who wish to drive to. i mia all elsewhere off of what they had been through popped up what ukrainian nationalists had put them through. they need the help says the property was, there is no fuel in mary you, paul. all the fuel was stolen by looters. one of the root was difficult. there are no roads. the bridges have been blown up. the city itself no longer exists. this is

a chance for people to go somewhere wrong. we're really thankful there's a little in the root was difficult, there was no green zone. we drove at our own risk. so there were a lot of dead bodies and blown up cars along the way. or the petrol is now more expensive than gold. you can't go anywhere without health. i'm thankful for russia's help. i'm very thankful you hiding among the refugees. i'll ukrainian military desert as they will say that once they caught. but it is feared that some may be lying and may have other goals such as the staged terror attack. so acts of sabotage in liberated areas. the units commander told us in a message to change into civilian clothes, joined the civilians, get into the vehicles, taking them out or simply join the civilians in the green zone and leave mary paul with them is gone. we joined the civilians who were being released from the city and left with that many have been identified. not all wish to appeal camera.

whether or not that telling the truth will be up to russian law enforcement to judge their here in force center. d, not supply ukraine. that and to bring those nationalists said neo nazis responsible for killings and atrocities. to account for i guess the of o t from the desk. these images show a shopping center in the ukranian capital devastated by showing local authorities. a civilians were killed in nearby buildings and were also damaged cubes. mayor has carried a curfew to keep civilians off the streets during potential daytime attacks. and russia says it wouldn't target civilian infrastructure without a justifiable reason. these images were released by the russian defense ministry following a backlash against the strike russia ledgers. the shopping center was being used by ukrainian military to deploy and fire heavy artillery as well as store ammunition.

ah, the russian court has banned the american social networks, instagram and facebook as extremist organizations. after their parent company. meta said that it would allow hate speech against russian soldiers, but russian citizens who continue to use those networks are reportedly not to be punished matters. what's app messenger services also not to be probably have it is because it isn't a public platform. the law will ban funding for meta particularly for advertisements met earlier said that it would permit hate speech against russian soldiers without the context of the ukraine conflict. well, that's the thing. if you regard, if you define democracy as the ancient opinions us to that yes, freedom of speech would be a thing. but unfortunately, over the past several years in the west, what they define is democracy, something called our democracy, which translates in practice,

into rule by whoever declares themselves to be democrats. i haven't seen anything like this is the 1990 s campaign, vilifying the serbs in yugoslavia. in fact, it's probably just a carbon copy of the same campaign except dealing with russians that you know, much bigger country, much more numerous people are much more influential. lovely. but it seems like to people they're managing the narratives in the west have basically just copied the entire playbook and using it all over again. so one thing that the western governments are really good that i would argue all governments, in general, the western governments in particular because so much of their power is centered around narrative management is passing the blame for what's going on for their own mistakes and, and actions to somebody else, and now that the facilities in ukraine are all going, they're basically trying to blame russia for the cumulative effect of their own

policies, both internal and external, foreign and domestic. and it's, it's just a one. it's an easy way to offload responsibility on to somebody else, but they're really, really good. this is one of their biggest skills to basically shut off blame on to somebody else. it. whatever happens, however bad things get into us. it's never, ever, ever. it's their fault. that is, you will never hear them admit to any sort of responsibility for anything that does it for me this hour i will be back in about $31.00 and a half minutes with another full fresh look at your news. this is our t international. glad have you ah ah ah

ah, a with time option or as you know what you're doing on the ground for the final show in the studio, in 19 years to the eve of an invasion of iraq by the u. s. u. k, australia, and poland that would arguably capitalize the killing, wounding, or displacing of tens of millions all around the world. it was of course, george w bush, a secretary of state, colin powell, who held a vial at the un security council to make the flawed case for war in iraq. and is the world today teaches on the edge of

a global conflict that could be even more deadly than iraq. afghanistan, libby, or, or syria and join are from falls church, virginia by pals, former chief of staff, colonel larry wilkerson retired colonel wilkinson. thank you so much for coming back on the show. just stay in the past few days. i think one reporter said to jen saki, the press secretary for the white house. why are you sending in short, guns, pistols, a grenade launchers and the like to the ukrainian people as defensive weapons? what do you make of the massive amounts of arms on top of the ones given before i rushes invasion? what it, what do you make of this arming of you grain? well, 1st of all, to domestic political requirement, a president biden. and he has to be very outspoken about it because he said he's not going to establish an applies on or do anything that would provoke a wider war and possibly. ready war with russia.