ah, ah, you claims that president zalinski says it, nato publicly misled russia into believing the block was prepared to accept ukraine as a member, despite privately telling you that it won't join i'm being told that every day more and more such trophy weapons fall in the hands of the russian troops, partially takes a look at 8 years of western arms apply to ukraine, believed to have fueled the conflict in ukraine. you countries are split over whether to impose an embargo on russian oil. as politicians say, the measure would severely impact the blocks economy with

by casting live direct, more studios in moscow. this is our to international. i'm john thomas. glad to have you with us as we recap. the events in the war in ukraine. now ukraine's president zelinski suggests the conflict with russia could have actually 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 to say, to say direct please. if we're going to accept you into new york or nato in a year or 2 or fly, and the response was really clear, you'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 in 2 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 conflict, so bloodshed, we went to resolve the situation where 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 state 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 non starter and 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 this 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 joint 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. and the don boss conflicts that are already been going on for some time. now. instead, nato just decided to tease every one. basically, nichols door remains open. oh, the enlargement of nate thought has been

a great success that helps to spread the more closer 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 to fend for itself. while western powers have said that 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 us and to 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 our hours 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 the weapons buffet for the ukrainian military from small arms to advanced anti tank and anti aircraft missiles. american go seemed 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 will help will. as we flew over enemy territory in a car 50 to helicopter, the enemy fired from the ground. the aircraft was hit when stinger missiles are

detected. the aircrafts on board defense system engages and fires decoy flares. it's a reliable technique and let you get out of the situation. 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 to alex rubinstein, who alleges that the u. s. is using ukraine to conduct a proxy war against russia. you 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 serve as proxy forces to take out 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 was fun at charlotte to pinsky picks it up. 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. now,

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, particularly countries like germany, have been very resistive to that, not because the heavily reliant on russian energy imports. now german misses of also warned 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 burrell. this is 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 kind of ministers and a lighter situation and decided to, to continue and taking decisions today was not the moment with a concrete decisions, but to have a look at where we are all member to stage, remain extraordinary united in supporting your grain. we will continued isolating russia to call out for gore grimes, a war crime, a massive war crime committed by your russian armed forces. he gains ukrainian people 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 of 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 you minutes 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 a 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 and you all me, which is favored amongst some european leaders, like president mack on a france, that is not what it is said. beryl is not about creating him european army,

but we have to work together closure. we have to coordinate better how expenditure . 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 are conduct a live of your size 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 battle fields of tomorrow had also on the networks is conquering mine. so there people show there's a big work to do. not with guns, but with roach, with ideas. 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 this saying, our neighborhood is in flames. there are circle of challenges and we have to face them. these images show in shopping center in the ukranian capital, devastated by showing local authorities. same aid civilians were killed and nearby buildings were also destroyed. kim's mayor has declared a curfew to keep civilians off the streets during potential my time attacks. russia says it would not target civilian infrastructure without a justifiable reason. these images were released by the russian defense ministry following a backlash against the strike. russia alleging that the shopping center was being used by the ukrainian military to deploy and fire heavy artillery, as well as store ammunition to ukrainian touch k u ballistic missiles, were reportedly intercepted by air defense forces of the dynamic republic. a fire was recorded in the area of the falling missiles, and

a number of buildings have been damaged with local emergency. workers have set up a refugee camp in a secure part of the danielle republic to supplying it with heat and electricity and providing food and medical assistance to civilians who take shelter there. and also in the done yes, republic brushing forces are continuing to help civilians flee to safety. hundreds of people have been evacuated in just the past day from mar, you pull to a secure village, just about 30 kilometers away. in the daniel republic we heard from some of them i did see you soon, a book ship of the with with,

with these, how do you hit with a thought it was that there was a mobile friendly lou. this is a school knows me, a plan with the port of the johnson on the sea of as off is now being used to support relief efforts for civilians in the embattled city of mario pal. russia recently took control of the site after local ukrainian forces, allegedly fled without a fight, which is mariah garcia, got an exclusive look at the operations there by land, air, and now sea russian troops continue to advance and reinforce into ukraine. this 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 have mary opal which has allowed russia's black sea fleet and the ost landing ship to stage this operation translated from russian. this is a large marine ship code named alligator by nato. it is harmed the sludge caliber, odo cannon 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 knees, 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 in which it was our arrival here is a milestone mantle in 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 in liberated territories must be fed and supplied with essentials. just kilometers away. thousands of scared and battered refugees pack the roots leading from mario bowl. 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 put off here was, there is no fuel in mary, you,

paul. all the fuel was stolen by looters, of 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 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. a natural is now more expensive than go and you can't go anywhere without health. i'm thankful for rushes help. i'm very thankful. yeah. hiding among the refugees of ukrainian military desert as they will say that once a court. but it is feared that some may be lying and may have other golds, such as the stage 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 fall

. without escalade, we joined the civilians who were being released from the city and left with them. 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 that here. enforce center d not supply ukraine. that and to bring those nationalists and neo nazis responsible for killings and atrocities. to account for, i guess the of a t from the just 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 in your crank. now this is as u. s. media outlets including cnn, have promoted statements by the controversial as of battalion parties. killed muffin 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 be as our battalion as a neo nazi an extremist group. and while 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, roma, 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

battalion. 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. we heard from a u. s. academic who says the bible administration has illegally supplied weapons and the american establishment media has stepped in to justify that to the public. yeah, i mean, at the top ranges the us would be officially outline such such arming and such training of the as of the militia, the ass off battalion, and yet at the same time as 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. cnn is a basic cheerleader for neo con, militarism and t. n. n is just the arm of the democratic party. they're, they're, they're, they're mouthpiece and they'll well support whatever the democrats are doing, including war, including illegal arming and training of the as all forces, including anything that they undertake. really, russian court upholds a ban on 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. met earlier said that it would permit hate speech against russian

soldiers within the context of the ukraine conflict. but then backtracked and said that it wouldn't allow it. there has been escalating discrimination against russians in the us. and you, in recent weeks with many fired from their jobs, asked to leave their universities or simply in salted for being russian. we spoke with new bush and knowledge, a senior writer at r t who says that western powers only follow their own democratic principles when they suit them. 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 that it's 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 there. 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. i did about 34 minutes. that's when i will be back with another phone. fresh looks renews . stay with us. this is art international as we cover the latest in the war in ukraine. oh, ah, more than a century ago marked when remarked that god created more so that americans would learn geography. and few u. s. officials have done more to put that into practice than my guest today. former us national security advisor and former use some bastard to the united nation john bolt and has supported all recent american lab wars. he's absolutely

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