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

broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow. this is art international. i'm john thomas. certainly glad to have you with us as we recap. what's happening in the war in ukraine. now ukraine's president zelinski suggests the conflict with russia could have been avoided. if nato had made it clear that it had no immediate attention to allow ukraine to become a member. i requested them personally, i to say directly, 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 one of 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 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 new conflict with juno, one's own conflicts of bloodshed. we want to resolve the situation. what 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. the highest level on the in admissibility of infringing on the security of the states to shoot 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, so the enlargement of night thought has been a great success that helps to spread the more close to 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. it 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 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 u. s. and e u. the latest package was announced just a few days ago. the united states delivered $650000000.00 in 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 have expedited delivery on, and we will continue to do exactly that. and we're not doing this along are 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 and more lethal. it's a weapons buffet for the ukranian military from small arms to advanced anti tank and anti aircraft missiles. american go seem eager to make caves, 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 complex 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 pandora faust, anti tanks, weapons, passport. and that's when the unpleasant truth about its foreign origin comes out. apparently, this particular b, g was decommissioned by germany all the way back in 2013. now americans stinger missiles are a common threat for rushes helical to pilots. for you. as we flew over enemy

territory in a call 50 to helicopter, the enemy fired from the ground. the aircraft was hit when stinger missiles are detected. the aircrafts on board defense system in gauges in 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 an 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 what the see i did with timber sycamore and syria, which is much the same arming and training these extremist factions, i, 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 in 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. i hear 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 as seriously harm the blocks economy. archie correspondent, charlotte davinsky 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 and 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. and that's because the heavily reliant on russian energy imports. now german is visible, so wound of the catastrophic impact that that could have if there was an embargo. immediately we 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 senshi fatigue setting in use. if burrell is, is the use foreign affairs, she said that energy was being weaponized,

but it just wasn't the right day to make a concrete move on this 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 ukraine. we will, continued isolating russia to call out for gore grimes, a war crime, emaciated war crime committed by to russian armed forces. he gained ukrainian people and this cannot go and answer it early a monday the kremlin had said that you were put beat 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 it guess from russia. so such a measure would have really hit the pretty hard. however, the meeting of human this 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. he owes 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 an e u army, which is favored amongst some european leaders, like president mack on a france, that is not what it is, said beryl. there's not about creating him, european army,

but we have to work together closer. 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're a conductor, live at your site as to whether it has never been happening, never. and we will better tools to fight hybrid effects, high become bench cyber threats and for any interference and manipulation of information. because the battle fields of tomorrow had also on the networks this conquering mind. so there people, sure there's a big work to do. not with the guns that would work with ideas. the plan has been in place for some time, but it does seem as if the crisis, the conflicting crane is giving 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 2 of challenges and we have to face them. these images that show a shopping center in the ukrainian capital, devastated by shelling local authority, say 8 civilians were killed and nearby buildings. raso damaged cubes mer has declared a curfew to keep civilians off the streets during potential nighttime attacks. 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 ledges that the shopping center was being used by the ukrainian military to deploy and fire heavy artillery, as well as store ammunition to ukrainian it touch, give you a ballistic missiles will reportedly intercepted by their defensive forces. the

done yet republic. a fire was recorded in the area of the fallen missiles and a number of buildings have been damaged, as well as local emergency. workers have set up a refugee camp in a secure part of the dynamic republic, supplying it with heat and electricity, and providing food and medical assistance to civilians who take shelter there. and also in the dynamic republic, russian forces are continuing to help civilians flee to safety. hundreds of people have been evacuated in just the past day from arguable to a secure village about 30 kilometers away in the done yet screw public. now we heard from some of them i did see you lou with a book chill of the with a, with,

with these. how do you sit with what you thought was or didn't finish with with that that was enough. good. and you got that included them up with them. loses a school with the port of breakdowns calling the see of as of is now being used to support relief efforts for civilians. and the embattled city of multiple russia recently took control of the site after local ukrainian forces, allegedly fled without a fight. martinez, but i got you got an exclusive look at the operations there by land, air, and thou see 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 in the coastal city of mary jo pal, which has allowed russia's black sea fleet and the author landed ship to stage this operation translated from russian. this is a large marine ship code named alligator by nato. it is armed, 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 is 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 i was reliable. 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 that 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 since the property was there is no fuel in mary u paul,

and 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 in the root was difficult if there was no green zone and we drove at our own risk. so there were a lot of dead bodies and blown up cars along the way. it was natural is now more expensive than go anywhere. you can't go anywhere without health. i'm thankful for rushes help. i'm very thankful you're hiding among the refugees. i'll ukrainian military desert us, 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 tara 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 joined the civilians in the green zone and leave mary all without is colanda. we joined the civilians who were being released from the city and left with them on the petty have been identified. not all wish to appeal camera . whether 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 o t for the just the speaker of russia's lower house of parliament has. busy called on his american counterparts to impeach their president joe biden, citing u. s. legislation that specifically prohibits of the funding of a reputed neo nazi group in ukraine. that's as u. s. media outlets including cnn, have promoted statements by the controversial as of battalion or cheese kellum up and explains. while we had the speaker of the russian duma, citing

a law an allocation of funding to the pentagon that was passed in 2017. that specifically name to be as ob, battalion as a neo nazi an extremist group. and while it allocated funding for the ukrainian 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 extremist 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 is 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 band is something that has caused quite a bit of outrage around the world. we heard from a u. s. academic who says the biden 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 u. s. would be officially outline such, such are arming and such training of the as of the militia, the ass, off battalion. and yet at the same time is 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 cnn 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. and including anything that they undertake really in russian court upholds a ban on the american social networks. instagram, facebook as extremist organizations, after their parent company meta said it would allow, hate speech against russian soldiers, but russian citizens who continue to use those that works are reportedly not to be punished. mete 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 would not allow it. there has been escalating discrimination against russians in the u. s. and e. u in recent weeks was many fired from their jobs, asked to leave their universities or simply insulted for being russian. we spoke with borgia mulch, a senior writer at r t, who says that western powers only follow their own democratic principles when they see them. well that's the thing if you regard, if you define democracy as the ancient opinions you as 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 these 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. 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. 34 minutes, that's when i will be back with another full and fresh look at your news. this is our international that have you with us as we unravel what is happening in the war in the ah ah

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marked wayne remarked that god created war so that americans would learn geography . my guess today has supported all recent american lab wars and a times of regime change. but he's absolutely appalled by russia's actions in ukraine. why is that? to discuss it? i'm now joined by a former us national security advisor and former us ambassador to the united nations john bolton, ambassador bolton, it's such a rare treat for a russian journalist to speak to you. thank you very much for this occasion. well, thank you for having me. glad to do. now you have the reputation of being pretty hawkish, thinker, especially when it comes to russia. when you look at the balance in and around the ukraine, whom do you blame 1st? is that president putin o president biden? well, i think this is unquestionably an active unprovoked aggression by russia, and there's no legitimate explanation for so i think the responsibility does live

with president colton and his government, i think unfortunately that the west failed adequately to deter potent from, from launching the invasion and, and that's a great tragedy but, but in this instance, it's pretty clear where the responsibility laws now president put it in his own words, is motivated by defending russia, that strategic interest. so he will definitely disagree with your definition of an unprovoked aggression. but let me, i establish that phrase, do you believe that russia has any security prerogative when it comes to its own neighborhood? and especially when it comes to the american and native presence in its neighborhood? well, it certainly has an interest in its own strategic security. but the fact is, the countries that border on russia.