ah ah ah, fighting intensify for the key ukrainian city of mario pole as the russian military press is on with this drive to clear out, nationalists forces who are using civilian buildings for cover. i'm being told that every day move such trophy weapons fall in the hands of the russian troops of all correspondence and ukraine gets hands on with these western weapons which are pouring into the country to wage what's being called a proxy war against russia. despite us, lead holds the peace. does those western politicians on the media continue to criticize russia way of worth operation in ukraine? we look at how they covered the us led invasion of iraq

o 2 differently. ah, this is not the international coming to you live it from moscow. it's good to happy with us this hour. now his battles continue for control of ukraine's key port city of mario pole. we've received some exclusive pictures of the combat zone. this drone footage shows the aftermath of fighting between russian and ukrainian forces which include nationalist battalions. andrea fillets all the local journalist on stringer for r t say these 9 story buildings have been cleared of nationalist fighting. first, i continue to, i can find from another building, which is not what's yet been targeted by russian bosses and would be college local residents who haven't managed to escape by humanitarian corridors, are still hiding in basements. his passive andrew phillips hobbs report from the

embattled city facility. remember the universal with it? the next meliss units i entered one of the 9 story buildings. this is the apartments of a local resident as of militants hit, the advancing forces from this balcony. and therefore, whether the de next militia fighters like it or not, they had to destroy the homes of civilians. thus the humanitarian situation is deteriorating due to the actions of as of militants. well as wrap up, the more of the latest from the conflicts of ukraine, canada essays that will use private sector resources to provide more weaponry to care of. now some discussion of further e e. u sanctions on russian gas will. meanwhile, serbia's president has called on bulgaria to continue transiting russian gas to his country. and hungary is foreign minister says budapest will veto e u sanctions on russian gas imports. or the e u itself has approved a new strategic doctrine, which it says will strengthen the blog security amid the war in ukraine. all nato

countries have refused to enforce the no fly zone in ukraine. the u. s. lead block is stepping up bits armed shipments to care if washington is reportedly due to san thought, it made air defense systems in secret to ukraine. feeling the fire of the fighting there, despite openly calling for peace. some of the imported weapons have now been seized and examined by the russian military with white house officials, continuing to defend their policy of escalation. 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 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. now 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 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 well 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 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, for, 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. 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 what 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 as is whether russia will be able to move fast enough to cut off the supply lines, go in and kill russians, thus the blanche recommendation from leon panetta, who as the us defense, secretary of is still the disastrous destruction of libya in 2011, vanessa who has c, i a chief defended officials, he committed torture, also admitted that the u. s. is waging a proxy war against moscow in ukraine. we are engaged in a conflict here. ah,

it's a proxy war with the russia whether we say so or not, that effectively is what's going on. and the way you get leverage is by frankly going in and killing russians. they on polite as controversial statement comes just a day off their president bind and approved an additional military aid package for ukraine, totaling $1000000000.00 parties kind of more and gives more examples of us politicians who don't hesitate to openly mention a proxy war against russia. it appears that us officials have been mulling over the idea of setting up a proxy war with russia and ukraine since 2014. and now with joe biden, one year in the office, it looks like the plan is being put into action. and so there are a number of things that we would expect to have seen that we just haven't seen in the russians really have happened as present or not from problem. so many other assumptions have not, not proven to be true as a,

as they entered the fight. it looks like the plan moves ahead with $13000000000.00 being sent to you. grain along with a new cache of weapons. the idea for a proxy war having been in the works for a long time, is now confirmed by a former us secretary of defense. congressman adam shift has further expounded upon the idea most critically. the military aid that we provide ukraine helps to protect in advance. american national security interests in the region and beyond. america has an abiding interest in stemming russian expansionism and resisting any nation's efforts to remake the map of europe by dint of military force, even as we have tens of thousands of troops stationed there. moreover, as one witness put it during our impeachment inquiry, the united states age ukraine, and her people so that we can fight russia over there. and we don't have to fight russia here. there's nothing particularly new about the idea of getting russia

bogged down in a long term proxy conflict in a country along its borders. that concept goes back to late cold war geo political strategist, the big new bridge in ski. it's the major cities say kirk, of se kia were to resist and street fighting became a necessity. it would be prolonged and costly. and the fact of the matter is, and this is where the timing of this whole crisis is important. russia is not yet ready to undertake that kind of an effort. rodzinski also made some interesting predictions about ukraine. he said they will never join nato. rodzinski also bragged about what he called the afghan wrap, setting up a situation where the soviet union felt obligated to intervene and afghanistan, and then bogging them down with a long term war. he bragged about giving the soviet union a, quote, vietnam to weaken the country. so apparently us leaders claim to care about ukrainians while they're setting the country up for a long term war. caleb martin

r t new york. canada is now taking center stage in western efforts to send more weapons to ukraine. candidates, foreign affairs minister states, a country is bringing in the private sector to help on keith's forces. the canadian diplomat speech it a recent conference was interrupted by a political activist and writer who accused melanie jolie of provoking gait global conflicts or. and if she was a warner media i oh, yeah. oh, we spoke with the protagonist of that incident to isa angler. he says the west is trying to turn you crate into an afghanistan like clock. now why hasn't the canadian government, which provides all kinds of support to the government and key? why haven't we been pushing them to incorporate the their obligations under the

events, minsk records and, and basically talk about how canada has helped precipitate this conflict from its role in, in the my 2014 decision makers in ottawa, washington, i very much knew ukraine as a proxy against russia, they think that the, the things are going well for the russian military was probably correct. and they would like to see something equivalent to what happened in need. and what that would mean effectively, can us and others pumping in endless amounts of weapons. and so the last, the premium was moving to is going to fight die. mean, if we really, yesterday i said we need, we need to ensure that even more weapons in the ukraine, we're going to go find weapons from other other sources. they have completely committed to just

a fuel in the conflict in the morning he of the cities may have declared a curfew to keep civilians off the street during potential night time attacks us off to at least 8 people were reportedly killed during a bombing of a non functional shopping center in the city. nearby buildings were also heavily damaged rushes, defense ministry explained that a targeted shopping center because it was being used as a heavy weapons base by the ukrainian military, most gay release. this drone fidget, besides showing ukrainian armed vehicles. parking at the mall and even opening fire from the location where his defense ministry said it would not target civilian infrastructure without justifiable reason. equates military forces have previously been accused of using civilian buildings as base. this on verified photo taken by a resident of kiev is believed to show the ukrainian military equipment located near that mall. the picture was previously posted online at days before russian

forces bombs the shopping center, but was later deleted by the author. mozilla viejo posted a video on tick tock showing the movement of ukrainian military vehicles. they were in the vicinity of the retro val shopping center, and there were 2 self propelled howitzers. sir william caves mer vitale clenched co has commented on the recent strike on the shopping center. also claiming the schools and kidney gardens were damaged in the attack. were roger water for the enemy continues to attack the capital. the shopping center burned down and 6 residential buildings were damaged as a result of the showing. 3 of them had been rendered uninhabitable. 8 people were killed. the premises of 2 schools and 2 kindergartens were also damaged. recently in a b c journalist as reported on a ukrainian school that he called quote, a massive military warehouse confirming moscow's accusations. the key of is using civilian infrastructure for military needs was become somewhat of

a trend for western celebrities to weigh in on ukraine. hollywood star and former california governor arnold schwarzenegger is one of the latest doctor. he recorded a special video on the conflict, but a russian power. lifting world champion who gave him countless letters from don bass children suffering under ukraine's bombing for years. save his anti russian claims, get it completely wrong. this message, so various different channels to reach my dea russian friends. brain is a country with a jewish president, a jewish president at my bath, whose father's, 3 brothers were all murdered by the nazis messy ukraine, did not stop this war. neither did nationalists or nazis. those in power in the kremlin, started this war, and the reality is arnold that your terminator not only did not protect, did not help, did not save the children of don bass, but did not even read their letters and did not try to understand the situation. arnold, sometimes it's very difficult to understand,

being thousands and thousands of kilometers away from us. but you still have those letters and photos from 2015. don't you know, mother, who unlike unfortunate guy has actually been to the dorm bass more than 20 times. in fact is also an activist helping local children. there. she thinks he did not even read all the letters. she personally handed him no, the more. yes. the one could have a good explanation. i think if he had even paid attention to the letters or read them, there would have been some other reaction when he recorded his video. or maybe he would have taken some action before that. but i can't blame him because i'm sure that he had hurt to the policy of his state as a us citizen. you need to share kind of an image that you aspire to be like i do. and things to this image. i also to you great successes in sport and social activities, but of course as a person, arnold really disappointed me. to be honest with you, i've been receiving threats for 8 years, some not bothered anymore, because after my 1st visit to don bass, i was immediately put on

a list of terrorists and ukraine. i was labeled a government piece keeper and immediately started to receive threats from key if from soldiers, even him from ordinary people. i had to change my phone number several times. constantly had my online accounts hacked. this of course is very unpleasant, but i'm already used to it, which i despised washington, his anger at the war in ukraine. he seems very happy to back invasions by his own adopted country during the 2003 us invasion of iraq even travel that to boost the morale of pentagon trips. good. because there's no one there that i know. it doesn't sound good. ask yourself good question. why am i doing this? is it a pointed to the how hypocrisy of schwarzenegger closing his eyes to the actions of his adopted country the us as we mark the 19th anniversary of washington's invasion of iraq where hundreds of thousands lost their lives. parties racial blevins reports. it has been 19 years since the u. s. in its allies invaded iraq. b

anniversary comes at a time when the architects of the iraq war and the politicians who supported the u . s. occupation of the country in the years to follow are now expressing their concern over the well being of civilians in ukraine. o 8 years were intentionally targeting civilians is a war cry. after all the destruction of the past 3 weeks, i find it difficult to conclude that the russians are doing otherwise. ah, but those concerned who are nowhere to be found back in 2003 when the bush administration launch. it's quest for weapons of mass destruction and launching of these it into a rock widget proudly described as shock and awe. shutting the country down would entail both the physical destruction of appropriate infrastructure and the shut down in control of the flow of all vital information and associated commerce so

rapidly as to achieve a level of national shock. akin to the effect that dropping nuclear weapons on hiroshima and nagasaki had on the japanese and make no mistake about on the bush administration's, a deadly approach was widely praised by the media at the time. this is fox news and fox news channel, continuing coverage of the campaign, which now has begun to liberate and disarm iraq. to know that they can execute these missions into baghdad and have everybody come back safe and sound is a, is a testament to, as frankly, the professionalism of these people. and also waiving to the troops as they went by giving them up and the. busy soldiers themselves feeling a certain sense of relief waving back. so the only thing of a shot back and forth between the 2 was a sense of gratitude, apparently. and it seemed to have gone reasonably well. and if i didn't see any civilian casualties, it caused the term shock and awe became so popular. in the aftermath of the invasion, that trademark application stored for everything from energy drinks to video games

. but the reality of the iraq war was far, far different than the media coverage. hundreds of civilians were killed and thousands wounded by the us led coalition and incidents involving these still yet to be universally b and w. m. d 's. according to iraq, body count which maintains the largest public database on casualties related to be in the jet. while the killing of civilians was rarely shown by the media, it was made public by wiki leeks, which publish the raw footage of us apache helicopters, firing indiscriminately on civilians in july, 2007, killing over a dozen people including to order journalist weekly weeks also released cables revealing the u. s. military terrific treatment of iraqi detainees. along with the evidence that they failed to investigate hundreds of reports of abuse, torture, rape, and murder, iraqi police and soldiers. and for those who did survive, many are still dealing with the consequences of the invasion to this day, which include ongoing health issues as well as continued reports of children being

born with severe birth defects. ah ah. but even though the united nations secretary general declared that the u. s. invasion of iraq was illegal and violated the un charter back in 2004, the architects of the iraq war continue to walk free to this day. and it's not just a rock over the last 20 years, the u, as in his allies have dropped more than 337000 bombs on other countries making for an average of 46 strikes per day. so in the same politicians as supported one war after another suddenly claim that they care about civilian casualties. all the biggest question becomes, why now in washington, rachel robins,

r t. we discuss the issue with form a us marine corps intelligence officer, close written, who says the u. s. had a much more heavy handed approach in iraq. there's no doubt there's the bach receive. there's nothing new. hypocrisy is the name of the game when you have, you do political flows of this nature would know the united states a to day trying to paint russia as a nation that violates international law by, you know, carrying out an unlawful war of aggression. there's no comparison now. there was no analogous situation, a rock um that it do what had been transpiring in the don bus for 8 years up there the, there's just no comparison between the 2 might say in the united states when it went into iraq, intended to commit war crimes. no, i'm just saying that they have much more heavy handed approach,

which focused more on the destruction of military objectives and less on reducing the impact of war on civilian populations, rushes more morally grounded in its defense of the russian speaking citizens of don bus were subjected to 8 years of unrelenting violence by the ukrainian government and much more justification and going to their defense in the united states had in pursuing a falsified claims of weapons of mass destruction, era and with the rockies still struggling to peace. their lives back together with nearly 2 decades of us occupation. we looked back at one of the most appalling atrocities committed by american forces in the country when that became a global sensation. and that to the us soldiers involved being sentenced to prison . i want you may find the content of the following video distressing

i can have that video for you later on. sophie as president has called on e member bulgaria to keep track of thing russian gas to be your opinion. most cutting down on is dependent on russian fuel. i know that you remember, hungary has threatened to veto sanctions against russian energy import. so let's discuss this further now with political analyst dimitry bob bay, just about thank you for joining us on the program. it's good to see the what do you make of these divisions in your paper? how to deal with energy sanctions against russia? how deep do you think the split could go? well, the sanctions against russia, guess, supplies and supplies and just absurd. i mean, look at the map, eurasia. the european union is just a pretty big peninsula, you know, attached to a huge continent. and russia is that continent. so not using the nature of

resources on this continent to keep running in the industry in the peninsula, is just absurd. it's enough to get some there. about the loan was thinking ream over the united states and of old europe. to forget about russia to come to a need to find out from russia and for them. gas and oil is dependent, which is very strange. i mean, russia has been buying food from europe for decades. and no one for about the need to stop that before that makes us so you can or you recently were related and raised our we had to think about our own you know, to do to, to stop the tradition or what use in russia. i guess, i mean, the 1st question, guess why started when we were still the soviet union? i, mr. brandon was a, was a lot more you know,

kind of politically unacceptable for you than russia often like, you know, you want to steal the, you were there neither. they did everything, not by russian. so do you think it's likely that you will actually reach agreements of russian energy sanctions or do you think pops into some sort of scare mongering tact? well, time cures everything. so i'm sure that in sometime last seem to will work gas supplies to europe. we'll review what we see now is the madness all a very radical ideology that to cold, all the european union that took hold of the states. it was this ideology that made the stock is so aggressive towards russia. it made them expand nato. about to make is that lead to the brain. they just couldn't imagine russia otherwise than f, an 80 on the say. these are your views, russia and china as

a. and that's why i pull this all liberal. i go get dangerously perry and radical. so what they say, you're surprised what people see it doesn't work in the work. not only for elation, it's also the economy. it doesn't walk in culture, it just so it's family. it destroys only me. so when the see, i go the gone course a desk supplies from brush will resume. normally. right now they use just trying to custom to the medium. which is absurd. well, let's say the e u does stop importing russian feel what sort of energy crisis would this plunge the european union into well, warmly as the gas price will soar. the price for energy in general will soar. and let me remind you why these undeclared war between

russia and ukraine. ukraine continues transit to the russian deaths in its green creation. when the west russell, trying to destroy your brain and the law you mediate the brain. and meanwhile, business continues the same way. i want your brain businessman during these 8 years, or again, don't boss, you know, your brain was been gone by. and that the same time, each people your brain whereby you call from, from the bus. so ok, you, you don't know if it continues to make russia an enemy may be pregnant, you may be just the thoughts about their own citizens will push the leaders of the you to kind of separate these issue relations with russia and bumping

gas suppliers, all suppliers that is, or not i should they pulled the plug on rush and fuel at which countries realistically point to replace that, those energy supplies to europe. and how long could it actually take to make it all work? well, let me remind you of that in 2000 line when your grain just stole the gas, which was supposed to go to the european union. unfortunately, the rest of the bank presented as spoken to get the why it was you know, you 1st you bring did most ways get this and then your grain just use the gas. we rush was destined where you're so at that time it's a 1000 mine. bulgaria rose and it was the 1st time people are the country also programs. so we can see the east european congress,

the poor if you are being 1st in terms of replacement. well, no, well, no way, they are a good supply gas or oil. you're about all day available. resources already been working the same story with our jet by job. well 1st the, you create a very bad levy. you continue doing. the president was there by john to pull the break if and bad in general, they don't come to the game, see, but my job. so there are even if i don't want to you that you and increase the guess supplies. unfortunately, they're the resources, you know, their resources, so they are not so huge as the resources, right. and so i can't really see how everybody can replace it. and of course they want to buy energy. we know that story,

so that the, even the united states, they have basically places themselves and they're look around with any of them all. and then they pull all countries crazy in general. wanted to supply them oil. and thanks for joining us. they went off the international, we appreciate your thoughts and your insight on the, on the political analysts, dimitri babich, thank you. thank you and thank you for joining us, an aussie international with back in 30 minutes with more. ah

ah, so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy.