though is most enthusiastic, the sanction are beginning to understand the same sanctions will hurt their own economies and citizens in a headline story. this, our report emerge of russian forces taking control of mario called city hall. after a month of intensive battle, i was fighting with you. premium forces continues there. european leaders object to moscow them on to pay for their energy supplies in russian currency. as the rubel begins, the callback value last, they made the ukrainian pricing with country is the main instigator of this crisis. every one knows china, america's method than the print conflict, claiming it was washington who originally instigated and inflame the situation. it comes as beijing ready for trade talks with russia,

despite daily pressure and asian countries from the west. some get shared there. there's this desire to know, malign are china. china poses sanctions of all forms. it poses threats of sanctions . and it supports a position in the trial that we have planned to make you believe, doing a multi later what we have leading the multi point word, b, roacher, india, historically ah, one, menopause 6 in the evening here in moscow this friday, the 25th of march i'm una nielsen. this is the global news updates on our team. let's get straight to the main developments in the ukrainian conflict. it's spin, claim the city administration building model. you pull it now. busy under the control of russian military, as war rages in ukraine,

china has put the blame on the u. s. claiming washington 6, the shift responsibility for its actions sold to others. meanwhile, european commission chief, 1st of under lions, saved the block, won't let russia circumvent sanctions. unused energy supplies as an instrument of blackmail that comes after moscow. and instead on friendly nations, we have to pay for gaussian roubles on with western functions and rochelle ready, putting global supply change under extreme pressure of french president and money will micron of sounded the alarm over the possibility of an unprecedented food crisis list l. a. been to what's actually happening on the ground. it's being claimed, russian forces have taken control over the city hall and more useful after a month of intense fighting. this is some of the latest fathers we've received showing many of the residential buildings completely destroyed. local claim, the extremist angel, battalion and ukrainian forces and been putting civilians at risk targeting the

building. in this video, the intense fighting has left many local court in the crossfire on thursday, ukraine officials reported that almost 3000 more. you residents were successfully evacuated. more people are due to leave today through humanitarian corridors. ukrainian authorities have also accused moscow of illegally deporting around $15000.00 of the cities residence to russia. with the humanitarian situation in the city at breaking point. russia said it is continuing to distribute a in law. shelling was heard in the northern part of ukraine's 2nd largest city hall called on thursday. the instant left at least 6 civilians dead than more than a dozen wounded out a car park of a local shopping mould. that says, according to local authorities, fix, smoke was seemed billowing from residential neighborhoods as well. he of house blamed russia. moscow hasn't yet commented

while in the de nance republic, local authorities say almost every building has been destroyed or damage than this event is already begun. local medics earlier fem ukrainian militias used their hospital to fire missiles from, with 6 civilians left dead from the shelley. they also say over 300 people who were hiding inside were effectively use this human sheet. but as we shall listen, i thought they were firing from the 2nd and 3rd floors. we were hiding in a basement. there were more than 300 people there. all the soldiers knew that we were there, though. i don't know, maybe they were using us as a human shield go along. they did not explain anything. just said that they were told to stay in our hospital spoke sure. we called for the troops to leave the hospital territory, told them not to use it as a battlefield, but they refused. but we tried to rebuild the hospital and we are getting a lot of help. we're so thankful for to people donate blood, but volunteers help us to fix windows, which cellophane doesn't, hopefully,

we'll get electricity back soon. and finally, we'll be able to work on the crisis in ukraine, continues russian, her defense weapons are proving to be highly effective. our senior, corresponding rock sd of expands and why that's the case. ah, this is a fun city. s one russian midway air defense. complicated. it is difficult to overestimate the role that this machine has played this hopefully by protecting the troops on the ground and mrs. of anecdote, we fired from the to coming back from the front lot. they say the 1st prayers for their families, 2nd breath for themselves. and their 3rd praise for the cruise of these vehicles which protect them all over the front. blood from bully stickler yourself tactical missiles, drones, and that even multiple rocket launcher system. it wasn't like this at 1st. as the

operation began, russian forces stormed across the border. it was only when the rockets drones lorden started raining in that the pan said, all the troops, la donna gorski at 1st, troops didn't really understand what this machine was or what it was supposed to do . but when the rock is tactical, missiles and drones started raining down, we began to deflect all these attacks. the infantry and logistics forces began to thank us. they told us they wouldn't be alive if it wasn't for us. air defense unfortunately, isn't a sure fi thing. saturation attacks can't get through when there are simply too many targets coming in too fast. that's rare. most of the time, the panther dismissals and canons can get the job gun reliably. here is one of the smear rockets that were knocked out of the sky by russian air defenses. if this had

blown, the destruction would have been horrendous. this could well be carrying a cluster bomb. cosette. so the area would have been devastated. fortunately, if like many others was knocked out of the sky before it could do any harm. the biggest headache this'll cause now is is how to destroy it. and the summit on the topic of prayer that also is taken care of. and it looked like a in any warrior group, there are also one military grease, all of the true blue and kind of a full year was it was approved for them. oh, offer them a chance to put together with prudel. deacon valeri has been attached to russian airborne troops for now on 2 decades over which he, his father, 10 children that hasn't held him back. he is, or a mission use with zuni. yeah, it happens most often here,

some sort of impulse that provides a person to establish their relationship with god here and now rather than to delayed again, battle east chance survival often comes down to pure luck or fate, as some would call it. when folk come face to face with their own mortality, many of us need a helping hand or guidance and put a deacon validity. along with the cruise of russian air, defense forces are ready to offer all the come foot and the surance that they can. more at guys, the a r, t, from ukraine, the russian defense ministry. how stress then, the primary objective of the 1st stage of its military operation in ukraine has been completed, namely reducing the capability of ukrainian forces, which it seems will lead to russia achieving its main goal. that is, the liberation of don bus. will jeremy live now from dunbar says

r t correspond the rahman cosser f who agathor a few days ago and has been analyzing situation for us. rahman take us through the what we just heard from the russian defense ministry. put it in some sort of context for us or quite a few things had been as said, the at this a breathing where the russian defense ministry of them. let's try and go through it point by point. so at the moment, so russian forces have blocked f 5 major cities in ukraine. that includes a kia far harkell fi czerny. gov, r sumi and nichol. i have now. i hear song region which is adjacent to our rushes. our crimea is now completely under control of the russian military, as well as most of the ports of the zappa rosier, our region. now they also added that sir, ukraine's air defense systems and ukraine's a air force had been practically destroyed and the country's navy no longer

exists. now ukrainian casualties are up to date, have amounted up 283-0000 people. $14000.00 of those i have been, i killed the defense ministry are saying that this operation is a continue according to plan and ukrainian armies of combat potential had now been seriously ah depleted and that will, of course, allow to complete the russian armies main task and there is the liberation of both burnett's and elegance people's republics. now, russia saw priority, they added is to rule out at any casualties among civilians. and for that, they're using high precision weapons in order to destroy or ukraine's military go capabilities, their bases, their equipment, and the other things as well. let's have a listen. we rekey with the universal with fighters of the as of battalion,

dr. women and children from basements threatening them with weapons and sending them towards the advancing units of the den. ask republic, in order to hinder the offensive of the native force which the russian armed forces on the contrary, seek to avoid on his re losses before the thought of the offensive crane and troops are invited to leave the compet area and returned with their equipment and weapons to their home base. what? unfortunately, during the special military operation, we have suffered losses. as of today, 1351 service man have died with you and 3825 were injured. according to the russian defense been as free, the military operation against the ukrainian, a military that began a month ago had prevented a very large scale offensive against said, don barza republics are right here. now, very claim is that they intercepted a cold, its secret order, where the preparation of the year of this offensive was supposed to finish at the

end of february and start in early days of for march. so by stepping in awe by starting this military operation to the militarize entered in as far ukraine, they have prevented hundreds and hundreds of thousands of deaths here in dunbar. of course people here, civilians have been dying for the last 8 years and that was said enough is enough. however, at this moment a heavy shilling ha, both here in the nest can logan's world through rather republics, they continue and the people continue to suffer. unfortunately, or as long as you will creamy proposers, the ukrainian armed forces continue to select of the use of weapons in dunbar cities. an example of this is destroyed by the touch quote, when we sell system in the civilian population of don't ask and mucky of cra you. what we consider is a huge mistake for western countries to supply where of us to key. if this delays, the conflict increases the number of victims and will not influence the outcome of

the operation was the real purpose of such supplies is not to support ukraine, but to drag it into a long military conflict to the last ukrainian we will remain you now defense been as free, all so touched the fact that a while some a nato countries are saying they will have no port in this conflict. some other anita countries have been calling for a no natal imposed and made a no fly zone over ukraine. our russia said that sir, if for that will happen, they will react accordingly to of those decisions. now, on the meanwhile, elsewhere, ukraine's and nation is battalions such as i, as of ides, are right, sector and others. according to russian defense ministry there, the backbone of for ukraine's of t as regime. and they're saying that said there are over 7000. 0, for those people serving in the ukraine and military. right, right now. moreover,

they said that at least there were more than a $6000.00 foreign mercenaries, and even terrorists have found work and that refuge in ukraine. and they said if of, if they're, if they will have to deal with those people will a rules of engagement don't apply to them and they will be destroyed on the spot. archie, corresponding among costs have been done. boss says you say romanella violence, still going on there, stay safe. ah, you leaders have slums. moscow's, the mum quotes on friendly states, use the russian currency to pay for their gas imports objecting to vladimir putin requests. they say the move would breach existing supply contracts. well, let sir make sense of it. with ortiz policy are joining me and miss you too. hi, paula. indeed, tickers through how you leaders have responded to blood work buttons. declaration of if you want gas, you're going to have to pay an roubles while as expected,

the reaction has been quite negative. we heard from the german chancellor, we'll have shalt saying that they won't do that. he simply said, we refused to pay for about an oil supplies in rubles. his argument was that there are contracts in place and those contracts are in euro's and dollars. the same sentiment coming out of the poland state energy company, saying that they won't. and also they said that they can't reiterating that contracts have been signed and that to quote them that one party cannot modify a contract according to his will. and we've heard from several e, u leaders, all of them saying that and that this is a breach of contract. some of them also scoffing at putin's quote, mention of unfriendly countries, the russian president and specifies specifically which countries he was targeting with this policy. that it is widely understood that it is the united states, the united kingdom, or canada,

or the countries that have come forward in criticism, ukraine and, and a host of others. let's take listen to what some of them had to say as a reaction. this would be a unilateral decision and a clear breach of contract and it would be an attempt to circumvent the sanctions. we will not allow our sanctions to be circumvented. the time when energy could be used to blackmail us is over. this is basically a breach of contract. this is important to understand. i don't think anybody in europe really knows how rubles look like. nobody will pay in rubles. paula, let's just expand on that. we heard there's some claiming it's a breach of contract by moscow, but the e u has frozen russian assets on an unprecedented scale, much of which by right is owned by the russian people. so is it, there are wanting it both ways? well, that certainly is the point that it's smacks of double standards because for example, you have france which has just frozen the central acids belonging to rushes bank to

the tune of 22000000000 years. at the same time, they have frozen private property that belongs to roughly 13 russians. and that is to the total of half a 1000000000 euros that's also been frozen. and the same kind of steps being taken in the netherlands, for example. where is the letter that was written from the the finance ministry to the parliament there. and that was dated march the 21st saying that to the total $392000000.00 euros with a rush and assets and transactions had been frozen. so 30 does seem that we looking at a case of double standards and i think that's a valid point against the reaction that is that the you eat the beatles and the waste need is putting forward now just finally, then the rubles seems to be regaining. grind on the back of the president's demand after some big fluctuations in the past few weeks, we will is doing better. it briefly live 2 a 3 week high past 95 against the dollar at pod games, but it stayed well below

a 100 closing at 97.7 and it is actually down now more than 22 percent since for the 24th. so it is still quite a wiring situation. we have a situation we put in, has made it quite clear if you want to buy russian gas, well then you have to buy, i'll come and see what is not clear though, is if he can unilaterally with, for, from these contracts that are in euro's and in dollars, and that's something that we have to look into oppose. that's what we're going to delve into with our guest next. thanks very much for our team. paula slayer. indeed, we will speak now to write a rough 1st jo political analyst on a f t party branch. sherman speaking to us from germany. welcome to you. the kremlin say's its expecting europe to work out its position on bloomer prudence request with regard to the new payment mechanism, the e u rejects that, i'd right. how would you see this playing?

it somehow, the situation needs to be resolved because we are speaking about the supply security for the european energy market. and we have to take this request of letting me put in serious because if the contract would be suspended unilaterally by russia and no gas, and no further oil supply would be realized, then this would be a catastrophe, of course, for the consumers. but above all, for the industry of euro, we receive about half of our diesel oil, for example, from russia. and we could in no ways replace these amounts by other suppliers. yeah. just to touch and then what will happen is if you summarize, if the e u refuses to use the ruble for gas payment reiner. oh, well,

if you refuse this, sir, russia has to take the decision or whether it will continue the supplies or whether it stops supplies. and this is a question which we should not wait for to be answered from one day to another. about the european leaders should now get into dialogue with the russian government immediately and look for solutions. european politicians have been scrambling we know to reduce reliance or russian energy. a new task force has been the 9th by the block together with washington at this friday is valid enough is that significant will not move work for them. well, in the end we have to see we are not dealing with the issue of oil and gas supplies . we are dealing with the very issue of peas and it's an issue of existence for

each site all for europe. so it's not the solution just to make new deal, for example, with cut and receive liquid gas at a higher price or to get to liquified gas. and from the united states that have far higher price tracking gas, which is environmentally harming. also, we are dealing with the very issue of teeth and it's an issue of exist. and so i a plea that we need to get back to dialogue as soon as possible because the international relations school of independence, all such that we need those relationship between east and west. we cannot just kept ourselves off in europe. and then think that the problem is, so we need those relationship. we have built our economies or societies over

decay on the relationship and they are also, they have always been around 2 or 4 p. yeah, just as you are speaking, there are actually looking to pictures of petrol stations, people driving past that, i think in shock, looking at the numbers, they're going up particularly of diesel. and i want to just point died 2 years that russia is also europe, the largest supplier of diesel and other fuels. indeed, the use facing diesel and gas shortages. so with that in mind, how will these functions play out for people, you know, amid the blocks already existing energy woes? yeah, i mean, this very short sighted policy, sanctioning each other does a lot of harm of our old to the lower income classes in europe. i mean, if you can afford to fill a tank at twice the price you did before, it's okay for those levels of society. but for example,

for our transfer to industry, it's really also an issue of existence. only a few countries have introduced now tax rebates for, for the transport companies. but in germany, for example, they have to carry full load of diesel price hike. and there is even a shortage of diesel, which we can expect in the, in the coming weeks. and indiana not only the transport companies, but the consumer in the supermarkets will have to pay the price for this sanctioned policy. so back to the negotiation table is the only way in which can preserve peace and also wealth in europe and russia. together we just have a minute left, but something interesting in terms of perhaps a type of rule by today, right, or the irish prime minister said that the block had to find a balance between hurting russia with sanctions and not leaving the you exposed is

such a balance possible? well, it's hard to say because i fear that the european union and european countries above all, they are not independent. they cannot act in a sovereignty to what's russia and this is what europe needs. the united states have a totally different situation. it does not depend that much on russia, it can impose stiff sanctions, and it will hurt about all the european so that europe should look at the situation and should re evaluate their options and look for their own way of solving this ukrainian crisis. european union could have done more in the past of germany as the leading power to solve the crisis. now it's time to act and take a leading role and not only follow the united states. many thank says, always run

a rough 1st geo political analyst, and if the party branch, german in germany. thank you. now in an interview with r t unreal novice, the former russian presidents and current deputy chairman of the security council, dmitri meadows said he isn't surprised by the current anti russia rhetoric. i think that it's nothing you the full interview by the way, it will be irving tomorrow, saturday. in the meantime, here's a preview. the question is to save the scale of answer russian sentiment in this situation is staggering. its like whole european countries we believed were our friends and partners are united in their deep hatred, fall country, and it's manifest in us every level. and now your retention was claimed they were so tolerant and committed to the principles of democracy, say such terrible things about russian russians about our leaders. not to mention biden. i don't think we've ever heard of rhetoric like that from a top official of his caliber. on the other hand, if we take poland, maybe barton is not so bad after all. not just that they thought it go,

which is just the rhetoric is definitely very sharp. it's no doubt defined by current events and all political forces in europe are trying to use this situation to their advantage and achieve their own goals in terms of domestic policy. every country has something to deal with, b at elections or a crisis, or the need to create a coalition. and so they need a target or an enemy, in this case, and russia is that designated enemy. so i'm not surprised by the rhetoric. you're right though when you say that sometimes it defies comprehension or as they say goes beyond good and evil that an everyday level. we also see this russia phobic rhetoric manifesting itself. although i would say it differs case by case it also has to do with new communication options such as social media platforms, because the patterns that were less common before can now take root instantly. russia phobic rhetoric is nothing new that recently i quoted russian poet theodore, to check if we talked about how the wes ganged upon russia 150 years ago and did

everything in their power to turn, isn't the outcasts and pariahs to jeff, noted that this which hunter lasted for 30 years. i can't help and see certain similarities between those times and modern russia with russia in its current form is just over 30 years old. and for these 30 years we've been playing for everything, especially in the last 20 years or so. they said we've picked up everything from the u. s. sr, including its ideology, even though that's not true and it criticizes for this nat. so the russia phobic rhetoric we're seeing from the west now is nothing new. from time to time, we had absolutely astonishing remarks, but were polite and we never get personal expression. no one points out that there was some people who exhibit clear signs of dementia or old age senility. no one talks about gram policy lose the balance while climbing the stairs to ball to plane will forget which way the offices and go straight to the bushes. no one point this out because we are polite and we refrain from mentioning these things. but all that

boils down to ethics and good manners. ah, yes, fall interview will era to morrow. saturday. china has labeled the us, the instigator of the crisis, blaming washington for playing a primary role in fermenting wearing ukraine. we asked analysts in china and india high, significant talks between the 2 could be it seems to be a major grace is involving all the partners. all the countries offer asia and europe, and the u. s. is open just docs, one to dialogue, and india is also a started at the moment in gabby, not take anything blind down as a lead editorial in china daily today. titled india not obliged to scratch us back. strongly supporting india choice to remain neutral and maintain ties with

russia. i'm hopeful that this meeting for shout is a significant warming of relations between the 2 countries. as it's clear, they have a lot more in common than not, and perhaps points to a new era of friendly relations that will deeply unsettle washington's so called pivot asia. india has always maintained strategic independence between on the back. no, it has. and india is going to place you with that approach because that's been brought your india historically. and i don't see any plan changing on doctrine because india would like to retain that independence because we, how fundament believed in a multi nature water. we have leaving the multi word china hoses, sanctions of all forms. it poses threats of sanctions and it supports a position on a tragedy. now that we have this conflict in ukraine, there's this desire to know, malign china, to associate it with

a conflict in some sense. why is the us trying to impose this on, on china and this? i think there are, there are 3 possibilities. the 1st is a few is either fears of sanctions. regime won't work without china's compliance or 2nd. it wants to expose china to even greater inflationary pressures. if china doesn't imply and they're like damage china's economy. and 3rd, if china doesn't comply, then again, it wants to add this to a discourse that it's already got in place of maligning china, essentially blaming the world china in some way. and so now that the u. s. has the stabilized ukraine and fed this conflict. the u. s. expects china ended to abandon their strategic self interest for fuels. aaron and neither prime minister mowdy nor president champagne.