blue, a ah, paperwork littering the floor, but on thought to labs, just some of the contradictions on view, the chernobyl nuclear plants, often a legit russian attack. we report exclusively from the sides. so this is a research complex that focuses on studying radioactive materials. it is in the direct vicinity of the chernobyl power plant. and what's peculiar about it is that it has been maintained with the support of the european union, screaming about it as thick as like this place all over the equipment. must rally sweep across europe over surging energy prices caused by punishing

russian sanctions. some governments are suggesting people simply turn down the heating, we get reaction in paris. it's not as that should reduce our heating and reduce our consumption of petrol or other things. there are a lot of houses that may become harmful for health when it comes to energy efficiency. and the u. k. cancels a trip of high ranking officials to india emit boris johnson's unsuccessful attempts to get the country to take action against russia. despite pressure from the west, new delhi stay neutral, both in the u. n. and in bilateral relations, ah. from moscow to the world, this is our international. i'm peter scott. and these, the top stories this hour, i get straight to the main developments in the ukranian conflicts. there are in

defense ministry, a steady it has achieved its primary objects, even the 1st stage of his operation. namely, reducing the capability of ukrainian forces, which it says will lead to russia, achieving its main name. the liberation of don bos. worse and officials also states that on friday, it more than 1300 of his soldiers have been killed, with almost 4000 injured. what is being claimed that the fighting multiple is moving closer towards the sea? meanwhile, mass protests over soaring food and fuel prices as seen in europe, caused by the quickly sanctions imposed on russia. let's 1st rate down what's happening on the ground was done. yes, the republic forces claim to taking control over one of the districts in the sense of my youthful fighting with ukraine. you forces on the as of battalion is said to be becoming more sporadic that and yet military is conducting a building to building search, looking for militants reportedly pretending to be civilians. meanwhile,

locals claim ukrainian forces arms letting people out to the city and are deliberately targeting them now to the woman. as you can see in this video, and her granddaughter both have gunshot wound to their legs. it's claimed they were attacked by the ukrainian army. we heard from the daughter that woman we just wanted to leave the city, at least the left bank. we will not let out. they shot both of our cause and told us to return back. so we returned back with the wounded nurse has just helped us with 1st aid. my mother has to penetrating bullet wounds. we took her to hospital, but all the windows were broken and the poor doctors are doing everything they can . well, there are no seeds in our neighborhood. they kicked us out. thank god, we met russian troops. they helped us to evacuate the wounded. despite the difficulties, more than $600.00 civilians, including $100.00 children, were report to leave box. you waited yesterday for me or you for on the now

receiving humanitarian aid, ortiz roman, coarser reports from the ground. we are now skirts of the city of mario, for here in the nest people's republican. there are hundreds of for refugees here who managed to leave the city. some of them came by foot. so some of them are using their cars that we brought some humanitarian aid here along with the soldiers of the nest people's republic. there are food items of bread, jan foods reserves and dry goods. others also clothing here as well for those people who left their homes in a hurry. oh, well probably with that anything just with their documents and some cash in hand. now, once again, we are out in the outskirts of our rouble some a lot of these people have lost their homes. they've spent the last couple of weeks hiding in the basement. so under shelling but valley city level, but those than you. but while we were hiding in a basement near the factory,

right in the hot spot that it is not for our men, we would have died of hunger along with our children. it's really scary now and our city is in our apartment in the whole building has burned down. the shelling started and we had to hide in a basement for $23.00 days. nick with a keys, was really pushing up. we have nowhere to go. we have lived here for 60 to 70 years, and now we're homeless. you can all my relatives are now in. marry you, paul, you go. my nephew with his 4 children are in. marry you, paul. now i can't leave before i know what happened to them. i don't know whether we will be able to go back to it. i hope they will rebuild at least some houses. but now as i understand, so their lives are no longer in danger. but we're still hearing sounds of artillery here, but i've been told by soldiers of this area is pretty safe. now at once, they get their humanitarian aid here, they will move onwards either today or next, or to a rushes ra stove. but at this point,

their lives are no longer under friend. russia claims to have besieged ukraine, 2nd largest city of harker. most of the buildings there have been completely destroyed. local authorities earlier stated that russian troops intensified their shelling of the city with more than 50 strikes been reported the previous night. with the thoughts between russia and ukraine going on throughout the week. both sides have started to an exchange of prisoners, 11 crew members of the millennial spirit ship, which was attacked in the black sea, returned by to moscow after been detained for a month. 7 of them didn't have any identity documents, and you can see crew members here signing papers to get them. nevertheless, the head of russia's negotiation team says talk still have a long way to go. for sucrose, we do go through representatives, the ukranian delegation, talk about optimism and great progress in the negotiations. what i don't share optimism because there is no movement on the principle positions that the russian

side insists on. unfortunately, we see a desire on the part of our ukrainian colleagues to delay the negotiations. they take their time and frankly say that they have many decision making. centers with certain positions have to be coordinated in the interview for the b, b. c, members of the ukrainian delegation directly say that the leadership of ukraine coordinates all its positions with foreign advisors. this is quite frankly, and very self revealing flaws littered with papers, but high tech labs left untouched. that's the condition of a key research lab, the chernobyl nuclear power plant, amid media reports, it had been ransacked by russian forces with an exclusive report. now on those contradictions, his arts eager to dana. well, there's maybe only a handful of places in the entire world as iconic as the chernobyl power plant. we've come here for a series of reports,

published by some ukranian sauce is that the rob wildfires raging in the area and that the russians aren't letting fire brigades in to let them tackle the blaze. well, hopefully you can see how much fires the rays, how much smoke there is exactly in the air smaller, there's none, and you have to take my word for it. when i say it doesn't smell like anything is burning for kilometers and kilometers away from here. so we'll come to see how the power plant functions right now when there's a russian military operation in ukraine. from the abandoned station, we had to a nearby radiation monitoring lab, following reports, it was ransacked and looted. true enough were met with this scene lou . but as we come through the debris, we start noticing a strange pattern. while the office flows are littered with domestic junk,

all of the lamps remain unscathed. so this is a research complex that focuses on studying radioactive materials. it is in the direct vicinity of the true noble power plant. and what's peculiar about it is that it has been maintained with the support of the european union, screaming about it as thick as like this placed all over the equipment here. but it is hard to see where the money exactly went, because you don't have to be an expert in brady reactive science to see that all this equipment here is very, very old. you can see rust all over, you know, all over the, draws basically all over the place. so again, this is clearly all of it, the legacy of the soviet era. the equipment is in a pristine state flasks and while the still neatly organized the marauder to nato has very deliberately steered away from them. and as we dive into a dog basement, we're in for a worrying discovery. so here what we have is the only piece of more modern

equipment that we have been able to find in this lab. it has been provided by the european union, at least the funds for it. and apparently radioactive materials are still inside. i have this dose meter in my hand, it's very old, it's sov. yet you can see it reads 00.32, and then very carefully i move it towards this container. well, you can see for yourself how high the numbers go. and there are still a couple of containers inside in nearby rooms we uncover crews of equipment easily worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, if not millions. some of it could have been carried away by a single person, but wasn't plenty of offices. he and the storage facilities have been looted, but it's interesting to see what has been left behind, for example,

well toilet paper, soap. and if we move just little further down, this little passage, there are bandages sacks and boxes full of them. so the stuff and the items most needed on the front, on the front lines have been left behind. so whoever destroyed this place wasn't in for the money or supplies. as more things don't add up, the place begins to look like a massive art project. there were no, i'm pretty well from that. we arrived at to receiving information that the russian military had destroyed unlimited the research laboratory. we found a big mess in all the officers and rooms. but the most striking thing was that all the equipment used by the staff was still there and in good condition papers scattered across the floor suggest that employees made the mess while they were leaving the laboratory. most of the paperwork is still neatly in its place. last documents are dated february, the 21st. all the expensive research equipment is in excellent condition and

untouched. a video surveillance service turned out to be blank. we detected increased radiation on the 1st floor and basement. oh, i think it was criminal carelessness to leave such facilities on its ended. so this place is server room if i may call it that used to be right here, while it has been completely ransacked along with a c, c, t, v, security post or room, whatever you may call it, whoever created all this may. hm was very much interested. nobody finds out who exactly they were were due diligence. this lab can be said back up and running within days. everything with even the slightest use has been miraculously, or rather intentionally sped by the raiders. i'm because done of reporting from tra, noble artsy. now it may have warned about the issue of neo nazis in ukraine in the past, but it seems to be b. c. s thing and it's more quiet now. the broadcast is interviewed. ukrainian soldier with an infamous nazi symbol, clearly seen on his uniform. yes,

city determination. and a little help from western weaponry go this far, but it will not tell us as we have to move to the global level so. well that patch on the soldiers are, is the symbol of nazi germany. is s s division known as death head. the division was formed of concentration come god, the starts of the 2nd world war and it was known for the mass murder of wall prisoners, including $97.00 british soldiers captured it, captured in france in 1940 no mention of any of this was made during the interview and contrast that with the past back in 2014, the b b. c reported on the role of neo nazis in the conflict in ukraine. and in 2012 the channel made a documentary over racism and anti semitism in ukrainian as well as polish football stadiums. the that's came ahead of the euro championship held in the 2 countries and showed neo nazi gestures be made it ukrainian stadiums,

editor of the grey zone. max blumenthal says it's important to report on the issue of extremism in the conflict. especially as the west is giving his weapons to ukraine, as i just revealed at the grey zone, the bbc corresponded and fixer who is shaping that networks. coverage of the events around mar, you poll, is actually a ukrainian nationalist. public relations operative who is involved in creating a viral app that is being called by the washington post, one of the you top ukrainian information weapons. and so i'm not surprised with the white washing. it is unfortunate though that western audiences are deprived of important context on ukrainian politics. and what brought the situation to this point. ukraine is one of the only countries in the world that has an officially neo nazi unit with nazi inspired insignia incorporated into a national guard who civilian wing. the national corps has operated under the

auspices officially of the interior min street. when arms are pouring in and we are seeing british made light anti tank weapons in the hands of fascist right sector battalions and the as of battalion, we should be concerned about what will happen with these weapons after the war, what they will do and whether they will carry out their plans for a civil war or a wider conflict beyond ukraine. and that's why it's important, as well as the fact that they helped inspire this conflict and accelerate the push to war with their actions in eastern ukraine around the don bass. consistently attacking civilians and violating agreements jo bye didn't. who's been in europe for talks with allies as states that he only decided to run for the presidency after seeing rallies in virginia where people carry torches. nazi bonus. i made a commitment when i ran this time. i wasn't going to run again necessarily. i had

no intention to run for president again. and until i saw most folks coming out of the fields in virginia carrying tortures you carry nazi banners and literally singing the same vile rhyme that they used in germany. in the early twenties or thirties, i should say. meanwhile, the head of russia states, duma has warned the danger of us weapons ending up in the hands of ukrainian fall right nationalist battalions that says $800000000.00 worth of u. s. military equipment to started to be sent to ukraine. the us of battalion was named among those battalions by the duma head, which the u. s. congress prohibits helping. meanwhile, some u. s. media outlets including cnn, have you statements from the as of units in the coverage of the war. independent journalist and geo politics. unless benjamin knowlton believes the jo biden's, criticism of domestic neo nazi movements doesn't necessarily extend to his foreign

policy. you see, once again a, another example in a long history of us politicians saying something about their domestic politics and then doing something completely different and their foreign policy. this is very common in the united states. we see liberals and progresses, claim to care about human rights and democracy, and then they violate those principles around the world because really, their commitment to progressive values ends at u. s. borders. so we see that the joe biden, i mean, he was involved deeply in the war on libya that destroyed the most prosperous country in africa, bringing an open air slave markets. he was involved in the war on syria, which chris grated, one of the worst men attending catastrophes on earth. but, you know, biden is basically continuing the same policy and his foreign policy so domestically he will criticize nazis. but when the u. s. empire sees it's, you know, it politically advantageous to support nazis abroad. not just in ukraine. i mean,

i mentioned syria. i mentioned libya. we know that the united states is a history of arming and training these extremist far right. death squads that were linked to al qaeda and syria. and what is the equivalent of that in ukraine? the java a new sra of syria and ukraine would be the a's of regiment. and we have many pieces of evidence showing that the u. s. military has supported a is all over in europe. thousands of lori drivers have hit the streets of madrid to protest against skyrocketing prices, of food and fuel. they were brought about by the unprecedented sanctions slots on russia. the demonstrates is blocked the main avenue of madrid, demanding the resignation of the spanish transport minister. thus, since he rejected a $1000000000.00 euro support package aimed at alleviating the surging fuel prices, which passed the benchmark of nearly $1.00 euros for liter. earlier this month

since stringent sanctions have been imposed on russia, european countries are struggling with increasing food and fuel prices. demonstrations of also been out in germany, france, spain, and greece with protesters throwing burning tires on so highway and blocking roads . some governments have even suggested people reduce their heating in order to quote that bills. well, we ask people in paris what they think of that suggestion. disease one thought or susan, i don't know, at what point it is going to impact, and i don't know how long will it continue. we have to see how the situation is going to evolve him or if it lasts long. it's not as that should reduce our heating and reduce our consumption of petrol or other things to his unit. will let y'all know so 1st with not just reduce heat. yes, of course, but in paris in a small apartment, it is easy. joseph su. but there are a lot of houses that may become harmful for health when it comes to energy efficiency is i'm was which is pretty good. i'm not using gas already. what else

can i say to you? less heating? well, we will see, since the winter is more complicated than summer, it was the situation in other countries as even worse than here in france. my boy, but we are going to play this game. we must be off works on, on my know we are from german geopolitical analyst, raina ra 1st, believe's, the west sanctions designed to punish russia and now hitting their own people hard . it's a very short sighted term policy. you saw a sanctioning each other does a lot of harm above all, to the lower income classes in europe. if you can afford to fill a tank at twice the price you did before, it's ok for those levels of society. but for, for example, for our transport industry, it's really also an issue of existence. only a few countries have introduced now tax rebates for their transport

companies. but in germany for example, they have to carry full load of diesel prize high. and there is even a shortage of diesel at which we can expect in the, in the coming weeks and in the, and not only the transport companies, but the consumer in the supermarkets will have to pay the price for this sanction policies. and it's not only europe hits by the dramatically increasing price is due to the sanctions over in the us fuel prices have searched the highest numbers in 14 years. the inflation rate is going through the roof to the latest data shows. inflation is at his highest in 40 years, reaching 7.9 percent is what some people in the u. s. had to say about the situation. not so great is it, you know, because people on a limited budget struggling

definitely concerning that. i mean, you really, really easy. it's a geopolitical analyst, patrick hennings and believes that the sanctions regime led by the u. s. is a dead end for western economies. western governments are asking people to take on a voluntary hardship economically. and then they began saying that they need to do this to stop, couldn't stop the russians and et cetera. they're now saying that, oh, they were never going to deter russia, change their behavior. and so now it's really just about punishing or containing it and they expect the u. s. is this is going to go on for the next year. there's going to have devastating impact on energy prices, and that's going to drive the price of everything up. it's

a lose lose policy decision. this is like a kind of collective economic suicide packed, being led by washington in the end. it's very possible that the sanctions could end up hurting the west more than they're actually going to hurt russia in the short medium and possibly even in the long term as well. british delegation, which was aiming to persuade india to take an anti russian position, canceled his trip to the country. the last moment earlier, the heads of the 2 countries discussed the ongoing conflict in ukraine and the physician towards russia. by st. johnson urged india to stop adhering to a neutral position and condemned moscow's offensive, and remote though for his part expressed hope for a cease fire, but refused to take any action against russia. moreover, india has abstained on all united nations general assembly resolutions against russia so far, although it's also didn't support a recent south african resolution on humanitarian aid. that didn't blame russia for

causing the crisis indian representatives. the u. n. said the resolutions don't reflect the crisis on the ground. we discussed india's actions with deli based journalist and author like n p. india doesn't want to play a list or, you know, become a junior partner. we need big power. this delegation was certainly enhanced to improve what it appears to be can watching for imposing sanctions on russia had the behest off need or, and united states. so that was not agreeable and that will not be agreeable to india in. yeah, of course respects the un charter a application has to be, you knew us, you can have

a different application, un charter for the rest and something really different for the shower afghanistan. you've seen great duplicity at work and we haven't seen sanctions imposed on a lot of countries that have encroached on 2 sovereign nations and read it to countries under one project. so the other forms that not being punished by his donna was also among the countries of abstain during the humanitarian aid resolution votes of the un, which i had to pakistani, lieutenant general. how rude as la told as western countries have been trying to sway pakistan to the side. i think the purpose of this resolution should have been the humanity and not just the criticism off for a show all the evil bastards and back of the united a britain,

a d. e. a. bash does wrote a letter to the government of boxed on that we should stand against russia and make our policy chair. and so our government to get to go to lisa, that's not going to happen. certainly a neutral stand on pakistan has affected the we a u. s. and you looks like stock and our prime minister to cobbled decision to visit joe moscow. so i see really positive improvement in the relations box. meanwhile, south africa has proposed a draft resolution of the united nations general assembly on like the ukranian proposal, criticizing moscow for creating a quote, diet humanitarian situation. the south african just focused on the humanitarian situation. ukraine without supporting blame to anyone in particular. russia had

appealed for countries to support the south african text. arguing that the resolution drafted by kid had been quote politicized. the general assembly decided not to act on the draft though, and the rival resolution received 140 votes in favor. russia, syria, north korea, eric tray and beller. ruth voted against while 38 countries abstained. we discussed the issue with investigative journalist mo, debate mo dba. so much energy that has been used so much energy that's been put chase choice. but the same energy has never been used again. those are until i get the situation and maybe i can see joyce in syria. so i think this is what we call. ready one side of the coach, you know, i think if you look at the history of that before we go anything else from corporate negotiations. so i'm very confident the country will not be we, by the way, that it will and tricia from the powers that be in the united states for

why don't be known to be over the past few years with the war and ukraine continued to rage for more than a month now, a number of european countries have announced a huge boost to their military spending. butts. pope frances is criticized the move saying the buying weapons will not help bring about peace. in the m a k, we pray that government leaders will understand that buying and using arms is not the solution. it is the problem. the solution is to work together for patients. after years, of course, germany is allocated an additional $100000000000.00 euros for the country's defense systems. that's nearly doubling its budget from last time. some of the european countries like sweden and france, have also pledged to push defense spending, and belgium announced it will invest next to 14000000000 euros over the next 8 years. but splits co writer sarah flounders believes all the sudden military

spending coupled with the sanctions. are all about weaponized in ukraine and destroying russia's relations with europe. it's madness also, and the massive destructive capacity of all of these weapons. and it is a madness, and that this is a war that didn't need to happen. it was from mentored by nato and nato solution is more weapons and sending more weapons to the ukraine and putting more weapons of every military machine on stand by these increases. and at the same time coming with the sanctions. biden, just in brussel said that food shortages are going to be real, that they will impact the people of europe will impact the people of the us. so this is that the sanctions and the increased military spending. they have a purpose, they have an important us purpose and they want. there is

a determination of corporate power in the united states to great the trade relations between germany, the rest of the e. u and russia. and they were only able to do that by instigating a war. there were only able to do it by arming fascist organizations and moving weapons surrounding russia. and that was the purpose of doing it from the very beginning. well, that's all for this. all right, for the latest developments on the conflicts in ukraine have it over to r t dot com. my name is peter scott and thank you for watching. ah ah ah.