ah, ah ah, for headline stories this hour ukraine said 5 people have been wounded and a fuel depot is on fire in the western ukrainian city of la fall calling me on a pardon, messiah strike. a head russian troops continue their advance while defusing mines left fine by retreating ukrainian forces party followed a military engineering unit. as it cleared one regent engineering brigades that moved in 1st to d. mine and remove various booby traps and improvised explosive devices that ukrainian troops had left none the youth claims to want to deescalate

tensions with russia. the block continues disliked and lost maryland. it comes as protests erupt in spain, against the surgeon gas prices with some countries urging against them, posing sanctions which they say could hurt europe more than russia. ah. bringing you the big news stories this weekend. this is r t good to have your company. my name's in o'neill. k. we start with the news that ukraine is claiming several people have been wounded in a missile strike in the western ukrainian city of the vault local authorities. there are saying that a fuel depot is apparently on fire. after being hit a little earlier, our t correspondent rahman casa red, told me more. we are looking at the footage that was emerged on the internet that

an oil depot is indeed on the fire you creating a western disease of evolved now a local telegram channels are saying that rocket strikes took place and this is why the oil depot is now on fire, now ukrainian officials are already accusing russia. local governor says that 2 rockets fell within the city limits. he's saying that there are reports about 5 people be wounded as a result of that. so won't strike. meanwhile, russia, the defense ministry has yet to comment on any of this that's been reported from the city of evolve. so this point, very little information indeed would still need needs to be verified. so we'll be looking at what's happening and of course, bring you the latest as we find out. meanwhile, here on the ground in dunbar in diana,

would you have verified information at least well people have been wounded in dunbar and for those people are children now old, those who are wounded were from the city or from a rubel at the time of those incidents and they were all on the territory which was liberated from ukraine by the janet's army. also over the last 24 hours infrastructure with damage here, a gas pipeline which now left a lot of people without access to natural gas and at least 7 residential buildings were also damaged. as a result of showing by the ukranian army remote cost rather slowly. russian military earlier confirmed that is true sense rendered hart cove in ukraine's north east. you can see how much of the country 2nd largest city isn't ruins. raised

buildings include schools and residential houses. while many vehicles are crushed and burned died. moscow seas nationalists, ukrainian battalions are being continuously firing missiles from the civilian areas . this drone frontage shows shattered buildings and more you pulse. many of them are being heavily damaged by bombs rocket shelling and gunfire. it's not being claimed russian forces. i'm taking control over city hall a symbolic. busy and indeed, strategic advance residents. meanwhile, of the embattled region, have spoken up a dire situation. they faced over the past number of weeks ah, when you, when you did your, my, we won't leave, we will stay here until the very end. i'm work or if we are crimea half mary,

you paul, half crimean. what are the supposedly, who's been raised this? this is his off did did. they were hiding here. and they provoked shooting, came out a fired and then left. and you live. there seems to be no sniper. how do you determine if there is a sniper or not? you don't know, they don't shoot at me, so now come on, i'll show you. the street is all destroyed there. i'm so nervous. i can't talk anymore. oh, the missing a shell, hit the car, you crane turned off the water. we couldn't put it out. there is nothing, no water, no gas, no light, no food. we don't have anything. they just abandoned nas. deposit glare court. here as our cat. we have 3 of them here. we will never leave them, that we will take them with us anyway. this is happiness. how can you leave them?

see a blue deleted. they on the left people to the mercy of fate. children and old people hide in basements, hungry, no water, no food for much. there is no help. and to another big issue, right? no russian army engineers are continuing dean mining operations in ukraine, southern her san region after retreating, nationalists, ukrainian battalions, and planted mines on roads. here you can see a russian soldier making say, for it appears to be an improvised explosive device filled with the metal. to mines allegedly planted 5 ukrainian military have breasted across the black sea, one of them ending up in the sun, both phosphorus rate in this video taken from social media. you can see a boat approach sullivan at turkish authorities say the mind was the furious, but of course the measure fishing has been found at night in the busy waterways.

local media set a 2nd. mine was all suspended earlier at russia, said around 10 miles away after ukraine, mind odessa, articles, and other nearby ports. turkey chairs like the borders with both russia. ukraine went over. meanwhile, ukrainian present for others. lensky has accused rush of abusing its position in the international arena. with the use of nuclear weapons, which he said could not only destroy ukraine, but jeopardized life on the whole planet. all right, and that back to those minds now are t senior correspondent rosco's the of is near the frontline in the ukraine conflict and follow the military engineering units in their high risk endeavor to clear regions of the explosive devices along these trenches were little outposts like please where ukrainian troops lived for years near the border with crimea

booth troops that one could manage to escape left. everything behind many were captured and taken prisoner by russian forces. it was engineering brigades that moved in 1st to d, mind and remove various booby traps and improvised explosive devices. the ukrainian troops had left, but again, these trenches stretch for miles had miles. it was engineers and sappers who were in the 1st wave of rush had forces to cross the border into ukraine. from crimea, facing them were heavily fortified. ukrainian troops protected by thousands of strategically placed mines, but still tortora lake. on the 24th of february, we were tasked with clearing a route through enemy mine fields, cousins. we moved in with the detachment of tanks and did our job. so it was in yellowstone horn dylan. we were tasked with reconnaissance to find any explosives

along the path ahead. along the road, we identified an area 20 meters long that had been raked with 400 kilograms of explosives and set to blow. dennis and vladimir were among the 1st to cross the border under fire. they said to it, aided by this machine, a u. r. 77 meteor, right. the star of the shoe, one said position, made fun of 100 meter long mine clearing charge, packed with explosives to set off any minds in the way. carrying a passage for armoured vehicles appeared in where was the ledger. it was harder than during training. it was dark that was for there was so much shooting. we felt our vehicles warble at times from the force of it all. it all happened so quickly like like they thought it was a huge responsibility. you have to do everything in a minute. it's hard to put into words, all the pressure and adrenalin. also. everything depended on their success. that

they failed. ukrainian troops would have had time to set off a multitude of explosive devices that they had laid over the years frozen for prefer his daughter with a difference with training as you can't fail in real combat. you have to get the job done. you have to use everything you have learned everything you now to the failure has not an option to come and it, it went off without a hitch. mine fields were dissected, destination wise, cut and miles of trenches overrun. next came the comparatively easy path along with tracy, so clear the way i got the vehicle barricades coin, various foods. if occasion these trenches and bunkers held a drove of valuable information orders, dispositions,

and indications of ukraine's plans of his time there. presumably we have strong evidence that ukraine was planning inoffensive on crimea. we learned this when we captured their minefield maps, which showed where they had cleared paths for their military forces. the new look what we saw ourselves had passed through the mine fields had been cleared. these maps, combined with intelligence collected in the east, lend credence to russia's claims that ukraine was poised to attack. it will likely take years to learn the truth. once the bull propaganda dies down, perhaps by then, these engineers and sappers will have finally made this lad habitable for humans. once again, more at gaz, give from give san province ukraine. ah, sky high energy prices have played europe for the past number of months,

and not sanctions against russia fueling further discontent by propelling those cost to at never before seen levels. and thus led to social unrest including in spain. in the ton of i am monte near the border with portugal. large slides of smoke have blocked the highway. after a run, 40 fishermen set fire to a barricade of tires to protest the spiraling course of fuel spain. as a whole has been gripped by demonstrations by various trade unions with protest by truck drivers. strong the most attention. in an effort to address the problem, the government has offered truckers and rebates on one time cash payment. but the group behind the post says rejected the overture and valid to keep our protest food indefinitely. i just assumed this is well video, allegedly betraying a supermarket in the german city of stuttgart, essentially like cooking all past and flour, all missing from the shelves. the country is experiencing

a shortage of goods and the ongoing conflict in ukraine at the war already having made itself felt in the price of certain products to economists say uncertainty in the market is likely to continue with the situation said to worsen in the coming weeks and months the greek prime minister, meanwhile, has admitted that the huge, unprecedented sanctions against russia quote, do bite, referring to using energy course. he warned that the, you should be careful not to let the measures damage europe more than moscow. that's as traditionally neutral countries, such as switzerland have also to the use line bounty russian sanctions. european. our 1st specialist be john thomas. ali is convinced that the sanctions are causing irreparable damage to the continents economy. i don't think that the european union leaders actually know what the goal of the factions they're calling it because they have no agency and they are forced by the american to do justice. they say

you're the shooting it out of the foot just by putting that's what i want to say. oh, we have to suffer a bit because it's far greater cost would cost is that and the suffering, it suddenly drain. and, you know, industrial production is down by record numbers, factories shutting down because production is no longer economically possible. and these energy prices, many industry groups are saying that we are unable to keep those fashions for much longer before we will see lasting and permanent damage to the foundation of the european economy loc. the europeans afford to pay and roubles there is lasting. the mark for this currency, and this precipitates and move away from the dollar at the global currency of freight and commer. hunter biden, and his abundant laptop are once again in the headlines. emails obtained by media

outlets from dumbing cache files suggest that the american president some may have helped finance. on the ledge, u. s. military bio weapons research program in ukraine. russian officials had previously commented on the issue or us corresponding can expand on the significance of the findings. we understand that there is an email that was obtained from hunter biden's laptop showing that the firm he worked with rosemont, seneca, and it contracted and apparently worked with the company of met the bio to, to set up these labs, these controversial labs. this is what is from an email that was obtained from hunter biden's laptop. as promised, i've prepared the attached memo, which provides an overview of metabolic, our engagement in ukraine, and how we can potentially leverage our team. net blacks and concepts to a said, ukraine's cultural and economic independence from russia and continued integration

into western society. now the response of us leaders so far has been limited regarding the issue of the bio lab. so we have some mainstream media voices coming up and insisting, well, these are not military facilities, but then the question remain, why is the pentagon a military entity if ever, heavily involved in setting them up? and why did victoria newland the u. s. under secretary of state, express concern about russia getting its hands on these bio labs, if indeed they serve no military purpose. what would be the danger of russia getting a hands on them? and so now we find out that this other story that they dismissed was widely ignored and shut down and silenced by us media and social media about hunter biden's laptop is also tied in with these labs. and that the president's son was involved in financing and setting them up with rosemont, seneca, his firm, and met the bio to the company. so this all points to us leaders being involved in

all kinds of nefarious activities in ukraine. and when asked about it, simply shutting down the discussion and saying, oh that can't be true because russia said it, because russia said it, you can't believe it. if anyone in russia says that it's therefore false, because russia that they have no response here. i mean, this is quite a moment in the united states where we find out about this and it really raises a lot of questions about how carefully the discourse in the united states is being controlled and how that appears. the binded ministration has been shielded from legitimate criticism and the same for u. s. foreign policy. that when it comes to the issue of ukraine, media is just expected to march in locked lock step. so these revelation these emails that have come out from 100 by laptop related to these bio labs and ukraine . this is a quite a big deal. and to see us, mainstream media just scrambled, continue trying to sweep this. a sweepers under the rug is quite a big moment. quite a big revelation about the nature of discourse in the united states. ah, after

a year is of criticizing new nazi elements in ukrainian society. it appears that the b, b. c has now seemingly prepared to tolerate them. in a news report on friday that broadcaster interviewed a ukrainian soldier who had been not c symbol clearly visible on his uniform. the city determination and a little help from western weaponry of this thought, but it will not tales as we have to move to the gulf of multiple so. so the touch on the soldiers arm is the symbol of nazi germany. s s s division, known as death's. head, the division was formed by concentration camp guards of the start of the 2nd world war. it was known for the mass murder of war prisoners, including close to a 100 british soldiers captured in france in 1940 no mention of any of that was made during the interview. contrast out to reports in previous years. in 2014 the b

b. c reported on the role of new nazis and the crew and ukraine. 2 years before that, that channel made a documentary centered on racism and anti semitism in ukrainian as well as polish football stadiums that came ahead of the euro. 2012 jumping ships held in the 2 countries and showed new now c, gestures being made ukrainian stadiums. well, editor of the greys own news site max blumenfeld phase. it's particularly important to report on the issue of extremism in the conflict us. it's the west to supply ukraine with weapons. as i just revealed at the gray zone, the bbc correspondent in 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 ministry 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 bast,

consistently attacking civilians and violating agreements. ah, no, it's no secret that western media i pitts, clearly don't agree with president putin's claim that one of the main reasons behind the ukraine conflict was to dean not suffice. the country. they say it's absurd since presidents zalinski is jewish, but they may have forgotten that one of ukraine's main jewish community leaders in core column whiskey is also a sponsor of armed new nazi malicious, telling us more of a thought ortiz policy. susan says he wants to de, not so far ukraine, but the west claims. this is a false flag because whist and officials say, how do you d not if i a country who's president is jewish. when you hear vladimir fulton talk about the ukrainian government as being full of neo nazis as somebody who is of jewish descended heritage. how do you react to that,

to those statements? for me to hear it just again it, it says or something, something similar to tone coma. i cannot take this segment seriously. what if i told you that one of the leaders of ukraine's jewish community ego claim whiskey is a major supporter of these guys. ah. the only golf is one of the 3 witches people in ukraine. a media mogul who owns the countries main tv channel, and his profits have directly funded and armed in neo nazi militia. we actually take care of many battalions. this is both knee per one and done bass. we are helping a shot towards car as of either we have the font of land defense, which additionally finances the families of the guys from the battalions. i can say

that color, most kid donates a lot. this is not showing off at all. by the way, he doesn't say much about it anywhere and doesn't show figures, but i can say that he's one of the main donors, at least 70 percent of the costs incurred by the font. he covers the rest is donations from other individuals and organizations. his influence over these battalions was so great that even the western media labeled them colon my skis pocket army more does luca sampson as for their supplies. this is our territorial defense. how can we not support them? these militia groups were until recently blacklisted by facebook and accused of ice, a star war crimes. ah ah, the militia later became part of ukraine's armed forces. while cullum,

whiskey redirected his enormous wealth and influence to support no other than brought him years zalinski in his political aspirations, the oligarchy gave the act training ground to practice being president on his one plus one tv channel. the 3rd season of the show aired during the real life presidential race boosting selling scenes image and giving him a chance to take his fictional character. beyond the tv screen, i will do everything to ensure that these laws are adopted. this is just a beginning. so improved and talks about being not to find ukraine, perhaps waste and officials would be better not to point the finger at the jewish citizens, the united nations secretary general, antonio gutierrez has pleaded for both sides to embark on a ceasefire in ukraine, calling rushes military operation both sound absurd and unwinnable war. russia, however, sees its objectives, have always been clear, with more in the background to the conflict on russia stones. here's ortiz,

racial blevins. the chief in the united nations is calling on russia and what he referred to as the absurd war in ukraine. so with the current battle and during and 2nd month, let's take a look at how it got to this point. continuing the water, you could use morally acceptable, politically indefensible, and militarily nonsensical by any measure, by even the shoe, this calculation, if this time to stop the fight, think no, and give peace a chance if this time to end these absurd walk. so what does he mean by that? well, let's start by looking at the accusation that russia's role in the war is politically indefensible. to the current conflict has been years in the making with the bases of it surrounding the dynamics. can they've gone republics, which declared independence following a u. s. supported government, coo and ukraine, back in 2014. the new ukranian government's response was to go to war with the

republics. and even when the misc agreement of 2015 promised bo this cease fire and t as the recognition of the regions autonomy, it was never fully implemented. in fact, when russian president vladimir putin announced the launch of a military offensive after moving to recognize the independence of the republics in the dog bass region, he noted that the conflict was pushed to this point because of ukraine's refusal to recognize the 2015 of cor i'm you skew the minsk agreements who killed long before yesterday's recognition of the people's republic of dumbass and not by us, not by the representatives of these republics, but by the count authorities in kiev. then there is the nino factor, while its members have branded it as a purely defensive alliance. it has more than doubled in size in the last 25 years as it expanded to the east. this cotton repeatedly assured russia wouldn't do so. when for a secretary of state james baker saying there would not be even an inch of expansion

to the east back in 1990. if we maintain a military presence in germany, which is part of nato, there will be no expansion of nato jurisdiction of and they took forces even an inch to the east. while russia has repeatedly voiced concerns of the expansion of nato to its own border, would put moscow in a direct conflict with the entire alliance. it is also noted that nato membership for countries like ukraine would give it the ability to gain access to nuclear weapons. to that former secretary of state, madeleine albright noted in 1997 that the u. s. has made no guarantees. i do not believe that the debates about nato should be reduced to a debate about russia. russia would also like us to make absolute commitments in the charter by the deployment of nuclear and conventional forces on the territory of new members. but we will not compromise on this issue. as for the claim that the current war is militarily nonsensical already has made its demands clear since day

one. that is, goals are 2 demilitarize and 2 d nazi fi, ukraine. but this week, u. s. department spokesperson, net price admitted that the u. s. is actively discouraging the ukranian government from making any concessions in his talks with russia. therefore, prolonging the war the by an administration is also using the complex signing off on a historic $13600000000.00 and funding for ukraine, nearly half of which is aimed at supporting the framing military. as you as arms dealers rate in the money, russian officials have been quick to know just who is profiting off of the continuation of this complet. washington wants to keep russia in a state of hostilities for as long as possible. they count on continuing supplying weapons to ukraine and finally, the claim that the war is. 6 morally unacceptable, ignores the fact that the ukrainian military has been targeting their republics in

the dark mass region for the last 8 years, during which time it's estimated that more than 14000 people lost their life. as a world wakes up to a conflict that has been ongoing for years, far, right, new nazi extremist and ukraine continue to play a prominent role as a claim that they're using civilians is human shields. but while the un chief cause rush was role in the war absurd, he leaves out the reality of the proxy war. washington is now engaging in against moscow, as it says, new weapons to the region while increasing its own troop presence around ukraine. provoking the possibility of a direct conflict with russia in washington. rachel blevins, r t k will bring you this before we go. tensions are spiraling between armenia and also by john in the dispute territory of nagondo kind of back which lies between the at to caucuses nations. the russian defense ministry said that on thursday and friday nights or by johnny forces entered on area patrol by russian

peacekeepers shooting for missiles out color back armed forces. the ministry says the intrusion is a violation of a 2020 agreement between armenia, observation on russia. now the 2 countries for the 6 week war in that year, over the long contested enclave in which thousands lost their lives. 247 news from the russian capital. this is our t stay with us for more programs starting in moments. and i'll see you again soon. ah ah. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy

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