[000:00:00;00] ah, [000:00:00;00] a naughty corresponded reports of from the embattled city of mario bill in the midst of intense fighting germany chancellor pledges to end you dependence on russian gas by the end of this year, brushing off hooton's warning that cutting supplies could plunge the block into recession and we look at how middle eastern powers are switching focus from the u. s. to china as they pursue better business deals.

ah. broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow. this is our 2 international. i'm sean thomas. certainly glad to have you with us, and we're going to start with some breaking news just in. there is a massive blaze that has a ruptured at a fuel depot in the russian city of belgrade, near the ukrainian border injury to employees. local authorities say that the fire was the result of an air strike by the ukrainian military from helicopters. now, emergency workers are at the scene trying to extinguish the flames. an investigation is currently underway and of course our news team is across. it will bring you more information as we get it here. ukraine's president's landscape has issued sharp condemnation against you for not cutting off business ties with russia . he is also insisted that the, you admit ukraine as a member state and demanded more supplies of weaponry. nicer. e r defenders deserve to receive from europe for the freedom of which they are fighting the weaponry that

will definitely stop russia's offensive. and therefore the onset of tyranny. when we're talking about aircraft tanks, artillery systems, anti ship weapons, we are talking about what is really needed and what the countries of the european union, the countries of nato have our defenders deserve the european companies. finally, stop making money together with those who are trying to destroy our defenders deserve not to think about the criteria. but to know that ukraine will become a member of the european union. because if they lose, if we lose more usable in other ukrainian cities, there will be no strong european union anymore. meanwhile, efforts to evacuate residents from mario poll, we are disrupted on thursday, reportedly by heavy showing from suppose ukrainian nationalist troops. the reputed, neo nazi as of a battalion is said to have opened fire at a kindergarten and a church in marble killing civilians or said to have come to the area in search of

water ortiz. but i got your reports from parts of the devastated city where fighting is ongoing. through the streets said roads of mary. you both are fraught with danger. here at the scene to section the snipers, bullets wheezed by meat as from us. and then again, ah, this is the eastern side of murray. you book city, the sight of vicious battles just days ago, these are chechen fights as they commanded to leap has let us go closer to the front lot. barely 500 to so meters that way west of us, ah ukrainian military positions but of course predominantly nationalist battalions such as as of the fighting here was,

was absolutely ferocious as you can perhaps tell a time crowd yesterday impacted that building over there. but again, everywhere here are bodies of ukrainian fights as nationalists to which haven't been yet removed. devastated neighborhoods shops, apartment buildings, offices, and houses stretch for miles. no structure here was sped in the fighting in the midst the rubble of countless bodies of ukrainian nationalists surrounded by bullet casings and shrapnel. this is unfortunately, if this is as fuzz as we go, this is right on the edge of the front lombard, this wall. everything is covered by ukrainian stipends from as of steel, the factory that spots a huge area of the city, that is where you play the forces and stop as

a still concentrated we have had enough of was for the day. so basically, just just the edge of these building is in the other direction, but chechen fight is of below kind enough kind enough to life is for us to what you have. a lot of these building, for example, liberated just yesterday there was a lot of people, many people pension as women, children hiding in the basement. and the basement. unfortunately, access to the building for the basement is on the other side of this building that ruins structure in the distance is the last of what is controlled by russian forces by chechen fights as here. unfortunately, the role the pre leased building and that building is also covered by ukrainian snipers. so fighter russian fight earlier today was killed while attempting to cross. they still haven't been able to get the body out. the fight is here. knew

what urban combat, eas, few things in our world are worse than these vacaville time. you don't just go for, we're moving ahead without losses. we're working very efficiently. the civilians that we liberated, they kiss us, they rejoice, and they say thank you, sister. there are elderly men, women, we evacuate people every day and give them food. i did. and in these hell, barely a minutes walk away from the front lines haggard. couple sift through the wreckage . la horses, hey, most is it. this is seth. we're in a bad state. well, we've been living in the basement since march 10th. sometimes we stick our heads out of our building was on fire. it took a day to put out the blaze on the 1st floor. cut with everything was destroyed, unconscious. did it. for us it was time to go, which meant running the gauntlet in reverse. here we are again.

this road just before this building is also covered by ukrainian cypher who has now twice twice shorted us. built on the new thing. we've got a wave. see how sulaiman 1st and then follow him. ah, the battle here will rage hottest and likely end at the massive as of iron and steel works complex, which is the economic heart of the city. but that's a battle for another day. more i'd get the of r t for mario bull, tanya task. no, i haven't been in the basement for 21 days in us. how long do you think we've been there? residents in the embattled city of mario val are on edge as they are struggling to cope with food and medicine shortages children,

the elderly and other vulnerable individuals have been unable to leave many of the cities pre war. population of half a 1000000 remain trapped amid the fighting r t visited the city, providing much needed supplies and receiving messages from locals for relatives and friends in russia. we're going to my apartment as here. we have a bomb shelter down here in the basement. there's still no humanitarian aid here. those supplies have gone elsewhere. we've had something but the food is already running out. well, you wouldn't be 10. i stayed in my room, unit and relatives managed to lift than yet. today we stayed basically on the street living in the basement, a major force opposing the russian military's advance on mario bull is a reputed neo nazi group. the as of battalion, which western media outlets have glorified as freedom fighters. but before the conflict, that group had been widely condemned internationally sanctioned by the u. s. and even banned from social media or cheese. don quarter reports like a chameleon, it changes colors from

a group of neo nazis to freedom fighters with ease. it's the as off battalion, at least the way the western media portrays it back in 2014 the times, described as off as a group formed by white supremacists. now it's headlines feature a quote from the organization claiming they're fighting the real nazis as of deeds though. tell a different story. no, it's useless. you of gruesome, you know, playing post school. you originally reason for people with eyes and ears. there's no doubt about who these people really are, but for the western media, it doesn't matter if an armed group believes in genocide or is guided by some insane ideas. if they're fighting washington's enemies, it seems like no expense will be spared to make them look like angels. look at all the terrorists. western outlets have either tried to look tones down or supported in the past. i will, mohammed al gilani is

a former member of both al qaeda and isis the same man that p b. s gave a platform to as the leader of the most dominant armed anti government group and syria. even osama bin ladin was hailed as an anti soviet freedom fighter by the western media for many years. the same man who was responsible for this, ah, ah, we could go as far back as 922. when the western media literally glorified at off hitler for as long as he was only talking smack on juice and communists, of course he was hailed as a new popular idol, the anti red. it just goes to show as long as other guys are paying the price for these people's actions, the western media will sing their praises. and right now it's as of in the spotlight. and right now the a's of battalion is ha, we like them there and we want to know more. we like it, they're patriotic,

they're standing up to burden pakistan's prime minister iran con has accused the us of orchestrating a plot to oust him from power. or we received a message on march 7th or march 8th from america. i'm from abroad, and actually i won't name the country because that kind of message sent to an independent country amounts to an attack on the prime minister in an attack on our nation. i said essentially that if i remain prime minister while he will not have good relations with pakistan and the country will face difficulties, con, revealed the alleged and threat letter amid mass protests that accused him of perpetuating corruption and mismanaging the economy. the political opposition is insisting on a vote of no constant confidence initially planned for thursday, but now postponed to sunday. prime minister has blamed the political turmoil on outside influences, saying that the opposition is being manipulated by foreign powers in response to his close size. with russia, the u. s. has rejected those claims. we are closely following developments in

pakistan. we respect, we support pakistan's constitutional process and the rule of law. but when it comes to those allegations, there is no truth to them. in what appeared to be a slip of tongue, he named the u. s. as the country behind the threat. heard from a pakistani journalist who says the u. s. is meddling in the asian countries politics in an effort to enact regime change the park cy prime. mr. was adjusting the country live on national media. and he has category clearly stated that he does not allow this conspiracy against team or against the country to succeed in the controversy is that why pakistan did not condemn the military action in ukraine. and brian, mr. has stated at that time that buckets on has a neutral policy and party fund doesn't believe in was it was peaceful resolution

of all issues. so the message to the american side was that, that we will not condemn, or we will appreciate anything on your directive. and now it is a matter of official confirmation also that they're brand new. same brand con midwest can really message by us, that you should not be the ratio. so everything which is appearing now in pakistani politics is that data who us intervention buckets on for a regime change. as america pushes its allies to punish russia and impose more sanctions on it, middle eastern powers have started to turn their back on the u. s. in favor of better economic deals with china or cheese. rachel blevins has more. the political world is fast pace. you can lose an ally almost just quickly as you can, gain one head for washington allies in the middle east. they are losing patience.

take saudi arabia, for example. us saudi relations, the back 70 years, their brothers in arms quite literally. and then with the u. s. applying the saudis, with hundreds of billions of dollars and weapons, the alliance has led to the kingdom because they want to be us armies, most strategic phases. and they've also been strategic allies in the energy sector, but they might be changing. it is the biden administration's determination to resurrect the iran nuclear deal that has most convinced saudis that america is determined to dismantle the regional order that it created. no matter what demons it may unleash. while saudi arabia has become frustrated by the many contradictions that come with american policy, china is presenting a path that is rather straightforward. beijing is offering riata, simple deal. so as your oil and you can have access to whatever military equipment you want from our catalog in return, help us to stabilize the global energy market. in other words, china is offering a deal that appears very similar to the one shared by the u. s. and saudi arabia

for decades, but the kingdom haven't been to bond or president bite it, especially after comments he made when he was campaigning for office and which he said that when he was president, he would force the saudis to pay and make them the pariah that they are, well that doesn't seem to be, were by them is actually doing now that he's in office. but his policies have concern for saudi arabia as he works to bring one of their main rivals back to the table, the washington jeffery ship to hit moscow where her new cut off their oil supply for the rest of the world has pushed us to look into working with countries, it currently has your sanctions on such as that as well. i hand of course are wrong and now would mean a resurrection of the iran nuclear deal, leaving saudi arabia, which is still actively at war with the iranian back. goofy is not happy. meanwhile, another one of washington's closes allies in the region who is currently feeling

betrayed. is israel at the same time israel will do anything we believe is needed to stop the random nuclear prob program. anything from our point of view of the rain and threat is not theoretical, the rain is wants to destroy israel. they will not succeed. we will not lead despite the reason summit in israel were secretary of de antony, blinking. that was top arab diplomats and tried to reassure them that washington is still their protector. it appears that the american spell has been broken because despite the by an administration continued requests to boost oil offered him is during prices. the message from saudi arabia is clear. we won't let you drag us into your political games, have been, i know how we managed to compartmentalize political differences from which is good for the coven. good to come and get to for all of us. as a result, israel has shown caution when it comes to following washington's lead in prime minister bennett has traded carefully on the topic of ukraine, expressing

a solidarity with the country, but not issuing an outright condemnation of russia. instead, he's taken a neutral stance, which is seen him involved in mediation, sending humanitarian aid and taking in refugees. but that's not good enough for the hawks in washington who, speaking the language of weapons and want to know why israel isn't sending any to ukraine. israel's reaction to ukraine will have bearing on future aid from the u. s . to israel pay it forward. well, even with the harsh words, israel is not budging, at least for now. and it's also following saudi arabia by increasing its economic ties to china as it benefit from the belt of initiative. so is this just the beginning of countries turning to a world power like china, which is seen as offering stability in comparison to washington's turbulent and could the tide returning even for the closest and u. s. allies in washington?

rachel blevins, r g rushes, defense ministry has released documents that claim to prove 100 buttons, involvement in alleged ukrainian bio labs ortiz, kill them up and has more russian defense. mastery says they have a smoking gun, email correspondence, showing that the u. s. defense threat reduction agency and pentagon contractors in ukraine worked with hunter buying present. joe biden, son in financing, bio labs. the son of the us president allegedly secured funds for metal iota and black and vetch. the contents of the latter show the hunter bought and played an important role in creating a financial opportunity. pathogen work in ukraine. the published correspondence in the case of the true goals of the pentagon in ukraine are far from scientific and one of the letters the vice president of method by alter, noticed that the company's activities will be aimed at ensuring, quote, the cultural and economic independence of ukraine from russia, which is rather strange for biotechnology company,

the russian parliament is inviting joe biden and u. s. under secretary for political affairs, victoria newland, to be part of their investigation. not sure, she earlier the chairman of the state duma, instructed our international committee to begin the procedure of preparing an invitation for explanations from us officials. these are mrs. newland and biden junior earlier. we heard from the russian defense ministry that rosemont seneca hunter, biden's investment firm, had been involved along with george soros open society institute, and financing biological research facilities and ukraine. moscow says these labs are involved in developing bio weapons and one of these labs was even involved in research related to nuclear weapons. washington and kia have both denied that these lab served any military purpose and after mrs. new and mentioned them in congressional testimony, u. s. media has done everything possible to shut down any mention of their

existence as for a 100 bite and his laptop created a scandal during the 2020 elections. but mainstream media shut down any mention of it saying it was russian dis information. and donald trump was attacked just for bringing it up. why did the mayor of moscow, his wife give the biden's most of them 3 and a half $1000000.00 and that's a lot of money. she gave me 3 and a half $1000000.00. so now i would think, put, who would know the answer to that? i think you should really should. i think we should know that answer. what kind of american let alone an ex president thinks that this is the right time to enter into a scheme with vladimir putin and brag about his connections to vladimir putin. there is only one, and it's donald trump. now the washington post and the new york times both admit it was real. they are back tracking and acknowledging hidden truth. cnn, the federal investigation into hunter biden's crooked business dealings as

a very real, very substantial investigation of potentially serious federal crimes. there is a realistic chance this could result in federal charges. i think it's as bogus as it was before. trump's appeal to russian president vladimir putin to find information about biden is despicable us media now trying to retail and reinterpret a story they previously claimed was false. meanwhile, russia is raising very serious concerns about bio labs and at the same time, many are optimistic hoping that negotiations can bring and hostility and ukraine. we certainly live in a world of free flowing wild information with different forces scrambling to try and control it. caleb bobbin r t new york political analyst, patrick kennings and claim the pentagon's alleged role in bio labs in ukraine implies a level of open corruption in u. s. i circles. i think i think it's absolutely incredible that one of the

companies that hunter biden found it, i believe in 2009 rosemont seneca was involved in organizing one of the 1st rounds of funding for medic. by auto. this is a biotech or a bio surveillance company, which was a major subcontractor for the pentagon funded bio labs, the chain of bio labs, and fact in ukraine. it's just amazing that this somehow has escaped really not, not just most of the mainstream media, but also congress as well. i think this really speaks to the level of corruption we have within our mainstream media institutions in the west that for partisan reasons . they won't touch the story, but also it speaks to a potentially a level of open corruption, specifically within the biden family. which, you know, should have been the center piece of the election. we're talking about not just conflicts of interest in nepotism, in terms of a sitting vice president getting his, you know, or not,

if not getting his son appointed to a major gas company's board in ukraine at the time when joe biden himself was in charge of the ukraine portfolio, but the fact that even happened while he was vice president and he didn't intervene to make sure that that didn't happen, that, that throws a shadow over the election over the 2020 election. it throws a shadow over the white house. germany, chancellor sholtes has pledged his country will phase out russian, coal and gas this year. as he laid out a plan for you to drastically cut its reliance on russian fuel to readily. mindy got discuss at 1st thing about him. if we will need a little longer regarding gas, we're working very hard to create new infrastructure to be able to transport gas and pump it into the european network from ports on the northern germany coast. this will be beneficial not only to us, but to many other countries. it will also send

a last message to the russian presidency than an essential basis of his economic business model is disappearing by putting has said that countries that the sanction moscow will need to pay for russian gas applies and rubles through an account at a rushing bank. and threatened to sever contracts, if those payments aren't made, immediately put and warned that a gas shortage in the you could inside a recession and caused mass unemployment association. the us will try to capitalize on the current global instability by attempting to move europe over to expensive american liquefied gas as a result your pins and not only forced to full count more, but to also undermine the competitiveness of their companies with their own hands by removing them from the global market to europe, this means large scale the industrialization, the loss of millions of jobs, and addressed decline in the standard of living of its citizens. this is the price, the ruling western elite are offering to pay people for their ambitions. for the

economic war they're trying to unleash against russia or have unleashed european gas futures have sorted to $1450.00 per 1000 cubic meters. that's dollars following putin's statement about rouble payments. germany is already preparing for a potential gas shortage. implementing an early warning phase of an emergency plan, that is a mid speculation that the use biggest economy could slide into recession. due to skyrocketing energy costs, force companies to cut back production. meanwhile, in neighboring austria, chancellor, new hammer insists that enduring the economic impact is nothing compared with what's happening in ukraine on, on how many men are done. and in seen, sanctions only make sense if they are imposed in such a way that we hit the state. they are supposed to hit and do not weaken the state that issues the sanctions on the side. but the pain that the austrian economy is suffering as a result of the sanctions against russia is nothing compared to the pain that ukraine is suffering at the moment. austria, just like germany, has an acted an emergency plan to secure gas applies amid rising fears,

that russia may cut off supplies. if western countries refused to make payments and roubles, we heard from former austrian foreign minister con, can i saw who says that a reduction in gas supplies would hurt european industries. the time, the not european union, paris and berlin has already stated? no, we will continue. the current 2 steps, we have concluded the contracts in but, but it remains to be seen. what will then happen whether this leads to either an embargo by the customers the think we, we will not violate our own action regime or whether that would be a supply. sgo got supplies a 1st and foremost for the industry and households come next, but it's all about natural gas supply for the manufacturing. and that's the goal from for july petrochemical industry into the automotive industry,

which is the most important industrial branch of germany, x 14 industries. so without natural gas supply, it's not only about breathing, love freezing and some voices have been blaming over the last few weeks. it's really about how can the industrial manufacturing still be done? joe biden wants to use america. oil reserves to bring down recently sewing fuel costs, which have been a major source of discontent during his presidency. he plans to release up to $180000000.00 barrels of oil over half a year. the largest amount since the u. s. reserve was created in 1974. now put in price strike. price hike is hitting americans at the pump. which, which brings me to the 1st part of my plan to immediately increase the supply of

oil. just imagine if in fact, europe didn't have to count on russian oil. if they were energy independent. but analysts to say the release of about $1000000.00 barrels of oil reserves per day is unlikely to resolve the fuel crisis. well, consumption in the u. s. alone is about $20000000.00 barrels per day. the total release of $180000000.00 barrels plans to take place over half a year would satisfy just 2 days of global demand. republicans have him back at biden's plan, disagreeing with him. the reasoning behind it, house minority leader kevin mccarthy says that while the white house blames russia for the rising prices, it's actually biden who is liable. we heard from an international energy markets expert who foresees a coming response in global fuel prices. when the previous time, he at least 50000000 better his last year. it's the global oil

market and prices ignore its completely. then in january, the instead of nation at an energy age. and she also announced the release of $60000000.00 barrels from the inventor is of the or is she the countries again, the market was indifferent to them. now president by then is trying his hand again by releasing almost 1000000 barrels a day as it was at a forfeit that might have slight effect on the prices. but it will psychologically and levy the tensions and the tie this in the market to some extent the market will tell us soon and the price is whether this $1.00 according lee and anyway, it depends. the impact on the price will be on the way the oil is

released. will it be $1000000.00 daily, or will it be half familiar or a quarter of a 1000000? so all in order still unknown to us. it is a for me, this hour i will be back in 30 minutes with more news and commentary. this is our