i am with for headline stories this hour, the russian defense ministry slums as a provocation, disturbing thought age from the ukrainian town of butcher and the key at region, stating that no civilians were killed by russia. that's after ukrainian officials release pictures of hundreds of mass graves in the town allegedly filmed after russian forces at last. also had a soft battalion that is said to be nazi affiliated organization, operating as a militia in your country. you know, they are what they are. that's the answer from the ukranian president when queens about the alleged atrocities of the neo nazi a south battalion which latimer zalinski admitted in the same interview fights as part of the countries with the

e. you feels the heat absorbing fuel and food prices that the crippling sanctions against russia impact more than just the energy sector. ah, for moscow to the world, this is our t. my name's unit o'neill. thanks for your company today. russia has this missed us another provocation, disturbing footage which has emerged from the ukranian time of boucher. the video is allegedly showed the dead bodies of civilians lying in the streets there along with masses of braves. ukraine insists it's proof of war crimes. well, or correspondent don quarter has joined me in this, you do to talk about this and absolutely huge claims being made by key

f as a by to hundreds of civilians being killed. the alleged by russian forces at the video, they say, boxed up and done. if you will just take us through for me to be how we got to that . well, we have received the response of the russian ministry, defend k. i have not. they have said that, of course these, these killings did take place, but they are accusing, they're laying the blame a key of feed basically they, it's saying that these mass killings in the china boot shop is which is located northwest and it was recaptured by ukrainian forces just a couple of days ago, the russian ministry defense is saying that kid was responsible for this, especially because, you know, it was a bit strange that key of came up with the accusation against russia. when this footage of these corpses in the streets emerged actually days after ukraine had recaptured the the town itself, those videos were apparently released by local officials and published on social

media. we're going to show them now, but i just have to warn our viewers that there they are a bit disturbing. now, about future it's, it's seen, it's very fierce fighting over the past several weeks. according to key of almost 300 civilians were discovered in the mass grave there and rushes minute ministry defense. on the other hand says that not one civilian was harmed while the russian military had control over that area. so, according to russia side, there are a lot of holes and what ukraine has been accusing russia. so let's take a deeper look at the statement for the ministry defense. we would like to emphasize that all russian units completely withdrew from boucher, almost the 30th the day off to the face to face round of negotiations between russia and ukraine in turkey. moreover, on march the 31st, the mayor of butcher anatoly fed the route confirmed that his video message that there was no russian military in the city. but he did not even mention any local residents shot in the streets with their hands tied. therefore,

it is not surprising that all the so called evidence of crimes in boucher appears only on day 4 when ukrainian security officers and representatives of ukraine and television arrived in the city. now this whole situation was so really so strange that even before the russian ministry of defense said that keith was responsible for these killings, we heard from a number of military observers that these, this footage could have been staged. they were saying they, they said that it was potentially part of a larger ukrainian attempt at misinformation in terms of what was going on there. but after that footage was released though, it's interesting to note that another video was released apparently showing a ukrainian officer giving his troops the okay to fire upon noncombatants. because it wasn't for you. so like we've been saying throughout this entire broadcast,

a lot of stuff connected to this story is still unverified. we have to keep that in mind. but if this video of this ukrainian officer is true and, and if it really was a master by ukrainian forces, then that is really not looking good for kids. and yeah, you would expect an investigation going on involving many, many parties. if that is the case. thank you very much. thanks for the don quarter . our correspondent let's delva a bit deeper into some of the points don was bringing up there. we can welcome from germany political unless be john thomas solely at to speak on what he has seen. and we are looking be john at the up the same video that's been released and we're trying to make sense of it. it was released on the ukrainian commanders page with that in mind. is this one of 2 things about provoking a response particularly from the west, is occur listening over what is phil and,

and what is made public. what do you make of it all from the beginning of this military operation, i have really been done by the degree of the ukrainian side, their willingness to write a path to the world, prove an evidence of their own wall. and this is really been ongoing. this is not the 1st video atrocities committed by ukrainian, the parable of your merit moves or troops killing their own population and really committing the most heinous atrocities. and then brock pathing the sometimes makes use russia, but sometimes they crowd of killing their own people who they considered a traitor. and sometimes i don't know what we would have to have an investigation. what was the case here, while the ukrainians that killed both people on and maybe rifling extremis,

that happened important in the ukraine. in this slide again, russia, they have really recruited rides with us from across europe. and even from the united states, trained by this. yeah, some of them to commit crimes. and of course many of those, not the neo nazi. they don't care when they kill a russian or they killer ukrainian. they just want to kill people who they need to be. mean she who they are. i be ology. i'm not worthy of being a lot. it's a very pertinent point, isn't it? who is looking at the extremist who is keeping track of those people who are coming into the country beach on. it's a very interesting point. but in terms of the other side, russia knows the eyes of the world is watching its actions what it's doing in ukraine to be somehow involved in the killing and burying of $300.00

civilians in mass graves. on a very basic level, it makes no sense whatsoever. no, it doesn't matter. if you look in the military high command federation, what they, they are all of their troops. they are ordering them to be to, to really have the highest degree of civil responsibility and to treat the people with the most respect. and that's what all the evidence we are. we can really verify, show that the russian troops are sadly restrained manner, that they're treating the population with a lot of respect and dignity. and that many of the people who are trained, tactful, because especially the map, you know, many of the women and children have been able to keep the man. they are held back to the board and they're forced by sometimes. i'm not to battalion, i look battalions to commit themselves to the fighting men that are sometimes

older than 60 years of age that have physical affliction. they are forced to be used as candidate for and they are really happy to be freed by the russian true. so it is, it makes no sense, you know, and if there were any war crimes committed by russia, wouldn't we have russian troops that would just spill the beans? so to say, why is it only that the ukrainian side is claiming there for gamma is and we have no russians confirming it. so i think it's very clear that this is part of the propaganda operation by the ukraine and supported by western media, which is very tack, because se ukrainian and military knows that what i try to do, they commit with the media will support them. they will continue to commit such war crimes because they think that as a tool to get more tax leverage against trying to get more weapons supplied to the ukraine. i think it's worth just pointing out here what,

what russia is saying. we've got a quote from a since a ministry official stating, not a single local resident suffered from any violent actions. while this settlement was under the control of the rush and armed forces. they're coming out and saying, absolutely, this is what happened. it also said that the atrocities only appeared after the troops left the city, as our correspondent was explaining, be shunned on the ukrainian army, arrive, perhaps just to get your thoughts on that aspect. that it's, it's so incoherent and unclear, but these are the facts. yes, i mean, the russian troops left a more than 4 days ago, and i'm not a medical expert, but the people that i've spoken to, they know how courses decompose. they tell me that if you look at this video, these are fresh courses. they were killed in the last one or 2 days at most. they went off to the russian troops where there. so this is very clear evidence once

again that these bonds were not committed by russian troops. but most likely, either by the military or bi paramilitary rules of this thing up potentially foreign. nazis ok, we await to see what comes out of that you would expect a thorough investigation. but as her previous guess was the in be shown. we don't know if that will happen at all. thank you very much. absolutely. thank you for coming on the program page on say peach, and have a solid clinical homeless live from homburg. thank you. they are what they are. that was the answer of ukraine's president when quiz by fox news about the neo nazi a's off battalion on the atrocities. it's accused of a's off battalion that is said to be nazi affiliated organization. operating as a militia in your country, said to be committing their own atrocities. adults was one of those many battalions . they are what they are in not interviews

a lens. he also said the notorious haze of battalion is fully integrated into the ukrainian military. the fragments of the interview in question was later deleted from all fox news online at resources, it's not the 1st time either at the group has been white forced in the western media. we have seen and brought to public attention, attempts to play dine and new nazi sentiments. and the number of outlets were there are some suspect to the trustees that are hard to ignore, like the brittle torture and murder of a young woman who lived in mario the last person. i mean, the 1st school, if you, usually with a russia is investigating the murder of the young girl that you saw in the video, allegedly killed by nationalists from the age of italian. earlier i spoke with our teacher on culture of he's in done yet in don boss and gave

a cons from at local residents that he spoke to on the alleged crimes of the age of grip. paul, it is indeed a very, very painful subject to the people of dunbar. sits azar battalion, i'd czar battalion and numerous other names in that interview. residents. zalinski is also talking about the fact that some members of the assault battalion actually received the prison sentences. however, since the ra rushes special, very minutes, reparation and ukraine began. most of those people had been released along with the other hardened criminal criminals, and they had been remodeling into the ukrainian army. well, as a battalion, they've been accused of committing a war crimes by the united nations before as well. now, there were for several documentaries news reports and made about them as well. no,

just as all battalions, but other battalions with the neo nazi affiliations, of course, are plenty of 1st hand accounts here and on boss as well, including yours truly. i've been working here for the last 8 years and i've seen a mass graves left by these nationalist battalions as it were retreating from the oncoming. done that peoples a republic militia, remember a pregnant, so a woman with her arms tied behind her back and she was dug up and her hands were tied behind her back. and it was absolutely horrible to watch, of course. so over the last month and a half the fighting has been taking place in murray pulled many of the local residents have also witnessed their shots. these that have been committed by us off . and they told me earlier as well that that's been happening. not just over the last month and a half, but over the last 8 years as well as they've been the station there. let's say here some of the accounts about us all over the eyes and fighters were defending

themselves. not as if a look at the destruction they left. they had been here for 8. yes, they killed local people to pick it up or no, what you one man had his throat cut by one of their members. then he had a daughter while she is 7 or 8 years old. are they beat people? abducted them with bags on their hands, which go yes. oh, well this is what was left by their middle full. they were running here on the 3rd floor with guns in their hands on corners. then there were tanks, shooting thought, we were afraid to go to the toilet is below. i want to comment on the can you turn the cameron showed the ground floor. this is the ground floor horn. this was my flat. the 1st shell hit my roof. my belly managed to stay alive than they used. farmable liquids in the house burned down. they knew people were hiding in the basement while, while the fighting in marie will have been taking place for quite a while now, over a month and a numerous times, a russia provide a humanitarian corridors in order for the people to leave. but each time local residents were not allowed to do so. as the city was encircled by the us all for

a battalion, they were preventing the people from leaving and using them as a human shields. and that's according to locals who gave their own a witness accounts. now at the moment, according to a local authorities and 90 percent of marine people is finally a liberated major. fighting at the moment is taking place at adults steel, ha, metallurgy, bland. and it's, so it's situated on around 7 heck, there's of land in the city of marine apple. so that's where the heaviest fighting is taking place. but according to a local source of the local authorities and the russian army, that should be ending very soon as well. as people are finally looking to rebuild the city of maria full and start a peaceful life once again, berman culture of no retired u. s. or a force? lieutenant colonel carn petoskey believes ukraine's leader will find it hard to

hold. he is off battalion to account publicly. zalinski is saying that he wishes he hopes to hold them accountable for any or if it's proven or is we get more information he intends to hold them accountable. but unfortunately, the track record that he has this is a political situation is such that it's highly unlikely that he will be able to hold them accountable. they're part of his political support structure. i'm not to say that he agrees with them all the time, but he is dependent in some ways with, with their agenda. he's independent on their agenda to some extent. so it's not like he can simply just get rid of them. i mean, as he said, they are integrated into the military. there was a reason they were integrated into the military and not rejected from it. certainly americans are anti nazi. they don't want to hear. and then the government doesn't want them to hear that we are in effect aligning with nazis. and we don't want to

ask too many questions because we aligned with them in 2014 and we've aligned with them since 1940. in many ways the c a has a long history that's well reported and well acknowledged of working with nazis in europe, in particular, ukrainian nazi group. ukraine is getting wrecked. it's getting wrecked because united states wishes to sacrifice it for to the altar of anti russian propaganda in preservation of the of the dollar is the rules. reserve currency, i mean, this is so much larger, i think, than ukraine, if it doesn't fit into the unit polar maintenance of the united states as a unit polar power, the top dog on the planet, it doesn't relate to that in an anti russian way. we really, they were not interested in the united states. media is not interested in anything but supporting the u. s. agenda, which is really not caring about ukraine at all, or the ukrainian people or the ukrainian agriculture or the ukrainian resources.

this is really about us versus in particular, russia and then in a larger sense, russia's allies, another line to bring you today, the kremlin spokesperson said the west has gone beyond reason when its sanctioned the russian president personally, dmitri prescott uttered, he was also surprised when his own children at we're targeted about line coming out earlier today. nice the crippling sanctions pushed against moscow and just causing pain in russia. let's show you german charles for love. schultz being heckled by an angry crowd, who were bullying him during a speech in the city of s and the the incident happened to either rally to mark the beginning of the social democratic party state election campaign. the chanting apparently begun when the

chancellor spoke about the war in ukraine. european governments faced growing discontent to arising food and energy bills across the continent will to help people with their ability. germany's parliament has promised to provide a 300 euro relief payment. however, some of the small print, the money will still be subject to tax, meaning the final some is going to be much smaller than not at german officials are unlikely to feel the pinch themselves, though as the wages of the chancellor and other ministers are set to rise from this month, we ask people in the streets of berlin while they make off their governments helping hand well from what they're saying, there's going to be tax on it. it's so stupid, given that it's been created for families that are not doing so well in need, the money they have been hit hard year in berlin, where the cost of living is so high already. it's not a good situation. i don't touch him. well,

that's simply outrageous as usual. i don't know what to say to that outrages really outrageous. some of you know if he does all that, well, it's not members of parliament that need to worry about how they're going to get to work tomorrow. actually everybody should resign. now, the way things are going with the ukraine and stuff is not so nice to get back monday morning when all belgium is also witnessing soaring fuel prices pushed in part by the relentless sanctions imposed on russia. i hear you say it's not just belgium either in your locals, they are complaining, it's not energy alone, being impacted because prices for food everyday products continue to rise week after week and a 39 year inflation high in the country. and let's just bring you to employee where demonstrators gathered in general to protest against weapons fields and the ongoing training crisis. people voice concerns about what those arms would actually be used for, unused. again, they also call for peace on that end to the

foreign policy chiefs former adviser has worn the many europeans will find it hard to cope with the sanctions. their own leaders have imposed in russia. lester crook was speaking to art is going under ground. the full version is available on r t dot com a. here's a snippet of it. it was only in the beginning of much the french finance and was saying our aim is to collapse the russian economy. and now one months later we see in the financial crisis, many commentators talking about this is beginning of the end of the global monitoring system. does shillinger and russia together have the kind of infrastructural clout, to be able to save the world from global famine? russia is the key pin of all commodities, food resources, oil,

gas, precious metals. everything comes from russia. europe cannot manage as it is. they cannot get gas from anywhere else that will substitute for russian. yeah, that's just obvious. i don't see any sign that the europeans did any gave any thought to the strategic consequences of what they were doing. some of the sanctions on russia have affected important areas of fertilizers, other things that are necessary in food production. certain gas is necessary also, and people are going to feel a huge amount of pain. the costs of gas and electricity like in the u. k are going to go up 50 percent. they've gone up 50 percent, they'll probably call them up a 100 percent before the end of this. yeah. how people going to survive with this? the sanctions in many ways, europe as not sanction russia, it's sanctioning itself the ukrainian army

is bigger and better equipped thanks to nick. so with the results being demonstrated on the front lines against russia, that is the assessment of the alliance as secretary generally and stilton berg. he was given the groupings on the report. on sunday. over the years, our lives have trained tens of thousands of ukrainian troops. provide the mold done equipment and supported reforms. alright, let's move the program or not to another story to bring you. protesters have gathered across pakistan in a show of support for the prime minister. him run. can he called on the countries president to dissolve parliament and hold fresh elections just minutes after a move to hold? a new conference motion in the pm was rejected as unconstitutional by the national assembly in a recent speech to the nation and run. can blame quote,

foreign powers for trying to intervene in his country's domestic policy in response to on the bus close times with russia. he claims that political turmoil is being orchestrated by the west. specifically, the u. s. in response, washington said that those allegations are the prime ministers. opponents accused him of economic management and bungling foreign policy. local correspondents, medulla beach, sent this brief report for r t from the person we are turning in, turned out the final. amanda smith is on the job. this is one of the 4 major road leading to the parliament building. these are the support of the prime minister, the rom khan, who just read before has using is a cost, is that it's already has asked the president of pakistan to dissolve the national assembly. because 2 minutes before the speaker, the upper house god nationalist really declared the no country dose motioned by the

opposition, unconstitutional and rejected by ward because it was sponsored by a foreign country me the law on our tv. it's not about the stay in islam above because we gauged opinion from people there about what's happening currently in the country. i get your ocoee. how do you think these thieves will be back and take away what belongs to our children? this is not possible. we will not allow this. i will never let my children be their slaves younger than me. and i'm con when prime minister m ron con said absolutely not in a media interview on the americans got angry and they sponsored our opposition for this. so it was a conspiracy and iran con, defeated them at last game and i don't get, you know, i had a interesting talk earlier with independent on the list on commentator on international security for a show. he'd rather also in the pakistan he outlined the current situation in the country as it's don't it's been

a complete nurse on for the box on it for the past 2 weeks or more. we've been seeing this drama unfold and finally climaxed because the speaker of the national assembly acting on the article 5 of the box on the constitution which prevents any foreign intervention inside by science eternal matters, coursed no confidence motion, and declared it null and white. the motion was not even accepted for rotting in foxtrot national assemblies and judging from the trajectory of the current events, it is not hard to predict whether things are going box on is headed for us not election. the current government is not going to fulfill this term and there are going to be new elections in barnes on, in the short term. so i think overall, the prox honey state has one from this process. and a strong message has been sent to, to the western countries and to potential l as in box on the box. one is willing to look forward to the future. where did it come from? and where is it going?

flash isn't a history is next me. ah, i ah needs to come to the russian state, auto narrative. i've stayed as i phone and ignore some scheme development. i'm not getting his house lot send up for a group in 55 with. okay, so mine is professional speaking when else calls with will ban in the european union, the kremlin media machine, the state on to russia for date, and c, r t spoke neck, given our video agency, roughly all band to on youtube and pinterest. and we could pull the question,

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shallows. ah, north atlantic alliance recognizance at grafton wolf, shipped, cruising clues to russia's borders, have become commonplace along with military hardware redeployment and large scale exercises. nato has also developed its offensive capability near the russian borders every year, a russian backed resolution is submitted to the un against the glorification of not system.