a mm hm. with borrowing testimony of locals from the devastated city of mario full ledges. nationalists forces on the neo nazis all battalion. i've been directly targeting civilians as they have shot at the local population. there was a while at the bakery where people went for water. they shook a bunch of people. bodies were lying around right around the well yes. also i had on the program this our rushes foreign minister goals. they purported mass killings in the ukrainian city of butcher, a provocation name that the really moscow's piece talks with. what is the reason for this anal rights provocation? we tend to think that the reason lies in the desire to find an excuse to disrupt

the ongoing negotiations with china warden silva, potential ukraine, like crisis. if the u. s. and it's british on this trillion allies proceed with their newly announced plans to build that nuclear capable hypersonic weapons. and e u. member hungry defies brazil saying it will pay for russian gas imports en route bolt bounce out of the block repairs this lump. it's the latest round of sanctions on moscow ah one menopause for in the afternoon here in moscow this wednesday, april the 6. let's get into the mid week news. dried up. a large group of civilians, including more than a 100 children, has been evacuated from the done,

yet city of multiple that made continued fierce fighting their age off and other national battalions, helping accused the inhumane treatment towards locals. the russian defense ministry has released interviews with the residents of the devastated city. one of them claims they were shot by nasal forces while walking around the children's play area . while other states, the neo nazi, grew pounds, being directly charging them and using people as human shields. after shot at the local population, there was a well at the bakery where people went for water. they shot a bunch of people. bodies were lying around right around the wells. a young girl rode to school, was shot in the back, fell down dead. the military took away the cause and deliberately shot all the car shot at our house. the house was smashed to pieces, completely burned down. with one says their houses were bombed,

they went for water, they were shot as if i go and what i said, it is ration. yes. when you put them to me and really they were in the 100 house, settle back to the snipers or whatever. what these are, they been that house and then they reached a house. they shot from there, then there and then and the children gone and they sat down and they usually walk around the young. literally. she's behind defense like hiding and how do they feel about the fact that people live here and they shoot from there waiting for on this to show how good we are and how fast they are. when we went to the bridge, they fired at us until we had to. it was probably a self with put on back because the green an army has not been there for a long time. something else to show you russian military doctors have saved a life of a man being hailed as a local hero in the ukrainian city of is u. s. after he shielded several children

who be not on a walk when they were reportedly shared with cluster bomb, was by nationalist forces. yet am i helped children hide from rates and bombings. lie company them to the shelter. 234 girls still remained and it had just begun. i covered the girls. but this is how it turned out. for myself, there were bright fleshes, most likely there were cluster bombs. the nationalist fired my son was given a bed market school because he speaks russian. every one is intimidated. every one once russia, when russian tanks were coming, everyone waved and greeted them with plenty of older. the reported killings in the ukrainian city of butcher on the international reaction to them are an attempt to derail moscow's peace talks with kiev that days, according to russia's foreign minister. the disturbing footage of what's said to be civilians lying dead in the city streets was released by ukraine over the weekend and quickly circulated in the media. key of says rushes to play. moscow strongly

denies the allocation. thus, the new new propaganda school mission was up of that you could western and ukrainian propaganda has exclusively been inflating hysteria around the video, which as we understand it was filmed by the ukrainian military in the city of lucia in the key of regional the frank orchestration and to see, to learn about alleged to war. crimes of the russian military has been proven many times. you this beckon's the question, will you, what is the reasons for this outright provocations? we tend to think that the reason lies in the desire to find an excuse to disrupt the ongoing negotiations just about women refused configure on the purported atrocities and poacher were widely discussed during a un security council session on tuesday. when they below 0, this, they killed whole families, adults and children, and they try to burn their bodies, how to stop it, immediately bring the russian military and those who gave them orders to justice for war crimes and ukraine. we've all seen the horrific images from the towns of

butcher and a pain of civilians deliberately killed in areas from which russian forces have we recently withdrawn here. any and all accusation. strictly based on facts we british used to be used to because then the middle east, we came to ukraine to bring the long awaited piece to the bleeding. dumbass, not a truce, but a real lasting pace. we do not have civilian objects in order to save as many civilian people as possible. that's why we're not moving as fast as many expected. not acting like america or its allies acted in iraq and syria wiping out entire cities. i think there is no denying that there was a fierce battle in butcher lots of casualties on the military side, both on the inside as well as on the russian side. and how many civilians have been killed in between. i think they need to be investigated. however,

single minded allegation without real cruel and without verification to establish all the facts will not achieve the goal. and i think eventually we really need to depend on the outcome and the results of an independent unbiased investigation into what exactly happened in boucher will. a butcher fudge was published by ukrainian officials as well as media outlets . the pictures were released stays after the russian army withdrew and ukrainian forces enter the area. what happened and butcher seems to entirely depend on what different sides want to have happened and butcher. what actually happened seems to be of little concern. ukraine that salads accuse russia, russia and its allies, ukraine. every day. the news about horror stories becomes more and more delusional . however, the key f fake machine won't stop in order to humanize russia and denigrate it as

much as possible. the mad animals from the nationalist battalions and territorial defense forces are ready to kill their own civilians. at the end of march, russian forces quickly pulled out of the area. on the 31st, the mayor of butcher, in a video announced that the town had been re captured by ukrainian troops. he did mention any corpses, which, according to keith's version, already lifted the streets flu, he threw his dear friends dear buchan community march 30. first. we'll go down in the history our town. as the day of its liberation from russian forces, ukrainian troops sent to the town soon after grizzly images flooded, social media, alleged and disputed satellites images which western media claim to being shot more than a week before. suddenly showed bodies everywhere. some near impact craters, butcher had been on the ceaseless ukrainian military shelling. even off the russian

forces had left the united states to liberally glossed over the father after the withdrawal of russian troops, the armed force of ukraine shell to preach a city. many of the corpses listed around butcher also wore white arm bands controversial in the and of itself. ukraine claims that russian forces shot dead civilians who co operated with russia, who apparently showed support. some of the victims had their hands tied again with white cloth, ukrainian nationalists themselves commented on the hated on bad saying that they justified shooting at any one wearing them. these arm bands are used by the invaders themselves as an identification sign during fighting. therefore, ukrainian defenders may confuse civilians with russian invaders. factor in the russian military rations were also scattered around many of the bodies indicating that they had been given them by russian troops. just before and this is what kia

claims. they shot them dead mentioning these ukraine's collaboration law enacted recently. and the ukranian civilian who is deemed to have call pirated with russian troops and presumably worn a white arm band faces 15 years in jail. that is, if they survive arrest by ukrainian troops under these nonsensical circumstances. what hoop does the un school for a fair investigation have? it is vital that all efforts made to ensure that our independent and effective investigations into what happened in between. so truth justice and accountability as well as reparations and remedy for victims on their families. their words in unfair times, given the war and the unprecedented level of propaganda and this information in the media. many have already made up their minds. the pictures from butcher testified

to the incredible brutality of the russian leadership in dos who follow its propaganda, facts, truths, evidence and culpability. a things of a now dead. the era in this new age, emotion, and interests established guilt, and the trustees sadly have become sickening spectacles, where the judges, he or she who shouts, loudest, or forensic experts, edward to men of study, the images from poacher. he believes it's impossible to draw any specific conclusions. and even more so to blame russia when the pictures themselves re so many unanswered questions. timorous new cooker through there is only one conclusion to be drawn from. the pictures that were presented to me was the dates of death of the deceased are different. the discrepancy between the place where the bodies were discovered in the nature of the burnt corpses is confusing to me. the varying degrees of decomposition and under known weather conditions suggests that these

people died not on the same day. otherwise, for the degree of post mortem changes in all bodies would not be so different with china has condemned a joint effort by the u. s. britain and australia to develop nuclear capable, hyper sonic weapons, not at such missiles are harder to defend against because of their speed on low altitude flight beyond the scope of broad based radars. not beijing was responding to joint statements by the members of the so labeled office military pact. we committed to commence new trilateral cooperation on hypersonic encounter hypersonic and electronic warfare capabilities, as well as to expand information sharing and to deepen cooperation on defense innovation. anyone who does not want to see the ukrainian crisis should refrain from doing things which may lead the other parts of the world into a crisis like this. as the chinese saying goes, if you do not like it, do not impose it against others. while the 3 aka members also said they're pleased

with the progress on building nuclear powered submarines for history, gillian, it's the 1st time the u. s. has shared such advance technology with another country apart from the u. k. the trilateral part also aims to expand other defense on security capabilities, but china has previously described dorcas as, quote, an extremely irresponsible and narrow minded group, which it considers a potential threat. let's get some insight from professor benjamin child from the poorest school on technology on business on this topic, you're very welcome to the program. china is invoice to the u. n. phase or case should avoid making moves that could lead other parts of the world into a crisis similar to the one in ukraine. do you think it's possible that new hypersonic nuclear weapons project could do that? yeah, i think it's just in and of the anglo saxon alliance for the endanger. the world

they are, authors could be views as an asian version of natal. we have all seen the situation in ukraine. the expansion of nato is not a good news to many countries. arguably, not even good to the you, the youth did not want to war in europe, but the nato is led by the us to you. you does not have to say on that. the broader picture is that the office and able australia for supersonic weapons and nuclear submarines and but it takes a tech k or 2 for, for the weapon to fully developed. however, it might be screwing up the party, so to speak, aisha options and also have been going pretty fast. we've good relationship and will be the center of growth this duckett and. and why do we certainly have, have to have a, an office? why do we need to initiate defense race now? yet, what do you think the orcas group of countries are aiming to achieve with this new

weapons project? and do you think it will actually succeed? this type of sonic rapids are defined as fast lying weapons. it can carry a nuclear warhead as highly menu football. decide to be agile. much more agile than traditional me sounds for defense system to detect in type a light, ballistic missile stiff hypersonic weapons to follow a pre determined chapter 3 and can menu for on the way to their destination. to turn hyperbolic needs, it is 5 times as far as, as sound travel. so it is in a sense for the other neighbor to beef up on 2nd stripe. no capabilities this, you know, especially the recent weakening of china, australia relationship is just for the child to plan that had to cooperate with countries like solomon islands at the doorstep or trader. if you know,

people have to make preemptive sometimes and you know, the u. s. could be, could succeed in developing these weapons in a few years. yeah, yeah. russian president has said for decades, really nature has been ignoring russia, security concerns. but moscow is worries we're really just dismissed. at given nato's continued expansion eastwards benjamin. does the alliance have to take some responsibility for the crisis in ukraine? oh yes, i think definitely it is. he already widely circulated about an interview with alpha desires d. u, and 1st independent expert on the promotion of 80 more critic and equitable international order. he argued that the east expansion of nato and west violate to international conventions, and that would have said precedence of permits ability for the current busher military operation in ukraine and he did

a former un official on this particular issue. yeah. can i also touch on another issue, while china has refused to condemn russian. nato says it's going to deepen its military involvement in the asia pacific region. can you perhaps offer some insight and not how that is progressing and what it could lead to in the reason sanctioned again, russia, there are several important countries like india and china and also some african countries and be due to the country have not joined the effort exposure india, india was part of the court. the court alliance including japan and also india. so what is left right now is shady, who is with the anglo saxon tradition by heart, you know, a follow up the u. s. policy. so you respective of how good it's relationship with

china for you to a complimentary economy. and also japan is also following to lead. right now i think it would take some time for the so weapons and islands to fully develop, but it's already and dangerous to a future of asia. i don't want it to you really to escalate the situation? yeah. so yeah, yeah. understood. benjamin as always, thank you. very much for coming on the program and sharing your views with r t. professor benjamin show from the paris school of technology and business. now, as a new leaders, finalize another run of sanctions against russia. some countries are warning about the potential for blowback hungry, newly reelected prime minister, told a press conference. now an economic crisis is unfolding in the block. yes, sir. yeah. although i think the most important contributing factor of the european

economy crisis is the set of sanctions that we have imposed on russia. we are going to pay the price of that as well. and we have to prepare to actually pay the price or for of this or, and to manage the european economic crisis. well, let's bring in our european correspondence. charlotte dubin stay. hi, charlotte. the sanctions keep coming. ron number 5 from the powers in brussels. not . but as we heard there is resistance from within the you. that's why this is 5th round sanctions has been discussed by you. leaders at the moment is still hasn't been given the green light, but we are getting more details of what it could contain that have being leaked out . we know the names now of new individuals that may be on the list of sanctions. i think the head of rushes biggest bank are the only aluminum oligarch at this is only derek pascoe, the director general of russia's 3rd largest old producer and also our president

putin's and 2 daughters from his 1st marriage. ringback this of the names that we expect on the new sanctions list. and if they are included, they could face spans on any of their assets outside of russia. and also could face travel bands as well. now other measures that have been discussed and shoot over over the last few days include blocking at russian and bella rushing ships from docking european ports. that would be some. ringback exceptions to this, including ships that were carrying energy, supplies, food or humanitarian aid, but all others would be banned if that's agreed at is also a discussion about the halting of transactions with full key russian banks being swept up in that type of sanction. and also a ban on russian coal also suggestion that oil may be on the table to despite reservations about that earlier in the week. however,

it is pretty clear that not everybody is on the same path here. there is a disc disagreements between you members over what should and shouldn't be included . we know that lithuania in particular is unhappy with this new current package saying that it's just not an adequate response. call for banks, a ban on ports and borders with exceptions is not really an adequate sanctions package to the massacres that are being uncovered. the feeble response is just an invitation for more atrocities, or baltic states like lithuania won't b, e u to happen all out ban on all natural gas, all energy from our russia, the e u as a whole. we know inputs around 40 percent of its natural gas from russia alone, so it's significant chunk. but there are certain countries like germany that have a far higher dependence around 55 percent of their natural gas imports come

directly from russia. the u. s. has also been pressuring the you to make such a ban on gas imports, all energy imports from russia. but it seems that not just berlin, but also vienna and budapest, and not exactly wanting to tow the line with this. they've been pretty vocal in their protests against these kind of plans. we've been hearing from hungary, victor open, who also wants to break with the leadership over how hungry will pay for its russian guess tooth number, cuz it wouldn't be a problem for us to brain rubles. if the russians want to be graded rubel, we will pay them in rubles opened also saying the tell we wasn't usually in agreement with sanctions, but it had a lot the sanction. so for to a be in the interest of the you working together. now these new you sanctions, which are still being moldova, are also being drawn up in coordination with the white house. washington is looking

at a total ban on all investment in russia. the biggest part of our objective here is to deplete the resources that putin has to continue his war against ukraine. this will include a ban on all new investment in rushing increase sanctions on financial institutions and state owned enterprises in russian sanctions on russian government officials and their family members. meanwhile, president zalinski of ukraine continues to put pressure on all western countries to cut ties with russia. he's been speaking at the irish parliament demanding that they are all even more rigid sanctions. he said that he couldn't tolerate any more indecisiveness of the everything. the russian troops had done. now it does seem that this 5th round of sanctions by the you will be a disappointment to him because he does want the west to cut all ties with russia.

and it's clear that that is not about to happen. charlotte, thanks very much for taking us through all votes artie. charlotte davinsky no. nelson wong from the shanghai center for international studies, believes the sanctions against russia are on for on the european countries that rely so much on their energy needs from moscow. sanctions don't really work, it's actually an expression of hostility. and also it's a declaration of economic war which is bound to receive resistance and counter attack. so in that case, in that sense, for example, of the sanctions against russia, because of this ongoing conflict in ukraine. what are the results? let's look at what europe is facing. now. old, the energy prices on going up. food prices are going up as well,

because russia is one of the biggest export to the energy of agricultural commodities and of food. so this is counter productive actually it's, it doesn't help to solve the situation. it is absolutely unfair for, for many countries in europe actually to, to, to suffer from what's, what's going long. because people entre pad, because so many countries are in europe are relying on russia for energy supply. and then with this sanctions going on, what are your akins going to, to fair in the coming winter? well, sanctions have also restricted russia's ability to pay off its international debts in foreign currencies. and it's meant for the 1st time, moscow settled almost $650000000.00 worth of euro bonds and roubles. rash

attempted to make its bon payments on march 16th in dollars, but because of sanctions, creditors weren't able to receive them. that gave moscow 30 days to come up with an alternative way to pay off the debt, so the country would default and the attempt to pay roubles, chrome and spokes person. dimitri prescott said, if there is a default, it would only be technical and created artificially. russia has all the necessary resources to settle its debts. you know that a significant amount of our currency reserves have been suspended in foreign countries. if payment in roubles is not possible, then theoretically that would mean a default, but it would be an artificially created default. there are no preconditions for a proper default to happen. just the point is here, there are 2 types of defaults. financial and technical financial default occurred when the borrower has not made a scheduled payment on a technical defaults. like what rushes talking,

but is when an agreement is violated or can't be reached. while with more sanctions being slapped on the russian economy. europe faces new blow back fears this time concerning the metals industry. the spiked global producers giving reassuring says not they can fill the gap. if more russian resources are bonds, that's ortiz double quarter explains. it's not quite straightforward. the latest victim of the west, anti russian sanctions, the metal industry nichol prices are going through the roof over fears that russia will cut off its supply and retaliation or face more sanctions. nevertheless, some in the west seem confident enough that they can make up for the difference. western australia is the world's 5th biggest producer of nickel and as well place to meet the strong global demand for nickel. unfortunately, for those people, the facts don't share their optimism without russian nickel. the west may have a very hard time lowering its carbon footprint since the metal is essential to the production of batteries and electric vehicles. and sticking with gas powered cars

only means that they'll be more dependent on russian gas and oil. it's no wonder experts think australia will fall far short of replacing russia in the metal markets. i do not think that there is any mind that could match the pure nickel production of russia, but latter, i'd oars are abundant, both in the philippines and indonesia that can support the fair nickel production, which is a pure nickel substitute used for stainless steel. nickel concentrates and other nickel products that can be used for battery production, along with nickel titanium is also under threat. the aerospace marine and auto industries just can't do without it. and it's russia that supplies air bus with half of its total consumption. and boeing with a 3rd, even if the west doesn't, outright ban titanium imports from russia. just blocking certain russian banks from the swift global bank payment system, still disrupt supplies that something likely to hurt the west a lot more than russia. since the latter has already turned to different markets,

most western buyers of russian titanium can see the writing on the wall. we are looking into it very closely to see we can insure it doesn't impact our supply chain and our ram pub. so western companies are trying to find workarounds to their dependence on russian metals, no doubt a monumental task that may leave them without enough metal for what some worn could even be the nails on their economies, coffins, economists, richard wolf, full so questions. the haste that sanctioning russia, he believes western governments themselves will face major problems while preparing to transfer to other suppliers and not hurt will be passed on to the public. it'll take them some time to replace the orders if they continue not to go to russia, but to go instead to canada. and while we're waiting for the canadians to catch up, while we're talking here a minimum of 6 months, and the price of these things is going very high oil gas,

nickel, aluminum fertilizer. these are items that then pass higher prices on through to food, to automobiles, to literally everything that uses oil and gas, which is nearly everything. and so you're going to see inflation for everybody worse than it would otherwise have been. it will last longer than it otherwise would have lasted. and in countries like the united states where price inflation is out running wage increases, you're going to have a further deepening of inequality coming along with these changes. so the, as i say.