[000:00:00;00] a a final bubbles rage on in marty you pull russian trips continue to evacuate civilians from residential buildings, hospitals previously controlled by ukrainian forces. survivors claim they were used as human shields by nationalists. is our troops told us to get ready and get out of there and they took the house. i saw a woman whose son was shot in the eye by a ukrainian sniper when people were shot their in their backs. civilians are being shot. ukrainian troops were everywhere. people were just dying. it is you praying that urged its own legal. they destroy their cities and people,

but they show that it is russia. russia is foreign minister claims washington is pushing key to continue fighting this find ongoing, east or sizes of europeans protest against the use weaponry shipments to ukraine, as nato also unveiled plans to speed off the arming of the country. 2 heads of the sputnik media news. i played helping detained by police in estonia, after claims they broke recent you financial sanctions on russian individuals. we applied reaction on them with wherever you're watching us from today across the globe. welcome to moscow onto the global news update on r t. i'm, you know,

new the siege of mario bull appears to be entering its final phase with ukrainian nationalists forces allegedly hold up in a steel plant in the city. russian forces, along with the yet military troops are currently evacuating civilians from a local hospital where the russian defense ministry plans more than a 100 people and been held up the site by the neo nazi a self battalion. russian troops conducted more than 10 trips to the hospital to evacuate all the injured, including 16 children. if i carries claim, the neo nazi italians use them as human she. that although most of the blonde on the 2nd of march, the czar battalion fired at my apartment on the 5th floor, but they destroyed the city. the hospital, the soldiers were running past. i told them there are a lot of children, an injured which they answered, that they needed to stop the enemy and that we civilians were nothing to them now, but when we have been evacuated, we want to thank the russian army. eladio is off, troops told us to get ready and get out of there while they took the house. i saw

a woman whose son was shot in the eye by a ukrainian sniper alone. why did they do it? what for zillow? um yeah, my wife told me that a ukrainian tank came and was shooting that a residential house last. i have family there 2 kids. oh they were hiding in the basement of my wife told me she would never go back to the hospital. people were shot there in their backs. civilians are being shot. ukrainian troops were everywhere, equal, were just dying at the saw glena. it is ukraine, that hurts its own people. they destroy their cities and people, but they show that it is russia, let them show it in your office. it is all done by ukraine. well, civilians continue to be evacuated from the area, the apparent final bottles in the city. rachel, are senior correspond murat, gusty of reports, with most of mary opal's urban areas liberated that east apartment blocks and

suburbs. housing fighting here has changed civilians out of the way. artillery has let loose with abandon this year. holly outskirts of larry elbow, a battery of cell proposal, how to the far in the way it ukrainian military positions or masses positions inside the as of iron and steel works block, which is where thousands of nationalism are making their last stab. as off militants have lost their capacity for counting battery fly, these russian and allied forces no longer have to maneuver off to each volley, which gives them an advantage. accuracy that i bought them both on the we are launching, strikes on the is off steel factory on the nationalists, the as av battalion. we use pinpoint strikes and we don't put local residents or infrastructure in danger because these are our homes in our families. while

artillery shakes the ground, the very air vibrates from a very different sort of weapon. behind my back, ah, that's what said multiple will. it will to system of just thought it's ukrainian nationalist positions again from the industrial zones, have my renewable. you're just one salvo in this goes on day and night. russian grad, emerald systems have been unleashed at areas where civilians are no longer present or just the tubes here must still be careful. the vast industrial complex lays at the heart of the city misses are intolerable from the onset of the battle, ukrainian nationalists forbids any sort of civilian evacuation,

even shot at civilians trying to flee to the disgust of russian and allied forces. i'm here with our new didn't we tried to evacuate people out of the city, but they've been forced to stay by the local militants. who would do such a thing? who would use people as human shields on fascists? perhaps there is a crisis here. people have no electricity, no food, no water, while we see it, and it's just not right. every soldiers, duty is to save people to protect them. at the end of the day, artillery is a tool with limited use. never been variable is not an option. russian forces have come to liberated, not destroy, which means this battle will be settled the hard way, with a bitter contest between infantry and very nearly face to face. more ad gazda of archie, from mario bull. ah no rushes foreign minister survey love roth has cooled hopes of a brick through and peace. negotiations with ukraine,

claiming key ebs retreated from its old promises. was the stone moor after the stumbles talks in response to the sprouting of realism in the cranium position. our forces conducted the escalation in the directions of cave and china, as a gesture of good will and to help with the movement towards an agreement. in response, there was a provocation in purchase, which was immediately used by the west to announce a new batch of sanctions as well as atrocities against russian prisoners of war by ukrainian neo nazis goes to school. when the lou will, after the s, then bolt talks, russia said the negotiations were constructive. ukraine's proposals confirmed its desire for a neutral and nuclear free status. the russian defense ministry promised to reduce its military activity around keith and turn off. also, both russia and ukraine were to postpone decisions on the future status of crimea undone. boss, sir, again love. ralph believes key of shift and position mean someone else is pulling

the strings. boggled now you to go to specify the inability to negotiate. once again, characterize is the true intentions of care, and it's line of delaying and even undermining the negotiations through departure from the understandings reached. we see this is a manifestation of the fact that the key f regime is controlled by washington and its allies who are pushing presidency lensky to continue hostilities for those route. well, let's talk this through with our taste don quarter. he joins me in the shoot. good to see don at sir, gail of ralph believes key of his sticking to stole piece talks essentially at with russia. take us through what's been said on indeed why that may be. well, another main part of what he said is the fact that the key of is taking marching orders from the west. and that's actually not really a new concept for many people who have been following this conflict long before russia's military operation began. the u. s. in its nato alliance were sending tons of weapons to ukraine and they were sending military advisors to train its troops.

it's actually as if the west wanted a direct conflict, a proxy war between moscow and kia, the why should the washington post even said that? basically, the, some nato countries want to see ukrainians continue to fight and continue to die in this conflict. and that's only really reiterated by what western leaders have been saying lately. i also expect talk ministers when the meat are today and tomorrow we'll discuss how we can further support ukraine, our congress person ah same. what have you done? any basic milligrams or what the hell, your degree done? why do you think you're able to fight? we've trained them and we've given them a weapons, fatuous, half, and it is de facto western policy, and no one should be ashamed of it. this is a war of russia's choosing, and as long as ukrainians are willing to make them pay for their decision, we should help them. even now the u. s. is planning to send even more weapons to

ukraine using the lend lease act. now for any fan of history, that person would know that the u. s. use this book bill in world war 2 to lend out military equipment to countries that were fighting the nazis. and the soviet union was one of its main recipients. so it really is ironic that now this bill is being used once again funded by seized russian assets from banked bank accounts. and the weapons that are sent to ukraine are inevitably going to fall into the hands of actual neo nazis that are fighting russians on the grounds. now, i'm to add insult to injury really, alex say, a restore, which he's a close advisor to ukraine's president vladimir zalinski. he recently admitted that he knew that an armed a direct conflict between moscow and kiev would break out before it actually did. so this begs the question, why did the ukranian authorities not war an ordinary people about this in advance? why didn't they allow them to have the chance at saving themselves and their families well or a stove?

it said himself that he didn't want them to leave motional war. oh, so it was possible to tell ukrainians that russia would attack when, when you for sure that he would. but this would have provoked master flow of 12 to 16000000 refugees. they would have blocked all the rows and then the army would not have reached the defense areas and the inhabitants would have to be crushed with tanks and shot. the statement is really significant because it basically confirms what the russian ministry of defense has been saying about ukrainian tactics since the beginning of its military operation in mario pal in key of and now we know in ukraine as a whole, ukrainian forces have been using civilians as human shields against their will. don, thanks for english or taken us through the us. ortiz stone quarter little there is a growing voice among europeans her urging there governments to stop sending

weapons to ukraine in italy. the hashtag not in my name is trending on twitter. the actions of this government of shame are not done in my name and do not represent my will. not even that of many other italians who have to suffer from these criminals. let's say no descending weapons to ukraine. this is not the way to ask putin for peace. italy has failed. it could have been the one carrying out negotiations, and instead you are sending weapons. it's a bad diplomacy from italy. let's avoid throwing fuel on the fire or we'll take big risks to let's talk about this with or europe correspondence. charlotte dubin ski. charlotte. so it does appear the question of whether to increase weapons supplies to korean is far from being a unified issue for europeans. yes, that's why it has been some anger in europe over that military assistance has been given to ukraine. it's finally reached with some protests that have been held in certain countries like bulgaria, and also in italy. now interfere, we're talking about

a few 100 protest is outside the parliament on wednesday. issue were unhappy that they politicians were discussing these plans to send military aid to ukraine without war unfolding and then interior and in italy. protestors were unhappy that their prime minister mater druggie was there to sign a new idea full of the possibility of the city to become a base for manufacturing equipment for nature. and that was also something that a demonstration was held against. meanwhile, i mentioned that that hash tag in italy has been one that's. ringback picking up some pace by. ringback those who say they disagree with that decision by the government of sending those weapons to ukraine and in the european parliament. such actions have also been criticized by some m. p 's including any piece including this independent member for ireland. 2 we cannot ignore the role of nato and the e u,

instead of promoting peace and acting in the interests of the people of europe, do ukrainians, d. u citizens. and yes, the russian citizens to has become a tool of nato and the military industrial complex. but my day went on to describe the worn ukraine as unjust, but she also said that the sanctions, as a result of that would, that have been plastered on russia by the e. u and other western nations or what is causing the high energy prices, inflation and also she described what it is as being a catastrophic ad drop in living standards. and those sorts of warnings over concerns about things getting tougher also coming from some pretty top european politicians to a collection with comp, we're facing tremendously high inflation. of course it affects many people. we're all going to get a little poorer in the future. it's really going to happen. we have to be clear

about it. there are issues over the cost of living in the crisis surrounding that spilled on to the streets of athens. on wednesday, some 10000 people i took to the streets, let the government know that they are unhappy with some of the ramifications of that war in ukraine, and some people on the streets describing society increases being on its knees partly as a result of this. meanwhile, we know that the e u is thrashing out this effect set of packaging of sanctions against russia over the war. and ukraine. technical issues of so far delayed the block and finding a unanimous approval for what the next step is at. but there has been discussion that this could include an outright ban on oil and gas, or oil and coal that ukraine has renewed. it's cool school, financial sanctions that would cripple moscow and force the kremlin to end the war . and this, they say should include a full energy band,

so also including natural gas. so that's something that we know that certain countries in the u. r. against burn in vienna brewed a passable suggested that this won't happen. hungary, appointments defect organ at will been said on wednesday that this was a red line for his country. and we've also had warnings from german ministers saying that if there was a halt overnight of russia, natural gas, that would cause mass unemployment and also widespread poverty in germany. so a real difficult issue for elite is to continue discussing. but if the ear is wanting to still shows that it packs a punch, it's going to have a difficult time doing that because it does have to get all leaders to agree unanimously to whatever those sanction packages are. charlie, thanks very much for taking us through about our to charlotte davinsky last thing in europe, where an italian m e p has said there's no justification for unimed bar. go on

russian energy resources that are june july 18th. ok to my heard that we are talking about a complete embargo on russian gas, which would be absolutely unacceptable for our economy. and this is based on the facts reported by the ukranian government, about boucher, but there are already serious doubts about their veracity. meanwhile, ukraine has accused hungry of directly helping russia. it comes as budapest phase, it will pay for russian galsen roubles. it also voice concerns about the potential blowback from anti moscow sanctions. hungry, prime minister said his country just wants to remain neutral. it's time for ukrainian leaders to stop their insults directed at hungary and acknowledge the will of the hungarian people. this is not our wor, so we want to and we'll stay out of it. hungry has already come under heavy criticism from brussels, the european commission as even threatened to isolate budapest from you. funding the mechanism which follows several years of tension between budapest,

brussels could potentially result in suspended voting rights for hungry. we spoke to people in the country who feel are being punished for hungary noncompliance with all of the use orders as a semi it's against what the you wants. and well, we don't represent the use values and we don't comply the way they would like us to . and we don't do what they say, let them on them. what with the sanctions against hungary or not democratic, we are a small nation and we are vulnerable to others. was it linda the punish? it's because it annoys that we built do is they say getting to look at this. obviously if there had been a new government, they would have negotiated but the way it is now, i don't know. it feels like justice has been served with the good if the european union would handle it quite differently. if there had been a new government, as things are now, there won't be any changes and we're just getting closer to russia. to heads of the news outlets, but nick media have been detained by police in estonia. colleagues of elena turn,

the chava and her husband mother dmitri to resto say they have been unable to contact the couple. elena headed sputnik news in estonia until it was shut down by local authorities in 2020. she then created the news outlet. sputnik media, which was also forced to close last month. as tony as chief public prosecutor claims, the journalist broke recent e u financial sanctions on russian individuals. while we welcome on to the program, now anton aneice, him off editor in chief of sputnik international. hi, anton, is anything 1st of all more known about the sputnik journalist? how are they? how's any contact been made as yet? ah, hi, thank you for having me. oh, 1st of all, as he just had, she's not really is by a journalist any longer. she worked with sputnik until january 2020 but then

the estonian authorities forced us to shut down the news outlet there in estonia. so after that they were organizing and they opened and you news outlet asked mc media, which it was not even financed by our renovation of time. but then he had like, a month ago, they work 1st through to close it again. so as of now what she hasn't been working for us for 2 years, something now, but she's not even journalist now. she's been detained a month after she was forced to close the 2nd news outlet that she was working with . so i just check 10 minutes ago and we still have no information, no confirmation on the where she's at, or where her husband is at. and what so what, what, what, what they are accused of why are there for estonian authorities so unwilling to give any information about their condition as you've been going through, do they not have a right to make contact and ask for legal aid? well, i think of course they do

a funny thing. we need just the stony and authorities. unfortunately, they're not answering our calls. so as of now. so it's the funniest thing that of this sort of persecution against journalists is happening well as far as our news outlet is concerned, as far as our organization is concerned, especially in, in, in the baltic states. we had similar cases in latvia where people were now facing criminal charges just for doing their job as journalists, but it's never done so so, so far as it has in this very particular case, which is especially i don't really understand the and game for the eastern government here because it almost looks like at these turbulent times, they've taken it versus citizen as a hostage. and we don't know what's, what's the, what the, the story on their side is. don't know that. so we see it perhaps as the, as the way to provoke rushing this ties because baltic states have been very vocal

about severe in economic ties in every, any sort of ice with russia. as of now, we'll just to maybe continue the theme and get your thoughts on it until the action has taken place, following a wave of use sanctions against russian media and journalists. what kind of precedent does this set for freedom of speech in europe? i don't really think that we're which in even discuss a pretty much speech in europe right now. because in the past month and a half hour news outlets in, in europe, in countries like france and germany and poland and check republic had well forced to stop operating and people were forced to you to, to get fired because we couldn't even send money to pay for their work. so i'm not, i really don't think we're talking about free speech of any sort at this time. it's almost like a new integration of a european reich,

appearing right now. because at the say they're, they're asking for a dialogue with brush or they say that the dialogue is necessary to resolve the ongoing conflict. but at the same time, they're just break and destroying every opportunity for a dialect possible. by many rush news outlets there on tongue, just finally on maybe to some off your thoughts cut these actions. what we're seeing today, be driven by growing risk of phobias. is that what it is in the west? as simple as that i would say yes because well just yesterday, germany officials and visuals in germany. they said that in the past month and a half of ever since the merchant special operation in ukraine started. they've been at least $300.00 confirmed cases of anti rushing harassment against local population, russian speaking population, which is around $8.00 to $10.00 cases each day. it's been 40 days or something. so

including, including 15 and a 15 cases of violent acts against russian speaking people there. so as you may well have heard, just yesterday be another german newspaper that now from 4 to minus. i thank released a news article and interview with the ukraine's ambassador to germany. mister, i mister, i don't remember the last name, i'm sorry, but the, the, the headline read that all russian is our enemies. so if it's not received phobia and what is, what is it now? on ton thank you very much for coming in the program and giving you an update on the plight of those journalists as well as the overall picture as you see it in europe. many thanks, antoine, a nice them off editor in chief of sputnik international

sanctions have 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 in roubles. russia attempted to make its bond 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 of the country would default, and the attempt to pay in roubles. fremont spokesperson dmitri pet scoff, said if there is a default. it would only be technical, and created artificially prejudice. 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. now there are 2 types of defaults. financial and technical. a financial default occurs when the borrower has not made a scheduled payment. on a technical default is when an agreement is violated or can be reached. well let's welcome onto the program. like jim rogers, sions, and international investor and author and friend of the program. thanks for taking the time today, jim. so you've got russia paying in rubles, and yet western partners believe that's not acceptable. why is that? money's money at the end of the day? no. not quite. some money is better than other money isn't as many people are finding out. i find it very strange though, because as i understand it, russia has the money and gave the bank some money in us dollars to pay and the, and the banks wouldn't pay it. so it's a very,

very strange situation if you as me and i find it unfair to the international monetary system at the same time, jim, you've got western economists predicting the defaults, even if the payment is made, as you say, rubles. why should the default happen, though if russia has the resources to pay europe bond obligations? washington has dictated that russia cannot use us dollars. true for anything, and put sanctions on the dollar until they cannot use it. by the way, this is hurting the us because it's driving many people away from the u. s. as the world's international medium of exchange. and more and more people are getting word . we've got to find an alternative. if a default is declared, what will happen? what exactly will change of russia campaign obligations? how's that going to affect the man in the street? well, is going to make it more difficult for russia in the future to sell law or to raise money,

whether it's stock or bonds. because people will be worried that they will not get paid. i mean, you well know if you lend somebody money, you want to get paid back. russia can, as you say, count, pay in foreign currency. there's not a lot to us. it's foreign currency. cars have been frozen as part of sanctioned where, where the sanctions engineer to achieve this exact, i'll come well listen, you will have to as washington that i think this is absurd situation for washington and for russia, the money is there. it's good money and even then if russia turns around and pays rouble, they're still paying pay their debt, which is why money is money. many people don't want the robot because they cannot spend it like they used to be able to. but i find this is artificial and not good for the united states will rushes europe on an issue, have an impact directly on the global economy. you mentioned the u. s. is it going

to have a big knock on effect? well, of course somebody thinks that he has a $100000000.00 or whatever the number is and he doesn't have it is on a bond. he's got obligation that he has to meet. and if he cannot meet his obligations as a knock on effect, then he has to sell something else, or he asked to do something else. no, no, this is a snowball effect. no matter how this comes out, is going to be a snowball effect. certainly this month, but more important in this decade. jane is always, thanks very much for your time today and coming on to our tea. jim rogers, international investor and author. thank you for that. is your news up there for knob and i'll be back with all the days. big developments at the top of the hour to join us again. this is our t ah

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