ah, join us in the depths or remain in the shallows. ah, i don't yet official say the number of civilians killed in a ukrainian missile strike on a train station has risen to at least 50 with another 100 people wounded grains president and his own advisor contradict each other in a bid to blame. russia claims adamantly denied by moscow also ahead while fighting in the city of marble appears to be in its final stage, our crew is on location reporting on how the ukrainian army has it been treating civilians in the affected area. the u. s. has threatened india with significant and long term consequences if it doesn't fall in line against the kremlin,

saying it's not in india's best interest to maintain close ties with russia. ah, broadcasting live from our studios, monica, this is our to international. i'm john thomas. good. have you with us as we bring you news and commentary about the war in ukraine. now done yet, officials who say ukrainian it touched k, u ballistic missile strike, killed at least 50 people and wounded 100 others in the city of crime, a tourist in the den. yes. people's republic. now we're about to show you the immediate aftermath of the attack and a warning you may find these images disturbing. oh, i thought it was taking those moments after the attack caused panic as the train station,

as people had been trying to evacuate the city. that bodies can be seen the street . some people tried to provide 1st aid to the wounded as well. key of has blamed the russian military for the strike with president zalinski saying it was a russian touch. go you missile. but moscow has rejected our claim saying it decommissioned usage of that missile several years ago. but zalinski his own advisor, contradicted him saying it was a russian iskander missile. archie murray, florida has, ma'am, now there deadly incident in people's republic of de naz on friday morning, iraq at heat a railway station in town of tramadol, which is around 150 kilometers north of denise at the time when it was packed with thousands of civilians. including those trying to evacuate from the city. the stations, officials say dramatic pictures from the ground, blood and dead bodies everywhere. the credit officials accused the rush of the attack, but they contradict each other on what weapon was used shortly after the railway

station was targeted. the presidential adviser posted in social media that it was, is, can that a short range ballistic miss are widely used by the russian army. but president zelinski himself said it was touch q u, which is more likely because it's fragments were found at the scene and place. there are many pictures and there is also video posted by an eye witness from the ground where it's clear what weapon was that. so there can be questions on this issue. most co denies any involvement pointing out that the russian army hasn't been using thought you tactically, styles since late 2019, while ukraine has and does use it. here is russia's defense ministry official statement. we emphasize in particular, that touch could you tactical missiles, the wreckage of which was found near the crematory grey station and published by eyewitnesses used by ukrainian armed forces only the russian defense ministry also now says that they discovered that the missile was fired from the village of the

warriors some 55 kilometers from my tours. and it was done by the queen in rocky division that is station there. and this is what they say about the purpose of this attack. the aim of the care of regime strike on the railway station in crematory schools to disrupt the mass exit of residence from the city in order to use them as a human shield to defend ukrainian armed forces positions. as in many of the ukrainian population centers, there was a similar attack. we thought you and the sol used just last month in mid march and then the center of the city of finance was targeted. 17 people were killed and another $36.00 injured, which is a lot of force, but less than during this recent incident. that's because the missile backs and was intercepted over the church are controlled by the russian army and the time it wasn't done. so this is why we see much more casualties base time. as we mentioned, ukraine claimed to russia hit the train station with an is kind of missile shown

here on the left. however, as a military expert told us, the touch can you missile, which only key of uses is noticeably different with it fins much higher up on the body. the analysis of the fragments of the video and the images of the rocket that we can easily find right now. and the media clearly indicates that it is plot of the grain in tactical racket complex. touch. cool, why? what are the proofs the evidence 1st war would have to be our attention to the unique form of we had stabilizes. it is very difficult to confuse it with another rocket. for example, a russian is kinda, has totally different once. and another point. ease of the absurdity of the accusation of the russian pot. why? since 2019 such type of rocket complex had been

officially withdrawn from the service of russian military forces. so right now, during their special military operation, there is no one such types of arguments that can be used by russian forces. the battle from arguable appears to have reached its final stage as increasingly more territory is coming under the control of russian forces. and they're done by allies. moscow is taking extensive efforts to provide civilians in those areas with food and other humanitarian aid, as well as evacuate them if needed. many have accused ukrainian soldiers of forcing local residents to remain in the war zone. she use them as human shields. r t is what i got. you have comments amidst the ruins of mario, both the broken towers and the pop and blocks. it is easy to spot the front lines.

you won't see tanks and marching infantry, but the fires give it away where the city burns the fighting rages. this is as close as we could fly to the as of industrial complex ukrainian nationalists inside have and t drone equipment which they used to intercept and take over nearby drones . we almost lost stars. the streets here are safer, mildly, safer with it may seem remarkable, but thousands of people are inside these neighborhoods. some who have refused to evacuate, and others who have never had the opportunity. those still held as human shields by ukrainian nationalists, human shields, and even worse, i put

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physical solutions will get proposing enough of popular to live with it, forcing civilians to carry ammunition for nationalists. fighters across the front lines is a war crime. it is prohibited by the geneva conventions which state that civilians may never be forced into dangerous labour directly related to military operations. but ukrainian as off nationalists saw a long past caring. they only care for their own bedroom for several days ago we shot a lookout. the soldiers who cleared the building reported that the body was gone. i saw the shot land myself in all likelihood they carry away the bodies of foreign fighters in their own fighters so that we aren't able to identify them. there have been many as of nationalists and other fighters killed, but they always carry away the bodies. so this is 100 percent. sure. all of our guys know this. the end game for as all fighters and mercenaries is clear,

they have adopted stalling tactics all over the city to delay the inevitable. the liberation of mary info at all costs. perhaps hoping for a diplomatic solution to the conflict. they have shown by holding 1000 tens of thousands of civilians hostage as human shields. that for the nationalists, new price is too high. more ad guys the of r t for mary opal. the white house has, again demanded that india come out against russia, adding its quote disappointment with new deli neutrality amid moscow's military operation in ukraine. there are certainly areas where we have been disappointed by both china and india's decisions in the context of the invasion. as we mentioned, us officials have threatened new delhi with significant and long term consequences

if it doesn't fall in line against the kremlin. washington had previously warned india against buying russian weapons. and while some countries have piled economic pressure on moscow, india has stood firm and continued imports of russian oil. but the white house is strongly opposed to that idea, with its spokesperson gen saki, saying it's not in india's best interest to maintain such close ties with russia. we don't believe it's in india is interest to accelerate or increase imports of russian energy and other commodities. every country should abide by the sanctions that we have announced and that we're implementing around the world. india, the world's 3rd largest oil importer has been hit hard by rising prices for crude. the middle east accounts for the bulk of india's oil imports with iraq and saudi arabia, the top 2 suppliers. now at least 2 major indian refineries have planned to buy less saudi oil than usual. instead opting for cheaper imports from russia.

political commentator a jeep data says it's a good deal for india. india will obviously seek out the best deal that it gets. and if the offering, the best deal when it comes to the indian, certainly by that i think you guys already clarified on this issue. and you know, as russian, if that is the cheapest code that is available in used to be wired depending on russian military equipment. since many decades, even though there is a lot of diversification and there is a lot of issues, i don't think india will let it come to a point where it has to because side, because a all right, once a nation system. therefore, india with a back for the board, you maintain x being engaged with both sides without falling into

the trap of looking at this entire conflict. americans rush in binary u. s. pressure on india comes as its neighbor. pakistan is in political term. well, with the opposition, they're trying to oust the countries prime minister. iran con, previously con, refused to bow to american pressure and condemn russia for its military operation in ukraine. is i'm a bond that has already summoned the us envoy on allegations of meddling and it's a domestic affairs. but meanwhile, pakistan's military is openly seeking defense cooperation with washington. we had actually is largely rated by united states that the problem that we have is the american footprint. we still have the following next stage and wrestling practice. you know, what's happening within park is fine. is that is a fight going on between prime minister in bron khan who has lost his majority but

yet not step. 7 and general budget will be, i'll be chief and what washington is kind of hinting at and what it seems like. but general budge, what is moving more toward the us, why? the bron khan is sort of moving more towards china and sort of america. washington is kind of thing that kind of gives them inside sponsored number one. washington is obviously doing a lot of pressure on india. the link if it can make and defend side with the russia . india has blocked dozens of facebook, twitter, and youtube accounts, with billions of views for spreading misinformation, including that new delhi, had joined the ukraine war and was bombing russia. and the information minister warned they wouldn't hesitate to act against the social media giants. again,

these channels were involved in spreading misinformation, impacting india's sovereignty, national security, and relations with other countries. they were spreading fake news about the pandemic in the russia ukraine crisis. we won't shy away from taking such action in the future. india revealed the fake news accounts had gone to extreme lengths to look legitimate, including using real news groups, logos and the faces of top tv presenters. one of the accounts even claimed new delhi had nuclear bombs, pakistan's 2nd biggest city, la hoar, the countries banned $78.00 youtube sites alone, since it brought in the rules act last year in indian cybersecurity expert says the amount of misinformation has skyrocketed since the ukraine war erupted about a month and a half ago. what do you mean by conflict? they've been released on several youtube channels from social media handles, which popped up and they were using the images of the indian popular news like

india has bomb people. the people that i've been a nuclear attack on in the cities, and they were millions of people who were watching such news channels. i'm going to do has finally decided to block these big channels. i'm sure the be the national security. people get influenced by all sort of people that pick up some people middle something which may be along that it does create, i must be missing. it does create what it does is also in the solution with foreign states about which misinformation isn't spare. i'm that you sent to protect solid and independence foreign policy and security to protect. busy them from this information we have decided to love this service, which was 30 speaking russia has warned foreign states to stop

pumping lethal weaponry and ukraine, as they say it is being used to commit war crimes, including by gives top fighting force, the openly neo nazi as of the battalion we call on the international community to give an objective assessment of the crimes of your credit informations to stop supply them with weapons and to encourage keith to abandon unacceptable methods of warfare. the us and u. k. were providing weapons to ukraine even before the beginning of the conflict. and many more western states have begun sending legal aid to kia in the last 2 months. washington has even approved a bill to use its land lease act, a world war to air program, to lend arms and other supplies to ukraine. g 7 member italy has also pledged to provide legal aid with the prime minister taking a tough line against moscow. but growing numbers of italians are angry at their

premier, seeing the sending of legal aid as counterproductive to ending the conflict in italy. the hash tag not in my name, is trending on twitter with italians and other europeans urging their governments to stop sending weapons to ukraine. bianame morgan's ratty, i am very against the sending of weapon. it's no quip ends, do not increase visa negotiation approaches. there are poles that say that the majority of italians want a serious peace negotiation and not the shipment of ours could united india. i'm sending weapons as a political decision, and i don't think it will help the ukrainian population from a social point of view. i disagree. we are fighting a war by sending weapons when we understand that this does not work out, assuming that it's an awful idea that would only serve to escalate tensions, it can only lead to higher violence. so, but it doesn't make any sense that they are spending money that should be invested in health care and other sectors. finance, crane, v o. d. i to me,

any shipment of weapons to me is not justified by sending weapons. we are sustaining the war and i am against at 3 get it. he thought you'd be other than the other. me. i send sending weapons as a betrayal because the italian government has agreements with russia to pull people to me. italy is behaving like traitors. it is following an american line that i don't like a false democracy, miserable. some italian politicians say that sending more weapons does not help to resolve the conflict which has had a serious impact on the italy's economy. and i think the contrary view of the alternative party is again sending these weapons because they will risk rekindling and already very serious conflict for the civilian population of europe has chosen to be a belligerent institution. that is reorienting its economy towards war. and this has serious implications for the whole european economy and manufacturing open, which in many jobs are risks. and there is a risk of a food crisis unit. let me say my s retired to get down the more frankly, we are dismayed about thinking of rearmament when europe spends over 233000000000

euros on armament 4 times more than russia. so shot, it's unacceptable. what we have to think about instead is a foreign and defense policy that is unique to europe. this gift to the armament industry as an unacceptable madness with addition to trying to re me. russian authorities have echoed to that view by those italian politicians saying that you sending more weapons and sanctioning moscow is an act of aggression and russia has the right to defend itself. that's as the you issued a 5th wave of measures this time targeting and the russian arms, producer clash, knock off the defense ministry, spokes person, eager to kind of shake off as well as the german government graph, the head of russia's largest bank speed bank. the states have joined us in ending coal imports, which some critics say is likely to push the continents already skyrocketing energy prices. even higher russian ships will no longer be allowed to access european

ports and the export of a be ation fuel software and sensitive equipment to moscow will be banned. the you will also stop buying timber, cement, and alcohol from russia and the u. k. and the use food industries are facing a supply crisis and sky high prices amid important shortages, including britons, iconic, fish and chips. restaurants just experiencing some joint pricing reveals very expensive. the smaller feel for delivering the store in the fish as well through what all the, all the back of living for these for that. the fact you people spending hours last, we heard from a german human rights lawyer who thinks the you should stop following washington's lead because the economic costs from the sanctions are too high. i don't believe and sanctions anyway, because sanctions are measure to solve any problem. and the new sanctions as well, they will have the serious impact,

again on european citizens and on european states. i think it's the, it's a stupid idea. it's a stupid idea to have sanctions to stop cold import, stupid to stop any ties. and if we look at the history from the wall and the 399990 number that had been sanctions against any leading wall country nature states like they are down now. and i think to implant now in the us symmetric measure and it's a measure which it really impacts the european citizens negative and the german government under and start to run after the u. s. government in the escalation of sanction of the sanctions and will friendship presidential

hopeful marilla pen has rallied against anti russia, the sanctions that will actually hurt europe ahead of this month election. the national rally leader is gaining fast in the polls on incumbent manual macross with the pen standing out for her less hostile stance towards russia. our european correspondent trolley pinsky, has more. the opinion polls may have already called the 1st part of this selection . a repeat of 2017, but those apparently no longer in the running are not giving up the fight. and with a 3rd of people still yet to make up their mind. there is a lot to play for. middle shall, ends in mo, quite a long way behind them. so the chances of them being in the 2nd round a is, are relatively low. just 2 months ago, this election was due to the futon regular theme security, tara migration. but since february 24th, a lot has changed. the cost of living,

including the price of energy and soaring food costs are biting, some of which has come directly as a result of sanctions that were imposed on russia by the european union. can upa for us here in france, it's already very, very hard regardless of ukraine. i'm against war, but the french can have immigrant every time from africa, from the south, from everywhere. it's impossible. it's too much for us. i pay 52 percent of my income on taxes and social security. it's been spent on 8, but no aid is going to me. football. it's in tenable hulsy fix in case it's a wild white crisis. a price of a liter of petra is certainly going to impact ever sake associated with transporting rule materials. that is all wages must follow this upward trend or this going to be trouble. bob ecology sick, while emmanuel lack corn has been predicted to be a shoe in for re election. summer openly voicing concern maureen le pen can be

elected president of the republic. it's one minute to midnight. impossible to say that it was not foreseeable. i have been a learning and fighting for years. of course, marine la pen can win nicole's 5 years of leadership as seen from space to most jewish times. there have been protests ranging from the yellow, vast movement which started initially over taxes on fuels to anger over his plans to increase the retirement age. and in the latest blue to his hopes. the french senate has now launched an investigation. this is into his government's payments made to consultancy firms in 2021 that reached a record level of 1000000000 euros were still one american firm. mckinsey which has received substantial payments is said to have not paid corporation tax for

a decade. i think they are damaging because of the french. we're talking about visceral feelings. the french do not like money. they, whenever there is a whiff of money and mutual back scratching, copy, nauseous, they say in french than that can be very dangerous for candidates and this mackenzie. and she does indeed seem to be a very, very serious scandal. the allegation of course, that there has been tax evasion by these by, by mackenzie, and these are the consultancy firms. and then the 3rd allegation which is that they've in kind, they've given help to the, to the chemical campaign for free. so, i mean, you know, you've got 3 scandals in one. meanwhile, marine le pen has seen her fortunes improve recently. she wants out of nato and to remove frogs from the sphere of american influence. now, one, her ties to russia were recently seen as

a cause for concern that hasn't seemed to put off voters say, firstly of course, frances, you know, has a tradition of being relatively friendly to russia. and the french people are not objectively hostile. of course, there is a lot of emotion about the wall as there is everywhere, but it has not become a political football among between the candidates, it is in that sense, been absent from the camp short of a disaster, mac korn, is expected to make it in to the 2nd round, the pens chances are high too, but there is still a fierce battle let on going for that 2nd spot. eric the more from the hard right and valerie case from the center right? still have hope. in fact, almost this entire campaign is seen as shifting support towards more right wing policies. france has long been considered the past in of left wing politics. so why

has this happened for people of my generation, the socialist party has nothing to say or offer. we are in a turning point for the left in france. they have to be reborn in a new political force. that doesn't mean that left when politics is dead. in fact, so commercial from the hard left hand, a bump in the polls just recently. he is also seen as pro russian and vocally opposes nato millennial, though it seems, represents a dying breed with other candidates on the left, barely registering in those surveys. on sunday, voters will cast their ballot with 2 candidates progressing to the next stage. it's then that the real race will begin. charlotte, even ski, ot see paris. are that? is it for me this hour? i will be back with more news and commentary on the war in ukraine. this is our to international ah.

here and find yourself in a quandary. it is determined to punish russia for its military operation. and ukraine is favored policy. instrument is of course, sanctions of all sorts. but alas, it's not so simple. sanctions and gender counter sanctions. this translates into economic pain for europe. pohden is the aggressor tune chose is war today i'm authorized with additional strong sanctions. i think your fisher williams grocery as we speak on a more streamline the branding all in ports of russian oil and gas turbine and imposing these sanctions. i brush you as destroy the american. exactly . so there's your boomerang by way of suffering. the, i mean they key interest really hitting people in the pocket book. boys and girls

was honest, there are you using your, your router visit or not you? this is going to impose severe cost on the russian economy of immediately. and over top of that i'm there by the we have list social and then use that for them. i've started a little bit famous. this all the emeralds been very and absorb it, so that help is fixed body. how did show that 21st century has been asians, it russia is also an asian country and began to develop military cooperation. similar to what nature does in europe propose lower infrastructure chauffeur to swing by look or can you hear me treat was the search for new markets import substitution. the word sanctions has become part of our dating vocabulary. news wise if i did with more and more reports

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