ah, ah ah, multiple calls on can you order? it's troops in a besieged steel factory and marble to release any civilians and surrender. but in the vicinity, scores of civilians have managed to flee through safe route set up by russia. michigan. i'd like to find out if we were living in the basement for 2 months and we are very happy to see you guys. stay alive and now you are evacuating bright. my sister and 3 nephews fears fighting continues in the as a stall, industrial area in marble as a thief evacuation route, specifically for ukrainian troops to surrender has gone unused party reports from the frontline of the war. one city, as you can hear,

the floods and he's still ferocious, but from what we understand, nationally with troops are running out of food out of work as well as morale. hughes said to be very little with the west concern for ukraine and ukrainians is opportunistic, unselfish ukrainians, and needed today only as cannon fodder in a proxy war with russia until the last ukrainian last ukranian. that's the word a tense exchange at the un security council. as the russian ambassador says that while western powers claim to be peacekeepers, they're really fueling the conflict with fresh supplies of weapons. ah, broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow. this is our to international. i'm john thomas from the guy directly with us. for now, moscow calls on give to order troops inside mario pals,

style steel plans to release any civilian hostages, and surrender. moscow suspects that ukrainian nationalist forces inside the factory could be using civilians as human shields to prevent russian troops from advancing after no one pass through the humanitarian corridor on tuesday, specifically set up to evacuate the facility, another limited seas fires to take place on wednesday afternoon but other safe routes within the vicinity have been used. we heard from some of the people who managed to escape from nearby areas missing it. but like i said, we were living in the basement for 2 months. we are very happy to see you guys. stay alive, funded. if i knew that everything was bombed and burned down, we lived in a basement. no water, no food. we just grabbed what we could do do which good deal on you. would you like a pregnant girl was killed? she left 2 kids and this girl was wounded. we've been treating her since the 7th of april, and i think she never moved like this before doing it. and now you are evacuating

bright history with my sister and 3 nephews. ah, early on tuesday, russian led forces inside variable launched a new assault against a neo nazi as of troops. most of the remaining ukrainian forces in mar, you both are trying to hold their ground inside the vast territory of the hours of steel factory. another exact number is unknown, but they are reportedly in short supply of ammunition and food. russia says the safe evacuation route from the area for ukrainian troops to surrender has gone unused. russian lead forces say that they have been making very cautious, moves towards the enemy positions with as if still has a high density of building so, so the distance at which we have fighting is 100 to 200 meters. we're moving slowly but confidently. all units have identified enemy firing points and directed a strike. there. you can see the explosion right here. are to correspondent with

our gas. deb was near the frontline at the as of stall factory, the last stronghold of ukrainian nationalists and mario pal here on the periphery of the as of steel. nod, what's industrial compound? as you can hear, battle rages small arms mostly as well as ahmed cloths and l. carriers, but few residential neighborhoods of all that stands between total encirclement ukrainian nationalists inside the other industrial compound. as you can hear, the fussing is still ferocious. but from what we understand, nationally, ukrainian troops are running as of foods out of wood as well as morale is said to be very low there because obviously they're running short and supplies, but also because they invariably

a understand many of them that this is the in that the commanders in those and here he up, which is ordering them not to surrender that they are throwing their lives away. nevertheless, there are a cool radical fanatics among the nationalists in the algo steel compound. and they slip the, any sorts of surrender, any sort of negotiation they want to keep fighting, as they hope until a diplomatic clap solution is reached by which they will be given a car door. as of mary and i did the ukraine. proper territories controlled by the caribbean military, even though that is at this point, incredibly unlikely. russian military expert and retired colonel victor barnett's says, as of uses, the same human shield tactics in mario, poland. as terrorists do in syria, i need to put it over there,

continue fighting because they are ordered not to leave through the humanitarian corridor. so that's one group of people. the 2nd one is fighting due to their national sentiment and their unwillingness to surrender and recognize their defeat . some are not leaving because they're under a threat of being executed. as people who simply show a desire to get out of there are being shot. the militants are using human shields as a principal strategy, hiding behind the elderly, pregnant women, so even children, there were a number of cases when parents grabbed their children and tried to escape through the corridors. the children were shot on their backs. there was a forensic medical examination proving that children were shut on the back. i'm not have been talking about adults. this is a principal strategy of militant as well as terrorists, terrorists and syria have done the very same thing, the lieu of those. while the situation in mario pull remains tense, the un security council held a meeting on tuesday to discuss the conflict in ukraine. russia's ambassador to the un commented on how he sees the west approaching the situation of what the western

concern for ukraine in ukrainians is opportunistic, unselfish. surely ukrainians are needed today only as cannon fodder in a proxy war with russia until the last ukrainian source at the same time, the west does not forget about its own benefit. william. so weapons manufacturers in western countries are joyfully rubbing their hands, counting their own profits from the increase in defense orders. little retain member body leads to the united nations, convened a meeting late, half of which was refugee to re created by the conflict in ukraine. now, united states and its allies unloaded a lot of allegations and accusations against russia, but there are any 3 poll janski's. he took to the floor and defended russia and called out and debunked a lot of the accusations that were being made. now, he went on to say that russia has actually taken an refugees starting since 2014, when the united states and ally toppled the cranium, government,

and total $2500000.00 people have fled to the russian federation as a result of us actions in ukraine. now he went on to talk about political repression and ukraine and now attempts to portray ukraine as being some kind of democracy. being threatened is just simply not accurate. you know, political opposition forces are being rounded up and repressed and have been repressed. and for the past 8 years, they've been waging a war against their own population in the eastern regions. and don boss, he called out the u. s. military industrial complex. he talked about how a lot of the military hardware, the united states is given to ukraine, doesn't even work. some of these vehicles have not been functional. they've just kind of been dumping them on ukraine and how the claims that it cares about ukrainian lives. but at the same time, i seems to be trying to prolong the conflict and bro, ukrainian lives away in an effort to hurt russia. he based on that, he argued that calls for a cease fire coming from united states and their allies seem insincere. and there's

a legit concern, this is simply an opportunity to, to let the extremist, not the forces regroup, and continue their efforts not just against russia, but against ukrainian civilians. now, later after we heard from the countries making up un security council, we did hear the ukrainian representative get up. and he made a lot of accusations against russia. one being that russia is not allowing civilians to leave a factory and basically is enabling and causing civilians to be killed. this is what the granting representative said when addressing the security council. the situation in mario remains the most critical. thousands of civilians are still in the city congress of them, including children, have taken shelter in the old style plant. they need immediate safety occupation, and the russian forces are well aware of these. instead, the russians deny all requests from the ukrainian side world leaders and the u. s.

u n. high officials for iraq creation car doors for civilians. major poly and gay, representing the russian federation, spoke and explained very clearly that the presence of these civilians in the factory was hidden. despite repeated requests on the part of russia to make sure that no civilians were in harm's way. and now russia has been calling on to influence the fighting forces there and allow the civilians to leave the factory. so essentially, ukrainians are being used as human. she'll by, you know, by the extremist anti russian forces that have been armed and trained by the states and ukraine. 8 now it's also important to note that at the security council meeting, shina took to the floor and talked about the dangers facing the global economy and how the targeting and manipulation of currency it as a result of us sanctions is having a very long term and serious effect, not just in russia, but in other places. now the world economy is being badly affected by these moves

by the united states and the escalation of the conflict. so i was quite a meeting at the un security council, a lot of allegations against russia. russia didn't have an opportunity as a permanent member of the un security council, a body that was formed among the countries that defeated fascism in the 2nd world war. they had an opportunity to give their side of the story and they presented facts that are being ignored in western media and ignored in the tirade of western leaders. so i was quite a meeting at the security council, not a lot of unity among the countries. they're clearly some very different understand and other dance on the ground in ukraine as a lot of people are becoming refugees. and a lot of people are clearly suffering italian. american journalist who has been covering the conflict from inside ukraine and has repeatedly criticize the ukranian government and its armed forces has reportedly gone missing in the city of harcourt . now the fellow reporters are fearing for his life, saying gonzalo lira has been out of contact since last friday. extremely troubling

that gonzalo lira a u. s. citizen in ukraine has disappeared from social media. he was scheduled to interview me last friday about the lensky s. b, u kidnapping, and assassinating dissidence. and now i fear he has become its latest victim. if gonzalo lira has indeed been disappeared by ukraine's s b u, he joins a long list of dissidence. leftist human rights activists and local officials kidnapped tortured and even assassinated by zelinski death squads and with caves open support. meanwhile, one of ukraine's national leaders has posted a series of tweets on his private account, mockingly claiming the journalist might have been abducted and killed by quote, some guy with the call sign chile. in other posts, he shows a photo of neo nazi fighters again. and think they might be the ones behind the reporters disappearance and even applauding the prospects of the journalist being dead. but the radical ukrainian commander has not provided any evidence. so the information cannot be immediately verified. gonzalez,

0 is 54 years old and has been living in ukraine for the past few years. he was in queue when the conflict ruptured in february and then traveled to the 2nd largest city. how to go to cover the fighting there. at the end of march, he tweeted, what he called the truth about once he's regime adding, he felt he might disappear as did other critics of care if some of whom were later found dead. here's one of gonzalo nero's latest interviews before he went missing. a very real says the, the armed forces were nature, but they also integrated these new knocks the hyper nationalist elements, not just into the armed forces by the way, also into the government itself. and these new not see extreme nationalist, extreme ukrainian naturalists elements are poisoned to well. allison, the ukrainian state. you can probably anti russian chillies. a foreign ministry has confirmed to r t that they have been informed about the loss of contact with

a journalist and are now in touch with relevant entities to get an update on his status and location. we have also requested comment from the west state department as gonzalez, we are a holds dual citizenship. so far the u. s. has provided no response, but we will keep you posted javier couso emory, a journalist and a former european parliament member. says washington's silence is because the west is deliberately ignoring some matters in ukraine if they would reflect poorly on kids leadership. and i know i'm also not our family that we don't see any reaction from either washington or the major west or mediate. because that would mean they accept their dealing with a regime that is train every way to restrict the right to free access to information. even resorting to lengthy prison sentences and abductions. thus, in view of a number of the crimes that we are witnessing, we can say this regime was inspired by new nazi ideas. any war is dangerous in any workers upon and knows that. but we cannot allow journalists to be turned into targets. abducted or even killed were developed society that protects the right to

free access to information. was seen ukraine is that only journalists who repeat the official lie like a mantra are locked to work. this is not military journalism, but military propaganda. it should be condemned. austria has passed a new law criminalizing the sharing of content from sanction to media sources, as it's now punishable by a fine of up to 50000 euros. the law does not name specific news outlets, but r t is understood to be one of the been sources. according to the legislation altering media cannot show any foreign programs that have fallen under use sanctions. video sharing platforms would also be breaking the law if they provide access to restricted programs, even providing a way to circumvent the sanctions is illegal. and the law was imposed after numerous russian state media outlets were banned in the you following the start of rushes, military offensive in ukraine. r t. and the sputnik news agency were among the 1st

to be prohibited. as the you alleged moscow was using russian media outlets to shape public opinion about the conflict. former u. s. congressional a terror read says the austrian law is blatantly hypocritical melissa height of hypocrisy isn't it? when they're talking about freedom of speech and democracy and wanting to spread democracy, but then stifling any kind of conversation or discussion by censoring and by criminalizing speech, western citizens will not appreciate being stifled and not appreciate their information being siphoned into only one western lens and not being allowed to have an international view, particularly in europe where you share a continent with russia, and r t is very popular in european channels, and it was popular here in the u. s. as well before the censorship, particularly on social media and with the younger generation of american citizens. there's an impatience with being, you know, given one view of

a situation rather than actual balanced reporting and journalism. berlin does not accept any conspiracy theories from kids. that's how former german vice chancellor sigma gabriel has reacted to ukraine's refusal to allow germany's current president frank walter shy myers to visit the war country. a far more dangerous variant of the conspiracy theories is declaimed by the queen and ambassador to germany. andrew nuke that the current german federal president, frank walter, sty meyer has been creating a spider's web of contexts with russia for decades. what is true, however, is that then foreign minister, frank walter stein mire together with them, chancellor angle and miracle did more than anyone else in europe to support ukraine in an op ed published by their spiegel mar, gabriel dismissed cubes. allegations that stand meyer and former chancellor merkel had helped moscow build a pro russian lobby and ukraine. he said those claims were untruthful and malicious,

and noted the financial aid that germany has provided to ukraine in recent years. he claimed it is germany's role as a mediator between ukraine and russia. that has now been tainted with these conspiracy theories. we heard from german, joe political analyst rayner ross, fuss, who says berlin should not be blamed for trying to maintain good relations with moscow. germany was always standing by the side of your crane. this is what we could see in the past 8 years. but germany was also seeking a stable relationship with russia, against all the pressure or other western partners of germany who always criticized this partnership. the west seems to stick very, very narrowly to the narrative that ukraine is a country which has every right to act in the way it deans necessary up the moment

to defend itself against russia. so criticism against any move done by the ukrainian government is not really well conceived. at the moment the u. s. has lashed out against china's efforts to provide security for the south pacific nation of the solomon islands. as washington's allies, austria, australia, and new zealand. consider the region to be firmly within their sphere of influence . we are concerned by the lack of transparency and unspecified nature of this agreement, which follows a pattern of china offering shadowy leg deals with little regional consultation in fishing resource management, development assistance, and now security practices. a u. s. delegation plans to raise the issue on an upcoming visit to the solomon islands while discussing the planned reopening of its embassy. there after 3 decade height us china is security deal reportedly allows it to send police and naval forces to the solomon islands to maintain peace. there the

exact details have yet to be made public last week, senior australian official went to the solomon islands to try to dissuade it from signing the pack of cambra is considered about a rut. is concerned, excuse me, about a rising chinese military presence in the region. china for its part, says western powers have been whipping up hysteria when the show to show what we want to say is that pacific island countries are not anyone's backyard. let alone porn's energy of political confrontation. island countries have actual needs for diversification of foreign cooperation and also have the rights to independently choose their partners deliberately, exaggerates intentions and provoking the confrontation of camps has no appeal among island countries. the attempt to interfere and obstruct the cooperation of the island countries with china is also due to fail. we heard from joseph gregory mahoney, a professor of politics and international relations at the east china normal university, and shanghai who says the west wants to create a sense that there is

a threat in the region. it's clear that this newly signed a security pack between china and the solvent is red meat for australian politicians with federal elections. now just 2 days away, us wants to support leaders in canberra, who have followed washington against china in recent years. and they want to do this by making a very big splash over what is in fact a very small matter in a very large ocean. in short, can barrett would like to imagine this is some kind of emerging close at hand threat like cuba to the united states. despite the solvents being 2000 kilometers away and not ideologically hostile to australia. although the solomon's resent australian had too many more than a few china, what they really want is security support unrelated to either australia or the u. s . and they want the sort of investment and trade that neither of those countries have provided. consequently, this act, this pack,

speaks directly to their security needs and reinforces their economic interest. pakistan's new prime minister, who recently replaced the asteroid iran con, as called for better cooperation with the countries neighbor and long time rival, india. we believe that peaceful and cooperative ties between pakistan and india are imperative for the progress and socio economic uplift of our people. and for the region. this can be best achieved through meaningful engagement and peaceful resolution of all outstanding disputes, including the core issue of geometry in kashmir. the disputed region of cashmere has been a key point of contention between india and pakistan for the past 75 years. the countries have fought several large scale conflicts for control of the region, even sparking fears of a nuclear war as both sides possess atomic weapons. but just last week, india's prime minister congratulated his newly instated pakistani counterpart saying that india wants peaceful and stable relations. we got insight on the

development of relations between new delhi and is on about from former indian and pakistani officials in pakistan. and we need especially when it comes to relations with india, the army plays a substantial role. no, the elected government generally goes by the advice of the military. so that is one continuing factor, but yes, you can have prime ministers who choose to who are in a different way. but they would have to be careful. and i have known the present prime minister share busha the for the long time. he's already able administrator. he was a very good chief minister. he's the brother of mister. no, i should if i don't own. so he has visited india and met our last prime minister doctor montmorency. so i think that he will try and keep the relationship on no sort of balanced. we're not under mold,

the writing to the new prime minister, suggesting lots ways to good relationship in the future. but unfortunately, well the problem stay as they have always been for the last 7 decades between india and august on and at the same time job i should. it may not be in part for too long simply because the fractious, critical environment in by august is almost pressing and calling for an immediate election. it might not be as immediate. it could be a few months down the line. but it seems that that could be perhaps the big name of the starting off yet another a government. and yet i had a we can not say that really because medias aside may be willing to move one on other areas. but we continue to work on gush made and that's the thing that focus on ease. we like to see and, and that problem coming up after very short break, our t spoke with shawn at pinner. a british national, who fought for the ukrainian military am arguable, and was recently captured by russian troops.

ah, ah, when i would show seemed wrong when i just don't hold any new world yet to see proud disdain becomes the advocate. an engagement. it was the trail. when so many find themselves worlds apart, we choose to look for common ground. we are told what are the hallmarks of western liberalism is the idea and practice of dollars. more specifically, it is said, we should not judge an individual or group based on their race color or creed. but that apparently doesn't apply when it comes to russians. bruce, a phobia is the new bigotry

with . hi, sean, thank you for agreeing to speak with us today. first of all, i want to ask you about the state of your health. how. how are you are in captivity at the moment. so 1st of all, about your health. mm hm. okay. not too bad. good. no worries from you from the front of nothing too serious. that would be exciting, more to use for someone to say kids not too bad. right. now the 2nd question 1st about the circumstances surrounding your capture. the situation was that we were moving from one position to another a where we were going. it was 30, i was the last tuesday morning, about 4 o'clock in the morning without. we moved to another position. we collected

casualties and other soldiers on the right down where we got to the are as to which was the position reever, currency and mortars across, started shooting rockets. it houses around the area where you, where you were and it was total confusion in the commanders and platoons just went off in different directions. some of us helped to try and keep casualties up with the patient chime with their designated returns. but they were just so injured and bad injured to them, they can can pass jerry and then during that course of that time, we lost contact with the main main platoon that we were with and long story short, we found lot small casual, teasing buildings in houses you know, coming out of trees and who couldn't keep up with the case of what was happening. i stayed with another medic and another medic to help her to the cost to the

casualties. we put them in one of the sergeant, maybe put them in one building, or we had no food, no water, no idea where we were communications officer down. and so we then decided they don't then decide. it's sean, look around for ukraine and troops around the area. it is sort of a $360.00 round. can see anybody the medic sells more back to where we came from. she conceded 40. so we were sort of stuck when i for you know what you learned from nationwide. you know, it's a, with an n. no. so i saw haven't see a picture station on a village up in one corner went out to see if i can find some more for some food in. that's where i was, catches up until when it's little village on the central avenue street. can you tell us about your tenure from start to the beginning in within the ukranian armed

forces? this starting with your rank perhaps and how did you end up there? a social not just with the 1st battalion currently, marines from nickel. i'm just commit to the end of our last 6 months to my contract, so i've been there for sure and a half years when i'm there fast and laughing spectacular just to be a pill was a my wife married to ukraine in in mario pushy listing marianne for certain, we were there and needed some work, while the walla i son finish school. i'm going to transition to university in carland. so we can decide since it works for 3 year stint in the marines. our company background of working i was working on years a line to legend in the early 90. so it's a big step 30 years later to go back into the in the regular army. so,

but it was, were a suffered language overseas when you try and he was very, very bad. much didn't matter prescript question. so i understand a little bit as russian is coming on. and that's where we ended up with her. or what we did was a sector normal sick to talk. we kind of obviously rush and now coming in to play on the $24.00 separate. changed everything so. so this is where we're at with obviously stay with one unit, number one, unit testing and to barriers. and then obviously we have to start off and i really couldn't get out anyway, i wanted to show you that for me, but mario, who's been behind just for yes. yes, yes or now, so far in practice now in.