oh, when so many find themselves will to pardon we choose to look for common ground with the media outlets pick up by controversial lines on verified ukrainian plain that a boot like massacre has taken place in the dumbasses. the mario pole with his prime minister tries to when they are toward supporting the western storm on you. crane with forest johnson pledging a $100000000.00 deal package during his visit to new delhi. to lay an american journalist who's been missing in ukraine for the past week reveals he's been hell if by key of secure were to serve it is coming to wave of repression against all position blows. politicians reported in the country also this out with residential neighborhood. but was held by you quite

a bit. nationalist beam port out with we report from outside the for to find out of sell factory and mario pal, where russian forces have blocked off remaining ukrainian troops of vladimir period in order to avoid storming the strong with a welcome based on the international with the latest world news headlines. thank you for joining us. now with the media outlets have claimed another boucher has been found name mario paul according to report based on satellite images provided by a company maintained by the pentagon. this comes off to a pro key of official alleged that up to 9000 mario post civilians were buried in the nearby village of monkish ortiz. maria phenomena has the details. this day, after russia's defense minister reported that mary full is now under total control of the russian army with signs of normality, life and safety. finally,

coming back to the city totally out of the blue, the cities may or claims. all of a sudden that russians have been bearing civilians in thousands, in the village of mon goose, outside murray, opal to hide his words, their barbaric war crimes. he even describes that they happen using trucks to collect dead corpses on this trees and dump them in to freshly dug trenches. there is no reaction so far from russia's defense, ministry was still waiting for it, but the mayor has been quick to describe it as genocide. let's take a listen. the biggest war, crime of the 21st century was committed in mary. you, paul, this is the new bobby, your now putin is exterminating ukrainians. she has already killed tens of thousands of civilians in mary, you call, and this requires a strong reaction from the entire civilized world. everything must be done to stop this genocide. there are still many questions in this story. first, there may a claims that the russians happening doing it the whole april. the question is why

it is only now that he decided to make this story public. if he was aware all this time about that. next he talks about civilians. how did he make this conclusion? did he visit the side? this is very unlikely because it's been all everywhere in the news that the mayor left a mary, you pull at the end of march because there was no connection there shortly after the mayor's claims. the u. s. mac, sorry, technology company released satellite images apparently showing the same site that the mayor talked about. and they claim that there are graves there on this pictures . but if you look at these images, it's really hard to say what you can see. they're like, i mean, they are a little bit blurred and it's, it's really hard to make any conclusion based on this particular picture. so we have that, we have the mayor's words, and that's it. but the mainstream media have been really quick to pick it up and to, to spread these claims and to quote, genocide, war crimes and other than like strong words. and that indeed reminds us about the,

another media story around the friend in town of boot. and i cool with me too because there was a lot of media attention involved in that story while little facts and little evidence from the ground to remind you. days after the russian army left to the town of boucher north of kia video started emerging apparently showing dead by his line on the street and key of a use they these videos as the added. and so they presented it as the evidence of mass killings of civilians had war. crimes committed by the russian army russians defense ministry and official, moscow. and even had my foot and came out to describe it as a fake and to deny all the allegations. and now we don't hear about boucher at all anymore in and in use, but we still continue received an app and that some tried actually to play dirty, to push accusations of atrocities in boca on to more sca, let's now listen to one of the granite refuges he is originally from kia,

but now he's in europe, and this is his testimony from shingles, burglary. first woman came up to me than another join to vast rose coming from. and if i was a refugee, i replied that i was from kim. they said they had office regarding germany, switzerland, spain, and so on, that i could go there and i would have everything there. they said they would give me a password, which i would show to the police, and they would take me to a refugee camp. they would then have to question me the i asked what i was supposed to tell the police, and they told me to say that i'm from butcher no kid. you know, they wanted me to say that factious russians came to butcher and started bombing and killing civilians. shooting, raping and robbing. i would need to confirm this and they would recorded on video. no, well we have the satellite images courtesy of this company, mac saw how credible are they? a 1st of all nikki, you have to look at this picture. it's really hard to say what you can see there, and it's really hard again to make any conclusion based on these pictures and 2nd

macs. our company is the same company whose satellite images, again were involved in butcher story. but they were turkish investigators. later, they released a huge research on that and they proved that this some of these pictures were falls . so we know that this company is maintained by pentico. so maybe this company has some interest in this story. let's say coalition max our enables the u. s. department of defense in its allies to better monitor, understand and respond to global events, deter threats, and ensure global security. together the many l of max our can help the d o. d needed far reaching modernization goals, maintain decision advantage, and rapidly identify and predict change. so what we know here is proper independent investigation, just like in the story of butcher. but again, unfortunately, we only hear about accusations and actually claims that they were crimes. and

they were committed by russians as a matter of fact. but since prime minister has also touched upon the situation in ukraine during talks with his indian counts partner went to a moody and new delhi far as johnson, underlined for india's leader has been quite very strong on russia's actions in ukraine to find himself fairly stopping short of criticizing moscow while calling for an open investigation into claims of war crimes. did you also find minnesota to use influence in moscow to put pressure on russia? indians who actually in their intermedia in particular have of come out and been very strong in their language about what's happened in boucher and talking to a to in the render to prom. mr. moody today it's it's clear that he has already intervened several times. hardly met boot josh, i had met recently. the news of innocent civilians being killed in the city of butcher is very worrying. we immediately condemn this and have also demanded an

independent investigation to him. and we hope the ongoing talks between rush from ukraine will show the path to peace prime minister, not in them or b, and his biggest challenge bought more is johnson in deb bilateral meeting. there was a consensus on seeking that dialogue for the mitigation of ukrainian guys prices . and i believe does actually indicated that they respected each other, sovereignty the respective, each at this point of view. and there was also a big indication that borders johnson is very different from president joe biden. he allowed brandon stern learning. they're morty, to redeem his figure. jake independence result. we russia, he did not wish india d. o. don sundance, russia which are present. jo, my did wanted to go to johnson is hoping quarter free trade agreement rate. india

matter are the same time there was no, oh no, a doctor, no issue or discussion about ya, strategic partnership. but russia, there was no point raised omar. the fact that india has stayed neutral and has not supported any against russia. all of your queen size is in fact india who has studied them will just feelings. but there's also one for an investigation and has not taken the same stance as we need. who punches a new piece minister is hoping for the partnership. i don't mean a b r which is a cyber r a c. and we re be seeing some kind of a free trade agreement between india and yuki,

coming up to buff. ah brussels say they may be possible to pay for russian gas applies and roubles as demanded by moscow without reaching european sanctions. this comes just 2 days after germany refused to accept vladimir putin terms on paying for russian gas. meanwhile, the youth talked. diplomat has admitted there's no unity in europe on cutting energy ties with russia. here's the burrell made the statement following the latest talks on a new round of sanctions against moscow. can't give a date. every one can speculate. but as far as i know, there is no proposal on the table, but there are options on the best way to do it. attacks and import band, the iranian system. many economists say that the rational thing would be to make gas in oil more expensive, so that incentives are created to look for alternative sources. none of these proposals has achieved the necessary unanimity. this idea of had outright embargo and oil and gas is pretty difficult for the you to achieve. and that's because we

know, while some nation's all pressing for this, there are other nations that say no, this won't happen. one for example, is hungry. victor open the leader of that country saying in the last few weeks it's such an embargo would be a red line for his country. so we know that this is a difficult stack for the european union. and as such, also in that interview uses burrell talked about what could be done. instead, he was saying that this could be a voluntary decision, a collective decision with nations deciding to take their own to be able to stop paying into the kremlin coffers when it comes to these forms of russian energy imports. what's interesting is, while you nations are still mulling over whether or not they should look for this outright band. there is a warning from washington that an e u blockade on both oil and gas at could actually cripple western economies in the near future. this is something that's come out from the us treasury secretary,

janet yerra yellen, who said that, you know, she warned that this could precipitate a crisis like we saw in the 19 seventy's which led to a global recession. and that could also boost the price of fossil fuels, meaning that russia could sell that energy else were an increase its revenue as a result from that. also coming out from washington. interesting lines from job bind in. in the last few days, he's been talking about this idea of western unity, or she knew was, you know, calm, my wife. i don't think con i joe biden saying that the west wouldn't allow ukraine to stand alone. he also said that some of the russian gains that have been seen in the east in the last few days would be short lived. however, there is one will be to the disagrees with that assessment. and that is boris

johnson. forrest johnson talking as he's in india fool around of trade talk saying that the reality was it was a realistic possibility that russia could win this war against ukraine. the sad thing is that, that is a realistic possibility. yeah, of course. a putin has a, a huge army. he has a very difficult political position because he's made a catastrophic blunder. he has the, the only option in our house really is to continue to try to use his of his appalling grinding approach driven lead by artillery. trying to grind the ukrainians down, however, he says also that he will look for his country to continue supporting ukraine. whether that is to finance his own military weapons. in fact, there is a suggestion that the u. k. could send tanks to poland and poland. ben could pass on it's current, soviet era tanks to ukraine in

a bid to assist the country. and what's clear though is that is getting more and more difficult for the west to see what the possible outcomes of this were, are in ukraine. whether that is the you being unable to push ahead with some of the sanctions, it would ideally like 2 or whether it comes with what the reality is with happening on the ground. if that's for a russian win or to stand with ukraine. a former swedish diplomat who's also worked for the atlantic council think tank an organization with close ties to nato hazards. the u. s. lead military block to directly attack russian cities. my humble advice to nato would be one. give all the arms you can asap to ukraine to open the black sea ports of ukraine for normal shipping. 3 bomb relevant russian cities, preventively to make sure that prudent does not use chemical arms or nukes wake up . we are at this stage. while that quaint has since been deleted, and as,

as lends coal to bond, russia appears to be at odds with his own diplomatic record. in the 1909, p. c worked as a senior adviser to the russian government under then president boris yeltsin. and the suite also has experience in ukraine as he was appointed to the supervisory board of one of the major banks in 2016. well, let's discuss this further. now with steven gadgets. c for professor at the institute of european studies in belgrade, thank you for joining us on the program. it's good to see what are your thoughts on, on this as lends radical proposal and how except people are such cause to violence like this. these calls are all very dangerous, they are irresponsible, and they are saying a lot about the state of spirits in the, among the political wise, especially about the we're speaking about the elite because when i see here is this

peroration, this kind of a scenario. speech is really not something that we are not used to hearing from experienced diplomats. and this is exactly what what this readers implement was expressing. so i would say irresponsible and dangerous about that. that's exactly it isn't. it is not some guy off the street. he's the guy with extensive diplomatic experience, and now he's proposing some very extreme movies. do you expect nato to take his calls? seriously? i don't expect natal to take his call seriously at this stage, but it certainly sounds volumes about the way that people that some people in a to are thinking. i also think there is a, a colonial undertone inn suites because what is

he exactly expecting is the expectation that maybe a russian is supposed to switch on inferiority complex. and then i work against his own interest because actually this kind of attitude worked in many countries. it worked certainly in the balkans and still works in some parts of it and among certain people. and i also think it worked on the full soviet space. so i'm afraid that there, this is a condescending tone, comes from the experience of recent history. however, the world has significantly changed on the minister of foreign affairs of russia. a couple of years ago that the world is changed, that is multiple or now. and basically that the west does not have

a monopoly on the will dominance. so i do think that there is a problem among the leads in the west to cope with this. and that they're essentially racist world view is now being shuttered. so that's why if it's the end of book somebody can and if it is the end of the western global domination, that means that the world should, should and, and that's, that's, that's what we actually hear from some schools at nice. i say that one piece in ukraine, but the same time is still pouring more weapons into the country. are they really expecting to have to win this military conflicts? nato is directly you hold in the war. i don't expect and they expect you to win. if they don't want to get involved, which will again,

intern mean you know, doomsday for the majority of nato countries, if not for all of them are, but what they do want a ski suggested years ago, he actually said that in the event of escalation, nato countries in the united states of orders should provide you with an anti tank missiles with exactly the weapons that we are seeing now being captured by russia. a military and militias of 2 republics don't boss. so they were ex, accepts, expecting a scenario where they would provide weapons. and i think that this situation is very tragic because as long as they provide wrap weapons, they are prolonging the conflicts. and that means that they are causing more than

a longer are you in your army or before others, but also among civilians. so this is a very tragic approach, but we hear when they are really thinking from the words of maurice johnson. he is preparing the public of his own country and all of the western general that russia will inevitably win. and what their goal is to as george fever, one said, we don't want to kill them. we just want them to suffer to believe. i don't know exactly what, what his phrasing was, but the point is that west wants to make as much damage as it can go to russia before the inevitable russian victory. what are your thoughts on, excuse me?

what are your thoughts on the responsibility of social media networks like twist? i mean should be doing more the against, open, close to violence. a twitter is against free speech and this was when, if we speak specifically about that not work and they're appalling approve approach a let's say public responsibility i will see when, when they canceled our president trumps the account. and so i'm really, i'm personally not surprised. i don't think anybody should be surprised or twitter is actually war mongering together with other social platforms that are controlled by the west. so i don't want to say by an a say, i guess mr. sanchez has

a lot to say. i also think that what is happening to him in this very moment. busy of open war, not against, not only against russia, but against free speech. and freedom of thought in the west is very indicative of the state of mind among daily both businesses and political leads. so this behavior is not surprising. also. i mean, when we see banners that say no war with the flag of one of the sides, that is directly involved in war. what, what else is there to expect expect? so i only, i presume that this will continue until, until the operation is finished. and most probably the events that will also happen during this year. i will

distract the attention because we see that the pacific region is also a dance of these days. and, and maybe if the, if the situation there or in some other parts of the world as we see in the middle east, it attention home or even of the social media will, i, will ever. but of course i do this, this kind of behavior is absolutely appalling. i can say unacceptable, because it is already living. gotcha, professor at the institute of european studies in belgrade. many thanks for your time. we appreciate it. you ah, his well central bank has added chinese, you on currency to reserve holdings for the 1st time while cutting its share of us dollars. the deputy governor of the bank of israel say is the move moxie shift in

investment guidelines. israel has also added canadian and australian dollars to its reserve fund as it seeks to diversify it stakes. the banks holdings of euro, so been decreased from 30 to 20 percent while the u. s. dollar will now account for 61 percent down from $66.00 being while the international monetary funds say the dollars share of total global currency reserves has fallen to its lowest point in 2 decades. a foreign trade and international relations analysts from israel told is the country is now following a global tendency of di dollarization. don't see that being any political does just show any political changes, give purely economic, maybe purely a matter of how to, to make it. or we do more beneficial for the bank of even and for the really economy. and it's been now for years that people are talking about dental i, relation of,

of the day to national trade. i eat to try and maybe diminish. they both of the dollar in the national trade. so israel as being part of the global market, being part of the vision trading with, or the world as to adopt old to each reserve to each profile of foreign trade and to the trends around the world. so there's no question that the dollar can be using a ground lately. and now what to do is really central bank is done, used to reflect the fact that the dollar has been using grown around the world. and it's now reflecting in the reserve portfolio of the, of the national bank of july and american journalist gonzalo larry has reappeared online on friday, revealing the has been held by ukraine security service for the past 7 days. its recent disappearance and the city of hong kong, sparks reports have been taken hostage or even killed by radical forces over his

critical coverage of cubes handling the situation in the country. i just want to say that i'm fine physically, i'm a little rattled. i was picked up by the b u on friday, april 15th, at a little after 1 pm local time. but i'm still in car. and for the time being i cannot leave in sallow laira has been living in ukraine for months. he's a vocal critic of camps military actions was while also exposing far right movements among the countries troops has been posting reports on social media, which he says have been debunked. kiev claims about what's really happening on the grounds. meanwhile, ukraine's president recently went on the records threatening anyone who refuses to remain loyal to care who just because of the i want to address those who aren't shying away from talking with the occupancy. if any of you are tempted by their proposals, you're signing your own sentence to go the same way as more than 12000 invaders.

who just because of the lot is it goes on of explains why gonzalo nero could have attracted the attention of kiev security forces. lira was exposing corruption and institutionalized naziism right from the lions den in a country that officially bound all the position media along with anyone else from speaking ill of the regime. the journalists had early a raise, the alarm over some shady figures loitering around his house. i don't know who exactly, but i know that convicts were released from prison. i hear from many people that the criminals were released by this lensky regime so that none of the civilians could leave carcass. there are rumors of those men who were armed going into people's homes. this is a list of journalists, lira put together saying they had been persecuted by the ukrainian authorities for descent. put my name on this list if i'm not heard from in 12 hours. bleary tweeted,

was lensky who choked of all disobedient voices on a whim is getting international awards for upholding the values of free speech. he's been one of the key sources, are people looking for information that and the contra bales and to the mainstream narrative here in the united states that shows that the land sky as some kind of great democrat when in fact he's this regime which is full of hiring real nazis that has been murdering and disappearing dissidents. and so the fact that gonzalo lira has been speaking about about this and is inside ukraine, certainly could have made him a target for the ukranian government, which tolerates no opposition at all. and other controversial story is also occurred in hong kong, where a young woman with the change and humiliated by

a pro key of mob also saying she'd be happy to see russian lead troops in the ukrainian city diet. and i really hope that they will get here soon and capture is because i will finally can go home, then can we go there? if militia takes it? shortly after that footage was posted members of the ukrainian nationalist, the organization approached and detained the woman with police allegedly standing nearby. they found her sitting inside her car while they threatened to violence against her radicals. they reportedly handed her over to ukraine's security services, where she recorded the following video while possibly speaking under duress. shows for the movie is and i talked with a friend about how lou ganske republic troops can inter lights a chance. i am very sorry for this. please, excuse me, i said too much time grateful to the armed forces of ukraine for protecting us glory to ukraine to visit their stones. earlier, a prominent ukrainian blogger and activist was shot dead in the city of caisson.

that's off the hey to keep local authorities of sending people to the front lines without any protection or training for their school. i just watched a video with the dead guys who thought they were protecting our city. they had nothing. this is just arm bands. they were making molotov cocktails. can you, i want to ask the authorities, do you fear these people will visit you in your dreams? the people whom you sent there for some reason. it is a crime. following kritisha is said to have been killed when he left his apartment on april the 20th and headed to his car. apparently an assassin was waiting for him . the blogger was found with gunshot wounds to his head, already and arms. coolish all had been using social media to help find people who have gone missing in the conflict. he also took part in organizing a charity funds to provide helps refugees. he regularly posted images from the city of cousin and talk about issues that demanded public attention to come from

ukrainian media outlets at the squad, the blogger, as pro russian, and accused him of collaborating with russian troops who are now in control of cousin curtis jones, has denied those accusations, thank. he was only trying to help make life better, a fellow residence of the war torn city, so father has been no response from ukrainian officials regarding his death. meanwhile, russia, the defense ministry has declared readiness to introduce a humanitarian fees, fire around the as of cell factory in mario pole. that's off the plasma putins. c'mon, to cancel the storming of the 45 side. ukraine's trips inside the factory had been told to raise white flags if they wish to surrender. a correspondent, more gas, the reports from the outskirts of the embattled industrial zone. well, on top of a high rise building right on the edge of the has of steel, industrial complex, he's the luck, residential neighborhood that was held by ukrainian nationalists. they've been for

have beaten back and retreated that home, just one, building everything beyond. he's bought i will deal with this thing. oh visit. i was here on still very much i had with the view here. everything is controlled by ukrainian nationalists. russian forces now ring the entirety of the as of steel industrial side, the orders that they have now at the stand in positions be ready, but vladimir putin has ordered the russian defense minister, the council to cancel a plan, raid of the as of steel. so it offensive on the as of philadelphia complex because of the potential body count, you must bear in mind that this is a been combat. perhaps the only thing was an urban combat to ease nuclear war.

every single apartment, every single, every single entrance meiza of ground is fought over and blood is spilled full. therefore, the russian president wants to save as many lives as possible because you have to understand that the soldiers fighting here. they're all someone's father, someone's brother, someone's son. they have children who they want to return to. they want to support and who will miss them for their lives if they fold in this battle, especially considering the sorry state that the ukrainian nationalists inside the as of steel complex are re 2000 of them are made as well as hundreds of foreign fighters must read together with their own morale, their low and food. hon. hold on, i'm your nation. many one to surrender many one away out. they understand that for

them. this is the end, the russian side in say, still, i mean want to surrender, will be treated with dignity. you can hear us. i book far away from feeling industrial complex. so it's, it's probably best to head out don't. yes, republic, military forces have been pulling out from mario po, to return to their permanent basis of the residential parts of the city, were fully cleared unsecured. oh, the soldiers have been receiving warm welcome from local residence, but the formerly pacific city of mario po, remains beset by a humanitarian crisis. many locals lack necessities that you feel food and water.

with you ladies, being handed out on a broad scale and mariel posed to help local residence, i have a condo, humanitarian crisis in the city and as fresh fall outside of the banning of tennis players from russia and deliveries from competing at wimbledon officials for one of the world's top tennis events, the atp toi, have condemned the moved by wimbleton. we believe that this unilateral decision by wimbledon and the l. p, a to exclude players from russia and bella roost from this year's british grass court swing is unfair and has the potential to set a damaging precedent for the game. discrimination based on nationality. also constitutes a violation of our agreement with wimbledon, that states that player entry is based solely on atp rankings. the governing body of wimbledon issued the bound after slammed russia's actions in ukraine. however, the tennis tournaments being accused of close ties,

the british political establishment with his trophy in being presented by a member of the world family. according to wimbledon officials, the band aims to limit russia global influences to the strongest possible means possible. u. k. tennis officials say that decision was unavoidable, given the political situation, but they might to review the suspension. if things do change, we got some reaction to the move from locals in london tank. it's shame that russian athletes have to suffer what the politicians are leaving him into these a stupid idea because others listen to the right this morning. and i think it's the logic in years to come. if there's other conflicts in the world tell they're going to ban those next, mom says, and i was just saying to my brother that the lympics they can play under a new flag. and i think it's absurd, expecting them to come here and take a declaration against huge thing or russia when their families still live in russia . and then not thinking about the consequences of the players that may have to make

those decisions. i think it's up to the game i thought, but met with i've had a chance to shift to in, especially because i think mr. joke of it. she's not coming to the nation protocol . yeah, absolutely. it's a shame the game coming spokesmen to meet you pass grant said the band that would make tennis play as hostages of politics. we both have reaction from veteran tennis player andre chestnut call. we have to split today. the politics here changes. it's here and i think it will inside hatred installer and when a nation base and this is my feeling and it doesn't matter what's going on between russia and ukraine.

but if you take a look in the bus, that was so many war in yugoslavia, let's say 20 years ago than leave iraq. but no one was banned from the tournament. and that time during the war a group of former us intelligence on national security officials have per, has published a joint letter warning. they're breaking up the power of american big tech companies with threaten american national security. the veterans say such companies are crucial to advancing us policies on a global scale. u. s. technology platforms had already taken concrete steps to shine a light on russia's actions to brutalize ukraine through their efforts. the world knows what is truly happening in cities from mary polito, kia, undistorted by manipulation from moscow. or his caleb more can investigate just how

deeply big take companies are integrated into washington's geo politics. fake news and misinformation abounds. we are told the big tech monopolies and their fact checkers are the only things protecting us from a world of lies. it is so vital that the information we receive be filtered. we are told that the intelligence agencies are now begging the government not to break up a few tech monopolies in the face of these growing threats, us policymakers must not inadvertently hampered the ability of us technology platforms to counter increasing. does information and cybersecurity risks, particularly as the west continues to rely on the scale and reach of these firms to push back on the kremlin, but recently proposed congressional legislation would unintentionally curtail the ability of these platforms to target does information efforts and safeguard the security of their users in the u. s. and globally. so what can we take from this? well firstly, big monopolies are never really a big fan of anti trust legislation and the prospect of the government breaking

them apart. so the good of the market, the more importantly this appears to be solid confirmation at this point, social media tech giants are a wing of the us state department. they even point to the same enemies, russia, and china. the united states will need to rely on the power of its technology sector to ensure that the safety of its citizens and the narrative of events continues to be shaped by facts, not by foreign adversaries. the russian government is seeking to alter the information landscape and it has already received by in, from other like minded states, such as china, pro russia or anti nato voices of all been banned or shadow band on social media. before that, the hammer came down on american conservatives with even donald trump, the former us president being shut down himself. these forces seem to be totally fine with altering information. they just want to be the only ones with such a license, the latest movies you tube meddling and hong kong. they seem to have decided that john lee, the only candidate running for hong kong stop position is no good. he's now calling

them out. the termination reflects the flagrant hedge a monic tactics employed by the u. s. gun, an imposing the so called sanction on mister lee, so as to intimidate him will not in any way affect his strong determination to continue to safeguard national security. mister lee will continue to use his best efforts to reach out to the public to explain his platform and to hear their views through many different means and channels. big tack and the u. s. government seem rather cosy these days, plenty of lucrative government contracts for silicon valley. so it appears that enforcing standard anti trust legislation and breaking up a big monopoly here. or there may actually get in the way of waging some of history's most sophisticated psychological warfare. at least they're willing to admit it. caleb martin, r t. new york. thanks for keeping his company here in asi international. we're back at the top of the i with the latest. see then ah

ah, with then alexis smith, alexis, thank you very much for your time. you are thank you for inviting me in that pa calling you once colonel of the you this laugh air defense myself for says now you are a retired officer. back in 1999 when nato was ruthlessly bomb. in belgrade you an ethnic serb where part of the unique operation in which they ask 117 knight hawk stout fighter jad of america's air forces was shut down. as far as i know,

this was the only time when the aircraft of that type was lost in combat. how did that happen with richard? that night i was at the command post of the $250.00 if air defense missile brigade, which was guarding belgrade, chief of staff, colonel dragon, stank of each, was the commander of the task force. my zone included the 3rd battalion, which was under the leadership of colonel danny's alton. we were in touch and he was telling me what he saw in his radar. and i was relaying to him the until that i got from our control and reporting center. at some point a target appeared and the intercept zone of the 3rd battalion. and i gave danny the order to shoot it down. as i said, did you know what the target was? yes, me and his lawyer. no, we didn't. it was just to target force. his team did a good job and the next day we found out from the news on t v that we had shot down an f 117 night hawk stealth aircraft. the pride and joy

of the united states air force, i guess the saying is true, we just didn't know that it was supposed to be invisible. so you learned about the success of your operation from the new yes, from one and you feel at that moment. i'm in cougar's pride. it's not every day that you get to shoot down a stealth aircraft. this happened for the 1st time ever. this helped on the emotional level by boosting the morale of the 3rd battalion. it remained the most successful battalion throughout the whole bombing operation. it fought for 78 days and didn't suffer any losses that his high yes, amazing. so as i understand, if he hadn't shut down the bomber, it would have carried out its nation right. the sambal nearly almost, it was coming towards our air defense command post, but it didn't succeed on its way out. it wanted to strike the 3rd battalion and ended up being shot down the f 170 ne has a computer that tracks its route. so it can avoid any threats,

but they didn't know where our defense battalion was maneuvering and hiding. well, there was an imperative force. we were also good at diversion. some say that we used microwave ovens. those were not microwave ovens, of course, we call them radio signal imitators. other devices that they caused confusion when they used anti radiation missiles against us. we would turn on these alternative devices along with our actual raiders. these imitators drew the missiles towards themselves. so our equipment stayed safe, your entry lane, any military secret idea? is this a well known tactic? israel, new political? yes, it is a well known tactic. we didn't come up with this idea. i actually don't know. maybe we were the 1st ones to employ it. but from what i understand russians were ready to sell us these devices while we manufactured them from whatever we could get our hands on. river boat raiders, old aircraft raiders. i think that today it is a well known tactic. it happened back in 90.