to war targeting russia and a russian military campaign that is changing the security dynamics of the european continent. and western propaganda is hell bent on escalation. with they should know that all responsible to follow at a lightning speed. we have all the tools which no one else can now post all 3 to respond to any outside interference in russia's offensive grain. we'll go through about speech later. no gas for poland on bulgaria until they pay for their imports. and rubles, russia turns off at tops, but the commission chief slums, the decision as on just the unacceptable model to head on the program, the russian foreign ministry, sage nato countries are contin competing to supply more lethal weapons to key while

claiming they want peace on the seas far or gas for their thoughts on in the united states are not calling for peace. resolution of these prompts and diverse, we do not want to war 2. and what the united states is doing is going to provoke russia. ah. across the globe around the clock, this is your are to measure the have your company today. my name is you don't know me. russia will retaliates immediately on this sy sibley to any outside interference in it's ongoing military operation in ukraine. babe's want vladimir putin as to a russian legislators today during a working trip to st. petersburg. leftovers named me to someone from our side to side for interfere and the ongoing operation, and will post strategic threats unacceptable to russia. they should know that our response will follow at lightning speed and we have all the tools which no one else

can now postal. what are teased all a quarter join, sri know to discuss the tide on the russian president being extremely direct with those words was the whole speech is combative us them either unit. well, russian president vladimir putin certainly shed a lot of light on the current state of the conflict in ukraine at this meeting with legislators in st. petersburg. most importantly, he said that all of the objectives of russia special operation are going to be accomplished. he said that russia was always in favor of ukraine as an independent, neutral country. and that moscow cannot be blamed for the failure of diplomacy to work things out. in response to economic sanctions. prudent said that russia has the potential to become a world leader in the field of technology, and that all measures possible will be taken to defy attempts to isolate the country. now we also heard from the russian president on plans by the ukrainians to attack crimea, and dunbar. let's take

a listen. thank you for learning. i'll remind you. unfortunately, the plants including a military attack on crimea and don't bass, were in trying to ukraine's doctrine documents. and the cranium people were destined to become a consumable material. on the now it's important to note that russian president vladimir putin statements. com as we're seeing more and more attacks on russian territory that moscow is blaming here for just last night and this morning. explosions were heard throughout russian border regions, including belgrade course and veronica. these nobody was killed or injured, but these are far from the 1st such attacks actually, and we've been seeing them happen more and more often as of late even back at the beginning of the military operation. when i was reporting in russia's border region of our staff, we saw a lot of showing there as well. but what's different right now is that western officials are now openly calling for ukrainian troops to attack russian territory. let's take a listen completely legitimate ukraine to be targeting in rushes that disrupt the

logistics. oscar already reacted to that statement. it said that if the you, if you craniums were to attack russian territory with u. k provided weapons that russian forces would retaliate by attacking decision making centers in key of but this all really looks, these attacks are just one theater of what looks to be a larger confrontation between russia and the west. in fact, prudent said that this is all actually happening on the backdrop of a long waged economic war by the west, against russia, to isolate russia's economy, and that the west has shown little willingness to sit down at the dipper at the negotiating table. don't. thanks for you to bring this through to ortiz, donal quarter. russia has shut that up, so it's gone supplies to poland and bulgaria. the energy giant gas problem cited the country's failure to pay for their imports in roubles on time. not any

unauthorized use of transit gas destined for other buyers could result in further cuts. but the u chief, her slammed the decision, was justified. the answer by guest from that it's unilaterally stopping delivery of guess to customers in europe is yet another attempt by russia to use gas as an instrument of blackmail. this is unjustified and unacceptable. and it shows once again and reliability of russia as a guest supplier, you are was quick, took years moscow black male in the to you countries that are almost completely dependent on russian gas. the president of the european commission now says that the work should be intensified to bring as much director with a new union as possible to minimize the negative impact from this decision. and also she says a very interesting thing that right now, poland and bulgaria are receiving energy from their neighbors. so they are continuing to receiving ration gas,

but just someone else is paying for that. and gas prices, of course, are much higher which sounds a little bit like absurd. various european politicians and experts claimed repeatedly that europe is not capable of giving oppression gas. and this is why and this tending that many countries have already accepted pain in the way russia ones among them. hungary, austria, germany here is austrian, a chancellor explaining but it's, i don't speak to via the when father we, i mean the ostrich mineral oil administration stock company, accepted the payment term as the german government. and the payment conditions were found adequate to comply with the conditions of the sanctions. it was important for us and, and this is very important for you to make it clear. the states can still pay in your is or dollars or any other currency. they just have to open accounts in russia's gas from bank, so that the leader, the payments are converted into roubles. so it doesn't make a big difference. actually was gas from claims if notified, both poland and bulgaria in advance about the suspension of the ration. guess if

the payment is not made. so this is what happened. they were warned, not frat and right. the russian presidents spokesperson also stresses that this decision is rush reaction to numerous unfriendly step stores. more so you know, that the country's economy has been, he dramatically because of numerous packages of economic sanctions. so who's black mailing, who that's the question ready? seeing of course, a huge cost of living crisis in europe. is that, or a disconnect between what officials and seeing how people are actually dealing on a day to day basis is going to make the, the current situation worse. while europe is dependent on russian energy. and of course, given adoption would fail immediately. and everybody knew that, and everybody was aware about the consequences and they have been talking about that. now we see that the market is in turbulence. clearly european gas prices rose by as much as a fees. but the sad thing is that ordinary people are those paying the highest

price we hear right now, for example, that some people in europe now have to choose between paying their energy bills or buying food because it's getting hotter and hotter everyday to afford was maria finished enough kick shower is instead of bob son bikes instead of car is just some of the suggestions being proposed by b e. u, as ways of using a less energy and therefore inflicting economic pain and russia. later in the program, we'll be looking at more of the message being put forwards. london house stated, it'll be russia that suffers the most of rich gas payments rules. claiming the turning the chops off on bulgaria and poland will only lead to greater global isolation. halting gas supplies will have a very damaging effect on russia as well because it is becoming further and further, more and more, not just a political pariah, but any comic brian the political rhetoric really needs to be torn down because

this is a very serious problem. there is a real yes, in the relationship that has existed between europe and russia. if you look at the share of the russia gash and you're going to be just, i don't 14250. be see him. you know, the crisis in europe is actually 5 times out of shima. so i would rather have, you know, want to see me goes making it is having that judgment and actually trying to solve the current crisis. you want to reach our situation to the bustle, grounds russian or forces have reportedly destroyed, hungers in the science, easterns, ferrucci at region, which were said to contain weapons delivered from ukraine's western allies. the strikes were carried out by cruise missiles, the russian, m. o t claim is $59.00 military targets were hit print over nights in areas where national groups, where the felicity of motor, oops, one of the main front lines was a key topic of discussion during talks in moscow and choose the between the united

nations chief on russia's president and foreign minister, antonio good terry said, an agreement had been reached to use un resources to help civilians leave the office. they'll still factory where some are believe. tradition of trade. industrial zone remains a whole lot for the far right nationalist fighters who have refused to surrender one martyr, uber resident claims locals were being used as you mentioned. so basically we're hiding in a 73rd house in the basement on the 1st floor. who's hiding there? not teeth nazis, whereas off i do not know which one of them it was did they have chevrons, some kind of symbols. well only craning military, have these ribbons and everything else. i do not know the answer for the national guard or someone else did. they offer you the chance to evacuate, where you used as a human shield for them. well, of course they were hygiene, house entrance hit out the reader. a russian pilot imprisoned in the u. s. has been

released in exchange between moscow on washington that is, according to the russian foreign ministry. constantine, y'all should go was sentenced to 20 years in prison, back in 2011 for supposed involvement and drugs. he's not being small for american students on a former u. s. stream trevor read, who was jailed in russia for resisting arrest and striking a police officer russian pilots. you're ashamed? who's jailing sparked the spots between the nations. but moscow? claiming the arrest broke the vienna convention of diplomatic relations. russian politician reboots nor who also serv. time in american jail believes the u. s. would prefer to keep the truth about its prison system locked up to the united states. they didn't care about, they all citizens, they just didn't want russians to go home because it was me and dad. they have been unjustly serving time in the us prison. also they, as i did when i return,

they could tell the truth that american prisons are not like they show movies. and they actually do taught for people psychologically physically and they do or keep them in a very hard condition. there is a big difference between what the medic i'm say and what they actually do. and obviously the gesture makes change. gesture means that russian diplomats found words and found an offer to the united states that they, they couldn't reject. and it just means that this is incredible victory or russian diplomats for despite all the hard situation and the world's andrews before they're in the united states. they found a way to successfully finish the negotiations. despite the western countries repeatedly calling for a cease fire in ukraine, the russian foreign ministry house question nato's desire for peace,

claiming members of the alliance are competing with each other to send more weapons to kia. because then you can book, it seems to me that they are competing to see who can supply more lethal weapons to ukraine. and at the same time they say that they want to listen personally to antilles. it's illogical when one of the latest developments all mount and in a significant you turn germany this week said it will send anti aircraft systems to ukraine. novices by chancellor shoals, previously expressing resistance to the move. much to the dismay of coalition allies, the announcement came cause the nato allies held the defense summit in germany yesterday to discuss something arms supplies with the polish prime minister, confirming that warsaw has sent tanks to ukraine. but at the same time western countries claim they don't want to be directly involved in the conflict. moscow essays, weapon supplies can only further aggravate the situation. earlier i discussed the situation with a puddle of guest. germany's now announced,

then it will ultimately send heavy artillery to kiev. after much hesitation. why the sudden change of heart? do you think? i think they're responding to pressure mainly from the united states that possibly nato's the u. s. is, has decided, has determined to send as much as it can possibly send to the region. a lot of the stuff that we're sending is, i think older stops, it's all stockpiled. it's not, we're not building new stuff for ukraine. this is stuff that we have on hand that we're getting rid of basically in the ukranian theater. that's what this is about. and i think um, we are leveraging pressure on both nato and specifically on germany to go along with that say americans, while germany at to do what drills don't want to do. he said, germans want to remain peaceful handles of european union for the, for the 1st time in history that can be had them on with, without, ah, militarily,

occupying other countries. but that the americans want them to give and to switch their peaceful industry. a military industry to switch producing from producing cars to producing thanks and to get involved in a war with russia for the 3rd time and history. the ukrainian people are really ah, the exposure to president offer ukraine. california do was to send more weapons too, too, too. so down to russians and you know, i think he's is really adding of oil to the, to the situation, to the fire. the u. k armed forces minister said he said that ukraine has the right to attack russian territory with nachos weapons, a very direct response to a question. how surprising is such rhetoric given that the west is publicly calling

for a peaceful resolution? well, i think it, i think it belies the fact that the u. k. in the united states are not calling for a peace resolution is a proxy war. and the rest really did not want to war to end soon. why they wish to destroy the ukraine and to extend the war and to make it more destructive and deadly, both for people, the economy and the environment there. why they are willing to do that. you know, they want to weaken russia. i don't know if they want temporarily to weaken it or permanently to weaken it, but that's the intent and they're using the ukranian people in effect. i mean, the ukrainian country, the nation. everything that's important to you, cranium is, is basically on the line just, you know, that's a battlefield. let's use it. also a door friedman. i had a series of talk of talks that he gave back in 2014 and 15. would he,

where he said that what the united states is doing is going to provoke russia while we don't want to kill russia. we just want to hurt them a bit. and instead of stopping to warn you my a triple lot, when causing more cancel landscape, that agent might not be actually wanting to negotiate. just as the foreign minister of russia has contain that constraints keys pretending to negotiate. i think if skis really want to have a face by he should you know, surely it's between sarah in making it possible the on the scene scars of those who kill via remote controls. that's how a recent article in the new york times begins. it details the fate of drone pilots on the mental burdens they carry. but it's been criticized for i tried,

ignoring the victims of the strikes as ortiz, rachel blevins takes us through. what about the drone pilots? that's the message in a recent article from the newer taiser looks at the members of the u. s. military who killed by remote control and the battles with severe depression and drug abuse . they had face after years of killing, with just the press of a button under unrelenting stress. several former crew members said people broke down, drinking and divorce became common. some left the operations floor in tears. others attempted suicide and the military failed to recognize the full impact. but nowhere in that article is it asked the question, why not the victims? what about the civilians who lost their loved ones when their home schools and churches were being bog. they are also speaking as they are forced to live with the impact of those bombings for the rest of their lives. all analog, sometimes when i recall my memories, it is so painful. my body starts shivering. can you imagine you were sleeping at 12?

you're woken up by a huge explosion. everybody is running around, but you can't go out. a few tried to move to safer places, but were fired on from above. i know that the americans were so cruel to us. no one denies the mental tool, but really i feel sorry for those people who cried, but worse, there were innocent civilians who were killed on and that impact is being felt by countless civilians to day. in fact, in afghanistan along the u. s. military carried out more than $13000.00 drones rights between 20152020 is estimated that around $900.00 civilians were killed during that time. the new york times article notes that the air force began offering additional resources to the pilots who were doing the killing to help them cope with their actions. starting in 2015, the air force began to embedding what it called human performance. teams in some squadrons staffed with chaplains, psychologists and operational physiologists offering a sympathetic ear,

coping strategies and healthy practices to optimize performance. but the victims on the ground had the coat by themselves with no psychologist on standby. and it wasn't just the emotional toll of watching their loved ones died, but also the aftermath which included rebuilding their homes and their lives. you know, you know, i have lost my family, those whom i love too much and we feel pain in our heart. we are not made of stone . every one who has a heart had tears in their eyes. who can go to this idea? we have rebuilt our house with much wood, 9 sheets without any money. who says they paid for their bombings? what humanitarian assistance are they talking about? africans did not receive any assistance for them. instead, they looted our money. no one place where both the article in reality can agree is on the impunity and reckless mis was drawn, warfare is conducted. first, the rolls were loosened under president obama,

and then again under president trump. to the point were drawn strikes occurred daily, yet there was no accountability even when declassified documents for the pentagon showed that thousands of civilians were killed by the u. s. and the targets were often wrong. we got the wrong guy. i had just killed someone's dad. i had watched his kids pick up the body parts. then i had gone home and hugged my own kids for the victims. they have been forced to live in a world where all too often innocent lives are taken and there is no justice, not the source hello. i know that there were no foreigners here. they were local residents of this village. the 2 who were killed were inhabitants of this place. they had no enemies but the enemies of this nation, where it is a small village around $35.00 houses. it was the 7th or 8th day of ramadan. we were fasting was without an early meal at dawn and even without dinner next evening. we

were mourning the dead and sharing the pain of the family. the article from the also afford the ways in which drone pilots have worked to forgive themselves with some turning to drugs to cope with what they have done. but speaking to victims and their families. forgiveness is something that is still out of reach. i consider them the worst enemy. now they killed innocent people. no pardon at all. why did they slaughter a man who has nothing to do with them? for no punishment will be enough for them. i believe only god can punish them, like they deserve. when the pentagon still refusing to take responsibility for their actions, there is little hope for justice and on that the victims degree. see no one is denying the struggles of the drone. pilots who kill from thousands of miles away. but the new york times refused to mention the true baked up visit williams on the grounds who have had their families, homes, and lives destroyed by us drones dry for which no one has been held accountable in washington. rachel blevins,

r t. now you may have been hearing something fast over the last that the while turned on the heating to turn up the heat on russia. that's just one of the suggestions to europeans by the international energy agency to help inflict maximum pain on latimer and others include driving last some slower on taking showers. not bonds are to charlotte. dubin ski has been looking at whether the recommendations stuck up as the woo continues, the e u is trying to reduce the amount of energy it needs to import from russia last week, the box foreign policy chief admitted that an outright ban was proving difficult. i 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. while countries may take decisions at a national level,

citizens are being urged to do that part. so for you, commissioners and politicians have suggested a range of how to do your bit to help you crane the advice is very from cold showers to turning down the thermostat. but now the international energy agency b, i. e a has come up with a full proof, 9 point plan called playing my part is in visions how every day people can feet putin. how well dr. last use public transport where possible work from home at least 3 days a week. if you can't cut down on your car use, you could draw it will slowly on the highways and make sure that you keep air conditioning turned down in your car because he eats fuel at home. it suggests also less air conditioning in the summer. less heating in the winter, the i. e a, he says,

all of this won't just stick it to putin. it will also help people be more sustainable . faced with the horrendous scenes of human suffering that we've seen following russia's invasion of ukraine, people in europe want to take action. this guide has easy to follow steps that with little or no discomfort on our part can reduce the flow of money to russia's military and help put us on a path to a cleaner and more sustainable planet. and how much exactly will all of these measures save the i e, he says a typical household. you'll save around 450 years a year. that's about one year or 23 a day or enough every working week to buy a law say in paris. however, if everyone across europe does pitching, this would add up to using $220000000.00 barrels of oil less every day. that sounds pretty significant, right? except when you realize that russia exports around 5000000 barrels of oil a day. overall, this would cut back only around $44.00 days of oil

a year. while the precious have been welcomed by some. there is also a sense that voluntary action just isn't enough or that these demands could also be perceived badly by the public. the question is, what can we do in terms of regulation to ensure every one is participating? not only those thinking of the climate or household budgets, all be honest, it is very difficult not to come across as someone telling people what to do in a mean. scrooge like way. that is why it is important. we coordinate our information campaigns at european level. but if the idea is, every little helps, then you can at least try to play your part child even sky. i'll see paris, sir, gala ralph in conversation next on the program. the foreign minister doesn't to hold back and catch that interview in moments. then i'm back the child with all your mid

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in the world transformed what will make you feel safer? isolation, whole community, are you going the right way or are you being led somewhere? direct. what is true? what is great? in the world corrupted, you need to descend a join us in the depths. all remain in the shallows. there are 2 kinds of conflicts being fought in ukraine, a western design in controlled propaganda war targeting russia and a russian military campaign that is changing the security dynamics of the european continent. and western propaganda is hell bent on escalation.

should give birth to his pursuer, phineas more. thank you so much for finding the time in your busy schedule to talk to us. but thanks for inviting me. if it's a big game, one must play, grow him or her big game, high stakes. i'm sure that a lot of what's being said in washington is at odds with how you see the situation yet. i think you will probably support one thing that president joe biden said that world war 3 is something we must strive to prevent, look, rebels, we need to acknowledge the rescue. a former assistant secretary of defense and harvard university professor graham allison, whom you know, well, has written that to day situation is as explosive as it was during the cuban missile crisis of 1962. it could in fact be even more dangerous. since there's less clarity about the rules of the game and even more mutual distrust. so what do you think about the crisis we are all facing? how deep is it? how real is it?

what cannibal russia do about it? or susan duluth, russia is already doing a lot for years during donald trump's presidency. we were calling on the u. s. on russia's presidents to reaffirm once again together the joint statements adopted by president gorbachev and reagan, back in 1987, which said quote, a nuclear war cannot be one and must never be fought. we tried really hard to convince president trump's administration that it was crucial for both on nations on the entire world to hear this message from the u. s. president. again, unfortunately, we couldn't convince our american partners that make and such a statement was a necessity. we may quick progress with present biden's administration. however, in june 2021, the president of the united states and russia made this joint statement in geneva, january 2022 saw yet another initiative of ours on this track bring some positive results. prior to the next scheduled review conference of the parties to the treaty on the non proliferation of nuclear weapons, all 5 permanent member states of the united nations security council adopted

a joint statement that said the same. all 5 leaders put.