the, the the, me, they should know that our response will follow at lightning speed. we have all the tools which no one else can now post. what vladimir putin declares will be moscow's response to any outside interference against it's offensive in ukraine. a wakeup call for european governments to consider crisis elsewhere in the world as india is at. the top diplomat refuses to take a hard stance against the war and ukraine and calls on western nations to pay more attention to problems in asia. no gas for poland and bulgaria until they pay for their imports in roubles, as russia turns off. the taps the commission chief flam. moscow decision as unjustified and unacceptable.

the broadcasting live from us studios in moscow. this is our to international. i'm john thomas. certainly glad to have you with us. and we start with the latest on the war in ukraine. a series of explosions have been reported in the city of harrison in the south of ukraine. as a local tv tower was allegedly hit by an air strike videos posted on social networks show massive blasts and the remnants of projectiles. reports say the attack came from positions held by the ukrainian armed forces. an air defense system was immediately engaged and the tower didn't suffer critical damage. some residents said, rushing tv channels in the city were off the air as a result of the strike. but the broadcast started now said to have been restored, there was no immediate comment from keith on the matter. meanwhile, vladimir putin says moscow will retaliate quickly and decisively to any outside interference against its military operation in ukraine. russian president told that

to federal lawmakers during an official visit to saint petersburg on wednesday is list auto was limited. so if someone from outside decides to interfere in the ongoing operation and will post strategic threats unacceptable to russia, they should know that our response will follow at a lightening speed. we have all the tools which no one else can now boast of. i'd like to stress that all the toss of our military operation in don't bus and ukraine will be successfully tackled for sure. our soldiers have managed to avert a real danger looming over russia. the 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's 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. putin 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 a plans by the ukrainians to attack crimea and don boss, let's take a listen to the home news. as a friend, russia favored the establishment of an independent ukraine. back them, we expected ukraine to become friendly, that we will move forward together, bolstering each other in the new historical context. suddenly, nobody expected an anti russian nation to spring up on historical russian lands. then ukraine was pushed towards a direct confrontation with russia. i'll remind you unfortunately, the plans including a military attack on crimea and don baston enshrined in ukraine's doctrine documents in the cranium. people with destined to become fatal consumable material duration. now it's important to note that russian president vladimir putin statements come as we're seeing more and more attacks on russian territory that

moscow was blaming here for 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 shelling 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. it's completely legitimate for ukraine to be targeting in rushes that in order to disrupt the logistics. oscar already reacted to that statement. it said that if you craniums were to attack russian territory with u. k provided weapons that russian forces would retaliate by attacking decision making centers in kiev. 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,

recruit and said that this is all actually happening on the backdrop of a long waged economic war by the west, against russia, to isolate rushes economy, and that the west has shown. little willingness to sit down at the negotiating table. daniel mcadams, executive director of the ron paul institute for peace and prosperity, says the west and the us in particular are wrong to be during pigeons warnings when it comes to the war. and you click one thing that's been very consistent this entire time. is that president putin has done what he said, he's going to do this goes back to december when the new documents for a new security architecture, when reduced, et cetera, et cetera. and he's done what he said he would do it, he should be taken seriously. i think it's very clear that the, that the u. s. and it's nato allies are attempting to ramp up support or ramp up the transfer of, of weapons to ukraine. they believe their own rhetoric. they believe that russia is

bluffing. obviously, the u. s. must know that this is a desperate situation for ukraine. why are they continuous and why more importantly, why is it in any remote way in america's national interest, every provoking a war over the borders of ukraine? no one has answered that question yet. india's foreign minister has resisted calls from the west to take a hard stance against the war in new grain and instead says problems in asia should take precedence again. quite candidly, we've been hearing for the last 2 months. a lot of our, a lot of arguments from europe, so you know that things happening in europe and asia should worry about it because these could happen in asia. guess what things have been happening in a shop for the last 10 years. now, europe may not have looked at it so, so you know, it could do this could be a wake up call for europe, not just in europe. it could be a wake up call for europe to also look at ation. india has so far defended its

neutrality over the war in ukraine as it maintains close size with moscow. ukraine has been a central topic of discussion between the indian administration and western counterparts for the past 2 months. the top diplomat there has insisted that india needs to rid itself of the idea that a foreign power could define that country. and it should not need to seek approval from the west. we've gotten reaction from a former senior official in the indian foreign ministry who pointed out numerous tragedies in asia that were ignored by europe. we are being given summons about how we should behave. and i think the minister should go was right to point out that they showed me more prices, whether vanished on, on the problem or for dinner isn't and to which the europe in countries paid no attention, did not heed the concerns of the country each. so i think that

he was quite right in pointing out that if that know that every country looks at the problem from the perspective off it said geography anderson, national interests and europe and perspective on this is not necessarily shared by other countries around i think that there have been so many tragedies in asia and africa, which i've been completely ignored by the fact many of these strategies i've been caused by the policies off many, we reorder ours and i just have to look at a bonus. saunders. ringback the city, so the more going on in yemen,

and so many other places around the world, the new africa, he's probably rising. i think that we should all be concerned about the life of human beings of suffering all around actually on. so rouse the conscience. one on russia has shut the taps on its natural gas supplies to poland and bulgaria. the energy giant gas prom cited those countries. failure to pay for their imports in roubles on time, and added that any unauthorized use of transit gas just for other buyers could result in further cuts. the ease chief have slammed moscow's decision as unjustified at ortiz, where if an ocean had discussed the issue earlier with my colleague, you to know neil the answer by guest from that it's unilaterally stopping delivery of guest 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, here's 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 russian gas. but just someone else is paying for that. and gas prices, of course, are much higher which sounds a little bit like absurd stories. european politicians and experts claimed repeatedly that europe is not capable of given up russian 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 that, you know, it's items be to be thought the we, i mean, the ostrich mineral oil administration stock company, accepted the payment terms 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 later they are payments are converted into roubles. so it doesn't make a big difference actually. plus 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 threatened . right? the russian presidents spokesperson also stresses that this decision is rush reaction to numerous unfriendly steps towards 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 adopt 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 london has said that it will be russia that suffers the most over its gas payment rules, claiming that turning off the taps for bulgaria and poland would only lead to

greater global isolation for moscow. 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 pariah. the political rhetoric clearly needs to be torn down because this is a very serious problem. there is a real yes and by the relationship that has existed between europe and russia. if you look at the share of the russia gash and europe good, which is i don't 14250. be see him. you know, the crashes in europe is actually 5 times out of the machine. so i would rather have, you know, what to say me goes making it is having that judgment and actually trying to solve the current crisis. i think you want to reach our situation. africa is set to lose out on an unprecedented $11000000000.00 worth of food supplies. as the ukraine conflict, severely disrupt grain exports, we prices have been skyrocketing already. the price of wheat has gone up about 60

percent. mays and other grains will also be effected. there may be a fertilizer crisis, as there would be about a 2000000 metric ton deficit. and that will affect food production by about 20 percent. the african development at banks, the president has also warned of the potential for hunger crisis in the continent to become one of the worst in the world. ukraine has traditionally exported 40 percent of its wheat and corn to africa and suspended fertilizer exports from russia may only exacerbate the situation. the world bank has said that the currently high prices could remain for years or jeez, charlotte vincent reports the war cloud zone. but the feels why seeds should have been clunky, remain empty across ukraine. the consequences for global food supplies could be catastrophic. this crisis could throw up to 1700000000 people over one 5th of humanity into poverty, destitution and hunger on

a scale not seen in decades. ukrainian, russia on known as the bread basket countries they are which in food, all soil, it feed people across the world between the account to something like 30 percent of the world production of weaken barley, a low effect the ball corn, and more than haul full sunflower oil prices are already increasing. there are difficulties finding some basic items, but there are warnings that there is far worse yet to come. the conflict is causing suffering far beyond its borders, including through the twin impact of rising food in energy cost. this is exacerbating pre existing hunger crises for many countries, including in the horn of africa, this a hell and the middle east, which will threaten political stability if we don't act fast. the threat of famine will increase for millions of people who has been clear that these problems have

been cause falling, russia. the books, foreign policy chief is said that it is russian. so just so important thing feels preventing ship leaving poor for the cause. any issues, all those including you and organizations have count is that saying that the biggest issue facing food supplies are the sanctions imposed by the west supply chain and logistical disruptions on ukrainian or russian grain. an oil seed production, as well as restrictions on russia's exports will have significant impacts on food security. as i told the u. n. secretary, general sanctions, or a double edged sword, as he is a group that this conflicts could become entrenched. these concerns about farming and crisis so likely to become rooted even deeper. and does the west sends in more military weaponry? there are some that are questioning whether this could fertilize the war and help

food insecurity grow. add to that the ban zone, russian oil causing global spikes in energy cost. that increasing pressure on costs o rule. the world bank is also in the food shortage space following the world could be a catastrophe on top of a catastrophe. one that could drive tens of millions to the edge of famine, geology whiskey, or t. paris. russia has slammed as a provocation. ukraine's had promised to occupy the neighboring breakaway republic of trans, mr. if mulled over requested key of earlier accused moscow of de stabilizing the situation there. now transistor is a breakaway region of moldova, where russian peacekeeping forces have been station since 990 s. and also has a long border with ukraine. the security situation in the area has deteriorated in recent days, due to several reported attacks. a local resident explains,

pushing as can could me, in recent days, a number of unfortunate events have happened in transit. mister, several shots were fired at the state security ministry. to tv towers are blown up in the village of my act. then there were attacks on a military unit in the village of bar county and the largest ammunition depot in europe. in the village of coal, boston was also attacked. many residents are panicking and leaving, but there are those who remain calm. reacting to ukraine's statements to occupy trans nice term model. they have said that the only situation or the solution to the situation is relation rather is a political one. but the head of the transmitter has said that the efforts are already under way to drag it into a wider conflict. here is the view of local parliament member andre. so fun off in regards to key stance. you pretty much so we need to view the interview of various stove it as well as some other statements by such characters as bodacious in

a deliberate provocation. and at the same time, an attempt to force trans needs it to make statements that can be used against us. so we have to keep the powder dry, security forces do that, but at the same time, we understand that both we and the russians can be provoked to do some unreasonable steps. ukrainian leadership is now trying to provoke russia in different areas. it seems trans east has become a hostage of this situation to some ukrainian politicians. look at it as rushes ally, relying strictly on facts we can assess accordingly. the attack on tourist paul as well as the explosion that the radio mos transmitting russian radio to ukrainian territory, as well as some other actions. in any case, it can be seen as a provocation. we proceed from the premise that as our president said, those attacking the state security ministry building hate in ukrainian territory. global military spending has now surpassed 2 trillion dollars with the u. s. sitting firmly on top of that mountain, the latest figures show it spends more on its military than the next 9 nations

combined. some are increasingly questioning whether the country has gotten its priorities the right way round. this comes as president biden's approval ratings hit a new low with 37 percent of respondents strongly disapproving of his performance. the survey shows people want the government to focus more on inflation and storing gasoline prices, as well as concerns about surging crime rates, immigration, and election integrity also of concern to americans is that businesses are raising their prices and getting ever bigger profits. a recent study has shown that the average profit growth is currently around 50 percent. some major u. s. companies such as toymaker motel, have seen their profits rise exponentially over the past 2 years. political analyst garland nixon believes that the u. s. government's priorities are not what the public wants them to be. what we're looking at is a country that has its priorities upside down and inside out. and here's what i

mean. you know, the, the duty, the 1st duty of a government is to take care of the needs of the people. our government now takes care of the needs of a very small group of very powerful wealth, the oligarchy. so the military spending, interestingly enough, is partially about maintaining world hedge money. well, that's falling apart, but trying, trying to maintain world education gemini. but the other big part of it is, it's about enriching a small group of very wealthy people. our government has been wholly captured by the powerful oligarchy. i mean, we always use the term oligarchy. we're referring to russia, ukraine, or other countries. but none of those oligarchy are nearly as wealthy as the jeff bezos in the line mosques and the cope brothers in america. and they have wholly captured the u. s. government. so if you look at the priorities of the u. s. government in who they're representing, one could argue that yes,

they've got their priorities and in order because the people that they are representing are getting in rich as far as the other 330000000 of us, we no longer rank very high and their list of priorities ukraine is important to the of the neo cons, to the beltway insiders, the pro war, and i'll use this term fascist pro war about we insiders in washington, d. c. they see green as the top priority, but the people on the street are concerned with, you know, feeding their children and keeping a roof over there. the u. s. will face a shortage of stinger anti aircraft systems in 2023 because so many. 3 have been sent to key of to arm ukraine. that is the warning from the army manufacturer and major u. s. defense contractor raytheon. however, the conflict has been good news for raytheon, according to the company's recent report. it clocked up sales of most $16000000000.00 in the 1st quarter of this year. that's up 3 percent over last year . now this financial boost comes courtesy of stinger missiles,

being one of the major weapons delivered to ukraine, as well as javelin anti tank missiles. since russia's military operation began, 1400 anti aircraft systems have been sent to key forces with some officials, estimating washington has given away nearly a quarter of it's stocks to curb the shortage, the u. s. defense department is seeking more military equipment to be distributed by other organizations. the department is asking for air defense, anti armor and other systems from across the military industry, and is exploring ways to ramp up the production. former cia analyst larry johnson says defense contractors sees the conflicts to drastically push up spending on arms . united states congress is poised. plus i saw to up the defense budget to the 800000000000, not more. so these companies are not hurting at all. this is the, you know, they love this, trying to think that it gives them a rationale to justify expenditures on weapons systems. the steer missile was 1st

built in 1981. this is the equivalent of sending 1981 lot to somebody. it's a new audible this last number to it is a weapon system that frankly was designed for technology in the 1980s. and over the last 30 years, the united states has never flawed a country. it actually had a real error. so now there's a weapon system is being used in ukraine and it has not been used effective when i was in the stingers in 1986 was not the central intelligence agency. we were dealing with it in terms of arming the enough ghana stand to shoot down the soviet telephone. it was effective back in the 1980s, but it had still had limited effect. we're now in 2022. this is the technology it's, it's 41 years old. i don't care how much they've updated. the foundation of it is,

it's a 41 year old weapon. basically, the united states is giving away a weapon system that's not effective against the 1st world military and russia is a 1st world military. as u. s. military spending sores, the country secretary of state antony blinkin says it will support wants efforts to boost its military strength to repel what they label as chinese aggression. the biden administration is determined to make sure that taiwan has all necessary means to defend itself against any potential aggression, including unilateral action by china, to disrupt the status quo. that's been in place now for many decades. in response to chinese foreign ministry spokesperson has said that the country rejects blinking quote, deplorable statement. he also emphasized the importance of maintaining peace and stability in the taiwan strait. chinese financial analyst frances learn believes washington's plans for taiwan are simply about deterring beijing. us will continue

to apply to taiwan to try to trying to, i'm in be taking over the lawn is that you got the city policy. you can be applied to taiwan for that case. if somebody will be selling more, you must be selling the most rep and what everybody want to see is a sale may vote, nothing changes. i think that would be best for everybody in the us trying to economy a so much so in the china where the us us were china. so they were they have to talk to

each other in russian pilots serving jail time in the u. s. on smuggling charges has been released in a prisoner exchange between moscow and washington. the russian foreign ministry said that the exchange took place as a result of a lengthy negotiation process. konstantin chicago has already arrived in moscow and met with his family. he had been sentenced to 20 years in a u. s. prison back in 2011 for allegedly and involvement in a drug smuggling scheme supposedly uncovered drink. a sting operation in the west african nation of liberia, russian officials have claimed that he was abducted shan't go, said that he was tortured after being taken into custody. our shanker has now been swapped for a former us marine trevor read. who has jailed in russia for striking a police officer. your shank goes, jailing sparked a dispute between the us and russia with moscow, claiming the arrest violated the vienna convention on diplomatic relations. russian

politician, maria, booting up, who also previously served jail time in the u. s. on allegations that she was working as an unregistered for an agent says there is indeed a problem with torture and other excessively harsh treatment in the american prison system. 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 medical 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, who despite all the hard situation of the world's andrews before they're in the united states, they found a way to successfully finish the negotiations. and that those are for me, this hour. i will be back in about 30 minutes with another full and frank selection is this is our international. glad to have you with us. the news, the news ah

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