find themselves worlds apart. we choose to look so common ground. ah, they should know, then our response will follow an enlightening speed. we have all the tools which no one else can now postal. this is what vladimir put him declares will be moscow's response to any outside interference against it's offensive in ukraine. the former german junior agriculture official predicts one of the largest famines in human history next year, due to supply lines being fractured by the ukraine conflict and sanctions against russian transport services to wake up call for european governments to consider crisis elsewhere in the world of india's comp 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 with and colon refusing to pay in rebels is still able to get his natural

gas from russia by buying it through germany at a higher price with broadcasting from our studios in moscow. this is our international. i'm john thomas . certainly glad to have you with us. now we start with the latest details on the war in ukraine. a series of explosions have been reported in the city of have san in the south of ukraine. as a local tv tower was allegedly hit in a missile attack. videos posted on social networks show massive blast and the remnants of projectiles report say, the attack came from positions held by the ukranian armed forces and 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 broadcasts are now said to have been restored. there was no immediate comment from here on the matter. meanwhile, vladimir putin says moscow will retaliate quickly and decisively to any outside interference against its military operation in ukraine. the russian president told that to federal lawmakers during an official visit to saint petersburg on wednesday is looked auto was named it. 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 tasks of our military operation in dom bus and ukraine will be successfully tackled for shore. our soldiers have managed to avert a real danger looming over russia. prudence statement came as more russian areas near the ukrainian border have suffered a tax with authorities placing the blame on cubes. forces attacks were reported on wednesday in the western russian regions of belgrade course, and varnish with multiple explosions and a fire rubbing. at an honest depot,

however, no casualties have been reporter, daniel mcadams, executive director at the wrong. paul institute for peace and prosperity says the west and the u. s. in particular are wrong to be ignoring putin's warnings when it comes to the war in ukraine. one thing that's been very consistent this entire time is the 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, winner, dues, etc, etc. 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 that nato allies are attempting to ramp up support or ramp up the transfer of a 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 in any remote way in america's national interests be provoking

a war over the borders of ukraine? no one has answered that question yet. africa is set to lose out on an unprecedented $11000000000.00 worth of food supplies, according to the african development bank. that's as grain exports have been disrupted by the conflict in ukraine with russia struck by a wave of sanctions against transport and logistics services. 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 banks president has also warned of the potential for the hunger crisis in the continent to become one of the worst in the world. ukraine and russia have traditionally supplied about 30 percent of global wheat exports. also, moscow has restricted fertilizer exports for a number of countries after it was hit by sanctions. that may only exacerbate to the problem with the world bank,

saying that the current high prices could remain for years. meanwhile, brazil's president has said that the country's agricultural industry won't survive without russian fertilizers after the world trade organization called on brazil to increase its food exports. western sanctions on russia have hindered fertilizer shipments from that country dramatically impacting farming around the globe. as russia has traditionally been the world's largest fertilizer producer, we heard from a brazilian journalist who says that sustaining agricultural production in that country without russian fertilizers would mean skyrocketing costs. the most important group of patient in brazil, in economy about sanctions against russia. these around for to live. there's no doubt about that. it represents around 38 percent old brazilian conception of fertilizers without importation off russian fertilizers. there will be a huge probably will be

a huge increase in cost for brazil, agricultural production, a may and maybe even lead to laws of growth. in some cases, i think, suggest fertilizers, a very difficult defeats for cbo to find, it's going to be with much higher prices. the former german senior agriculture official says that the current restrictions against russian transport services could lead to one of the greatest famines in human history. next year, thirty's, charlotte davinsky 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 them, they account for something like 30 percent of the world production of weaken barley alone affect the whole corn and more than half of all 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 in 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 soldiers so important in field preventing ships leaving poor for the cause, any issues, all those including you and organizations have counted that saying the biggest issue facing food supplies, all the sanctions imposed by the west supply chain and logistical disruptions on ukrainian in russian grain and 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, he is included that this conflict could become in french. these concerns about farming and crises are likely to become rooted even deeper. and the west sends a more military weaponry. there are some that are questioning whether this could fertilize the war and help food insecurity. grow the sending of weapons

to ukraine. there's only one thing. it lengthens the war. every weapon arrives lengthened, war by some amount of days and weeks and months. and so the, the situation is untenable, and this is a situation that arose from western interference, particularly american interference in ukraine. the sanctions that are being applied and from the west and the weapons that are being sent to from the west to ukraine, to prolong the war are putting the rest of the world, particularly developing countries that have absolutely nothing to do with this situation at risk. they will pay the or the, the higher price in the long run, add to that the ban zone, russian oil, causing global spikes in energy cost that increasing pressure on costs.

overall. something that i'm concerned about is that sooner or later, many of the populations in europe will start to ask questions of their government, governments and the sanctions they're applying to russia on which are causing energy prices, not just food prices. and the 2 are often related because higher energy prices cause automatically cause food prices to increase because shipping costs increase, italian appointed prime minister mario druggie, who, who i would like to stress was not elected, has asked italians to limit the air conditioning their thermostat to 25 degrees in the air conditioning and 19 degrees for heating in order to reduce reliance on natural gas, which a lot of which comes from russia. so now you have,

these shall we call. it will stop politics sooner or later, just as happened with the vaccine situation and the core of it. in the past 2 years, we're going to see protests and, but this will affect more people than the vaccines bank is also the food short inch face falling. the world could be a could be on top of a catastrophe, one that could drive tens of millions to the edge of famine. charlotte g, musky oxy? paris? india's foreign minister has resisted calls from the west to take a hard stance against the war in ukraine. 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 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 your to find that country and it should not need to seek approval from the west. we are being given sermons about how we should behave and i think the minister should go right to point out that. ringback shows me more prices, whether it was vanished on on the problem on the internet isn't and to which the europe in countries paid no attention. did not hear the concerns of the nation countries. so i think that he was quite right in working out that day if know that every country looks at the problem from their perspective off it said geography anderson,

national interests and the european 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 off we. we are a few hours and i just have to look at a bonus. saunders libya city still more going on in yemen, and so many other places around the world? africa. he's probably rising. i think that we should all be concerned about the life of human beings of suffering. we are all around

actually on so rouse the conscience actually was on the kremlin that has rejected accusations of using gas exports to europe as blackmail after russia shut. the taps on its natural gas applies to poland and bulgaria because those countries refuse to pay for their imports in roubles, following the west restrictions on russia's access to foreign currencies. the condition touch. this is not black miley russia has been and remains a reliable supplier committed to a subrogation. the need for the conditions set in the presidential decree was caused by unprecedented unfriendly steps against us. a significant amount of our lives has been stolen from this required to transition to a new payment system, no black mailings. this was brought to the attention of the buyers in advance. interesting gas problem says it has observed a physical reversal of gas from germany to poland. which means warsaw is still

buying russian gas, but through a 3rd party and at a higher price or she's done quarter shed light on the issue for us. poland and bulgaria have apparently done what so many experts have said is likely impossible. they've cut themselves off from russian gas imports altogether. it's all because the 2 countries refused to pay in roubles, and war saw seems pretty optimistic about it. brussels has also assured us that the country's neighbors are picking up the slack. today member states met in the gas coordination group, poland and bulgaria upstate. it us on the situation. both poland and bulgaria are not receiving gas from their you neighbors. it's true, just after russia closed its taps, germany's gas flow to pull into increased by 5 times. looks like they didn't really need russian gas after. all right? not so fast. germany, bies, over half of its natural gas from russia. those supplies then travel through the m all pipeline, which also crosses through poland. now to provide war. so with the gas it needs

berlin is reversed flowing, that same gas along the same pipeline at a higher price. it should be noted that according to the available data, there was a physical reverse of gas from germany to poland and apparently to ukraine in the amount of 3 to 5000000 cubic meters per day. so the only thing different here really is that warsaw has to buy russian gas at a premium to save face. and that's no small energy bill, just for warsaw to say it's stuck to moscow. russia used to supply poland with half of the countries total consumption. but with poland now buying russian gas through a 3rd party, warsaw seems to think it's turned into russia. a real trailblazing strategy. poland established there. so, i mean, you countries might try to do the same while others try to pick up the slack. but one thing's for sure, the main source of europe's natural gas will remain the same. russia, this is a very cynical game being played on the ordinary population of europe on behalf of

lead to want war with russia at a, at any cost. nobody has shown how your can compensate for the loss of rush and gas . not only will they lose gas, but you know, the gas that will, they will pay for will be much more expensive. but it needs to be bulk area already twice. now sacrifice its national interests under pressure from much stronger western patrons. so this is just a game being played on with on weaker countries, such as bulgaria, while poland in poland is leading the charge against russia. so, you know, again, poland obviously doesn't mind paying more much more than it should. it could, you know, just to get it russia. i don't think i know that no one really asked the consumers, you know, they're just, they're just being thrown into the situation presented with don d were entering war and rush hour proxy war against russia and you're just supposed

take it, you know, blood, sweat, and tears let's go back to our top story now, and the war in ukraine. civilian life is slowly returning to the heavily damaged city of marble in the done yes. republic. following weeks of intense fighting, locals have been flocking to the streets in an effort to restart commerce as significantly less shots and explosions are heard in the city or chief senior correspondent. but our garcia has brought us this report from arguable after 2 months of bitter urban combat. some of the fiercest europe has seen since the 2nd world war. marry you, boy. he's reawakening all over the city. clean up crews are sweeping away, de bree and detritus of war sappers, comb, the streets and buildings for weapons bombs, and ammunition. even commerce has picked up again. bit by bit. the city of mario pal is returning her jewel malady to see people on the street street home of

picked up again, 3 to 3, bringing food from surrounding areas. obviously there's a lot more that needs to be done to bring the city back to what it was. good. as you can hear there's, there's no more need for body on my helmet. you gone clues of the city of mary who is slowly reviving. markets have sprung up throughout, may are where activity is greatest. hundreds upon hundreds of people can be found browsing, stalls, or bartering, of thought. what to do here is the situation. the city has already become better, fewer gunshots can be heard, but it is still scary to live on the upper floors because you can hear those gunshots more clearly during the night. in the daytime it's com. i have to tell you, it is in comparable now to what was happening 10 days ago. no one is again,

show up houses, residential buildings. they're the main problem at the moment. i'm living in a basement for the 2nd month now. unable to move out, my house was on the seat is outskirts. there are only rooms there now. for 5 hours, we didn't hear a single shot or blast at the heart of the city. the vast as of steel, industrial complex negotiations are underway. daily between russia and representatives, and the remaining ukranian nationalists besieged and side people no longer wish to wait. they want to resume their lives now however, they can go with you. i don't want that. not that. how am i, how can i be there so much work to do so much to clean up? the whole apartment has been, i've nothing left and food. well, i'm grateful. if someone gives me something, all my savings were banned to in the apartment. this is valentina. she is 81

death and disabled she has chosen to return to her burned out apartment. there are no doors or windows, just scorched concrete, but it is her home. no from you? yes. what can i do? look well if what can i do? this is not how it should be. there are many like valentina maybe whose livelihoods and plans have been turned upside down. they are tired, dirty, and impoverished, but they are also unbroken. lesson in the city will be rebuilt than i think everything will be restored and isn't that, as i said, hope dies last. how can somebody live without hope? now, are you builds new authorities of promise that the city will be rebuilt? that power water and gas would soon flow again. and that mary, you will a city of half a 1000000 would once again become the gem of the as of see more i'd gas the of

r t from mary you pull. britain's top diplomat has insisted that western countries increase military support to ukraine and be prepared for a long term campaign. we would never feel safe again. so we must be prepared for the long hold. we've got to double down on our support for ukraine. heavy weapons tanks, aeroplanes, digging deep in our in, but trees ramping up production. we need to do all of this. so far, the u. k. has committed almost 400000000 pounds sterling of aid while delivering over 4000 to anti tank weapons to the war torn country. and you countries have sustained a substantially boosted their military aid to ukraine over the past week and across the atlantic. the u. s. is set to face a shortage of stinger anti aircraft systems next year, because so many have been sent to ukraine. that's a warning from the 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 almost $16000000000.00 in the 1st quarter of this year. that's up 3 percent over last year . and 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 its stocks and 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 tank 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 seize on conflicts to drastically push up spending on arms . united states congress is poised,

plus they sought to up the defense budget to $800000000000.00, not more. so these companies are not hurting at all. this is, you know, they love this trying to think because it gives them a rationale to justify expenditures on weapons systems. the stinger missile was 1st built in 1981. this is the equivalent of sending 1981 lot to somebody is a new audible. that's why the number 2, there 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 this weapon system is being used in ukraine and it has not been use the fact that when i was building 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 this, this 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, united states is giving away a weapon system that's not effective against the 1st world. military and rush is a 1st world military. as u. s. military spending source, the country secretary of state antony blink and says it will support wants efforts to boost its military strength to repel. but they label as chinese aggression. the bite and 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 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 continue to fly high, want to try to try and i'm in based on taking over my lawn. that is that you see the policy there, you know, can be applied to taiwan for that case. if somebody will be selling more but still not be selling the most advantage, what everybody want to see is the sale made that nothing changes. i think that would be that will be best for everybody. ready that you and said,

trying to economy a so much so in, in the china where the us are us so they will, they will have to talk to each other that does it for me this hour, stay with us throughout the day. as we bring you more news and commentary, this is our to international in awe. to what he's got to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy confrontation, let it be an arms race, his on offense, very dramatic development. only personally and getting to resist. i'll see how that strategy will be successful, very difficult time time to sit down and talk ah

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