a another group of civilians is in the process of being evacuated to safety from the port. the city of mario called earlier un done yet for a public official and said more than 500 people left the area since thursday to some of the vacuum. because we see peace, how long will this go on? our apartments burned down. we live in the basement. it's time to stop. we want it . we would like to enjoy the holiday and have a victory parade here. like in moscow, we are waiting for peace. a new killer bomb dropped on the states that called me about how the hungarian prime minister has described the total bond on russian oil proposed by the u. that also ahead of the program. the diesel crisis hit record

highs in the bible administration, puts the bane squirrely here put though not all including those in the farming industry except that they're gonna oh it's this isn't our fault, this is not well, it is your fault and your hurt everybody in america and everybody in america knows it sound like don't, don't pay attention to what's happening behind the curtain. they want us to focus on other things with broadcasting from moscow to the world. my name's unit know nailed down 30 minutes of news and views start. now. we begin with the latest on the ukraine conflict where dozens of civilians, including children, have not left the besieged steel plant. in the city of mario, paul, this is footage shall be evacuation on friday. earlier both you and done,

the republic officials said more than $500.00 people, including $67.00 children, had been evacuated from the port city since thursday. it comes after new humanitarian car doors were open to a lot of civilians. to leave the is off style plant. the u. n. started a 3rd evacuation operation from the side on thursday with the un secretary general saying, quiet diplomacy help complete the process. we are to locals about the current situation in march, april. you christine, was we see as to how long will this go on? our apartments burn down. we live in the basement. it's time to stop. we want he was loaded yet forgiven. of me. we want to celebrate victory day on may, 9th. my grandfather fought in world war 2. he went from kiev to berlin. yo, we would like to enjoy the holiday and have a victory parade here. like in moscow, we are waiting for peace. we wish every one only piece and tranquillity advise him . ukraine has accused russia of violating the cease fire,

alleging moscow broke its promise to stop all hostilities during the civilian evacuation. russia hasn't as yet commented but done yet. people's republic officials claim key of forces shell territories in the region 35 times and one day, leading to 4 civilian deaths are correspond and visited earlier. use those a firing position by ukrainian soldiers got upset by of water krinski. this is how ukranian militants turn. any courtyard, any residential building into 45 firing positions when they retreated them with right behind me, you can see a gap and the fats has been created for easy, quick movement between positions. here's a snipers position with a good view. these comfortable coverings are made from furniture by multiple holes were firing, have been made in the walls. the whole area is covered with such positions. zachary bookish, you got that. i you, great kid by the get in. yes, i'm cranium fighters. didn't try to stop the advancing rush,

increase the hidden house mileage, and residential buildings. they hid behind civilian yet trying to inflict casualties, suck, and retrieval. brussel. these are the tactic they used. i don't cook the technicians get, but i thought it all as fighting continues on the front lines. ukrainian prisoners of war have been talking about the conditions they face as always, we need to say there's a possibility. such comments may have been given under dress, trusted, its little m wilkinson. of course, i was afraid before being captured, so they told us the russians would torture and abuse us. but i didn't see any of that in the prisoner's camp. would you be quite the opposite? i was surprised. we hadn't drunk water for 3 days before being captured and those who captured us gave us water. when we got here, we saw clean and comfortable beds, 3 daily meals. they gave us cigarettes select. of course you can't just run along the camp, but the treatment is normally summer, shania unusable. i didn't expect such treatment. i thought i would be killed almost, but the russians treated me humanely. ukraine didn't treat as well as they brought

us and through us in trenches like cannon fodder, it feels like we have no value for the ukrainian armed forces. we're like human shields for them, but i'm very unhappy about the strange strategy of our army. and every one else is unhappy, it's on tv. they said soldiers will receive a salary of a $100000.00 grievances. i've been serving for more than month and a half and nobody received this money or i don't think any one will receive it in euros in your polish. meanwhile, ukrainian soldiers have posted chilling video messages, saying they won't be taking prisoners. the footage has spread on social media. the way this is a war of extermination and our soldiers, all our people know that there shouldn't be any prisoners. in one prison as a moral and graveyards are there to make prophecy. so we will give you graveyards, not prisons, room of those club german news outlets. their speaker has removed a video showing civilians released from the a's of steel plants in which people

stated the ukrainian army would not allow them to leave on its web page. the at german site published a notice saying that the video has quote inconsistencies it didn't mention specifically was facts in the material were wrong. stressing not a clarification of the video is underway. this is what one women in the not removed material had to say about the civilians health at the plant. what you've approved for. i have a question about why people were held in the city, the man loved the city, and the people was questioned to ring. ukrainian army was that which did not let old and the people leave children. the elderly shake, one for a while to discuss this topic, let's cross 2 independent journalists and or 3rd thomas ripper. hi there thomas. why i again, did their spiegel delete the video where they're possible concerns about props

a negative reaction from its readers or what the eye witnesses were saying about the ukrainian army? or trying to say this, you have to understand what the video accepted was saying and spiegel, they showed just very small part of it. and she always said they didn't let us out . but imagine that you speak readers all i've learned for last week's that the russians don't let anybody out. so for the speech people who did it was clear that she was leaving the russians. the problem is that i found the video, the original and the net, and she was definitely saying the as a fight just didn't give us. she was repeating it several times. and this was not shown of the video of spiegel, but i showed it. so i made an article of my pc go shopping with your ego a short door, it's no major translation, and everybody could see that there is just light and summers that they put it away without explaining the reader. what exactly happened? why are western media outlets,

thomas so hesitant to publish any alternative points of view, like real points of view people on the ground having their say on the conflict or they do the think people can't accept it and make up their own minds about their infant tyler something what is propaganda? you see that the speaker knows i know that my readers write mails to the people that there were comments under that article. under this video. there's people knew that they were lying, they could have written. oh yeah, the video was, she was saying the opposite. she was blazing as of a we don't got the wrong information for writers estates there nor say right. it's right, just a fault. but even they didn't do it. they just hide the truth. and this is this a real proof that they know what they're doing. it's not an exact, it's not a mistake. if it's not a lack of knowledge. in this case, we have to clear proof. they know what they're doing because they know my page very well. and they saw the video i may telling you that they, they know that they're like and they just just don't telling it. they said,

oh yeah, some we don't understand something went wrong. sorry. how does this case among others that i think we've spoken about before, thomas and such as russian media being bon for example, correspond with the west state. it aims again and again of defending freedom of speech, freedom of expression. how does that sink coincide? yeah, no way either we have censorship and then we can approve it several medias if we want or we don't have it and we have freedom of speech then we dont a block anybody. so the fact that they blocked and again i can repeat it. the german, a constitution says an article high for there is no censorship. this a quote. and then brucell makes an order and said and says we are pretty brave a g r t and sputnik and, and how does this go together with the german constitution? i don't understand this and i think we really don't have to talk about the freedom

of speech or media, what they're talking about in the west. they're showing that this is a myth, thomas, as always, thank you. thomas repair independent journalist under author. ah, there is continuing division in the you concerning brussels, propose neurons of sanctions targeting russian energy. the hungarian prime minister has compared the blocks plant, total bone rushing to a new killer bomb for the central european nation. as a doctoral brussels oil embargo proposal is equivalent to a nuclear bomb being dropped on the hungarian economy. so it is unacceptable. victor albany, making that really strong statement that that would be tantamount to a nuclear bomb. going off on his country's economy. he says hungry is willing to be flexible, but the proposals of an extension by one or one and a half years by the commission just fall short of that. he has questioned,

also with the feasibility of spending so much money on getting this infrastructure in place for these new resources of energy when the results will be seen for at least 4 to 5 years. there is this boundless confidence from ursula vaughan delane. now she outlined the package on wednesday in front of the european parliament saying that it would include a complete embargo on importing russian oil. by the end of this year. it would be swift, 3 more russian banks. it would also add, disallow accountancy firms and p, all firms here in the european union, from doing business with any russian firms in the future. and it lists a number of new personalities to be put on the sanctions list. she says that this will be approved by the weekend. i am confident that we will get this package on track. if it takes a day longer, it takes a day longer, but we are moving in the right direction. so the commission seems to be very

confident that he can pass these new sanctions, but they may have to, we write them a little or even water them down before that they can get countries like hungary on board. let's not forget that sanctions packages have to be approved by all 27 member states. this has to be a unanimous vote, and there is already a sense that if this package is not approved by the end of friday, at least over the weekend, that yoseph burrell the blocks foreign policy chief, is already ready to call an extraordinary meeting of foreign ministers next week, news outlets in britain on friday were flooded with grim headlines warning of rising interest rates and looming inflation in the country. the u. k. media assured their pessimistic predictions on the economic growth forecast as the bank of england raised interest rates with concerns. the 13 year high will affect mortgage

and loan rates for millions. families will importantly have to tighten their belts . recessions some express their concerns on social media. the conservatives appear to be a great deal more relaxed about 10 percent inflation than i am. rapid inflation rising interest rates, a looming recession and households feeling the squeeze. i ask again, where are the briggs that dividends we were promised you are funding the russian ukranian war still, while we are applying tough sanctions, which will hit our economy. meanwhile, in germany, a poll has revealed only around 14 percent of german industrial firms are able to completely replace import cuts from russian dollars. less than half can partially replace the reports with another 14 percent saying it's not possible at all. many companies are also affected in directly because their own suppliers get their imports from russian. george, i'm really senior research fellow, the global policy institute. think thank see,

is that you commission likes the powers, the push countries to cut their imports from russia local election a and a boris johnson has disastrous the badly. and it is, of course, entirely in keeping with all other reasons the election. all of the candidates who are against sanctions, against getting involved in this war in ukraine are doing well. and the candidates who want greater involvements in ukraine are doing very badly. so i think there is a definite message that is coming from the public. so countries are not going to destroy their own economies or just happens to be more explicit about what he said . look, i mean we're not going to release you clear bomb, garron economy and other countries are going to stay the same. think we're not just going to stop and freeze because of ukraine. so while they going through the motion, know you represent that. how are you going to do it?

how are you going to make the european stories? if you'll done solve ation, they're not going to take it the price of diesel has had an all time high in the united states. the country continues to struggle with fuel distribution amid the continuing conflict in ukraine. the average price of diesel is approaching $6.00 a gallon that was less than for over the past year. the fuel is crucial to the u. s . economy as it powers big rig trucks loaded ships, deliver the vast majority of goods to market divides, administration, shift the blame for inflation levels to the russian president. one trucker told us, it's hard to fully buy into nora, to blame things on other countries like russia. i believe that personally it comes right straight down to, to the administration being the reason for the price. they seem to be very

keen on letting go as high as possible. it affects all. busy drivers as well as myself, so where it's where it's hurting the trucking industry is nerve the rates don't reflect it. and so that means that there's not profit to be able to pull a load. so you're seeing a truck drivers are just independent operators, just saying i can't make any money. i'm just going to park my truck until this is solved. recent bullets have indicated americans have the worst expectations about the u. s. economy in decades. i think joe biden burs responsibility for the rising fuel prices as inflation was on the increase. well before the ukraine conflict or your i discussed how the current fuel crisis has affected the u. s. farming industry without undone non 0. 1 of the 3rd generation from the business in california was the price of fuel being so expensive.

everyone's going to pay more for everything. no food clothing doesn't matter what it is. it's salvo enough. it cost us more to put in our tractor costs more to produce on the truck, to drive the truck, to whereever it's going on. what kind of response to the looming crisis have you seen from the government? be it local in california or federal on what response do you expect? well, i'm not seeing any response. yeah. obviously are aware by saying, oh yes, we understand there's inflation. it almost feels as if they're doing it on purpose because they don't seem to be bothered in the least. the entire country is suffering greatly because of it, and it's become the economy is the time everybody's number one concern dan joe biden believes the so called putin pricing is wholly responsible for the situation . rising fuel and living cost. what, what do you say to that when he say something? that's ridiculous and everybody knows it. i mean they shut down the troll him

industry. first thing they did when they got into office, they're going to, oh it's this isn't our fault to see them all. well, it is your fault and you're hurting everybody in america, and everybody in america knows that today the vitamin got elected, our gas prices in california, one of a dollar cell. it's like we, we, everybody knows where it's coming from, taking into consideration on the challenging economic situation. the country. why do you think many in washington are so focused on the situation in ukraine instead of solving domestic problems? why is up front and center? i think to, to pull attention away from what's happening to domestically, the more, the more that they can focus on other things it's, it's kind of like, don't, don't pay attention to what's happening behind the curtain. they want us to focus on other things. so it's, it's almost like they're doing every single thing that they can to keep everybody's attention off of what's happening domestically with our, with our prices and with what's happening in our borders. the u. s. has cut energy

imports from here, from russia. story that we've been fallen quite a lot. diesel stockpiles has hit record lows. do you think the government can make up the deficit? the stock price is rising further. they could, if they wanted to. they don't want this. you know, they're happy at this. they need to cut more, get away from fuel honor percent go clean energy. well, that's great. but it, the technology isn't there. in the meantime, while you're developing that technology need to keep people healthy. keep the economy healthy. everything else are you optimistic at all? things will improve the wanna change things. people often wake up and say, you know, no more this like that guy screaming out the window at it means i don't, i'm not going to take it any more. people's are making 20 percent more right now than they were 3 years, and they're worse off. that's how bad these are not just here, probably across the country. to cubic capital. now we're a massive explosion has rocked the hotel in the center of havana. at least 8 people

are dead with 30 more injured according to local authorities. a gas leak has been named as a potential cause of the last. she saw a toga hotel severely damaged, as you can clearly see here, as well as cars and buses. nearby a school close to the site has also been evacuated. the 5 star hotel was closed at the time of the exclusion to guests for renovations. emergency services remain on the site. now it's more people are feared to be trapped under the debris. okay, on returning to europe, now we're supper is we're on the scene in berlin. on friday, near a building were russian journalists are said to be based a suspicious object. now it's been discovered there with the area subsequently cordoned off. police are investigating the full circle says of the incident,

the and finally, with just days to go know before rushes, victory day celebrations on commemorate actions moscow's preparations are in full swing. the 1943 bottle of stalingrad was one of the major milestones in the great patriotic war house. it's known in the country that led to the red armies. eventual victory around 2000000 soldiers took part in the battle. one of them now 98 year old, the skinny cur. pat coff has been recalling the horrors of the fighting on the ensuing tramped. that didn't get when billy was. and we really, he said to me that you really believe that will be, she really gets the nanny you are, they get that. let's go to get it.

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question. at what point will russia consider the us to be a co belligerent in this conflict? the fact is, washington is at war with russia and russia is being forced to respond with cross ducking, escalation, i'm joined by my guess least shanahan in sioux falls. he is a host of the backstory on radio sputnik in del mar. we have scott ritter. he is a former intelligence officer in the united nations weapons inspector, and in sydney we cross who ali risk. he is a contributor with our monitor or a gentleman, cross hoc rules and a fact that means he can jump anytime you want. and i always appreciate, scott, let me go to you 1st and del mar, i see that you have a lot of books behind you. i know you write a very often a, you'd write for a column on the art you website. and so i have kind of like some linguistic, quick questions for you. in the case of the ukraine conflict. what does the word proxy mean to you? and what does a word co belligerent means to you?

because it seems to me they are very elastic in this complex. go ahead, scott. well, to me, i mean when, when we speak of a proxy where we're basically saying that ukraine is a, is doing the bidding of the united states. it's in effect of the united states military under another guys. um, you know, it, it, that's a standard term of proxy. so ukraine has an american proxy or a nato proxy in terms, especially in terms of implementing a policy that had been outlined by secretary defense, a lloyd austin, when he basically said that the goal of the united states is to bleed russia dry and to make russia we um, the army that saw that, that, that, that seems to be the tool to make this happen is ukrainian army. so it's an effectively a proxy of the united states implementing a policy of the united states co belligerent. um, if you, if anybody thinks that ukraine could sustain this, this resistance, that, that it's, it's undertaking right now without the it,

it, the assistance of the united states and nato. think again of the united states. naval been pouring and money and equipment material and providing political support as well of that has allowed this so this, this, this resistance to, to continue. this makes the united states and nato, a co belligerent in this conflict with russia. they are at war with russia. they're telling they're not, but the, the fact is through this proxy conflict, united states, nato, is your waging defacto conflict with russia. ok, well if i go to you and sydney, we had officials in the u. k. very um, a buoyant about the fact that ukraine is using nato weapons to attack russia. so it doesn't, isn't that kind of a, a free for all. now i, shouldn't russia be able to hit a british assets? it's a in poland. i'm.