a, with the evacuation from the embattled steel factory and mar, you pull is finally completed with a total of more than $100.00 civilians being brought to safety. after having been trapped inside. also in the stories that shape the week the pub tia, for basically, the engine is mercedes from germany and all the thermal imaging and video cameras inside the electronic lock in english. our correspondent in mario po, reveals just how heavily ukraine's nationalist forces depend on western technology as we examined armored vehicles captured by russian troops. slovakia and hungary slammed the use planned to ban russian oil imports with the hungarian

prime minister describing the proposal as a nuclear bomb being dropped on the economy. and as the diesel prices hit record highs in the us, the biden administration puts the blame squarely on vladimir putin, but not everyone, including those in the farming industry except that narrative. they're gonna have all of this. this is in our fall to see more calls while it is your fault and you're hurting everybody in america. and everybody in america knows that it's talent. don't, don't pay attention, not happening behind the curtain. they want us to focus on other things. with broadcasting live direct from us studios in moscow. this is our to international. i'm john thomas. certainly glad to have you with us in the evacuation from the surrounded as of stall factory and mario pl has officially been completed. that's according to the latest statement from the russian defense ministry. over 50 civilians have been taken to safety from the main battle ground in the conflict

within the last few days, bringing the total number of evacuated there to more than $100.00. ukraine claims that all women, children, and the elderly, have been evacuated from the as of stalls still planted. this time, russia for is foreign, says all the rescued civilians were taken to temporary accommodation sites with the assistance of the un and the red cross. we heard from some of those who are evacuated about what their experience target dialing from financial happened when the front line began to approach the factory. they stopped letting us out of this. it was our idea to hid in the bunker and when we realized the front line is coming, we were all terrified. we try to leave them pointed. if we knew about the humanitarian corridors we knew about the evacuation, we'd see, but they just didn't let us out. they specifically approached the buildings and fired from there, realizing that they would come under fire naturally. there was a lot of space at the factory, but they were near civilians. they fired rate from our building and then we came under shelling ukraine as estate. it has died for me, so i was very offended that they were doing this task home. one time they wanted us

to dig trenches, the men said that they would not go out to do this because it was dangerous. it's crazy to even think for me that my son can go dig trenches. why should he do this? a cease fire has been in place of the factory to provide civilians are safe way to leave the area. arches. senior correspondent, what are garcia sent us this report from the embattled industrial zone earlier this week. mary, you bull has fallen silent. the quiet feels almost alien but seat holds. you lateral cease fire established by russia is now in its 3rd day, broken only by cranium. snipers within the adult seal dash real soon. the situation is very fragile right now. there are senior officials from the un here from the red cross, as well as russian officials all trying to negotiate and negotiating with the

nationalists still inside the as of steel. industrial complex because the situation is so fragile. journalists have been forbidden from going anywhere near that. that is one of the conditions that the nationalists have put forward to keep the press away, not to feel what is happening. but as i say this, this is a hopeful sign that the see suarez now. i beat an effect for over 24 hours. the city hasn't been leased quiet since the battle began. this quiet has provided us with an opportunity to visit areas that recently liberated from nationalists. this is another armored personnel carrier that was captured by russian forces from as of nationalists, ukrainian nationalists. this imperfect working condition other than the tires, replaced those and off it goes. but this is an a very interesting machine, a btr,

82 k, because the pumps here are from italy. the engine is mercedes from germany and all the thermal imaging and video cameras inside the electronics are all marks in english. now the interesting thing is how did these come into the possession of ukranian nationalists as of nationalists, which until recently, even many western countries considered a to kill organization. yet so nato instructors and nations quietly train them captured documents and pictures show and supplied ukraine with high tech equipment that they knew would fall into the hands of ukrainian nationalists. nationalists and mercenaries here at the edge of the vast as of steel industrial compound. we found the body of another ukrainian nationalist killed during the fighting. he had i. what's interesting about him, if you have a look at,

he said it's think it's long, it's very dark, uncharacteristic of ukrainians. most likely, one of the many foreign mercenaries fighting on behalf with ukrainian nationalists here. but of course, be interesting to see a full list of just how many nationalists of parish, the foreigners, and how many still a lot of inside the vast as of steel industrial compound. russia believes that hundreds of foreign fighters are we've, as of nationalists inside mario pulls industrial zones many far right radicals from the americas and europe. white supremacists, send war junkies for 2 months. that have also been persisted. reports that among them active duty, nato instructors, and even offices who may well be according to room was part of the civilian evacuation. deal more at gas div artie from mario po.

meanwhile, peaceful life is being restored in mario pole with humanitarian aid being provided to those remaining in the city to relieve shortages of food, fresh water and medicine. but she's a roman, coastal of reports from one of the distribution points. our crew har, back in the city of maria poll, we are continuing to deliver a humanitarian aid to the residents here who have been without food or water, or electricity for nearly 3 months already. there are many chairs, warriors, asians, that come here, but obviously it's not enough for everybody. we brought up once again, no food, water medicine, various hygienic items as well. this particular distribution points serves at least so 5000 people in this area. we can see volunteers to help us out as role. these are some of the goods that we brought, the potatoes,

bread can goods as well, and hygienic items. and right now they'll help us out also to separate all this into rations the chest partition or now it's more quiet. and you can hear shots at night sometimes and but generally it's more quiet that are the rush and emergency services are working here. well, they've started to clean up the rebel, clean up the rubbish sides. so the city is starting to feel alive. we get water from outside. there's lack of water and it's a problem. there's no electricity, no communications, we're getting through it and hope it will be better soon. yeah. it looks like there will be some celebration ahead of 2nd world war victory days on the other side of the city has been opened. public transport restarted on may 6th, not at the needed levels yet, but at least people can visit their relatives. people are already lining up outside to receive the humanitarian aids just not one bed. it's okay. it was worse before when they started shooting. it was scary. there were 3 strikes near us and we had 7 broken windows. not that our grandmother was sleeping in the room when all the

glasses fell on her. it's a good thing. she was covered by a blanket. it was at night for around a month we slept in the bathroom and on the floor before russia came, he said after that we left the bathroom and started to sleep in beds told me it was scary and we couldn't understand who was shooting and from what direction with at the moment in the city of maria, pull, it is quiet to cease fire was announced in the us of a star metal, ga plans where the rest of the nationalist battalions had been, holds up to lately and russia. and in this people's republic of establishing humanitarian corridors for the local people who are basically helped kept as by nationalists as all battalions in the plans for them to leave. the international

committee of the red cross and un agencies are on the outskirts of variable the moments are ready to take in the refugees. but of course, most of the people from the city of marie marie who wants to leave the area are going deep inside the people's republic territory. and a lot of them are moved further to russia and a small percentage of the people here. maria people are moving to other territories in ukraine as well, from on cost for a marty maria, the nest people's republic. u. s. president joe biden is said to sign the ukraine lender lease act on monday to facilitate additional weapons and supplies to give the program last used during world war 2 is also positioned to benefit the u. s. economy as well as our teeth don, quarter comments where there's war, there's big business, looking to profit from the carnage. america's weapons,

manufacturers know that better than any one else. take raytheon technologies which saw dollar signs on the horizon even before russia's military operation. and ukraine began, we're seeing, i would say, opportunities for international sales, the tension in eastern europe, the tensions in the south china sea. all of those things are putting pressure on some of the defense spending over there. so i fully expect we're going to see more benefit from it at the same time making money from people killing each other doesn't weigh on their conscience one bit. i think again recognizing we are there to defend democracy and the fact is, eventually we will see some benefit in the business over time. everything that's being shipped into ukraine today, of course, is coming out of stockpiles either at the department of defense or from our nato allies. and that's all great news. eventually we'll have to replenish it and we will see a benefit to the business over the next coming years. not only is this endless flow

of state of the art weaponry to cranes spurring the weapons industry forward. but the accompanying gap in washington supply is creating that much more of a demand spike. the united states military has probably sent about one 3rd of its javelin, anti tank missiles to ukraine, one 3rd of our supply given to them replenishing us stocks of those weapons would require 32 months. some politicians are even calling for president joe biden to invoke the defense production act that would allow washington to make companies prioritize government contracts to refill the countries javelin, and stinger stockpiles and seeing estate deals are what the weapons industry relies on. it would mean significant profits for these merchants of death. we have a significant usage rate for the stingers that we're moving over there. javelins also, and we have to not only be able to help the ukrainians, we have to maintain our stock. the cupboard is empty or it will be very,

very shortly unless the president invokes the defense production act to provide that demand signal on an expedited basis. no doubt arms corporations are thrilled about the potential for a new military spending. frenzy lobbyists are already working around the clock, pushing for more state contracts to defend the country, so called defense industrial base. after all, raytheon and lockheed martin stock prices skyrocketed the very same day that russia's operation began. on top of that, washington is looking to send ukraine, some obsolete personnel carriers from the vietnam war, which would make more room for weapons producers to fill the space left behind with new equipment. looks like weapons manufacturers can count on a lot more profits in the near future. while we can count on a lot more casualties. we have been flooding arms into ukraine. we should be seeking peace, rather than seeking to prolong the, the conflict. there are few ways of becoming wealthier,

faster and easier than to start a war and to bleed off profits from of, from war, from the arms industry. tremendous dr. by the, the war industrialists to produce arms and the 2 to create a level of war hysteria that will produce markets for their, for their on there is continuing division in the u. concerning brussels proposed new round of sanctions targeting russian energy. the hungarian prime minister has compared the blocks planned total ban on russian oil to a nuclear bomb for the central european nation. meanwhile, hungary top diplomat has claimed that the country is being unfairly attacked because it relies on russian energy supplies. we're looking at this issue solely

from the perspective of hungarian national interests. we're not interested in what the east or the west think about it. the real security of supplies is an issue for us because it's currently physically impossible to run the hungarian economy without russian oil. he also pointed out that hungry gets around 65 percent of its oil from moscow who has earlier confirmed it wouldn't back in embargo on russian energy and could veto you. sanctions on the oil industry hungry was also among the 1st european countries to agree to allow the conversion of their russian natural gas payments to roubles. that's as a radical ukrainian website known for naming and shaming those it deems enemies of the state has recently added hungarian prime minister, victor, or bon to its list with the outlet accusing him of being the only you leader to refuse to allow the passage of legal aid for ukraine through hungarian territory, now the site branded hungary as a leader, an anti ukrainian propagandist and an accomplice in, quote,

russian crimes. the secretary of ukraine's national security and defense council has also accused hungry of wanting to seize ukrainian territory. and even having been informed of russia's military operation in advance, the move provoked an angry response from the deputy chairman of russia's security council dmitri magenta. but this rate soon enough, right in european capitals, ukrainian, nazis will personally deal with any inconvenient superiors and will separate the lambs from the goats. they will decide who to exclude from the happy ranks of ukraine lovers tomorrow. so the presidents and prime ministers of france, germany, italy, and others beware. you are now under their suspicion political commentator ga some well, he believes the e u is seeking ways to punish hungry for victor or bonds ame of maintaining good relations with moscow. owner is victo as distinguished from other

europeans and from many countries in the west. well, in declaring that this fight between your brain and russia, hunger is fight. i mean, whole, been ready cause problems on the slave with the european union. i mean, the european union is now bringing action against him to the views of any family he has been trying to think of ways to punish man. it's very important. hunger is nationalist interest that it may say good relation, russia, but obviously it was the curity reason, but the bubble was energy and this is when hungry gets all of the energy from it. pretty much 100 percent of its energy comes from russia or bond to maintain relation rough draft and another european country doesn't agree with the use plan to sanction russian energy supplies. so luck is government has warned that it won't

agree to european commissions current blueprint for a band of russian oil imports and has called for more time to find alternative fuel sources. if it comes to approved embargo of russian all as part of a further package of sanctions against russia than slovakia will request an exemption. the use foreign policy chief, joseph burrell said on thursday that shutting off russian gas imports was not under discussion gas and like oil, he said would be impossible to replace. can she cedar li telekinetic huddled here, but the oil market is global and their alternative procures. there may be moments of transition and some turbulence in prices, but there is no serious problem of saying, oh, if i run out of russian oil, i will raise the price a lot because they will not be oil. this is not the case with oil with gas, it's a different problem. gas to begin with is not only an energy product has been pretty much, it is not only used to my kids. gas is a raw material in the petrochemical industry and the petrochemical industry in europe. and in particular, in germany ways

a lot. gas cannot be replaced by anything other than gas gas from russia or somewhere else, but it must be gas it. and that is why we are especially careful about gas because there are entire sectors of the european petrochemical industry that cannot function if it does not have gas. that topic is not under discussion at the moment . we have been discussing a lot this week and i was in latin america, but i was on the phone all the time and the discussions did not include gas. we have heard repeatedly from politicians such as yoseph, burrell, ursula vaughan de leon and others saying, you know, you must end it's dependency when it comes to russian energy. and that has previously been oil, gas and coal. and now here we have the blocks foreign policy chief saying that actually a gas is not on the table saying that, you know, yes, we've been talking about diversification for the future. but obviously that's not something that can be done immediately. but there is also a question as to whether the e will have much for choice in that matter. given that we know that the deadline is

fast approaching as to when it will have to decide if it's going to a seed to what the kremlin has asked. and that is for all gas payments to be made in groups from now on. we've already seen in the last week what happens to countries that decide that they won't do that. poland and bulgaria had their supplies cut off after they refused to pay for that gas supply in rubles, and other countries are the you are trying to make that decision. now, this conflicting advice from you are paying commission in some documents. it saying it would be possible to do this with an exchange mechanism in place. in other documents, it says no if you pay a lease will breach the sanctions at the moment. so difficult times ahead the you to make that decision oversee when it feels there is the potential for russia to turn off those taps anyway. and essentially take that decision on the table.

and in the us, the energy crisis has also impacted diesel fuel. that commodity is now in short supply in the country after joe biden band in ports of russian oil over the conflict in ukraine. the price has hit a national all time high with the government continuing to struggle with fuel distribution. diesel prices have serge 2 more than $6.00 a gallon after being less than $4.00 over the past year. the fuel is crucial to the u. s. economy as it powers big trucks, trains and ships that deliver the vast majority of goods. but while the, by been ministration has tried to shift the blame to the russian president, some in the transport industry say that it's hard to buy into that narrative. here's what one trucker had to say. they blame things on other countries like russia. i believe that personally comes right straight down to, to the administration being the reason for the price are they seem to be very keen on letting it go as high as possible effects all. busy drivers as well as

myself, so where it's where it's hurting the trucking industry is they're the rates don't reflect it. and so that means that there's not profit to be able to pull a load. and 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 polls have indicated americans have the worst expectations about the u. s. economy in decades, and they think joe biden bears responsibility for the rising fuel prices as inflation was on the rise well before the ukraine conflict. after winning the republican nomination for the ohio senate seat this week, j. d. events said us politicians needed to focus on domestic problems and not get involved in foreign conflicts. what the us state department is saying is a major problem with russia, and at the end of the day, we serve to defend our own country. i got your tickets that were focused on this

border and ukraine. i don't want it to be. i don't really hear what happens to you for one way or another. i do care about the fact that in my community right now, the leading called the death, among 18 to 45 year olds, is mexican fit and all that's coming across the southern border. i'm sick of job by focusing on the border of a country. i don't care about, well, what's the border of his own country become a total war zone? the owners of a 3rd generation family business in california, dan and n monochrome shared their thoughts about the current feel crisis with my colleague unit o'neill earlier now they said it seems like the government is not really interested in their concerns with the price of fuel be installed expensive, everyone's going to pay more for everything. no food holding doesn't matter what it is, it's salvo enough. it cost us more to put in our tractor cost more for to produce on the truck to drive the truck to whereever it's going. 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 done. joe biden believes the so called putting price hike is wholly responsible for the situation at 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 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 up a dollar tell, 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 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. india has pushed back against a dutch diplomat, who tried to convince new delhi to vote in the un against russia due to the ukraine conflict. now the dutch representative to the u. n. had to into twitter to say india should not have abstained in the general assembly, but he removed the post after a rebuke by india's representative. the dutchman also faced a barrage of criticism online, the tweet refered to india's abstention on

a resolution condemning russia's invasion of ukraine and on another to strip moscow of its un human rights council membership. it came in reply to a post by india's un representative about his address to the security council on thursday. a country has its rights to decide its foreign policy, and every country should respect it, especially the former colonial powers. india will do what is in its best interest, just like you and usa has been doing for decades. stop lecturing us. this is a new india. we know what serves our interests best. india's neutrality needs to be used and this east west nonsense in which entire world has been crushed, polarized time for entire world to work for peaceful coexistence and progression. of all the dutch, i'm bastard of dawn, was you know, you got, i'm back today. he's supposed to be a diplomat, was very and diplomatic. in fact,

in the past i saw one of his suites on may 6th. and he has been putting a rather activities for roles, which also i would come to the very, sort of on diplomatic. you are over stepping your boundaries as a diplomat. your job is not to let your india, i mean, but remember the size of the netherlands and the size of india. i mean, you know, we are a 140000000 country, right? i mean, we have responsibilities so it's really appalling that it took that standard. i'm glad that you sorta withdrew his time. yes. i think we should take it at this moment as sort of some kind of rationality dawning on him. and he has learned, you know, how to be a diplomat rather than activists of some sort. victory de commemorations will take place across russia on monday,

a national holiday when people recall the sacrifices made during world war 2. now during the conflict, an orphanage in the western russian city of yvonne of a, became an international children's shelter as tumultuous events in china brought many pupils from that country to russia. some of them even went on to serve on the front lines while others, too young to fight help to care for the wounded, brought to the orphanage, or g heard some of their stores ah, up or restored. i do remember that i was born in moscow in 1936, and then when the great patriotic gould gandy 1941, we were sent to the red to the city of van over 300 kilometers from moscow,

where the 1st international footage was built. ah, yep, when you got them. i remember when injured soldiers were brought from the front line as well as wounded civilians. the old guys acted as paramedics taking care of the engine. as for us, the little children we helped them washed band, just kept the wounded. come, we sang songs to the injured soldiers and civilians danced, wrote letters during the great patriotic bull we were small, but despite our age, we'll try to help the soviet people defeat the flashes. so we went through this war together and won this war to get ah

ah, gripping at vision with the dog. i have the fondest memories from life in the orphanage, even in such troubled difficult times. it was my golden childhood and i think we received a very good spiritual education that the russian teachers but also education in the orphanage in still to me. i love for my us from my profession. so i want to give my heartfelt thanks. not only to my choreography teachers, but to all the educators to all our teachers, he's always cool because they told me how to be a good person. ah .