ah, ah, just a cities in ukraine and the dumbass where russian forces have taken control celebrate victory day in honor of the 77th anniversary of the defeat of nazi germany with tremendous fireworks display. and that faith is restored in the dawn. best cities with the help of russian forces victory day celebrations, are held to the 1st time in years. we hear from an american journalist who describes how things have changed in the city of the guns. ever since my dom have been and they've had free reign and they've been murdering raping robbing people. and quite thankfully, russia acted ukraine's president celebrity and it's military post

a photo on social media of a soldier, probably displaying a nazi symbol in a message about victory day memory. and missiles reportedly strike the ukrainian port, the city of agenda destroying several buildings, allegedly used by the ukrainian military a broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow. this is our international. i'm john thomas. certainly glad to have you with us. are now as peaceful life is starting to be restored in ukrainian and done by cities taken by joint russian done yet scanned lookouts courses fireworks for world war 2 victory day celebrations have replaced the frontline shelling of the southern ukrainian cities of go to dance and it a go daughter where russian forces are currently positioned joined in on the main line celebrations. for the 1st time in many years, there were immortal regiment procession sauntering. those fallen in that historic conflict and fireworks were also launched. residents of the don best cities of

danielle, ken legato, also to pardon the festivities, enjoying huge fireworks display as well. and all across russia, fireworks illuminated the sky lines of dozens of major cities. ah. with

with certainly some stunning images there. and now the 77th anniversary of victory over nazi germany was commemorated in russia not only with of these brilliant fireworks, but also military parades and widespread civilian celebrations, all across the country. huge crowds turned out for the annual immortal regiment march in moscow and other cities with people carrying photos of relatives and loved ones who took part in world war 2. actually jenko reports. i don't know a march that is bigger than this in this country. i don't know a holiday, a celebration, an event that's more important for russians than victory day, and something that warms up the hearts of everyone as much as the immortal

regiment march. now let me just tell you how this tradition was born about a couple of decades ago. it's use yes to the small russian city, came up with this idea. print out the photos of your relative, great, grand parents, grandparents. maybe someone else from your family had took part in the warm hear the stories from the older generation. just think about what these people went through during these very difficult times when once again, millions of soviet citizens and other citizens from other countries. the world died in gulf heard up, commemorate, remember, and just take these photos march. think about all this. and now what he, you see, this is the main street of moscow. bit of sky gives you compare, you can compare to of shows any zane powers,

for example. and it is full of people. we saw cosmonaut on the international space station. we saw people in a city beyond the arctic circle in russia, in snow. this is how it's important for the people in russia, and guess who you can see here. my 4 great grandparents, you start an exaggeration when they say that every family was affected by the war. there you have it. it's a hervey from everyone around me. that's what i can hear pretty much every minute here at the immortal red zone. barge and central mosque was a what i was telling you is that there was a contribution from every single person, my great grandparents that you can see on my right. well, i clearly judging from the previous years at several $100000.00

people usually take part maybe this year a record will be said in the immortal regiment commemoration was held in the southern ukrainian city of had a song in the 1st time that a parade has been able to take place in the city since russian forces to control over a month ago. but the event almost took a deadly turn as a ukrainian missile attack on the procession was sorted by a russian defense system. according to the russian military. now a city and eastern ukraine also held its 1st immortal regiment procession for the 1st time since the 2014 coo and here locals. with many children and world war 2 veterans among them father the streets of multiple carrying portraits of relatives who fought in the historic conflict. residents also brought flowers to the brothers grave memorial where the eternal flame has been released. after a 7 year absence. the city has been under the control of the new administration

since the 3rd week of ukrainian conflict and in the dumbass city of marble, recently to retaken by russian led forces. victory de is also being celebrated with a massive 300 meter long st. george ribbon unfurled in the city, and in the eternal flame, solemnly lit people, carried portraits of their relatives and laid flowers at a monument to those who had fallen in world war to many local save, that they are happy to be able to openly celebrate victory day for the 1st time in 8 years, as maria has been under the control of your brains military since 2014, it drives me. it's a holiday, it's not even a longing. this is a joy that overwhelms the soul. because for all 8 years, all this was forbidden here and yes, there is a holiday in my soul now because we have been waiting for all 8 years. we were waiting for victory day when we wouldn't be afraid to go to the monument and lay flowers. ukraine had been dismissing the viewpoints of people in done yes. can luke

asked region for years? archie heard from ga, laid on an american journalist who moved to the dumbass in 2012. he says, the start of the russian military operation has been a huge relief for the people of the dumbass who had been oppressed by neo nazi groups integrated into the ukranian on forces. ukraine was coming across the grey line in mass, and the people of dumbass would've just been devastated. and i'm talking about them murdering everybody where they stood wherever they found people. that was their plan. and quite thankfully, russia acted and it's been ah, unbelievable for both morale. and just the fact that everybody here knows that it was russia

a save their lives. so what's going on right now, and the fact that russia recognized lance people's republic and honest people's republic. this is a great thing and everybody here celebrated that how do i feel about as of and the other national battalions and what they've done over the last 8 years. it will, it makes me very angry. ever since my down happened. they've had free reign and they've been murdering raping robbing people across ukraine, across dumbass wherever they're allowed to, to stand. they're involved in criminal activity. these people need to be brought to justice one way or the other, and the people that have suffered under them. and by them need closure, they need resolution so they can get on with their lives. or this is important

because of all the people that as a lot of skills. and they just talk to people just disappeared. the families right now don't how that closure. the good spirit of the victory day was not reciprocated across all of ukraine. however, he was president, so lensky and the national defense ministry posted a picture on social media of a soldier, probably displaying a nazi symbol. but later the photo was deleted from both accounts on twitter and telegram. this symbol was used by an elite nazi german pans or division and other fascist forces during world war 2. we heard from serbian american journalist and historian, new butcher mallet, who says it's not hard to find such symbols throughout ukraine's agenda. considering that you can't find of a photo anywhere from ukraine in recent months. that doesn't contain some kind of nazi insignia be at the top call from the,

from the 3rd assets that was in question in today's post, or the black, some used by as of old volt sagal also used by as of which seems to be integrated into just about every aspect of ukraine's military, it's just a single unit, unfortunately in trying to prove that they are not not sees de ukrainian ski proving over and over that well yes, actually they are. and it's, it's only baffling to people who have been wilfully pretending that this is not the case. it doesn't matter that these very same outlets in some cases, very same journalist just a couple of years ago, were writing about us off being this problematic nest of white supremacists, racist fascists who aim to spread their toxic ideology and europe. and could link them to the new zealand mosque shooter as well as other terrorists around the world . and now did the same. i was like, no, no, no, that's fine. you know, they were different. they're basically eating their own words because the narrative has changed. because right now, and as of and ukraine are useful to the geo politics of the west. and if you know,

if truth gets in the way of that will too bad, it's despicable. amid the reactions to russia's victory day celebrations, and put in speech was one from british defense secretary ben wallace, who accused rush of dishonoring its military past with the war in ukraine in which while as claims the russian army will be defeated through the invasion of ukraine. posts in his, in a 2nd, his generals are now mirroring fascism and tyranny 7070 years ago. repeating the errors of the last century is to tell a tarion regimes and for them and for person that can be no victory day, only dishonor and surely defeat and you craig. from on this we can cost live to earl rasmussen, the executive vice president of the raises center. a thanks for being with us. so the u. k. defense secretary speech was woven with strong allegations against russia

. he even accused russia of fascism on today of all days. what is your opinion on this? you know, it's interesting, shawn is when i listen to mr. wallace it's i don't know if he's in a different world. if he's delusional, but definitely it's not describing rush at all. if anything he actually describing what you know the, the alter, national are doing and the, and what many would, if you're look at fascist, i mean, and fascism. it's essential what ukraine is actually evolving into with the alternation control and so many things. i mean, the definition is right there, definitely not russia. and i think mr. wallace is poorly very badly misplaced. and some of it's verbage was very unprofessional and uncalled for by any step and

diplomat. well, in terms of any kind of diplomat, we've actually seen some of the same rhetoric coming from you chief or xander lion . she made a similar statement the previous day. do you think this rhetoric is appropriate, mid victory day celebrations, especially considering that the you is currently arming the ukrainian military, which includes the neo nazi group such as the as a battalion. but also, just generally it's, is this just more anti rush sentiment, or is this something specific and targeted when it's targeted? obviously at the president putin. but i think it's it, you know, if you look at it, what's interesting is the, it's very inappropriate for the state of victory day having if you look at president for mark, see, even he thinks the allied forces he actually specifically pointed out the american involvement and how lot of veterans are not able to come for that would

have liked to come. i mean, he actually embraced the whole allied movement to defeat naziism and then to have the you and the u. k. politicians, the saying this is very, very bad. very bad message, a very poor example, especially on this, on this day on the celebration. because this is not about the war and ukraine. it's about what was done 70 some years ago. and the defeat of nazi germany and their, their countries would not be where they are today. it was not for russia. now it's no secret that nato is kind of the big elephant in the room if you will. u. k defense secretary ben wallace and other senior european officials have assured that nato is not actually directly threatening russia. but right now, currently as you and are chatting, there are massive nato military drills right on russia's borders. so, is there some shipping going on? are these official telling the truth, or is this saber rattling?

let's dive into that a bit. i think it's mean they are threatening. let's face it there. they're not directly. you don't see a direct physical, physical confrontation. but are there advisors most likely in ukraine still? yes. are there, are they training people outside of the ukraine? yes. are they equipping and sending weapons? yes. have they've launched an economic war to the maximum degree? yes. so, you know, it, i guess you can say they're not. oh no, we're not threatening russia, but they're not. but you know, it's, it's, it's the verbage on how you can look at it. i guess you can say, well, we're not in a direct confrontation, but they're about as close as they can get. all right, or asked us an executive vice president of the reasons center. thanks for being with us here on our international. it's always interesting to hear thoughts and

these sorts of topics. i know several missiles have reportedly hit the ukrainian port of city of desa on the black sea, destroying a number of buildings allegedly used by ukrainian military. now this unverified video purportedly shows the targeted area, some unconfirmed sources say that this was a hotel which had allegedly been occupied by ukrainian troops. now that's after another resort allegedly housing foreign mercenaries was fired upon as well. and another huge explosion was caught on video in odessa reports a shopping mall and the warehouse were hit. seems the explosions continued for some time after the initial strike suggesting that the buildings could have been used to store ammunition. meanwhile, us president joe biden has signed the lend lease act for ukraine to make it easier to send a lot more military supplies to give. that's after the u. s. has already given more than $3000000000.00 in

a to ukraine and has sold an additional $165000000.00 worth of weaponry to the country. here's what president biden had to say about it. i'm son, bill provides another important tourist to support a people fight to defend the country democracy against the war. president byron just signed off on the return of the land lease act for the 1st time since world war 2 program will allow the bind administration to increase the number of weapons it's sending over to its allies without the typical government oversight. and with the promise that they will submit payment at a later date. now, historically, the lend lease act has been used to give supplies to u. s. allies who are specifically acting in defense of us national security. now this legislation did pass with overwhelming support from the u. s. congress. however, there were a few members who spoke out and warned of the new and unprecedented powers that the

u. s. will be giving to ukraine. congress just authorized biden, to transfer virtually any weapon of war, other than a nuclear weapon to ukraine. insane. here is the link to the bill and the statutory definition of defensive article, the bill references i voted no. now this all comes as the bind administration is already signed off on more than $3700000000.00 and funding for ukraine. it's calling on congress for an additional 3x3b2xb of that will be given directly to the ukrainian military. now this legal aid is new and unprecedented, and it's also reason concerns about whether the u. s. will still have weapons to defend itself here at home after it's done sending off supplies to ukraine. we just burned through 7 years worth of javelin, and that's not only important as we continue to try and help ukrainians when in ukraine. that's important as we try to simultaneously defend taiwan from aggression

from the chinese communist party. they're going to need access to some of these same weapon systems, and we simply don't have the stockpiles at present in order to backfill what we've spent in ukraine. now all of this comes as reports have noted that it's estimated that the u. s. is already sent over a 3rd of its stock pile of javelin missiles to ukraine, with defense contractors like lockheed martin pledging to double their production this year. as the land lease act goes into effect. however, u. s. a visuals have already admitted that when they send those weapons over to praying, they don't quite know where they go. exactly, raising even more concerns. as the u. s. sends, it's only supplies into unknown hands. or for more of this, we can cross live to civil rights attorney, robert patello. thanks for being with us here in our international. thanks any time . so let's get right down to it. would sending more weaponry to ukraine, actually bring about peace, or is it just going to feel the fire and escalate conflict further isolated

escalates to conflict significantly less understand that this had been a special military operation in white. the fact and the western called this the war for the last 2 months, and this is an actual declared war by putting new c team 95 bombers carpet, balmy l u. c t. 14 are modern change. we're rolling through a set of the teeth of the 200 ninety's. so this is been a very targeted spoken military operation. but as this continues to brag on continuous support from the west. ready escalate the situation where may break out into football. what would you only benefit american defense contractors and not be creamy people? we bring about the american defense contractors. they're lining their pockets, i guess. but some us officials have pointed out that by sending so many weapons to ukraine, the u. s. stockpiles are running low. are these valid concerns? i mean, is the u. s. strengthening ukraine at its own expense in its own security? i don't believe so. the united states defense budget is about $700000000000.00 per

year. and if you've taken all the additional bathrooms for about trillion dollars on the particular procurement, the us has plenty of weapons or liters for the strategic plan for the us to be on friday to front war at any given time. i do think that we have to start considering will america's interest, same level of grief, link to other countries which are in conflict. i was wanting to stop the next country from saying what you gave the c playing. so what about us when it comes to their border compet, they're boring nations. so we have to look at the president we're setting and what are exactly the reasons for this level of support to g crane versus other countries . there currently an act of warfare you mentioned, we have to look at these reasons. if we kind of break that down just a bit, what actually is to be gained in the u. s. from like newly affirming this lend lease act? i mean, does it have a financial significance for america or american companies specifically in the defense industry? and if so, what could,

why would the us want to prolong as conflict out to help seals defense industry. but i think what we're seeing right now is a proxy war, and from what we saw on the vietnam war once on the korean war, where we would be nice to be using this as the, as an opportunity to test russian military readiness equipment, tactics, hardware, etc, so there is a battle going for there will be able to determine exactly what weapons attack will be best to be used when seeing the policy of regime change. the route from the rapid middle east and the last decade. so bite has recently said that he will be putting, putting cannot stay in power in russia. so they're making very clear what we are attempting to do. they want to find out exactly what the strengths and weaknesses are worse in military arch and how us weaponry will react to such. it's all about smoking mirrors in some ways, isn't it? historically lend, lease acts has been used to provide supplies to nation seen as defending u. s. national security. you think this applies to ukraine? currently?

not less understand the president bible, he was out of office between the vice president, president for ukraine. one of the most corrupt governments in the world, and for a loan president, trump call ukraine, one of the most corrupt governments in the world. we are right now sitting buildings that ours have been looking forward to need crates will absolutely known tracking mechanism to know where these things are going. we may be arming nazis or jacqueline the sultan involved in the striker middleton. i'll be military hardware and we do not know how many weapons are making on the onto the black market and maybe for the terrorist and isis and other organizations internationally. so right now, when the united states is doing simply put pouring out buckets of money into the international community and buckets, a weapons with no idea of where they are going and who they are actually arming. robert patillo civil rights attorney, thanks for being with us here. on our international interesting topic, sid least. thank you sort. and meanwhile, in europe, german chancellor of schultz has alleged rather than putin left berlin with no

other choice than to continue arming ukraine. that's a stance shared by germany's top diplomat anela beard bark, who, who's not didn't approach to foreign policy and support for weaponry to give, has been feeling public discontent. i just didn't know better than the bareback was recently booed and pelted with agnes during a rally for her political party in the western german city of rupe. that's all, it's not the 1st time she has been criticized for what many c as a double standards over the ukraine war. as bare box green party has traditionally promoted pacifism, that principal does not seem to apply in the ukraine situation. as a foreign ministry firmly backs the supplies of weapons, jo, political experts, pierre emanuel thomas has expressed concern that the use arm supplies to ukraine

could undermine the block, security and stress that many regular europeans have criticized their leaders for involvement in the conflict. there is a huge propaganda on the west side in all of a media because, or since most of you member states decided to support ukraine against russia and not to with a new choice stand each say it's very danger was approach because or a tour prevents lensky regime to, to negotiate tom, so like to weapons, for example, it will be sprayed to many, many group of people, extreme east, neo nazi and to 20, very bad for the security of europeans. a future under defacto or mainstream media are supporting you create that take for granted oral ukrainian propaganda in the narrative or american on anglo saxons,

narratives in general on against russia. there is no questioning at all in the media, but many people are populations in different member states or so for example, in france, there are many people who doesn't, don't believe all of this. and that is a, mr. thomas, not thomas. easy to get confused. you foreign policy chief, joseph burrell, says that the block should consider using, seized russian assets to pay for the reconstruction of ukraine. western powers have already frozen the bulk of the russian central banks, foreign currency reserves, as punishment for the conflict and ukraine. archie showed davinsky explained how to make russia pe that is the burning question in many western countries and with sanctions, not perhaps hitting as hard as russia's economy as they may have hoped. what next? now the use top diplomat wants to donate into rushes,

frozen foreign exchange reserves a method already used by the us with afghan funds in afghanistan. i would be very much in favor because it is full of logic. we have the money in our pockets and someone has to explain to me why it is good for the afghan money and not good for the russian money. if they did this, that you would have access to hundreds of billions of dollars to use as they wish to now under barrels plan, not money would be used to rebuild ukraine, a sort of war compensation scheme, all reparations of sort without choice. other ideas muted include selling the seas, property of russian oligarchs. the u. s. is already pushing for this and the idea hasn't gain traction in brussels to personally, i'm absolutely convinced that it is extremely important to not only freeze assets, but also to make it possible to confiscate them to make them available for

rebuilding the country. now he went on to say that he's already instructed the use legal teams to find a way to make this possible, but he may come unstuck. some experts suggest, at least if he wants the you to continue to respect international law. certainly it is a threat that in this day and age where the rule of law and its national law seem to have receded quite a lot, particularly by the us and its allies. one has to take that thread seriously. however, it would be a dramatic departure from a so norms and standards and such. so perhaps piracy might spike alarming other quotas. the u. m. b u. s. have a fruit relations with some countries, not just russia, the idea that they could just no fees,

but also use the funds would be a traumatic move. if china seas, this is us thing we'll hang on. actually these europeans and americans are not trustworthy. they could just decide that we're now an enemy, and in fact, you know, we do find various statements from various politicians that seem to suggest such an idea. then china and also many of the countries could start to withdraw their assets from. what essentially is the u. s. c of influence and that could precipitate a dramatic collapse in the use of the u. s. dollar, and also the euro. now such a decision could also back fire for the new sanctions, of course can be challenged in court. you courts and the book doesn't have a great record of winning such cases. ukraine's former president jana cove rich and egypt for president mubarak.