a with fireworks display that celebrating the historic defeat of naziism are held across cities in ukraine and the dumbass where russian portions have taken control. victory day celebrations in the dumbass are freely held for the 1st time since the coo and key of 8 years ago. we hear from an american journalist who describes how things work during that time in the city of with ever since my down map and they've had free reign and they've been murdering raping robbing people. and thankfully, russia, ukraine is president zalinski and his military post

a photo on social media of a soldier, probably displaying a nazi symbol and a message about victory de commemorations and missiles reportedly strike the ukrainian port city of odessa destroying several buildings allegedly used by the ukrainian military with getting live director much to use in moscow. this is our to international. i'm john thomas. certainly glad. happy with us now has a peaceful life is starting to be restored and ukrainian, and dumbasses cities taken by joint russian and danielle, can the gods forces fireworks for world war 2 victory day celebrations have replaced the front line shelling through the southern ukrainian cities of the johns and at a goddaughter where russian forces were currently position for the 1st time in many

years have joined in on the may 9th celebrations. residents of the dumbass cities have done yet. campbell guns also took part in festivities and all across russia, as well. fireworks illuminated to skylines of dozens of major cities. take a look. the the the.

ah ah. you 7710 of history of the victory over nazi germany was commemorated in russia not only with brilliant fireworks like you just saw, but also military parades and widespread civilian celebrations, all across the country. huge crowds turned out for the annual mortal regiment march in moscow. and other cities with people carrying photos of relatives and loved ones who took part in world war to commemorate was also held in the southern ukrainian city of had a song that was the 1st time that a major celebration could take place in the city. since the russian military establish control more than a month ago, amid lingering resistance from ukrainian forces, the festivities almost took a deadly turn as the russian military says,

ukrainian missile attack on the procession was forwarded by a russian defense system and a city in eastern ukraine also held its 1st immortal regiment procession for the 1st time since the 2014 through in here, where with many children and world war 2 veterans among them flooding the streets as merely total carrying portraits of relatives who fought in the historic conscience. residents also brought flowers to the brothers grave memorial, where the eternal flame has been re lit after a 7 year absence. now the city has been under the control of the new administration since the 3rd week of the ukraine complex. and in the dawn bus city of mario pl, recently retaken by russian. that forces victory de is also being celebrated with a massive 300 meter long st. george ribbon unfurled in the city and an eternal flame solemnly lit people carried portraits of their relatives and laid flowers at

a tomb. a monument of the fallen and world war to many locals said that they are happy to be able to openly celebrate victory day for the 1st time in 8 years as maria will have been under the control of ukraine's military since 2014. at that price, 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 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 don. yes, ken legato regions for years or heard from georgia less on an american journalist, you moved to the don beth 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 armed forces. ukraine was coming across

the grey line in mass, and the people of dumbass would've just been devastated. and what 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 that saved 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, the spirit of the victory day was not reciprocated across all of ukraine. however, kim's president zalinski and the national defense ministry, posted

a picture on social media of a soldier, probably displaying a nazi symbol later. the photo was actually deleted from both accounts on twitter and on telegram. the symbol was used by an elite nazi german pens or division and other fascist forces during world war 2. but it appears that western media outlets have preferred to conceal those details. a sky news anchor had to urgently finish and interview with rushes deputy ambassador to the un. after that official drew attention to the nazi symbol that zelinski account had posted. i will show you what, what appeared today as the official page of president landscape. here you can see it in instagram and then this is emblem. you see it's like right now, i will, i will make it bigger. so that's the abilene. once it is is some, it's an ambling for if a german division in the division in the 2nd world war,

the u. k. now is covering ukrainian authorities. we display these, these symbols during the victory they and these needs the symbols were used by the same arrangements that killed british people. okay, that's a little bit. i'm sure you've heard you say we've run out of time. mr. janski's. thank you very much indeed to talk on that should just say that there's images that i was shown by mr. polly on ski. well, we haven't been able to independently verify them. we discussed the topic with serbian american journalist and historian, new bush mileage, who says it's not surprising. the west is ignoring cheers ties to neo nazis because that does not fit their agenda. considering that you can't find of a photo anywhere from ukraine in recent months, that doesn't contain some kind of knots. insignia be at the top and cops from the,

from the 3rd ss that was in question. in today's post, or the black son used by as of old, a volt sagal also used by as of which seems to be integrated interest about every aspect of ukraine's military. it's just a single unit. unfortunately, in trying to prove that they are not not sees the 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 journalists 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 do 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 to bad. it's despicable russian president vladimir puts in the, in a solemn speech in honor of victory de thank to allied forces for their contribution to the defeat of fascism in the 2nd world war. but just american veterans who wanted to come to the crate and moscow for century prohibited from doing so. but i want them to know we are proud of your exploits and your heroic deal of your contribution to the victory. we all know all soldiers of the allied armies. look at your stuff and use not britton's defense. secretary ben wallace was quick to criticize, put in speech accusing russia of dishonoring, if military passed with the war in ukraine, in which wallace claims the russian army will be defeated through the invasion of ukraine. person he's in a 2nd. his generals are now marrying 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 know victory, de only dishonor and surely defeat and ukraine. what's interesting is the, it's very inappropriate for the state of victory day having if you look at president putin's remarks, he 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 stating this very, very bad, very bad message at berry, for 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. 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 a rush at all. if anything, he's actually describing what you know the, the ultra nationalists are doing and the, and what many would, if you're look at fascist, i mean, and fascism. it's essentially 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 its burbidge was very unprofessional and uncalled for by any separate diplomat. several missiles have reportedly hit the ukrainian port city of jessa on

the black sea, destroying a number of buildings allegedly used by the ukrainian military there. this is an verified video and it purportedly shows the targeted area, some unconfirmed sources say this was a hotel which had allegedly been occupied by ukrainian troops. that after another resort, allegedly housing for an mercenaries was fired upon. another huge explosion was caught on video in just to take a look at this report, say, a shopping mall and warehouse with ammunition inside were hit. now, it seems that the explosions continued for some time after the initial strike suggesting the buildings could have been indeed used to storm military arsenals. the despite immense pressure from western powers urging the rest of the world to join the sanctions against moscow, china's imports from neighboring russia set a new record highs last month in ports of a number of goods were double last year's figures and were up substantially from

the previous month, well and gas led the growth with a russian deputy prime minister who overseas, the energy sector saying that exports to the asia pacific region in general have especially risen. but at the same time, there was a drastic drop in chinese export to russia, particularly in the technology sector, including smartphones as international sanctions, have complicated business ties between those countries, sparking discontent among chinese officials. we oppose any band or restriction on china's normal trade activities with other countries. china will take the necessary measures to firmly defend the legitimate interests of chinese enterprises. russia and china recently established a framework for direct trade operations without involvement of a 3rd state. if they move away from the us dollar dominance with several large energy deals signed in early february, despite mounting pressure from western leaders, beijing has repeatedly refused to impose sanctions against russia over the conflict

in ukraine and has pledged to maintain a neutral position. hired on the job some to so there is an argument that china stands on the wrong side of history for not joining the united states and other western countries in condemning and sanctioning russia to china pursues and independent foreign policy of peace and determines its position based on the merits of the matter, king china never follows, you know, this is footstep. global said i owe you a wang, the director of the center for european studies at chinas. redmond university says china won't cave into western pressure and imposed sanctions against russia because that could actually hinder the huge potential of their bilateral economic ties. china and russia, economic relations have a complimentary have a huge potential new type of power relations. so mutual respects you and not talking to any sort of party, we have

a normal trade relations with russia. we cannot pay the cost of their less than sanctions who russia, their sanctions means you own the walked the what is yours? so you can, sorry for anybody. so that's actually, i saw it was the, the power i'm sex, acceptable by the chinese and other countries for a long turn. turn on the russia political relations. if we go to an economy, can religion is not to catch up, always the level of the political neutral tossed. so both sides, not just under printers and even local commons to think more to reach that goal. that to president is that about their trait e u foreign policy chief joseph morales has the block should consider using, seized at russian assets to pay for the reconstruction of ukraine. western powers

have already frozen the bulk of the russian central banks, foreign currency reserve, as punishment for the conflict in ukraine or to shout davinsky explained how to make russia pe. that is the burning question in many western countries and with sanctions, not perhaps hitting as hard to 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, the 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 is sort of wor,

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. suddenly it is a threat that in this day and age where the rule of law and its national laws seem to have receded quite a lot, particularly or by the us and its allies,

want us 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 alone, all the quotas. the from the us have fruit relations with some countries, not just russia. the idea that they could just know fees but also use the funds would be a traumatic move if china seas, this is dustin will hang on. actually these europeans that 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 janet cove ich egypt for president mubarak both won sanction related lou seats against you. meaning the idea of spending rushes seized money could be just a lot of hotter. charlotte, even skin r t, paris, amid the ukraine conflict, thousands of people have sought refuge in neighboring russia. that is, despite intimidation by the key of government, echoed in western mainstream media saying that that move could actually be dangerous or cheese even done of comments. nothing good awaits you in russia,

the message sent to ordinary ukrainians couldn't have been clearer. i appeal to our citizens who are preparing for the evacuation. today. we have just received information that the occupiers may be trying to organize their own corridor for evacuation to russia. so please be careful and vigilant. do not succumb to deceit and provocation for the ukrainian troops. it was much better if they could mingle among civilians. dozens of witnesses have been describing how the zillow of battalion gives how's trade neo nazis have been actively holding them hostage. them when it, if we knew about the humanitarian corridors we knew about the evacuation, but they just didn't let us out. since i think and they were hiding in a 73rd house in the basement on the 1st floor who was hiding their local ship, not he's not. he's harass off the cbo. they said maryville is a separate, a city that we should have got what we deserved. well, sorry to little girl said the, this is my house. as of militants burned it,

when didn't ask, forces advanced, some did manage to escape key of control territories and the flea to rush up like a lorna here while she wasn't held back in the ukraine at gunpoint like many, she says the authorities were deliberately keeping them in the dark about evacuation options. my uncle dan until 2nd week, the when the conflict begin on february 24th, we did not leave until the last moment since they did not let us out. there was no vacation, and there was no information about evacuations. monday we did not understand that we could evacuate at all, and then it became clear that there was an opportunity to move somewhere when some kind of communication was restored. we didn't have that communication at all before . i contacted a friend and she cried with joy that we were alive. so she took matters into her own hands and headed to russia. a place ukrainian major cools literally nothing else than moore do itself. but she found something else entirely. know ukrainian

troops, hell know. we did not see a single year green and volunteer, and the 1st aid received was from the nav colon 2 years. we didn't need help with evacuation. we arrived the russian refugee center ourselves and volunteers medicine the border and offered us water and food. even our animals and while there's no place like home alone, i can definitely see her future in the small russian port city. she's in right now, though i would like to return to see the city restored. i would return to normal life, but maybe here and talking to rogue, i can find something of value for myself and feel at home. i no wonder if i should go back. i, with, with 90 percent of the votes, counted ferdinand marco's has taken the lead in the philippines presidential election. he is the son of an allison, former president who had to come into power more than 50 years ago. the elder ford

of denmark, us was president for more than 2 decades from 1965, until he was deposed in 1986. for nearly a decade, he rolled under martial law until millions of filipinos rose up in protest against his government. now, 3 decades later, the marco's family appears, set to return to power with a margin of victory, of more than 15000000 votes. and the current election is of great interest to both china and the us as washington struggles to hold influence in manila to challenge beijing's authority. in the endo pacific region, the philippines was long, a traditional military ally of the us. but 6 years ago, it shifted ties in china's favor and dramatically declared a separation from washington. international relations expert, joseph gregory mahoney, says manila may keep from picking sides in an attempt to maintain a balance between the opposing powers. well, you know, i think that the high question of course is what are the implications with

philippines relations with china? and on this matter, we've seen mixed signals from arkansas. he's indicated he favors continuing bilateral ism, which many interpret as a wind for china. and so much that means manila and beijing will deal each other directly and not through other organizations or international partners. primarily, it's largely assumed you'll continue the policies of outgoing president and turkey, given their political alliance, which includes the thirty's daughter, sarah, as marco's vice presidential running mate. marcos is acknowledged oper concerns of those of the military that the built that the philippines should stand. tough with china on some points, but he's also sensitive to the popular desire of not need for more economic cooperation with china. now, manila isn't naive, it knows china won't be the grand solution to its development needs, but it also knows that china is not a significant danger to phillip insecurity if relations are manage well. so ultimately, i don't see marco's enthusiastically joining frozen a sheet of things,

recent call for global security initiative, which raging has promoted as being led by china and starting in asia. but i also don't see him following the u. s. into a new cold war. that is it for me, this are i will be back in just under 33 minutes with another full inflection. is this is our international stay with ah ah

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who hello and welcome to all the parts. there's little doubt that there was when you just 3 years ago is no more and it keeps transforming very rapidly. and the nature of change is changing. how have you from china, a country with at least 5000 your long history and a very adaptive, very agile approach to shifting grounds? well, to discuss it, i'm now joined by and the law senior research fellow of a center for china and globalization that most of the 3 to talk to thank you very much for time to be here. now i think they would both agree that the conflict in your crane while still localized is a symptom of much broader processes. how do you see it? what is it about for you?

well, i think the conflict in ukraine is a tragedy. certainly for the civilians that have been effective, but also for the military from both sides. we know that war kinetic conflict is a terrible thing in terms of the human costs. why last? people heard wooded named it also the economic destruction. but i would not agree that it is a localized conflict because as i've written and spoken about and other venues, i believe that this really is 3 different conflicts are wars. there is also a media or propaganda war being waged by the western countries with the annual phone countries at its core. and perhaps most significantly, there is an economic war that is being waged initiated by the you of us.