[000:00:00;00] a with a thoughtless p r stunt that is how moscow describes here is attempt to reclaim snake island in the black sea and operation in which a number of elite ukrainian soldiers were killed. germany reportedly fails to reach a deal with cutter. it looks to cut fossil fuel imports from russia, while in the u. k. people take drastic measures to keep their home tunes. war is raised true prices as well. yes, president joe biden, once again shift the blame on russia for surging domestic price inflation. but many americans doubt that he's on the executive orders, so it's his responsibility. and he thinks that the american people are dumb enough

to believe whatever he's feeling. we have homeless people on the street here. why not? no 1st. absolutely. and washington apparently revises its position on taiwan political status as the state department removed texts on its website about not recognizing the islands independence from china with quite guessing, like direct from our studios in moscow. this is our to international. i'm john thomas. certainly glad to have you with us. russia has slammed as a thoughtless p. r. stunt. the ukrainian armed forces effort to retake stink island, also known as many island located in the black sea. after their campaign ended with dozens of ukrainian soldiers killed and heavy weaponry destroyed. donna, this gamble has turned out to be a disaster for ukraine. the thoughtless p r action of the key of regime to take snake island by victory de, led to the meaningless depths of more than 50 ukrainian fighters,

including elite soldiers here on the loss of 4 planes, 10 helicopters, 3 boats, and 30 unmanned aerial vehicles. now hearing the statements of the russian defense ministry, it looks like a ukraine sense is to lead sir soldiers on on a suicide mission or russian defense ministry says that over the last 3 days, at least a 30 unmanned aerial vehicles had been destroyed and a 9 of those drones were turkish maids by erects are now all of them were used by key of in the so called p r stands, which was designed to recapture thee as mean the islands on this sacred day for all russians. which is, of course, the 9th of may the victory day. no defense ministry further reports that another 3 bodies of ukrainian soldiers watched. stop on thee is mean the island which brings a total sally of unclaimed body's offer. ukrainian soldiers to at least sets were $97.00. now the total number of ukrainian

a military that so lost their lives of last 3 days stands at 50 people at the moment. now apparently this stance was designed to boost the morale of the ukrainian military. they wanted to do this on the 9th of may. and of course, if you listen to the statements of the russian defense ministry was nothing short of a suicide mission for elite ukrainian soldiers and apparently of the order for this operation. the green light for this operation was given by none other than presidency zalinski himself. let's have a listen said roll my eye on may 7th, is it on the direct instructions of president villa? timmer zalinski with a direct participation of advisors from the united states and great britain. ukraine planned a major provocation and to seize as a mini island was little as a result of the competent actions of the russian armed forces unit located on the island or the ukrainian provocation was forwarded. the enemy suffered heavy losses . junior, meanwhile,

civilians f continued some mounds here in the next people's republic. over the last couple of days, at least 4 people were killed by the shelling of the ukraine and military. and of course, scores of civilians have been wounded after residential areas were bombed by the ukrainian military. now this tuesday, i visited some of the places where people lost their lives. once again, there were civilian areas and i spoke to to the locals as well as recorded everything that i saw with my own eyes. let's take a look. ukrainian nationalist forces, 2nd senior shilling civilians here in the city of funds or nest. this a market was bombed earlier in the day. as i understand multiple rocket launching systems had been used. answer from what emergency services told me. it looks like it's a cluster. munitions are 23020 millimeter

a rocket sir had been used. now we are located in a well very, extremely residential area and it's been showed continuously for the last 8 years as ukrainian positions unknown that are away. however, there are no positions of the next, the people's republic military here, as once again, this is a residential area. this is a market that there is a school. there are residential buildings everywhere, basically. but as i've spoken to the locals here, they said this had been going on for the last 8 years, but there was, i don't know what to say. ukraine hates us and that's it. they want to destroy us. it's been this way for 8 years. the suburbs, especially, we have suffered for years, but now the situation has become much tougher up there with the rest of the shilling has been taking place since may now, thanks. shells were flying towards the school, and markets were also on fire. but the key of military hit every day, some shell fragments landed in my yard just a month ago, the hospital was hit. my friend died from injuries after the shilling. they hit

areas where lots of civilians live. over the last 80 days alone, at least 107 people had been killed civilians, manager people here feel terrorized by the you create a military who continue shilling them every day. several parts of the city of done yet were reportedly hit by the attack by ukrainian forces that you heard roman mentioned there. now, a warning you may find the falling images a bit disturbing. 2 people were killed and 5 others, including a child were wounded, local official save the ukrainian military fired 10 missiles at the city on tuesday afternoon. he has not yet commented on the incident. later in our bulletin, we will look at how people from the don bass have re settled in russia to flee attacks from the ukrainian military. but meanwhile, he has been trying to intimidate those refugee saying that it's only safe to

evacuate to parts of ukraine. and that rhetoric has been echoed in the western mainstream media as well. we spoke with people who have made a new home in russia and elsewhere in the dance could, people's republic, in a suburb of the capital city, local military forces have uncovered medical weapons, apparently abandoned by retreating ukrainian troops. some of the munitions were believed to have been supplied by the u. s. bodies of dead ukrainian soldiers had been left behind and remained in their firing positions. germany is that top diplomat on the lena bear, bog has said that on a visit to kiev her country and tends to completely stop its imports of fossil fuels from russia. me, i, we have understood more than clearly that economic dependence does not bring security. if the aggressor simply does not care about the well being of its people, that is why we are decisively reducing our dependence on russian energy to 0 and

doing so forever. ultimately, germany is now looking for alternative energy provider having turned to the gulf state of color to discuss boosting supplies. but the countries have reportedly failed to reach a deal to 2 disagreements over key conditions. now, cutter wants a long term contract for at least 20 years, as well as a destination clause that would prevent the gas from being re routed to other european countries. berlin reportedly opposes those points as it appears, reluctant to lock itself into a such long term agreement without the ability to refill the commodity. a co director of the institute for the analysis of global security gulf is skeptical about whether those countries would ever clinch such a contract. many european and asian countries need to cut our l n g. but cut our has its own conditions. and all of these are happening in an

atmosphere of uncertainty, and quite frankly, very stiff competition because germany is not the only country. there are other potential clients that are eager to buy these natural gas. so i think that it will take time to resolve it is not clear at all that the 2 sides will be able to agree . and if they do, it will take a month before we can see resolution. as the you and other western powers have been actively looking for other energy suppliers amid the sanctions against russia. u. s . government officials have reportedly asked brazil's state run oil company petro bras, if it could increased crude output. however, it said the u. s. they came away empty headed to the us state department maintains that it's doing everything possible to sort out the situation. but it seems it's not really helping we are doing everything possible with our allies in partners to

mitigate the economic impacts of russian actions on other economies. like brazil, you're working with energy companies to serge, their capacity to supply energy to the market, particularly as prices increase. those sanctions are definitely a double edged sword when it comes to oil, even if all these countries have sanction the russia will stop by or from russia. russia will be able to sell this oil to other clients when it comes to gas. natural gas, the situation is much more difficult. it's much more inflexible market. it depends on infrastructure, not every country can receive l, n, g. so it's much more difficult. market also requires long term commitment. sooner or later, all these countries realize that it's much easier to talk about sanctioning russia

energy is much more difficult to implement. in russia top diplomat, sergei elaborate has denounced the use foreign policy saying that the block has simply been following washington's lead and doing exactly what they are told by washington. maybe soon the position of the chief diplomat of the will no longer exist because the you is practically no foreign policy of its own. it is in full solidarity with whatever approach the united states imposes. meanwhile, millions of people in the u. k. might be unable to pay their energy bills in the coming months as more prices are expected to rise on fears over coming, disruptions to supplies from russia that says many people in the country already struggling to make ends meet or to start davinsky reports rising energy prices have been a concern for months, but now the reality is really hitting home u. k. households have already seen an increase of more than 50 percent bringing

annual bills to around 2000 pounds. now there are warnings that this could shoot up to $3000.00 pounds a year by october. the head of one energy firm fee is millions of households will struggle to pay their bills this winter. it will hit incredibly hard and immediately i think we will see a huge increase in pre payment customers, in effect, self disconnecting, not reloading their pre payment meter because they can't afford to do it. although the u. k has a relatively small dependency on russia for gas and oil energy firms are susceptible to huge price hikes if they buy on the wholesale market. now, sanctions against russia, as a result of the warring crane, have pushed markets hot as country scramble to shore up their supplies. some u. k. households are apparently taking drastic measures to try and reduce their bills. firefighters have to issue

a warning for people to stop burning open fires in doors that came after a man was rushed to hospital for doing just that he was said to have been trying to avoid using his gas sensual heating. we know this is a difficult time and people are thinking about ways to reduce their energy bills, but we're really concerned that they may be putting lives at risk by doing so. the fire brigade has said that this wasn't even a loan incident. they have apparently been more than a 100 similar cases in the past few months. now other stories about what people have been doing to stay warm have also emerged. the british prime minister was recently confronted about one of those. this was about a pensioner who rides the bus all day, apparently, to avoid heating her own home. for his johnson sparked ango when he boasted that it was, in fact, he who had given pension is a free bus pass. kind of missing the points and rising costs are said to be

impacting people's ability to even put food on the table. more than 2000000 adults in the u. k. say they've skipped meals due to a lack of finances. the extremely rapid rise in food insecurity since january points to a catastrophic situation for families. 3rd insecurity puts families under extreme mental stress and forces people to survive on the cheapest calories, which lead to health problems. here in the u 2, there are fears over rising energy bills as european leaders trying to agree on a new batch of sanctions. to halt all oil imports, russia, there is still resistance from some members hungry leader has described this option as akin to dropping a nuclear bomb on his country's economy. while finland's former prime minister says that as price hikes pinch households,

public support for such measures against moscow could ebb away. you have to explain the price of war because unity and solidarity last for a while. but with inflation, with energy prices, with food prices and with the asylum situation, say in poland, it's not going to last forever. but the eas, top diplomat, yoseph barrels says that this is the price you repeat, citizens must pay for supporting freedom. we have to understand that to defend freedom and to fight against the ones who fight against you. crime will have a cost and the politicians should have the courage to explain to the people that this cost has to be accepted because otherwise the cost will be much bigger. all of this could come to a hedge sooner rather than later. the deadline for you, countries to pay for russian gas in rubles looming, the block has said it will refuse to do that. meaning it now faces supplies being

cut off by moscow. ukraine's that gas transit operator has announced that on wednesday it will stop sending one 3rd of the russian gas that has regularly travelled through the country into europe. and ukrainian operator has said that gas will no longer be accepted through distribution stations in the siding. that the conflict there is stopping things it has offered though to transfer all the volumes to another check point in the russian border. town of su job instead. now russian export or gas bomb has said, well, that scenario would just be impossible. gas problem has not received any confirmation of the circumstances of the force major clause. we do not see any obstacles for continuing to work in the previous mode. transit has been provided in full. there have been no complaints from the counter parties. the transfer of volumes to suit based on the russian flow scheme is technologically impossible. as gasoline and food prices hit new all time records in the u. s. joe biden has once

again shifted the blame on russia in an apparent effort to deflect personal responsibility. we saw in march then 60 percent of inflation that month was due to price increases at the pump for gasoline, prunes war as raised food prices as well. but the price of surgeons have been happening at least since january 2021 a year before the russian military campaign in ukraine, amid rising costs for crude oil. now around $100.00 per barrel. now that's partially due to some u. s. refineries having closed during the pandemic with other ones currently operating on nearly full capacity. no situation was exacerbated when the us band imports of russian supplies of the commodity while joe biden and his speech claimed that he understands regular americans. his recent actions against russian energy have only pushed prices, further upwards or cheese racial blevins explains president by then is now saying

that tackling soaring inflation is going to be his top priority. moving forward, after it has already been 40 year highs for 5 straight months during his speech at the white house on tuesday. he said he understands why the american people are so frustrated. right now. i understand when it feels like i come from a family where, when the, when the price of gas for food went up, we felt it was a discussion of the kitchen table. i went, i want every america know that i'm taking inflation very seriously. and it's my top for domestic priority. inflation has already been on the rise over the last year, hitting 5 percent last june and 7 percent in december. the u. s. federal reserve flooded the market with money in response to historic lockdown during the pandemic . now a bite and says that he is concerned about inflation. he has also implemented things and rather against russia,

claiming that he knows that they will impact supply chain shortages and that could lead to a global food crisis as a result on top of that bite and also continues to fuel both inflation and the conflict. as he calls on congress to approve an additional $33000000000.00 and funding for ukraine. he's on the executive orders. nobody else. if you look at those signatures, there is. so it's his responsibility. and he thinks that the american people are dumb enough to believe whatever he's feeling them. why aren't you taking care of the people in your own country instead of people in another country, a world apart. i don't get that like i live here and you know, help me. i don't have too much faith in the story ministration and i'm losing faith in our government at various it just pick up 2 political. we have homeless people on the streets here. so why not help us 1st? absolutely. everyone is struggling with it, especially people my age, the working class. you know,

it's impossible to move up and it's really easy to go down. political commentator and radio host. steve gill says biden is focused more on ukraine and then on solving america's domestic problems. you know, decades ago we had a president who had a sign on his desk. the buck stops here. now we have a president abiding, apparently says the buck is everywhere, but me, you know, he's blaming putin for gas prices, even though gas prices started going up a year before there was any conflict in ukraine and those gas increases were because we were shutting off our supply, we were shutting off our energy independence and people are seeing the price is all over town at the gas pumps. just this week, gas prices with united states, despite another $0.50 a gallon, and that has nothing to do with the war and ukraine. it has everything to do with law of supply and demand. we cut off our supply as a demand continues to increase and a and by trying to blame. everybody bought himself for his own energy policies. i have bad news for the american taxpayers. not only are we sending tens of billions

and dollars due to fuel this war and to and to push it further ahead. when the bill comes due, i guarantee you the american taxpayer is going to be sent to bill for billions and billions of dollars to rebuild ukraine while our cities are disrepair. while our cities have violence and crime on the rise, and while working families can't afford to put food on the table or gasoline in their cars, he's focused on everybody in the world except the united states and people of this country. 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 the move could be dangerous, but he's he goes, john of comments. throughout the past 8 years, keith made an example out of the de next and logan's credence,

every civilian can and will be at target. ah he, she never looked a mood only meyer lansky, enfeebled to nickname my. when i did the school, did you catch? except when they put a wooden cindy valera with one of the latest tragedies came just short of 2 months ago when a ukrainian ballistic missile hit the city of dynette, dozens of people cave considers its own citizens perished. mm. i

don't. i don't believe with many like this family from the frontline town, a resume which is now under the russian control. drew very explicit conclusions. out of all this. now we are not afraid to leave for another country. we are afraid to stay here. we are afraid that they will start selling here. we have small children, we are afraid for the safety of our children. we want some kind of stability caves propaganda. machine is spinning in overdrive spearing out. one fake after another. some as preposterous and outrageous as claiming the russians booby trapped dead bodies. all this misinformation eventually misfired and seated even more mistrust. he did him city. we do not believe what ukrainian television says. we know that we used to live together, russia and ukraine. in addition, many of our families are mixed both russian and ukrainian. i do not think russia should be feared. i am soviet in my identity. the children are also brought up that

there is nothing to fear in the russian people. for us, february 23rd is still defender of the fatherland day and may, 9th is still victory day. we still celebrate, just like we used to in their pursuit to paint russians grotesquely, evil, ukraine's in for war battalions to try so hard. they went completely overboard. yet i have never been to russia, but i have friends and relatives sad, and i'm not afraid to go that it's scary here. ah! on tuesday, the baltic state of lithuania decided to reprimand moscow by declaring russia a terrorist estate and describing the military campaign in ukraine as a genocide. meanwhile, in neighboring lot, fia officials have been having trouble coming to terms with the fact that people still honor the soviet soldiers who liberated that republic from nazi forces in

world war 2 and made commemorations of the allied victory in europe. this week authorities in riga have used a tractor to remove an abundance of flowers, placed by thousands of residents at the latvian capitals monument to the liberators . the authorities actions sparked a backlash with residents expressing their anger to the city's mayor that are going my dear mayor stack as if you think that by running over our flowers with a tractor, you can humiliate us, you are wrong. you humiliated yourself. you showed your weakness, your fear. well, residents returned to the memorial with more flowers and candles using them to decorate the area. the police officers said that they saw even the st. george ribbons, which are banned in the country and the rest of the number of people during the event. one man in civilian clothing was filmed, kicking flowers at the monument. police managed to save him from the rest of the crowd,

while the leader on tuesday authorities close off the perimeter of the monument, but people still gathered around it, singing a renown to victory de song. washington has apparently revised its position on taiwan political status. as the u. s. stay department has edited its website to remove a part about not recognizing the islands independence from china. he's given me up in comments. taiwan is china's sensitive spot when it comes to foreign policy, and you can be sure to get a prompt and strongly worded response when you mention it. may say the west, his latest modification of the fact sheet is a trick to obscure and right off the one china principal history cannot be rewritten in that fact cannot be denied and right and wrong should not be distorted

. hugo made. so what exactly did washington do? well, they edited their website and they removed the part about not recognizing the island as being independent of china. here's what it used to say. united states recognized the government of the people's republic of china as the sole legal government of china, acknowledging the chinese position that there is but one china and taiwan as part of china. the united states does not support taiwan independence. and here is what it says. now obviously, washington plans to expand their engagement their taiwan is a key us partner in the endo pacific the united states in taiwan, share similar values, deep commercial and economic links, and strong people to people, ties which form the bedrock of our friendship and serve as the impetus for expanding us engagement with taiwan. china seas this as a straight up provocation from the united states. they're hinting at

a rather strong response to on such political manipulation of the tie. one question and the attempt to change the status quo across the taiwan strait will hurt the us itself in this that seems pretty well timed with the us lead summit taking place in washington later this week. the block of 10 south eastern nations. that surprisingly does not include china, is expected to discuss ways to counter beijing's influence in the region. in turn, the u. s. will continue to promote its endo pacific strategy released just 3 months ago. just to show how much chinese people are affected by these plans. a poll recently conducted showed that 89 percent of chinese people view the indo pacific strategy as their regions version of nato. and they see it as a danger with u. s. media and politicians beating the drum against china. american public opinion has been impacted as well. a gallup poll, taken back in february, showed that 79 percent of us adults have

a negative opinion of the country. also in april, a pew survey ran to china's unpopularity at 82 percent. so much tension currently going on in the world. the binding administration seems to just not have caused enough rockets. they now want to intensify the conflicts with the country that is the largest on earth in terms of population and a major global economic player. it's not clear where the american people really benefit from this strategy of intensifying conflict across the planet. we have a change of diplomacy. the, the original text was written at the time when with the influence of such realist phone calls of its type diplomats such as henry kissinger, who was one of the architects of us, china policy and the opening. today we have a mishmash of, of diplomats driven by neo liberal neoconservative values

which want to project us power militarily, everywhere. that is not going to diminish in any way because china is definitely the existential, the super power that's on the rise. the only way to resolve any to get back to diplomacy is of course to reduce that influence. this is a for me, this are, i will be back in 30 minutes with another full infrastructure new say this is our to international. oh, the i