ah, ah, with russia's foreign ministry says that country will be forced to retaliate with military measures if finland follows through with its plan to join the gas prices in europe, search by 20 percent off to ukraine, suspended from that of russian fuel supplies through with a former french soldier reynolds western media, by claiming he saw ukraine's radical exult, but valiant torture and murder captured russian. he's off fighters were everywhere displaying naughty symbols. did you know what they talked about in front of me unit? they laughed, saying that if they see jews or black people,

they with lot fear, authorize their demolition of a prominent world war 2 year, a memorial to soviet soldiers made a conflict between lafayette authorities and residence over the removal of commemorated flowers off the monument with from moscow to the world. this is our t pleasure to have your company today. my name's human on the russian foreign ministry sees it will take steps to eliminate any threats caused by nato expansion and could in quote, military technical measures. that's after finished leaders call for nato, a membership without delay. the statement by the president of finland is a radical change in the country's foreign policy. either russia's assurances about the absence of any hostile intentions towards finland, nor the long history of good neighborly and mutually beneficial cooperation between

our countries have convinced helsinki of the advantages of maintaining a course of military non alignment. finland's, accession to nato will cause serious damage to bilateral russian finish relations and also the stability and security of the northern european region. russia will be forced to take retaliatory steps both military, technical and other in order to stop the threats to its national security. arising in this regard, the foreign ministry, also se finland's a session to nato would be a direct violation of the paris peace treaty signed in 1947, which at prohibits countries including russia from the, from forming coalitions against each other. while moscow also adds finland's entry to be alliance would violate a 1992 treaty between russia and finland, which states that both countries will refrain from threatening each other's territorial integrity or political independence. we got reaction from european studies professor stephan gotcha. democracy is

a bonus to finland. there was no referendum to issue. the only things that we heard and the finish public heard was that somehow all the popularity of nato has skyrocketed since february 24th. finland will most definitely be joining nato. and of course, this will only increase the insecurity of europe. we are talking about the world war unfolding before our eyes. because salem and suite them perhaps joining nato is an act of escalation. if the finish authorities are ready to violate their own traditions, constitution and identity, or fin as neutral country, of course that we can expect that international agreements such as barriers agreement will be violated. international law, as such,

has been repeatedly violated by western countries. and it means that we'll live in a vacuum of international law, the old order, the order that has been established. now with the end of world war 2 is over. we can argue when or it started to, it certainly didn't start to crumble in the period between 989 and 1991 with the social so union. but it continues to deteriorate. nato was expansion was one of the red lines which was emphasized by russia prior to the ukraine conflict. the spinal ledge promises from ne, 2 in the 1990 s that it wouldn't move another inch eastward. the block has been steadily expanding in recent years. here's ortiz shot davinsky. moscow has been clear that any further nato expansion is

a red line viewing the blocks increasing encroachment eastward as being a threat to russian national security. but despite that, there is plenty of encouragement for both sweden and finland to dive in to the alliance. the war in ukraine is forcing our school to make difficult decisions. but sovereign nations must be free to make those decisions without fear or influence, or threat of retaliation for food. in particular, the worry is centered on the fact that it has an 800 or so my long border that it shares with russia. helsinki fears that asking nato for membership could see an immediate reprisal from moscow. so why does russia see this is being a threat? both sweden and finland have greatly increased their defense spending in response to the war. as countries with high levels of per capita income, they could make a net contribution to nato's military capabilities over time. it makes sense that

they might take on a leading role in defending the whole baltic region, for example, by adding enhanced air and missile defenses. making contributions to nato ground forces currently in estonia, latvia and lithuania. but considering the situation in ukraine's nordic nations a wondering if it may be better to build in, rather than on the periphery of the nato block. even if the kremlin believes it will not bring greater security for europe. and it's a gamble that finland and sweden look increasingly likely to take charlotte. even ski artie paris vladimir putin today said that relentless sanctions against russia have led to the global economic crisis. we're seeing today is sunk sanctions, as well as other negative developmental sanctions. where buys guided by phobia and their own ambitions and guided by their own national

interest and taking to ensure the prosperity of their own people. we see this, this is to their ellen, the detriment, and some countries inflation is approaching 20. i'm going to vent those actions will in you never believe, but lead to a very complex and challenging consequences for europe and citizens and your countries already paid to the rest. so let me emphasize that in the elite of the western countries are to blame for the reserve and they are ready to sacrifice the rest of the world to meet them while it is gearing up to be inexpensive, summer and beyond, with natural gas prices in europe. surging 20 percent since the start of the month to $1200.00 per 1000 cubic meters. that's after ukraine's truck to the operator

announced that was thumping a 3rd of the rushing gas that travels through the country from getting to your know, we discussed gas prices in europe and all the ramifications. all that earlier with our cars, from the don quarter. while this whole situation is obviously causing a supply problem for european countries, because just since tuesday they're the, there's actually a tremendous reduction of russian oil. russ, sorry, russian gas going through ukraine into the rest of europe by 50 percent. actually, that's talk, that's actually around 100. that's from 100000000 metric cubic meters a day to around 50000000. now that all started of course, after ukraine state gas companies said it was going to stop sending, right. it was going to stop pumping russian gas from 2 out of 3 distribution stations along that pipeline. and it's because they basically site into a force, missouri, they said that the conflict there was obstructing the regular operation of these

facilities. but russia's state energy company gas pro actually said that there's no evidence of that guess from nipple which gas problem has not received any confirmation of the circumstance to the false measure close. we did not see any obstacles to continue to work in the previous night. in transit has been provided in full, there would be no complaints in the county is how to transfer a volume to subsets based on the rushing flow scheme opposite technologically. and so that's a 3rd of the tops off for european countries. how does this affect the, the situation then on the continent? well, like you said, it means significantly less gas going to europe. i'm at a time where we're already seeing skyrocketing energy prices with record breaking inflation rate. i mean, germany, of course, for example, is a big consumer of russian gas, and it's had to replace what it's lost by buying gas from norway and the netherlands as well. and because of their, that's because of these reductions,

of course, and on top of that, the use policy is pretty vague in terms of whether or not a new member state will be violating the sanctions regime if it decides to pay for russian gas with rubles, it confused, a lot of officials across the europe, ian union like the italian prime. mister, for example, nobody ever said anything about whether rubles payments, breach sanctions or not, or how these payments are organized. so it's such a gray zone here. as a matter of fact, most gas importers have already opened an account in rubles with gas prom and all fairness, 2 or so on. the land though. and she did say that it was indeed a violation to pay for russian gas in rubles. but that brings up another question, actually, it brings up whether or not the leadership is going to be ready to risk splitting the member states into those that are going to follow the rules against their own self interest. and those who are going to basically take any measures necessary to provide their people with affordable energy, whatever the case these recent decisions by ukraine are making it already tense

situation. a lot more tense. a retired french marine has said he observed war crimes committed by ukrainian troops while in the country on a recent humanitarian mission eligible. should i take full responsibility for what i, what i witness was my and ukraine. all of them were committed by the korean army, nato. russia army, this does not mean that there have been any war crime by the russian side, but we don't talk about ukrainian war crimes. and frankly, when i return to france from ukraine, i was shocked. tv channels are inviting people indiscriminately extra, 80 percent of who haven't been in the warranty range. i don't know anything about what is happening there right now, and you'll find it disgusting that they're the ones talking about the war. somewhere off fighters were everywhere displaying, not the symbol since the shock to me that your weapons, for the military has in my opinion, they are neo nazis. the symbols of neo nazis are embroidered and everywhere and uniforms. no one talks about easy to see. this is the former symbolism of the fs,

and you can find it everywhere in ukraine. but for some reason, no one cares about it. i worked with these people and gave some medicine units. you know what they talked about in front of me. the they left saying that if they see jews or black people, they without getting them done, that's of the un has released a report saying it has, quote, credible information of torture, of russian soldiers by ukrainian forces, while also mentioning a ledge war crimes by moscow lead troops again, years, french aid volunteer. adrian ok describing what he thinks captured russian troops are put through the notes. the following are claims and rti cannot verify their accuracy. you don't, didn't. i saw captured russian soldiers beaten and tied up. we were in some kind of barn where they were brought ukrainian troops from the off battalion. we're asking who the officers were. every russian soldier got a bullet in the need from a kalashnikov, although they were defenceless. i have videos confirming this, otherwise i would not dare to say such

a thing. people who confessed that they were officers were shot dead in the forehead. this is the system, at least in a's off it me so no story to bring you to the u. s. republican savvy lendlease act, which was accepted by a majority in congress this week and signed off by president biden to expedite military aid to key if will just lead to more debts and ukraine. every vote to provide military assistance to ukraine draws us closer to a war with russia. this is not our fight. i reiterate my hope for immediate peace talks and resolution of hostilities, sending more weapons of war is counter to peace and will extend the death and destruction. for some details on this, washington is no worth arise to transfer any weapon of war. other than those with nuclear capability to ukraine, the act is also exempt from laws that normally govern such a lease, such as a 5 year duration on the requirement to pay all costs of loaning the equipment. the lethal aid comes in addition to biden's request to approve another $33000000000.00

and assistance to your brain. geopolitical comments or minear med, say such support will drive the country into severe debt for generations. if you go to the act, it is basic. the activation of world war 2. c act, f ob britain has to take 6 decades to pay off what we'll do or to that then potentially ukraine may take like another 200 or maybe 300 years to pay off a may be not able to cope up with the challenge of the debt the natural membership will not going to help you, crane or other countries. as you have seen already, the natural countries always suffer because they have to pay the bill of the u. s. a wrong decision, for example, 911 ad before that a var that was in offline is the 14 years in

a one is on the lottery and authorities have a lot of the demolition of a prominent memorial to soviet soldiers who liberated the baltic country from nazi forces during the 2nd world softer laughing lawmakers suspended a bilateral agreement with russia on the humbling of soviet era. monuments or protest broke out in the capital rica. the police moved in to detain demonstrators after people protested the removal of flowers they had brought to the monument for the may, 9th, the victory de anniversary authorities had use bulldozers to cleanse that commemoration. without the response, lucas brought even more flowers to the monument. but police then reacting by completely blocking off the scene, according to law, we're law enforcement officials and the gatherings near the memorial will be considered an act of support for russia. reagan has been one of the most vocal

critics of moscow's actions in ukraine. we heard from some locals who say they're outraged by the actions of the are for a to you know, my, if i go to my father's grave, i put flowers and someone will come and drag them away because i think it's just vandalism. it's terrible. we collected money for this monument donations back on the line to native residents of re guys, i know donated his own funds for the creation of the monument. and today this is what they're doing. yes, look, level of weight flowers had this morning in the victory day of the victory of the whole people, the whole world. and now someone gave the order to lead me to go to this monument today and lay flowers. this is absurd, this is neither democracy nor freedom, and i am sorry that i now leave in such a political analyst nichol. markovich said, attempting to tackle such issues by removing monuments as futile. this is like some sort of a desire to rewrite history of european nations and destroying monuments

is tantamount to fascism and it looks funny. mm. it was about, it was, was about strong fascism. and this is crazy because it's going all across western europe today as a for destroying monuments would solve the situation in ukraine. it's ridiculous, this is exactly why we fought against fascism in our system. this is what happened right before the 2nd world war were in germany early and other places in europe and even the world. people are reporting jews because they were jews and they were supposed to be responsible for all of the everything she's going back. we're experiencing the same scenario today except that the jews have been replaced by russian. it's still hatred behind this and it's still that is extremely bad. and we have to contend this. you cannot say that one person is responsible for all the bad deeds on this earth. and this is what the destroying monuments and this is what the current narrative in the west is going to lead to another story or across

today. the u. s. a is it will alive, foreign investment in a part of syria, not controlled by the countries government. washington odds not issuing such a license for companies to operate in the countries north east won't contravene american sanctioned the united states in tens in the 10s few days to issue a general license to facilitate private economic investment activity and non regime held areas liberated from isis in syria, northeast syria, which borders turkey and iran contains significant oil reserves, and i grew up cultural in the country. i've seen in a state of civil row since 2011, but washington pushing for the removal of president bashar assad government. the u . s. was also impose sanctions on demarcus. she locked investment in syria, crippling greece rebuilding the. let's go live now to the countries

capital and discuss the issue with independent journalists. vanessa, i believe, and you're very welcome. essentially you have the u. s. deciding on the flow of investment into parts of a sovereign country, syria, that's not their own. how does that come across? i mean, that's extraordinary, isn't that when the u. s. is arguing that russia is violating the sovereignty of ukraine. ukraine which was basically made in through a nature russell state by victoria newland less grew in 2014 and can no longer really be considered as for her state. whereas syria, as a sovereign state, has been under attack, not only for the last 11 years, but for the last 7 to 5 years. as i have documented myself or the cia. and the intelligence agency has effectively been trying to through control. and he can

control the resources of the country for decades. and then of course, in the war against the area that began in 2011. and the fact that new here is effectively on things. syrians are a tree that they already occupy the us already, or the u. s. coalition already occupies the northeast, which is the oil rich region. and as you mentioned, that agriculture will rich region and have been depriving the 30 n people of their own resources, including the oil, including the week probably in the various agriculture products from the region. but they've also been empowering, isis that the terrorist group for which provides the justification for american unlawful presence and military presence and military bases inside syria. this is an expiration by proxy using both the kurdish contrasts or the turkish lead

outside or faction. you from a sickly cold the free theory and now me now recognize as things are a script to effectively not only continue to occupy serene territory but potentially to build settlements on these areas. and to continue to fill the resources from this area. and people that are living, as you said, on the unilateral function, they functions are not against the mask. and they are against all the people that are now living in a state of starvation or of energy and fuel deprivation because of the occupation of the northeast. so you know, this is an extraordinary level of paper chrissy, even from the us it's, i'm believable. what sort of reaction vested do you think we can expect from damascus and cut the u. s. movie. be classified as a violation of any international laws. perhaps even more pertinently, will it be prob, this such you know, the us things,

3rd and 11 has done nothing but international or inside syria has been backing the fascist terrorist groups that have carried out all manner of trustees against syrian civilians. for the last 11 years, the unilateral sanctions and the folks are illegal, they are a war crime because they are stripping 30 millions of dignity. that is a war crime. and at the same time, of course, they are empowering a core thing, arming and financing, the nazi battalions and ukraine. you know, the us become a lawless faith. it's about as rules based governance. but in reality, this is what they are doing and punishing this world into a law or a bit. and yes, of course, the damascus reaction will be one of absolute or outrage as it should be. should be, or allies, including russia. law broker has already put out statements about the illegal

american military bases on $3.00 and $3.00, and this is taking it one step further. of course, they are also using it or sorry, they are bringing in these measures under the cover of the murder yesterday. c, l 0, generalist 5, design and sharing. and the war and the praying for they are assuming that people, people's attention is not on syria. so now they can, legitimize their unlawful occupation of syrian territory and of resources from this it many thanks for your time today. thanks for going through all valid as well, the different functions of it. independent journalists, vanessa billy, from damascus. ok, let's get the latest on the ukraine conflict from the ground. one person is dead, and 7 are wounded after ukraine. shell, the village, and rushes belgrade region. that's according to local authorities, also significant because it would be the 1st such instance of

a civilian being killed by ukrainian shell in russia during the crisis report say 17 houses were also damaged. while in the southern her solid region, which has been under the control of russian forces since the early stages of the war authorities have said they will ask blood of mere putting to integrate the territory into russia. in response, moscow stated it was off to the citizens there or to the side on the would have to be a judicial basis for such a move elsewhere. life has been slowly returning to some sort of a lot of the heavily damaged cities of that done. yes. can luc gowns republics, residents have started to rip, her homes and stores were in new gowns. many in frontline villages and times are struggling to get basic necessities, such as food and water. there are those willing to help our teeth? maria phenomena has the story now of a woman who lost her soul in the conflict, but before in some solace and volunteering to help others as this little kitchen

and an abandoned war veteran center in our chest, west of la guns, volunteers from a local branch of a global food relief organization at preparing meals for the don bus frontline, exxon is among them. 2 months ago, her son and soldier with the people's republic of the guns, died from a sniper bullet in a battle for a village, helping others is how excited decided to help herself deal with the immense pain, tearing her apart. thurston yes of course i'm relieved that it was an instant death . my son didn't have time to understand or feel anything that's according to the medical report. it's reassuring. it would be very scary. there were a mother always worried about her children getting hurt in the so called in march this year. mamma, the guys were sitting in the trenches. i talked to them and they said the little the night there in waste water. it's a nice, naturally we were worried about them being in the cold and in pain. we were

reassured by the fact that they were saying when i was only coming here to get the body. when they came, i witnessed the pain and sorrow, and i realize that i have to do something about it. and there is a lot to be done all across this war torn region with the humanitarian situation close to catastrophic people in towns and villages near the front line hiring need of literally everything medicine, clothes, diapers, blend kids thousands of tons of humanitarian ada. send here everyday to me people's needs and to help ease their suffering. but there are a couple of essential things that are never enough of course, water and bread. this time the food goes to rubbish, nan battles for the town between the quite an army and the joint forces of russia. and though ganske republic made it hard for people to survive. these residents of rubies now lining for hot meals. the town is now relatively safe,

it is totally under the control the russian forces. but it has been under for years fighting for many weeks. most of the locals left the city, sorry, but even more ascertain here. they have to stay because they have no place to go to while food is important, access to medicine seems to be and even more urgent, a life threatening need for so many people here today to family did the sure brought us fitted mozilla, a little looking liberally a wish with story that 1000000 in your vehicle when across with equivalent will be hung c pillars, luthey luthey, luthey, luthey been with people are carrying lists of the medicines needed. so want to show how long the lists are. there are lot of insulin dependent people, which is a problem. i don't know how to handle this. the charity effort exxon is here with is just one of many private and government relief initiatives in town. ha, ha,

ha. ha, ha ha. i said us, these go record you through the whole of chair, bessie law possible. not hulu. my mom, while we talk to local women, distant sounds of shelling a heard. the front line has moved several kilometers away from the town. but the fight for the republics remaining territories will continue for yet some time gray phenomena with the report. now a story 8 years in the making next chronicling how today's conflict in ukraine as a direct lineage to the government to of 2014 there. stay close from my done road to war. it gets going ahead. ah, ah

ah . so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy confrontation, let it be an arms race is on offense. very dramatic development only personally and getting to resist. i don't see how that strategy will be successful, very critical time time to sit down and talk during

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