ah ah, russia really says foot age of hundreds of ukrainian soldiers, mostly from the extremists of battalion who surrendered in the city of modern you, paul, after a long siege. kiev however, is betraying the event as an evacuation. so coming off, western media outlets are marked for relating the narrative coming out of care by releasing inaccurate videos without proper fact the checks. we'll take a look at a number of example on italian journalist questions that west coverage of the conflict while also claiming division is widening between his government's actions and what the country citizens want ah

mid day and sa paula, midnight in. so and 6 in the evening here in moscow, welcome to the global news update on r t. i'm unit reger, the russian defense ministry says 100 sub ukrainian neil naulty and self battalion members on ukrainian service. men who were surrounded in the is all stell steel plant. in marty, you both have surrendered rouelis you let us just consider also as russian armed forces continue, a special military operation in ukraine. william the surrender of the militants, of the nationalist is av battalion and ukrainian service men with who were surrounded at the as austell plant. in mary you, paul began yesterday is that is as of now, 265 militants have laid down their arms, including 51 who were seriously wounded, oval toilet. all those in need of medical care were sent for treatment to the hospital in nova, as oscar in the danish people's republic. i own a cousin on the quote when we're just outside the hospital in the town of no vas

offscreen. this is where those injured from the catacombs of the eyes of star feel works are being admitted fast. in fact, the was of this medical facility have seen the 1st batch of injured prisoners of war all ready. and we've talked to the medics and to the volunteers and they're telling me that those injure they are in a very poor state in the very difficult condition because down there under ground, they didn't have access to proper medicine. in fact, they had access to barely any medicine at all, so many of their wounds are infected this past. and as it's, it's very nasty and it's unclear as to will. some of them will be able to retain, to keep their limbs, for instance. now we've just come from maria full here, so just over an hour drive from here to as of style. and then, well, we saw dozens of buses lined up along the road just outside the factory just outside the plans and along with them as military vehicles. there as well as

a military personnel of all sorts and this column, it stretches of for hundreds of meters. so something very massive is expected there . so because, well again, there's more than 2000 people who are well surrendering right now. the ukranian sized aside says it's an evacuation, it is naught, it is a surrender. and so they are. so it is a lengthy process. so it takes time and for them to all, to be filtered and to be put on buses and to be put here again, the process is not, it's not fast again, just a quick reminder for you, for over, for well over a month, more than 2000 people were hold up deep on the ground in the catacombs under the as of style. steve works that though they were essentially, they were the only garrison left in mar, you boat. they were completely surrounded by the russian forces by the forces of the de nets, people's republic. they was shelled,

relentlessly. they tried. they tried to fight back, but without the support of their government. they were abandoned by cave and by their commanders. so despite all their please to the pope, to again, to the authorities to the international community help didn't come. so now they are surrendering. they made this decision. they are saying that this was prompted by the command from low, from above, somewhere from there. go from from keith. but again, this is, they are capitulating. they are, they're saying we can't fight anymore. and initially there were, there were about to lose only those injured. we're about to surrender, but now we know for a fact that those who are still healthy, they are laying down arms and going into russian captivity becoming prisoners of war 2 e courses ella fall despite the fact the ukrainian trip surrendered western media betrayed the event and evacuation relating the words of ukrainian officials who said the soldiers have coat left the plant with the support of

numerous organizations, both ukrainian and international. the remarks made no mention of the involvement of russian or the nets republic troops. ah, well, to discuss the issue always a pleasure. the welcome live on to the program. vanessa billy independent investigative journalist, speaking to us from damascus. hi, vanessa. we have been seeing a number of mainstream media outlets to pick the ukranian army, including a neo nazi battalion surrender, and mario full as an evacuation. every headline, really what's your take on what happened there? while i'm in. this is very reminiscent of the liberation of aleppo in 2016 and sorry when they are in our balmy and are allied forces including russia, liberated a leper from terrorist occupation and in the west that was described as the full of a leper. so, you know,

for us to expect weston intelligence agency aligned media complex to actually admit that the as a brigades, the ultra nationalist and not super guys that their countries have effectively been training and equipping and all matching and empowering since 2014, if not before have to surrender to the russian forces or the forces of the people's republic as be on the pale for them. they can't be seen to be doing that. an equally ski is portraying it very much as an intervention on his part. an evacuation of these forces, it's quite extraordinary. it's a total reality inversion. and besides reporting on this render few seem to be mentioning russia is actually evacuating winded, ukrainian still, just to hospital. now isolates may be totally against the offensive, right?

as you've been going through. but facts are facts and their audience surely deserves the full picture here. why is it totally one sided more than perhaps we've ever seen before? well, because i think this is an indication of the importance of this war to the west. you know, this is an existential war on so many different levels. but yes, you know what i find absolutely. horton's is the fact, but there are now some mainstream major outlets quickly in front. that is, and i think the new york times is address the war crimes committed against russian prisoners of war by the ukrainian forces, particularly the as of an either battalion, for example, some of her reading to torture of the pale job usual suddenly the videos that have been circulating here instead of course we see a very civilized operation,

despite the fact that these are the same nazi brigades that have carried out if not the same soldiers, but the same brigades that have carried out the trustees against russian soldiers against civilians. of course, let's not forget that ukrainian civilian. but here we see russian soldiers a tearing to international law to geneva convention treating these as of brigade soldiers and ukrainian forces with medical treatment, taking them to hospital, treating them with their respect and dignity that was not given to russian, peo, w's and the fact that was the major is ignoring the difference in the behavior of both sides is indicative of their hypocrisy and actually their criminal support of criminals. and again,

this is something that we've seen in syria for the last 11 years. you know, the support of created the white washing of the a trustees by all kinds of during exactly the same thing is happening now in ukraine. and they cannot admit that the russian forces that they have portrayed as the brutal invaders are the one thing with decency and humanity. just another aspect of this, vanessa b, as also battalion, was considered as a new enough to force even by the u. s. senate, but now as you are well aware, no one seems to have a problem with providing it with weapons through key if they're going to those forces. why as a shift happened? well, that should happen when i for massive element becomes useful. you know, the global world, tara has been ongoing since 911, tara worldwide has grown exponentially. why?

because the u. s. has decided that they can weaponized that against target states over in nation like syria, and now like russia, they are weaponized thing. the extreme is fanatical ultra nationalists brigades to, to, to effectively even before the special operation began to encircle russia and to threaten russia itself to thrust in rush of national security. this is a group that has, for a long time, been being persuaded to consider the russians because as the one to mention, the other people's and to affectively ethnically cleanse them as we saw and donates can. so it should be no surprise to anyone that while the us was letting people with danger of ultra nationalism and naziism in the ukraine in the center of europe a few years ago. now of course that in narrative is being again,

completely inverted to the point where i forget or i mean national life. and it's the russians that are the real nazis is a number of what's the major headlines have reflected. you know, again, if people can't see by now they, he put chrissy or forced and regimes. it is so brazen it is for blake, and it's impossible to ignore it. vanessa, as always, thank you for your time. your thoughts live in our teaching, vanessa bailey, independent investigative journalist, speaking to us from syria the ukrainian defense ministry has published a video of its army, claiming they've pushed back russian forces on the border near hark of the country, 2nd largest city. but questions are being raised by the footage. as the soldiers are heard saying, they came to the frontier on april 15th, but the video wasn't published until a month later. they were also seen carrying a border sign to the location of the photo shoots are corresponded. maria financial, talk me through all of them. most of western media have been very quick to spread

this news that he, if sold them and they were either not very professional, not very accurate with information that were offered or another guess is that maybe the idea was to make people believe that it was true that the friend enforces reached the border with russia in high to completion, pushing the russian troops back. no met. and it doesn't matter. let me how close to reality tours and it seems i wasn't quite close to things on the ground. first of all, the dates, indeed the footage was released on may 15th, but the soldiers in the postage or whoever the od maybe the actors they say a for let's take a listen with,

with how to explain why i call them actors because later and out of you there was published, showing the same group of people in military uniform carrying. you can see it right now on the screen carrying the frontier post the same blue and yellow ball to pose that these people are gathered around in the footage south. not astonishing is that because you can understand for morale, reasons doing that, but actually taping it, that footage of them lifting it through what seems to be a forest that's surely again. yeah. i think i'd someone decided to do is to film it so that now we can see that they were carrying these post to the film in does this ra choose and a site shows that it's not a real case and it's not a real frontier. and this whole thing was not true, but interesting is that this latest be do with these people carrying the post was mostly ignored by western media behind spreading the news. and even off there was clearly fake. they didn't even bother to remove this fake news from the painted

thing else. i want to put out to the reuters news agency. maria has seen questions raised for publishing an article using a photo claiming to show ukrainian soldiers on the front line. it. i think it's the sumi region, but the people in the picture they're carrying pink bowl guns. so that is pretty basic stuff, but can have huge ramifications as you were saying if it's believed yet again, this is information word that we're leaving and apart from having a real bloody will on the ground and stakes very high. who cares about the truth been seriously, like i without justifying o at sac jeanette fake news about military success is something that i can understand. you know, at least the aim is clear, but painful picture while you report on russians been repelled by ukrainians in similar region. i mean, to me, it's more like about disrespect to journalists. mm. as a whole, a lack of professionalism. and if you read the comments to this, reuters tweet, you can understand the people. i mean, the ticket the same way i did. well,

i never since when is a war being fought with pay ball guns, or is this the new armaments that europe and the usa is paying billions for really it reuters next time get your photos correct. do you guys need to vet your images better? those are paintball guns and masks. those aren't soldiers in combat. does anyone at reuters ever go to a shooting range or play pain ball? so yeah, it is a shame and you can see people, if you are, as people are everybody in the saddest thing is that this is a bloody conflict. and people from both sides are exhausted. not rotors, a tire, you know, may be, or on, you know, for reporting on ukraine, but people, they are a dying, they're suffering and they wanted to come to an end as soon as possible. and that one piece. and sometimes i think that we as journal is as media community, we can try to help promote peace negotiations. you know, there were several rounds of talks, but eventually, sadly, stop. so we can try to do something to, to bring sides together to push them back to table. but we see the opposite. you

know, most of the media, they have fueling this conflict and you know, it doesn't help ref, endorse them. meanwhile, large plumes of smoke have been seen in the done yet great public after a huge explosion. according to reports, the dark smoke you can see is the result of russian forces shelling, ukrainian positions. the blaze reportedly began after a mortar factory in the area was targeted on staying in the done yes. republic ortiz, e garage, it off again, have the chance to speak to a british citizen who followed cause to help you korean limits. people by traveling to fight in the country, although his trip ended with him being shot on the front line and being taken prisoner by russian forces. as in all cases, we should say, there is a chance he was speaking under possible juris encountering a confessed fighter among ukrainian prisoners of war is a toll order. if you were to take captives words for it,

caves armies made of exclusively of cooks, medics and combs officers as far as i can see, a similar stories purported by andrew, a simple scaffold in who found itself embedded with ukraine's foreign legion or so he says, while back i just got older which spot cautionary, psy, 5 years old. and, and, oh, i have a simple life. i'm, i'm off with children, partner with family, and was seen on the western western media western propaganda as allah. ukraine was asked for people for help. i thought about maybe something i can to, i could help when andrew landed in poland, a mysterious jacob got in touch with him and made an offer. andrew couldn't refuse, is ashley was doing a lot of some medical experience of basic medical experience fossa. he maddox basic ah, points of injury kind of ha kinds of stuff. and on he said i could be more

beneficial for us to move into the ukraine. fava. the moment andrew crossed the ukrainian border was the moment key of defacto made him it's conscript except back then andrew didn't quite realize that i didn't see any of this. i dropped off as well as seems to be like a community center on why we stay there for a couple of days. ordered around infantry like andrew says, his tasks was strictly within the civilian realm. even got to see boucher, although didn't get to see any bodies there. there was actually a few days after the russians left alive in see any corpses myself. i don't see anything la. it looked untouched. the area that we was and again, we wasn't directly in the char, we was kept on the very ours got some boots for not only andrea and others were banned from moving around independently. they had no idea where the ukrainians were

taking them to the town of nikolai, except no one bothered to mention one little detail that it was in fact the front line. so he wasn't told it was going to make live, which is going to be moving, moving to a different location. it wasn't until ways from my client how we knew why we found out why it was for there wasn't any fight in actual make life. so as quiet that was michelle and so i didn't see any and i make alive at all. it was the day that we push on to the position. when we go into position, i was all quiet. then the next morning i saw here in artillery. gonzales and when i ran, i stopped. i was very close in a position. eventually, andrew was ordered to join a foreign unit, his medic, his 1st contact with the enemy became, has lost his brothers in arms were killed and he surrendered. looking back at his experience in ukraine,

he says he's reconsidering his life choices of suicide. but this, this, this not as comes this other. you feel i often lie to massively not, not just by the, for religion in this country all on what of all will be taken as i and i did come out to help us. i feel like i was lied to back in the u. k. through the western media, the western for pounder as well. i think now that i'm in the nation in the media. those stories looking back now i think a lot of the stories can be, so stories probably off how stories buzz very different what the media portrayed back in on the west. andrew just wants to go back to his family, but both his government and key of have abandoned him. that a piano challenge her for a transfer on our side, i will be going back to the u. k, but they need the k for an office and embassy to basically

answer and talk with them. this is was being held up for my transfer box is not the u. k. phone office on the credit, m. c. on doing anything for my transfer at the moment. so get back to you on andrew is not the 1st british citizen captured by russia in ukraine. we earlier reported on the plight of sean pinner on aiden osland, who fought alongside ukrainian trips and more youthful, and also surrendered to russian lead forces. moscow say at least 7000 foreign mercenaries are fighting in the country. more died seemed to be emerging by the mainstream media narrative on the ukraine conflict. an italian independent journalist addressed russians on his youtube channel, seeing that battalions are not against them. and the real problem is rooms actions on their behalf. we got his take on the western coverage of the offensive

a gun fleet doing mcleana. so if you listen to the italian media, there is only one true narrative, one correct interpretation of the situation in ukraine. one way putin is evil and zalinski is the victim that isn't even the slightest mention of the fact that the u . s. nato could also be responsible. another thing that's ignored is the history of relations between russia and ukraine. nobody is taking the effort to look at how things had been in the past in order to better understand the factors that may have pushed russia to attempt to reclaim ukraine's territories. a, sam we, we seen a lot of opinion polls in italy showing that over 50 percent of italians are against sending alms to crate. and these were pulse conducted by the media. so the real number is probably even higher. and we don't even know where these weapons are actually going. the italian government is telling us that we're sending alms to ukraine, so as to help the ukranian army them reality. however, as evidence and they were report saying that these weapons end up in the hands of

neo nazi groups. when you go back a law that you took the decision to impose sanctions against russia, that wasn't even a decision made by italians. it's a european decision that our country has accepted and we want to make decisions for ourselves. but that's not happening. and these sanctions have precisely the opposite effect to what was intended. they were supposed to have a punitive effect as it were, to increase prices for the people and the government that undecided sions, but instead we immediately see them back. fire on us. let me just keep attention honestly, because debates on punishing russia can sometimes get quite hands on. i was was seen on the telling t v this month when experts discussing counseling russian culture didn't pull any punches. and we can talk a little so not, but the fact that a russian sing account come to italy is a form of fascism, a singer or an orchestra conductor can't come head just because they are russian, or a russian athlete can't run. that's all the western form of fascism which is intolerable

tennis play a sportsman, sing as conductors ballet, dances and not putin. they are humans that have dignity and love art. they should be defended all the way. he needed the situation with the orchestra conductor, a slightly different, in my opinion. the count may soller asked this director if he was against the wall . i have to say it just to be able to work well to sing. they don't have to do it. oh yeah, very serious point behind it though, isn't there and to get a fuller picture of the situation currently facing russian arts and artists in the west. do take a look at ortiz documentary killing russian culture. it's available right now on our website r t dot com. ah, for the 1st time in history, an entire country's culture has been trashed with a very modern weapon cancelled culture. really desert wonderful

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problems irregular monsanto monsoon between lot of flooding are the i sort of destroy the cops, you know, it all to decide all the other areas of water systems and more. i would say focus on food security will not only save lives, but it will also contribute directly to the stability you look, if you do not have food, it means that you are creating more deprived terrorists, maybe more de fried peeves. maybe a bigger problem can emerge that these people, those who are hungry can be recruited by others to use a case similar countries because in and a so hunger which leads to more many problems including a lot of problem clipper need cooperation with russia. for example, at this time then would quote new competition with china. and china also needs to

come forward a little bit more because china always stays at the defense because i know that defensive country, but china has played a role. and i think china and russia can play a role to, to help these countries, because in then this is a difficult time for them. if russia, china, how them, of this is adjusting the supply chain of wheat and all the food grain. i think this would, this would be a very, very productive diplomatic and economic cooperation. a start off, very important to a check in the history of russia and asia relations. now as something we've heard increasingly in connection with the ukraine conflict, the alleged development of biological weapons are short talk. next asked, what are they? who's using them? and i potent, could they be? that's right ahead. ah

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