so you do come with a, with us senate passes a $40000000000.00 aid package for ukraine. and unlike previous ones, it does not forbid supplying weapons to the neo nazi as often battalion this is the most advanced and god position of the people republics, forces. just outside of, of data from over here. it's less than 500 meters to the positions of the ukrainian forces, or corresponded reports from the dumbass frontline were done yet forces resist ukrainian army at strategic positions and say it's time to make an advance

fishing proposes expanding the bricks alliance with argentina positioned at a top candidate to join the rising powers of brazil, russia, india, china, and south africa with broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow. this is art international and sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us. and we start with the latest on the war in ukraine, multiple residential areas in russia's course, region and you're the ukranian border, have reportedly come under intense shelling by ukrainian forces, no casualties have been declared. meanwhile, the russian defense ministry announced that at least $770.00 ukrainian troops surrendered at the as of solstio factory and mario on thursday, bringing the total to $1730.00 fighters who have capitulated their positions in the embattled industrial complex over the past 4 days now, the head of the done yes. republic has said that more than half of the ukrainian forces who are in the factory has left also on thursday more than 13000 people were

evacuated from high risk areas in ukraine and the done. vast republics, joe biden has said that the u. s. will provide more military assistance to keep putting hilary and radar systems to be sent to the front line. u. s. senate has approved a 40000000000 dollar aid package to ukraine, raising questions about just how much more need a weaponry is going to flow into that country. and unlike previous us provisions, this time there is no stipulation against sending the arms directly to ukraine's neo nazi as of to tell him or to kill them up and comments. the added state has just passed a $40000000000.00 aid package to ukraine. now it's important to know that previous us a packages to ukraine, providing weapons and other supplies, have stipulated that those supplies do not end up in the hands of the notorious as the italian, the neo nazi fighting division in ukraine. none of the funds made available by this

act may be used to provide arms training or other assistance to the off battalion. now what's particularly disturbing is that this recent package does not include this language. it does not specify that the as a battalion cannot. ready receive assistance from the united states. what more it appears that weaponry from nate. dell has apparently ended up in the hands of the battalion already. you look at the as a battalions official, twitter, they seem to be highlighting weapons like a matador. ready which is an anti tank weapon that has been among the weapons that nato has provided to you grand the peers. they may already be getting their hands on on us weapons at this point. and we also have us official saying they don't know where these weapons they send you grain, go on and know who ends up, getting them in terms of our ability to track the weapons that are going in. as you know, we don't have any forces on the ground,

so that's it's difficult for us to do. i couldn't tell you where the weapons are in ukraine and whether the ukrainians are using them at this point. they're not telling us every round of ammunition they're firing and who and when. now it's important to know the united states is the top ex, border of weapons in the world, u. s. arms flow across the planet. there are many instances of us weapons ending up in the hands of problematic individual. when the u. s. they withdrew from afghanistan. recently, we saw the taliban get it hands on some u. s. high grade, military weapons and hardware. and that was in the hands of the taliban. we've also seen in mexico, drug cartels often armed with sophisticated u. s. military grade weaponry. so around the world, us weapons often do end up in the hands of problematic individuals is something that many people around the. ready world are seriously concerned about is the usa continues to escalate its anti russian rhetoric. the united states continues to

pour weapons into ukraine who might be on the receiving end of some of these deadly weapons. and from on this we can cross live to civil rights attorney, robert patillo, thanks for being with us here on our international. thank you. so there's new usaid package. it's $40000000000.00. unlike previous ones that we have seen in the fact that it doesn't actually outlaw direct supplies to ukraine's neo nazi as a battalion kind of a big change there. what's your take? well, i think this is absolutely a mistake. we saw what happened then we, we have ghana staying were nearly $9000000000.00 a web re, i was left on the ground there. we have no tracking mechanism for where these weapons are going. whose hands it will go into. so not simply the battalion but the ices in the middle east, north african drug cartels they're working for the region will be able to buy on the black market. many of these highly advanced weapons systems that normally state or government and state actors have access to things that are going to be of

national concern. or of course, not simply from engagement, but over the course of the next decade. see where these weapons end up. now robert, you touched on some things that i want to kind of track back to, and the white house actually admits that it previously cannot verify where these weapons it supplies to clean actually. and up does the us have a duty to make sure that those weapons aren't acquired by criminals? absolutely, i think that all major nations have a responsibility to ensure that their weapon does not end up in the hands of drug cartels, human smugglers, terrorist organizations around the world. because we've seen that the, for these weapons flow into 3rd world conflicts with cars, massive violence, massive trauma. and what. ready was the regional skirmish, so i think there's a duty to track these weapons, you know exactly where they are going and whose hands they end up in. now you're there on the ground in the united states. so you have a finger on the pulse, i guess of the situation there domestically. is there a problem with washington providing tens of billions of dollars in a to a country across the globe. while in the united states itself,

the american people are burdened with the highest inflation rates that they've seen in at least the past 40 years. what particular political, right, we're seeing consternation regarding the amount of a bond to the crane lesson percent russians entire military budget for the years about $65400000000.00. what the, what this leaves a package is bringing us assistance to ukraine to a right around $50000000000.00. we have a comparable with the russian annual budget for military and defense, not to mention the billions of importing by nato and other nation to their defense . so they are literally going dollar to dollar because of the aid provided to you praying. i think many people, when you're looking at a baby formula shortage that we're having here are the was wrecker gas prices still bouncing back from the cold pandemic. many people have questions about what we're spending priorities are about that. how are americans reacting to the surging prices of inflation and other economic difficulties? you mentioned the baby formula shortage there. do you see any position or

opposition rather to these aid packages to ukraine with regular people over the ministrations? going to really have a job ahead of them to explain the rationale behind those to be american people going into mid term legend in november of this year. your brain is not in a donation. they are not a allied nation for that reason that we have real questions as to exactly where the why we're per item this level of assistance. what are the strategic goals and advantages here up, we just got out of 20 years of war in the united states of america, and we're little appetite and incidents 3 to return to active conflict anywhere on this globe. so we're going to be a even pass a participant in the council. you're going to really have to go to the american people's find exactly what you're doing. when i ask you to look into your crystal ball for just a little bit, if you don't mind, do you think that the u. s. will send even more a to, to ukraine despite opposition? among americans against spending so much money abroad? things the ukrainians have open checkbook at this one time. they have

a debit card to the account that many of the communities have access to similar apparatus. i think one of the major points of opposition and this looks like high level money laundering from the defense industry. you have $9000000000.00 in place into the bill. the bill was initially only about $33000000000.00. they added $9000000000.00 into the bill. simply to replenish defense for, for any stock stockpiles which are coming from the defense. many, many factors, and a real winters in this bill or lucky martin raytheon, honeywell, g e, and we need these other people provide weapons to us military. they're now being shipped into new brain. if there is war, there is always money to be made. so they say, so robert patillo civil rights attorney, thanks for being with us here on our to international. thank you right now. the vote on capital hill to approve the a package came, despite opposition from some members of congress. one of them accusing fellow lawmakers of engaging in corruption, equating the bill to

a money laundering scheme. federal law makers fund non profits. they find non governmental organizations, they fund grants grants that go to people. and if you really look into it a lot of times it's their friends and families that operate these non profits and non governmental organizations. and it's basically like money laundering schemes. earlier republican senator ran, paul managed to delay the legislation by several days. he called on the us public to oppose the spending of $40000000000.00 of taxpayer money on ukraine instead of helping americans at home. but the senate majority leader, chuck schumer, a democratic back at ran paul, even calling him a pong of the come, i went home and i had a standing ovation from 200 people at a lincoln day dinner, who i'll say thank you for holding up this money we need help at home. we can't get baby formula. we can't pour our gas, but it is repugnant that one member of the other side, the junior senator from kentucky chose to make a show and obstruct ukraine funding,

knowing full well he couldn't actually stop its passage for sen pull to delay ukraine, funding for purely political motives is to only strengthen cotton's hand while the by the administration gears up to spend $40000000000.00 to ukraine at many ordinary americans are struggling to cope with the highest price inflation in for decades, gasoline prices are up by more than a dollar a gallon from just last year, many american se biden is sending money abroad while citizens at home are hung out to dry. stock market is crashing gas prices are rising, inflation is through the roof, must be time for another $40000000000.00 for ukraine. if our elected officials had to pay for their own gas, i bet they would find a solution to the rising gas prices. meanwhile, back in our country, gas prices at highest level ever and rising. babies have no formula, store shelves, empty supply line crisis, southern border, a miss highest inflation in decades. republican congressman that gates has also

slammed quote progressives in the u. s. government for their hypocrisy and funding the conflict in ukraine. i used to be able to count on progressives in the congress who joined me in opposing a war in yemen who joined me in pushing back against presidential war powers with iran who agreed that it would be crazy to start world war 3 over the kurds. but on the issue of ukraine, the progressives are signed up for the $40000000000.00 plus to fund the war of next to report from the dumbass front lines close to the city of danielle asks our correspondent, visits positions of dpr forces tasked withholding a strategically important area, as they say, it's time to make an advance ortiz, he pushed on of comments. this is the most advanced and oven god, position of the the next people, republics, forces. just outside of, of day of come from over here. it's less than 500 meters to the positions of the

ukrainian forces. right now this is a defensive position, so they are holding their ground and their artillery is firing. well, to basically, to suppress any sort of resistance that may come from that side. but well, people over ukrainian fighters over there, they respond regularly. and this position is being shelled well daily across the field. a maze of trenches reinforced with concrete and dug some 3 stories deep into the ground. on this side, the ground is dented from the bombs and shells coming down from keeps forces. but as often as the target the front lines, the ukrainians also bombed in that sc city itself was 2 cookie pies. if what weapons did the ukrainian for seas ordering on your total, they have quite capable weapons, including flame throwers and mortars, also long range artillery. they have entrenched themselves extensively. the lead in

its republics forces are firing back relentlessly in a bid to keep the enemy artillery at bay window for yo don't galena, not anybody. oh, from the north and the east russian troops are attempting a pin, some movement against the ukrainians in a day. of course, the primary objective of the militia here is to hold the ground until the village is fully encircled, preventing any one from breaching the perimeter. but the garrison is thirsty for a fight. full of things are quite intense here on the front line. so far we're doing fine, but we should be advancing with him. we don't actually have much time. most of the troops here are veterans who have been fighting against caves, forces since he 14 for them this war is unfinished business and they are determined to get it over with once and for all hamburgers done of reporting from the don bass

r t. the group of developing economies, collectively known as the bricks which covers more than 40 percent of the world's population, is looking to expand its scope. as members state china proposes welcoming more countries into the alliance. china proposes to start the bricks expansion process, explore the criteria and procedures for the expansion and gradually form a consensus. currently, the breaks at groups include brazil, russia, india, china, and south africa. the block games to encourage economic, political and cultural cooperation between its states. a potential new member is argentina, which has been invited to attend an upcoming summit of the alliance of those other current members have back to china's proposal and pledged to discuss the matter further. also during a recent bricks meeting, china is representative called on nato to negotiate with russia and ukraine and condemned western attempts to isolate certain countries that we heard from brennan,

altman, it chief editor of the independent news website opera, monday he thinks that it would be not a problem for any of the current bricks member states to welcome argentina into the block. i think we have a really good chance is i think that brazil, if lula is elected president in october, i think that brazil should be in favor. i think that russia who had no problem with, as in tina integration to the brakes, i don't, i don't know, see why south africa would be county the most delicate issue. i think of the b deceptions of india politically closer to the u. s. a interest and political management breaks is from the mental institution they think for building a move to paula order. the way for developing countries to break free from the institution,

such as the international monetary fund and the wall of the bank controlled by united states and european union brick expansion can help developing cat nations that currently depend on the dollar base. it financing says with that's my idea about the european parliament has urged the use of slap, unprecedented sanctions on to former senior officials from germany and austria, german ex chancellor. gerhard schroeder and former austrian foreign minister con council are in the use crosshairs over their close ties with russia. if approved by brussels, the sanctions would be the use 1st against such high profile people within the block. the european parliament has also called on you countries to expand their sanctions further to include any european entrepreneurs and politicians who get money from russia and hold senior posts and state companies there. moreover,

the german parliament has suspended privileges bestowed upon shorter as a former chancellor and both shudder and can i fall are on the board of directors of russian oil, major ross, they have been targeted by you for allegedly maintaining close personal relations with russia as president vladimir putin, brussels has urge them to abandon their positions in the russian company or face sanctions, including the freezing of their assets in the we discussed the matter with a panel of guest. i know which social cell, no compromise is long in the moment, no real guy. because i think the sanctions anyway totally austin, mentoring, if you believe in sanctions usual sanction president by them was syria and i was all around. this is a big question. if you look to international law national identity. this only

because he has a to rush is a, it's like mistreating every respect a, a i think the total and i thought totally unacceptable. a former chancellor of germany to be treated in such a way. i mean, rather did a good job for her for germany when he was a chancellor i, she did everything possible to resolve the energy problems of germany. and he is asked to pay for that because he does not agree with the policies of the german government. i mean, every person has the right to has his own to has to have his own opinion. these sanctions to tell the truth. remind me

a little bit of what was happening in germany in the 1900 thirty's. those who are against those and nazi government were slowly, slowly pushed away, ended up in jail without their assets. so i hope we're not returning back to that time. so the e u is slowly becoming more and more. busy undemocratic, and i think that we might end up, i hope not, of course, that even speaking against the e. u by e. u citizens, it would become a criminal offense. i hope we don't be sure that, that state the number of nato soldiers stationed near russia's borders has reached 40000. that's nearly 10 times more than it was before the war in ukraine. nieto has been bolstering its eastern positions after the ukraine conflict

corrupted. 3 months ago and finland, which borders russia as well as sweden have asked to join the western military alliance. moscow has continually emphasized for decades that nato expansion is a red line. meanwhile, turkey has refused to allow finland and sweden to join a don't and that has caused a widening to within the block with the president of a fellow member state croatia. now also speaking out against the potential a session of the 2 nordic countries creation president, iran milan of which wants to his country's parliament to vote against the proposed nato expansion. as western countries have failed to help creations resolved their political disputes with neighboring bosnia and herzegovina. milan, which also has said that allowing finland and sweden to join nato would be a quote, very dangerous adventure. geopolitical analyst, peer emanuel torment says that a narrative has been fabricated against russia to stoke fears and maintain the british and u. s. military presence in eastern europe,

leaving narrative that to russia could be a threat to, to ne, to member states is or, or fake narrative. or because, or actually your rush just strategy is to secure its own security in the near abroad. it mean sir, or try to prevent to nato enlargement on for you as his arm and mistakes. especially by kick states because we are already will be nato and are but beyond 2 countries. or would the nato member states are not threatened by russia? this is a, a fake narrative from b o, u k, and united states to boost. we all know a military spending and exports, especially for united states to europe, and also to, to still maintain their presence in europe. to manage to have

a new job for nato because so ne, 2 is a, an instrument of a germany of united states in europe. so we need to rush out to be seen as a threats. meanwhile, turkeys president has reiterated his stance on preventing helsinki and stockholm from joining the block. we do not want to make the same mistake twice, therefore we will decisively continue our policy. in this regard, we told our partners that we would say no to sweden and finland, nato membership. we will continue our path in the same direction. now anchor claims that to the, to nordic countries of support. terrorist groups that have taken up arms against the turkish government, diplomatic sources say entre blocked the process for nato expansion within hours after finland and sweden and in their official applications. a former turkish military intelligence chief says anchor is simply trying to protect its own national interests. i should be before the conflict between russia and ukraine.

nato was not even considering the membership of sweden and finland only this whole issue is being promoted by the united states and the u. k. really want western countries to stand united against russia. turkey has 2 good reasons to be against this. the 1st is that it will lead to a conflict between russia and the west. and the 2nd sweden and finland are providing strong support to terrorist groups. um sweden helps the curves financially, but there are also other countries in nato that also support terrorism against turkey. and the united states is the 1st one to mention here. washington supports the kurds in their efforts to create a military stronghold and northern syria. therefore, in light of these significant security issues, turkey strongly opposes the entry of sweden and finland and to nato. if those countries continue to support terrorists, then why should turkey sit at the same table with them? being members of one security organization means that each members obligated to

guarantee support and protection to others by supporting kurds. the swedes and many other countries are putting turkey in a difficult position. in my opinion, turkey has the right to talk about its security guarantees. and until this important issue was resolved on turkey, should stand his ground to go over with some of the blocks numbers at loggerheads over how to proceed with potentially expanding the alliance. a long time nato hopeful costillo has seized the moment to remind brussels that it also wants to join the block. local show a security force was co deployed with u. s. troops in kuwait and were also part of the u. s. lead. a joint military exercise defended europe 21. our continued cooperation fortifies crucial, was long term commitment to beef, to security, and to nato membership. kosovo breakaway serbian republic revived its efforts to join it earlier this year with the president making an official request. but nieto

says it is not actually considering except in kosovo as a member, kosovo declared independence from serbia in 2008. but it's status has not been universally recognized. $3800.00 nato soldiers are still stationed in as peacekeepers in kosovo, which has also applied for membership in the council of europe and the united nations. political analyst alexander published, says that there is no way for kosovo to join nato as long as several alliance members don't even recognize it as an independent state. of course, it was, allocation was accepted and it was name by all 30 natal members. and you know, for natal members do not recognize coastal so. busy either those countries would have to be pressed to change their mind, which is very hard to do because they have their own territorial concerns in like spain, for example, like will mania are like, like greece. so, you know, they are very hesitant to, to,

to participate in this precedent. if that happened, it would mean that these 4 countries are brought to their knees and forced to work in yes, their interests. and also just means that, you know, nato doesn't abide by, you know, any law. i mean, it's been obvious for a while, the nato is kind of a law unto themselves, but this would just be additional proof of that. and of course, you know, just make it into almost a carbon copy of the 3rd writing a were, you know, no laws are sacred and everything is just subordinated to this mad dash to the east. ah, former us president george bush in what he dismissed as a slip of the tongue condemned the quote unjustified and brutal invasion of iraq. he then quickly declared, he meant to say, ukraine, not iraq, in response, human rights watch described it as the freudian slip of the century. the decision

of one man to launch a holy are justified and brutal invasion of iraq. i mean, ukraine or rack. i mean, the ukraine correct. anyway, a 75 bushes, 2003 invasion of iraq is estimated to have led to the death of the 200000 people. we heard from international law professor francis boyle, who has examined alleged war crimes by us troops in iraq. he says bush should be in prison. will cern's me is so the audience laughing about it. and if you hear us mainstream news, we do this morning. many pundits are laughing about, there is nothing funny about what happened here. this was outcry, aggression under burg crime against peace. despite to figure you all

put up there. as far as our investigations have been able to determine this for killed about 1500000 iraqis outright genocide and 5000 of us. so military personnel, bush should be in jail does for me this hour, i'll be back in about 31 minutes with another full infrastructure to stay with us. this is our international. ah a no show at them. we live in industry to restock and you forgot from when i'm not only a muscle around noon, she kitty doesn't beating train show on

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