i was on the beach system a what i see being used in both. who's the room? you lation says do you do? don't bob ah, the u. s. senate approve sending $40000000000.00 in aid to ukraine despite the objections of some lawmakers who say that there is a dire need to tackle america's own problems. first. this is the most advanced and oven god. position of the people in republics forces just outside of, of dave. over here it's less than 500 meters to the positions of the ukrainian forces. correspond reports from the dawn by frontline, we're done yet. forces resist the ukrainian army at strategic positions and say it's time to make an advance. beijing proposes expanding the brakes alliance with

argentina, positioned as a top candidate to join the rising powers of brazil, russia, india, china, and south africa with guest or for studios and monica, this is our international. i'm john thomas. certainly glad to have you with us. now we start with the latest on the war in ukraine, multiple residential areas in russia's course region near 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 stalls steal factory. and mario belong thursday, bringing the total to $1730.00 fighters who have capitulated their positions in the embattled industrial complex over the past 4 days. the head of the done yet public

has said that more than half of the clean forces who were in the factory have left and also on thursday, more than 13000 people were evacuated from the high risk areas in ukraine and the dog bass. republics, joe biden has said that the u. s. will provide more military assistance to kiev, including artillery and radar systems to be sent to the front lines. us senate has improved a $40000000000.00 aid package to ukraine despite republican lawmakers warning that there is a serious lack of oversight into where exactly that money might end up us congressmen . chip roy also has suggested that as america faces surgeon, price inflation and other problems that money would be better spent in the home. and i'm wondering when we voted to go to or if we're going to have a proxy war and we're going to get $40000000000.00 the ukraine because we want to what all fancy, what our blue and yellow ribbons feel good about ourselves. maybe we should actually have a debate in this chamber,

a debate in this body because the american people expect us to do that when the border of the country is wide open in cartels have control of it, and fennel is pouring in and we have $30.00 trillion dollars, a debt and gas prices are spiking at $1100.00 to fill a tank, a diesel, and we go blank check. $40000000000.00. and by the way, i'm looking at my colleagues on this side of the owl on that same point. that concern has been echoed by many americans that gasoline prices have surged across the us according record to add $4.00 or more per gallon in all 50 states. this week . many americans have voice their outrage online saying that washington should solve their own country's problems. first, before sending vast sums of money abroad. 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 mess, highest inflation in decades. us energy secretary, jennifer granholm tried to blame soaring inflation on in american rushes, president vladimir putin and accusation that republican senator josh holly described as nonsense. you can thank the activity of vladimir putin for invading ukraine and pulling as long as those with all due respect. madam secretary, that's utter nonsense. in january of 2021, the average gas price of my state was $2.07. 8 months later, 8 months later, long before vladimir putin invaded ukraine, that price was up over 30 percent, and it has been going up consistently since. and unlike previous usaid packages,

there's this time there is no stipulation against sending weaponry directly to ukraine's neo nazi as of italian ortiz co op 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, great 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 are these weapons they send ukraine, 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 usa 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. right now we heard from civil rights attorney, robert patillo, who says countries must attract any weapons. they supply to a foreign country to be sure to know in whose hands they end up. well, i think this is absolutely 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 the 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 say government and state actors have access to. so i think they're gonna be of national concern on the course, not simply the firm engagement, but over the course of the next decade and see where these weapons end up have real questions as to exactly where they, why we're providing 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 is mere little appetite and sensory to return to active conflict in world this globe. so we're going to be a even pass a participant in the consul, you're in really go to the american people, explain exactly what you're doing. meanwhile, japan has pledge to increase if a financial aid to ukraine and send $600000000.00 in total, despite japan's economy, shrinking and recent months due to to structed supply chains covered restrictions

and rising food and energy prices. we heard from fortune pepper game research fellow at the university of toko talk you about the issue. yes, inflation prices go up like everywhere as in the world. so japan has seriously internal economic struggles to overcome and it shouldn't spend it's valuable again . approach this wash, formulate it after the latest, the g 7 meeting that they would provide all of them together. economic had for recruiting or reconstruction of crating. so this is a commitment japan has to make for the g 7 and western lead us japan tries to maintain a balance between the interest of the west. and it's interest with great power such as russia, the money, or for 350000000, or even 600000000. support of crane is small compared to the investment

in russia, japanese investment into the rushing liquid gas as accurate in the pipeline is worth. $15000000000.00 you have to invest into both sides because you cannot know the outcome of the conflict. of next a report from the don best phone lines close to the city of done yet. our correspondent visits positions of d. p. our forces tasks with holding a strategically important area, as they say it's time to make an event such as the worst off. this is the most advanced and avant garde 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. the crossed 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 shelves coming down from keeps forces. but as often as the target, the front lines, the ukrainians also bombed in that city itself was 2 cookie pies. if what's weapons did the ukrainian forces ordering on your thoughts. they have quite capable weapons, including flame throwers and mortars, also long range artillery. they have entrenched themselves extensively, then lead an escrow public's forces are firing back relentlessly in a bid to keep the enemy artillery at bay. lily, though, for your uncle immune and the ticket that anybody. oh,

from the north and the east russian troops are attempting a pin, same movement against the ukrainians and of 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 of him. we don't actually have much time. most of the troops here are veterans who have been fighting against caves, forces since me for team, for them this war is unfinished business and they are determined to get it over with once and for all. how it gets done of reporting from the don't bass artsy, the bricks group of countries are spending more than 40 percent of the world's population is expected to welcome new members as china has proposed opening the

doors of 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 bricks group includes brazil, russia, india, china, and south africa. now the block aims to encourage economic, political, and cultural cooperation between its states. a potential new member is argentine at which has been invited to attend an upcoming summit of the lines of the current members have backed china's proposal and pledged to discuss the matter further. also, during a recent breaks meeting, china's representative called on nato to negotiate with russia and ukraine and condemned western attempts to isolate certain countries. heard from bruno alban, chief editor of the independent news websites oper up monday. he thinks it would not be a problem for any of the current bricks member states to welcome margin tina into the block. so 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 ruby would have no problem with adding tina integration to the brakes. i don't, i don't, don't see why south africa would be county the most delicate issue, i think would be the seconds of india politically. closer to the u. s. a interest and political management breaks is a, from the mental institution they think for building a move to paula, you order it the way for developing counties to break free from the institution, such as the international monetary fund and the wall, or the bank controlled by united states and europe, ian union, brick expansion can help developing cat nations that currently depend on the

dollar base it financing, sir quit. that's my idea about the number of nato soldiers stationed near russia's borders has reached 40000. that is nearly 10 times more than what it was before. the war in ukraine. nieto has been bolstering its eastern positions after feet, the ukraine conflict corrupted the 3 months ago. 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 in while turkey has refused to allow finland and sweden to join nato. and that has caused a widening rift within the block with the president of fellow member state creation . now, also speaking out against the potential a session of the 2 nordic countries, for christian president is around milan,

image wants his country's parliament to vote against the proposed nato expansion. as western countries have failed to help creations resolve their political disputes with neighboring bosnia and herzegovina. milan, which has also said that allowing philip and sweden to join nato, would be a quote, very dangerous adventure. your political analyst peer emanuel thompson says, a narrative has been fabricated against russia to stroke fears and maintain the british in europe, military presence in eastern europe. the narrative that to russia could be a threat to, to nate to member states is your fake narrative. for because you're actually your rush. just strategy is to secure its own security in the near abroad . it means or try to prevent any need to enlarge meant on former ussr, my mistake a stationary bike states because the,

our would, you would be nato and dirt, but beyond 2 countries. well, or would you nato member states on the fritz and by russia, v c. z, a fake, neurotic from b, o. u. k, and united states to boost b o. no. a military spending and exports, especially for united states to europe. and also to, to still maintain their presence in europe to mid to have in huge up full nato because so ne, 2 is a, an instrument of a gemini, 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 on cra claims that the 2 nordic countries support terrorist groups that have taken up arms against the turkish government. diplomatic sources, se on cra blocked the process for nato expansion with an hours after finland and sweden handed in their official applications. a former turkish military intelligence chiefs, as on cra, is simply trying to protect its own national interests. i should believe before the conflict between russia and ukraine, nato was not even considering the membership of sweden and finland. this whole issue is being promoted by the united states and the u. k. i really want western countries to stand united against russia. turkey has 2 good reasons to beat 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 in sweden helps the current 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. oh, former us president george bush in what he dismissed as a slip of the tongue condemned the quote on justified and brutal invasion of iraq

then quickly declared. meant to say, ukraine, not the rock in response, human rights watch. described it as the 40 and slip of the century. the decision of one man to launch a holy, unjustified, and brutal invasion of iraq. i mean, the 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 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. well, cern's me is so the audience laughing about it. and if you hear us mainstream news media this morning, many pundits are laughing about. there is nothing funny about what happened here.

this was an outcry, aggression under burg crime against peace despite the figure you 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. ah, well, some you states have pushed for a cease fire in ukraine. others have lashed out against those contacts with russia, with more on how baltic states have been putting him as pressure on german and french leaders and even suggested prolonging the war. here is our t contributor, rachel marston, french president, a man or in that home. and german chancellor will absolutely are facing pressure from baltic state officials over a perceived lack of appetite for continued conflict with russia over ukraine. is

not the 1st time that the baltic countries have tried calling the shots for the you . the representatives in brussels have her team. the camera her, including by the chief diplomat, shows the brill to engage with russia after press conference alongside russian foreign minister of survey law in moscow. in february of last year. morale was forced to explain why he called russia's, i think the anti pope vaccine. good news for the whole mankind, and they hope the you will prove it, which of course is still hasn't, by the way. well, also to justify why he failed to insert himself russian domestic, embarrassed by neglecting to adequately down the imprisonment of opposition. figure lexington. l need to the satisfaction of baltic states, and now the baltic states have paras, amberlynn in their sites, is stony in prime minister kaya collins has said amendment my most recent call to live here. for here this month. i feel that everybody is constantly calling him. he doesn't get the message that he is isolated. so if we want to get the message

through that actually you are isolated dot com. there's no point. sound like advise you give to a friend after being dumped by next knives out, brimming with diplomatic savvy. and in april hole in from his hysterically criticised knuckles diplomatic reach, saying mister micron, how many times have you negotiated with bruton and what have you achieved? have you stop to any of the actions that have taken place? nobody negotiated with hitler which negotiate with hitler was stolen with poll pot, or just a shots, has found himself in the baltic crosshairs as well over germany's initial reluctance to flood ukraine weapons alongside its nato allies pressure to which the moon in stock ultimately gave in. in april weapons, experts, hoary risk ending up on the black market. and you find various and non state actors . germany and france represent the economic and military powers of europe. the

united states see them as the competition in these areas on the global playing field. and constantly undermines them, which is what this ukranian conflict is effectively doing. historically driven ideological ambitions of baltic states ought to have limits in light of the real world, economic consequences. germany and france have a right to their own foreign policy as sovereign nations. they are well aware that the longer this conflict in ukraine persists and the more economic damage is done to europe's economy, through anti russian sanctions. the greater the chance that it will fall on berlin in paris to clean up the mess. and of course, get stuck with the bill. therapy in parliament has urged the you to slap unprecedented sanctions on to former senior officials from germany and austria, german x chancellor. gerhard schroeder and former austrian foreign minister kind of nice on our, in the us cross hairs over there. close ties with russia if approved by brussels

sanctions, would be that use 1st against such high profile people within the block. the european parliament has also called on your countries to expand their sanctions further to include any european entropy, norris and politicians who get money from russia and hold senior posts in state companies there. moreover, the german parliament has suspended privileges, bestowed upon shoulder as a former chancellor. both shoulder and can i so are on the board of directors of russian. well, major ross staffed, they have been targeted by the e. u for allegedly maintaining close personal relations with russia as president fighting may put it vessels has urged them to abandon their positions in the russian company for face sanctions, including the freezing of their assets in the you, we discussed the matter with the panel of guests. i think let's take no wish. so she said no compromise is long to moment no real dialogue

because i think the sanctions anyway, the filter me up and mentoring if you believing sanctions, usually things president by them for the was and see and other was all around the world. is a big question. if you look to international norm, national unity, this only because he has done in person and time to russia is a, it's like mistreating every respect. and those charges on former presentations, i think is the total. and i thought totally unacceptable. a former chancellor of germany to be treated in such a way. i mean, the shredder did a good job for reform, 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 the 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 undemocratic. and i think that we might end up, i hope not, of course, that even speaking against the e. u by e, you citizens, it would become a criminal offense. i hope we don't be sure that,

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