salad will to pardon, we choose to look for common ground with when we voted to go to war. when the board of this country is wide open in court till that control of it. and federalist pouring in, we have $30.00 trillion dollars, a debt and gas prices are spiking, and we go with $40000000000.00. the us senate approves sending $40000000000.00 an aid to ukraine despite the objections of some lawmakers who said there is a dire need to tackle america's own problems. first, this is the most advanced. and ivan, god, position of the people in republics, forces just outside of updates from over here,

it's less than 500 meters to the positions of the ukrainian forces in our corresponded reports from the dumbass frontline, we're done. yes. forces resist the ukrainian army at strategic positions and say it's time to make an advance with beijing proposers, extending the brakes alliance with argentina position as a top candidate to join the rising powers of brazil, russia, india, china, and south africa. with broadcasting lab direct from our studios in moscow, this is our international and sean 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 in europe. the ukrainian border have reportedly come under intense, showing by ukrainian forces no casualties have been declared as of yet. meanwhile, the russian defense ministry announced that at least $770.00 ukrainian troops

surrendered at the as i was stall steel factory. and are you pull on thursday bringing the total to 1730 fighters who have pitch lated, their positions in the embattled industrial complex over the past 4 days. also on thursday, more than 13000 people were evacuated from high risk areas in ukraine. and the don bash republics, joe biden has said that the u. s. will provide more military assistance to care, including artillery and radar systems to be sent to the front lines. the u. s. congress has approved 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 to us congressmen ship roy also has suggested that as america faces surging price, inflation and other problems that aid money would be better spent at 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 aisle on that same point. that concern has been echoed by many americans. i've definitely prices have surged across the us, recorded at $4.00 or more per gallon in all 50 states this week. many americans have voice, their outrage online saying washington should solve their own country's problems. first, stock market as 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 in america on russia. president vladimir putin and accusation. the republican senator josh holly described as nonsense. you can thank the activity of latimer putin for invading ukraine and pulling all 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 potent invaded ukraine, that price was up over 30 percent. and it has been going up consistently since. and unlike previous usa and packages, at this time,

there is no stipulation against sending weapon read directly to ukraine's neo nazi as a battalion or to kill him up and comments. the state has just passed a $40000000000.00 aid package to ukraine. now it's important to know that previous us a package is ukraine, providing weapons and other supplies have stipulated that those supplies do not end up in the hands of the notorious. as our battalion, 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. does not specify that the as a battalion cannot. ready receive assistance from the i'd state what more it appears that weapon rate 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 appears 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 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 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 at 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 in 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. this 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. we heard from civil rights attorney, robert patillo, who says countries must track any weapons they supplied to a foreign country to be sure to know in whose hands they end up. well, i think this is absolutely mistake. we saw it happen in libya. 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. it will go into the not simply the battalion,

but the isis 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 things that are going to be of national concern over the course. not simply the term engagement, but over the course of the next decade. 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 and united states of america is mere little appetite and sensory to return to active conflict anywhere on this globe. so we're going to be a. ringback even pass a participant in the consul, you're in really go to the american people, explain exactly what you're doing up next day report from the don back front lines close to the city of done yet. our correspondent visits positions of tpr forces tasks with holding a strategically important area, as they say, it is time to make an advance on. she's going to start off there for us. this is

the most advanced, and ivan, god, position of the the net people republics forces. just outside of, of the 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 there, you bring in fighters over there, they respond regularly and this position is being shelled. well, daily. the cross 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 sc city itself was 2 cookie pies. if what

weapons do the ukrainian force use ordering on your portal to have quite capable weapons, including flame throwers and mortars, also long range artillery. they have entrenched themselves extensively, the net leader nets republics forces are firing back relentlessly in a bit to keep the enemy artillery at bay. lily though for your unclaiming antiquity . but anyway, also 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 are 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 20 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 and 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 at group includes 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. other current members have back to china's proposal and pledged to discuss the matter further. also during a recent bricks meeting,

china's representative called on nato to negotiate with russia and ukraine and condemned western attempts to isolate certain countries that we heard from brennan augment, chief editor of the independent news website opera wounding. she thinks that it would not be a problem for any of the current bricks. member states to welcome argentina into the blocks. 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 had no problem with adding tina integration to the brakes. and adults, i don't know, see why south africa would be contrary 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

a from the mental institution they think for building a mooted paula will order the design, the way for developing count trish to break free from the institution such as the international monetary fund and the. busy wall old bank controlled by united states and the recipient union. brick expansion can help developing cat nations that currently depend on the dollar base it financing fears with. that's my idea about india has defended. it's a decision to restrict wheat exports, saying it's supplies of the staple food and should go to those within the region who need it most. it has accused rich countries of hoarding food, while poor countries struggle in a situation much like coven vaccines that failed to reach impoverished areas necessary for all of us to adequately appreciate the importance of a good di,

affordability, and accessibility. when it comes to what grades we have already seen to our grade cost, how these principles were disregarded. in the case of covered 9 in vaccines, open markets must not become an argument to perpetrate any good inequality and promote discrimination. india has said that the restrictions are necessary to control rising domestic prices after a heat wave affected grain crops. but the u. s. has slammed the move as an ill advised a decision that will disrupt the international market and potentially push up prices even further. china, on the other hand, has supported india position, saying that blaming developing countries like india won't solve the global food crisis. india is the world's 2nd largest weak producer, but it's share in the global export market is rather average ortiz contributor in india, r t t. coo tells us more about why the wheat exports restrictions were in post.

india imposed a bad on the exports in view of the inflation and inflationary prices of reach. especially because of the overall inflation caused by the could don't know why this band to make the disruption in supply change. the last 2 years, the inflation is also an outcome of the heat wave in the country, which india suspects is going to bring down the reach production in the country. i thought from this remotely that and also made it very feel that india was going to keep a commitment to the nations which have asked for which have already been committed for be read green. in fact, just last, india exported 7500000 done. all we do the

nations that the tax committed itself to and in just last one months, india x, who gave $1500000.00 tons of wheat. this is ray more than what india has been generally exporting. in fact, india is not a huge exporter of wheat. green instead, if the european nations and russia and you can reach the biggest export this of read green. and yet india has gifted sco make met with all the nations in need of greens. former us president george bush, in what he dismissed as a slip of the tongue condemned to 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, unjustified, and brutal invasion of iraq. i'm in the ukraine or rack. i mean up the ukraine director anyway. the 75 bushes, 2003 invasion of iraq is estimated to have led to the death of at least 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. what concerns me is the audience laughing about it. and if you hit us mainstream news media this morning, many pundits are laughing about. there is nothing funny about what happened here. this was an outcry gression nuremberg crime against peace. despite the

figure you put up there. as far as our investigations have been able to determine, this war killed about 1500000 iraqis, outright, genocide and 5000 of us military personnel most should be in jail. the number of nato soldiers stationed near russia's borders has reached 40000, and that's nearly 10 times more than it was before the war. and ukraine. nato has been bolstering its eastern positions after the ukraine conflict erupt into 3 months ago, and finland, which borders russia as well as sweden, have asked her to join the western military alliance. moscow has continually emphasized for decades that nato expansion is a red mind. meanwhile, turkey has refused to allow finland and sweden to join nato 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 of creation president is around milan of its wants. his country is 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. a lot of which has also said that allowing finland and sweden to join nato would be a quote, very dangerous adventure in wild turkeys president has reiterated his stance on preventing helsinki and stock home from joining the bock. 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 northern countries support terrorist groups that have taken up arms against

the turkish government. diplomatic sources say on gra, blocked the process for nato expansion within hours after finland and sweden handed in their official applications. jo, political analyst peer emanuel thompson says that a narrative has been fabricated against russia to stoke fears and maintain the british and us military presence in eastern europe. the even narrative that to russia could be a threat to, to ne, to member states e. c. e 0 fake narrative for because, or actually your rush just strategy is to secure its own security in the near abroad. it means sir, or try to prevent to nato enlargement on football. you as his arm and mistakes, especially by kick states. because we are already with the nato and are but beyond 2 countries. or would the nato member states are not threatened by russia versus a,

a fake narrative from b r. u k. and united states to boost we are or no. a military spending and exports, especially for united states to europe, and also to, to still maintain their presence in europe to many, to have a new job for 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 the threads the european parliament has urged the you to slap on unprecedented sanctions on to former senior officials from germany and austria, german, ex chancellor. gerhard schroeder and former austrian foreign minister, conk nasal, are in the use crosshairs over there. close ties with russia if approved by brussels. the sanctions would be the eas, 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 old senior posts in said companies there. moreover the german parliament has suspended privileges bestowed upon schroeder, as a former chance look and both shorter and can i so are on the board of directors of russian oil major ro, sniffed. brussels has urged them to abandon their positions in the russian company or face sanctions. including the freezing of their assets in the you. we discussed the matter with a panel of guests, i think which so shows that no compromise is long to moment no real dialogue. because i think the sanctions any way they are totally up to mentoring. if you believe in sanctions, usual things president by them for the was and syria and other was all around the

world. is a big question. if you look to international law, national law and immunity. this only because he has done nomic, person and time to russia is a, it's like mistreating every respect and those charges or former positions. i think this is 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, 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 are to tell the truth. you remind me a little bit of what was happening in germany in the 1900 thirty's. those who are against mom. so then 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 if 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. u citizens would become a criminal offense. i hope we don't be sure that, that state while some new states have pushed to for a cease fire in ukraine, others have lashed out against those contacts with russia. with more on how baltic

states have been putting immense pressure on german and french leaders and even suggested prolonging the war gears r t contributor rachel marston, french president emmanuel, back home and german chancellor, olaf schultz are facing pressure from baltic state officials over perceived lack of appetite for continued conflict with russia over ukraine. it's not 1st time that the multi countries have tried calling the shots for the you. the representatives in brussels, her team, the countered efforts, including by the chief diplomat joseph burrell, to engage with russia after a press conference alongside russian foreign minister observed law in moscow. in february of last year. morale was forced to explain why he called russia's the anti proven vaccine, good news for the whole mankind, and the hope that you would prove it, which of course, it still hasn't. by the way, we're also to justify why you failed to insert himself, russell domestic, embarrassed by neglecting to adequately condemn the imprisonment of opposition. figure, let's say that i'll need to the satisfaction of baltic states. and now the baltic

states have paris and berlin in their sites. estonian prime minister, kyle callous amendment that 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 if you are isolated, don't call them. there's no point. sounds like advise you give to a friend after being dumped by next knives out, brimming with diplomatic savvy. and in april, whole in from is hysterically criticized knuckles. diplomatic reach saying, mr. micron, how many times have you negotiated with proven 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 and just a schultz has found himself in the baltic crossers 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, horn risk ending up on the black market. and you find the 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 to global playing fields. 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,

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