a with one of the firing positions that the as a battalion, you people fire back, you can look like a regular foxhole. but in fact, it isn't because it turned out running all the way under ground to help all corresponding report from the other stall, fi trail matter. you pull where the last pockets of ukrainian fighters in the city at the rendered russian engineers forces now in full control of the facility where union ukrainian troops have been hiding for months. joe biden science legislation to send $40000000000.00 to ukraine despite the u. s. store being with its highest inflation rate in for decades. bite and blames the price inflation on russia. not all americans are buying into it. you can thank the activity

vladimir putin for invading ukraine and pulling as long as those with all due respect. madam secretary, that's utter nonsense until k opposed. there's an application by sweden unfeeling to join nato unless they address on congress security concerns. we look at the rift within the western military alliance with watching the sunday weekly here on our international mon is peter scott's. and these are some of the stories, the shapes, the week's news, the last pockets of ukrainian emitted resistance. the matter you pull has surrendered of the as of steel plants which had been under siege for almost 3 months. almost 2500 ukrainian troops had laid down their arms at the facility in recent days. now the capture, the ukrainian troops could face the tribunal for alleges crimes against civilians. moscow has reaffirmed,

that's all those prisoners will be treated in line with international norms. ukraine has express hopes to exchange them for captured russian troops. meanwhile, russian underneath forces have started d mining operations at the as of style facility ortiz, eager to done of reports from the factory. this is the as of so few was recently this estimate weren't new nazis and radicals of all shapes and flavors will lock to shelton both b, nazis and regularly breaking. for example, if you with one of the fiery positions that the eyes of battalion use, people fire back, you may look like a regular foxhole. but in fact, it isn't because the tunnel running all the way under ground under the hostile seal works. so they k p a months ago and they were waiting hear, trying were expecting key of expecting for someone to save them as well as activate

them. but that didn't happen. eventually they received the order to rent. so they did all the 200000 of them. so essentially, yeah, but, but it may seem like a very strict with events, but for some reason he is struggling with evacuation. well, maybe that comp admission logically and very few some wrote it. some said it like it is they surrendered. they chose to be prisoners of war. they are now in good hands, often medics and internet people. republics. what they're telling me they've been telling us that there are wounds. ah, well, they're very poor state. they're infected because, well just because of the conditions that they've been staying at, but those who are healthy, well, they have been placed in penitentiary facilities of both the, the next people's republic and russia. and there's been no question about what's going to happen to them. a ration going on behind me because they bring the places

they will leaving. but as soon as this operation don't serve and progress as well, i will definitely show you more of this place. i get done of proposing the as of style still works. see, some of the surrendered soldiers have been spotted with parents not see tattoos. so mother skull and bones. image on their hands mimicking the totes and cop symbol used by s. s. troops of those to have tattoos resembling an eye and cross a german military award of the 3rd reich among those who surrendered. emma, are you pull isn't as of battalion commander and has a closer look at the group itself. with

i was arrested by the and as the you men, the best me on the head and legs with the chain fires a gun close to my ear, threatened to shoot me in the head or to shoot my feet. they humiliated me and said they were going to rate me, they threatened to bring my wife and daughters in and talk to them in front of me. i could not eat for 3 days. one of those many battalions, this,

they are what they are elsewhere on the front line, russian humanitarian workers made a number of accusations against the cranial authorities, treatments of the civilian population. moscow, the accused ukrainian army of neglecting the needs of the local population and even shilling residential buildings and killing civilians, including in the city of nikolai, of course, in the loop guns republic ukraine hasn't yet commented on. those allegations must go also says on saturday alone, it's evacuated in the 20000 people away from, from line areas to russian territory up in northern ukraine in the region of hard curve. alleged russian shelling has damaged several buildings in the city of laws of ire, ukrainian president zelinski. the official telegram channel had a video of the shelling and it would in 7 people, including an 11 year old child which has not yet commented on those accusations. either. western media outlets have been portraying the ukrainian military surrender are variables as of style factory,

as an evacuation for marine corps intelligence. analysts, scott bitter says, the terminology is part of a battle of how the warring sides are perceived. the reality is the, it doesn't take a huge stretch of the imagination to paint on the defense of murray, a pool, and as of stall plants as heroic. and to use this as a rallying cry. and this is a battle perception over reality. i feel the perception of an evacuation implies that there was a negotiation and a kia was able to prevail in the negotiation to successfully extricate the defenders of murray, a full trauma, the russian grasp. i think that's why that they're portraying that this way because to say otherwise that this was a desperate plea for survival. and that the only reason why the defenders are

mario pull are alive today is because of the humanitarian nature of, of russia. ukraine can admit this, that would be to admit defeat. so ukraine is spinning in a way that makes it look as though ukraine somehow won this battle and was able to negotiate the evacuation of the survivors. us president joe biden has signed a $40000000000.00 aid package for ukraine enough despite republican lawmakers wanting. there's a serious like of oversight into way exactly that money might end up us congressman chip. roy emphasized that's america face the surging price, inflation and other problems. nothing money will be better spent buckets home. and i'm wondering when we voted to go to or if we were going to have a proxy war and we're going to get $40000000000.00 the ukraine, because we wanna 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 this 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 and 1100 hours 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, many americans are struggling to meets even their most basic of needs. as the annual inflation rates in the country remains close to 40 year high. the producer price index, which strikes how much manufactures get full products or their initial sale, rose by 11 percent from a year ago. that is, according to the bureau of labor statistics. and us authorities are trying to lay the blame squarely on russia's president, buddy nathan. what's the us inflation crises started long before the war in ukraine is ortiz kennedy molten explains. it's all putin's fault, they're saying and over and over, i'm going to do everything i can to minimize prudence, price hike here at home. you may have noticed this week that your gas prices have

gone up. i want to talk to you a little bit about why a lot of it has to do with vladimir putin. it is really to ease price hike in terms of gas prices continuing to go in the wrong direction. it is good tag. this is what we're talking about. the data actually shows prices had been rising for quite some time. they did not start with events in ukraine. some people are actually looking into the facts, checking the data. 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 alley is pointing out, that biden should be shouldering some of the blame his administration's energy policies have not exactly been a stimulus cancelling leases,

pushing windmills and solar panels stopping drilling. all of that is going to lead to energy prices going up. the biden is sticking with these policies for a bit of interior, just proud a statement. and the statement basically says a proposed program is not a decision to issue specific leases or to authorize any drilling or development. this is from y'all's office. so it looks like you're on to shut everything down to new york. that is, i, i am, i am, sorry i, i am sitting in this hearing and, and not my god, somebody that shuts down the american people are getting pretty sick of this poll show that they don't buy the idea that russia is to blame, or that it's their patriotic duty to accept all of this out of blind love for ukraine. bumper stickers at gas farms across the country are giving joe biden. some of the credit he apparently deserves. whitehouse wants to blame inflation on the russia, ukraine war in eastern europe. but the u. s itself went to war in iraq and afghanistan

and more, and we didn't see inflation like this from it. joe biden. inflation isn't my fault . it's because of putin's price hike. okay. also, joe biden, and you get 40000000000 and you get 40000000000 and you get 40000000000. it's not putin's price hike. let's call it what it really is. bite inflation. the buck ends with me, but prudence price hike and everybody is responsible for the huge mess i created, except for me as biden's, popularity keeps thinking amid controversial economic policies. one has to wonder how long before he blames that on putin as well. caleb martin, r t. new york. in other news, former us president george w bush in what he dismissed as a slip of the tongue condemned the quotes and justified unfruitful invasion of iraq . he then quickly declared, he meant that ukraine, not iraq, but human rights watch said it was the 14 slip of the century. the result is an absence of checks and balances in russia and the decision of one man

to launch a holy, unjustified, and brutal invasion of iraq. i mean of ukraine. correct. anyway, talked about a freudian slip, i think that's the mother of all. freudian slips a really exposes the whole hypocrisy of the situation that we're in right now. is that men like george bush and women like honda? lisa rice, they've killed i. who knows it really. i think i don't think you'll ever know the true number. but in the millions, literally, in the millions of people in there, a war on terror, because that's they are the ones who started the war on terror. and that's been used to bomb 19 different countries, the authorization for the use of military force. and that was passed in the days after 911 and they're still using to this day that the u. s. law. it's not an international law. it doesn't have any legal basis outside the borders of the united states. this is the twilight zone that we're in is that if you invade countries and you bomb countries and you kill a 1000000 people,

but you do it as the british and americans. it's okay. you're, you're a liberator. if you're russian, you're not allowed to have security concerns and you're war criminal and it's very clear cut as this guy ever received as much of a bad rap as they're getting put in right now. no, no, he certainly hated, but not, not to this level. i mean, no one band americans from buying houses in the, you know, in band american food or american trees or american cats or american music. no, no, none of this happened. there was nothing like that in europe or, or in the west. he got away with it and he's standing up there now giving lectures about about invasions australia has elected a new prime minister, anthony albany, is of the labor party who insists on strength in the country's military. amid rising tensions with china, australia is that relations with regional power, china have fallen to a new low amid compass, so called orchestra ministry deal with the u. s. and the u. k. the agreement calls for the provision of advancement, equipment and technology,

including nuclear submarines and response. china has warned australia against moves that could exacerbate tensions in the region for the incoming pm. albany has doubled down. in his assertion, we all know that china has changed. china has changed, it's pushed. yeah, it's more aggressive, it's more active in the region, and we need to understand that and respond to the more less, less cross live. now to victor guerara, vice president of the center for china and globalization. welcome to r t international victor. thank you. now australia's newly elected prime minister antony albany. he says that he's continues to strengthen his military because of a potential threats from china. what's your take on that? first of all, i think a no prime minister in australia can be worse than the former prime minister morrison, because he is truly very anti china. his anti piece is anti girls, is really tearing down china austria relations to pieces. after all,

china is the largest trading nation of australia. whatever former prime minister morris did was against the fundamental interest of the australian people. i personally congratulate mister our niece on becoming the new prime minister of australia. what he talked about, the tensions with china, or need to be addressed a very accurately china is not an enemy of australia, china values, the trade relations with australian, china has the largest market for all things produce deal australia. so i hope prime minister albany will bring pragmatism and realism to deal with china, australia relations rather then allow australia to be fully hijacked on the bandwagon of anti china unleashed by the united states. and, well, you want to pick me up on my next question. there, there were reports that china had expected relations to improve. if albany is one,

which is obviously the case. do you believe those predictions are still realistic? and if so, what do you think he can do specifically to boost those relations with china? first of all, i do hope that the new government in australia, headed by mr. albany, will be more pragmatic and realistic. why? because china is not an enemy, off australia and a china is thousands of miles away from australia. and it was under prime minister, more s's leadership than the australia naval ship's captain, pushed into jana's, south sea, south jealousy, and the pie. one straight area at this cause the lot of hostility between the 2 countries, i hope prime is a albany is, will be more realistic. we'll put a stop to such aggressive activities by the australian naval ships and also bring in more pragmatism to deal with china. australian trade, no country in the world can replace the huge market demand in china

for australian commodities. and to promote peaceful relations between china and australia is in the fundamental interest of the of radium. people, i hope, is the albany. he's will listen to the voices of the people in australia and do the right thing rather than continue to sabotage china australian relations. while obviously any relations between australia and china, you can't be discussed without mentioning the elephants in the room, which is of course, australia's orcus military deal with the u. k. in the u. s. and then is also china's deal to provide defense for the solomon islands. didn't all either august deal will be going anywhere now. and those ships you mentioned in the china sea might very well continue to sail there from australia. how do you expect that to evolve? indeed, all kasteel is in violation of the numb plead of re releasing treaty. and it is in

violation of the south pacific non nuclear weapons zone above which australia is a signatory. so it will be against the fundamental interest of the australian people. i've mentioned that arcus will really take away the rare privilege of the australian people, av lemmy, in the bubble of nuclear free bubble of not being targeted with nuclear weapons by any other country in the world. and it will become a scourge on the people in australia. to live under the threat of being targeted with nuclear warheads going forward. i hope mister albany will again think twice about the august deal. it will not serve the fundamental interest of the australian people. it will not make australia a safer place. it will make australia a more dangerous place for the australian people. none the root cause of course,

is the hostility pulse by the united states against china. because the united states view china as an enemy. why? because they worried that china is surpassing the united states as the largest economy in the world. china is already larger than the united states, if we use purchasing power parity. china produce is much more than the you asked us for more than 200 important items. and the chinese production is not only larger than that of the united states. china produces more than 50 percent of the girl girl production in the world. so the united states need to come to terms with the fact that they live with a larger china, more impact full of china. and they will not serve the fundamental interest of the american people to view china as an engine. the china is certainly quite the powerhouse and we wait to see how those relations between china on australia evolve

under albany. and i'm sure we'll have you on again, victor out before too long to discuss them. we take our vice president for the center for china globally, but globalization excuse me. thank you very much. thank you for having me. turkey has said it's will oppose finland, unsweetened joining nato and institute nordic countries address on cars, concerns about what their support for what it calls terrorist organizations. finan, unsweetened applied for membership this week, marking an end to their long history of neutrality. now fernando shirt long border with russia and turkey has demanded to finland, unsweetened both deal with the kurdish militant allegedly harboured in those nordic states. western leaders have expressed confidence, however, that's on cars. objections will not be a roadblock for the membership process. and of course, it will take all 30 nato members to agree on a meeting a new country to the alliance ortiz ritual. blevins has more story. nato is back in

the headlines as the u. s. fights for finland and sweden to become the newest members of the alliance. but not everyone is on board with the plan which brings up the importance of nato's democratic system, where everyone gets a say and everyone works together. neither promotes democratic values and enables members to consult and cooperate on defense and security related issues to solve problems still trust and in the long run prevent conflict. a native decision is the expression of the collective will of all 30 member countries. since all decisions are taken by consensus, in this case, the nina lender, who objects to washington's plan is turkey, as it accuses finland and sweden at ties to groups. it considers terrorists here, these terrorists designation for the courtesy and workers party or p k k. and it's affiliate has also created conflict with the u. s. as washington has supported kurdish rebels in syria. and that's not the only area of contention between the nato allies as a media attacks on turkey kicked off, they reminded the public that the u. s. still hasn't forgotten about one turkey

signed the deal. the purchase rushes as 400 air defense systems back in 2017. when you can't win by traditional rules, go around them. there was a lot of thought given toward banishing turkey from nato anyway, especially after president air dawn bought russian s 400 air defense systems from moscow 3 years ago. perhaps now is precisely the moment simply to stand up to these loan strong men who have managed to burrow their way deeply into democratic institutions. and while nato was on the hunt for new members, turkey's disagreement with washington haven't even led column as in canada to call for it to be expelled from the alliance altogether. expelled, took it from nato, that should resolve multiple challenges until now. turkey has been a 5th column of islamism embedded within the west to undermine it. that sentiment can also be found in europe, where a guest on polish tv argue that turkey would be better off and in alliance with russia. next time, turkey let it go. go to china,

let it go too good. now, if you're wondering whether it's possible for nato to get rid of one of its members, well, this isn't the 1st time media talking heads have attempted to put turkey on the chopping block or made the argument that it is perfectly legal for the country to be expelled from the alliance, and it turns out nato isn't the only one looking to get rid of its core democratic principles when they get in the way. european union is also openly questioning whether it should keep similar policies in place, which is notable as. a member states accuse hungary of holding the block hostage because it won't agree with their plan to impose an oil embargo against russia. i have always argued that you anonymity voting in some key areas simply no longer makes sense. if we want to be able to move past. so given these calls to silence and even block those who challenge the plans of the loudest voices and an

alliance when it would appear, those voices only favor democracy when they're getting their way in washington. rachel blevins, r t. tensions a heating up in the middle east as israel has warned, the possibility of a regional war, obligations that iran is just weeks away from being capable of making a nuclear weapon. you all, most charlottesville, you aren't, continues to accumulate, irreversible knowledge and experience as a development research production and operation of advanced centrifuges. it stands just a few weeks away from accumulating fissile material that will be sufficient for a 1st bomb cor. yes, yes. so earlier this week, israel defense minister met with top us military officials to discuss iran's nuclear program. and is really media outlets have been reporting that the us will participate in large scale drills with israeli forces this month to simulates an attack on he runs nuclear facilities. the exercise is to be an unprecedented aerial

collaboration between the u. s. and israel not talks between to run and will power on restoring the iran nuclear deal have been as a stalemate. and both israel and the us have expressed concern that iran has expanded its nuclear program well beyond the stipulations of the 2015 deal. former us president donald trump, unilaterally withdrew america from the deal 4 years ago and imposed crushing sanctions against iran. u. s. participation in israel's upcoming war drills that has spots outweighed on social media. how long combined and stick to trumps field iran policy without having to take responsibility for its continued failure? the latest example, the u. s. will join in is really drill, simulating war with iran. this is unprecedented. the you asked to join israel in assimilate a war with iran. he's got to be kidding me, just when i thought things couldn't get worse. the u. s. in israel military's are blatantly threatened in iran with war earlier we heard from foreign policy.

analysts say it must africa shush him. he says it, israel's claims about to run supposedly seeking nuclear escalation, are unfounded, is really official said bill raising claims about iran all throughout the past decades in $1099.00 former use really premier benjamin netanyahu claim the iran was just 2 years away from an a bomb, but despite all these claims in the past 2 decades, there never ever been any kind of move by iran tours making an a bomb. and there's never been even a shred of evidence to prove that iran is been sick in the military nuclear drive. even after thousands of hours of inspection by the i e h. these claims normally are followed by military drills and threats against the rock by the israelis like aerial drills, allegedly mocking air strike and uranium nuclear facilities fits israel bit has

been picking off more military threats, not for military action, but just for changing equations into iran. and changing the calculations of uranium policy makers and forcing them to give in to the u. s. demands in the talks in vienna. so basically speaking as b r o war of will power between iran in the united states is on the way the biden administration is set to ease economic sanctions against venezuela. so you can boost oil imports and will be presented as a way to tighten coordination between the south american countries. leadership and the political opposition. if implemented in the sanctions relief would include a license for new oil operations human as well. and then as well as crude oil industry has been on the us sanctions for years, as part of a campaign against the south american countries. leadership with the u. s. does not

recognize as legitimate we heard from a geopolitical expert who says the u. s. plan is to enable it to shake out the economic quagmire is caused by sanctions against russia. the crisis in eurasia has caused the us to again look for oil is going to swallow despite the us, have your sanction that country for many years. the u. s. has applied hybrid war to venezuela for more than 7 years and impose sanctions based on 7 executive orders that have locked venezuelan oil exports. now the us is trying to soften those sanctions to compensate for imports of previously obtained from russia. and that europe gets from russia, that's their goal. it's not to remove all the sanctions that are imposed on going to swell or better, said the unilateral course of action in both europe and the u. s. apply to venezuela for not following the intentions of those countries and their leadership in various areas. that's the fundamental reason why the u. s. has approached venezuela again, it's not the removal of all the sanctions, but to allow your opinion in american countries to operate in venezuela territory

and extract crude oil with the simple objective of replacing imports of crude oil producing russia. was phenomenon in species scott's army back again to the top of the hour with another rundown of the weekly writes here on our international ah, ah, the me, the me ah, welcome towards the some 30 years after the collapse of the soviet union. russia is once again at coast trying.