time to sit down and talk with one of the fiery positions that go battalion. you barbara, may look like a regular foxhole, but in fact, it isn't because the tunnel running all the way under ground to help. we report from the still work factory in the dorm by city of mario paul, where the remaining ukrainian garrison trip through rendered to russian lead forth is this week. j. biden's administration faces backlash in the us off the signing of $40000000000.00 aid package for ukraine, despite spiraling inflation on product shortages at home. awesome american lawmakers and not buying the excuse that it's old rushes both. you can think the activity of vladimir putin for invading ukraine and pulling

a post with all due respect. my secretary, that's utter nonsense. that turkey pose is an attempt by sweden and finland to join nato, unless they address uncouth security concerns. we look at the rift within the western military alliance with very welcome to you. you're watching the weekly, hey, on. 1 the international bringing you all the latest world news, along with the stories that shaped the past 7 days. good to happy with us. now the last pocket of ukrainian military resistance in mario paul has rendered at the as of style still plans which has been on the scene for almost 3 months, almost $3500.00 ukrainian troops. among the many members of the neo nazi as a battalion have laid down their arms. the facility in recent days. moscow has we,

a son said all those prisoners will be treated in line with international notice. ukraine has expressed hope to exchange them for capture russian troops. well, meanwhile, russian and get on yes. forces have started d mining operations at b as a thong factory. correspondence. egleston of gifts is this expert exclusive report from the community. this is the as of style. still works basically this cesspit word neo nazis and radicals of all shapes and flavors will lock to sheltered both not season regularly. great with this is one of the fiery positions that the battalion used to fire back. you may look like a regular foxhole, but in fact, it isn't because it's tunnel running all the way under ground under the cell seal works. so they k p a months ago,

and they were whiting here. frying were expecting key of expecting for someone to save them well, evaporate them, but that didn't happen. eventually they received the order to brenda. so it may seem like a very strict with event spots out with struggle with evacuation . well maybe that's how they come about mission logic and very few some wrote it. some said like it is they surrendered. they chose to be prisoners or they are now in good hands, open medics and that the next people public. but they're telling me they've been telling us that their wounds, 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 nets, people's republic and russia. and there's been no question about what's going to happen to them. right? mm. ration going on because they freak the places i believe it. but as

soon as this operation urban progresses, well, i will definitely show you this place makers on a proposal of styles. works ok, see me want to block has been reported in a city of and a good die and ukraine's zappa roach sky of region. the local met has apparently been at the target of an assassination, attends, according to official zara. bohn was remotely designated off the entree. she had shake entities, apartment building, and there is not being treated for non life threatening injuries in hospital. he said to proceed to numerous death threats in recent days over his cooperation with russian forces who currently control the area in southern ukraine. which i find in his find a $40000000000.00 a package for ukraine, despite republican nor make his warning is a serious lack of oversight to where exactly that money might end up u. s. congressman chip roy and the science that is american face is searching price

inflation and other problems that $8.00 money would be better spent a time. and i'm wondering when we voted to go to or if people were going to have a proxy war and we're going to get $40000000000.00, the ukraine, because we wanna what all fancy will are blue and yellow ribbons. feel good about ourselves. maybe we should actually have a debate in this chamber 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 controlled it and fennel is boring in and we have $30.00 trillion dollars a debt and gas prices are spiking and $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. many americans are struggling to mean meet their basic needs as the annual inflation rate in the country remains close to a 14 year high. the producer price index, which trucks, how much money factors get the products at that initial sale has with an 11 percent

from a year ago. that's according to the bureau of labor statistics. and he was also, he's trying to lay the blame of rushes, president vladimir putin, but the us inflation crisis started long before the war in ukraine as asked. he's caleb moore, pin explains it's all putin's fault. they're saying it over and over. i'm gonna 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 latimer putting in. it is really cool. is 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 holly 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. moving to your just put out a statement. and the statement basically says a proposed program is not a decision to issue specific places or to authorize any drilling or development. this is from y'all's office. so it looks like you are on his shut everything down that, you know york with us i, i am am i 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 polls

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 poms across the country are giving joe biden, some of the credit. he apparently deserves white house, 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 ok. 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. boyd inflation, the buck ends with me, but putins price hike and everybody is responsible for the huge mess i created, except for me as biden's, popularity keeps sinking amid controversial economic policies. one has to wonder how long before he blames that on putin as well. caleb martin,

r t new york. the 40 in slip of the century. that's what human rights watch is called a gas by a former us president george w bush. you confused ukraine with a rock which he ordered the invasion off in 2003. 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, i talked about a freudian slip, i think that's the mother of all. freudian slips it 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, really 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, cuz 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 $911.00. and they're still using to this date. that's 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 the 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's certainly hated. but not, not to this level. i mean, no one band americans from buying houses in the, you know, and band american food or american trees or american cats or american music. no, none, 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,

turbulent antique of mental protests shown as signs of letting up in sri lanka, despite a nationwide state of emergency police, at least take athens, both the can and as hundreds of students running in the country campuses, which as did the coding for economic reforms on the resignation of the government, is facing unprecedented inflation rates. power, blood counts, and shortages of food and medicines. early this week's belong to became the 1st south asian nation in decades to default on it. foreign debts searcy has said it will oppose finland and sweden joining nato unless the 2 nordic countries address anchors concerns about their support for was the calls that terrorist organizations, finland, and suite and applied for membership this week, marking an end to the long history of neutrality fell and shares a long border with russia. turkey has demanded that finland and sweden deal with kurdish militants allegedly hard that in those nordic states. western leaders have

expressed confidence that on cruise objections will not be a roadblock to the membership process. it takes all 30 nato members to agree on admitting a new member, or if he's way to blevins has more on the story. nato is back in the headlines as the u. s. 5 for thin live in 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 se, and everyone works together. need to promote democratic values and enables members to consult and cooperate on defense and security related issues to solve problems build 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 nino member who objects to washington plan is turkey as it uses finland and sweden of tide, the groups it considers, terrorist care view terrorists designation for the courtesy and worker's part or p

k k. and it's affiliate has also created conflict with the us as washington has supported kurdish rebels in syria. and that's not the only area of contention between the nato allies. as the media attack on turkey kicked off, they reminded the public that the u. s. hasn't forgotten about when turkey signed a deal to 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 by russian as 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 hasn't even led column as in canada to call for it to be expelled from the alliance altogether. expel, took it from nato, that should resolve multiple challenges until now. target has been the 5th column

of islamism embedded within the west to undermine it. that sentiment can also be found in europe, where a guest on polish t v argue that turkey would be better off and in alliance with russia. next time, turkey, let it go to russia. when you go to china, let it grow too long. 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 some member states accused hungary of holding the law hostage. because it won't agree with their plan to impose an oil embargo against russia. i

have always argued that unanimity voting in some key areas simply no longer makes sense if we want to be able to move past. so given these calls you silence and even block those who challenge the plans of the loudest isn't an ally as well, and it would appear those voices only favor democracy when they're getting their way in washington. rachel blevins are teak. while the serbian president has warned that the impact of the russia ukraine, conflicts could leave a quarter of the world on the verge of famine, un secretary general and tenure, tara has singled out russia accusing it of amplifying the fact of causing global hunger. the russian invasion in ukraine exemplifying the so they think all these factors climate change, corporate 19 and the quality it threatens to the 10s of millions of people over the edge into for the security followed by multi sion mustang and famine in the kaiser

to the last 40 years combined, russia and ukraine supply the world with 28 percent of its weight and over 70 percent of its sunflower oil with food exports from ukraine alone, feeding 400000000 people since the beginning of the conflict, the regions major trade route, the black sea has been blocked before moscow has blamed sanctions for the supply chain disruption. the us has demanded moscow, allow food supplies to leave and enter the port of a desa. russia states, however, it's ready to fulfill its trading obligations. if it's global partners, as americans and europeans, after all, will not remain without food, even at exorbitant prices. moreover, it is ordinary europeans who will pay these prices and not those in power. our country is ready to comply with its obligations in full, but we also expect assistance from trading partners, including those on international platforms. it is

a logical they impose sanctions against us and yet they demand food supplies. that is not happening. we are not idiots. to discuss in further detail, the impact of the war on global trade on joined by a panel of guests were d, could decide direct of geopolitical economy research, group b, j. so donna, an expert in legal and agricultural economics and nicholas markovich, a political analyst. many thanks to all 3 of you. joining us on the program today. a 1st question to where they could please. now the un chief antoni to terrace, as we heard, has said that russia is actions in ukraine have worse than the global food shortages. do you think it's fair to single out russia for the food crisis? absolutely not. and if somebody is to be singled out, if you, if you agree, if you go so far as the war has caused, and the destruction, and it certainly has the fact of the matter is, it's the united states, absolute refusal to take into account russia, security concerns that has led to the present situation. so in, in,

i have argued many times that in fact, the current war should not be seen as a war being waged by russia against you grange, but part of a much longer wall of the united states against russia. which currently takes the form of a war over ukraine in which the united states is treating ukraine. it's people, it's agriculture as a pawn. so in that sense, in so far as the war is and it is a factor in the situation, i would look at in that way. and of course, the fact of the matter was that the food prices and was of much longer standing. anyway, we were already getting here for a while back in a force that is also the issue of climate change on which the united states has been simply dragging its feet not taking any initiative, not accepting its historical responsibility, etc. i mean, there are so many ways in which this, ultimately, i would say that as i just like to say this to, to end with, which is that basically what you're looking at is a situation in which the,

the ultimate cause of this is the imperialist economic and military policies of, of the u. s. lead west. i question to v t a please. the world bank has announced an additional $12000000000.00 in funding to mitigate the devastating effects of the food crisis. do you think this measure will be sufficient? it's very important for us to understand that money cannot provide me information. it is the food which has to provide the nutrition data 1000000000 on $120000000000.00 without having food to eat. money has no utility and this is what the whole approach. we have to understand that when w p a was fob, it was created because of a big company. and countries should be able to pay it. and there should be a equity in the world. but unfortunately, when there is a sanctioned in the word, it discard the global it flow and it hurts the countries those who are dependent on other countries for a bit into a little bit glad image. so i think it is

a global issue that sure to better be sanctions in the world trade. because today, no globalized economy, even countries are dependent on each other, such type of sanctions. hard not only does that include people in conflict, but also the rest of the evolution and the supply chain, which are dependent on these subclasses, which i have today produced new york and in this year. so i think the whole sectional approach that we are putting sanctions in today's word market. it is, gives the spirit of the blue deal, and also it is hurting the people. financial location of credit 1000000000 is not going to solve the problem. question to nicholas, please say, officials from k as and europe is accused of trying to destroy ukraine's agriculture sector. and i said to limit his export earnings and the hurt is, will ravaged economy. and if i'm realistic at a time to think that russia might employ anything, no, slightly hypocritical,

there's european countries on the u. s. has been a supplying weapons to ukraine and prolonging this conflicts in and further destroying the economy from a military perspective that this is false, because we know that the russian army and it has been taken care attention not to damage a lot of the, the fields where all the wheat is being grow today, and that is of a particular attention. so that's not true for, for military perspective. there pinpointing russia again because they're looking for a scapegoat, because because of their own mismanagement, they're trying to kill the baker and other ask for bread this they have to think about this before apply, apply, and function. definitely ukraine is do exporting some of it. some of it's, we've seen truckloads of wheat going out of that ukraine from the, from the west. but of course the situation is complicated. of course, it's difficult to apply sanctions on a country and then a queue that country not putting a suite. you can do this if, if the west wanted to had funded about this before. we would not be in this

situation rather than giving $40000000000.00 us dollars. joe biden, giving 40 of us $1000000000.00 to ukraine with arms. and then think the at the same time that we may be maybe thinking when the biggest or with the fruit shortages of all time of our active, modern time with totally crazy, hypocritical, and definitely the us, the west are responsible for part of the situation concerning exports. coming out of the ukraine and russia, according to the economist, if there is no agreement between russia and ukraine, the world might have to resort to all the schools to accompany food convoys from the region need. is that something you see realistically happening? well, i think if it happens, it will be another way in which the united states will provoke further aggression essentially will try to promote pressure again because basically as. 6 nicholas

mentioned the u. s. is continuing this one of the u. s. ones, there's war to stop. it can do so tomorrow by essentially stopping this continuous . no, arms to your green and saying, do your green look, you've got to sit down and negotiate with russia and taken to a candle, legitimate security concerns. some form of minced records is still the only way out of the present crisis. you know, if you are going to have a negotiated settlement, so i think that's, that's one. that's absolutely clear. so, you know, if there is an armed escort again, you know, the armed escort assumes of the us actually cares about the nutrition of a nutritional status of people in 3rd world countries, not even its own people. if you look at the way we still handle the pandemic, they're now handling the current of food situation. essentially, they the, the main thing they care about is the profit and the privilege of a tiny capitalist and, and everything as the sacrifice as the old of capital. so this is why, again,

i think this armed as for thing is simply a ruse, basically and, and just like to add that a for the united right now you can blame the war with the united states has been promoting and essentially unstable franchise world food order for a very long time with its neo liberal policies, essentially telling tropical countries 3rd world countries to produce things for export. and then we come rely on for a censure, food greens on other countries. and this is why we are where we are today. video a, russia and ukraine contributes about half the grain and weight imported by lebanon, and soon as the a philippi or an egypt, the figure is 2 thirds. but those, such a focus on european supply chains. but this is clearly a world problem. why is that? because every drop cannot be produced in every part of the world, but example read is it called a library crop. now we cannot produce too much to eat in our play called many parts

of the geology when left in america and other places. so erica grow climate, the conditions are very, very important, so every crop cannot be produced. and that is why it is very important that in today's globe leslie corner may be connected. it start only the read, but if you look into mustard, if you look into the milk milk is produced in called countries, it flows down to the close to quit. so like this, there are many crops which are produced in polar climate countries. and if there is a disturbance in that area, it is going to disturb the supply chain throughout the word for those crops. unfortunately, if you look at america, this isn't the giving $40000000000.00 it will added to your grid. know, $40000000000.00 will go to american defense industry. it will lock you in for 5 years. so it is, they are feeding their order and us be on the other site. they're feeding their own water in the us, be bought the other side for the word. they're giving

a $1000000000.00 vote for subsidy. now this is very funny to look at it. so somewhere i think we have to understand the reality that there are many people in this world, those who feel that this year and you get it and what is their profit for them? they have what this more to continue. it is important for the european leaders because they will be the facing heat of all this conflict the short together and find out a solution. because as a lawyer, i can see the end of the day. every solution only comes back to their table of negotiation, not in water field or not in conflict. so when we know, sooner or later, we have to be on the discussion day. but why not? we start now, why we are delaying it. a question to nikolai, do you think europe is doing enough to have help stabilize ukraine's export market? no, definitely not. the european agricultural policy is a failure for these past years. if it is not working for the europeans or french.

we've seen that french johnson, for example. has backfired against trap and french agricultural farmers are now on the door. they're not finding, you export market russians. we used to import for example, food from france have found alternative markets in south america and africa. and asia trap is in a very difficult situation. and at the same thing in all the european countries, european political policy has been centralized. it is not logical people who are deciding with this french farmers should be selling to the west of the east are disconnected with what is happening. and really in the, in the part of their technocrat, they're very far from, of the real life of the farming from the, from the i would say to the possibility that day, the french farmers or german farmers are european farmers as a whole could sell to the wall, so they're deciding from brussels who could sell what to who. and we've seen that the centralized organized policies are best firing, especially now when there are 10 situations on the market that is remind also that before the war, there was also a lot of an inflation across the world across all the nato countries. their finger

pointing a russia today because of the situation, but the, from the european agricultural policies are a failure, failure for, for european farmers. and in this specific situation, when there is no plan b for the region union except following what the u. s. washington is telling the european policy makers what to do well, now european farmers are having difficulty because they cannot export what they are producing. they'd like to go to the market, but because washington, they are stopped from doing this. and this is doing, this is harming a lot of your information just for information every day in france. a french farmer committed suicide that goes with a lot about the current situation of the farmers in europe today. and my d cat with the situation is, as it is what can be done to help provide food for countries that are still recovering from war like afghanistan and lebanon. way, i mean in the case of a panelist on the 1st thing i'd say is that the united states should release the

$9000000000.00 on which has been sitting. we just have got to spend money as it stolen it. but of course, i think that in the 1st thing that you have to do is essentially, i believe china has already proposed something like this is again as a, the bi here is it basically will lead us should sit down and decide exactly where the supply is. where the need is and make some socially just decisions about how to direct these supplies from one place to another. and this will, of course, necessarily involve an end to the conflict. and at the moment or will you? great. so i would say that sitting down, negotiating, and that would be in the, in the immediate a time frame. and then of course, in the longer run, you have to produce more resilient phone systems in which you are not. people are not dependent on food coming from or, you know, from far away, not unless you are able to create, you know, a resilient political system and via the base very far away from that. so i think promoting resilience, agriculture with basic people. you know,

this idea that everybody can become dependent on food from a long railways of a bad idea. if you look at the situation right now. yes, there are some countries in the middle east and africa in particular that has become heavily dependent on food inputs. but you take that many asian countries, they are largely self sufficient. that's why all india has to do is to use it. we're not going to export food, but india's food dependency is actually very low. but there are many other countries that have over time being persuaded by the i m, f i the us, by the way, back to essentially not worry about producing food. and these are the ones that you know, only produce cash crops. and these are the countries that are going to suffer the most in the present situation. so yes and negotiated settlement, but at the moment it seems as though this is not going to be possible because the united states and the, the europeans again and again that all interests are supporting the united states in this.