[000:00:00;00] ah, so right now we're moving deeper into the stuff we're moving towards one of the tunnel. so what is actually shocking here is not the place even itself, but the sheer scale of it all. correspondent reports exclusively from inside the hours of steel plants getting access to the former hide out of ukrainian troops. that's after the last group of them surrendered, ending in 3 months. each quarter of the world is said to be on the verge of famine, as the war in ukraine on western sanctions, against russia disrupt global supply chains. we discussed the issue with a panel of guests. it's the united states actually refusing to take into account russia,

security concerns that has led to the present situation there pinpointing russia again because they're looking for steed go. they want this war to continue also on the program, a shortage of russian fertilizers in mexico, takes its toll and local farmers. we call out the growing disaster losing more and more it would basically mean death. what would happen to the people in the whole country without agriculture? ah, the most of the world, you're watching all the international and peter scott and these, the top stories this, our russian underneath forces have started d mining operations at the hours of style steel plants. the sites had been on the stage for almost 3 months, being the last stronghold of the nationalist of battalion and for the last of the troops surrendered on friday. there are exclusive footage shows explosives left

around the facility that the mining of the permits will take around 2 weeks. he's eager to john it is among the 1st to enter the plans and he says this exclusive report from inside the still works where he accessed the very heart of the ukrainian soldiers hideout. ah so right now we're moving deeper into the a found my is left by the ukranian forces. in fact, what we're doing, we're moving towards one of the tunnels, one of the entrances into the channel that they used to well move around to move around supplies and well to move around safely because this whole area was shelled

very heavily this. so as we move in or you can see, you can just check out this deal. we can fit more than just one person. whole truck could potentially well fit in here. so they weren't squeeze this stuff like a foxhole or anything. this is major. so what is actually shocking here is not the place even itself, but the sheer scale of it. we've been walking for well for at least 10, maybe 15 minutes. and i was asking those who were with us the special forces of the dentist people's republic. i says that they're like, oh, got no mile 1st kilometers of you know, this tunnel going and sprouting across in all directions. just look up this, look about this is, this was one of the ways that we use. well, this is obviously useful ventilation. but again,

you can kind of peak into what's above the ground into one of the warehouses of the as of self see works is as we keep walking, as we keep walking ahead, it's still making so becoming any better, frankly. i mean, this is actually in it's an absolutely amazing and really easily get full set. if you didn't bring a map over, this is the part of a tunnel that the as of seal fighters, the neo nazis and ukrainian regular soldiers used to relax. and what translates as relax, how they spell relax. you can see quite well vividly over here. i'm not going to comment as to what it is because well, if you know, you know, and if you don't, then probably you shouldn't. but yeah, this is the room where they used to, well, there's a lot of practices latency. there's even a couple of it doesn't look fancy this place,

but certainly like to 1st mom. he's an arm, a place that go in the vest, doesn't leave anything to imagination this place. and it provides all the answers as to how the us over the adult battalion was fighting and what it was consuming to keep up the marolla. well, earlier we discussed the latest developments in the war with journalist and author, thomas roper has recently been in the dumbass educational would mean that the ukranian site, since buses, they're jumping to the buses and go on your training controlled territory. this will be never kish right. we have nothing, we have a surrender and they're jumping into buses and going in prison and internet. so there is no discussion about the question whether it's a surrender. the problem is that the west, once to look the things successful for you when i can say i was in an un headquarters of as of right now several days ago in mcmurry opal. and i have seen all the attributes there. and this, if this is not near nancy, i don't know what they were hitler icons they were. but the books mind comes there

are so many things which absolutely clear what they are the west. well, i think they will just tell it because of the night when you cook it, i was in more your pool and i had time to talk to people only already a month ago. so, and they just came out of the streets again. and the pi i asked all the people to get an impression, and there are some things that can summarize. so the 1st thing is when i ask them of the behavior of soldiers, nobody complains about russian soldiers. i was, well, if somebody should say something, but no complaints or comments with russian soldiers, but many complaints of ukrainian soldiers. this was the general picture i got um and yes uh, people told me and i have this on video. they told me that they will help as of in the, in the house is right in the, in the, in the sellers why, of the, as of, for sitting upstairs on fighting. so they were you really human shields for the as if and they told me themselves and they weren't, weren't allowed to leave. the sellers who tried was shot and i talked to

a man who just just escaped and at the end of his condition. so these are things that are happening there, and the people tell you the serbian president has warned that the impacts of the war in ukraine could leave a course of the world on the verge of famine. if something does not change in the conflict in eastern europe, almost a quarter of the world will be in need of basic quantities of food, which will create new problems. earlier the un sexy general antonio terrace, singled out russia, accusing it of amplifying the factors, causing global hunger. and the urine isn't alone in blaming the war for storing prices. the bank of england, which is currently battling with the highest inflation, the u. k. 3 decades. one that apocalyptic food prices could have a disastrous impact on the world's for and over in the u. s. consumer prices have risen to a new 40 year high with president biden, and blaming the russian offensive for this. a russia and ukraine have long been significant supplies of grain to the global market. combined. the 2 countries supply the world with almost

a 3rd of all traded wheat and barley and 75 percent of some flaw. oil. meanwhile, rushes blame sanctions for supply chain disruption. i think it's ready to fulfill its trading obligations if its global partners assist 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. earlier my colleague nikki, are in discuss the skyrocketing prices in the west, sing me out of russia for this with a panel of guests the u. n. chief antennae terrorist, as we heard and said that rushes actions in ukraine have worse and deployable food

shortages. you think it's fair to single out russia for the, for the crisis? absolutely not any. somebody used to be singled out if you, if you are good, if you do so far as the war has caused any destruction and it certainly test the fact of the matter is if 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 and officials from k of and europe of accused rush of trying to destroy ukraine's agriculture sector in an effort to limit his export earnings and by the hurt is war ravaged economy. i'm, it, is, i realistically a tactic that russia might employ anything? no, slightly hypocritical is european countries on the you with a still supplying weapons to ukraine and prolonging his 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 the are the fields where all the we do being the road today and that is a picket 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, to try to kill the baker and other ask them for bread. this they had to think about that before imply appliance sanction. definitely ukraine is do exporting some of it . it's. we've seen truckloads of we're going out of the ukraine from the, from the west. of course the situation is complicated. of course it's difficult which cannot apply sanctions on a country and then a queue that country have 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 ukraine with arms, and then think the at the same time, but we may be maybe thinking we're the biggest and i with the fruit shortages of our time, of our modern time. totally crazy, hypocritical, know, $40000000000.00 will 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, feeding their own water and us be on 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 in your grandma is a profit for them. the main thing they care about is the profit and the privilege of a tiny capitalist. european political policy has been centralized. it is not logical people who are deciding what which french char farmers should be selling to the west of the east are disconnected with what is happening. and really in the,

in the far and there technocrats, they're very far from the real life of the farming they want this war to continue. it is important for the european leaders because they will be the facing heat of all this conflict there shortly. to get up and find out a solution because as a lawyer i can see their end of their day. every solution only comes back to their table of negotiation, not in water field or not in conflict. so when to me, nor sooner or later, we have to be on the discussion day. but why not? we start now why we are delaying it. on the far reaching effects of western sanctions on russia has now made it all the way to latin america. with russia, one of the world's largest fertilize exports is accounting for more than 4 percent of the global market. sanctions on exports are putting the whole region on the verge of an agricultural crisis. ortiz alix pinion reports from mexico. new portfolio. last year i planted 3 actors,

but this year only one here due to rising prices for raw materials, and especially due to the shortage of russian fertilizers caused by the imposed sanctions. sergio garcia has had to plan less corn and tomatoes this year over the past decade. mexico's agricultural sector has become more dependent on russia, fertilizers, particularly urea. according to preliminary estimates, mexico needs about 6000000 tons of fertilizer this year. without other school, nissan is not getting to these problems are not related to a long standing friendly partnership, but are explained by the difficulties in transporting goods on a global level, which arose primarily because of the situation with russia and ukraine. therefore, it's currently difficult to import fertilizers into mexico sim, but i think that the growing crops with our fertilizer could be a real disaster from mexico and if the moment villas at the moment farmers are considering different options to get out of the situation. for example, it has been proposed to use other types of fertilizers or apply smaller amounts to reduce costs. sir ju garcia's buying less fertilizer,

where he previously used 5 bags of fertilizer. now he only uses 3. length is unit number month. i will try to grow crops. i can only hope that i will not lose the money i have invested. but i do not think that is possible. i think production volumes will decrease in the fed, montana. the meter is also a shortage of fertilizers and warehouses in a, in general, 20 percent of farmers costco to fertilizers. but amid the shortage that figure has risen to 50 percent according to forecast by the end of the spring summer cycle. farmers may lose part of their crops, in some cases up to 50 percent. lily bottom, ayana with the price may change from day to day, particularly thought any issues with the weather. as the saying goes, don't count your chickens before they hatch. the mexican government has said it plans to triple fertilizer production to support the agricultural sector. so far. 740000 farmers and 9 mexican states have taken advantage of free fertilizers to feed their corn beans, wheat,

and rice crops. the problem is there is not enough support for every one jeopardizing employment for hundreds of thousands of families and driving of food prices. a major crisis is brewing. so yet them to come all, it would basically mean death. what would happen to the people in the whole country without agriculture? the trade turnover between mexico and russia may seem insignificant in relation to other countries. but as we see, it is of strategic importance that he does sure. the situation will really harm our economic relations and trade turnover, which has been on the rise. of course, it must be taken into account the due to the conflict in ukraine and the sanctions imposed against russia. this growth will stop and the trade turnover will decrease economic sanctions against russia, imposed over the conflict in ukraine or having macroeconomic consequences and mexican farmers are already feeling their impact within just

a few weeks time. alex pinion, or t mexico city. molly's for minister claims, more people die from food shortages than from terrorism or security. that comment came jenny's talks with the russian counterparts that a gale of rob in moscow, the def, must disgust the few crises and the impacts on the agricultural industry of the sanctions on russia. we spoke to the molly for minister after those talks. ah, mazar seymour festival, molly as a country under sanctions oppose, it's such a policy. such a policy is not a solution to day. there are a number of key areas, for example, the production of fertilizers which it necessary for food production. molly is an agricultural country. moreover, it's no secret that more people die from food shortages than from terrorism or insecurity. therefore, even in the face of restrictive measures imposed on a number of strategically important sectors such as wheat production. in all our countries, people eat bread and the current shortage of food on the market can lead to an

increase of poverty levels, as well as tension in societies. whatever measures are, i think the international community should demonstrate common sense in applying these measures. in such a way that it does not happen at the expense of the most vulnerable and poll groups of the population. penelope, but law, some bizarre von. no. we have a wonderful partnership with russia long term cooperation, which is only become stronger over the years. we have close cooperation in the field of security and information, and we expect our cooperation will be the same in political terms and on the international arena. we also want to lady economic foundations of this cooperation is necessary to increase the traits on over between the countries. and this is the purpose of our visit to moscow. ah, forgot put lucas pacific. through my li, molly got the largest volume of cotton production this year. more than 700000 tons . thanks to which the country now ranked 1st and cotton production on the african continent. and this is with no mentioning of serials and other crops that we grow,

we believe that if agricultural fertilizers are available to us on adequate times and we can produce enough for the needs of our own population. if you look at the situation this way, we can talk about assistance, for example, in the field of fertilizers or wait. if there are any concessions in this area, i think it will help soften the blow. it's always necessary to think about the consequences about how these actions will affect people. the examples of the sanctions on russia also being felt across europe and the u. s. where inflation is running rampant. ortiz rama casa, has been digging deeper into the issue. unprecedented anti kremlin sanctions were meant to destroy the russian economy. at least according to those who implemented them. what we're seeing instead is russian export profits at an old time high. and the rubel becoming the world's best performing currency. all this, while many regular citizens in the european union and the united states are being

financially squeezed by spiraling inflation. in the united kingdom, you to a 40 year high price bike, some people are facing at soft choice bay for food or for heating their home. we will see the new people are coming here and the people in the jobs are people are still working and working for diamond. they still need to use a food banks because of the cost of living. i would say because everything has gone up v v, finding it difficult to buy a stuff because everything we don't have much relation to quote for the demand we used to have 250 people now is grown up to a $400.00 families. we give our token up to 400, you know, either of them either out of the food or to the few financial experts say the leaders in you inflation rates are baltic and eastern european countries. as sonia is, it's helping the chart with a whopping 19 percent bulgaria, the czech republic and romania are hovering around 14 percent. lat being poland are

both at around. 13 gary and prime minister leaks or orbit has echoed those who have attributed the suffering of regular people to the and your russian sanctions. he's also said that the consequences could be a lot worse. all sorts of ill conceived measures, sanctions against russia that destroy hungarian agriculture are equivalent to an atomic bomb across the atlantic. americans are also bracing for difficult times ahead, due to 40 year high inflation, the usa where most citizens cannot even imagine their lives without a car is undergoing someone of a shock due to skyrocketing fuel prices. look at those prices behind me. that is not a joke. that is the actual gas prices now over $7.00 per gallon, a gas we are being pumped from behind from 30 biden gas right now. look at that is not a joke. people that is your actual gas prices of to day widen inflation worse. all

that money going to you free for hush, money for hunter. so who is winning the sanctions war more e u countries are folding, some moscow's demands to pay for its resources in rubles almost every thing that russia exports around the world has become a lot more expensive. and those exports that are waived by europe. the u. k. or the united states are been welcomed with open arms at asian markets and boosting the continents economies. and moving on. now, finland's decision to join nato is both well thought out unprepared. that's according to the european commissioner for international partnerships. who did the nodding nation and never been neutral and had been integrating with the west for years. but it seems that not everyone in finland supports his bid to join the military alliance. the chairman of the association of independent journalists, jew harker, honan, burned. the nato flag right in the sense of helsinki. he claims many people in finland are against the block. but i. e,

lisa durable is what the swarm will nato will not increase phelan security. there are many people in finland who are against nato, especially because the block is increasing tensions with russia. we have a shirt long border of 1300 kilometers on the fence of learn to live in harmony with russia here for 80 years and do not want any tension. we don't know exactly how many friends are against during nato now, but before there was 60 or even 70 percent of the population. therefore, the fins have taken a civil initiative on a referendum and record time, and this initiative was received the necessary 50000 votes. however, the parliament has still refused to take this into account, which is unprecedented. this referendum of the finished people was ignored for political reasons, to finish politicians just wanted everything to be passed very quickly. vinland and sweden's beds for nato membership had been almost universally universally welcome by existing nato states. so he has expressed opposition, though, claiming that both countries hobbits,

her wrist groups. krazer also appears to be at loggerheads about the idea to her cone and again, claims finished. people aren't allowed to say anything negative about the alliance . they was son or they dallas, or we live in finland, that an unprecedented time debates and feminine than in the media and now completely under the control of nato. the finished media is completely one sided about nato, but in fact, the more serious problem in finland, his social networks were if you say something against nato, you will immediately be called an agent of a foreign government. that is, in this case, a russian agent. but people are intimidated at work even found and yelled at, and social networks are not allowed to speak out against nato, or simply express their own opinions. my generation has never witnessed something like this when people are being completely gagged and this is just sad. in my opinion, this is absolutely killing the conversation on social networks, but by burning the nato flag. and i wanted to show that finland still dares to

express its own opinion even if they are trying to silence it in every possible way . and finally, it could take ukraine 15 to 20 years to join the use us. according to a french governor, minister germany chancellor, also expressed uncertainty about gifts swifter session to the block the rain at the unpacked midday door. ukraine has applied to become a member of the european union, and the commission is expected to give its assessment of the application before the european council at the end of june. at the same time, we all know emanuel mc kron is right. when he points out that the assessment process is not a matter of few months or even a few years may minister. but even if we grant ukraine candidate status to morrow than the instruction is done. and i hope that we will quickly move to european union membership. however, we all know perfectly well that the process allowing them to join would take several years in truth, probably several decades. nevertheless, ukraine still says he wants to become part of the european community. moscow though,

does oppose the move and says ukraine should maintain a neutral status both when it comes to nato and the european union. meanwhile, a former us ambassador to russia claims ukraine was misled to believe it would be allowed to join nato. in 2021, we kept reiterating that ukraine was going to join our diplomats or y. yes or so? yes, that's the real world. but to go compensated on greekmore says that some countries i've been waiting for decades to join a so he show ukraine will never. and the alliance you see there was educating the age of a fast track. but then of course, you see all these other candidates like being and all of them, macedonia, and all these other countries and about going to want to join and i've been waiting for years and some countries like cliche thing has been waiting 22 years to join the hoping union before they are going to say, well, why don't you take so much for us?

i mean, you see all these guarantees joining. do you mean those speak to us? feed them across, you know that, that join you. you means getting money from the you and also getting possibility for their workers to let me go to the you are obviously doesn't what you can do into the european union because to the different economy is different wages and everything. and it would be action from the population. i see. no, but if you can, journal, you anytime soon to feel free to head over to r t dot com for more stories and in depth analysis, including on the ongoing conflict in ukraine. my name is peter scott, and i'll be back again at the top of the hour. thank you for watching. ah ah,

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that nation's thoughts are allowed to do anything. all the mazda races, and then you have the minor nations who are the slaves. americans, brock, obama and others have had a concept of american exceptionalism. international law exist as long as it serves american interest. if it doesn't, those are the groups by turning those russians into this dangerous bogeyman there wants to take over the world. that was a culture strategy. so some walked out of it on noon. i english e, i'm b, i not leashed off to move on in tablet, block nato to it's ours. we move east and the reason us had germany is so dangerous, is it? the law is the sovereignty of all the countries, the exceptionalism that america uses. and it's in national war planning is one of the greatest threats to the populations of different nations. if nature, what is founded,

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with a with hello and welcome to cross talk where all things are considered. i'm peter lavelle . the western narrative. ukraine is winning and will win, is crumbling, even the new york times it meets as much. the ukrainian military is collapsing, none the less, washington and its allies continued to pour in money and arms. it's crunch time for kids. ah. to discuss these issues and more,