hey, a with russia say it how sufficient funds to pay at foreign debts in rebels. it's in response to washington barring moscow from fulfilling its obligations in dollars with media outlets once again, punching the default northrop with the russian president, visits wounded russian soldiers in moscow. hospital wishing them a fast recovery. also a head on the program party. next door that bunkers of the old style steel plant in martyr useful for female fighters, sheltered during the siege. we found weapons,

guns, equipment of etc. and this bunker here used to show to women, look his. there are beauty products over here, over here as well. on the south african president phones, the alarm thing that i'll tell you, russian sanctions are hurting, neutral quote. bystander states, particularly african ones, with many already impacted by that demik with lie from our international youth center in moscow. this is our t grid of your company today. my name's unanimity. the u. s. is pushing russia to announce a technical default after washington bar at moscow from paying it's debt in dollars through american banks. moscow say the default is not on the cards, however,

stressing it how's the cash to pay? investors on this simply being stop from fulfilling its obligations are senior correspondent, as they have told me more earlier. what the united states, as done as it has allowed, given russia a license to continue operating through u. s. bank. so paying americans, institutions, banks, investors, who have throughout the past few months, who have all saluted all the russian debt that they have very few still hold on to russian debt. and we, we've seen this western press trumpeting about a potential russian default. how's russia going to get out of this? but ultimately it's, it's all a sure because what do you, what do you think when you hear someone's galant, a default or bankruptcy or bankruptcy? it's that they've brought out of money right to pay off their obligations. in this case, that isn't the truth. russia has plenty of money. it's just american bags of, of stops. russia are for, for mar,

paying out lose loans in us dollars. that makes it the opposite of what happened in 1998, for instance, which people might be thinking there's parallels to merit in terms of the dollar k, then being shut to russia. what does it mean for moscow? while the united states is made no secret of this very little change, because ultimately this isn't a default in the classical sense. russia has said that the, it won't call this a default, whether it's a technical default, as some pundits and financial analysts of have come to call it. but ultimately, russia says it will continue paying at its obligations of coupons, monthly payments in roubles, and the united states is pretty much said the same thing. you know, not a whole lot will change, unable to find a regal way to make these payments. and they technically default on their debt. i, i don't think that really represents

a significant change in russia situation. they're already cut off from global capital market. what will are the way change is, is in, in this type of energy, us across the world with, with fuel prices in, in california, in asia, you know, in, in africa all soaring, few pies for dees of gasoline for electricity. and the issue here now is that because a ver, what some u. s. financial institutions and pundits will call a technical default, russia, russian sheeps, for example, shipping as well as her air freight will have to pay a higher premium insurance premium, which will be included in the build for russian fuel. and eventually those same western consumers, they all go to have to pay more even more for their fuel, which they will keep my eye much in russia has anticipated such a move by washington. what are they doing to shield themselves from those sanctions?

well, it's, as putin said, russia had spent years preparing for a sanctions onslaught to suit. we're seeing that which, which has been unprecedented thousands upon thousands of sanctions which have restricted russia away from western capital markets. and that mere putin has said now is, is the time to adapt g he to where you, i have already said. and i would like to emphasize again today that in the new conditions the russian economy will certainly remain open. moreover, we will expand corporation with those countries that are interested in mutually beneficial corporation. the actions of some countries ng to isolating themselves from russia even to their own detriment, shows how important it is in the modern world to diversify traffic flows and expand corridors in the direction of responsible partners. he time and time again, we had heard a biden officials and in europe all come out and say that we're willing to hurt ourselves to hurt our people's for the sake of getting it putin. and this is,

this is the case a with, with these bonds because ultimately it is by the investors both in the west and he in asia. but it suffered because of the sanctions because of the effects of any tactical default that they must declare. and it remains to be seen how far they will go and how, how much they're prepared to hurt themselves, and that people, in order to, to, to be seen as getting that putin lot of your potent has just paid a visit to a military hospital in moscow. where wounded russian soldiers are receiving treatment. but it wouldn't do. it's the 1st time the president has visited soldiers personally since the start of the ukraine conflict. together with russia's defense chief, he checked on recovering soldiers, spoke to medic personnel, and thanked them for their service. it comes as the russian ministry of the fence

states more than $200.00 localities in the done yet people's republic have been taken under control of the russian army since february. now russian suppers have de mine the waters off the mario po, coast, opening the city port for civil shipping. the ministry of foreign affairs saved 5 foreign vessels left. the port today de mining works are still in progress on the territory of the as office del steel planter. it is under the full control they dannetta republic forces following the surrender of 2000 ukrainian soldiers last week, including those from the neo nazi as off battalion. officials say those who are accused of war crimes will stand trial in the done yet. republic ortiz secrets it down off explores now what life in the zone cell factory was like during message, this is the room where we found weapons, guns, equipment, well, arm of, et cetera. and this bunker here used to show to women,

look his. there are beauty products over here over here as well. but judging by the amount of well military paraphernalia that we found, they were no civilians. in fact, in the back of this room, there's a rocket launcher. so not only did they live here, they also fought here. they're still more of their clothes hanging on the rope after they washed these big reserve. was they still have water in them and well, here's how they slept. for example, there's another little nook over there with beds more beds here mattresses. it's obvious that women who used to live here some of them had children. and it's puzzling at best as to why they weren't allowed to surrender and to get their kids to safety earlier. and later in the program polling points, the finger at germany over alleged brooke and pharmacists to replace tanks of the

country to send to you know, another aspect of the conflict we've been speaking about for quite some time. anti russian sanctions are hurting innocent countries that have remain neutral on your train conflict, others according to the south african president. now the sanctions that have been imposed on russia are going to have in are having an overarching impact. even those countries that are either bystanders or not, part of the conflict are also going to suffer from the sanctions that have been imposed against russia. african states only just beginning the recovery following the pandemic or among the most vulnerable coven, 19 savagely damaged their economies. pushing millions into extreme poverty, anti russian sanctions have then led to disruptions in supply chains with food and fuel prices rise, sions are highly dependent on russian on ukrainian imports. as those 2 countries produced nearly a 3rd of global wheat and barley on 2 thirds of the world's exports of some flower

oil. the direct and indirect impacts of the and difficult energy transitions and a potential geopolitical realignment. while the negative impact of anti russian sanctions was reiterated by the south african leader during a meeting with the german chancellor, olaf schultz is on a visit to africa to try and gain support for ukraine, despite many countries that are maintaining close ties to russia. notably, south african russian ties go back to so many times when the u. s. s. are supported, the anti apartheid struggle in the country. so thought forget, has refused to condemn russia's offensive in ukraine. the countries president met with these german counterpart to discuss diversification of energy imports on climate change issues. south african investigative journalists, madiba madiba, believes western sanctions will only lead to a protected global crisis. business sanction stuart issue has never being adjusted, never being about cheese, you know,

they've always been cause more stability. they've always been. it's cause more harm because you've been a terran crisis. i always seen such sessions, only directed russia, is that there is other was than just looking at the funds of killing new resignation across the world was then pendula tried to impose us to follow the our one sided approach with the glass. what's happening and you create with like the facts and evidence you with regards to this issue, you know, and the reason why the germans on citizens are that is because they want to talk whole. you know, they are going to try. so i could use our prism to supply them with go because of realize that russia is going to take it back and there weren't, you know, an energy crisis. you know? so this is just there to, to push their own agenda to push their one sided approach because what's happening to the entry try force so that you can give me russia, you know, and i think our prison should be bullied with regards to such, you know, the law within countries in the waste, with this entry, rush and send some of the law is going to be for the rest of the country. i mean

for the rest of the war to recover just to expand all multi bit points there. another aspect of america's presence on the continent is africa command known as african that's in many countries. those command centers, the u. s. has also recently approved drone strikes in somalia, alongside a trip deployment in the country with a breakdown of washington's increased attention towards africa. here's ortiz, policy, or somalia. one of the poorest countries in sub saharan africa has become the latest focus of american military expansion on the continent. washington state by closing, if you could come on, come, it will protect africans. we're aligning our global counter terrorism efforts with way the threat to americans is most acute i'll ship all in somalia. simply has to be among our highest priorities on that school, but america's military mission. so it says it's not so military off to vote. this is a repositioning of forces that are already in the area to continue and advise and assist

and training mission. with the purpose of enabling a more effective fight against al shabat to come was established in 2007 and from the start was not really welcomed on the continent. we've got a big image problem down there. public opinion is really against getting into bed with the u. s. a. u. s. i think i still don't like americans presence was so ballooning job on to the americans are back because they see an advantage to take over the remaining resources and continue to enrich themselves. we have little to no chance of getting help to stop them from taking our resources. they are opposing as if they are helping us. but they have their own agenda and the benefits they get in return. they are benefiting from what that all find them, intimidate our sources and what we have and what we've done for it's so hard to gain in their tied to, to get as their own. and below to get away from us was we worked really hard to be

where we are good. i mean with the login it all and the your presence is not helping us. as you can see, many people are suffering in prices for everything are increasing. we are still facing a high unemployment rate for me, their presence is not helping. they might come to africa helping and i don't see any difference or changes, but still the st facing a lot of difficulties. but it's not surprising that africans, on jumping up and down civilian casualties from american air strikes have steadily climbed as have violations of international law. amnesty international says american operations in the african nation of somalia have killed civilians despite africans. tonight's 1st regular public report acknowledging the united states, africa more than a decade of deadly military operations that until now have been shrouded in secrecy . and then there's the lack of assistance for west africa and the sell. so the united states is not leading there by any means,

but we're trying to support our partners, our contributions are pretty small, some training, some equipping, helping with some logistics, helping with some intelligence. and some i us are. that's what we're doing there to help our partners. the u. s. is not in the lead in west africa. what small america has, despite all of our best efforts, this terrorism continues to spread. the spread of terrorism has continued relatively unabated, not to forget the history of american military presence elsewhere in the world. like in the middle east, for example, where anti american sentiment runs high. and u. s. operations had devastated comes in that africa isn't beating its drums at the late poland house accuse germany of breaking promises on replacing tanks, war source, and to ukraine. that comes amid mounting tensions between the u states as they attempt to balance respondent charlotte gibbons, gay picks up the story. once again, we're seeing massive criticism from poland, against germany, and against city policies. this time, as you mentioned,

this is to do with a broken promise. that's all over tanks. this is because i'd send brand new tanks towards poland. a for poland sent it's soviet era tanks to ukrainian forces. poland says it's done that, but it's still waiting on those tank deliveries and oppose filled this promise. and frank government says it's done. in subsequent negotiations, poland made a specific request to supply modern tanks of the leopard to a 7 type. the problem is that the german army itself has a small number of these tanks about 50 units and the rest must be delivered later. they are not ready but must still be put we had on tuesday evening. this declaration by victor opening hungry of a state of emergency in his country. he said that's as a result of the war in ukraine, but also the crippling economic impact that that's having not just in hungry but

essentially across the european union at the moment. a hungry we know has been a major obstacle for the set of sanctions. this is a set of sanctions that would see oil and in for the next year or so. and hungry has been really clear that that would have a big pro, would be like that the roping, a nuclear bomb on the hungarian economy loc. brussels have led to massive economic upheaval and drastic price increases. the world is on the brink of an economic crisis. hungary must stay out of this war and protect the financial security of families. this requires room for maneuver and the ability to act immediately. the government is exercising its right under the constitution to declare war time, state of emergency from midnight tonight. if this will allow the government to respond immediately and protect hunger, rosabelle yoga is also question about the timing of this announcement by victor over. not only is it just a few days before there's another east summit,

but it also came just a few. a crane announced that polish citizens in ukraine would get reciprocal rights mirroring. the rights that at poland has just given ukrainian citizens. now, there are quite a number of hungarian citizens in ukraine and it could be that victor albany is perhaps angling for that kind of deal to now hungry as well as italy and cyprus. of all. also, apparently, behind the scenes been urging the e u to explicitly call for sci fi in regards to that war in ukraine, they want russia and ukraine to put down their arms and to start really negotiating peace. this puts them at odds with other e. u. member states, particularly poland, but also the baltic members as well, who have been pushing the you to look at more military assistance for ukraine. and also they want harshest sanctions against russia, not just an outright ban on oil,

but also an outright ban on gas to. now we've also heard from the commission president to is pretty hawkish. she's been talking at deb or saying what she wants to see is that there is a clear outright win for ukraine. and of course all of this could come to a head in the next few days as you lead as meet at that summit. another summit where we will see crane being the main discussion on the table. okay, something else to tell you by today, turkeys president has pledged the cut all ties with his great counterpart using the country's prime minister of deliberately antagonizing entre in an address to u. s. congress last week, tennessee, they go to stick in our meeting with the greek prime minister. we had agreed not to include 3rd countries in our disputes. despite this last week, he had a visit to the u. s. in warned couplings. this year we were supposed to have a strategic council meeting, but from now on there is no one called nick will never accept meeting him because

we only walk on the seat. their promises. who have character and who are honorable, will you please also note the last thing, the last thing that made to meet at a time one, our focus is on helping you. quain defeat russia's. aggression is another source of instability on nato's south eastern flank. an account when you make defense procurement decisions concerning the east submitted to well, the to nato members have been at loggerheads for decades over more time and energy issues. the divided to island of cyprus and most recently migration. reggie tie berto on also expressed concern about nato bass is being built in greece, turkey taking a stance against sweden and finland, 2 currently opposing there and nato membership beds. it accuses stockholm and helsinki of harbouring members of the kurdistan workers,

party which anchorage considers a terrorist organization. it also wants the countries to lift sanctions imposed over turkeys. kurdish militias in syria. mm. let's go live now to brussel down pierre: a money while toma at geopolitical expert on president of the euro continent news analysis. i welcome to you. following president are to one's words? are we looking at renewed tension between turkey and greece? yes. oh, well, this is a very you order or rivalry between greece and turkey and herb because of a, are you korean crises, or we, your, we neglect keeps vis surgical rivalry, but the mo, the country we going on, the more or, you know, order conflicts in europe on eurasia will come up and are

fragmentation of the u as in continent. it will be your visible or a more and more. because a after i 1st phase of you see, come on positions in nato under or so you can union or national interest or willow be seen us difference between or you, but also between nature member state and especially between greece and under on turkey . the very, very old historic antagonism under reese will be or more and more or acute because the united states on one side you was chalky, as they are from state to, to contain russia in the south by told, surely done, trust, aver, or turkey, which is to

a balancing between united states on russia and the united states is opening new military bases in greece or to, to make greece there are made early in eastern mediterranean and content turkey as well. so this is why a very be more mo, arrive, are we between greece and turkey? yeah, that's very interesting. we heard as well in congress that round of applause earlier peer emanuel and for the i, the greek official speaking of bites at what was happening with turkey in the mediterranean. with that in mind that see the pivot really more towards greece. what possible at ramifications could the turkish president's words have on his config nato membership? well, actually herb, united states doesn't want talk he to get out of nato because, or is an important country to her from the united states point of view, a content,

russia. but at the same time, a turkish taking more more, a national position, defending its own interest in v airy r baron senior between different powers and the v. r. rising tensions between earn turkey and united states, but not to the point to, for example, expended a turkey from nato. a certain leave is a des, either fact or within nato, and the mo, the crises sweeter be going on in ukraine. the more actually are russia will gain positions on the ground on the, on sanctions. we do nothing or to stop a russia of the more or different position we will emerge within nato member states on turkey. we try again to maximize its own position as

a balance between nor russia and united states, yet the backdrop to that as well. of course as turkey blocking sweden and finland from joining nate. so as all new applications need to be agreed upon unanimously, is that going to lead to, to more instability within the alliance? then, of course, or because her, as i said, are turkey's more more, using a is position to with in a nate to, to impose its own national interest and says they consider about children. and sweden wrote support for terrorist to well of kurdish organizations to once independence are they? they went to a, you was earth this to nato enlargement possibility to were or to push if you could finland, unsweetened to abandon. they are the opposition towards the charts. and this is

gonna create, of course, a, a, b crises driven nato because we done c o, a finance sweden connor can really earn do what turkey demands and at the same time and nobody wants turkey. 7 out of nato, so do they not so because we're hearing more and more from media outlets. seeing just that that removing turkey would take, i'd such an obstacle is the is that move? not likely. i don't think so. be closer or united states doesn't want or, or will be our tensions. we done one turkey to be out because of a turkey on russia. we'll be moving to crows afterwards. so from my point of view, i think the caesar oh, very difficult to to do. and are, are, talkie itself is playing a double game of a, your, oh, they want to balance and also to be a, to,

to push on negotiations between, or russia and ukraine or so between russia now did states and her to be in between and, and as i said that they've done one to leave it nato aver. so i don't think for my part of you, it say it's a possibility about ter each wheeler of frag, amman natal from living. right. what's your overall take on where nato stands right now? it's, it's position on the world stage. has it changed significantly? is it losing its significance particular as you've been going through the growing rift and between its own members, states, or staying pot and getting stronger? where we are to position so we can interpret it in from different hungers. the at the 1st a phase of a conflict in ukraine earlier because there was a, a common positions or 2 to support ukraine or minex per se,

but or need to is reinforcing itself. but from my point of view it, sir, and not really because of because you're actually a nate to maybe is a room increasing is defense, defensive position, but cannot play any more. and no offensive her position. it was a 2 or 4 united states to export american interest to were firm to continue enlargement of nato to and psych, a russia and because of a crisis in ukraine you quinn will not be able in the long term to ensure nato. and then each means this is a, or a defeat for nato. each means serve a need, talk cannot expand and is not able to be a expansion is to order of united states except for financial sweden, maybe. but finance sweden doesn't belong to the ne,

i brought her from russia. point of view orval it's appropriate from russia is not as a big problem as ukraine or georgia all former or soviet member states. so even.