ah, a ah least 3 people are being killed in the shelling of residential areas, including several schools in the city of dawn. yes. that's according to local officials who accused ukrainian military of deliberately targeting civilians with weapons supplied by the you with an explosion the left to aid workers injured in the ukrainian city of military people. currently on the russian control was an act of terrorism stays the local administration, and r t correspondent, witness the incident. i am now at the moment total hotel in the center of the city where an explosion took place just 15 minutes ago. that left windows broken on all 5 floors, such things have never happened before in relatable and

a 2nd explosion is still possible. a, remember your country say the block will not be able to negotiate a band on russian oil imports. as a high profile, european council meeting goes into full swing in brussels. ah, a very welcome beth is arthur international with the latest headlines. it's good to have you with us. now russia, it says turkey is prepared to help mediate a peaceful solution to the conflict in ukraine, but only if moscow care of, and the united nations except that role for anchor up turkeys, president voice the proposal during a call with vladimir putin on monday, the russian president said that mosca was ready to facilitate a c corridor that will allow for grain exports from ukraine and confirmed that russia is prepared to expose significant volumes of fertilizers,

the agricultural products. as soon as western sanctions are lifted, the turkish president stressed it's important to establish peace in ukraine as soon as possible and to eliminate the negative consequences of the conflict. tongue as officials say, at least 3 people have been killed and 21. others wounded, including children, and the selling of the capital city of the dog bass republic. ukrainian forces have been accused of intentionally targeting civilian areas, including several schools. the shelling has left 3 educational sides, damaged local authorities, say 2 people were killed and 12 others wounded inside school. number $22.00, the director of the facility say several teachers were injured in that attack. and here's some of the latest footage from another don't. yes, school over less damage by shutting. there's no word on casualties so far. the math

don't. yes, says the ukrainian bombing was carried out with the use of heavy weapons supplied to kiev by the u. s. ukraine has not yet commented on the allegations of correspondent, among causeway reports from outside of the shelf school. i am standing right now right next to the school number 20. soon as you can see, it's almost completely destroy them. this is where one of the alleged of ukrainian rockets had landed. so unfortunately they were, there were no people nearby here. but we are getting a difference reports about the number off i casualties i here and, and ask it's anywhere from 3 to 5. and i think that's because a couple of people are yet to be identified. the truly horrific season. anesco this monday morning. one of the people who is yet to be identified had been decapitated by the us. troy, kansas people are trying to id her at the moment. local authorities now several

districts here in dennis came under fire on monday morning and indeed a couple of schools service one and another school in the same area had been damaged as well. local officials are saying that said the crating inside. i used 155 millimeter millimeter artillery against a civilian, so i here and as the result at least 20 people had been a wounded. and though there are children among among those people as well. now, one of the principals of one of the schools, or talked to us a little bit earlier in the day and she said there could have been a lot more victims, less of a listen. these are going to deliver water here and accept human tearing 8th nearby, but they was on cancelled early this morning. at 9 30 am around 50 people were supposed to gather here adults and high school students. at the time of the

explosion i was inside, we were having online classes. now there could have been a lot more victim is just like this principal said plus may the 30th or this monday is the day of this state exam. so a lot of fun children had at centered their schools, and fortunately, those schools that had not been hit. so thankfully there is the children are now on the distance learning. so many of the schools had indeed been empty, but teachers and technical staff were all there. elsewhere, any ukrainian 50 military pull currently under russian control, has also been rock spine explosion and acts. the local administration has called terrorism to humanitarian aid. workers were injured in the blast early this morning when they called dr of an explosive device and anti correspondent was at the scene . go see the movie. but i am now at the miller toggle hotel in the center of the

city where an explosion took place just 15 minutes ago. that left windows broken on all 5 floors. this behind me is the building. this is the restaurant and the car was parked behind it when the explosion occurred. the sound was so loud that afterwards i felt like i had lost my hearing. the police have now called dawns of the area to find out what happened. such things have never happened before in mila topo and a 2nd explosion is still possible, so it is not safe to go to the car. now, there is also a chance of people getting heard by glass from the broken windows. the bomb has been placed in a mile hall and exploded when the car with the 2 victims inside drove over it. the subsequent blash shook the windows and walls of nearby buildings and black smoke could be seen rising from the city. investigation into the explosion is ongoing. russian troops that took control of the city at the end of february. and his, the latest on advance is on the ground over the we can fighting has been intense in and around at 7 wrote on. yes, one of the last ukrainian controlled cities and elegance were public. and so the

south rushes of his forces and allies have expanded their presence around the city of federal dusk and the republic had done yeske. a correspondent egleston of reports from a recently seized fully ukrainian artillery position, that this is one of the main artillery positions of the la guns people's republic militia, just outside the town of smitley. darcy, as we were heading this way, we completely missed it because even from a short distance, this looks just like shrub, but when we were pointed at them and actually showed that this is big guns with, well, lots of pamela. mm hm.

good question. you still so none of our reservists panic and they completed their mission with valor. those are not just empty words. are part of the frontline has been stretched out and we keep moving from one place to another, but nobody is complaining. everyone is enduring the hardships with honor since the ukrainians flood, the don boss, army could say good bye to the former long held positions and moved their houses further and witnessed the results of their efforts 1st hand. this was one of the most heavily contested strongholds of the ukrainian forces. here before they fled that way, beyond the town of sped la darcy, when the militia made the decisive push to take this place. hundreds of bombs hail down on this bastion

yesterday. good. she missing, i was shooting at this position for 7 years and to be here now and look at all of this. it's a special feeling. so it's hard. i remember those who have fallen while taking this hill as well as those who were killed before we brought ago. we suffered a lot from this ukranian position. you can see it has a great vantage points so they could see us from here. here they fought. here, their brothers in arms fell. finally, they can see that no loss was in vain. oh, my gosh donna reporting from baton bass r t a unanimous hungry and estonia say the block is failing to negotiate a band on oil and pool is from russian. european lead is a fitting down in brothels to try and agree on a nice sanctions package. is the hungarian prime minister ahead of the meeting? that is looking for my love this woman. oh that remember all energy, it's

a risky serious. so therefore we have to change your approach for solutions and such a little too. well. optimism is something that seems to be in abundance, with some leaders and not with others. as we go into this summit, they're a hugely mixed messages about who or what will be done as a result of this. we know the ursula vandalay and the commission president went into the meeting saying that she was cautiously optimistic that they would be agreement on this 6 sanctions package. i in not in the next 48 hours during the summit, but in the days after that. and as you heard there from victor openly to have hungry, he says oil will not be something that he can agree to. the question is, will that you have to completely change the sanctions package? will have to take out oil if it's to get agreement in the next few days. that is, something clearly doesn't want to do the, the, all subjects of the russian oil embargo, it's been a topic of debate for some time, has in it. why is it you still yet to come to any agreement there?

well, it's difficult to oversee to get $27.00 members nations to come together to agree on anything. but there was this sense when earth lavonne de leon almost 30 days ago, stood in front of the european parliament and said, look, we're going to ban these in ports of russian oil. there was this optimism that they would be able to pass this pat sanctions package again very quickly as they had pretty much with the other ones. however, what we've seen since then is the e leaders are unhappy about certain elements of it and, and can't agree on that out. we know that oil is the big issue for certainly central european countries. but even as far back as last week, we're hearing from the german economy minister saying, look, we're gonna get this package given the green like it's going to happen. and now we're hearing a very different tune from that minister after roches attack on ukraine. we saw what can happen when europe stands you lighted. let's hope it continues like this for the summit, but it has already started to crumble. now the spanish foreign minister has been

pretty clear about what the use goals are. each time it looks to push through a set of packages at one he says, look, this has to hurt the war machine, the financing of the war in ukraine. so this is directly to hurt at putin here in russia. and the 2nd thing is to ensure that sanction packages don't destabilize the you any more. and there is a question. now when we're seeing these huge raises inflation, increasing food prices, whether in fact the sanctions are doing what they set out to do. i suppose it, what are the biggest bones of contention here is that not all of these countries in the block or in the same situation, are they some of them are more dependent on russian oil than others. so surely it's easier to call for a complete bad if you're one of the countries. it only relies on a little bit of russian oil. absolutely, and this is really one of the issues with her time and time. again, it's hungry that is saying no hungry say no, we heard from victor oven previously about a month ago. same idea of banding in ports of russian oil would be like exploding

a nuclear bomb on his country economy. and it's something he is not prepared to do . but what we have heard in the past few weeks is that you is sort of been thinking about diluting this package, making concessions towards hungry and those concessions include may be allowing oil to continue flowing through into central european countries, which is something that the check republicans slovakia of also said that they would be appreciative of them. we've who opened this huge can of worms because other countries have said, well, if you allow that, then we're going to have to shoulder even more of the burden in future if these concessions are given. and that has been something that countries are unhappy about . this is partly some of the reason why we're in this situation now and that you cannot approve this sanctions package as it is at the moment. we've also seen the e. u has been trying to reach out to non member state such as serbia to say, look, come along with us for this ride when it comes to sanctions against russia. and they had hoped that they might be able to do that. however, we've heard today from the serbian president that actually his country's da signed

a long term contract for russian gas. what i can tell you is that we have agreed on the main elements that are very favorable for serbia. we will sign a 3 year contract and not a one month contract as someone dissipated that sees the surgeon side very well for them. there's a gas, of course, is another big issue. it's what the e was said, all along a wants to pan or a ports of russian fossil fuels. obviously it's managed to do that with coal. it struggling with oil and gas is next possibly on the chopping block. but as we have seen each time the e wants to move its sanction packages to be harder to push the russian economy further down the line. what we're actually seeing is the repercussions of their sanctions are having a much wider impact on european countries. and european politicians are looking at head to their own elections and saying, is it good for us to be in a situation where inflation is so high record highs? in many countries, food prices going up,

we need to perhaps appease our own people and not could see sanctions, not being given green lights in the future. i'm joined now by dr. george samuel e. a senior research fellow or the global policy institute of london. many thanks for joining us on the program. so it says that talks is about done that when we one more day to go, how optimistic are you about the meeting? well, i don't think there's going to be any kind of agreement. i think they're just going to kick it down the road. i mean, for some of the reasons that your correspondence pointed out, hungary has pretty much said, no, we're all going to go along with anything. and the latest iterations of the plan is that a. busy sanction the russian oil that comes by tankers but will leave the. 2 busy oil that comes by a pipelines and while the czech republic and a told that, well,

we will give you 2024 to cut yourself off completely from russian all a carte blanche. i mean there's no deadline. $1100.00 for just go on a. 2 oil, you know, for as long as it was of course, it's a racial issues among other europeans. i mean, if you know, these countries get a free pass, you know, why should we have to stop? so i don't think there's any real prospect of a kind of agreement coming anytime soon. you expect to be blocked, to reach any compromise during this today event? no, i, i don't. i mean, i think that there will be some, they talk about some plan along these lines. but then, you know, if, if you're under age and then the check probably goes to like, you get this past that. i think in many other countries i'm going to say, well,

this isn't bad, we're already suffering a as a result of the sanctions. why should we have to carry all of the heavy burden? and one of us can just simply walk away when it comes to russian energy. germany earlier stated that the process of phasing out russian energy would be gradual. not instantaneous. does that sound like a pragmatic approach to you? well, it's realistic, but it's not going to happen. i mean, you know, these european leaders have been convincing themselves of absolute long years and years that we're going to go to 0 carbon initially emissions by 2030 and early, absolutely unrealistic ludicrous plans. and so they got used to just saying this kind of knocks and so they are still a honda alliance. that was just a bit of a russian oil influence by the end of the year. it was just childish and it was

a ludicrous ridiculous plan. and it's, you know, and i think now they are realizing that, so there's not going to be 0 carbon emissions by 2030, but that they can't do without russian oil. it was lost in all of this. a body is what is the central issue here, which is one of the sanctions supposed to achieve last the bus to hurt roger, but it's clear and also a wonder lion admitted as much in the interview for the weekend with n b c. he says that, well actually, if we don't import load from rock rush, we'll be doing very well because they don't sell elsewhere. so actually we need to import oil as a way to punish russia. so, you know, the actual underlying policy, which is, well,

let's hope russia is clearly failing the only people who are being heard of the unfortunate europeans lesson gas is also going to be up for discussion during this meeting with prices skyrocketing this winter. do you think europe will be ready for next winter? no, i don't know because they're going to have to stop by filling up their tanks. now. it doesn't look like we're doing so, and there's just no way they can go with our natural gas. i mean the job on the set, so as much, i mean, any, was your own shows. we'll be talking and talking about going to getting a cell phone. but the, all of the big industries on germany, i've gone to shoals and said, you know, you can guess and with dom german economy goes back to where it was in 1945.

you know, this is just not that there's no way in the world that germany can operate as the economic powerhouse of europe and couple of it. so yeah, because they're on the gas appliance, you got to simply say, well, we got to russia will go to cut because it's already, well, you know, have you spare? no natural gas to power the german economy and joe and germany. so, you know, it doesn't have to be the facilities to, to take liquefied natural gas. so it's a, it's just all been in this fantasy. well, the european leaders of the living in a level of crease a, some of the realities you're getting them in the face to judge somebody as a research fellow at the global policy institute of london. many thanks your time. me appreciate it. thank you. ah. and i'll stay in politician has blasted,

suspected ukrainian draft dodgers off the 2 tanks to drive it will be turned up in a sense of vienna by a group of men traveling in cars with ukrainian license place to make net the head all the vienna office of the freedom party slammed the suspected perpetrates on twitter. instead of fighting for their country, ukrainian men are beaten up taxi drivers in front of luxury hotels in vienna get out of our country. according to the license plates, the vehicles were registered in ukraine's and denette for 12 region report say that one of the taxi drivers may have passed out during the violence as he wasn't moving when the attack is dragged him to the side of the road. austria police are conducting an investigation where the instant is not the 1st time the behavior of ukrainians abroad has come under scrutiny. early this month, the warsaw resident died off to a fight with ukrainians and in prague some stores and now refusing to accept you training and customers often increase in facts in recent months. earlier for you or pm parliament member godfrey bloom,

claim that such problems can be caused by open to immigration to welfare societies or conversations between locals and refugees are getting worse in the west for a number of reasons. first of all, we have been swamped by a number of bogus refugees who are economic immigrants. so welfare benefits and freebies and free handouts. government handouts are extremely generous, and of course in the welfare society, immigrants coming in means there's less of the cakes to go around for locals and being specific problems. for example, in sweden, with an almost open door immigration policy that have been sorry to say, very serious crime problems involved with that there is only a certain amount of hospitality that you can give to refugees. you know, it's limited resources are finite. i'm, when governments throw the doors open,

you get you get problems with the locals and when people are realizing the cost of this in all sorts of different ways, i think the resentment will grow. not necessarily against you credit refugees, but their own government maneuver them into this crazy position. well as the us and its allies putting more money into ukraine, kia says it has already received more than $5.00 and a half $1000000000.00 in foreign aids. early this month, job and approve the release of another $40000000000.00 of us taxpayers money for ukraine. that package includes both military and humanitarian assistance when. meanwhile, the e. u is also ramping up and support the key f with 500000000 more euros in 8 on the way or sentence form and busted to moscow is among the vocal supporters of sending weapons to key. if some of us want to increase arms to ukraine as a means to hasten a diplomatic solution, not arming ukraine prolongs the war. however, questions are being raised about the accountability of all that western funding.

the ukraine washington and brussels have so far failed to explain how exactly they going to follow the money when they, while the washington post has released an article about the foreign volunteer who's recently returned from ukraine, who says he's military unit was provided with american weapons. that didn't even work dakota cohort. the foreign volunteers was attached to ukrainian military units and brought by yellow school bus to keith from which they were sent north west into an am battled town outside the capital. it was early march, they were issued, entertained weapons, and devil in this house, but no batteries for the loss unit or non functional or not the flow of american weapons. the ukraine has already raked in some half the profits for the u. s. military industrial complex. with a net worth of raphael technologies wise, by almost $15000000000.00 since the start of the year, while located, martin has sold by more than $25000000000.00 during the same period. we got reaction from independent investigative journalists, vanessa bailey, who questions were the best quality weapons provided by the wes,

will end up. the capability of the ukrainian forces is not that which they would like you to need. these mercenaries are claiming that they weapons they were given, were faulty. we're not working, then you have to ask where the better quality weapons have ended up. they ended up in the hands of only or the, the as of, and also nationalists brigades. or have they effectively gone through ukraine into other countries in the hands of the u. s. proxies. number of people in the west are starting to question an investment into a war that really they call when there is no way the us or do you guy, or any country, any nice member can give assurances. but these are huge. financial packages are going to be followed through that full

accountability is going to be provided to the public for those countries that are effectively providing this money. pakistan's prime minister claims, he is ready to sell the quote clothes off his back to help. so one of the was taken on the crises in the country's history about sharif, told a chief minister that if he doesn't bring down the price of wheat flour and just 24 hours, he'll put his outfits up for sale to satisfy the needs of his people i repeat my word, i will sell my clothes and give people the cheapest wheat flour. i solemnly declare to you that i would give my life to put this country on the past to prosperity and development. violent protests walks pakistan last week after the government increased fuel prices and must be reported as a bid to unlock ins, funding some protest su, clash with police. many of them subsequently arrested was supporters of al, still prime minister in run con. he's now called the early elections,

also blaming us intervention in the countries internal affairs for the crisis. and that's a claim washington denies. so he desired to ortho and dean at the institute of business management in pakistan sees things differently. i think the prime minister link to the galleries are, he's trying to show that he feels very strongly about to be boots ready for it. and that, you know, he's the one who has in please the prices of her choice. and now he's trying to give the people that he's ready ready, concerned about their rhetoric, and he's prepared to part with his personal belongings. just to make that a good, i can get a lot of nonsense. i don't see why. i miss insist on increasing the prices which have that you're going to work. in fact, under the i'm with the i'm it was interesting that he has to increase the rate of the fit good. then i don't think lead necessarily have to go through the i'm, if, because you see that are much better. i don't have to have the reader blue that

there is a knock of interference by the way, and you get to leave vendors, the government of pakistan, the point of i ministers and or we'll finance minister, especially the economic of you know, it can all make managers i've heard the chief of, i'm you stop and all of the walking dead bank of governance game banker focused on their own, appointed from washington. i think that we need a break and we need to bring in people who are very honest and whoever defeats the optic and who would like to develop a relationship with the configuration and with the people's republic of china, armenian opposition. supporters of clenched with police during protests, against the government's handling of a dispute with as a by john. so offices were injured in the country's capital to get a van on monday. and more than $100.00 protest is detained. the classes broke out

off, the demonstrated attempted to break through police cordons and to enter the government building opposition. parties have been staging valleys for weeks demanding the resignation of the country's prime minister, accusing him of mishandling negotiations over the disputed region of mc. go and i carry back in the past 35 years on media and as a by john have fought to was over the region. the last ending with a russian broke had ceased by agreements. many thanks for keeping his company here in asi, international as always plenty more to be found on our website. auto dot com ah . the sanctions package bombs, russian flag vessels from entering you port belgium, gary sweeney. romania. it would be close to russian ships here

for with now, this talk of we routing oil and gas exports to asia and stuff, but with the additional new booster, the eastern part of the northern sea route has never been around a year with what i see standard but of course that, ah, with .