the news the news after tough internal opposition that you announces a tentative deal for a 6 the round of sanctions against russia, including a partial embargo on oil imports. nato no longer plans to observe restrictions on stationing forces in eastern europe going against what has long been a red line for moscow. ukrainian military is notorious as battalion attempts to whitewash its image by getting rid of nazi symbols on its uniforms. but recent photos show some of those emblems are still being war. the

testing lab direct from our studios and moscow. this is our international. i'm john thomas. certainly glad to have you with us. now we start with the latest developments in the war in ukraine, in the city of don. yes, it's 5 people including 2 children, have been reported, killed by intense, showing by ukrainian forces, said to be from their side. local authorities have also said 3 schools in the city, the capital of the done yet sc republic were targeted in attacks by ukraine's military cities mer has said, the ukrainian bombardment was carried out with us heavy weaponry supplied to keep the local officials say that it has been the worst showing of done yet in 8 years since 2014, when the conflict initially broke out elsewhere in southeastern ukraine. the city of militia ball currently under russian control, has been rocked by an explosion that local authorities are considering a terrorist attack by ukrainian fighters to humanitarian volunteers were wounded in that blast in the city center while they were attempting to deliver aid to

residence. ukraine situation was a focus of a recent telephone conversation between russia as president putin and his turkish counterpart, or the one on cra, has said that it's ready to mediate for a peaceful solution to the conflict, to stamp out possible further repercussions for the region at large lou and after prolonged hesitations and internal opposition that you has announced a tentative agreement for a 6th round of sanctions against russia. it is to include an embargo on russian oil imports except for those supplies, entering the block through pipeline. that was a compromise for each state, hungary, which staunchly opposed an outright ban through september exception for an oil or that comes through pipeline to count. so should now be able to finalize a ban on almost 90 percent of all russian oil inputs by the end of the year. this is an important step forward. the remaining 10 percent on these one. we will soon

return to the issue of these remaining 10 percent pipeline oil. now we have basically the political agreement, how to phase out oil in a clear time frame. joining me in the studio live for more on this is, are very on charlotte davinsky charlotte. this is only a tentative agreement from what i've been told. what means to be ironed out for it to move forward. what are we looking forward to? right, that's exactly what they say. this is a political agreement, which means the leaders sat down late last night and said, hey, we're going to do this. what they now have to do is to thrash up the more difficult parts of this, which include the legal and the technical details as to whether they still can go ahead. and the reality is there is much that could still come on stuck in the next few days or even next few weeks. so you're not talking just before the broadcast about how weird it is to kind of decipher all of these sanctions. how hard was it

for the you to come up with a sanction package? basically, what speed wrangling with this for around 30 days, it was almost 30 days ago. the live on the land went to front of the european parliament and said, hey, we're going to ban this in the next few days. that didn't happen. first of all, we had a number of countries who are uncomfortable with the idea out right back on russian oil. that sort of thing. whittle down to hungry being single guy was just the country that was saying, no, we won't do. they said when we heard victor open saying previously that this would be like dropping a nuclear bomb on his country's economy. and that was something he was not prepared to do. what we do understand what's been agreed is that hungry essentially feels it's going to be exempt from this span. as you mentioned that the pipeline that comes into central europe will continue to supply oil from russia. we also in the czech republic will be able to facilitate those all deliveries for further 18 months. so it's not lease out right band that you wanted at the beginning. but the

ponds have been beset by so many issues. in fact, lavonne delay and just about a week ago said the cutting russian oil imports immediately could actually benefit russia if we would completely cut immediately. as of today, off the oil, he might be able to take the oil that he does not sell to the european union to the world's market, where the prices will increase and sell it for more. what russia says she's on the money there. yes, it will find customers elsewhere, it will be able to sell oil. now, in terms of the package of sanctions that we understand that they have had this political agreement on, this will include a 90 percent reduction in the imports of russian oil. we're going to see, feel, the more banks being the swift, essentially not being able to make these international payments. we've already had a reaction from one major russian bank who says they were pretty much expecting

this and they're ready for it. as it is. we'll see more individuals being sanctioned, labeled as war criminals. and there is going to be further restrictions on russian broadcasters, which we are rushing broadcasters to figure out. ok, nothing happens in a vacuum. we've been expecting tit for tat. it happens all the time. so what response can we expect from russia in view of the latest round of sanctions? well, i think brush has been pretty clear say, fault that a disease. the sanctions is something that is illegal. it said the functions the work. and in fact, we heard from precedent preaching previous the saying that, you know, this is akin to a declaration of war from the west. and we've heard from the russian foreign minister said a lot of that essentially these functions must have been pre planned in advance for many of them to being given the greenlight. so quickly, some of these hysterical i would even say agonizing sanctions were initiated by the

west, their scale and the speed of which they've been implemented shows these measures were not thought up overnight. they were long prepared and are not likely to be removed. the u. s. has revealed to its allies in quiet that the sanctions will remain even after the conflict ends. so this is not about ukraine. that country is being used as a tool of the west. this is about containing rushes development. because russia does not let the west rule a unipolar world as dictated by the us, with the obedience of europe. i don't know what europe could gain in the situation in terms of geo politics. every political analyst is saying that because of the situation, europe is losing out on future perspectives. and each of those will be interesting now is how russia responds in the next few weeks to this new sanctions package. because we heard from la putin speaking to chelsea, schultz and present macro and a few days ago saying look, if you ease up on the sanctions, we will open the black sea ports to allow exports of grain. that, of course,

may now be unlikely to happen. so if we look at the bigger picture, we're talking about supply chain problems. we have countries that are facing humanitarian issues and food problems as well. so is there a possibility that the sand can sanction package could actually harm people in the you or even countries that have nothing to do with the conflict? and you can absolutely, we've already seen those repercussions planning. as of course, the you, we've seen higher inflation record breaking in some countries, food prices increasing to we were hearing further than the you in the u. k. that millions of homes could see themselves without power. this wind to because some of the repercussions and the issues as a result of those sanctions. but in the short term, what we have seen is, as the leaders made that political declaration, the price of oil already jumped approved. crude oil, the brand price went up to almost a $123.00 a barrel. so we already seeing the repercussions of that. and this is going to

perhaps exacerbate concerns in a market that is already at the moment, very tight and very wind up. i'd like to show davinsky very glad to have you in the studio with us to wrap our minds around this. we know that as the story develops, you will be staying across the forest. appreciate you are now independent political analyst. allison bruno believes that the sanctions will actually bite back against the you. the solution that they tentatively reached just a few hours ago, that is to block c lane. shipment is also going to affect a number of e u. countries who have interest in shipping that oil definitely fractures at various points. and i don't. and them, which contrib, combined with the physical need for pipeline oil. to

create a situation of a tense situation within the you itself. in other words, these sanctions that the use is conjuring up are only going to hurt you in the end. this is truly shooting on the wrong feet. for lack of a better metaphor, e leaders have also agreed to provide billions more euros in aid to ukraine. we are working on a mechanism to have an extraordinary macro financial assistance package of 9000000000, which we will work on now in the next week. how to put it in place. the massive funding has raised oversight concerns as washington and brussels have failed to say how they are going to track the money that they are sending. the u. s. recently approved one of its biggest foreign aid expenditures in recent history to send $40000000000.00 of military and humanitarian assistance to give that would bring

the total u. s. spending on ukraine to 53000000000 since the start of the war 3 months ago. the you for it's part, has already sent $1500000000.00 euros of military supplies, and recently allocated another $500000000.00 euros for additional provisions. meanwhile, the washington post has published an article about a foreign volunteer who recently returned from ukraine, saying his military unit was provided with american weapons that didn't actually work. dakota cohort for volunteers was attached to ukrainian military units and brought by yellow school bus to keith from which they were sent north west into number or town outside the capital. it was early march, they were issued, entertained weapons, and devil in this house, but no batteries for the launch unit. non functional or not, the flow of the american weapons to ukraine has already raked in some hefty profits for the u. s. military industrial complex. with the net worth of ratio and technology is rising by almost $15000000000.00 since at the start of the war,

while lockheed martin has stored by more than $25000000000.00 during the same period. but the other day, the use police force issued a stern warning that weapons the block has been supplied to kill, may end up in the hands of criminals and lead to further instability. in europe. we got reaction from independent investigative journalist, vanessa bailey, who questioned where the better quality weapons provided by the west will eventually end up. the capability of ukrainian portal is not that which they would like to me. these mercenaries are claiming that the weapons they were given were faulty. we're not working, then you have to wear the best quality weapons of ended up. i ended up in my hands, the only are the ultra nationalists brigades for how they effectively gone through ukraine into other countries. in the u. s. policy

number of people in the world are starting to question an investment into a war that really they call it when there is no way to us, or do you guy, or any country, any 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. the russian senior parliament member has accused nato, a violating the founding act between the alliance and moscow. that's after nato's deputy secretary general said that the military block would no longer here. 2 agreed limits on stationing troops in eastern europe near russia's borders. they took decisions,

they made obligations. they are not to be aggressive with neighbors, which they are doing. and to have regular consultations with nato, which they are not doing. so i think that in fact, it's found the act is basically not functioning because of russia. now we have no restrictions to have robust posture in the eastern flank and to ensure that every square inch of nato's territory is protected by article 5 and our allies. russia has long considered nato expansion, a direct threat to its national security. in the late 19 ninety's, nato and russia signed an agreement stipulating that they would not view each other as enemies. it also said that they should work together to maintain european security, and that there must not be a build up of military forces in central or eastern europe. i former italian general, has urged to you not to further provoke russia over the ukraine conflict, and instead seek improvement in relations with moscow. if we are to succeed in negotiating an agreement with russia on ukraine's war, we must avoid provocations and unnecessary things, such as nato enlargement,

which risks further destabilizing the region. instead of strengthening security. nato has its share of responsibility for the war between russia and ukraine. we heard from former u. s. marine corps intelligence officer, scott ritter, who thinks that nato not russia is in complete disregard for fundamental agreements to preserve stability in europe by not expanding eastward. deputy secretary general is forgotten that it was nato's continuous eastern expansion. up to the borders of russia, that they'll create the conditions for the current conflict. it was nato that has been operating in total disregard of the, of the founding act, not russia. secretary general has forgotten statements made by both by his boss sector general johnstone bird. and other ministers of defense secretaries of defense of benito, which appeared to current conflict between ukraine and russia as an opportunity for

nato to inflict a strategic defeat on russia. the deputy secretary general's look in the mirror throwing accusations at russia, which were solely derived from nato's own actions. european economy is going through somewhat of a shock right now, and it doesn't look like that. sharks can in any time soon. all nato has is basically some fancy charts and arrows and lines in words. they don't have reality . reality is when they actually build up these forces and then deploy them into faces. the cost, money forces, cost money, the equipment cost money, the basis cost money was going to pay for this. they know ukrainian military's notorious as a battalion has attempted to distance itself from its not the will single emblem. and the western media claimed that the symbol was exploited by russia to justify its military operation. new unit, as of the cough, has changed their patches to

a more traditional trident symbol used by ukrainian state. at the unveiling of a new special forces unit in carcass patches handed to soldiers did not feature the wolf's angel. a medieval german symbol that was adopted by the nazis in which has been used by the battalion since 2014. instead, they featured a golden trident. the ukrainian national symbol warned by other regiments, yet recent photos of the new as of honeycomb commanders show they have continued to wear patches with nazi symbols on their uniforms. here we can see the so called total cost for depth head emblem used by hitler's assets forces and since adopted by neo nazi and white supremacist groups on coastal comments now. and what's behind this attempt to repaint the as of battalions, image in the eyes of the west. reincarnation of that, sorry is battalion has already been announced in the ukrainian city of hud. gov. we are forming new units based on the legendary is av battalions. principles in

ideologies every day there are more soldiers and they become more professional to day, i have the honor to present promotions to soldiers of the new unit as of carcass, which is ready to take revenge for fallen. ukrainian cities soap the same principles and ideological foundations. the same principles for which the battalion was accused of committing a war crimes rate, torture and looting. according to a 2016 united nations report who's worth orders with

me i was arrested by the as often as b. u men, the batman to head and legs for the chain fired the gun close to my ear, threatened to shoot me in the hands or to should my feet. they humiliated me and said they were going to write me. they threatened to bring my wife and daughters in and talked to them in front of me. i could not eat for 3 days. the office of the united nations high commissioner for human rights, documented extensive use of civilian buildings and locations by the ukrainian military and the resolve regiment and looting of civilian property was one of those many battalions. it will need,

they are what they are. you might think that says something could have changed since then, until you look at some of the recent images of adult members when they surrendered in mario pl. one glance at their tattoos makes the neo nazi indication of these soldiers clear as they even the united states, a country which is now plumping ukraine money and weapons. as previously stated that the us solve battalion poses a threat. so americans themselves dissolved battalion as a well known ultra nationalist militia organization in ukraine, that openly welcomes neo nazis into its ranks. the group is so well known, in fact, that the 115th congress of the united states stated in its 2018 omnibus spending bill that none of the funds made available by this act may be used to provide arms, training, or other assistance to dissolve. battalion the un has chronicled human rights abuses and incidents of torture in this groups relatively short history. despite

these facts, as off, has been recruiting radical, isaac, and training american citizens for years, according to the f b i. but so let's take a closer look at as of battalion commanders, sir gave elliptical and constantine membership. political has been fighting in the boss since 2014 and just a few months earlier. he was an active member of the forces that than least an armed qu in capital key. if he was also the leader of a far right group that was allegedly involved in the tragedy at the house of trade unions in odessa, where dozens of anti, my jan activists were birds alive. in 2021 village girl was sent to prison in ukraine for record, fearing, extortion and kidnapping. his so called brother in our is constantine. image of war before release goes speed to release from jail. and he was set free as soon as russia's special military operation began. why?

apparently simply because he hates russians. she only you, the break room are going to come and was coming here. all of the released prisoners there are didn't opponents of the russian world concept. and have certain combat experienced scores, all risks and control mechanisms are assessed individually for each of them. according to rushes, investigative committee village go an image of, along with other members of the us, of battalion committed war crimes. when they beat up and shot, a russian military prisoners in the legs, political himself doesn't even deny this atrocity. now so little did in able to city level a lawyer. there were cases when soldiers of our unit shot russian military prisoners in the legs. they had surrendered, their hands were tied and our soldiers shot them. i don't think that was right. so what to expect from this newly formed assault article of national his battalion. we already know from its leader that it was created with the same ideological foundation as its predecessor,

leaving observers guessing how many more war crimes could be committed under the neo, not to symbols of as all forces. china and a group of pacific island countries have failed to reach a consensus for a regional security packed proposal would allow for china to uphold domestic security for such nations and exchange for more access to their natural resources. beijing offered millions of dollars in financial assistance as well as free trade agreements earlier. however, the u. s. criticized china's attempt for greater influence in the pacific region saying it was intimidating smaller countries. it's our alliances are network of partnerships that china envies a lot because they don't have that. those are transactions and they're not real partnerships that they are in many cases they, they course intimidate other nations to try to act in ways that are more beneficial

to chinese interest than they are to their own chinese foreign minister. while he has meanwhile said the main purpose of boosting the countries influence is to promote common development and prosperity among nearby nations. former us state senator richard black says beijing's intentions in the pacific region appear peaceful and might actually foster local economic growth. you trying to attempting to influence other nations. they try to influence in whatever way they can. but if you look at it, united states and great britain have almost 900 military outposts in foreign nations. in other countries trying to has a total of $5900.00 for the west, 5 for the trial. and there was an attempt by trying to go in and take over the

world. i don't think we have seen any inclination to do that. on the other hand, western nations are tended to expand and build empires with, with no terry action. you don't, once the last time the china has, has attacked another nation and just suddenly swept in and launched a shocking law attack on somebody. never, i can understand the countries of the of asia are sort of caught in the middle. they'd probably be very happy if, if the united states for less and down there course she about getting them into military alliances. and they'd probably rather just trade with people not get involved in tangled alliances with either side us human rights

chief has called for deeper cooperation with china. following a 6 day visit to the country, michelle bushel a urge to beijing to address the concerns of the weaker community and other minorities in the country. while also calling for further collaboration and interaction between the u. n. and china. given the many intersecting global crises, facing the world today, including climate change threats to peace and security and instability in the global economic system, as well as the impact of the cove in 1000 pandemic. china has a very important role to play as a key contributor in multilateral and regional for however, the officials call for cooperation with china has been slammed in the western media where some are even questioning the very credibility of the un human rights office . the director of human rights watch in china is among the critics for heard, you feel to explicitly criticize the chinese government and, you know, given the abundance of evidence of some of the serious human rights crimes under

international law was an enormous failure. really damages her. and the office is credibility and frankly enables the chinese government to continue thinking it can commit great human rights crimes and get away with the director of the peace and future research foundation says the un officials, rhetoric on china has fallen under criticism for failing to support western stances, a cold war agenda against the criticism, is a way of doing things diplomatically, completely different. and she succeeded in creating dialogue and will be future meetings. he has managed to also say some positive things about ers and should do about what she china has also done for human rights such as, you know, lifting one. i don't know, 700000000 people out. they of course, not been that way or that does it for me. i will be back in about 32 minutes with another full and fresh look to stay with us. this is our to international.

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that you ah. mm hm. mm hm. hello, welcome to the party. the tragedy of the war in your brain is still visceral and so dramatic that it may easily conceal other group of persons. and i've been victims of the russian western class, which has already adversely affected many countries, especially in the global south. how is the seemingly far away regional conflict seen from the largest and one of the most athlete diverse countries in south america? well, to discuss that, i'm now in joined by do some floors professor book and nomics at the university of

south follow in brazil. professor schwartz is great to see you, great to talk to you. thank you very much for your time. thank you for having me in your show, and i hope who will go smoothly through the conversation. despite all the glitches that may come up during the, you know, the why fi connection that i'm using right now. there is indeed a huge distance between the 2 of us urines and paul. i'm in moscow but i'm sure people in your household of the woods are also watching and. busy following this conflict because it has already affected much of the globe with not directly down to perhaps indirectly, how much it has the see from your countrymen to what's happening in a world a farthing ukraine. well, brazil is really a big territory. as you mentioned, we have a diversity of ethnic groups. i did send said 3rd grade sooner to the russian history. we are.