one with with destruction and desperation following ukrainian military deadly showing of civilian areas in the done yes, republic. whitehouse is to send a new batch of highly advanced weaponry to ukraine, reportedly after keith promised it would not use the arms to attack a russian territory. an indian community in russia provides critical medical supplies to people in the dumbass we hear from the founder later in the program.

and brent oil prices exceed $125.00 per barrel. as you move to impose a partial oil embargo on russian import, shaking the blocks already weakened economy with broadcasting from our studios in moscow. this is our international. i'm john thomas . certainly glad to happy with us. we're now a chemical storage tank has reportedly exploded in a western part of the conflict written lugens republic. these images purportedly show the blast at the as ought to chemical plant in the city of several done. yet. local officials have blamed ukrainian forces saying of the storage tank appeared to have been detonated. ukrainian army is said to have been in control of the industrial area at the time of the incident. meanwhile, in the neighboring danielle republic, the residential area was shelled several times. reportedly by ukrainian forces on

tuesday with several casualties reported by local authorities. and we needed to warn you. the following images may be disturbing. among the victims was a woman, a 46 year old mine worker who was killed while she slept in her home. her son was also wounded in the attack, but managed to survive. we visited the site of the tragedy and found the victim's sister in a desperate state. law says that i should be shallow august. what happened here alone? this thing is bold. and you are gonna give you my complete ukraine and artillery killed a 46 year old woman who lives in this house. apparently she was sleeping after and night shift at work. she works in a coal mine that says nearby rocket landed right in her house.

her bedroom is right over there and the piece of the rocket hit her right in the neck with me on the bridge loan. this idea to legend me, i'm her sister was also work at that time, but so she heard the sounds of shilling and rushed back to her house. you will, i'm not. i'm with your, with the national you little rushed me recently. nigel has levied them with you

when you, but i'm, you was done with the modem is here is to get advanced american rocket systems as a part of a new $700000000.00 military aid package for ukraine. washington plans to send to hi mobile mobility artillery rocket systems known as high mars to the war torn country with some of them capable of hitting targets up to 300 kilometers away. if equipped with long range rounds. but joe biden says that the us will not give that type of ammunition to ukraine. i however, and anonymous official sided by the new york times said that even from an 80 kilometer distance, ukrainian forces could still hit russian territory if firing near the border. the

official said that the u. s. would rely on a promise from here that the weaponry would not be used to attack russia. one senior administration official, acknowledge that even the rockets with a 48 mile limit could be used to attack targets inside russia. if the system was brought to the ukraine, russia border. but the official said that ukraine's government had assured the united states that would not happen. ukraine's president zalinski has said he would not attack russian territory, but bordering regions in western russia have reportedly been attacking bra, ukrainian forces. in recent weeks, several people have been killed during showing of russian cities, belgrade, and course near the border as well as several people wounded in the russian city of loaners. these images purportedly show some of those attacks the i from on this we can cross live to geopolitical analyst and former us marine bryan berlin. ok, thanks for being with us here on our t international. so what do you think about the us taking care of the word that

these weapon systems won't be used to attack russian territory? i think that's just formality. they know that they're going to, they know they're going to use them against populated civilian areas in ukraine and the don bus region. they already are with equipment that the u. s. has already sent them the u. s. and their allies. so it's just for public consumption, this bad decision that washington it's baking. these are some very powerful weapons . we're already seeing some skirmishes on the borders. if you will. do you think that these new weapon systems will destabilize the situation on russia's borders, particularly? i think they'll be used to terrorize. ready the people of the russian federation, as well as people within ukraine's borders. but i don't think it's going to make any difference. it will take or weeks just the train, a basic operator, they operate and batteries that require heavy logistical support. and i just,

i don't see how this is going to be any different than the m triple. 7 howitzers. are the javelins or the fingers that have also failed to be the game changers. they were promoted as i was certainly a lot of speculation going on here. but what do you think, do you think the u. s. would stop funding the military if you cranium forces do not make significant advances in the conflict over a certain period of time. is there any chance that this will all just fill out it'll, it'll fizzle out when there's no one left to pick up us weapons and there's a lot like the proxy. one of the was his waging in syria. it didn't change until the, the facts on the ground on the battlefield or change in theory was favor and, and left the us and its allies in a stalemate. so i think that the very things situation is going to play out in ukraine or brand. i'm going to ask you get down to brass tacks if you will. what is america's interest in the region? i mean, why is the u. s. right now spending so much money to help kids?

military the u. s. has made no secret over many decades as a matter of fact, that they will not tolerate a peer or near a peer competitor. this is all about preventing the reemergence of russia, the global power, and stopping the rise of china and the faith of russia and china are linked. and we can see the us, it's agonizing both nations and multiple fronts and ukraine. it's just among the many all right, interesting to hear thoughts bramber letting jill political analyst and former us marine with unique perspective on the subject. appreciate it. thanks. thank you. right in india and community in russia has set up an initiative to help refugees and soldiers in the dumbass. the charity titled disha. after the hindi word for direction has been sending relief supplies to residents of the war torn region. the foundation has made the 2 shipments of medicine already this month and says that those supplies are only the beginning. the deliveries are taken to russia's border

with the don bass republic and then are handed off to local administration. there we heard from the initiative founder who says that he feels it's his duty to help the people of dumbass in follow dirty with russia. this invoice and id, this chart. this is it endorsed and family. so we are a mix of family. so that's what they are doing by heart. don't any over the ask us about there's a lot of going to choose, the lot of people needs this. all of this think not only thought is duty and model duty also, and there is no reason to say that they don't change. so we're doing in india. so no duty, well yeah, we are going same thing. what girlfriend? thirdly, so we are helping each other. so nothing more. meanwhile,

a video has emerged from the city of the valve near the polish border where ukrainian refugees arriving from the war torn eastern part of the country were denied humanitarian aid, allegedly, from the united nations because they were speaking russian. now the incident devolved into a heated argument. you, honey, you, johnny, come, you are just that they see him with us. you might give us a horn. i have a numerous ukrainians and speak russian as a 1st language,

especially in eastern areas where the conflict has been the most pronounced in the done yet can look, ask republics. russian is spoken by around 90 percent of the population. neither the un nor t of has commented about the footage from the of labor and human rights lawyer. den cavellas says that there is no justification for such actions. this is clearly a pretext that this person is using to deny russian speakers aid. because he doesn't like russian speakers very disturbing. and honestly, it kind of underscores how this conflict began and the peoples of the dumbass, most of whom speak russian and what we've seen from the government in kiev is racism and discrimination against the russian speakers. and we can see this in this video,

and it's the legal as the woman points out, this is un aide, but it appears to be ukrainians who decided that they're not going to give it to russian speaking. again, there's no justification for that. obviously if people are hungry and need to be given to them that you know, we can understand the need for food and water in any language. right. the price of brent oil has exceeded $125.00 per barrel. as the e. u moves to impose a partial embargo on russian supplies of the commodity. some you states, particularly hungry, have opposed to the measure due to their heavy dependence on imports of russian oil, croatian presidents, ceramic milan, of which has admitted that the current restrictive measures have not led to a substantial weakening of russia's economy. well, now it does not seem a load of flu. unfortunately, these sanctions don't work. possibly at some point they will. and the rubel didn't

draw. russia doesn't feel any of these from the financial point of view. and when it does, the war will be over, the price will be paid by european citizens while vladimir put in will smile, satisfaction it. meanwhile, both china and india have increased their imports of russian energy since the conflict in ukraine erupted. 3 months ago, new delhi has raised the amount of oil it purchases from russia by another 667000 barrels a day. while beijing has ramped up supplies by 300000 more barrels daily, those are record highs for russian oil exports to both countries. are teased on quarter comments now on how the western sanctions have actually bitten back against the use economy. after seeing the damage wrought by the last 5 sanction packages on the very countries that deployed them in the 1st place, many europeans aren't convinced anything's going to be different. this time. sanctions may have harmed russia's credit worthiness, but the 70 percent surgeon,

world gas prices alone has supercharged its balance of payments. it's current account, trade surplus according to its central bank, is now over 3 times the pre invasion level. at the same time, sanctions are clearly hurting countries in western and central europe who are imposing them. banning bore russian oil is only likely to push already, skyrocketing energy prices even higher, and it won't just affect the u. v. use decision to band, the majority of russian oil imports will cause the barrel price to go higher, still spelling yet more misery for fuel prices in the u. k. the same goes for germany. rising prices in economic uncertainty or causing serious problems for a large proportion of the population. more than one in 3 fears, they will no longer have enough money to cover their living expenses. here we have an especially severe case. the german economy has been ravaged by record breaking inflation, standing at 8.7 percent for may. that's the highest. it's been since the 1970s to

make matters worse. the more ominous threats of a global food crisis is also a menace to the entire world. sanctions, no subtlety, millions of innocent people across europe and far from its shores will suffer as food and energy prices. sor supply lines, are disrupted, trade links, collapse. the victims are overwhelmingly the poor with all this bad news that's followed. europe's anti russia sanctions. one has to wonder if the politicians who passed this latest package had been living under a rock. how bad do things have to get for them to get out from under it? you leaders have tentatively agreed to cut off rushes largest bank from the international transaction network. swift. the move intended to disconnect, spear bank from the global financial system is part of a 6th round of sanctions to pressure russia to end of the conflict in ukraine. but the bank says it was already prepared and the new. busy measures will not have a significant effect. disconnecting from swift does not change the current

situation and international settlements. domestic transactions do not depend on swift and will be carried out by the bank and the standard mode. spear bang previously shifted to a russian based system as an alternative to swift. most banks in the country have been already switched over to that network. this, according to the national central bank, russian authorities say the countries financial system has been prepared for the shut off and has already withstood the initial shock of the western sanctions. meanwhile, mastercard, c. e o has said swift may even cease to exist in the next 5 years. and also the south asian country of bangladesh is considering adopting new payment methods to save money. investor mich firestone believes that the world has changed too much for swift to remain the predominant platform for international transactions. i've never seen in my career which has been long and extensive in finance. i've never

seen sanctions that were successful. and i think that these were well telegraphed in advance. i think it's more of a public relations gimmick to have these and an actual impact that it's going to have. i think the world has changed pretty drastically. we're not looking at a situation that was in the 1960 seventy's eighty's or ninety's. this is a new new era. and, you know, in crypto came around, you see that people are able to transfer things fairly quickly and a lot more efficiently and cheaply. and i think that that is a big part of the system. i think, i think that alternative payment systems that have been set up in russia is not isolated by itself in a bubble. when people don't realize is there are several countries that are using a different way to transact in the u. s. dollar. the gemini might have seen, you know, might be over in about 5 years, because india, china, iran, brazil, u e, and saudi arabia, a couple other middle eastern countries in asian countries are in for using

different types of alternative payment systems that are transacting oil. the petro dollar, which is now no longer the petro dollar, because oil has been trading in b, just the chinese currency. so i think that the landscape in the financial markets has changed and it's evolving like everything else is amid germany's plans to raise military spending with the governing coalition and the main opposition party having reached a deal for the increase, a senior parliament member says the country's army needs an image of an enemy to prepare to fight, and russia fits the bill. he blunders fits mentees alight. germany's military is prepared mentally and it's the politicians who are not prepared and the military is set up by politician sees it or it does what the politicians wine. and i think we need an army that requires some sort of image of an enemy in of that we no longer perceived russia as an enemy in recent years. so many that now we know what an

enemy looks like or flint, the deal to allocate over 100000000000 euros for defense was reached by the german parliament. germany is defense. spending is to reach 2 percent of its g p, a target, stipulated by nato. now the spending includes boosting, cyber defense and support for partner countries. however, german politician academic and lawyer good are back, says the ukraine conflict is used as an excuse for germany to increase its defense spending and cast blame for a worsening economic crisis. it's important to verify that the recent decision to increase military spending is a departure from a decade to previous policy. the official justification is, of course, the kind of conflict in ukraine. the government you is that this is a threat to native security as a result of which they have to increase military spending on the whole nature is

spending about 15 times as much on the military as the russian federation or even more the government is also trying to avert attention from a worst and the economic crises at home. and the conflict in ukraine is a welcome excuse that they can blame if i'm a lawyer for hillary clinton has been found not guilty of lying to the f. b, i in 2016 about donald trump's a legit ties to russia before the verdict. former us attorney general bill bar said that the case which became known as russia gate represents a grave injustice to both the american people and former president trump. i think whatever you think of cronsa sacked is said, the whole rushing thing was a grave injustice. who was a, it appears to be

a dirty political tractor. was used 1st to hobble of men and potentially to drive them from offers. it was a gross injustice. who was, it was and it, and it hurts united states in many ways, including what we're saying in ukraine these days. you know, it, it distorted our foreign policy and we have the not guilty verdict for michael sussman. ah, which indicates that the jury did not believe that what he said to the api i constituted illegal deception of the, at the i. but regardless, the trial at this point is making headlines because of the bomb shell testimony that it appears that hillary clinton did indeed sign off on the spreading of unverified rumors linking donald trump to russia. and it was the hillary clinton campaign that originated those rumors that found their way into the press. this is what we heard. i discussed it with hillary as well. i don't remember the substance of the conversation, but notionally, the discussion was pe,

we have this and we want to share it with a reporter. she agreed with the decision. as a result of this bombshell testimony from the michael sussman trial, we have donald trump saying that he feels only partially vindicated by the fact that this is now in public record that russia gate originated hillary clinton. this is donald trump. this is one of the greatest political scandals in history for 3 years. i had to fight her off and fight those crooked people off and you'll never get your reputation fully back. where do i get my reputation back now? william bar, the former us attorney general, says that this not only affected the political career of donald trump and the trump residency, but it actually affected u. s. foreign policy, though there are global consequences. do this decision made by the every clinton campaign that is now in public testimony given at the microsoft trial. michael, you may be acquitted. that bombshell testimony has huge implications. we spoke with

a former a t t u. s. president ronald reagan, paul craig roberts, who says russia gate was created to destabilize us russian relations, where the pro, the frog declares, one of his goals was to normalize relations with russia. he here sure, a major threat. the power of the military conflicts which names an enemy. so an ordinary. ringback first person will see and then all of this danger or mental or conflict between russia. ready on the united states. so i think that's what mil bar sees him . so he now realize he's that he made a turtle safe when he was tardy, don't know. and did not to saw the russian close. he

stopped me funny. he ordered investigation of the c. c. i of the massage party, but he did nothing that doesn't for me this our stay with us throughout the day as we bringing more news and commentary. this is our t international. ah . ah, ah.

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ah. hello and welcome to cross top. were all things are considered. i'm peter lavelle in less than 3 months. the west ukraine narrative has been turned on its head. ukraine is not winning its steadily losing. the west is not unified. in fact, divisions are widening. the russian economy is weathering massive sanctions. western economies are in trouble. who will blink 1st? i cross sucking sanction regimes. i'm joined by my guess. matthew eric in montreal. he is a senior fellow at the american university of moscow and director of the rising tide foundation of canada in new york. we are richard wolf. he is professor emeritus of economics at the university, massachusetts, amorous,

and author of the sickness is the system and an auburn. we cross a lew rockwell. he is the founder and chairman of the muses in city are a general in crossing were rules and the fact that means he can jump any time you want. and i always appreciate, let me go to richard 1st in new york, richard over the past week or so the narrative western narrative in forced narrative. i'd like to point out on ukraine is shifting. we have the washington post and on new york times, we and henry kissinger not to someone i usually what in davos said the same. and then general mili are the postmodern chief of staff of the united states military. he's even said there must be negotiated in. nonetheless, the european union has rolled out its 6th round of sanctions here. so richard, it seems like the sanction regime is turning into a the cure is worse than the disease here because of the not going to get the political outcome they want. but the global south is suffering, and for the 1st time in a long time,

western polities and citizens and consumers are feeling the pinch of a foreign policy that is just not very well thought out. apparently, richard. well, i think that the most important of the people you mention in terms of what he said, and i'm surprised by do a bit, was mr. kissinger. because what he pointed out, basically, if you read between the lines, was that while the europeans for their own domestic, political reasons need to keep up the game. here in the united states where the game is directed from our there's already a rethinking going on. and it's not about whether this is a war they want to pursue. i think they still want to do that, but how to do it, and or what circumstances, and with what accompanying ah words and verbiage that's being questioned and changed. and in my own judgment, as an economist, i would have to say to you, ah,

we have learned here in the united states, if we are even half awake to what's going on, that mr. trump levied the mother of all sanctions against china for a set of objectives, pretty much every one of which was not achieved. now we're doing this under a new government against russia, and we're basically experiencing this unpleasant lesson once again. and i think that's the basic reason why you're beginning to sense shifts in figuring out what to do next. along the same lines here. i mean, the, now i live in russia, i'm watching the sanctions. i'm at this point, it's only been 3 months, but it's been quite limited. and from what i can see, what i might live to experience except for we don't have access to the global financial system, which might be a good thing in the long run. i will, we'll see how that works. but you know, little, i mean,

the western economies are suffering. they were suffering before rushes military campaign in ukraine, and it's only gotten worse here. and so what is more important your own citizens and consumers are i feel good approach that you know, we have to beat the russians. we can't win. that mantra is demonstrating that western consumers and citizens can't win. also lu, what's your is and of course we, what we see going on there is the destruction of the american economy. it's quite, quite something, see it and the course was what biden is doing in terms of inflation and all the, all that he's just doing everything wrong is really, really, he's done everything wrong since he came to office. and i think that i think this is good for the america. it's good. i hate to say, i to say that said the american people, since i'm one of them, but i think it's good for the american people to be under to understand what's, what's happening to them and why it's happening.