ah, ah, with, i think will this fuss around next. rom supply, c crane has only one goal. that is to drag out the military conflict as long as possible. in his 1st interview, since the start of the conflict vladimir putin takes aim of the huge amounts of western arm is being shipped to ukraine. plains russian defenses are quote, cracking them like nuts. also ahead with 5 civilians are killed this weekend done yet. people's republic comes under ukrainian shelling, according to local officials. we report from the scene all around. you can see this is a residential area very heavily populated. this is one of those around multiple

rocket launchers in the stories that ship to which ukraine fires, it's human rights commissioner in part for spreading on verified information by the legit war crimes by russia. a canadian journalist covering the you bring the conflict is up to a notorious ukrainian vigilante websites on label the enemy of ukraine. eva bartlett tells r t why she won't be swayed by the threat. the intent for this mares is also to just just credit my name and to frighten me into not speaking or writing and that that's something ballpark i won't live in here with, with the retail up all the big stories over the past 7 days and writes up to the moment developments as well, this is the weekly an rti hello and welcome western arm supplies to ukraine are

aimed at dragging out the conflict. now these want vladimir putin has said in his 1st full interviews since the start of russia's military offensive. he also claimed the russian military was successfully neutralizing much of the advanced equipment sent to give written by stuff cross of from stoker from utah to deliveries of weapons from the u. s. and other countries aimed at replacing cubes, losses in military equipment. there's nothing new in this. it actually changes nothing, no unmanned aerial systems that actually perform stress can only be effective if there are no military edified systems present. we do have them the book, the thought, the pansy, 3 stream, the effective not that i want to offend anyone, but these systems are cracking these vehicles like not civil. dozens of them have already been destroyed. him dozens. ok. i think all this fuss around x rom, supply c crane has only one goal. that is to drag out the military conflict as long as possible. only then if long range missiles are supplied,

it will force us to make decisions and use our means of destruction, which we have enough of to conduct strikes if facilities that we haven't targeted so far, or like a movie or a book. i mean, while the russian defense ministry has confirmed its forces have destroyed a number of tanks and other military equipment on the outskirts of ki, if those armaments were supplied to ukraine by eastern european countries. other strikes targeted facilities in the dungeons republic where ukrainian military equipment was said to be undergoing repair works. and this all verified footage from the ukrainian capital is purported to show explosions there on sunday. according to the premium president's office railway facilities were targeted. no houses were reported. an intensive artillery fire continued on sunday and then yet people's republic with local authorities, claiming shells are being fired by ukrainian forces. fight civilians are reported

to have been killed since the start of the weekend. and 26 more people entered. ah, but they just said to show the shelling of the capital city. good. yes. from somebody you'd like. authorities there are say ukrainian forces fired dozens of missiles from grad launcher, which can shoot several projectiles at the same time. kia hasn't yet commented on the incident. okay, do you hear 2 of residential buildings in done yet severely damaged with many nearby vehicles completely destroyed. locals claim the apartment's sun surrounding area. we are targeted multiple times a year with

visions i'm it will do more with mission to put a good you, lou. lou more go little look mobile assures to really do phone record akira then. yes, came under fire throughout the day on saturday and overnight, but for schools on the kindergarten suffering extensive damage. ortiz remind ca, surveys there, and file this report for the city of the nest was shelled throughout the day on saturday. and this is just one of many places that were damaged. this is the civilian area right in the center of the city wall, according to local authorities. at least 50 rounds of martin multiple rocket launchers had been used against civilians. here, as you can see, behind me,

a cars had been damaged. they were on fire on saturday nights. right behind the cars is a kindergarten is just one of the want to kindergarten was damaged and for schools as well, all around me, you can see this is a residential area very heavily populated. this is one of those arounds for multiple rocket launchers that landed right in the center of this area where on the civilians live mind you. none of the military infrastructure was damaged during the shedding on saturday night. and the shelling took place around 9 pm where most of the people were already at home. and luckily, no one was killed here, only 2 people have been wounded. but during the day, on the 4th of june, at least 5 civilians were killed both here in the nest cans. in nevada and wall of

caswell, and at least 20 people were wounded. and the total amount of people that were killed civilians that were killed by ukrainian shilling since the beginning of the special military operation amounts to more than a $140.00 people after 9 pm on saturday nights the ground here was shaking internet can this area in particular, it hasn't seen a lot of damage since the conflict began back in 2014. and of course residents here are absolutely outrage your mind. you the front line of the fighting at the moment it is right on the outskirts of the next can. the civilians are afraid that this is not the last time that they will be targeted by the ukrainian military or something else to tell you by today on friday cruise from r t and the reuters news agency came under ukrainian artillery fire on the outskirts of the city of several, the nets,

a driver was killed and some reuters journalist entered our correspondent, eager sit down. he was in one of the cars, targeted and told us of his experience. ah, ah, we're just about to move into the town of several. the next. as we were about to move into and drive into the town, we were caught amid a shelling. there were 2 vehicles, both civilians. the 1st one there was there were our colleagues with the reuters news agency behind the wheel. a soldier with the acme, with the chechen ackman battalion, we were moving, we were the 2nd vehicle following them. so again, both cars civilian and so 1st we heard a couple of shells. a couple of shells landed a good few, doesn't meet his around does. so there was no cause for a lot of rule. this is a war zone. so these things, they happen. the 3rd one quarter,

the very 1st vehicle, the one moving in front of us. we did see it. apparently it was a direct hit. we saw a bright flash, the vehicle tipped over to the side and it was and it caught on fire was get caught a blaze. so are the driver, the soldier he died instantly right there and well a to the 2 of the reuters crew all of them, they were injured. luckily, nothing serious. one of them has a broken arm and another was wounded in the legs. and i just want to stress and point out that are well, obviously the ukrainians, they've saw us. they saw that there were 2 civilian vehicles going towards a towards the town of i sever the nets and they were trying actively trying to hit our cars. it wasn't like they were shelling the general area. we were with that target. and so well, they succeeded a full ma gsa to the ukrainian artillery artillery sports as and those who pulled the plug, pulled the trigger. they did managed to catch to jealous of

a european news agency, roy t, as in the cross has and they successfully had their vehicle. ukraine has fired its human rights commissioner, in part for spreading unverified information about atrocity she alleged were committed by russian troops. our claims had been, as you may know, widely covered by western media with top political figures also picking up on her statements or senior correspondent, murat. gusty of takes a closer look at the story, which just to warn you include some disturbing accusations. day a nice week sod end month after month. the world over was barraged with stories horrific stories of rape and unspeakable acts committed, allegedly by russian forces in ukraine in such acts of violence, raping children little girls, 11 years old, repeated lay in front of their mother's or repeat piping their mothers and faces

the children. with each day more and more credible reports of re killing st torture are merging. if you soon shoot you hundreds of cases of rape have been recorded, including under age girls, very young children and even a baby. it's just scary to talk about it. but it's true, it happened, women and girls right now are facing the worst kind of fear and violence. and we know already come from the analyses that have been done. they've been the victims of not just murder and rape, but kidnapping. many of these stories grew to be unbelievable. and that sort of figure of speech, people including ukrainian officials and the government stopped taking them seriously. they became an embarrassment. so ludicrous was some of the oh go. the woman behind these stories, new neela denise of a, who was ironically,

ukraine's human rights commissioner was fired a year before her term was officially up the unclear focus of the ombudsman media work on the numerous details of sexual crimes committed in an unnatural way and rape of children in the occupied territories that could not be confirmed by evidence, only harmed ukraine. her stories became so ridiculous that even members of the ukrainian media, which, which itself is in war propaganda mode intervened. 18 i'm journalist, together with 51 lawyers of human rights activists, and others penned an open let cooling on her to dial it down. that the graphic stories published by a ha about months old douglas being raped with a variety of objects to roil up the people that this wasn't productive or, you know, decent sexual crimes during the war or a tragedy of families. a difficult and traumatic topic, not a topic for publications. in the spirit of the scandalous chronicle,

we are forced to trust the official information that comes from officials. the state of martial law a priori. we do not have the opportunity to verify it from other sources. in this way, we are spreading messages from the commissioner for human rights, in fact, taking them on faith. essentially, they asked that the stick to things that actually happened though all of these stories can be tracked back to denisa and that seem more specifically the social media posts made by them. and that's where all the trailed stop, almost all of her raped claims. se ukrainian journalists are without evidence or witnesses, despite her own less than honest approach. denise, her has been a vocal proponent for an international criminal tribunal to apparently bring russian troops to justice for things that she had lie. the bath, i think we should look at yugoslavia and reminder, these are the examples that we all know about. there is the un international court

of justice and the international criminal court. we need to push for the creation of a special tribunal. naturally, the niece of a has been blind to verify reports and footage of ukrainian troops murdering, torturing, and mutilating russian prisoners of war. and even ukrainian civilians deemed to be pro russia and o get the human rights apparently. but these telling isn't it when you own politicians who are bent themselves on making the rush and seem as terrible as possible, that they fly for being simply too outrageous. now, the ukrainian presidential adviser how suggested us rocket systems could be that the country has sent to the country, excuse me, in the future, have a range of up to 300 kilometers. now that is significant because the pentagon said it will only deliver rockets limited to 80 kilometers. let's have a listen to what was said. putting the question on the land. do you remember how

this war started? but they were afraid to give us extra sting as extra javelins. they said it was a precedent, they could never set. and now there are lots of them. these thing is that could be no talk on artillery. and yet western artillery has now been received. so when the radius is 80 kilometers, you see it will be 300 kilometers. crimea is ours, it's ukrainian, therefore we will show crimea swiftly if there is such a need. this is considered strategic russian territory. and the fact that we hit crimea during the war, that was a little secret. well, let's break down what's been spoken about. washington earlier agreed to send a news $700000000.00 military aid package to ukraine, including a number of advance rocket launchers. ukraine though, could use the systems with different 300 kilometer range rockets, which would put the russian border city of brianna sc within range for an edge and smell lens would also be at risk. moscow has repeatedly warned of consequences if

such weapons are used to target its territory. according to the pentagon, kiev has promised they won't use the weapons to strike russia, although the us invoice to the countries seem to suggest here will ultimately decide how they're up to use as person biden announce yesterday, 7 $100000000.00 security assistance package had been signed this includes time as long by truck systems. this will help you create and forces to a more accurately, but also have a longer range. the exact range will be determined by the korean forces. along the reaction we got to this was from writer and activists. sort of flanders who fears the new long range us rocket launchers heading to ukraine, will create a dangerous situation for the whole region. from the very beginning, every stage of this war. it's a proxy war. ukraine has no independence, whatsoever. proxy means public and it's the u. s, it's pulling the strings in every pronouncement,

but this will not change the military balance, no matter how many weapons are sent, at least so far, by every measure. the russian military response has been consolidating the gains and don, last, perio po, see of arise. and so on, it's a very dangerous things and it does show how, how much the u. s. is willing to escalate the war to more and more dangerous dimensions. but i don't think it will change the military balance of forces within the ukraine. ukraine is not doing very well in this war, despite all the grand pronouncements but the danger of these weapon staying in region is enormous. it's enormous for all the possibilities of future peace and it should be clearly denounced and these weapons should be destroyed. hopefully they

will be me must. there is growing concert on both sides of the party lines in washington about the lethal a heading to key of the pentagon recently admitted it has little control over how ukraine uses and then distributes those weapons. risk of diversion is one of many considerations that we routinely assess when evaluating any potential arms transfer . ukrainian leadership have assured us that they understand the importance of accountability. we're not on the ground with them. and they're not telling us, you know, every round of ammunition that they're firing in, at who and at when we have increasingly concerns voices at this point about the amount of weaponry and the amount of money that's being sent to ukraine. elizabeth warren is the latest to speak up the u. s. senator. the u. s. government ascending billions and humanitarian, economic and military assistance to help the ukrainian people overcome putin's brutal war. and the american people expect strong oversight by congress and full accounting from the department of defense. elizabeth warren has started speaking up

and she's joined us senator rand paul, a republican and we have a bipartisan call at this point for a, an inspector general to look into the dispensing of funds and weapons from the united states to ukraine. make sure they're falling into the right hands courting to the global organized crime index, published in 2021 ukraine as one of the largest illegal weapons markets of any country in the world. and ily, at least any country in europe, and illegally traffic weapons, are all across ukraine. this is what's been reported. there are 2 primary sources of elicit small arms and ammunition in ukraine. the diversion of domestic holdings and cross border trafficking weapons from eastern ukraine are becoming an important supply source for the black market. and there been examples of this already. one of the prime weapons used by the i'd states and exported by the states around the

world. the javelin has apparently been up for sale, illegally costing around $30000.00. and at this point, people are looking over the record. what happened in syria? what happened in iraq? what happened in afghanistan, and how so many us weapons have ended up in the hands of terrorists extremists at narco gangs and criminal elements. there are some pretty legitimate concerns here as more and more us money and more and more us heavy weaponry is set to be delivered. gene gray is something else to tell you by today a canadian journalist covering the conflict and ukraine us found herself out to a key of based name and shame website. now it uploads information and people are considered to be enemies of the state. the site has published a slew of accusations against eva bartlet participation in the informational special operation of russia, an aggressive country and terrorist against the crate. informational supports of the open military attack of fascist russia on ukraine. encroachments on the

sovereignty and territorial integrity of ukraine. accomplice in the crimes of the russian authorities against ukraine and its citizens. rti spoke with eva earlier, who said she doesn't believe the canadian government will offer her any assistance . an independent journalist of maverick media did reach out to me a week ago and they were quite concerned. they take this issue very seriously. the fact that a canadian citizen is on effectively a kill list. and so they, they did interview me and they said in the context of the interview that they would be reaching out to canadian media. and i believe starting a petition. and they did inquire if i was going to reach out to the canadian embassy in kev to which i said, you know, essentially is no point. i already know where i stand with the canadian government . i don't believe that candidate when ever support me. despite the apartment dangers, even, i faces canadian, mainstream media outlets helping silence on her addition to some consider

a kill list. this is what she told me about the experience of being exposed to such threats and whether she feels altura was heard back. i don't believe for a moment that the canadian government would protect me from any of these. these alternation less extra types that would seek to harm me because they see me as a threat to their country. a cbc journalist has been trying to reach out to me, saying that he would like to interview me on, on my work in the dumbass and on my participation in an international tribunal on ukrainian war crimes in moscow. in early april i think it was. now what i'd like to say about that is, i don't believe for a moment cbc would ever give me a fair hearing on their platform. they are canadian state funded media. they do the bidding of the canadian government and the corporate interests. he did not once point in his email mention, you know, he's appalled by the fact that i'm listed on this kill list. he didn't say anything about it, but clearly he seen it. that's the only way in my mind that he could have been

aware of my participation in this tribunal. so cbc is white washing the cranes kill list. and instead seeking to inflame the fact that i participated in a panel. that right li calls out you cranes for crimes against the people of it on bass. will your work and reporting be affected by your addition to that site? i know i look, i can't live in sierra won't live in here. i will take precautions. of course, when i'm reporting, but this is the thing they, they want to prevent people from. they want to scare people from. i'm continuing to report and that's not going to work with me just like the smears that have been lodged against me since late 2016. the intent with mares is also to just just kind of my name and to frighten me and to not speaking our writing and that that simply won't work. i won't live in here. ok development this sunday in nigeria. dozens of people are fear dead and what is reported to be a gum at

a local catholic church in the country southwest. we won't be showing footage from the scene as it's too disturbing, but rather some screenshots, local media in under states report about several gunmen open fire and worshippers at the church, and then also detonated explosives through various claims about the number of victims. although no confirm figure as yet the state governor described the attack as violence, atomic on those who have quote, enjoyed relative peace there over the years. christians 2nd for almost half of the population in nigeria. now as the prospect of the u, membership is dangled on a stick in front of ukraine by the blocks leading members, it appears it may be harder for key of to obtain the 1st thoughts. increasing voices are pointing to a number of factors. ukraine blocks that's necessary for membership, adding that solving such issues could take decades. r t shorter dubin ski picks up . the story you queen is desperate to be part of you. but as the momentum fades,

its demands are getting louder. will dribble, ukraine's quick movement to the european union is needed through its candidate status, which must be granted right now in conditions of war as part of a special short in procedure for e u membership. we do not need alternatives to e u membership. we do not need these compromises. while the president of the european commission continues to be encouraging, it is our moral duty to make it possible that they join our european union and that we pave the path towards our union. hers is becoming a lonely voice. fewer than a 3rd of you members support ukraine's bid to be granted candidate status unconditionally. in the immediate future, the majority a hesitant across the block politicians have even started to squirm. when asked about he abs rapid candidacy status having to admit that the chances are slim because protest kiners of the assertion process is not a matter of

a few months or few years. the fact that there are no short cuts on the way into the e. u is also a duty of fairness to the 6 western balkan countries. one mic like alford, you will cry in at. we cannot flam the door in ukraine's face. now, it's not enough to say you belong to europe. we need to say you belong to the eel. that's what it won't be a fast accession process. there can't be any shortcuts or quit me men soon. but even if we were to granted candidate status to morrow, the process which would allow them to join would in reality, take several years a most likely several decades. if would it would we have to be honest. if you say you crane is going to join the you in 6 months or a year or 2, you're lying. i don't know. it's probably in 15 or 20 years. it takes a long time. so why has the tied apparently turned, could it have anything to do with the mountain of criticism towards european leaders coming like quick fire from president sil lensky? there are plenty of other reasons why ukraine isn't in ship shape and bristol fashion when it comes to being an e. u. candidate in 2021. ukraine ranked

a 100 and 22nd out of a 180 countries on the corruption index that was significantly lower than the most corrupt you country. according to one recent democracy index, ukraine didn't do particularly well there, either. it's called less than 40 percent in democracy with independent media, also seeing a decline in recent years. ukraine, which marked its 30th anniversary of independence in 2021, cannot be described as a stable consolidated democracy. and as the war continues, the idea of a potential candidate being caught up in 1 may not be particularly appealing to the block. while there are also questions over whether ukraine is really pro european or just pro european funds or by then as just put 4 of the, his 40000000000 package for the ukraine, which is actually in saying when you consider the economic mass for the united

states, isn't and i would say the same thing for the you and the u. k. there is no way that the u. s. or the u. k. or any country, any natal member states can give assurances that these are huge. financial packages are going to be followed through and that are full accountability is going to be provided to the publics of those countries that are effectively providing this money. another argument is that by fast tracking ukraine to candidate status, it would leap frog over western balkan nations who have been in the queue for years . some say that would be unfair. whichever way you look at it, ukraine doesn't cut the membership, must it. and without being the case, if the does say no, it could be about to land itself. once again. is the length skis hall of shame? ah, people living in the arctic face

a risk to their well being and security due to the arctic console. pausing its work over the ukraine conflict and the winning from moscow, which said, mosque at russia is ready to resume dialogue from with the 4 members to minimize any negative impact. the arctic council was established in 1996 for inter governmental cooperation among the 8 states which have territories within the arctic and artic indigenous peoples. it focuses on sustainable economic, social, and environmental development in the region. russia cons for just over half of the arctic ocean coastline or jude to the situation in ukraine. some members are refusing to cooperate with russia, meaning all communication has been stopped. russian officials outlined to r t. the effect of that both on russian regions on the international human to consumers not only supports the current international situation from our economic

perspective in more matters, provides us with new opportunities that we're looking to take advantage of in the transport and logistics sectors. for example, the northern, the sea route gives us possibilities of cooperation with asia in the far east. this is the road over the 21st century with how we will call. you can also all the issues of the arctic union, literally only nationally. some well partners were, were some by those are not open. are they hampering russia? well, the southern extend via but definitely will survive. we think a variation of the western countries would know that give the ration of the western countries. we have all the resources, we health, all the capacity and we have the support and we have the corporation over great number of other governments who are they hampering with sanctions. will this negative position they are hampering the interest so li, international community.