[000:00:00;00] the in our team crew reports from the frontline of the 7 has done yet chemical plant in the regards republic, where for the mercenaries, find themselves trapped alongside thousands of ukrainian folders and big oil companies blamed by the us president for inaction. push it back again to the call to ramp up production, saying that he himself had previously encouraged a shift from fossil fuel. our goods, our rules that the method from gas e o at safety burg international economic form says the western dominated economic system is undergoing drastic changes and the us dollar is weakening.

the like guessing, live direct from our studios in moscow. this is our international and john thomas certainly glad to happy with us. now we start with the look on square public city of $71.00. yes. square 4 and mercenaries are believed to be trapped in a local chemical plant alongside ukrainian soldiers. now, according to various estimates, up to 2 and a half 1000 troops are stuck in the industrial zone. russian and allied forces said that they have taken control of all of the city except for the plant and lot where key of forces blew up a container laden with chemicals at the end of may and move. local officials have called a provocation and crime against civilians are to see what is done of comments. behind me you can see the black plumes of smoke, they are rising from the assault plant. there's about $800.00 may be meters to the positions of the ukrainian forces. in fact,

we're the only news crew to go this far deep into the territory of the town of several. the nets, in fact, may be only about 7 to 8 days ago. here were the ukrainian positions, but they had to fall back. now it's under the control of the russian forces, but you can clearly hear by the ambience, if i may say so, the fighting is very much intense. mm. yesterday we agreed on a cease fire, the chemical plant. we went to hell rescue civilians and then the ukrainians took out a tank and started shooting at us. and a fight again broke out. when i was there yesterday, ukraine didn't want stop firing mortars. it's fight isn't our panicking? you can hear. so on the walkie talkies, they want the battle to end, we can hear it in their voices, are problem with from 80 and they fired to their own troops. and then a tank moved to shell our positions. it was a typical scenario. ukraine moving to

a strategic place to make it look like we were doing the shooting. but we were actually standing there with white flags that i lot of mercenaries. they're mostly british. much of the food and dry ration says from britain and poland. amid all this, may, hm. hundreds of civilians are scattered around the towns basements and shelters. this one harbours around 20 people whose neighboring houses were destroyed by the ukrainians. they say, look, still a go. is it look, you know, below it? you buy me in leaky does he show? jill is freshening 8th is so let me let me eat eat good. me girls. and me a unique each year. they will i t

i t sticky stuff, you know. and this used to be a music academy over several minutes used to be what it used to be to was renovated and you can still see in the details the amount of money and effort put into this place. but it is no more the ukrainians. sheltered burning at andrews effectively rendering useless when they did so. up to 60 civilians were sheltering here from the bombardments lunch till home, which was it. when russia special operation began ukraine and troops immediately entered our city. they placed their arm and vehicles in residential areas, drove round and started firing me sales and our soldiers came in, the ukrainians retreated, and then the bombed us smashed us from our basements. we could see crane and tank shooting at our houses. these people beg of one thing to help them escape this hail . in the end, we'll leave with

a ward of handwritten notes. it's phone numbers and messages they'd like us to pass to their loved ones in russia. a mortgage dawn of reporting from several de netscape ot see in the don units republican the capital is now suffering a 10th day of continuous ukrainian artillery shelling with official saying. western made howitzers were used to bombard schools, hospitals, and residential areas. we spoke to civilians who witnessed the latest bombardment. yes, look, are you like silly? i was in my room and my son was there. i just eaten and was having arrest. my son was running and shouting, leave it leave. i couldn't understand what he was talking about, but then the explosions came from. we are working remotely now, so there are not many of us at the school children are becoming to use to evacuating. we have to regularly carry out evacuations to the shelter, and they now react like it's normal. we have been living here since 2014. no one

has left and every one is kind of accustomed to it. and this howitzers, rage more and more lives are being lost done yet. square public officials say more than $100.00 civilians have died and almost a 1000 have been wounded in the last 4 bloody months in the republic. among them, a 7 year old girl who died in showing almost 2 months ago. ah for the open it up here, it is. the sport, the rocket land it. these are the cassettes that were filled with all sorts of fragments. but there were 2 cars parked here and the explosions, right, between numbers there. and she was at the epicenter right in front of these 2, cause i looked out from the steps and she was just lying that i pulled to, i thought maybe she lost consciousness from the blow. and at the last moment she moved to legs and i just, i thought she was alive. fuel began to flow from the cause towards her legs,

and then everything began to bon yup. and i yelled from my husband and ran out, picked her up by her jacket. and quickly ran with her while entrance in that in the entrance, she took to breath and then she was gone. ah, she was of i cheerful and kind gone. she had many friends and kindergarten. children still ask about her. my youngest child generally afraid to will come yard . we go for a walk so much so as not to see at all with his goal was our son. i saw him. it's very hard to live with allies to help with that i see needed. she know, she nash said, boy,

need see or near him gave them me know that you promises more lethal arms to ukraine. that's during a meeting of the french, german, italian and romanian leaders with the president zalinski and chief dupel c o. and we will continue to deliver military equipment in particular, caesar artillery can and trucks, which will enable ukrainian soldiers to defend themselves more effectively against attacks by the russian army on ukrainian soil. however, such deliveries are not seen as a significant help in contrast to the new 1000000000 dollar package from the us that was approved earlier this week. what's more documents, granting the arms are yet to be signed, a situation bound to upset ukraine, which has previously criticized french and german leaders for not meeting its demand for weapons. it's also angry with some new leaders in particular, the french president for their regular communication with the russian president.

the meeting saw that you heads support ukraine's bid to join the union, saying that the state can receive candidate status a promise. similarly, not backed by any signed obligation, it won't kill grain. italy wants to crane to be a candidate for the union right after the whole. it's next meeting. ukraine deserves candidacy because it's fighting for freedom and democracy. the last one and i'm a crane belongs in the european family warranty, and we're supporting ukraine with the delivery of weapons. we will keep doing that for as long as it is needed. however, the french president underlined that it would not happen overnight, even if $27.00 members unanimously approve ukraine's bid to join. they will have to draw up an elaborate roadmap for the procedure key of will also face a list of requirements and the you will have to consider how ukraine joining will affect neighboring states. moreover, manual kron stated that it is ukraine's responsibility to conduct peace talks with russia. not the use moscow though,

says it does not expect negotiations to resume or we discuss the use leaders visit with russia's deputy ambassador to the united nations. dmitri pollyanna asking, he believes that the trip was mainly organized to facilitate talks, as there is growing demand for a peaceful solution to the crisis within the there was a lot of love, a full show for them to go for these leaders. they were pretty much expected and they are expected also exercise some influence on non presence landscape. not only to provide arms to these country, but also to get engaged in meaningful consultations, new countries, including those send their leaders to keep the local. it will be controversial in their statements. again, there are very frequent statements and we can some of them. the other hand, there is a bigger and bigger demand in these countries,

in the countries from the population to their rulers, to and this turmoil, economic moral that isn't braces, european countries more and more and solutions. so these are crisis which is becoming a guarantee and security crisis, and it's quite clear that says all the all the traits of these crisis. so i think that the leaders continue to keep in mind the moods in new york and those are quite do forums. and there is more and more demands for finding a peaceful solution. for this crisis, one of the world's biggest and most important business events, the st. petersburg international economic form has entered its 3rd day in russia's northern capital. russian president vladimir putin will speak at the plenary session of the form today. speech act will be covering live of course, this year the form is held under the slogan, new opportunities in

a new world. the during his speech at the forum, the head of the russian gas export, the gas pump said that the world's western dominated economic system has been undergoing drastic changes with the u. s. dollar weakening. oh, glad him cook the bretton woods system. 2 point oh is simply a paradigm that says our currency are rules. they tell you how you can use their currency, what you are allowed and not allowed to do. and the west makes the laws. but we're seeing the dollar lose, it's a gemini, as payments in other national currencies are on the rise. and finally, the paradigm itself is changing. the priority is being given to another formula, goods, money, goods, we sell gas, then we extracted our goods, our rules. one of the most awaited discussions during day 2 of the forum was the one related to the oil and gas sector. we were listening to,

to speakers whose words could literally change the sums on your gas and electricity bills. that is the ceo of gas from and also rushes deputy prime minister in charge of the energy sector after a number of e country switch to roubles when paying for russian gas. the head of gas from proudly stressed how he believed the days of the bretton woods system were coming to an end. and also pointed out how the dollar was losing its weight as the global reserve currency. another important aspect, russia has always been in favor of more predictable gas trade. for years, moscow has been insisting on the long term supply contracts. now though, the ceo of gas from is saying europe is suffering from empty gas stored

sides and soaring prices because it kept refusing to sign long term deals. this policy is something that russia warned against for a very long time that we took, goshen settlers, portion of europe has abandoned long term contracts. that means that for those long term contracts that have not been concluded or extended capacities have not been created as a result. spot markets are a liquid. we warned europe about consequences. we were asked to build nord stream to we built it, but it was not certified for him. his name. now gas problem made headlines earlier this week when it cut it's gas supplies to the you through the north stream pipeline down by 40 percent. this immediately led to a spike and gas prices. now guess why that happened to cut the long story short, the siemens compressor units were sent for repairs to canada, but they couldn't be sent back because of canada's own sanctions against russia. so

this was another example given by gas from c e o. like say, miller, he's stressed how the western countries were shooting themselves in the foot by slapping russia with sanctions. the 2nd speaker alexander nova crushed his deputy prime minister also sent out an important message to the west. he said that in the near future, the current tor violent, all market will depend on how crude supply chains will be modified. mr. nova said that russia will definitely act fast to build the required infrastructure for extended exports of russian oil to consumers in the east. and this is russia's answer to the current situation. despite a boycott from a number of western officials and businessmen, guests from more than 100 countries are in attendance, many seeking to clinch lucrative business deals. some have already achieved that

goal with hundreds of millions of dollars in contracts already signed in the 1st 2 days of the form. earlier we got reaction from international affairs analyst, yvonne, tim affairs, who explained how russia has been dealing with the impact from western lead sanctions. it's harder for europe to get 3 the freshman gas due to their obstacles to quickly substituted the american one or the liquefied guests coming from valence all the same politics. so real plastic on the me in the near future, please. and we should also think about strategic decisions about the redirection of our get supplies on be international market. the western initiators have sanctions freely to course the collapse of the russian economy, rush and financial authority to amend the situation, actually liquidity with their internal herbal financial infrastructure. at the same time, the longer term effort,

so maybe huge. so the world bank affects the decline of g d p. and so we will have problems in the number of the grange has to be calling me due to the extra control we should not collect the damage. the damage is realistic in many governments of, for their family countries. the joining the western things is revealed. right? how, where we're businesses in these countries have to take into account the threat of secondary sanctions for the wants me to actions in the u. s. case for you when it comes to economy. though the internal politics, this is not just russia, this is corey 900. the problem in the management of the call me while it's easy to blame it on the russian president on russia in general. but we should take our own faults into the count from a 1000000 dollar deals to chance meetings on the sidelines. we will make sure that

you don't miss the moments that matter at the st. petersburg international economic form all week long. the biden has been accused of playing blame games when it comes to us energy prices with florida governor ron descent stressing that he needs to take responsibility for his incompetence. he needs to take responsibility, always trying to blame of a people. he's always trying to create a scape goat. alright, in the last week by and also has been slammed by big oil companies after he requested they ramp up production to tackle gasoline prices that have almost doubled since last year. but the industry is response wasn't exactly what whitehouse wanted to hear. while we appreciate the opportunity to open increased dialogue with the white house, the administration's misguided policy agenda, shifting away from domestic oil and natural gas,

has compounded inflationary pressures and added headwinds to companies. daily efforts to meet growing energy needs while reducing emissions. longer term government can promote investment through clear and consistent policy that supports us resource development, such as regular and predictable, li sales, as well as streamlined regulatory approval and support for infrastructure such as pipelines. earlier, president biden said that big oil in action had nullified his administration's efforts to soften inflation. but the company's claim, it is the u. s. president himself, who has radically shifted focus from oil production to green energy, yet now tries to move the blame to them. record rising inflation has go incited with a rise in distress, in biden, with his approval rating falling to record at lowes over the last 3 weeks. or 2 correspondent give them up in comments. working families across america are feeling the crunch of the rising energy costs, the high gas prices. so now we have the white house coming forward with

a letter directed it oil companies in america, urging them to an oil production in order to drive the prices down and take the burden of the high costs off of americans that are frustrated with the rising costs . here is what the white house said in their letter. the crunch at families are facing, deserves immediate action. your companies need to work with my administration to bring forward concrete, near term solutions that address the crisis and respect the critical equities of energy workers and fence line communities at a time of war. historically high refinery profit margins being passed directly onto american families are not acceptable. now, oil companies will come forward and said the white house simply does not understand the industry. and they can't simply increase the amount of output this easily. it's not a matter of simply pushing a button or, or pulling a knob that there are complex issues in arranging how much oil production is amped

up or slow down. now many have also taken note of some statements made by the white house press secretary. she came forward and said that it is the patriotic duty of companies to amp up production. this is what she said. oh, we'll companies, they have oil refineries. they have responsibility to what they have been doing is taking advantage of the war. and as i showed earlier, they have tripled, triple their, their, their income contract, we have done our part with the strategic petroleum reserve, the one, the 1000000 a day for the next 6 months. and so we need them to act oil companies, find these statements to be particularly ironic as the policy of the white house has been pretty clearly to phase out the fuel. they are taking the opportunity of the high energy costs to push electric cars and new energy vehicles and other, other mechanisms that don't use fossil fuels. they want to get rid of fossil fuel. so at the same time,

the white house is actively trying to phase the artist states off the fossil fuels reduce the amount of fossil fuels united states uses. they are now calling on oil companies in the name of patriotism to amp up oil reduction. many are looking at this as a great example of the erotic and not well thought out nature of the by the administration's policies when it comes to the energy sector. as the u. s. looks for human rights violations, world wide, it seems it has failed to fully investigate its own role and perpetuating such abuses in yemen. this is according to a congressional watchdog report or cheese morocco, give comments a quarter of a 1000000 deaths later, the united states still hasn't been able to figure out whether the $60000000000.00 of weapons that supplied the saudi arabia. we're used to kill innocent people. in fact, the united states openly admits they didn't even bother to try to find out. there

have been reports of extensive civilian harm in yemen. however, d o, d has not reported in state, could not provide evidence that had investigated incidents of potential unauthorized use of equipment transferred to saudi arabia or united arab emirates. joe biden came to power promising to wind america's role in the blood boss studies yemen than to stop supplying saudi arabia with all the bombs and missiles they wanted. he promised to stop supplying offensive weapons. everyone cheered and clapped them celebrated. and that was that, except who's to tell what an offensive or a defensive weapon is. how's that for loophole? u. s. military training mission officials told us that all of the equipment, the u. s. cells through f m. s to saudi arabia must be for defensive purposes in accordance with the arms control export act. however, these officials could not provide a definition for equipment that is defensive in nature when we asked how they

distinguish between equipment used for defensive purposes and equipment used for offensive purposes. there are some weapons p g m. so precision guided munitions, for example, hooked the jets and used the air strikes very offensive. what the u. s. government did to avoid heavy scrutinise silva missiles in parts, thereby by possible the bureaucracy. we didn't sell them amiss. old, they claim we sold them pots and with instructions on how to put them together, all hands are keen. the state department had been selling p gm's in component parts, so that each individual transfer fell below the threshold, requiring congressional approval over the last 8 years. saudi arabia has made something of a habit of launching air stripes, that big gatherings, so weddings and funerals and market places. plenty of times who the rebels in yemen have found the remains of us supplied munitions at the scenes. rockets and missiles

bombs made in america, yet somehow the united states has been unable to do the same. it turns out if you don't even try, you won't find anything wrong. centcom officials told that they do not know how d o d security cooperation officials in saudi arabia and u e would obtain the information necessary to determine whether u. s. origin defense articles were used in yemen by saudi arabia or u. e, against anything other than legitimate military targets, such as civilians or civilian infrastructure. this was a brief summary on how to wash your hands of all culpability. for one of the worst humanitarian disasters in the world for 8th long years. it isn't particularly brilliant or slides. just bolden, somewhat shameless, but really shameless is all for doing all of this. then coming out and demanding accountability from others, or even saying so,

but saying you'll hold them responsible. we have, i have a long history of relationship with saudi arabia, one where we raise issues, where we have significant concerns on human rights and on a range of issues and one where we have had a long security relationship that has been in the interest of the united states i in terms of this specific strike and a reaction, obviously any time there's a loss of life, of innocent lives, that is a tragedy. ah, and we are, we are mindful of that focused on that. we and many other organizations have been saying that it's really impossible to half a day and celebrate that they the olympic games at a time when the country is a committee. so many human rights abuses, particularly in sin, gen, reports of russia's human rights abuses and violations of internationally mandatory law, or mounting by the hour. there is of course, nothing new in this. the united states and nato have done to the world what they

wield these past 3 decades. and no one could do a thing about it. down cause like a human and the labor rights lawyer says. america doesn't care about humanitarian costs as it thinks international law doesn't apply to them. the u. s. has made sure that it would never be held accountable. right. the u. s. is not a member of the international criminal court. it is, in fact sanctioned the international criminal court. when it said it was going to investigate the u. s. for crimes and an afghan to stand the u. s. under george w bush actually passed the law that said the u. s. could bomb the a give the i c c. did investigate the u. s. u. s. is made sure the international law does not apply to the united states. it does not care about the humanitarian cause of its wars. the u. s. knew all along it back, samantha power, who was instrumental and making sure the u. s. would not be investigated or crimes any. and she herself,

years ago predicted that millions of p. m. and could die due to the war. but that didn't change her course of action didn't change the u. s. course of action and it won't because they don't care. does it for me? this are i was back in about 32 minutes is another full and freshly newsday with us, or 10 to national. ah, i

ah, when i was showing wrong when i just don't know, i have to shape out. this thing becomes the advocate and engagement equals the trail. when so many find themselves worlds apart, we choose to look so common ground. awe. on february, the 24th 2022, russia launched a special military operation in ukraine. the campaigns 1st major battle was an operation to bring the city of murray. you pulled back under the control of pro russian don bass

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