[000:00:00;00] a with at least 5 civilians die in the latest shilling of done yet. residential areas reportedly by key forces who are also reported using native weapons to target civilian infrastructure. european leaders line up to visit ukraine to promise many things that they themselves are skeptical of including supporting gives you association president vladimir putin says anti russian sanctions have failed, many causing internal grieve for the west itself. the number of sanctions is

unprecedented. the plan was to squeeze brushes, economy, and drive down the people's living conditions. obviously, it did not work gloomy forecast about the prospect to lucian economy have not come true. plus, there is international outrage after written is home secretary orders. the extradition of julian assigned to the u. s. where he faces 175 years in prison with broadcasting lab direct, more studios, moscow. this is our to international. i'm john thomas. certainly glad to have you with us. now at least 5 civilians were killed and 12 more injured in the latest shelling of don. yet residential areas reportedly by the ukrainian artillery local authorities that claimed that hundreds of missiles fired at the city were supplied to ukraine by nato. countries of this week has seen the most intensive showing of

the danielle cru, public capital. in a years of more local authority, say that civilian infrastructure was targeted, including the local university. a school and many apartment blocks killing dozens with huge amounts of missiles from the nearby of d f. a city under ukrainian control around 20 kilometers to the south of done yes, city r t z got done of comments. ah, this frontline is just outside the city of da nets and according to the military here, the ukrainians over there, they've amassed a significant amount of manpower and military vehicles in a matter of the past week. basically here's what happened. they had to retreat from the north because that's where they're being pushed by the the nets, people's republics militia. so they have no other option,

but to go to of day of car where they have various work, basically stronghold it's a fortress so they can hide that. so they're concentrated in the this is the epicenter of the ukrainian forces. just outside of the nets can from there they can well they can shoot and shell in all directions. basically, from over there, they're shelling civilians in genetic civilians and other villages and towns here and quite often the use. so this is the remains of a polish shell and it's aluminum. and what's very special about it is that you can't hear it normally. you can hear the hissing sound of mine as it's approaching you, or is it or is it flies above you? these don't make a sound, these are silent killers. and in general, according to the military, they seem ukrainian seem to be running out of soviet ammunition. because more and more they're finding these western made remains of the armaments usually tell you which important notion which they've really strengthened their positions in our part of the front in africa,

in the direction of the village of spartak. we suspect they did. this is our soldiers squeezed them down from the north and they moved people here along the only road that can still be driven on. they've brought artillery systems in tanks here and camouflaged their positions. but we're gradually forcing them out. they've moved over here because there are 2 large heavy, concrete fortified areas in a former military base in the area. ah, the little frontline town of spar tuck is tormented like it hasn't been in years. the ukrainian forces are hitting it with all the military might. they've got there . but while it looks deserted, a handful of civilians still live there. many out of principal of normal what i've been living here for a long time, more than 40 years. i've lived through the whole war here. i haven't gone anywhere . we started living in the basement when the war began and all the utilities were

disconnected. the electricity was set off literally in a week's time. shortly after that, the water was turned off and then a week later the gas was cut off. in the winter, it's clear that the apartment is unheeded. so we've been living in the basement with those whom decided to stay. they have to live in conditions like this, especially given the increased volume over the bombardments coming and bombs falling from the ukrainian side. of course, this is no blocked re hotel, but they have an improvised something of stover fireplace, a couple of bunk beds. but notice how neat it is here, little improvised shelves, something like a rock here. so even given that people here, of course, they have to survive and will really die conditions. this is miles better compared

to what we've seen. and as of style steel plant, for example, where the as of neo nazi fight as well, this is much cleaner, much better, much neat and much more of a home. meanwhile, in ukraine's east, at an oil depot in the pro pet thrust region reported, they caught fire after it was struck by 3 rockets. this unverified footage published on the social media shows what appears to be pipelines in flames. as a huge column of smoke rises to the sky, according to local reports, 11 people were injured in the attack, which ukraine media has blamed on russia. moscow is yet to comment on the situation . this week, european leaders have rushed to visit ukraine with a new batch of promises to which they themselves are skeptical. years are to contribute rachel marston with details. it seems like there's an unspoken contrast between western leaders to see who can virtue signal hardest by making the most

trips here ukrainian president letters, lensky, british prime minister course johnson visited may, as did canadian prime minister just to know. and you ask firstly joe biden. and other talk officials, the western press had been asking when leaders of european countries would come to visit. so finally, the leaders of france, germany and italy made pilgrimage this week, right before us johnson went back. yet again. they marked all the usual us and me all the usual, cheerleading stainless la falsely put me through frances, being alongside ukraine since day one. we stand with ukrainians who i'm peggotty. ukraine must resist and made more watchable promises it wallach you. grain of italy

wants to crane to be a candidate for the european union. right after whole, his next meeting promises you candidate status for ukraine. don't mean that it's a done deal or ganita, and that is you. but we also tell them, frankly, that this process will take time. there will be conditions, there'll be a roadmap, which will be made by the commission to be fulfilled, and therefore they will not become a member of the european union to morrow. and while european leaders continue to pledge more weapons free grain, they'll have to get in line behind the other deliveries and snag into conversion from promise to reality, much to the upset of keith and was no was normal, both put him on the ocean. we keep telling our partners that ukraine needs modern missile defense systems. our country does not have them at a sufficient level yet line, but it is in our country. and right now it is the greatest need for such weapons in europe will. therefore, procrastination with its provision cannot be justified as xena. now, the pentagon, as put the brakes on the by the administration plan to give you credit for. and she wants the great drums,

which can be armed with hellfire missiles over concerns that the equipment could end up in the hands of the enemy. meaning russia, ali, they don't seem to be too concerned that it could end up in the hands of ukrainian neo nazis or a terrorist jihadists or disappear into the black market. meanwhile, and b. c. news, citing by the administration sources is reporting the secretary state, asked me lincoln and defense secretary would often to tone down their remarks in support of ukraine, which he thought went too far. risk setting, unrealistic goals, and calling washington into a direct conflict with moscow. western european leaders like french president, a veteran that had already been chastised by for suggesting that ukraine considered negotiations and concessions in the interesting piece. but behind that posture looks a tacit admission. realistically the conflict isn't likely to resolve you claims favor against russia.

with why there's going to have to be negotiated, settlement or what that entails. i don't know. i don't think anybody know some time to come to the city. it's all to ukraine to the side. we kind of decide the conditions for the end of the war. instead of the ukrainians, all decisions are made by the coin and leader them. so maybe beneath the surface of this p r trek to heave, the real goal was to try to use the whiskey incentive to get to the negotiating table real and then by dangling the candidate status terrorist. and you have a good reason to start thinking about winding down the conflicts. it has a crumbling economy, circulation, energy boss, falling ratings, and rigging, domestic scandals. these western leaders already have more than enough on their plates. political commentator anthony webber says,

european leaders are clearly putting their foreign policy agendas 1st. if i said he was citing is more important for me to visit a foreign country, not for me to recall the interests of my own, my own country. i'm so is the true, he didn't need to go to the ukraine then, but it's almost like he's trying to off stage the 3 key key man leaders pop up from the, from france and cool. so to pull from was from the media. and apparently we're trying to look at some piece initiatives in return for fast tracking id you and see what they are trying to achieve the year. but of course, all the math, the key points is that, and it does seem to prime minister at a time when, as

a national rel strike with many, many economic problems in the u. k. and the new fuel crisis, along with things which are not catching policy. ukraine's previous president toward port shinkel has admitted that the 2015 minutes peace agreements drawn up at 2 end of the hostilities in the dumbass meant nothing to give. he says that they were only find to give the government more time to strengthen militarily gyms they should is pretty good against how did the negotiations in minsk and which is what we wanted. we didn't trust put in than and we don't. now, our task was to avert the threat or to delay the war. it was necessary to get 8 years for us to restore economic growth and build up a powerful military. and this was the 1st task and he was achieved. the men's agreements were brokered by russia, france,

and germany to end of the civil war in don bass, in the wake of the key of qu, in 2014 don bass regions of don. yes, campbell ganske refused to recognize ukraine's new government instead, naming their own leaders responded by sending in its military which sparked the civil war, which left tens of thousands dead after cranes military offensive failed. he was forced to sit down for talks. under the subsequent mincing deals, the dumbass remained part of ukraine wild key of agreed to give the republics of don yet, campbell guns called autonomy and hold new elections there. in the 7 years since the agreements were signed, the vote did not take place. when vitamin zalinski replaced push unco as president in 2019, he promised a booster to the peace process. however, those efforts also stalled gives failure to implement them in st roadmap. and the continued shelling of the done yes, can ganske republics were among the primary reasons for russia to launch its military operation. in february,

kennestone from the hamilton coalition to stop the war earlier, told us that ukraine's previous president bears full responsibility for the ongoing military conflict. in his own words and in front of the entire world, he has admitted that during his entire term as president of ukraine from 2014 to 2018. he undermined he deliberately sabotaged the immense agreements he bargained in bad faith. and therefore, he is an author of the current military conflict in ukraine and should be held responsible after the war if there is some kind of tribunal. and as for the countries which guaranteed implementation of the minsk agreements, including france and germany and the o. s. c, e o, these countries, they bear responsibility. they were either fools or accomplices of parish ankle

because for 8 years they did nothing to stop the, the horrendous loss of life in dung, nets and the turning of a 1000000 people into refugees. so they too are to blame. clearly there was a war being plotted against the people of the donnette and lucon sco republics . and when they tell us how much they care about the people of ukraine, it's not true, it's not true. it wasn't true in yugoslavia that wasn't true in afghanistan wasn't true and in libya, wasn't true in iraq. this is, these countries are just ponds and a great global game of the u. s. empire. vladimir putin has underlined russia, strong response to western efforts to hurt the russian economy. he noted that attempts to damage the country economically had caused harm to western countries themselves,

or cheese philip drank reports. its almost been exactly 4 months since russia sent its troops to ukraine. and countries in the west launched a different kind of war against russia, an economic war. so it was time for the man in charge on the russian side to give an update. and he chose saint petersburg as the stage to tell the world how russians coping you. the number of sanctions is unprecedented to plan was to squeeze russia's economy and drive down people's living conditions. obviously, it did not work gloomy forecasts about the prospects of the russian economy. have not come true, that is clear that this propaganda campaign has been and remains an instrument of inflammation. wool, but we are strong people. we can cope with any challenge. just as our ancestors did . i faced holes in moscow. see this as a key milestone in how countries around the globe will be switching to trade and national currencies. president, bladder are prudent for his part, painted

a marquis future for traditional reserve currencies. first and foremost, the was dollar was luke, increasingly in the context of the inflation still many developing countries have a reasonable question. why exchange goods for dollars in euro's which are rapidly losing white? the conclusion is that the economy of imaginary entities is being replaced by the economy of real values and assets such as food energy and of a role materials in the coming years based on objective analysis, the process will be set in motion. mr. brewton last out of his western counterparts for pretty much losing common sense. and literally, as he bought said, forget saying about the interests of their own people, all in a bed to week in russia, president putin also brought up how russia was being blamed for economic hardships all around the world. which, according to the russian leader, is totally wrong. and unfair, eagle up,

well doing free us the current rise and price isn't the problem with inflation with susan energy supply, gasoline and the energy sector crisis. all of this is a result of systemic mistakes and the economic policy of the current administration in the us and european bureaucracy. everyone understands the real reasons huge sums of money were printed in this money was used to purchase goods and services outside of western countries. on global markets, taking over why no one wants to think about the interests of other countries, including the poorest deal. we almost knew that vladimir putin was going to use strong language and pro punches at the u. s. in allies, but the president got very tough, perhaps even tougher than expected. and the speech almost sounded like a lecture for russia's enemies, no human solution. but i think we will hear about this so called putin's inflation . who is listening to such nonsense? it's intended for those who can't read and write, that's all cleveland al country and in the liberator territories. rephrase that,

we will quit and leave the russian leaders spent quite a while explaining in detail while he ordered the star of russia's military operation in ukraine. he also pointed out how the painful conflict initially unravelled after western leaders sponsored what moscow calls an illegitimate cohen key of in 2014 1st says president who western officials agreed to mediate and guarantee a peace deal between ukraine's nationalist opposition and present in a convent. but then turned a blind eye to the violent overthrow of his government. his days later, the russian leader reminded the world how the my dad, who was never accepted by the people of ukraine, southeastern don bass regions when asked to buy ortiz editor in chief, whether hope keep defending the ethnic russian population. there no matter what mister prudent insisted, that all the goals of the military operation will be accomplished. she will be by

yet some people in our country and in deliberate territories are afraid that we will quit and leave will we leave, can use them. we will support the people living in these territories, of course, but in the end, only the people who live there will determine the future. so a thorough explanation of russia's vision coming from st. petersburg. let's wait for the next step from both sides or it also speaking at the form was the head of russian gas export. a gas prom who stressed that the world's western dominated economic system has been undergoing drastic changes with the west dollar weakening. we run gallery mccook the bretton woods system. 2 point oh is simply a paradigm that says our currency, our rules. they tell you how you can use their currency. what you are allowed and not allowed to do in 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 extract it. our goods are rules. europe has abandoned long term contracts. that means that for those long term contracts that have not been concluded, our extended capacities have not been created as a result. spot markets are a liquid. we warned europe about the consequences we were asked to build nord stream to. we built it, but it was not certified norwegian political scientists. glenn decent, told r t from the st. petersburg form. that despite the western sanctions and economic pressure on moscow, the russian financial system has stabilized. what the west had, the plan for russia obviously didn't play out because the assumption was that well done. before the end of the weekend, effectively, the russian economy was going to be decimated. the financial system was supposed to collapse, the currency was certified and said supposed to be

a meeting to rebel and the instead we, we see that the opposite us up. and so the, the rubel us is much stronger now than it was even it before february. and the financial system has been stabilized. and while they, the economy is set to grow after a lot of the supply chains, chains i've been to reorganize. and so it's obviously the short term expectation. the short medium from expectation of a lot of western states did not play out the way that they'd be expected to see that the between the western russia, both sides are now expressing a lot of trust has been lost. and both sides argued that they've been preparing to effectively live without other after this divorce as so it is hard to say how, how would we come back together? i think already though this a lot of discovery of the economic pain. so this a lot of incentives for it to, to find a way of a, maybe not going back to the way things were,

but finding some ways of working together again as the legal team for wiki leaks, whistleblower gillian assange prepares an appeal after the british home secretary approved an american bid for his extradition or to his don quarter comments on the curious ties between the decision makers and the u. s. main intelligence body. the 12 year saga of wiki leaks co founder julian assad may be finally coming to its conclusion with washington set to enact its revenge. after 3 years in bel marsh, maximum security prison u. k. is home secretary is given the green light to extradite the whistleblower to the united states. allowing julian assange to be extradited to the us would put him at great risk and sends a chilling message to journalists, the world over. it is an appalling symbol of how far the british and american governments commitment to human rights has declined. anyone in this country who

cares about freedom of expression should be deeply ashamed that the home secretary has approved. the extradition of julian assigned to the united states, the country that plotted his assassination, u. s. has been out to get a song since 2010 when he published hundreds of thousands of classified documents. they illustrated. the american military is apparent, disregard for civilian life and potential war crimes committed during its wars throughout the middle east. over the years, the charges from conspiracy to hack us computers to publishing classified information as prohibited by the espionage act, have had a song staring down the barrel of up to 175 years in prison. and as he awaited his extradition ruling a yahoo news report surfaced, claiming that the c i had plans to kidnap and assassinate the songs. the c i plotted to kidnap the wikileaks founder, spring heated debate among trump, administration, officials over the legality and practicality of such an operation. some senior

officials inside the cia and the trumpet administration even discussed killing, assigned, going so far as to request sketches or options for how to assassinate him. turns out the u. k. it's home secretary who just approved a sanchez extradition. actually has ties to the cia for years. she sat on the advisory board for a lobbying organization called the henry jackson society alongside lord james abra . not defense minister, whose judge wife made 2 key rulings against the sun since its creation in 2006. the groups never revealed who funds it, and at the same time it's hosted more than a few former c i a directors at high profile political events. one of them was mike palm pale, who called wiki leaks, a hostile intelligence service. we have a find the celebration of entities like wiki leave to be both perplexing and deeply troubling. what he likes, walks like a hostile intelligence service and talks like a hostile intelligence service. he was also in charge of the ca when these alleged

plans to do with san harm were made. understanding that and the fact that the society paid patel $2500.00 pounds to attend a security program in washington. it should come as no surprise that a sons' is likely now on his way to his do i personally sort that juliana sanchez, unbreakable. however, he's only human. he's severely suffering from so so much he said van is suffering from psychological torture from all these years. when he's not be, he's not, he's not sleep and keys demo nights on that perspective. dad, he will spend the wits of his life in the most oppressive conditions you can have anywhere in the wall is going to break anybody.

i'm going to break julian lessons. that's what the doctor said. he's gonna commit suicide if he is a to like that the united states, as western pressure escalates, india remains defiant amid the world trade organizations restrictions on subsidized agriculture. countries. commerce minister says new deli won't be pushed around by external forces or bow to threats. o reconsider this developed countries, signed a one sided pact to benefit their own farmers before the world trade organization was formed. they gave a raw deal to weak and developing nations. india has been fighting for the rights of its farmers and agriculture within the w t o via no one can pressure india. we won't succumb to any pressure to geneva based w t o set restrictions against exporting state subsidized crops, saying they lead to unfair prices on global markets. such subsidies allow indian

farmers to grow more wheat and rice at lower costs. new delhi has said that it plans to change the policy to support its domestic farmers and protect it's food security. india has seen recent tensions with the west over keeping its close relations with moscow. amid the ukraine conflict, it has rejected calls from the us to cut imports of russian oil instead, increasing purchases at heavily discounted prices. india is now one of the top consumers of russian energy, while the u. s. has imposed and embargo on imports of the fuel from russia and u. s. had this to say to new delhi on its stance. in my conversations with them, i've said, look, we don't have secondary sanctions, we can't ban your purchases. but as you increase your purchases from russia, don't go too far and don't look like you're taking advantage of the pain that is being felt in european households. and in the united states, we heard from an indian political expert who says that the u. s. should treat india

like an equal partner if it wants to improve relations with new delhi. well, i think one of the reasons why india has been under so much precious because the us expected it. india is an ally off the u. s. which is what got down on the door to us lines on line on the embargo and russian id. but i think for the west to needs to understand 2 things. india and russia has started. india has a sovereign right to do what is info, self interest. and india has time and again, i done when some things that justified, for example, with venezuela, with iran, it's worked, it's worked along with the western block. but with russia, india, energy, security, betterment, and india needs to secure herself before moving on. and you know, if you want to think countries are buying, who continue to buy, import oil and gas from russia. so i think that india consumption do increase as much later than all of europe. and this is your 1st needs to reduce their purchases before they can make sure in the,

on what you're doing with regards to russia. the rest has to deal with india, i think, you know. and then the 3rd part is it has to understand what constraints or restrictions and we support it with the rest. but it, it seems, and we cannot spoil our relationship, which is traditional friendship with russia always being a friend who's been with us to, to continue. it cannot get out. it's all important jeopardize it's energy security just because you know the rest and countries may have a problem with a country. beacon 2 or 3 countries. i mean at some point in gosh, look at in the g security which is paramount. the book i get repeat, india has 1400000000 people in the energy security is spread among what that does from the back in 20 minutes. another full and fresh look at your weekly stay with the attention national. ah,