a that you for that a military says it's killed, more than 50 top ukrainian officers including general and the cruise missiles tri color crucial command. and in our run down all the week's top story, the exclusive report from the front line in the 50th several don't yet with thousands of ukrainian troops. plus the foreign mercenaries believe to be trapped inside a chemical plot wasn't sanctioned 3rd up and economic storm for the countries that imposed a well feeling to take down rushes economy. according to vladimir putin, we give it a key 3 to this in petersburg. international economic for the number of sanctions

is unprecedented to plan was to squeeze brushes, economy, and drive down the people's living conditions. obviously it did not work gloomy forecasts about the prospects of the russian economy have not come true. with britain time secretary approved the ex tradition of julian authority to b. u. s. what he faces up to 175 years in prison. we look at the u. k. official long history of linked to the cia with a very well malcolm. this is the weekly here on, on the international with the latest world news and a round up of the stories that shaped the week is good to happy with us. no rush, just defense ministry things. one of its cruise missile strikes is killed dozens of high ranking ukrainian officers, including generals of correspondents ramon calls. europe isn't done yet with the latest. it was a very important target. indeed, as, as some of the top military personnel in ukraine was wiped out by russian naval

based caliber, a cruise missile, according to the defense ministry, more than 50 people. that includes both the generals and some of the top officers have been killed as a result of that strike. now, according to the defense ministry, all these people were holding a strategy, a meeting when the missiles struck them. now this of course falls in line with what moscow has been saying all along, and that is if a russian territory is continuously being struck by ukraine, that it will take action against solve the decision making sensors in ukraine. now apart from that, so over a for a 100 nationalist and $200.00 militants had also been killed over the last 24 hour period. also considering the fact that ukraine's officials themselves had

been saying that they been losing at least 500 men a day. and a russian commander says that these numbers are so high because the ukrainian commands are throwing on just about anyone and everyone into battle, including a lot of those people who have no experience with weapons or military equipment and a speaking of the military equipment washing defense ministry also said that they destroyed quite a lot of it over the last 24 hour period. and that includes $1055.00 millimeter caliber home. it serves an up to 20 armored vehicles which were delivered to ukraine by the west of the last set sands a period. meanwhile, russian led forces, se they've taken full control of the town of metal can and the look on square public. just east of the city of several on yeske, which they over run early this month. the remaining ukrainian trips that are hold

up for the local chemical factory, which has been blocks off. no clue 30 say some of the ukrainian civil ready come out and surrendered according to various estimates that the 2 and a half 1000 soldiers, including foreign mercenaries, are still hiding inside the industrial zone. on tv costano found it exclusive report from the front line early this week. behind me you can see the black plumes of smoke, they are rising from the azores plant. there's about $800.00 may be meters to the positions of the ukrainian forces. in fact, were 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 ceasefire of the chemical plant. we went to hell rescue civilians and then the ukrainians took out a tank and started shooting as us and a fight again broke out. when i was there yesterday, ukraine didn't once stop firing mortars. i still got it fighters and al panicking. you can hear so on the walkie talkies. they want the vital to and we can hear it in their voices for formal with from 80 and they fired 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 when the i lot of mercer's there. the most that british much of the food and dry ration is from britain and poland. and had all this, may him, hundreds of civilians are scattered around the towns basements and shelters. this one hob was around 20 people whose neighboring houses were destroyed by the

ukrainians. they say, look, still. i don't is like a yet on the look the below it. you by me in the don't see that he shouldn't joke. express me. so let me. let me. e g. a doesn't need grants in me any with a unique creature? the like he didn't. emma junkie. dickie still it yet. but you know, you live, let mamma, lou lou lou shit you any he what that go about? he me sure. even if it.

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 and was affectively rendering useless when they did so. up to 60 civilians were sheltering here from the bombardments lunch till 4, much less with it. when russia special operation began, ukrainian troops immediately entered our city. they placed their armored vehicles in residential areas, drove round and started firing the sales, and our soldiers came in, the ukrainians retreated, and then they 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 hell. in the end, we'll leave with

a ward of and written notes. it's phone numbers and messages they'd like us to pass to their loved ones in russia. i'm a gosh darn of reporting from several than ask archie that only has a public forces had been firing back at ukrainian artillery units which intensified their shelling of residential areas. this week. has some exclusive to own footage from our correspondent in don back showing a number of the ukrainian armies firing positions being completely destroyed. most of the ongoing fighting has taken place to the northeast of dawn yet city, however, key of troops had still been firing rockets and artillery rounds into the capital. dozens of kilometers away, but not as republic has suffered more than a week of relentless bombardment by ukrainian forces with 900 people killed and a 100 to wounded in the last 7 days. don't yet fit. he has been bearing the bronze at the shelling local authority, say civilian infrastructure was targeted,

including hospital was universities and residential blocks. and that hundreds of rockets and shells that find out the city were recently supplied to ukraine by nato countries. in some of the was shelling the dorm batches, public has seen in the past 8 years of conflict. one of the most heavily hit side to the local market, where 3 people, including a mother and her child, were killed on monday. the tide came during a particularly busy time at the scene where people were celebrating the annual russia day holiday or the sun with the media outlets at north side, away from blaming russia for the deadly selling of don. yes, t. listening to a voice from the max in the us or initial that to minutes. but i mentions on by the motion and go get to to, to me of a friend, let's robbins i'm getting the, my feeling bushes there. position i me is to come in. it's a name, it's must close the initial president for 3, it would invest them the gym and board casa failed to realize that don, yes,

isn't even inside ukraine, and the russian troops were certainly not selling the own allies. there. 2 days later, the european outlets quietly apologized its blog blaming. so cool the arrows for the claims and it's broadcast. we discussed the situation with george allison in american investigative journalist working in dumbass. everything every sacked about this situation is obvious. all the evidence is very obvious. when shells are fired, you can tell the direction that they're fired from. it's not very difficult. it's not rocket science. it's that they don't want to know. as long as they don't know, they can continue to blame russia, which, you know, again, is obscene, but that's where we are in this time frame. miss latan attacks on, on the hospital, mary, opal. i'm mucho, you know, why would russia in mucho,

why would russia give humanitarian 8 packages and then tilt kill the people they get into life just doesn't work that way. it's not to way military's work. one of the world's biggest and most important business events, the st. petersburg international economic form wraps up on cents a day off the several eventful days. ah, the main event was vladimir putin keynote speech, his 1st to an international audience that since the sauce of russia's military operation in don't bass and ukraine. the president noted that attempts to damage russia economically have actually caused more harm to western countries themselves . aren't easily petra and capacity has 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 st. petersburg as the stage to tell the world how russia's coping the number of sanctions is unprecedented. the plan was to squeeze rushes 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 that we are strong people, we can cope with any challenge. just as our ancestors did. i resolve in moscow see this as a key milestone in how countries around the globe will be switching to trade and national currencies. president vladimir prudent for his part, painted a marquis future for traditional reserve currencies. first and foremost, the was dollar was luke and recently in the context of the inflation store, 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 placed by the economy of real values and assets such as food energy and of a rural materials in the coming years. based on objective analysis, the process will be set in motion. mister poo last out of his western counterparts for pretty much losing common sense. and literally, as he bought said, forget saying, the interests of their own people, all in of beds to week in russia. president prudent 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 abilene for the current arise, and prices and the problem with inflation with food and 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 euro chrissy. 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 old supply no one wanted to think about the interests of other countries, including the poorest deal. we almost knew that latimer bruton 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 his speech almost sounded like a lecture for russia's enemies machine was lucian. but i think we'll hear about this so cold 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 are afraid 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 cohen, western officials agreed to mediate and guarantee a peace deal between ukraine's nationalist opposition and present in a covent. but then turned a blind eye to the violent overthrow of his government. days later, the russian leader minded the world how the my dan, 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 washing population. there no matter what mister proven insisted, that all the goals of the military operation will be accomplished. she will be by yet some people in our country and in deliberated territories are afraid that we will quit and leave will relief can use them. we will support the people living in these territories, of course, but in the end,

only the people who live the will determine the future. so a thorough explanation of rushes vision coming from st. petersburg. let's wait for the next step from both sides. well, also speaking of the forum was the head of russia's gas, probably stress, that there's been a global tectonic shift with new economic wills, emerging to move away from the u. s. dollar. well, karate mccook 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 in the west makes the laws, but we're seeing the dollar lose to germany as payments in other national currencies or 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. we also caught up with the philippines ambassador to russia equal bail and at the foreign. and he told us that the country

is very interested in doing business with moscow despite the western sanctions in the russian foreign ministry, the printed that, the philippines, that big sate principal possession in the united nations on the situation in ukraine. we are praying with the rest of the world that the situation gets resolved soon and that the piece will return on the other question i'd be relations between that the philippines saw and the rush us bill continues satisfied by this. are you the current of difficulty? the philippines remains a friendly country. are we did that the both sanctions again saw russia and the various been an interesting thought in both the level of government from the russian side. and of course, a business, the business interest, filipino business men are interested in penetrating, coming, big advantage of the russian market at the same find that in a rush and business versus an even tourists are interested to visit the philippines

and take a look at what the philippines has to offer a, the same thing are, goes for filipino consumers becoming interested in russian products. rush out the resume. so i think at the bottom line, people to people basis relations, continue this by the present difficulties. the present challenges, which we hope will get resolved. so that we will move progress advanced forward ah, several top european leaders made a surprise visit to chaos this week, bringing a batch have new promises to keep arming the country. but some of their pledges have come across as inconsistent as artie contributes to rachel, marston explains is an unspoken contrast between western leaders to see who in virtue signal, the hardest, by making the most trips to here ukrainian president letters. lensky, british prime minister force johnson visited, may,

as did canadian prime minister just to know. and you ask, firstly, joe biden and other talk u. s. 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 last i made all the usual cheerleading statements. the halls that been coming through france has been 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 ukraine 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 place more weapons free grain, they'll have to get in line behind the other deliveries and hit a snag into conversion from promise to reality must be upset a keep. it was no reasonable 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. and now the pentagon as put the brakes on the administration's plan to give you credit for. and she wants the great drugs, which can be armed with hellfire missiles over concerns that the equipment could

end up in the hands of the enemy. meaning russia only, they don't seem to be too concerned that it can end up in the hands of ukrainian neo nazis or a terrorist or disappear into the black market. meanwhile, and b. c. news, citing biden administration sources is reporting the secretary state and defense secretary austin to tone down their remarks in support. ukraine, which he thought went too far risk setting, unrealistic goals, and calling walking into a direct conflict with moscow. western european leaders like french president, a veteran that had already been chastised by here for suggesting that ukraine considered oceans and concessions in the interesting piece. but behind that posture lurks a tacit admission. realistically the conflict isn't likely to result ukraine's favor against russia in

line. 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 did. so maybe beneath the surface of this p r trip to achieve, 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. and given good reason to start thinking about winding down the conflicts, it has a crumbling economy, circulation, energy, falling ratings, and rating domestic scandals. these western leaders already have more than enough on your place. i mean, rising international tension i've, it's high one. britton's defense secretary has came to china's position on the issue will depend on the outcome of the conflict in ukraine and wallace safe.

beijing is now testing the waters ukraine matters because china's analyzing rushes experience. do you see the issues around taiwan? this, the war in ukraine is ultimately about the west resolve to defend its values. that's it. therefore, all sorts of people who have a different view of the world, or indeed who are our adversaries or our competitors, will look and tests that resolve and see and be able to engage how far they can push it. according to the u. k. official, a russian victory and the conflicts will encourage china to make a move on taiwan. this comes as the u. s. shifts more of its military folk as to the region while bating boys, it may be prepared for a direct confrontation. if taiwan attempts to gain full independence from china, thick to gown vice president of the center for china and globalization says the u. s. is behind western efforts to feel confrontation over taiwan in order to provoke china to try and stifle it's rapid development. i think at the u. k. secret jails

defense is really out of his mind is completely misreading the situation in ukraine has completely misreading the situation across the 2 sides of the taiwan street, powerless part of china, and there is only one china in the world. it is generally acknowledged by all the countries in the world, including ironically, the british government and the united states government. so no, why should mislead themselves as well as the rest of the world to crane that taiwan is not part of china. i think the black hand behind the scene is truly the united states. i think the united states is very worried that china will, sol surpassed in terms of the size of the column. other united states want to promote this conflict, or you will provoke this confrontation as if this is the most effective card. they can bring china into a wall and through such

a war they can halt china's peaceful development. there was the legal team behind, duly nathan's, for passing formally appeal his expedition to the us approved by britain's home secretary on friday, ortiz donald quarter examines the curious connection between the u. k. decision maker and the cia the 12 year saga of wiki leaks co founder julian assange 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's 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 cia had plans to kidnap and assassinate the songs. the c i plotted to kidnap the wiki leeks 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 trump administration even discussed

killing the signs going so far as to request sketches or options for how to assassinate him. it turns out the u. k. is home secretary who just approve the 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 lore. james abra, not defense minister whose judge wife made 2 key rulings against the such since its creation in 2006. the groups never revealed to funds it. and at the same time, it's hosted more than a few former ca 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 assigns is likely now on his way to his doom to home secretary appreciate it shows performances. this is pretty agree. jewish pretty, pretty bad. what has happened to the british nobles? there are no english nobles now, it looks like they're just all vessels of the united states. i am ashamed of what's happened to our penal system. if people in the united states think they can use the espionage act of 19 in the teen, my and you against german spies to pursue capture and put in prison for the rest, the day lives, journalist, whether they be australians or uruguayan, zora i slander,

if they live in antartica or in the arctic. we can get you because we're the united states or we have this law that we can apply to. anyone doesn't have to be american citizen. so you know, how dangerous is that her independent journalism? well, let's compose a requiem for it, because it's it, sir. it's mostly day when you, thanks for keeping his company here and i'll see international as always, plenty for news debate down discussion to be found on our website all the dot com. ah . so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy confrontation, let it be an arms race is on, often very dramatic development. only personally and getting to resist. i don't see how that strategy will be successful,

very critical time time to sit down and talk with you to look up for a muscle on you know, she doesn't being an issue on a nurse to me as place to mom with his ashley of a dc wanted to work with you, but now it's not looking for the channel to not work for phones or something like that. and then we go at that point. did that with brain lisa have that.