mm hm. with the head of the british army issues, a rallying cry to troops telling them they need to be ready to face russia on the battlefield. u. s. energy secretary calls for countries worldwide to ramp up production, while germany has already started to use gas stored for winter. and as the commission recommends it giving ukraine candidate status, some countries long on the fringes of the membership, see it purely as a move against russia. it's a matter of interest. ukraine is suitable for europe enough to be against russia. they especially want to do this in order to separate ukraine from russia's patronage and expand nato's borders further. so that's it. there's nothing else.

and with another civilian killed and 2 more injured and ukraine shelling of done yet. we discussed the rise in civilian casualties with a french veteran who fought for don yes. courses in 2015. the center of finance is not part of the front line. and when they constantly hit the civilian infrastructure that we've had the weapons, it should be cold terrorism. when every single day there are victims among civilians, they can only be called a terrorist state with broadcasting law direct from our studios in moscow. this is our 2 international. i'm john thomas. certainly glad to have you with us. now. the u. k. that new army chief has warranted that he will start preparing a force capable of defeating russia in battle. there is now a burning imperative to forge an army capable of fighting alongside our allies in defeating russia in battle. we are the generation that must prepare the army to

fight in europe once again. the statements from the army general follow. last week's surprised visit by bois johnson to key of rhetoric, also echoed by the nato chief and the british prime minister himself. we must prepare for the fact that it could take years. we must not let up in supporting ukraine even if the costs are high, not only for military support, but also because of rising energy and food prices. i'm afraid we need to steal ourselves for a long war. time is the vital factor. everything will depend on whether ukraine can strengthen its ability to defend it soil faster than russia can renew its capacity to attack. threats have also come from america with former u. s. general wesley clark, calling for nato to intervene in the conflict while president biden has announced a 12th package of weapons for ukraine this time worth $1000000000.00. the russian foreign minister says the west's goal is just to destroy russia. below they are

trying to achieve what they have already announced a long time ago so that russia should know its place. russia has no right to its own voice in international affairs. russia must abide by the rules invented by the united states. that's all. and i think it's perfectly clear that they won't succeed . lauren douglas, communist party of britain committee member says that the west is escalating, the conflict in ukraine. any escalates in this war, i think is extremely dangerous. i think it indicates really just how unfit for face anybody is involved in foreign policy development should know how to actually converse way than to say other later, you know, we are not in a situation here where there is no race to the west from what's going on here and estimates you situation potentially will make it was not just for the people to pry it will potentially escalate and other countries in the war. and i

think the government is completely irresponsible here. and i think that you know, what they're doing, potentially, you know, could, could lead to nuclear annihilation. mutually assured destruction was the strategy that was adopted in the 99. i think, to the boston mass that, that's actually a whole new player. owns rice of which was predicated on the, by the schemes we now actually have western leaders who are countenance single possible. it's a 1st use of nuclear weapons and you know, so we can talk in those terms. i think is dangerous. very, very dangerous. the statement comes with a v u k facing rising fuel prices along with a hike in the cost of energy, housing, and food. you k gasoline sales. i have slipped 6 percent year on year over the last

6 weeks in the latest indicator that record high pump prices are hurting transport fuel demand. meanwhile, the cost of diesel has increased even more significantly. many people in the west are claiming their leaders are interested in domestic politics and giving all of their attention to ukraine. just yesterday, thousands of protesters swept through london, demanding lower prices and higher salaries. he took to the streets with posters and flags demanding been conservative party and pm johnson. resign locals. think that the government is completely out of touch with citizens with never worked with government. if a

people cannot find that, so we will see in this country i will turn to 1989 and we will see cons, pay, pay, pay pole. the extraction is finish labor on a property dry. we have nothing left to gave people who are in the home a children who are involved with benefits the law and a like a government is the greatest responsibility really for what's happening in this country at the moment. and is the reason why so many thousands trogie in unison with me working cause people turned out to demonstrate you. of course, it's not true to say that the board to coax the rising energy crisis because energy

process, we're already rising in the 21st century in the 6 richest country in the world. we've got wanting fi, people who are missing a meal, every die in what state their children. they go and say reliant upon, sage banks and on food donations in order to be able to survive. and these are people who are unemployed. many of these are people who are working. many of them working several jobs. i hope it's high. i'm just not, i'm just going to the current situation. energy cost doubled in april and everybody in the country has to see an increase in the amount of time in the amount that they haven't to pay. so they gas and electricity. we're in a situation where people will have to choose between hating and eating. what we have at the moment is that function in the interest only if it is not functioning in the interest of the not, not this country. as the european commission speaks in favor of giving

ukraine you candidate status, the recommendation has not been warmly welcomed around the world are to use for maria. if not, takes a closer look at what here and brussels look like. honeymoon herself to ukraine was recommended for a you candidate status, but there still seems to be a little rock natural to spoil the barrel. yes, ukraine deserves european prospective. yes, ukraine should be welcomed as a country. bad country could work has be done, has been done. but important work also remains to be done. yes, important work. enormous work. let's take a look at the official list of demands. adopt a plan for reforming the entire law enforcement sector and media, as well as anti money laundering legislation and national minorities legal framework, implement the anti olga hello. that's just

a few of them. it sounds like there are many problems in the candidate country, and the goal is quite hard to achieve, at least in the near future. so will be, you turn a blind eye or is it ready to take a race? next ukraine is asked to further strengthen the fight against corruption, the fight, but wasn't quite successful lately. according to transparency international, 2021 corruption perceptions index. ukraine ranked 122nd out of 180 countries close to zambia. but for the huge seems ukraine doesn't even have to succeed. promising to tighten the fight could just be good enough. for the sake of justice, georgia also got a similar list of demands to become any u candidate like their versus find political parties and guaranteed media freedom. well, despite the country situation where the opposition pleased there actually is one in

georgia and freedom of speech seems much better. they are compared to key of billy, see never which the level ukraine has similarly attained over night. and georgia is not the only country facing such injustice. the waiting list joined elite european club is long, and some have been standing in line for decades like turkey, which has been taking you membership for 35 years. seen ukraine simply skipping the q could certainly make such countries very angry. blue shirts, courtesy, it's a matter of interest, is russia importance is turkey important and, or is ukraine important? growing among ukraine is suitable for europe, enough to be against russia. the u. s. supports in international law no longer exists. the european union no longer has any criteria, so they gave ukraine the status to receive it. so it doesn't make any sense any more. you may, in other words, for the european union in the imperialist act, in their own interests. so they have no interest here,

or cultural social conditions and cyclical conditions may have changed. it could be for them to speed up now to isolate into n circle russia. they especially want to do this in order to separate ukraine from russia's patronage and expand nato's borders further. so that's in, there's nothing else leanne look stimulus, but such concerns are being voiced, not only am on candidates who are losing their patients, but even some e. u. found in countries like france, this roy fremont in order to enter the european family as equals ukraine must revise its history league, which had stopped glorifying nazi collaborators who killed tens of thousands of jews look to despite it may by your memorial exist even key f. you the street leading to it is named after stepan mendera, a man hero, worshipped in ukraine schools who himself killed tens of thousands of jews and was allied with the not to his new conclusion. kia seems to be getting his candidacy through at by now pay later program. the question is, will it actually ever be able to pay up?

perhaps it's still too early to ask such questions when engagement doesn't always lead to marriage? in any case, you later, as i do to decide on ukraine's candidate seders later this week. ah, u. s. officials are calling on oil and gas companies to increase their production with europe already using it supplied, put aside for winter, archie's don quarter comments calling all oil and gas producers. it's time to flood the markets, at least. that's what washington's hoping for. he's asking upon our domestic and international producers to produce more. that makes sense. joe biden has long been trying to rip the west away from one of its biggest energy suppliers. russia. today i'm announcing united states is targeting the main artery of rush economy for banning all imports of russian oil and gas. new g thir will be no longer on our stream to we, we will bring it into the system. magine,

different fact. europe didn't have to count on russian oil if they were energy independent, $400000000000.00 of you sanction related losses. record breaking runaway inflation in the us itself and washington's taking all this even further. if recently, slap sanctions against a number of chinese and m radi companies doing business with a ran one of a few countries that might be able to counteract the rapidly rising global price of oil. but washington seems more interested in its maximum pressure campaign against to run so oil prices saw a sudden sharp rise after that decision is just the latest episode and biden's series of sanctions that leave world wide pain and suffering in their wake. for those who had rather laugh than cry means comparing biden's tragic tumble from his bicycle to the collapse of the economy or for some sort of comic relief. others though, just want the price of oil to go down asian boys hoping for a quick return of iranian supply to bring oil prices low amidst rising geopolitical

tensions. i think that the united states responded to soviet, contrary about what happened that was happening over the ukraine. because of all the schools that begin is that they could use this column, maxwell fisher and using loans. ready sanchez said, she the say without realizing that this is old. oh, really backlash on their own. you called me on their likelihood that he was likelihood that on inflation to make matters worse, history repeating itself as washington's demanding. the european union stops buying natural gas from russia as well. reports are already saying berlin, for example, may be hoarding gas to prevent a disastrous winter. we must, and we will do everything we can to store as much gas is possible in the summer and full gas consumption must continue to full. so more gas must be stored in storage, otherwise things will get really tight in winter. it's

a come as no surprise that all these consequences of the west's generosity towards ukraine have begun to change people's minds about the conflict. according to a poll, published by the european council on foreign relations, 35 percent of europeans are war weary and want to see a peace treaty signed with russia. only 22 percent want to see the war continue. that much is clear when you talk to the people on the streets of italy, for example, to visit that gasoline has an absurd price with 50 euros of gasoline, you can't fill the tank names and i don't go out and i don't take the car and i go with the public transport. it is the only way for the cheese again, with the subsidy that will be removed at the end of july, gasoline, price will reach to euros and $0.50. there is no solution. we are in a catastrophe, often with empress of holla, titian's, have not always been up to the task. we hope there will be a more substantial intervention. another has become a difficult situation. i don't drive the car anymore. i write

a vesta. the european union's helmsman, no doubt, see the fatigued riding on the wall with the calls of its officials for key of to come to the negotiating table, getting louder and louder. french president emanuel mac, ron said kiev will eventually have to negotiate even suggesting that ukraine might have to give up some of its territory a big no, no for ukrainian. president flawed amir zalinski. it is absolutely necessary to speak to petition and i will continue to do so as the french president for also the ann candidacy. it's up to you crying to the side. we cannot decide the conditions for the end of the war instead of the ukrainian sol. decisions are made by the ukrainian leader that don't do the shipper to even the double mall. but if we need more help from our partners 1st to fall, we need to weapons full supports without any exceptions, had said back resist everyone's quiz, stuck in 20th century with nations. interests were treated tooth is dictates as appetites at any rate. washington's insistence on putting politics ahead of common

sense energy decisions might just see western economies take a harder tumble than bite and off his bike. and if this maximum pressure campaign continues in iran, what effect you think that's going to have on east asian energy markets in spite of this is a. ready way to other countries because there are no other way and, and pulse as far as the, the biggest cost on it hold on is the actual aiding with russia for a long time and shot. those will see why it's long should be this locked it. and the pressure are a simple so that's why russia is stating why he's a. ready a

so i think that we see a and a very complicated action. we action that kind of scenario. but at the end of the day, i was seeing increasingly clear, especially the wiring station that he can just the way. oh, why does equals engine possible political turmoil in france as the incumbent president's party has failed to get an absolute majority of seats in a run off vote for the lower house of parliament. that's according to early projections . manual microns party is projected to receive up to 305 seats in the national assembly, a number below that necessary for unconditional leadership. the far left lead nips alliance is expected to take 2nd place. following by the far right, national rally, it's the 1st time in decades that a president has it been unable to gain a parliamentary majority microns office beliefs?

the situation is hazardous and has promised to act, says swan this evening you the situation is unprecedented. never before has the national assembly experienced as such a configuration under the 5th republic. your. this situation constitutes a risk for our country. we will work to build a majority for action close. did you think in april micron one, his 2nd presidential mandate winning a run off against marine the pen by 18 percent of the votes? however, his rule could now be significantly compromised. forcing him to form alliances in parliament to promote legislation. meters of minority parties have promised to oppose the president whose 1st term and power they see as a failure. he let this see they, they have decided to send a very powerful parliamentary group of employees from the national rally to the national assembly. we will embody a firm opposition that is to say without connivance a responsible opposition and evo, this heck indigo on the complete failure of the macaroni. it's the failure. and

what's more serious? the moral failure of those people who lectured every one non stop and said they would be the barrier to the far right. and the main result, i saw the reinforce date early shows, saul so quickly, things are very clear, how come it will be as we have always done a constructive opposition, but a real opposition to a manual micron q will have destroyed everything, decrease his 5 year term will have been a total failure and that is what brings this result today. and so, so as your 1000 wall street journal report ties this division to the crisis in ukraine and the high inflation that followed, placing the blame on russia's gas prices. the addition also predicts that the same voting changes might await germany and italy, both due to hold elections within the year. the situation in ukraine is also causing turmoil in italy where members of the ruling fivestar movement are at loggerheads over supplying here with arms or from on this when cross live to earle rasmussen who is an executive vice president of the eurasia center. thanks for

being with us here on our international. so. oh earl, why have we seen such a decline in microns support in the last 2 months since the presidential elections? what has changed in public opinion or has it well shawn, i think there are several things. one, i think people are getting tired of the conflict going on in ukraine and we see you know, tons of aid and resources flowing that direction. but the, at the same time and perhaps driving yes, is that the economy you've got just this is by surprise. they are projected to grow, but they actually had a, had a decline in the, in the g d p, this last quarter point 2 percent negative. they had their running it record inflation rate fight. it was made it to be a record at $5.00,

and it actually came in at $5.00 was still better than the rest of europe, which is over 8, but, but still a record inflation. you've got rising unemployment as well. so people, people feel that their, their voices are not being heard. and as a result you've got, you've got an opposition parties both on the left and right. doing very, very major, major game. you mentioned those opposition parties. let's play this out just a little bit. what challenges will a manual mark kron face? if he gains only a small majority in the parliament? or has he, he's not going to get a complete majority. he's. unless he has some type of alignment. looks like right now. he'll have a majority as far as the relative, but he will not have a majority of pure majority that he currently has right now. so last minutes i think right now the folder showing you actually come in with about somewhere around

250 delegates, where right now go over 300, a needs 289. they have a clear majority. and the biggest danner, the next is mila johns party. so he has like 100 and bought around 150. and then surprisingly le pems party had a tenfold increase more than 10 pulled. they went from 7 delegates up to near 90. so you've got a major voice on both sides. so you're really going to have a major opposition and i don't think either the the right or the left will actually teen. he'll have to try to maybe piece together smaller parties, but i don't think i maybe the left will maybe meliss shotwell, but he minder saying is he's going to want somebody of his party to be the prime minister problem so. so i don't know what kind of deals going to be made,

but it will definitely have an impact on french policy going forward. whatever. however, deal is occurred and you're going to have a very fragile majority if something is put together. when people are working with alliances like this, they have to make compromises. what do you think are some of the unpopular initiatives that he might have to drop? well, i think one of the things for sure is needs planning to increase the retirement age . and basically basically impacting pensions that is not, does not go over very well on the popular side. and the left side is very, very, i think both sides are barry at the left in the right or against that. so that's one of his major initiative. and that's going to take a direct hit and, and that's where he's looking at getting some additional funds that he need for for

the government. so i think and who knows where else that, that may impact. i think you'll also start to see because of the energy prices continue to go up. and let's not forget french, frances, heavy nuclear guess where almost half of the uranium process for nuclear energy is processed in russia. so there's another whole twist on the energy side that's going to impact them as well. and so i see demonstrations and very, very, very difficult time for him being president, even though we did when are now the wall street journal claims that german and italian leaders will also struggle during the upcoming elections. do you see this happening as well as this a trend? kind of sweeping through europe? yes i, i believe so. it's, we already saw, look what i think it was. look the when you are sonia, had a turnover. you had, you got trouble in bulgaria right now. i see italy also is

going to travel and you didn't mention germany, i think germany, germany is going to get hit them the worst as far as the inflation goes, as far as the impact on the economy as far as what potentially could be a de industrialization because it just will not be profitable for a lot of industries to survive and that will have a very, very hard impact on the german economy. and, and i think i think the short short tenure is going to be short lived. rasmussen, executive vice chair, president of the eurasia center which we could go on and talk about this for hours, however, is a short program. thanks for being with us and our international make. it rushes defense ministry says cruise missile strikes have killed 50 high ranking, ukrainian officers, including generals and ukraine's the new pro pets trust region. moscow says the

strike occurred while a working meeting of ukraine's strategic commanders was taking place. russian officials have also said that some ukranian units have fled at don bass, combat areas due to bad moral, poor physiological state, and lack of support from care. over the last 24 hours, 400 ukrainian soldiers are reported to have been killed and dozens of pieces of heavy artillery destroyed. where is this footage reportedly shows done by forces firing artillery from the northern done yet republic. ukrainian positions done by forces have said that the ukrainian army is actively using civilian infrastructure as shields which complicates its work. meanwhile, the civilian areas of done yet republics capital and its outskirts are still suffering from ukrainian attacks. at least one civilian was killed with 2 others injured in the latest showing,

according to officials. now around 60 missiles had the city center of the capital. don yeske leaving civilian infrastructure heavily damaged. our correspondent roman coast, discussed the rise in civilian casualties with erwin casto. friendship veteran who joined us forces in 2015. what made you decide to come here to the next? don't bonacre's it too. when i was living in europe, i followed the european news agenda. i saw what was happening in our countries and upset me. and when my dad began, i thought it's what these events closely. i realized that not everything that was happening on my damn was ukraine's will. it was american politics. it was not the people of ukraine. it was american politicians who wanted to interfere in ukrainian affairs and change something. i did not imagine they would be such a victims on my dad. i began to notice that nazi's and ukraine were being supported by europe. i did not think that after the end, the world war 2, europe would support nazis who openly show that beliefs. and then people started

being keller, odessa, who's who hans can don't ask. and i decided to come see everything with my own eyes welder, miss you, while a you and i were speaking at another 3 people have been killed by ukraine artillery in the nest. why is ukraine terrorizing and targeting civilians? civilians who still refused to evacuate, refused to leave the city of the nest, yessenia by the objective detail. no salt with when there is a war. when someone hits the military infrastructure, there are always civilian victims. but the central finance is not part of the front line. and when they constantly hit the civilian infrastructure, there was heavy weapons. it should be cold terrorism. but this is what ukraine has been doing for 8 years. when every single day there are victims among civilians. they can only be called a terrorist state. they have a $155.00 millimeter caliber artillery, some of the systems of those that france handed over to ukraine, and this is what they are hitting civilians will. in addition, at the same time, president micron says that he wants the issue to be resolved peacefully possible

that it is necessary to conduct peaceful dialogue. but how can such dialogue be conducted? the fee himself gives wetness, the old normal people. they just want to create a war until the last ukrainian remains. this decision was made by the us with the help of europe against russia. the u. s. want to weaken both russia and the european union, and now they are killing 2 birds with one stone. this war is only beneficial to washington because they're trying to, we can to policy that can create competition for them. he'll do guar salt criminal . i that does it for me. this. i will be back in about 29 minutes with another full and fresh look. ge newsday with us r t international ah with.