[000:00:00;00] ah mm ah, 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. urges opec and other countries to increase oil and gas production in an attempt to tackle the surgeon energy prices. as you commission plots the candidate status for the ukraine, some countries long on the fringe of you membership, see it purely as a political move against russia. it's a matter of interest. ukraine assumable europe, enough to be against russia. they especially once in order to separate the rain from russia's patronage and expand nieto have orders further. that's in there's

nothing else has the layout of lucky stimulus. it is more civilians are killed by ukrainian artillery and the don bass. we discussed the issue with a french army veteran who fought for danielle courses in 2015 sentra finance because no ha frontline to come when they constantly hit the civilian infrastructure. that was a women's money should be cold terrorism. when i have a single day, there were victims of civilians because the only beautiful i terrorist state to do with broadcasting from our studios in moscow. this is our to international i. shawn. tom is certainly glad to have you with us in the u. case. new army chief has warned that he will start preparing a force capable of beating russia. there is now a burning imperative to forge an army capable of fighting alongside our allies and 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 boyce johnson to keith rhetoric, then echoed by nato chief, the british prime minister himself. and also the less 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. 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. it's time to learn the lessons. nato must intervene. let's officially acknowledge this and order the russians to cease fire. the alliance must go beyond the framework or cease its activities. meanwhile, president biden has announced a 12 package of weapons for ukraine this time worth $1000000000.00. the russian

foreign minister says the west's goal is just to destroy russia. doing they are trying to achieve what they have already announced a long time ago, so that russia should know its place in russia has no right to its own voice in international affairs of russia must abide by the rules invented by the united states included. that's all, and i think it's perfectly clear that they won't succeed. learning douglas communist party of britain, committee member says, the west is escalating the conflict in ukraine any to escalate 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 j as a leader. 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, mike, it was not just for the people trying,

it will potentially escalate and other countries in the war. and i think some of them is completely irresponsible here, and i think that you know, what they're doing at potentially, you know, could, could, could lead to nuclear annihilation. mutually assured destruction was the strategy that was adopted in the 99. i think to the box and that's that, that's actually a whole new player owns rice of which was predicated on the basis of my 1st games. we now actually have western leaders who walk countenance single possible. it's a 1st use of nuclear weapons and you know, we've been talking nice terms, i think is dangerous. very, very dangerous statement comes with the u. k. facing rising fuel prices along with a hike in the cost of energy, housing, and food. you can gasoline sales have slipped 6 percent over the last 6 weeks in

comparison with 2021. that's the latest indicator that record high pump prices are heard and consumers, meanwhile, cost of diesel has increased even more significantly. many people in the west are claiming their leaders are, i'm interested in domestic politics focusing all of their attention on ukraine. just yesterday. thousands of protesters swept through london, demanding lower prices and higher salaries. we took to the streets with posters and flags demanding the reuben conservative party and leader johnson resign vocals. think that the government is completely out of touch with its citizens. with incompetence. i never welcome with touch with nice a concave to tell about. people cannot find that bill, and we will see in this country i will turn to 1989. and we will say

cons. i won't pay. it causes a poll. the extraction is finish labor on a property dry. we have nothing left to gave people. i'm home a children who are involved with benefits. the law lives in alive. i am about in the 21st century in riches country in the world. we've got wanting 5 people who are missing a meal, every die in all its fate, their children. we got one in 6 to rely upon food banks and on food donations in order to spi. i thought energy costs doubled and everybody in the country has received an increase in the amount of pride in the amount that they haven't paid for their gas and electricity. we're in a situation where people will,

will have to choose between hating and eating. and here's one for you, it is only now june and the e has already been forced to eat into it's winter gas appli compared to last year when it started to use the same supply in november. that's after the double blow of nord stream capacity being curb, due to technical issues and of us suspending its liquefied natural gas deliveries to europe for 3 months. meanwhile, the us treasury secretary accepts that anti russian sanctions are hurting washington as well. or cheese don quarter comments on attempts to save the energy market. 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 order of rush

economy. we're banning all imports of russian oil and gas fuji. there will be no longer on our stream to we will get into his to imagine if in fact europe didn't have to count on russian oil. if they were energy independence, $400000000000.00 of u sanction related losses. record breaking runaway inflation in the u. s. itself and washington's taking all this even further, it's recently slapped sanctions against a number of chinese and m roddy 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 and cry means comparing biden's. tragic tumble from his

bicycle to the collapse of the economy. offer some sort of comic relief. others though, just want the price of oil to go down. asian boys are 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, as they saw what happened, that was happening over the ukraine. because all the thought that it again is that they could use this color max lavetia and using our lawns. ready sanchez, could she be say, without realizing that this is old? oh, really backlash on their own. he called me on there like the who he was likelihood and on inflation to make matters worse. histories repeating itself as washington's demanding. the european union stopped 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 as 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 to come as no surprise that all these concert and says 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, the vision at the back gasoline has an absurd price with $50.00 euros of gasoline. you can't fill the tank again 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 that. she said with the subsidy that will be removed at the end of july gasoline. price will reach $2.00 heroes and

$0.50. there is no solution. we are in a catastrophe. muslim or somebody of holla, titian's have not always been up to the tasks. we hope there will be a more substantial intervention into 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 writing 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 macro on said key of 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 vladimir zalinski. it is absolutely necessary to speak to petition and i will continue to do so as the french president will also the anaconda decided it's up to ukraine to the side. we cannot decide to conditions for the end of the war instead of the ukrainian sol. decisions are made of ukraine leda and i don't the decline shipple team in the double mall. but if only we needed more help, co locate. first of all,

we need weapons in full supports without any exception since hatchbacks or is this to everyone who is the young can 20th century with nations. interests of were treated tooth is dictates us, advertise anybody at any rate. washington's insistence on putting politics ahead of common sense energy decisions. my just see western economies take a harder tumble and bite and off is bike. and if this maximum pressure campaign continues on around what effect do you think that's going to have on east asian energy markets? in spite of the san jose, russia, oil and gas are still wanting its way to other countries. as i said, because there are so many different other way and, and pulse as far as the, the biggest cost on it hold on is be trading russia for a long time. and i should be walking and the pressure are for so that's why russia is stating

why he's a. ready so i think we see a and a very complicated i actually actually kind of scenario, but at the end of the day, i think i was seeing that recently, especially the black and the station. the con, does the whale, why does a lot of meanwhile, you politicians are plunged into an internal crisis due to voter discontent with their actions and a perceived inability to compromise on external policies. namely in italy, where members of the ruling, 5 star movement are at loggerheads over supplying kids with arms. and in france, the incumbent president seemingly failing to get an absolute majority and a run off vote for the lower house of parliament. a manual crowns party is

projected to receive up to $305.00 seats in the national assembly and below that necessary for unconditional leadership. it is the 1st time in decades that the president has been unable to gain. a parliamentary majority across office believes the situation is hazardous and has promised to act as teach us situation and unprecedented. never before has the national assembly experienced such a configuration under the republic. this situation constitutes a risk for our country. we will want to build a majority for action. wall street journal report ties this division to the crisis in ukraine and the high inflation that followed, placing the blame on russia gas prices. the addition also predicts that the same voting challenges might await germany and italy both due to hold elections within the year. we spoke to your agent center executive vice president rasmussen, who believes that reducing confidence in government is due to anti rush of

sanctions. backlash and negligence. towards the population think it was lithuania or a sonia. i had a turnover. you had, you got trouble in bulgaria right now. italy also is going to travel, and germany is going to get hit them the worst sanctions that europe imposed had a dramatic impact. i think aggravated situation that was already going to be challenging and very, very much aggravated and it really has broken their economy and it just stupid politicians making decisions that they're not considering the implications of those decisions at all. i also think a lot of people who are, are really not pleased with the direction that the whole european is taking with the sanctions and what they're doing in that area as well. i, i, you know, you don't hear people talking about that, but they know that these decisions are impacting their lives and that the elite, the political really,

really don't care about the average person russians defense ministry says cruise missile strikes have killed 50 high ranking, ukrainian officers including generals and ukraine's denise pro pet thrust 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 flooded on bath combat areas due to bad morale, poor, psychological state, and lack of support from key f over the last 24 hours. 400 ukrainian soldiers are reported to have been killed and dozens of pieces of heavy artillery destroyed where it shows some bass courses, allegedly firing artillery from the northern don. yes, republic, ukrainian positions. don bass forces have said that the ukrainian army is actively

using civilian infrastructure as shields which complicates its was seen well done yet city center has been shell by ukraine. again, according to local officials, they say the key troops used artillery, provided by nato to target heavily populated civilian areas where no military were present. in the last 24 hours to civilians have been killed and 6 others injured. our correspondent are among coastal of disgust. the rise and civilian casualties with one castell, a french army veteran who joined if done yet, courses in 2015. what made you decide to come here to the next? don't bonacre's you do. when i was living in europe, i followed the european news agenda. i saw what was happening in our country as it had made it easier. and when my dad began, i thought it's what these events are closely. i realized that not everything that was happening on my damn was in cranes will, will. it was american politics. it was not the people of ukraine. it was american

politicians wanted to interfere and ukrainian affairs and change something. i did not imagine they would be such a victims on my dad to work up, begun to notice that not disease and ukraine will being supported by euro. i didn't think that in the world war 2 euros, or nazi was who openly show that belief that if and then people started being keller, odessa, is you hands and don't ask. and i decided to come see everything with my own eyes welder, miss you while you are. and i were speaking at another 3 people have been killed by ukrainian artillery. internet's why is ukraine terrorizing and targeting civilians? civilians who still refused to evacuate, refused to leave the city of the next. i don't yesco yup, bugs excuse me. 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 and it should be cold terrorism. 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. the will pay $155.00 millimeter caliber artillery, so many 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 or from all that it is necessary to conduct peaceful dialogue. but how can such dialogue we can talk to the theme self gives wetness that killed normal people. yeah, they just want to create a war until the last ukrainian remains on this decision was made by the us. what the hell of europe do against russia? the u. s. want to weaken both russia and the european union, and now they are killing to with one stone. this is only beneficial to washington, so they're trying to weaken to power if they can create competition for them to war . so have the european commission speaks in favor of giving ukraine you candidate status. residents of other candidate countries say that they feel cheated and

discouraged. r t 's. maria, the notion that takes a closer look at why here and brussels look like honeymoon herself to ukraine, was recommended for a u candidate status. but there still seems to be a little rough natural to spoil the barrel. yes, ukraine dessert, european prospector. yes, ukraine should be well come as a candidate 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 use 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 you candidate, like diversifying political parties and guarantee media freedom. well, despite the country situation with the opposition, at least there actually is one in georgia. and freedom of speech seems much better . they are compared to key of really see never which the level ukraine has

similarly attained. overnight and georgia is not the only country facing such injustice. the waiting list joined the lead european club is long and some have been standing in line for decades like turkey, which has been sick in new membership for 35 years. thing ukraine simply skipping the q could certainly make such countries very angry. blue shirts, letesha, it's a matter of interest. is russia important? is turkey important or is ukraine important? brian ukraine is suitable for europe enough to be against russia. the u. s. supports in, in other words, known for the european union in the imperialist act in their own interest. so they have no interest to you, or cultural social conditions and cyclical conditions may have changed. it could be for them to speed up now to isolate and to encircle russia. they especially wanted to use in order to separate ukraine from russia's patronage and expand nato's borders further. so that's in there's nothing else. leanne. mueller 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 made the whole labyrinth that is presented to the candidate countries. in the end, it turned into one decision for ukraine. but such concerns have been voiced, not only mon candidates who are losing their patients, but even some e you found in countries like france. in order to enter the european family as equals, the crime must revise its history to february, so glorifying, nicely clambering to suit hillary ends of fashion and use as michael being above a ja memorial and care when he was st. leading. there is named after step on lambert out of a mandatory hero worship in mclean. susie's and do himself kelly's ends of thousands of jews. actually, i'm was allied with nazis. conclusion here 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 leaders are due to decide on ukraine's candidate seders. later this week, russia accuses lithuania of breaching international law and violating bilateral treaties after villainous bands, the transition of goods between the russian ex clave of clinic grad and the mainland. as in e, u. member state lithuania within the framework of sanctions violates a number of legally binding international legal acts affecting not only the obligations of lithuania itself, but also the e. as a whole, lithuania, as the flagship of the destruction of international law, russian officials have listed a number of international agreements which include a fundamental world trade organization protocol, guaranteeing freedom of transit. professor of economics. richard varner says the decision breaks international law and could lead to gram consequences. actually

a domestic transactions or domestic transport between 2 parts of russia that have to go through do to geography another country. but therefore, sanctions cannot possibly apply because it's a russian internal transport that's happening. so that's the biggest flaw in this argument. and then of course, you know, the transport between russian pods is not actually subject to any sanctions. and also any restrictions that are now being placed on the cleaning region do not actually directly seem to come from the sanction regime. so it doesn't seem to make sense. there's parenting body, so rainy could turn out to be very, very serious, with very serious consequences. so i think it's important that people realize what

they're doing is the aim here to, to start the 3rd world warned and have a nuclear war is, is really what the west ones. it seems totally unjustified. and, and criminal in proportions. on june 18th lithuania implemented a ban on the rail transit of goods subjects to use sanctions to clinic grad, which is sandwiched between lithuania and poland. the list includes coal, metals, construction materials, and advanced technology around 50 percent of russia's exports to going to grab. a local governor says that you is not following its legal obligations. should we believe that this is a serious violation of the baltic states succession to the protocol, and a violation of the rules of re transit to and from the clinic grand region. these are the obligations of the you in the baltic countries because that's without even saying what an extremely serious humanitarian issue. this is an attempt to strangle our region economically about. russia is concerned that the band may be increased

to include transit by air and sea, violating, reveling to treaties as well. param, annual tillman and expert in geo politics, says russia is not feeling the effect of europe sanctions. and the you is trying to find other ways of placing pressure beach, where you are, is trying to test the limits of a rush hour reaction. it will be surprising that lead to any, i didn't take that decision, or we vote with concerted before or european union or institutions on our member state. so we try to, to see what your reaction of russia and obviously got you in her mode to try to put pressure more and more on russia unseen. so there is no results and no reaction about russia. we for you assumptions on ukraine operation,

and you would like to refer you to any us to put pressure on a new front against russia. and so no, you said no more escalation of from lithuania, beyond behind you european union. ah, china has launched a 3rd aircraft carrier named after the province opposite self ruled taiwan as it continues to bolster its military presence in the in the pacific region. and the aircraft carrier was launched, a mid rising tensions with the u. s. over taiwan. it was the chinese navies. 3rd, such a carrier, only the u. s. has more of the vessels. the move came after a recent statement from joe biden, that the u. s. would engage militarily, if beijing were to take military action in taiwan week, support the one china policy report, all that we've done, legal pass, but that does not mean not me, that china has the ability, has the excuse me,

the jurisdiction to go in and use force to take over taiwan, you didn't want to get involved in the ukraine conflict militarily, for obvious reasons. are you willing to get involved militarily to defend taiwan if it comes to that? yes, you are. that's a commitment we made. we spoke with victor gow, chair, professor at su child university, who said that it's about time the u. s. came to terms with china rising economic and military power. the united states need to come to terms that china is growing and growing very, very fast. it is growing much faster than the united states, and the chinese military power is constantly on the rise. this 3rd, the chinese aircraft carrier, the full gym carrier, is the most sophisticated, conventionally powered aircraft carrier. to date it is the most sophisticated,

and i would not be surprised if the next aircraft carrier, china, will produce in the matter of just couple of years will be nuclear polish. so in this says, the united states need to come to terms that charnise growing, china's becoming more and more important power. and the chinese military might, is something that the united states cannot ignore. and they need to come to terms with that. eventually, china will be one of the most important countries in the world, but we promote peace rather than agitating, full war in this world. that does it for me this hour, but stay with us throughout the day as we bring you more news and commentary. this is our to international i had with