ah 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. us urges opec and other countries to increase oil and gas production in an attempt to tackle the surgeon energy prices. as the commission plot 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. assume you're old enough to be against russia. they especially want in order to separate you from russia's patronage and expand, need to have orders further. so that's in, there's nothing else to lay out in yula. 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. central finance is no hard front line. and when they constantly hit the civilian infrastructure, the women's money should be cold terrorism report every single day. they were victims of the leads because only beautiful every state with broadcasting from our studios in moscow. this is our international and john thomas certainly glad to have you with us. another you 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 its 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, russia must abide by the rules who have entered 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 the west is escalating the conflict in ukraine any to escalate 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, 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 bottom that, that, that's actually a whole new player owns rice of which was predicated on the basis that 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, so we can talk in nice terms, i think is dangerous. very, very dangerous statement comes with 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 interested in domestic politics focusing all of their attention on ukraine. just yesterday, thousands of protesters, threat to through london demanding lower prices and higher salaries. it took to the streets with posters and flags demanding the ruling. conservative party and liter johnson. resign vocals. think that the government is completely out of touch with its citizens. it comes with incompetence. i never work on with touch with nice. by a time katie, how about people can not paid that bill. i'm. 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 homeless, me, children who are involved with benefits the law. i'm living alive. i am about in the 21st century in the 6 richest 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 supplies. 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 the 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. parties, 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. it 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, russian economy. we're banning all in ports of russian oil and gas in energy. there

will be no longer on our stream to we will bring it into the system. magine, 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 us itself, and washington's taking all this even further. it's 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 iran. 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. 9 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 of the united states responding to sylvia. contrary, i says now what happened that was be happening. ready ukraine because all the thought that the beginning is that they could use this color maximum tasha and using our lawns. ready sanchez said, she the say without realizing that this is old. oh, really backlash on their own. he called me on their likelihood. 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's a come as no surprise that all these concept 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, that mention that gasoline has an absurd price with 50 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 that she's a gay with the subsidy that will be removed at the end of july or gasoline. price will reach $2.00 heroes and $0.50. there is no solution. we are in a catastrophe. most of those companies have 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 riding on the wall with the calls of its officials for key f 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, flawed of mere zalinski. it is absolutely necessary to speak to patina now would continue to do so as the french president will also the ann candidacy. 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 a double mall. hm. but if we needed was how coma the local 1st to fall, we need the weapons full supports without any exception. since hatchbacks or is this by everyone who is the young can 20th century with nations. interests of were

treated tooth is dictates us advertise ludy, at any rate. washington's insistence on putting politics ahead of common sense energy decisions might just the western economies take a harder tumble than 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 sages, russia or, and gas are still wanting this way to other countries. as i said, because there are so many different other ways and false as far as the the biggest customers find it has been trading russia for a long time. and i just walked it as the pressure r a. so that's why russia is dated by hugely

a. ready so i think that we see a and a very complicated over actually action a scenario. but at the end of the day, a c, e recently, especially the black and the station. the con, does the whale why does equals engine 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, oversupply, and give with arms. and in france, the incumbent president seemingly failing to get an absolute majority and run off a 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 are below that necessary

for unconditional leadership. it is the 1st time in decades that a president has been unable to gain. a parliamentary majority of crowns. office believes the situation is hazardous and has promised to act a c q as situated as 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 that 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 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 sonia 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 the worst sanctions that europe impose had a dramatic impact. i think aggravated situation that was already going to be challenging and very, very much aggravated. it really has broken their economy. i mean, just stupid politicians making decisions that, that not considering the implications of those decisions at all. i also think that a lot of people who are, are really not pleased with the direction that the whole european is taking with the sanctions and, 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 the 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 ukrainian units have flooded on bath combat areas due to bad morale, poor, psychological state, and lack of support from keith. over the last 24 hours, 400 ukrainian soldiers are reported to have been killed and dozens of pieces of heavy artillery destroyed. with what it shows, some bass courses, allegedly firing artillery from the northern don. yes. republic at ukrainian positions. dumbass forces have said that the ukrainian army is actively using civilian infrastructure as shields which complicates it's work.

mm mm hm. seen, well done, yet city center has been shelved by ukraine. again, according to local officials, they say the key of troops used artillery provided by nato to target heavily populated civilian areas where no military were present. in the last 24 hours, 2 civilians have been killed and 6 others injured are corresponding among cost of disgust. the rise and civilian casualties with at one cause fell a french army veteran who joined done yet is forces 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 a human my down began. i thought it's what these events closely. i realized that not everything that was happening on my damn was in cranes. well, when 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 had begun to note a note, not students who openly show that belief that if and then people started being killer. odessa is your hands and don't ask. and i decided to come see everything with my own eyes welder, ms. you, while you and i were speaking, and another 3 people have been killed by ukrainian artillery internet. why is ukraine terrorizing and targeting civilian civilians who still refuse to evacuate, refused to leave the city of the next. i don't yesco not bug objective when there is a war when someone has to military infrastructure, we're 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, 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 preferable than it is necessary to conduct peaceful dialogue. but how can such dialogue we can talk to the theme self gives weapons that kill normal people. yeah, they just want to create a war until the last ukrainian remains. this decision was made by the us. what the hell 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 weaken to powers that can create competition for them to war. so has the european commission speaks in favor of giving ukraine each candidate status residents of other candidate countries say that they feel cheated. and discouraged ortiz, my notion that takes a closer look at why here of and brussels look like honeymoon erase after ukraine

was recommended for a u candidate status. but there still seems to be a little rock natural to spoil the barrel. yes, ukraine deserves european perspective. yes, ukraine should be well come as a candidate country, good work has to 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 floor. 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 u 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 billy, 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 to

repeat club is long and some have been standing in line for decades like turkey, which has been sick in new 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 important? is turkey important or is ukraine important program ukraine is suitable for europe enough to be against russia. the u. s. supports anyone, 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 jane with her. it could be for them to speed up now to isolate into and 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 mac, stim eula, 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 on candidates who are losing their patients, but even some e. u found in countries like france in order to enter the european family as equals, ukraine must revise its history to february, so glorifying, nicely, clambering to see pills ends a flash and juice as michael being above a ja memorial and care when he was st. leading. there is named after step on lambert out of america hero worship, can mclean schools use and do himself kelly's ends of thousands of jews and was allied with nazis. conclusion kia seems to be getting his candidacy through at by now pe 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 staters. 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 grim 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 the 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 in any restrictions that are now being placed on the cleaning crew region, do not actually directly seem to come from the sanctions regime. so it doesn't seem to make sense. this parent move on to a near 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 stop the 3rd world war and,

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 subject to use sanctions to clinton. 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 go in and 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, accession to the protocol, and the violation of the rules of re transit to and from the collision grant region . these are the obligations of the you in the baltic country, and 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 fee, violating reverend treaties as well. peer manual,

tillman and expert in geo politics says russia is not feeling the effect of europe sanctions. and the e. u is trying to find other ways of placing pressure beach, where you are, is trying to test the limits of a rush as a reaction. or it will be surprising that lead to any didn't take that decision. or we bode with concerted before or european union or, or institutions on our member state. so we try to, to see what your reaction of russia and obviously you eat 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, sanctions on ukraine operation and you would like to refer

and did you and yes, we're put pressure on a new front against russia. and so no, you said no more escalation from lithuania beyond behind new european union, 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 amid rising tensions with the u. s. over taiwan. it was the chinese navies. 3rd such carrier only the u. s. has more of the vessels. the move came after a recent statement from your bible 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's rising economic and military power. the united states need to come to terms that china is growing and growing very, very fast. it is girly, much faster than the united states, and the chinese military power is constantly on the rise. this 3rd chinese aircraft carrier, the full gym carrier, is the most sophisticated, conventionally power the 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. pollitt. so in this says the united states need to come to terms that charnise growing. china's becoming a 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. won't 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 long mo, when i would so think wrong when i.