for a, with no equivalence and the wild vladimir putin gives the military update saying the newly develop sama, the entire continental missiles will be post on due to, by the end of the year, plus one day that they have to sustain some of the heaviest, shedding that it's saw here over the last 8 years, we report from ground 0 of the latest ukrainian shilling of don. yes. impacting just a few feet away from a residential building full of civilians. how does ukraine's presidents try to blame garage if a rising food insecurity in the world? the african union calls on the you to ease the sanctions on moscow, professors,

africa phases are rising hunger crisis as countries are hindered from obtaining grain. and 1st lies is from russia. a very well welcome. this is on the international coming to live at from moscow with the latest. well, tad lines is good to happy with this. now, russian president vladimir putin as that the newly developed saw mot, intercontinental ballistic missile systems. will be put on duty by the end of the year. he's also emphasized that the russian army has been getting state of the art as 500 air defense systems to both of their capabilities for fending off incoming attacks. ways can actually, it was so, i mean our troops are now receiving the brand new as 500 air defense system, which has no equivalence in the world. we've also successfully tested the sar matt intercontinental, ballistic missile, and are planning to place the 1st such icbm system on combat duty at the end of

this year. we will use why report says that the russian army started receiving the countries news, n t, a croft missile defense system as 500 dogged after 22 killer s 500 is a next generation surface ram myself system with a range of 600 kilometers with a freighter capable of covering the area of 3000 kilometers. it is designed to intercept and destroy a wide range of targets at the same time, including hypersonic cruise may solve and south jet. it is considered today one of the most advanced in the world. it was successfully tested last july and early in april base here we heard from the head of russia's defense technology company. her make connect that the system has been put into mass production. also why my point says that soon the russian army will be supplied with super have a intercontinental ballistic may south side, much known as satan to the side, much with a payload of up to 7 and a half mega tons is capable of carrying 10 or more nuclear warheads and of striking

different targets simultaneously thousands of longer as a way it is one of 6 brand new strategic weapon is russia is using to modernize its arm. and when it was successful, it tested just a couple of months ago and is now getting ready to enter this service. rushes military says it has been off an attack on snake island de strategically important location in the black sea that most goes, forces took on the very 1st of the war, rushes defense ministry. phase defense is shut down, 13 ukrainian drone aircraft, as well as every, every missile that has targeted the island for think of sports is to counsellor plans. land corporation bear. moscow say that americans strategic recognizance drone has also been spotted in the region. also, amidst the conflicts, the russian army has attacked ukrainian military ass hills near the southern city of desa destroying 2 artillery pursuing, said, hans,

how it says recently imported from the us. the russian military faith is destroyed around 15 american, made how it is in the past. 24 hours, all of them without being used, even once in battle as well, and the gun to a public official se ukrainian artillery for keeping up their intent. shelling of the town of per past naya, with most of the buildings and now heavily damaged all completed is completely destroyed. and in the capital city of the dawn, yes, republic renewed shelling, left for people wounded on monday with some civilian infrastructure that apparently being targeted. russian investigators say they're probing what could be considered ukrainian war crimes as a result of the latest attacks ortiz remote cause reports from don. yes. i'm standing in a crater that was created as a result of ukrainian artillery shelling here in dunn nest on a monday night. it is quite a deep. it is 3 meters deep. it is 9 meters along an 8 meters wide and it,

it is right next to a residential building here in done as 4 people. 4 people had been wounded including a kid who is only and 9 years old. thankfully, no one was killed in this attack, but monday then they have sustained some of the heaviest shilling that it saw here over the last 8 years now. so that an infrastructure was damaged. there was the damage to power lines, damage to a water supply. so of thousands of people are now without any electricity. and of course the several houses and cars have also caught on fire as ukraine continues to show the city of the nets and it's outskirts. yeah, absolutely. beautiful with a cookie of us. i loved it when the city was beautiful, with trees and flowers everywhere. we planted a few of the trees ourselves. but there they are lying there dying on the ground.

thank god, it's not us lying there. moment. no. oh, this is just one of the men who was injured during ukrainian artillery attack on this apartment. he doesn't want to show his face. but so these are the results of the injuries that he sustained here. this is what this apartment complex looks like in its entirety. the russian investigative committee are now working here, making their inquiries and trying to determine the level of a crime that was committed here by the nationalist forces over of ukraine. and obviously this is a war crime because civilian infrastructure and apartment building had been targeted at the moment. so there is no electricity here. no running water as

services are trying to clean this place up and make sure it will once again be livable. rahman coffer have already done that. people's republic. the u. n. voids moscow claims. there's no intention to blockade. russia's western most region of kellen in grad, despite the fact that lithuania has snapped to ban on the transit of sanctions. goods to the enclave. the russian regions governor has threatened to take measures against the country's transport industry unless the restrictions are lifted. if the business is a flagrant violation of the obligations of the you and the baltic states upon their session to the union in my view, this is a challenge to us. we must persuade them diplomatically to resend or amanda this policy and allow us to conduct transit if they fail to do so. we have an enormous number of ways we can complicate the operations of the baltic states trust, but industry. russia has slammed the lithuanian move as

a legal but villainy authorities claim that transit ban on kellen and grant is in accordance with the e. u. sanctions against russia. the restrictions affects the transportation of coal, metals, construction materials and advanced technologies also contributes to rachel mazda reports on the issue. are people who are so obsessed with their own p r. i'm talking about the u. this is a really bad look. western leaders keep saying how they want russian president wagner put in to pay price for the call to grant, but it's always the average citizens who are paying the price, hooting westerners, now facie nomic challenges with, in the, you know, anti russian sections like anti iranian sanctions. or anti venezuela sanctions, or advisory and sanctions, et cetera, et cetera, always hit the average person the hardest. and the idea is that sanctions pressure on citizenship caused them to rise up against their own country's leaders and due to west regime change dirty work, except that people on the sanctions are ultimately imposed,

are stupid. they know where their country's domestic challenges and, and the impacted foreign interference. because now the situation with colleen and grad would be like canada, preventing transit between alaska and the rest of the united states. so how do you think washington would tolerate that? but of course, don't anyone dare call this kill any grad situation of blockade? she knew diplomat jones, the grill says it isn't the land and ship between cleaning. another part of russia has not been stopped north bend, but he is no obligation. he also is floating here on technicalities because in that same speech he also said that indeed, and i quote in accordance with european union sanctions, there are import and export restrictions that apply in relation with certain goods, including the prohibition of transit from those goods through the european union

territory. now he's all caught up in whether or not what they're doing is legal. and he's vowing to ensure of course that it is, but by then it might be too late. all this might be over. who knows, right? just because something is technically legal, you know, maybe it's that hard to understand under, to explain and split hairs. maybe you should be doing it at all, especially if you want to be in line with your own per claim values. you're rushing up to conflict claim and you want peace, and then using the people who can grab is ponce sure. go ahead and say that there's technically no blockade. and maybe you are technically in the right ask for international law or whatever. it's so confusing, it's hard to know. i mean, nobody really knows right now they're looking into it right. the people of clinic grad and the reality will be the ultimate judge of what that's worth. what happened to those western values of human rights? by the way, do they apply to russians and killing rod elsewhere? you are only when they're not standing in the way of a power play to further western interest, in which case well, you know, they're just shrugged office collateral damage with your

a pull right. eating into is when take gas reserves, which are supposed to be topped up during the summer. you were pan commissions president has insisted that the you can cope without question, supplies all the commodity, energy efficiency and energy saving play an important role. if we reduce the heating temperature to degrees on average in europe or that of air conditioning, europe would replace the entire supply of node stream me while about 80000. people attended a protest in brussels on monday to speak out against the quickly rising cost of living transport strikes the fate of the city's main airport and other transit hubs throughout belgium. bringing public travel from those locations to a near standstill. inflation has been estimates that 9 percent this month, the sanctions against russia have disrupted supply chains all over the continent, making regular people pay exorbitant prices for the choices of fair leaders. i came here to defend purchasing power of the citizens because demonstrating is the only

way to make change. we cannot cope anymore even with 2 salaries as we have on the medical teacher. both of us are working and we can not get our head above water. we must increase our purchasing power. whether you love your wife is becoming more and more difficult, casual hidden fuel. you will lower the taxes to 60 percent on what tricity and gas move and make the population happier or the nation one suffer. oh, for the moment, long after coated with the war in ukraine and others, workers concerns the government isn't facing our desires and wishes for why we should be able to negotiate a fair salary with companies. and we believe it's possible as good life now to george samuel, he a senior research fellow at the global policy institute. many thanks for joining us on the program. now that you are paying commissions president has insisted be a you can cope without rushing gas supplies. is that accurate? no, it's not like this factor. it's not even feasible, but russia,

europe will be able to cope without russian boys. which, you know, she's committed to eliminating by the end of the year with a few exceptions like hunger in check, republican. so by kid. so that's just the oil and there's no way that you can talk with other russian ask them. and that's just because it's not so when it comes to the suggestion about reducing how much home the heated this winter would to degrees really make a difference? well yes, it would make a difference because when you're thinking about elderly people. busy very young children, babies. 1 1 even a slight degree of change in temperature can seriously affect issues of health. just come out of a, a 2 year long. 2 and demik with losing a great deal of anxiety about. 3 physical well being. so now we're just gonna say,

well, 2 degrees is insignificant though, and i mean, you won't have to remember that you're a particularly germany bride prices on its prosperity. you know, this is whatever else you can say about europe. yeah, we've got wealthy states that can look that isn't essentially europeans and now admitting the we're heading towards a winter in which people are going to get very cold. and in many cases quite hungry . this is an absolute shame and a disgrace for europe, which is the question, you know, when the priorities of western leaders lie when it comes to their economies. that a more focused on the reforms or i'm trying to home russia. well, they're always focused on trying to rush and that was does indeed raise the question. i mean, who do these politicians represent very that you're supposed to have elected

leaders who are elected by the people? you know that the people there voters interest, but it seems like the only person in europe who actually takes that commitment here is there is a mixer or by the hungary which is why do you. busy have to them reviled in europe, but every other politician want to do you actually care about your own people about your own voters who worried about inflation were worried about when just worried about not having enough to eat. and they're not really not worried about your brain, which they don't even know where it is. so how long do you think it could take? you have to completely cut out russian energy supplies. as the leader in 10 would be prohibitively difficult for your economy. it was, it would be what i think may well happen is that they go to cheap like mad, so they would all buying anymore oil from russia,

and then they're going to be buying that same russian oil from india and china who bought that oil from russia as a discount, but of course now they're going to sell them to europe as a shock mock up. so the repairs are going to be paid for the same oil, but much steeper prices than they would've paid had they not impose the sanctions. so sonny with a senior research fellow at the global policy institute. many thanks for your time . thank you. well, the energy crisis is for thing e leaders to take drastic measures to keep their taxpayers and voters warm several countries and restarting and listening restrictions on the use of coal power plants, which means europe's green energy agenda is literally growing up in flames. as he showed you, best explains the headlines, a clear russia's so called gas war on the e. u is pushing. no, it's forcing europe to go back to burning. one of the dirtiest fossil fuels around

coal once considered black gold. coal had fallen from grace d to its polluting properties, but as a russian gas deliveries are being squeezed, countries including germany, the netherlands, italy, and austria. oh, all looking to find a long dormant coal power plants back up. this is painful, but it is a sheer necessity in this situation to reduce gas consumption. but if we don't do it, then we run the risk that the storage facilities will not be full enough at the end of the year towards the winter season. and then we are black malibu on a political level that almost makes it sound like the e was in fact keen to keep buying gas from russia. yet the union has signaled the exact opposite. although it still wanted to be the one to decide when the taps were turned off in front of the of jake, when it comes to energy. we're working together on how to use the gas resources of the western mediterranean to develop renewable energy. we want to reduce our

dependency on russian gas and to accelerate the energy transition in accordance with the climate objectives we have set forward. and while you leaders are blaming the current war in ukraine for the shift to coal, the move actually came long before february 24th figures show that electricity generated by coal in the e. u jumped by 19 percent in the last 3 months of 2021 compared to the previous year. all of this is a massive headache for the european commission, which has been pushing the idea of the green, a gender commission chief ursula vaughan. delane doesn't want the, i taken off the emerald price, we have to make sure that we use this crisis to move forward and to avoid sliding back towards the dirty fossil fuels. it's a fine line and it has not yet been determined whether or not we're going to take the right turn. that may be falling on deaf is though a some

e countries look to capitalize on the return to coal. the czech republic says its own energy security trumps the broader green, a gender. if there is a gas cut this winter, we will burn anything. we can to keep our people warm and produce electricity. that's probably not the best stance for the country that's about to assume the rolling e u presidency. you are a pin climate. campaigners are also furious over the move back to coal, but they are also pointing out what they call e hypocrisy. as the union still claims that it wants to be a global climate champion. and as the energy situation grows more dire across the u political leaders. and now turning to calling on their taxpayers and voters to conserve energy to cut gas consumption with rationing also said to be on the table . but in the meantime, europe seems to have little choice. but to feed the green agenda to the hungry fires, the dirty coal power plants russia is supposedly holding africa

hostage. that's how ukranian president vladimir zalinski has described moscow's relations with the continent. and relentless western sanctions against russian expos, africa, africa, is actually hosted to those who on least war against her state. and if it was not for the war against ukraine, there simply would be no shortage of food in the market. people in africa, asia, or in any other country in the world would not be suffering from the catastrophic rise and food prices. the head of the african union has responded by saying is committed to a peaceful resolution. but earlier, he called for western countries to ease payment restrictions on moscow to allow africa to pay for russian goods. it is aggravated by european sanctions on the methods of payment. we want to pay, but it becomes impossible. so we are asking the europeans for the same mechanism as for gas and oil. although russia and ukraine export nearly

a 3rd of the world's wheat and barley grain cannot get out of ukraine until kia plays is ports of mines to allow for the safe exports of goods. a former south african senior official in charge of state statistics phase is incorrect to place the blame on just one country amidst the current conditions. the state members of rigans wilster's, russia would be wrong because africa believes that we will. she, she has food and will go to meeting you long lane. russia are holding from shore to wear and russia, green eyed war. and in that war, a lot of changes that will get my mind there by to be ready, but come grass, it will blame one country a as though it is the provoker of the food shortages. i mean, maybe as anxious about it, postal and russia. that's where you are in the u. s. searches to get

to sell a baby. i think more going to want to buy your your, your gas, you bad process. rather cheese for production, for food, back to purposes i disrupted, you has pledged more than 1800000000 euros to help address food insecurity and several african regions where millions of people are on the brink of starvation. however, that is, humanitarian aid package is less than the $2000000000.00 euros that european union countries have already cost up to send weapons to ukraine. raising the question on where the use foreign policy priorities really lie. me more, despite admitting that more than 1700000 people in south to down require food assistance to avoid starvation. the united nations has suspended humanitarian aid to them, fighting a funding crisis caused by the conflict in ukraine. the u. n. says it must now diversify its food supplies to focus on helping other countries and regions in need

. the organizations food program has claimed that it exhausted all alternatives before making the tough decision to slash age to south the down. we got reaction from some locals who said the u. s. decision cannot be justified when so many lives on the line. how flooding we have economic on crisis. we have a lot of crisis is also done. so as we assess it and you say we need help, we are asking for help. so, and then they, you any though on who is heading us, who providing us their, their basic needs. if they've got these needs, how are you going to survive? as it's also the needs, how are you going to survive? it can never be honest with people to talk to them. but anyway, because in upper domains, i mean, we depend on those kinds of other countries so much there is also a lot of problems, hunger yeah. no indication,

actually we don't have enough food because all odds are and these are depending what it would go from there. well, good for all the people will need more support from the world that you use. member states have reportedly reached a consensus to grounds candidate status for ukraine. the latest within the blog have caution that it could still be a very long time before ukraine could actually be allowed to join. many different steps have to be taken would have to be taken, but that the moment that symbol hope to keep the spirit alive is what is needed right now. ukraine applied for you. cons to state is in february, shortly after russia began is military operation care leadership has been seeking to fast track the country's membership process. the status is expected to be confirmed at a meeting of the leaders in brussels. this week was in the words of the president of the commission, us lavonda lion. expanding the block would require ditching the current policy of

having to reach a consensus for major decisions we had from international affairs. professor stephen gate tuesdays recent e decisions have exposed substantial changes in the blocks fundamental principles. the values of the e u. i was through a significant change, i would say in the last couple of years and even more so in the last couple of months. of course, there's only a political name to raise the stakes and to draw european societies, i'd say in war psychology, of course, rally them against russia, which won't be the 1st time in history to happen so, so on, on the lamb are really from top to her hawkish, rhetoric and last couple of months. and she's talking language ultimatum, and she's not the only one recently, mr. charles, who may be seen as

a moderate in me that you mention, actually advised in serbia as, as a hawk, as well. he said that there be a must join sanctions and must recognize that even a it's not a province at the cynicism or it is that it should do that. in order to preserve the theory, dorian can rein for me ukrainian prime minister julia tim shanker, was using her political clout to fan the flames of anti russian sentiments in the country, including advertising, a new brand of sausages with the label sporting and world war 2 era nazi collaborate to stephane ban dera. i'm calling for quote, desk 2 russians, crossman some of mich. excellent. the most delicious sausage. this is mendera, and this is death to russians. they are both in taste and design, and most importantly, in quality. the movies, the latest by a ukrainian political figure to embrace anti russian sentiment and follows the

country's national parliament. passing a law banning russian music in public places, the southern city of nikolai f as even gone as far as the prohibits the use of russian language in schools. the ukrainian justice minister hospital authorities within start confiscating the assets of anyone believed to be in cooperation with moscow. and yet the mass of the predominantly russian speaking ukrainian city of a desk has cautioned against the rise of anti russian sentiment. he spoken out against the renaming of pushkin's street which leads to the city hall as he wants to preserve the memory of the renowned 19th century russian. ortho. no, i would not support that. odessa is the intercultural capital of ukraine. i'm worried by the growth of hatred of all things. russian author angela thomas roper says ukraine cannot be called a democracy under its currents, governments. it's just, it's just a joke to quote ukraine, been you taste ukraine,

take democracy, added to democracy. this is again, a sign of what the and the russian call in nazi freshest regime. and this started already long before this started with arresting of the leader of the pol mitchell a position with closing all a critical media. and these were all things which happened more than a year ago, and western media and politic. politicians don't want to see that. um, they just don't want to see who are the heroes of modern ukraine. the western, the west just seems to be blind on this, but they don't want to see it and both you, they're just not comparable with the western values. the european values or the european values, a different of what they are saying of officially. i said joining us here in our scenes, national web, back at the top of the i with more ah,

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 disease. i don't see how that strategy will be successful, very critical time time to sit down and talk with me on a welcome to wells apart today, cuz if not centuries,

russian strategies have mused about the development of the northern and eastern frontier as one of the key drivers for russia's economic development than security, which however requires access the world's best technology, with the west cutting almost old ties with russia over ukraine. will those dreams once again, have to be put on ice? well, to discuss that, i'm now joined by alex, see chicken coff rushes minister for the development of the forest and the arctic minister. it's great to talk to you. thank you very much for time. good afternoon. now it's interesting that in the russian language, unlike for example, in english, we can use the word north in plural as north, rather than let's say, singular. and it's indeed an enormous territory in terms of mileage in terms of cultural geological, ethnic, industrial, economic, political diversity. but i wonder how you can manage it or even develop that territory from your office in.