do divide people ah, a ah, reports of incoming artillery fire in done yet scanned rushes course region near the ukrainian border as russian lead forces make further frontline advances, feel good policy of iran or phobia. that's the message from tehran as it it accuses the us of inflaming tensions in the middle east. as joe biden wraps up his 1st presidential visit to the region and as re longer is gripped by mass outrage over shortages of food and fuel. the south asian country seeks rushes help to provide much needed energy supplies. we hear from locals struggling to cope with

the crisis. we're only able to give our children now once a day. the counting and gab basic amounts in foreign children. with broadcasting, lot of direct from our studios in moscow. this is our to international. i'm john thomas. certainly glad to have you with us. now we start with updates on the war in ukraine as incoming artillery fire is reported in russia's course region near the ukrainian border. in massive blaze, reportedly from the shelling has been captured in the video posted on social media . some the border area has been experiencing incoming fire for weeks. the regions governor has said that the russian military has been advancing in nearby and ukraine's neighboring sumi region for this footage was released by the mayor of the city of little of sta in the done yes. good public showing what local officials have described as artillery shelling

by keith's forces on a residential neighborhood. several houses and a cafe were reported damaged. there was no immediate information about casualties. meanwhile, russian bank forces have continued to make advances in the done yet republic. moving towards key strongholds of ukrainian troops located in the front line, cities of civil sc and almost argee. arabic correspondent reports from the ground. suassa local. what are we allied forces continue to advance in the direction of savers, solid r, r. tell must, there ukrainian troops have significantly strengthened their positions. now the fighting is heading in this direction. the allied forces managed to break the defensive lines of the nationalist battalions and foreign mercenaries. there. they will be able to move deep into ukrainian health territory and continued the military operation to protect don bass. the place where we arrived as being shelled from 3 sides roselle herself. that her we continue our offensive in the direction

of solid, r, petrosky, and beyond. the enemy resists, using all possible means from artillery to large caliber weapons. you can now hear how the suppression of enemy artillery points has been carried out. the loo, ganske people's militia, which is moving in this direction, has confirmed the seizure of ne to weapons as trophies and villages and towns abandoned by the cranial troops to tony credit posted molina, but all knows what this is their last a 3rd line of defense. so it is always the most fortified, therefore, they use all types of weapons here. russian intelligence reports that extremists and mercenaries are concentrated in residential buildings because this fact as well as the objective to save the lives of civilians, is hindering the progress of the allied troops to some extent. sargon had i r t done yet, people's republic. and in the loo, ganske republic, local authority, se ukrainian troops have been targeting the city of sa hunh, off using to us, supplied high mars rocket systems. no casualties have been reported so far

elsewhere in regards to republic, after heavy fighting for the city of lucy, chance russian forces have been tasked with restoring order in the city. not his mariah garcia has visited the area and observed the russian patrols there. you know, well, you don't really, but it was it with patrol. we were with the now pulling for back up as a hostile potential hostile in an apartment building and he just took a shot. the police control. the problem is that many ukrainian soldiers who deserted or who were left behind or who were left behind, have now changed into civilian clothes and a hiding in the apartments that they have broken into. so can i feel about when you, who do i get a hold of bob done with

weaver, now been us to leave all rather escorted away from the area. the display, a special operation on the way reinforcements of a rod. they're going to sweep the building a high, high rise 9th floor apartment building floor by floor apartment by apartment in order to catch this person who fulfilled a 3rd day that has been taking pot shots. 5 rolling through every day, more ukrainian desert is and stragglers of found some come in peacefully, others play, hide and seek. why did you decide to change into civilian clothes and abandon your military units? there was no sense in going anywhere. it's either a bulletin. it had or a criminal charge. i'm a local, so i decided to say, so you felt it was futile to continue to fight us indeed. and we were constantly

retreating. where should we go to next to europe? for michelle, why didn't you try to leave the on the earlier, you have it. so if we left would be shot by our own forces. what every captured ukrainian soldier has confirmed is that morale amongst their forces was disastrous . mccraney who was felt abandon. yeah. but they felt like cabin fargo fitness and they didn't like it. well, good luck with the maria and my unit was very low as we were constantly retreating and didn't have enough ammunition. the commander state far from the front and came out only to pillage. i saw that personally while i was in the city with this man was captured by soldiers of the i. montana was once exclusively made up of chechnya and now it accepts any who want to join regardless of ethnicity. their job here is law enforcement with all that it entails what you

want to hold on for that i want those extra foolish along with not of course a medicine is more convenient only from previous and over, you know, with every day the city's commandant tells us chaos and lawlessness rashid water strengthens, but there is a long way to kill yet. it is one thing to when the violence and the crime and the looting entirely another can be a public that they will to come back with her before i'd guys. dia marty. formally, she chance gods, the people's republic while key of government persists with its demands for increasingly more supplies of western made weaponry, major u. s. defense manufacturer has sounded the alarm that the available stockpiles were

not meant to provide for a lengthy war. the ceo of northrop grumman says the government needs to be clear about exactly how much weaponry it needs. the most important thing now is to get a clear demand signal on what the sustained commitment is. and the level of draw down from those stockpiles is going to be i wouldn't necessarily say that i've heard we're running out. but if you do project forward that we're going to want to sustain these levels of commitments for another couple of years. that's certainly not what anyone has built stockpiles to accommodate the company makes bushmaster artillery, guns and ammunition that america has applied to gives forces. but the american defense industry has been struggling to source critical components due to constraints in global supply chain. the u. s. government has committed to provide a far more weaponry for the ukranian war effort than any other country. u. s. has already provided more than $7000000000.00 of military aid to you for. meanwhile,

pulling the defense minister has announced the purchase of more than 100 used tanks from the u. s. as poland reinforces its own military, while sitting masses of arms supplies to neighboring ukraine. that's as the state has been seeing its own army. lacking some key weaponry. michael maloof, a former senior pentagon security policy analyst says that the u. s. doesn't have enough stockpiles to provide for both its own defense needs. and those of ukraine you are stuck. piles are limited, the amount, the ability of manufacturers to make this equipment is also running into issues. namely the, the, the supply chain issue lot of the equipment goes that is being supplied is not a not tracked. so no, no, no one knows where this equipment goes. once it gets into, you create a lot of it's being destroyed. but a lot of it too,

is going on black market. it's endless, and it's in the united states when we have so many, many resources and that's, that's aside from the equipment itself. i mean it's, it's, and the congress, i think, in the american people certainly are waking up to this reality that there are other issues for america right now. and that's what, by the administration should be focusing on. and it's not to ron has accused us of spreading iran a full big sentiment as joe biden reps up his 1st presidential visit to the middle east. the u. s. is once more trying to create tensions and crises across the region through relying on the failed policy of iran, a phobia, a joint statement released after biden's trip to israel emphasized us lead efforts to preventive. ron from building a nuclear bomb biden has asserted the u. s. could militarily force against iran as a quote, last resort. earlier this week, iran president promised a harsh response to an escalation by washington or its allies. for more or less,

we can cross alive to political analyst and researcher christopher. hello, ali. thanks for being with us here. on our international thank you very much for having me. so what's your opinion of to ron's claims of the u. s. stoking iran, a phobia in the middle east? the iranian government, this is correct. and the sad part is that the biden's trip to the middle east, the 1st one in this presidency, was marked by a strong and t iran sentiment. and that was both in israel and also in saudi arabia . and we have to realize that this is jerusalem declaration that bite in signed with the israeli authorities. it really, it really is quite shocking because they're still leaving this military option the table. and we know very well that the israeli government behind the scenes is trying to pressure the united states as well as other european partners to not go back into not join the iran nuclear deal. and that's why the j c. p o, a which the u. s. unilaterally withdrew from is still floundering,

and that there's no commitment either from washington nor from the europeans who are part of the j. c. p. a way to really see it through and they are further isolating the run and the really they have you run on the target as a target. and so i think very, very much that this is a dangerous situation. and the iranian government is correct. if you run a phobic, they are spreading it all over the region. you touch on the fact that the trip was marred. so it's safe to say that it was unsuccessful. talk to me a little bit about why it was so unsuccessful, but also were there any successes to be spoken of? i think it was unsuccessful for a variety of reasons. number one, i'll just, you know, general is she now blacklist? murder by israeli forces, according to the palestinian investigation, the baton administration made to really, you know platitudes, but didn't really do anything. and, and she didn't. buckley was a us citizen. so it goes to show, not only shooting, but julian assigned. and of course, in saudi arabia, judges,

they didn't do anything. i mean, the fist bumps with the crown prince ben seldman. and you saw the reaction. and i think that this plate very negatively and it backfired as a trip for domestic consumption. the u. s. i think overall a net net negative for the administration, as well as for us foreign policy. now, of course, we're interested in things involving russia. now the white house has claim to russia was set to buy drones from iran. why were those claims made during biden's visits, particularly? i think of, you know, this is the part of the tactics of the u. s. you know media sphere as well as the national security state to try to for meant chaos in the media and to try to sort of not only sabre rattle but fewer longer the people that somehow iran is selling a drones to russia. russia is going to use them against, for instance, the ukrainians is what the media is saying. but that's not,

that's not necessarily the case to run. it denied it. and even if, for example, iran was selling drones to russia, there are 2 separate countries that have the ability to do that. the u. s. is only using this as a further, not only you run a phobia, but the rest of phobia. there are very much of the sentiment and to iran, and the russia now and the china. and that was part of the trip. the trip was to prevent a vacuum as what the by the administration said in the middle east. so that russia and china could fill it, and so that you run could be the regional superpower in the middle east. that's what they want to prevent. certainly is interesting to see all of the sides aligning russian president vladimir putin plans to travel to the middle east, specifically to iran in the coming days as well. could his trip and be more successful in strengthening ties than vitamins. oh absolutely. without a doubt, you see the difference is that the russian president respects iran respects the islamic revolution, respects iran says self determination and sovereignty as they get along just fine.

russia is a key partner in developing iraq is peaceful, civilian nuclear power, very important trade allies as well as also working on other political, military and social aspects. so i think that it's going to be, it's going to strengthen overall a multi polar world, which is what the u. s. administration and what nato don't want. they don't want to see russia. iran, china is where, like cuba, the d, p r k, and other countries aligning and really, but i, you know, against dollar had gemini, and the u. s. nato, you know, imperialists of that. you see all over the region. christopher, you bring up a very good point about this multi polar world, and we also have heard that iran is interested in the bricks alliance as well. why is the us so concerned about the strengthening of ties between russia and iran? look at iran is it is a major repository of oil,

and that's always been why it's been in the imperialist sites. that's why the british, in 1953 along with the ca, over 3 months, that back democratic leaders went to nationalize the oil. and because you're not in 79 after you know, the overthrow of the shop, they don't want to listen to washington. they wanted to have their own foreign policy. they are very much for a different type of world order. and so you, what you see now is that iran is interested to join russia, china and other countries to really build that. and that ultimately threatens wall street in the u. s. military had gemini, and it is nato's overarching global dominance. so it's, it's very much a nerve wracking for the elite in washington and in the new york city in brussels, in vienna, in geneva. so this is actually a very good thing, and i think that putting is going to get a lot. i think the iranians are going to get a lot and the strengthening of price will only strengthen the friendship and cooperation amongst countries that are willing to fight against us nato imperialism

. right. christopher, hello. very interesting to hear your thoughts of political analysts and researcher . thanks for being with us here in our international. thank you very much for having me. right now, biden's sabre rattling comes as the u. s. president has failed to win an immediate oil output increase and a regional security alliance at the arab summit. with more on how biden's middle east tor dash u. s. hopes for a grand return to the region. here's our cheese pulse, clear, lightens for day, middle east trip is over, but the question of what's actually achieved is still up in the air. his bid for more and cheap oil has been blown out of the water. i wish you the impact of this visit. i suspect you won't see that for another a couple weeks. we, i'd say as a come up east, its oil production beyond 13000000 barrels a day, and off to shunning the kingdom over the 2018, killing a saudi journalist, jamal cash hockey. all eyes were on what might and would say to the conference

i in thank you. thank you. thank you. that's exactly what bite enabled saudi arabia while on his campaign trail back in 2019. but now fighting his tongue, he came asking for a favor while still trying to save his own face. correct? calling out of saudis. prior, i don't hear anything. i said, but you don't system from a to wyatt, do you? mm. mm. i didn't make lead us from the golf compilation council invited to place it into the united arab emirates to washington, also announcing $1000000000.00 to believe hunger in the region. while his overall message to ab leaders was, we will not walk away and leave

a vacuum to refill by china, russia we're room will sit to bill on this moment with active principal american leadership. china was not increased facing shop. becket biden saying that the middle east was not someone's back yard, let alone a so called vacuum. meanwhile, american forces continue to target terrorists in the region and are deployed at bases throughout the middle east. still, this didn't stop bite and from suggesting he was turning a page on what america did in iraq, afghanistan, e to acquire nuclear weapon. and that it is prepared to use all elements of its natural power to ensure that outcome make no mistake by what elements might and meant does that also means that you would use force against iran that would that mean it was the last resort? yes, he also failed to mention how close to iran's nuclear program was tied to how america means katie k ran with sanctions. because at the end of the day,

it's one thing for might in to say that the us will not walk away from the middle east. it's quite another to us coming to the middle east once the americans to stay, especially now when washington has so little to offer. although walking away might not even be an option anymore. i think the history books, remember this trip as, as a sort of tipping point of how little power, how little influence, how little usaa gemini really has affect any more intimate lease. you know, it was really basically a non event. you know, we live in new well now a multi polar wealth whereby russia, china, india, turkey, and a few others are forming a blog and alliance in the world is growing exponentially. and which is going to be

much, much bigger power in the world than america ever. watch is a transition going on. u. s. a gemini hasn't really played much role in the middle east for the last 5 or 6 years. and you can see that it's changing out the whole. the whole arena is changing. sri lanka has been in turmoil, over shortages of fuel and other central goods such as food and medicine with persistent mass protest pushing the president to resign and flee the country. now the south asian republics government is in talks to purchase much needed fuel supplies from russia. argy correspondent reunion sharma, explains how sri lanka has it been coping with the crisis. a shortage of fuel in a bankrupt country has led to prices of all commodities, including rice, wheat, fruits and vegetables, going to the roof with inflation at more than 50 percent, the prices are burning a hole in the pockets of she lumpkins. ordinarily this market would be buzzing with

people at this hour, but now with the prices of basics going up drastically, things have changed. something like a banana, see, for example, is also become a luxury for many, it's very expensive, some bad to 4 months and will be, don't consume brooks like those days you just get this and show some people to be a good re money. i could probably live beans are not normally at the moment. the island nation is running out of foreign currency, deserves to import essential items and its impact is hitting hard look with the now counting on the changing political landscape of the country to reshape their economic future. despite got up a roger buck shells resignation. protests continue in sri lanka. it's d 100 and the crowd chance have gone from. gotta go back to run and go back. why are people still your and not at home? you me ask. not far from the demonstrations is peterson's lean invalid. what they

in these small alleys. we stop by our house. it's around 7 in the evening. andrew cheney has just started making dinner. she has to feed a family of 3, including her 2 children with no gas. she was a scary thing to cook. her she has just about finished cooking and has been above got. she and her family are going to eat the meal. incomplete darkness. just like more states. the power won't come back for the next 5 hours or so. although the cuts have gotten better from a month ago, but it's still a daily affair by dwelling on godaddy because they are only able to give our children now once a day down from 3 times previously. because many parties are too expensive. we'll try to feed our children 3 times a day, but we can barely managed to do it more than once or twice. we counted and gab basic madsen for children. there are no on to buy out except local pharmacies or

even at hospitals. brittany story is not just her story. it is the story of many of the 22000000 people in the country and i'm like the daily bava cut out. their plight will last much longer than a few hours. with no telling when things will improve ruins. sharma in colombo, 40 germany will not survive the winter without russian guest. that's a stark warning from a senior german official class. mueller who heads a federal agency in charge of natural gas supplies in the country. he warned that a lot depends on whether the current maintenance work on the north stream one pipeline concludes. as expected, he added that no decision has yet been made on the how to stop energy prices from increasing in case of a complete stoppage of russian gas deliveries the drastically rising prices have sparked protests across the you. ah,

ah, ah . as sanctions imposed by western powers against russia have been hurting their own countries. you foreign policy cheap. joseph burrell has said that the measures require, quote, strategic patience. but as the chief economist at the institute of international finance robin brooks claims, despite facing unprecedented pressure from the west, rushes economy seems to be doing just fine. according to key financial indicators who rushes current account surplus usually shrinks in the summer months when western europe doesn't need gas for hitting. however, this year, the surplus is 28200000000 and monster surplus of our own making rushes current account surplus. the universal measure of trade in goods and services has surpassed

$70000000000.00 its highest points since $994.00. that's according to the most recent data released by the central russia. earlier this week, we heard from independent economic analyst pi, in who is certain that the west attempts to isolate russia has not worked. the isolation has not worked. obviously, russia's trade surplus has spiked despite violence sanctions being thrown by atlanta system because russia's directly benefited yet again from high oil and gas prices, which in part are necessary actually for trans atlantic, high finance and central banking themselves to maintain their overbearing global economic influence at the sanctions are thus, you know, burning the village to save if you will, sacrificing not just ukraine, but eminently, you know, any baltic state or scandinavian state that would want to get belligerent in turn

and the european economy as well. or let's see what the next 8 months spring, for instance, across europe. the world clearly needs russian oil and natural gas, which actually cannot be fully sanction, or even price capt without then molesting this trans atlantic finance is own delicate and increasingly mathematically untenable. arrangements, right, that is a for me this, i'll be back and let's save 32 minutes with another full and fresh lecture thursday with a start international blue in what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy, even foundation, let it be an arms race is on offense, bearing dramatic development only personally and getting to resist. i don't see how that strategy will be successful. very difficult time time to sit down and talk

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