ah, ah, with reports of incoming artillery fire in danielle and russia's course region is near the ukrainian border as russian lead forces make further front line advances. major u. s. defense companies says the government needs to be clear about exactly how much weaponry will be sent to ukraine. and it concerns the u. s. doesn't have enough stockpiles for a lengthy war. it failed policy of iran, a phobia that's the message from to run, as it accuses view of inflaming tensions in the middle east. as joe biden wraps up his 1st presidential visit to the region. and as sri lanka is gripped by math

outrage over shortages of food and fuel, the south asian country seeks brush has helped to provide much needed energy supplies. we hear from locals struggling to cope with the crisis. we're only able to give our children them quite today. we can't even get the basics madison phone children with broadcasting. lot of director of studios in moscow. this is our international. i'm john thomas. certainly glad to have you with us. now we start with the updates on the war in ukraine as incoming artillery fire is reported in russia's curse region near the ukrainian border. a massive blaze reportedly from the shelling has been captured in video posted on social media. the border area has been experiencing incoming fire for weeks. now the regions that governor has said that the russian military has been advancing near by a new cranes, neighboring sumi region. the

footage was released by the mayor of the city of gloves and the done yes. were public showing what local officials have described as artillery, showing by cubes, forces on a residential neighborhood. several houses and a cafe were reported damaged. there was no immediate information about casualties as of yet. meanwhile, russian lead forces have continued to make advances in the dynamic republic, moving closer to the major frontline, the city of civil sc over the past week. as well as to another key stronghold of ukrainian troops in the city of of g, almost with intense fighting ongoing in nearby areas. our correspondent reports from the ground suassa laquata with allied forces continue to advance in the direction of several solid r, r kill musk. their 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 from the lou ganske people's militia, which is moving in this direction. has confirmed the seizure of ne to weapons as trophies, villages and towns abandoned by the cranial troops to tony credit posted to lina. but who knows what this is their lasting 3rd line of defense. 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. it would be that 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 stuck hon off using to us, supplied high mars rocket systems. no casualties have been reported so far. elsewhere in the loo, ganske republic, after heavy fighting for the city of lucy, chance russian forces have been tasked with at restoring order in the city ortiz, moran garcia, has visited the area and observed the russian patrols there are you still with we were with 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 yeah who were left behind were who were left behind,

have now changed into civilian clothes and a hiding in the apartments that they have broken into. so can i stop on 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 special operation on the way reinforcements of arrived. they're going to sweep the building a high, high rise 9th floor apartment building floor by floor apartment by apartment concluded to catch this person who fulfilled a 3rd day that has been taking pot shots. 5 with rolling tooth, every day morgan cranium, dessert is and stragglers, found some in peacefully, others play, hide and seek. why did you decide to change it to civilian clothes and abandoned

the military units? also, there was no sense in going anywhere. it's either a bulletin. it had or a criminal charge at i'm a local so i decided to say that so you found 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 army earlier? you have a few hours of missile if we left would be shot by our own, the forces, whatever you captured, ukrainian soldier has confirmed, is that morale amongst their forces was disastrous. the crating of whom was felt abandon. yeah. but it felt like cabin fog and they didn't like it at all, says one, look. the morale in my units was very low as we were constantly retreating and didn't have enough ammunition. the commander stay far from the front and came out only to perch. i saw that personally while i was in the city. this man was captured

by soldiers of the i. metalli 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 would you want to hold on with that along with us for our food alone is no one. you know, a little preview of the over, you know, with every day the cities commandant tells us chaos and lawlessness. rashid water strengthens, but there is a long way to go, yet it is one thing to when the violence and the crime and the looting and entirely another, convince the public that they will to come back here before i'd guys d a r t from the chance guns people's republic. while keyless

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 that 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 supplied to cubes forces. but the american defense industry has been struggling to source critical components due to constraints in global supply chains. now the u. s. government has committed to

provide far more weaponry for the ukranian war effort than any other country. the u . s. has already provided more than $7000000000.00 of military a to to meanwhile, pulling defense minister has announced the purchase of more than $100.00 used tanks from the u. s. as poland reinforces its own military, while sending masses of arms supplies to neighboring ukraine. that's as of the state has been seeing its own army, lacking some key weaponry. michael maloof, a former senior pentagon security policy analyst. well, he 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 ukraine, a lot of it's being destroyed. but a lot of it to is going on black market. it's endless, and it's in the united states only has so 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 ministry should be focusing on. and it's not to ron has accused the u. s. of spreading iran. phobic sentiment says joe biden wraps 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 u. s. lead efforts to prevent a wrong from building a nuclear bomb. biden has asserted the u. s. could use military force against iran

as a quote. last resort. earlier this week runs president promised a harsh response to any escalation by washington or its allies, political analyst and researcher christopher lowly says that the u. s. and israel see run as a military target iran since $79.00 after the you know, the overthrow of the shot. they don't want to listen to washington. they wanted to have their own foreign policy. they were there very much for a different type of world order. and so you, what you see now is that you run is interested to join russia, china and other countries to really build that. and that ultimately, friends, wall street in c, u. s. military hegemony. and if there 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 and geneva. and the sad part is that the fight in sick for 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 fight and same with the israeli authorities. either really, it really is quite shocking because they're still leaving this military option, the table and the really have you run as a target. and so i think a very, very much that this is a dangerous situation. and the iranian government is correct. if you run the public, they are spreading it all over the region. 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 tour dashed us hopes for a grand return to the region. here's our she's post here. findings 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 she put boil, has been blown out of the water. i want to see the impact of this visit. i suspect

you won't see that for another couple weeks. we, i'd say that come up east, it's oil production, bianca, $13000000.00 barrels a day and off to shunning the kingdom over the 2018, killing a saudi journalist, jamal, cash. okie. 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 favor while still trying to save his own face. correct? calling out of saudi's prior, i don't know anything i said, but you don't to bump a to wyatt, do you? mm mm. i didn't. mickey this from the golf

compilation council invited to place it into the united arab emirates to washington . also announcing 1000000 done is she would need hunger in the i would region my, his overall message to added lead is was we will not walk away and leave a vacuum to refill by china. russia ran, we'll seek to bill on this moment with active principle american leadership. china was not impressed. phasing sub beckett biden saying that the middle east was not someone's back yard, let alone a so called vacuum. meanwhile, american forces continue to talk at terrace in the region and are deployed at vases throughout the middle east. still, this didn't stop bite and from suggesting he was turning a page on what america did in iraq and afghanistan. easy for him, not all the families of a 1000000 iraqis killed not to mention the disastrous withdrawal from afghanistan.

and what about his very own 40 and slip? lori's honor, the bravery, selfishness, selflessness of the sacrifices. binding turned one page to another. this time he ran, of course, and ramping up support against these la republic. the united states stresses that integrity to this pledge is a commitment never to allow iran 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 weight elements might an mint. 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 closely event nuclear program was tied to how america many suffocated to ran with sanctions. because at the end of the day, it's one thing for might and to say that the us will not walk away from the middle east. it's quite another to ask how much the middle east won 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 he went to germany and really has affect any more intimate lease. you know, it was really basically an 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 block alliance in the world, just growing exponentially. and which is going to be much, much bigger power in the world than america ever was. transition going on, u. s. a. germany 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 essential goods such as food and medicine with persistent mass protest pushing the president to resign and even flee the country. now the south asian republics government is in talks to purchase much needed fuel supplies from russia. party corresponded runjun sharma explains how sri lankan have been coping with the crisis. a shortage of fuel in a bankrupt country has led to prizes 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 3 full months and will be, don't consume brooks like those days we just get this in shows up, people, hybrid low re, money problem. the beans are not normally let the moment the island nation is running out to 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 of a roger buck, shells, resignation, protest continue in sri lanka. it's the 100 and the crowd chance have gone from. gotta go back to run and go back. why are people still your, i'm not at home. you me ask. not far from the demonstrations is be to sons lean in while or what they in these small alleys. we still buy a house. it's around 7 in the evening. and regina has just started making dinner.

she has to feed a family of freaks including her 2 children with no gas. she was as kerosene to cook. her. she is just about finished cooking and as been a baba got she, her family are going to eat the meal in complete darkness. just like more states, the power won't come back for the next 5 hours or so. although the cups have gotten better from a month ago. but it's still a daily affair by dwelling on godaddy that are only able to give our children now once a day down from 3 times previously. because mentality is now too expensive. we tried to feed our children 3 times a day where we can barely managed to do it more than once or twice. we counted and got basic maps informed children. there are no antibiotics that 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 unlike 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 gas. 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. that's as drastically rising energy prices have sparked protests across the u. ah, ah, ah . a sanctions imposed by western powers against russia. i have been hurting their own countries. you foreign policy chief, joseph burrell, has said that the measures require quote, strategic patients. 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, russia's 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 russia's current account surplus. the universal measure of trade in goods and services has surpassed $70000000000.00 its highest point since 1994. that's according to the most recent data released by the central bank. we heard from independent economic analyst pi, ian who is certain that the west attempts to isolate russia have not worked. the isolation is not work. obviously, russia's trade surplus as 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 transit 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. a sacrificing not just ukraine, but eminently any baltic stater scandinavian state that would want to get belligerent and 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 sanctioned or even price capt without then molesting this trans atlantic finance is own delicate and increasingly mathematically untenable. arrangements ah, severe wildfires have been sweeping through parts of southern europe with thousands of people forced to flee their homes in france, spain and greece now the blazes have been attributed to extremely hot and dry

conditions as a summer heat wave has gripped to the continent with temperatures regularly climbing over 40 degrees celsius. now global warming has been cited as a factor with more hot weather forecast for the coming days for a ah

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and the final analysis is not only why she's very as but also where it began. in trying to understand the war in the ukraine and what it means for the rest of the world. how far down memory lane should we go to discuss it now joined by we asked to researcher for the south african chapter of a southern east african trade in which it was agreed to talk to you. thank you very much for your time. thank you for having me as well. do just fine. it's great pleasure talking to you and i think from reading some of your recent articles, we share similar space for me. oh con politics. you know, the intention of launching wars and the name of all the good against all the bad and sometimes or most of the times living scorching lance in the aftermath. but for some reason this scenario is supposed to be happening over and over again. i

cover the words in libya or in theory just a couple of years ago. and nowadays everybody forgot about it. it seems that the only one that exists in the media space right now is the war in the brain. and while it's a pretty horrible outcome for russia, 1st and foremost, i wonder why do you think this cycle of, you know, each new war blazing the memory of the previous one? why do you think the cycle goes on? i think we have a global hedge amman, which is the united states, and the united states has been taken over by a cabal of new conservative thing because and practitioners like victoria new lynn and the kagan and so on. so garvey, donald, the famous writer called the united states to the united states of amnesia because you know, everything in the media is sound bites and it's more psychology than fact. so we have the domination of the information space by the us with twitter,

putting people like scott ritter off and so on. so that is the traditional manufacturing of consent. and even more concerning is that there is an over simplification of very complex issues. one can, for instance, at a human level be of against violence and against the invasion of ukraine by russia. but if you look at it at a geopolitical level, one can see that both russia and china being surrounded by american or nato military bases. and the assertion is that the nato is a defense of alliance, but i think brown, people like libyans or syrians or iraqis, we say that this is certainly not the case. and at least for the money. so, you know, the perspective from africa is that we want to be neutral. these are the, this war doesn't mean we don't have compassion with the ukrainians or the russians .