[000:00:00;00] with brussel says, the coming winter will be spent without russian gaps and calls on the blocks members to rely on other sources of energy. also the sour with our american counterparts through these counterparts. we really want to turn these were into real for its advantages for you as for the u. k. and an exclusive interview to our tea brushes, foreign minister survey lab, rob shares his take on what the u. s. and u. k. are planning for ukraine and the european union plus,

with our correspondent, is in the thick of the action amid the latest ukrainian shelling of the lugens, the people's republic as key f. sports is launched and offensive to retake territory there with just past 4 pm here in moscow and you're watching r t international. i'm donald quarter. welcome to the program. there's no point for the west to completely break off its ties with russia, especially when it comes to the energy market. that's according to foreign minister, sergei lab rav who in an exclusive interview to our channel. also underlined that russia is not worried about the use desire to curb purchases of russian oil and gas . you do much the interior, so i don't think that it's in their interest to stop all times. we balance to cut off all the times we send to use liquefied natural gas that the americans are trying to sell them. and if they do that,

then we would have no problem. the problem isn't sand that due to why they do with the north strain to we are ready to launch it. so there is pressure in the pipeline, but 50 percent of the capacity of the volume on the pipeline that were planned. so we now use them for internal consumption inside the country wells to want to develop chemical industry and gather fine. all right, well to discuss the details of lab ross exclusive interview with r t. we go live now to our corresponded fiorella isabel in moscow. fiorella. what were the main issues discussed with the foreign minister? was you just heard? not russia's fault that the west is cutting off its own foot. russia has been saying that the gas is there if they want it. but one of the main important points

that m. s a lab rob risk discussed really was the fact that the strategic special operation is expanding beyond the don. yes. can lugens republic. and if the west continue to supply ukraine with long range missiles and weapons, it will expand even further. the fact is that they do not want to escalate this war . russia has never wanted to have a type of nuclear crisis, and it's not something that is on the table necessarily, even though there is a process for it. but it's something that russia has continuously stated, they don't want to get to skew our american counterparts through their counterparts. well, anglo saxon think with active support from germans and shan, baltic states. they really want to turn these were into real war and to start the confrontation between russia and european states, they said it's been, we've done teachers for us,

for the u. k. they are sitting behind the ocean. this conflict is not hurting russia. this is hurting the you, it's hurting the wire to turning the economies in the united states. this, this conflict is also hurting developing nations. many nations in africa have been suffering for food shortages and long queues for gas. so this is something that is deeply affecting these nations, and these nations have long been exploited by the west. we have good relations with africa in soviet times for many years now we have been restoring our presence because of africa, reciprocating so we never taught them anything will never for them to do anything. well, was help them to read all the tasks and to leave the country the way they wanted. and we always had mutual visits once

a year and war one's to here is you can use this one. let's remind everybody that the russia has never told these african nations who are, who not to talk with versus the west is specifically the united states that has long worked in colonization while russia has tried to work in v calling the colonization, dating back to the u. s, s r. so again, this is a better relationship that russia is pushing with africa versus what the west is pushing. alright, that was our team. corresponding fiorella, isabel, thanks for giving us those details. our top you official, has urged the blocks members to rely on nuclear and coal power. this coming winter due to giving up on russian gas and the soaring prices. we have made a decision. we are preparing for the winter without rush and gas in order to get through this winter and possibly next winter. the you states can extend the

operation of their nuclear power plants or coal plants. well, one person is reportedly killed and 3 others are wounded, including a child in the latest ukranian shelling of the cities of daniel and girl of con, wednesday as keeps forces have unleashed a devastating artillery barrage of residential areas. another city in the dynastic peoples republic. yes and alva tire. how was also shelved by the ukranian army with several homes destroyed in the attack? local officials say that around $1700.00 buildings have been dev, devastated inside the done the don boss, people's republic. since the start of russia's military operation. and in the neighboring lugens to people's republic, the ukrainian military has launched a new offensive to retake territory after russian led forces recently claimed that they had full control over the entire republic. ortiz murat, good gasdio reports from the ground there. outskirts of delegate, of course, we witnessed

a somewhat rare spectacle and attempted offensive by ukrainian forces. i saw i thought that our movie. yeah. in support of the game on the white glove, the ukranian troops here belonged to the infamous nationalist cracking battalion. their intent was to get close to bill or god of go through the woods near by. they were met with a hail of artillery fire the pacific on after that we were ordered to retreat. every one ran away, we kept shouting, don't shoot at the soldiers who were behind us were. dmitri was wounded by shrapnel . he was left behind by his panicked brothers in arms in all full kracken fighters

were captured alive, one of them, an officer. or how did commanders treat the troops? i don't know like birth worms just crushed them under foot and kept walking. how is morale in your units in crackin? no, there no morale. no one wants to fight. oh we did is watch the sky for rocket launchers . get in and now they sent us right into it while also telling us there was no one fare. no, if he's telling the truth, what we know is that ukrainian artillery in an apparent act of revenge for their defeat here. thank

crackin is an infamous outfit. that fight has sent shock waves around the world off to filming themselves, torturing and killing, unarmed russian prisoners, shooting them in the knees, suffocating them with plastic bags, and cutting their eyes out. all the while laughing for months they had been station didn't hide, give. we now know why they was sent away. villa going up, we were sent to belle grove, car because of a condo plan. they found some corpses in his back yard, who with its 7 people, he killed civilians for what, for nothing, just killed them. he buried them in his yard and you didn't think that that was savagery. it was savagery. the city of kotik of has always been viewed as a pro russian city, which is perhaps why the ukrainian government stationed one of its most brutal and

said the stick battalions. their locals certainly made that dislike plane the. where were you stationed in the city center, where we were last stationed in a church, you say last with their many bases were kept changing that. how often, about month ago, until surveillance would publicize our location. what do you mean? i mean, publish our whereabouts online. throw telegram they would say, here is a unit we contrast with them. here. dmitri claims that he had no choice but to join . he says the territorial defense unit that he was with was merged with kracken. he says he is no say this nationalist or neo nazi. what if they decide to exchange you in a prisoner swap on go back to ukraine? come again. so i won't go back to ukraine. you refused to be exchanged.

i can go back there. we cannot verify whether what he told us is true. kracken fighters are well aware that russian quotesoft to them and moscow has repeatedly promised that it will bring the men involved in these inhuman tortures, mutilations and killings. to justice more i'd guessed, d, a r t rebel got of co lugens people's republic. we're going to go back to our previous story right now regarding a top you official who's urging the blocks members to rely on nuclear and coal energy throughout next winter. due to the fact that russia natural gas is going to be dropped. so to have more details on this, we're gonna go live to our correspondence, rachel, marston, rachel. so what should europeans expect now, given that this coming winter will be the 1st one spent with such a shortage of gas? well, here it is. the european union's big plan for how those of us here in the block are

going to get through the summer of heat waves and the winter cold while maintaining industrial production and fueling our daily needs. amid the blocking its own gas supply. our gas supply with its own sanctions. the plan is called saved gas for a safe winter safeguarding winter from what you might ask from russia weapon, ising, its gas supplies according to a need, new e u commission statement. because if you thought that there was absolutely no way that the you leadership could possibly spin their self harming policies into a russian security threat, that requires us to sacrifice our way of life. once again. will you be wrong because that's exactly how they're spinning this, referring to the kremlin weapons ization of gas exports with almost half of each member states already affected by reduce deliveries. but whose fault is that? well, let's, let's ask some officials around the you initially, i saw we had only shot ourselves in the foot,

but now it is clear that the european economy has shot itself in the lungs and it is gasping for air. if russian gas is no longer received and there are average winter temperatures, or current reserves will be enough for only a month or 2, taking into account our obligations for gas deliveries to other european countries . we have a real emergency because of the gas shortages, entire branches of industry are in danger of permanently collapsing and the aluminum glass, the chemical sectors. such a collapse would have massive consequences for the entire economy and jobs in germany. i just why or whatever happened to showering less to show russian president vladimir putin, whose boss did that not work. i guess the hygiene is just so good here in europe with too many showers, being taken to get us through the winter. so now you is formally asking member states to reduce gas use by 15 percent at least until march of next year. and they actually make us do that though. well, they're saying that it's voluntary for now,

but couldn't become binding if the situation deteriorates. not only didn't you have a backup plan for replacing its own gas before it just cast it off and set itself adrift in a sea of total incompetence. but some sanctions have also interfered with routine maintenance of one of the few energy lifelines. it still hasn't cut off with its own kamikaze policies. the nord stream, one pipeline of russian gas into germany, russian president vladimir putin, has an interesting theory on that. one. a mama's canada did not want to give back the turbine for nord stream, one, not because of russia's military operation in ukraine, but because canada itself produces oil and gas and wants to sell them to europe. he was starting to look a bit like the village piano. you know, every one gets a turn in the west trying to play it. and gas prong confers this foot dragging.

despite earlier requests to date, gas prom has not received official documents from siemens that allow it to supply a gas turbine engine for the porto via compressor station under the sanctions, restrictions of canada and the you well, unfortunately it's always the average citizen who ends up having to make accommodations for the ideologically driven thoughtlessness of the big brains in brussels. archie contributor rachel marston, thanks for those updates. ah, sherlock is acting leader has won the presidential election, conducted in a secret ballot by parliament as mass protests persist in the impoverished south asian country, devastated by a spiraling economic crisis. hundreds of protesters gathered in front of the president's office. some of them burning an effigy of the interim leader, while demanding he resign as a symbol of a tarnished government. meanwhile, security forces have been on heightened alert in the capital city colombo,

amid the election with soldiers patrolling the streets and waterways are corresponded. ron jones sharma reports on location wanting inside the sri lankan parliament has concluded. i'm drawn into wit, groom a sing, gay has got the numbers, he's elected as the new president of the country. this comes off to weeks and months of protest saw on the ground against goeth about raja buckshot as well as john and vick from a thing gay now ran into somebody who was seen as an ally of the raja buckshot. remember when go to buy a raj, a fuck shaw fled the country. he made rondon as an acting president of the country is also the prime minister, the bomb a dynamics now once again with the roger buck shot, this is some pain that is going to anger the protest to us. they don't have any faith in the raja buckshot. that is what the project to see in the days to come. the protests on the ground could amplify men, mostly long godaddy is grappling to shortage of fuel shortage of follow shortage of

food as well as medicines. and now there was a new problem at hand, which is a humanitarian and no one on the crisis, which only seems to be intensify in the country. china's foreign ministry has fired back at us allegations that beijing is not doing enough to prevent an escalating humanitarian crisis in africa. beijing says washington should seriously reflect on its own role in the problem and stop smearing china. one country in particular, stands out right now for its absence. the peoples republic of china, signing on to the road map, removing export restrictions in its fertilizer exports and releasing some of its grain reserves either to the global market or to humanitarian entities like the world food program. with significantly relief pressure on food and fertilizer prices and powerfully demonstrate the countries desire to be a global leader and

a friend to the world's least developed economies. china has provided more funding cent, more experts and undertaken more projects under the framework of the food and agriculture organizations, south south cooperation program than any other developing country. it is quite clear to the world who exactly is causing the global food crisis. the u. s. side also admitted that the sanctioning of russia has taken a toll on many countries and made food shortages are reality. we hope that the u. s . will seriously reflect on its disreputable role in the global food crisis and stop smearing and making groundless accusations against china. the number of people facing starvation in the horn of africa is expected to reach 20000000 people within the next 2 months. china earlier confirmed that it would provide emergency food supplies to a number of countries in the region, but washington says that's not good enough. despite its own role and bringing instability to africa, as ortiz, rachel blevins explains the man the power who made her name in the white house by pushing president obama to take

a more hawkish approach to libya and syria has now turned her attention to china. as she leads in atoria to us agency for international development, the former envoy of the us who also supported regime change in several countries regardless of the collateral damage, is now claiming that china isn't doing enough to help the people of africa. 8 prevent a food crisis and she's not alone. u. s. corporate media outlets or having a field day running with the phrase dat trap diplomacy. they're using it to claim that beijing carries responsibility for the current economic crisis, entree walker, while ignoring the activity of western organizations like the i a mass which have long been accused of signing off on predatory loans for developing nations. but when it comes to preventing global food shortages, beijing is arguing that it is in fact actively working to do just that. looking at africa specifically, which is in samantha powers, cross hairs china and now it's

a new program for countries affected by major drought and the horn of africa in march. and beijing ramped up as a to south africa and the phase of devastating floods in april. this all comes as china has been providing emergency food aid for more than 50 countries in asia, africa, and latin america since 2016. and in response to the latest comments from washington paging says the us should take a good look in the mirror before criticizing the actions of others, the u. s. has done nothing to reduce its own food, consumed for energy, and has even exploited the situation to inflate grains prices and seek selfish profits. china has also pointed out that it's the us which continues to prolong conflict in ukraine by supplying new episodes despite the fact that even president biden himself has been warning about global food shortages for months. but washington has earned its title as the largest export for arms in the world, and china is not even close. so may i have the power says the you should also be

recognized for writing the most humanitarian aid. the united states has long been the leader in responding to mandatory and crises. and we are proud of that leadership and incredibly grateful to congress and to the american people for their compassion and generosity. it's notable that she brought up congress there because it's capitol hill that is now in the process of passing legislation for next years military budget. the latest version of the national defense authorization act, specifically states that money from the pentagon cannot be used to transfer things such as humanitarian aid to afghanistan, and that's no accident. in fact, even when one congresswoman introduced a waiver to allow the us to give a specifically to afghanistan, her own lawmakers, shut her down. afghanistan is facing one of the most horrific humanitarian crises in the planet. we should be doing everything in our power to deliver humanitarian assistance to the afghan people,

not needlessly limiting the aid we can supply. that humanitarian crisis was triggered by washington, moved to replace billions of dollars in aid with crushing sanctions. as the u. s. withdrew its troops and the biden administration sees more than $9500000000.00 worth of afghanistan, central banks, assets over fears that they would be used by the taliban as it swept back to power and cool. so all samantha power claims trying to isn't doing enough to help and refuses to admit how much the u. s. has done to fuel the current problems in the 1st place. the main stream media continues to claim that when beijing does something, it must be some sort of a trap, as if the u. s. and his allies haven't become known for the same traps that they are now accusing china of spreading all around the world. the u. s. government has been calling the shots on microsoft's moose to deprive ukraine of digital

sovereignty. that's the allegation from russia's deputy foreign minister. microsoft is fulfilling the orders of the pentagon and us intelligence agencies to take full control of the entire information infrastructure of ukraine into private of any digital sovereignty. the lensky regime has provided microsoft tools for surveillance, provocations, false flag computer attacks. apparently the notorious id army of ukraine, which continues to boast about hacking servers in russia, is also the work of microsoft. his statement came in response to a report by microsoft on the legit russian cyber attacks. the senior diplomat says those claims are not based on any hard evidence. the deputy foreign minister also accused microsoft of encroaching on the sovereignty of other states beside ukraine . for its part us tech giant has insisted that russia is engaged in cyber warfare. russian agencies are conducting global cyber influence operations to support their

war efforts. these combined tactics developed by the k g b over several decades with new digital technologies and the internet to give foreign influence operations, a broader geographic reach, higher volume, more precise targeting, and greater speed and agility. unfortunately, with sufficient planning and sophistication, these cyber influence operations are well positioned to take advantage of the longstanding openness of democratic societies. journalist and author daniela's air says microsoft's processing of ukraine's data is a yet another example of key of delegating its responsibilities to a foreign power. i think microsoft is. ready has it's very close to the u. s. government, and sometimes is a great deal of overlap. so certainly, i think that the got the ukranian government at the b at the behest of the u. s. has allowed microsoft to take over much of its data processing. and you know that, that, that, that certainly is not a good thing. and certainly,

you know, micro, oh, it's, the ukraine has essentially, you know, handed out, you know, huge amounts of authority to, to washington. so this is just another example of the ukraine delegating the responsibilities of government to an outside power microsoft as, as operated as a, as directly as an armor. the u. s. government. during the whole, russia gate controversy, microsoft issued reports that were very favorable to the u. s, government government position. clearly microsoft, i thought it was important to cooperate with washington to avoid any kind of regulatory crackdown y washington. and i would see microsoft activities in the ukraine as essentially roughly the same thing occurring where microsoft hastens to do the bidding of the u. s. government because it knows. ready the u. s. government could make life very,

very unhappy for if it didn't do so. thanks for watching our 2 international stick around for more world news and just about 30 minutes. ah. in east canter. russian state will never. i've stayed as anton ending northland scheme, devastation. i'm not getting calls all sunset for a week within the 55 when. okay, so 9 is gonna be the one home with we will van in the european union, the kremlin. yup. machines. the state aunt, rush up to date and split our tea sport neck, even our video agency, roughly all band to on youtube and pinterest. and

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