soft ukrainian in tell officer to the british newspaper. and what do these revelations point to well look at it this way. russia has for munch now accused the united states of playing a much more direct role in this conflict than what the united states admitted to it . was of just weapons they were said didn't training that they were given to ukrainian. so just food that they were sending them to eat salaries that they were paying them. but it also appears faxed to the comments of the head of ukraine's main intelligence director. that the united states appears to be vetting, vetting targets that the, that the ukrainian side is, is attacking. 3 so, so in this case, we can presume that the united states greenlighted attack, so several attacks on half a dozen o been communities on the city of the nearest gal chips go back. i've got others

urban areas, residential areas, which will undoubtedly, awe struck by you u. s. provided weapons visa, high mas, rockets guided missiles that the united states has provide a, has provided to the kia for use in this conflict. the united states is a strike to say that, you know, argue that it's role is much more limited. but if this is indeed true, that the united states has veto power over every strike that it does kill. to show that the united states as a much, much more involved role in this conflict as far as military intelligence is concerned, britain and the u. s. have provided almost everything from information to equipment . he suggested there was a level of consultation between intelligence officials of both countries prior to launching missiles that would allow washington to stop any potential attacks if they were unhappy with the intended target. he was also uh

pressed by journalists on where they got that targeted information from. and he said that they operate with real time information, which is presumably a satellite satellite footage imagery which ukraine couldn't have possibly come by on its own. so this is presumably, again, real time satellite information that is provided to them who he refused to confirmed but will deny this provided to them by this he, i am i 6 the united states and great britain, basically, which provide ukraine with targeting information where to strike with weapons that the united states has provided and trained ukrainians to use and also with the power to stop stripes that it doesn't agree with. if you, if we take this again further, there was a strike on yoletta africa, which was on

a prison where more than a 1000 ukranian prisoners of wool, ah, house that he's out of prison. the prisoners are these ukrainian regulars, an after an attack again by an american high mas multiple, a rocket launcher system, more than 50 ukrainian prisoners of war parish, 75. others were injured so, so, so by the logic of what this ukranian official admitted to the united states greenlighted visa attack on a prison as well as other attacks on, on civilian infrastructure, which also co cause, again untold hom, to civilians casualties, injuries to civilian targets. and this will literally intensify and lend strength to rush and rushes accusations that the united states is playing a much more involved and much more dangerous role than was previously than was previously known. which again opens up avenues full for an escalation that nobody.

absolutely nobody wants. ra, thanks very much for bring this through all that our senior correspondent, rough gas, df live from the lou ganske republican. okay, 34 minutes past 5 pm here in moscow, we're going to take a short break here. be back with more from our top story and plenty more beside. stay with our to international ah, ah, needs to come to russian state to never. i've told them the most, i'm skiing with house lot. send up with 55 with. okay, so 9 is the fargo speaking with we

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ah, hello again. let's return now to our top story. tensions are mounting. iran, taiwan, the head of a potential visit by the u. s. high speaker. china does ratcheted up military activity and nancy pelosi supposing plane has apparently entered chinese. her space on is reportedly ad descending into taiwan, despite warnings from beijing us sees little issue with that potential touched on by china, has labeled to move a breach of it sovereignty. ah

me, thank you. in the face of the us, acting recklessly in disregard of china's sullen representations, the contra measured by china will be justified and necessary will pay close attention to the losses itinerary. if the you ask, insist on going its own weight, china will take firm and great measures to safeguard china's sovereignty, security and interesting way. and so if the speaker does decide to visit, an china tries to create some kind of crisis or otherwise escalate tensions, that would be entirely on beijing. another issue around this chinese military drill is helping, marking the 95th found bursary. the creation of the people's liberation or be ahead of policies potential visit to taiwan,

which looks increasingly likely. china is navy fleets of being carrying. i've been numerous in various locations, according to military sources. drills a include the use of weapons on coordination between worships and fighter aircraft . beijing has stress. the chinese military will be in a state of readiness throughout the day. and i assure you this prompts the most tractor craft in the world right now. you can see the the jets with nancy pelosi supposedly in board took off from qualon for heading towards ty, one after earlier visits to singapore and militia, japan and south korea also on the agenda. but those stops have been overshadowed by the potential visit at to tie one live pictures right now and from song shun or a port in tai pay type, pay anti woman deed set 2nd report an international airport but primarily used for

domestic slice and of the base for the taiwanese and military, you're seeing a lot of activity there with police cars or port security around that a little bit earlier. just while we were on the break, we saw pictures as well of officials that looked like maybe even government officials at the terminus where nancy pelosi plane is expected to touch down and waiting for the high speaker to go down on taiwanese concrete and have her say there you go, there are those pictures just changing now or at the mercy of the news agency showing us all the different imagery, but yeah, lined up with their on a waiting what looks like v i p delegation. will it be nancy pelosi at now. increasingly, looks like it will be, so we're waiting for confirmation that the plane is coming from malaysia from

qual, than poor, which initially looked like it was going at a different direction away from taiwan, not through the site that china c thought it was going to the next stop on nancy pelosi trip around asia to japan and south korea. but then it did look like another flight at radar up. that's a brooks turn to the west was taken around an hour and a half ago and we are not expecting that nancy pelosi the house speak of the house of representatives. speaker will touch dine, and that will be the highest u. s. official. in decades to make a trip to taiwan much to the anger on the iced of chinese o facials. again, it looks like here. we cannot say for sure, but it does look like not plain as know and very close to approaching tie when he's

tar mac, the lights here in the sky. we'll keep a very close eye on this. a lot of issues, of course, around this house we've been going through at thrive the day at china has been saying that this issue of nancy pelosi going to tie one could provoke and maybe that is indeed the u. s. is intention at basing ledges to provoke a conflict in the taiwan straits. the also were and that they're fully prepared at to respond to these ox as well as the fighter jets have been deployed. not only from taiwan, also china and u. s. military 3 ships have been moved from japan as well. the background to this, of course, is whether or not the one china policy south america is

a follower of essentially same, not fishing as control over all its territory, including taiwan, others being at washington's policy. really a strategic ambiguity. it's called since the late seventy's that washington does business with beijing. it has all official ties, of course, with type here, but that is now all up in the year. if this visit goes ahead the the consequences, the ramifications on no one. but this really is history in the making the 1st time in decades that the highest rank one of the highest ranking officials and the u. s . government is going to touched on in, ty, at one a deed, no coherent unified, definitive statement from different parts of america. on this you had joe biden, seeing before, he believes or he did state of the u. s. military believes this not to be

a good idea. especially the timing, nancy pelosi though plowing on it seems regardless of the state secretary anthony blinking, also having her boxing that this is the right act right now. i think it's america wants to help smaller neighbors in the region. so very much a situation in flux, right? now we're waiting anxiously to see what reaction china is going to have to this. but right now, i just to reiterate what you're watching. we believe this to be the private plane with nancy pelosi who had been on a trip around asia. taiwan was not on her official agenda. she was supposed to be going to japan on site at korea for more days after earlier stays in kuala per and as well. and here we have it at now. it looks as if her plane is at touching

done at some shon reports we saw earlier, the officials awaiting this to happen, but we will not know for sure, i suppose until we see the high speaker disembark from the or craft and her delegation of well yeah, that is function on the report. the 2nd biggest report in at ty pay mainly used for regional flights, but also sizable suites of the tie when needs or force has a base there. just as we awaits this. and i suppose we can call it a historic moment. it hasn't been for decades. it didn't look as if it was going to earlier in the day when the plates seem to move away from time and need or space. but now it does look to be nancy pelosi touching at don't just some other issues on the day run this. so we know that function, airport reportedly remove, come

a flush covers from auntie aircraft, comes ahead of at this arrival as wed heralding that it was more than likely that nancy pelosi would be making. the trip also said earlier that she's expected to stay over night because on the verified reports from local time and media saying that in a hotel had been booked overnight for her and her delegation. so you will have a lot of the world watching this right now. just to make sure the nancy pelosi u. s. high. speaker representatives. the 3rd in line for the u. s. presidency against beijing's wishes stringent and quite strong remarks that this should not happen, that she has no touchstone in tie one yet just some other issues around this we're just hearing on the day. just keep with us here in our

t international at just another news line. germany promised to help taiwan if at china attack. so another big player now involved in this rapidly. and they use those words caution. but it does seem to be an escalating situation. china, a warning beijing against escalate intentions with taiwan. they say i was voted to assist high pay in the case of a conflict with beijing foreign minister on lena bear book saying during, i think it was a un nonproliferation treaty conference, which is happening as well in new york trying to lessen as well nuclear weapons so there we have, the plan is just coming in to the terminus that song shawn or a ports. rachel blevins r t correspondent is also with us here. busy on the program. yes. so a lot of anxious we're getting around for that to happen. regionally it now appears

that aid has we will not know for sure until and not see lucy, dis m barks. what's the ramifications of this? what have we been hearing from china? what does this mean? yeah, you know, you mentioned the most tract air craft in the world as you can see on the screen there that aircraft has now landed. now all eyes are waiting to see if it is house figure nancy pelosi, who gets off of that plane ticket isn't drove for a 2nd. was there an issue earlier with the 2nd plane was not right. that was that verified? so that i've also been waiting for verification on that, that was actually a private plan that was also being followed, but it looks like it came up a different route. whereas this one specifically was followed so heavily because of the fact that it looked like it was going to go on to south korean japan. and instead it kind of made that turn back towards, obviously towards taiwan now. but you know, as you mentioned that other plane was what kind of got the internet up in or

roaring. got people talking about what and exactly where nancy pelosi was. and if they were going to make this landing now it's nearly 11 pm in the evening. their local time in taiwan and so everyone is waiting to see obviously what the reaction is going to be to this. you know, you mention the reaction that we've already seen from china with reports of fighter just crossing the taiwan straits. and this comes in line with a warnings that we've heard from beijing for days now saying that they would not sit idly by if they felt like their territory was infringed upon. and in order for this plane to land, although it did not go through this, i was trying to see did cross through into that all too important chinese airspace . and so the ramifications of this, we are likely haven't seen exactly what that long term responses. one of the new lines coming in from beijing. well actually a little bit earlier,

unbearable consequences was the quote from, from beijing. it's very direct language that isn't it? yes, it is, and you know, when you think of those consequences, many people may think of them just in terms of militarily looking at the fact that you have this ramping up on the, on both sides. but at the same time, the u. s. also relies heavily on china when it comes to trade. and so there are a number of ways in which is asian wanted to inflict consequences on washington. they could do it and the u. s. would feel the pain as a result. and so right now it's just kind of a waiting game to see is fully going to be the one who gets off of that plane. and what is that visit going to look like? and what really is the end game here? because you know the statements that we've heard from the white house and from the, by ministration as a whole, has been that they don't necessarily support those. but it's almost as if they

think that they can't stop it is that they have no power whatsoever. so still keeping an eye on before i was born, rachel, which is not today or yesterday, washington has had a one china policy. they have said that yes. ok. we believe that beijing has territorial control over the entire nation. not includes hong kong and includes taiwan as well. there are fears or maybe fears is not the right word, but there are analysts saying the knob is not being eroded, so we're going into be on no one. now. if china is doing what it's been doing the last number of weeks, i'm just to show you this, it's been selling weapons to tie, pay essentially barking, a push for sovereignty. that's what it's been accused of. taiwan, of course, has been south governed from our days 949, but never for steve occurred independence from beijing. you can only as soon as we

look at the doors opening now on this plan on a wait to see who disembarked from it, that the one china policy is very much up in the air. yeah, and i'm glad you mentioned that because it was the trump administration that broke much of the protocol that was there. and you know, you saw members of the binding ministration, criticize trump, and yet here we are. with this plain watching to see there sir, 1st pick we've just seen her. i think we can confirm that nancy pelosi has just walked past the open door there. and it looks like a pink suits if you are able to make her right. she's just as you're looking at it, i believe on the left of the screen. other delegates making their way off as well. so there you go. essentially confirmation. we'll just wait until we see a little bit more of that, but you know, it looks as if it's beyond data or how and you know,

you think of those long term consequences, right? because this plan from what we've heard about philosophy plan is that she's only supposed to be there for the night to stay there in the hotel. the have some official meetings, as we can see, that delegation walking in now, yet the consequences likely will be seen far, far after she is back in the us. yeah, there you have the time when he's delegates making their way just getting in place . you can see the american officials, the team pelosi, essentially lined up at the bottom of the steps of that's us for plane, which just trying to make it here. it's getting a bit dark as rachel said, just after just come up to midnight. now as it's just coming up to midnight right now in at ty pay and there we have, it's nancy pelosi walking down the steps, the heis speaker,

the highest ranking us official for decades touching done. and ty pay despite numerous stringent strong warnings from beijing. so this has now happened. rachel mentioned, they might have news lines that's going to be written in this right now. but history in the making. right. nancy pelosi, the house speaker in tie one at being greeted by officials. it's expected to be for one night, but, you know, ought, who knows at the moment because a lot of the information that had been coming it's was just the opposite of what is occurring now. she had supposed to be on our way to our lives, us ally, site korea and japan after earlier states. but she has pivoted, that flight has arrived in time. one know it. dignitaries doing her lows there with with their covert mask, so on as well. but 82 year old nancy pelosi isn't i want and certainly all eyes

will be on those upcoming meanings on what she has to say. because as we've noted here, you know, her recent statements about this trip have been to down play the severity of that and she really shrug off as if it's not nearly as serious. it is, as it is, will be notable to see the statements that she makes from here on out. and if she gives any indication of the fact that she's aware of just how serious this visit is and just what an impact it could have on international relations all around. well, this was the big debate, wasn't it for some time? what's in it for the u. s, why would you poke a belligerent, already belligerent beijing at, with this other time of? i can't remember really for years at the time of such high, at global, problematic times. really,

i know this is just going to add to that. and we know that the us military said it was not a good good idea, really a good timing, at least for pelosi to go here. and how she ignored that. had she other high profile meetings before that, that was okayed by the military. because of course you've a lot of a u. s. military in that region. i was suppose that will be on higher risk killer. know have their lives been put in more heightened and risk as, as, as a result of this as well. it's very hard to know the modifications here as well. and nancy pelosi just going through the diplomatic rigmarole there of the photo, the photos off of their her width. i would imagine at the leaders, the just waiting to see actually who does exactly turn up from at taiwan here. i

imagine here of this military report, it is a is a passenger unvil latree airport function. the report will be the ip delegates meeting her as well. and you're right. she has that pink suit on. certainly standing out from the crowd that she's with there. and now as you can see, she's waving waving as a crowd. it really makes you wonder how aware she is of this entire situation. i know there have been people whining up there at the airport for her arrival, waiting to see if she would arrive and here she is. well, this is the thing we heard earlier, didn't we from normal tie when these people very clued in as well? it was very, i was boy, by really their level of g o politic saying, well, we're not sure if the u. s. is doing this for us or whether it's doing it for, for a power and influence itself. how does it help us? what do we get from this power? moved by nancy pelosi. absolutely. and you know,

you look at those long term effects for both the us and for taiwan. and it is notable because the politicians that were supportive of her wanting to go to taiwan in the 1st place. they seemed to almost be saying that they supported it because paging was warning against it. and even when it comes to those reports of whether or not asian would move in an attempt to take taiwan, there were also reports saying that the u. s. officials were not confident that that was the case that they were not confident that that was basic plan. and so for a number of those people there in taiwan, they're likely looking at those long term effects on themselves as they are the ones who have to deal with the room vacations directly. while politicians like nancy pelosi you get to get back on their play in and go back to the united. yeah, well we're, we're, we're just waiting to see if a citing when the time to use leader would meet sir. so we're just stay with those pictures in the moment. richard, thanks for now. but we, we have

a guest waiting on the program to offer his views to as geo political strategist, diplomacy consultants to the us state apartment. john, still leaders more. you're most welcome. indeed. back in washington where we're just stay digesting the john as a where we've just been speaking over those pictures just looking out the arrival of nancy pelosi but back in the us. her supporters are calling this at high risk high reward. no, i've been racking my brains. what's the big reward here? what's being spoken, but do they really mean that? but 1st i think it's going to be helpful to clarify the way the u. s. government works. speaker policies visit is not an official us government visit to bind administration in the executive branch, make foreign policy. and this is not a visit that they have approved of. speaker pelosi is the presiding officer of the

house of representatives and has tremendous powers under our constitution. but this is her personal visit as speaker and does not represent official u. s. government policy towards china and taiwan. it's important to make that distinction. this is not a unified u. s. government action. and the by the administration is made very clear that they don't think this is a wise move by the speaker. however, many members of congress, the u. s. senate and the house of representatives, a very strong supporters of taiwanese position, visa the beijing. they want to demonstrate strong congressional support for ty, one's ability to operate autonomously. and that if there is going to be any solution to the ty, one issue that it be handled peacefully between beijing and ty pay. and that's the kind of hybrid warfare, a wolf war, or you're diplomacy that we've seen china exercise against taiwan in recent years. it's interesting to think of the ramifications of this from,

from the people in the region, the taiwanese, the chinese, do you think ironically, could such a move if it's seen as, as oregon's really, that she can touched on here. and there's going to be no huge implications that that could see people coalesce around beijing amazin, see a rise in support for time. and he's re unification. exactly the opposite of what this trip was meant to achieve may be among the most diligent members of the chinese communist party, but barely outside of china. i think there is great sympathy for taiwan situation. it has been unresolved for a number of decades. keep in mind that beijing has never controls under the communist party, has never control taiwan. and so this is a matter that needs to be peacefully resolved between beijing and taipei. but i think if anything, if china overplays it's reaction and misinterpret speaker polosa visit, which by the way, she has every right to me.