ah, ah ah moscow sloane the un decision to block the international atomic energy agency from accessing this is up a rogia nuclear power plant. i made continuing shelling of the side by ukrainian troops. also i had on the program. this may be about 1500 meters towards the ukrainian positions from where we are right now. i'm talking about the town of save . ask this is the main whole sport on this direction. at ortiz cruise is it's the frontline and it's done by us. we're russian. lead forces are battling ukraine's nationalists kruchinin battalion on the 1st anniversary of the taliban

takeover in capitol. the escaping report by congress is linked to the media. blaming the white allison us intelligence services from watching the afghanistan evacuation in india and pakistan celebrate independence day. 75 years after british colonial rule came to an end party looks at how 2 nations try to afford their own work. following the partition that read british india. august 1947 black claim to align. bothering him down and focused on the line. all 4 divided by bob has been gone during a pop when it just on the knees and communities with one minute pass for the afternoon. here in moscow this monday, august, the 15th, my name is you know, neil and this is are to international. we begin with the latest on the ukraine

conflict. russia has called on the west to influence the authorities in kiev to stop shelling this oper, rogia nuclear power plant. the situation surrounding that facility remains increasingly tense. the site, the nearby city of an air guitar have been repeatedly targeted for more than a week, not sparking fears of a true noble like nuclear disaster. meanwhile, rushes foreign ministry spokeswoman, how slum the u. n. for preventing the international atomic energy agency from accessing outside. we are fighting to ensure that specialist representatives of the international atomic energy agency can get to the zap, rosie nuclear power plant. they want to get there to and the international atomic energy agency as a structure has been ready to do this for a long time. but all of this so called western community, of course, together with the key of regime, is doing everything to prevent this well, the latest attack occurred on some day one civilian was killed and another injured

. a young woman receive struck the wounds on needed hospital treatment. local officials also said ukrainian rockets targeted in nearby thermal power station which generates the energy for the nuclear power from joined in the studio by r t donal quarter for more in this high don. yeah, tucking europe largest nuclear plant. it's bad enough but refusing to then and best the gated thoroughly things. 80 arctic take us through the story. well yeah. key of stephanie playing with a whole lot of fire by continually launching missiles and artillery strikes near the zeros a nuclear power plant. ukrainian forces did just that as early as, as recently a sunday when one civilian was killed and other was injured. and we also saw a lot of shelling on saturday as well. and all this, of course, put europe in tremendous danger of another nuclear disaster on the continent. and this is exactly why the international atomic energy agency has been demanding an

end to the fighting around there. now these upper ocean, regional authorities have also commented on this. they have said the best way to accomplish that objective of ending the hostilities around there is by clearing out the ukranian, firing positions that are constantly showing near the plans because they're really the ones endangering it the most. although, lot of years lensky doesn't seem to see it that way, he's been pointing the finger at russian troops. or she can every russian military officer who either shoots at the plant or shoots under the cover of the plan, he must understand that he becomes a special target for our intelligence, for our special services for our army. well, it's shocking enough to hear the president of ukraine say it's acceptable under certain circumstances to shoot at or around a nuclear power plant. but what's more shocking than that is that it's actually a bit of a moderate position in ukraine. others are openly calling for the ukranian military to attack nuclear sites on russian territory. cities. yes, and it's

a risk. many people will suffer, but even more people will suffer if russian administrations and nuclear facilities are not attacked. now. there should be a strike. there's no other way. probably the best thing to do here is what we heard from maria's or harvey to allow specialists from the international atomic energy agency to go there, let them see for themselves the condition of the plant. let them see for themselves who's actually endangering it, but for some reason the united nations isn't allowing them to do that. i mean, it's more than likely that has to do with ukraine's powerful western friends which are enabling this reckless attitude. the key of had towards the possibility of another terrible nuclear tragedy. and the ramifications that would have at don thanks very much, are to double quarter just thing with history. the chairman of the we are together with russia movement all this up a rosie region, letting me or, or golf believes ukraine is recklessly targeting upon to test russia's defenses.

business flows if these are carefully planned actions by ukraine to strike the largest european nucular plant and zappa, roger, they've been probing to see how effectively russian air defenses would repel the strikes. and then they used heavy artillery mortars and drones. these were targeted strikes by the ukrainian army. zelinski is terrorists, have too many targets, the coin system of the nuclear power plant and the dry storage of the nuclear fuel waste. a damaged cooling system can lead to overheating and accidents and the power units or, and damaging the dry storage of nuclear fuel waste can lead to contamination of the environment. they are doing this to stop the advance of the russian army at the meetings of the national security of the defense of ukraine. zalinski senior officials say that they can cause a control to release of radiation, which in their opinion will stop the russian offensive, which is the activities of the i. e. a are being blocked by the un, because if they come, it will be forced to admit who is attacking the plant. we are waiting for the i. e . s. inspection at any moment, and we will be glad to see them yet,

but will not happen. law, meanwhile, local officials say russian lead forces are advancing in don bos reaching p strong holes previously held by ukrainian trips in the region. russian soldiers continue to engage the ukrainian army and the keen city of of d. f. k. in the den, yes, republic. the area has been a focus of fierce battle since the conflict erupted in late february with key and forces long using it to target the regions capital city done yet. and recently, the time of pesky came under the control of the done yet republics, troops, russian lead forces also secured a strategic point on the outskirts of subversive r t cru, visited captured positions near there, or where fighting against the ukrainian neo nazi battalion named kracken took place cameras are a rare auditor here. commanding officers are dazzled by our unannounced visit,

but seized the chance to parade the evolution of their advance. this may be about 1500 meters towards the ukrainian positions. from where we are right now. i'm talking about the town of save ask, this is the main hot spot on this direction. basically the russian forces and the forces of the guns people's republic. they are advancing on a very wide section of the front. so this is the northernmost wind of this advance. and basically what they're trying to do is they're trying to, well, in circle severson on this ration from the north, ukraine's and nationalist battalions like kracken for instance. they're ukranian, nazis very much like to that of, as of they are the ones who are holding off. they're the ones who are basically defending their the frontline defenses of the town of servers. the kracken proudly

brands itself as an elite unit, but outside their promo videos. the battalions reputation is overshadowed by atrocities and lawlessness. its members and global notoriety when they were caught on video torturing russian prisoners of war. also in part, the unit has been formed of current convicts who will move from theirselves to the frontline, vice president zalinski zada. and this video, a russian drone tracks, one of the kracken fighters to his company's trenches. from that point, the artillery takes over rounds from artillery doors. we're back and forth routinely here to ukrainian tanks, flee from the shelling as 2 bright orange spots to the right suggest 2 more, didn't make it. no one wanted to fight. people submitted reports to refuse service, but they just burned them. we had poor training, we were only taught to move by 2 or 3 people,

assemble and disassemble organs and shoot. we're not taught to advance at all. we're absolutely not ready for this. when we were shelled, we were told to retreat, something exploded behind me and wounded me. they left me under a tree and abandoned me. i went on till morning, then realised that they would not come and get me. so i began to crawl through the forest. i crawled for 2 days until the russian soldiers found me as we explore the captured town. 2 soldiers accompanying us notice a suspicious item, and in their words, it's better safe than sorry. we'll leave as command as our dishing out new orders. the offensive goes on august, dawn of reporting from the don bass r. c. the huge flow of arms to ukraine from the west has been scaled back since july bouts, according to a journalist from the ukraine and forbes magazine,

to discuss the issue and what it means if verified less, cross live tor t contributor rachel marston. rachel, always good to see you. yeah. and how can you take us through what's being claimed here? sure, there's a real discrepancy between the west and ukraine on this issue. now the question is, are the weapons that are being sent by the west to ukraine up to the task as ukrainian officials tell that you would think that the west was sending them into battle with squirt guns that they rifled around their closets like an older sibling . who is being pressured by younger one to cough up some hand, me down clothing and ended up just giving them some old rag that they hadn't used in ages. now you currently ukrainian officials know that there are some luxury military hardware lurking in those western closets and it sounds like they're fed up with what they consider to be budget weapons. they also aren't happy with the shipping speed and sound like they're on the verge of leaving some pretty nasty

reviews about it on yelp or amazon, have a listen grain equal to ukraine needs modern defense missile system, sickness. the supply of such systems was possible this year and last year and even earlier, when did we get them know, do we need them? yes, we urge you to provide us with the heavy weapons as soon as possible. brokers to nation with the provision of weapons leads to the death of our children, to the depletion, the plates from our comp. so these poor reviews that you've just heard are being picked up by the mainstream western crass at face value. but how legitimate is the gripe really self repel german artillery guns? consider by western experts to be the best in the world were considered defective by ukrainian officials after just one month of use in the field, according to durst spiegel. but if thou were the case, then why are western officials voicing concerns about giving away their best and

brightest weapons to ukraine? to the point of creating national security vulnerabilities for themselves. a new french parliamentary report published this month, found that french weapons stocks currently need to be reconstituted because as things stand right now, french military leaders are concerned about the ability of the country to fight a high intensity conflict. like the one underway in ukraine, the german defense ministers also worried about the impact of seating more weapons of in it stash to key. if we can no longer give away much from the buddhist fair, i will make it very clear. and my counterpart knows it as well. the u. k. has expressed similar reservations as well. now the pledges and promises of military aid to ukraine are out. pacing the ability of western nations to backfill their own supplies, leaving the you in a precarious position. as the blocks chief diplomat, joseph burrell has explained utopian remish. couldn't

maintain a wool like the one in ukraine for more than 2 weeks. it run out of ammunition. so ukraine is complaining about a lack of weapons. is it because they are actually making it to the front lines as a recent cbs new story suggested? is it because they're actually getting duds from their very best friends and allies? or is it that ukrainian officials are exploiting the fog of war and the lack of clarity around the presence and performance of western weapons in ukraine to shake free as much as they possibly can from the west. or t contribute are rachel marston taken us through that. thanks. rachel. ok. some news just reaching us this our from the afghan capital were on explosion in kabul, has reportedly left up to 4 people injured. now the incident happened, we believed near

t v station on reports suggests an improvised explosive device was used and it comes just a week after a powerful bomb killed 8 at people, also in the capital, wounding 18 others, and a burly a week goes by, were at violence is not happening there at night. this incident indeed comes as to day marks, the 1st anniversary of the return to power of the taliban in cab. bul on. it seemed the emotional wounds of a k arctic u. s. army withdrawal from the country are still being felt by americans. the u. s . media is reporting on an american man who partly committed suicide during a memorial service for his fallen brother killed during last years. pullet. well, the 20 rules corporal was among 13 american servicemen who lost their lives in a suicide bomb attack near cab buller report. the incident happened while large crowds of people were trying to flee the off gun capital below. new

details on the failures of the u. s. retreats have emerged in a leaked report. it was carried out by republicans on the u. s. foreign 1st committee and reportedly themes, there were just $36.00 state department officials on the ground cabal report a year ago to deal. but the thousands of people, you may remember those pictures trying desperately to get out of the country. now a 12 months old, there are reportedly still tens of thousands about guns stuck in the country waiting for special ed morgan pieces. us congressmen, michael mccaul said there was simply no plan for the chaotic withdrawal. there are many, since if you will, there was a complete lack of failure to plan. there wasn't a plan and it was, there was no plan execute. there's a disconnect between, you know, intelligence on the ground and what the white house is doing. and this report, the says it, all right, there is no way we're going to evacuate embassy personnel from helicopters like we did in vietnam. course. we know that happened. well, we can take

a closer look at how the widely criticized withdrawal was implemented and how the events on the ground on food.

i do not regret my decision to end america's war fighting afghanistan and maintain a laser focused on our counterterrorism mission there. and other parts of the world ah, the ah

while a period of just 10 days last year is so off. gallus down turned on its head on the taliban back, where they, where? precisely, 2 decades before the spike 20 years of america, so named were inter ortiz, racial blevins reports. one year after the botched chaotic and deadly end of the u . s. war and afghanistan, there are still countless questions about how and why the world leading intelligence agency got it so wrong when the time came to leave the country, the u. s. had been occupying for 20 years, after all, even president biden express. nothing but confidence before he made the official call is a tale bomb take over that gas that now inevitable?

no, it is none. because you have the app can troops of 300000 well equipped as well as crypt is any army in the world and an air force against something like 75000 colored mine? it is not enough. weeks later, it was a very different story when the us withdrew from the country, the government, they had spent 2 decades building and supporting fell apart. and it took the taliban just 10 days to gain control of the country's capital, notably faster than it took the us to do so. when an invaded back in 2001, ah, ah, how is it possible that multiple reports from, for intelligence agencies in the u. s. managed to get this situation so wrong,

that even the same mainstream outlets who had spent 20 years justifying the u. s. military's presence in the country were forced to admit what a disaster it was. us intelligence officials are pushing back on the charge that they were caught off guard by the rapid collapse of afghanistan's government. for 20 years. we know the taliban, we have people on the ground, and yet you, the u. s. was caught unaware, and completely off guard to the commander of us forces in afghanistan. alerted the pentagon. cobble could be surrounded within 30 day, an alarming prediction. the turned out to be way off. what he's talking about here is a failure of intelligence that we saw across the world we saw in washington, knew the pentagon had no idea this was happening. however, what the us learn the hard way was that just because it spent nearly $90000000000.00 training, the afghan defense and security forces did not mean that their army of around $300000.00 would be able to take on the taliban without the u. s. military there to

support them. and yes, that's despite the claims made by the biden administration, that they just needed to strengthen their unity and political will in order to succeed. ultimately, the african national security defense versus have the equipment numbers and training to fight back. they have what they need, what they need to determine is if they have the political will to fight back. and if they have the ability to unite as a, as leaders to fight back. and that's really where it stands at this point. as it turned out, the 20 year long reliance on the u. s. military proved to be much more than the white house expected. and after they were abandoned by their allies, the will of the afghan forces to attempt to fight back against the taliban fell apart in record time. when the u. s. announced a total withdrawal that sent a signal to afghan soldiers and police that the end was near and converted chronically. poor motivation into acute collapse as nobody wanted to be. the last man standing after the others gave up. there was the all or nothing strategy employed by the u. s. in which it opted for

a quick pull out from the country rather than withdrawing gradually and leaving a few 1000 troops on the ground to help with the transition. after all was said and done, bite and denied that was ever an option. the pentagon had been considering your top military advisors war against, withdrawn on this timeline. they wanted you to keep about 2500 to no, they didn't. it was split though that wasn't true. and it wasn't just the u. s. the u. k. foreign office admitted last month and it made a number of mistakes in its own exit from the country and quoted on this was the fact that the case for in secretary at the time was on holiday. and didn't take the afghan foreign ministers call when he reached out for help with the benefit of hindsight, of course it's easy to say but, and i wouldn't have going on holiday, let alone. and we've come home on the government. the u. s. had been propping up for nearly 2 decades, was also supported by an embassy that housed around $4000.00 diplomats contractors and staff who provided a false sense of confidence even though they were relying on the intent security

provided by the u. s. military. but then again, they didn't invade afghanistan looking to learn about the country. instead, the mission they claim to half was to force american values on the people. and after 20 years, it has become clear that they still haven't learned about the country they occupied for so long. it also appeared as though every assurance biden gave about the us accept plan was eventually proven wrong. there's going to be no circumstance, or you see people be lifted off the roof of a embassy in the of the united states from afghanistan. it is not at all comfortable. and yet, it was the scenes of helicopters rescuing embassy staff in afghanistan that became a direct comparison to the fall of saigon in 1975. that's only fitting, given the fact that the u. s. withdrawal from afghanistan has been called the worst intelligence failure since vietnam, proving that after a 20 year war,

thousands of lives lost, countless communities destroyed. and more than 2 trillion dollars spent, the u. s. still hasn't learned from its own actions. so bring report there from rachel ritual blevins and taken us through that will indeed be bringing you more enough goes on how it's people have been navigating their lives since the u. s. polo right. for this month in her special coverage. ah 75 years ago to the day 2 centuries of british colonial rule in india came to an end giving rise to 2 independent states. but partition came at a huge cost to both pakistan and india. as our correspondent bruin june sharma explains. amidst the triumphal skin deals independence in the summer of 1947,

a line of separation was drawn by british barstow. it was called the partition august of 1947 ratcliffe to align bordering india and pakistan. that line also divided this way. part of been jobs during about which is families and communities now in those and seeks on one side and the muslims on the other. 75 years own we, me, daws whose life was changed forever by hastily drawn borders. this is the north indian state of punjab, the historic homeland of de seeks. we visited quadrille village in the good asp or district barely a few miles from the india pakistan, bordeaux 104 year old miller. rom is one of the few living partitions of i was in the village. if you're dealing with here government, we left our entire life across the border. our old life no longer existed than what we had to start afresh. no memories of days gone by. come back to me on that garden

in spring where there was all that shit. a chatter. he may have left pakistan, but pakistan has stayed with him in more ways than one. even today, he writes sick haines in order and keeps them close to his heart. in another which we meet, could pulsing, his grandchildren and great grandchildren have all moved to big cities. he's decided to state his 1st home. his ancestral village is only a few miles from your just across the border in pakistan. 3 years ago, he got his long awaited result with it in his childhood home in pakistan was a dream come true. ah, brenda, i went to my village, my home, i cried. alarm for those who live in the house. that was once mine were happy to see me, they wanted to give me a gift of it, but i said, i won't take but give a gift. i give money and a blessing to the children living in the house. a few villages father, also by the border stands, the rows are shut. if thou gal,

the sacred islamic shrine fell on the indian side when the partition line was drawn, as many seeks shines, ended up on the pakistani side. he or the entire willing around 80 families that came from c, all caught in pakistan have maintained this structure for 75 years like their own. and you have the whole village takes care of the dogger. we come here every day, clean it lights out, the lamp right here, across the river robbing the sun is setting in pakistan. it's hard to imagine that this line, this border didn't even exist 75 years ago, but at the borders of reality. and despite living to the pain of partition many so i was have chosen to remember the love with the pin ranch and sharma, arti. but jop as india and pakistan both mark perhaps the most significant moment in their country's history. people have taken to the streets to celebrate the

occasion. parades are taking place on both sides of the border with displays of flags and national symbols. but political, unless java, runa sees debate still rages in pakistan, but the true level of freedom achieved. you will jalisa good is good. what people up arkansas is a concrete which was good in the name of islam to concrete over everybody thought that this would be comically strong concrete as we speak. there's already a debate going on in focus on pushing the party of the former found some long con, he's saying that focus on is not fully liberated, not even after 75 years. and he's a pointing out of the increased in slave to the american and did he has on point with, and he's addressing repeatedly that the americans has bought a huge influence on pakistan's political parties. and he's also pointing out that the countries funds to his party and other coalition partners,

the s live and they are showing american interest. so in that context, i would say it does a huge public to be going on in focus on, on. this'll special occasion and people are demanding that this is a time that focus on nice to get off the enslavement off americans. and only then focus on would be really an independent street in just complete 75 years independence. and it's a, it is a historical page and there is, and the sam bit is in there and he does joy in big moscow b to can you, marty, and right now i am in the capital city, your current and i can see people are over joyce, that is, be expect, be sure that india has gone very far from 947 been we got independence from the british and we have achieved so much meant and well dressed in the last 75 years that daddy's no rig.