very dramatic and getting to resist. i don't see how that strategy will be successfully, very critical time to sit down and talk with headlines right now and out of the international, sabotaged spock. explosions of military stuff building crimea. think thousands of people evacuated according to local russian officials. also, this our the owners were evicted by the ukranian proofs and now, well whoever used to live here to simply have no place to return to. we report from a devastated town in the lou guns region which ukraine's troops abandoned their retreat within russian lead force is now ultimately melting up the area. and german households will have to cover the government's refusal to buy russian gas. berlin

slap so special that for you on the public. while the media reports and what it cools, ukraine crisis fatigue among europeans. oh, glad rides are opting in? kenya. william router has netted a controversial narrow victory in the race for the presidency with so i just after 6 pm on tuesday here at moscow and very well welcome to you, but salty international of course, where we question more and we do start with crimea here on archie international, where a state of emergency has been declared, it's following explosions that a military stock pile near the city of john coy. i. russia is defense, ministry says the incident was an act of sabotage. have a look at the pictures coming up here. a massive blaze followed by plumes of smoke are seen in the area earlier on tuesday for the head of the russian regions,

as 2000 civilians have been evacuated from the residential areas. very close to the site. right now we understand no serious casualties registered so far. the official say civilian infrastructure has been damaged as a result of the blasts residential buildings. a power planned power lines and railway tracks all affected. let's get a report now from the scene with a local john missed the 1st reports of our munition explosions near the village of my school in the junko district already begun to come in at around 6. it will be covered if the and if, yeah, if you do a local residence, posted videos of fires and columns of smoke and social networks, the defense ministry said that the destination of ammunition or the military death was a result of sabotage and civilian infrastructure. was also effected, the damage railroad tracks were quickly restored, but they uses temporarily restricted for safety reasons. the head of the republic guy acts in all stated after the explosions are over. there will be a commission that inspection of all the effected sites. now the territory has been

blocked off by security forces and all the local residents within a radius of 50 kilometers have been evacuated, temporary accommodation facilities were prepared for them. 121 people out of 3000 evacuated, have gone there, while others went to stay with their friends and acquaintances. bomb disposal experts will be involved in claiming the scattered, unexploded ammunition officers from the federal security service. the investigative committee on the ministry of internal affairs, also working out the scene. to correspondent donald caught her. now with more details on the incident, the calling sabotaged in russia's crimea, act of ukrainian, sabotaged it, destroyed a military warehouse. in the crimean town of john coy, a number of residential homes were also seriously damaged by the explosions, along with a rail road, an electrical power station, as well as a number of power lines going down. along with that, luckily there was no reports of deaths or serious injuries. that's definitely

a good thing to hear. but after the explosions were reported, we are, we saw that the state of emergency was declared across the region. and the head of crimea has said that any one who suffered from this attack will get the help that they need to reach you moved on this when you switch according to the russian defense ministry. the cause of the incident in the junker district was sabotaged. i am continuing to work at the scene where there was a fire and detonation of ammunition this morning, usually with more than 3000 people were evacuated from the settlements of moscow and his offs. coit oh, as soon as the detonation is over, a house to house search will begin to evaluate the damage was every one affected will receive assistance. this act of sabotage comes as we've been hearing more and more talk from ukrainian officials about launching attacks on russian territory. one example of this is, one is the lensky most trusted advisors. alex, they are a stove, it who labeled the crimean bridge, a legitimate military target, who's can use them fluids. we don't care about the crimean breach. once we've

received the necessary technical options, it will become a target for us. that is nothing to discuss. we don't have an opportunity yet, but once we get it, we'll target his. so it's ukranian attacks on russian territory becoming more and more destructive. it makes one wonder how far the hostilities can actually go. meanwhile, right here in moscow, president vladimir putin has criticized western politicians on ukraine. the russian leader said they are prolonging the conflict by pumping the country full of weapons in order to maintain their gemini, they need conflicts. therefore, they decided that the people of ukraine are to be cannon fodder. they implemented the anti rush project in ukraine. they turned a blind eye to the spread of neo nazi ideology to the massacres of people and on bass. they pumped up and continue to pump up the key of regime with arms, including heavy weapons. the situation in ukraine demonstrates that the united

states is trying to drag out this conflict. the reaction came during the president's speech at an international security conference. this event organized by russia's defense ministry, is dedicated to the, should we say, the current world geopolitical situation and as tensions escalate. military experts come together to discuss mutual concerns. and russia. defense minister also spoke about atomic security. and the ukranian crisis saying that russia's aim is to prevent any and all kinds of nuclear incidents. from a military point of view, there is no need to use nuclear weapons in ukraine to achieve the set goals. the main purpose of russian nuclear weapons is to deter a nuclear attack. i now to the very latest from the military conflict inside ukraine and on bass will bring up some maps for you here on the program. take a good look as local officials say that russian lead forces are advancing and i don't yet square public reach and key ukrainian strongholds right on the front lines of the neighboring lu. ganske republic is under full control of allied forces

and the retreating ukrainian. troops have left behind enormous numbers and a balance of unused ammunition of correspond that is eager to dine off. and he reports from the region. ukrainian troops often have to retreat very hastily and abandoning loads of ammunition has become something of a habit for them. like here, for example, you can see dozens of artillery shells. these are sort of get made, but they abandon both soviet made and western supplied javelin miss. isles, british and laws, equally alike when ukrainian troops and this little village received in order to fall back. it was already too late. russian troops had critically closed in making the escape a herculean task key of forces ran light on their feet. so

special units they load, whatever they can find and he trucks like this one food is taken to a special place. were all these kills and we'll just armaments are examined. those that are deemed safe to use. they are being sent to the front. those that are not, well, they're safely destroyed every other st junction here has been excavated and turned into miniature strongholds inside civilian houses. foxholes providing quick shelter from the shelling, so it really couldn't. ukrainian troops were living in the houses kitchen. they dug out a small shelter there so they could hide in case of shelling and survive, even if the home were destroyed. there are trenches across the whole town. they defended their positions very well. they were preparing for many years. they kicked the locals out of their homes, or made them sit in the basements and used them as shields as we've been covering this war in the gone back. we've seen countless civilian households,

which have been re purpose by the ukraine and military to serve as defense fortifications. this one is no exception. the owners were evicted by the ukrainian troops. and now, well, whoever used to live here this, we have no place to return to so german taxpayers will now have to foot the bill for replacing russian gas imports. as a result of course, of western sanctions. that's according to germany's economy minister who was slapped a special tax on the local households. you only argue it's to greece. levy is that fair, responsible way to distribute and bear the additional costs that have accrued them on the population. the alternative would have been the collapse of the german energy market and with it large parts of the european energy market. germany developed a business model that was largely based on the dependence on cheap russian gas. this model has failed and it is not coming back on time at all. the minutes also

stretch that germany will need to quote, change in a hurry. if the countries households will now be paying almost $500.00 euros more per year for gas, the levy will come into force on october. the 1st, this says germany's largest importers of russian gas have been struggling to handle the soaring prices. while the government has been under pressure or to try and offer relief measures to its citizens and the vice president of the a, f d party and the federal set up a very rayna roth 1st says it's the people who should not be carrying the burden of politicians and that bad ideas the gas levy is only the tip of the iceberg, but all together, the story energy prices, which have been caused by those sanctions. they are the driver of a very high inflation rate. and we have to ask, who gets the orders for this position for this behavior? and even our energy minister, hobbit has made it here in the united states,

the north 32. i mean, what's ready with it could have opened already last year in september. it was shut down. this is totally against the interest of the german economy. now we have this major crisis in terms of and she permission if people have to carry burden costs or the gas prices, triplicate it, then this is the and i would say tolerance of freedom choices for petitions, they will have to find a fusion. meanwhile, the stock exchange natural gas price in europe has reached its highest since march . so doing more than 10 percent. this comes as more or more media reports have been revealing so called inflammation of fatigue elsewhere in europe and in the west. public concerns turning from the ukraine crisis towards domestic issues, including of course, the energy crunch is archie contributor rachel boston. the price at western leaders are willing to download onto their own citizens in order to maintain anti

russian sanctions. keeps going up. the headlines in european media haven't been about any kind of great ukrainian military victories against russia. the kind of headlines we saw near the beginning of the conflict or about how western sanctions are bringing the russian economy to its knees. no. instead, the talk here in europe is all about how much damage is going to be done to european countries and the bank balances of their own citizens. so now the western press is starting to ask whether western unity in favor of egging on ukraine to avoid negotiating peace is about to crumble nearly 6 months into the war hub, look outrage over the invasion as giving way to concern bordering on panic. about it's alarming knock on effects on energy and food prices and the cost of living. that in turn is feeding doubts about western staying power. how long before europe's already shaky unity crumbles? 6 months into the conflict information fatigue is creeping in front pages of

european media spend more in con, cost of living, than on military operations. opinion polls reveal that energy prices are scaring more people than russia nukes. so western governments, art putting the squeeze on russian president vladimir putin as much as they are on the daily lives of their own citizens. switzerland, for example, is the 1st country to announce rolling blackouts as a strategy that's on the table for this fall. italy, spain and germany are the 1st to take the lead in policing room temperatures across the country with limits for heating and air conditioning. all these measures because of the looming energy crutch. now, you know, things are getting pretty bad when the leading german media, their spiegel is calling for the government to fire up the nord stream, to pipeline, to bring relief to the german in european economies with russian guests. at some point, public pain at home overwhelms western citizens, initial good will towards ukraine. and although sweden and finland used the situ shane ukraine as a pretext for dropping their non aligned position in favor of join nato. earlier in

the conflict and new survey finds that 80 percent of austrians want to maintain their military neutrality. even amid all the western rhetoric painting moscow as a threat to europe. and even poland, which was spitting nails at russia at the outside of the conflict, is now struggling to find polish volunteers to help you, cranium, migrants, human rights advocates already fear the return of well, an unfortunate mentality. i know what happened before the war. how poland, the polish government, big companies treated people from ukraine. i think this attitude will come back very soon. initially, westerners, why as a see peace return quickly to ukraine and gave the benefit of the doubt to their leaders, that they knew how to do that. but there's clearly been a horrible miscalculation from which western officials aren't backing down. retired us army commander daniel davis lays out the inconvenient truth in black and white.

there is no chance, no military path that ukraine can win this war. there simply isn't. we have to be honest about that. and so that if you keep the sanctions on there, they hurt us more than they hurt potent did. western officials know that they be dragging their own citizens into a costly losing battle while misleading them into believing otherwise. or are they just so blinded by ideology that they mistook their desires and fantasies for reality. either way, they're starting to realize that the popular revolts over anti russian sanctions that they were trying to engineer for russia are now much more likely to hit their own countries. instead. energy issues are also expected on top of the gender and canada this week, which will host germany's chancellor. the 2 countries are set aside a green energy deal, including plans for 0 emission plant in canada to utilize wind energy to produce hydrogen and ammonia for force. that comes in the wake of a protest by hundreds of german farmers against new potential requirements on

pesticides. the use considering having the use of such chemicals by the next decade or binding them entirely. europe's green agenda seems to be in contrast to spanish plans for a new gas pipeline to france. it could be ready by april or may next year. as a you members continue to scramble for new sources of energy as the hangover from the mc russia sanctions. and chin now the weekend also, so clashes between eco activists and police and the german city of hamburg office are using battle now have a spray and even a water cannon because thousands of people who are all protesting against the use of very expensive liquefied natural gas. international petroleum economist, i don't foster believe that german politicians drive in the country to rather uncertain future this is in germany as a self imposed energy crisis is dire. it's immediate,

and it's for ju, political reasons connected with german support germany support for ukraine and the ongoing war. also, you know, germany has been shopping around for n g from other countries apart from the show of interest. what comes on in canada and germany hasn't have much to show for shopping around for gas other than from the united states. and that which has been coming from the united states. there's not enough to feel we got us gas is more expensive than russian. and so germany is moving from a low cost, dependable rush, or rushing, guess to an uncertain future. but that seems to be what his position wants to do. it is good to have with us today the u. k. rail union lead

a mic. lynch is sponsor flurry of criticism of the question. the western version of the crisis in ukraine is comments on ukrainian corruption and not the ideology. quarter social media storm. seeing him accused of being pro putin mickely and should focus on getting a fair deal for railway workers and getting our trains running again, not a piece of tutoring or chinese communist party. so on top of being paid by his members, he has enough time to do pro bono p. r, for putin, implying that anyone other than russia, putin is responsible for the invasion is a pro putin talking point. well, the trade union leader has been accused of a peddling kremlin propaganda after he said that you had provoked trouble in ukraine where there was quoted a lot of corrupt politicians in the interview. he also commented on the fastest gripping part of ukraine claiming that ukrainians, playing with nazi imagery lay partly behind the escalation of the conflict. pretty

hot comments there for mister mic, lynch, and he's not the only one who has been publicly scrutinized. after refusing to follow the western narrative on the ukraine crisis. even an international found itself in the cross hairs of the ukrainian president. lindsey, after a recent misty report said that ukrainian forces had deliberately put civilians in harm's way. critical voices have also been heard from america with u. s. conservative ann coulter saying that there is a no point to nato and that the u. s. has been dismissing russia for far too long. well, let's learn more about this crossing life to i guess i least wanted mcveigh editor of redstone radio and a political analyst joining us from the u. k. for more comments on this, a very good afternoon to you. so what do you make of the criticism of ukraine a made by mc lynch? i guess he's not free to express his opinion. well, you're not free to express your opinion in britain if you're a public figure. and then we are, as mc clincher certainly become due to his high profile role in the current round

of rail strikes. now it must be said that america might be described as the empire of lies by present boots in britain is a country where wheel locks in a series of self deceptions, no more self deceiving. a group of people can you find than those in parliament. and those in the media see elite opinion has to keep a series of lies going on. these lies are about the fact that they're, they're about what has happened in ukraine since 2014 the lies about britain's role in the ukraine, both before and after 2014 and in the current war. and the, and the reasons that the russian government has for starting now what they refer to as a special military operation. no truth can be discussed inside the, what's called the the public sphere in britain. and we have less critical reporting or critical reflection on these events in ukraine. now them we had during the build

up the war in iraq or before that in the cold war. it is a more hostile, less open atmosphere now, within the ruling circles. and within the mainstream media, i was you kind of describe that a mob mentality of the whole cancel culture that i mean, if you remember years and years ago after 911 bush junior bush, number 2, he said regarding 911. if you're not with us, you're with then, is it kind of like that right now the divisiveness? it's very similar, but i would say that back then at least there was a critical voices regarding the actions of president bush and prime minister blair . since really the end of the 2000 and those critical voices have been snuffed out . look what happened to the guardian newspaper. formerly one of the leading critics of british foreign policy in the mainstream. all of that was shut down after it published sans and then the snowden lakes. a look at what has happened to julian assange himself imprisoned for publishing things that no one disputes are true. and

in britain today, you're not allowed to say any of the, any of the troops that mc, lynch touched upon. and if you do, you are, you will be thrown out of the parliamentary labour thoughts. he kissed armor has threatened to throw anybody out who questions the role of nate. so when you crane and all have his m p 's a seated to that demand. so we are in a situation where the ruling group in this country are so brave. and so afraid of criticism that they slap down any body and smear, anybody who raises even the most basic points about what is happening in ukraine, even the things that mic lynch said, which are completely true. there is a lot of corruption ukraine. there are a lot of people are marching around with nazi imagery in ukraine. the you had some kind of role in the events of 2014 well alvarado earlier last are bullish, establish and also broadcast as well. well, i mean, it was just a few years ago. i remember you k papers having front page spreads,

talking about neo nazis in ukraine and talking about the widespread corruption in ukraine if that don't have time to talk about it now. but apparently there's an enormous money laundering operation happening in that poor country these days. that's going to have to be a story for another time. i wanted to ask either the u. k. rail union leader mc lynn cheap base. he gets lambasted for giving his opinion about ukraine, but it, it almost reminds me about r t r t blocked in the u. k. r c blocked in europe and america. it seems that the, the u. k and e. u government don't want that. people thinking for themselves, i've heard it said in the u. k. pressed at odds, he is just propaganda is just silly propaganda will. if it is just silly propaganda, let your people make up their own minds. why are they blocky this summer? they say, alexander, when it comes to war, that the 1st casualty in war is truth. well, that's clearly true in the case of the current government led by, well, soon not to be led by boris johnson and the opposition led by kear stop. there is no opposition in this country. there is no free speech when it comes to this issue

. and the blocking and the banning of r t is one example. the imprisoning of assange is a longer term example. but also just on the basic level, it shows a government that is terrified of the truth coming out there. terrified not that the people can't handle these things, but that they can. and the people of this country will make rational judgments based on the information they have available to them. so this is about restricting information and making sure that the public's eyes only remain on trusted establishment. media outlets like b, b, c, i t and, and sky on the per and the fleet street press. i anything else the people look at and that contains any element of truth about the british government's role in the current ukraine crisis. or it's right. why the role in the world, anything else has to be suppressed has to be slant, has to be smid and you want all the high and you want to why, alexander, that the mainstream media, for example, folks or see it and or sky and all these other channels out there, you wonder why their ratings are currently in the tank. alexander i've only got,

i've only got 1. 1 more question for you. very low, low, low time here. but the western press. keep saying that and has said that russia has been isolated from the world, but has it really i'm, it's been isolated by europe, america and some of its allies, for example, new zealand, japan and australia. and of course, russia has been hammered by, by the western mainstream media, but, but much of the rest of the world has refrained from condemning russia over ukraine . much of the rest of the world. how do you read into that? because the idea that russia is somehow isolated is simply propaganda. and to believe it, you would have to again, of only watch the b b say you only need to go on alternative media or alternative social media channels. to see putin meeting with the leaders from central asia, from southeast asia, from many, many african nations who prefer to do business now with russia than they do the united states. because all of these nations, whatever their political makeup do have an understanding. the involvement with the

united states for its allies, britain and the you does not lead to good things for them. so they are perfectly prepared to reach out to president polk center. do business with russia or china. because from that point of view to doing business with the americans and the british has been a dead end for them all worse. so. busy person is far from isolated, we in the u. k, our rules are becoming increasingly isolated and increasingly paranoid, the more isolation they get, hence the lashing out that anybody who does speak the truth. when we go alexander mackay, editor of red star radio and a political analysts joining us from manchester in the u. k. a very insightful conversation. appreciate the chat. thank you. thank you. arson stone? throwing riots. that's how the elections wrapped up in kenya, where william router has been declared the official winner. the result is court outrage among supporters of his opponent, the former prime minister, rayleigh decor,

ah, [000:00:00;00] with pictures about speak for themselves, a route host, victory called outrage. according to the official county received 50.5 percent of the vote, narrowly defeating railroad dingo would fall. the 7 electoral commission members refused to confirm the results which could see a legal challenge from the opposition, ultimately prolonging uncertainty in a country critical to the economy and security of easton africa. mister brutal who ran on

a rags to riches story argued that he was best position to represent can use use than porous citizens adina on the other hand and build his campaign on highlighting his opponents hypocrisy, claiming that route host wealthy being acquired through corruption. so he's a report now from local journalist, armando latino, it is a moment can have been anxious waiting for to get to know the presidential, the left in the year 2022. and as it turns out, the presidential elect ease, the former deputy president doctor william some way. and it is an election that witnessed a lot of calmness but the and that the continued to grow as kenyans were waiting to know the credit. dang sure. there was killed between the 2 top contender over the election. one team being that came there was a team under the other team being the, as the middle of that team, we're headed by the leader of the opposition. right. or more security personnel was

able to come this attrition by taking them outside the members of the opposition and lead to the as the middle of more than one k. no one can accomplish who was killed and after then we a sure that there was peace of the month of kenya. he has promised that there is no room for vengeance. he has promised to walk for all canyons. yes. promise to unite kenyon. yes. promise to walk together with even the opposition, members of the opposition to ensure that they move the country for we discussed all of this with african affairs analyst, i can see it. he says, despite kenya's political divisions, everyone does seem to share the optimistic hope. the president elect will follow through with his campaign promises. it will very anxious did the 6 days of waiting, and it was actually the claim of what was calling both agents. and through the day,

people been waging bills turned off in the way shone, finally, looters, and now they comically drink very badly doldrums. the cost of living is high water in the course of the campaign promised to address what we call production. and it by giving more subsidies to how much to try and get to things to get business is moving and coming, going and productivity. that was what it means that he has to do right now in spite of the have of the countries divided. i think at some point canyons of to place the tough choices ahead of them. foot, pull it back by and begin to address the emitted conference, which is the comic crisis in the country. oh, i'd appreciate you joining us here for this program for this our life from moscow. an aussie international from april research and the entire news team hope you can