ah, ah ah, ah, rush an air defense system to repel multiple drone attacks by you prayed in russia's pri, mia peninsula. that's according to local authorities. and the u. s. announces the additional military a to ukraine, worth $775000000.00. while russia underlines ikea is using such weapons to shell residential areas. and the gas prices, serge, after gas prom, shuts down the north street one pipeline for repairs while europeans profile over the fact flash from their government's banks in with good morning 7 am and our teen or

national studios in moscow and hello to wherever you may be. watching, i'm fear, ella is about what this hour's top stories from around the world, but to have you with us. russia air defense units repelled multiple attacks on crimea overnight with the russian peninsulas. aerospace violated by ukrainian drones from different sides r t z or shot off, gives us more. it is very difficult at this stage to suit facts from say here, say as to what's going on as to what's happened in crimea. now again, the most basic understanding that we have here right now is that the, what could be a ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle breach the russian as space. and so russian defense systems are well worked as they were supposed to. now again, others, for example, other sources. they say that this could be not a ukrainian drone, but rather ukrainian missile, or you crania,

and shell aimed at the peninsula. but again, so far, what has been confirmed that whatever it was, it didn't deal any damage. it didn't cause any destruction on the russian peninsula . so like it is safe and again, the officials on the ground in crimea, they have released a statement. they have stepped forward saying that the peninsula is very, very safe from these attacks. but again, the region is quite a bit on edge right now, because ukraine has made it abundantly clear that it considers crimea a valid target and basically anything, any military will, any military facilities that are located, that while they are, they could be attacks and that they are looking to attack them and again, even the russian federal security service recently had confirmed some successful operations carried out by apparently ukrainian diversion group. so any, anything that's going on there, any, any sort of information coming out of this russian peninsula, like even the,

even the a defense systems just working again as they were supposed to be a met? well, they are being scrutinized and well people, they do tend to get a little bit nervous, so there you have it. but again, no doubt with no destruction so far and already some expert experts have released their opinions. they have stepped forward saying that all of this, that all the slightest activity of the ukrainian armed forces and them targeting the russian peninsula that this could be just them, testing and seeing if they can, how far they can go, and how far they can get. and what they can achieve and how impenetrable the russian air defenses are in that part of the country. moving now to america, where the u. s. has announced an additional military aid package to ukraine worth $775000000.00 in the belief that the conflict is that a near standstill the package includes additional ammunition for hi more systems

and more howitzers. along with 15 scan eagle recognizance drones and mine resistant and armored vehicles, the new ammunition also includes high speed anti radiation missiles with a range of at least 50 kilometers designed to seek and destroy radar equipped air defense systems. friday's announcement brings us military is the sense to kiev to 10600000000 since the start of the vitamin administration with the u. s. department of defense. now claiming that the help is forcing russia to pay quote, a high price. we want to make sure that ukraine has a steady stream of ammunition to meet its needs. and that's what we're doing with this package. you're seeing the russians still paying a high price with ukranian attacks, especially using that high mar system. but they are incurring these costs and not able to advance. however, the u. s. supplied weapons are not just being used by ukraine for military purposes, according to don bass and russian officials, they're also being used to shell residential areas of the don. yes. can other

regions controlled by russian lead forces, along with the pre trial detention facility were captured, ukrainian soldiers were being held which led to the deaths of 50 p, o, w's and 73 more being injured. a retired us air force lieutenant believes that as long as the conflict continues to be financially profitable to the u. s. it will continue with its supplies. half of all of that money goes directly into the pentagon. so the pentagon has received the money and the pentagon and its contractors are shipping the materials pretty much as soon as they can over to ukraine. but it's not really connected. i don't think to a strategy as much as it is a domestic spending program. none of what the u. s. is providing will assist in any reclaiming of territory. it's simply, in fact, increasingly is defensive on what's left of ukraine. and i think as long as there's money to be made between the ukranian elite and the,

the military industrial establishment in the united states and, and some of the other european countries as long as money is, is it long as this war is profitable? it's going to continue for them, so they're not going to acknowledge anything. this is, your policy is astounding. here. i think in many ways another example of hi marcy hughes occurred in the don bass city of smith le darcy. however, it western report has a completely different take on the shelling. the daily mail published a video claiming that the shelling of smithville darcy was carried out by russia. yet the people in the footage itself, se the town was shown by nato type of artillery in the high mars rocket system, which of course, neither russia nor its allies possess. it's parked a number of mocking commentaries, both because the city is under russian. lead forces control and as the headline for the video contradicted its content, karen kill 12 ski again, says it's not the problem of one outlet,

but the problem of journalism in general today, our mainstream are legacy media, has gotten so lazy over the past 30 years. they really just our mouth pieces for government, we don't have an independent media in the united states and we haven't for some time that's, that's kind of the, that's kind of the problem. i don't think individual journalists are, you know, refusing to, to report news, but they are failing to get their fax from any other source except the u. s. government. and as she ever dobs, they la branding those who take humanitarian aid from russia. as criminals are tease roman cows or a visit the people of mary you bowl to ask what they make of the new legislation. ukraine has passed and you so cold collaborator is a law on august 16th and making any one in ukraine who accepts when it's aaron aid

from russia, a criminal. we are now in murray pull at one of the distribution centers where people come to receive this humanitarian aid. the new law makes all these people, potential criminals. and so we've talked to a few of them and they shared their opinions with us about what they think about the new law, talking to them over the progress of his birthday. how can people live without feeling? most of mary jo pol, city is now out of work. they have nowhere to get food. such laws can only be passed by terrorists. it's schneider, than in their minds. i think it's not normal, even if key of sent its own hell. it would be strange, but they do not send anything and have forbid people from taking some one else's aid. although people just need food, so as not to starve me and they want to sentence now, owning up well instead of shemelle it, well, i have 2 small children, and russia has really helped us. when my son got a loaf of bread, he was happier than ever before. but is that a crime on our part? yes. yes. number media, horrible. should we have starved to death?

with all due respect to ukraine, they did not help us at all when you called them, and neither the military nor the state you, while the russian military was giving us water to drink, people were drinking from puddles out of sheer thirst. even though i would like to ask what, what those who adopted this law banning them from receiving aid do starve. i don't want anyone to go through what we went through this humanitarian aid sensor in murray, who paul is a fully loaded. it even has a children's sensor right here where kids can play while their parents are receiving them much. he needed humanitarian aid. now this particular sensor is to serve at least $7000.00 people per day at the peak of the conflict back in the may . for example, the numbers are much lower at the moment because the situation here is not as dire as it used to be. however, at the moment with this new law in key about collaboration is thank he is still considers these people ukrainians. each one of these people receiving the

humanitarian aid is a suspect, including their kids from on call for our t maria, hold on as people's republic. i think it's absurd and i think it's wrong. obviously . i mean, how could bringing humanitarian aid be collaboration as of anything that is considered condemned to both? right. i think we should encourage people to bring humanitarian aid. i think we should encourage russia to bring humana cherry in a do you crane? why would you create a disincentive to doing that, even to criminalize bringing humanitarian aid international humanitarian law as best exemplified by the geneva conventions. but others as well requires to provide the necessities of life for the people, food medicine, water. that's the whole point of humanitarian law. in the geneva convention,

as more and more of ukraine's neo nazi as off battalion fighters are captured by russian forces, some prisoners are being investigated for a legit war crimes. former frank servicemen adrian bouquet, who was known for a previous revelations regarding as of options in the last 8 years of the conflict, visited the groups captive members. a warning some of them could have been speaking under duress. i am now in a secret detention center were meeting captured officers of the as of battalion who are being kept under strict guard. ah ah ah. well, it just was exist. as you can see, the tattoos a real, the nazi tattoos. your civil is slightly camouflage. crosses or change

a bit different. the signatures. look, this is a painted swastika. here is another image and a similar style. here are other symbols. look at this one at the top, there's a helmet of the s s guard. and this is the small. there are hundreds of fighters covered with s s rooms and swastikas. when i say hundreds, i mean under this point, you know, this is just one example to show you. it's a reality. i have you ever killed or shot civilians? nation by orders of my commanders. i shot that vehicle was carrying people know. so you were shooting an unarmed civilians only because you've got the orders. well,

not exactly. it was dark. the bus had tinted windows and the driver didn't stop on demand. do you understand that what you have done is a war crime? turns out that i do while you were hiding that as of style plant, did you know women and children were dying from michelle's hitting their flaps in the center of dawn and there was a war going on and there are 2 sides, not one engaged in the fighting ah, gas prices in the e. u have risen sharply after russia's gas problem on friday and now said temporary pause in the transit of gas to europe for scheduled pipeline maintenance. european gas prices shot up nearly 5 percent after the news was announced with the north stream one pipeline now scheduled to be closed between august 31st and september

2nd. and that comes on top of what is already a tenfold rise. the vice president of the german parliament has called for a band to be lifted on the opening of the north string to pipeline as soon as possible with winter fast approaching. the federal minister of economics must do everything to ensure that we have more energy available. which would open nord stream to as soon as possible to fill our gas storage facilities for the winter. getting gas from nordstrom to is no more immoral than from north stream. one is just a different tube. the politicians stress that of the pipeline is unblocked. it will allow germans to survive this winter stressing that's the federal government's primary duty, some business to support the lifting of sanctions with an open letter urging chancellor sholtes to end the barrier for the benefit of the german people. we is craftsman, no, from many conversations with our customers, that the vast majority are not willing to sacrifice their hard earned standard of

living for ukraine. it's not our wor either. do you want to be the chancellor who drove germany to ruin? do you really want to sacrifice your country? as the energy crisis deepens, with an increasing number of europeans voicing their anger, a german minister has branded those speaking out as enemies of the state. archie, contributor rachel marston has more. so basically the ear creates a crisis with their sanctions, which by the way they can reverse at any time make their citizens paying increasingly high price. beneficial, portray those who object to their mismanagement as extremists, a german interior ministry spokesperson has said that quote, we can assume that populists and extremists will again try to influence protests to their liking. and now the interior minister of the german state of north rhine west follies framing those who opposed other extreme government measures as equally unreasonable amid the energy crisis. you can already tell from those who are out

there. the protestors no longer talk about cov it or vaccination, but they are now misusing people's worries and fears and other spheres. it's almost something like new enemies of the state who are establishing themselves running out of scapegoats to blame. just as the projections for european economies are getting increasingly grim, the u is finally admitting that they screwed up. now just kidding. they're not. by the way, while norway is currently enjoying record high oil and gas profits, european oil and gas executives are reportedly mumbling discretely about the need to prod oslo into cutting its prices for europe. so what if norway just says no, is norway going to be framed as a troublesome nationalist? just like you citizens to resist the policies of the block? well, actually, possibly, if a recent op ed in the financial times is any indication, it is crucial for europe to avoid falling into the resource nationalism trop. no

one should suggest that no way be treated as a profiteer, but it is worth at least debating if anything can be done to bring down prices. turning up the tops to full capacity is already appreciated. doing it at a price that helps soothe paying for european economies might be a noise interests to better citizens. soaring energy bills are also set to rise. 80 percent in october with price is increasing by 15 percent. just this week. a new citizen movement called don't pay you k is pledging to start paying their bills altogether, started october 1st. if the price hikes persist it simple. we are demanding a reduction of energy bills to an affordable level. our leverage is that we will gather a 1000000 people to pledge no to pay if the government goes ahead with another mess of hike on october. the 1st. even if a fraction of those of us who are pained by direct debit stop our payments,

it will be enough to put energy companies in serious trouble. and they know this. we want to bring them to the table and force them to end this crisis. what are your pin officials going to do? slap the populist or extremist label on every retiree who's pension doesn't cover their winter heating bill, and has the audacity to complain about it. well, at this point, i wouldn't put anything past them. sanctions crippling european economies have hardly effect a garage, a despite here of expectations. that's according to the hungarian prime minister in an interview with a german newspaper. firstly, the west cannot win the ukraine war militarily. secondly, the sanctions have in no way destabilized russia. thirdly, their damage to europe as immense. fourthly, the world has not lined up behind the usa and ukraine. many countries are actually not supporting them at all. it is quite possible that this war will put a symbolic end to western superiority. it's not the 1st time that victor or button

has criticize the sanctions having previously also called them counter intuitive. while calling for peace talks, we spoke with a senior research fellow at the global policy institute of london who says that the west is finding itself ever isolated. you saying basically the west is finding itself increasingly isolated that made this into the prime issue of foreign policy. but the rest of the world just simply isn't buying what the west is selling and various reasons for it. they obviously enter the west and the non western countries like india and china have pretty much said that this major expansion in the face of roses, russian opposition was bound to end. it does not, there just, there's just been no way that the west can bore

in alms and expect your grades went the way into the military. so, but the outcome again would be very questionable. the west isn't in any position to wage a war in the eastern europe that don't have the manpower resources they don't have the means of getting military material that so i think is right. i know that this is a policy that makes very little sense, and it's just in the destructiveness for the sake of destructiveness, malicious ex prime minister, is to make one last effort to overthrow a court ruling that found him guilty of corruption. thus banning him from office, he denies the accusations, claiming the case is politically motivated and the judge was biased. now jeepers up was voted out of office in 2018 and arrested shortly after when the country's new leaders accused them of power abuse and money laundering,

including the theft of $4500000000.00 us dollars from one m d. b, malaysia, state funded investment fund. in 2020, he was it sentenced to 12 years in jail. but now his attorney is challenging the outcome while his client is out of prison on a pill. it comes as a country hold snap elections with raw sacks party attempting to achieve a political comeback. one m t b was co founded by rossa, while he was prime minister to promote economic development. but on being voted from office, he was accused of abusing his position to illegally receive, at least 1000000000 from the fund, with the help of goldman sachs bank here asia center, vice president. earl ross newson d tells us involvement. it's his word again against the government. and i'm sure the u. s. has got a role here because we know that the, the goldman sachs is involved. we know the us has, has

a plea bargain with one senior christian found guilty. the key manager for her, for that area of the world. ah, so, you know, there's, there's, there's an aspect, so there's evidence being handled by the u. s. b over or confront with malaysia. and out of the whole thing there, the, the you know, who's, who's to, who's to say that he's correct. and then he got, this is his work. who's to say that he's not miss let, you know it's the government, the bringing the case, the government probably back by the u. s. government that's providing whatever evidence being you the as an uphill battle. and then the question is, was the judge actually biased? the thing, so that's another question on a new chinese government,

me me highlighting american policy. foreign policy failures is enjoying $37000.00 like on twitter. that's how the relations between the 2 countries continue to simmer on the back of controversial high level u. s. government visits the type, pay the mean. everyone needs a clear understanding of himself. so does a nation that mean, published by a spokesperson for china's ministry of foreign affairs highlights. he was foreign military actions seen by many as failures and finishes with an image of the destruction of the world trade center. on $911.00, we spoke to angelo juliano, a political and financial analysts who sees me as a legitimate attempt to highlight american policy when it comes to international affairs. china has clearly understood that the long term plan of the u. s. is to do something similar to ukraine, fight russia, ukraine, the fight rush out in the last equation or to the last european. what they want to

do in taiwan is exactly the same fights china up to the last time when nice or to the last japanese or to the last asian. so china now is getting much more aggressive, the exposing what the u. s. as being doing over the last decades, all the crimes against humanity, it is a yield exposing the yes for what it is. the u. s. is doing, victor signalling around the world. it is pretty much similar to what if hitler was actually talking about human rights of jews. 70 years ago would be exactly the same . it's a ppo, a ppo policy, and it's just a, it's just a in china is actually exposing that and gloss off. moving on to latin america, we're brazil's former left, his leader lula da silva, remains of front runner in presidential elections scheduled for october. the silva

who served as president for 7 years in 2003 received 47 percent support in a recent opinion. paul, while acting, president jar both narrow a right and politician, received 32 percent. what is at stake at this moment as democracy against fascism? what is at stake at this moment as democracy against barbarism, we guarantee that 33000000 brazilians can have coffee, lunch, and dinner every day, or they will die of hunger. i am overcome with emotion to be back here, which led me to a rebirth that saved me to become president of the republic, which was the best thing for our country. earlier we spoke to a political scientist who thinks that despite ball scenarios still being in the race lula has the momentum, no, they in brazil, the only stability principle is that would be an instructor job or not to imitate

what trump has done in january. the 6th, 2021 in u. s. a many generals, i would say, man, a general, not all of them with many generals are trying to force the electro courts who are not esteem the electronic walton, brazil because we have a very reliable system in the system saying that the system is not reliable. there are many gunmen in brazil, more than 600 people ask a tall tradition to have guns in brazil because of course or not. and he may have some possibilities to go to the 2nd the wrong. but nowadays, i would say very consolidated with the 1st position almost in the 1st wrong. and wilson are trying to get and now to our special coverage on last year's us withdrawal from afghanistan. 12 months on tens of thousands of afghans who collaborated with washington still cannot get the special fees as promised to them. ah,

or message to those women and men is clear. there is a home for you in the united states. if you so choose, we will stay with you, just as you stood with us ah, ship fabric in the night, the telephone captured the province. we were in russia. we fled to flora and then to helman, dappled we arrived and couple with lots of difficulties. as each plane took off, we hoped to be on the next. you tried always to go. there was a nightmare for my family and me. it's been 11 months since then, but i still have the same nightmare the tend to gun is facing questions about whether us troops may have shot afghans civilians following

a devastating suicide bonding last year. with the dental. mm hm. although i have been living in albania for less than a year, we are in a tough situation. we abandoned our lives and came here. we worked in afghanistan, we had jobs, but now we don't. we do not know what to do. what will happen to our lives and future? i urge the americans to pay attention to afghan citizens living in 3rd countries. we are waiting for our cases to be processed, but in the past 11 months, we have not received any answer but against the exited love on our return to our country depends on the economic situation insecure. again,

a stand must be in contact with the international community, and people must be assured that they are living in a secure, economically good situation. that is not the case. now. there's more special coverage on last year's u. s. k. arctic pull out and it's global consequences to come this month on r t. stay tuned. no nation, no nation has ever done anything like it in all the history with

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