ah, with explosions ring out in the crimea, dias, russia, the pen system reportedly goes into action near the city of you have been story of late on friday evening. fighting on the ground grind on as the ukrainian army shells residential areas under russian control with high marsh rockets of our ts roman coke road. this close to a position near the capital with these guys are instrumental in destroying ukrainian army positions. just on the outskirts of law. the west continues to point a finger at russia for the global

energy prices. hungary approved the mouth construction of 2 new nuclear reactors. the country's foreign minister praises the move. thanks to these 2 new nuclear unit, we can insure hungary energy security for the long term and protect the hungarian population. the narrative that kosovo is, serbia needs to be forgotten. that's the controversial statement from american envoy to the western balkan during a visit to belgrade in which he attends the east pension. but instead leave many people perplex. mm. with good morning for martinez, national studios in moscow, and from wherever you may be watching, welcome to the program. i'm fear ela is about with the hours most pressing new stories from around the world. we start with the latest on the ukraine conflict,

russia, the air defense system has reportedly gone into action near the city of give, but doria in the crimea. ah, this video posted on social media late on friday evening claims to show explosions in the region. allegedly filmed by local residents. russia is yet to confirm that its air defense system went into action. earlier friday, 5 people, including 2 children, died after ukraine, shall the settlement of quality be shareable. in the operative region, which is under russian control cubes, military was using american high mars rocket systems, according to the regions governor. among the infrastructure damage was a residential building, although a member of the regions administration says there were no military objects nearby in the lugens people's republic,

3 people died and 7 more were wounded when you have fired at a hospital. yet again, using us provided high march, rocket launchers, that's according to russia's defense ministry. meanwhile, ground fighting continues in the don. yes, republic were rushing back. troops are advancing on towns that are used as firing positions by the ukranian army. one of them is marie got near don. yes. where are teas? romano? closer. a visit at the republics army. ah, the 2nd tank battalion of the nest people's republic armies. 5th brigade are now working against the enemy. czar gets in its own all far muddy. and guy, the city of the nest is still constantly b as shelled by ukrainian nationalist. and these guys are instrumental in destroying ukrainian army positions just on the outskirts of the nest in the town. all for marian guarding to officials,

at least 75 percent of the town is now free and they'll be making sure that there are no more ukrainian artillery positions. we're now at the headquarters of the 2nd tank battalion on the outskirts of dianetics. the tank is already working against ukrainian nationalists positions. now these guys are now operating the drone, which is are right above the tank hands, are they making sure that it hits the target that it needs a little too okay. approach though, and you said you list areas well fortified. the defense was prepared in advance, so it's hard to move forward and we do it slowly, but with determination for the sensor is in the fundamental difference between them and us is that we protect our lamps. how children, parents, and all citizens of that, the next glance, republics, what they destroy is now families. they are cold blooded. this soviet see,

64 tank is back from the front line as you can see it. so all, in fact the crew are safe and sounds and like they said, they were working against the ukranian nationalists, military positions right now they will reload and head back to the front room on call for if hearty, the nest people's republic in 0, the ukrainian military open fire 10 times on the regions nuclear power plant on friday. that's according to local russian back officials who say the shelling has hit an area used to store radioactive waste. no damage has been reported and the radiation level is said to be at a normal rate. we got insight into the situation at europe largest nuclear plant from a lexie and p global, a former worker there who says that any further ukrainian shelling would meet a constant blackout for millions of phrases that broke out. the last answer never

is human history. fortunately has active military action been waged near nuclear power plant, and it's the 1st time that a policy to the conflict a ukraine has deliberately targeted a nuclear power plant. with the intention of hitting this most vulnerable pass, the containers was the most dangerous and the most radioactive materials, of course, weren't billed to sustained attacks by a multiple rocket launch system or high caliber artillery. but there is a very high chance the sooner or later there'll be a direct hit on one of them. graham, before the conflict, these approach a nuclear plant power, it's 20 percent of all ukraine. but every 5th kilowatt hour was produced there. of course consumption has reduced dramatically in ukraine now because a lot of industries thought and masses of people left. it was only because of this that the ukraine in electrical system didn't collapse and thursday when there was a temporary power cat. so ukraine, things by hitting the plant, there won't be a boomerang effect against them all, but there will be and for the millions of people living in the region,

if the shell and continue, it will mean cost and blackouts. and for a long time, while european leaders continue to play moscow for the energy crisis to new russian made nuclear power, generators are to be installed at the hungarian power plant. alexi lisa chip, the head of russia state nuclear energy company rose out um, sees them move as a step of mutual trust at the theater. levy is restored here. this is the fast license in recent history obtained by raw sat him in the european union of which you are. this is very important. these nuclear reactors are already in use in the russian federation. they have been working effectively for several years. we have building them in a number of countries. this is environmentally friendly and inexpensive electricity, but up we also have some of the most economically attractive indicators right. we have been cooperating with hungary for many years. there are plans to expand that cooperation, making such a decision shows

a high level of trust in our technologies and specialists who 2 of them need to know was little for the 1st time in recent history of russian nuclear power units are to be installed in a european union member nation with construction expected to begin as early as october. moscow in budapest share a long history of mutual cooperation and energy. and the hungarian foreign minister has that he sees the agreement as a turning point. ensuring his country's energy security. as it might do, they handle in hungary, we have been working for a long time to expand the existing pocket nuclear power plant with 2 new powerful units. what does a move like this work has come to a new turning point as hundreds, even thousands of permits are needed for the construction of a new nuclear power plant. thanks to 2 new nuclear unit. we can insure hungary energy security for the long term and protect the hungarian population from sharp fluctuations and international energy markets. we will therefore ensure a policy of reducing utility costs. i think that the obtaining

a construction license as a major milestone was a turning point. and that strengthens our hope that by 2030, the nuclear power plant will begin its activity that hawkinsville. georgia is on wiley, a senior research fellow at the global policy institute in london says hungary, the leader is simply trying to do the right thing for his people. nick dorman has repeatedly said that he thinks that the sanctions policy against russia is absolutely ridiculous and destructive hope you're seeing the economy or a european union is supposed to cover all oil imports from russia by the end of the year. but i'm going to call out it's going to go on is made clear that the things, it's just absolutely ridiculous and that is just a minute is to look off to the interest of the people who had focus it on

years. oh, america, special envoy to the western, balkan says he hopes tensions between christina and belgrade. do not ask the late, yet has thrown further fuel to the fire by stating that the very idea that kosovo is part of serbia should be forgotten. raising a few eyebrows. i think we have to move away from the narrative that kosovo serbia, and move toward the narrative that coastal and serbia are europe. however, the envoy then contradicted himself by acknowledging that washington is not a participant in the dialogue between serbia and it's free way. province talks that serbian president, alexander research, says, have failed to ease tensions, but are generally going in the right direction. who says also says he is hopeful of compromise as the discussions continue tension between belgrade and christina started spiraling out of control last month after a kosovo announced that serbian issued identity documents and card number plates

would no longer be valid. the decision has prompted sporadic clashes between ethnic serbs, local albanians and police, with some roads being temporarily blocked. implementation of the new ruling by kosovo has now been postponed till september 1st. a boy shall mileage a serbian american journalists and historian says that the u. s. envoys statement illustrates washington long last employ for the region. you have the american government going all we please. we hope that there is no tensions, but both tacitly and literally encouraging tensions by basically giving a green light to the kosovar, albanians to go ahead and implement this illegal power grab. and then of course, when something happens, they'll be saying, always some malign russian influence. we must put in more troops and spend more money on racy on missiles in order to make this happen. so i think it's, it's

a cynical power ploy and it's it, it's perfectly in line with everything that the u. s. has done in the region since $999.00, regardless of which party has been in power. ah, nato is turning its eyes to the arctic alliance had gen stolen. burke has made his 1st official visit to canada's frozen far north. despite the country's longstanding resistance to new involvement in the region, from there, the chief of the north atlantic alliance attempted to justify its encroachment by highlighting a perceived russia china threat. increasing parts of the arctic will be ice free in summer. this is unlocking opportunities for shipping routes, natural resources in economic development. but it also raises the risk of tensions . authoritarian regimes are clearly willing to use military intimidation or aggression to achieve their aims. at the same time, they're stepping up their activities and interest in the arctic stall timber, went on to stress, the need for quote, euro atlantic security accusing russia,

which has warned against militarization of the art of increasing its activity in the region and placing quote, the u. s at risk and also accusing china of planning a new polar so road. he said nato plans to step up its activities as a response, but the vice chair of the swedish piece council claim stilton burke is not being honest about the alliance presence. stall. simberg is a lawyer, i think when he will make us believe that they have now been in the north for the 1st time. there has been yearly, military exercises in the entire knowles may know, has never brought stability. nato is a war alliance because they do has,

is not defending anything. they are an attack force canada, do you wish, being in the arctic, the u. s. don't care about anything but defeating russia. that was o. crane, among other things is about and while nato has it, i sat on russia and china, norberg again says the alliance has it. economic focus on helping western countries plunder the article resources under the ice when it's melting, the since all the world's oil is there, and the 3rd of the world's gas, so is under the ice. so it's not only a lunch cheek, am thinking, it's also all rubbing their area from resources

as they tend to do from the west, poor europe. what will they do? we know them not these resources, and so they are show our guides. and so i think they have to do any everything they can in their mind to get hands on their resources in the arctic might be a way of helping the west in their sense, made a predicament by being so arrogant and right out stupid. ah. as the pentagon continues to shower, ukraine's military with money and weapons, the u. s. inspector general says he's on high alert for any security issues in the thousands of contracts with care of we have developed

a universe of thousands of ukraine related contracts that come in under $2000000.00 each. that's more than $7800.00 contracts valued at a combined $2200000000.00. yet nato officials thought that the trafficking and security system should be tested. concerns have grown over the ukranian arms accounting system and the fidelity of calves government. after some weapons have reportedly found their way onto the dark web, where ukrainian traders offer not only small arms but javelin, anti tank systems and phoenix go strong's. previously, europe pull war and that some of these weapons might be smuggled into the u. regarding the war in ukraine. euro pole has warned that the proliferation of firearms explosives in ukraine could lead to an increase in weapons and munitions. trafficked into you. this threat might even be higher once the conflict has ended earlier this week bite and also announced another package of military a to ukraine,

estimated at almost $3000000000.00, including air defense and artillery systems. you nations and radars. in total, washington has now provided $10600000000.00 and military to care and committed to $25000000000.00. former us marine corps intelligence officer, scott ritter says there's a real danger of american weapons flooding the european union. all it takes is one javelin missile, getting the hands of, of the wrong people. and you could have a dead political leader in europe. all it takes is one stinger anti air missile. and you have a airliner shot down. and we have the potential of having dozens, if not more, of these are highly lethal weapons, man, portable weapons, weapons fit the trunk of a car. you know, flooding europe. it's too late. you can't put that genie back in the bottle. i mean, things can be done going forward to, to try to control these weapons. but,

you know, the problem isn't so much the lack of a system of accountability on the part of the united states. the problem is ukraine . it's one of the most corrupt places on the planet. a nation that's embroiled and war were the norms of the rule of law have gone out the window. we don't think what happens when those weapons making the hands of al qaeda and isis and are turned on americans in our allies. the same thing in ukraine. you know, we claim to be this big supporter of native big support of the european union. and yet, the weapons that we're providing ukraine will end up through the black market into the hands of terrorists and criminal elements. and so you can do harm to the european union to our nato allies. you know, it's, it's, it's absurd. and the extreme an anti war coalition has criticize this with government for purchasing american fighter jets without a vote,

branding it a quote, mockery as a functioning democracy. the stop as 35 coalition claims that in doing so, the government has ignored a petition containing a 100000 signatures. opponents of the deal say the $6000000000.00 purchase would tie switzerland too closely to the u. s. calling it ill suited for the security needs of this was people. the government, meanwhile, has warned that any delay in the purchase would lead to a rise and costs. we spoke with the executive vice president of the racial center. earl ross newson, who believes switzerland is becoming more strange from its much celebrated neutrality. they are staying closer to us technology. i think they're being influenced more by walking. well i think tina gradual shift away from their traditional crowley. but again, we're, we're kind of ignoring your voice people, which i see not just in switzerland but across many european buffy them. and i

would say the us as well, also interesting here and up until recently, all their military was reserved on call. only recently have they actually brought on board, so i think there's about maybe 1500 active air force pilots, the support personnel. so you're gonna see right now you're seeing impact from an energy cost impact on a, on a food cost impact on. and i think you're seeing the impact on the supply chain area with which i think morally see in the early stages and discord in the united nations as less than a 3rd of the organizations. 193 members states have back to statement instigated by care of condemning russia over the conflict in ukraine at a new york gathering of the un security council. the statement was read out by

survey catholics. yeah. ukraine's ambassador to the un signatories include the united states, the european union, canada, japan, and the united kingdom. while countries such as india and china did not sign, we discuss the lack of unity at the un with so many of ours that we need to speak united nations. unfortunately, by of the law. yes, we're not impartial or in the decisions all the resolution. with the gospel, there's somebody gentle because of the pressure stuff is back just volume. be hosting country america, why most of the time just to rectify pressures and her depression, all a solution. i want to talk about now and then you may get it by the way, especially the one with the united states and britain and then you know, make sure. and then people want to what they started to know. 6 which is long and

which is why washington is beginning to realize that it's an old tool kit using the military and as, as, as a weapon, ocean and, and treating this and using sanctions. i think that they are quite desperate about losing their head gemini, wide, and put them in place for their family. the so called democracy, the united states as the world, everybody is aligning their lives in the west to put pressure on these perceive entities including russia and china. i think more and more countries in the developing world, seeing through america policy, i'll double standards because you know, so again, it's been talking maybe it was over the past so many decades. and it's using american exceptionalism to excel coercion and bullying other countries. but

of course, that this is not something which can be addressed by the letters of the nation shorter and people wanted white. now the interference or they're not getting it over the buck here. they have the vote of it's not trained trying to impose 100 the why. the middle is in the war. yeah. was even in the m and even with frank troops, b. m. and so nowadays on their, into the doc. you, i think they're liz's nan, 50 on the 17th century, the po, canada doctrine trying to surround the bank a c in the pacific. so i think so that they are not only against they are all against no followers. and the arrange a connection from shall high to moscow a soon as they don't accept any other country to b and the phone or just to be like

a viable with. so try not to get the so the idea of a plus the brakes. countries in brazil, russia, india, china and south africa to other countries like mexico and even central european countries. i'm calling to line so you can see the world is changing. i no longer be paid by you with the but then again for the washington, and a lot of the western countries still living in a g s. if they can continue to stay on top of the world. ah, saudi arabia is to invest $1000000000.00 in cash strapped pakistan as the countries economic crisis. we're since it comes days after pakistan secured other multi $1000000000.00 funding from golf countries including tar and the u. e. the transfers are part of the countries commitment to crisis stricken pakistan,

which will help is bob, bob or steve. the help from the international monetary fund it has been seeking. your organization is set to hold a meeting next week that could pave the way for more funding. meanwhile, pakistan continues to struggle with the aftermath of deadly floods which affected at least 33000000 people. and claimed the lives of at least $900.00 a situation. the country's climate change minister has called a quote you mandatory and disaster of epic proportions and has led to it seeking help with relief efforts from the international community. pakistan's, former ambassador to the u. e. in iran. as steve to ronnie says his law about has the potential to cope with both the fallout from the disaster and the ticket nomic problems. but son has a and we had a and then we had last year includes in

the one who's going to know she's been biological then by the and again i'm on as a close to $4000000.00 which has 2 in so day. so i think this is one of the conditions which i think so deanna a step in and it is going through a basically the problem be focused on a cd to them at the end with emergency workers are battling and enormous plays at a mattress factory in the northern indian state of r pradesh, more than half a dozen fire department vehicles are reported to have sped to this scene after the fire broke out on the building. second floor, no casualties have been reported, and authorities are still to investigate. the cause of the blight rushes

national guard continues to tackle a forest fire in the rise on region around 2200 kilometer south of moscow. the blaze has been burning for almost a week, and emergency workers have now dropped around 320 tons of water in an effort to extinguish it. at one point, the fire encompassed an area of 17 hectares. that's around the size of $32.00 football fields. ah, a democrat lead subcommittee has claimed that former president donald trump, abused his post to promote an unproven treatment for coven 19 splashing out millions of dollars on quickly abandoned tests for an anti drug anti malarial drug . senior trumpet administration officials undermined public health experts because they believed doing so would benefit the former president, politically, posing covertly with known conspiracy theorist,

dangerously push disproven corona virus, treatment, bullying sta, to change its vaccine guidance and advocating for federal investigations into those who stood in their way the report suggests that trump's administration intervened and the operation of the country's food and drug administration forcing the body which authorizes pharmaceutical treatments in the u. s. to approve test to treat cove it with the anti malarial drug trials which were revoked. and just for months trumps officials are said to splash out millions of dollars on the trials. barber e heart, a republican member of the idaho house of representatives, says that biden's office create such reports out of fear of trumps rising popularity. i believe that they're so focused on the trumpet ministration with these false accusations that i believe they're bringing forward because he was effective as a president and his kids, using his effectiveness were contrary to those things that that side wanted to

accomplish. or rather did want to accomplish and that steer mon green bars, what the, by the ministration is doing. i believe that they are playing from a position of defense of being scared. i think they're trying to turn trump into whatever negative dart board that they can come up with key poses such a threat to them. it's not even an office and you can see how worried they are about him and the influence and the impact that he continues to have just by being out and, and speaking of no respect for trump supporting republicans. that's jo biden's view of those who follow america's ex president. ahead of the looming mid term elections. i respect conservative republicans. i don't respect these maggie republicans will, would be a nation of unity of hope, of optimism. not a nation of anger, violence, hatred and division trumpeted extreme murder. republicans have made their choice

to go backwards full of anger violence. hayden division, but we've chosen a different path. and you as president also slammed the make america great again, philosophy as semi fascism at a democratic raleigh republicans have called biden's comments. despicable a former democrat says the president's comments diminish a large part of the american population. what we know is that in 2020 donald trump garnered roughly 13000000 more votes than he did in 2016. which means that he got the most votes of any sitting president in american history. he was the most popular sitting president in american history and by joe biden, making comments like he has he has demeaned integrated and diminished and very much disrespected 70 plus 1000000 people in america and gone back on.