a joe biden and imposing these sanctions on russia, you know, has destroyed the american economy. so there's your boomerang. ah, ah, in the headlines this saturday, the shelling i've done yet city takes 2 people's lives and says a local hospital on fire. and meanwhile, from the front line beyond, this is a gradient position, are corresponding to take a closer look at ukraine's counter offensive attempts. and the purge solenoid region has key of troops suffer heavy losses while making no strategic gain. a washington sons and other multi $1000000000.00 military aid package to train the un sounds the alarm to focus on how these weapons are being used amid what it calls

tremendous devastation. and no more meet advertisement. one dodge city wants to ban them to fight climate change, while at the same time abandoning its other green initiatives with from moscow to the world. this is our to international. i'm rachel blevins and here are the top stories at 9 am. we begin with reports that 2 people were killed and a wounded and recent shelling of done net city among the places that have been hit with the hospital near the city central embankment, according to local authorities. a fire broke out on the roof of the medical center . firefighters arrived at the scene to put out the blaze, a public square, and the city center was also struck by the shelling building. several people emergency services arrived to the scene to bring those injured to the hospital. the

attack shouted windows and nearby buildings and residential building. meanwhile, at the northern part of the front lines, the russian army has airlifted, military hardware and personnel to the heart of region. where intense battles are going on with ukrainian troops who claimed to have launched a counter offensive. however, local authority, thank he, of his forces have suffered heavy losses trying to break brushes, defenses. taking a closer look at the situation in the heart cove region fighting as escalating on the outskirts of the city of balak laugh while the city of kooky ask is being defended by russian forces amid fierce clashes. meanwhile, moscow says the ukrainian attacks in the southern nickel live and her son regan's have also been repelled ortiz, moran garcia, is on the ground. they're looking into cranes counter offensive attempts. these is give saud region outside the village of alexander of co depleted and todd ukrainian

troops. again, the order to attack these drone footage was provided to us by russian soldiers. they monitor at the me activity around the clock and cooling fire when the opportunity arises. during a lull in the shelling, we drove as close to ground 0 as we were allowed. because of the situation, it is this time incredibly difficult from a security perspective to film anything, anything we film could dig, give away. troops positions defensive positions. ah, what troops stationed where with, with what weapons? taking that into consideration, our options are very limited, but this is the frontline beyond us. beyond us is no man's land after that ukrainian positions. we have learned

that the offensive here is about to resume the counter offensive launched by ukrainian troops. urine, hill, southern region, which has so far, been incredibly unsuccessful in all over the past week and a half ukrainian forces have taken over about half a dozen small villages in settlement. ukraine's exact losses are secret, but they are said to be formidable. cucumbers. yes, ma'am. from what i know, at least 400 wounded, ukrainian soldiers have been delivered to the hospital of the ministry of internal affairs and nick, alive. in total, the cities hospitals took more than 2000 wounded ukrainians when he was no space left in walks. far away from the front lines in newark, a healthcare, the american supplied high mas rocket impacted the pop up block, killing 6, billions. this has become the norm here. and it has only gotten worse,

which is what many locals feared. spiteful strikes, launched by key f 2, a badge. it so far, failed count her offensive more i'd gasdio archie from kennesaw region ah, the u. s. has announced to more military aid packages for ukraine and its neighbors worth billions of dollars. that's as you, as secretary of state antony blanket made an unannounced visit to key add on thursday. the new american package also includes aid for several. you countries like poland, lithuania and romania, which blinking deems, quote at risk of future russian aggression. this brings the total amount of money washington has given to you, francis asserted the conflict over $14000000000.00. germany meanwhile, has promised he has additional weapons and pledged his mom their training. i mean, crania, and soldiers as weston or official mad at the u. s. air force base and ram,

sky and germany. the united nations urge the international community to be more transparent about the flow of weapons being sent to crane. that has a devastating impact on civilians caused by heavily arming ukraine in early june intervals. chief, also voice his concerns over the destination of the weapons, said ukraine. he warned that once the conflict and criminal groups will try to exploit the availability of weapons, he says a wave of arms will flood a legal global weapons networks and end up in the hands of criminals. before lincoln's departure, one washington post journalist asked the state secretary, what accounts for the disconnect between us shipments of weapons and ukrainian soldiers saying they lack the munitions they need. and i read some of your very, very good. all the russians are in many of these instances throwing everything

they do friday and soldiers and civilians, and they're doing it industry. and if you're on the receiving end of that, it's gotta be incredibly earlier i spoke with retired us air force, lieutenant colonel, karen quint cowski. she says, the flow of weapons serves is the welfare program for the u. s. military industrial complex. most of the weapons that need that's being provided is really pretty mundane. it's not top of the line stuff. a lot of the stuff is right out of inventory. and it is really, this is gifting of our inventory to ukraine and other countries is very much a domestic management tool for the military industrial complex which needs to buy more stuff all the time. and this provides an opportunity for defense companies, particularly the major ones that really are the establish events in this country to

make money, to, to win contracts, to put forth new ideas for new weapons and that kind of thing. so we have to understand part of this as a domestic welfare white collar welfare program back in the united states as your complex. it's a big part of this to get the kind of transparency that would, that would, we should all expect in something like this. pressure would have to be put on the cranium. government. certainly it's, it's political leadership and it's military leadership. we're not putting any pressure on their government. their government in all you can do no wrong. and any criticism of their government is seen is unpatriotic and an american on this in. and we're just not going to do it. there's not, i think, very few congressman standing up or no senators are standing up to condemn this. ah, as the west tries to influence other countries to join a coalition against russia,

some oil importing nations are considering joining the g 7 plan to impose a price cap on russian oil in it is hand to weaken its economy. the cap is aimed to reduce the problems revenues and the ability to continue its military operation in ukraine. we're going to put in place to place kept by december 1st, which is the date. the european 6 package goes into effect and only put in place by united states, but also by 7 allies. but according to some critics, the west is putting the cart before the horse and the reality is the chances of the g 7 price cap on russian oil actually being effective are slim to none. and best summed up by a to eat my friends and i have agreed to impose a price cap on our local puffs beer minds. we actually do not plan to drink any beer there. the puffs owner says he won't so dear to anyone observing the cap. so other patrons who drink a lot, they are say they are enjoying the cup success. russia has explicitly stated not

once but twice, just in the past week that it will not so oil to countries which support such a price cap, shoot me, shoot will. so we will not supply anything at all if it is contrary to our interest . in this case, economic interest, you know, gosh oil, no cold, no fuel, nothing. and contrary to what some in the west may believe russia seems to have a choice. because for price caps to actually work the g 7 would need significant global support. especially given that over 2 thirds of the world's countries have refused to condemn russia's military operation in ukraine. or impose any sanctions on moscow. and despite the u. s. optimism on getting china and india on board. they remain 2 of russia's biggest clients, while china and indonesia have already vetoed the idea. in february, the west swiftly shifted its focus from 10 years of sanctioning aidan to russia,

targeting it with so many sanctions that it became the most sanctioned country in just 10 days. according to the u. s. these sanctions would undoubtedly bring the russian economy to its knees. at least that's what joe biden thought would happen back in march. as a result of these unprecedented sanctions rule, almost immediately reduced to rubble. well, not quite because a rubel went on to become the world's top performing currency this year, flying in the face of the supposedly crippling sanctions. and while russian food prices have recently gone down, the fall out from the sanctions has hurt the west and developing nations with a significant increase in food prices there. and let's not forget that as vladimir putin also predicted energy costs are skyrocketing, creating devastating conditions and hurting much of the world's consumers. sunk suddenly, again, you change with machinery sanctions on russia, cars much more damage to those countries that impose them. the further use of

sanctions may lead to even more severe and without exaggeration, even catastrophic consequences to the global energy markets. with the cost of fuel and energy in europe now, so high due to sanctions and a green agenda. many people are forced to stock up on firewood, according to bloomberg. a survey shows that 6 and 10 you k manufacturers are in danger of going out of business because they cannot afford the soaring energy bills . even mainstream media outlets have begun admitting their surprise that the russian economy has held up with british tabloid. the sun showing that food prices in russia are lower than those in the u. k. while the energy costs in britain have increased by 80 percent. the situation is already boiling over in some countries as mass protests against nato have erupted in europe, was citizens blaming their government actions for the economic fallout. in the chat for public, somebody 1000 demonstrators gathered and free to protest storing energy costs and

to demanded and to sanctions against russia. they just not the free lunch sanctions will back lush sanctions have cost. the price of the sanctions not just imposed upon russia, is imposed upon off lot of countries as well, including european countries in our country as well on it. so we still all kind of sanctions are indeed directed against half a 1000000 citizens of you and against millions of citizens of the rest of europe. known him so well, the west ever learned from its own past actions and from leaders like by the mere putin blatantly telling them that russia's warnings are not to be taken lightly or will they be yet another example of the definition of insanity and continue doing the same thing over and over while expecting different results. m, as in me see how many has saw during an interview with former new york times journalist ben smith says that the news media should get rid of both sides of major

issues being discussed. there are 2 words we need to move from our media if a company right now and that is both sides, this fundamental crunch, this reliance on both sides of the kind of lazy way of covering up living is deeply dangerous. there are a bunch of major issues in which there are not both sides or not both sides on climate change. there are not both sides on white supremacy. there are not both sides on democracy, but they're not both sides on the holocaust. however, not everyone agrees with the call for one sided coverage. here's a sample of some reactions on social media. while there's no risk of hearing both sides on m. s m, b, c. so he should feel right at home about there are 2 sides to every single story. but authoritarians of to sponsor speech, especially when they're use a trash and sans are in the on his side, he is the only way to get people to accept them. being honest and fair is only deeply dangerous to those who are dishonest and corrupt. the moments journalists

become viable, they have stopped working for the people. legal and media analyst, lionel shared with us his view on the media covering just one side of the story. when you look at media, i, when you look at a lot of these various platforms that take out the most, quote outrageous things that were said, they save us the time and the waste of time that we would have to go through in watching this dreck in the 1st place, so what, what it is is it's one insane thing after another the idea that you would have a television show or any type of journalistic platform designed to get to the truth or what is believed to be the truth. and you cut off the other side or the other, somebody who's maybe explaining your error. and then you say, this is good journalism because there are no 2 size. i will make 11 bit of, of an exception. sometimes if i think if we were talking about,

let's say astronomy or a new planet or a black hole or something, astro physics related and the other side presented was, let's say an astrologer. that might be the other side. i don't particularly care for. but in international conflicts known, this is absurd. o. f, a local officials have their way their residence of the dutch city of harlem will no longer be able to see meet advertisements in most public places. as a vote on the matter. it's part of the wide ranging green agenda passed and set to go into effect in 2024. however, adopting an ego agenda and this fear hasn't south the government of the netherlands from listing a cap on coal powered energy production at the same time. our g contributor rachel mars then brings more details on the story. in the interests of fighting climate

change, the dutch city of harlem has voted to ban all meat advertising beginning in 2024. i'm surprisingly, this is music to the ears of green activists who want to dictate how everyone lives their daily lives. whilst any environmental benefits cannot be expected immediately from an advertising man, it sends out a clear message to the food industry that harlem wants the industry to invest in more climate friendly food. we also hope that other cities in the netherlands will follow the example of harlem and introduce similar ban. what exactly is quote, climate friendly food, please tell me that it's not a euphemism for eating bugs because that's being pushed pretty hard in the western mainstream media. but if benefits, quote can't be expected immediately for this policy and it's mainly just symbolic virtue signaling. then why bother at all with it, particularly in the netherlands, which is europe's biggest ne provider, and we're an estimated 95 percent of citizens eat meat. why not just leave people

alone to live their lives and eat their stake while the greenies can eat all the bugs that they want to? if that's what they seriously think is going to control the temperature of the entire planet. the fact that they even think that shows what kind of control freaks they really are. what's next? yanking advertising for vacations, for cars and for consumer electronics or for anything else that has a so called carbon footprint. as you might imagine, some dutch folks are pretty upset. the authorities are going too far in telling people what's best for them. banning commercials from politically born motives is almost stick tutorial. it's an unacceptable violation of entrepreneurial freedom. the netherlands isn't the 1st place to try to cater to the greenies and fail of he can restaurant in britain called the mango tree, had to start serving meet just to keep afloat. some of its ideologically rigid customers,

said that serving meet would be worse than having to close. clearly they aren't the ones having to pay the bills. the operators of an award winning cafe called the kitchen at london house on the isle of wight were so fed up with being bullied by v in customers for not offering enough choices for their v in needs. that the operators ditched plant based fair altogether. you see if you give green militants an inch, they'll soon want a mile. dutch farmers spent the summer protesting against top down european rules that could result in farm closures over excessive cadel emissions. ah. in this week, the agriculture minister in the netherlands resigned after just 9 months on the job saying that, well, he just wasn't the right guy for the task. but what's with dutch public officials

peddling all this green extremism. when the dutch government itself has just revived whole power plants in response to ease sanctions on its own energy supply, the cabinet has decided to immediately withdraw the restriction on production for coal fired power stations from 2002 to 2024. our country had prepared this decision with our european colleagues over the past few days. talk about the height of hypocrisy. this energy minister is the same guy who brag on twitter in 2019 of heading quote, to walk an era with less full and more solar and wind energy, all while posing in front of a cold plant who's closure. he was celebrating another firing it all back up again . these greens just love to tell people how to live with their insufferable and pre she behavior and policies. but they're emotionally driven policies are clearly not successful. and they're certainly not consistent ones. and why should anyone be obligated to give up

a long standing family farm or their way of life in order to cater to someone else's whim? the e u is said to vote on whether to ban the harvest and burning of trees, which partly satisfies its energy needs. however, some nordic and central european countries oppose the proposal as they are crippled by the energy crisis and need the alternative fuel source data. according to a media report, in documents circulated to monk, lawmakers about the proposed rule change. lant, b, a warrant of a possible negative impact on investment and businesses. denmark argued that these decisions should be left to national governments at winter without reliable russian gas looms over the debate. it comes as some e. u countries have been burning wood pellets for decades. the report states that burning wood is even more harmful for the atmosphere than burning fossil fuels. moreover,

the forests that are converted to pellets are considered to be europe's greatest green asset for reducing carbon dioxide from the air. all of that, despite the use repeated calls to expand its green agenda. the european green deal is our roadmap tools, climate utility. but it is also and crucially our new growth strategy. we know, for example, that our current fossil fuel economy has reached its limits. and we know that we have to move on to a new model, one that is powered by innovation that has clean energy, that is moving towards a circular economy. and this is why we set out to make the climate goal. not only a political aspiration, but also a legal obligation. abraham osd, amir professor of philosophy in as dan ball says,

european nations are now seeking the cheapest ways they can resolve their energy issues. despite a number of other environmentally friendly options they have. we have to understand the men european politicians damn good, isn't this part of city title minded mentality? you see, we have to renew with energy. we have new options we can use, but they are, i think they're going quote, which is why i know the big companies who, you know, have known you blue philosophy just, you know, exploit everything for maximize that benefit. they have to find solutions for, you know, in the, in the short term. also the unit in countries, especially today who has a good, who has a colonial legacy. they left, they're all colonies, lot of problems. they exploited, they had natural resources there for us there for us, their trees,

they'd mines. so today they don't have experience to old company problems. china in india had begun steps to and their military stand off of the disputed eastern la dac, border region high in the himalayan mountains. in years, defense ministry has described it as a step towards ending and almost 2 year long confrontation between the countries. the indian and chinese troops in the area of gogo, hot springs have begun to disengage in a coordinated and planned way, which is conducive to the piece and tranquillity in the border areas. the decision to pull troops from the contested area comes amid the run up to a meeting of the regional shanghai cooperation organization. next week were indian prime minister rand, remotely, and chinese president, she's paying, are expected to take part. beijing and new delhi have been engaged in the conflicts since may 2020, when the chinese army allegedly cross their control line in eastern dak. a month

later about 40 chinese soldiers and 20 indian troops were killed in clashes after that. both sides increased appointments in the area and since then there have been more than a dozen rounds of peace talks. we spoke with india, an air force veteran and massive warrant who talks about the importance of relations between india and china and the need for a multi polar world. particularly the chinese, but not willing to get back to the original pollution, most of these negotiating discussions. but finally, they come on because i think it can be international climate, since it's simply important for india, china to see how important these 2 are in getting together. they're wanting to address the larger problems in the interaction they will order needs to become

truly must be bought. and i believe the chinese look at it from that value. well, i mean, every, every one of my people, them the american position with respect to you know, them, and i think a particular country thing a country is for the mobile b. my lot is their view and that is not shared by you will be the and in 40 minutes of announcements to be better off shared by india are un secretary general antonio good chair. it has called for a quote math global support for pakistan were devastating floods have effected around 33000000 people and claimed more than 1300 lives box. you son needs massive financial support to response to these cries is that support is entirely necessary and it is not a method of solving that if it's

a method of justice. his remarks came as he arrived in his long that to see the devastation of the south asian country. he said the floods have caused nearly $30000000000.00 worth of damage. the us has launch and appealed to raise $160000000.00 a pakistan. but the country's prime minister stressed the need for an infinite amount of funding. meanwhile, a number of countries have begun to provide support as more than 50 humanitarian flights have already landed in the country. here's one reaction from locals on the international aid. this coming in, executive levels of alaska, many people were killed and became homeless and our economy has been destroyed. they must reconsider on needs because how people are so poor and they are worried about their future again. why would they that you by the amount the you and has analysed as aide for pakistan's flood victims is just peanuts compared to the u. s . 8 of billions of dollars for ukraine wine,

another senior staff reporter at the news international newspaper and pakistan may tab at dar, says the response so far is fallen short of what is needed. it is a human didn't crisis did. is it still a possibility of food shortages? the u. n. flash b as so far, and no $160000000.00 only. it's just a phoenix. there are 2 elements which i want to highlight. fun is bonus boutique. that is the immediate issue. but the more important thing is the double standard, because vent focused on master standing on the right side of the registers, after $911.00. and then the upgrade occurred in 2005 and then the flag occurred in 2010. vent focused on was the lay of the united states. there was generous inflows. busy from all 9 to dr donors, but after the 911,

when the things have not changed after the big draw, love us troops from afghanistan, not be at their least interested in by august on. and it's being shown that pakistan has been isolated up august on has been standing and trying for the foreign name. but so far, the more attention is to have ukraine. so the, so far the word response is very bleak and disappointing. that's all for now. we'll see right back here at the top of the hour with will never be a victory for russia. we solutions you will, you still waiting materially, newton. and unless you look at a meal, crane war is

a proxy war. this is a war between russia and the united states. as among, on media cons to not, she kept them in cotton. doyle, america forces are, and you're not in your gage, in conflict of russian forces. the american forces are here and defend nato allies . what happens if nato escalates even more than the special military operation become a war? when you put dell, set of rules that yellow show and that'll that doesn't, is my dog. i see it. i see you to us thinking casias got only live. so i use 3, he should unique and he's stuck with them. let's see. we only distort foolish them in your sewage nearest he got the girl who's so what we've got to do is i.