ah, a need to protect our homeland silver and the territorial integrity and to insure the security of our people by consider is necessary to support the proposal of the ministry of defense to conduct partial mobilization in russia, the russian president, alto, is a troop, build up claiming it's necessary to ensure the defense of the nation even the ability to move on vote in favor of it. all these events have shown that we have one path from the sooner the better. without russia, we have no future locals in the going about region. say they're ready to make their voices heard as people fare. and in ukraine's how to song apology regions are set to stage referendums to join russia. it's all going down in the next few days.

most of the program president biden slammed through didn't put these in ukraine's territory and pushing quote, a rueful, needless war during the 2nd day of the un general assembly covered under way. right now in new york or muslim hindu protests continue to spread to various cities in the u. k. late his body plowing up in birmingham store st. battle outside a hindu temple, and a muslim own supermarket growing up and played with us for this. our program from moscow, this is our t international. a very welcome to you. we do start this hour with breaking news from ukraine that's we understand the city of her assault and has been shaken by a number of explosions. local journalist report of the russian missile defense

systems intercepting at least one rocket attack on the city. as we understand right now, there are no casualties reported, but that all comes as the region prepares for. it's a referendum on becoming a part of the russian federation. you're a nazi, we will keep you updated on this story as it develops. ah, for the meantime, as i'm sure you're well aware of vladimir putin has announced a partial military mobilization here in russia. this was a, during a televised address to the nation today. she learned young lady, mom to protect our homeland sovereignty territorial integrity and to insure the security of our people. i consider it necessary to support the proposal of the minister of defense to conduct partial mobilization in russia. i repeat, we're talking only about partial mobilization. that is only citizens who are currently in the reserve will be subject to conscription and only those with prior military experience who have served in the army. they will also go through

additional training where the degree for the partial mobilization has been signed and will begin today, september 21st. the russian ministry of defense says the recruitment will affect only those who have experience in combat, fighting a certain required military specialities and the army service experience at the same time. over now through eighty's maria phenomena explaining what this mobilization means for russia. i have to say that this statement didn't come as a surprise, as moscow has repeatedly been warning key about a number of red lines that are not to be crossed. but as you know, things at the fraud have recently been very tough. and just recently ukraine with huge support of its western allies with a lot of western weapons. and a huge number of our foreign fighter is on bear side. i started counter offensive, and a huge part of high to complete in that had been under the control of the russian forces and united forces of people's republic off denounced van logan's since

frayne has been taken back out of horace. this is something that russia cannot ignore, ignore and light repugnant, sad that while he f seems not to be ready to stop. it's an necessary stat mobilization. and also he said that this is actually a duty of russia. let's take a listen. when you motion me mean, we can not, we have no moral right to hand or were people close to us to be torn to pieces by executioners. we have to respond to their sincere desire to determine their own fate. the parliament of the people's republic of don battling, as well as the military civilian administration of the curse on ends up rogia regency and decided to hold referendums on the future of these territories and turned to us to russia with a request to support such a step was we know that the majority of people living in the territories liberated from neo nazis. we showed the primary historical lance of nub irosia to now i want to be under the oppression of a neo nazi regime ins up rogia in the personal region in august and on as they have

seen. and are seen that shows that is committed by neo nazis if the occupied areas of the heart of regency still these layers of been deborah and nasty, punish her skilled people, a torture on throw them into prison, to settle scores, and mach civilian, widen, report mistress, that the status of moscow special military operation on the ground does not change with this recent announcement and will continue according to the plant. and while, while more potent said the west is actually sticking to wiccan russian, eventual actually destroy a russia, the aim of the russian operation on the ground is to counter these after it's in my report. and also reminded that russia did that already in the past. and we'll do it again, stopping all those, seeking to control the world. let's take a listen. what grandma potent had to say. our country possesses various weapons and in some components there are more advanced than what nato countries have under threat or countries integrity to protect rush and our people will use every

possible means and we are not bluffing russian people can be sure those trying to blackmail us with nuclear weapons, they must know the boomerang will hit them back. picking up the president, defense minister said a geisha go give a little bit more details on mobilization. he said that currently there are 25000000 people here in russia eligible, former let mobilization, but we are now talking only about 300000 people mobilize. and he also emphasized that university students and those who are currently serving military service here in russia will not be mobilized. and he stressed that all those additional troops will go to the font ought to take part in you offensive, sped to how keep the rain take him territories and provide additional control over these regions. defense men also talked about that so called collective west is currently fighting on key had side and out at least 18 made to set lies a currently at ukraine service. so russia simply cannot just sit and watch this

large scale operation against people of the dunbar region and eventually of russia . just watch it now. so they have to, stephanie, i wanted to speak to political analyst or andrew caribbean, just a bit earlier in the program to, to really get his take on what he thing. so the reasons behind russia's partial mobilization, a good outcome of the harp country indisputable. so this mobile as nation 1st and foremost is meant a standard at the front lines will stay watched, are not going to be pushed back any further closer to the russian board. and they're going to stabilize if not be pushed back to what they were before. the heart of contra offensive, or at the very least, the front lines are going to possibly become russia international frontier. so that brings me to the next purpose of this partial mobilization of experience reserves. what this essential could be to define what, what by then perhaps the early next week be russia's new international frontiers.

in which case the rush is going to, we have expanded is frontier democratically to the people's will. all those form ukranian regions that have voted to join russia after having been brutally slaughtered by their former ukrainian overboard in this case. then he makes perfect sense. the president putin anticipating that scenario. after this re run, the announcement was one to defend those republics. more robust, they will then be part of russia and reporting from one of the regions where a referendum will be staged. senior correspondent, motor gas, this is be long since had coming at this point. it is worth bearing in mind that the situation on the ground has, has changed rapidly compared to what it was, what russia but god, this conflict. but it went to ukraine with a professional contract on the which is less than 200200000 met at this point, the military hardware that you craig has at the start of this conflict. almost all

of this is gone, replaced by what nato has supplied. brushes. ah, russia's push for mobilization is evidently, i'm effort to win this conflict sooner rather than later. the goals of the russian special operation in ukraine may be the same. the de not supplied the country to disarm it, to protect the people of la god skin and the nets, the dom boss. but the parameters have rapidly changed. marcia has realized that needs more to when this is conflict at any reasonable time frame. also here in here, so it is apparent that the front must be shifted away from from cities and populous areas because this rain of me, cells does it n. now the voting will be stage from september 23rd to the 27th in the coming days . essentially, and we spoke to some local, some of them who were saying, well,

they hope that the referendums will pave the way to peace. this is an apple, as he can, then i'll vote in favor of it. i have an extremely positive view of this is exactly what we'd been waiting for since 2014. our people have suffered a lot for the idea of joining russia. all these events have shown that we have one path. it should be done as soon as possible, so we hope that no one will attack russian territory. i will warburton favour because it's time to become part of russia who have been waiting patiently for e. t is we're tired of the whole situation. this region must return to its home. the time has come, so the decision must be made. i will vote yes so that there will be no more shelling and everything will work out so that we live as we did before. we've been heading to worse this for a long time, 8 years. it should have been done a long time ago, and very happy about this. i think life will become more stable. there will be

protection. maybe the war will and sooner i'll vote in favor of it. we've wanted to return home for a long time since 2014, the sooner the better. without russia, we have no future. we spoke with a political scientist, the own auto synonym consultant, that he shared his opinion on a potential outcomes, all of these referendums and what the possible blow back could be from professional on this in the west. i think by this random's, are these to decrease or will become part of rational figuration. and if that is in, at texted usa is territories moscow glucose today, as, as a, as the attack to the integrity of russia. and then this could be, it isn't a by term of international law and official the declaration of war from rational site to the countries who attacked these, these 2 trees,

the case of west i think that europe is no more capable to, to finance or to support grain because of all the energy and economic crisis, but sure that united states will continue to support corinne and the also to do relocations. and i think that's a washington could try to kind of in nuclear for location against russia to, to stop the russian troops. ok, so as we amazon meantime, a hundreds of people have actually taken to the streets and several russian cities on wednesday answering a coal to protest against the partial mobilization announced by president vladimir putin. and some of the biggest rowdies were right here in moscow. at progressive march on the foreign ministry, now demonstrations have actually been taken place across the country. we understand

perhaps there was 66 arrests made nationwide or president joe biden. the allegedly had to rewrite his speech for the today's, the un general assembly session off a lot of my food and later statements. biden was a bit late the stage because about the american leader spent a significant part of his time at the podium making accusations against mister putin. many of them on a personal level, brutal needless ward war, chosen by one man to be very blunt, permanent member of the united nations security council invaded its neighbour. russia has shamelessly violated the court. tenants of the united nations charter president partners made over nuclear threats against europe. president joe biden did take the blame for the most serious global hardships on of lot of our poor. that's right. he didn't mens his wards when pretty much addressing lot of our

pulled and even though the russian leader wasn't in the room at the 77 general assembly session here in new york, moscow is represented by the foreign minister sir de la rob, indeed president joe biden spent about 10 minutes talking about ukraine and challenged moscow's narrative that the actual reason for moscow special operation in ukraine is nato expansion, and also western influence in ukraine. joe biden literally said that nobody is threatening russia. however, at the same time, mister biden spoke growing merrick, his multibillion dollar military aid to kiev, and also praise other countries which are helping ukraine with guns and hardware. mr. biden said that he was expecting this to continue in the near future. this

war is about extinguishing ukraine's right to exist as a state plain and simple and ukraine's right to exist as a people united states wants this war to and i'm just terms on terms we all signed up for that. you cannot see a nation's territory by force. the only country standing in the way of that is russia. now, let me just go through some of the other things the u. s. leaders said, mr. biden mentioned how russia mobilized some of its forces. this was the decision that was announced by president vladimir putin a little earlier on wednesday, and also mister decision to support the results of the upcoming

referendums and parts of the grade that are controlled by, by russia. now, in response to that, the us letters that we use the to said that the west will never accept the results of these referendums. now, mr. biden also, and the blame on of the global food crisis on rushes war. and besides, joe biden called on reforming the security council by just adding extra permanent and non permanent members. however, at one point, the us president pedaled back a little bit and said that washington wasn't seeking global confrontation as we manage shifting geo political trends. united states will conduct itself as a reasonable later. we do not see conflict. we do not seek a cold war. we do not ask any nation to choose between the united states or any

other partner. but the united states will be on a bass and promoting our vision of a free, open, secure, and prosperous world. we put a lot of people speaking at the main house over the past 24 hours that today. for example, nigeria, the president, president rice, the overall iran, rwanda, libya, ecuador, lots of the guys were talking. what was some of the other comments that came from other world leaders during their speeches today just her. 2 does joe biden say that washington is not forcing any country to choose between whether they're friends with us or not. however, 2 hours before mister biden's spoke, we are, i heard the iranian president ebara him or i e. c. and he actually blamed the west for not tolerating countries with different views on global affairs. make no mistake. he attacked washington for many different things,

including for creating i saw and also for a double standards in many, many spheres. here's what else we heard from the iranian president john company we're witnessing today, change of the world order, the unilateral well, the world of hedge money, a world in which financial power gains control over standards of behavior, where criminal and oppressive sanctions against nations and the use of international organizations as a tool of oppression and exerting pressure on defensive nations takes place. minarda was speaking of a well complaint, a privy of justice and fairness. so this order has lost its support in the thoughts of nations and people throughout the globe. and you order has been shaping up to take its place. so as usual, the general assembly is actually becoming a stage for confrontation between the west and east. still to come on wednesday is the, the address by ukraine's president vol dimmers, lensky,

that will be pre recorded. and this is something unprecedented at the un general assembly. and that we are also going to hear from the wash and foreign minister survey. la rav in a couple of days that is due on saturday. all right, let's get some reaction to this now and speak to schuman and labor rights, lawyer dank of alec joining us live on our t international. great to see today. thanks so much for coming on the program. i guess joe biden right there with his speech at the un general assembly, he took the time to remind everyone that america is the arbiter of peace, freedom and liberty around the world. i don't know if he was wearing rose tinted glasses that i mean when it comes to america operations where the clandestine or otherwise what, what are your thoughts about the statements biden made today when they were presented? you know what we call american exceptionalism. this idea, you say that somehow the u. s. is this unique force for good in the world that somehow the u. s. doesn't intervene in other countries and occupy other countries.

meanwhile, of course, as we speak, the u. s. is occupying over one 3rd of syria and every day stealing oil out of syria, which of course is a war crime. i understand nato troops are considering entering kosovo. joe biden recently re sent troops into somalia. of course we just got out of afghanistan after 20 years of occupying that country. no. to me speaking absolute nonsense. to put it very bluntly. and he must sound very, very hypocritical the most of the world that understands what's happening. but he, he was, he was saying, comments that you generally hear from a number of western leaders, whether europe and politicians or whether it's america as well they, they talk with a lot of fluff and all this kind of grandiose stuff. and to be honest with you, a lot of it never really makes that much sense. i wanted to ask you bite and condemned russia, quote, war of choice in ukraine. joe biden has said,

you said today that washington and its allies did everything to prevent the conflict in ukraine, so done. my only question for you is, i guess what planet is joe biden actually from? yeah, because in fact they did everything to provoke the conflict. right. i mean, this thing could have been prevented quite easily, was asking really for 2 things that one, they guarantee that ukraine not be made a part of nato, which again, biting good is nato could've easily agreed to into that stop attacking the don bass region of ukraine meanwhile, we know from the organisation for security and cooperation in europe, there were around 2000 and sees fire violations, mostly by key against the bass. within a few days before russia decided to intervene. so all of this has been pro

the u. s. wanted this war, it wanted to sanctions against russia, and frankly, is unconcerned that the sanctions are hurting its own allies in germany, even more than russia. so again, as you say, i don't know what planet is on this is just really proud propaganda. he's viewing it by the way, most of the you and he's going to understand is his audience is not the united nations who knows better. but really, the american people who sadly, by and large don't know better than let's, let's take a look at what the russian president had to stay the earlier today with his televised address. talking about this partial mobilization of forces towards, towards the ukraine conflict. as we understand 300000 soldiers represents 1 point one. again, that's 1 point one percent of russia's total military armed forces. putin did say today though that and he said it's not

a bluff. he said that we are prepared to use all means possible to defend the national territory of russia. again, he said, this is not a bluff. what do you make of putin's patients? i mean, in truth and the russian government asked, pointing out this is not just decision. he's got a security council with military leaders and non militarily leaders. lab rob is on that other. so this is a group decision in russia, and they've been very patient in terms of 2 things. one holding off on intervening, as long as they did, because the war and ukraine's been going on for 8 years now between key and the dawn back 14000 people died in that before russia even intervene in february. so they were very patient, you know, they're the 2nd largest party in russia, the communist party,

the russian federation has been going on to do what he's done for years. right. the 2nd way they've been patient is unlike the united states and nato. they did not engage in shock and awe, or to use the german word blitzkrieg to attack ukraine. usually when nato invades another country, like libya, they bomb from the air and they bomb indiscriminately, and they bomb disproportionately to try to win the war quickly instead sent in ground troops. and as carried out a very slow, plodding conflict in order to frankly minimize the damage to civilian infrastructure, the death of civilians. you talk about the damage to get a lot of structure sort of jumping into. but, you know, we've got correspondence all over parts of ukraine these days, and when it comes to these attacks on civilians infrastructure, it's very often the case that the strap know as the serial numbers of nate. so aman

sat down, i wanted to ask you before i let you go here, just quickly what, what is the significance of, of this announcement up the referendums to be held potentially in, for regions in eastern ukraine. because once they do have these referendums, and if they do vote to join russia and become an integral part of russia, what does that mean when ukrainian shutting or nato shells stopped breeching russian territory? well, frankly, they already are right. we know that there is already some attacks that are being launched into russia that even some electrical grid and russia have been impacted. but yes, if those republics join russia and there were major attacks, you know, full blown war against those republics. and they're then part of russia, and we know that it's really nato leading those attacks. we can't define,

this is anything but a world war world war 3. and that is a very scary prospect. which of course, you know, could involve ultimately nuclear weapons. god forbid. so it is a very scary time, and again, i think, to put all the blame on is completely unfair. i think that russia tried very hard to prevent what has happened. waited as long as they could. and again, i think their hand was forced by these nearly as i said, 2000 and these fire violations before the intervention in february. and by the fact that he had never honored the main screen. let's remember that the 2 minutes agreement that the security council approved, they never honored that by ending their attacks on the dom. well, i think a lot of people are waking up to that. i think they waking up to the fact that, you know, the western press and government say the war and ukraine started, you know,

6 more months ago. but most people who know the subjects say it started about 8 years ago. don cove, alika schuman and labor rights lawyer, always a pleasure having you one, thanks for letting me pick your brain. thank you very much. thank you for joining us here on the program as a ukrainian forces swept into towns in the holocaust region, that was earlier this month. some pretty disturbing headlines over new mass graves and cold for russia to face war crimes. charges were echoed throughout the western media, though may not be surprised to hear the story isn't quite as clear cut as it seems, is nicki aaron. it was an image that for the media became a symbol of if the on the suffering hand allegedly showing signs of torture with a bracelet and the colors of the ukrainian flag and the letters next to it. the word genocide, without powerful picture doesn't tell the whole story. the hand belong to a 36 year old ukrainian soldier, something confirmed by both local authorities and the victims own wife. it became

known that the hand with blue yellow bracelets from the burial in is him, was part of the body of a military man from nick, a pole of scientists of are a resident of naked ball, recognised her husband, sergey sofa. when it's on a saw the face of the hand, she did not doubt for a 2nd that it was her husband's. she recognised the tattoos and the bracelets. the ground has gone from under my feet. she says, crying so not a civilian, rounded up and short in a mass pit, but a soldier most likely killed during the heavy fighting that occurred in the spring that a fallen ukrainian soldier who was then buried by the russian military. and he wasn't the 1st moscow has consistently tried to coordinate with key of the removal of ukrainian forces, killed inaction, but with no success. so the onus has fallen on russian soldiers who film and document the burying of the bodies. and almost always, as it is, they are buried in individual graves with crosses and even names. not

a mass pit as headlines suggest. yes, it is true that his is just one of hundreds of bodies there. but it's also true that it's unclear how the others died. some reports such as this one in the daily telegraph, so that allegations of torture can't be verified. the telegraph did not see any evidence of that scale of death during a visit on thursday priori denied knowledge of any war crimes. we didn't interact with them and they didn't interact with us. he said of the russians from what i know there wasn't detentions, executions, torture perhaps that report was why ukraine's human life phone. but one is now not allowing any journalists to enter the scene on the pretext of safety police with the interest when we are finished securing the area you, as journalists will be allowed to enter. be assured that you will all be allowed to enter this area. we are working to ensure your safety and a large number of trip wires with attached grenades were found on site. well thats

despite the fact that 30 reporters had previously been granted access without any problems. namely from radio free europe and current time tv outlets, both funded by the us government. we've also heard from residence in is, you know, who claimed, contrary to the narrative, it wasn't the russians targeting the city for months on end. who has been showing my home for the past 5 months? i couldn't even go out into my yard. who has been doing this? that's the question. and who shows the market? i want to know who's been shutting my homes. we should have looked to the sky to see who it was known as denying that there are bodies and is the claims of a genocide. do not hollywood reports from the ground. all those small pieces of evidence that independent observers have managed to see and continued efforts by key f and many in the media would seem to be a cynical attempt to politicize. what is, undeniably a tragedy are shifting gears now to the u. k where birmingham has become the latest city to witness.