[000:00:00;00] ah, [000:00:00;00] a position of those states that pump military equipment into ukraine is cynical, and it doesn't hide the fact they wanted to please. we can brush it by prolonging the cone plate. rushes foreign minister flames the west for the deliberate escalation of the conflict and ukraine and accuses the international community of closing their eyes to the violations of human rights by we bring you special coverage as to don bass republic center ukrainian regan,

they're starting to vote on a referendum today on whether to join the russian federation and the u. s. congress woman says washington is covering up the killing of the palestinian american journalists by israeli forces, and she's insisting on a transparent investigation with from moscow to the world. this is our international. i'm rachel blevins and here are your top stories this hour. we begin with russian foreign minister survey lab. rob's address to the un security council. he said the collective west has escalated the conflict and ukraine, adding that is ultimate goal is to weaken russia. let them fornia. so then the solution that was in the position of those states that pump military equipment into ukraine is cynical. and it doesn't hide the fact they wanted to plate and weaken

russia by prolonging the conflict. the collective west. kendall's, the fire, and it is with impunity. what really punish yourself? will you? this is not latent racism against russia, but outright racism. the meeting opened up with reports, accusing russia of many things, not substantially presenting any evidence from there. we heard from the u. s. secretary of state antony blank, anna who pounded the podium against russia and then all eyes were on the security council chamber when we heard from the russian foreign minister, sir gay lab rod. now he took to the floor of the 15 member body that leads the united nations, and he gave remarks exposing all of these facts that are widely ignored and international, and us aligned media. when he spoke, he pointed out that while the united states seems to continue to maintain the idea that the government based in kiev is some kind of democracy,

the reality of their actions on the ground with their food blockades and their suppression of political dissidence just doesn't match that narrative, here's what we heard from the russian foreign minister at the security council. below we go a few months. so kids is imposed of financial energy and transport. blockade of dumbass. his residence will cut off from social benefit, pension salaries, banking services, education and health care. they deprived of basic civil rights under the claim of the fight against russian aggression and separatism in ukraine. the persecution of distance is intensifying. we have no doubt that ukraine has find, he turned into a total italian state of the nazi kind where the gnomes of international law flouted with impunity. now the russian foreign minister also described other realities of what is taking place on the ground. he described the burning of both books and people by forces that admire those who collaborated with the nazis during in the 2nd world war and are pushing pro hitler narratives in ukrainian society. he went on to furthermore,

describe the how weapons provided by the united states are being used to commit crimes against civilians and how there has been a huge effort by russia to document these crimes. despite being ignored largely by international bodies. here's what he said. but at the music you liam, no military or strategic targets were hidden. this settlement shall by ukraine. any civilians have dumbass sofa is not surprising that ukrainian armed forces employ terrorist tactics, reducing civilians as human shields. now, the russian foreign minister made a point of pointing out that soon the people of these eastern regions will have the ability to determine their own future in upcoming referendums, where they will vote on the future of their regions. this ability to determine their own destiny as people was deprived of them when the united states imposed a government upon them in the 2014 year old maiden cube. it was quite an important moment when we heard from russian foreign minister, sir gay lab rob. he was able to point out all kinds of realities that the united

states and its allies have worked very, very hard to obscure and prevent the world from seeing in their efforts to demonize and isolate russia and continue this war. to alias our, our special coverage of thereafter and ends in the don ask and logan's people's republics as well as in this offer. oh, she and her son regions of ukraine on whether to join russia,

boning will begin today. ah. the don bass, her song ends up arrow, she will each hold its own referendums on whether to join russia. despite condemnation from the west. moscow says it will support the decision of the people and also increase its defense of the regions. the 5 days of voting will continue until tuesday. host of ortiz worlds apart on a boy co joined my colleague, rory sushi earlier in the studio to discuss the timing and significance of the upcoming referendums. there is massive significance, historically geopolitically, but what i would focus on is the military significance because essentially by supporting this referenda, what russia is saying is, well, it's, i think, a nice trolling of nato charter, an attack against them will be an attack against us. and that completely changes the way this military operation will be perceived both in moscow and hopefully in

the west as well, because it will allow russia to use different kinds of armaments. it will allow russia to use different kinds of strategies, and i hope that will impact decision making on the western side as well. because, you know, ascending weapons to be far as against what russia considers its own territory, is something different. it's certainly things i put in is up in the anti right. how as well i am very conscious. they said, yeah. and, and, and i was what you were blinking in america was saying, just have a day and he's in his he said, in your here in washington, we are really worried with genuinely worried about what food is plenty to do. and you know what, i'm glad to hear that frankly looks on it. it's good to show washington a good to say to here with a, not a bluff. he said, yeah, yeah, that's why i like yeah, he's actually pretty straightforward edition. he's not hiding behind the rhetoric, he says what he means and what he's going to do. it's not hard to make a sense of what is in his had there. so many criminologist in washington who for some reason just cannot take put his worst straight. and he's always very direct

about his intentions that they should still shoot for 1160 years. we firmly learned that is mostly dangerous for russia to weaken its sovereignty even for a while to abandon national interests. during such periods, the very existence of russia was threatened that waiting for us to make such mistakes again, we will not succumb to black mountain. intimidation will never betray or lose our sovereignty. and by strengthening it, we're developing our country. sovereignty has become the means of survival and development. it's an ability to make the decisions for your people, what the west has assumed until now until now is that essentially to was always the, the national south, south school access to prosperity. the whole idea of globalization is based on the idea that you can participate in the global economic system. if you play along with the west, if you play along with washington, and that's why the west always introduces sections and tries to limit the countries participation in the global economy as a way to punish them for the recalls entrance or for that disagreement with western

wisdom it's not just russia, but all the countries major countries have benefited from globalization be china, india, south africa, brazil, many others to work here. for example. they're all saying that, okay, you know, what we'll economy is not the american economy. it's not for the american lead. grab it, it's for all of us, and we all have to leave find a way of living in this world, in mutual respect, but also mutual benefit, viewable. we asked people in don bass and the hearse on region, how they feel about the referenda. here's what they had to say. denise night, the lush enough. we have been waiting for this for 8 years, maybe even 30 years. 80 at russia was not ready before you got that bacon to fill in some assist, even until 2014 were considered ourselves part of russia. so the time has finally come. russia wanted to maintain friendship will be a trade act almost at the nicorette the course thing of the street. this is a state of mind that has been going on since 2014, when we held

a referendum for independence from ukraine. we'll, we'll restore justice returned to our historical homeland for 8 years. we tried to get this done. that got that. i did it. not that last piece will prevail. and again, my child is 9 years old, but she has been living and eternal war, all her life and her cuddle ship it, we are waiting for only good things. there will be no inter ethnic strife, as was the case in ukraine. i am foreign moodle priorities. hawaii, this is a victory and historical justice. we will speak our native language without fear of terror. i choose to leave freely my younger brother for we are returning home for 30 years. ukraine has destroyed what the u. s. s. are left for it, i expect russia to restore our greatness for you over ukraine's escalating political crisis since the might on coo and 2013 has led to countless tragedies for the russian speaking population protest across southern and eastern ukraine against

the new government in p of war partially surprised. this includes the tragedy in odessa, where 42 people were killed by ukrainian nationalists. ortiz, mariah garcia, takes us through those 8 years of waiting. any way you look at it's, this is going to be a historic referendum. the bay geopolitical make up of the u. p. and continent is like a going to change. and people to go to be asked after i had a very simple deceptively simple question. what flag would they like to live under? but alignment did middleton says public than mustn't the parliament of the a ganske added an escrow publics. and the registrations of these upper rogia and her son regents have made a decision to carry out a referendum about their future. and they appealed to us, russia to support this decision. we would like to emphasize we will do everything to provide safe conditions to hold

a referendum so that they could express their will and make the decision about their future guns could than yet made their choice years ago, in 2014, shocked by the rise of ukrainian nationalists who sent tanks and jets to suppress the pro russian east. they held a referendum and voted to leave ukraine. 90 percent of the netscape 96 percent in la guns. it was hoped that succession could be peaceful. moscow respects the will of the population of dennis can la ganske regions and proceeds from the fact that the practical implementation of the results of the referendums will take place in a civilized way without any recurrence of violence. and through a dialogue between the representatives of t f. dennis can le ganske, there was no peace. ukrainian authorities brutally cracked down on po, russian sentiments. category activists were kidnapped and never seen again in

odessa. nationalists burned pro russian activists alive. oh oh, toms, have changed old hopes the peace and reason from kiev has evaporated. russia's only choice it believes is to fight for the millions of civilians who want to leave ukraine. the west, which had shut its eyes on kev's atrocities. and the will of the people of the dumbass for years. this piped up and it is very, very clear that the sham referendums cannot be accepted and are not covered by international law. if the thomas referendum idea wasn't so tragic, it would be funny. russia's foreign minister said a lover of offered very simple explanation for these referendums. he said these referendums in the midst logan's separate ocean kill son. allan answer answer to the ukrainian president school for russians who make up

a significant portion of the ukrainian population for them to leave the country. and to get more insight on the don bass path to independence and self determination . checkout, art is brand new documentary. i'm alive telling the story about what the local population in the region has had to deal with as ukrainian forces attacked for years. the full version is on our website, r t dot com. ah. what a loser. but you forget, yes you can do. the holes are really foreclosure. you talked to richard a senior, a told her shoulder, but the school is all full, but i see got a yellow, [000:00:00;00]

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dr. leverage unit with them stop on video. we've got a new up loyal spicy. bob. i saw this by c basil lou dems up on your school. the videos of on your the 23, a reward or keep you updated with the latest news as, as historical 5 day referendum to decide the fate of several 1000000 people gets under way. aah! ukraine has offered up itself as a testing ground for new u. s. weapons systems. that's according to ukraine's deputy defense minister who's tempting western arms manufacturers with increased profit to battle test their pilot projects. if you have some ideas,

will some pilot projects to be tested before mass manufacturing, you can send it to us and we'll explain how to do it. and in the end, you will get the stem proved by the war and ukraine. you will send it to easy. kiev has already received tens of billions of dollars worth a weapons provided by a number of western states and includes a wide range of military equipment from small firearms, through heavy armor and artillery systems. in particular, the u. s. has been supplying ukraine with multiple launch rockets, systems known as high mars, widely used and attacks on civilians and done ask lugens and the hearse on region. meanwhile, the constant flow is becoming a problem for european security with both you're a pull and interpol organizations warning that a large amount of weapons are being smuggled out of the combat zone. to go further

in depth on this. let's bring in former marine corps intelligence officer, author and analyst scott ritter scott as great to have you on the program today. now, what do you make of this statement made by ukraine's deputy defense chief? i couldn't think of anything more callison insensitive to the plight of the ukrainian nation, ukrainian military and ukrainian people in short. i mean, let's just pause for a 2nd. russian defense minister showing go in his presentation. the other day spoke of the casualties that have been suffered by the ukrainian armed forces in this conflict over 60000 dead, over 40000 wounded. these are real lives that have been terminated in a conflict. it was unnecessary, could have been avoided. but it came about because of the expansion desires of nato. and now we have the ukranian deputy defense minister turning to

the united states. and i am sim, he's making similar offers to the nato membership saying, hey, use my country's a test grant. now it sounds copacetic, bring the weapon in, test them in combat, and then you'll get a stamp of approval. but the reality is, bring the weapons in, turn them over to ukrainian military. it's not really configured to incorporate them and watch my soldiers die. that's what he should be saying. watch my soldiers die because that's the result is weapons are going to tilt the balance in favor of your brain. the test is going to be incomplete because before the test is finished, the ukrainians are going to be killed by the russian military. that's what the history shows. it doesn't show that ukraine military's prevailing on the battle that these weapons that have been brought in and change the course of, of the conflict. they chose the exact opposite that regardless of what natal provides, you create a military, the russian military as a solution. nest solution comes with

a heavy price tag in terms of human life lot. as certainly makes you wonder if he is paying attention to what has happened over the last few months. now, the offer, i guess at least was made is on the table. do you expect those american weapons manufacturers to accept it and to go along with this sort of plan? well, 1st of all, the american weapons manufacturers don't get a vote. this is a decision that would be made by the department of defense and collaboration with united states congress. and one would only hope that if the ukrainians don't have a code of ethics, morality, if they don't have any sympathy for their own people, that united states congress would. it's one thing to send a finished weapon system to ukraine. a system that has been tested that we know functions, we know how functions we know how to train people to use it. it's another thing to use ukraine as

a testing ground. i get if anybody in congress believes that what they're doing is designed to help you grade they would have to and that using ukraine as a testing ground for weapons that are on proven is just an invitation for slaughter . that it isn't. it almost makes you wonder if it's worse, that the decision is up there, congress, or if it's worse than and we up to the weapons manufacturers. now, going back to the speech that ukraine's deputy defense minister made, he did mention several successful arms test in ukraine. then do you think this assertion may be proving putin's words about russia fighting against the collective west here? well, we don't need the deputy defense minister to talk about testing weapons to know that all we have to take a look is what nato admits to the provision of tens of billions of dollars of advanced non soviet weapons. meaning that i think we need to come to grips with, with the real, you're ukranian army that exists enough every 24th was eliminate. all of the quote

was destroyed over 50 percent of the a standing regular forces or casualties, either dead or wounded. the ukrainian army didn't exist today is purely a by product of that nato intervention, the equipment, the training, the organization, the assistance, it's not a ukrainian arby. it's a nato army, manned by ukrainian soldiers controlled by nato. this is the reality and this is what president food was speaking to when he, when he made that stayed there certainly as a lot of stay care and those official statements are all too important. former marine corps intelligence officer, scott ritter. thank you so much for your time and insight. thanks reb. ah, you as congresswoman regime rashida to leap as pushing for a new investigation into the killing and palestinian american journalists, sharina block law, calling out the lack of commitment by washington and to properly investigating her

debt is nothing short, outrageous, and her government continues to refuse to hold israel accountable to the screens. i know that i will continue to push for full transparent u. s. investigations in these murders and full accountability. the call of the congress woman's comes after a joint investigation by a london based research group and a palestinian rights group, uncovered new evidence and the death of the algae, your journalist for reporting from the west bank in may. she was shot in the head by israeli forces. the investigation suggests as the killing was deliberate, the prob examined the precise angle of fire and concluded the shooter was able to clearly see there were journalists in the area. the findings come on the same day that i bu, laws family formally submitted an official complaint to the international criminal court, demanding justice for her killing. earlier this month,

israel conducted its own investigation and concluded there was a quote high possibility. the journalist was accidentally hit by israeli forces, but added it would not be wanting a criminal investigation. the usb department acknowledge the findings and refuse to condemn television. the general director of all hoc, a palestinian human rights organization in the west bank, who was part of this new investigation claims the israel statements are logical and that they contradict themselves. these ladies then see, you know, they contradicted themselves 1st. they said that this raises, they are not behind, you know, these are your soldiers them up behind this killing? a 2nd they said that might be, you know, is right, the soldiers, but not intentionally. how they concluded intentionally or not intentionally. for instance, if they are, i'm a 100 percent sure that the killing is coming or committed by the israeli, a soldier, or a sniper. how,

how comes even the americans when they said that there is no intention behind the killing, how our investigation carried out by our expert to cliques and there we use also use at scientific. i also tools and this is not her paternity. i literally say, yeah, conclusions, no, this is the reality on the ground because these ranges, they try not to do any official on professional investigation and the americans to you know what they did this just forensic for the pollitt. and that's it. how you conclude that there is no intention? and in the same time you didn't investigate the person. africa is not willing to choose sides in the cranium complex. that's the message coming from. and he goes, president tearing an address to the un, talking about the mounting pressure on the continent. the leaders coming from the

west miss unpleasant on the african suffered enough, the burdens to his history that it does not want to be the place of a new cold bull, but rather a polo stupidity opportunity that is open to all of its partners on a mutually beneficial place is also bucklin, while many african countries struggle to overcome the hunger and energy crisis, most of the international aid is being sent to ukraine and as the constant, as leaders look for solutions by cooperating with moscow to secure grain and oil imports. washington's un ambassador threatened africa with sanctions if they buy a russian oil dismay, president biden insisting that the u. s. doesn't force anyone to take size if a country decides to engage in with russia where there are sanctions, then they are break,

breaking those sanctions. they're breaking our sanctions and in some cases they're breaking un sanctions. we do not shake conflicts. we do not shake the cold war. we do not ask any nation to choose between the united states or any other partner. earlier we spoke to independent geopolitical analyst pepe escobar, who claims a western sanctions are racist. it's a mix of racism. ingrained racism in the atlantis is the leads and the fact that after the only thing that africa is good for is plundering which is the history of colonialism and neo colonialism for the past 200 to 300 years, europeans came up with this absolutely. fox extensions, reggie and now they are sanctioning very poor countries across africa, depriving them of green and per pfizer that they badly need. and even though you, when this week,

once again admitted that this specter of famine across africa is absolutely horrendous. this tells you how the u. s. priorities are basically you have the hard core priority, which is up recon which is the wrong military zation and ya, lee, which is educating young to africa leaders, which is basically brain washing young africa, into applying neo liberalism to africa. so none of these programs, such as sustainable development the us treasury department has announced a new position to be filled, a chief sanction economists. the job would be to give advice on what effects any new sanctions from washington might have. now this comes after current sanctions are backfiring on america in general. according to the job description duties will include advising on such things as the design and implementation of sanctions

policy and providing analysis of potential collateral effect. the position offers a $150000.00 salary and is a part of the freshly created sanctions. economic analysis unit. a reason whitehouse report showed a 933 percent increase in sanctions issued by washington since september 11th, 2001 less cross live now to lion all illegal and media analyst, lionel is great to have you on the program to day. now aid sieve saying, since a con and this what a job do you think that the introduction of this job shows us that americans anxious policies are actually backfiring? and of course, what do you think of that salary? well, 1st you took racial, you took everything i was going to say, and you read it perfectly, you listed it leaving mean nothing to say whatsoever. so let's pretend that we

didn't hear your comprehensive review, but a couple of things here. as you bring up, i did not realize as since september, the 11th sanctions have increased 933 percent. i me that's a lot. and the, the listing i was reading an article and bloomberg that said, one of the reasons for this rachel, was to, to, up, to avoid unintended consequences. this is an extremely important role sanctions. and you want to get the best people possible the best. so they're bidding putting on a bed. i guess you go to craigslist where you could do this for a 150 k, which i guess is nice to other people will be on your staff. here's the best part. you only need a bachelor's, a, b, a doesn't have to be in economics. further degrees are nice, though not required though,