[000:00:00;00] ah, a with a position of those states to 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 conflict. rushes foreign minister, blame the west for deliberately escalating the conflict and ukraine and accuses the international community of closing their eyes to human rights violations by key. as we bring news, special coverage as to don bass republics and to ukrainian region. start to vote

today on whether to join the russian federation and the u. s. congresswoman says washington is covering up the killing of a palestinian american journalist by israeli forces, insisting on a transparent investigation with from moscow to the world. this is our t international. i'm rachel blevins and here are the 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 in ukraine, adding that its ultimate goal is to weaken russia. that's on fornia. so 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 want to plate and weaken russia by prolonging the conflict. the collective west. kendall's, the fire,

and it is with impunity. you won't really punish yourself, will you? this is not latent racism against russia, but outright racism. all eyes were on the security council chamber when we heard from the russian foreign minister, sir gay lab rav now he choked 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 that they are food law, cade's, and their suppression of political dissidents. 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 i don't care if is imposed of financial energy and transport. blockade of dumbass. his residents were cut off from social benefit, pension salaries,

banking services, education and health care. they were 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 totalitarian state of the nazi kind where the norms 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 the 2nd world war and are pushing pro hitler narratives in ukrainian society. he went on to furthermore, describe 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 new cookie,

william no military or strategic targets were hidden. the settlement shell by ukraine only civilians have dumbass. suffer is not surprising that ukrainian armed forces employ terrorist tactics using 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 rav. 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 average to demonize and isolate russia and continue this war. staying with the news from the un general assembly u. s. president jo buying then,

and you k prime minister liz trust both and fan equally claimed. no one had threatened russia good claims. he had to act because russia was threatened, but no one threatened russia. no one is threatening russia. the reaction comes as president vladimir putin has warned that russia has all the means to protect itself from a potential nuclear threat. something both bite and an trust reject it as you just heard. however, threats of using nuclear weapons against russia have been voiced, officially, at least 5 times since last winter. since february, moscow has been warned that the nukes are on the table if needed. i think that vladimir putin must also understand that the atlantic alliance is a nuclear alliance. if the americans asked us to store us nuclear weapons in poland,

we would be open to that. it would significantly increase deterrence towards moscow . nato needs to prepare for the use of nuclear weapons in advance. it's an important duty of the prime minister. i'm ready to do that to unleash britain's nuclear arsenal to defend the country. former us pentagon official, michael maloof, says that nato expansion and offer of membership que crane, we're red lines for russia. this kind of talk just accelerates and causes greater escalation of tensions, which is totally unnecessary. this is far greater than just ukraine. nato has like 8 or 10 different expansion periods from the end of the cold war 2, now in which the west gave assurances and a group and made agreements not to expand nato. and this is what mr. put was referring to. and then once they started coming in to ukraine and offering nato

membership, that's probably the, and having been warned numerous times that this was a red line for russia. russia had to take, had had no other choice but to take action. and i think that and again, this is part and parcel of a policy director from washington, and particularly by neoconservatives within the, by the ministration. and what we are having to do now is the world is suffering because of a hoax perpetrated by the democrats in the united states that russia is, is all bad. but what's happened is that it's force moscow now to look more eastward and to unite with china on many aspects. and which is something the united states really did not one, but it's but through its own actions through what we would call

a self fulfilling prophecy is just done the very thing that they tried to prevent today we start our special coverage of the referendums in the don, yes, and they've gone republics as well as in these appro, she and her san regions of ukraine on whether to join russia. voting will begin today. ah. the voting in these 4 regions comes as ukrainian troops continued shell residential

areas killing and wounding civilians. rushing back to local authorities say key at wants to terrorize residents of the referenda. meanwhile, moscow says it will support the decision of the people and also increase it's defense of the region. the 5 days of voting will continue until tuesday. host of ortiz worlds apart. ox on a boy, go join my colleague, worry 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 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 it will impact decision making on the western side as well. because, you know, ascending weapons to, to be fired against what russia considers its own territory. is something different . it certainly seems like putin is up in the anti right now as well. and very consciously on and on i was what you were blinking in america was saying, just have a day. and he, and he said you're here to walk into we are really worried with genuinely worried about what bruton is planning 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 see to hear a not a bluff. he said, yeah, yeah. that's why i like yeah, he's actually pretty straightforward with your addition. 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 sense of what is in his head. there are so many criminologists in washington who for some reason just cannot take, put his worst straight. and 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 it was always a choice between national south south and 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 sanctions and tries to limit the countries participation in the global economy. as a way to punish down for the recall centers or for that disagreement with western with them. it's not just russia, but all the countries. major countries have benefited from globalization be china, india, south africa, brazil, many others who are here for example. they're all saying that, ok, you know what we'll economy is not the american economy. it's not for the american leave to grab it for all of us. and we all have to leave find the ways of living in this world, mutual respect, but also mutual benefit. we asked people in don bass and the hearse on region,

how they feel about the referendum. here's what they had to say. almost at the nick at the christina district. this is a state of mind that's been going on since 2014, when we held a referendum for independence from ukraine. we will restore justice returned to our historical homeland for 8 years. we tried to get this done and you guys didn't. they got to fill in some assist even until 2014. we considered ourselves part of russia, which said the time has finally come been use night. the vash enough. we have been waiting for this for 8 long years. maybe even 30 years after the soviet union collapsed, ross is a worker for us. this is important because russia will give us more jobs, and at the same time, there will be concrete protection from ukrainian attacks and from europe, which helps kiosk that after did it. not that last piece will prevail again. my child is 9 years old, but she has been living and eternal war all her life. and her coach, we are waiting for only good things. there will be no inter ethnic strife as was

the case in ukraine. i am for it with a beard, is who 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 shuttle for 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. and t, edward harshly, surprise, this includes the tragedy in odessa, where 42 people were killed by ukrainian nationalists. ortiz, moran garcia. it takes us through those 8 years of waiting. anyway, you look at it, this is going to be a historic referendum. the boy geopolitical make up of the u. p. incontinent is

likely going to change a people to go to be lost. go got to abs a very simple deceptively simple question. what flag would they like to live under battle? i'm in the middle of the school began busing. the ponies of the la ganske ended in escrow publix and the registrations of his approach yet. and here some regions 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 wheel and make the decision about their future. the guns could than yet. sc made that 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 vignettes 96 percent in the gods. it was hoped that secession 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 kiev, dennis can le ganske, there was no peace. ukrainian authorities brutally cracked down on po russian sentiments who had 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 have 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. his 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 sergey lovegrove offered very simple explanation for these referendums. he said these referendums and the next la guns up at ocean, you've said a ranada right answer for the ukranian president schools for russians who make up a significant portion of the gradient population for them to leave the country. and to get more insight on the don bass path to independence as self determination . checkout, art is brand new documentary. i am 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 the new results for you as you come to is the holes are really foreclosure. you talk to richard askew, a told her shoulder, but the school is hopeful, but i still got a stick with he'll. he's going to go international greetings about george going. there they exist calling. he's here showing your stores

with a dinner with talking average unit bullshit with the bust. him thought video with got a new up loyal, fussy bobo, but saw this by see about him, new dems up idea of school. that is the body of the choose a reward for keep you updated with the latest news as this 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 cheap, whose 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. we'll explain how to do it, and in the end, you will get the stamp prove by the worn ukraine. you will send it to easy. yeah, it has already received tens of billions of dollars worth of weapons provided by a number of western states and includes a wide range of military equipment from small fire arms to heavy armor and artillery systems. in particular, the u. s. has been supplying ukraine with multiple launch rocket systems,

known as high mars, widely used and attacks on civilians are done now, school guns and the hearse on bridget. meanwhile, the constant flow is becoming a problem for european security with both europe, full and interpol organizations. warning that a large amount of weapons are being smuggled out of the combat zone. for marine corps intelligence officer, scott ritter says the proposed testing as likely to backfire on the ukranian army. it sounds copacetic bring the weapon, then 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 ukraine military. it's not really configured to incorporate them and watch my soldiers die. that's what he should be say, watch my soldiers died because that's the result. if i was ukrainian, deputy defense minister, i'm sure i could have wonderful glossy photographs taken of the ukrainians,

receiving these weapons and the trains using these weapons. but the russians would be able to counter with imagery of ukrainians di trying to use these weapons because that's the end result. ukraine is losing this conflict. you're going to use this loses conflict and there's no amount of weaponry whether proven or to be tested, that can change that outcome. and any ukranian who touches an experimental weapon, combat environment is basically setting them sentencing themselves to death. 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 . us congresswoman is pushing for a new investigation in killing a palestinian american journalists sharina. lag calling out the lack of commitment

by washington and do properly investigating her debt is nothing short. our agents are government continues to refuse to hold israel accountable to the screens. i know that i will continue to push for full transparent us investigations and these murders and full accountability. the congresswoman call comes after a recently published investigation by a london based research group and a palestinian rights group that uncovered new evidence and the death of the ologist . your journalist for reporting from the west bank in may. she was shot in the head by israeli forces. the investigations suggested the killing was deliberate, the prob, examine 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 the 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, quote, a high possibility the journalist was accidentally hit by israeli forces, but added it would not be launching a criminal investigation. the us state department acknowledged the findings and refused to condemn tel aviv. the family of the victim is outraged and insist israel held should be held accountable. the general director of all hoc palestinian human rights organization in the west bank was part of this new investigation claimed israel statements are logical and they contradict themselves these ladies, this is, you know, they can talk to themselves. there's this raises their look behind, you know, these are you. so just bear with me on this killing a 2nd. they said that might be ready to soldiers, but look in continually how they concluded intentionally,

a looking continually 40 the if there were 100 percent. sure. that the killing is coming. go put me through by the israeli soldier, or to sniper. whoa, whoa, comes even the americans whom they said that there is no intention behind the killing. how our investigation carried out by our expert to colleagues turn. do we use also use at scientific? i also tools or this is a pretty quickly say yeah, conclusions. no, this is the reality on the ground because these ladies, they try not to do any official on professional investigation and they're americans to you to what they did this just forensic 40 bullet. and then that's it tells you conclude that there is no intention under the same time you didn't investigate the person that you asked. treasury department has announced a new position to be fil,

a chief sanctions 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 back firing on america in general. according to the job description duties will include advising on things such as the design and implementation of sanctions, policy and providing analysis of potential collateral effects. that position offers a $150000.00 salary and is a part of the freshly created sanctions. economic analysis unit, i recent white house report showed a 9 fold increase and sanctions issued by washington since september 11th, 2001 line on a legal and media analysts says that only has of state can change or deal with sanctions. not economist. the question is to very good question, will a sanctions economist change either the sanction themselves,

the efficacy of the sanctions, the appropriateness i go now, i would think the best people to be doing this in any particular country would be heads of state and not somebody who is making a $150000.00. again, not not to belittle the position, but somebody who is not merely 8th, a civil servant. ah, i'm person involved. we don't hear about sanctions anymore. we don't hear about them. nobody. most people have forgotten all about it. so i would think after 7 months of, of focus in this, we're getting around to this now. somebody now said, you know, maybe we need, i want to have somebody look at these sanctions. we've been sanctioning since 911 north korea on a drug of our country devolved in, in drug importation, an export. what is left to sanction?

i don't know. the best thing that can be done, and you know this, everybody knows this is negotiation. face to face negotiation. it's old fashion. and the reason why it's old fashion, it works. and that's all for now. be sure to check out our t v dot com for all the latest breaking news and updates. we'll see you right back here at the top of the hour. ah ah,

with a ah a ah need to come to russian state to little. never be outside as i told them, the northland scheme div, asking him then i'll send them out for a coup in this is he battled with. okay, so mine is to pardon speaking. when else with we will ban in the european union, the kremlin, jeff machine, the state on to russia for date and split our t spoke neck even our video agency, roughly all band to on youtube

with chris with ah, [000:00:00;00] with hello and welcome to cross out. were all things are considered? i'm peter lavelle. the next stage of russia's military operation in ukraine is about to commence. a partial mobilization has been ordered, and importantly, referendums are to be held in

a number of ukraine's regions. their goal is to become part of russia. nato's war on russia, chest escalated, ah, cross talking the evolving situation in ukraine. i'm joined by my guess, the boyish mileage in washington. he is a blogger, and columnist in budapest. we have george hawaii. he is a podcast or at the gaggle which can be on youtube and locals. and in lugens we cross to janice for calling and he is chief editor of m the media. all right, gentlemen, crosswalk rules in effect. that means you can jump anytime you want, and i would appreciate, let me go to george 1st in budapest, george, what do you make of the partial mobilization? and importantly, these upcoming referendums, which is a game changer in my opinion and shows resolve on the part of moscow go head george went on, they are indeed game changes because the end result, i think,