down the possibility that the west is waiting for the right moment to strike the republic. a georgia tech hope you're with a position of those states that company trade equipment into your crate is cynical. it doesn't hide the fact if they wanted to please, we can rush it by prolonging the commonplace. russia as foreign minister blamed 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 you special coverage as to don bath republics and to ukrainian region, start to vote today on whether to join the russian federation and the u. s. congress woman says washington is covering up the killing of

a palestinian american journalist by israeli forces, insisting on a transparent investigation with from mom scouts of the world. this is our 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 and ukraine, adding those ultimate goal is to weaken russia. nathan fornia, southern institution 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. 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 rod. 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 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 the kids is imposed of financial energy and transport. blockade of dumbass. his residence 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 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 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. any civilians have dumbass sofa 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 o maiden cooper. it was quite an important moment when we heard from russian foreign minister, sergei labrat. 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. staying with the news from the un general assembly u. s. president joe biden, and u. k. prime minister liz trust both emphatically claimed no one had threatened

russia couldn't claim she 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 worn, that russia has all the means to protect itself from the potential nuclear threat. something both by an, an, an trust rejected as you just heard. however, threats of using nuclear weapons against russia have been voiced, officially at least 5 times since last winter, and facts 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. meanwhile, russia has had concern since february, when at the conference in munich, sullens case threatened to reject the budapest memorandum of 1994. the agreement expressly said ukraine will not become a nuclear state. zalinski stated that ukraine must be made a full nino member. otherwise, it would acquire nuclear weapons. former us pentagon official, michael maloof, says nato expansion and offer of membership to ukraine. we're right lines for russia. mr. zelinski has threatened to go back to a new killer posture to, to production. they probably have the industrial capability or they did it, but they certainly have the know how, because they used to have nukes stored in in ukraine. 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 neo conservatives within the, by the ministration. a city, we start our special coverage of the referendums in the dynamic and they've gone to

the people's republic as well. as in upper o, 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 ukranian troops continue to shell residential areas killing and wounding civilians. rush and back to local authorities say key ab wants to terrorize residents ahead of the referenda.

meanwhile, moscow says it will support the decision of the people and will also increase its defensive regions. the 5 days of voting will continue until tuesday. we ask people and don bass and, and the hearse on region, how they feel about the referendum. here's what they had to say. almost at the nicorette the course thing of the ship. this is a state of mind 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 and you guys didn't take a triple from 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, rural. that is a water 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 key after that. after did it not last piece will prevail again? my child is 9 years old, but she has been living and eternal war all her life and her crush. if 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 hilary. 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 when 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 you already ukraine's escalating political crisis since the might on coo and 2013 has led you countless tragedies for the russian speaking population. protests or cross southern and eastern ukraine against the new government in kiev were harshly surprised. this includes the tragedy in odessa or 42 people were killed by ukrainian nationalist artes moran garcia. takes us through

those 8 years of waiting. anyway, you look at it's, this is going to be a historic referendum. the bay geopolitical make up of the u. p. incontinent is likely going to take a pupil to go to be asked go. gov to ad. so very simple, deceptively simple question. what flag would they like to live under battle? i'm in the middle of his public land. listen. the politeness of de 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 made their choice years ago in 2014, shocked by the rise of ukrainian nationalists who sent tanks and jets to suppress

them. pro russian east. they held a referendum and voted to leave ukraine. 90 percent of the nets, 96 percent in le gods, it was hoped that possession 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 still peace and quiet authorities who can express down on po russian sentiments who had activists with kidnapped and never seen again in odessa, nationalists burned pro russian activists alive. oh

toms. have changed old hopes, the peace and reason from keith 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 caves, atrocities the will the people of the dumbass for years piped up on the caesar's shine the friend. and it is very, very clear that the sham referendums cannot be accepted and are not covered by international law. which so he must understand though a lot or i wish to condemn in the strongest terms the annexation referendums in the occupied territories. these false referendums would constitute a new violation of the international law by kootenai cartoonist, the results will never be recognized. russia's foreign minister, so gay lover of offered very simple explanation for these referendums. he said he's referendums and the net scholar guns up at ocean hill said, i'll an answer i answer for the ukranian 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 mass past your 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, in the loop. but you for your yes, you can do. the holes are really foreclosure. you talk, you registered a tool, good shoulder. but the tool is helpful, but i see a good

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you up the wheels bussey ball. but saw this by see basil blue dims up on your school. if it is a warning or keep you updated with the latest news as, as historic, 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 chief who was tempting western men 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 stem proved by the war and ukraine. you will sell it easy. yeah, has already received tens of billions of dollars worth of weapons provided by a number of western states. it includes a wide range of military equipment, from small fire arms to heavy armor and artillery systems. in particular, the u, as has been supplying ukraine with multiple launch rockets, systems known as high mars, widely used and attacks on civilians and adonis google's and her song regions. meanwhile, the constant flow is becoming a problem for european security with both your a full and interpol organizations warning that a large amount of weapons are being smuggled out of the combat zone. former marine corps intelligence officer scott ritter, says the proposed testing is 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 ukrainian military. it's not really configured to incorporate them and watch my soldiers dying. that's what he should be saying. watch my soldiers die because that's the result. if i was ukrainian, deputy defense minister, i'm sure i could have wonderful glossy photographs taken of 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. it's just an invitation for slaughter us congresswoman as pushing for a new investigation and did a killing a palestinian american journalists sharina to act les calling out the lack of commitment by washington to properly investigate her death is nothing short, outrageous or government continues to refuse to hold israel accountable to the i know they will continue to push for full transparent us investigations, just these murders and full accountability. the congress one a call comes after a recently published investigation by a london based research group and the palestinian rice group that uncovered new

evidence in the death of the al jazeera journalist for reporting for the last thing in may. she was shot in the head by israeli forces. the investigation suggests that the killing was deliberate, the prob examined the precise angle of fire and concluded that shooter was able to clearly see there were journalists in the area. the findings come on the same day as a journalist family, formerly 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 out of it would not be watching and a criminal investigation. the u. s. department, acknowledge the findings and refused to condemn tell of the family of the victim is outraged and insist israel must be held accountable. the general director of al hock palestinian human rights organization in the west bank who was part of this

new investigation claims. israel statements are logical and inconsistent. these ladies, this raises their look behind these are you, so just bear with me on this killing. a 2nd. they said that might be usually the soldiers, both in continually how they concluded in control of your looking continually 40. if they are 100 percent sure that the killing is probably going on with it by the israeli soldier, or the sniper. how hold 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 and we use all so i plan to fic. i also tools this is what the paternity. literally say. yeah. conclusions. no,

this is the kid on the ground because these raises the throwing. what to do? i'm the official on professional investigation and they're americans to you to what they did this just forensic for the policy. and that so tell conclude that there is no intention under the same thought you didn't investigate. the person that you as 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 as 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. the position offers a $150000.00 salary and as a part of the freshly created sanctions economic analysis unit. a recent white

house report showed a 9 fold increase and sanction issued by washington. since september 11th, 2001 legal and media analyst, lionel says it only has of stake and change or deal with sanctions. not economist. the question is to very good question. will a sanctions economist change either the sanctions 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 for somebody who is not merely 8th, a civil servant, a 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 says, you know, maybe we need, i want to have somebody look at these sanctions. we've been sanctioning since 911 north korea. ugh, drug of our country devolved in, in drug importation and export. what is left to sanction? i don't know. the best thing that can be done, and you know that everybody knows this is negotiation face to face negotiation. it's old fashion. and the reason why it's old fashion, it works, and over to pakistan, where a court has suspended a contempt case against former prime minister and ran con, that's ahead of her rally. he is set to hold this sunday in islam of bad demanding snap elections. here is local journalist javan ronna with more,

i'm standing zoning up to somebody behind me are the buildings of the falling peasantry, palace, and other street entities. these are the shipping containers which are being bought in front of these buildings because the former friends from around hon as long as that he's going to start a long march and lay of the shoot off capitalist on about particularly particularly this ready venue. he wants to block and force a government to resign. and for 1st general elections, he deform of them serve on, believes that he has we're going to caring on. and my concern can, we can possibly unpack gender mission and price at my side because of which you can afford from your lectures. not in this part for movies, doesn't want at least at elections before u. s. government. and we want a region election feeling that they would move the electrons, but giving you all the procure, barkus seems to be not under intense american pressure, particularly if you have,

there has been tremendous pressure on country spots to contain china. because china has mid terms of millions of dollars investment in focus on it as link boss of china. i was going to please, again, please, was reporting this whole list of the concrete, b and c in that conduct. americans believe that in the event of a want to try not, it would log the soul china c earned buck to phone roots, which are linking link showing up with that sort of as an alternate route cleared, route and clear. do and movie route fond of the china and daughters. why that the americans have been putting water pressure and almost venture back on to that his garment was dislodging food this year because it was the park and part of the american dream to agenda and know, develop all the time, some about of the launch. it's a mess up, come across, focus on he's got

a hold of people is a fit within the belief that the he will get it done. but bottom, that is why they are delaying the elections. the military had to seek a devotion for them to prevent him not to go for the long march. it seemed that the former prime minister is settling. it's probably with the, with the country is the judicially. i'm today, he offered apology, owed to a high court, condemned off for curious against him. it seems has been postponed now, and he's likely to be exonerated. his guess is likely to be dismissed in next week, because the course seems to be seems to be more inclined to accept his apology. often he had factored a female judge, and that's all for now. be sure to check out our t dot com for all the latest breaking news and updates. we'll see right back here at the top of the hour with

the next stage, a brushes 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. just escalated, i'm willing into a so booty, toya know cranium, t coyer, shooting idea. she ship a doctor, lean that ship with control input you bought so we ship, she'll go to the to g at the mo, the by like is that rarely been

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