america's post floor plan with ah, this is my room. the walls of barely started and then someone trapped in the next room to high miles, walking launched by ukrainian 40 for the hotel housing and all the crew and the kids on region. reports of any 2 deaths with victims, still trapped under the rebel as those again to this 3rd day in the dom bassett policy. and because on regions we continue on special coverage of the ongoing referenda from whether to join russia and here from there course on the ground. everyone myself included has been waiting for russia. it is our destiny. we're very

hopeful for the future. over a 1000 international observers. so they're working at the referendum in the republics with some notes in the high level of organizations enthusiasm. as many, both a parting station we've been to, there's a very friendly atmosphere. people came to the polls willingly and with smiles on their faces. we haven't detected any violations, and it all runs in compliance with the needed level of transparency and international norms. when you please, of nato has declared our country an immediate threat on the way to total u. s. dominant. and the un general assembly session rush for, i mean it's the same, most goes security proposals. what our get, what jake did find a way with and we're welcome is just turned 11 am here and most when you're watching the weekly here, we're not seeing national bringing you. the latest news updates along with around

with the stores the shapes the week. and we start with breaking news here, and i'll say to people have reportedly been killed in a high mas missile attack by ukrainian forces in the capital region. one of the 2, if you are supplied rockets, we shot down according to local russian backs. officials, our crew was staying in the hotel that was targeted with correspondent more i don't see of sending this video straight from the seen. a warning you might find the following image is disturbing. to of just always, oh, it was what they got worse. what you the idea, you're still willing to do with them for a sort of better. yep. norfolk, but at least we know all good michelle walker was this is this is my room. the wolves of barely starving inside. that's the

bathrooms. and there's some one trap in the next room. she showed me a lot to get through at this point with we are told immersive, ready, downstairs trying to help. oh, shoot. the was, is willard. there were 3 employees of the migration service. our team of 4 people and to local residents working on the reception, the war had flew straight into them. it went through the 2nd floor and they were killed in the military left. this place yesterday may be the strike was planned to hit them. every one is very afraid of a 2nd strike. there is often a 2nd attack within 30 minutes. this video shows what was left of the arty cruise vehicle and the hotel our same camp to the moment, surely off to be a talk with flitted, showing the scale of the destruction inside. the incident comes in the midst of the referendum said join russia covered the actual cast on answer legions. according to

several local media reports, one of those killed in the attack is for me ukrainian law. amaica. alexei should have co this video says you wrapped her voting in a referendum in cas on region. he had been in a position to the current ukrainian government since the 2014 my done uprising to rothko moved to russia a year later, but returned to the castle region in april. it is the 3rd day of those thing in the referendum thing. dawn baskets on ends about capital g at regions with locals, making a choice on whether to join russia. we bring you all the latest now in our special coverage. ah.

correspondence in dumbass women concert in the dawn. yes. republicans egleston of an elegance good. public will bring as more details on the 3rd day of voting. the referendum has entered the 3rd day here in the la guns people's republican across other regions of course were having their se so far. everything has been relatively peaceful and quiet and well, according going according to plan. that said, despite caves, attempts to disrupt and to intimidate the local population here. well, in fact, for the past 8 years, this is what i have to say now. cool. when it comes to figures now roughly all across the longest people's republic, just a short over half of the entire population. that is of course, eligible to vote, have done so they have had their sake. what is quite peculiar, that if you say,

take lu ganske, the capital that has been governed independently for the past 8 years, and then take say, the town of our, the agglomeration of lucy, chance that has been well reclaimed. just and officially de facto joined the longest people's republic just recently, the figure and the attendance would roughly be the same. now the vote of course happens and goes on against the backdrop of a widespread condemnation that is pouring in from the west to mean plenty of our media outlets and officials. they have her blood branded and labeled this referendum as a sham. and that, despite all of the attempts of the local authorities here to legitimize the process as best as they can, of course it is a tool order for a government that's the own rule and control over these lands. and these territories isn't internationally recognized. despite that, they still have managed to attract and invite international observers to oversee the process of the voting as well. international practice says that they should,

we did have a chance to talk to a few of them. so here's what they had to say to the objective, her visitor to, oh, pulling office and, and saying that her, it is the wish of the population. so we are trying to save the process. it is free. yes, it is right. we are looking for how many people are attending. we are saying that a lot of people are ending and expressing that since 2014 don't want to be a part of the cone today of susan's really my, these are our lucille. we visited the pouting station. ambrosia have come, we're planning to visit to mulch at putting station we pain to there's a very friendly atmosphere. people came to the polls willingly and with smiles on their faces. we haven't detected any violations. we're pretty sure the situation and other putting stations is the same. i can't tell you for sure what's happening

at the other putting stations at the moment. but from what we've seen so far, no violations have been detected, and it all runs in compliance with the needed level of transparency and international norms. bullet, the question, if the international community chooses to listen to these well international observers to these members of the international community and to the say of the people, the voices of the people here. while this question is rhetorical, i have to say, but still this is nothing to, i mean this will fail and it fails to hamper the process. it fails to, to stop people from coming to the polling stations and casting their votes. as again has i have to repeat myself, the vote enters day 3 out of 5 and we will continue to bring you live coverage of how it fez. the referendum continues here to nest people's republic as well. we're answering our 3rd day and at this point, more than half of the population of the nest people's republic have voted. so official figures now stand add, says 55 percent of the total population mind you were still. these are the results

from the 1st 2 days. we're still have a 2 more days to go in to where more bow referendum groups will be walking around the town and taking volts from us citizens and said the final vote at balling stations will take place on the 27th of september. now, of just like in logan's cache, the eager mentioned there are foreign observers here as well, at least 130 people. and they come from all over the world, latin america, the united states, europe, asia, and they're all here. and they have all noted that despite the fact that the ukraine continues to shell, people who want to cast their votes, they're still turned out in a huge numbers. now just like the 1st day of the referendum on the 2nd day, i walked around with the mobile referendum groups and just spoke to people that are

counting their votes and they're doing it very, very openly. and so all the people that i've talked to, they've actually told into their voting yes to joining with russia. and of course i asked them why, what their hopes are for the future. and at the moment that many people are saying, well, we hope that we get our electricity back very soon. we get our water back very soon . of course, they don't have these basic necessities because the ukranian nationalist continue a shilling, critical civil and infrastructure on a daily basis here than as people's a republic. now, the inside republic is voting including on the reclaimed territories, often ruble. and we have spoken to people there as well as take a listen for so i mean an ethnically russian in my heart. i am russian. so what else could i have hoped for everyone? myself included, has been waiting for russia. it is our destiny with the city will be rebuilt and it

will be even more beautiful than ever. although mariel was already a beautiful city. people will be more kind still returned home. we are very helpful for the future. every single day of the referendum here is marred by a tragedy. people are getting killed. people are getting wounded just the last 24 hours. at least 250 shells from ukraine had learned. as i hear in done as to how those shells are of various high calibers, including those supplied by nato countries. now, nationalists of ukraine, continued sarah, arising the people here trying to disrupt their votes, but according to official figures. so here, like i said earlier, more than 55 percent heads are already voted. meanwhile, ukrainian nationalists are targeting civilians as well as a critical civilian infrastructure, apartment buildings, kindergarten for schools. as i'm speaking to you right now,

i can hear in the background. this sounds all for explosions and we've been here and that's the all night and all morning, of course said the number of casualties continue to mount here and done as but so over the past 24 hours, one civilian was killed and at least 9 were wanted refugees from ukraine's ethan dumbass region had been granted the right to vote in the referendums on the future of their homeland voting is on the way and they don't yet skin against people's republican republics is one thing that raja and castle regions on whether to join the russian federation, according to rust of authorities, more than $4200.00 migrants from don't bath are living in the region, including $1700.00 children. most of them were forced to flee their homes due to the ongoing conflict and ukraine. 135 polling stations are open across the region, enabling those who are eligible to costs that vote. residence of the don boss have

been considering their fate well ahead of the referendum. back in 2014 cave launched a so called anti terrorist operation in southeast in ukraine. the events became a turning point, the people in the dumbass. let's take a closer look at one of our documentaries about how those events unfolded a lot with pershing or showed he was ready to negotiate. so that then totally changed his mind

. no negotiation, only victory like old final victory. but what is playing around in ukraine? resume filming, and shooting us citizen with us, you're only town are we can put up a book report. so when they come to your house with sons to kill you, you don't have to think about whether you need to pull the trigger. you need to defend yourself. the enemy is common. these people aren't him and they come to kill you and your family. thousands joined the protest in the southeast in regions donetta lew ganske, but claim themselves people's republics. will

be keeping you updated throughout the process of the referendums as they take place . ah. the width is displaying double standards in its position on the referendum staff, the view of russian foreign minister, sergey lateral. following his address to the 77th, the un general assembly in new york, where he cut a key geopolitical questions, including what he claimed was the inability of the collective west to negotiate with moscow. mr. morrison alicia the attitude towards the referendums in dumbass and to other regions is a double standard from the west. we can recall how the west drew up. exceptions to

international principles for kosovo. although lay to the international court said that this was by no means an exception goes on in principle, off to kosovo. sure, it was proclaimed that any part of the territory or country has the right to determined its future without the consent to the central authorities. if there were double standards in the west, where is, is beneficial for them, they will do things one way who the whether or no benefits they will do things differently. will do deal too much. a very important press conference took place here at the united nations headquarters with the russian foreign minister, sergei lab rav. now, the press was not exactly friendly to the russian foreign minister, but he made a point of answering their questions with strength and consistency. the russian foreign minister from there, he went over the various allegations against russia that have been debunked. ah, he also went over the various crimes being committed by the government and he had that had been ignored by western media. and then from there he talked about how at the end of the cold war,

it seemed like us leaders appointed themselves as emissaries of god on earth with the right to intervene in any country that they wish. and often the targets were countries they saw as rivals, you women, you, it is very clear to any unbiased observer for the anglo saxons who have completely subjugated europe. ukraine is only expendable in the fight against russia. nato has declared our country an immediate threat on the way to total u. s. dominance and has identified china as a long term strategic challenge. at the same time, the collected west, led by washington, sends a frightening signal to all other countries, without exception to any one who dares to disobey can be next. now the russian foreign minister and his speech went on to condemn the practice of unilateral sanctions being carried out by the united states, which prevent people from getting food or getting medicine. and a number of states have been targeted. he specifically highlighted the blockade of cuba, which the un general assembly has condemned over and over and over again. but the united states persists in instilling on the small island nation. now from there we

had the russian foreign minister talk about the need for the u. n. to be restructured in a way that countries around the world that are from the developing areas, latin america, africa, and asia could be given more adequate representation on the security council. he talked specifically about africa and how it is under represented in world affairs, maliciously commune was conflict. situations in africa, require rebounding, the temptation to make them the subject of ju political, 0, sum games on consolidating external plays in support of the initiatives of the african union. during the un general assembly session, there were other speeches that raised important issues facing the globe. for example, we heard from the representative of india, the cold war reformed multilateralism. with the reforms of the security council, a typical enjoys considerable support among you and members. it does so because of the widespread recognition that the cut into could,

tech church is anachronistic and ineffective. it is also perceived as deeply unfair, denying entire continents and regions a wise in a forum that deliberate their future. we also heard from the representative of china, i was the chinese foreign minister who took the podium at the un general assembly and emphasized the need for representation of impoverished countries around the world and the need for the un to be restructured in a way to give voice to developing countries whose will be able to come, we must seek co operation and oppose confrontation as we face a host of global challenges. we should jointly oppose group politics and block confrontation. major international issues should be handled by all countries, no countries above others. and no country should abuse its power to bully, others sovereign countries. now, in addition to his press conference and his remarks before the un general assembly,

the russian foreign minister, sergei lab, rob also had a number of very important bilateral meetings. india sat down with russia and talked behind closed doors as did shine earlier in the week. so it's been a very important development. there are clearly big differences between major countries in the world when it comes to the issues that were discussed. but the russian foreign minister held his own, stood up to the challenges of the press and gave a clear assessment of advanced going on. not just in ukraine, but around the world, an act of economic racism. that's how he had gone to his ground at an e u resolution aimed at blow king and major oil pipeline project sizing, alleged environmental and human rights abuses. the deputy speaker of youngest parliament accused brussels of violating the country silver and c. the resolution is based on misinformation and represents the highest level on neo colonialism and imperialism against the sovereignty of uganda in tanzania. it also seeks to deny ugandans and east africans,

the benefits and opportunities from the oil and gas sector. this represents the highest form of economic racism against developing countries who has the right to explore and developed from their own natural resources and under what conditions. that's the number of the fight between uganda, tanzania, and the e. u. on friday, the e u. parliament issued a statement saying they advise all companies as they quote us, linked to the east african crude oil pipeline project, to abandon all activities and to seize any production. now the worries for the u parliament, as cited in the petition, ah, environmental, and linked to human rights abuses. they say detractors of the projects have been arbitrarily jailed, and that an oil spill already leak from this underground project could infest among the many rivers connected to the great lakes region. and could be a detriment to millions of people who live in that area gets more from the you,

the european parliament calls for the you and the international community to exert maximum pressure on ugandan intensity and authorities, as well as the project promoters and stakeholders to protect the environment and to put an end to the extractive activities in protected and sensitive ecosystems, including the shores of lake albert and commit to using the best available means to preserve the culture, health and future of the communities affected. what the petition will not tell you . however, in the energy poverty of the east african region as a whole and that many of the east african countries can not afford to go green. it is estimated that 66 percent of uganda's, a multi destination, and the energy poor and the 33 percent of them have always suffered from acc, shoot energy, poverty. uganda is one of the countries that could greatly benefit from this pipeline. it's estimated that uganda has some 1400000000 barrels of oil and is ground. and that the 1400 kilometer pipeline plan between it and tanzania

could lift millions out of poverty. and according to the president of uganda, he had a warning on twitter for total energy, which is one of the company's leads to the pipeline project. he says that should dave follow in the footsteps of the wanting from the parliament, uganda, and tell dania, stand ready to take their feet into their own hands and chat a cause for their own destiny. and that if taught towel pools out, they will be ready to find another patina european farm. as i angry, i for an easy decision to remove tariffs and quotas allowing the exports of ukrainian agricultural products via the blog. i move for helping ukraine, but i believe it has opened pandora's box. the idea was not met with enthusiasm. the conflicts in ukraine let the blocking of the black sea ports from which

ukrainian grain was exported in order to support you. cray, the european union has removed tariffs and quotas, but some european farm is starting to complain. that cheap ukrainian grain remains in their countries creating price competition among producers in romania bulgaria and at the you countries will gary and farm. alexander, the tier of urged european officials to step in done slots of inflation started even before the war. then we observed such processes after the start of the military conflict. problems with grain became much more serious, little to thought we would agree to help ukraine with the provision of transit corridors slowly. but their grain remaining here in bulgaria is totally ruining us to our expectations are that the bulgarian government, as well as the european commission, will take measures regarding this matter to protect both bulgarian and european consumers. because this is not only a problem in bulgaria, a policies, as i said to the exacerbating food shortages in africa. russian president vladimir

putin says that not enough grain is going to the world's pull. just 2 of the 211 ships that left ukrainian ports under our recent dill, broken by the you and turkey, went to africa. china has launched out that you as president jo biden's recent statement that washington would send troops to defend taiwan if it was attacked. the white house has previously had to look back. similar statements said, which contradict. americans longstanding support for the one china policy, but would us horses defend the island? yes, if in fact there was an unprecedented attack. us forces us men and women would defend taiwan in the event of a chinese invasion. yes. may phone, you enjoy the u. s. remarks seriously violate the one china principal and the provisions of the 3 u. s. china joint communiques breach the u. s. commitment some cannot support taiwan independence and under severely wrong signal to the separatists forces of

taiwan independence. china strongly deplores and rejects and is made solemn complaints with the u. s. side woman, you were wrong. things abided, held different views around a decade ago. while he was a senator, he wrote that threatening to use force against china could trigger a new conflict. stressing the need for talks as part of diplomacy efforts. there is a huge difference between reserving the right to use force and obligating ourselves a priori to come to the defense of taiwan. the president should not feed to taiwan much less to china. the ability automatically to draws into a war across the taiwan strait. the official us position doesn't commit to military action to defend taiwan, although washington dust sent military age to the island. the latest funding with announced earlier this month, including more than a $1000000000.00 in alms on the delivery of an array of an to ship an anti aircraft missiles. it responds china reiterated the tie. one is

a quick inalienable part of its territory on the washington to immediately revoke the sales weapons package comes just a month off the us house speaking nancy pelosi visited ty, pay, which prompted major chinese military drill as close to the island. we spoke to ed martin, president of phillips, softly eagles, who said the us must be very careful. i support the message shut to china that we want less aggression from china. after that, i think we need to be very, very careful with the situation. i mean, you know, i, i think we've seen that china is taking advantage of the regime of their, of biden's weakness. they've been doing more exercises and more kind of military stand up. and i know i, i spoke over the weekend with a military leader active duty military leader who told me that they spent a lot of time worrying about china worrying about what could happen. so look, i, we want to protect and support our allies, but we want to be careful not to be drawn into a war, especially a war with

a nuclear power by the ministrations policy seemed to be to continue to provoke other, our world powers. and to put their interests, our, the world's interests or other nation's interest above ours. and i think that's a problem. just before we go, we're going to remind you of our breaking news story. this our from the kiss on hotel which was cell is by ukrainian forces to you i supplied hyman's book is with fire, with one being shut down. that's according to local officials. it will have reported it being chilled so cool. so to say, for me, ukrainian parliament, deputy alexia rothko, is among the dead crew come to the moment shortly after the attack with fatigue showing the scale of destruction inside. this incident comes in the midst of the referendum to join russia, which are currently underway in a cast on 3 other regions. thanks for joining us here in asi international. we're back in 30 minutes with them all. we'll see you then.

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