ah ah, referendums brought to a close with preliminary result showing of a 95 percent of voters in favor of joining russia in both the dumbass republics as well as the to break away ukrainian regions, headstone and supple reesha video evidence emerges, showing what's being described as unprecedented damage to the notes being pipelines system, but german media, claiming possible sabotaged to address the union. the situation has not changed. it's a complete sham from western countries. russian president vladimir putin say the

width broken promises for ukrainian grain to go to countries in need. as only a small fraction of the supplies went to africa with hello and welcome midst have gone 5 pm here in the russian capital, and this is art international. but the latest world news update, it's good to have you with us. and i'll to our top story voting finishes for the referendums on whether to join russia as the ballots are now being countered in the independent don bus republics. and to break away regions of south eastern ukraine is take a look at the latest updates. ah .

as the polling stations have now closed after several days of accepting ballots. let's take a look at preliminary results of the referendum. the data shows that 97.47 percent of those in the health on region were in favor while it was in 97.77 percent, and the la guns gluten 97.74 percent of those were in favor of joining russia. in the dentist people's republic and in this apparition region or so i high figure 98.19 percent said yes for the homeland to become a part of russia. for more details, let's cross live now to our,

to correspondence we have in jeanette roman and, and in elegance we have a goal, but let's talk with you. what is the situation like in the last hour people have encountered the votes? this friday, the 5 day voting process is and now over the voting areas have now been closed and the count had begun. now we already know that the turnout at this referendum was very high. the 1st cell, 4 days of the voting took place. with reverend dim committees of walking around from home to home, asking people to cast her about it's either done just that. so at the beginning of the 5th and final day, at least 88 percent of registered to vote and have asked her about. and as you have

just said, 12 percent of the volts that were turned in have already been counted in 97 percent of those people have voted yes to join in russia. now we find ourselves at the information center here in there. don't add sca people's republic, it's working well, i can say 247, but it's working well into the late night and this is where the results of the final results co will be announced. we have both foreign media here, how we have international observers. we're also doing their hourly briefing. so international observers, by the way, i hear from me, oh yeah. at least while several countries of the country was there, a 130 of them here are in fact and this is where we are expected to hear the final results of the referendum. we are expected to hear something by about 10 o'clock or moscow time in the evening. but judging from what we have seen sold for her in

the counting of the vote, the results will be overwhelming in favor of jordan wash your mind. you're only 4 percent of the vote, have officially be counted to pass so far. but as the results are coming in, we'll keep you updated as well. i completely forgotten to renew and forces us to come. you can see it yourself. people come voluntarily. i'm so happy i'm about to cry. you blocker life people are crying with joy. there were people from the russian control territories in ukraine for said this there has finally come. i'm so glad i lived to see a list. i, i'm really happy. it's come a long way and i've been waiting for it for ages. of course. so those were some of the voters that i spoke with over the last 4 days, or 5 days of the voting. once again,

they came out in mass to to show their support, to do their civic duty if you will. and how many of them had tears in their eyes. they were waiting for this day for the last 8 years and it's finally arrived . now, a lot of the people are hoping that when the results of this referendum will be announced, and russia will honor their choice and accept the new republics into the federation. then all the hardships will soon and the daily shilling, the tragedies, the loss of people's life and destruction of civilian infrastructure will finally and, and there will be able to leave to live a peaceful life. thank you, roman, well, a very excited result coming through there. let's cross now to our other

correspondent ego, a stand off in logan square and to stand at 98 percent of votes have been in favor of joining russia. it opened up to date will absolutely pool of the polling stations. they have closed on the election committees, they're busy counting the ballots, and according to the preliminary results, just short of 98 people 90 percent of all, who caused the ballots, i should say. and as you've just mentioned, they have been in favor of joining russia. they've ticked to this yes box. and this figure is as astonishing and staggering as it is expected. i should say it is quite paradoxical, but that so well, it is what it is, because basically people here they've been dream. think of this moment for long 8 years, some even longer. right now at the polling stations where the ballots have been counting are being counted. the while the atmosphere is quite celebratory. it's a holidays if it's a festival here and some have even pop champagne and balls. of bubbly inside

celebration, all ready. but the, the road towards this day has been very thorny. i should say during the past 4 days, during the previous 4 days, people only could vote at mobile polling stations, meaning that buses would be busses, with ballots would come to different neighborhoods. districts and towns and villages and locals would were given the opportunity to cast their vote without having to will collect a large crowds of people which could become targets of terrorist attacks. and these fears they aren't in vain because key of authorities, they have been shelling are the adjacent now the adjacent villages, the adjacent towns and basically doing everything in their power to intimidate the local population. and so that they don't vote, but we can also, we can already see that the process that the referendum has been a complete success from the standpoint of the authorities here. and this is the reality. you won't really see in western media. you won't hear that from western

politicians who, for example, the foreign minister of germany. she outright said that the voting is happening at gunpoint. but for all the wrong reasons suggesting that armed men are walking around here with the members of the election committees and are forcing people to vote, which can be further from the truth. i have to tell you, based on what we've seen based on what our colleagues have seen and probably most importantly on what the international observers have seen as well. and indeed it is fair to say that the, the voting here is happening at gunpoint, but the guns are pointing from the side of the ukrainians. who again, i have to reiterate. they have been shelling polling stations over the course of these past days. members of the election committees and local civilians, they had to repeatedly and regularly hide in bomb shelters, as their process was interrupted in several little towns around la ganske like the towns of al chevy and roberto now and i did prepare our crew did prepare

a report on the atmosphere on how this vote has fed so far, have a look. cave has repeatedly claimed ownership over the citizens of don bass, and at the same time has been doing everything in its power to antagonize them. it's military has been shelling the population here with how it is and have you rocket launchers. planes dropped bombs on people's homes and children. and now the authorities in cave, making it abundantly clear. but anyone who is dropping ballots into the ballot boxes at the referendum will be persecuted with no mercy ukraine proposed up to 5 years in prison for anyone who dares to vote. and that's just the tip of the iceberg of repression. there's a plethora of ways to lose all humanity in caves, eyes here, and be condemned with the stigma of being a so called russian collaborator, 8 years of war, have somewhat numbed the people here to the outright abhorrence coming from caves,

government, which considers them its subjects but while they're used to it, it doesn't mean they aren't hard broken. no, it's such a bitter feeling when your mother land turns its back on you. well, the land you had always thought to be your mother land. it's very sad me that the one yet. i am so angered by this, but this is wool. that's all i can say when you know crazy. we aren't living in ukraine. we are living in the la guns republic. and we do hope they won't be able to get the hands on us. and sure all these threads could have been a bluff grand standing at an international level. a tray can ukraine's domestic policy game, but cave itself shattered. all hopes of that. all can underwriters who somehow reveal their names. there is a whole list of the surnames. they are all people who have signed that death sentences. we are not bloodthirsty. we are officially saying that will only accept legal decision life sentences for traitors. as citizens of the don boss flocked to

the polling stations and the millions, it's not just ukraine. that remains oblivious to their plea. germany's tub diplomat, anna lena, burbock. ow did caves own propagandists when she suggested the real situation with the vote here resembles a poorly written r rated movie? and it does, yes. people are voting with a gun pointing at their heads. and this is exactly what touch referendums are about . people are shot at raped and then obliged to very well a soldier onto the kalashnikov is standing right next to them. if we now accepted and let it be, then it will be repeated in other places. it will serve as an invitation to further violate international laws. as western politicians and media post the narrative of a people voting at gunpoint. reality on the ground points to a very different threat facing those wanting to cost their vote at polling stations public areas. and don bass are being shelled by the ukrainian military every day.

keeps under cover hitman bomb pro russian officials and liberated regions on a regular basis. diversion groups are also active behind the defensive lines, but the german foreign minister chose to emit all of that. it doesn't fit ukraine's heroic facade, promoted so hard in the west. they're locked into this narrative. and it's so been ongoing since 2014, that the people of the dumbass have no agency of their own, that they are essentially ultimate owns, are doing busy. so that was obvious, that's how the west will interpret any election or referendum outcome. the problem is that they haven't come up with any evidence of this. show us the evidence that people will be forced at gunpoint to go and vote there. isn't it about a quarter of the population here are holders of russian passports, just under

a 1000000 people whom you crane is eager to evict to the 21st century gulags. and that's to start with, under the proposed bill drawn up in co authorship with members of the as of neo nazi group, freedom of speech goes out of the window support. every whim of ukraine's government will be jailed. collaborators will be considered those citizens who have denied the armed aggression against ukraine and the occupation of its territories, or have publicly called for support for the aggressor, for cooperation with the occupiers. the final, in the most decisive day of the referendum is here. and it's about to show just how many people have decided to personally sign their divorce papers with ukraine once and for all hamburgers done of reporting from the la guns people's republic or t around one and a half 1000000 people had cast their votes in the dentist republic by the end of the 4th day are voting in the new guns republic. the latest data shows that the

turnout exceeded 90 percent, while in the her son on separation regions turn off is roughly the same at 63 and 66 percent respectively. artie spoke to international observers who gave their assessments on the voting. we just cross the border and directly here after this 1st point of voting before to see when the russians, city of austin are quite a lot of refugees from this territories here in the us. so we already had a chance to visit a point of holding there and restore. and what we saw there was, according to the normal standards of elections with voting now wrapped up. well keep you updated on the results and what the future holds for these regions.

sabotage cannot be, will doubt that's coming from denmark's prime minister on damage to the north stream pipelines that resulted in a shop drop in pressure. now this is a video from the location of the leak. the kremlin has called it quote, an unprecedented situation, saying that the reason why the lines had developed problems remains unknown, but no possible scenario could be excluded. which mikaela. this is very concerning news. it's true that we're talking about some kind of damage to the pipeline in denmark's economic zone. although the exact nature of the damage is yet to be determined, the pressure in the pipeline has significantly drops. this is an unprecedented situation and it must be immediately investigated. we have sweden saying that it has 2 leagues that has discovered leaks, and it's in the notes to one pipeline. penmark discovered that leaks on the

nordstrom to pipeline. and this of course, comes after germany was also reporting a drop in pressure in both pipelines. now this situation is extremely rare, it doesn't just happen like that. that's why everyone is saying, how could this have happened? and was there anyone involved? was this, perhaps an act of sabotage? but we'll talk about that a little bit later. first, let's hear what the operator of north street had to say. damage to 3 sections of the nord stream pipeline system in only one day is unprecedented. it is currently impossible to know how long it will take to restore this infrastructure to operational condition. so a situation where this would be just coincidental is not really on the card. exactly. but right now what's also tricky is that there are conflicting reports as to how long it will take to fix the situation. some say months, others are same even years. and right now this is critical with whence we're approaching this energy prices that we're seeing unfolding could become even worse if the pipelines are completely not operational. what are the possible scenarios?

what could have happened here somewhere saying that if this was a targeted attack like the german daily, for example, we're saying that everything speaks against the coincidence, none quotes in here. we cannot imagine a scenario that this is not a target to the time, but a targeted attack would involve, i read it in some of the reports, but involve a submarine. someone literally go and stay under the water and cause and damage this kind of damage because like i said, this is extremely rare for such a leak to happen. and here we're talking about spring leaks already. so who stands to benefit from the e class? we know that there is an energy crisis unfold. any of this is, of course, a sensitive time in russia. we have the conflict on fall down with the crane. russia has already hold to that supplies to 20 percent from the north stream one pipeline north. soon too is idle right now at the moment and we have the sanctions . and we also had a technical difficulty which affected the nordstrom one pipeline. so supplies have

been halted completely, so the european union has had to look for alternative solutions. there are looking for other suppliers. among them we have the united states. energy prices are skyrocketing, of course, some reports are saying that they haven't seen energy prices like that in 25 years . and here's an interesting point. let's hear what the u. s. president had to say at one point about the noise from to pipeline. it's russian rage that meas, tanks of troops crossing the on the border of ukraine's again, there are no, there will be we, there will be no longer a nor stream to we, we will bring it. and how will you do that? exactly. since the product and control of the product is within germany's control, i promise you will be able do it's a complete shan, that con russian needa vladimir putin describes the west promised explore crane

from ukrainian ports to developing countries. was daniel about 632 according to the latest data on september 23rd out of 203 ships with great de left from ukrainian ports. only 4 went to impoverished countries as a part of the un program. this situation has not changed. it's a complete sham from western countries. visitation is very dramatic and why my port no late today has accused the west of provoking and now deepening global food crisis, mostly by sanctioning supplies of russian grain and fertilizers that the harvest is so dependent on abroad. he tries that the dramatic situation folding now has nothing to do with moscow. special mil to operation in ukraine. but their responsibility lies completely on the collective west and 8 sanctions fever. one report he has also described their wishes countries. behavior is predatory here reminded as you heard earlier, that tony 2 percent help,

the grain had so far left the unblocked ukrainian pores following the break through un and turkey. broker deal went to the country. ben needs, while most of it i radically was sent to the you, while the whole idea was to help starving africa. well, it seems that african keys are still waiting. here's the president of caney sharing his anger and his concerns. these unprecedented confluence of intensely adverse events, how successful baited, what does custody and starvation wasn't by rising food prices. that's complicating can you ask roadmap to was delivering good quality of life to our citizens. we cannot afford to with another moment debating the merits of doing something, visit the doing nothing. it will soon be too late to revive the course of events. and then even the best possible intervention would not survive white nor

potent has also pointed out that in this unstable situation in the world's ration should think about its own food security and here. sure, there will be no problems with that. as base. here are the harvest promises to be a record hard experts say that it may easily reach 150000000 tons of grain of which 2 thirds will be so desperately needed weak the u. s. congress has received a delegation from the ukranian armed forces including soldiers from the near north sea. as of battalion details of the meeting in washington, the most after ukrainian activist published a report from the visit. kelly in new york posted a photo showing the soldiers dressed in black suits along with female armed service members. she explained that during a one week visit the female soldiers meet with us congressmen and asked them for more on supplies for kids war effort. they also that interviews with us media outlets including fox news and the new york times. but while the capitol hill

mission was to clear the most emotional of the trip, it did not go down well with everyone. mega americans were used to being nazis and were shot and killed in capitol hill. meanwhile, literal nazis are being emotionally welcomed in capitol hill. makes sense. republicans are the real nazis say the left us who proudly welcomed ukraine's is our battalion members to capitol hill today. only 4 years ago, the u. s. congress banned the supply of weapons to the ukrainian, neo nazi is our battalion. today, the neo nazi is our battalion as emotionally honored on capitol hill. a return to a long standing and despicable practice of honoring nazi collaborators. criticism of the birth comes as jo biden's administration battles its own domestic quote, extremists, as the american senate pays for mid term elections. more specifically for me with president donald trump and his make america great. again, supporters just recently died and caught those who participated in the 2021.

capitol hill wyatt. quote, a threat to the countries democracy. while the white house press secretary has gone even further saying the make america great. again, republicans fit the definition of quote fascists when its course live now to el rasmussen, executive vice president of the wages center. thank you so much for joining us here in our t. so be an interesting story. ukraine's evolves a battalion blatantly using an artist symbolism on its uniforms. and now they dressed in black suits and visiting us. congressmen, what's your opinion that the neo nazi group is able and encourage to visit such high ranking us politicians? i think it's it's disturbing my own my own thoughts and disappointing. however, it's not surprising the,

i mean we've supported through cobar actions ultra nationalists in ukraine, dating back to an order. so it's, it seems that we've probably helped nurture this operation. the aerodynamic probably haven't different name now, and it's still been present, and i'm sure ramped up after 2014 as well. but it's probably been going on for quite some time. so actually it's, it's disturbing that we've seen what congress looked at a central tara just 4 years ago. and, and it's been highlighted in multiple the mass media and new york times the guardian. even the washington post about the ultra nationalist concern. yet where now we, we've seen the white washed all the concern and well, it's really, it's really disappointing and i think we're just kind of we're, we're liking the truth out to the americans. as you say, it was just

a short 4 years ago that they were unable to terrorists. washington of course, previously banning supplies to the hands of battalion. and now you have members of congress welcoming them. what does this tell us? but says, basically we've got a, we have a political agenda, it's going on and, and we're going to support that. it doesn't matter whether it's right or wrong. so in this case we're, we've got a, a proxy war going on and you pray, we're going to, well, some those fighters start with what, what issues or how they stand for many of them, you know, they're, we've got ethnic cleansing going on now and they were involved with that the funds the years ago. and meanwhile we've got people who really loved the country and there were some problems january thick. but you hear the rhetoric coming out of the president as well as others. and we're,

we've got conservative especially and national that are veterans including that are being labeled the domestic terrorists. it's really, it's really disturbing. i really have a question as far as, where are we going the last 2 years and it's just been going on for a while, the last 2 years, whatever pass or take and they do it celebrated quite quickly and the writing over the but if i could just pick up on that point when you talk about domestic terrorists. why do we see such inequality by washington in how we treat ukrainian extremists as opposed to how it treats. so chord domestic extreme, this well, domestic, what, so called domestic extremis. they're basically, or are not aligned to the current administration subject while we have alter nationals in other countries, those the,

that whole objective to maintain us, the gemini, the support world. am i nomic form objective that's that's ok. they may not. those people may not actually work those, those the who, but they're assisting us who counter russia, who does, you know, who's not part of that. so it's basically basically we're using them. we're using those back there and giving them visibility and providing support them even though fundamentally would probably do not leave in their their funded mental beliefs. and if nothing else, it's next of double standards. rasmussen, executive vice president of the racial center. thanks so much for you. in the

and before we go, let's return now to our breaking news. as the polling stations for the referendum had now closed off the several days with 15 ballots, and the nic and guns for public as well as in the breakaway ukrainian regions of hessen ends up propose. yeah, let's take a look at the preliminary results. as you see on your screen, the data shows that 87.42 percent of votes in the house and region were in favor of joining russia while it was 97.77 percent, and the guns for public 97.74 percent of the votes were in favor of joining welsh in the business people's republic and in the upper washing region. 92.04 percent said yes, for the homeland to become a part of russia. around one and a half 1000000 people cost a votes in the dentist republic, wiley, middle guns for public, the latest scottish shows that voter turnout exceeded 19 percent in the hudson and operational regions. the turn off was roughly the same for each of them. at 63 and

66 percent, respectively. well, of course, we'll keep you abreast of that story for now. that brings us to the end of this bulletin, but we'll be back with the latest news in around 30 minutes until then. many thanks for keeping us company here and not international with mm welcome to wells and for being a generous.