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[000:00:00;00] a referendum in the dawn math republics, and to break away regions of ukraine had ended with all 4 voting to join russia. video evidence emerges, showing what's been described as an unprecedented damage to the more extreme pipeline system, with german media, claiming possible sabotage. also ahead with this situation has not changed. it's a complete sham from western countries. russian president vladimir, who says the west of broken promises free printing range and go to countries and need as only
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a small fraction of the supplies went to africa. with from lost out to the world. this is our t international. i'm rachel blevins in here are the top stories this out where we begin this our with our special coverage of the referendum and the don bass republics. and to break away ukrainian regions to determine whether they will join russia.
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ah voting has now finished and the results have been announced. the final results of the referenda had come in for ukraine's break away zap hiroshi and her song regions with 93.11 percent and 87 percent, respectively. voting in favor of joining russia. final results for luke oscar public indicate 98 percent of people voted for joining russia with the don us republic showing 99 percent voting in favor. ortiz, e guanasha, donna reports from the gauze group public where the referendums results have been announced. finally, the results they have come in more than 98 percent of people here have chosen to say yes to russia and no to ukraine. the results were announced by the head of the august people's republic learn it, positioning himself. now we did have a chance to talk to the head of the republic himself,
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and we asked him about what emotions he feels right now that everything has been resolved. and what's next for the republic. the way to day we have reached our ultimate goal. we have achieved what we all wanted so much. i think that the president of the russian federation in the entire russian nation should take the decision in accept us into the russian federation. and then we'll come hard painstaking work to further strengthen the russian federation. we will work for the good of our great country, which is why all this began the future for which everything began back in 2014. next week. already he will be traveling to russia to see of latimer potent, the president of course, and well to discuss the results of the referendum, obviously, bidding on behalf of all the of more than a 1000000 people here who showed up to the polling stations, well, tooth. so that russia recognizes their choice and again, this choice wasn't an easy one, not in terms of as to where their hearts were,
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but raw. the kid did everything in its power to intimidate the people here into staying home and to not voting. it has been shelling little against people's republic relentlessly. in the past 5 days, while the for the 5 days when the referendum was taking place, it was shelling polling stations and polling booths. people had to interrupt the voting and go to and go hide and bomb shelters. just to stay safe, just to keep on going with their daily lives and no matter what they still showed up, they showed up in hundreds of thousands. again, the attendance is also very, very close to a 100 percent. and so this is what they did. this is that what they did despite the shelling, despite everything being against their odds. now the authorities here, of course, they try to make it easier and as safe as possible for the people here. for example, for the 1st 4 days, there were no stationary polling stations. the one that were used to instead, buses were taking members of the election committee door to door almost. or if they
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were visiting different neighborhoods and regions and remote villages. so that people had, could have a chance to vote and to have their say without attracting and without participating in large crowds of people. but all this bloodshed, all this violence spearheaded by cave, it failed to crush the spirits of the locals. here we talked to some of them and they shed what this moment means for them. no, it wasn't 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, nick. the one, you know, i am so angered by this, but this is wool. that's all i can say when you know crazy. we owns 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. allison, you just on the head of the down ask republic has just announced the results of the referenda and declared that the don mass is coming home. those yes, my friends. the referendum has finally happened, but i can't say i didn't believe it would happen. i believed and still believe in
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don bass. we've all wanted this for a very long time. we dreamed about it in 2014. and then we realized that dreams of that we made history. these are historic days. we are reuniting with our great homeland with russia. i know what you and i have been through what we continue to go through. now we are not alone, sir, but certainly feels like it's after the holiday. it's very 1st. if year as the results. kate, results of the referendum came in just before midnight on a tuesday. now the head of an esc peoples of republic is a speaking right now. just behind me, i was asked to be a little quieter while i was speaking with you. but definitely the mood ad here is a very festive and just likewise said 99.23 percent of the voters said yes in the referendum to to i had joining with russia now. this
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referendum was taking place over the last 5 days of oral those days. we had some mo bile referendum, a group. so walking from a home to home from the apartment building to an a 4000000 pal calling on that people to come down and vote that was done outside of the pulling stations for safety reasons. because ukrainian nationalists continued shelling the dentist people's republic. of course, the shelling results in a tragedy said people have been killed over these days. people have been wounded, of course a critical infrastructure was damaged as well as gsa i key of a regime of forces or trying to do everything possible in order to disrupt this voting process. now, despite all that voting took place that sir,
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now was actually on believable. at least 97 percent of the population came out to vote. and now we know the results as well. now i walked around with these mobile referred no groups as well. and so obviously i spoke to the people who were voting and sale my and you know, they were doing it absolutely freely. not like the west or media portrayed it to be as if they were forced to vote him this referendum, you know, under the barrel of a gun. absolutely not. now are so many of those people and so you can hear their opinion about this referendum right now. i didn't come down to rule. no one forces us to come. you can see yourself, people come voluntarily, i'm so happy. i'm about to cry, lead you block, or live people crying with joy. there were people from the russian control territories in ukraine. who said this there has finally come. i'm so glad i leave
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to seal this day. i'm really happy. we've come a long way and have been waiting for it for ages. around one and a half 1000000 people had cast their votes and then donna's republic by the end of the 4th day of voting and the gone republic latest data shows the turn out exceeded 90 percent on the hearse on and zapper or she regions the turn out was roughly the same at $77.00 and around 90 percent, respectively. we spoke to the president of the bricks, international forum who came to the don bass as an international observer. and she says, the mood of people there contradicts the western establishment narrative. i found that to people about home, we were hearing that the ada gunpoint are having go controlled by that issue anatomy. the found that they had very 3, they're participating in dad. i friend m like a celebration and for
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a student lydia lee giving message to the word that there is no fear nor any pressure and they are taking their own right. he went to a sion garment did not by display do. they only provided logistic and infrastructure along the lines and don't stick people to conduct the voting. when you come to the ill grounds, then you will understand what did that he annuity from my united nation office. you can not say every thing. so this is not what they were in international media is going on. i knew most of the time, the, the fake news during last 9 months. we observed that so many fake news circulated to the by the western media to eastern word code word. and now as the polls are now closed in the organs republic, international observers from france and italy have shared their 1st hand accounts of how the boning was conducted there. oh,
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we worked as international observe is nas up rogia region and the city of multiple based on what we saw, i can say that the problem is not the ukrainian artillery, which can create fear. but actually it's saboteurs and intelligence groups. once during an inspection of a polling station, people who came to cast their ballots head from journalist cameras. they didn't want to show their faces. they wanted to keep their voting secret. you've asked me whether i'm afraid of returning to france. it's hard to give an unequivocal answer to that question. i write for many media outlets under my own name. and of course, that causes a certain degree of distress. when it comes to my job in france, there's less and less to do there. that's partly because france as a member of the e. u, has pivoted towards the global agenda. i know a frenchman who stayed in the don bass on a humanitarian mission, and part of the funds he had collected in france for children's hospitals in the dawn. bass was confiscated by the french authorities. he is even currently under
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investigation. it's evident that the french political system is now faltering, and that can explain such a hysterical reaction. meanwhile, rafa ran names held by russia and then darn bass and to break away ukrainian regions where the key item on the agenda at the united nations security council meeting rash as ambassador to be you and made a statement on the matter. but in, with the direct expression of citizens will, has long ceased to be an indicator of a democratic choice. recognition as such takes place only if approved in the west. in general, the western version of democracy has deteriorated into a dictate of a liberal minority over a conservative majority. while the un security council, the 15 member body that leads the united nations, convened the meeting today and the security council chamber. now, immediately russia spoke up at the beginning of the meeting, making clear that they objected to the fact that vladimir zalinski, the ukrainian president, was given
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a platform to speak via video link to the un security council meeting. they said clearly that this was simply turning the un security council chamber into a place to put on political shows to serve a geopolitical agenda. it did not fit with the rules of the you and russia made clear their objections. then we heard from rosemary decarlo, the under secretary, we heard from zalinski who then addressed the video link. and then when members of the security council spoke, it was very clear that there were differences among the major countries. now we heard from both russia and the united states, both permanent members of the security council here is the clear differences between the 2. we know the outcomes of these sham referenda were predetermine in moscow. they in no way represent a legitimate expression of the will of the ukrainian people. some a groom concluded to goofy, and lou gun was, who was the loudest critics of referendums. in the dawn base zapper, rosie and care san regions at one time were at the forefront of support for cost of
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it was independence. but no referendums were held in kosovo at all. only a declaration of independence adopted by the provisional self governing body in excess of its powers. but back then it was enough for the west to recognise castillo's independence of the wooden equally clear differences between major countries expressed at the security council meeting. now it's important to note that just prior to the un security council meeting, the u. s. secretary of state antony. ready blanket made clear that the united states would not recognize the results of the referendums that are taking place in the don boss regions. and furthermore, he gave his blessing to a tax on russian territory that might be carried out with weapons provided to kiya by the united states. this is what anthony blank and said shortly before the un security council meeting. will the us still allow ukrainian troops to use us weaponry to defend against russians in those territories,
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no matter what the outcome of these referendums and this, these possible annexations ukraine has the absolute right to defend itself throughout its territory, including to take back the territory that has been illegally seized one way or another by rough. now, the nato. she also made clear that while nato countries are supplying weapons to the government that they do not consider nato to be part of the ongoing conflict. they consider this to be a fight between ukraine in russia, and while nato is supportive of ukraine, they are not directly involved. regardless, that was the context in which the un security council meeting took place. now, the un security council of task with making sure world peace continue and deescalate and conflicts. but it seems like, as russia pointed out, the un security council will just use the platform for grand standing, just as
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a place to put on political shows to demonize russia when real danger to world peace and the possibility of this conflict escalating too much greater heights. are hanging over our heads as a result of the response of the united states and its allies to the referendum. i just got the latest last cross live now to kennestone of the hamilton coalition to stop the war. ken, it's great to have you on the program today. now, western media headlines have claimed that people in the don bass and the to break away ukrainian regions were forced to vote at gunpoint. international observers told a very different story. so who are people expected to believe here? here western reports are mere propaganda. i your news clip and the reports of the observers who are actually on the grant and show that the people that there was an enthusiastic response on the part of the people of these for
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republic, for integration into the russian federation. and it's shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone because these 4 are areas were the most opposed and to the a legal coup that took place in 2014 and kia that brought to power a hunter, nazi infested hunter that remove their rights to speak, russian. and to, and to have political parties represent themselves. so, and, and then the hunt of launched a war of aggression against these parts of the country. so it's no surprise at all . it shouldn't be that there was an overwhelmingly positive response in the referenda to joining the russian federation. now why do you think that the western media coverage has been so different from nih ray? because you mentioned that you talk to people on the ground,
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you hear what they have to say. you hear what they've been through for the last 8 years. and yet the western media is still spinning. that story still making these claims and accusations, even though it knows it doesn't have the evidence to back that up, or at least it often will use anonymous sources or some form like that. so why do you think that they continue to do that when the story on the ground seems to be so much different? ah, the u. s. a natal, including unfortunately, canada are waging an all out war on the russian federation. the aim is to do to the russian federation, what they did to the yugoslavian federation, back in 1999. and that is to break it into its component pieces and gobble it up. so they have waged and military struggle they are. they opened the taps completely to sand, arms and weapons, and volunteers to ukraine. they have waged economic war to isolate russia,
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which backfired against the west. and they have also wage the propaganda war. and the, it's, i've never seen in my life time, the intensity of such a war that turns black to white and white to black. the story in the west is that ukraine has bravely resisting our russian aggression. but the reality actually is that the west has been preparing for this war since 1990 when they broke the agreement broke their pledge to mister gorbachev. that nato wouldn't expand one inch eastward of a renee to germany, and they have been waging a war to using ukraine as a proxy against russia. as since 2014, when they staged the coo and the my don square. so they have to tell that story over and over again in order to make people believe that what they are doing is the
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right an honorable thing to do. but actually anybody who looks at the facts who reads the news, knows that, that the war was started by nato and that the russian fact the federation has the legitimate right to, to protect it, to health. and to take these 4 independent republics. ah, it in to answer the russian federation. and it's an opportune moment. this referenda is a historic, an opportune moment. because now that russia has rearrange the furniture in ukraine . this would be an opportune time for mister zalinski to sit down and seriously negotiate for peace and would be a good time for the us and nato to turn off the taps to deescalate the war. i'm not sure that mr. zalinski has the independence, and i'm pretty sure that mr. biden doesn't wanted deescalate, but this is
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a historic opportunity for bringing an end to the conflict. now speaking as zalinski and his response, he is said if russia recognizes the results of the referendum, then he's essentially saying that there's nothing to talk about there that he does not plan to sit down and come to the table. and to actually look at what the people there want. so how does that stand to further escalate the conflict moving forward? i'm the fact that they, that the people of the former republics have shown overwhelmingly that they want to be part of russia. i'm has demonstrated that mr. zalinski has very little or no chance of ever taking those parts of ukraine back. and so it should be, i wake up call for him. that via that, this is an a good time to sit down, cut his losses and,
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and negotiate with russia about the future of ukraine. ah, he had the opportunity, he was the piece candidate in 2019. he said he was gonna bring, he is going to enforce the men's records and bring peace to ukraine, which would have seen those 4 republics remain in ukraine. but he did not, and he listened to his handlers in the west. and instead he got, he went to law with the offensives against the don bass region, which killed 14000 people and turned a 1000000 people into refugees. so now he has to live with the results of his on fortune that decisions. but now he also has the opportunity to step back and say, i made a mistake, now's the time to rectify it. yeah, alice, who i am politicians are run on one campaign and end up doing something else entirely. but we will continue to watch and see if we get that admission. but thank you so much. ken stone of the hamilton coalition to stop the war. thank you for
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your time and analysis will keep you updated on all the latest on the events. and dawn bass republics and break away regions and what the future holds for them. ah, sabotage can not be ruled out. that's a comment from denmark's prime minister on damage to the nord stream pipeline system, which resulted in a sharp drop and pressure. it's hard to imagine that it was an accident. we cannot rule at sabotage, but it's also too early to make such a conclusion. this is a video from the location of the leak, according to swedish media seismologists have registered powerful blast in the area and that countries authorities have begun an investigation and a possible sabotaged. the kremlin has called the situation unprecedented,
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saying the reason why the pipeline system has developed problems remains to be determined, but no possible scenario could be excluded. which includes minimal risk. this is very concerning news is true. the, we're talking about some kind of damage to the pipeline and denmark's economic zone . although the exact nature of the damage is yet to be determined, the pressure in the pipeline has significantly dropped. this is an unprecedented situation and it must be immediately investigated. you last year, nordstrom, one that accounted for 35 percent of russian gas exports to europe. the pipeline supplies were then slashed and later suspended with gas prom citing maintenance reasons. now, with the latest incident, it's unclear when the pipeline will once again be operational. earlier, my colleague, mikey erin, discuss the matter with our team, marina cosa. we have sweden saying that it has 2 leagues, has discovered leaks,
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and it's in the nordstrom one pipeline. penmark discovered the leaks on the nordstrom to pipeline. and this, of course, comes after germany was also reporting a drop of 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 stream have 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
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if the pipelines are completely not operational. what are the possible scenarios? what could have happened here? some are 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 nor at target to the time. but a targeted attack would involve, i read it and some of the reports would involve a submarine, someone literally go and stay under the water and cause in 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 3 leaks already, so who stands to benefit from that class? we know that there is an energy crisis unfolds, and this is, of course, a sensitive time in russia. we have the conflicts on fold them with the crane. russia has already hold to the 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
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a technical difficulty which affected the north stream one pipeline. so supplies have been halted completely, so the european union has had to look for alternative solutions. they're looking for other suppliers. among them we have the united states. energy prices are skyrocketing, of course, some reports saying that they haven't seen energy prices like that in one to 5 years. and here's an interesting point. let's hear what the us president has to say at one point about the noise from 2 pipeline. if russia invade, that means tanks or troops crossing the, the border of ukraine. again, then there will be we, there will be no longer a north stream to we, we will bring it in to. 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 to do this by rising gas prices. the german energy
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network regulator chief, has claim that the e u is no longer dependent on nordstrom gas supplies emitted, however, that the situation remains tense. economists, ag hallmark says that the situation is actually far worse than politicians are trying to portray it is more something that make suspicion that gives thought for conspiracy theories and so on. and then of course the americans are, we need from this the brief we need from this. the politics already, of course said yes, no problem. everything is fine. but if we get interruptions, this will have a much, much cost in the economy. it makes it much further damage because when you're not reliable anymore with your sources, germany is not the good producing occasion anymore,
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and this will harm the economy much more that anybody can see. it's a complete sham that's our russian leader vladimir, who describes the was promised to export grain from ukrainian fords to the world's most impoverish countries sustaining another according to the latest data on september 23rd out of 203 ships with grain the left from ukrainian ports, only 4 went to impoverish countries as a part of the u. n. program. this situation has not changed. it's a complete sham from western countries. the situation is very dramatic and why my port no later 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's special military operation in ukraine. but the responsibility lies completely on the collective was an, a, sanctions fever,
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one report. he has also described the richest countries behavior is predatory here reminded as you heard earlier, that only 2 percent help the grain that so far left the unblocked ukrainian pores following the break through un and turkey broker deal went to the countries in needs. while most of it i ronald was sent to 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's accessor baited? what does custody? and starvation wasn't by rising food prices that's complicating kenyatta roadmap to was delivering good quality of life to our citizens. we cannot afford to waste another moment debating the merits of doing something, visit the doing nothing. it will soon be too late to revive the course of

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