ah ah ah 5 days referendums in the dumbass than to break away regions of ukraine wrap up with locals in each territory. voting in favor of joining russia. we hear from people on the ground on how they feel about the votes. with no one forces us to come, you can feed yourself, people can voluntarily, i'm so happy i'm about to cry that i'm really happy. we've come a long way and i've been waiting for it for ages. as western countries label the referendums, a sham and refuse to recognize the result versus ambassador to the un accuses them of double standards is learning to go with recognition as such takes place only if

approved in the west. in general, will, the western version of democracy has deteriorated into a dictate of labor one oversee over conservative majority. video evidence emerges, showing what's been described as unprecedented damage to the north stream pipeline system with sweden and danish authorities, claiming the leaks could be an act of sabotage ah, from moscow to the world. this is our c. i'm peter scott. say with the top stories of 5, i am moscow time. we kick off this wednesday morning with the latest on the referendums in the dumbass republics of done yet can look guns can see where the regions are frozen. here song were locals gave their final say on leaving ukraine and possibly joining russia ah.

with ballots countered in all 4 regions. after 5 days of voting, the majority appeared to be in favor of potential unification with moscow. 8 years ago, the danielle gun, the guns republic, split from ukraine and declared themselves independent earlier. we heard from locals about what they make of possibly uniting with moscow. totally forgotten. no one forces us to come. he can see it yourself. people can voluntarily. i'm so happy i'm about to cry. blocker. people are 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 to seal this day. that i'm really happy. we've come a long way and i've been waiting for a for ages will final results in the den. yes. republic indicate it's around 99 percent of people voted for joining russia with the guns for the 98 percent voting in favor. in the regions of the project and i saw the paulding results showed 93 and 87 percent, respectively, both in favor of joining russia. but while the referendum was widely condemned as a sham by western states, millions turned out in the republics and regions to have a say on the future. the highest turned out in the polls within the done yes, the republic were over 2000000 people. cast the votes of a 1500000 people voted against republic. while in both capstone and the for osha regions, over a 1000000 in total, went to the polls, was eager. jonathan says this report from the guns for public rights after the referendums, results were announced. frankly, it has been an emotional day for everyone here in the republic. and finally,

the results they have come and more than 98 percent of people here have chosen to say yes to russia and know 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, and we asked him about what emotions he feels right now that everything has been resolved. and what's next for the republic? today we have reached our ultimate goal. we've achieved what we all wanted so much . i think that the president of the russian federation and the entire russian nation should make the decision and accept us into the russian federation. we will work for the good of our great country, which is why oldest began the future of which everything began back in 2014. he has reveal that next week already he will be traveling to russia to see of larimer 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 world to 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. but rather key of 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, 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 the what they did despite the shelling, despite everything being against their odds. now the authorities here, of course, the try to make it easier and as safe as possible for the people here. for example, for the, for, for 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 were visiting different neighborhoods and regions and remote villages. so the people had, could have a chance to vote and to have their say without attracting and without participating in large crowds of people which could attract yet another attacks from are the key of authorities from the cave military, which could be targeted by, well, terrorists, by diversion groups, 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 shared what this moment means for them to move in them. i think the reference was more than successful and completely for joan in russia. i voted was daily thought, we've been eagerly waiting for this for the 8 years. we've had war here in the danverse line, yet there was, there's a desire to see changes to have stability certainty in your life,

a desire to just live a peaceful life and see your parents come and care free. earlier we spoke to the president of the brakes international forum who was part of the international monitoring team in the dumbass. and she says, the mood of people there appears to contradict the western narrative. i found better people about home we were hearing that they are and there are gunpoint or having go controlled by that issue. and i really found that they are very 3. they are participating. and i think them like gay celebration and festival. and lee, really giving message to the world that there is no fear nor any pleasure. and they are taking their own right. when ration government did not participate, they only provided logistic and infrastructure to the i long lance and i don't sick people the conduct devoting. when you come to dial grounds,

then you will understand what is that he entity from my united nation office. you can not say everything. so this is not fact what they were in international media is going on. i mean, most of the time there is a fake news during last 9 months. we observed that so many fake news circulated to there are by the western media to we stand word poorer or perhaps on surprisingly, the votes was the key item or for discussion at the united nations security council meeting, where the us on the west denied the legitimacy of the referendums forcing russia's ambassador to remind the west of his own history with break way regions for him were willing to 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 dictator of a liberal minority over conservative majority. well, the un security council, the 15 member body that leads the united nations,

convened the meeting today in 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 ukraine president, was given 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. if we know the outcomes of the sham referenda were pre determined in moscow, they in no way represent

a legitimate expression of the will of the ukrainian people. some a group can critically figure that out as critics of reference in the danverse. the foreclosure and cousin regions were at one time at the forefront of support for cosello's independence. no referendums were held in kosovo tow. 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 recognize cosello's independence 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 us secretary of state anthony blanket made clear that the united states would not recognize the results of the rapper randoms that are taking place in the don boss regions. and furthermore, he gave his blessings with tax on russian territory that might be carried out with weapons provided by the united states. this is what anthony blanket 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, 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 russia. now, the nato, she's 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 and russia as well. 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 continues and

deescalate and conflicts. but it seems like, as russia pointed out, the un security council was just used as a platform for grand standing, just as 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 as cos live. now the civil rights lawyer roberts patillo for his take on the referendums. robert, welcome to our team. now she's always great to have you with us here. first of all, what do you think these referendums have concluded? what do you think's next for those regions? i think a big portion of it was going to be establishing and level of normalcy. but once these regions are incorporate into the russian federation, i will then you have to go about the process of creating civil service, changing people's passports, getting all the mechanics of the functioning bureaucracy of together. and also

thing that conversation to be have within the international community to determine just when and what the conditions are for something the terms of a legitimate election. you cannot simply say that the people have spoken didn't say why, i'm not going to believe the people. i think we have to have a clear standards across the board across the international community. it cannot simply be the western powers decide what everyone says across the globe. and what they say goes, you have to expand the idea of democracy. we want to spread the markets across the globe. we have to believe the words of the people and they vote. now the west has already condemned. well, not just the west, but many countries have condemned these referendums as a chart not least ukraine. and they say that they will refuse to recognize the results of these referendums. do you think it will make it more difficult now for all sides in this conflict, to find a common ground and find some sort of resolution through it? diplomatically, well, by the western powers,

not accepting the terms of the resolution and not returning to the negotiating table. very much the table for total war thus far. it's been a strategic military or federal military operation. direct to these areas, we have high risk population, high risk and support, not at all out war. many people have mentioned that the russian army or hillary army, they could have laid waste and fled and do ukraine within days. they chose not to that one of the larger strategic bomber fleets in the world. just at the united states of america, you could have seen tupelo bears. and once it is flying across the border of carpet bombing cities, they did not answer. the question is, is the west, etc, attempting to bring this to a conclusion? are they trying to continue to prop up this regime? and if this is only be the course of action, what ukraine getting something $1500000000.00 from the us alone each month. what happens when this is the case for theory and rebels who are requesting funding are these aging province in china? they want funding will just become the new normal funding property awards across

the globe, or we will what we allow the different credit process to take place and enforce with the people is that you believe that this conflicts will now escalades as the results of this. and we do know that president zelinski has said that if russia recognizes these referendums on these territories become part of russia, he will cut off negotiations with russia, or it will eliminate the chance negotiations in the future. do you see this will be protracted? i think at this point is going to end up being protracted, primarily because part of russian doctrine is that any attack on the russian homeland is an attack and invasion of the russian people. you can just look at world war to look at the napoleonic wars, and they have good reason for having as part of their military doctrine, the weapons of the united states as applied to ukraine, those foreign, neptune missiles such as was destroyed to moscow. the high mars, which is gotten a lot of attention, the intervals of howard to have the range have the distance, have the accuracy to strike targets. not only deep within the damp out in the homes

region, but all the way out into the crime being in peninsula. and we have seen built attacks by special forces against that base and crimea destroying 1900 aircraft. and those things continue. then there will be nothing. there will be no way of avoiding escalation. i don't see how that's the best interest of the world. everyone needs to return to the negotiating table and follow rob, i just want to ask you one more thing about some given said that the citizens helped organize these referendums, could face up to 5 years in prison. and we do know that the key of has been looking for what it seems to be collaborates as in the cartucker region. do you think that's legitimate? i mean, you come to stand from ukraine's point of view that they will see these people as committing treason. what do you make that always seem consistent, the recertification process in place and the areas of the ukraine, the of the key of government still controlled. there are not only bounties on the heads of individuals who helped organize the election. we even for individual vote in favor of joining ref,

russian federation have been threatened. the families of those individuals have been threatened. we cannot allow of the democratic process not to go for because once you stop dealing to remind thing elections distance we've seen here the united states of america. it only circles downhill to the point that the people, those areas have no faith and the electorate itself. and the only other option, other than democracy's authoritarianism when that is not the place of the world, these to regress back to we are thing far right? wing fascist movements would have to live in places like italy and across europe. we thing rearmament happening in france and germany. we're seeing europe trying to return to a 19th century posture and as not a good place on the world state. well rather patillo civil rights law. thank you very much for your insights today on those referendums have been held in the dawn bottom of the regions over there. thank you very much. thank you. i will keep you updated, of course, and the latest on the events in the dumbass republics. and those are the regions on what the future might hold for them.

the on the water explosions which have caused leaks in the north stream pipeline system . they could be an active sabotage. so that's according to the 3 prime minister, who commented on the damage to the pipelines which has resulted in a sharp drop in prussia, the order that we have swedish intelligence. but we have also received information and our contacts with denmark. and based on this, concluded that this is probably a deliberate act and it is probably a matter of sabotage. this is the video footage from the location of the leak when you can see here, gas pouring into the baltic sea from 3 separate leaks on the north stream, one and 2 pipelines. the authorities in germany, denmark on sweden have old begun investigations. the former polish defense minister appears to point the finger at the u. s. while at the same time,

the polish prime minister has blamed russia for the leaks in the nor stream pipeline. the criminal called the situation unprecedented thing. the reason the pipeline system has developed problems remains unclear at this stage, but it's not yet ruled anything out at the table. and this is very concerning news to joe. it's true that we're talking about some kind of damage to the pipeline and denmark 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. last year not same one accounts at 435 percent of russian gases exports to europe. the pipeline supplies were then flushed and later suspended the year. accuse do a show of energy blackmail, but just from site to maintenance reasons. now, with the latest incident, it's unclear when the pipeline will once again be operational. my colleague, nicky, are in discuss the matter with our teeth. marina call server. we have suite on saying that it has 2 leagues,

has discovered 2 links 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. 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 winter approaching

this energy crisis 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? so we're saying that if this was a target to the task like the german daily, for example, we're saying that everything speaks against the coincidence and i'm quotes. and here we cannot imagine a scenario that this is not a targeted type, 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 3 leaks already. so who stands to benefit from that class? we know that there is an energy crisis unfolding you. this is of course, a sensitive time in russia. we have the conflict unfolding with the crane. russia has already hold to the supplies to 20 percent from the north stream, one pipeline. no one seemed to is idle right now at the moment and we have the

sanctions. and we also had a technical difficulty which affected the north stream on 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 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 2 pipeline, if russian rate that means tanks or troops crossing the border of ukraine's again, there will be, there will be no longer a nor stream to we will get it. how will you do that? exactly. since the project in control of the project is within germany's control, i promise you will be able do what despite rising gas prices,

the german energy network regulator chief, has claimed that the you is no longer dependent on node stream just supplies. he did a mit, however, that the situation remains tense. will live now to political unless john car village john, welcome to archie international. thanks your time today. thank you, sir. now certainly an intriguing situation surrounding the explosions of these node stream pipelines. it seems like too much of a, too many explosions in these pipelines, considering how rare they are to be a coincidence, and many of the coordinates and acts of sabotage. what's your take? media reporting government reporting, you know, indicates that it's unlikely a natural occurrence of what should be able to be done rather quickly given that the pipeline is or both pipelines are, you know, less than 400 feet from the surface. we should be able to get cameras, rolls,

divers, et cetera, down there pretty quickly to evaluate what kind of damage there is and evaluate what the areas that have exploded or the areas with cracks, what they look like and what likely cause them. so i think pretty quickly there's going to be a consensus as to what happened. then the question becomes, who did it? and many already appeared to be pointing the finger, the kremlin, which has strenuously denied any involvement. and who would have the motivation to do something like this? the 1st suspect it has to be the russian federation or entities within the russian federation, simply because as a, an act of metastasize in the existing conflict in ukraine by damaging infrastructure even if it's not operational markets react to that. and so

there's a spike in natural gas, a spike in oil spike and interest rates. and, you know, there is market hysteria. it generally dissipates over time, but it's fights. and then then you get into, you know, the actors that no 1 may know about. and in no way, am i suggesting you know, united states or others, but you may have 3rd parties that feel, hey, this is neither of these pipelines or operational so. so let's create some problems for you that will benefit us. but this is likely, it is sabotage it's, it's a complex operation just isn't something that somebody puts out of school, but suit dives and causes havoc. so it's likely a state actor and it's likely an actor that's involved with what's happening in

ukraine. one side of the other, of course it raises questions about the other sort of on the water infrastructure, of course, or the gas pipelines, the fiber optic internet cables. the. do you think we'll see something like this in the future, or do you think we'll see? i don't know, maybe sanction lifted against russia or how do you see a situation developing in general since neither pipeline opperation will you know, by doing damage to something that isn't providing value. and there's not a lot of leverage that's created. right. the immediate result is going to be the shareholders in north stream $1.00 and $2.00 are going to be looking to their insurance companies to pay for the repairs. so hopefully there's not a lot of methane, a residual methane in the pipeline, but it's a long pipeline because that's the, you know, viral mental concern. but i think that when,

when one event takes place and no one was injured, thank goodness for that. so it makes it easier for a individual, a group to say, hey, this gets a lot of attention, this causes markets to panic. this causes governments to further focus on maybe seeking a resolution to the issue because they don't want to see continuing expansion of the impact. so it, you know, it's one of those multi dimensional chest games and everyone's trying to look for leverage. but it's, you know, it's unfortunate that that a piece of infrastructure that's expensive and eventually north stream $1.00 and $2.00 we're going to be operational again at some point they will be. and so it's better to have them intact than have them not be able to be turned on as soon as

they need to be turned on. was certainly a very complex situation and we could keep speculating about it for hours to come, john, but we'll have to wait for the outcome of those investigations to see what the results are. but john coverage, but it's got only thank you very much for your insights. with us today. thank you sir. ah, the u. s. congress has received a delegation from the ukrainian armed forces including soldiers from the far right of battalion, just few years ago, washington bund weapons supplies to the units, but now the u. s. has welcomed them. details of the recent meeting emerged when the head of a ukrainian geo posted a report from the visit online. with daria kaleon, you posted a photo showing the as of soldiers dressed in black suits, along with female members of the ukrainian army who in uniform. she explained that during a one week visits the female soldiers met with us congressman and asked for more arms to help gives war efforts. they were also interviewed by us media outlets

including fox news and the new york times. but while the capitol hill meeting was described as the most emotional part of the trip, it didn't go down well with everyone. maggie americans were accused of 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 said. the left is to proudly welcomed ukraine's as av battalion members to capitol hill. only 4 years ago, the u. s. congress banned the supply of weapons to the ukranian neo nazi as of battalion. today, the neo nazi is of battalion as emotionally honored on capital hill. a returned to a long standing and despicable practice of honoring nazi collaborators. criticism of the visits commerce as president joe biden's administration, bustles was, it's as described these own domestic extremists, specifically referring to former us president donald trump and his make america

great again supportive. the u. s. prepared for mid elections, but recently denounced from supporters who participated in last year capitol hill protests as a threat to the country's democracy. while the white house press secretary even went further thing make america great. republicans fit the definition of fascists at the sports. a former ca analyst, laurie johnson, who now had the consulting firm burg associates. this goes back to the dawn of the cold war with the old soviet union. you ukraine was seen as a potential area where there were individuals who were opposed to the soviets, and would be sympathetic or empathetic with the west and were recruited in yourself a long standing intelligent contacts. and i think it really goes to families generational. the soul and the course of that it was ok we were willing to take people who were anti soviet without worrying about whether they were pro not there is no such thing as can.