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some other european leaders more than the national economy when eventually snap as there with very welcome to you. this is all t international with the latest world news update. it's good to happy with us. i almost got to say ukraine's president his calling for the start of a world war. now it's off the vladimir zalinski, judge nato, to carry out a 1st strike against russia. shopper, when that'll booth it. what should nato do? eliminate the possibility of russia using nuclear weapons. i once again appeal to the international community as it was before february 24th. we need preemptive strikes, so that russia would know what awaits them if they use nuclear weapons. not the other way around him to wait for rushes nuclear strikes and then say, oh no. okay, then take this young man who died

a voice you will get some more details on this. now for marty's contributor rachel marston, rachel, nice to see you now. quite a bold statement now from the ukranian president, a talent more on what this could mean for the developments of the conflict, especially now that the ukrainian military's attacking territories that have just joined russia. so listening carefully to what's zalinski is saying here, he's not advocating for nato to nuke rush, i think it's important to point that out. it's not talking specifically about nuclear weapons. he specifically using the term preemptive strikes. so conventional strikes, preventive strikes. now these are unilateral strikes, it seems like he's advocating for when taken outside of the authorization of the united nations security council process. here's what kremlin spokesman dmitri pess . gov had to say and reaction. so this statement by

president zalinski must be taken into consideration by every country in the world. and especially washington london and the you states. such statements are nothing else but a call to initiate a new world war with unpredictable disastrous consequences. and they mustn't go unnoticed by the west. this latest stephen from zalinski should really be a waco call for anyone who thought that zalinski had any interest in peace. he's calling now out right for a disastrous escalation. europe in particular, should take this as a wake up call for what they've been enabling the blocks human rights authority. the council of europe explicitly denounces any unilateral preventive actions as a major violation of international law. now it is always considered, for example, the us attack on iraq again, for preventive reasons, citing weapons of mass destruction as a total violation of international law, and is called relentlessly for an end to those hostilities when they were ongoing.

now, here's the lensky egging on us, lead nato, to do the same thing to russia and the u. i should know better at this point as well. it's come out in the new york times, for example, in the past few days, that the u. s. intelligence community knew or now knows that the ukrainian government was complicit in the car bombing of diarrhea, duke anna, in moscow. so there's been an incremental escalation in actions here on the part of ukraine. now the ball is really in europe's court. will it denounce? zalinski is dangerous rhetoric, the clearly advocates for everything it claims to stand against. just a few days ago, the western mainstream media was hyperventilating, accusing russia. nuclear blackmail over the reality. the yes, it does possess nuclear weapons. so are they now going to be freaking out over zalinski blayton demand that the west set off world war 3 for ukraine? that's there is a big question on everyone's mind right now. as i said,

i'll take contributes rachel month and many thanks for that, rachel. okay, well we're joined by a panel of guests now we're, we're joined by american experts on international security issues. marks labeau to veteran greek diplomatically. and it is chris on papa lessons, human rights fluid down to valley many thanks to 3. if you for joining us on the program, really appreciate your time. first question to lead us please. what do you make of his latest statement here? mean, considering that he's the president of a non native country urging nato to attack russia. yes, i agree with rachel that he did not mention about making a nuclear attack as a parent strike to russia. but if nato attacks in any way, russia, that's a 3rd world war, because russia is going to retaliate against all nato member states. and that would

be the end of, of europe and perhaps over humanity. once we start playing these kinds of games. and i cannot understand why the leaders of the, of the west are urging themselves to commit suicide. i cannot understand that, but it is, but we must also not forget that last week it was when there is an end here again said that she's going to apply for a fast track application to join nato. and of course, it was positively accepted by some nato countries. but recently the united states came out and said that it's not the moment to do that because even that would cause a cause, a war between the west and russia with the destructive

consequences for humanity. so this is a very strange game that is being played. it's a very dangerous game, and it is very interesting for, for the world and for, for, for humanity. and i think that this should stop and i hope that the west it doesn't give any more importance to words and then you said then starts ignoring him. i've a 2, i missed the boat. i should be taken valenze, his latest statement with a pinch of salt, or should we be very concerned and what do you make of the response from moscow, which is cody's words and attempts to start a world war? yeah, i agree. i think we have to take his words in the context of his larger statements . he is talking about a preventative 1st the nuclear strike. by the way, he says the international community, he means the west of course,

the u. s. the u. k. and france, the nuclear powers. and i think that if there was any doubt thus far, he is unhinged for i am concerned for his mental health. he is obviously willing to risk nuclear arm a get in to preserve his regime. and i don't think that russia or other state leaders are that are dealing with him, can any longer consider him to be a rational actor. and we also have to take this in the context of his recent action . he has ordered his military forces in the law over the last 2 months to continually shell and attack with kamikaze drones, the zappa rosure nuclear power plant, whatever his absurd denials to the contrary. obviously attempting to create some type of defacto dirty bomb incident. kind of a nuclear scorched earth policy in his own country. when he was present they were

particularly targeting the spent fuel containers on this facilities territory. and those attacks continue to this day and i think we're dealing with someone extremely dangerous. so i think if there are anything actors left of any positions of power within the key of regime that they should be doing the right thing and seeking to remove him from power as soon as possible. and if western leaders do not immediately denounce his statement and back away from it, i think we have to consider them complicit. i mean, they have been accusing the russian president, both in governments in, in media over the last 2 was just over the last week of, of nuclear threats and nuclear back male simply saying that he would use any means

necessary. all means that his disposal to defend the russian, russia, and the russian people. here we have their client puppet, who is asking for demanding a nuclear preventative strike as he calls it on roger, what won't this man do? i think we really need to take a look for false flag incidences, ad being a real possibility, either of the dirty bomb type or god forbid, this man gets his hands on a tactical new coming over to mr. dunn, cuz the valet can obviously very both statements from president lensky barracks, but it's a big question. no, and everyone's minds is how nato and cindy west is going to respond to it, whether they will hate is cold, or whether they will ignore them. what do you think that they going today? well, certainly i hope that they reject these calls. i agree with the other commentators

that what he's on or would risk world war 3, which would probably be a nuclear war, which is completely unacceptable. i do think it's a good sign that nato rejected. is that the application for membership very recently, which is probably a sign that they don't want to get more directly involved in this war. obviously natives already involved in all that but not in a very over way. i think they want to avoid the appearance of that. and so i think they will reject the landscape call, but i do think it's dangerous. what he's calling for. i agree that his attacks on the nuclear power plan are very dangerous. obviously we had the attack on north $32.00, which is an escalation of the war. and you know, i have no doubt the u. s. was beyond that, so we're in a very dangerous moment. i mean, what nato should do,

what the us should do is work very hard towards the negotiated settlement of this conflict between ukraine and russia. up till now, we know the us and you can get it done everything they can to prevent from breaking now. but i think in the interest of the world, they have to work towards the negotiated settlement. i coming back to you alina lynn. it is both the c i a director, and the us defense secretary has admitted that there's, there's no evidence of an imminent nuclear threat from russia, but the western mainstream media hasn't really picked up on those statements. so why is that? do you think? well, it's the property of the west to scare the populations of the west and to make them more anti russian. i mean, which is this is, this is one of the mess. messages that are delegation that went to saint petersburg,

conveyed back to the greek people that what is happening in russia would the absolutely nothing life continues there as normally this is not conveyed by the western press. that is, that is showing that there is a situation in russia with people leaving law to be drafted as part of this propaganda campaign. that is, that is being played and it's, it's very, very serious. also, i would like to, to add one more point about this, this crisis here in greece. we're having a very serious situation with threats and jerky is threatening to attack grease several, some of the islands. and it's going to take, as it is going to take the opportunity over over major war in, in the ukraine to do that. and this is something that is of concern of the greek

people at the moment. and this is why the greek people would like to see the situation to calm down a little bit in, in, in the ukraine. coming back to you lot. it will be interesting to see how this latest statement from the lensky will be picked up in the mainstream media and represented whether they will and will be saying, okay, well, this is a bit too far, whether they will be, you know, joining up support for his requests and what do you think? yeah, i think that they will probably adopt a policy of denial. i mean, that is been their general policy. thus far. you know that a, they have denied that the regime has been showing its own people in east ukraine for the last 8 years. they tried to they, they said that they were shelling themselves when they said that russian forces were shelling themselves in this approach. a nuclear power plant. they said that

diarrhea doogan originally was killed by the russian f s bay or sacrifice in some type of s o terror ritual by her father. they said that nord stream to russia blew up its own $30000000000.00 pipelines. they will continue the policy of denial and tried to cast his words in a different last threatening light. but i don't think that anyone with a brain cell is going to buy that. and this, what actually really concerns me is that when put made his recent speech, when he talked about defending russia by all means at his disposal. and that was spun out of all control in the west or in the mainstream media as some of nuclear threat. what they are neglecting to tell the audience is that in the paragraph directly before that statement,

and in the paragraph after made clear that he was talking about in reference to nuclear threats. the threat to use nuclear weapons against russia that he had received from high ranking western officials and politicians, which he said very clearly. this puts zelinski statements in an even more frightening light that there may be some type of implicit backing for statements like this. we have time for one final question for mister alec done. so we find ourselves, perhaps the closest we've ever been to a nuclear war since the cuban missile crisis, back in 1900. 62, of course back then diplomacy eventually prevailed. but do you think the key decision makers have today have learned enough lessons from history? i don't think they've learned lessons from history because i don't, i don't think they know history. i mean that especially in the united states. yeah,

i mean, we should look to the cuban missile crisis or how to get out of this, you know, john f. kennedy you know, he worked hard to negotiate to deal with crew ship. it was a given take. he agreed not to attack cuba. he agreed to take nuclear weapons out of turkey in return, recruit the missiles out of cuba. that is, had been negotiations we need today, but you don't see any of that happening from the us. you don't see the u. s. helping to negotiate a solution. in fact, you see them interfering to prevent solution from being agreed to. so that is very, very troubling. i like thank all of our guests for joining me on the show this evening. we've been speaking to american express on international security issues marks, lebeau to veteran greek diplomat. lee, and it is chris on populace and human rights fluid duncanville many thanks to 3 of the really appreciate your time. thank you. now moving on,

the us is reportedly desperate to secure cheap oil imports from venezuela. and i said to be in talk to e sanctions on the madeira government and exchange for energy supplies. it comes off of the opec plus group decided to slash its oil output, which is expected to keep fuel prices high. meanwhile, the largest us, the oil trade groups, wrote a less energy secretary jennifer granholm. so they're very concerned that washington is considering limits and gives feel exports in order to know what consumer prices. they said this move could only disrupt global markets, reduce domestic were fine and capacity and alienate u. s. allies passes to find and is being called out by a prominent fox news home. stay with this sabotage at the north stream gas pipelines from russia to germany. where might some americans have gotten the notion that the by the administration might have been involved directly or through a proxy in the destruction of the north stream pipelines?

why would they think that they certainly didn't watched on russia today? or t has been pulled off the air when they learned it from joe biden himself, he's the president. there will be no longer some norse tube to we. we will be going to do the secretary state. in the bite administration, mr. tony blanket bragged about how great the sabotage of north stream was and were quoting. it's a tremendous opportunity, said tony blanket. it's a great thing. not a tragedy. a victory? well, the host of our teeth. well, the pilot program works on a boy co joined to be in the studio earlier to break down the ramifications of the opec plus oil output decrease. white has already described this move as a hostile act, and it's a very interesting wording because if you start from a promise that the rest of the world is supposed to be serving your interest, done everything that's worth your interest would be a wholesale act. but saudi arabia, in many of the opec members, are considered traditional

u. s. allies. and the fact that they have pretty much ignored the very, very active american law being shows that things are changing in the world. and countries are starting to pursue their own interest. the white house has yet again tried to put all the blame on russia, but i think the current division shows the even closest american alice and no longer paying attention to anything that's washington is saying, or doing and directly pursuing their own interest just last september. and use came out that while the united states is facing such a major shortage of oil, it's sold around $10000000.00 barrels out of the strategic or the reserves to the chinese, to the chinese company. some shares of which are owned by a hunter biden's investments for him. so while the situation is pretty, pretty dramatic, this process hearing very glaring, very obvious, profiteering still goes on and, you know, it's, it's pretty amazing to see how the old schemes continued despite the fact that the

situation is pretty, pretty daring. and yesterday, after this decision was made, i spoke to the former advisor to the saudi any day minutes. and he said, you know, this decision is not emotional. it's not politically scientific. is a scientific decision. it's not fitting, but it's, it's serving bab jack to practical national interest the, you know it's, it's interesting to see that they have the stamina to do that. primarily because the bottom mr. she has done everything to alley and they might many with allies. the ear is the only one that seems to be left in the so called american camp. and surprisingly, in your is, you know, in the book of countries it has absolutely no oil reserve. it would be interesting to see how there will be doing with, with that patricians, unlike the, even the united states that have its own strategic all the reserves and the bite. an administration has been living happily when it's over the last year. the, besides the reserve diminished by almost

a 3rd from more than 600000000 barrels to some with about 400000000 barrels and the vitamin ministration announce, hear it again. that they are going to release another $10000000.00 to try to heat to try to ease the markets and those, those additional barrels will hit the market right around the time of the mid term elections that may provide summary slide. but the problem is that when you are emptying your reserves on such a short term perspective, the time to pay for that will come and it will come very soon because those reserves will have to be replenished and they will have to be replenished, of much higher prices, so it's essentially they are trying to use that strategic reserves to aid the biden's standing in the polls. but even if they win, even though the democrats, when they will have to address that problem, a couple of months down the line, all of them in a couple of years, a couple of months when we, while the

e. u has officially adopted a, it's a package of sanctions against moscow, including the 4 former ukrainian regions that recently joined russia off the referendums. the, the new restrictions include a price cap on oil imports from russia by see the pipeline supplies are not affected. some import said rushing goods like steel, paper and plastic and now also bands plus there are measures prohibiting e u, exposed to russia, such as coal ation equipments, and certain chemicals, or just by b, e u, sanction being aimed at russia. so be inefficient. say they're the ones they will have to pay the price. well, even in the itself, some top officials of warning the europeans will bear the brunt of the political decisions in brussels. the european union has again proven that is a club of countries that once had their soldiers install and grad. the only consistency in its policy is revenge upon free people. serbia was forbidden to import russian oil through the adria attic pipeline. but bulgaria was not. serbia

is forced to buy more expensive iraq oil and thus lose hundreds of millions of euro's they could have been used more effectively. we are risking a massive d industrialization of the european continent and the long term consequences of that might actually be very deep. our populations are getting invoices which are completely insane. at some point it will snap. i understand that people are angry. people don't have the means to pay for it. belgrade based political analysts, alexander pavlovitch, they said the 8th being punished for refusing to join. what is essentially an e suicide pat? all the serving high officials from the president prime minister here at the minister defense. they just protested. larry b, a man guest manager. because it is a practically sanctioned measure against serbia. and you know, we all know why that is, is because serbia is the alone country. you know, in this part of europe practically in all of europe, which is not,

which is refusing to impose sanctions against russia. so this is also seen as a kind of a threat and a revenge. it revenge as serbia on the part of the you for not imposing sanctions against russia. they're trying to deny serbia, it song geopolitical choices. it choices to be neutral. conflict they're trying to interact with serbia, q u suicide backs. ah, well ukraine said is determined to hunt down anyone who believes to have collaborated with russia. the british tabloids, the daily mail has published an article about the apparent extrajudicial killings. this lies of former senior official is saying that ukrainian troops can even shoot such individuals on side. a manhunt for collaborators has been declared their lives are not protected by law or intelligent services or eliminating them,

shooting them like pigs. the daily mail revelations come as a surprise, as it's article contains a number of accusations against the russian military and russian intelligence allegedly committed atrocities. but a significantly bigger part of it is all about her merciless ukrainians are hunting, all those loyal to the russian forces and joined forces administrations on the ground and killing them like pig. this is something that one would never expect from a democratic country. ha, that's the west bush's everybody to believe ukraine is. the article also says that has revenge killings, orchestrated by ukraine. special forces have been recently increasingly well organized. here's another quotation. let's take a listen. others are being tracked down and slaughtered by resistance fighters. a list passed to this newspaper by a key government source identifies 29 such retribution killings with 13 morrison nation attempts that left some targets wound it. well, it's true that we never heard things like these from a daily mail kind of media,

but it's low for the 1st time that we learn about key regimes. war on all those who are they believe and collaborating with the russian and joint forces on the ground earlier r t made an exclusive report on as b. u agent til yep. and the to whose job was to organize terror acts and murders targeting pro russian politicians throughout harrison's region. and earlier this week, we heard at personal advice from ukraine's vice prime minister st. collaborators run away that a tragic thing is that keeps term collaborator is in fact include a very wide range of people from those who actually held the russian military on the ground to those who simply agreed to receive humanitarian aid from moscow. so literally, anyone who agreed to stay in the area after russians to control, we now hear reports about massive arrests of teachers. doctors sit ordinary walkers and the areas left by the russians and we year that's up to 40 people,

get detained every day. this is what ukraine's defense ministry says, and i have to remind you that these are just normal, simple people doing their everyday job. and even some of you, politicians started questioning this kind of democracy. let's take a listen. the e u says ukraine is fighting to defend democracy from authoritarianism, brushes, authoritarian but western governments plus the media are misinforming by failing to call out anti democracy measures in ukraine, while dissenting voices in the e you are being silenced. this is also authoritarianism. getting back to daily mail publication, the feeling is that although admitting that ukraine is behind a great number of revenge, killings with papers somehow justifying them by saying that yet another uncomfortable truth is that some ukrainians have indeed been assisting russian administrations on the ground. while the fact that later they were hunted and

killed like pig is actually not considered as uncomfortable. these kinds of stories simply do not go with the general narrative being cultivated among western outlets . which would like for their audiences to believe that ukraine is a thriving democracy, some kind of beacon of freedom in europe as opposed to the state of fascist terror in which ukrainians find themselves today. some of those who were quoted in this daily mail, these include anti garrett shank, both that interior ministry advisor, who is one of the founders of the middle board, it kill list i was placed on that kill list last week, many journalists, i know who work with have been placed on this kill list, but all of that again, is not being reported in mainstream media. either. many thanks for joining us here in arty international. and don't forget to take the latest news updates on our website

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