a with a crimea bridge reopens to vehicles and trains across the kurt straits, a massive truck explosion on saturday morning. many in the west and ukraine, celebrating the explosion. russia slums, the reaction as revealing the quote, the terrorist nature of the key evasion is nato partners. and in the store is a shake. the news this week, a u. s. law makers, fleming saudi arabia, as royal back stabbers following the opec close decision for slash oil output. we are, those says the u. s. is responsible for the energy crisis in the country with

the packing of us, those leader fleas, the country after anti french sentiment among citizens and the military lead to last week with it's sunday. and that means is the weekly here on archie international. i and peter scott, and here are some of the stories from the week just gone. welcome to the program. we start off with the crimean bridge, which is reopened after a massive truck explosion on saturday morning. our vehicles have already started crossing with the railway section, also open for cargo and passenger trains. now here's some of the latest pictures and you can see cars now heading in both directions, accompanied by traffic. police. russian officials say a successful test. one showed that the bridge is safe, although one section of the crossing the most heavily damaged does still remain closed. all vehicles and trains be carefully inspected before going on to the

bridge and has some surveillance footage of the blast itself. the russian anti terror committee says that 3 people died in the explosion. the exact cause of the destination is still under investigation. the attack destroyed 2 sections of roadway instead of a nearby fuel cargo train on fire. one chinese official one, the sabotage of critical infrastructure could spark a dangerous pattern. the explosion crimean bridge less than a month after a nurse from habash opens pandora's box and destroying k infrastructure. and once it becomes new normal, the whole world will face raising security threats. or meanwhile, many western media outlets have been celebrating the deadly bombing of the crimean bridge. the daily mail, for example, called it a birthday present for vladimir putin who turned 70 on the eve of the attack, almost been described as his prized bridge. some headlines say the crossing is a symbol of so called russian occupation and called the bombing

a blow to putin's war efforts. slower police though, whence even further comparing the attacks. the results of the recent referendums, the so for new regions join russia. while you k tabloid at the sun on some ukrainian media suggest the key of special forces were responsible for the bombing, his rushes response to that. the reaction of the key regime to the destruction of civilian infrastructure reveals its terrace nature. they are really keen to emphasize that this is a blow for russia, that this is a devastating tragedy for vladimir putin and what a great presence just see, you know, a swiss the knife a little bit more about again, even though no one is confirming that ukraine was behind that we're seeing some countries in particular in europe, not only alluded to the fact that it was indeed ukraine, but there also applaud in them for it. i believe this target has been around for a very long time. it's tanya certainly welcomes this and congratulations, ukrainian special operations units who are expected to be behind the separation

motivation. alicia said it says it's a bumper. the soul, especially given yesterday, was put in person these curricular research, such gifted dogs. i wish him more of such gifts to present things. can you imagine of something like this happened in the united states or in israel or in any other country and 5. and then you would hear statements like that it's, it's a despicable really, especially when we know that 3 people died, people lost their lives. and this is what i mean when. when rush, i say in that this reaction coming from ukraine and also those who are supporting it's a broad this shows that success, city of kias regime and that success, city of the west, and also the terrorist nature of kias regime of the latest, the photos that were seen emerging from ukraine. our people actually taken selfies in front of a banner. we can see it right now, a banner that they've put up all the explosions on the bridge. and what's interesting is, is how fast they managed to to get that banner up there. but also we're now seeing

reports online that the photo of this banner was actually circulating back in september. of course, we know that the bridge was a targets all along, that there is no secret to that. and they would love to, to blow all because of course, it's linking russia. so crimea, so again here we saw that the 2nd largest banker in ukraine is already issuing debit cards featuring as a collab spread. so there is happiness all around that this happened. let's not forget that 3 people died. but again, this doesn't concern them. they're just, they're tweeting things like. let's start by taking a look at some of the suites we saw coming out as early as this morning. first of all, we have the secretary or the national security and defense council of ukraine. here he is saying, good morning ukraine and a side by side of the bridge on fire, and marilyn monroe sing, and happy birthday miss the president. of course, allude into the fact that this is

a great gift for vladimir putin 70th birthday. and then we had the ukraine security service that sweets id on the bridge is burned in well greetings from ukraine's armed forces. and that today is a great occasion. and we heard from zelinski residential advisor this summer. he said that the bridge itself is a target and will be a target and they will try to destroy it as soon as they could do to improve it. we don't care about the crimean breach. once we perceive necessarily technical options . it will become a target for us to go for that is nothing to discuss. we don't have an opportunity yet, but once we get it, we'll target her to the point where she energy. and it seems that they found the opportunity and the way to do it. and they did just that, even though now again, they're saying that somehow russia did it, and this somehow helps us. i don't, i don't know, in what way shape or form this would help russia. but again, those are the latest claims from

t if following an initial outburst of praise for the attack, ukraine's presidential adviser then suggested the incidents were staged, as part of the power struggle between russia's defense ministry on the f s. b. however, the washington post has revealed a ukrainian government official admitted the key of special services were behind the bombing. earlier, journalist thomas roper told my colleague nikki, are in that it would be odd if russia were to target its own infrastructure. russia always attacks itself. they're mumbling to nets, clear bombing the nuclear power plant, and they destroyed not stream to another bridge. this is the normal key of propaganda in you can look at history every, every time and conflict, something like this happens. ah, it's the well, the enemy, who did it, and trying to blame somebody else, it's obvious that russia wouldn't blow the bridge. it needs himself for former supporting the crimea regional thing is pass all that the u. s. was also aware.

turns to on the crimean bridge, considering the training officials have quoted, a legitimate target finance. now working there, not only am that did not, not only know i think van wolf, i am, we know, for example, that of us has to confirm each tire, which is hit by how much work it's we know that did the u. s. and the britons, the grits are planning, offenses of ukrainian are together with the ukrainians and such and such an act of whatever terror or war how you call it. i would not have been done by keith without a support or at least knowledge of the western. the supporters of president zalinski is now actively backpedaling on his comments, calling for a preemptive nato strike on russia. he claims he was simply misunderstood. and i said, you have to do preventive kinks, nodded ex, yahoo just goes out the shore that amber g, a t as in order to port and those do apprehend villain,

exciting them with g a. there was a 0 in the trim, a dumont employees ago gabled it poor jim vladimir zalinski insists he was just urging the west to impose more sanctions, claiming the kremlin is preparing society for the possible use of nuclear weapons that he added. he would never call for nuclear armageddon as that would make him a terrorist. the wording he used however, does translate literally from ukrainian as preemptive strikes. there was little criticism from the west of the provocative words of the ukrainian leader when a while russian officials say they are unconvinced by zalinski is backtracking organisms big sugar when that of boise what should nato do and 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 yard of cheddar yesterday. zalinski called on his western masters to launch a preemptive nuclear strike on russian with this statement, he's essentially shown the whole world more evidence of the threats emanating from the key regime, which the special operation was launched to neutralize order. the attempt by zalinski secretaries to claim that he meant something else or ridiculous spitzer in these situations landscape with like his entire regime has got a taste and is beginning to dictate his own conditions. both his nature and to the union kirkland issue of universe. this all comes as joe biden says, that the risk of nuclear armageddon is at its highest since the 1962 cuban missile crisis. we discussed the issue with a plan of guests. if there was any doubt that thus far, he is unhinged. i am concerned for his mental health. he is obviously willing to risk nuclear armageddon to preserve his regime. and i don't think that russia

or other state leaders are dealing with him can any longer consider him to be irrational actor. and we also have to take this in the context of his recent actions. 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. if western leaders do not immediately denounce his statements and back away from it, i think we have to consider them complicit if a data tax 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 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. 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 for how to get out of it. you know, john f kennedy, the worker, you know, he worked hard to negotiate a deal with crew chef. it was a given take. he agreed not to attack cuba. he agreed to take nuclear weapons out of turkey in return for crew. taking the missiles out of cuba that it had been to go, hey, we need today, but you don't see any of that happening from the us. you don't see the us helping i

to negotiate a solution and back you see them interfering to prevent solution from being agreed to. so that is very, very troubling. and not the latest from done yet. square, a civilian was wounded off the ukrainian army showed the center of the regions capital. let's take a look at the latest images from the scene. the attack hit a residential building and the streets were fortunately mostly empty, with just one person wounded in their home. this comes as officials say, the 3 civilians were killed and 5 wounded and ukrainian attacks across the dentist republic on saturday. meanwhile, ukraine said that the russian forces have reportedly shelled civilian infrastructure in the city of zappa, georgia. these are and verified images of the aftermath of the attack with key of claiming multiple people being killed or injured. bush officials have not yet commented on the incident. the done yet, scandal, ganske republics, as well as

a hassan, as a foreclosure regions. and now officially part of russia following the signing of the documents by president putin. on wednesday, the unification comes after locals in the territories voted in favor of the move and russian lawmakers, along with the nations constitutional cult ratified the joining of the new regions of the ukraine on its western allies, have condemned the referendums as illegitimate shams and refuse to recognize the results versus minister defense says they have evidence that ukrainian forces have been using informants to identify targets that include civilians with lots eager to johnny spoke to one man who revealed places of mass gatherings to obtain a reward and now faces up to 2 decades in prison, and we should warn you that this report does include an interview with someone in custody who could be speaking under duress, bribes and brainwashing, are the favorite tools of key of intelligence agents on the russian home front in the don bass. they look for people eager to sell the lives of their neighbors for

a thin wood of bills. dennis here is one of those who fell for the temptation. me a whistle somewhat of long. i went up for a walk. with my doke, i saw a guy. i asked him for cigarettes and he gave it to me. i talked to him and he offered me a job. i asked him what kind of job. he said nothing much. i just need addresses whether a mass gatherings of people, young. i went to look and gave him the address and he went to check when he returned, he said that he was satisfied with everything and offered me the equivalent of $80.00 for one address. but locations of russia's military excuse or supply depos were of no interest for this client. all he wondered, was where mass gatherings of civilians were in

a town cut off from water and electricity supply. there can be only a handful of such places, mainly points of humanitarian aid distribution, whole piles of baby food, diapers and medicine. leave no questions as to what this place used to be. this sports arena was repurposed, it served as a major warehouse for humanitarian aid, where the whole town of several dentist flocked to because that was something that they badly needed and still badly need. but now it stands, whole destroyed and burned down to ashes by the ukrainian military. this is one of the 1st places obliterated by ukraine's artillery. shortly after denise submitted the information by then it had dawned on him already what he was responsible for and who his mysterious contact was. he wasn't phased by the realization though, and stuck to his newly found blood business albano, one after he gave me the money and left there was shelling at this address and i

heard from people that civilians died that over then he asked for more addresses. i found a hostile, where civilians were given water and gave the address to him. and 2 days later, there was shelling there. after he was interested in other addresses, gave him the address of the hotel where humanitarian aid was given out. a thick stench of ash is still very present in the air here. this is one of the places that ukrainian military had destroyed off to getting an anonymous tip off. apparently came from some one who relocated to several minutes from western ukraine. it came from over there, but the locals here, they don't know why the man the foreman chose this place, because according to them, the military, the russian soldiers, they have never been here. dennis hands tremble now as he faces up to 20 years in jail for state treason. they didn't shake. they didn't slip though when he was

providing more coordinates, which entailed another deadly strike organ real. there was a strike over there. one unexploded shell is still stuck on the roof. then another strike came over there. the guy was sitting here, it was around 10 p. m. he was killed by a fragment. for the 1st time, dennis has the opportunity to look in the eye of a person. he marked as a target on caves artillery maps. as a play a short message, the victim paused with us. for salt, chew those people are scum. what else can be said about them? people rebuild the infrastructure and they keep destroying it and it looks like the shelling come with help of informers over poor little it's too late. now. there's nothing to return to. the ukrainian command has been systemically targeting vital civilian infrastructure elements in this war, toontown. a mac is done of reporting from the dumbass oxy,

royal bike stuff as well. that's what one us lawmakers cold, saudi arabia overreacts moved to reduce oil outputs, us following the opec plus decision of the u. s. has blamed the kingdom for rising living costs in the country, while the saudi minister of state says it's america itself is responsible. vi prices and the reasons are nothing to do with crude oil. every kitchen table costs is going to go up, not down. i realized costs are going up front food. i was able to bring gasoline down. well, over a $1.60 birds, his engine, not because of work, the russians in salis. i'm not finishing the idea that sergio bu into would do this to harm the us or to be in any way politically involved is absolutely not correct at all. we'll still respect the reason you have high prices in the united states is because you have a refining shortage that has been in existence for more than 20 years. you haven't built refineries and decades. opaque plus opposite cuts,

oil production by $2000000.00 barrels per day, starting next month. and the move cause anger among us lawmakers with calls to re examine phase with key oil producers who they allege a damaging washington's economic interests. now this comes after years of the u. s praising the kingdom as a strategic partner and supplying the country with large amounts of weapons. some of even called for the us to withdraw military support from saudi arabia and the united arab emirates, the opec plus decision has echoed in the e u as well. according to foreign policy chief, you're set barrel. the decisions of cuts, oil production was a response to the you plan to adopt a price cap. this comes as brussels announced its 8th package of sanctions against russia, which includes a price cap on further restrictions on maritime transportation of russia, crude oil on petroleum products. however, vladimir putin warned earlier that russia would stop exports, in cases where price cap was implemented. most of our tease worlds apart, asana,

boycott soldiers that more countries are pursuing their own interests going against us influence. the 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 and everything that's for your interest would be forced to act. but i want to remind you and me, i'm sure our viewers also know that, that saudi arabia, in many of the opec members are considered traditional us alice and the fact that they have pretty much ignored. very, very active american law being shows that things are changing in the world and countries are starting to pursue their own interest. a white house has yet again tried to put all the blame on russia. but i think the current division shows that even closest american alice and no longer paying attention to anything that washington is saying or doing directly pursuing their own interest. the bottom

district has everything to alley and made my menu with allies. the ear is the only one that seems to be left in the so called american camp. and surprisingly, the ear is, you know, in the book of countries it has absolutely no oil reserve. it would be interesting to see how they will be doing with, with that situation. certainly they will be blaming russia. but i mean, again, you cannot warm up with the homes of your citizens with blaming somebody. so it's, we are also very, very interesting times, unlike the year the united states that have its own strategic all reserves and the bite, an administration has been living happily when it's over the last year or the besides . and that's reserve diminished by almost a 3rd from more than 600000000 barrels to some with about 400000000 barrels. and the vitamin ministration announce yet 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 some respite but the problem is that when you are emptying your reserves on, on a 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 at 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 if the democrats, when they will have to address that problem, a couple of months down the line, not even a couple of years, a couple of months to add insult to injury joe biden himself is be much over the opec production coats after he was caught speaking on a microphone during his trip to florida. oh, okay. president says no one apps with abiding good. it appears opec plus has

done just that. i mean, other than opec bicycles, china stairs, russia, et cetera. joe biden, no one the biden. opec. when you start begging, you know, the gulf states when you start beg, middle eastern countries have changed their already declared policies. it's an act of desperation as an act of shortsighted foolishness. when the solution is literally right in your hand, the relationship of the us and golf say to not been particularly good at any point in recent memory. we have regimes that are propped up by the united states, but still resent the united states for their infiltration and meddling. so it's not that that, that the relation has gotten considerably worse. they just weren't very good to begin with with bite and try to convince them to change their mind. it's really showing that he himself was unwilling to change his mind. all that would need to happen to end. the real shortage is to get rid of all the sanction that prevent

american companies, individuals from buying fuel. if buying was simply change his mind, then he wouldn't have to bag saudi arabia to change their minds in the news this week. but those ousted leader has fled to the neighboring west african country of togo after a military crew last sunday forced him to resign. now one of the reasons for the rising is said to be widespread disdain for the country's cooperation with the former colonial rule of france. i mitchie overflow of the government is the 2nd crew that's 15 of us, so has seen in just 8 months. supporters of the new government took to the streets in celebration, showing the discontent with france by setting a part of the french embassy on fire. or some vice could also be seen in the crowds, as people call for the country to step away from france. and though stronger ties with all the nation or for that we've been working with france for

a long time in the end. it's a bloody situation. baba, people are starving. people are eating while tree leaves is like, you know, it's france who's responsible. they better move back or we will look for another partner. sickle apple bless, you know, more france, our choice is russia. france is stealing from a ceiling. we are starving. life costs are very expensive, but russia would be nice to work with. france, just plunder our resources. are france claims to help us, but it's not true. someone, france is depriving us ruining us. they should leave our country. now. we need russia. no jobs, no money, no business. we are poor. i sort of it. we are unemployed on and the whole day we have nothing at all to do on my law. the cool in between a fossil is the 2nd one this year, but the anti french sentiment has never been higher. many of the residents of the former french colony believed that france has a hand in the current situation in the country. france denies any involvement in the events occurring since yesterday in burkina faso. the french forces camp has

never had paul on re sand dahlgren to me, but stay there, nor has our embassy. the new government, led by 34 year old captain ibrahim trial warri believes that france is helping the ousted leader lieutenant colonel dunbar is believed to have taken refuge in the french base at cam boynton in order to plan a counter offensive to stir up trouble in our defense and security forces, but it is not just the people of booking the fossil. many of the former french colonies seem to find reason to dislike france. they dislike the colonial nature that paris has with their governments. and there has also been anti french protest . they, the summer france cleans miserably to its former african colonial empire, which it planters exploits its resources, and instigates clues kills their heads of state ignites terrorism and fuels, wars and genocides. but gina fossil expected assistance and protection from france . and it's not just what gina fossil,

other countries in the region did 2 in the j. the sentiment is the same. there are anti french slogans because we demand the immediate departure of the ball cane, forcing niger, which is alienating our sovereignty and destabilizing the saw here. the rise of the islamic insurgency in the us a hell region is one of the reasons why france has come under fire. molly was left to fend for itself at the front, seemingly couldn't lift a finger to help them with the security in the region. molly had several pieces of evidence that these flagrant violations of malin airspace have been used by france to collect intelligence for the benefit of terrorist groups operating in the cell and to drop arms and ammunition to them. piece of security and stability of notoriously been elusive in this region of africa. despite the influence of france and several form our french colonies have had enough, they have started looking elsewhere for new partnership in their fight for sovereignty and peace in the region. gobble it had oddity enjoyed his book.

some of the stories this shaped the weekend on ot see for more than any of them do head over to all websites on pizza. scott, on the back with another log in around 30 minutes time. i'll see you then with i don't see this conflict as being one over values. that's not to say that there might not be differences in values between elements of the us population or elements of the u. s. leadership and elements of the russian population in russia. leadership that there may well be some differences,

but i don't see this conflict as having to do with that. i see this primarily as really, frankly, a proxy war on russia's border that is being pursued by the u. s. and the neo powers. mm hm. the eradication of love is him was also conceived by hitler who formed the general plan ost for the colonization and german ization of eastern europe. the plan involved about 80 percent been killed or relocated me, those labels. he certainly will. i've been the you ruined his proceed. you mean your story up when you way? i'd be hearing him. yes, because i actually knew you don't lose any of the sailors asked. so eugene's e eta firstly, i mean i was just.