ah ah, with we will take serious steps to provide an adequate response, can measure it with the levels of threats to the russian federation. no one should have any doubts about that. and lot of may proven, compares ukraine's actions primarily in crimea and other border regions to terrorism against russia. evil and they will have okay, very harsh response. the remarks calm as russia conducts an enormous missile strike operation on various ukrainian targets, including military command centers and energy facilities. 4th, ahead for you this hour here on our team admins, reports that both the president of bela bruce and russia have agreed to deploy a joint regional military contingent. what does that mean?

we'll give you all the details from just a moment. a always 2 sides to every major story these days. appreciate you joining us, your analogy international. it's a good to have you with us. so we do continue without breaking news coverage or nazi is vladimir putin has about a serious and reciprocal response to any threats made to russia. he made the remarks during a meeting of the national security council commenting on the latest round of missile strikes against ukraine. on this morning, upon the initiative of the defense ministry strikes using high precision weapons from land, sea and air carriers were made against objects in the cranium territory. we will take serious steps to provide an adequate response, can measure it with the levels of threats to the russian federation. no one should have any doubts about that. meanwhile, the latest media reports claim another wave of missile strikes in kiev and other

europe, ukrainian cities. earlier today, russia launched doesn't, so miss all is targeting key infrastructure all across the country. the defense ministry and moscow says all designated targets, what it ah, yeah, critical energy, you know, communication infrastructure struck in at least as we understand 15 cities. the crating officials report that 5 regions have no power and present zelinski also confirm that crucial energy systems have been targeted. now, as we understand a, a thermal power station and key has been hit with a you can see the smoke in the sky right there above the facility. as it lensky advisor reported that missiles hit close to the presidential office and ukraine's security services. headquarters, of course, both of those are in the capitol authority say 10 people killed and dozens more wounded and key f and locals have been sharing footage on reactions for the missiles stripes. they witness

yeah, that's what it are there. but the net pro petrosky is where are the cities thermal power plant has been badly damaged as a result of a missile strike. now let's go west to the western ukrainian city of layoff, excuse me, live off. i should say this. i would have footage or shows a smoke caused by missile attack back and said he's been left without power and water supplies will turn it over. now to our correspondent in don boss, who's been monitoring every major development since the early morning hours, his correspondent eagerness. donnell, thought you them would you basically at least 5 ukrainian regions, whole regions have been completely cut off from the energy great hand. i mean, this is just the tip of the iceberg. there are energy shortage is pretty much all

across ukraine. now. also, water shortages have been reported in many regional centers in smaller towns and villages. and again, the locals and the citizens of ukraine have been officially urged by the authorities to judge their phones in advance to get their power banks ready and to get warm clothes. because again, the situation is very serious. it's still under assessment. but it, oh yeah, i can already same quite definitively that while the damage has been quite extensive, now it will take more than that. oh that more than what russia has done to completely take out ukraine's energy systems and again, other facilities can be repaired. but again, russia can deal more damage with more strikes and does so the situation is very serious for the ukrainians and the well, they are panicking. it's safe to say in care of, we've seen massive cues, a people lining up to gas stations, trying to get as much petrol as they can. people have been sweeping goods off the

shelves of the supermarkets, mainly canned foods and water because well, again, this should, there are shortages of running water in the taps. this was something that the ukrainians had hoped to see in russia's crimea after they attacked it after a successful attack on the crimean bridge. that didn't happen there. and now that russia's retaliating, well, there are panicking, and that's despite reports that foreign and cia intelligence, mainly the british intelligence, had apparently, reportedly warned the key of authorities of a missile strike being prepared in moscow. but well, even if they were indeed av well, if they were, if they indeed knew about the strike, i mean the authorities, they did nothing to alert the population about it. they woke up to air raid sirens, and many were just out and about doing their to stay going about their daily routine. i should say. so are there are civilian casualties, of course, and there are people wounded, nobody it did. this attack did catch people of god,

now of foreign. now foreign powers are also reacting to the ball to this missiles strike of an unprecedented scale. are the e. u is urgently pulling out. it's a diplomatic schanzer. the u. s. has urged all of its citizens to leave ukraine as quickly as possible. so to japan were expecting more reaction, as well as people are in the, in the united states wake up and as your, as the business day starts in europe. now i, interestingly enough, russia used at least 5 types, may be more of munitions for this strike, including a rushes, cal, russia, excuse me, including russia's caliber miss aisles. and this is interesting because an individual who's fallen out to the, to the charms of ukraine's propaganda. that would be a surprise for them because since march ukrainian propagandists have been proposing that, well, russia has run out almost run out of these caliber missiles. now,

today's strike proves them wrong. again, we're about to see as to what happens next. if this is a major shift in russia's foreign policy in russia as well, just approach to waging war on ukraine, or if this is just indeed just retaliation. because ukraine has significantly stepped up a tax on russia's civilian infrastructure. in the past weeks they've been shelling rushes, bought the towns and cities in smaller villages, challenges people's homes, people's houses, or they even shelled a monastery. but the crowning jeweler of all this so to speak was an attack on crime. he has bridget. it is more of a rush for the russian government. it is more than just a and for structural object, it is a symbol, a symbol that crimea is rushes are that it is part of russia. it is tethered connected to the mainland, and that russia is not going anywhere. so when you crane,

according to the words of the russian president vladimir putin chose to attack the crimean bridge. well, it wasn't received well here in russian hill, the dumbass among the population. so it is widely seen that today's strike is indeed retaliation. and basically moscow, vladimir putin, under the defense ministry showing that the one ukraine and a few crane crosses more red lines. the reaction will be maybe even disproportionate, but act adequate. we did her here earlier in the program on our team from the former new zealand deputy foreign minister, mr. mat robson. he actually spoke to my colleague union o'neill. he said that the crimean bridge attack, which is one of the reasons why russia had to broaden its military response. russia has had to widen its response, and that's understandable. the bombing of the, of the attack on the, on the crime in bridges. but one aspect the, the build up and the constant flow of arms and weapons and training and

intelligence by the united states said it's l i's to consciously try and widen the war. i can see myself look at the no choice. so it's not just the bridge, it's the whole escalation that's been fostered by the united states and nato. i'm reading that ukraine's president lensky has issued a national address telling everyone to quote, to cover, but no military response has yet been announced. do you think mr. rumson, that is ukraine waiting for the attacks to end or for perhaps a policy decision by western allies. or is it coming up with a plan? how did you foresee the reaction? is the latter in the key of government is not a an independent government. the president zelinski has shown that his, he's a puppet on the, he tries to pull the strings himself about, he's a small fish,

she's being directed from western governments. this escalates, it can no longer be a war, fought by the ukrainian forces that you've been using as kevin father in this conflict, quite deliberately, quite cynically. you've got to be faced with looking at putting your own troops in the escalating your own forces. if, if that is the policy that particularly london and washington follow, and i believe that also the other allies in the later camp will be very nervous at this escalation, which could, of course, spill over into their own territories. in the meantime, russia, as president putin has acquainted ukraine to about of a terrorist organization. he made those comments during the meeting of the russian national security council. as our correspondent marina corporate over now explains that main gist of what he said today was that it was only a matter of time before russia responded. this morning. we saw this massive wave of

air strikes on different ukrainian cities. but he really emphasized and summed up in fact, the terrorist nature of those in charge of ukraine now, so that people understand the reason behind what we saw happen in ukraine. excuse him, was it? the key of regime has long resorted to terrorist methods, such as the assassination of activists, journalists, and scientists, both in ukraine and russia. this also includes the terrors shelling of the don best cities and also nuclear terrorism. the artillery shelling of the separation nuclear power plant who benefits from these attacks the camp regime has placed itself among the most a taurus international terrorist organizations. now this of course comes just hours after russia's chief investigator informed vladimir putin, that ukrainian special services were behind the terrorist attack on the bridge premier. and also it was facilitated by not only of russian citizens,

but also foreign citizens. they know who did it. they know their roots, they took, for example, the trucks that exploded it came from bulgaria, but with georgia, then armenia through russia's north, such the other cross and our region. and basically vladimir putin said that russia has had enough, and now it will respond to any attack that happens on russian soil. and really, ukraine had a long time coming because we've seen ukraine attack russia in many ways. and vladimir putin actually accused ukraine of nuclear terrorism. this is what he focused on and he brought forth some of the examples due to the speech. there have been multiple acts of sabotage on our power plants. several high voltage power lines have been effected. the damage was contained as soon as possible, so there was no significant aftermath. there was also a number of attempted terrorist attacks committed on russian electricity and gas transport infrastructure. so it shouldn't be surprising that ukraine this morning

saw their energy, military and communications facilities targeted and latimer pollutant said, if you take russia, get ready to be attacked back. that was the main message where there are proposals being bounded around that bella rose might actually end up joining part of its conflict. i spoke earlier to a eva boss or the canadian journalist she shared her take on the possibility of bella. ruth's getting involved. this is not russian dollars against ukraine, but rather if at ballard is entering into the prey, it is against ukraine. and although western countries, native country backing right. and what happened back in your brain for 8 years, you know, alarm kind of headlines might make it seem like like ukraine is cornered by russia and possibly bell roofs. but it's really this global conflict that we're seeing that is using the branding people, unfortunately. and the people here in the box, as well as their cannon fodder, and they're the ones that are really suffering the russian leadership has been the

cool that's, i mean, we've seen people have been saying, why hasn't russia retaliated for months now? right. and particularly since the tariff and the bridge, then there was a lot of people asking what's gonna happen next, but i mean, i really feel like i'm here and done. yes. come in the dumbass people here, i've been saying for over 8 years, when is it enough? when you print stuff showing up and, you know, russia, russian leadership did push for negotiations and they asked right until the special military operation began. there were options for us to take a peaceful route and they because of their backers, because of their blur belligerence, didn't take those options. so the bell, russian president, alexander lucas shank over said that his country will deploy a joint group of military forces with russia. these forces have been formed over the past 2 days. the group mainly consists of bella, lucy and soldiers. we were warned that kias has been planning to attack bela lucy

and territory. it would be crazy from a military perspective, for them to open a front against bella. ruth, but that process has already begun, considering that the threat level has comes to that. this requires deployment of a joint group of forces of the union state of russia and bella, ruth, well, mister lucretia, and suggested that the troops coming from russia would not be significantly large, but added, it would be, quote, not a 1000 troops insisted that it would still be enough to tackle the traffic and his country, and also all the nation secret services to do whatever it takes to prevent a quote. terror attack in bella rose declared that ukraine would face a nightmare of consequences if it dead to attack the bellow russian territory. meantime, the european commission chief lavonne delay and says russia is using strength and brutality as a weapon. when commenting on today's missile strikes, russia once again as shown to the world. what is that for? it is carol and good tell those who are responsible have to be held accountable,

ukrainian will not be intimidated and to crane, you know that we will stand by your side that side as long as it in other reaction germany analysis that will be providing ukraine with cutting edge at defense systems, the case foreign minister, branded today's miss all attacks. unacceptable. of the estonian prime minister, depicted russia as a country, used to deploying terrors tactics and also placed full support for ukraine. but we spoke with a political commentator anthony webb, who says the miss all strikes are not even remotely surprising. that's according to mr. webber. even the attack, for example, on the crimean bridge, because she goes back to the destruction. oh, the conflict there is a special merch tree operation as opposed to rule out wall. under course, what's been happening is the zelinski government. this has been, ah, sort of going out of line with their service providers. keegan preferred. okay. i'm

so sorry. i say scott, so strange now? oh wow. oh, you know, they attract the infrastructure of russian civilian ha. so the sudden obviously they're going to be consequences and you called it's hard to find who i bridge with adults. oh, you got it stretching. similar action in return ukrainian, a presidential adviser has demanded more weapons from key as allies in response to today's missile strikes. and the u. s. foreign policy chief has promised more support is on the way deeply shocked by roches attacks on civilians and keith and all the citizen ukraine. such acts have no place in 21st century. i condemned them in the strongest possible terms. we stand with ukraine, additional military support from the e is on its way. meanwhile, germany is preparing measures against iran and in support of local anti

governmental protests. but that comes at it ignores protests at home of a soaring prices. his aunty contributor rachel maston. the european union is keen on sanctioning one of the west long time regime change targets. iran and mid ongoing protests in the country. and berlin seems eager on leading the charge with the demand for an you wide travel ban and asset freeze of those it considers responsible. berlin should know 1st hand how sanctions can backfire and inadvertently target the people of a country. since that's pretty much what's happening right now in germany and across the u under the blocks own anti russian sanctions, which were supposed to target to russia, but ended up ultimately targeting their own energy supplied resources. but it doesn't sound like the german foreign minister is going to let reason get in the way of her ideological bender. we will ensure that the e impose his entry benz on those responsible for this brutal repression and freeze

their assets in the you. we say to people in iran, we stand and remain by your side, france, denmark, spain, italy, and the czech republic have joined in germany and tabling 16 new sanctions proposals against iran. maybe germans and other you citizens in the streets, protesting the eggs, floating cost of living as a result of russel's cellphone po, sanction straight jacket. she just pack up and head over to iran if they want to be heard or cared about. because of german foreign minister apparently doesn't have much of an interest in their plate when they protest the actions of their bureaucratic overlords. here at home in europe. here she is speaking at a democracy conference last month. i give the promise to people in ukraine. we stand with you as long as you need us. then i once to deliver no matter what my german vote a thing you leaders routinely but selectively proclaim their solidarity with

citizens all around the world, slapping on sanctions and shipping weapons in the interests of defending democracy, freedom and human rights. but when you're a p in citizens try to catch the attention of their own leaders by demonstrating against western policies than the same establishment, considers them the threat. when the same citizens choose leaders who don't blindly cow to brussels as they did recently in italy than european commission. president ursula vander line starts referring to quote tools that can be used to get to centers back in line. in other words, sanctions, or constraints of sorts, against europeans who diverge from what brussels wants. let's face it, the you really couldn't care. less about western values, either at home or abroad, beyond using them as a crowbar to pry out of power leaders who refused to bow down to the western agenda . meanwhile, in germany, small businesses are being hit hard by inflation and of course,

biking energy. prices of 4 of the country's leading economic entities predict the nation will slip into recession easily within the next year. and according to the head of india is federation of export organizations. the e u crisis is now impacting trade ties with that south asian country. there are visible symptoms of recession in the u. energy crisis is looming, their bias delaying orders from india. they are concerned but hopeful. we spoke with a german economist, a hammer and trade expert chief coma from india, who shared their forecasts. i think it will worse and all the time because the situation will get more and more severe for the people. they have less money, the prices are climbing and the politicians don't do anything against this. so in my opinion, this will climb and once they will be that high, that is critical. math is on the street. we are seeing that in germany,

when the wall fell down, that to many people were on the street in france, they were able to, to knock that people down until now. but now the protest climbing more and more. and that's, i will think that it will get rid of the politicians who are in there at the minute . wrong situation only the us seem to benefit, but not really. that is too short minded from them. of course, they have not only interest in doing that. people who are very well connected to the us are high, heavy support for this course and this program. but this is very short minded because the europe be, especially the german that only put that in on the radio continent when they use germany or when they knocked on the economy. and that you lose the german people as,

as their supporter. it goes back to the days declined in exports and trade and europe because of the crisis which is going on. and the increase of the interest rates. obviously they are trying to control the inflation. but i think the demand is going out. it's really, and i mean, i think it's a situation which needs no immediate attention by the people for export goes also good to have you with us today. the commander in chief of ukraine's armed forces has a involuntary published a photo of himself dawning. what appears to be a 3rd right symbol of an ad, a solution. it posted a photo on twitter with uses. noticing that general was wearing a bracelet with a swastika or some ukrainians posted another photo with a so called roon insignia. trying to disprove the bracelet contained the nazi symbol is just a bad picture. they said, however,

it is not frankly the 1st time the embrace of extremism has courted controversy in ukraine. for example, in may. this photo with a soldier wearing an emblem of an infamous not c tank division, was posted by president zalinski himself. later though that was deleted, offer a public backlash. and in the following picture for taking the last month in the heart of golf region, he can see the landscape been seen god by soldiers with the same symbols on their attire. the photo was also later deleted. but former us defense on unless michael maloof, he's highly concerned by the reach and influence of what our neo nazi groups. this is one of the concerns that a lot of us have and, and obviously it was also a point that president made when he decided to undertake his special military operation to, to rid the country of the, of the nazis once and for all. but for the, the commander in chief as commander chief,

he has had right wing groups and neo nazi groups as part of his own armed forces. so it's not surprising and i looked at that braces very carefully and the room is, it's ancient. but the way this one was tilted and comprised it definitely represented and reflected accurately the, the actual nazi symbol. it's not the 1st time and you see these group. so walking around openly, displaying these symbols. well, we knew it back in 2014, when the qu actually was staged. you didn't hardly hear a whimper out of any of the e u countries or the united states who was working with these right wing groups was especially as off as off actually have representatives in the united states and our, and have been actively recruiting us per se us people, you can certainly read

a lot more about that right now. if you want online at r t dot com, check out the opec section as well. last story, something you just don't see in the western. but thank you for joining us here on our 3 and to national. we are back soon. ah . willing to do it. you know cranium. g shooting idea. she ship attack lean report control input your board. she'll you had them awarded by like, is that really been that did not sing. what's the felicity? yeah. well with pocono jones, actually it's kim shocker. room dish. but i live and then oh crazy. that's a lot of the my subway. but just story ish on a satellite ship elise get us,

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gross daily, and now includes just dance k to cost gate shostakovich that i need to you before left. but yes, you can see that what they may just be the time. will you do? obama lee? you're not going to do that a little bit more. i mean, 1st it was the north stream pipelines. now the bridge connecting crimea to the russian mainland. both admin sabotaged mold, can be considered terrorist attacks on infrastructure. there can be no doubt moscow will react. but how and against whom ah, well john mitchell alex,

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