[000:00:00;00] ah ah, yourself at lines right now here when r t 2 people are killed and 14 injured. it's off to a russian town bordering. ukraine comes under shell. you hear the sounds right there and attempted ukrainian strike on a civilian river. crossing in hudson is intercepted by air defenses, according to local authorities. it's just a day after another attack, right? dead tongue deadly. you didn't already know the route is actually being used by people heading to safe grounds. and we spoke to some open till again until monday,

because they bombed us with rockets all day and all night our home was destroyed. the air defense works, but rockets keep coming. it's not safe for children. also, washington's coal for intervention in haiti is heard is that un security council approves sanctions against those behind the violent antique government protests with the u. s. media outlets now also pushing for a so called american security mission and haiti. many locals, they're simply up in arms as protests against israel sweep across the west bank. the un releases a report saying that palestine is going through its deadliest period and 16 years with over a 100 people killed in 2022 with working our way into saturday night here at moscow. but it's great to have you with us, your top stories right now. and we do start with this news just in here at our t as

a continued ukrainian shelling of civilian areas has been reported near the border in russia's belgrade region. as we understand 2 people were killed while at least 14 were injured in the attack on the town osha. becky know, that's also according to local officials. earlier here in the program. in the studio, a correspondent marina casa river, gave me an update, been looking for some of the videos, especially for telegram channels that were seen coming up much faster these days. and in the videos there, we can see that people are driving for a plume of smoke so much trying to escape some are trying to see what happens. we can even see people lying on the ground, the waiting help, waiting, the ambulance services to arrive. we know that 11 people have been injured. 4 of them are in critical condition in the hospital right now. also to our dead, as we know, including a 16 year old boy. 15000 people have been left without electricity. although locals

are saying that it will take about 5 to 6 hours to fix the bell, get at the region shares of 400 kilometer border with the ukraine. it's come on to several attacks. we're talking about power infrastructure as there was a fire at a substation. there was an explosion that an ammunition warehouse at different energy facilities and other infrastructure. and of course let's not forget, just recently, we saw when the 2 volunteers who were mobilized in moscow, they volunteered to go and they were in training in the builder at region. and 2 of them opened fire on fellow volunteers and which i love, and people killed there and 15 people injured. and i personally know people who live in belgrade at region, and they're saying that they're scared. they can hear shelling every single day, sometimes either they're flying food before they're being interested. so they're living in fear not knowing exactly what to do. but also, what's interesting is that the governor of the bills that have region recently announced and asked companies if they could make sure that people work from home,

at least so that there's less movements in, in the region. and also those who are studying if they could go to distance learning. now across the front line, ukraine has restricted power supply to several central regions in the country, including kia, it's following a tax on energy infrastructure. on the saturday morning, i stayed on the power company has said the damage is greater than after similar stripes and previous days we understand now there are roughly about one and a half 1000000 people in those regions without power. no air re de la said i wrong throughout the country on this saturday with explosions reported in central and western regions. earlier, moscow did confirm it was conducting a high position stripes on ukrainian energy facilities and military command centers . in retaliation for a tax on critical russian infrastructure. also, this chapter to ukraine has targeted a civilian river crossing in the song, a region now for the 2nd day in a row with, according to local authorities. officials say the attack was actually intercepted

by russian. a defense systems ah, where you could hear the dev defenses day working to protect the anton off the bridge is located right next to the ferry crossing slip. the previous day, a ukrainian rocket strike at the same location that killed 4 and wounded 10. a riff, a barge is currently in use to help people move towards the city of her son. a shelling by ukraine's military has left that territory just too dangerous to stay within our course. while in his eagerness down off, he reports from one of the areas where civilians have fled to visit. hundreds of people have already been relocated and while accommodated at this temporary center in southern russia. now we've heard plenty of stories and everyone is unique, of course, but all of them revolver on the same thing. how they did not want to leave, how they tried to delay this very difficult decision until the very last minute when they realized that staying was simply way too dangerous. the threat was too

grave to risk. they couldn't simply risk the lives of their loved ones. their children and well, the elderly still again, it's only been death like they bombed us with rockets all day and all night our home was destroyed. what is happening is terrible. our own people are bombing us. zalinski is bombing us. he's the reason why we had to run away. we left everything behind bomb. so mr. everywhere in the news, they are telling us about shilling in every days like that. we lived next to the port. it's very dangerous. the air defense works, but rockets keep coming. it's not safe for children with the telling you put in the beginning, we could not understand or believe it. then we decided to leave immediately. we went to get my mother who lives next to care san despite the security checkpoints, we were very afraid. now people here they're being provided not only with a free accommodation and a halt, food,

but rather everything is being done to streamline the process of their into ration into russia's society as smoothly and swiftly as possible. there's a job fair going on here, for example. and there are all sorts of specialists who are assisting them with obtaining new documents, for instance, because the authorities, while they realize that people, most of them like 99 percent of them did. they did not plan on coming here. there was no way they could have prepared for this moment in any shape or form. so they are doing everything to basically will help them accommodate and well again into great mood, bonnasoli disputes, roofer lawful in the center. we provided recreation for the people. we set up children's play areas, clubs as sports fails. currently, our administration's set up a center where people can come with different questions. questions about visa, migration and work. i think that every man needs to help somebody who finds himself in a difficult situation. we never know what will happen to us tomorrow, or if we will be the ones needing help. and again, as people have been fleeing in the wake of this threat,

the ukrainian forces overnight they have shelled a civilian crossing over a river. had san is in general, a region that has been largely physically cut off from russia. so the evacuees, they have to rely on such well very temporary and unstable crossing points over over the river. the wonder was shelled, well, as a result for people for civilians have been killed and well more than 10 have been injured, including including children. so there's that, but this all, this threats, all this hardship, it only encourages more people to listen to the voice of reason perhaps, and to temporarily relocate here to southern russia and other places. because this is just the only one that has opened its doors to welcome everyone in need. the u. n. a security council has approved a joint us mexican resolution to sanction quote, any one who threatens piece security aust ability in haiti. not the measure comes

as the western hemisphere is. forest country has been embroiled in multiple crises with washington. now considering some sort of intervention though, ultimately ignoring please on the ground, not to do exactly that. a u. s. media outlets are also came to see american forces in puerto prince. that's a call that has not gone entirely a notice. the washington post editorial board has called for military intervention in haiti 8 times since the july 2021 assassination of president joe over no more ease. haiti is on the brink of revolution and the u. s. will do anything to stop it . now we're up to 9, washington post editorial board colds. the military intervention hazy since summer, 2021. it hasn't even been a week since the last one. so these are the actual headlines that were mentioned in the tweets. the washington post has told the, by the ministration to quote, intervene and put boots on the ground in haiti. we discussed the issue with join

list and filmmaker dan cohen, who wrote those tweets well, aside from the resources there in haiti, the, the main reason is that us cannot allow an example such as haiti to inspire other countries to go out of the orbit of us empire, as it, as it has inspired other countries before and for the haitian revolution, led to the collapse of chattel slavery in the west. and european colonialism and the u. s. wants to maintain its grip on the western hemisphere, what it calls its backyard. and it cannot allow essentially, a domino effect if something were to happen in haiti, then who knows what happens in the dominican republic or puerto rico so. so the u. s. can not let any country whether haiti or otherwise make an example. well, the caribbean nation is currently chopped and essentially a downward spiral of skyrocketing inflation, gang violence, even a cholera outbreak as well. now the government, arizona of foreign helps to quell the unrest, but the request has been met by, well,

she will say with concern by many other people on the street. mm hm. mm mm mm mm

mm hm. yes. just previously mentioned, it was that us and mexico the draw that a 10 page, a un resolution demanding an immediate end to the violence in haiti. don co and again says the un should be wary about, well, the tension li, blindly following washington's agenda. i think the key thing is that the un needs to make sure that it does not go along with a u. s. plot to, to authorize a military intervention. and of course, that comes down to the most powerful players, their sides and the u. s. which are russia and china. and so the resolution that the u. s. is floating to, to authorize the military intervention by essentially deputized things. a,

you and member state has to be bullying flatly rejected because this will only lead to 2 more horrors for, for the people of haiti. and not only that, the, the interim prime minister ariel on re his mandate is completely unconstitutional. there was never a vote. he was simply anointed by the united states and the core group to lead haiti in the wake of the assassination in july 2021 of president jovan oma. we so he has no legitimacy according to the haitian constitution and therefore cannot legally request a foreign military intervention. it's as simple as that, and that's something that the chinese ambassador at the us pointed out in their testimony of the security council, i believe on monday, the so called great war of africa in the late 900 ninety's saw a colossal 5 and a half 1000000 people killed the majority in the democratic republic of congo. it was at the end of the day,

the deadliest conflicts in the 2nd world war. and our fears arising again in the region after intense fighting has recently a rough fit between d, r c national forces. and the m 23 militant group report li, aligned with neighboring wonder and new gander for more of these, our latest developments and a little bit of a historical background. his are africa correspondent, coupled with that as a background to this story on the 8th. and the 9th of may, this year, the militia groups around the d. c got together to decide and form and non aggression pact. but that meeting was parallel with some of the call will leave military see me generals. and that has led to allegations being made especially by human rights life that the comb with the government is in the aiding in the abuses that we see around the civilian population. the sexual

abuses that have been met out on the women in the, in the country. and also, you know, texting people illegally reports that people have to support the frontline of these different militia groups depending on where you live, of course. but the goal as far as giving handled school is 5, give them food to these people. and these feel on the receiving end of this very same abusive behavior. now some of these different and varying militia that you find in that the see some of is senior military official work claim to be part of the one, then genocide backed in 1994. now this was one of the most horrific and reading the chapter in human history. something that the un has been led as a crime against humanity. now these everything, soldiers and rebel rooms that are said to be funded by the willing military have

also been accused of the very same thing of abuses against the civilian population . now, the situation is potentially dangerous, because that area is the central african republic. as the way i really surrounded by insurgency activity that has been ford by different wild forces. the americans have interest in that the range have interest in that, and they particularly have interest in that the, the, for varying mineral resources. as you might know, that d, c is well endowed with mineral resources. but that is the wonder that x was most of the cobbled that comes out of the country. it is wonder that exploits most of the goals that comes out of the country and flesh plays towards the bigger geopolitical

presence of the d. c. and what it ones to become and we've varying interest from within n with out the country, remain a really, really difficult scenario to navigate. because all of these varying interest, i've tendering to vary as one says and supportive good to be with us for this program. the western media would like to have you believe the russian propaganda is to blame for african countries distancing themselves from various professional partners in the western hemisphere. but it's not really the reason why the continent is moving away from cooperation with its traditional allies. its anti correspondence, sophia nunez, all those scanning ruskin. they are back at it again straining their russian disinformation by paddling for sorts and polluting the mice this time, the minds of africans. that is the reason why africa is slipping away from us, apparently best. what western official sting,

but what narratives has the west itself been battling and how much do they match reality? this one, for example, was raised in the report itself and forced by the u. s. and other g 7 officials, russia is bringing in a lot of money for the things it wants to sell. and if it's not selling food that's rushes, joyce, that you has also been widely promoted in the media. but is it true? although western countries keep saying that grain has not been sanctioned, they for some reason failed to mention that the ships that transport russian grain are in fact under sanctions. there is no insurance available. and in general, western sanctions have disrupted the logistical and financial infrastructure that russia uses to export its own grain. what else? energy, evidently satisfied with the successes of their own green energy policies or results in the conscious like for lack of for example, the collective west has been force in africa to go green at climate simons. the

western leader is not once threat and so got of funding for oil and gas projects abroad. bullying canton until i doubt the edge and that it wasn't ready for. but the current crisis in ukraine has shown how much the west truly believes in the idea of green africa with a leader is sketching flies to get them to africa as soon as possible to plead for some of those dirty fossil fuels. germany, france, easily all gone to santa go for gas. we need long term partnership, not inconsistency in contradiction on green energy policy from the u. k. in european union. it does not help their energy security. it does not help nigeria as economy and it does not help the environment. it is a hypocrisy that must end if you're in the me that had lions here with things that the west is so altruistic and good that that force beale ends in south africa expecting nothing in return. and that eradicating poverty is the main interest. but that's not quite the full store it. the narrative ignores the fact that the richey

givers are, in fact, taking more than they give. in reality, africa is not poor, but it's people are being kept in poverty by a combination of inequitable policies. huge disparities in power and criminal activities, perpetuated and sustained by wealthy elite both inside and outside of the continent . research by health, barbara to action shows that around $190.00. so beal and a year is taken out of africa more than 6 times the amount of 8th it receives. this includes elicit financial flows, the profits of multinational companies, illegal logging and fishing. and finally, in now the big one back since, remember the western merits, if we're all in it together, well, by your side, africa. yeah. ok. rich and powerful countries used money and their political influence to procure hundreds of millions of doses, shutting poor countries out of the market. the result was inequitable distribution of these much needed vaccines, meaning that most people in low income countries would become the last to be inoculated,

as if once financial status or nationality was the qualifying criteria to get vaccinated. in fact, european for that some centers didn't even open up to the african market as a result of hold this, almost every global south nation has refused to sign on to the unilateral sanctions of the u. s. and coal. the book in some reports would probably suggest that that's because they're just brainwashed by russians, isn't the formation. but in doing so, they would be adopting a residual colonialist attitude that suggests that africans have no agency of their own or cannot do basic research and separate fact from fiction. and may be that the real reason that western messages don't find much favor on the continent. is ready forces of fire tear gas at palestinian protesters near nobilis. that's one of the largest cities in the west bank. the protesters were demanding the opening about road blocked by televi tear gas is re understand. it was used to break up the

rally earlier this week. palestinian farmers and israeli settlers voted out during the annual only of office. now now blue california city of course, has been blocked by idea of troops now for some 10 days with israel thing a rising. insurgency is the reason why all of this comes as a new report from the united nation says the region has been enduring its deadliest period and 16 years, claiming the lives of over a 100 palestinians. just this year alone. is this report now from the local journalist, so now come out for more than 55 years since if you're buy delisting in was bank. the effect liver is the a league, governments are trying to pull up what is the of involving got faith, constantly and by the seniors, by increasing the settlement activity this by the contamination. instead of making a low, recently, they might and making a special a portion i want to write in a cube light that is being entered. it doted francisco. barney's public head 1st

ever knew park either thing and number over human rights concerns and bad nicholas regarding the right of divinity on people to self determination. in the context of that, that lead colonial of they that are any of your bacon since the beginning of 2022 is that are early on. we have called around $140.00 by the seniors, including a theme in the city of nub, with our lawn, which has witnessed, i knew that our early military escalation and editing in has so far defamed 5030 buddies, seniors. according to the bill athenian prison, not at the club. and just simply as happens almost every year, even if the polymers have been suffering from the israelis peddlers under the protection of the israeli army, who i thank them during their olive harvest season. the farmers said that news attack came under the protection of the israeli army, which in this unrelenting, it's his domestic policy. i gain better tardies by allowing cit letters to attack

farmers and lance. hello. this is madness. why did they burn my old of trees? why? they are thieves, they still my olives, they spray do sandra materials on olive trees. i'm not dead. i'll come here every day. i am still alive. my name is a boy or a father and i will come here to my land. open. the settlers attacked as stones and try to push his al far land. sometimes these ran the army claims. it waxed arrest them, but in reality they steal from us. they have solenoid, nor lives more than once from our land. unfortunately, the palestinian authority can do nothing for us. we hold that the can access our land easily. we want protection to stay on our land, put them volunteers have been subjected to the alias city that as i sat as was having the with one of them on wednesday who was a sub and had a leg broken by a group of fiddlers. while he was holding up the pond modest part of his his only

the cross and bid as protests continue in iran over the death of a young woman. the iranian government has blaming local codes for stirring up the unrest. meantime, washington is calling on karen to show restraint open. i'll talk horrible then caleb and explaining. now the complicated relationship between united states and that of the kurdish people when it comes to the current, the united states and its leaders have a long history of championing the press. people struggling for nationhood in a region filled with turmoil. now the nation's heart strings are being blocked for the courage. once again. this time in iran were being told that islamic republic, america's long time enemy is cracking down on them and that they need support urgently. regimes crackdown on demonstrators has been especially brutal and the kurdish community. tensions have been particularly high between security forces and the kurdish minority and human rights groups are increasingly alarmed by your runs

crackdown on its western kurdistan region. but how did u. s. support for the kurds. ready go last time, it seems like the pentagon is very happy to egg on the kurds to bite somebody else . but when that fight doesn't go so well, the united states doesn't really seem to have their backs. let's recall how bush senior urged the courage to rise up against the bosses arab socialist government of iraq in 1991. there's another way for the bloodshed to stop. and that is for the iraqi military and the iraqi people to take matters into their own hands. kurdish uprisings against saddam hussein did not go so well for the kurds. but the united states was quite happy to see a government they couldn't stand, have to fight against somebody else. and then turkey a long time nato ally of the united states has been waging a fight against kurdish separatist groups for decades. now america says that it

fully supports turkey in its fight against the kurdish groups. it's even listed kurdish groups operating within turkey as terrorists. now this all got complicated when kurdish military forces became a key factor on the battlefields of syria. now, turkey maintains that the y p g and syria is the same organization that they've been fighting against for decades. turkey is furious about us support for the y b g, but the united states maintains it's a completely separate organization. at this point, washington's position seems to be kurdish forces in turkey, bad kurdish forces in syria. good erewhon doesn't buy it. in the syrian civil war, the united states has presented itself as an ally of kurdish forces fighting against isis, of support for the y p g. became a trendy social media cause leftists were glorifying ra hava. but then in 2017,

the united states suddenly wanted an independence referendum. the kurdish forces had been planning to be postponed. and then u. s. forces stood back and watched the rocky forces drive them out of the area that they had seized from isis. his aconia doughty original surprised that the iraqi forces attack code is stolen. but what surprised me greatly was that the people whom america had listed as terrorists, attacked us with american weapons under the eyes of american offices and officials . and then in 2019, donald trump withdrew from northern syria. he said, other forces can figure out the situation. this certainly caused a huge amount of backlash even within his own party. hope and expect sanctions against turkey if necessary would be veto proof. this decision to abandon our kurdish allies and turn syria over to russia. iran and turkey will put every radical islamist on steroids. a shot in the arm to the bad guys. devastating for the good guys. as far as trump was concerned, the kurds really weren't that big of

a deal in the fight against isis. so no, i don't look at it that way. now the courage of fighting for the land, just so you understand they're fighting for their land. and as somebody wrote in a very, very powerful article today, they didn't help us in the 2nd world war. they didn't help us with no normandy as an example. they mentioned names of different battles. they were there, but they're there to help us with their land. so what exactly to the kurds get out of this relationship with washington? this is yet another instance where people around the world we're observing. things are starting to ask does a relationship with america really pay off a lot? mob artsy, new york. all right, appreciate you. joining us here for the saturday program from moscow anal t international. certainly a busy enough day for your heavy hitting headlines here on this channel. thanks for your company. we were ton of the top of the hour

blue. ah, ah. ah . so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy even foundation, let it be in arms. race is on offense. very dramatic development only personally and getting to resist. i don't see how that strategy will be successful,