ah, with we don't recall a similar reaction in the west in 2015 when residents of crimea were left without water and electricity due to ukraine's action. laska is out at western hypocrisy. happy un security council in response to an emergency meeting over russian strikes . i knew crane's critical infrastructure also this hour with our parliament saturated with unconditional hatred towards russia. these parliament will support any measure that goes against most of those policies, even if it will not bring any benefit. the sponsors of these resolution want to push us to war, european parliament terrorism,

sponsor resolution. i guess russia doesn't get complete approval among the lawmakers, but some m. e p. condemning the move. 35 russian prisoners of war have been released after negotiations with our team here. some of their harrowing stories with some of us were forced to walk and crawl after being shot in the knees . they brought one guy to the camp. a man had been shot in the knee, they told him crawl, do it somehow. we don't care. militants or affordably kill at least 30 civilians in ethiopia, sparking fears of another armed conflict less than 3 weeks after the t gray war ended in the fire. with a month out of the world, this is our see international. i'm rachel evans. here with the top stories of the our welcome to the program rashes,

representative to the un pointed to western double standards when blaming russia for its actions. well, forgetting ukraine's walk of crimea and the dawn bath that as the un security council again gathered for an urgent meeting over damaged your critical infrastructure across ukraine. following russian strikes. jordan, you like use a day, many lamented that the residence of ukraine are at risk of being left without electricity and water. but we don't recall a similar reaction in the west in 2015 when residents of crimea were left without water and electricity due to ukraine's actions not to mention the dumbass, which has been starved off economic oxygen for 8 years. on wednesday, ukraine, witness countrywide blackouts after a series of missiles strikes on major cities. the water supply in some areas was also cut off with ukraine's energy infrastructure severely damaged after 2 months of russian air operations mosque. as, as his goal is to weaken key abs operational capabilities as

a response to the flow of western arm supplies to the country. following russian air operations kia has laid the blame on russia for causing damage to residential areas. on wednesday, missile fragments fell on a residential building in kiev. the russian ambassador to the un says ukrainian defense systems are to blame for casualties. missiles libraries found at the scene were marked with the words know, lift, which appears to belong to an air defense system. similar to those washington said dick, he added 2 weeks ago amid blackouts in ukraine neighboring, moldova has also faced power outages with the country pointing the finger at moscow, citing strikes against key as energy infrastructure. moldova officials have some in the russian ambassador for talks. meanwhile, power is gradually being restored and the country while ukrainian president vladimir zalinski,

called on the un to adopt another anti russian resolution on condemning, quote, any form of energy, terror, a european parliament resolution branding, russia, a sponsor of terrorism, was condemned as absurd by russia's permanent mission to the you. madness of the european parliament gave the member states de de of crete and there regulate to refrain, walk for the european union, for the qualification of counties as sponsors of terrorism, or use and terrorist methods. in order to dispel any doubts about who exactly there were talking about, an appeal was made to european capitals to include russia in the blacklist the absurdity of such a proposal is obvious to all except the man bustle, the repeal parliaments, who supported is. the resolution was passed with 500 out of 705 members voting in favor, 15 against and the rest abstaining. while the motion has no legal consequences from moscow, the block has called for a legal framework to be developed in the u. this is different from the us list of

the state sponsors of terrorism, where economies face economic consequences once less dead. a french member of the european parliament was among those voting against it and he told or exceed that the resolution seeks to push the you into direct conflict with russia. so can, if it actually secretes of normal that the actions of the e u lead to an escalation of the conflict instead of contributes into the conclusion of peace treaty. having voted this week for resolution, recognizing russia as a state sponsor of terrorism. the european parliament perceives exclusively its own communicative tasks, since there is no concept of a state sponsor of terrorism. in the european legal system, i call our parliament is saturated with unconditional hatred towards russia. these parliament will support any measure that goes against moscow's policies, even if it will not bring any benefits. the e u has exhausted all possible means in this war. we are already at the stage of

preparing a 9th package of sanctions against russia. after 8 months of war, and some believe that it is necessary to insist that beast shameful sanction being pose a moscow, which we did not want to apply to the taliban movement in afghanistan, nor to his lamb as groups in the sa, held up what is left for us, after the exhaustion of all possible sanctions against moscow, it leaves war the sponsors of this resolution want to push us to war. i see take a closer look at western dal standards which have once again emerged. emily recent resolution declaring russia a state sponsor of terrorism. the deliberate attacks and atrocities carried out by the russian federation against the civilian population of ukraine, the destruction of civilian infrastructure and other serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law. amount to acts of terror against the ukrainian population and constitute war crimes. thank you. pam parliament seems to have a very selective memory. and that appears that the only people who are categorized as victims are those that the west supports anything else or anyone else is ignored

. so let's break it down a tax against the civilian population of ukraine. well, where was the european parliament in the last 8 years? thousands of ukrainians had been killed by their own so far. and remember the tragic scenes from the odessa massacre, no outfit, no accountability whatsoever. the ports and the resolution about russia targeting residential areas, schools, hospitals, and so on. i haven't got confused for a 2nd, assuming that this was about the ukranian forces bots. no crimean bridge, anyone at one point they mention a threat to a european security. well, hoop law process, nordstrom gas pipelines which passed through europe, rasa says it's not guilty. how about the videos of russian peel doubling has been tortured in violation of the geneva convention. that doesn't matter either. they only remember rules and regulations when it's time to use them against russia. the

resolution also blames russia for the global food crisis. even though russia agreed, so grain deal with the cranes to ensure those who need food the most will get it so far. it's europe who got most of the grains, apparently under the u. n. world food program, which implies assistance to countries in need, only 2 ships were loaded. i emphasize only 2 out of 876-0000 tons of food were exported on them. of the $2000000.00 tons, this is only 3 per cent that is sent to developing countries. kristen doesn't need any rein deal or ukraine to help out those in need. it has announced that it will not only send $500000.00 tons of grain to the poorest countries for free, but it has also already exports at $10500000.00 tons of grain to countries in asia and africa 30 more on their way. and they're aiming to bring that number to 50000000 tons with fertilizers by the end of this year. and now let's see what the

european parliament is accusing rush of. whereas russia has been weapon, ising food and hunger since the beginning of the war. whereas russia's deliberate actions, including destroying stocks, disrupting production and imposing quotas on its own exports of foodstuffs and fertilizers, have exacerbated the global food security crisis. and let's move on to another aspect of this resolution was just comical when you consider who it's coming from. the european parliament is accused of russian armed forces and proxies of targeting civilians in other locations other conflicts, including during the 2nd chechen war, the 2008 to russia, georgia war, and the syrian civil war, as well as libya and it goes on and on so when russia defends its own region from terrorism, like in chechnya, it's terrorism where russia response an attack on its peacemakers. like in georgia, that's also terrorism. and when a country asks russia for help in the fight against terrorism and russia provides it like in syria, you guess that that's actually also terrorism. however,

when america, europe provide weapons and funding that ends up in the hands of terrorists, they are freedom fighters. thankfully, the world is much bigger than the european union and the united states of america, no matter how hard they tried to silence voices that refused to follow their line. my colleague, re, sushi, was joined earlier by experts in the fields of human rights and international law to discuss the potential consequences of the measure. i think it just adds fuel to the fire, certainly. but i just want to say that how ridiculous that is, you know, people need to be reminded that the 1st world leader to call george w bush, after 911, was to offer condolences offer help on the war in terror and gave help in the war. and terror, particularly an afghan, a stay where russia still had assets after the soviet presence there. and of course,

well, i've been to syria twice. i was last year and they are, you see that the russians have help fight ice is there while it's the u. s. in the west, which has helped them at times. right. so that's the irony of these types of resolutions, but they're dangerous resolutions because what it means is that it's going to cut russia off from the west. on a, on a fairly new, i'm in a permanent level, but on a long term basis, and i just don't think that's good for anybody. you have just return from don bass . if you would give us a, a sense of your experience that what's, what's happening on the ground there right now where we start most of the time, internet city. and what i was impressed with, i mean honestly, is the normal see in the city, you know, traffic, people going to work, people going to restaurants, people gone shopping. and i was told that actually that type of vibrancy really started happening after the referendum in september. the people feel

a little safer and better now with that said, there were some shelling while with that we were, they were school was hit, a place where people go to get water because the water treatment facility had been damaged quite a while ago by shelling from the key of government and the stadium was shelled. so there's regular shelling. but with in that context there is a feeling of normalcy. and that, that, that's what i was impressed by actually, well, in the ness could there's this sense of normalcy. but it's kind of a of something that induces you into thinking it's normal. it's a defense mechanism. people need to carry on with their lives. at the same time, mom, we really understood that at any moment you could be targeted. whether you are a school attending student, whether you're going to a hospital, whether you attending the market. so people have been integrated, you know, some kind of a defense mechanism bearing on trying to reduce the risk. but the risk is always

there. and this can strike all the time. 35 russian prisoners of war have been released after negotiations with key and that's according to the russian defense ministry. the ministry claim that the troops face the grave danger in captivity. the fighters are now receiving medical and psychological help and will soon be airlifted to moscow for treatment. we heard some of their stories with the former prisoners describing torture by their former captors. martini, can you hear me? some of us were forced to walk and crawl after being shot in the knees. they brought one guy to the camp. a man had been shot in the knee. they told him crawl, do it somehow. we don't care. let's go to pull. michaud, just only some people were forced to participate in videos in propaganda and in my camp it was very cold. they didn't really feed us. my friend was taken to the resolve battalion. they beat him, drove needles under his nails. he had a wound, they just removed the bone and that's it. no,

no pain killers are like louisa. what is his performance? as soon as i saw the russian uniform, i immediately calmed down, but i immediately thought, thank god, this nightmare is over the days there was very long. it was very cold. meanwhile, as intense fighting continues in the russian don bass, our correspondent, mariah garcia, was at the front line reporting on some of the weapons being used in battle. brushes, arsenal is vast and varied. some weapons we see often some less. so ah

this is the sort of thing special forces tug along small yet devastating. if you use it right ah, for the party single walking fluids, the system was standard grad rockets but does so in a highly more mobile way. you can set this up anyway in the clearing in the woods for example. it's very easy to set up very easy to dismantle. i'm very easy to get away with it. but i love chicken. we're putting this is designed for sabotage and reconnaissance groups. drive out, set it up, fire and fleet. it's very quick we, they don't understand what it is and where it's firing from a couple days back. our voice at frontline told us they couldn't hear our shots on the explosions over the phone. so this is a conflict, at least for now,

largely for in the trenches. artillery is king. rockets are aces, but there is also something else. something that stalks these fields and inspires terror among ukrainian and nationalist fighters who the t o. s one saunter pills or sun fire. mo barrick multiple rocket launch, a system that flash buns, everything within range. trenches to protect from this. ah, been ukraine has be the testing ground for both native states and russia. both sides have learned which of their weapons work well, which don't and what to do about it. on least battle ground. the next generation of

conventional weapons are being born. more precise and more deadly than ever before . more, i guess the of r t from logan's creegan. ah, the security situation in west africa remains unstable. isolated terrorist attack and chad, but 10 soldiers dead near the nigerian border on tuesday. the soldiers from chat had been sent to support an army post when they were attacked by boca her on terror as the jihadist group remains active in the region regularly attacking soldiers and civilians. meanwhile, at a meeting of the acar initiative, gone as president has shared concerns already as wanting insurgency in this a house that threatens to destabilize the entire region of west africa. today. the terrorist groups, emboldened by the repair and success in the region, are seeking new operation grounds. a development that has triggered software drift

of the menace from this a hell to coastal west africa. concerns low over the possible return of terrorist groups in the region, which includes burkina, faso, niger, chad, and others. this comes as western powers led by friends, withdrew peacekeepers from molly after nearly a decade of operations, with no significant results. a report released from the african center for terrorism study shows $179.00 attacks in the 1st part of this year. this represents a quarter of all acts of terror committed in the continent, bringing the total amount of casualties to over 1900. business journalist, wednesday and tacky, told us more about the crisis in as a whole region and the acura summers problems in combating the regional threats. this a house in the most rabid, gorgeous ball in extreme, is activity of any region in africa where the past 2 years. the region is also a nexus of criminal networks on illicit traffic in it. and as,

as perience. arising for my head valez in 2005 volunteer brent observed, indeed, a hell specifically book he enough i saw on molly and western the j 2021 represent a 70 percent increase of the previous year. a discontinuous on uninterrupted escalation of balance evolving. militant islam, his school to the region since 2015 has caused a lot of different teaching impacts and property in life of individuals in the country. the backriding you should, you pass resulted in little tangible action in 2084 he started doing tonight in member countries conducted joint military operations on the i bought it, which resorted in the arrest of about 700 suspected terrorists and gun members. and it's, he's out of a home meat weapons says then the threat of diet is good, has only grown staying in africa. the conflict in the romeo region of ethiopia

has intensified with militant groups, reportedly killing at least 30 civilians. this less than a month after warring parties in the t gray war reached a ceasefire. clashes between the aroma liberation army and nationalist militant group and government forces have shaken the region. the roma people are the country's lord as ethnic grew and accused, the prime minister of failing to contain the growing crisis. the government has also allegedly armed the local militias who are accused of attacks on civilians. these factors have led to nationalist sentiment gripping the region. we spoke to african studies professor is eco good visa, who says that the scale of this conflict may even exceed the ti gray war on it is absolutely worrying. ordonia is the largest of stating the federation with 50 to 60 percent of the population. and the area of operation of the or,

or m o liberation army going auto. mia has extended all the way to the neighborhood of december. and instead of far responding to the honest lot from the oral liberation army, the government has taken to bombing them, withdrawn. so if this escalates, it's going to dwarf what was happening in the northern part of africa. so it's absolutely worried or ami. a people are asked, they're demanding that they should be included in the governing of your pair. and so for govern in dora mayor region, that should be simply seen as a legitimate demand and legitimate demands must to be addressed on the topic of the trigger, a war, ethiopia, as to your long civil conflicts, saw a ceasefire agreement earlier this month. that included a disarmament plan which agreed to reconstruction projects and distribution of supplies. tiegram militants are also supposed to unite with the federal army. the war began in 2020, following

a breakdown and talks between the government and that she re people's liberation front, a paramilitary group. formerly the ruling party of ethiopia, her conflicts led to thousands of deaths, bringing the country to the verge of famine. professor as eco good visa again says the sage tactics that worked in a t great conflict would prove, in effect it in a romeo. and as the conflict could quickly spiral out of control in auto, mia, the elf operation. awfully rama liberation army is larger, much larger than that to cry. integrate, what worked was basically the siege that they could envelop the elf to dry, from the north atria from the south, a far aha, nbc, up in national defense. as forces rama is not going to be put under siege and it's really large. it's also the heart of the economy of ethiopia. it's where the captain cities are located,

which is about 50 percent of the european economy. if it's not resolved very quickly, it's going to spiral. busy out of control, and that would be really bad for not only for example, but the former faculty in general, ah, their opinion has reportedly failed to reach an agreement on a price count for russian oil. meanwhile bulgaria says it will allow russia, 2nd largest energy company, luke oil, to export crude products to europe, partially bypassing anti russian sanctions. video will generate 350000000 euros for the country and will transfer production revenue to bulgaria instead of the netherlands or switzerland like before. the agreement also favors the way for russian crew products to be delivered to other e u states. now let's take a look at how this deal avoids the ban on russian energy exports to the european block. so the e u has an embargo on russian oil exports in place, but since the crew will be refined on bulgarian territory,

it will be considered as produced in bulgaria, becoming eligible for export to europe. energy journalist or rina's law believes the you shouldn't be motivated only by ideology when it comes to banning russian energy supplies. this is good news and the next to him, we got the reply and it has been the property of russia for years. i think the european union must find the way between ideology politics and geo politics. pragmatism big is the true faith that they the particular vehicle is insured for fly globally. europe is where the influx mall stuff ring on its own citizens in all the continual days. but you're signaling or who knows how long it's ironic really, and it's a bit ridiculous that europe is stalking up on fuels on oil,

on cold coming from russia. besides internal divisions, the you also faces a clash with the us. germany and france have joined forces against washington pushing for tougher industrial policy such as more states subsidies for businesses as the us implement economic policies deemed a threat to the european economy. r t contributor rachel mars. it has more. so it turns out that all the talk of unity from american officials about the need to confront challenges together with the european union and precisely where us profits begin. even if it means that those economic gains come in europe. expense and european officials seem to be panicking over what now increasingly appears to be an inevitability. as washington makes a powerplay for european industry. we must clearly tell our u. s. partners that it is a major problem for us. it could create

a major shock on european industry. the u. s. has just entered this new globalization before our eyes to develop its industrial capacity on american soil. europe must not be the last of the mohicans. there are only a few weeks left. once the act is implemented, it will be too late for us to achieve any changes. it was only earlier this month that us treasury secretary, janet yellen vowed to work with european allies to help them understand how the biden administration's inflation reduction act was actually a good thing for a europe. but france and germany in particular, still art. see it that way. the leader of german chancellor olaf schultz is social democratic party. lars cling bile has just warned that german industry is on the verge of bailing to the u. s. which has reliable cheaper energy, attractive tax incentives and the supply chain and labor climate that hasn't been hopelessly deregulated by the incompetent tinkering of brussels bureaucrats.

western economic analysts generally concur with the dire assessment and warren of industrial shut downs for germany and the looming recession for the euro zone. meanwhile, the french government is shoveling 10000000000 euros in aid out the door to businesses in an attempt to buffer the skyrocketing energy costs. that is, even though french president a med read my coal had previously accused schultz of distorting and un leveling the european economic playing field by giving a hand out of 200000000000 euros in aid to german businesses. but now, rather than squabbling with each other exclusively, europe's 2 largest economies, germany and france, have officially announced that they're going to team up and go head to head with washington. well, hey, you don't change a team that wins, right? no doubt the by ministration is shaking in his boots, particularly when those boots have done about 200 laps around shoals and back home

. while they've been busy trying to tie their own shoes while ost also fighting over whose brand of shoes provides an unfair advantage over the other. nonetheless, berlin and paris are now announcing a new europe in sovereignty fund to help businesses invest and stay in europe. basically, it's now a contest between the u. s. and the you over who can out spend the other with government subsidies. we're talking massive transfers of wealth from taxpayers to select corporations. so much for those free market capitalist values of the west is always talking about now on both sides of the atlantic. western governments will be picking the so called winners who get government cash. philips and the losers who don't just like during the coven pandemic, or with the economic crises of the past 2 decades. and bailouts for businesses aren't the only thing on which washington and brussels are set to square off. take a listen to the blocks chief diplomat. yoseph burrell,

certainly the united states are our most important allies, but in some cases, we will not be in the same position or on the same approach towards china. we cannot think that we can build a future without taking into account the enormous strength of a country that is called to play its rightful role in the world due to its size, due to its economic strength. nice to see that you hasn't yet completely lost at survival instinct and is so far refusing to follow along with washington's demands to get belligerent with the world's 2nd largest economy. or to cut ties with the use own trading partner. but one can never underestimate brussels propensity for enthusiastically, leaping off a cliff whenever washington comes along, offering a friendly slab on the back. armenia hosted a summit of the collective security treaty organization where the country's prime minister is saying he wall a sign or join declaration by the group of kremlin spokesman played down refusal or

sharing. armenia will remain a member of the moscow lead block. hello. menia will undoubtedly stay despite all the complexity, despite the fact that the leader said not everything was agreed upon the event, once again confirmed the relevance and viability of the c s t o. the leadership of all the member organizations were here in attendance, the president, the defense ministers of each country, and the foreign minister of each country as well. and there were various, there were, there was a wider array of topics that were discussed here. we also heard a lot of potential documents that were signed today, actually for moving forward with the organization specifically equipping c s t o. peacekeepers with the, with state of the art equipment, into specifically protection against radioactive, biological, and chemical weapons, as, as well as supplying them with medical supplies. and dmitri pest glove also spoke a bit about the.