something to do a sure. sherman yes or no. it was with a disturbing images of the head. civilians are killed in the latest ukrainian bombardment of done now. as he adds, troops, shell, the russian region 39 times in the past 24 hours. we report from the scene of the attacks and from africa, gonna announce is a shift towards using gold instead of the u. s. dollar and it's oil purchases. then you officially slam washington for making money from the war and ukraine. so europeans are left to deal with a growing price it with

from lost out of the world. this is our t international. i'm rachel blevins here with the top stories of the our welcome to the program. we began with the latest from the ground and rushes, her song region where 6 people have been killed by the latest ukrainian shelling of the city of no via a home. according to local officials, he has troops are stepping up their bombardment of residential areas across the region, which recently joined russia after a referendum in the don bass. ukrainian armed forces have showed the region $39.00 times in the last 24 hours. one strike hit a cotton factory in the city of dannetta, and a warning you may find the following. images disturbing. local authorities say at least one civilian was killed and at least 3 others wounded in the attack. our correspondent, roman closer was at the scene right after the shelling and sent us this report.

sir, is shilling off. the nets can continue. on friday, one woman was killed as a result. that is her husband's and her brother standing right next to her body. another 3 people who are wounded in this area. now, this is a food storage unit here in the nets. not a single military object in sight. daily shelling of don't ask, continue on a regular basis. as the result, there's a lot of damage to infrastructure. we haven't had any running water here in the last 6 days. also, many places are without electricity. now, the husbands of this woman is a familiar person to us to r t a few months ago. as you can see, he is on crutches a few months ago. he came under selling had the same time as our crew was shelled

as well had that time. our correspondent helped him from the 1st aid. did everything possible to save his life? hang on just a couple of months later, this man lost his wife from a quarter of hearty don't ask republic. meanwhile in ukraine power outages continue to be reported across the country. authority say key can only meet 30 percent of its electricity needs, adding that in the event of an emergency, the city's population could not be evacuated earlier. moscow stated that airstrikes on infrastructure are in response to weapons deliveries from the west. with the goal of undermining the combat capabilities of the countries army and other developments ukraine's national police have launched a chat box to help track down a ledge. traders and collaborators. people who use the online service or to be

given guaranteed anonymity. now for more on all of this was cross lived, your richard, lack of formal republican senator from virginia. richard, it's great to have you on the program today. now we have a lot to break down. but let's start with this latest story about ukraine looking to find a ledge traders and collaborators. do you think that this move can make any civilian a potential target for key security forces? well, i think so, and i think there's, there's quite an extensive history of this when, when the government of ukraine was overthrown in 2014, the revolutionary hunter took power with the support of the central intelligence agency and british m. i 61 of the 1st things they did is to change the constitution to delete russian as an official language of the country before it had

ukrainian or russian. and that began a program of de russia, if occasion to, to purge russians to, to make them 2nd class citizens. that's really what caused the donuts of republican and lou ganske to declare their independence. and so there's been very harsh treatment of the russian speaking population in ukraine ever since the revolution in 2014. right. and i'm glad you bring that up because i know that another major story that has been circulating has been around these videos that have been posted online. now the un human rights monitoring mission has concluded that the widely circulated videos that came up last week, showing the execution of russian prisoners of war are, quote, highly likely to be authentic. what is your take on that incident in particular,

in the ongoing investigation surrounding it? well, the video is certainly real. there's no doubt about that. but this is not the 1st video of ukrainian war crimes. early in the war, we had a very clear interview with the head of the ukranian hospital, who boasted of the fact that when the russian prisoners of war were brought in, that the doctors were ordered to castrate them. i mean, it was a stunning, hideous war crime, and i think it was reported to hear of and they said, well, take a look into it. nothing's ever happened. there was another very clear video where there was a prisoner of war collection point ukrainians were operating this and they were bringing in russian soldiers from the field captives. and they would just automatically go up and they would shoot them through the legs. and there were

quite a number of the way there, but as we wanted some of them dying and some of them they would put the plastic bags over their head. they had their, their hands behind them with zip ties. and so they couldn't move to take the bags off, and the bags were there to suffocate, and i thought it was funny. we was a hideous, hideous work, right? so this is nothing new. what is new is that the media has started to pay some attention for the very 1st time. they censored it completely up until now. right. and certainly those videos have been out there and they are just for rick to watch . i mean, you know, it's interesting when we look at the response, because arguably, if the situation were reversed or if it were happening in a number of other countries where the u. s. has express concerns about human rights, then you would see a lot of outrage from the west. but in this case, you have some of its western allies and even mainstream media outlets that have

tried to almost whitewash the killing of the russian troops as inactive, so called self defense bi ukrainian soldiers. do you think that that argument holds any way and what do you make of what appears to be a double standard when it comes to their response to incidents like this? i've listened to the argument of self defense. i understand what, what some people are saying about it. but you know, i was a fierce combat in vietnam. and often i had, i had the forward air control chain because i was a pilot responding on the ground at the time. and my forward air control team would take prisoners. we would take them into our custody when they were capture. and very often we had prisoners at times where the battle was would be on all sides . the people would be firing machine guns and warders into us. we never felt

a need to, to execute prisoners under those circumstances. and i don't think that they are killing men who are lying based down out of the open, with their hands clasped behind their, their heads, mowing them down, murdering them. i don't think. i don't think that's a defense to the war crime and certainly does raise a lot of questions and hopes that it will be fully investigated. now on another note, when we look at ukraine as a whole, the un high commissioner for human rights also said that millions are being plunged into extreme hardship and appalling conditions by these strikes, referring to russia's targeting of ukrainian military and energy infrastructure. but why do you think the focus is all on russia's actions now? when back in 2014, kiev wants its cracked down on the dawn bass,

which didn't get nearly the same scrutiny and continued on for the last 8 years. why do you think that we can continue to see that same double standard, you know, in the west, very few people even know about the war, ukraine's war on the don bash. this was basically a war against russian speaking people near the russian border. and. and because the, the armed forces of, of donnette sick and lo, ganske, there were very small armies. and so the targets were mostly civilian. so 447, or 8 years ukraine was making war on the russian speaking population in the, in the don bass region. and mostly they were just firing artillery their over 2000

artillery attacks during this time was a small war. it was a, it was very significant war. and it russia, interestingly, russia avoided getting involved in that war as long as they possibly could. they, they pushed for some sort of a peace agreement, particularly with immense piece agreements where ukraine gave a solemn promise that they would stop their attacks on don bass. they lied, they didn't do it. and find way russia was just forced into taking action. right. and now when it comes to where ukraine is standing right now, you know, we're talking about and hearing these reports of continued blackouts and the impact that they're having on civilian. do you think that that is likely to push the landscape government to have some sort of talks with russia? i mean, i guess the argument is how long can this go on when they're mentioning and civilians

are struggling? but is that having an impact on the government's decisions and when it's actually crying to do and arguably, is it pushing it to act in the interest of its people? i see very little entered very little evidence that the nato countries have any regard for the people of their countries. it just seems to be there are some oligarchs that are making huge profits on some and they want to push it as far as they can. but i will say that recently general mark mila, who is the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff for the united states, made a very surprising comment to the economic form of new york. and he said that he thought that the winter was a good time for ukraine to begin negotiations. he said that the,

it's going to be very difficult for them to advance any further now, but russia has, has stabilized the lines. and he says that it is very likely that ukraine is going to have to give up land in order to get peace. and it's very unlikely that they will advance any further and take, take any additional lands than what they already have. so there was sort of a backlash against him when he said that, but it was, it was interesting that he did make the comment. i agree with him because the new leadership, the new military leadership has, has displayed some, some real strategic foresight. i think it was a very wise move to, to, to withdraw troops from across the nepa river. and to

us they had to surrender kerosene, but they were able to, to make their lives much more defensible. and before that, you had a, you had a large russian army that was in an extraordinarily dangerous vulnerable position. it moved it back, stabilized the line now was going to be very difficult for ukraine to advance any further. you make a great point and you know, when it comes to sort of those comments that we're getting from members of the, by an administration from within the u. s. government where they're now speaking out and saying, hey, why aren't we considering talks? why aren't we moving towards this and talking about some sort of concession? do you think that lindsey is in a position where he is willing to listen to that? if that is the direction that the by an administration does decide to move in? because up until this point, you've had

a biden administration that has said that they are pushing for no concessions from ukraine, that they are encouraging liskey not to talk with russia and not to engage in any sort of piece discussions. do you think that there's a possibility of that actually happening and zalinski listening and at the same time, the vitamin administration choosing to go in that route. so landscape will start biting when the united states allows them to. if you recall, in april, just 2 months after russian forces crossed into ukraine, both russia and ukraine were sitting down on the piece table. ukraine had offered a 5 page piece proposal. russia ahead or russia had agreed to most of the terms now they, they didn't agree to terms related to crimea, but that was kind of a red herring. nobody expected that russia would,

would yield and insure on crime me, because that's always been part of russia. but it looked like the diag piece was going to be achieved by the 2 parties and ukrainian representatives even said that publicly. and then prime minister boris yeltsin, unexpectedly fluent and demanded that the landscape shut down. these talks which he did and the united states certainly was coordinated with on that they never, great britain, never would have done that on their own. so i don't think the problem is so much with ukraine as it is with us, u. k, with nato. and the question then becomes, when is the west ready to move in that decision? certainly a lot at stake here, but great insight as always,

former senator richard black. thank you so much for your time. thank you very much . the gone, as vice president has announced the government is considering adopting a new policy to use gold instead of the us dollar to make oil purchases. the government is negotiating a new policy regime where our gold rather than our us dollar reserves, will be used to buy oil products. the barger of sustainably mind, gold for oil, is one of the most important economic policy changes in gonna, since its independence. the decision is aimed at protecting gone as foreign currency reserves. as the demand for dollars by oil importers has the effect of weakening the country's currency. using gold as a payment method would stabilize the currency situation as retailers would no longer need to exchange dollars to import products. chris heart, gold and global currency analysts from south africa says that gone as an initiative

indicates that solely dollar based international trade could not be working for all like before. the picture goal is one of those things is linked to, to help support the tv will produce teams to will that the good arrangement with actually on the post. well that day. so it helps to, to knock on is gone to the point where it's now looking at this arrangement to not think there's a bowler, doesn't city and walk. and i think, you know, in one since, what's the arrive arrive of currencies to see that there are alternatives to the goodness of property, but going to still a monetary instrument. oh,

care he is purchase of russian missiles threatens nino security and the countries commitment to the military block that's according to a us state department spokesperson. it comes after the turkish defense ministers recent statement is due to getting the, the s 400 is in place. i'm ready for use if any threats arise, we will decide where and how to use it. it's not the 1st time washington is raised concerns over turkish russian relations . back in august, the chairman of the u. s. foreign relations committee called and current growing ties with moscow defense sector, a grave mistake. the quote endangers the security of nato allies and partners throughout europe. in 2017 russia and turkey signed the 1st contract for as 400 battery, with the option to purchase more. triggering a spout with washington which removed her here from the 35 fighter jet program and

imposed or rafter sanctions. however, turkey has remain defiant. meanwhile, turkey is set to quadruple trade with cuba, despite washington decades, long embargo turkish president era wants that because of sanctions relations remain but remain below their true potential. 6 cooperation agreements were signed at a joint press conference with the cuban president and kara on wednesday. the country's aim to increase bilateral trade to $200000000.00 political scientists own arson on dissolved. it says that washington is trying to pressure here due to its relations with russia. code that took his member of nato for a long time. but the think itself, turkey also the only natal country now which is dealing with russia, that the turkish government didn't apply these sanctions against the russia,

like the west and country and other members of nato. and we still continue our cooperation with more school. so i think best why united states is trying to make impression on turkey, to tooth to like, it's kind of a temper for several dash, 2 of the turkish and the russian relation. but turkish government and 30 states and turkish armed forces and also the turkish people. they are, they have independent month entity and that we have independent policy. that's why we continue to cooperate with russia. ah, day 3 and the greeks plus gathering is under way in russia. st. petersburg with the blocks member states presenting their products and investment opportunities all over the globe. the foreign is also hosting delegation from partner countries from all over the world, as well as the berks plus members during the meeting participants discussed and

their management experience and the potential development of joint projects, brazilian special secretary for international relations and the in bricks forum. henry, k, dominus, says that bricks offers and new way for countries to develop international relations. the main thing about our project about the bricks project is that we are providing a new way of develop international relations between the countries. because we were used to these old way of developing international relations that was, that was led by united states in european union for example. but these way for countries like us like but as you, for example, or african countries is not an attractive way because they developed international relations when just one side. when. so the brakes main point is the to side when, when, oh, when all of people cooperates in, all of those sites can when her benefits from those relations you, europe,

in united states, do you think that they are the whole world. but the fact that the wood is very big in russia is dealing with every one. well, we can see when mr. sergey lover of go to the events, it forms of a big line to talk to the guy. so rush is not isolated. it all the a trying to make looked at russia. he says, elated, but the infect. russia is not isolated. ah, you officials have lashed out at washington, accusing the u. s. and profiting from the conflict to a year at faces dire straits with some se washington's relations with the blocks member states are facing major challenges. we are really at a historic juncture, american nice realize that public opinion is shifting in many you countries. the country that is profiting most from this war is the u. s, because they are selling more gas and higher prices and because they are selling more weapons. so there's a lot of finger pointing going on right now here in europe,

we're starting to see an increasing number of comments from european officials targeting the u. s. first, they're saying that u. s. energy companies are making windfall profits over the conflict in ukraine. french and german officials said earlier this month that those revenues are coming at europe's expense. is it that we need to put into the united states was producing cheap gas that they sell at a high price. and in addition, they have taken measures of massive state aid for some sectors that fully throw our projects out of the market. i think it's not in accordance with the rules of the world trade organization, and i think it's unfriendly. some countries including friendly ones, sometimes achieve astronomical prices for their gas. of course, that brings with problems that we have to talk about. maybe if they call the u. s. friendly enough times u. s. energy companies will just give away their gas to europe. right. and maybe team usa will pull the goalie during the world cup. so european teams can score joe

biden promised europe at the outset when europe pulled the plug on its own cheap rush and gas that the u. s. would step in with natural gas. he didn't say that it would be cheap. it's like you're shocked to learn just how far uncle sam would go in the interests of making a few more bucks. really, how many times have they us ginned up military interventions or cruise in order to ultimately secure an economic foothold in some resource rich nation? both france and germany are acutely aware of the endless cut throw trade war between their airbus group and the u. s. defense contractor boeing in the aerospace sector. there are certainly no friendly concessions there and now are having to scramble in order to prevent their own industrial base from being lured away to the us through jo biden's inflation reduction act. we call for an e e u industrial policy that enables our companies to thrive in the global

competition, especially through technological leadership. we want to coordinate closely a european approach to challenges such as the united states inflation reduction act . the u. s. is following the domestic agenda, which is regrettably protectionist and discriminates against us allies. washington encouraged the you to separate from the russian fuel that it was getting pretty cheap for its economic engine and is now closing in on a major when over europe on the global economic playing field. so why would washington back off now just to please europe, european officials now reportedly figure that the u. s. industry is making so much money cranking out weapons for ukraine. that you know, it would only be proper to ease off the energy pricing. what planet to these people live on, where americans leave any money on the table at all? these european officials are also conveying to the u. s. that europeans view of washington and of the transit land take relationship is at risk. if the u. s. comes

out looking like the big winner amid the ukraine conflict. while europeans feel like they're the ones making all the sacrifices, real sick of somebody, we're on a general strike because people cannot pay the bills anymore. nowadays, we don't simply have to struggle to live. we have to struggle to survive. graziano, we will call them. the situation right now is chaotic. we are worse off than in march. fuel prices are rising, spare parts, tires oil, everything. it is on viable to work like this. the phonetic energy cost. i don't think that the energy costs and the rising prices are in harmony, down with the energy bells. right now they had to high you had kind of zucker in the crisis we are in, amid the inflation. young people have no future life. we don't know how to pay for our food. 54 percent of french citizens, 57 percent of germans,

and more than 75 percent of italians are worried about their purchasing power. that's according to an e. u. public opinion monitoring report from last month about a 3rd of germans expect power cuts this winter. and a whopping 87 percent of the polish population expects to be rationing energy. and the longer all of this drags on, the more these folks are likely to turn against their european leaders. so it looks like those leaders are already sizing up washington as a potential scapegoat. and to think that all they really had to do was to say no to washington at the very outset of all this and just do what was in their own best interests and those of their people. that's all for now. be sure to check out our t dot com for all the latest breaking news and updates, and we'll see right back here at the top of the hour. ah

with oh, when i was showing wrong, i just don't know. i mean, you want to shape out this thing becomes the advocate and engagement equals the trail. when so many find themselves worlds apart, we choose to look for common ground. i met representative sikes at a rally in washington, d. c. o. 2 introduced this dentist. why do it gather it of

mississippians who had travelled there to demand a new state flag over by lawrenceville, as i love this because, and the thing is, you know, we had a discussion with us that i saw this flag and fell in love with it. and i really liked it when i found out that the design of laura's dentist, lauren, is the granddaughter of senator johnston is he represented during the time of jim crow where they thought this separate but equal was ok is just so important to me to excel that over time and through the generations. are people change? i'm a hip hop artist. i you so pop when lie in and inspires us with our mistake honoring your ancestors. i honor mine and that's kind of i fill where the clash happens because no one's going to back.