an ac issue then just covering all the greens with gone big. so when you distract nature, it takes everything. yeah. ah, ah, ukraine allegedly it targets the residential area in lieu guns with us applied high mas rockets, killing 3 civilians, and leaving find wounded in the stories. the shaven use this week ah, globally, this mood is to quench any attempt to be ukrainian forces to cross the force that is surrounding all of us as fighting continues in the dom bus. our correspondent follows russian troops on the front lines battling for 2 positions in the region under the africa leader from it wraps up in washington with america's

top diplomats, bringing up the west colonial past to criticized russia with sunday. and that means is the weekly, hey, on our t. i'm peter scott. and welcome to the program for a beach on us from the 1st we start in the dumbass, which has come under ukrainian shilling. the latest strikes on the la guns for public killed 3 civilians. ukrainian fortified 3 missiles from us, supplied high mas rocket launchers, or the town of shaft year. that's according to local officials. a number of civilian buildings were reportedly destroyed in the attack. 5 people were also wounded in the strike. this comes after a heavy shutting stroke that done yet for public on saturday. local authorities say a number of grad missiles were fired at the residential area by the ukrainian army . you couldn't as yet comments on either of those incidents. we heard from somebody

else locals. as as one of the rockets fell in my yard with me, the whole house is cracked. the windows have been blown out, record my neighbors house has suffered more damage. i shall, i think they need to be destroyed as quickly as possible. this has been going on for 8 years ago. these has crossed all lights already on union show. and when you, my thing is they are in penitence. they say the rights hecta sullivan in the military, but it's the same thing. they all the same, thus have a just did she on? russian defense minister said a geisha grew, has finished inspecting groups of frontline russian forces. thus, after a recent new york times report that claimed kit had tried to eliminates another official on his visit to the about the front. last april. ukraine's presidential advise also confirmed the attempts, but said that washington ask he have not to carry out the assault fagan escalation . meanwhile, the russian defense ministry says it's false as destroyed a ukrainian weapons. depo taken out the number of rocket launcher systems that it believes carried out attacks on done yet. several ukrainian assaults have also been

repelled in that against republic. according to the m. o. d r t correspondence, eager is done. it follows russian troops on the front lines. as they bustle for key positions in the region. in these woods, just outside crim and ny danger lurks around every tree. what used to be one of ukraine's national parks is now one of the most heavily contested swathes of land and the don bass. i need me to put up with the ukranian forces, crossed the river, and their mobile units shell, our checkpoints. our intelligence identified some of their strongholds here. their main tactic is to attack, so they mostly work in mobile groups. artillery is useless here. he learned sort of walking single file, we follow the only path deemed safe towards russia's positions. our guide leads us to what looks like a long abandoned hut, but the 1st impression of desolation is deceiving. inside. we meet russian soldiers

from the mortar, battery hidden in the thicket. not far from here. this is our battalions command and observation point that we gather all the information about the targets and our battalions frontline. we decide what targets to attack with our mortars. i mm i don't wanna globally this move is to quench any attempts of the ukrainian forces to cross the forest that is surrounding all of us. oh,

what you see here is the equivalent of close quarter combat in the world of artillery. this mortar team is only about 2, maybe 4 kilometers away from their targets. bigger guns and tanks provide extra fire power from further away to. right now, the woodland here is in the grey zone. and whichever side concedes the ambition to take it will have to give up neighboring villages and towns to suffering a painful, practical defeat maker's done of reporting from the dawn bass r t on the ukraine conflict as a fates. and even those who aren't directly involved in poland, see people including a police come under sustained injuries in an explosion. the police headquarters in war on thursday report suggests the blast was called by a grenade launcher,

that was given to the country's police chief by ukraine. ortiz, rachel moss, and as more details well, it's that time of year again, when everyone's ripping open holiday gifts and is either genuinely thrilled with what they get or they're putting on their best acting performance to pretend that they are out of politeness. just imagine the absolute worst gifts that you could get. this here may be an ugly christmas sweater or ugly socks, or a self help book. that leaves you wondering if maybe people think you have problems that need fixing, or perhaps the world's cheapest drug store chocolate. now, however bad, all of those might be, at least they didn't blow up right in your face and send you to the hospital with minor injuries like the gift that some officials in cave, reportedly gave to the commander in chief of poland, warsaw police yarrow slugs syndic now, why would a gift explode? well, because it just happened to be a grenade launcher,

according to the polish press. quite the novelty gift certainly beat, so would be cushion, i guess. now the chief had been in ukraine earlier this month, according to poland interior ministry, where he quote met with heads of the ukrainian police and emergency situation service and received some gifts. one of which exploded um exploding gifts are something that you wouldn't even expect from a crazy acts. may be from ice says, or, you know the unit bomber, but not from the officials of a country that you're bending over backwards to help. as is the case of poland amid the conflict in ukraine. so warsaw has now asked ukraine to clarify what happened. usually when something is sent to a police station that then blows up on the police chief. it doesn't usually just result in the cox politely asking for an explanation. what's even weirder is that

poland zet radio is reporting that the grenade launcher had arrived from ukraine to neighboring poland by train. so where are the customs and border checks there? and how does something like that get off the train in poland, in the border town of sham shall and then make it all the way to the warsaw police headquarters over 400 kilometers away without any one clue in, says the european union, nor have any borders any more between itself and ukraine, or at least not poland. what is this santa's magical train that just sales right across the european border, right into another country with a grenade launcher for chief heroes law, who's been a good boy all year asked to make you wonder what else is being sent through to europe by train from ukraine under the radar. it's not like the west has been able to reliably keep track of where all the weapons that it's sending to achieve,

ultimately and up. and the incidence certainly won't do anything to reassure those who worry that they could very well and up spilling into europe. in the news this week, the russian foreign ministry has cold, the moldova government's decision to bomb the 6 opposition russian language, tv channels, a crackdown on free speech. we can see that this been an unprecedented act as political censorship. an outrage against the principle of media pluralism and the gross violation of the right to freedom and access to information to which the political leadership of the republic regularly declares its commitment in light of the unprecedented consequences of its implementation for the russian speaking part of the country's population, we also qualify it as a cynical infringement of the rights of national minorities would demand international organizations to give an adequate assessment of what happens and take all appropriate measures to correct decent acceptable situation. officials claim

the media outlets were closed due to the threats of pro russian views being broadcast across moldova, as well as inappropriate coverage of the ukraine conflicts. one journalist was even blocked on facebook after describing her frustration at the decision in a post. here's how she responded to the media bun. anesha pie should have the chain they should to. i see the emergency situations commission has been the broadcasting of 6 channels in the republic of moldova. i consider this to be a lawlessness. it's pure dictatorship and our country linear. unfortunately, this is happening to day when the republic is fighting for development in democracy . this has all been trampled by our government. thus hobbled with lava. model was parliaments is also mulling over a bill this aimed at limits in the countries, soviet era legacy as lawmakers think, to rename the nation's official language from moldova, to romanian. and he pro western politicians, had been pushing for that move ever since moldova declared independence from the us sr back in 91. now this comes amid ongoing protests against president maya thunder

. and her government handling of the country's economy marches have been organized by the main opposition figure and owner of the bunch tunnels demonstrates as one their country to stop bucking western sanctions against moscow, which have already led to spiraling inflation and energy prices. and other journalists who channel faces of buns as the government has crossed a red line. we said it's a good thing for one simple words. what happens is, what with you the most and hoped until the last that it would not happen, because there are certain red lines that no one has ever crossed, no matter what regime is in the power in the over. it seems to me that whether a tv channel works well or not, should always be decided by the audience. the fact that these channels had not covered the agenda, the way the resume would like to be heard. story by what about freedom of speech? what about european democratic norm? what about the very pluralism of opinions that they talked about during the election campaign? we all remember how the current leader recently spoken russian,

you and they are election campaigns. and the fact that they are now in power suggested the russian speaking population of modot and believe them, i see ma dover isn't the only country restricting my media. freedom to the new round of sanctions. the you is freezing. ortiz, european assets prefer. if the thing assets belonging to our parent company and have a nova stay in europe as well as functioning a number of other russian channels. all of this in an effort to silence russia by leaving outlets without the means to operate financially. the move comes as part of a new round of until russian sanctions agreed by the european council as well as media resources. the sets of targets versus military industrial complex. by expanding the export ban on technologies for the aerospace industry, including aircraft engines, unfair parts for drones, the you will also bun, any new investments in the russian energy sector and fries the assets of to russian buying. the one package of the use sanctions on russia follows multiple similar

moves. so there are fights have been questioned. the former austrian vice chancellor as of the us shooting itself in the faults with the restrictions. oh, we've been through a lot lately. we've survived the sanctions policy that misled us under the pretext that the sanction policy would bring russia to its knees. the russians have doubled their business. there is no question of bringing russia to its knees. it's over. on the contrary, we see how austria harms itself and how europe harms itself, where we ourselves actually suffered more from the sanctions. and we see rising prices for electricity and gas in for food in europe. more and more people will suffer from this all in a comment swati austria's ex vice chancellor explained how europe is bearing the burden. fancy russian sanctions. ah, you will the agony beasley don't. today we are experiencing dramatic shortages in the raw materials sector in the gas sector,

in the electricity sector in the energy sector, but also price explosions, which of course, affect industry the economy, but above all the citizens and the people who then have to experience massive price increases in some cases, households or experience a 6 fold increase in prices, and people are really severely burdened and struggling with poverty. many companies are on the verge of closing down, which is accompanied by rising unemployment. ah, so we'll all face due to the sanctions. we're doing without shape, rush and gas, in which a lot has been invested. russian gas was essential for central europe's economic and industrial prosperity in the last decades. also, thanks to the good price. that's brought prosperity, not only to germany, but also to austria. and now we're seeing that, of course, due to the sanctions policy,

we're suddenly supposed to switch to american fracking gas, which is very expensive, which is also not environmentally friendly. and which will then be transported to europe. i ship. ah, so is it, it's only mac allowed to show the situation is becoming more and more dramatic. and this leads to many protests and demonstrations in the streets where people peacefully point out this undesirable development and say, it's not acceptable. we damage ourselves by imposing sanctions. yes, and in the end, people are confronted with the catch phrase that they have to freeze for peace. and then you come to the conclusion. well, freezing doesn't help because unfortunately, there is no peace because there are no negotiation and attempts, and then you become unemployed. and unemployment has not brought peace because there are no negotiation initiatives. and that is what people naturally find very repulsive and very questionable. and now 2 tensions in the

balkans were sir b, as asked nato peacekeepers to allow the country to dispatch of the $1000.00 police and military personnel to kosovo as amid mass demonstrations, which erupted in belgrade. on friday. demonstrated in the serbian capsule burned separatist flags and denounced western backing of the territory tensions a rope. 30 when ethnic serv demonstrates his barricaded streets, to prevent the transfer of a serbian inmates to the country's capital. his watson, serbians at to say little persecution of the serbian population is taking place in kosovo. if people are being arrested for defending their homeland, to the, to the serbian army should go there and the whole nation wants them there since they can no longer endure the terror in castillo's metre beat science with relation, i came to support our brothers in kosovo, who are now going through a difficult period. boy, my family is there and no one knows who will be arresting. who will be taken to priest in terrorized and out of

a serbian representative has accused the pristina governments of seizing power in the majority serb area of metro meter. those hours after officials from self retained kosovo, applied for you membership, but grape condemned to move under bristles to block it, but the russian ambassador to serbia, so the cost of those e membership bid was likely sanctioned by brussels in advance. you see she in not all members of the european union recognize kosovo as an independent state. that means that you does not have a unified position and cannot achieve over all consensus when it comes to this issue. however, if we take any country in the balkans as an example, even the process of submitting the application for you membership and a public declaration of such intentions is always agreed at the very political top of the you in brussels. this is not something that is done by the balkan states themselves, like other candidates for even membership. but in this case, the european union does not allow any kind of independence. that is why we should

not exclude the possibility, but rather we should actually assume that some kind of agreement was already in place beforehand. brussels has not objected to this year in pristina received permission to publicly formulate such a request to day. in the news this week, washington has wrapped up its 1st summits with african leaders in 8 years. and despite the event officially been focused on addressing issues of fighting africa, washington still insisted on bringing russia into the equation. it's very powerful because you hear countries that are, we're here in washington this week. gonna kenya. so many others that had been the victims of imperialism in the past. and who see that now happening to ukraine by russia. during the 3 day summits, the u. s. declared the importance of africa in solving global problems and in a bit to competes with africa as other partners, namely china and washington 5,

russia. washington has already signed deals with $15000000000.00 on voice support for the african unions bid for g 20 membership. you, a secretary of defense also tried to accuse russia and china of destabilizing activities in africa. asia responded by urging washington to stop using africa as an arena for power games, which are what me. but not all african countries were allowed to attend the u. s. hosted cement guinea sudan, eritrea marlene burkina faso didn't receive an invitation either because they've been suspended from the african union or because they like diplomatic ties with america. we spoke to a number of people from those countries who shared their opinions about us intentions in africa. with what a law firm, if france and the usa rejected in africa, it's due to their politics. this initiative is a way to preserve their image in africa while wishes to have a trusted partner who is honest and to bring good ideas in the right equipment to help us to fight this phenomenon on our territory. with. ringback it's an

opportunity for joe biden to bring the us back to their former position in africa because united states of america are trying to take advantage of doing it with it. but for a long time, we've been under the leadership of europeans. it's them who colonized us and they are the origin of all these things to show. i believe the us is targeting europe's place in africa and a bit of luck that i read. when john kerry aucker, who's the host of ortiz, the whistle rose program says the u. s. had another reason for not inviting those countries to the summit. even when the new governments of these countries have pledged a return to democracy and have in some cases to schedule democratic elections that still wasn't good enough for the united states. and so these 5 countries weren't invited, and i'll add that these 5 countries are 5 that in which the united states can't make any money right now, russia is very popular in africa. china and china is very popular in africa. and

the western countries are not. there not because they ignored the needs of the child of the african people and the african governments for many, many years. the u. s. presence is literally a one of, of war. the only real us presence in any of these countries is a paramilitary force. look at molly, for example, or mauritania, or any of the other of this a hell countries needs year. we only know by accident because of a leak, that the united states has a military presence there. a military presence that has not been approved by congress, whose job it is just to, to kill people. and to try to keep these host governments in, in power. yes, be i treated twitter as if it was a subsidiary while thus the conclusion made by investigative journalist months i. e

e e b who has revealed links between the bureau and the social media giants. me docu stations. the twitter was bunning accounts for the f b i's request to address contact with the f b. i was constant and pervasive as if it were a subsea. jury federal intelligence and law enforcement reach inter twitter included the department of homeland security, which partners with secure to contractors and think tags to pressure twitter to moderate content between january 2020 and november 2022. there were over 150 emails between the f b i and former twitter trust and safety chief, yo roth, and screenshots you can see an alleged f b. i accounts identifying a number of other accounts to be scrutinized, including those that promoted republican party candidates during mid terms. as a result, twitter subsequently suspended many the accounts mentioned house republicans are now considering opening an investigation into the scandal. the to the files

pandora's box of leaks revealed. the platform violates had many of his own rules among them. the infinite on to bite in laptops candle, which was allegedly censored by the company. and the former us president donald trump's accounts, which was bond at the request of top management. the get more about the latest installment of the 2 files on the previous 5. we have more details on off t dot com. you can also find the latest development of the scandal and leave your comments or to on the incident. so do stay tuned. meanwhile, format, new york university professor and author, my correct them all the slums, such free speech violations. this is a violation of the 1st amendment of the united states, which does not permit the government to dictate expression to dictate speech. and we're seeing plethora of data that shows, in fact, that they did that and a lot more. and one has to wonder whether they're actually meddling in elections

themselves and whether they're, since they are basically an organ of the democratic party, the f b i. that is, we're starting to wonder whether the f b, i in fact has some call culpability. with reference to covering up election crimes on the part of the democratic party. it's utterly illegitimate. and it's known as economic fascism when you have this kind of collusion between the state and these corporate players. and you're saying that they're so tightly knitted together that there's almost no extricating them. and it's as if we have a state run media here. this is very, very reminiscent of totalitarian regimes. there's politicize ation here. they said that they were looking at domestic violence, extremis, and we know what this has to do with this is about utterly silencing the opposition to the democratic party. well, meanwhile,

isla must cause been on his own bonding spree. the accounts of truth, his rivals must on to have both found themselves. tweet less. ortiz wondering sharma picks up the story. ellen lot sweeter absorb heat suspense. india drive, of course. crazy canada. and the 30 here kerry handle on who was recently created. it will be a few days ago. it was the credit posted by celebrities and we, i be wanting to join the platform and this comes a deal after mosque suspended. it doesn't go down. so prominent journalist covering here including those from cnn, washington post as well as the new york times. however, mass listed suspension of some journalistic ounce. after running a boy on the platform, as he usually does now, who found this house clam twitter or the suspension. all this particular query,

hannah and they've also questioned the rationale behind this small one of the cool handles on twitter just got banned for was because we compared with twitter, so mastered on, also got blocked today. how's this free speech and what world are will even in me, my venetians, as well as your own can union, has threatened to sanction mark on actions taken on by twitter recently as far as twitter or twitter, india is confirmed. there has been a no response on the suspension of course handle as yet the iranian foreign ministry has slum to the un resolution condemning the countries human rights accusing the sponsors of the documents of using international institutions to put pressure on these lumps republic. now the resolution was adopted with 80 countries voting in favor, 29 against and 65 abstaining. the assembly also express concerns of

a recent spike in death penalties. we looked at how some western countries use a selective approach. one voice in their condemnation of certain events, ortiz came up. it explains the narrative from both western media and politicians is outrage that iran is executing political prisoners. moral condemnations are pouring in from the highest levels of power, the german foreign minister wady, an he's a, him, victims, and these executions are blatant attempt to intimidate people, not for committing crimes, but just for taking their opinions to the streets. just the wanting to live in freedom casa, we denounce this draconian treatment in the strongest terms of east harsh sentences . and now the 1st public execution, at least are meant to intimidate iran's people. they're meant to suppressed a sense, and they simply just underscore how much ron's leadership actually fear is its own

people. killing someone for speaking up against the government is certainly an outrage. the problem is that when you look into the details, that's not actually true. my g reza ron of ard was not executed for protesting. here's what actually happened. in this video, you can see the man stabbing to bossy. jeez, the boss siege is a volunteer force. it's a branch of the islamic revolutionary guard core. so you could say that he essentially did the equivalent of stabbing to death to police officers or members of the national guard, stabbing to law enforcers to death. that's a bit different than simply raising one's voice. and speaking up and all summer saying this decision by iran has to be condemned. others are pointing to a similar case in the united states. where was the moral outrage when kevin johnson was executed back in november. he was scheduled to be executed for killing

a police officer, but then his prosecutor step den, asking for the death sentence to be vacated because it was imposed with racial bias . the state of missouri disagree, the surviving victims. johnson's crimes have waited long enough for justice and every day longer that they must wait is a day. they are denied the chance to finally make peace with their loss. now you might expect to see a huge amount of. busy more condemnation board on to the united states from europe, except there wasn't any that seems to be aimed only countries that the west isn't aligned with iran and its allies. we can see the an acceptable, the use of capital punishment as a tool to repress, to the protest us in the new package of sanctions for human rights for your nations . we are targeting door responsible for this continued repression against protest as at 21st 21 listing. and these are the lines dish report of the

dap in union to the daniel people and responding to the deliver of the daniel drawers to russia. 8 persons and entered this has been listed. is there really any room for european officials to condemn any one for mistreating protesters? after all, we can recall they're cracked down on anti locked down demonstrations in the past. ah. so we have 2 different countries. iran and the united states, both countries executed some one for killing police officers. one countries action was met with widespread condemnation. and the other was met with deafening silence from the world community. so that raises questions is the so called world community concerned about spreading violence and chaos in some countries and not concerned when similar cases come up along it's for.