me the the, the, the the, the headlines right now, what are you into national as glossed all reported across ukraine with explosion seen in the nation's capital, where a hotel was damaged with unconfirmed report, saying the hotel was housing, foreign, military advisor, and who's more than 80 russian soldiers retired from ukrainian captivity where they were in, quote, mortal danger. according to the ministry of defense, the manufacture receive treatment and rehab on home soil. the also the western about the interim leader of venezuela, one glide, he'd been voted out by venezuela, lawmakers. and we'll exit stage right next week. here with moscow,

we're still waiting 2023 to arrive. the new year has already come to parts of asia, celebrations in china, and elsewhere in high gear. the countdown is on here at moscow where it's now just off the 10 pm on new year's eve before we show you celebrations from all over the eastern world. for now, straight to our top story. i do start this program with that ukraine where multiple stripes have been reported across the country. this saturday will give us some video out of a key of now by several explosions were seen. hotel in the city center was damaged with unconfirmed reports that foreign military advisors were staying there at the time. meanwhile, ukrainian authorities, se electricity in the city and surrounding regions has been partially restored. while the strikes off the mouth also captured in this video from the city of mid

sky and western ukraine as well as in nikolai of our senior correspondent is more, i guess he's reporting now on the latest across the country in kiev. and defense of weaponry is active. there are exclusions around the city. those may be explosions, incoming missiles or outgoing air defense, anti missile rockets firing into the sky. we've already seen the wreckage pictures showing the reported wreckage of western supplied and t. m missiles on the streets of key of the capitalist wouldn't be the 1st time ukrainian missiles ad defense. besides have struck at urban areas, fallen on people's houses, never lesson and key of itself. ah, we've seen the remains of one strike at least one miss all reaching its target. a hotel in the capital of ukraine, where, according to reports again,

this is our verified information. but where there may have been foreign advisors, presumably, nato member states advisors, people who are on the ground advising the ukrainian ha, ukrainian military again, this is, this is something that needs to be verified of them that they have been strikes all over ukraine, east, west, south and north, the city of haddock, of left without power. we've also heard of strikes in the outskirts of high to come in kiev region to ah, we've, we've seen images showing plumes of smoke great plumes of smoke above buildings, which again says that at least part of the missiles struck home. the ukrainian, a ministry of defense has a tendency to come out and, and claim that you know, the vast majority out of 90 missiles. they've taken down 80, which year which has turned out in the past to be untrue. they have also been

complaints from the ukrainian military regarding the air defense weapon system supplied by nato countries that they've been label to shoot down russian cruise missiles. and this is presumably what these, today's wave of strikes is being launched with cruise missiles launched by strategic bombers from russian air space. they've also been reports of tactical missiles, escondido, missiles launched from the vicinity of the front line of the range and loses ease my shorter, but again, strikes in kiev in odessa, down on the black sea coast in height of bordering rushes. but bill, good region strikes him, come out doors, which is very near the fla, front light in the east of the country and also strikes in the west of the country . again, these are, these are ongoing, so perhaps we'll learn more details. official comment from the russian side,

which there hasn't been much by way of. what i mean while in don bass or local official say, a terrorist attack in the lugens republic has been foiled, should warn you. you may find the following images disturbing. a ukrainian or special services agent was planning to attack government offices and the regents capital, but was taken out by russian special forces before he could do so. or portly, amid his attempts, he killed a regional serviceman and a civilian. and the russian at security services discovered a cache of ukrainian weapons also in the suburbs of new ganske city. the stockpile includes an anti tank guided missile grenade launchers, and more than a $100000.00 rounds since lost count. while an $82.00 russian soldiers have returned home from ukraine in captivity in time for the new year, the russian minister defense says they escaped mortal danger. other men are set to fly back to moscow to receive both mental and physical rehab. and the exchange of p

w was held on a one for one balance with the same number of return to the crane. well, i meanwhile, vladimir putin has visited the southern military command, very close to the ukrainian border. the president speak into the service men and women said that russia must fight and can't give up anything. it wouldn't military officers with metals, including the general sort of again, who back in october was assigned to lead the special military operation. why to marry a whole now a city which suffered this year and the conflict? will it set to usher in the new year? with some optimism. the city is being rebuilt by the government, the arctic contributor even bartlett picks up the story. 2022 is coming to an end. it was a year of great sorrow for the people of the don bass. and especially here in mariel . mariel, paul is a city that sy massive battles to victor, ukrainian forces and the nazis that were embedded with them. consequently, there was much destruction, but in contrast to what western corporate media would have, you believe the city was not destroyed. western corporate media also would not like

you to know that. in fact, there are positive developments like massive reconstruction projects, including new hospitals, new and rehabilitated schools and new apartment complexes. this is one of them at the school level official. this school existed for the last 40 years and has been here since 1982. during the war, the school suffered 6 direct hits, the offices assembly hall and the school was significantly damaged. but life is great. everything is being restored now. and as you can see, literally this school was restored in 2 months. plus this, it already has traffic lies. street lighting electricity in all houses. what a supply and gas supply is already returning to many houses in the city and communications are working. there was work, but we will wait. we are happy and we like everything. we joke which they are a big construction projects happening. life is getting better slowly. everything is fine for with your clothes are sitting with of course,

after the destruction it was difficult, but now you can see the massive construction going in the city. this can be called the construction of the century and life is getting better. life is becoming more interesting. it's even easier for you to breathe. everything is great. it feels good to know that we're under the care of the russian federation for which our thank you. in syria and late 2016 after al qaeda and other terrorist groups were expelled from the city of a lap o, a leper residents erected a christmas tree in christmas decorations and celebrated the new year and their freedom and their future. so to our residents of mary, up already to celebrate their futures now that the city has been restored to com. and while the conflict in ukraine has certainly dominated the world agenda throughout 2022, this period was also marked by well violent clashes worldwide struggles for political power and the death, the various prominent figures. so just for a moment here on nazi, let's have a look back at the year. ah,

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with us 10 pm here in moscow and while we are waiting for the new year and the top to strike 12 here. some countries, of course, already ringing in 2023. starting with australia. it's already past 6 in the morning that have all been partying for several hours. at least the city celebration started with a vast pyrotechnic display from the sydney hob, a bridge, and continued with massive files. you can see for yourself as we understand thousands of fireworks have said to have been settled during this celebration. from australia to new zealand. of course, charming in the new year as well as just off the 8 in the morning that now she was held in oakland with the sky tallow behind the river bridge was lit up with a light show and firework display fired from oakland. now to china, already celebrating as well, with crowds of people enjoying the atmosphere,

an enhanced addition of a light symphony with cannibal fireworks lit up the capital. beijing. very impressive displays coming out of china tonight. have a look at that for the course of new year's celebrations coming. all sort of tie ones, capital city, taipei city, government, organized new year's eve town down. it will be events to of course in 2023. a type, a one. i won the towering skyscraper. that loaded up the building with fireworks. and i guess they hope for the best look at that. it looks like nearly blew the top off. and startling pictures in just a little bit more from asia now with thailand kicked off the new year just 2 hours ago. celebrations taking place in the capitol bankcorp where they definitely know how to do the fireworks and more than likely not to force all the boats in the nearby rivers to well be pushed to the side. so the chinese leaders aging ping summed up the results of 2022 in his new year's

address to the chinese nation in it. he underlined the importance of unity when it comes to that of the taiwan strait. jing long, you want the 1400000000 chinese work with one heart and one mind and send an unity with a strong will. no task will be impossible and no difficulty. insurmountable. the people on both sides of the taiwan strait are members of one and the same family. and i sincerely hope that our compatriots from both sides of the strait here will work together with a unity of purpose to jointly force to lessen prosperity of the chinese nation. as one of the highlights of 2022 gene ping underlined the success of the winter olympics and paralympic games held in beijing. the added, china's yearly accomplishments included the launch of its 3rd aircraft, carrier fujian, and the 3 sions use, spacecraft. chinese leader also touched on the countries. what done this year in this battle with covered it a little bit more on that story?

king $11.00, the $1400000000.00 chinese work with one heart and one mind 2 and stand in unity with a strong wilson which no task will be impossible and no difficulty. insurmountable . the people on both sides of the taiwan strait are members of one and the same family. i sincerely hope that our compatriots from both sides of the strait here will work together with a unity of purpose to jointly force to lessen prosperity of the chinese nation. now it's one of the highlights of 2022 teaching thing, underlined the success of the winter olympics and that of the apparently epic games held in bay j. more details on that right now at r t dot com the will india has call for global help on crypto currency regulations saying a common approach is needed. it was brought to attention by a financial stability report issued by the countries was a bank oh, well,

the group to acid market remains volatile. they have not yet been any spillover is under the stability of the formal financial system. the accumulated experience, however, suggests that they form an unstable ecosystem to address potential future financial stability risks and to protect consumers and investors. it is important to arrive at a common approach to crypto acids. also crypto assets are of course, currently on regulated in india. but new delhi has declared the issue a serious focal point, is it estimates there are over 100000000 active users in the country? and we've heard from the deputy chief of a notable indian crypto county platform who says, regulation is imminent. the army i had said is nothing new, you know, every 6 months the bay, she was a similar statement than similar warnings about on crypto things get interesting in 2023 because india has become the president of g 20. what that means is that, you know, india against your global discussion,

that on trip to the indian prime minister, being more d as well as the frame at the finance minister in there. but i see that i may have been speaking about the need for a concerted global effort to regulate crypto. so i think that in 2023 you will see a lot more action on those lines. all of us know that bill cannot be banned by regulation is a step in that direction because there was a frame for all the corridors to abide by. ah, could i have your company for this new year's program from moscow? or the former pope benedict bennett. the 16th he passed away at the age of 95. he was of course head of the catholic church from 2005 to 2013, before unexpectedly resigning he was in fact the 1st pope to stand down in 600 years. some suspect it was due perhaps to a creeping allegations of sexual abuse in the church abuse that were seemingly ignored when benedict was in charge of that department. so he spent his final years

within the vatican walls of the monastery. vatican said that benedict body will lie in state, in some cases, basilica starting monday. so a court in the west african nation of molly has imprisoned a group of soldiers from neighboring operate coast on anti government conspiracy charges. ivory coast was maintained that those $46.00 soldiers would serve in a un peacekeeping mission. molly says, no, they were mercenary, seeking to overthrow the government. they have incentives now to 20 years in prison . the economic community of west african states union, which previously included molly, but suspended the country because of a number of military coups that last year. i said it will impose restrictive measures unless the soldiers a free. we have this report now from one local correspondence. 2 days of old, yes. book with the contract or a debate. the trial of 46 i was in military's was that up to the public law witness

. he's only law is where allowance the main question was the law if they are mentally or not. in by marco, the question is low reason to be asked just because i wouldn't say that this trial will be able to definitively solve the problem. this premise is stated by the molly and government. the government has evidence to say that they are mercenary. within the documents we received, it is specified that they are ivory and soldiers, but just somali and government maintains its mercenary premise. they have their evidence. what more you did, i think it's political since the beginning. we can imagine that it was politics. so it continues on the same path. we can only wish for a good outcome in any case, but the way it goes, it looks like an arrangement met on december 22nd. the orient delegation left here and on december 29th, the trial began. so we can say it's like that because if it's expedited like that, we can imagine that it was

a gentlemen's agreement that the verbage fall around 2 p. m. local time, 20 years of criminal and present my phone before the 6 i would immediately. in addition, there will be 2 media on look, can i see air on $3200.00? the vedic is still copied and cheryl and according to our sources, this is a part of the limit concluded during the president going out will give initial address saturday evening. it probably fits every new year where he could give a presidential auto group in. we're good to go. the topic is on the top news and people are curious to see what going to be the outcome of the story. like the molly injustice system wants to go the way it took up the case. this is a sensitive case. you have to know what really happened, what these people wanted before releasing them. i don't think it's an arrange trial

. i don't think that the deal. i think it's more part of a separation of powers. the justice system will do its job to check whether the information primarily provided by the monumental 14th thing that they mercenaries is true or not. we have seen all the names that have been attributed to the mercenary, to the soldiers. we saw abidjan table, the response that was given your we saw that at the very beginning, the matter was neglected. we see with the information revealed by the monumental sovereignty that this is serious 40 my immediately is out of the beginning. there were finally 46 in the city. we live there group where free for you money. italian reason back case was in court room thursday and friday, and they were sentenced to death penalty in upstate ways. then we will see what i do. ok. so event wayland, members of parliament, have voted to dissolve the interim government formed under western brad leader. one,

why don't this coming off the years of popping up? what some of called a puppet of the west, whose purpose was to allison, replace the democratically elected leader, that of president my daughter, the so called interim president kristen didn't 2019 with the blessing of the u. s. and it's media is now set to leave on january. the 5th is kellum often brings off the latest on quite those eviction that is waylon opposition has voted to remove juan guido, as the leader of itself, declared interim government. now this is a significant blow to u. s efforts for regime change in venezuela, a policy that was quickly followed by europe. the usa has tried almost everything possible to remove the socialist government of venezuela. there been 2 attempts economic sanctions. none of that has worked and now the false president that they'd conveyed recognition on the expanse of venezuela's actual leaders as come crashing

down one. guido was one of the wealthy pro. you asked students who took to the streets to protest against socialism. he took his cues from facebook, twitter, and none other than the u. s. state department. eventually, he was elected to the legislature, u. s. media loves to promote the anti maduro protests bought. it chooses to ignore the very big mobilizations to support ham, and to support the united socialist party. once more the old world can take a stand in support of freedom in the new world. time has come from the united nations to recognize interim president, wan granado as the legitimate president of venezuela and seat, his representative in this body. with all due respect, mister ambassador, you shouldn't be here. you should return to venezuela and tell nicholas maduro that his time is up. it's time for him to go. oh la.

i'm mike pence, the vice president of the united states. and on behalf of president donald trump and all the american people, let me express the unwavering support of the united states as you the people of venezuela. raise your voices in a call for freedom, all option from them. all options are on the table. all options are on the to call options or on the table, who can forget when humanitarian aid became central to the regime change narrative about than as whaler? the story was that venezuelan leaders had lit a food truck on fire to prevent food from being delivered to their own people. mast thugs, civilians killed by live rounds and the burning of trucks carrying badly needed food and medicine. this has been maderos response to peaceful efforts to help venezuelans, countries that still recognize maduro should take note of what they are endorsing with announced majoris refusal to let humanitarian assistance reach venezuela. what

kind of a sick tyran stops food from? get into hungry people? the images of burning sharks, filled with aid, are sickening. but later the facts came out. we learned that it was actually the anti maduro forces who lit their own food truck on fire, in the hopes of provoking an uprising. and let's not forget the qu, attempts and conspiracies to kidnap that, as well as legit president and replay. sam with mister guido inside a glittering miami high rice representative sort of in his well known position, sat in the room don't with summarized sorts, and listened to a bitch that had been appointed by opposition leader who on going door to explore all options in there. you aspect quest to asked when his well president nicholas madura, but a language of the agreement left no ambiguity on the objective. an operation to capture, detain or remove nicholas maduro, removed the current regime and installed a recognized when his well president, who on guido venezuela's assets around the world,

had been frozen billions of dollars, had been stolen outright. as part of us efforts to weaken the government, washington offered a reward of up to $15000000.00 for information leading to the arrest of nicholas madura maduro remains wanted on the us state department website on the basis of widely disputed claims about drug trafficking. only a few years later, we have u. s. officials now willing to shake his hand after all these years and all these efforts of demonizing him and calling the dictator. a quick handshake between 2 worldly or is this going viral? former secretary of state john kerry seen shaking hands with venezuelan leader nicolas my doodle. oh no, that is wrong with it live with. but what about the pony america

picked one greater the person that you recognize as a leader, democratic leader in minutes, and he's not here. what do you think about this of, or one way they'll hear by hills one wide ho. this is message that you memory problems more like rising oil prices. venezuela has got lots of oil and the ukraine conflict and subsequent sanctions. backlash now driven. the prices sky high, desperate to import washington put a big crack in the embargo they placed on venezuela, chevron. the only american company allowed to continue operating in the country was told they can go ahead and start pumping. all this democracy rhetoric doesn't

scream as loudly as the u. s. economy. venezuela has got oil and the united states needs it. so it looks like finally one guido is out of the picture. caleb martin, r t, new york. let's take this further here on the program now discussed the looming eviction of one quiet. oh, that's course i have to pull dobson a british journalist joining us now from venezuela, about a half or 3 in the afternoon where you are so, so good to have you without showing off the international. thank you very much. i'm pull. how did we get here? since january 2019 we've been getting told by the western political and meter establishment. that one why do is the new leader of venezuela? he's not. how do we get here where we are now? well, the way that you mentioned is about clear recognition to boston on the on the white project and what a project. and if not, if you're not in washington, it took practical summer describing it. i would practically shift by the way,

the right wing expected to move on his property or action of the region and confrontational tactic. i mean, facts to will democrat the method in achieving that political aim. however, my interpretation of it is more than the path to go for the benefit of the right wing factors. and this is the evidence of what we have in the last few months. we've been clued in an agreement between the pacific, underneath, in the nicholas government and position when we give you the right thing to represent the physical properties which have a house. one way that we've seen evidently the last month of agreement between the 2 factors in terms of economic competitive from the government to the economic levy,

all the right way in the class. for the fall, i know the more radical element which movie manifested through the why though, through government which happens that never really exists for a pool. i mean, there are a lot of angles to this on that. i mean, you have, you have chavez, the venezuela washington. didn't like chavez, and then you had my daughter come in washington, didn't like my daughter why that he quickly became persona non grata. and then i mean, i read a report years ago back in 2019 unconfirmed. admittedly, that said, when one guy, joe was a young boy and his teens, he actually was an intern at the us state department, theoretically saying that he was primed and ready for something like this. what comes next poll? well, could you repeat the question, the breaking up a bit. i was going to ask you what comes next? now my daughter was going to be sitting more comfortably. and one why though is

going to disappear to some tropical island. what's the next chapter paul, you know we're going to have to try and reestablish the connection here for a moment. if you would just please be patient to stand by pull dobson or a journalist joining us from venezuela who live on the program. paul, we will reestablish this connection. please stand by well, thanks for joining us. aeronautics international. always appreciate your company here. this is our news. he program about an hour and a half now until midnight. here in moscow, we are back soon with ah .