hello, bob les protects its own existence with with scores of russian soldiers were killed in don't send a recent attack by ukrainian forces using nato supplied rockets. the dead was confirmed by russia's m. o. d, vist monday. africa m 23 militant group may leave several key areas of the democratic republic of the congo as soon as thursday, after months of violence against a local population. there was no getting up in our village before but sees the m 23 war started is become a frequent problem. people are kidnapped, women raped, and children killed in mass. it's a situation that terrifies us while they are continuing to look back at the year

that was 2022. so the french military leave the hell region enough. after 8 years its i'm teaching how this operation failing to bring stability to the area, leaving thousands of civilians pill displaced them with the old recall. sure. like as mass protest last year. we're 2nd, i'm a crisis since gaining independence, largely brought up by economic mismanagement and exacerbated by western sanctions against russia, with 6 in the evening here in moscow. and this the 1st monday of 2022. i'm, you know, the welcome to the news. our on the russian defense ministry has confirmed that 63 russian soldiers were killed in a recent rocket strike by the ukrainian military. and that done yet. republic,

using nato supplied high marsh rockets. he had disputes the figure alleging it's higher as far as we understand, the attack happened on new year's eve. r t secret shit down off house board. scores dozens over what is believed to be russian fresh recruits have perished in this artillery attack, launched by the ukrainian forces over the new year's night. apparently under it was targeting the quarters over these people just outside the city of dynette. in the small town of my cave could basically it is believed that all those russian soldiers, they were stationed at what used to be a vacation. oh college, it's building. so they were, this was their quarters. and this is where at least for high mars rockets, according to the russian defense ministry. this is what the head, too high mars projectiles were intercepted according to the russian defense ministry. now this confirmation has come tucked at the very bottom of monday's

major, released by the defense ministry in which they have also listed all the targets that the russians that the russian army managed to hit lately. for instance, they talked how several artillery strikes across the front managed to kill some 74 in the mercenaries, foreign mercenaries that have been doing the bidding of the ukrainian side that have been worrying on the side of k of the so called foreign legion. now also, but the incident in my cave ca, for example, it has caused an uproar among the experts among the military experts here in russia . they've been asking questions as to how come so many people were stationed at a feeble or soviet era building. why weren't there quarters located in the basements and the under ground, and there have been repeated calls for a serious investigation of this so far, the russian defense ministry has already promised to provide all help it can to the

families of those soldiers who have been killed or, well wounded as a result of this high mas strike. meanwhile, russia intercepted a ukrainian, drew near the old c coastal city of bertie ask, coming from regional officials. this on verified footage is believed to show the work of earth defense systems. no damage or casualties were reported. the ukrainian army has also shell 2 villages in russia's belgrade region. according to the local governor who said several houses vehicles, a local cemetery and infrastructure were damaged at no one was injured though. and another ukrainian drone attack occurred in the brianne sc region earlier on monday as well here. nobody was hurt. however, one energy facility was damaged while in western rushes for a nation region, a ukrainian drone was reportedly shut down by defenses. all those developments come

after the russian defense ministry said it recently be destroyed, a number of ukrainian facilities. busy involved in the production of u. a. v. stubs on mound aerial vehicles. the m. o. d stated it was dawn to prevent from carrying out attacks on russian territory. nato's chief has said, western countries need to be ready to provide long term military support. fricky, if you still simberg earlier, claim the fastest way to peace in ukraine is to provide more weapons in response to about jeff young us democratic party candidate for governor and kentucky, said mister, stolen berg should face 30 years behind bars for fueling the conflict. it may sound like a paradox, but military support for ukraine is the fastest way to peace if any arctic it makes no sense at all. the fastest path to peace at this point would be for the western united states,

nato. to stop sending anything to ukraine except humanitarian aid for the civilians who have been displaced not send any more weapons. any more money. every us president from 945 till the present day has been an aggressor and a war. criminal. nato is now under the direction of the united state. and mr. stoughton berg was chosen in order to support us imperialism. so he's a war criminal to specifically, and your grade jeff young speaking to artsy, later in the program will bring you a thorough breakdown of the roots of the ukrainian conflict. and i'm alive,

the chain of events that led to the starts of russia's military operation. okay, another story to bring you to day after a month and violence, the m $23.00 militant group may withdraw from several settlements in the democratic republic of congo from thursday, according to the east african community organization. m 23 is allegedly supported by the d. r. c's neighbor where wonder something it's refutes the foreign policy chief, whoever is not convinced by kid gullies denials, the family just wonder to stop supporting the m $23.00. unused all means to press the m 23. to comply with the decisions taken by the e. a c, it's also firmly just all state's the region to prevent the provision of any support to groups active in the d. c. or the background to all that more attention is escalating with or a one the accusing the d r. c of violating its aerospace for

a 2nd time in 2 months after a military plane, reportedly trespassed in the rwandan territorial weapons, they can shut earlier, denied that the 1st incursion in november was a provocation. calling the incident unfortunate mistake the democratic republic of congo. but by the you insist that rwanda is supporting the m 23 militia group on its territory and supplying it with weapons and ammunition. those allegations to repeat, how being denied by kid going well, according to a u. n. report, due to m. 20 three's activities on the increased fighting within the d. r. c. tens of thousands. busy of people have been displaced in an attempt to deescalate tensions during the autumn. the east africa regional force deployed canyon troops. there is peacekeepers. some locals who spoke to us on the promise of anonymity, say the atrocities held intensified. why do you think you'd go?

would have no security. the people are suffering a lot, the have no access to food. the rabble. saluting everything in the fields. there was no kid not been in our village before, but sees the m 23 war starts. it is become a frequent problem. many people have disappeared. some have been shot that and others have been taken away to unknown locations. many people have died, both man and women and their bodies have been found in various places and wouldn't go. people are kidnapped, women raped, and children killed in mass. it's a situation that terrifies us because we're afraid to what these terrorists are doing, and we're sure could happen in the city of goma. all these young people, taken hostage, do not want to be ruled by m 23. we've asked our authorities to address the situation, we fear the worst because terrorists, respect human rights. and it's shameful to see all these organizations that are supposed to protect human rights sitting on their hands in the face of such suffering, yet them bow a bendy. ah, well,

2022. so the end of an 8th year, a french military operation in the rhenium rich west african sa hell region. the so called operation barkin left thousands of civilians killed and displaced under the premise of fighting islamist terrorists. our teeth caught, i will let utter, takes us through land. hi, this is may try the former colonial power in africa. france is fast using influence on the ground and in the continent. this wave, if attempt to keep the power poster phrase president emanuel micron and i was in you africa strategy to be launched in 6 months. this is his government's response. as france pulls out of the say, i'll read it. the strategy is b, one ambition, but little on detail. france remains resolutely committed to the security of the continent, acton, and support. and the request to far african partners is from this really winning. or is it playing out like the 2020 to cut our welcome final,

the former colonizer claims. it remains committed to security in the region with a straight face, paris fez. this as is until 3rd and mission operation, bar con, came to any glorious end in the field of perception. birkin continues to occupy a very important presence of social networks. it is necessary to put a clear end to it in order to switch to another logic. but it will also be logical for anyone to consider operation, vol. con a failed mission, spending 8 years in this a hell. it barely lived up to his promise. there is no noticeable change in the conflict hot bed. that is this a hell and f for france. jihadists are not only still in the region, but they seem to be gaining momentum. according to the united nations, civilians have been displaced in their millions and they have also been killed in

their thousands. the deepening of the protection crisis negatively affected the already dire humanitarian situation. the number of internally displaced persons rose to 397000 in the center in north of the country. more than 1800000 people faced severe food and security, and 2000000 children under the age of 5 are affected by acute malnutrition. francis, if one is to invest in shared history and culture with french speaking countries. but what correlation is there between uranium mines in northern new j frasier power plants, and french troops on the ground. and formerly froze is a transactional colonial power. the transitional government demands present, micron permanently abandoned his neo colonial, but on the loo, sick and patronized imposture to understand that no one loves molly more than moderns. in a monday letter to the united nations security council in august,

molly, i choose frogs of violations of its air space to collect intelligence for the benefit of terrors, groups in the sale, and dropped arms and ammunition to them. and chaired, edit to french was lamenting frances interference in his domestic affairs. the french president insisted french remain pan african language in the face of former french colonies like rwanda rejecting it for english. instead, france was being rejected as an ally and rather viewed of a hangover of colonial times. instead of being humble, france blames russia and others. a number of powers who want to spread their influence in africa are doing this to hurt. france holds its language so doubts, but above all pursues certain interests. for more than 3 decades. from the

seems entrenched and rooted on the continent, self assured, and even some might see khaki in its arrogance by 2020 to prove the year of humble lessons for the former colonizer friends, diplomacy on the continent is being reviewed. and a different partner is being sought. only time will tell if this is a bad page, or if africa is really ready this time to bid france, or have one, carrier will if at 4 r t in johannesburg. while anti french sentiment is also widespread and neighboring burkina faso, the countries president was overthrown in september in a cruise over his alleged inability to deal with an islamist insurgency. protesters then attempted to storm and set fire to the french embassy in the capital. wanted to go in deep frustration over the nations long running yet ultimately unsuccessful campaign to talk limits. in some demonstrations,

many protesters even wave the russian fight color, calling for closer security ties with moscow. we spoke to upon african activists from bertino foster who sees a part says colonial offered to to african nation life by much of the anti french sentiment in the region. independence, our region lost. it has a glory. our foresees, this is shelly france, an army in our area in lately come see, it does force are just looking out for these and dead. did they organize it? they planning to do is organize our own. i mean, we don't have a possibility to,

to plan and organize our own foresees to attend for the need of secretion of security. so we gotta just say that it was the reach truth for our a, our government to, let's not do those for c, q, u e in our e as in florida. cooper and some government id do for foresees, ah, or so into her, in our own government. programs and to poor c. c. c, a t chewed off. hello lou. lou. nicer as

something very, very well and very well from africa to asia. sherlock and where mass protest grip the country in 2022 dissenting voices heard. there were largely aimed at government economic mismanagement aphasia, corresponding reports. the situation was exacerbated by western sanctions against russia. 2022 has been a year or stronger for sri lanka. the country faced its worse our economic crisis since it got independence and 1948. the economic crisis soon spiraled into a political and humanitarian one. in april, sri lanka defaulted on billions of dollars of external dead leaving guide and nation with no food, nor fuel, and no medicines. at least half

a 1000000 people fell into poverty and then not to forget the western sanctions on russia and 2022 that dragged the whole world into economic chaos. and further bunch of countries like sri lanka, that we're all ready struggling. do you think anxious will help? it will only push prices up. so let's start with what's possible. let us look at the sanctions that have been imposed and ask ourselves if it's necessary, the sanctions won't bring russia to it's nice, but they will bring the rest of the 3rd world to each nice. what followed was daily parlor blackouts. widespread protest on the streets. lendy keel was outside petrol stations and all of that lead to the fall of the long standing roger buckshot government. oh,

in july this is war tree longer look like government offices run or war. public broadcaster hijacked presidential dallas ransacked prime ministers, offers set ablaze, and president having to flood the country unceremoniously. a little port are based in south asia. i have carla numerous pro. yes or what a decade. but nothing compares to what she. lunk a witness this yeah. what, how did things go so bad? she, lunk, on the biggest industries at 2 to them and agriculture, explode, say why the corona water spend to make cans the tourism sector ban on chemical fertilizers introduced by the then president goes, i be a roger buckshot damaged the agricultural sector. the import dependent country ran out of money as its reserves completely depleted in november 2019 or foreign

exchange reserves were at $7500000000.00. however, today it is a challenge for the treasury to find $1000000.00. we must prepare ourselves to make some sacrifices and faced the challenges of this period. i'll, we been good by to 2022. the key was have gone away, but not the been the supply is have someone creased on what the inflation remains. the new government was hoping to get a $3000000000.00 bill out package from the i. m f. my december. but to secure that and had to re negotiate loans with it's for lend does tightened budget spendings and booths, revenues simply means wat trouble for the island nation of $22000000.00 people range and sharma. r t. well 2022 also. so the west press on with trying to sell green solutions to essentially the entire continent of africa. this year is un

conference on climate. you insult to push african countries away from traditional sources of energy in favor of so called environmentally friendly policies. despite the costs on consequences of that locally. now n j i, you could use the executive head of an african energy law group, say the west mission is hurting me. resource laden continents potential with the producer from western countries, especially the e. u is clearly unfounded. and unjust, and not the right thing to do with african country lecturing them about one thing, but doing something on the other side. african countries know that our resources are critical for our roles, for i'm not sure lies ation for us. have any just any transportation for us to leave, all of them are people out of poverty but also for us to be energy poverty. we realize that right now at this time we have no. busy choice,

but to fail our right to use our resources that includes our natural gas and cold, in some cases, to drive up for light station. we have 600000000 people in the continental without electricity, 900000000 without access to most of them. we cannot leave them behind our resources. i. she are of lifting people out of poverty and sure enough industrialization and creating jobs, especially for young people and women in africa. so we have no choice but to spend a bigger us. they are right to use our resources. ah, well, the conflict in ukraine and on past made up all of the top stories which dominated the past years. news and global agenda. r t war correspondent i'm on cost risk brings us now an extended report examining the long chain of events leading up to

the start of russia's military operation in february, a warning you may find some footage in it. district. what's actually prom says europe's biggest armed conflict since world war 2. a dispute that has so for claimed the lives of thousands of peaceful civilians. washington and the collector west have been telling you for months about unprovoked russian aggression. however, it only takes a small effort and minimal research skills to finds out that the current events have been years in the making. in 2014 that the nets and lugens people's republics declared independence following a u. s. supported government cooling ukraine. the u on elected ukrainian government's response was to begin a so called anti terrorist operation against the self proclaimed republics. keith's airstrikes artillery shilling and ground troops started a barbaric war against peaceful civilians in done boss who wanted nothing to do

with a government that they did not see as representing them. ah ah, moved shortly after the republics became a party to the minsk accords that outlines at peace roadmap as well as special status within the ukrainian states. most importantly, the agreement should have provided for a lasting ceasefire. it did not be for civilians continued to suffer a more union kraner was at the de ukraine can be

happy and proud of its violence. it's civilized people who are engaging in such things. ah, my mom was killed. my dad was really wounded. i sent him to the hospital with moscow stood firm demanding key a full philip legation that it was breaking on a regular basis by shelling residential areas of the bus. but as it turns out, berlin and paris could not care less about their agreements or the lives of the people of dun boss. the chords were nothing but a stalling tactic that allowed the west to pump ukraine full of weapons. the 2014 minsk agreement was an attempt to give the crane time you can use this time to become strong as you can see today, the ukraine of 20142015 is not the ukraine of today. since 2014

ukraine has strengthened its military posture. it is the merit of the minsk agreements to have given the ukrainian army this opportunity. thus the time, the prudent thought was an asset for him, turned out to be in fact an opportunity for the ukrainians. my name when i needed the minsk agreements to gain at least 4 and a half years to build the ukrainian forces to build the ukrainian economy, to train ukrainian forces alongside nato, to create the best armed forces in eastern europe, according to nato standards. so wait, does this mean that this so called peace makers have been crying wolf all these years, while russia actually sought away for peace and for they done buff republics to remain a part of ukraine. take a listen and make up your own minds whether they were lying or telling the truth the i'm the i am i. when we had agreed that the minsk agreements are what we need to achieve a peaceful solution that is only 2. and therefore,

we have to stick to them. last good, i shall should hear all gone when chancellor merkel meets with president putin. when i meet with the ukrainian president and his prime minister, we have the same speech, the respect of the minsk agreement. we say it with the same firmness to each party because it is the condition for peace, the condition for a settlement, which if this show missouri is fun, the only thing we agreed on today with mr. president is a clearance strict coordination of action on unconditional and rigorous following of all, without exceptions, clauses of the misc agreement, while the world was eating up all this piece, saw the collective west was militarized and pumping billions into ukraine. russian president vladimir putin has stated on multiple occasions that ukraine was preparing to solve the conflict and on boss by brutal force. he even provided intelligence and exact dates of anticipated, massive offensive. now that prompted russia's special military operation designed

to secure the lives of peaceful civilians and the militarized ukraine, whose new leaders had gained a sense of invincibility. thanks to the multi 1000000000 flow of nato weapons and training way not to below much. it was $92.00. this war was not sorted by us. it was started in 2014, after the cool ukraine. it was launched by the ukranian authorities to suppress the will of the people in don bass. the guarantors, france, and germany forgot that they are guarantors, they needed to return the situation to a legal process, to hold elections and on bass. this was not done. whenever i remind my colleagues about this on the phone, they say nothing about it as they have nothing to say. just a month before the start of russia, special melissa reparation. washington sent over 200000 pounds of lethal aid and instructors to ukraine, while demanding moscow withdraw troops from russian territory its own territory.

along the border with ukraine. the kremlin then demanded legally binding guarantees which would rule out nato's eventually eastward expansion. and hence the deployment of offensive weapon systems in countries neighboring russia. why? well, because russia did not want neighboring countries to service points of at sack, against his own territory. but that was this missed out of hands together, the united states and our nato allies may clear we will not slam the door shut on nato's open door policy. but for russia, this was a red line. that's a key security interests and the country sovereign right to defend were ignored just like 25 years ago when the west promised not to expand nato, even an inch to the east. we understand that not only the soviet union, but for other european countries as well, it is important to have guarantees that if the united states keeps its presence in

germany within the framework of nato, not an inch of nato's present military jurisdiction will spread in an eastern direction we will sink is over. we intend to discuss all these issues in detail at the leadership level. it goes without saying that the expansion of nato sphere is unacceptable. we agree with that. they have agreed, they said let's, let's take a look at the map and ask yourself if those promises are now worth. and nickel nato has more than doubled in size. how back to the events of 2014 of the so called my don protests and key of that resulted in a power grab that was fueled by nationalist extremists. the autonomous republic of crimea was the 1st to sever ties with ukraine, with locals voting overwhelmingly in favor of independence and becoming a part of russia once again. ah .