violence is not the means to achieve anything. absolutely. with top headlines right now, and i'll see international scores of russian soldiers killed and gone back in a recent attack by ukrainian forces. using american applied high mars rockets that they knew it was confirmed by russia's ministry of defense with the m 23 militant group may leave several key areas of the democratic republic of the congo. as soon as thursday, though it is coming off a month of violence against the local population, there was no key that happened in our village before but sees the m $23.00 war started is become a frequent problem. people are kidnapped, women raped,

and children killed in mass. it's a situation that terrifies us well, and i'll continue to look back at a year that was 2022, sold a french military leave, the voskus that hell of region and ask for her up to 8 years and see if you had a separation. ultimately, a failure resulting of the displacement and death is open house. i will to recall relentless, enormous protests last year and the worst economic crisis is getting independence largely brought about though by economic mismanagement, but exacerbated by western sanctions on russian energy. with monday night in moscow, just after 10 o'clock, the pleasure to have you with us. so the russian ministry of defense has confirmed 63 russian soldiers were killed in a recent rocket strike by the ukrainian military in the internet script public. as we understand using american supplied high mars rockets,

the attack happened on new year's eve. more details now with r t correspondent equal to start off. 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 the nets. 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 mazda 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, the 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 has intercepted a ukrainian drone, knew the as of sea coastal city, but a chance coming from regional officials. this unverified footage is believed to show the work of defense systems. as we understand, no damage or casualties reported. now the ukrainian army has also shown 2 villages in russia's belgrade region, according to the local governor who says several houses, vehicles and local cemetery did take some damage. and the great and drawn type occurred in the bronze region earlier on monday. nobody was hurt. however, one energy facility was damaged while the no western russia of, or on the edge region ukrainian drone is reported a shot down by air defenses. and all those developments come off of the russian ministry of defense set. it recently destroyed a number of ukrainian facilities involved in the production of u, a. the unmanned aerial vehicles, the m. o. d stated it was done to prevent kia from carrying out the types on

russian territory. while nato's chief estate, the western countries need to be ready to provide long term military support for key f against oldenburg or the claimed. the fastest way to peace in ukraine is to pump more full of weapons in response to that us democratic party candidate for governor and kentucky. jeffery young said that mister stolen book should face 30 years behind bars. as a mr. young says sold a book has been a fueling the conflict. it may sound like a paradox, but military support for ukraine is the fastest way to peace. is the arctic. that makes no sense at all, but the fastest pass to peace at this point would be, for is for the western united states, nato. the building to stop sending anything to

ukraine, accept humanitarian aid for the civilians who have been displaced. i believe 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 the store and burg was chosen in order to support us imperialism to the camera. so he's a war criminal to specifically and your grade just a little less than a program here. he will be bringing you a bit of a, a breakdown of the roots of the ukrainian conflict, but also analyze the chain of events that ultimately led to the start of it all.

for now on the program, after months of violence, the m $23.00. milton group may withdraw from several settlements and the democratic republic of the congo from thursday. it's according to the east african community organization. m 23 is allegedly supported by the d. r. c neighbor wanda, something it refutes. the e u foreign policy chief, however, is not convinced by could garlic denials the family just wanted to stop supporting the m 23. unused old means to press the 23 to comply with the decisions taken by the a c. it's also firmly just all states of the region to prevent the provision of any support groups active in the d. c. that comes as tensions escalated once again with a wander accusing the d. c, a violating its s space for a 2nd time in 2 months. after a military plan reportedly trespassed into rwandan territory on wednesday, a can shasta had only a deny that the 1st incursion in november was a provocation, calling it an unfortunate mistake. the democratic republic of congo,

backed by the you insists that rwanda is supporting the m. 23 militia groups with weapons and ammunition. those allegations, again, have been denied by kick. golly, now according to a un report i do to m 23 is activities and increased fighting within the the ideas see a tens of thousands of people have been displaced. and they then attempted deescalate tensions during the autumn, the at east africa, regional force deployed canyon troops. there was peacekeepers and locals, some of whom spoke to us under the promise of anonymity, say the atrocities of actually intensify. why the security desk 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 since 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 men

and women and their bodies have been found in various places and was wooden cool. people are kidnapped, women raped, and children killed in mass. it's a situation that terrifies us because we're afraid the what these terrorists are doing and would sure who 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 don't 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 i am bow a bendy ah 2022 saw the end of an 8 year french military operation in the uranium rich west african sa hell region. the so called the operation bar came left thousands of people dead and displaced on the premise of fighting islamist terrorists to johannesburg. now an artist cannibal, a tattler with troubling details. 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 big one, ambition, but little on detail. france remains resolutely committed to the security of the continent, acton, and support. and that the request of all african partners is from us 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 on 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. com. 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. hard bed. that is this a hell and f for france. the hottest are not only fill 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. fraud says if one is to invest in said 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, france is a transactional colonial power. the transitional government demands prison, micron permanently abandoned, his neo colonial, put on the loose stick and patronize imposture. to understand that no one loves molly more than more than once. in a monday letter to the united nations security council in august. molly, i choose from this a violations of its air space to collect intelligence for the benefit of terrorist 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 insolence in africa are doing this to hurt. france, hurt its language so doubts. but above all, pursues certain interests. for more than 3 decades, from the field in training and rooted on the continent, self assured, and even some might see khaki in his arrogance by 2022 from 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 fronts over. gara will if at 4 r t in johannesburg, the anti french sentiment also on the rise in neighboring but kinda fossil countries, president was overthrown in september and a coo over his alleged inability to deal with the inflammation such and see their protest and then set fire to the french embassy in the capital. why do who also failing to storm it? and some demonstrations of protesters were even seen waving that right there, the russian tri color. apparently calling for close to a security ties with moscow. but we spoke to a but a keynote foster activist. i'm academic who says that piracy is, quote, colonial attitudes to african nations lives by much of the anti french sentiment and new regions. today he's

independence, our region lost. it has a glory. our foresees a french army in our area, and we can see it does force are just looking out for these and then did they organize their planning to disorganized our own? i mean, we don't have a possibility to, to plan and organize our own foresees to attend or the need of the piece of security. so we gotta just say that it was, it reeks troops for our, a, our government's to that. don't foresee,

continue to be in our e as in florida. cooper and some government id do for foresees are, are who are in care in our own government for programs and to poor c. c sees that attitude of our school grow nice. i'm a very, very wrong and that i will, i turning our focus for like on our web mass protest, grip the country in 2022, a government economic mismanagement was seen as the main reason for the anger, but as our south asia, corresponding reports, the situation was exacerbated by western sanctions on russian energy.

2022 has been a year or stronger for sri lanka. the country faced its worse m r 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 deb, leaving died a 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 sanctions 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 its knees,

but they will bring the rest of the 3rd world. each niece. what followed was daily parlor back out, wide spread, protest on the streets. lendy gear was outside petrol stations. and all of that led to the fall of the long standing roger buckshot government. oh, in july this is what 3 long guard look like. government offices run a war, public broadcaster hijacked presidential dallas ransacked prime minister, offers set ablaze, and president having to flood the country unceremoniously. a little port are based

in south asia. i have covered numerous pro. yes or what a decade. but nothing compares to what she, lunk, i witnessed this. yeah. what, how did things go so bad? she lung cause biggest industries to resume and agriculture exploded. say, while the corona water span to make cancer, the tourism sector, a ban on chemical fertilizers introduced by the then president with i b, a. roger buckshot damaged the agricultural sector. the import dependent country ran out of money. as in susanne 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 in face the challenges of this period. i'll be back good by to 2022 . the queue was have gone away, but not the being. the supply is have somewhat restored 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 its for lend does tighten budgets, spendings and booths, revenues simply means wat trouble for the island. nation of 22000000 people range and sharma, r t. so the culprit in ukraine into bass became one of the top stories which ultimately dominated much of the posture is global news. agenda asi, woke or respond on roman culture. if not, brings us an extended report examining the long chain of events leading up to the start of russia's military operation in february. the wanting you may find some of the upcoming images disturbing. what's actually prom says europe's biggest armed conflict since world war 2 had 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 the domestic 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!

shortly after the republics became a party to the minsk accords that outlines a piece roadmap as well as special status within the ukrainian states. most importantly, the agreements should have provided for a lasting ceasefire. it did not be full civilians continued to suffer with union. craner wasn't today, ukraine can be happy and proud of its violence, its civilized people who are engaging any such things with my mom was killed. my dad was really wounded. i sent him to the hospital with

moscow, stood firm demanding key of fulfill obligations that it was breaking on a regular basis by shutting residential areas of the bus. but as it turns out, berlin and paris could not care less about the 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 you 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 pudding thought was an asset for him turned out to be in fact an opportunity for the ukrainians. my name will if 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 peacemakers have been crying wolf all these years? while russia ashley 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 misc agreements are what we need to achieve a peaceful solution that is only 2. and therefore, we have to stick to them. last could, i shall surely are 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 even show missouri his fun. the only thing we agreed on sunday

with mister president is a clear and streaked coordination of action on unconditional and rigorous following of all, without exceptions. clauses of the means agreement, while the world was eating up. all these. p salk, the collective west was military housing 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 demilitarized 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 neither to 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. now the kremlin then demanded legally binding guarantees which would rule out nato's essential 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 defense 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

a 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 tri, mia 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 ah, now that was a decision that many had to wait for, for decades after the entire peninsula was transferred to ukraine by the sub with government in 1964. while the people of crimea experienced a relatively smooth transition, the streets of others say,

such as exists at certain bloody as anti my damn protests were violently suppressed . on may 2nd 201448 people burned to death when they were trapped inside odessa. house of trade unions, which was set ablaze by pro key of radicals around 250 more were injured and clashes in the same area. but switching to happen, there were not just crashes in the city but arson and mass murder. so that ministers of building was central fire. i knew people were walking around this building shouldn't at it with rifles, old fis remotes of cocktails and other explosive devices going forestman was tenant there and just watching they did not do anything. the question arises, why? because they didn't have orders to for because a received an order that they should not interfere almost 9 years later and still, and no one has been held accountable for those atrocities. any scheduled court hearings were derailed by the so called patriots. the odessa tragedy became

a point of no return that opened the door to an all out civil war. take a look at the situation from russia's point of view if you can, and ask yourself these simple questions. could moscow lead the people have done both behind a population that has been suffering for nearly 9 years and continues to die under constant and indiscriminate artillery shelling by ukraine to this day was the kremlin wrong. not to trust the west and nato, who pumped billions of military aids into key of over all these years is russia wrong? when it says natal expansion is a direct security threat especially taken into account that washington has never hidden is for reasons the united states age ukraine and her people so that we can fight rush over there. and we don't have to fight russia here. so who really provoked the war and incited hatred among the people of ukraine? the answer is.