can you will was know that the to florida, but i thought i wasn't but usually 3, but they have to call up my stuff with my health. and he'd been looking through a ukraine conflict escalates, and the dog bass as russia and ukraine exchange drugs that's after scores of russian soldiers were killed in a recent attack by ukrainian forces using us supplied highmark rocket tensions rise in western sahara as the conflict between moroccan forces and those are all we, people's liberation army, escalate this fight across those economic sanctions against moscow. the value of trade between you countries, i'm russia increased over the last year with

good morning for marketing or national studios in moscow. and from wherever you may be. watching welcome to this hour's top stories from around the world. i'm carol is about russian air defense gave reportedly been activated in the skies over the russian city of varnish unconfirmed footage of objects in this guy has been circulating on social networks earlier to drones, were reportedly shot down over the crimean city of sebastopol, according to local authorities, there have been no reports of any damage or casualties. meanwhile, fighting has been escalating on the ground in the dawn bass, a series of explosions have been reported in the ukrainian controlled areas of crime authority. and the risk of this is unconfirmed footage of the blast aftermath circulating on social media. a ukrainian military base reportedly came under fire

with emergency services. how calling the police meanwhile, the city of got a locker in the don. yes. republic was hit by the ukrainian military using us supplied highmark rockets. the weapons system was also used to target russian army positions in the city of mucky of car, with the russian m. o. d confirming 63 soldiers were killed in the attack. the attack allegedly happened on new year's eve, r t z. course donna has more 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 they had to hi mazda projectiles were intercepted according to the russian defense ministry. now this confirmation has come tucked at the very bottom of monday's media, 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 cat, our extensive report on that timeline, the top story of 2022 that dominated the headlines. the ukranian conflict from the failed negotiations and greenfield, difficulties to the latest on the battlefield. all that coming up later this our on our, to international a conflict that seems no closer to resolution. as the moroccan armies positions in west africa have come under

increasing attacks by the western sahara liberation army in recent days. robots forces currently occupy over 80 percent of the region which the self proclaimed sarai era. democratic republic claims leis lays claim to r. t corolla hotline digs deeper in the decades long conflicts, bodies, beaten, bruised, defenceless, and many lifeless african victims of what moroccan authorities have called. a stampede on his border with spanish. not african enclave of molina discrimination and violence from police are often routed in colonial and slavery. prisons, and this was no different ah,

6 months of the incident, the government of spain and morocco denied responsibilities for the deaths in molina, a relic of spain's colonial pass that is still cherished today. the incident is alleged, saw thousands of migrants and refugees, tired of being caged public animals with little to no welfare climb up 6 metal long iron fences that led to precious with police. scores of migrants were left dead. many died where he fell. the government of morocco and spain under reported the full extent of this horror and denied any responsibility. but not every one was willing to take this at face value,

even after enquiries by rabbit and madrid. at this dismal 6th month anniversary, the spanish american authorities have continued to deny any responsibility for the carnage at miller. there is a growing mountain of evidence of multiple, serious human rights violations. the smacks of a cover up and racism, spain rule over western sahara from 1884 until 1975 following international pressure. and the un resolution on the colonization, spain was forced to seed control over its territory. neighboring morocco wasted no time in annexing western sahara, illegally flaming. it's part of its kingdom for 5 decades. morocco waged war on the surrounding people. and for 16 of those years. the pulley, sorry, of france, a national liberation movement lead the defense of the sa wiley length. the

position expressed by the spanish government totally contradicts international legitimacy. the united nations there for can union the european union, the international court of justice, european court of justice and origin. organizations do not recognize more concerned over the western sahara, but it wasn't just fe. germany also encouraged moral cause ref. berlin denounced former you as president donald trump's recognition of morocco's claim over with the hara and the united nations in march of 2021. moreover, and foreign ministry severed all ties with germany, including german organizations based in morocco. but as soon as all of shoals became the new chancellor, the country seemed to assume a much more relaxed than using energy issues caused by the ukraine conflict as an excuse. germany signed the hydrogen deal with morocco,

berlin now to beg, moral has claim over sarah, we left germany considers the autonomy plan presented in 2007 as a serious and credible effort by morocco and as a good basis for a solution agreed upon between both parties this europeans you, paul chrissy, of looking out for your own interest seems more like a west than privilege. the united states, the so called defenders of democracy and liberty in the world. also recognize moral cause, claim in a quit to pro hold. the deal is rebut, has to mend if diplomatic ties with era, even though the united nations recognize the police, are your friend, as the legitimate representative of the seller? are we people, the west only cares about it, interest and narrative, but for many in the global south, it would be a moral,

any justice if west them interests are allowed to some do, gained an entire people without a rebuttal. cannibalization for r t in jonesboro. a sarai activist, things that you stance on the conflict violates international laws and conventions . you couldn't set up. glass office by spade in germany did not directly recognize moral conservancy in sorrow. is a kind of recognition in so called self rule and a kind of excuse from the rockers occupation of western sahara. and it is a decision taken by spain in germany, but it violates international law and old international conventions. who said there was a clear contradiction. i see the western nations defending human rights from my crane, but at the same time supporting the illegal occupation of western sahara for the benefit of america. and because, according to the un international law and international tribunal workers presence in western sahara as considered an occupation. this means that human rights

international laws are all the prince who was at the e. u in the u. s. have been talking about, or just tools in the hands of a dominant power that uses them when it has certain interests and the whole. unfortunately, i'm in support for western sahara does not correspond to the interests of western countries and over to europe. now, where the effect of brussels sanctions against moscow has been described as less than 0, those are the words of an e u. parliament member. as the blocks on report shows a marked increase in revenues to russia from e u countries last year, r t contributor rachel mars then brings us more details. member of european parliament from belgium gave her hofstadter tweeted his outrage at a new report. detailing how the blocks anti russian sanctions have resulted in an increase of revenues to moscow from e u countries. he says that the effect of the sanctions as quote less than 0,

and that the e u, as quote, rewarding russia for its war against us. or, you know, maybe the ease war against itself, but back in february, the same euro deputy was mashing is keyboard tweeting furiously about the need for sanctions. brings your back to its darkest hours. peace and stability are at stake . not only do we need to launch the full scale of sanctions and help ukraine with equipment through the european piece facility. we also need to draw hard lessons, a european defense and energy union. well, actually it's europe. that's bringing europe back to its darkest hours because everyone's during the lights off to save on energy bills at the behest of the government. for hofstadter was all in on sanctions at the outset of the ukraine conflict. and now he's angry that the very idea for which so many euro deputies just like himself, were lobbying so hard, has backfired. according to the data from the european union's own statistical

agency, euro stat, the value of imports to east countries from russia in 2022 has increased and by 346 per cent, from 2021. in the case of sylvania, which imports petroleum products and fertilizers from russia, in fact the only you countries that didn't send more revenues to russia in 2022 were finland, lithuania, denmark, latvia, estonia, sweden, and ireland. in terms of euro's germany was russia's top you customer in 2022 with 20700000000 euros worth of russian imports. poland was 2nd sending 10400000000 euros worth of revenue to moscow. ahead of italy, france, the netherlands, and belgium. and we've also just learned that poland pledge to stop importing russian pipeline oil by the end of 2022 is about to be broken now as well. so how exactly have you countries manage to send even more cash to moscow despite bragging

that they're buying less well, simple supply and demand. a concept that apparently continues to elude the blocks leadership. we must cut rushes revenues which put and use us to finance this. i'll trust us. war against ukraine were prepared for this. at the beginning of the war, rushes pipeline gas was 40 percent of all imported guess. to day it is only 9 percent of our gas imports. he thinks someone who had taken a basic economic course might have spoken up there and said, hey look, if we drastically reduce our own energy supply, the price will skyrocket. and moscow will therefore be able to recoup the costs of any reduction of export volume. but that would be the logical way of looking at it and measures taken here in europe. our 1st and foremost for show as in look how tough we're being on russia, how much were sacrificing our own european way of life for ukraine. here in france

for example, every single day bakeries have been sounding the alarm all across the french press over looming shutdowns due to a manageable energy costs to operate their ovens. so the e u is even willing to toss the french bag yet under the bus, which by the way, has unesco world heritage status all in order to keep up the charade of sticking it to russia and to russian president via repeat. no, was joe biden short comment on his south korean counterpart statement that plans are underway to conduct bilateral mental terry drills involving nuclear forces, amid rising tensions in the region. what we call extended deterrence was also the us telling us not to worry because it will take care of everything. but now it's difficult to convince our people with just that the u. s. government also understands that to some degree the nuclear weapons belong to the united states.

but planning information sharing exercises and training should be jointly conducted by south korea in the united states. that announcement came after north korea said a plan to increase its nuclear arsenal this year. the young gang has been test firing missiles as its neighbor to the south ramped up military drills with the u. s. in recent months, the south has warned that if north korea conducts a nuclear attack, it would retaliate and destroy the p. young jane government. north korea has said the purpose of its missile program is to protect itself against threats from the u . s. and south korea. the prevailing situation calls for making redoubled efforts to overwhelmingly beef up the military muscle to thoroughly guarantee the sovereignty security and fundamental interests of the republic. in response to the worrying military moves by the u. s. and other hostile forces, precisely targeting the democratic people's republic of korea. we heard from region all geopolitical expert,

victor gao who says joint military exercises only escalate the already heightened tensions on the korean peninsula. and just like united states and our okay, also need to really think about why dpr k had to develop it's nuclear weapons. i think dpr k concluded that it needed the nuclear weapon to prevent the color revolution that the united states has been doing to many other countries to prevent a kind of military assault on dpr, kate aimed at over throughly the dpr k government. and therefore, i think it really takes the 2 to tango, the united states, in particular empty p r. okay? need to negotiate with each other, resulting diplomacy to solve the nuclear weapon program on the korean peninsula. but now if the united states wants to join the military exercise with the r o k

forces using nuclear weapons, in addition to strategic bombers, this is not helpful. you know, she, me d, no garage zation on the korean peninsula. as we wrap up the top headlines of 2022, the conflict in ukraine was the top story dominating both the news and global political agenda ortiz. donal quarter, looks through the main landmarks of the conflicts. the prelude to russia's special military operations saw a massive intensification of ukrainian shelling of civilian areas in don boss and plans for a renewed assault against the region. the leaders of the van self proclaimed done yet scan. lugens people's republics declared mass evacuations of civilians. they had only one place to run russia this way. would you have wanted this for your child? would you? i also do on this for neither of my grandchildren and her than a year person. i wouldn't have let him know. it's just that i had

a stroke. i always stayed here. now i've left everything every one hind days. after the evacuations began, vladimir putin made what he called a long overdue decision to recognize the independence of the people's republic and sign treaties of military cooperation. here too, that she could do the purpose of this operation is to protect people who for the past 8 years have been facing humiliation and genocide perpetrated by the key of regime to this. and we will seek to demilitarize and t not so far. ukraine as well as bring to trial those who perpetrated numerous bloody crimes against civilians including against citizens of the russian federation. but across the atlantic instead of addressing key ebs renewed offensive. it's constant ceasefire violations, or the previous 8 years in which ukraine was consistently shelling don boss, washington decided. all the blame for the conflict was moscow's to bear. russia alone is responsible for the death and destruction this attack will bring in the

united states and its allies and partners will respond in the united and decisive way. oh, march saw a number of attempts to negotiate a quick end to the conflict with both sides, sitting down for talks in minsk and istanbul. but while russian officials are the ones who have been calling for a diplomatic solution long before the military operation began, he has powerful western patrons had something else in mind. a military victory over russia to jed with one come and gone to the sheet that you me putting we want the ukrainians to win this war. we want to see that mr. prudent and the russian army lose this invasion, lose this fight inside ukraine. on top of that, it was looking like he was using the negotiations to buy time until more western armaments could make it to the battlefield. he have certainly got what it wanted. thousands of western anti tank weapon systems. laser guided missiles and small arms

were successfully delivered to ukraine, along with billions of dollars with the weapons and money to kiev came western sanctions of unprecedented severity on moscow. but russia central bank reacted effectively and stabilized the markets leading to a backlash. and suddenly the west began to feel the heat of its own economic warfare. ah, in the beginning of april, russian troops de escalated and pulled back from ukraine's northern regions. g of quickly declared it a victory while moscow called it a gesture of good will to pave the way for a ceasefire, but for the west, it was merely a q to double down on its military aids to kiev. this wall will be one on the battlefield. additional $500000000.00 euros from the e. p. a for underway, weapon deliveries will be tailored to ukrainian needs. as a result, ukraine intensified, it's bombardments of civilian areas across don boss. and the information war was also escalating as we saw wide spread, fake news from key of supporters concerning

a legit russian war crimes, an ex commander from ukraine's neo nazi. as all battalion maxime jordan posted, the video online that appeared to show dead civilians being dumped into a mass grave in the town of coop. ganske turns out the footage was completely fabricated. was the codes were bruce. the question raises what is the reason of his blood and unto, through propagation and boucher which cannot be excused. we are inclined to think that the reason is to desire to disrupt and go negotiate. is you cuba to eat that? or if you choose to say now that american thompson's us ethnic implicit in this criminal action i spending fakes and blocking the chief, now tenants with point of view the materials of the investigators, they become complicit in this terrible tragedy which was the result of the cape regimes crohn's awe by mid may russia secured victory and the key done yet. republic, city of mario bull. following months of heavy fighting over 2000 ukrainian troops, many of whom were hardened as of neo nazis finally surrendered at the ass off stall

factory after a grueling siege. for t. evan, it's western allies. these men who left as off stall, covered, and swastikas, and other nazi symbols were heroes. however, the russians speaking locals who suffered through life under the aus all bach. you, patients had some very different stories to tell uncle glance to pretty. my wife told me that a ukrainian tank came and was shooting at a residential house. i have family there 2 kids. they were hiding in the basement like mice over new normal. i varied my mother and decided to stay here with the wounded arsenal. the scariest moment was when the resolved fighters came to us. they used us as human shields. oh, june, saw ukrainian forces begin to use american supplied high marks. missiles which are both highly precise and highly devastating. but instead of focusing such fire power on the battlefield alone, washington helped kiev coordinate attacks against countless residential areas

across on boss. 1 ah, ah ah, despite the wes continued supply of these nato great rockets and ukrainians use of them to kill civilians, u. s. and europe still claims they are not a party to the conflict. ne is not talking to the conflict. we support ukraine, but that doesn't make us pointed to the conflict. are we effectively at war with russia? no, we're not. not at all. russia is at war inside ukraine. and despite the rhetoric we heard from food last night, trying once again to make this about the west versus russia, the united states versus russia, or nato versus russia. nothing could be farther from the truth. ah, in the military operations, 5th month, russia liberated the entire lugens people's republic. the black sea grained deal

was also reached between moscow and t. f. with turkey and the un helping broker of the agreement. ukrainian grain could now return to the international market under the protection of the russian navy, all after the west accused moscow of sparking a wave of world hunger. payton is weapon ising hunger. he's using feed security as a callous to rule. the decision to weaponized food is moscow's, and moscow's law. this includes countries already under enormous dress. however, africans made it clear who was really to blame here. so lexia, or as far as access to russian products is concerned, the african union members are facing swift related sanction. problem as far as most of our banks have ties with european bunch her usual payment procedures are no longer available to them over the vast majority of the grain exported under the deal consistently went to those who needed it. the least specifically in western europe. ah, august was

a month of nuclear danger. ukraine intensified it's shelling of the sapir, osha nuclear power station. the biggest of its kind in europe used to have like it was a little. so if the attacks of ukrainian army continue, a new killer catastrophe could happen at any moment. in this case, the entire responsibility for this will fall on the western sponsors of key f, huge territories and ukraine. russia and other countries will be under the threat of radioactive contamination or the real scale of a nuclear disaster at the plan is impossible to even imagine. once again, the west's knee jerk reaction was to blame it all on russia, which controls the plant. even the international atomic energy agencies visit to the site failed to make any headway as the organization stopped short of admitting that ukraine is the one targeting the facility. you can use both of them. the shelling continues, despite the fact that international atomic energy agency staff has been presented to facility. and it is not hard to identify that body responsible. in the same

month, amnesty international was accused of supporting terrorists by ukrainian president vladimir zalinski for daring to expose the ukrainian militaries use of civilians as human shields and violating the laws of war. ah, month 7 ukraine launches relentless counter attacks and the regions of his son and hark, of incurring massive casualties in washington admitted it took a huge role in coordinating ukrainian troops. we do engage with the ukrainians, you know, at a, at a variety of levels on the military side. as we've said previously, we do provide time sensitive information to enable them to conduct operations and defend their, their home. and in the same month, russia announced a partial mobilization with the goal of drafting, $300000.00 reservists, while for previously ukrainian regions voted in referendums to join the russian federation. then you can eat guns can little know whose liquor referendums were held in the da nats. can lugens people's republics and the sup,

rosie and harrison regions. the results are well known, what people have made their choice and unambiguous choice. and october ukraine carried out a terrorist attack on the crimea bridge, killing 4 people, and the west congratulated them estonia. certainly welcome this in congratulates the ukrainian special operations units who are expected to be behind this operation . motivation and i said it says it's a bone for the soul. so, especially given yesterday was put in spring curricular such gifts that i wish him more of such gifts. just 2 weeks prior. russia's north stream gas pipelines were crippled by an act of sabotage and vladimir putin vowed revenge. those actions simply cannot be ignored. we will of course, consider further steps. it would be impossible to do otherwise. it was a turning point and moscow's military strategy, massive high precision. russian missile and drone strikes against ukraine's military and energy infrastructure. the came the name of the game. ah

ah no ever saw rushes pulled back from her son's regional capital and a move to save the lives of soldiers and civilians. as the city was too exposed and dangerous to defend. this was followed by a ukrainian purge of so called russian collaborators there and in carter cove, not long after that, the media was screaming world war 3 after missile landfall on polish territory killed 2 people. ukraine pointed the finger at russia and the western media initially blindly followed key f skied give as you how many times as you claim said that the actions of the terrorist state, i'm not be limited to our country alone. pissing in and co territory with missiles . this is a russian missile attack on collective security. but this is a really significant escalation, like action is needed. nature has, shouldn't be restrained, at least in its language, in its message to russia. would the you asked me to adjust its force posture there,

and there is actually a lot that nato could do. turns out though, it was a stray ukrainian surface to air missile something, even washington and poland were forced to admit, ah, so here we are in december, the u. s. has already reached a whopping $22000000000.00 and it's total military assistance to kiev with almost $45000000000.00 more in aid approved for next year. as to say nothing of all the other military aid the country received from the european union countries. yes, mister sunni, put it to day, the military potential and capabilities of almost all major nato countries are actively used against russia. nevertheless, our enlisted soldiers and officers are fighting for russia courageously and steadfastly and confidently step by step, solving the tasks that have been set weaker. so that's how 2022 ends, the never ending flow of weapons and money to a country that has long been infamously corrupt and a global g.