return back home, there is no support from the nomination, high commission of virginia, and i said, michelle, you don't care about chug or send people ah, moscow says ukraine is continuing to fire on civilian areas despite the sci fi announced by russia orthodox christmas with rejected lawlessness in europe, that's how the head of sputnik uses, parent company branded the detention of his chief in latvia, broadcast is accused by authorities of violating unsafe russian sanctions. and his men, while the case prince harry reveals he killed 25. telephone fights is to use close enough gun is done thing. they were just pieces to remove from the chessboard with july, from our headquarters here in moscow,

you're watching our see international. my name is peter scott's here with the top stories. it's 6 pm. moscow time this friday are not top story this hour. russia's defense ministry says that ukrainian forces have continued their showing of civilian areas. despite the 36 hour orthodox christmas seas find the key of rejected. according to city officials, the city of the next was hit several times shortly after the holds of hostilities came into effect. there's been no information yet on damage or casualties. ortiz room, of course, if it brings us more details is says cease. fire was ordered by president vladimir putin in order for orthodox christians in russia and ukraine to attend to religious services. hearing this says sacred holiday and the cease fire began at noon on friday and should last until midnight on saturday. so for 36 hours. so people can celebrate this event. however, at exactly noon on friday,

ukraine once again, shells civilian areas here in the nest firing multiple a rockets, multiple artillery shells against a civilian areas according to local officials. so they were $155.00 millimeter caliber natal supplied weapons to ukraine. so far we haven't heard about say, any casualties at this point. however, the news will be coming in throughout the day. now, once again, once this is a temporary truce, was offered by president vladimir putin suggested by the patriarch of the russian orthodox church, president lensky of ukraine refused to observe this cease fire and was also echoed by the leaders of the so called collective west as well. now too many observers say here in the dung boss and in russia and ukraine as well,

this shows another divides between ukrainian leadership and the orthodox or church. now this has been going on for a while, many priests in ukraine, of the ukraine, an orthodox church of the moscow patriarch kates were questioned and interrogated by the agent. so the police and other law enforcement a service has many times are threatened with death and incarceration. so is a very huge divides in terms of religion now in ukraine. but sir, rush, any crane, have, but traditionally been a orthodox and the shared this so common histories for many, many centuries. our as the in regards to local officials. i hear in the boss, president, sofa, the head of the, the dentist people's republican is pushing. it says that if the seas wire will be

broken, if there are casualties, they have all all the rights it to to respond and to return fire against those barbaric attacks as a place against peaceful civilians. meanwhile, ukrainian artillery continues to show peaceful civilians here on a daily basis. and locals are really used to it. as a several districts of the city are under constant artillery fire by ukraine. over the last 24 hours alone, a 2 women were wounded when a $155.00 millimeter caliber rocket landed in their house. i went to visit that area and here is my report. ukrainian military continues to the shedding of residential areas. all funds announced as the result of the late, the sharing on thursday night 2 women were wounded. both women wore in their sixties. they were both in this house that now lays almost completely destroyed. now, according to the russian investigative committee, ukraine used 155 millimeter caliber, a weapons that worked,

supplied to give by nato countries. especially with a miss, audrey currently, the investigative committee of rushes, conducting an inquiry. this entails an inspection of the scene in the caribbean, shove, district of don't ask, which was once again hit by artillery fire from ukraine. fragments of an legend, $155.00 millimeter projectile were found at the scene. certain dis, 6 here in the nest had been under constant shedding by the ukrainian military nearly 9 years, and more sole whole the last year since the special military operation began. now i spoke with one of the local residents whose a house was destroyed and he says that this has been happening these barbaric attacks by your friend and military have been happening almost on a daily basis. just last week he buried his aunt and he said that he's been fixing this house constantly, but right now it looks like is beyond repair. oh charles,

you somebody do. a street was bombed here yesterday to women were injured, but thank god, not seriously. there's also housed there, of course, destroyed. it's like this every day. my aunt was killed a week ago on a neighboring street. we'll live right across the street and just bird her. the record hid the house directly. it's nightmare here. the crane an army only bomb civilians. there is no military here, no warehouses. rush investigative committee have been working here on the ground, covering the war crimes committed by ukraine on a daily basis. they're traveling to each and every location that was showed by ukrainian military. they have an armored car. unfortunately, this court doesn't always save them their risk, their lives on a daily basis. and jeff, last week, one of their com rates was killed by ukrainian hirschler. a shilling for give you

a little bit about the investigative committee of the russian federation has been here since the beginning of the special military operation. we record all the shelling and its consequences on a daily basis. we also make daily records of any one wounded, injured or killed. criminal cases are being opened with regard to the shelling and the perpetrators will definitely be punished. now these are just some, some of the discoveries that say investigators of the russian vis had a committee made on a daily basis. now the trial absolutely everywhere. of course, they record human tragedies as well. and they promised that all those who were involved in the killing hope peaceful civilians will face justice, vermont coffer of party on its republic. on july, the 6th, which is orthodox christmas eve, and celebrated by both russians and ukrainians. ukraine security service agents entered orthodox churches across the country,

saying the pro russian materials were recovered in the rates the same time they claim to be impartial towards religious denominations. though not all western politicians have remained silent on the matter us. congressman, pole gossip says that he wasn't shots by the ukrainian presidents move, stressing the need to stop sending financial aid to the country. that's as the pentagon announced another massive aid package of nearly $3000000000.00 to kiev. we spoke to dutch journalists on your abundant ender, who says that she's also not surprised by zalinski is rebuff. i think it wants to be expected because yesterday in the western mainstream media, they already said that ukraine didn't agree to to the to so yeah, i think it was to be expected. of course, it's a huge provocation that they do. it's just afternoon 12 new because then the sci fi be started. it's for sure, a big sign that she's my, between the ukranian church and their russian tours is not respected. it shows from

the ukrainian side and also to western side that they don't want to stay don't want negotiations at all. because otherwise they would have said ok to at least respect a holy moly day like christmas. and it is meaningful for russians and ukrainians. these date, like they do in the west when it was christmas to respect it was staying with ukraine french presidents. manuel micron has reiterated previous comments made to ukraine, promising more arms on combat vehicles to support cubes, ongoing war efforts until victory and until peace returns to europe. our support for ukraine will not waver. i confirmed it to president zalinski. france will provide like combat tanks and continuous support in terms of a defense. let's discuss this now. live with archie, contributes at rachel marston. good evening, c a. rachel. what more can you tell us about the french prisons, latest statements regarding these arm supplies to ukraine?

while there's been a very distinct shift in the french presidents rhetoric on ukraine conflict, he keeps repeating in tweets the words until victory and retreated. ukrainian president vladimir zalinski, who thanked michael and said, quote, your meeting. michael's leadership brings our victory closer, is starting to sound an awful lot like france is a co belligerent in this conflict on the ukraine side against russia. and that's quite different from how macklin framed. frances rolled back in may of last year. have a listen. we are not at war with russia. we are working as europeans for the preservation of the sovereignty territorial integrity of ukraine. and for the return of peace draw continent, we will be that to rebuild ukraine as europeans have always been pretty difficult for pretty difficult for maxine to argue that france and europe aren't at war with russia as he explicitly says. or he, as he explicitly said last year,

while at the same time promising to load one side of the conflict up with combat tags to use against russian forces. it's like michael is bringing paris into this conflict with the back of the spoon as they say here in france. in other words, mission creep in the absence of any democratic consultation with the french electric to see if they really want to be backed deeper into a conflict with russia, especially given the price they're paying already in terms of energy bills and other skyrocketing inflation costs. so previously, michael had taken a lot of flak from the western establishment over his more neutral positions. for example, former nato secretary general hands. folk rasmussen lambasted michael in an interview last summer over michael's lack of military support to ukraine and over the french president's insistence on a diplomatic solutions and the conflicts. and just last month we learned the diplomats from the baltic states in particular, but also from other you countries were lodging formal complaints with their french

counterparts. the kid i'll say over mack holes insistence in an interview on french t v. in december that russia be given security guarantees in any negotiation. so it's pretty clear that even a neutral position are one that favors peace and negotiations over escalation is now viewed as not just unacceptable, but hostile to ukraine by the western establishment. and that starting to show in their decisions, and the pressure is ramping up on all sides to abandon any neutrality. now, to finish politicians launched a campaign within europe recently to make germany hand over tanks to ukraine. the logic was that if other smaller countries could pledge their german leopard tanks to crane then, well, it would be embarrassing for germany not to do the same. there's also been pressure coming directly from ukraine. was secretary of the national security and defense council of ukraine. alexey daniel of pressuring germany to also deliver on tanks for keys by raising the ridiculous spectre of russia invading germany. if keith

doesn't get his weapons, wishlist felt saying in a recent interview that of german chancellor will have schultz want to quote the germans to fight near berlin and near stuttgart on german tanks with the russians. well then he can continue this game of whether tanks are needed in ukraine or not. so why do you now germany and the u. s. have now just agreed to send combat tanks to ukraine alongside france, and they all keep talking about tanks as though they're just defensive weapons. helping ukraine defend itself. there was some pretty impressive rhetorical gymnastics, almost as much as claiming to not be involved in conflict while arming one side, where they going to do take the guns and hands off the tanks. so they can't be used offensively. i mean, come on, shots and michael's thin facade of neutrality has obviously just totally blown up, totally crumbled with this new move. and so has any pretence that mac home may have had in adopting independent positions on all of this in the interests of fees are 2

countries. rachel mazda, and thanks very much demonstrated, have rallied outside the lottery, and embassy in moscow to protest against the country. suppression of free speech that comes up to reagan detained, the chief editor of the sputnik lithuania, news agency journalists emerge. calcium, who holds a lot via passports, was detained by the country security service on charges of violating and see russian sanctions and reportedly espionage, the russian foreign ministry spokesman condemned the detention as a blatant violation of free speech. we also got a reaction from a russian, m p and the head of spun next parent company. almost addition to some of his merits can possibly lose his freedom due to allegations of violating anti russian sanctions. i mean, the sanctions are a lawful as well as the arrest. this is lawlessness in europe when a person can be arrested for his journalistic work opinion or the information he

provides. there can be even harsher chargers such as espionage or treason. and we've dealt with this before and we shouldn't rule out such dark perspectives at the approach that they've got that to matter which affects every gen less. because if anybody can be taken in custody for their opinion and be charged with espionage, which is not uncommon these days, that nobody's safe. so all people should stand together in this situation. morocco, sam did not violate any laws. he did his job as a journalist, legally. he provided to an unbiased information and hit nothing. will kind of spies a person who works in the public eye for the media and hides nothing. the accusations a force. and we need to understand this processor is gathered outside the lat, van embassy in moscow on friday to protest what they called the unlawful detention of a journalist, monarch guy, sam. go, sam, who is an editor in chief of their lithuanian branch of the russian use agency. sputnik was arrested in latvia and was taken into custody on

a court order. he has been formally charged of violating you sanctions against russia, and has been accused of espionage punishable. by up to 20 years in prison, although cassandra is a lot fan citizen, but he has been living in moscow for several years working for us wouldn't use agency, the ceo of sporting experiment company, odd me, tricky, silver joined. the demonstrated to demonica seems immediate release and call on international organizations to condemn the mistreatment these demands echoed this statement by russia's foreign minister, spokeswoman mighty as a hot over hold their rest. of course, sam, an act of revenge by dictatorial regimes and challenge international organizations to intervene in the name of freedom of speech and freedom of press. in addition to spokeswoman chair, the vidrowskow sam, speaking about the harassment, his face noting that he had been complaining about miss treatment and harassment at the hands of governments in the baltic states for years and a following beverage law. we're state security service,

confirm that it had been track and fast sams activity for a long time. that stamps a lawyer said that she hasn't been able to access the case file yet, and that her request to release him. one bale was denied as of now, america sam was being held in rig essential jail. well, this isn't the 1st time the journalist has fallen in european cross says, last year cassette described his detention in lithuania, back in 29th mislabeled to finish his slit. it would take me several hours to simply name all the journalists, so come under pressure in eastern europe. here is just one of my own stories in brief. so back in 2019, i was detained at villainous airport, searched and questioned for 5 or 6 hours to state security officers performed a role play of good cop bad cop. the bad one shouted at me, you're working for chisels. why did you come here? the other one asked me, you're a latvian citizen, so why are you working for them?

you know who they are, they're not really. people rushes, a peculiar country only. finally, he said, you're lucky, you're not a russian citizen, or we would be having a very different conversation. and now we'll just kick you out and close the border for you. for 5 years. among the russian presidents council on human rights, branded the accusations absurd and cold on the o. s. c, and the council of europe intervene earlier. we spoke a geopolitical unless brian built a thank you says that the journalist, attention, i like the west campaign against alternative narratives. i think it's a continuation of western hypocrisy. and more specifically, this campaign, the specific campaign of censoring any sort of information coming from russia's point of view, or anyone agreeing with russia's point of view. and this is essentially shutting down what the west has always claimed that stood for freedom of speech. and they do it under increasingly ambiguous and irrational grounds. it absolutely is

a violation of international law. just one of the pillars of what the u. s. claims is this inter national rules based order. it is the self proclaimed leader of and yet it has done the most it and it's i like the done the most to demolish is pillars one by one. freedom of the press being one of the news news organizations like r t, r raced off of youtube, and this is all i think is fine of desperation and weakness on the west part. they cannot afford alternative narratives and alternative points of view entering into the conversation because they have no way to defend their own point that they would just pieces removed from the board. while that's the confession from the case prince r. a. detailing his role in the killing of more than 2 dozen solid bon fights as during his military service,

enough gun is done. the revelation comes from an extracts obtained by the telegraph from the release of his memoir. it wasn't as the district that filled me with pride, but nodded. leave me shamed. when i found myself plunged in the heat and confusion of combat, i didn't think of those 25 as people who were chess pieces removed from the board. bad people eliminated before they could kill good people. the last decade also, prince harry's gun is done. souls have been loaded widely in the media with u. k. soldiers and civilians alike, praising him for his bravery and humility often. so i think of viral videos showed the prince dusting off mid interview to support his brothers in arms. that's all about official was quick to respond via switzer condemning the princess statement, saying that the fights is killed by hurry when not just pieces. and a statement to the telegraph. it's all about representative so that the british prince should be tried in international court after his confessions award winning

journalist martin jay has questioned prince horace integrity. good, awesome, pretty simple, and rather unpalatable questions about the guys state of health. i mean, is he really losing his mind, you know, with, with that and other confessions of using a medium to speak to diana, you know, a lot, a leopard being sent to him in africa as a, this is something i mean, you know, what's wrong with this guy, you know, i think just some up the reaction of some of his colleagues, some, some senior army offices. i think they made a very one of them made a very prolific point, which is that, you know, when you look at the british public today, now, one of the last bastions of support, the poor guy houses with the army. and if you, if you're flying a helicopter or, or jet, and you're bombing at a certain distance, i think, you know, the immunization of the enemy is inevitable. but it's so extraordinary that harris talks about that you know, most, so just come chicken like that. my so just don't really even go that far because

obviously given a lot of thought and i wonder whether certain public relations experts are putting words into his mouth and forming these. these one line is nice cation is harry, absolutely no regard, whatsoever or any british people were having to do with the teller. but we don't know really just how far the taliban will go next few years, but we had indications of it this year rather last year. and finally, as we wrap up the top headlines of 2022, the conflicts in ukraine appears to have made west immediate change. the attitudes towards battalion such as of and ukraine egos don't fix a closer look at western narrative changes. it was a huge struggle to find a word of condemnation in regards to ukraine's as of regimen. it's a celebrated battalion, it's fighters, are no less than heroes. this is the official line of cave and it has been

aggressively enforcing it upon the information landscape. and media outlets supposed to be on a pedestal of impartiality are towing the line, his their take on the rise of not as human ukraine from before last february, the rally was organized by the far right swap order party. ukraine is a deeply divided country, however, and many in its east and south, considered the party to be extremist. many observers say that rallies like today's torchlight march, only add to this division of armed men, struck through the square with dubious iconography, hulu. that yellow arm band is of both ongoing, a german symbol hughes by several ss divisions during the 2nd world war. the symbols on their flags have been especially controversial. as of says, it combines the letters apply for idea of mission, but extremism experts. he is a emblem of naziism or theater on a high, angry,

yelling noun in black math in various forms and law. and what's happening now all throughout last year then press office of the as of battalion, mitre kosicki has been bathing and attention from the u. s. has been visiting the country so often journalists have even picked up on it. every single trip a peer offensive. the officer has been mingling with diplomats congressman bike has an actors. he spoke in front of the children at a school in maryland. he basked in the media limelight intro kazinsky. i thought her in ukraine's national guard was held captive in, besieged still that in the matter. i thank you for your heroism and for the rec. i think you have sharon. none of these people were phased by the double armed swastika tattoo. he wears on his ankle or by all the nazi themed tweets that kazinsky has posted and liked. all this should have been too much to be completely

ignored by the media. a scandal of such nature would have meant a thundering cancellation for any one, but not fool kosicki, who successfully whatever did these photos and posts were indeed published by me. but you need to know the context of ukraine and humor to understand that it was a mockery of russian propaganda about so called naziism in the ukraine. the as of battalion is just the tip of the iceberg. another hc stream is regimen. i die has been terrorizing civilians for years we had a chance to interview its members held in captivity and its victims. yet what o fiddler i was working for farmer than i one of my days off, i was taken to a checkpoint, then they took me to i dar gave me an assault rifle, and soon i was standing on the road with the police. we checked to local residence, i dar stopped them. he held them for a long time to prove that they checked them in some were turned back. virginia 2000 again. i dar militant, wouldn't consider the people in our village as human beings. they exerted pressure

on the rural community, the never talk to people. they looked down in every line as if they, the kinks. people had nothing to them than good luck, lepers olibo have repeatedly come to us, introduce themselves as representatives of the i dar battalion. they wanted to take my car, then i moved the car far way to a paid parking lot and then sold it either was connected with people who had at the local miniature enlistment office. they began to surround the buildings with cars and took people to the army. there are so many photos of key of soldiers bolstering nazi insignia that some might think whenever you snap a pit tune ukraine. a nazi appears. this veteran, as of fighter, openly admitted the rise of naziism and ukraine is very much present in case the world wonders what happened to all the real skinheads. they all went to ukraine. there is a ton of liberal white washing when it comes to fascists and ukraine. nazis don't

exist as a battalion and dissolve. regiments are different. they took all the nazi's out of his of we know all these to be false and to a guy who knew and has been there. i see it as pure disrespect to tarnish the legacy of a lot of those who died. but so far, ukraine is getting away with it all. thanks in part to the iron grip it has on the media agenda abroad. earlier my colleague nikki, are and discussed the situation ukraine with the gray zone. edison chief max blumenthal and he claims of the western media, profess, prefers to sent a blind eye to the truth. that doesn't fit the narrative. it's obviously an inconvenient factor in reality. inside a ukraine that presents itself on the international stage as a bastion of democracy. and here you have state backed openly neo nazi organizations, which were once the subject of heavy media scrutiny in corporate and mainstream

legacy media outlets across the west now suddenly disappear these some of the same figures who themselves had tweeted, praise of adolf hitler and hitler pro hitler slogans on their social media accounts have been on tour across the united states, vetted by audiences selling nazi inspired wall sango patches and even meeting with former us ambassador. it all depends on who these neo nazis are fighting for. if they're inside, artificial ally of the u. s. the claims it's fighting for democracy while they no longer exist on any less radical ukrainians they americans could support in said americans don't know that there are lots of ukrainian human rights defenders who have been jailed by the president that was just celebrated by the u. s. congress, all of these figures are being jailed because they're standing up for labor rights, and they're also standing up for the rights of ethnic russians. many of them have

been even assassinated, including mayor's, local politicians. there have been kidnappings, as zalinski presides over an authoritarian regime. americans don't know that some 30 to 35 percent of ukrainians have no support for the government in kiev and are being declared russian collaborators. they don't know that in and that the russian orthodox church, the orthodox church itself has been effectively outlawed. and clergy are being arrested. these are people that were ukrainian there, all kinds of ukrainian people, but the us only seeks to look at those who represent. it's the galaxian tradition that is aligned now with nato and the ambitions of the west point to think this is happening. and what do you read into these developments? we see the human rights industrial complex of the west. really abandoning any pretense of objectivity or even handedness. and thereby abandoning millions of

people who are ukranian, who have been caught in between in this conflict. i think that's, that's one of the dangerous here is that there is no one to speak for this population of innocent people who are at the mercy of a ukrainian military. and it's neo nazi battalions who are hell bent on disappearing, torturing and executing, so called russian collaborators. that sits your bangle today with the latest news from around the world. do head over to our website r t dot com for more stories analysis. and we just want to be back again at the top of the hour. thanks for watching. ah ah.