ah, ah ah, it is breaking news of this our naughty international. as moscow says, 600 ukrainian soldiers have been killed and what moscow colds? a revenge operation for, ki evs deadly strife on the city of my k of cat on new year's eve. a cache of leak documents reported by the grays. own news outlets shows how british intelligence spies on russian forces on behalf of ukraine. quote, a violation of free speech on the rights of justice. thus, how russia's foreign ministry described to the attention of the regional director of the sputnik muse agency, this vile authorities and latvia also on the program,

south africa once more countries joining the bricks group, which it assumes of blocks rotating presidency this year. promises to promote that of a more multi polar ward. i will. it's so good to have you with us for this sunday program live from moscow. this is auntie international. what we do start off at this hour with breaking news . as we understand moscow says that 600 ukrainian soldiers have been killed and what it calls a revenge operation for key abs. deadly strike on the city of mac, a africa that was on new year's eve. in the next few moments, we will touch base with one of our correspondents in the region for more on this developing breaking news story. well, for the meantime, ukrainian forces are allegedly being helped by british military intelligence in

collaboration with an american tech firm that's according to a cache of lead documents reported by the greys own news outlet. it says the u. k. provides data for key ebs forces to fight russian troops through aggressive harvesting of data. the technology has enabled the planning of military offensives in artillery attacks, assassinations, asset recruitment, and other measures. the leaked files raise serious questions about whether anomaly 6, the technology has been used throughout the ukraine conflict in an array of targeted operations against specific individuals in infrastructure. if it has britain bears ultimate responsibility for the outcome of these disturbing actions, which in some cases amount to crimes against humanity. the port side a u. s. firm called anomaly 6 has been providing entailed on russian military movements in real time. the data is a ledger in a sense of british intelligence via the private military group, prevail partners,

and his end handed over to you. craig. we discuss concerns with grace on an editor, kit, clarin buck using anomaly 6, the technology, the defense intelligence. and she said she extension the ukrainian military can very easily identify the small firms of various individuals whether they are civilian military or has it's highly specific and tug, there is also a higher risk of cation. this might be why barrier was met. but yes, it's the instant rush 1000000 innocent brains were wrong. the dentist and the soldiers spot for collaborators. and then yes, i mean, not to was any context. this is always negative because lead to that data, or indeed, that capture and torture the pregnancy compunction about the brutal

approach crunch is to capture war, telling them all mass, which is a great war crime. 60 series, if it's not killed as a result of when that completely is. i think that that yes, the counter attack could be quite something. well, this is not the 1st time the grey zone has reported on involvement of u. k. intelligence in the ukraine conflict, back in october, the outlet said that prior to the deadly attack on the crimean bridge, senior british intelligence officers had already allegedly drafted an elaborate plan on how to blow it up in a separate report. the grades and also said that obtain documents revealing plans by british military intelligence to train quote, co vote. ukrainian troops with instructions to attack other russian targets in crimea. well, according to the great zones kit climb bug again,

now he says that western powers lack accountability for the consequences of their espionage operations against russia. there has been no consideration all the limits or restrictions, but london traces what shall be the crime these false make perfectly that there is none of you trying to do or anything like should be helped every step way. what prevent prevail was heavily involved in the blood bridge explosion. and what did you guys actually have the 0 regulation or the only all of these 2 every month. another european implicated the style of the activities of activation . john, this is a civil civil civil society widely and there's 0 accountability and there is up to, you know, considerations. what happens if you dollars box and that was anyone used to use

equipment typically. ready for, for intelligence agencies, or dig yes to. so i mean really, really needs to meet needs to be done about this just for the sake of innocent people in the far but also the governments and become companies that will be consequences down the line. let's get straight back to our top story. now i'm breaking news this out here on off to you international. moscow says that 600 ukrainian soldiers have been killed and what moscow called a revenge operation for kiev deadly strike on the city of mac. erica, this was on new year's eve. we can learn more now of crossing life to our embedded correspondent, roman culture, f remaining in. don't ask republic. roman, bring us up to speed. is breaking news or not? so what can you tell us with this latest development, please? of course, this was a very tragic event that took place here in my cave,

just when the clock struck midnight on new year's eve. while now russian defense ministry says that as results of a retaliatory operation of more than $600.00 ukrainian soldiers have been killed in a missile, attacks by a russia in the city of crowd source, which is about a 100 kilometers away from where i'm standing. it is also part of the people's republic that's local, so will a will liberate. and this is why the fighting is taking place there. while according to the russian defense ministry, there were at least 2 dormitories in the city of kermit source go. one housed 600 soldiers and the other one housed 700 of soldiers and did you to the intelligence that was uncovered by a russian military. they yet decision and struck those to dormitories with missiles and now as their results are more than 600 ukrainian soldiers have been killed

according to the russian defense ministry. once again, this was a retribution operation if you will, for what had happened on new year's eve, i hear in my cave go when at least 89 russian soldiers were killed as the result of a ukrainian strike that used to american maze multiple launch rockets, systems colds or a high mark, of course, scores for russian soldiers were wounded during that attack as well. and so they have already been taken to various russian cities for treatment, for their wounds or not is romance cause were for the latest on this are breaking news. this sunday afternoon here on moscow and our to international thank you. well, meantime, as a result of negotiations, 50 russian soldiers have been returned from ukraine in captivity. thus, according to the ministry of defense of russia, the service men will be flown to moscow for treatment and rehab. all military personnel released out from ukraine captivity,

a provider with the necessary medical and psychological assistance. ah, so the serbian president alexander the vote church says nato has no right to reject the request to send serbian security forces to cause a vote. this comes after the case for international peacekeeping mission led by nato forces ton down bel, grades call. they refer to resolution $1244.00, but they did not invoke the part of the resolution, which actually allows the sanction they have no right to reject that request. we will wait, we will point out how and where in what places they did not protect the serbian population. the serving defense minister has questioned why k for responded to bell grades, request on christmas eve, as he added that it was exactly that day to serbian boys was shot and wounded in the republics territory and drive by shooting. and in another episode of violence,

one young man was beaten while returning from midnight christmas. mass ball in the studio with us today is a stefan diet professor at the institute of european studies in belgrade. it's so good to have you with us on this sunday. thank you for coming. and joining us here in monica on, innovation, great to have you with us in the studio. what, what do you make of nato's rejection to, to send troops to cause, i mean, this is a clear violation of the resolution. 1244. it is a clear violation of the international law because once 23 years ago, the resolution and before that the corner of agreements were signed, they are obliged to provide the serbian military and police force to re enter serbian province of gossling. natasha. ah, the think is really dire because now serbs are be, are protesting against serbian government. that is, that they feel is incapable of protecting of protecting them. so i think that that of this conduct by k 4 is very dangerous because they are

really fueling the already enraged serbs who feel that they are unprotected and that they demand serbia as estates to react. i mean, let, let's is cleared up for you as quickly k for is, is the cause of a force curry, but that's, that's caveat. all right, is the nato troops basically, who are in cause one mentor here, according to the agreement so, so they have a legal framework to be there which is provided by the united nations. so yes, technically they are natal, but they are not in the mandate of nato, but in the mandate the do you want to thank you for clearing that up for us to find . what do you, what do you make of the timing here? kate falls, refusal coming on christmas eve. is that something that it is an insult? i mean, to be quite frank because it comes at the same moment when 2 boys were shot . serves, lived there in the atmosphere of apartheid, especially a solve of the or e bought it where they are

a minority so that the man who shot them. he's apparently a member of the cost of all army, although the constable does not have the right to have an army again, according to religion, both $44.00 and a. his father apparently was kayleigh terrorist and in the ninety's. so the atmosphere that is being built up in which it is a legal basically, or let's say it is not punishable to ah, to commit violence against the set against the serbs. and i mean i, i personally blame, i've been quality and the gospel, manian leadership on one hand. on the other hand, the serbian government has been letting this happen for years in the sense that it was not active. now finally a, since this became really unbearable for the people on the ground, it is reacting so far diplomatically it, as i used it, stools, one of them being asking for,

gave for to do what it is supposed to do. and that is provide the serbian forces to re enter the province. let's, let's bring in another angle to this is to find if i may, that the soviet president has said that a, if the west demands, so be a joint sanction against russia. the west will also seek recognition of an independent clause of a what what, what are your thoughts on that? my thought thoughts are that the west is behaving to day as hitler behaving $41.00 or the austro hungarian empire. in 1914. they are demanding a unconditional surrender by serbia in order. i mean, if the serbs would, i apply sanctions against russia, which is the only major power to get her with china in the security council of the united nations protecting the rule of law, protecting international order. and that means of course, the territorial integrity and sovereignty of serbia, it would be literally

a suicide. so of course that what else is there to follow? if you can capitulate them such an important issue? ah, there's no answer to capitulation. and the, there's another angle to that serves are traditionally, i'd say pro russian oriented in the sense that they have always. and they've got help from russia of, for the last several centuries in their struggles against both the ottoman and the, and the housework empire. and now that, that the majority of service field that russia is in a proxy war with nato. and let me remind you that we were in a direct more with nato only 23 years ago. ah, of course it would be even a political suicide for voltage to, to commit such a, such a act of treason. what about, what about the recent attacks on ethnic sub residents in cause of what, what do you think provokes these instances to happen?

is the, is the atmosphere, they feel that they know the atmosphere of impunity? so people who are committing that are all ready. sure that nothing will happen. why this is based on, based on, on the practice. we have attacks that used to happen in 2004 in 1999. but during the 2, thousands where serves were killed. there was a boss being blown, and the perpetrator was arrested. he was kept in the american base and then vanished from it. american miraculously, now from, from the base, a bone still, things like that were repeating the effects on serbs murders and i'm talking not only about the period of war, i'm about the peer to where nato troops were already on the ground were serbian mountain monasteries were destroy the graveyards, dog and things like that happening on regular basis. i mean we don't hear that on, on major news channels, but that is how serbs lived there for the last 20 years or even longer. ah says

this was tolerated even in yugoslavia. but the point here is that the, the, in this atmosphere of our part hate in which serves live ah, there, there is this sense from the perpetrators that not only that they can do these things unpunished, but also that they will be treated as heroes. not all he pie by the majority of many places, but also by the ah, yeah, promise. his interim eyes it uses that he's led by the separate. so if i'm what, what, what do you think, what, what outcome could be there is all the, if so be a, were i guess, to ask for a resolution of the un security council if they would get the, you and involved, what would your expectations b, i think that should be the right course of action of to i guess the negotiations and that now did a go. chances are led by the european union, ah, for last and years and her, if they go where they back, where they belong, at least russia and china can. an outer,

outer stacy majority of the world actually supports the stance of serbia. when you look at the countries that are not recognizing the legal succession, of course, the ones that are here from, from serbia. so back in the un, ah, if the negotiations will make more sense because the e u has so far as it was come, it was really pretending to be a neutral side. whereas he was constantly supporting the separate. it's a separate ssl binion authorities and neglecting the rights of serbs and of serbia as a states to fund guy edge, a professor, the institute of european studies in belgrade joining us live here on this sunday in sco the international headquarters. great to see you. thank you for your the see to thank you. that's good to have your company for this program. south africa has said the bricks group of countries, which also includes brazil, russia, india, and china should admit more members of the country. assume the chairmanship of the

block. this year and is set to consider the membership of the other states you are seeking to join. it's a big story these days, the kick off the new year. artie africa correspondent, catabolic pathway has more on this from trying to the law and the youngest member to join the bricks. group of nations, south africa is again taking over the chairmanship of the club. 2023 will be the 3rd time that the african power house take the reins following successful, whole things. in 20132018 ever did before. south africa is expected to bring along, not only the neighboring countries from the south african development community, but also the greater sub saharan africa community to. there will be high level meetings, conferences and summits through this championship, which will all focus on sustainable development. but what does that really mean in real terms? gives us an opportunity not only to advance our national interest,

but also to advance the interest of the collector if 5 countries, as well as the interest of the global on various brands. including advancing the african agenda because bricks has always been above south africa and the african continent when we have the opportunity to check. so we will use our chair shipped to bird on the successes of us presidencies in addressing some of the key. ready challenges that we are facing, the ongoing challenges facing the global economy. economy. 5 countries, south africa will be aiming to advance not only the bricks agenda and the role which the new development bank should play, but also the role that the brakes should and can play on the continent. last year, south africa amplified the call for the african union to be made a permanent member of the g,

20 group of nations. and the very interest that both china and russia having on the continent are proving that, that question. once again, it's not out of place. so countries, and when we looking at expansion of breaks, it will be looked at from the perspective of sovereign nation, wanted to join bricks and looking at how we can take that process. ready what does it as a, as breaks the leaders ever instructed us to do? so it's a different scenario. you already have a president within the g 20 were regional organization in union, he's a member. so there's a good case for the african union to become that 2022 was a year of a major geopolitical shift spread on by the ukraine conflict. but it also sent free the idea of a multi polar wold following 5 decades of western union polarity represented by the

g 7. but last, the also showed a growing group of countries like saudi arabia, algeria, egypt, to turkey. and many more than i came to join and become part of the alternative to the west. the po, chrissy and narrative. but brief should expect a rebuttal. they will not be thinking that will be business as usual because particularly in an african context, african countries are united in their quest for power, for energy, for climate justice. and i think these are the issues that they look are no longer looking at the west for they're looking eastward because solutions will be coming from the as this formation becomes will power and south africa has a stronger voice within the g 7. i'm no longer the most important largest global economy, china and india. i rank amongst the top 7 global economy is today. you can take not these. and so you have major economies from the global self that are growing faster

pace. if you also look at the predictions of global growth in 2023, it's not very positive. but if you look at what the, i'm have i m f and world bank predicted in terms of global growth. the countries of the global assault including bricks, countries were growing faster space while a number of countries were going to every session this year. and it's 15 here of partnership and co operation. 2023 will be the in that bricks propels it's story forward. the club has not had a new member since south africa back in 2011. the growing double speak of western countries has seen many global south countries. crow, wary and eager to find an alternative. 2023 is finally here, and with it, the chance at a more bigger and powerful breaks got. i'm willis,

as philosophy in china. so good to have your company for this program. now, a quote, a violation of free speech on the rights of journalists. that's how russia has described that attention of the regional director of the sputnik news agency. this happening by authorities in latvia, a journalist, america, them as a latvian citizen. he was detained on charges of violating e u sanctions. while archie is a senior correspondence says, this is all part of a broader e you crack down on media outlets that have not followed in lock step with the blocks, mainstream narratives have a listen. the freedom of expression, then press, but once sacred, they are founding principles of the union, protected by the, the treaties of the european union. the chart, her a fundamental rights and the european convention on human rights as close to gospel as law can get. every one has the right to freedom of expression. this right shall

include freedom to hold opinions and to receive and impart information and ideas without interference by public authority. and regardless of frontier us, the freedom and pluralism of the media shall be respected. but these principles, these values have been sick for years. they've been dire in spanish, crackdowns in barcelona, in poland, as the government monopolized the press in eastern europe. where it had been building up for years and old began many years ago and 2016. when latvia blocked sputnik online, just she's the domain address, no frills. then they began harassing and threatening journalists. e. u. nationals who worked for sputnik with jail time, with sentences prosecution that detain them for talks with security age and

state security agents then came arrests and persecution with the british lead. 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. back in 2019, i was detained at villainous airports, 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 they are, they're not really people rushes, a peculiar country. 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. for reference, merit cas m is an e, you national, a latvian citizen. all he did is he she worked for years as editor in chief of

screwed mc lithuania. one of his work is online. there's nothing crazy there. you find strange stuff and cnn in our faces, decades behind bars, charged with violating sanctions because he worked for russians and reportedly espionage because why not was written for from with merits can possibly lose his freedom due to allegations of violating anti rush and sanctions. the sanctions are 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 and upper control that to matter which affect every turn less. because if anybody can be taken in custody for their opinion and be charged with espionage which is not uncommon these days,

then nobody safe. so all people should stand together in this situation, react to sam did not violate any laws. he did his job as a jan this legally. he provided to an unbiased information and had nothing will kind of spies a person who works in the public eye for media and hide nothing. the accusations a false and we need to understand this. there are people who will be overjoyed, those who believe that any opinion, but there's one that they agree with should be removed and sensitive. the soviet union was, was big in this centering, on hiding and restricting. and we all know how that turned out. you cannot restrict expression at was once the european union's mantra, how ironic looked at them now. terrorizing journalists are writing things in a way. they don't lie to think that these people once lectured the

world. bill nash, moody, or been in this case, is totally political espionage charges against merits are complete nonsense. pressure on journalists working in the baltic states is a standard matter. it is an obvious fact that the baltic states are a platform for testing new methods of fighting against journalists. there is an oddness in the charges of violating sanctions. the fact is that the european union has no sanctions against sputnik. they have personal sanctions against dmitri castle, of who was the chief of receive subordinate media group, which includes sputnik therefore, extending these personal sanctions to all the people who work. there is a strange precedent. many european human rights organizations oppose this interpretation of sanctions. the baltic states are a testing ground for lawlessness. concerning really harsh measures, such as intimidation, a ban on the profession, and criminal prosecution for journalists, latvia, stony and lithuania, do not act on their own. they, as we assume,

act either on direct instructions or in coordination with their superiors in the european union. and in the u. s. the accusations of espionage and the threat of imprisoning him for 20 years. as an e. u citizen are in fact a pure policy of the european union. or this will be now running down the top stores of the week aeronautics international. plenty of breaking news for this sunday as well as we come to your life from boston or anything you need to catch up on, you know, the places out with with

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