a just a do use for us to play in finances come up with my state of emergency is declared in the brazilian capital as supporters all the countries, former president, storm government buildings and coming out the russian soldiers retired prom ukrainian captivity and a prisoner swap. deal which sees the same number of ukrainian trips releases following, crushes, defense, ministry saved, that men were in mortal danger with the russian m. o. t also warns

that key is preparing for all the cation incident. then we'll try to frame moscow for the dead. some civilians and for called by digging up grades on this figuring bodies in ukraine, 2nd largest, with very welcome to the weekly recap here on our tea. my name is leo. let's get to our top story. we begin in brazil where president to let this fill my house. they cleared a state of emergency until the end of the month following the storming of government buildings in the countries capital. police have managed to regain partial control from the protesters, although operations are continuing. several arrests have been made on tier gas use to disperse strides both on the ground from helicopters. and they talk i,

well supporters of. busy the former president, a year bull scenario have seized the presidential palace home to the left, his leader lula who was inaugurated as president on january 1st. he's reportedly been evacuated to a safe location amid the ongoing chaos. grass stay in brazil's yellow and green colors. the rioters have caused damage and destruction both inside and outside the building. some of both scenarios, followers have refused to accept little as victory last year's presidential election. showing some more of this, hundreds of protesters also broke through police pourier, stranding the national congress and entered the senate chamber as can be seen in this footage. and neither host of congress is currently in session. a security breach has been compared to the january 2021 u. s. capital riots by supporters of donald trump. the federal supreme court has also been targeted by

b protesters. writers are clashing with police there and are quite for the military to act against the la last week. protests were held against the arrest of an indigenous leader who call for acts of civil disobedience against the brazilian estimates. and some protesters have been filmed clutching with police on beating them with sticks, as shown in miss on verified video. we're cried to run, to the police officer mounted on horseback. now he's trying, as you can see, to hold on. but the crowds push him off. his horse in terms of reaction, the chilean, an argentinian, the presidents have said they are prepared to send special forces to help contain the protests. with the latter, comparing the rise to accrue the tongue ecuador, his leader, warned of quotes a disrespect towards democracy with condemnation or to coming from by livia,

venice whale and other latin american countries and a live address. president lewis said he would be returning to proceed to see the damage done by the writers. i think that those responsible will be punished. as we mentioned, the unrest in brazil has been compared to the capitol hill rights of 2021 in washington, d. c. at both events, up and in the month of january, shortly after presidential elections were supporters of the losing candidates took over government buildings. brazilian political science expert paulo a phones gave us some immediate reaction to the scenes. in brazil, a vineyard is against good, it looks the protesters blame president lula for his past, saying that he is a thief and a corrupt official. but it was all decided through the court and it was proved that he was not guilty. in fact, they cannot accept the result of the election. they want both scenario to return. they say that the elections are unfair and there should be reelections. they say

both sanara must return to power and didn't bo scenario himself is in the usa. interestingly, only 2 days have passed since the anniversary of the date when the trumpet occupied the american capital. it can be said that there is a split in society among 120000000 votes. the difference is $2000000.00, and this shows that society is divided into almost 2 halves. but i do not know that concessions are possible on the part of the authorities. it is not at all clear how this will be resolved yet. so now every one is looking at the situation and just can't believe what they see. but in reality, it could have been predicted. oh, can't other headline story 50 russian service men have been freed from ukrainian captivity. that have now arrived in moscow after a prisoner swap. it was negotiated with keith r. t, sophia nunez smith, the no ex prisoners of war at an airport in the capital. russia ukraine have

carried out another prisoner exchange on sunday, bringing 50 of russian service men home from ukraine where they were held captive for months as part of our hello procedure. the chew had been brought to my school for psychological and medical treatment at russia's military hospital. russia's defense ministry said that they were at risk of death in ukrainian captivity. russia has been highlighting ukrainian atrocities. again, it's against, it's a p o w s. i. since the beginning of the complex, but even when the video of russian field w is being executed, a service on line international organizations and the media weight that little attention. however, there comes a moment when it's no longer possible to remain oblivious. and especially when one of your own is spilling the beans in. he's now infamous interview engine meal bern . i form a u. s. navy officer, an founder of american mercenary organization. what's our rule that is currently

operating in ukraine reveal to the awful truth, ukrainians law and violation of the hey, convention that filming of a number of things said they're doing with ha ha. p o w s is filing the laura don. laura vom conflict is she killed dude too? i mean there were no said surrender. i mean on and the, and now there was plenty of them. we asked the really soldiers if they saw on may the experienced themselves, anything of that sort that during their time in captivity, beauty, some ukrainian service treated us very cruelly and brutally. at the same time. they got pleasure and enjoyment from it. they beat us and made videos of it. they tried to scalp somewhat less with a bureau to him for the 1st time on the front line. soldiers will be either lucky or unlucky. some that is ukrainian soldiers can shoot prisoners of war or he's high dog simply because there are a lot of them and they only wants a few. they also shoot all sorts of videos. the basement. this is trying to scare

us by burning the letter said on the soldiers bodies over there she but you feel worse than a convict. so if they have any rights, then we have no rights. sundays. prison, i swap is the 1st one in 2023, and the latest and the number of prison exchanges. the longer the conflict goes on an odd as more information from the light, the greater the urgency of bringing the soldiers home, sophia nunez. meanwhile, ukraine has prepared a large scale provocation, aimed at accusing the russian armed forces of war crimes. not coming from the russian defense ministry, which sees the bodies of those who died all natural causes in the harcourt region. i've been dug up and deliberately disfigured then dumped in specially prepared pits to create false evidence of torture and executions by russian soldiers r t from on costs. or if can tell us more? well, are russian, the defense is free, are sounding all of the alarm is possible. now they're saying bad. are you creating

an authority? ukrainian, law enforcement have been digging out of grades in the secretaries in the article for region greece to belong to people that died off a natural causes. and not only that, russian ministry saying bad the people who are digging out those grades, they're just figuring the people for this and, and they're taking those courses and putting them into other math grades nearby. and they're already documenting them. and they said they started doing that on that christmas eve or their russian or for those christmas. in other words, from the 6 to the 7th of december and the moment they already brought sol, hold investigators and criminal experts and also so called witnesses. they're taking

pictures and it's a thing a trying to imitate the fact that people are tortured by russian military. of course that is very, very reminiscent one word a last year in the city of boucher, that's in the northwestern ukraine. now that says he was under control, the russian armed forces about then due to a progress at that point in negotiation between russia, ukraine, a russian forces are retreated from boucher and once they left a few days later, ukraine started coming out. so with the footage that there were a lot of corpses and bodies on the streets that were a mass graves. and at that point they said that this is all the, this was the, the, the, all the russian, the military. and they presented absolutely no facts and that was immediate fix of

my western media, both mainstream media, social networks as well. without any proof with rush, i was old on the rush, has been denied all of those like the she was obviously a wash for security council meeting at the un, which wasn't that we've had it up by the united kingdom. but russia was refused any type of investigation any any say in that bus are 42, all the evidence that russia has had at that point answer. i think the left at boucher, it points out to the act that this was a false flag operation. and all of those atrocities were actually committed by ukraine. and of course, that is no surprise either because it, during this special military, audition or russia had left a couple of places and right away you credit for it began there.

so ration operation for many people to videos who have been accused of collaboration with russia have disappeared and have been found that so now rush defense are saying that you great is preparing another old flag operational such as that which happens in boucher. now the other thing remains to see at this point, so whether the world's, at least this time, we'll see what you crave. this is attempting to leave you all on sunday. russia said, hundreds of ukrainian soldiers hadn't been killed than what i called a retaliatory operation for a key of deadly new year. strike on the city of mchale, which claimed the lives of 89 russian soldiers rockville companies, copeland in response to the criminal attacks of the key regime. on the 1st, if 2023 in the city of my case can the russian military organized retaliation

operation, locations of the quinn and military forces were found in climate tours colon, and more than 600 soldiers were killed. this latest on verna 5 footage appears to show the aftermath of moscow's operation. according to the russian m. o. t. ukrainian forces were located in to universe the dormitories. the retaliation comes after key of shell, the city of mackay, of guy using us, supplied high mars rockets on the stroke of new year's day. 2 of those rockets were intercepted by russian or defenses, but for hit their targets killing. scores of russian troops now ukrainian forces are allegedly being helped by british military intelligence in collaboration with the u. s. tech firm. that's according to a cache of li documents reported by the gray zone use 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. yeah, let's just flesh thought about the report states a us firm cold anatomy. 6 has been providing in sale on russian military movements in real time. that data is allegedly centered, british intelligence, fire, the private military group, prevail partners and then handed over to ukraine. we discussed the revelations with gray zone editor kit thornburg. anomaly. 6, the technology,

the defense intelligence and she said that she was attention. the ukrainian military can very easily identify the small firms of very individuals whether they are a civilian ministry or has it for the specific hug. there is also a higher risk for the case. it might be why barrier was, was met. but yes, it could mean into rush be innocent. what wrongly identify enemy soldiers or spot collaborators. and then yes, i mean, it was a context. it was never to be getting me to that that or that capture torture pregnancy. compunction about the brutal approach question to capture. but prison is, was killing the mass, which is

a great war crying series, you know, if it's killed as a result of when that complete. yes. i think that the because the counselor could be quite some point where they will just to the gray zone has also previously reported on the involvement of u. k. intelligence in the ukraine, conflicts back in october. the outlet said that prior to the deadly attack on the crimea and bridge senior british intelligence officers allegedly drafted on the labrat plan on how to blow it up. while in a separate report, the grey's own phase had obtained documents revealing plans by british military intelligence to train covert ukrainian troops along with ways to attack other russian targets in crimea, get lauren berg again said western powers aren't being held to account for the consequences of their espionage operations against russia. there has been no

iteration over the limits or restrictions, but london traces shall be the crime. these false make perfectly that there is none of you trying to do or anything like should be held every way, but prevent prevail. heavily involved the blocks of bridge explanation. and what did you guys will actually have to deal with or be only all of these to every month, another year getting implicated in style of the activities that activated the job listen is civil civil civil society widely and there's 0 accountability and there is up to you know, consideration of what happens if you dollars box and that was anyone used use equipment typically reserved for. ready for intelligence agencies, or d, like on to something 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. ok. moving the program or no sir, be, as president said, nature has no right to reject the country's request to send serbian security forces to kosovo. alexander, who church earlier confirmed that the case for international peacekeeping mission, led by nato forces had turned on belgrade call. they refer to resolution 1244, but they did not invoke the part of the resolution, which actually allows this action. 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. while serbia's defense minister has questioned why k 4 responded to bel grades request only on orthodox christmas eve,

pointing out it was the same day that to serbian boys were shot and wounded in the self declared republican, a drive by shooting and another episode of violence. one young man was beaten while returning from christmas midnight mass following this space of. busy recent incident sir, residence in kosovo gathered to protest the tax by ethnic albanians in kosovo. a large number of ca, 7 police officers were reportedly sent to the demonstration, stopping vehicles for inspection k for soldiers. there were also located near the entrance to the city where the protest took place. earlier we discussed a peacekeeping forces decision with european study scholar stephan via ch here in the studio. he sees the decision goes against international law. this is a clear violation of the resolution 1244. it is a clear violation of the international law because once for 23 years ago,

the resolution and before that the corner agreements were signed, they are obliged to provide the serbian military and police force to re enter a room problems of council and the door here the atmosphere that is being built up in which it is a legal basically, or let's say it is not punishable to to commit violence against the sir against the serbs. and i mean i, i personally blame, i've been quality and the go so many in 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. i used it stools are one of them being asking for care for to do what it is supposed to do. and that is provide the serbian forces to re enter the province a violation of free

speech on the rights of journalists. that's how russia has described the detention of the regional director of the sputnik news agency by authorities in law fear. the journalist that monarch calcium is a luffy and citizen, he was detained on charges of violating e u. sections chronicling this appears parts of a broader e you cracked on on media outlets that don't go along with the blocks mainstream narratives. here's ortiz, senior, corresponded broadcast. if the freedom of expression then press what once sacred they are founding principles of the union, protected by the the treaties of the european union. the charter of 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 die 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 on lod, 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 level to finish a slit. it would take me several hours to simply name all the journalists of come under pressure in eastern europe. here is just one of my own stories in brief chisel 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, 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. u national, laughing and citizen. all he did is,

is he worked for years as editor in chief of spook mc lithuania. one of his work is online, there's nothing crazy there. you find strange stuff with g n n. he now faces decades behind bars charged with violating sanctions because he worked for russians and reportedly espionage because why not admitted for some of his merits can possibly lose his freedom due to allegations of violating anti rush and sanctions. 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 as of africa that to matter which affects every day unless because if anybody can be taken in custody for their opinion and be charged with espionage which is not uncommon these days. and nobody is safe. so all people

should stand together in this situation, not to, sam did not violate any laws. he did his job as a jan. this legally he provided, chew, and unbiased information and had nothing will kind of spies a person who works in the public eye for media and hide nothing. the accusations are false and we need to understand this. there are people who will be overjoyed. those who believe that any opinion, but there's ones that they agree with should be removed and censored. the soviet union was, was big in this censoring on hiding on 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 like to think that that these people, once lectured the world bill nationally poor been in this case is totally political

espionage charges against marriage or complete nonsense pressure on journalists working in the baltic states is the 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 is the chief of receive subordinate media group, which includes sputnik and 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 a really harsh measures such as intimidation, a bed on the profession, and criminal prosecution for journalists, latvia, stony and lithuania, do not act on the rhone. they, as we assume,

act either on direct instructions or in coordination with their superiors and the european union. and in the u. s. the accusations of espionage and the threat of imprisoning him for 20 years as an e citizen are in fact a pure policy of the european union. just to recap of our top story from brazil where the president hasn't cleared a state of emergency in the capital will last until the end of the month. it's after hundreds of people stormed and sees the presidential palace national congress on the supreme court. police of use here go against protesters who were causing damage both inside and outside the government buildings in brazilian. the writers are believed to be supporters of the former leader. you're both sinner and alive. address president lula. the silver said he was returning to the capital city to inspect the damage stuff. those responsible would be held to the cards and

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