[000:00:00;00] ah ah, we are urban fighters, so it's no use trying to compete with us here. i think a result was destined to succeed the wagner military group chairs, exclusive footage with r t, from the key ton of full adar, which has been taken under the control of russian forces. china reiterates its vision for a multi polar world as beijing, his newly appointed foreign minister completes his multi leg african tor. also this, our india hits the historic import. he got $1000000.00 barrels of russian crude oil per day with moscow remaining new delhi biggest energy supplier plus over

10 years after the arab spring was cheered on by the west kanisha. it's still picking up the pieces after it's fight for democracy. was a big, i'm glad to say we've had enough, the cost of living has increased. prices have gone up. what is the state if the president and his government so it's up to him to account for what he has not done in the country. ah. hello, good morning, from our to international studios in moscow and from wherever you are. welcome to the hour's top stories from around the world. i'm fearless about. we start with the latest from don. yes, we're massive. shelling was reported on monday. here are the latest images from the scene. as you can see, several building suffered significant damage. local apartment buildings, a pharmacy, and a supermarket were reportedly hit with nato munitions. 3 people have reportedly

been injured and we will bring you all the latest updates. as soon as they come in, a drone was shot down by air defenses in the city of sebastopol in the russian region of crimea. that's according to the local governor. and there have been no reports of any damage or casualties. and here are sundays images from don. yes, showing damage after you crane shells residential areas, their local authority say at least 3 people were injured that day and at least 5 settlements came under fire. one of the strikes took place of the city of gordon, of co, r t's romano. casa reports from the area ukrainian nationalists can senior chaotic and indiscriminate artillery shelling of civilian areas, haynes anesco republic. right now, we're in the town of coral of god, and this residential building is right in the center of the city, according to local officials, 155 millimeter caliber rockets, us truck, this building and destroyed one of the apartments. now all of the windows in this

building had been blown out. thankfully, there were no civilians in the apartment that was destroyed. however, at least 3 civilians were wounded as the result of ukrainian artillery shelling number listed as with all of the windows who shot at emergency services gave us tape with taped out. broken windows though is the central part of gaul of k. i have no idea what people launch and destroy kids, i think in the older, horribly honesty. i have no more strength left. no nerves was simply afraid to walk the streets, the space to go to work, to seat at home. what if the child was here? the child is 4 and a half years old. what would have happened to prepare a cruise in gall of car and in the rest of the cities of the that's republic are working almost 247 to try and help civilians repair their homes, repair a gas pipelines and the supply of electricity and water as well, of course,

they're hoping that this will soon and, and they will be able to return to their normal work as always. but family were repairing electrical lines after ukrainian shelling houses are destroyed on a daily basis. we've got a lot to do. we're repairing electricity lines and power stations, so they create a lot of problems for us. those soldiers aiming at civilian sites are obviously empty headed over, but i think justice will be served law. how did that do that? i will teach you. we heard a rumble. we started south in dallas, i ran downstairs and so my daughter was all covered in glass. she was running and shouting that we should hurry to find shelter. ukrainian nationalist struck this house at 2 30 in the morning. he can see full of her shrapner holes from a 155 millimeter natal supplied weapon to ukraine. now, a woman was sleeping corral on this couch when the attack took place. according to

her mom, something made her get up shortly before the attack and she switched from this side of the couch to this side of the couch. and as you can see, there is a bullet hole right here. and having moved in the middle of the night, that probably saved her life. what did it your new friend of sue? it was half past 2 in the morning. we were still awake when i heard a crash upstairs. it was very loud. so we ran and hid in our basement. then when they stopped shooting, we came out of her hiding places to assess the aftermath. the windows were all blown out, doors gone and our personal belongings were in fire. the eating and gas system were out. gas was dripping, but emergency services came and fixed it. these bastards are attacking us when you're asleep. these are heartless creatures. animals. no,

not even animals worse than this is the spot where the ukrainians strike took place . miraculously, and no one was killed during this attack as the family were sleeping right next door. and so this building is purely for storage. however, the residents in the city of gorka are experiencing ukrainian artillery strikes on a daily basis. and people get killed and wounded nearly on a daily basis from our cause for a party. don't ask republic. presidents zalinski claims that the battle for the key ton of solid are continues. that's despite the russian defense ministry confirming that the town is under its control. as russian troops, cher footage from the front lines is here some of the exclusive footage from the scene showing damage to residential buildings. after months of heavy fighting, ukrainian troops abandon western supplied weapons ammunition as they fled the town . moscow says of wagner,

troops were instrumental in winning the battle for sole adar. we heard exclusively from 2 fighters who say the operation was destined to succeed with, with the quote of the song water. this live that we're now in solidarity, which has recently been liberated by the pmc wagner result troops. we faced strong resistance from ukrainian nationalists. despite their high professionalism, we surpass them in every way. we are urban fighters, so snow use trying to compete with us here. i think i result was destined to succeed. as you can see from the dispositions, there were battles for practically every house. the enemy really dug into the city, refusing to give up their positions. but since the onslaught of musicians here was especially heavy, the ukrainians had to retreat. but in fear of here much sudden in general, during this sold, our soldiers operate actively abruptly and try to break into the enemy's positions before they know it. most commonly and the sold happens under the cover of our own

artillery. it launches strikes while our soldiers break into the enemy's positions . so the enemies don't even have time to raise their hats because they are hiding from artillery strikes. we advance quite quickly, especially in the residential sector. but sometimes we stumble as well. here with dense high rise buildings from the upper floors of which the observation is easier and from which snipers usually fire. it was a little more difficult. still an act of advancement is key to our success during the assault, therefore, so adar was taken relatively quickly. china's chief diplomat was in cairo on sunday for talks with egyptian and arab league officials, marking his last stop in a multi life trip across africa. that aim to boost the continent, ties to beijing, the chinese foreign minister reiterated beijing's vision for a multi polar world. harsher nelson don't 10 shoot. we agreed to work together to implement the spirit of the riyadh declaration which affirms

a multilateral international order based on international law. and the dedication of common values for humanity represented in peace, justice development, democracy and freedom. and the rejection of the politicization of human rights issues and their use as a tool to interfere in internal affairs of other countries. cooperation and the tourism industry appears to be booming after china recently lifted its anti coven travel restrictions. several other issues were also discussed during the tots, including multi $1000000000.00 investments and expanding the sways canal. china's foreign minister also pledged further development of infrastructure projects related to beijing's cross cotton bout and rode initiative busier than either. beijing's top diplomat also visited the west african nation of been in during an official meeting with the countries president. he emphasized the importance of russia's partnership with the country and other african states. but jaina,

bob been in court. my proposal is that we work together to promote synergy between been in strategic development plan and the belt and road initiative and the achievements of the forum in china, africa corporation, in order to identify more fields of action and growth rates for our cooperation. i am thinking of infrastructure, agriculture, human resources, training, manufacturing, and peace and security. i visit impetuous, elena benning, has met with visiting chinese foreign ministry ching down in call to new to la said that the new chinese foreign ministers visit coincides with the fifty's inverse re of the assumption of diplomatic relations between the 2 countries. many look forward to learning from china's experience, deepening and expanding practical corporation and accelerating national development and revitalization. seen all the other hand can, they'd president seeking things, greetings to president iran and thanked been ain voice understanding and support on issues involving chinese queen chests and major concerns. things that, that china is willing to strengthen, experiencing changes in that building and governance,

and support meaning in exploring a development path. acetic or national conditions to size also signed cooperation documents such as people to people and cultural exchanges. they've also agreed to conduct the outcomes of the 8th ministerial conference of the forum of china corporation, and to encourage more powerful and reputable chinese companies to invest in bidding . earlier last week, the chinese foreign minister also visited angola. he noted that both states have always enjoyed solidarity and trust, as well as growing momentum in their mutual cooperation. his africa trip also included a stop in ethiopia, where he held a meeting with his counterpart. as the african continent gains prominence and finds its place in a multiple or world art, he speaks exclusively with the airy trade ambassador. he shares his thoughts on the future of the african continent, cooperation with russia and much more. you can watch the full version on our teeth throughout the day or on our website at r t dot com. but for now, here's

a quick preview. ah, russia has been accused of neo colonialism and of seeking to expand its influence there. do you think that is the case and if not waters perhaps, who stands to benefit from driving a wedge between russia and africa? the 1st place we accuse you who is accused to rush, ah, is the damage in those countries walk years rational. why? thank you. russia are the ones who i've been there for long and i was in the oakland artists and connie analysis, i see the of us areas when we come corporate through the russia beach and the security sector threat 6th or economic sector and defense sector. or for that matter, also in other areas,

the cooperation with russia could be very important in the ugly culture of 60 also beef. and it's also from ohio in the transfer or for origin, the productivity of because we can in no, i think good. russia will sell us anything else we'd like to have co, oh, india has broken you records, importing more than $1000000.00 barrels of oil per day from russia, making you deli, it's top crude supplier for 3 months in a row. as europe struggles to find new sources of energy hit tars, energy minister is confident that europe will resume buying russian gas despite the unions pledges to weed itself off of russian energy imports. the europeans to day are saying there is no way we're going back to rush and gas. we're all blast to have to be able to forget and to forgive. and i think things get mandate with time

. they learn from that situation and probably have it much bigger diversity, but trash and gas is going back in my view to europe. speaking of the global energy conference and doha, the guitar minister warned europe will struggle to replenish their gas storage until at least 2025. the official also added that gas is a realistic solution to achieving the use much promoted green energy goals without rush and gas on the market. energy prices will remain too high for europe to push forward with its environmental plans. we spoke to baking an economics professor, richard werner, who says europe is finding it hard to replace brushing energy imports the contrary and energy minister who's heading b m d m a little gas company is really looking at the facts and in the reality. and he's very much aware of the european demand and requirement for energy. and the reality is, as he points out,

that the us supplies that everyone is now preparing for do take time. i mean, there's not enough shipping terminals to, to, than receive it. and so there's, there's a whole number of logistics issues you conscious overnight switch to american or the gas supply. so the reality is, the gas that the gas from russia will be needed. and we really see in the m u. k, india, a case that and these indirect measures are now being taken where essentially russian gas is being imported. but it's just not admitted. that is russian gas because it 1st goes to it from russia to india, is refined there, and an importer. the reality is dead until 2025. it will be difficult to replace russian gas. the winter has been somewhat mild this year. so it

wasn't so far. it hasn't been a big crisis. fierro and but overall the demand is significant. we have a bit more info here, so to re, every india has broken you records, importing more than $1000000.00 barrels of oil per day from russia. this make you dolly it's top crude supplier for 3 months in a row. ortiz room doing sharma has more details in the relationship with russia, dates back to the call for, but the young gordon by 2022 has particularly been an important one. the bilateral trade between new delhi and more school has triple the ad. russia has become india as a top oil supply, or in the last 3 months of 2020 to softball. seeing its dominant, its traditionally while suppliers like saudi arabia is wrong in the us appetite for russian crude has massively grow one from one percent in february of 2022 in last

year to 25 percent in december. so that's a huge jump there in the now and 14 over 1000000 barrels of crude oil. birdie a new were recall there. i'm going to makes perfect sense for india considering india is the 3rd largest consumer or oil in the world. and that was one of the reasons given by india for defined these sanctions seeing that we want to prioritize the n no g security for a 1400000000. people in the eyes made itself very, very clear to the world that it is going to exercise a strategic autonomy. and when you look at the data, now it's becoming very clear that not only does security, it's a no g security for it's 1400000000 people, but also now it's 14 more. and the latest reports pointing out that india may be

offering backdoor imports to the u. k. all russian. or we've got to look at some d. c. for example, the job not going to find in india of best course. it doesn't 4 to 4 times more as compared to 2021 in 2022. and now when you look at this particular to find, read the u. k. has imported 29 shipments in 2022. got to 2021. when it didn't, did about 7 shipments receiving greece from 29, shipments to the 7 shipments in 2021. and also in terms of a battle from 2021, it was around 4000000 barrels in the 2022, around 10000000 battles. so that's the difference we're talking about and that needs a big question mark on what the meaning of all of these sanctions really is. the u . k. must close the loopholes that undermine support for ukraine by allowing bloody fossil fuels to continue flowing across our borders. india has been in under

constant feshona's by the west star constant feshona's threads as well as more rude judgments. but now it would be interesting to see how the yuki really responds if they do out to these commons by ukraine. the tunisian capital has been flooded by thousands of protesters marching against the near total seizure of power by the countries president people called for his resignation as they marked the anniversary of the arab spring protest that shook the regions political landscape. the demonstrations have been marked by clashes with police and calls for regime change. people are outraged by the economic crisis and rising unemployment ripping the country. here's what locals had to say about their grievances. mission did. and what is it? and we've had enough, the cost of living has increased. prices have gone up, we have come to defend our revolution. what is the state?

it's the president and his government. he's the one who runs it. so it's up to him to account for what he has not done in the country for a year and a half. he has done nothing. he has monopolized all the authorities and institutions. he has made promises, but he has done nothing today and i've been this message not. i cannot build a family, have a child because i am afraid of the situation. i see as a result, one cannot do anything in one's life, nor evolve in one's professional career, nothing because the situation is not going in the right direction. set the wasn't the suck. i left the rate of price increases will continue as well as the existence of shortages of basic necessities in the country. this is for the simple reason that the state does not have the financial resources to pay for import, such as cereals. over a decade since tunisia was proclaimed the only arab country that won the fight for democracy and freedom, has anything really changed for the people of the country? are t, steve sweeney dig deeper into the story. the spotlight has fallen once more on the

birthplace of the so called arab spring, shanicea trove is on from the revolution. people are throwing the streets in mass rallies against the president who sees power, and his old tennessee is parliament. march 2022. and what has been described as a constitutional cou. many had claimed that she nidia was the only country to win the fight for freedom and democracy of the toppling of president ben allie, ending of nearly 25 years of his rule, rival groups or even awarded the nobel prize in 2015 in the bel peace prize for 2015 is to be awarded to detention national dialogue, quartets for its decisive contribution to the building of the pluralistic

democracy into nisha elections in december would largely boycotted with just at 11 percent of eligible voters taking part in a poll and political parties ban from running chinese, he has western allies, including the united states and france, have expressed concern, and the country's economy lies in tatters. trinity has been hit by sewing food prices and shortages of fuel and basic staples like sugar, vegetable, and rice. and to make matters worse, the cash struck country is losing money at a time when it needs it. the most trinity has been forced to go cap in hand to the international monetary fund. it struck a preliminary agreement of a $1900000000.00 loan in october, but that has now been frozen, pending further economic reforms. as the u. s. threatens to wield is vito causing panic amongst foreign investors? many of whom have announced plans to leave the country while washington has cut off humanitarian aid. it a month after the you a secretary of state met with a chin is him president,

lavishing him with praise. will no doubt be talking about our support for inclusive transparent elections ah, the economic program or that so important to the future of the taishan people. but what was the arab spring in reality? well, back in 2010, it was hailed by many in the west as a victory for democracy. governments were toppled as protests spread like wildfire to countries including egypt, yemen, bahrain, algeria, jordan, and iraq. one of the bloodiest events bundled in with the arrow spring, was a nato bombardment of libya in 2011, but ended in disaster. and the brutal execution of lamar gadhafi with a country descending into a quagmire from which is never fully recovered. with the resurgence of jihadist and a bitter war between rival governments,

but good duffy's demise was celebrated by the west. yes, we came. we saw a died in sylvia foreign intervention led to a lengthy conflict. but despite sanctions of western bach, proxies, president acid remains empower. iraq remains unstable with frequent protests and difficulties forming a government, egypt to have been plagued by instability. and schoo nicea is now witnessing fresh unrest and a dire economic crisis. so more than a decade on the question remains was a all worth it. pro ukrainian online activists are calling for the execution of the german newspaper journalist for publishing the locations of the armed forces of ukrainian solid. our reporter julian rock. he who openly supports he have says internet activists went too far in defending ukraine. verified pro ukrainian national activists are calling for my execution because i g, a locate footage,

the ukranian army and ukrainian soldiers published via social media. this is going to far guys, i don't care if you disagree with me, but demanding me to get shot as well. the journalist explained that he had posted data about the location of ukrainian troops which they themselves had posted earlier. nevertheless, he was branded as a k g b agent, and accused of working for the russians by ukrainian supporters. russia's un deputy representative joined the discussion, saying these reactions are normal against those who dare published truth and not what ukrainian propaganda wants. author and war correspond at thomas roper says, any narrative that goes against the mainstream line is unacceptable for western media. this regime makia is quite a radical christopher. they don't mean much to call you pro russian or to tell somebody that you have to be killed or whatever they are. quit quit creek with this kind of stuff. the thing is that made me think that people who wrote this even don't know who he is. he's,

he's writing mainly in germany and i'm not sure whether the people who wrote about him that he is present, that they know his work for key of this. just the radical anti rushing and sure. yeah. ready condition, a list of position of the key if regime any slightly different opinion is already for them something evil. the west knows who is supported in ukraine would remember that my don, we it remember the forces which came to power then swell, but our party and so on. this were real nazis. nothing else. and the west is supporting them from the very 1st day and from beginning of my down. so what we are seeing now is nothing new is just um, yeah, the same just no, it concerns darryl, ukraine's but also foreigners. so the west knows who is supporting, they choose this people, they do it on purpose. ukraine's leadership are nothing but corrupt gangsters. that's the claim made by an american volunteer fighting for ukraine,

saying that this was the real reason for keith's. what's brought from solid are my unit of asked the so personnel are ill equipped. we have no heavy weapons. we have no unit training, we have nothing. our major general knows this and is not helping to fix it. between him and captain baroda, there needs to be a change in leadership. they are nothing but corrupt gangsters. we didn't just leave solid our. we thought yard by yard for it, for those saying otherwise you're wrong. as a 2nd, know, there are ukrainian officers who are not doing their jobs. they need to be relieved of their positions immediately. their actions have caused negligent deaths among other things. western volunteer fighters are participating in the ukraine conflict . russian forces captured 3 british combatants who were later released as part of prisoner swaps. this comes after russian troops took the strategic town of sola dar in the dawn bass. earlier we spoke to independent journalist mike jones,

who says western mercenaries are fighting for key ab and are simply cannon fodder of little concern for their governments. it seems that the mercenaries are seen as cannon fodder, preferential to send before any actual ukrainian or experienced ukrainian forces is far better. it appears from these accounts to sense these mercenaries, ill equipped and poorly trained into the front lines 1st and to throw them in front of the artillery. i've heard another account from joseph mcdonald, is another you case, citizen out there, he talked of nepotism corruption. i mentioned a case where an to entire trucks of western weapons simply disappeared on route in a convoy with nothing being done, no questions being asked no investigations. the western governments are not opposed to their own citizens being thrown into this bloodletting. and on these front lines because of the money laundering,

the i believe is going on you crying with the awarding of these contracts. the boss 1st straight has reportedly been closed due to the grounded cargo ship a turkish cargo ship carrying ukrainian grain has blocked the boss for a straight. the export of grain from ukrainian territory is regulated by the brain deal agree, met, tugboats are trying to recover the ship, allowing for others to pass through will keep you updated with the information as it comes and that's are up on the latest headlines for this. our next dissecting the atrocious ideology of fascism, its existence long before today. and how it remains on archie, documentary, fascism, a history from thanks for tuning in. we'll see you next hour. ah, whole when i was shown seemed ra,

a shape out disdain becomes the african and engagement equals the trail. when so many find themselves worlds apart, we choose to look for common ground. with north atlantic alliance recognizance that grafted warships cruising close to russia's borders have become commonplace along with military hardware redeployment and large scale exercises. nato has also developed its offensive