ah, with his edwin hold a phone call to discuss numerous hot topics, including the ukraine war, the great deal and other phase of cooperation between the 2 countries. the criminal rejects accusations that is responsible for miss our strike on a residential building it near petrov. that's after the lensky advisor blamed the deadly explosion on ukraine's own defense. also, this, our europeans are reportedly showing fatigue from you, nate, so supportive here with some politicians, apparently pointing out a seemingly proxy character of the ukrainian war.

also this, our india has a historic peak of $1000000.00 barrels of crude oil per day, and that's around $33.00 times more than a year with well can see from the russian capital this monday evening. my name is peter scott, and thanks for joining us. where between russia has said it doesn't target civilian infrastructure in ukraine, and that follows accusations from ukraine and officials that moscow intentionally took an apartment building in the city of the near pulpit troughs. the lens is also condemned to russia over what he calls moscow, silence over the tragedy. criminal spokesperson, demetrius gulf claims that ukraine's already admitted that it's a defense was responsible for the incident. the russian armed forces do not strike

residential buildings or social infrastructure facilities strikes. are conducted against military targets, either obvious or camouflage. you yourself saw the conclusions of some representatives of the ukrainian side who said that this tragedy was the result of the actions of air defense systems, co, pasco. there is a reference saying reports that $36.00 people were killed and dozens injured after an apartment building was struck in the city of never per trust. now this comes amid a wave of rush and strikes, targeting ukrainian energy infrastructure with moscow, saying that they did not target that building at the same time. yeah, this insisting that russia must be responsible, but one of ukrainian president, he's own advisors has spoke alex and said that the building was like, we hit as a result of the response from ukraine's air defense systems. you use be noble and it's the missile was shut down, but it fell on the building. it exploded when it fell down. now that adviser has sent apologize for his comments after they were met with strong backlash from other

ukranian officials. we should also note that ukrainian military's initial response to these claims was to insert their defense systems could not have been responsible, saying that they were not capable of arguing that caliber of missile well, same time in the past. they claim to have done just that. indeed, now, what's the reaction been so far in depress and online? well, the western media was quick to put the blame on russia with articles claiming that moscow was specifically targeting civilian infrastructure. however, when it came to those comments that were made by zalinski advisors, there was silence. and that's especially notable when you look at the fact that when it comes you trains air defense systems. we've seen a number of issues with them, especially when you look back at that incident from november where ukrainian missile landed in polish territory, killing 2 people. now at the same time, this isn't really anything new because as we've seen, the western media has

a tendency to overlook a number of cases where you crane has specifically targeted civilian infrastructure and killed civilians across the don that dating back to 2014. so a lot of statements being made here and will continue to follow as latest updates become available. ukraine, syria, on the gas transits were the center of a telephone conversation between the russian until his presidency spoke on monday. now let's get more details from our correspondence. steve sweeney. steve, what more can you tell us about this phone call between the 2 presidents? what thank you. yes, i mean, perhaps on surprisingly, one of the main topic of discussion was the ongoing conflict in ukraine. they spoke particularly about the meeting between ukrainian or russian human rights commission is in the turkish capital ankara, and also the issue of prisoner exchanges in which turkey has previously played a mediating role. now let me put into attention to the destructive role of kevin in

that conflict, and particularly through attention to the flow of weapons into crime, particularly from the west. and he also mentioned ukraine's hypocrisy rejecting, i see saw propose also that the ukranian people, the russian people could celebrate the orthodox christmas. there again, they spoke about the so called grain deal, which was also mediated by turkey, which was unlocking the black sea port to crucial russian fertilizes. i'm great, now of course both leaders have been critical of the, of how that deal has unfolded with many of the shipments not reaching the so called poor countries. they also spoke about turkish and civic relations and the future of the country. particularly in the framework of the stone at all. and of course now runs represented from iran, russia, turkey, uncivil,

involved in those ongoing discussions about the future of syria and the sovereignty of the country. and the 2 leaders also reaffirm their commitment to the developing relations and particularly the expansion of turkey, as a regional gas harb. now this is an ongoing side of the deepening relations and the commitment to you, future turkish ra russian relations. only quite a wide ranging phone call us artes. steve sweeney. thank you. nato tanks will then, well, that's the kremlin spokespersons fiery responds to the latest to western miniature, a packages to p. if you can read this story and much more across on our website. archie dot com. meanwhile, nate, so aid for ukraine has been met with some criticism by croatia with the countries presidents criticizing anti russian sanctions as well as what he calls you as his attempt to dictate his country's policy for washington to figure that washington

and the chair of asian, the proxy war against russia with the help of ukraine. the plan cannot be the removal of russian president, william it pudding, nor sanctions. they're upset and we will not achieve anything with them. they simply go from wall to wall. what is their plan, and what should i be? a slave for america? as cos live now, to archie, contributor rachel marston, good. even see a, rachel, what more can you tell us about this comments by the creation presidents and the mood in europe in general? so european officials had been running around here cheering about the relatively warm weather and acting like it's an ally. an actor deliberately siding with the e u, against russian president vladimir putin and russia by pushing the brick wall of energy shortage. that the you faces after cutting itself off from rushing gas just a bit further down the line, kind of delaying the inevitable. hey,

but you know what? we're and whether i isn't doing absolutely nothing to bring the cost of living down for the average person. so there's a disconnect between this optimistic attitude shown by european government officials and the costly reality that the average citizen is still facing here. a fact that clearly hasn't escaped the average person who's still struggling. and i'm gary and prime minister victor or bon, as just pointed out that it's looking increasingly like europe and not russia is set to bear the brunt of western anti russian policies. the victims of the wrong sanction policy and war of the europeans in the war america definitely winds. europe definitely loses at the moment. it is debatable whether russia wins or loses, but they do not news up much in general in economic terms, it's safe to say that europe is the soul, or rather the biggest loser in all this ongoing conflict. so there's

also a new survey out from china's global times of 13 european countries plus turkey. that just found out that only 29 percent of respondents are satisfied with relations between the e. u and the u. s. poland has the highest pro u. s. sentiment, but more than a 3rd of respondents in france, greece and turkey, want their country to have more independence from the u. s. now it's hard to ignore that. if that had already been the case, perhaps europe wouldn't now find itself caught between the us and russia over ukraine, having backed itself into a corner, egged on by washington to martyr itself, with these sanctions for ukraine, and ultimately end up harming europeans in the process. now the global times full also supports this idea. having found that almost half so 49 percent of europeans believe that the u. s. response to the russia ukraine

conflict will negatively impact the european economy. so citizens are fully aware of who's bearing the brunt of this as well. frank protestors were back out on the streets again over the weekend. now becoming a weekly occurrence in what shaping up to be a revival of the yellow vest protests that originated back in november of 2018 over a cost of living increase related to green fuel tax. which was planned by french president, a mentor in my court. the time now those things seem kind of like the good old days compared to the cost of living challenges that are piling up now. i am well yeah, it is play on the average citizen and the ordinary citizen to day realize the relevance of the demand because of the yellow, vast social due today. we were not that we have a salary amount, but despite the salary, we can't meet our needs because we are in fact more inundated with bills and we

have almost nothing was 0 money left to live on. but we are in perpetual survival after this week, overture or po box, if they called the mid of until we cannot accept that in 2023. there will be people who are looking for food in garbage cans and people who have housing problems. i think we are entitled to demand better to achieve the, to hope rest of the history of humanity, the evolution of humanity fair. but so that's why we're here. in fact, because the problems are not solved with whom i am completely opposed to the politics that have been conducted for several years. and her accentuated as much about geo politics and international level is at the level of what is done at the local level. that is to say at all levels, people to go so it is also dawning on some of the more lucid politicians here in europe, including some who initially supported the anti russian sanctions as a means of punishing vladimir putin that they really aren't serving the intended purpose now wonder what their 1st clue was for that europe sent more revenues to

russia last year than the year before. because despite cutting imports, they paid a lot more merchant fees, what they were buying. so supply and demand there, you think somebody would have clued in earlier? i'm but apparently not anti iranian sanctions. so seem to be hitting the target a year with iranian oil exports having gone up at the end of last year in the final 2 months of the year despite us sanctions and not to as a result of increase shipments to china and venezuela. so they just kind of reoriented and that's actually coming out of the western press. they're reporting that. so what's the plan now for europe? well, france once a made in europe strategy for the block to offset, shooting itself in the foot on energy supply and also to offset the fact that washington is refusing to budge. big shock on new anti inflation measures that favor made in america products to the detriment of made in european in europe items

. i'm not sure how long that's going to take to come together, particularly when german chancellor, olaf sholtes is concerned about mac hall robbing the americans the wrong way. by pushing back too hard against washington, schultz just rolled out the red carpet for the u. s. military to train more ukranian troops inside germany over the weekend. so doesn't really look like he's ready to play hardball with us anytime soon. which is kind of bad news for europeans who are dodging one hit after another while their leaders watch the game and seem unable to agree on any kind of a plan. indeed. well, rachel marsden, asi country was a thanks for breaking that down for us. thank you. oh, no, the news india's broke on a new record enforcing more than $1000000.00 barrels of oil per day from russia.

and that's $33.00 times more than just one year ago. ortiz wondering shabazz mall in the relationship with russia, dates back to the call for, but the young gordon by 2022 house, particularly, been an important one. the bilateral trade between new delhi and moscow has triple . the ad. russia has become india as a top oil supply or in the last 3 months of 2022. so passing its dominant did traditionally, while the supply of like saudi arabia is wrong in the us appetite for russian crude has massively grew one from one percent in february of 2022 and last year to 25 percent in december. so that's a huge jump there in the now and voting over $1000000.00 barrels of crude oil. birdie a new were recall there. i'm pretty, it 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. india has made itself very clear to the west and the wall that it is going to exercise. it should teach it, don't meet what is meant is not only secure and you know g for its people, but also exporting more now leaders, ada, suggesting that india would be offering backdoor and bought russian oil to the you know, we're going to look at some d take, for instance, the job not good to find re in india, best cost. it's important. russian oil have increased use for time from 2021 to 2020 to the same, to finally the job. now go to find re, also supplies oil to the u. k. and look at the u. k. has imported 29 shipments of these will and other refined products from job numbers since the beginning of the conflict in ukraine and compare the after 2021, only 7 shipments,

10000000 barrels of oil in 2022. got 220214 1000000 barrels. so that's the difference. and the data also with a question mark on what the meaning of all 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. you see india has been under constant pressure threats and motor judgments from the west for buying discounted russian oil. it would be interesting now to see what the u. k. federal response to what you cream has to see about their imports or, or in from india. europe struggles to diversify its energy sources. guitars, energy minister is confidence that the constant will resume buying, brushing just enough despite the unions pledge to win itself off. russian energy

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 a much bigger diversity, but russian gas is going back in my view to europe. speaking at the global energy conference in doha, the could sorry minister warned that europe will struggle to replenish it's gas storage until at least 2025. the official also added that gus is a realistic solution to achieve in the eaves, much promoted green energy goals. without the russian gas on the market, though, energy prices will remain too high for europe to push forward with his environmental agenda. earlier we spoke to banking on economics. professor richard verna. he says that europe's finding it hard to replace russian energy the contrary and energy minister is heading b and the m oil and gas company is really looking at the facts and,

and 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 and chipping terminals to 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 gap 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 his russian gas, because it 1st goes to it from russia to india, is refined there and then imported 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 for europe. but overall, the demand is significant. china's newly appointed foreign minister was in car on sunday for talks with egyptian and arab league officials, and that marks his last stop of a multi like trip across africa, which was aimed at boosting his country's ties. the continent, beijing's top different knots, has reiterate the chinese vision for a multi polar world. partial attention. we agreed to work together to implement the spirit of the react declaration which affirms multilateral international order and based on international law, p and the dedication of common values for community represented in peace, justice development, democracy and freedom to each end of the rejection of the position with human

rights issues and their use as a tool to interfere in internal affairs of other countries divided by chinese foreign luther king hong is really to solidify his relationship with egypt, the continence number, one economy and china has poured billions into their economy, having invested in the sewers can now which it has a new economy zone, which is largely develop the chinese money. and china has also been influential in the development of a localized production of vaccines in egypt. having collaborated through sign of farm and the government of egypt is also putting in money into the new administrative capital. in cairo, there was also a meeting with the arab league, general secretary, which is seen as very important because china has been a big part of, of the middle east end. that multi lateral flora of corporation as witness through

the reared declaration which was signed a couple of years ago. but china as a leading investor on the continent as a whole, upon end of africa, was really here to, to reassure some of its pride non countries that investment will keep, will keep coming. and that the road and belt initiative may have slowed, but it still has some life in it. as we move along. foreign minister kin also visits had been in algola as well as, as gum one, looking into infrastructure investment with countries like not well, i've been in, we're looking to, to bend the export of raw materials, particularly soybeans in the next 2 years. and china is seen as an important member in establishing the localization of the manufacturing of that being which would be of benefit to the populace within berlin itself. but let's listen now to some of

the comments that were made by minutes. the kin, as well as the e. u. chair person list them with a funky, pseudo shot whatever can nice is so dorothy and corporation not confrontation, no country, no people have the right to force african countries and their people to take sides . africa should be a platform for international corporation, not an arena for competition between major countries with africa refuses to be seen as an arena for competing influence. we're open to cooperation and partnerships with everyone as long as their respect our principles, our priorities, no interest. the partnership with her, with china is built on this prince. so let's keep in mind that this comes in following what the americans have been trying to do and the other side, which is also to reestablish his relationship with the continent. following the december summit with joe biden, head with over 40 african head of faith in washington. throwing is of

$55000000000.00 of investment over the next 3 years, which pales in comparison when one looks at the investments that have been made by china, which are data dead. estimates that china is of it out some $160000000000.00 worth of loans to african countries between their 2000 and the 2020 the u. k. is set to announce new legislation giving police more power when dealing with demonstrations. you case, the prime minister says that the cornerstone of democracy, the right to protest is not absolute. the right to protest is a fundamental principle of our democracy. but this is not absolute. we cannot have protests conducted by a small minority, disrupting the lives of the ordinary public. the police asked us for more clarity to crack down on these guerrilla tactics, and we have listened. public order. bell will change the legal definition of

a serious disruption, giving police more freedom to choose when to intervene. offices will be able to shut down protests regardless of size, but rather unperceived impact martha spurious director of the liberty group. so this amendment gives authority, is excessive power over each government attempt to clamp down on any resistance on any voice of opposition. and instead to make it impossible for us to stand out to power less, cross live, not to the vice chair of the communist party of great britain, jace broad shulty. good evening. thanks for joining us. first of all, i just want to get your take on this proposed expansion of police power to deal with protests. sure, thanks for having me. i mean, it's interesting because richey soon took their about the threat of small group holding the, the society to ramson country to arrest them. in fact, the police already have massive pencil is to crack down on almost any type of

demonstration, particularly small the ones. if you've ever been a small group trying to arrange legally a protest in this country, you'll know just how hard it is to get police agreement to your protest anywhere significant. it seems to me that the process or not i hold the legislation is not aimed at small protests, but at the possibility of big protest movement arising, the government is preparing for work because it's not prepared to spend money on helping workers to survive a ramp and inflation crisis, so it's preparing to deal with the anger when it comes to certain protest groups and extinction rebellions but rebellion springs to mind now and, and obviously they have promised to tone down some of their more disruptive protests. but they were very disruptive and innocent people commutes is just trying to get to work, were negative impacts. and by this, do you think that this law would help deal with up?

i think they already had laws in place to deal with that. if they had one to 2, i think that they handled extinction rebellion with kid gloves for, for their own reasons. and really, this law has nothing to do with extension with no human rights watch as criticize this other groups saying that the u. k. could be moving a bit more to a dictatorship rather than a democracy. would you agree with that? absolutely. i stand by the definition of a police state being one where the police are paid more than teachers. well, that's been the case in our country for quite a long time. now there's obviously a lot of discussion about strikes in the u. k. m, with the, the government wanted to maintain a minimum level of service. where is that balance between allowing people to be able to, to, to strike on maintaining that level of service, especially in trains, of any chess or any other number of stripes taking place in the u. k. at the moment, we know that work has to deliver these essential services and especially ones which

keep people alive. i going on strike. they don't do it for fun. they don't do it to cause suffering. they do it because number one, they are suffering to the extent that they can't do their job and they can't survive on their salaries. and number 2, they are actually calling for our attention on the services they are trying to deliver in which people are already suffering. they are trying to stop the suffering within the anal chest, not to extend it. so this isn't very spurious argument on behalf of our rulers, what they're actually doing is taking away the only meaningful right that workers have inside a capitalist economy, which is to withhold their labor collectively in order to force employers to pay them properly. if you don't have that right, within the capitalist system, you don't have anything, a toll is at work and where what power is left to you. now just to just before we finish, want to get your thoughts on the possible different attitudes of the government takes towards protest in different countries. obviously the u. k. on the west have

supported the protests in iran that have been going on for months. now, while at the same time, sort of cracking down on potentially small protests in the u. k. do, what do you make of that? it's totally hypocritical, isn't it? that well, they want to crush real grassroots workers anger and dissent amongst their own population. when it comes to other countries, they artificially manufacture it. they fuel it, they pay for it, they give it massive major exposure even if it's tiny, but it sits their agenda very often they sent weapons to protest is to enable them to create publications that, that turn into a deeper unrest. all in the aim of changing governments that laid out like so it's a totally hypocritical stops. and that should be really clear to anybody where you suddenly made your point very clearly. it's a day jace, broad, vice chair of the communist party of great britain. thank you very much for your time and force today. thank you. was often our debbie schultz checkouts

r t dot com for all the latest breaking news and updates. i will see you right back here. are the top of the hour. ah ah ah ah. ah, north atlantic alliance, reconnaissance aircraft wolf ships cruising close to rushes, borders have become commonplace along with military hardware

redeployment and large scale exercises. nato has also developed its offensive capability near the russian borders every year, a russian backed resolution is submitted to the un against the glorification of not system the outcome is always the same for you as most against it. and in recent years with ukrainian backing with typically the you abstained. ah, but we've most countries voting in favor. the document is accepted, but it's only advisory lou meter causing a writer in history professor with the american university in washington summarizes the usa.