the company must decide whether it wants to be free or a vassal of china or the united states, but crown has never been known to be an original thinker. however, on this point, he is obviously right. the real question is whether it's europe still has the power to decide its fate at all. ah, these are specialists who did the very specific tasks. they are valuable. they take years to trade and the for to quit. r t finds out how elite russians diapers from the viking group are aiming to be one step ahead of the realities of modern warfare. we as africans need to resist, is this empower of wanting to direct the double standard form of international con, toward south africa, stresses it's independent relations with russia as the to foreign ministers,

part 8 ports for cooperation beyond western influence also ahead in the program for kina also gives french groups one months to leave the country as local save, paris isn't actually trying to help african bear with us. we're happy about it, because if france was really there to help us, terrorism would not have developed at this level. francis playing a double game and it's only pursuing its own interests and on car a condemned sweden over a public burning of the koran. by an anti islamic politician in stockholm. as turkey remains the only country blocking the nordic nation from joining nato. a. this is a huge provocation. this is an attempt to get a reaction out of tour kiya and the muslim world. this has nothing to do with freedom or democracy with

hello, good afternoon for martine or national studios in moscow, and from wherever you are. welcome to the hour's top stories from all around the world. i'm to realize about we begin with russia's her son, region where at least one civilian has been killed and another wounded in the ukrainian shelling of the city of no via co host. a private house was seen up in the flames in the aftermath of the bombardment. several other civilian buildings were also damaged as the ukrainian shelling it's a residential area. here's what some locals told us about the attack. j committee angel munich, who lives here only civilians. of course there are no soldiers here. it's good that the children had already left. we went to bed and then came the shelling we've been working our whole lives was now we're old and have nothing. god help us, we won't can't. but will you call a circle? the windows of the shelter were blown out in the house. the windows were shattered and even the iron doors were blown out on to the street. yes,

i am left all alone here. i don't know what to do and where to go at the judah. i live nearby, i hear the shelling each day, every other day, they hit the city center. our organization is not a military one. we help the population and that's it. there are no soldiers here and never have been boy, ukraine's army is intentionally hiding military targets behind nuclear power plants to provoke a russian military strike. that's according to the country's foreign intelligence service, which says, care has taken such a danger. step thanks to western support artes roman quarter of has the details. according to the director of the, a russia for incentives and service, they received reliable dates of the ukrainian armed forces are storing weapons and ammunition provided by the west on the territories ofa nuclear power plants in ukraine. now the head of the service, again, a risk and claims that the weapons in question are some of the most expensive that

ukraine received from nato. a countries other statements also mentioned some missiles for multiple launch rocket systems from the united states called a high mar sub various foreign air defense systems, as well as large caliber artillery ammunition, or the warning issued by rushes for intelligent service. clearly states that the forces of the key of regime are employing terrorist tactics in using civilians as shields. take a look. the ukranian military command hides ammunition depos behind nuclear reactors. if a large scale detonation of warehouses and the destruction of a nuclear power plant happened due to another, stray ukrainian air defense missile than such, a tragedy can always be blamed on moscow. kia is absolutely convinced of this. given the silent encouragement by the west of ukrainian artillery strikes on the zap, arossi nuclear power plant that the foreign intelligence service as that. so what key is doing right now is a method often used by international terrorists. the only difference is that the

hostages are not individual civilians but sense and even hundreds of thousands of residents of ukraine as well as neighboring countries. now the claims a maids are not unfounded. as ukraine had already shelled easter europe's largest nuclear power plant in supper. roger region, where a nuclear catastrophe was narrowly avoided. the crane conflict has demonstrated the ever changing rules of modern warfare. as soldiers are forced to adapt to new realities on the ground. snipers are among those who faced some of the hardest challenges as they're exposed by enemy, drones and other technology. our teeth, more gosti, have caught up with the elite sharpshooters from the russian military group called viking to find out about their tactics. and just the warning, the falling report contain some graphic combat scenes. this graphic footage obtained by our t v shows an exceptionally brutal battle. soldiers of the 2nd army cool

based and le ganske assault, a heavily fortified ukrainian position. they come in quite cooling on the barbed wire. once inside the perimeter, they strike quickly converging on to dug out, exits, and blocking ukrainian troops inside the household by surprise. eventually a surviving ukrainian soldier attempts to charge out what follows is a savage face to face fight 3 enemy dead to capture the love, surprise, one the day. it is achieved in various ways. wait for the enemy to drop their god pound them into cover with artillery. oh said snipers to keep their heads down.

these are specialists pulled in the very specific tasks. they are valuable, they take years to train and a fortune to equip condo conversica. therefore with this a t s v l 8 stalingrad sniper rifle, which is 338 caliber. it's an anti sniper weapon, but we mostly use it for anti personnel work. his partner carries something, a little more exotic made in america perfectly. but last night of korean poker, this is a barrett m 107, a one on the plus side. it has a powerful round good for long distance operations. and also i gaze lightly. ahmed vehicles on the minus side is heavy, ammunition is scarce and it's very loud. this rifle was taken from a of foreign mercenaries, killed by russian troops booth, massive and extremely loud. sometimes outweighs everything else,

whatever to option you prefer, the job is uneasy. this is a 21st century war. drones are everywhere, thermal imaging, drones, which are difficult to evade. also lots of artillery. you can't stay in one place very long. after every shot they tell us, they have minutes to get away. before the 3rd shelves come screaming in, they have to peek their targets. spotters and offices always take priority, it's risky and challenging work or down hodge my talking then it, when you head out for an overnight stays difficult psychologically very difficult and physically demanding, but psychologically even more you can't move is limited space. i guess the list goes on and on the every specialist weapon or tactic least conflict has spawned a counter. old military doctrines are dead and void. and new form of warfare is upon us. snipers are still trying to find out how they'll fit in

both sides. in this conflict, have learned to fear snipers. neither side. spare is any effort to armament to suppress or destroy enemy snipers artillery tags. drones, everything is utilized to shut them down. this is an incredibly difficult job and it certainly isn't for everyone. rushes foreign minister has underlined the importance of independent decision making for african countries during a joint press conference where the south african counterpart unless you live unit to africa itself must determine the ways to solve problems on their continent of we share

a partnership for accelerated growth and wish south africa speedy development. we talked about conflict resolution in africans, for example, in countries like molly. so don and mozambique the international community is obligated to support the paths african countries have chosen for themselves. russia will contribute to the resolution of conflicts in flash points across africa, including the training of local peacekeepers or few responses. let's our cross to our case donal quarter, who was just that the media conference of the foreign ministers in pretoria. so don, the meeting was obviously marked by tops of mutual respect and cooperation between the regions. but what else could you highlight from your perspective? that's right, fear l. i mean, at the beginning of this meeting between the 2 foreign ministers, one of the things that the south african foreign minister mentioned right from the get go was the, i actually, the neo colonial, the anti neo colonial rather legacy of the soviet union. and the amount of aid that

the soviet union gate africa throughout the 20th century. she said that she wants warm relations between russia and south africa to an effort in south africa to continue to develop in the way they have since that time as well. we also heard at this press conference about what exactly they are going to do to deepen cooperation . we heard that specifically in the sphere of atomic energy and infrastructure. those are 2 areas that russia and south africa are going to deepen their cooperation in the future. lever, i've also mentioned that russia is dedicating itself to a further helping peacekeeping efforts in conflict zones across africa as well. now, another thing we heard of that was mentioned here were upcoming joint military exercises between russia, south africa and china. this is something that washington has taken issue with. it's called it provocative, but both foreign ministers basically said that every sovereign nation has the right

to decide who it's going to conduct a joint military exercises with. so obviously, that's that stance that washington has taken on these upcoming joint military exercises has displeased these 2 countries as well as likely other other countries who find themselves in the same position. let's take a listen to what they said. you say the one we as africans need to resist is this impulse of wanting to direct a double standard form of international conduct toward us that what i do is okay for me, but you cannot do it because you are developing country, or you are africa that is an abuse of international practice. this william must only we do not violate any norms of the law of the sea. so i don't understand the mixed reaction from the medium. america believes that only its forces are allowed to conduct exercises anywhere in the world. so they are engaged in exercises within the framework of indo strategies, right next to china. and this does not cause

a mixed reaction in the media. our exercises are transparent and russia, china, and south africa has made all the information public wasn't william. while the topic of sovereignty was clearly on the forefront to the foreign ministers did take some questions from the media during the conference. so what did you ask them about? slow is able to ask them about these claims by the united states that russia is somehow weapon ising food, and that the actions of russian president vladimir putin are somehow ah, harming the african economy. i was able to ask both foreign ministers about that as well as the kind of pressure that washington has been putting on african countries that dare to say that they're going to have warm relations or even cordial relations with the russian federation in terms of on the south african foreign minister, she focused really on the a great deal, the ukraine grain deal. and the fact that i'm,

that most of that grain is not even going to the countries that need it the most. it's actually going to western europe. so the south african foreign minister actually called on journalists to find where exactly that grain is going. she said, it would be really nice to see some sort of investigative report into that. to understand why that's happening. as for survey leverage, he laid the blame squarely at the feet of the west, slits at the west. let's take a listen to what he said for the money, but it's them good. according to the us, we turn everything into weapons, oil, gas, sports, and so on. we have repeatedly provided confirmed facts, proving the problems and the food markets began long before russia's military operation. i handed over a text today that sets out the situation in the food markets. after the you and hed proposed the initiative. we immediately agreed, and now we've implemented 2 agreements about the grain deal, which is somehow being implemented,

but everything goes to the you and not to poor countries. as for russian, fertilizers and grain, the un didn't help the west remove obstacles to our exports. and indeed, there is no line about food and grain in the sanctions, but there are points about bands for ships to enter ports where a ban on our banks using swift. but the west continues to insist that food is not under sanctions. all the important issues are being sidelined now, unsurprisingly on the number of topics that were discussed was, of course, the ukraine conflict to which russia said it's always open to negotiating an end to war, at least to cease fire. and it's actually a key of that laugh rov explained which has a flat out rejected any sort of negotiating. and he pointed to the fact that vladimir zalinski had a made it so that it would be illegal in ukraine for ukrainian officials to actually have any sort of negotiating going on with the russian side. so we heard

a bit about that, but that's basically a rundown of the main topics that were discussed at this press conference. here in pretoria ortiz donald cora reporting from south africa. thank you, don. some locals in johannesburg have told us the russian foreign minister's visit will help both countries moved forward together. believe that he was coming true, then it has to be a good thing for said africa. believe that he's coming here to do good things. so that we can try to work forward and move forward as a country. maybe they're gonna be a solution there for this country. cut into experiencing a high high level of unemployment that their youth outside of most of do people johnwooten because we are not more friendly than we all with america may because we have a little bit more freedom to make our own choices. and the south africans just cheese, she go with russia and with america, french troops have one month to leave burkina faso that's according to the african countries government press agency. locals have rallied in support of the ultimatum

as they oppose the presence of french troops in burkina, faso, demonstrators were seen carrying sign, saying french army out of our house, national and even some russian flags were also spotted at the event. france reportedly still has some 400 troops in the african country with the stated goal of helping fight islam is groups. however, some local say the french troops have done virtually nothing useful here, some local journalists with more. so it's rulers last week in a meeting with student self invest of cheese, edible, the main campus of the country come to the brim tower implied that in the coming days, important decision would be taken about the independence of the country. finally, it's about the place. so 1st, it will, killer, they have one month to park it decision that doesn't surprise looking at some point. we're happy about this because if france was really there to help us,

terrorism would not have developed at this level. we want to have good relations with countries and not for them to come plunder us. francis playing a double game and is only pursuing its own interests. as soon as we the young people, one change, we are very happy about this news and we want it to happen. my friends are still here when declared independence, but we are not really independent. the french were told to leave, but they stayed because they have their own interest here. very post to phrase for not doing enough to stuff the progression of fairies, groups in book, you know, clearly leave but place to not doing it, not 5 or 5. tell it's a new one, it's a good decision since we've been talking about independence for a long time. but we're still under the influence of france. we want our independence, but it's not complete. we have been at war and france is not able to help us against our enemies. a local civil society leader and political analysts told us

the deadline for the withdrawal of french troops brings the african nation relief from its colonial legacy. hello, this news brings is sense of satisfaction because our armies must gradually assume for sovereignty and bring an end to the colon or domination which delegates our responsibility or sovereignty to order peoples which impose it with the armed forces like frost doors. this day brings justice or relief for buccaneer law who aspire for independence and across in somalia, at least 5 civilians have been killed in a deadly bombing and gun attack by the local all kite, a link terrorist group. i'll show bob a warning, some of the falling footage is graphic and you might find it disturbing. milton stormed a government building in the countries capital of mogadishu. according to stay, officials, the insurgents designated

a bond before proceeding to engage security forces in a fire fight, leaving multiple people killed, including sick terrorists after somali as president declared war on all shall bob last here, the group, lunch, a series of deadly attacks in various parts of the country, here's what the country's leader had said about the counter terrorist efforts to somebody. i know what ali and when i was elected, i promised that my government will carry out operations to eliminate tasha bog to that because there is no other solution to these terrorists except wiping him out. i'll show bob emerge in somalia, back in 2006, and has been fighting against the government seeking to impose its own interpretation of islamic law in the country. the group bartered international attention due to its recruitment of foreign fighters, including people from western nation. the u. s. has designated the group as a terrorist organization. also, bob reported lead numbers up to 12000 fighters in its ranks. a somali and

security analyst broke down the government's campaign against the album terrace for us. out of metal height, no rod, harry was a strategic town which was in the hands for the terrorists for the last 15 years. but now it has been liberated by the government forces. previously, operations were merely on a taken by the government and to 2200 strong africa union peacekeepers both now the people of joined to wall offered a government improve is relations with the public boosted confidence and hes done into operations into judge profess eaves with popular support which as led to the recent victories a swedish anti islamic politician who burned a koran at the turkish embassy, sparking backlash from the international community. that this will not be his last protest and burning corano will continue. hundreds of demonstrators have gathered in front of the swedish consulate in a stumble to express or anger over the act. people in turkey has largest city were

seen burning, a picture of the anti immigrant politician. now in the 2nd day of protest, her kia has lamb sweden for allowing the offensive event from taking place. deepening tensions between the 2 countries that has on chorus, they'll block sweden's bed to join nato. here's what some to her visuals had to say about the controversial incidents with us. so this is a huge provocation. this is an attempt to get a reaction out of turkey in the muslim world. this has nothing to do with freedom or democracy. if the bible or the tora was burnt, there would be an uproar. why is it acceptable? when it is the corolla we have up the casa? i cannot accept this attack on the holy book of my religion. this is not toleration and it will not receive tolerance and this is not freedom. this is will garrity, this is unacceptable and it should not be forgiven for the high speed. luckily we don't want sweden admitted into nato. it would be absurd. they should not be

allowed in. they belittle our religious values. this shouldn't be done. i condemned them. when's it? they shouldn't be invited and they shouldn't be supported because what they have done is wrong. this man has burned our holy book. now they are talking about visiting our country. they are talking about being accepted into nato. every one must respect each other's beliefs. as a muslim, i believe that this action should not have been allowed. r t correspondence, if the a newness, explains how the protest could affect the relations between the 2 countries as sweden is desperate to get turkey is approval for its native bed. these demonstration is a flagrant violation of the commitment of sweden under the trilateral memorandum regarding the prevention of the propaganda of terrorist organizations. declaring to be bound by the commitments and throw that from him runjun and deliver and then ought to defer and matches. the statement comes in response to the latest protest

where it, rasmus bolden and infamous fire, i fully teach and set fire to the koran. holy book near the turkish embassy in sweden, just one year after he has other koran burning valley sparks riots across the country. his official police, he should permit states that his protest was held against islam and against sturgess at sam to influence freedom of expression. and sweden, not surprisingly, the fire ignited waste of negative reactions across the muslim world. saudi arabia calls for spreading the values of dialogue, tolerance and co existence, and rejects hatred and extremism. this senseless and provocative islam of foaming act hurts the religious sensitivities of over 1500000000 muslims worldwide. the incident had smashed him sentiments across the woods and amongst serious provocation. in response, swedish authorities just resorted to the usual virtuous words and no action. freedom of expression is a fundamental part of democracy,

but what is legal is not necessarily appropriate. but in books as a whole are to many, is a deeply disrespectful act. i want to express my sympathy for all muslims who are offended by what has happened in stock holland to day. freedom of expression is part of democracy. fair enough, but incitement of hatred, awhile and stalwarts, a particular group is criminalized, and sweden, nevertheless swedish bullies approved to permit. and it's not like they didn't know what would be going on there. as a prior cherokee, canceled the plant visa by the swedish defense minister to ankara and salmon sweden's ambassador over the failure to restrict the protest. it was the 2nd time in just a month when sweden's ambassador has had to answer to turkish authorities 2 weeks ago. it was related to a stand during which occurred dish group hung a mannequin of turkish president and stockholm. on the same day as the koran burning protests, hundreds of activist marched through the swedish capital in support of the kurdistan workers party, also known as e k. k,

and even though the group was considered that sarah's organization in the european union, it's supporters protested legally with an official permit. little judge did it in this. so we often watch the p k. case demonstrations on the streets and in stock home and warn about them though be stronger. the presence of the parliament's we're going to pay us a visit, and our speaker of the assembly rejected that visit. all this is happening at a time when the north country desperately needs darkest vote to be able to join nato. a story is the only alliance members steel holding back a certification, jerky demands that sweet and clam down on what it sees as terrorist and has also submitted an expedition request for those and sweden with links to the p. k. k. in june 2022, finland, sweden and circus signed a trilateral deal. guaranteeing that circ is demand would be addressed in return for lifting its veto. but that hasn't happened yet. now once again,

the west tries more than this is being tested. a turkish political scientist says some western countries are trying to provoke an aggressive response from ankara. oh, in sweden, a politician. i mean, is he, he burn holy crohn in name or for freedom of speech. but i think that's, i says, or american army or the smith who will burn, run in sweden. they all serve 2 to one mean targets they want. they want the trouble kind of a clash of civilization ha, in the girls. and they're not just talking to islam, but they're not talking to common values of humanity. they also organize a demonstration against church in stucco. and just after this many burn hole graham, in stucco. so i mean that it's a kind of

a same plant. they want to provoke chatahoochi to react inaccuracies. big turkey's a, c b design company. and we know very well that the, the best answer to this prohibition is to use our right of little ag sweden's membership to natal. ah, i can burn the ukrainian army to the ground. those are the alleged words of m, a chef fight communications director of ukraine's foreign legion. a group of volunteers in the conflict fight is now reportedly being accused of robbing the legion and has blackmailed senior military officers to protect her position, threatening to go public with the damaging evidence if they refuse. that's according to a new leak in the media. did you just say that you were going to tell egon in cream chandler? the bus and the 1st battalion? yeah. and how are you hope? inches hill answered the bus lieutenant colonel and whole battalion. watch me if i

go on, if i start talking about everything i know and everything i've seen in the army, and how spineless people are, is going to burn the army to the ground. like imagine, if the keith independent publishes an article on everything, i know everything i know would be very damaging for the army and for ukraine if it became public know which the corruption, the going missing the treatment foreigners get. if we start talking about dish, this army is going to fall apart with all the internal investigations image. if i join ukraine's foreign legion in april last year, according to the daily mail, she is currently under investigation by care of on suspicion of ceiling money and medical supplies, and even potentially spying for russia. fike, a hungarian national, had previously been exposed as a con women in australia and europe, where she allegedly ford's, blank checks, fight, toxic reputation didn't bother ukraine's foreign legion members, though,

as they gave her a senior post before apparently also falling prey to her schemes. this comes as ukraine's defense ministry is in hot water over corruption charges, alleging that military contracts were side at inflated prices. meanwhile, some of the foreign volunteers who joined the conflict on cab side have since come out with damn mean revelations about the country's military. political commentator anthony webber says the case of emmys fike is only the tip of the iceberg. i suspect so with this lady, one of the things she would prevail is people in the ukraine questing authorizing for i needed some of the mass and re sort of saying that they were sort of persuaded to sign up for the foundation the crying, but were given a false picture.