one of the greenest pages in the history of mankind with the u. s. in germany and their allies agree to send heavy tanks to ukraine for the 1st time to bolster what they call, he adds upcoming counter offensive against russia. no offensive threat to russia. we are fighting a war against russia. washington in berlin are remarkably out of state when explaining what their tanks will actually be aiming for in ukraine. as their rocks currency plummets to new load, local rally against the country, central bank accusing it of serving american interest at their expense.

a country was to liberate itself and li, like the rest of the world. the step was inevitable in order to reduce the price of the solar, which had started to affect many social classes in iraq and happy republic, day to india as the country celebrate the 74th anniversary of the constitution. but they grant parade were russian military cadets were exclusively invited with coming to you live from the russian capital. this is r t international. i. rachel blevins here with the top stories of the our welcome to the program. the u. s. has announced it will hand over $31.00 of its abrams tanks and other armored vehicles to ukraine for an expected counter offensive against russia's forces on the front lines. now see that united states will be sending $31.00 abram tanks to ukraine.

that's what this is about helping ukraine defend and protect ukrainian land. this follows germany's decision to send at least 14 of its main battle thanks to crane. after months of pressure from nato allies and kiev, russia has accused berlin of escalating the conflict instead of seeking peace with his damsel to get a minute. you, once again, we see that germany, like its closest allies, is not interested in a diplomatic solution to the crane crisis. it is focused on this permanence escalation and unlimited pumping of the key regime with more and more deadly weapons. read lines are a thing of the past. germany has floods to train ukrainian cruise jesus tanks. berlin will also issue transfer permits to other countries that want to deliver their german made tanks to kiev. and all nato allies are in unison over their military supplies to ukraine. they're not on the same page about the stated aim. it

is not an offensive threat to russia. there is no offensive threat to russia. and therefore, i've said already in the last days, yes, we have to do more to defend ukraine. yes, we have to do more also on things. but the most important in the crucial part is that we do it together and that we do not do the blame game in europe because we are fighting a war against russia and not against each other to go further and up on this one cross live. now to us marine and geopolitical analyst, former marine rather and geopolitical analyst, brian prolific. brian, thank you so much for joining us on the program today. now what is your reaction to the german foreign minister statement there? does it sound like a formal declaration of war? it doesn't sound like a formal declaration of war, but it sounds like perhaps a,

a slip. many people in the german government are making decisions that favor washington at germany is expense, and fighting, being a part of this proxy war. fighting this proxy war for and with the united states is, is part of that. now when it comes to what could be in the future and what it could lead to one german n p says that the next step could be a delivery of modern western fighter jets to ukraine. what do you make of that? and do you think that could be possible? i think they will continue to search for weapons to send ukraine. it will obviously make no difference. we were told that hi mars in the triple sevens, we're going to make all the difference. and here we are back to square one, looking for wonder weapons to send ukraine to turn the tide, which we were already told turned already. so they're going to continue to go through this process. apparently oblivious to the fact that these weapons take

years for a army to incorporate and use on the battlefield effectively. so unfortunately, we're going to watch this process continue to play out and watch matters escalate. looking for wonder weapons, that's a good way to put it. all right, now, president biden spoke out on this. he's claiming that the western tanks are not actually a threat to russia. what is your assessment of his statement there? it's, it's trying to paper over the fact that this entire situation is and has been a threat to russia. the expansion of nato up to russia, borders be admitted, overturning of governments all along russia, borders, transforming them into anti russian belligerents and then militarize in ukraine from 2014 on. we're putting a regime in the power that was antagonistic toward russia, and also persecuting,

rushing speak. ukrainian has been a constant threat to russia. and obviously, channeling war weapons into crane represents a, an absolute right to rush. we only have to imagine that russia was doing this to the united states and canada, what, what the response would be for washington. yeah, the white house would certainly have a response. and right now they're saying that the delivery of these abraham's change to ukraine will take months, as some experts even say it could take years for them to actually reach the front lines. what is your explanation of these timeframe here? what are we looking at? i've explained many times and i'm on abrams is not like a new car. it has a crew of for these, these crew members have to be trained for at least half a year just because to operate the tank tank is not operated by an entry level crew . that has a tank commander years of experience. ready on that particular type of tank, then you have to train together with other tank as

a unit to be effective on the battlefields. if they're transferring these over to gradient, than just giving them a crash course, i will go to see the same outcome that we saw with the hi mark. triple. he's going to watch them lose huge amounts of vending machines on the battlefield. and then the packets where one where they need. ready to send them a new army, sports equipment. ok, so whether there is expert training or whether there is not, what impact do you think that the american abrams and german leopard tanks really will have on the battlefield? considering the track record of these heavy weapons and other military conflicts and other military conflicts. these tags have been operated by properly trench rooms with years of experience and with the support of combined arms warfare, air power, artillery support infantry support. and they still fared fairly badly on the battlefield. so turkey was operating leopard twos of northern syria,

irregular forces using russian made at by tank weapons that fell into their hands. they were able to destroy these tags. and a similar situation played out in southern lebanon in 2006, and saudi arabia and losing. and one abram, specifically in your men again to irregular forces using anti tech weapons. imagine now that these tanks go up against the russian military, makes the latest and best of these weapons and knows how to use them the most effectively. imagine what's going to happen, please. unfortunately, a lot of young men are going to be in these duped into thinking this is going to save them and actually is going to be or do. yeah. and now, speaking, what russia will do, what sort of responds and do you expect to see for marcia here? it's hard to say, but russia has been extremely patients. and i would say it mature about all of this,

despite the threat that this represents to, to russia, the russian, people say know that they are boy able to prevail against these weapons. if, if the u. s. and their allies to 5 percent or plain. again, very similar scenarios going so unfold and i think russia will be able to handle it . they will do it patiently. they will attempt to avoid escalation at all costs. they will be the mature party in this conflict. certainly a lot of stay care and will continue to follow as this conflict continues. former us marine and geo political analyst, ryan berlin, thank you so much for your time and insight. thank you. as nato countries prepared assigned at least 3 different types of their main battle tanks to ukraine, we asked former us marine corps intelligence officer, scott ritter if key as army can actually handle such advanced weapons. those are 3 completely different types of tanks with 3 completely different types of

maintenance and logistics and sustainability issues. you know, the challenger and the a leopard use diesel fuel and the m one uses a jet fuel. it's 2 different engine too. so, you know, even though the, the numbers of tanks might look impressive when you add them all up, the fact is of because of the, these different kinds of change being provided. a we're actually making it very difficult for ukrainians to, to incorporate these tanks and use them on the field of battle. tanks are very maintenance intensive, a freshness and the m one abrams tank. for every hour of operation, you need at least 3 hours of maintenance support. and that's just piece time operation. now you throw in the complexity of combat and you're probably looking for every hour, you know, 456 hours of maintenance support, and that's with

a well trained maintenance crew. ukrainians don't have well trained maintenance cruise capable of supporting the, the m one abrams and i just think that we're creating a logistical nightmare. was this be frank here? russia has spent decades preparing for the possibility of vo war between nato and russia. what i mean by that is that russia's developed weapons and tactics that are designed to prevail in combat against the nato. like enemy, we've got you covered with all of the details on the ramifications of the western tank deliveries to ukraine on air and on our website r t dot com, where you can get plenty more opinions in, in depth analysis plus fly that dave. meanwhile, in russia is down at republic, artes roman, closer up, visits, a small town near the front lines, which suffers from constant shelley by ukraine's military

blue . ah, the village of fust armina, africa has, is seen hellish. a city or running water in months. there are over a 100 kids at this school and the principal of the school asked if we could provide them with the diesel generator. we did just that and brought it over here. so now the kids will be able to tailor classes in comfort. lou ah,

that's not covered under tonight's that's through a dish. scary when shelly starts and the children are at school when it begins getting home from school to home. it's scary in itself. the responsibility is incredible and it is very difficult to bear it. yesterday, 3 large explosions, stunned at the ground shook, and our homes and infrastructure were damaged was still on. the front line is only about said 1011 kilometers away from the village of stumbling that go home to about 1400 residents. now it came under full control of the nest republic, back in may, and according to locals that still live here. since then, dozens and dozens of local residents have been killed by ukrainian artillery fire. now they also said has been relatively quiet here from the 1st of january until this day. another 3 rocket strikes by ukrainian nationalists destroys a local social club or,

ah, with the last time i was here, starving of course was just before christmas i came here as a santa claus to bring presents for children. one of the children did not show up, as i found out, she didn't show up because her father was killed by a ukrainian artillery strike on that day. this is his house. now these are just some of the fragments of the shell that i found here. according to his father who had just spoke with the man was 41 years old and he died right in front of his children from the one week of the year of what happened right before my eyes. it's hot to see just impossible. when the sharon began was started running to the

basement, he jumped out 1st and i followed him and that's why he took most of the shrapnel, but my legs, but he'd also i was discharged from the hospital yesterday. but i didn't get well because there was work to do at home. so the fragment is still sticking out and it's leticia, it is wonderful to visit with me should on his way in the ocean using a lower move with on. yes i do not know why the heat here. that house will struck recently. everything was destroyed, but there were no residence there. the streets in the village of stumbling of car look deserted and no wonder it's come under shelling over the last 24 hours. several times local residents are currently hiding in their houses and that we are leaving the village here right now. seen such as this one with burnt equipment are absolutely everywhere, but this took place not now, but back in may. when this finish was liberated by the forces health genetics,

republic, right now, local civilians are constantly coming, lungs are shedding, and there is not a single military position inside sol, ukraine, the military or targeting exclusively civilians from on call for f r t, then escrow public to rock now where hundreds have taken the streets of baghdad and protesting as the devaluation of the nations currency, which has hit locals, heart demonstrators, mainly young people gathered near the central bank carrying flax and banners and a bid to pressure the government to act. the iraqi not as had a new low against the us dollar, losing almost 7 percent of its value since mid november. protesters say life and the country has become a nightmare because of the economic crisis, as they accused the central bank of serving american interest. rankin, my cousin,

we're here to send a message to this lien in week bank that doesn't protect its national currency. it is subjected to terms and dictations of outside banks and especially american banks in the f b i. we're our messages. if you go with these terms, then what are the poor people supposed to do? another salad do not have alex scheduled. the dollar price is uncertain for various reasons, unknown to us, the people. but what we do know is that the main reason for the dollar increase is the smuggling of the currency outside iraq to certain countries which has impacted our economic situation. i hooked up the step was inevitable in order to reduce the price of the us dollar, which had started to affect many social classes in iraq. i'll country wants to liberate itself and leave like the rest of the world to poor, have been affected, and the lower classes have reached a situation where they can no longer survive. to motivate, manipulate r, t contributor cris ends investigates why iraq faces such economic turmoil. despite being one of the world's top oil producers, iraq's prime minister as facts,

the head of the countries central bank over the total collapse of the national currency, the iraqi dinner. today the central banks, governors requests for discharge was approved, as was the request for retirement by the president of the trade bank of iraq. despite being one of the world's most oil rich countries. iraq currency continues to plummets. unlike its fellow oil rich nations in the gulf, such as saudi arabia and the united arab emirates, which were enjoying all time highs as they capitalized them, rising oil prices. iraq is suffering from unprecedented levels of inflation with the cost of living, becoming unaffordable for most people. but why is this happening? you guessed it's uncle sam has its thing to in the pi yet again, most of iraq's oil wealth is still helping us dollars. instead of its own suffering currency, it's still they've been held inside the country's own central bank, but it a current account in the usa. this means that the oil revenues that ship support iraq, sulfur currency, a propping up the u. s. economy instead,

everyone knows how the americans use the currency as a weapon to star people. iraq keeps billions of dollars of its assets offshore with the americans fed holding the basketball g about money off the bush and blair illegal invasion of the country. their so called partners continued to rob the bank and get away with it, struggling in iraq by literally holding it to ransom. now just imagine the western out quite if russia and china did the same thing, the countries in which they hold significant interest. so is it really any wonder why so many nations are moving away from the so called petro dollar, and seeking to trade in alternative national currencies, or even quit, so times running out franco sam and his rules based order, as it is no longer a question of if but when the clock strikes midnight, the western rivalry with china has reached new levels of absurdity as a washington base consultancy firm as calling on people in the u. k. to be wary of spies right in their kitchens in the form of chinese made refrigerators,

are he contributed rachel mars and explains, do you ever worry that your refrigerator could be watching while you stand there in front of it, in your boxes, chucking milk straight out of the cart midnight new fear unlocked, while a new report warned the household items cannot only be spying on you, but basically fronting for the chinese government. the reports author is calling for the british government to act on his claims. the chinese made internet of things, appliances, and even components of cars, can collect and transmit data through the cellular 5 g network. chinese companies which could then be ordered to pass it to the chinese government. we are not yet awake to the strength. china has spotted an opportunity to dominate this market, and if it does so, it can harvest an awful lot of data as well as making foreign countries dependent. it's time to wake up, free and open countries should band, chinese manufactured internet of things,

modules from their supply chains as soon as possible. now the story has been splashed sensationally all across the british media, citing a washington base consultancy firm called udo that published the report. but the media is also failing to ask any real questions about what that company actually is . it presents itself as a global strategic advisory firm with deep dna and global security technology and intelligence issues. yeah, those genetics run deep. all right, straight to the pentagon and intelligence community, the author charles partin, is described as having spent 22 years of his 37 year british diplomatic career working in or on china. now the biography of one of it is founder's mat devoss explains that he began his career hacking into systems for the u. s. department of defense and intelligence community. the other founder of buddha, bob worley, his 1st career, was as a naval intelligence officer. and he also worked as

a chief technology officer for the defense and tell is agency the da, according to his bio on the nato linked atlantic council website. and here are some of us clients, as you can see, nothing here but little mom and pop shops, probably just turn their computers off and then back on again and still can't get connected to the internet. gall flustered, so the need to reach out to buddha for a little tech support run for all the panic over chinese may components in 5 g networks with former u. s. president donald trump's administration pressuring then prime minister of britain, boris johnson, to ban chinese telecom. while away from britain's 5 g network, trump, himself reportedly even went totally, not in a phone call on the matter to johnson, that's according to what the western press. but back in 2015 things were a lot different. johnson's predecessor then prime minister david cameron,

had called china the quote, best partner in the west having secured 40000000000 pounds worth of chinese investment deals for the u. k. now it was in july of 2020. the johnson threw it in to reverse, did a complete $180.00 degree. you'd turn cave to us fresh and about norway from the 5 g network and got a little pat on the head from washington for its obedience. but did the u. k. good ain't treats for being a good boy. according to former business and industry minister, one who served in cameron's government, it was a net loss. if britain had kept with 5 g, we would now be at the forefront of countries using the most advanced technologies . and we're not the u. k. government's decision to ban while way. 5 g equipment and services had nothing to do with national security. the americans told us we should do it or you will sort of a strain that fear campaign worked once. so could the same strategy work again? in any case while you have citizens are giving their air conditioning the side i

and wondering if it's tattle tailing on them until a country on the other side of the planet. while the probably not thinking too much about the u. s. defense contractors, right in their own backyard that also happened to make connected items used in the internet of things. ah, i now to india, which is celebrating its annual republic day a grand parade has been held in the capital of new delhi. russia's president has also sent his congratulations as he highlighted the importance of national friendship with india weiss, you know, keep like nipping in common. we highly value the privileged strategic partnership between our states. i am sure our joint efforts will ensure the further development of mutually beneficial bilateral corporation in all areas. this certainly meets the fundamental interests of the friendly peoples of russia and india. more than a 1000000000 people are celebrating, the fust of,

of that at the parade. and the capital, india's jargon, me tanks and other hardware will rolled out on his ole thousands of soldiers march through the streets of new delhi showing off the country's military might. what about guests from different nations also took part in the event, including a russian cadet corps. we asked the cadets for their take on how important such cooperation is for relations with india. mock international communicating and learning the history of which other contributes better understanding charter and melody's isa significant for international relationships are. so in this way, and this is a really good that so we could, these, we have this opportunity to get closer if from you address our we have lots of opportunities to find out, you know, just about our armies about armis, of different countries. and of course in india, ah, we have made a lot of friends,

we can share our knowledge about our country and it's nice to make friends and just i am so happy to be there course here. i'm really excited about it because ah, for us, i'll be the special guess and is a really good. i am very satisfied as everybody that our candidates have a very good direction. it's very important because in my opinion, you these age, the tough times started. and so you can prolong for the cool life and hopefully these visits, when they participation of this contingent in the republic day and state new grocery, 75th anniversary or for your national credit or is improve more and more our relationship you the media through sphere rashaw top diplomat has praised

moscow's growing relations of the african continent during his latest official visit to angola survey la rob went on to criticize western financial pressure on developing states. and they are hypocritical. approach to the continent is up with his actions. the west has proved, as it can trample at any moment on all the values and mechanisms of globalization that it self created and promoted. including the viability of property fair competition on the presumption of innocence, just as it can betray its allies at any moment. which was proved not so long ago in afghanistan, iraq, undoing the so called arab spring. serious self respecting countries. a when aware of what is at stake, they see what the owners of the current international monetary and financial system are capable of. and want to create their own mechanisms to ensure sustainable development, which will be protected from outside dictates the whole north africa is under going

power rating changes in it's regional. your point because dynamics and it's a personal security law. the skip in the backdrop, shifting international system and emerald, regional and global affairs active from the middle east. her region, gulf, him internal power houses, including the u. s. china marashi, and the policy believe that you are currently competing for employees. sov resource and the head, the money in the region. beside all the competition and the dairy stablish involved than your colonialism in the region. bratia have a big role in protecting the theater integrity of these countries in the home rather than the with sir gala rob continues as tour of the continent which began in south africa on monday. moscow for toria agreed on joint sea military drills for next month. he then visited the kingdom of s. martini, formerly known as swaziland, where the russian foreign minister and his counterpart agreed on visa, free travel for diplomats. afterwards barbara visited angola where he praised

deepening cooperation and growing ties with the country. later on thursday, russia's top diplomat is due to sit down with the officials in eritrea. stay with us for the latest on lab, rob's moves and the horn of africa. a political analyst from ethiopia told us that most african countries are friends with russia because of their long historical ties. and moscow is one of the few supporters of africa, the un security council. they will align with russia and china because of the long tie. and even when we had a was to bam, it's, and russia had to pull the 2 rooms even because we were, we were having a lot of supplies from russia. took technology support. and most of it by then for me to them is they were getting cation and the fact that she has never

called me off african countries. and even most of the african countries has put the impression of russia. so because of that long time, for sure, it will definitely save right of russia and then china, because we will not forget that russia is our one of the biggest night in the you in security council to defend this african africa. we do have a voice depression and they, you, in your state, ukraine is the printer and now over to pakistan, whereas on bad court has upheld the arrest of a senior opposition figure with a close date. a former prime minister in con, was charging, was detained on wednesday, on charges of inciting violence against a constitutional institution. now as for your spread of the possible arrests of con himself supporters rally outside his residence, here is a local journalist from the theme. you may.