of the billing system. a what i see. the steve both, there's no group you. medation says do you do gumbo sub ah, russian troops gain ground in the donna republic as they advance into the key front line town of good are moscow slams nato's latest weapons. charity the key at after the u. s. germany and their allies agree to sun their heavy tanks to frame for the 1st time. as are rocks, currency plummets to new lows, local to rally against the country central bank, using it observing american interests at their expense. a country wants to liberate itself and li, like the rest of the world, the step was inevitable. in order to reduce the price would be a dollar which had started to affect many social classes in iraq and happy republic,

day to india as the country sold. gracie 74th anniversary of its constitution with a grand for rate or russian military cadets were exclusively invited. ah, coming to live from the russian capital. this is archie international. i'm rachel blevins here with the top stories of the our welcome to the program. russian troops are pushing deeper into the key town of google. adar southwest have done asked city local authorities say the army has security foothold. they're allowing them to mount a bigger offense it to encircle ukrainian forces for more on this. let's cross live now to archie, roman, closer of who joins us for the done. that's republic. roman as good to see you. so what's the significance of these latest russian military advances on the ground?

oh, according to my sources from the guys are fighting and gloves are right now. they've been on the outskirts of the city for the last 2 days in the they have established a foothold that just outside of the city, which is about to 70 kilometers away from the s corps. i am right now. now, according to officials, russia, the marines of the pacific police are fighting there as well as offices of the former officers of the ministry of the interior offered. and that's a republic. now once again, according to my source, they are not planning to storm the city streets, so they are planning to execute a so called pin sir movements will where they will circle the ukrainian army from both flanks. according to the russian defense minister, free one of the roads leading to lazar is now under a full control of the russian forces. now, once again, fighting,

incense fighting is continued over there. and according to officials, russia is using both artillery and ation as well as ground troops. meanwhile, elsewhere in ukraine, for several explosions were heard in the city of kiev, in odessa and in as a pearl ship part controlled by a ukraine at the moment former boxer. now mayor, i'll fuck you if it's alex, wish god had confirmed that there were indeed explosions in the ukrainian capital. he's running cursor of joining us from the don ask republic, thank you for that report. and we caught up with a russian tank driver when his crew return to base to re arm before heading back into the for a new oval adar. the operator shared his perspective on how the battle is progressing. also weighing in about how much of a fighting chance the new western tanks will stand against the rushes which it

because the was the 3 to be goes up, we just returned from the combat missions 30 minutes ago. you can call the situation tense. after all, there's an offensive going on, but we're moving forward successfully. i'll be at slowly, due to the fact that the military command want to save as many troops as possible. the soldiers are in a good mood because we're advancing. we're successfully destroying the enemy. if we come up against leopards or challengers that were made the same year as our tanks, i think we can handle it for one simple reason. a lot depends on the crew. will be opposed by people who have been trained only now. who will be unfamiliar with their western tanks? so i think we can handle it. the crown line has condemned the newly announced delivery of germany and american tanks to ukraine, calling it direct western involvement in the conflict. even statements are constantly being made from european capitals and from washington that the delivery

of various weapon systems including tanks. ukraine in no way means the involvement of these countries where alliances in the fighting, but it's taking place in ukraine. we strongly disagree with this. moscow perceives this as direct involvement in the conflict. we see that it is expanding los cows reaction comes after the u. s. announced it will hand over 31 of its abrams tanks and other armored vehicles to ukraine for an expected counter offensive against russia's forces on the front line. germany also made a decision to send at least 14 of its main battle things to ukraine. months of pressure from nato allies and kiev rushes, a master to germany, has the keys, berlin of escalating the conflict, instead of seeking peace with his dad just to get a minute. you, once again, we see that germany, like it's closest allies, is not interested in a diplomatic solution to the crane crisis. it is focused on his permanent

escalation and unlimited pumping of the key regime with more and more deadly weapons. red lines are a thing of the past berlin in washington and have both fledged to train ukrainian crews to use their tanks before they can be deployed. but all that you need or allies are unison over there. military supplies the key, yet 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. thank you. many people in the german governments are making decisions about favor washington at germany's expense

and fighting being a part of this proxy war. fighting this proxy war for and with the united states is part of that. i think they. busy will continue to search for weapons to send ukraine. it will obviously make no difference. we were told the timers and the triple sentence were going to make all the difference. and here we are, back to square one, looking for wonder weapons, defend 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. meanwhile, russia has also warned against the potential use of depleted uranium shells by western tanks and ukraine, nato, infamously,

unleash such ammunition in some previous military conflicts leading to both civilians and western soldiers being exposed to radiation. according to russia's arms control, chief indiana, moscow will consider the use of such weapons as a dirty nuclear bomb attack. for now, 3 different types of nato main battles. hanks are going to be delivered to the ukranian army. now, washington promised to send $31.00 of its m one abrams. although the white house said the delivery will take months, germany is also going decide to 14 of its leopards, with several other nato states, also committed to sending their own stocks as they have been waiting for a green light from berlin. and finally, the u. k. will also be delivering 14 of its challenger to tanks. we asked former us marine corps intelligence officer, scott ritter if he ever army can actually handle such advanced weapons. here's what he had to say. 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 produced diesel fuel. the m one uses a jet fuel which 2 different engine too. so, you know, even though good, the numbers of tanks might look impressive when you add them all up. fact is because of these different kinds of change being provided. 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 french assembly in one abrams take for every hour of operation. you need at least 3 hours of maintenance support and is piece time operation. now you throw in the complexity of combat and you're probably looking for every hour, you know, uh, 456 hours of maintenance support and that's with

a well trained maintenance crew. ukrainians don't have well trained maintenance cruise, a 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 it russia's developed weapons and tactics of that are designed to prevail in combat against a nato like enemy, believe that you covered with all of the details on their own vacations of the western tank deliveries to ukraine on air and on our website r t dot com, where you can get plenty more opinions and in depth analysis plus live updates. ukrainian opposition later victor medford shock has spoken to archie in his 1st appearance on international media since he was freed and

a prisoner swap deal between moscow and kiev. back in september, he shared his take on the future of ukraine and his relations with russia, against the backdrop of western meddling with ortiz marina coaster of. here's a quick taste, the interview, which you can watch and full later on air or right now on our website, our t, v dot com. well, the war is being waged in ukraine. this war is not for ukraine, but in the interest of the west, the u. s, the u. k. and many other countries which are settling their schools with russia. they have made ukraine the under lensky governments, a kind of testing ground, or a launch pad in a standoff with russia. and so have spent all these months putting a team back together. a lot of people came from care villainy is many people who are outside ukraine in russia, europe, when the war, turkey, them that they are ready to continue to fight and have their say, thank you me, see whether that's exactly what i laid out in my article concerning the situation

which is unfolded what you do, you know, what if i make the case for the voice of another. you cried to be heard in russia, ukraine and the west. and we know for sure there is another you cradle like, but war. it's zalinski claim to represent the united nation, but that is a myth invented out of thin air. this unity has been built on by an edge. i think i thought he represents ukraine, claiming the ukranian people come together and stand strong in the anti russian narrative. and rabbit ross, a phobia. well, this is not true apart from the anti russian voice, unless there are people in ukraine who are afraid to talk about it publicly, but have never supported the nature and dynamic of the relationship between ukraine of russia as emerged today. these people ukrainian sapir just like me. i believe it is a direct violation of the constitution program to deprive me of my ukrainian citizenship, the voters. it's not just my opinion. it is impossible to deprive a citizen of ukraine of his citizenship except in the event of

a voluntary request. it contradicts not only the constitution i'm in the greens, but it also contradicts an international convention which forbid such an act if a person is left stateless as a result of thinker yeah. michigan, also ukraine is signed up to this international convention. this, despite this act, zalinski continues his efforts to crush his political opponents through political repressions and a legal criminal prosecution is up and yelling. it is a goal that he has set for himself and he's pushing towards it. so give, good are the same goes for everything. so you're a rock now where hundreds have taken in the streets of baghdad and protest against the devaluation of the nation's currency, which as has locals hard demonstrators, mainly young people gathered near the central bank carrying flags and banners, and begged to pressure the government to act the iraqi dinar, as it a new low to the us dollar, losing almost 7 percent of its value since mid november protesters,

a life in the country, has become a nightmare because of the economic crisis. as they accuse the central bank of serving american interest. and then we're here to send a message to this lien in week bank that doesn't protect its national currency and is subjected to terms and dictations of outside banks and especially american banks in the f. b, i are messages. but if you go with these terms, then what are the poor people supposed to do? another salad do not have alex in the june. 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 hope all of the stuff was inevitable in order to reduce the price of the us dollar, which had still it de sac, many social classes in iraq. our country wants to liberate itself and leave like the rest of the world. the poor have been affected and the lower classes have reached a situation where they can no longer survive

a little bit higher benefit of our t contribute. here chris, ems investigates wire rock faces such an economic turmoil. despite being one of the world's top, well, producers, iraq's prime minister has facts the head of the country, 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 capitalize on 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 guess it's uncle sam has its thing, get in the pie yet again. most of iraq's oil wealth is still helping us dollars.

instead of its own suffering, currency is still they've been held inside the countries own central bank. but it a current account in the us say, this means that the oil revenues that should 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 american spec, holding the basketball combat money off the bush and blair illegal invasion of the country. their so called partners continue 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 does 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 crypto times running out franco sam and his rules based order 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 is calling on people in the u. k. to be wary of spies right. in their kitchen, in the form of chinese made refrigerators, archie contributor rachel marson, explains, do you ever worry that your refrigerator could be watching while you stand there in front of it, in your boxers chucking milk straight out of the cart and midnight? new fear unlocked, while a new report warned the household items could not 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 to chinese companies, which could then be ordered to pass it to the chinese government. we're not yet awake to the strat. 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 ban 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 buddha, 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 intelligence agency, the d. i a, 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 get connected to the internet. gall flustered, so the need to reach out to eda for a little tech support runner. all the panic over chinese may components in 5 g networks with former us president donald trump's administration pressuring then prime minister of britain, boris johnson, to ban chinese telecom. we're away from britain's 5 g network. trump, himself reportedly even went totally nice 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 turn cave to us pressure 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. get a 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 strain that fear campaign worked once. so could the same strategy work again? in any case, while you case susan's are giving their air conditioning the side i and wondering if it's tattletale ng on them to 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. and 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. 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 festive event at the parade in the capital . india's troops changes and other hardware were rolled out on display of thousands of soldiers march through the streets of new delhi, showing off the country's military might gas from different nations. also took part in the event, including a russian kid that corps we asked the cadets for their take on how important such cooperation is for relations with india. learn 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, this is a really good that her, we could these, we have decent paternity to get closer at from you address our we have

a lot of opportunities to find out new knowledge. us 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'm so happy to be there course here. i really excited about it because for us, be the special guests is really good. i am very satisfied as everybody that our candidates have a very good interaction. it's very important because in my opinion, these age, the tough started and it can prolong for the whole life. and hopefully this visit and the participation of this contingent in the republic, day and day nursery, 75th anniversary of your national, candid,

or even proof more and more our relationship in the military sphere. a note in nato campaign conference has been called off after a london venue house. conway hall was pressured and cancelling the booking. that's despite the iconic calls, official stands of openness and inclusive empty. the venue claims to be a hub for free speech and independent thought was supporting even radicals and suffer. guess the hall. so that celebrates the benefits of many viewpoints and has now been pan 1st. grabbing the anti nito conference as critic say, the venue has to come to an anti democratic cancel culture. no to nato is an international movement calling for an end to the arms race activist also want the west to stop in confrontations with moscow, which had been march by nato's maneuvers or russia, western borders and increase military presence in neighboring states. the anti war

group had been scheduled to gather at conway hall on wednesday until the venue suddenly said it cannot host that despite previously pledging to do so. the reasons for the move were communicated by the hall and a private email, but excluded from its official statement. conway haul can no longer host your vent as we are now unable to ensure the safety of our building and our staff on and off line as well. the only detractors were actively seeking to conduct our funders, partners, and hires. and as a charity we cannot jeopardize those income streams which are vital to our survival . we appreciate that this will be disappoint him to you and we had hoped even conway whole history of hosting similar events that we would be able to go ahead with this booking. we have reviewed this booking, which was a 3rd party hire of our venue and not part of our program and informed the organizers that it will no longer be taking place at conway hall. should you have any further questions or comments about this event or it's content we would ask it

to direct them to the organizers. max blumenthal editor in chief of the grey zone, who was among those do to speak at the scrapped conference says freedom of expression doesn't really matter. for most venues, unless it falls strictly in line with the narrative of the establishment. cowardice, political cowardice, which were you've seen across the board. i have witnessed it events where i've been due to speak for the past several years when they relate to the wars of regime change and proxy wars that the west is waging around the world to become sort of impermissible to speak out against these war isn't about the ravages of nato. it's sort of a political 3rd rail and in this case, and in many other cases that i've experienced, we've seen organizers who profess liberal values and profess to uphold free speech principles. immediately cave when they come under attack from online trolls

. what shows how up against the wall, the anti war movement is inside the supposedly democratic west, and what we're up against. there are very few venues that are willing to host us. there are very few, if any media outlets that are willing to entertain our views, and yet no one ever is willing to actually stand up and debate us on the same stage or explain exactly what we're getting wrong. it's about silencing us and be organizations to the extent the be elements behind these organized trolling campaigns function, essentially as a proxy for a collective western which is according to german foreign minister. and alina burbock and her comments this week, waging war with russia, canada as ambassador to the un was heckled during a conference in ottawa, as the official was bombarded with a slew of tough questions, he couldn't answer ranging from nato's proxy. we're in ukraine to voting against

a resolution to condemn new naziism. here is how the incident unfolded from the perspective of the protagonist treaty and journal as an activist eaves ingler. mr. ray, you're lying. you know it, you're using ukraine is a proxy to weaken russia. you don't, you don't care about international law at the united nations just recently. you voted against multiple resolutions up holding international law, upholding palestinian rights. you voted against a resolution condemning neo naziism. you voted against a resolution supporting the treaty on the portion of nuclear weapons on haiti. mr. ray, you're propping up, you're propping up and i'm elected. i'm elected unpopular unconstitutional leader. is that drew is the way that you barbara didn't respond properly to the questions. of course we didn't expect him to respond and in an honest matter, the king government and bob grey himself do not care about international law. they

care about advancing the u. s. empire, every thing and these things are scripted. it, there's no going to be no opportunity for a real exchange of ideas. there is relatively open speech in canada at what we have is quite a, quite an impressive ah propaganda system where you have very old thin we speech rules. you know, there's politicians are relatively accessible at the center for public forums. but the dominant means of communication allow for very narrow spectrum of debate. so i have published 10 books on canadian foreign policy from a critical perspective. the dominant media this country absolutely refuses to ever, basically ever been on, of course, but basically ever share my perspective on canadian foreign policy. and i'm just, this is one example of how the critical perspectives are just excluded from

mass communications. that's all for now. be sure to check out our t dot com for all the latest breaking news. and updates was the right back here at the top of the our aah! very chevy. canada hasn't been very good to indigenous women and girls who have been missing or found murdered. because of structural racism, history, the clone l history that canada has worked, indigenous people and communities and it's a shameful history and a history that candidate doesn't like to talk about.