posted sustainable loan because of a new way to close or do school college. i don't know who steve, you got no point a don't know if i should just to do with you used to play in finances come up with a that was anatomy. multiple walk into what your systems strike on modern r t follows russian troops in their fierce battle for a strong hold of ukrainian forces in a don. yet suburb with foreign policy is not a joke. african union officials respond to germany's criticism of the russian foreign ministers african score as moscow build closer ties on the continent. american, british and other european delegation demand. but african countries stop cooperating

with russia and avoid breaking away from the common agenda which the west as the restoration of colonial dependence in a new forum. that's a rush of pop diplomat condemns western countries for what he calls there. it tends to re colonize africa and pressure it to sever the confidence relations with good evening for marquee international students in moscow, and from wherever you may be catching us from. welcome to the hours key, new stories from all around. i'm here, ella is about we start with the latest on the ukraine conflict. russia's defense ministry has said 135 ukranian troops have been killed and injured as russia continues, its advance in the don bass as well as a reporter, destruction of multiple ukrainian armor vehicles along the front line. russia also

says it shot down a plane and intercepted 14 missiles. among them, native supplied high marsh rockets. intense fire fights continue as russian troops advanced on the town of money and got a don. yes, suburb, which has since 2014 been a stronghold for ukrainian forces are cheese more at gosti of reports from the front line. ah. that was an enemy multiple rocket launcher systems strike. one might ink. that is exactly where we're heading. oh our 24 hours in mud, inca began. now here a flashlight. he's timed him out to suicide. slowly, half blind. we stumbled to our temporary refuge. this is the bunker where we're

spending the night here in martin co, relatively relatively safe. the previous occupants here were ukrainian troops who were literally, as you can tell by the wools burned out of here. but this is also the answer as to why the battle for martin ca 5 gave capacity. why these battles are taking so long . and that is because these bunkers are everywhere built over the last 8 years by the ukrainian military built in completely nondescript places above us. this is just a small family whom a private residence of downstairs was unarmed store and de barracks for ukrainian soldiers. power is ration, food, water, ammo, and fuel. i carried 4 miles before they get here. nothing is wasted. in the early hours of the morning we woke up to what fight as here. cool,

an approximation of hell with a deafening to cover the blasts and explosions, pure and utter violence. without end all of this footage, we filmed in mere hours ah, both from view of the battle ground or all these the ty, area covered in smoke is way ukrainian positions up to 300

meters away from us. currenty russian artillery of old sites and colors more does houses was air craft tanks ah ah, the she held on ukrainian ru credit troops. the battle for monica has dragged on for almost a year. most of it is now under russian control ukraine and its supporters. they publicly admit now will never serious about peace stokes. it was cover, they spent 8th years preparing for war. they turned mud, inca into a modern day fortress, almost impregnable, almost. whoa.

each would choose russian to suit 25 close support to close ground support their craft coming in very low following their own guided munitions rockets and getting out before you gradient at the feds, us have a chance to transfer the lock on an lodge. hm . day by day, month after month, russian troops have demolished ukrainian fortifications. here, here has said thousands of drafted troops into the meat grinder to hold my tinker. but there is little doubt that the city will soon be taken from us as certainly frankly, this is unpleasant for us destroying these buildings. the city it hurts our souls,

but we have no choice. this is our land. the enemy has thrown its reserves at marin county. they use their troops as cannon fodder. they plug any holes with corpses of their own soldiers. they spare no lives. no big concern isn't that we're pushing, but there are difficulties. the enemies resisting and digging in their fighting for every house, but we're pushing them back and advancing. ah, hurt a round. might inca artillery is everywhere. these automatic my launcher, the shall yoke is a feared thing. ah, i'm marrying is strategically vital. it is a gateway to that yet. if you crane loses it, it will be a devastating blow to morale. both civilian and military. kiev understands this,

and it is willing to pall thousands of its troops on to the pile. to hold, haul to mighty anchor, which may well be an approximation of hell. for i had gazda of r, t from madigan as a fighting rages on and nato states confirm the delivery of tanks to ukraine. claims the military alliance isn't a party to the conflict, are outright lies that according to russia's foreign ministry spokeswoman clock, i get is a huge. how can this people seriously see they're not site of the conflict as they are? i'm going to send troops and chests. and what about sending tanks, rabbit? i'm just trying to find any logic and you sense in it. but there isn't any and convenience. we need people for usage of tanks, their maintenance given them signal. so this is bure hypocrisy, criminal hypocrisy was not just an attempt to avoid uncomfortable questions,

yet it is it solitary lice. we hear it says the sorry of the conflict, while actions of the west proved the opposite. in fact, nieto and the western general fight against us through keith nationalist regime eastern me absolutely was. ah, the marine corps have re opened their base camp block on guam island. u. s. general david berger says bolstering the military presence in the pacific region is aimed at promoting regional defense. we don't want to fight to get to the fight. we want to already be inside. so if there's a conflict, the stand in forces are already forward. the role of the marines in guam on that side of the international dateline is to reinforce the policy of deterrence, which is the underpinnings of our national defense strategy. camp laws is still under construction and will reportedly become fully operational in 2024 where it will station up to $5000.00 marines for a price tag of nearly $8000000000.00 with japan contributing 3000000000 to the

project and the u. s. the other 5, the u. s. has recently also bolstered its military assistance to taiwan, promising to provide extended military training to the taiwanese army to deter a legit chinese aggression. moreover, the by did administration is set to reopen its embassy on the solomon islands. also a region of dispute between washington and beijing. let's discuss a story with nelson wong by chairman of the shanghai center for impact and international studies. welcome nelson. what do you make of the statement by the us marine commander? what kind of fight is this exactly about? well, honestly speaking, i really don't know what i, what, what the us general men to because the, the us has over a 100 military basis around the world and rebuilding this military base in

won is of course the u. s. internal decisions. but when, when we hear that they are claiming the purpose of rebuilding this military base is to, to get repaired or for a fight with china. this is quite confusing because where does this come from? i mean, china has never accuse to any one has never confronted any one with military confrontation has never called us an enemy, but to taiwan, come on taiwan is part of china. it is china's domestic affairs. so this is something that is quite confusing, right? i mean, in the u. s. as they recognize the one china policy. but do you see any comparison

between ukraine and the situation with the was the ukraine and the situation with either the us military playing or role in ukraine for a long time since 2014. and now you see these connections be made with military cooperation with japan and other eastern asian countries. well, there are similarities. if you put it this way. but let's, let's look at this in a different manner because china is not russia. anti one, it's not ukraine. but we do see that there are countries that are trying to, to make this comparison and the trying to, you know, to alienate china and tried to make to russia. and this is, this is not very complementary to promoting woke piece because china is

a peace loving country. alright. and by alienating china and creating this term, china, right? this is very wrong because china is not going to become a threat simply because a few countries keep calling it a threat. well, it is a fact. well, just to ask you, is this move really about promoting security in the pacific? and if not, what could be the other interests on the agenda? well, i'm always under the impression that there is always financial gains behind everything. because every country's development is based on how you structure your economy. and for china, we know how we operate because china's development is for the purpose of creating

a better life for our own people. so this is how we look at development, but certainly not every country around the world see it this way. there are countries, for example, the super power that we have, the us, they have so many military bases and they operating, you know, some up here most here and there for their own games. but whether this is really what that people want, this is something i still need to find out. ok? well speaking about the military last year, the u. s. military increase the training of taiwan forces to this training and other military assistance increase the likelihood of conflict or crossing any further red line. it definitely has because as i said in a previous interview with r t at the training of the taught to tie one military by the us

didn't happen last night. ok. this has been going all for many years. but the point here is why this news gets leaked out just now. and i said, we have to look at in another context of because the us secretary of state and need blinking is going to be visiting beijing very soon. and my impression is that the u. s. is joined to create some kind of a pressure against china leading up to the meeting. you know, the secretary states meeting, which is john the content bought. but china is not the china that used to be because it's, it's more confident, self confident. now because it's,

the country is not that poor anymore. okay. economically, china has developed to become the 2nd largest economy in the world. and john is also developing, it's a military as well, but for self defense purposes. so this is the time that china is sitting here watching what others are saying, particularly in the case of the us, it's not about what they say. they keep saying one china policy, probably one is part of china. this is, you know, fully recognized in the international community. but in the meantime, they are supporting taiwan all fronts. and they are provoking tensions between china, between the 2 sides of the taiwan straits because they know very well that it is the ultimate go of the chinese people to seek

a peaceful re unification. nelson wong, vice chairman of the shanghai center for rem pack and international studies. thank you. thank you. ah, jeremy's foreign office has received backlash from african union officials after criticizing the russian foreign ministers efforts to enhance partnerships during his tore across the continent. ortiz africa, corresponding corral ball it up like gives us the details on reactions to europeans sentiments in the region. the russian foreign minister lever off is an african not to see leopards, but a bluntly claim that ukraine's partners want to destroy everything russian. here's a thread with all of his evidence. hi, german for an office. your boss n, alina bare, bach visited the african union based in one of the more than 20 african countries that germany enjoys reciprocal diplomatic relations with. did she come to see

animals? or is the continent of africa? it's people and wildlife. just a joke to you here on the continent. it was really encapsulated by carlindo who responded to the german foreign office. really, i think to you later with most african feel that the germans cannot simply eggs like they don't have a legacy of their own act like they were not part of the great colonial story of how you rolled over to africa and really deprived of its development she was reminding germans that here the v i here on a foreign policy basis and they have a relationship or reciprocal relationship with more than 20 african state. and that wouldn't be here as they also here to look at a free control such as animals. and, you know, not necessarily for africa development for us here on the african continent is

really as source of green point that is still saw to the day and it plays into a big narrative. now it's one thing for the german part office to say that no, that was all set in chest, the leper in this case represented tanks of ukraine. love is no war. that's been what on the african continent. and for a long time now agree kind of felt ended lead as saying that this is not going to be a platform for europe to have is geopolitical war on, or for any superpower, actually to come here and be a war on the african continent. the will not have with a literal, all diplomatic war being held here. and it goes into the bigger story and, you know, part of the story of that. they say that the german for an office that if they say that this was all just a joke, epoch, alondo points taken and sorry, we value our african partners. our tweet was in no way intended to mean offense.

instead, this means german made leopard tanks. we wanted to call out the lies that russia uses to justify its imperialist war of aggression against ukraine. the 3rd part that they say that they were attempting to clear the end. correct. mr. love, one, some of the misinformation here. well, no one on the african continent. actually expect an explanation out of russia. the continent was pretty firm when the war started, but it will not be engaging in any kind of rhetoric between the hours and the big clearly understand the position of germany. and what the natal grouping had done to push russia to the place that it is today. we believe that europe still views africa within the prism of colonialism within the prism of less then. and they have still to treat as all look at africans as equal people with their own urgency. and

this reminds me of the, the comments by e. u foreign policy chief shows of the route who really stirred up the motions of his own. when he said the following beauty, he said, and we have built, a goddess advocacy works is the best combination of political freedom, economic prosperity, and social cohesion. that the human kind has been able to build this 3 things together. the rest of the world must of the rest of the goal. it's a jungle and the jungle could invade the garden and the gardeners should think of it. they were here scouring around, looking for all kinds of alternatives to russian guests that had been placed under sanctions. they are the ones who consistently come to this continent looking, asking, begging, and instead of looking at us as an equal trading partner,

continue to look down. moscow in islam about have agreed on a crude oil export deal with pakistan with payment made and currencies alternative to the dollar. both sides have confirmed they will finalize the full commercial terms of the deal in march. pakistani officials said the deal would allow low cost crude oil to flow to the country. the payments will reportedly be made in pakistan's national currency. the deal comes as pakistan, experiences, energy shortages and power outages following the exhaustion of oil stocks at petrol stations. meanwhile, italian energy giant, any announce it would not deliver elegy shipments to pakistan but cross live now to a car. so rise the social protection expert. welcome to the program. now what did this new deal mean for having me here?

of course i woke up, but what could this new deal mean for russian pakistani, cooperation in your opinion? i think that the biggest on is moving towards ration block because that is a paradigm shift in pakistan. and it has been felt necessary by august on the establishment and august sunny politicians that being the regional partner, we can have strategic ties with russia. and since it has been a long history being an american ally, and we have been used by america from last 7 decades, we have received nothing from them. so it was a natural response and it was a natural consequence that focused on is now rightly looking towards russia for its strategic dies and economic died as well. how could this agreement help alleviate the economic and even perhaps political situation that pakistan is undergoing?

well we'll, we'll have to again look with the international lens a previously the ex prime minister of pakistan. mr. iran han was a russia at a very critical time at it has been allegedly said inside pakistan that regime change in buckets on was an american intervention. it has been said by explaining the same round hon, him shuttles, and the rest of the analysts. the johns off american intervention for elimination of ex prime minister of being tilted towards russian block may not be eliminated totally. in a time when pakistan was facing an economic recession and crisis of dollar reserves, america has mean increasing expression on pocket st. on to i m f. it has been

history of america that it has exploited many nations of the board with the economic sanction tool with the political tool and with the military might. so this was again, an effort to, to keep focused on away from russia, which is trying to help august on to get out of this economic crisis by provision of the, the cheap possible field. and i don't think that america would be sitting idle. they would definitely be trying to intervene and they would try to put on more pressure to make focused on reaping that focused on don't go towards the, the, the purchase of this economic mode economize and more cheap fossil fuel. if this fuel comes to pakistan, the pocket stance can see value will be balanced and stable and focused on observe and economic stability inside pakistan,

which is certainly not an objective and not an invention by european and the can community. they want to see us on the mercy, and they want to implement their policies by coordinating us from the international community and limiting our access to international trade and international market and putting a sanctioned mountain on. so in that extensions are we can not purchase oil from russia. we cannot purchase on from iran. we cannot purchase any easily available energy source from any of the country, which is not their product, which is not on the product list. so we believe that there has been an energy crisis in boston, and therefore the exporting it while car shiraz, the social protection expert with the analysis. thank you. the west ones to maintain its exploitive policy towards africa. that's according to

russia's foreign minister who lambasted western countries for the centuries, long plundering of african resources survey lab. rob made the statement during a media conference with his era tray and counterpart, while visiting the country as part of the tour for the continent. an american, british, and other european delegations regularly come to africa and very stubbornly demand that african countries stop cooperating with russia and avoid breaking away from the common agenda through which the west seas as the restoration of colonial dependence in a new form. the stablish mint of a multi polar world is an objective, an unstoppable process. however, under the collective west, the united states, nato, and the e u, which are completely under washington's control, are trying to reverse this. but their efforts are futile. the most a can count on is some slight inhibition of the object, of course, of history that i'm fortunately the feel of the feel we can cut in.

can you pang humanity in got rid of it? got to so i mean a school component piss of grade and dummy notion that have indicated turmoil in most human savvy. and finally, for centuries that as an forbidden ukraine. he's and he says a byproduct of directly for you see ok. germany and containment that they have put, pursued in their past the case. drake is for tray a survey. lab rav also visited, a monument to legendary russian poet, alexander pushkin, righteous foreign ministry spokeswoman underlined africa positive attitude to the world renowned writers legacy. while also criticizing ukraine for demolishing some historical monuments of russians,

lee been following russia's foreign minister on his african tor. here's archie's donald quarter with the details. richard sergei labrons last stop on his latest diplomatic tour of africa and today's press conference. we heard be a retiree and foreign minister speak a lot about his country's disdain. for washington's neo colonial policy. he pointed out that nato is at fault for the ukraine conflict, for his constant attempts to cling on to the unipolar world that emerged after the fall of the soviet union. heiresses, foreign minister said he agreed with this view and appreciated the position that a retreat has taken in the un in regard to that. you also reiterated that moscow is against interfering in the affairs of sovereign nation. in contrast to the west, neo colonial policies. lab, rob said that this is why russia and a retreat. i have a good relationship based on mutual respect. russia, foreign minister also said moscow will take steps to protect a retreat from the west. illegal sanctions in further projects that potentially

come under their umbrella. and that will no doubt ensure that friendly relations between the 2 countries will continue to grow freely the other, the top floor for this our, for more up to the minute ease updates, head over to r t dot com. we'll see you back at the top of the hour with ah, so for the us as i was looking at the business and then you will clean them korea de leon? i b e a does not assume zine, jamita, cons, grey. you, leroy, you who did go through it is just such not good to know ceiling and provide you with stuff such and sure. ruckel in was not sure. hospital, traditional student info.