i knew your total thought as you used to start a new ball. i used to miss dog. this is neatly joke. i. we have never intentionally violated any countries territory. that's the message from china. as the u. s. suggest beijing is deliberately using its balloon to spy on them. inciting attacks on russian regions that tom moscow condemned a u. s. delivery of long range rockets to ukraine, which could potentially hit the russian region of crimea. the g 7 nations impose a price cap on russian oil products, took caught moscow's revenue while president putin says the countries simply will not export oil. the states supporting the limitation. ah,

good afternoon for martine or national studios in moscow, and welcome to the hour's top stories worldwide. i'm fear allies about china slams . the u. s. for taking advantage of the incident with its balloon in american air space criticizing what it called hysteria regarding accusations of spying on u. s. territory. this was a complete accident caused by a force, missouri, and the facts are very clear. china has over strictly abided by international law, respected the sovereignty turturro integrity of all countries, and has never intentionally violated the territory and air space of a new southern country. some politicians and media in the united states have taken advantage of the issue to attack and discredit china. china form that opposes this . this on verified footage allegedly shows a 2nd chinese balloon travelling over latin america. the pentagon has labeled it as another chinese surveillance of vice. china has not commented on this latest

development. a chinese balloon was previously spotted floating over the city of billings, montana. this on verified footage was spread on social media and some users believe the balloon has exploded. and the video showed the moment of the explosion. though u. s. officials denied there was any blast, while some media linked it to the balloon, it's unclear what exactly caused the explosion. meanwhile, the internet has exploded with the hash tag chinese by balloon. as panic spread over fears that such balloons could actually be being used as surveillance tools. the u. s. president has still not commented on the incident o r t kill him up and dive deeper into the recent spot over china's balloon. china has confirmed that this is a chinese balloon, as

a weather balloon used for media illogical research by the chinese authorities. now they have made clear of this balloon serves no military purpose. it's not being used for spying or anything of that. a fact, it's simply for monitoring the weather. this balloon is of chinese origin. it was 1st over the aleutian islands than it was in billings, montana. there is some concern about the possibility that it's near nuclear sites that it's also been confirmed by a number of experts in the united states that there is nothing that could be attained from such a balloon that couldn't easily be attained by china with satellites. i was satellites, they could just as easily get any information and that there is no threat to civilians posed by this below. this is not a weaponized balloon. this is not a drone or anything like that. there is no danger to civilians by this balloon. now, it is worth noting, however, the antony blanket, the u. s. secretary of state did cancel his meeting with the chinese president,

and i cancelled it saying that this balloon is the reason i made clear that the presence of the surveillance balloon in you as her space is a clear violation of you, a sovereignty and international law that it's an irresponsible act that the p r c's decision to take. the section on the my plan visit is detrimental to the suction of discussions that we were prepared to have. now the language that's being used by us officials and by us media is there referring to it as a spied loan and there are reports of another balloon somewhere in latin america, possibly another balloon of chinese origin. and it is worth noting that beijing has apologized for this balloon. they said it was not their intention to violate us aerospace this balloon went off course. however, beijing has been pretty firm to denounce the anti china town and the antique china hysteria, the wave of hostility to china. we're now hearing an american media now there is

a social media bonanza going on. of course, all kinds of names and images, people, invoking star wars, the death star, all kinds of science fiction. you know, there's memories of sputnik and the panic in the united states. back in the 1950s, in response to the soviet union was launching the the spacecraft and you know, people are making all kinds of comparison. there's been the talk of american media . however, at this point, china is pointing out. this is the unintentional violation of us aerospace by a balloon that could not really threaten to anyone that has no danger, even according to us experts. they're saying that their territory of integrity was intentionally violated by nancy pelosi. she went on to china's territory. and sy juan, without the permission of the us, recognize chinese government. the u. s. government recognizes one china. so china is pointing out that while they are not intentionally violating any country, territorial integrity or aerospace it appears the united states is ban on

continuing to kind of haunt china with their provocations around taiwan that are definitely intentional and involved more than just balloons. and this point high ranking officials and there is also many people pointed out that us drones and other us aircraft have violated character integrity and aerospace of. ready countries throughout history, this kind of thing has happened from the us side. however, this has not stopped american media from going into an anti china overdrive. there is all kinds of very fierce allegations and language being displayed on us media from us officials. according to the u. s, military, the chinese balloon has changed its trajectory and is now moving east, which demonstrates that the object can maneuver. legal. immediate analyst lionel says the us are deliberately blowing things out of proportion with the use of the word balloon, having a strategic meaning. in this case,

american mean stream corporate media actually reacting in a way that is roughly commensurate with the situation that is going on. normally it's, i, what are you going to do? and i must say something, because i am a cultural scholar when it comes to balloons, that word trigger something. whenever we see somebody fly across the sky at hypersonic rates and make right turns we don't call it a u. f o we call in a weather balloon. these weather balloons are all over the place. are swamp gas. now, here is the question. does anybody understand what this means when you have a balloon fly over a sovereign country? may i also ask the question if and joe, the china, we replaced the country with another name or do you think the reaction might be a little different? it's incredible. let me tell you the will use of the word balloon is

strategic. is that can you imagine being attacked by a balloon? gets it a part i am i, i know i'm making too much out of this, but i know how people work. devoted my life to what it does, any kind of anticipatory or reaction for recall formation to it. there is no put teller, wait a minute when you hear missile rocket plain. ah, you know, then you, you, you, you react, but the part of your brain, which normally turns on this as i think i better investigate this more does not activate. when you say boulogne is sound innocuous, a sound anodyne, sacred. so what is a mistake? and oh, and not only that, it's that i shall islands below it. so either below, you know, whether climate change. good, rain, you with, we made a mistake and here's the best part. wait and show. china says, can we have our balloon back? and do you mean to tell me a can't be intercepted?

meanwhile, u. s. officials are sounding the alarm over fears that chinese balloon could be used to spy on american nuclear missiles in montana. to get more on this story and other news had to archie dot com for the latest updates. 63 russian service men have been returned from ukraine. that's according to the russian defense ministry. the video of the exchange was posted by a deputy of the state duma showing the service men returning from captivity. the negotiations were conducted with the help of the united arab emirates. the ministry of defense added that all the soldiers are getting all needed psychological and medical assistance. we will bring you more details as soon as we have them to the front line. now where the city of don yes has been shelled by ukraine this morning . at least one person has been injured according to local officials. plumes of smoke could be seen above near by buildings located in a residential area of the city. this latest attack comes as washington has pledged

his, then wound launch small diameter bomb long ranked rockets to ukraine. which would enable kiff to strike much further than current weapons. moscow has criticized the weapons delivery, saying that the u. s. is pushing ukraine to attack russia. washington sees no boundaries in seeking to inflict a strategic to fit in russia. the transfer of increasingly powerful weapons to the key for him is a deliberate escalation of the conflict body united states that ministration. hosp it almost everything on the credit cards, its own national authority, the money of american express, and the lives of you credit soldiers. at this rate, the united states could go to opposite madness, like given father. jess washington is defect in salt and it's prodigious. to protect russian regions, the ground launch small diameter bomb has a range of 150 kilometers, twice the distance of ukraine's current high marsh rocket launchers also supplied

by the u. s. the long range missiles are said to be highly accurate and can be fired from hidden positions to avoid detection. washington says they will enable ukraine to attack russian territories, including crimea. the small diameter bomb in the latest ukraine aid package has the potential the target crimea on. is that the intent behind providing a now? so thanks for the question, joe. so, so yes, as part of the usa i package, we will be providing ground launch small diameter bombs to ukraine. this gives them a longer range capability, long range fires capability that will enable them again to conduct operations in defense of their country. and to take back their sovereign territory russian occupied areas. we discussed the topic with the co director of the international action center, sarah flounders, who says the u. s. is intent on dragging out the conflict for as long as possible

using any means. us isn't ignoring the warnings they are deliberately, deliberately provoking further and further, or they know the consequences of this and are more than willing to push ahead certain enormous number of weapons and us, you know, inventory to big lots of choices. but it's clear that each choice is meant to expand the war to do more damage, not in any way to reach a resolution. it will also mean on, on rushes parts that they will have to go further into ukraine in order to secure their borders to russia. as much as borders. so it's an expansion of the war. it's very dangerous. there's no reason for it. it's more money, but higher grade of weapons that actually have doubled the range. now that comes in

mid more overnight, attacks by ukrainian forces on the russian region of the guns with multiple highmark rockets as well as civilian areas. ukrainian forces are also targeting rushes, heavy flames or systems r t c or responded more, a gauzy of bring this report from the front lines on the battlefield. there is nothing that ukrainian troops and nationalists fear more than this. a machine that has instantly broken in car battalions and turn the tide of countless battles. it's yo, as one of them are barry multiple, a rocket, larger system. and perhaps the deadliest weapon currently fielded on the battlefield. and ukraine 24 rockets, 270 kilograms each very to

a distance from 6 to 10 kilometers and absolutely fatal to anything within a 150 meter radius asked only silly. our main talk is how large concentration is a phantom troops of 20 or more people. and also vehicles. if anyone caught within the bus radius has particularly no chance of survival. firmer barrack munitions or vacuum bombs on nothing like conventional munitions. it isn't shrapnel that kills but flash burn and crushing over pressure which causes instant death. you can't hide from this behind a wall. only a hermetically shield bunker offers protection and there are none here. the 4th round. ah. her sound is always for the purposes of gregoire. it's up either in the sky, draw more spot where it landed. so that new coordinates. and off they go again.

$24.00 rockets, 6 and a half tons of annihilation. ah, these rockets are usually flawed in ones or twos as little point of full barrages. a single rocket practice has shown is usually overkill. almost nothing survives within a 150 meters of the impact site listed in a certain way or where all this ready. we get a job done, i fight for my family and those close to me. we're all here for our homeland. we're here to help our voice. the san say book translated as sunburn or sun far is

always the top priority for ukrainian forces. it cannot stay anywhere long. it cannot far from the same place twice. here, spares no one and nothing to find and destroy these machines. after all, they have devastated ukraine's ranks like nothing else or at gasdio archie, danny, at screeching. the g 7 states have agreed to impose a price cap on russian oil products, which will take effect on sunday. then you price for products such as diesel will be a $100.00 per barrel and $45.00 for fuel oil and napa. the president of the european commission praised the decision as a move aimed at stabilizing global energy prices. we must continue to deprive rush of the means to wage war against ukraine, ease impulse, bad, and russian petroleum products comes into force on sunday. with the g 7,

we're putting price caps on these products, cutting rushes, revenue, while ensuring stable global energy markets. russia's retaliatory measures to the g seven's crude oil price cap, imposed in december of last year came into effect on the 1st of february, meaning that exports the countries supporting the price cap are no longer possible . russian president vladimir putin earlier stated that russia will only trade oil with countries that adhere to the fair market. rules are ti contributor chris ems discusses the failures of the price cap. they've got a $100.00 price cap on what we call premium oil premium, like diesel and $45.00 on, on other products that maybe use the interesting thing about the price cap predominately it's been imposed by the but by the presidency tweeted. so sweet and actually you to rely on 60 percent or even more of renewable energy. they're not so

dependent compared to that, that baltic european partners like even like potent until the beginning of the special military operation. but more or less totally dependent on russian oil intensive trading products that really, that, and the baltic states now said look, okay, we'll take this for now. but we want to review every few months on this price the. and it's very, very hard to see how these countries be able to depend on oil from the united states, or from the opec, plus countries like saudi arabia that have said, look, we cannot, we were to pass the, we won't give you any more than we are using right now, which leads them in a very useful way. russian, russian, oil, and gas exports are going these days edited the son of the special military operation. even before then, ross has already started trading with that there are other partners. they weren't solely dependent on the west china, we buy more russian oil and gas than ever before. the chinese economy can eat up as

much as possible. if you look at india, for example, we've got a lot of western states saying that buying indian oil, but we're pretty aware that that indian oil coming in, originate in russia, where the majority of it does. it's very hard to see how this effect whatsoever. and only really hurts the part of me, those those, those, those western countries that saying that, staying on the topic of sanctions, europe's latest round of restrictions presented a chance to sanctioned media freedom as well. with brussels restrictions forcing our sister channel r t d to close its production office in germany. however, artes german language channel will continue to operate and broadcast internationally from its headquarters and moscow. in a statement r t d e says the move came as a result of the betrayal of fundamental rights and freedoms by the european union and the german government. r t d e productions regretfully announces the decision to cease the company's journalistic activities in germany. are to de productions

has faced immense pressure from government media, businesses and others who have sought to curtail as journalistic work and to silence the voice as it brings to public attention. the e. u. in permitting the imposition of sanctions on media, freedoms has shown that the very values claims to define the core of its existence are without any substance. the freedom of the press to operate without hindrance does not exist in germany today. the r t, the production office located in berlin has created a wide range of content for our german language channel. the outlet has faced immense pressure ever since it was launched from moscow in december 2021. our teeth, german language stream on youtube was also blocked the same day. it was launched, according to our t, d. e. the latest you sanctions effectively cut off oxygen for our remaining staff in germany. our t managing director alexi nicholas says international viewers won't have any

trouble tuning into our tea. despite western benz. they are afraid of fair competition. even though our resources of so much smaller, our finance is so much smaller. our abilities to broadcast are in comparable even so they got so scared of somebody challenging their agenda that they are just doing what they're doing. and this really shows how weak they are. how weak is their agenda? people overall are not stupid. they're not it. they don't like to be treated as it is. if they are right to access the independent information, the alternative source of information is being stopped. they find inevitably, they will find the way to get this information. it's already happening, including in germany. it's so funny. the germans almost did

not use any of the pound to assess the forbidden the band. i internet addresses at all. now the, the usage of the dance has grown exponentially in germany. i. it was very rude wanting to hear that. and somebody who believes that you can completely block access to alternative information to alternative views is making a huge mistake and they will learn that very fast residence and northern kosovo have opened a petition, demanding the immediate suspension of building works in their village pristina plans to build a police space in the area following an increase police presence. we heard from local. so voice concerns about the plan. this is bonnie book who so the wrong the learning little nauseous annual. as you see,

we're trying to defend our lennon prophecy. they came with machines, i started digging, there is a village cemetery here, there for houses, everything. so there police call told us that there been a base for, for the police. and that's, it was on. if they already decided to where to could the border, let them build the basis there and not here in the middle of our village. so they didn't do anything to us or not to know which of them. but we just asked to know what they are building here and what other building it. and we will be here to defend our rights as much as we can. as you see where unarmed, we don't have any other options. we will continue gather like this. not allowing them to work that's it was over to one throw rocks and them horrors of all anything else for sure. if we could come to a peaceful agreement, great. if not, then they'll do. it's proven again that there is no life for us here despite what they say. nissan with roger residents are also demanding that the expropriation of their land is stopped by the government in christina construction of basis for the

border police in several locations in the north of kosovo, began in september last year. at least 5 facilities have been built so far. we heard from the possible force is representative, who says that the police presence there is mandated by the order of authorities. didn't the idea that we have warner police and police station here we have information that the works have been stopped for the day. and we will see what happens in the following days. i have no information when the work will continue. if that happens, we need to be here to secure the continuation of their work. we spoke to the residence with the citizens that are protesting, were understand and said they can complain to the government of kosovo and to the courts. and then they will decide what to do. we are here to make sure that works can go on without any disturbance. and a teenage boy has been killed and hundreds of voting materials destroyed in the latest attack on an electoral commission office. and the police station in south

eastern nigeria, just weeks before locals had to polls to cast their vote in the presidential elections. the national electoral commission has voice concerns that violence could impact the vote. at least 50 attacks against the staff in offices by armed groups have been reported over the last 3 years. the majority of the incident in the south eastern parts of the country were separate. his sentiments remain strong. instability remains a key issue for nigeria, northern provinces or security forces are fighting a 13 year war against the hottest and criminal militias. a local reporter takes a closer look at what awaits the country in the upcoming elections. on february 25th 2023. my julian, who had put a pole for like a new precedent, outgoing precedence. mohammad how he ruled for its years. however, the increased abductions and killings in the north. in addition to separate his tensions in south eastern parts of the country,

of great concern for the citizens and post a good place to the election. i will not advise you to watch. the police will be, you know, security in the body. the question before you come out will kill many people. the government has, however, insisted that despite the grow with insecurity, the elections will not be postponed nor cancelled as insensitive and extensive security will be provided all through the election process, shredding the safety and security to a vote does by enormous. this responsibility has become more challenging in the context of the current security situation, or you can show you any, any one test one to bring the little we don't, we decisively 18 presidential candidates are contested. we are all aware of the security issues on a promising to resolve it before any of the. a few candidates come to class when

you have to have the highest number of volt nationwide and more than a quarter of ballot costs in at least 2 3rd of the my jewish state. my jury has over my 2000000, but you said voters almost 40 percent of the number a youth between the ages of 80 successful for countries witnessing renewed youth engagements in policy like never before. amid security issues, nigeria africa's largest crude oil producer faces a worsening shortage of petroleum products as locals q 4 hours for petrol. with the new national currency swap only adding to the turbulence in oil and gas expert from nigeria says hor management has brought the country to acute energy shortage is one of the principal reasons why we are have been paid towards shortages can be attributed to local planning no new refineries and old ones. we're not maintain. you don't need anybody to tell you that you are going to suffer from our energy

shortage. i in this case we find petroleum products. citizens are suffering due to lack of petrol, diesel. it was in on or the products, and the citizens are definitely not happy with government id moment. and that's a rob on this ours top stories for more up to the minute use updates, head over to r t dot com. and don't forget to follow us on odyssey rumble. gov, thanks for checking in. we'll see a back at the top of the hour with

at the end of the 18th century, britain began the illegal opium trade in china. this har, drug causing addiction and literally destroying the human body became a gold mine for businessman from the foggy albion. however, the ruling chinese jean dynasty tried to resist and to stop the illegal trade, which provoked the wrath of the london business community. in 1840 without a declaration of war, the english fleet began to seize and plunder chinese coastal boards. the barley armed and poorly trained chinese army was unable to provide adequate resistance. the ging empire was forced to hand hong kong over to england and open its boards for trading the lethal goods in 1856, france and the united states joined in the robbery of china. the anglo french troops defeated the chinese occupied beijing and committed an unprecedented robbery

. destroyed and blundered the wealth of the un mean you and palace. the defeat of the jing dynasty in the do opium wars lead to the transformation of the celestial empire into a semi colony of european states and started it's age of humiliation. and the sale of opium took on colossal proportions and lead to the horrible deaths of millions of ordinary chinese. ah ah, with this yes i am.