because you want to change the behavior of the government because cruise them that hasn't happened, action test function with your grand troops have reportedly resumed artillery shelling of the city of done that and destroyed a nearby gas pipeline. meanwhile, energy crew observed or russian training camp or local don about forces are taught the skills of modern warfare. also ahead, we have a long good relationship with the soviet union and i was right over the union with really bypass a group as well. minister tells r t that his country will continue to buy russian fuel as much as it wants. that is

just by pressure from western countries of the crane conflict. and the death toll from devastating earthquake and turkey in serious or passive 7000 people with many victims, believed to still be trapped among the rubble of collapse. building russia, emergency workers have been providing assistance in the search and rescue effort with coming to you live from the russian capital. this is r t international. i'm rachel blevins, here with the top stories of the our welcome to the program. we begin with the conflict in don bass as ukrainian forces have reportedly resumed artillery shelling of civilian areas and the regional capital city of dun ask me sounds of explosions have been reported in the city center. the details are currently being

clarified, reports say, and your vine, natural gas pipeline was hit, causing a massive leads to a rock. at least 6 civilians are said to have been wounded by ukrainian showing throughout the on ethical public over the past 24 hours. meanwhile, archie visited a russian military training camp and on this republic, local forces there have been learning how to effectively defend their homeland through modern warfare, ortiz roman coast, europe, reports, thousands of soldiers have already graduated from this trading center. not only operators offer ha, pearl vehicles, but sir gun operators as well. ah, from here they move. different ports of the front to both they here in the nest republic and a little gas republic as well. and in other areas to. ah,

with that i saw the normal idea video for that system will read about the source. that's an our guys want to go to the front line. they want to fight. they are risking their lives . of course, i can't see into any one soul, but what i can see is that our guys are determined to fulfill their combat missions . the sensor also include sir, 1st aid training and extreme situations, full military personnel for all the forces. offer russia right now, the going to show us one of the elements that's very useful on the battlefield. you know, the premium improves even if there is no need to use improvised means. we live in the modern world. we have affordable, effective, and statistically proven tools. improvised means like bandages,

from tampons and rubber bands are ineffective. sports trading sensor was born right here in the next people's republic due to the need for high tech war ferry. initially it was a school for drone operators. lot on cynthia, any modern would require a lot of attention to a man drone systems and his legs. and that's definitely not all. we're constantly exchanging information with people on the front lines, people who are using the drones. so giving us feedback right now. it's a much bigger sensor, had colors tactical medicine. it covers machine gun operators as well. to date, it has taught soldiers from a different set. divisions are from a different platoons of the nest people's republic. her army and legacy people's republic armies as well. and just to say it's one of the most important schools here are among cos for f r t. the nest people's republic. intense lighting as

underway in the outskirts of the city of archie or mosque, also known as bach. luke and archie cruet managed to capture this footage from the drone there. the strategically important city and the don ask republic has been a fierce battle ground for both sides. over the last month, russian troops have been advancing in ukrainian held areas. they're cutting off supply routes for calves forces fighters of the russian private military company. the wagner group are at the forefront of the operation. we heard from some of that we've just captured some nazis and mobilized ukrainian guys. the latter are just 18 and 19 years old. and they're in shock. they don't want to fight, so the mercenaries put them out in front and run away themselves. of georgian italian american mercenaries, they usually don't get involved in combat very much. they try to retreat because

they are paid more alive than dead. and you slowly, smallest hours, there are fewer and fewer ukrainian fighters, less so with facing more foreign is on the front line. but soon they will end and it will be even easier. the main thing is to move forward without stopping. our spirit is strong and there's only one path forward. the us media outlets cbs news has taken issue at statements by the wagner group about fighting against ukrainian neo nazis. one of the report, the main ukrainian sources shown wearing a reputed new nazi symbol. it's a black sun symbol which originated in nazi germany. it consist of 12 radio rooms, similar to symbols used by the s s and its logo. this emblem often appears on extreme is publications associated with them. you know, the group we heard from journalist and author, daniel lazar who says that symbols rooted in neo naziism have come to be associated with ukrainian military. us mass media is completely immune to the

truth. these symbols are, are you bic with us in the ukranian military? and fact, it often seems that it's, it's hard to find a ukrainian tank that does not have some kind of nazis symbol on it. so you would think that the military would want to stop soldiers from wearing these kinds of symbols to the military. can't. the top military commander valerie shall allusion a has himself been photographed in front of a portrait of step on ban dera with bus. i've step on van dera on his desk, so this kind of band or right influence permeates the entire ukrainian military. and that is shocking. and it's shocking that the entire liberal west is lining up behind the ukraine without asking a single question. and it's equally shocking that the press is swallowing this propaganda whole without raising any questions of its own us

president joe biden has asserted that the country, along with the nato military alliance, is moving the world towards peaks while supporting ukraine and the conflict against russia. he made those comments during his state of the union address shortly after washington approved sending dozens of us main battle tanks to kiev. together, we did in america always does our best. we lead. we, united nato, we build a global coalition. we stood against prudence, aggression. we still ukrainian people, our nation is working for more freedom, more dignity, more and more peace. not just in europe and everywhere. let's cross lived rti correspondent caleb mob. been for more details. caleb, it's good to see you. now. those were some interesting comments from president joe biden. what were the main points of his overall address? surely you just heard him there saying that the united states is standing for peace

. but the facts are, the united states is piling new weapons into kio, prolonging this conflict, increasing the number of gaps. now there are tanks headed to the battlefield in ukraine, and this is doing anything but creating peace. now what's also important to note is that a large number of the american people are increasingly not with jo. by on this issue is point, we've got more than half of republicans saying that they basically field united states is doing too much around ukraine. now that was only 18 percent back in april, but now it's more than a half. furthermore, we've got 63 percent of republicans according to one poll coming forward and saying that they are opposed to providing more funding for ukraine. and 32 percent only 32 percent of republicans want more funding for ukraine. but it's not only republicans, the rival political party that are opposing joe. by that this point,

we have a situation where 60 percent of americans feel that the country is moving in the wrong direction. 60 percent 70 percent of americans describe the state of affairs in the country as being poor. and let's also add that only one in 5 americans said that their economic situation improved over the course of the last year. however, if you listen to joe biden, you would believe that the united states is just doing amazingly, the economy is great, everything is grand. he painted white different picture and his remarks now he was forced to talk about the issue of inflation. and when joe biden addressed the issue of inflation, what did he do? while he blamed it on russian president vladimir, that it was the fault of the russian president and the un basing inflation. well, the back back to the reality is it were the result of the united states and canada warfare against russia. barricading abroad, preventing abroad from ex,

sporting fertilizers and weeds and grain and oil, and natural gas, and pushing russia off the world markets. that's what's causing these issues. and in addition to that, there were already issues with inflation before the coven pandemic had even started . so blaming it on the russian president is just outrageous. furthermore, joe, by he used the speech to make some interesting comments about china. here's what he's that we see competition conflict today were the strongest position in decades to compete with china or anyone else in the world make no mistake about it. as we made clear last week of china threatens our sovereignty, we will act to protect our country and we did. now, 2 thirds of americans have said they would prefer an easing of tension and an improvement of relations with china. they don't want to escalate things, but that was not the only heard from joe by one point he was pounding the stage and

saying, you know, he couldn't think of any world leader would want to trade places, procedure and bang people are trying to understand exactly what he meant by those comments about the chinese rather that it wasn't really clear, but it was stead with a lot of bluster and anger as he was speaking. and this point all show the american people are just not where joe biden is that joe biden painted a picture of the united states army doing really, really well united, they getting over the deep seated political division. those divisions were certainly apparent in the hall. there was certainly a fair amount of wing and tackling and joe biden on it, but if you listen to jo biden's word would believe that the country is moving in a good direction. that's not what americans believe. they don't think their country is moving in a good direction, poll after poll makes that clear, and they don't like joe biden foreign policy that is increasingly leading to confrontation with russia and china and other countries around the world. though joe biden delivered his remarks, he gave the state of the union speech speech expected of american president. this

is 3rd address to a joint session of congress and will be waiting to see what the reaction is in the coming days by the american people. at this point all show, the biden administration is not popular. biden is expected at this point to run for reelection in the coming in the coming rate at this point though many with the new zone party they, they prefer not run for reelection that they think another democrat to replace them in 2024. so we'll see how things develop our key corresponding caleb mop and thank you for that update. and for more on this, let's cross live now to radio hope sam, political commentator, steve gill, to get his thoughts on bite and state of the union address. steve, it's great to have you on the show today. now we had biden give this address. we heard him say that the economy is recovering from inflation, but according to a recent pull, almost 70 percent of americans think that the state of the u. s. economy is poor.

what do you make of that divide there? well, we don't even have to just go to the polls. we can look to the actual numbers, and inflation is still significantly higher than well. joe biden took office, he can't blame it on. it's his policies that they started seeing a inflation spike before the invasion of ukraine, the gas prices. alternatively, over the last several weeks as claims are coming down, actually went up about $0.50 this week. they're still about an 80 or a buck 50 higher than they were when he took office and it's lower than the $5.00 a gallon that we had a just a few months ago. but he claimed when the prices went up, that he has nothing to do with that. but when they come down, he tries to claim credit board. and then when they go back up again, it's kinda like the balloon that was lying over the united states, up and down, over, across, right. and tries to completely distract from what's actually going on. i think the

american people are seeing through it when they go to the grocery store, things costs more, they go to the gas pump, things costs more, their paychecks are going. not as far as they used to. so what the president said last night simply doesn't connect with what americans are feeling and experiencing . yeah, now speaking of that infamous balloon, another big topic here was of course, china and you know, white and talked about how fiercely the u. s. wants to be on the forefront of all industries while appearing to threaten china as a rising power. but at the same time, washington always talks about how it wants fair competition. so what do you think that the u. s. actually wants when it comes to beijing? i think what the u. s. want is something decidedly different than what joe biden once, because everything he's done since he came into office was cater to bow down and give china even more and more power and reduce america's power, influence and significance in the world. whether it's the way he called troops out

of afghanistan, whether it's the debacle of over $100000000000.00 being sent to you. craig, with no accountability, whether it's letting a 5 trips across america for 8 days before the the president finally has shot down efforts gathered all the intelligence wanted to gather and then try to show lots of blustered at night. how he hung talking and stood up to the president . she and nobody wants to be president. she right now they are pointed out what the heck with he's talking about versus you kind of look at the speech. he kind of reins from mumbling, speaking softly, yelling, and completely unintelligible, comments. so i guess the fact that we don't know what he was talking about when he was referring to frozen, she just kind of fit the power to the evening is the strange thing is when he starts yelling and shows the, you know, the effects that a lot of people see demetria patients where they get angry, they're kind of lashing out and we see this all too often. and i think the american

people who watch, which i think would be very few, are seeing a guy that doesn't look up to the job. doesn't look capable of running this country of the approaches, 86 years of age if he does in fact run for a 2nd time. certainly more concerns than confidence coming out of the state of the union address now at the same time bite. and also talked about how he says that the u. s. is promoting world peace, but at the same time, it's also the u. s. it has spending massive amounts on army ukraine now including sending main battle tanks. so what are your thoughts on that? and do you think that he can still argue that he's promoting peace? when not, doesn't include piece talks, is promoting peace the same way that he's promoting unity in the united states when he get another partisan device of speech here. nothing that he says is consistent with the truth. and i think again, whether it's us as a protector of world peace divided ministration, promoting unity bipartisanship. but you know,

when he continues to show the other side, i do think that the big winner of the night was sarah. how can be sanders the governor of arkansas who came on afterwards? now, a lot of times when you have the, the response, whether it's a democrat responding or republican responding. after that, the president standing in the hall of congress and all the pomp and circumstance and the tracking of power around him, didn't have to go after that and do a response. almost always that the respond or looks like a hostage video or something. in this case, i thought sarah sanders did a great job responding aggressively pointing out the misinformation this information and rightly outright buys that we got from the president. but she did so in a calm reason, common sense manner. and i think she's going to end up being the big winner. and i yeah, well, certainly be interesting to see what comes out of this one, but we really appreciate you joining us to break it all down. steve, gil radio host and political commentator. thank you so much for your time and

insight. thank you. india, the oil minister has affirmed in an interview with r t that his country will continue to buy russian oil supplies. despite the western sanctions against moscow. he emphasized that india is a sovereign state that makes decisions based on his own needs, not on external pressure. let me be very clear. i've heard these words, but i said he was, i've never felt any pleasure. as the minister, as the representative of a sovereign country will buy from wherever we buy, people said, don't buy, don't buy, but just tell me india or not to buy from russia. and let's say india was to buy only from the previous country. when the prices go up and go down. so i think it stands to reason. we have a long standing relationship with the soviet union as well. soviet union with progression, we will buy women, whatever we have to,

as far as russia nation regulations concerned. we ended the 31st march 20220.2 percent import accrued from russia. today shies? i've got december because i showed a lot of flat in between. it began, then we're going to look the country which has to meet the consumption demands of a large population will always source from wherever they can get this thing and the right price delivery. and so on the policy more so on mr. body. it's a, it's a fiercely independent and dictated by a national interest. india 1st policy the interview took place during india's energy week forum with chop ration industry executives and attendant signaling a boost in energy ties between those countries. companies from about 50 countries and more than 30 senior government officials from around the world have been taking part in the event in the backdrop western states have been briefing themselves for

a new price cap on russian oil. meanwhile, the indian petroleum minister praised his own country's economic development with help from russia. if you are growing as india as 6 and 7 percent, you need a lot of energy. we consume 5000000 barrels of crude a day. our leap of growth is 3 times the global average india. the 3rd largest consumer of oil is expected to use. it's g. 20 presidency is a platform to set up international biofuel alliances in you'll see it's proposed biofuel lines. could draw interest from countries such as russia, brazil, amongst others, and this maybe could be a new road ahead in the, in no g sector as the own diplomacy in order in the world is fast changing courtesy, western sanctions against russia. and that price gap that has imposed on russian crewed by the g 7. some things are abundantly clear. who are the lucel's are and

who the beneficiaries off. right now, we're still balance to surplus because china has still yet to fully rebound. are we going to run out of spare production capacity potentially by 2024? you start to have a serious problem. and also, let's look at a big new point here. if a russian petroleum product is processed in a 3rd country that it's no longer considered old russian origin, and the russian price gap then does not apply. now in this entire process, the biggest gain is that countries such as india and china if a russian petroleum product is processed by being blended in a 3rd country, other than russia with a product from another 3rd country origin, resulting in a different product than the russian petroleum product will no longer be considered of russia origin, and the price cap will no longer apply. no, as you and the west keeps a straight face. as time bosses, it's becoming more and more clear that these sanctions really are

a big question mark and that the norman market may actually not be able to so live without russian oil o minor earthquake. has it israel in recent hours with residents reporting tremors, and several cities across the country, that comes amid ad shocks from a devastating series of earthquakes that rip through turkey and syria in recent days, claiming more than 7000 lives. one of those earthquakes was recorded at a magnitude of 7.8, the region strongest in almost a century and the most effective areas in turkey and syria. many people still remain trapped under the rubble of collapse. buildings survivors are being pulled from the degrees even after more than 36 hours from the initial earthquake. voices can be heard coming from beneath the degrees. as the desperate search for survivors continued. tortilla is still in ruins. more than 5000 buildings and the country have collapsed. as the search for survivors continues,

russian emergency teams have been working on the ground and the disasters out. russian crews are reported to have rescued more than 40 people. so far. we heard from a local correspondent with the latest details. homeowners, mac is the you, the not be one of the areas most affected by the carrier, mon mirage. earthquake is the city of kazi, and typically there are ongoing search and rescue operations and collapse. buildings are being dismantled, we go up, we're now standing outside a former apartment complex because this was a 5 story buildings that as you can see, there was a rescue operation underway to find people who may be still trapped under the rubble. because as i mentioned earlier, the se in city of ghazi antenna is one of the most affected cities, 581 buildings were destroyed. here the 481 people died and another 3750 were injured. at least 10 turkish provinces were impacted and tremors could be felt hundreds of kilometers away. among the countries

mostly affect it in neighboring syria. already crippled by years of war suffered mass devastation when seismic shock spread entered northern parts of the country. so let's take a closer look at the deadly aftermath. so far, nearly 6000 deaths had been confirmed inter kia with over 34000 people injured. syrian authorities have reported more than 1000 killed and 2000 injured. now the syrian city of aleppo near the turkish border was one of the area's most affect it . residents were forced to flee their homes and have been gathering at shelters where there provide it with necessary accommodations. meanwhile, western sanctions, particularly from the u. s. have been blocking aid from getting into syria after the disaster. media outlets have reported the transport companies are hesitant to make vital deliveries to the country due to her risk of punishment from washington . argy correspondence of law and connor as the details. baba mcgee,

is the search and rescue operations in syria are ongoing. the rubble is being cleared and victims bodies are being extracted. these operations are being conducted in that, that co job lay aleppo and it live. there is no final number of victims yet as the information is being a faded from time to time, it is known that the total number killed in the earthquake in all regions of syria has surpassed a 1000 people. the number of insured, of course, is much higher here in la takia, all government services responsible for eliminating the earthquakes aftermath. a working day and night. the rescue teams are made up of various forces, the military police, security services, the health ministry, and local governments. they are making every possible effort within their capabilities. however, as the mission head of the international red cross in celia know to that

a press conference due to the western sanctions, syria does not have enough resources to overcome this catastrophe and need support equipment. amberlynn says and much more to overcome this humanitarians catastrophe rescue teams and groups from allied countries and arab nations have begun to arrive in syria to assist in dealing with this humanitarian catastrophe. rescue teams from russia, iraq and algeria have already arrived in syria, as well as plays with the humanitarian aid at rescue team has already been formed in lebanon, which will go to syria to provide assistance. in addition, many are of countries have already declared their readiness to provide assistance and support to syria united against sanctions. that's the message from zimbabwe as it partners with iran in a stand against punishments coming from the west. our 2 countries are resolutely

united against unilateralism, illegal sanctions and other unjust unilateral measures that have been imposed on us by some western countries at the end of last week. and the miranda understanding was signed between the countries during a meeting of the joint economic committee in the iranian capital, they agreed to strengthen cooperation in a number of sectors, including trade, mining and tourism de ron and harry express that they're also ready to further expand their economic ties, all of that comes amid us sanctions imposed on both countries. in recent decades, the u. s. mentioned a political threat in the symbolic way, in government after president move, it was reelected to as pose. jim bob white denied all of the accusations and called it a well coordinated attack. moreover, in 2006, the u. s. and post sanctions against iran due to the illegal nuclear program,

claiming the state produces nuclear bonds. the accusations that are wrong has repeatedly rejected political communications professor t, ron university full out is already believes that the u. s. tries to isolate sanction countries and ruin their economies. united says, you know, was to isolate. so whenever a push it is for you to find new partners, new fans, increased cooperation. but other countries that's an approach. and i do that you done in officials from the take take advantage of a me, of american sanctions against the involve it is to cause the difficulties of that country and even is able to help them to make sure that u. s. policy against the people that are going to see what we understand from foreign policy is that no matter what you do with never be satisfied. as long

as they're considered a country and in the country, they continue to engage in pressure and illegal activities against that country. and that's all for now. be sure to check out our t v dot com for all the latest breaking news and updates. we'll see you right back here at the top of the hour. a look forward to talking to you all that technology should work for people. a robot must obey the orders given by human beings, except where such order that conflict with the 1st law show your identification. we should be very careful about artificial intelligence. the point obviously is to great trust.