a trail oh, when so many find themselves worlds more, we choose to look for common ground. a ukrainian troops had resumed artillery shelling of the city of dawn, nest and destroyed and nearby gas pipeline. meanwhile, and archie crew observed a russian training camp for local don bass force at our top. the skills of modern warfare. also ahead. we have along the relationship with the soviet union as well as over the union with we will buy a little bit of what we have. food is all minister tells our tea that his country will continue to buy russian fuel as much as it wants. that is just by demands from western countries to cut off import from russia. with the death toll from

devastating earthquakes interfere in theory surpasses. $7000.00 people with many victims believed to still be trapped among the rubble of collapse. buildings, gression, emergency workers have been providing assistance in the search and rescue efforts. and russia as a report by o. p. c. w. quit the ledge, new evidence about chemical weapons, and syria came from a 3rd party in violation of the organizations own rules. moscow's envoy says the west does what it wants when it serves its own interest with when the western curators of the organization for the pro, his mission of chemical weapons, are not interested in applying this rule. they practically give up on it with coming to you live from the russian capital. this is r t international. i mary jo

blevins here with the top stories of the our welcome to the program. we begin with the conflict and don bast, ukrainian forces have reportedly resume the artillery shelling of civilian areas and the regional capital city of done net. the sounds of explosions have been reported in the city center. the details are currently being clarified, reports say nearby natural gas pipeline was hit, causing a massive blaze to rock. at least 6 civilians are said to have been wounded by ukrainian showing throughout the dawn this republic over the past 24 hours. meanwhile, archie visited a russian military training camp in the dominant republic. local forces. there have been learning how to effectively defend their homeland through modern warfare or choose roman culture reports. thousands of soldiers have already graduated from this trading center. not only operators offer ah aerial vehicles,

but sir gun operators as well. ah, from here they move different ports of the front to both the here in dentist republic and a little gas republic as well. and in other areas to ah, [000:00:00;00] with no idea video systems will revert to some of that. some of 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, they're 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. the sports or trading sensor was born right here in the next people's republic due to the need for high tech warfare . initially it was a school for drone operators. lieutenant cynthia. any modern would require a lot of attention to a man drone systems on his legs, and that's definitely not all. we are constantly exchanging information with people on the front lines. so people who are using the drones. so giving us feedback right now. it's

a much bigger sensor had covers tactical medicine. it covers machine gun operators as well. to date. it has taught soldiers from a different divisions from different platoons over the next 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 finding, as under way in the outskirts of the city of archer. moths also narrows backward, and archie cru manage to capture this, voted from a drone there. the strategically important city and the don us republic has been a fierce battle ground for both sites. over the last months, russian troops had been advancing in ukrainian held areas. they're cutting off supply routes for kids, forces fighters of the russian private military group. the wagner group are at the forefront of the operation. and 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. to 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. i knew sloane in the 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. us president joe, by that has asserted that the country, along with the nato military alliance, is moving the world towards peace while supporting ukraine and the conflict against russia. he made those comments during his state of the union address shortly after

nieto states approved sending 100 battle tanks to kiev. together, we did when america always does it our best we lead. were united nato rebuild the global coalition. we stood against prudence, aggression, restorative ukrainian people, our nation's working for more freedom, more dignity, more and more peace, not just in europe and everywhere. 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 in the kia pro, longing this conflict, increasing the number of gaps. now there are tax added 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 . at this point we've got more than half of republicans saying that they basically

feel the data is doing too much around ukraine. now that was only 18 percent back in april, but now it's more than a half. furthermore. ready 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 a different picture in his room arc. now he was forced to talk about the issue of inflation. and when joe biden addressed the issue of inflation, what did he do? well, he blamed it on russian president vladimir. he said that it was the fault of the russian president, that the us facing inflation. well, the facts beg to differ. the reality is that the were the result of the united states that it's economic warfare against russia, it's barricading of russia, preventing of roger from exporting fertilizer than we then grain and oil and natural gas and pushing rush off the world market. that's what's causing these issues. and in addition to that, there were already issues with inflation before the cobit and damage 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 shining. here's what he's that we see competition, not conflict today,

where the strongest position and decades to compete with china or anyone else in the world make no mistake about it. as we made clear last week of china friends, our sovereignty, we will act to protect our country and we did now. joe biden spoke of china as if he wanted friendly competition if he simply wanted to compete. but yet, at the same time, there were some rather threatening heated words, exchanged, the tone was not exactly one of friendship. and we see how the united states has tried to push china out of the computer chips market. they've tried to taunt china around the issue of taiwan with nancy pelosi, a recent trip. so the polls indicate 2 thirds of americans would prefer an easing of tension and a de escalation with china. that's not exactly the tone we're hearing from biden and ministration. one point he was pounding the stage and saying, you know, he couldn't think of any world leader would want to trade places the season. bang. people are trying to understand exactly what he meant by those comments about the

chinese prose. that it wasn't really clear, but it was said with a lot of bluster and anger as he was speaking. and this point polls show the american people are just not where. busy joe biden is that joe biden painted a picture of the united states and if economy doing really, really well, the united states getting over the deep seated political divisions. those divisions were certainly apparent in the hall. there was certainly a fair amount of booing and tackling from jo biden's opponents. but if you listen to jo biden's word, you would believe that the country is moving in a good direction. that's not what americans believe. we heard from radio, how sam, political commentator, steve gill, who asserts pretty much nothing about us. president joe biden says, is actually in line with the truth. he's promoting peace. the same way that he's promoting unity in the united states where you get another partisan device speech here. nothing that he says is consistent with the truth. and i think again, whether it's the u. s. as a protector of world peace divided ministration,

promoting unity bipartisanship. but when he continues to show the other side to just go to the polls, we can look to the actual numbers and inflation is still significantly higher than when joe biden took office. he can't blame it on. it's his policies that started seeing a inflation spike. but he claimed when the prices went up that he had nothing to do with that. but when they come down, he tries to claim credit for it. and then when they go back up again, it's not like the balloon that was flying over the united states, up and down, over across by tries to distract from what's actually going on. and i think the american people are seen through it when they go to the grocery store, things cost more, they go to the gas pump, things cost 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 . and here's i'll minister has affirmed in an interview with

r t that his country will continue to by russian oil supplies. despite the western sanctions against moscow, he emphasized the india as a sovereign state that makes decisions based on its own needs not on external pressure. let me be very clear. i've heard this word, 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 not to buy from russia. and let's say india was to buy only from the previous country. would the price go up or down? so i think it stands to reason. we have a long standing relationship with the soviet union, red soviet union, with russian practitioners. we will buy women or whatever we have to as far as russia and russian rhetoricians concern we ended 31st march 2022 with 0.2 percent

import accrued from russia. today to shies. i've got december because i showed a lot of lap 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 also 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 was top ration industry executives and attendance signaling. a boost in energy ties between those countries. companies from about 50 nations 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 bracing themselves for a new price cap on russian oil. the indian fuel minister also underline the importance of investing and more environmentally friendly renewable resources. we

have opened up an international bio use alliance or signature of the united states, brazilian india already then. i'm sure other countries will join because you don't even if you out a major producer off hydrocarbon, you still would have an interest in biofuels. you can do both simultaneously in a conglomerate, gunmetal, 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 interests from countries such as russia, brazil, amongst others in this me 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 gaps that was imposed on russian

crewed by the g 7. some things are abundantly clear for the loses are and who the beneficiaries off. right now, we're still balance to a 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 loop 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 as a country is 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 in the price cap will no longer apply now as you and the west keeps a straight face. as time passes,

it's becoming more and more clear as these sanctions really are a big question mark and that the gillman market may actually not be able to so live without russian oil. a minor earthquake has it israel in recent hours with residents reporting tremors and several cities across the country that comes amid aftershocks from a devastating series of earthquakes, their rift through tortilla in syria and recent days, claiming more than 7000 lives. one of those earthquakes, those recorded out of magnitude of 7.8, the region strongest in almost a century and the most effective areas and tortilla 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 continues. turkey is still in ruins. more than 5000 buildings

in the country have collapsed. as the search for survivors continues, gression, emergency teams have been working on the ground in a disaster zone. russian crews are reported to have rescued more than 40 people so far. we heard from a local reporter with the details cut almost mac is the, the nuclear one of the areas most affected by the color. mon marashi earthquake is the city of kazi, until there are ongoing search and rescue operations and collapse. buildings are being dismantled with up. we are now standing outside a former apartment complex's called 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 part. as i mentioned earlier, the se in city of gauzy antenna is one of the most affected cities, which is a 581 buildings were destroyed. here, the 481 people died. and another 3750 were injured. at least 10 turkeys provinces were impacted,

and tremors could be felt hundreds of kilometers away. among the countries mostly affected, neighboring syria, already crippled by years of war, suffered mass devastation with seismic shock spread and northern parts of the country. so let's take a closer look at the deadly aftermath. so far more than 6000 deaths have been confirmed inter kia with over 37000 people injured. syrian authorities have reported more than 1000 killed and 2000 injured. the syrian city of aleppo, you're the turkish border was one of the areas most effective residents were forced to flee their homes and have been gathering shelters where they are provided with necessary accommodations. meanwhile, western sanctions, particularly from the us, have been walking aid from getting into syria after the disaster. media outlets have reported the transport companies are hesitant to make the vital deliveries to the country due to our risk of punishment from washington. archie correspondence, so far as the details,

ha 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 the backyard 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 of children, the earthquake in all regions of syria has surpassed a 1000 people. the number of ensured, of course, is much higher here in la backyard, all government services responsible for element 8 in the earthquakes aftermath. our 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 syria,

no 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 humanitarian 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 planes with the humanitarian aid. a rescue team has already been formed in lebanon, which will go to syria to provide assistance. in addition, many arab countries have already declared their readiness to provide assistance and support to syria, united against sanctions. thus, the message from the southern african nation of zimbabwe. as it partners with a rod and

a stand against what they describe is unjustified restrictions imposed on them by western powers. 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, a memorandum of understanding was signed between the countries during a meeting of the joint economic committee in iranian capital, they agreed to strengthen cooperation, a number of sectors including trade, mining and tourism, tehran and her already expressed that they are also ready to further expand those economic ties. all that comes and made us sanctions imposed on both countries. in recent decades, the u. s. accuses in baldwin government being a threat following the reelection of the president at the time. robert mcgarvey symbolic way, has denied all the accusations and described the sanctions as a coordinated attack. the u. s. has imposed sanctions against iran due to its nuclear program cleaning. it was trying to make

a nuclear bomb. iran has repeatedly rejected those allegations. political communications professor at the university of iran lot, as it says that the u. s. is trying to isolate sanction countries from the world and thereby ruined their economy. the united states, as you know, once to isolate, is on. so whenever a push on it is fully on to find new partners, new friends to increase cooperation with other countries, that's an opportunity that union officials will take will take advantage of game of american sanctions against the model. it is to cause economic difficulties for that country. and iran is able to help symbol way to make sure that the u. s. policy against the people of them over is not going to succeed. what we understand from american foreign policy is that no matter what you do,

i'm in the hands will never be satisfied with as long as it considered a country an enemy country. it continued to engage in pressure, illegal activities against the country. ah roches, ezra, poor by the o. p. c. w. with the ledge, new avenues about chemical weapons and syria came from a 3rd party violation of the organizations own rules mosque. as envoy says, western powers have accepted that material only because it serves their own interest. a position to restore the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons has a strict rule about the sequence of actions to ensure the safety of physical evidence received. according to this rule, the evidence must be collected directly by o p c w inspectors. the rest should in theory be swept to side or there are some other conditions applying in that regard with you. but it would not be an

exaggeration to say that o p. c, w officials have a rather loose approach to this rule. our case john on the quarter brings us the details about the investigation process and the apparently hypocritical western approaches to the issue. another report, another dubious western attempt to back up its accusations that the syrian government used chemical weapons against civilians in duma back in 2018. this time though, p c. w is claiming it has new information indicating that there was a high concentration of chlorine gas, where the attack supposedly took place. something that for some reason wasn't included in the fact finding mission report in 2019, all of the sudden 4 years later, they decide to tell us chosen shimeltonet solutions. in particular, they are referring to the fact that some new sample has appeared collected by a 3rd party. what is this 3rd party?

nothing has been said about it. they just say, take our word for it. meanwhile, the sample or evidence that appear just now in the investigation and identification teams report was not in the official report of the international criminal court special mission, which was presented to the participating states in the spring of 2019. that is, the sample did not exist at that time, and now it has suddenly appeared somehow no explanations have been given at all. and it is clear why that is in the interests of this trio of aggressors, the u. s. france and britain. it is also important for them to avoid international responsibility. even more bizarre is that the o, p. c. w did not even collect that information, but credits some clandestine 3rd party with the find a 2nd supplementary sample collected by 3rd party at location to in duma, on the 8th of april 2018, and whose chain of custody the i t was able to reconstruct between the data was

collected and the date it was 1st received and analyzed by no p. c. w. designated laboratory on the 24th of july 2018, was analyzed by a 3rd o p c w. designated laboratory. by the way, that's in blatant violation of the o. p. c. w's own rules. in case of the integrity of a psalm police, questionable, for example, when the sample was not under o, p, c, w, custody, such a sample will not be accepted for o. p. c. w verification purposes, but as is often the case, the west seems to have decided it's got its own set of rules to play by reducing jimmy stuart analyzation for the prohibition of chemical weapons has a strict rule about the sequence of actions to ensure the safety of physical evidence received. according to this rule, the evidence must be collected directly by o, p. c, w inspectors. the rest should in theory be swept to side,

or there are some other conditions applying in that regard. to women, it would not be an exaggeration to say that o p. c. w. officials have a rather loose approach to this rule. this no report fails to mention though, that the chemical substances sites as an indication of the use of chlorine gas was also found in areas unrelated to the alleged attack in question. the 2019 report specifically mentions the alleged chemical substance was present underneath a field hospital in duma. the same hospital where the al qaeda linked to white helmets, films, there choreographed emergency response to aid. the apparent victims of what they said was a chemical attack. the same attack, which is now widely believed to have been staged. we were in the basement. my mother told me that we had run out of food and wouldn't have anything to eat until tomorrow. i heard noise outside, somebody was shouting that we had to go to the hospital. so we went there. when i came in,

some people groped me and started pouring water over my head. after almost 6 months of investigations, i can prove, without a doubt that the duma hospital seen was staged. no fatalities occurred in the hospital. the cherry on top of the story is that the white helmets are most likely that 3rd party cited in the p. c. w. latest report, not exactly the most reliable source, considering they seem to be experts and faking chemical attacks. and that's to say nothing of all the whistle blowing that came out of the original duma investigating team civil rights attorney. robert patello says western powers use these types of investigations justify their actions in the middle east, particularly as they should oppose the government of syrian president assad. when you look at the parties involved in the strike from theory was the united states, the u. k. i was the, the natal powers and we've seen them use the jump, the gun method when it comes to the rules based order. previously, one needs to only look at the iraq and afghanistan wars,

where the justification was very flimsy, evidence of weapons of mass destruction who turned out to not exist at all. yet over a 1000000 civilians died of the conflict. so there's always an interest by the western powers to justify their actions and being able to strike anywhere on earth with no declaration of war with no will be or impunity when no other nations or no other organizations share that same privilege while the international stage. 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 with a why is the west so determined to continue ukraine proxy war against russia? how does such a position benefit ukraine instead of considering possible peace agreements?