a with, with a disturbing video appears online, reportedly showing a premium soldier murdering a captured russian p o w. and yet another instance of alleged war crimes committed by key forces. also ahead right now we are just outside these new town that it outside of the city of the next. it is a major of ukrainians will hold our t observed russian special unit advancing towards a key thing in stronghold, dominican republic, as the russian army ramped up, it's offensive in the area with russia does. but new revelations about alleged

us involvement and then or dream explosions, where no secret has washington had previously been open about its intention to take out the key ration pipeline in europe. and moscow top diplomat rock survey. lab rob arrives in sudan the last stop african tour as russia, strength visits, ties with the continent in view, economical rise, it with willing to you live from the russian capital. this is our t international. i'm rachel blevins here with the top stories of the our welcome to the program. we began with shocking foot it reportedly recorded by ukrainian soldiers. i, they, as they allegedly killed russian prisoners of war, and a warning you may find the following images gravely disturbing. utilize the verb

with you. replace g 3 in these unverified images, ukrainian soldier allegedly shot a russian soldier in the head. we cut that portion out because of this graphic content. you can see one of the captured soldiers wearing a white patch typically worn by the russian troops. there have been numerous other accusations, ukrainian soldiers killing russian prisoners of war, un official type called for an investigation into those potential war crimes. meanwhile, a massive barrage of ukrainian artillery showing in the dawn. let's go public on wednesday. killed to civilians and wounded for others, including several children, local authorities, se ukrainian forces fired more than $100.00 artillery rounds at civilian areas in the region. i. number of apartment buildings and the shopping center were damaged in the assault and the massive blades erected in the center of the regional capital

. russia defense ministry reported that about 75 ukrainian soldiers were killed near the city of good are in the next region. within the last 24 hours, several ukrainian armored vehicles were also destroyed as russian forces have been conducting and offensive in the area or eagle ridge it on off observed a russian special forces unit their years. this report. right now we are just outside the small town that it is outside of the city of the next. it is a major ukrainian stronghold. and right now we're following in the footsteps of a russian special forces unit. and basically what they're doing, they're going to be launching a heavy anti tank message, but they won't be targeting any machinery nor tanks. rather they will be working

on hitting command centers inside all glitter again amazed, ukrainian stronghold which will most fell just a couple of weeks ago. with c'mon, they managed to reach reinforcement and right now be in army as a hard time. has a hard time getting hold of it, but i'm being told that it's just a matter of time until this small but difficult stronghold force ah, with

ah, this spot to watch is the project i'll being carefully guided towards its target. and when it connects, he doesn't hold back emotions with a stop to teach us with watching a ukrainian armies operate at a collision cause here keep forces positions have been reduce to small batch of apartment block buildings on a hilltop. it's a dominating a height. yet the ukrainians are trying to expand their zone of control. the russians, on the other hand, for no effort throwing plenty of their resources into the battle. this infantry tanks, every kind of artillery piece, as convert helicopters, brain fire from above. julian, as it gets little what the enemy is detected and destroyed every day by the forces

of our intelligence. and artillery is the same everywhere. attempts by the ukranian army to counter attack were repulsed up to a company of soldiers and heavy equipment were destroyed. so special anti tank units don't suffer from a shortage of targets. and as nato's leopards challenges and abrams tanks bound for ukraine get a fresh coat of paint. they wait, wait patiently for the hitler's to get even longer. i'm a good done of reposing from the dumbass oxy news, just in from central russia. one person has been killed and 7 others injured in an apparent gas explosion, and subsequent fire and an apartment building in the city of nova, the verse 3 people are still feared to be trapped under the rubble of the collapse . building firefighters and paramedics quickly arrived at the scene, the blaze has been extinguished.

rushes warren ministry says the new revelations about us participation in the explosions on the nord stream pipeline says them are not a surprise. as russia has long learned about that very thing. we have repeatedly voiced russia's position on the evolvement of the u. s. in nato. nothing that they did not hide this boasting to the whole world about the intention to destroy the civilian infrastructure, through which you are perceived russian energy resources. we also regularly noted the reluctance of denmark, germany, and sweden to conduct an open investigation and opposition to russia's participation in it. and this, despite the fact that our country has incurred huge costs, while the federal government invokes trans atlantic friendship, the us government ensures that the north stream pipelines are blown up. as pullet surprised when hersch has meticulously researched, whose interest does the federal government actually represent?

those revelations were made by award winning investigative journalist seymour hersh, who said the attack on russia's nord stream system was carried out by the u as with more region involvement. after months of diligent planning by does decision to sabotage the pipelines came after more than 9 months of highly secret back and forth debate inside washington's national security community. about how to best achieve that goal for much of their time. the issue wasn't whether to do the mission, but how to get it done with no overt clue as to who was responsible to you as, as quick to her. if you any involvement in the covert attack on the nord stream pipeline. while and as there was a blur, edward snowden is unconvinced by the u. s. denials. it's not the 1st time around for the white house. he says, referencing his own experience from back in 2013. when evidence of the u. s. government, spying on citizens was denied by top intelligence officials testifying in congress

. the united states was not involved in the nord stream explosion. can you think of any examples from history of a secret operation that the white house was responsible for, but strongly denied? besides, you know that little mass surveillance, careful, pulitzer prize winning, former foreign correspondent from the new york times, says that u. s. denials of the pipeline attack have little to no significance is something that we've seen in the past. not only with seymour hersh, his reporting, but other investigative look at looks at our investigation into activities to the government wants to keep secret. i think that's the standard response. i didn't surprise any of us and i think they had to respond quickly because they couldn't let it just why out there was some kind of a without

a denial, but not denial again, doesn't mean much. we look at how these things play out. eventually more information comes out is that supports this initial reporting until it becomes very hard for them to deny. that's usually what happens. i think there were some tell tale indications or hint that this was probably not him. it never made any sense of blog. i plan anyway from the beginning, there was these statements, but then also the reactions after the sabotage of the pipeline where that sabotage was lauded by the people within the biden administration as an asset for the confrontation with russia. archie, marina kosovar brings us the timeline of the events. it's one, see 21. there you are. so nato are already irritated by the north stream one gas pipeline because they see it as a threat to western dominance. and now north, soon too was nearing completion,

which would double the amount of cheap russian gas flow into germany. something had to be done. and this is how it went down according to a source with direct knowledge of the operational planning. so joe biden authorizes his national security adviser to create a group, so come up with a plan to get rid of the pipelines. by the end of the year, jake sullivan convenes a meeting of a new task force, men and women from the joint chiefs of staff, the cia and the state and treasury department. they hold several top secret meetings in the building right next to the white house and during their brainstorming sessions. the navy, for example, proposes using a newly commissioned submarine sir sold to the pipeline directly. the air force discusses dropping bombs that could be set off remotely. and the cia just argued that whatever was done had to be done covertly. the cia director at the time william burns authorizes an agency working group. so craft applying for

a covert operation that would use deep sea divers to trigger an explosion along the pipeline. early 2001 c to the c, a working group reports back to sullivan's inter agency group. we have a way to blow up their pipelines. meanwhile, a few slip ups with regard to nordstrom to we continue to have a very strong and clear conversations with our german allies. and i want to be clear with you today. if russia engage ukraine, one way or another nord stream to will not move forward. if russia and reach at meas tanks of troops crossing the a border cruise again, then there will be we, there will be no longer a nor stream to we will bring it into the surprise of biden's and newlands in

discussions and are wondering what it means for their mission, the c i a's william burns apparently said to it, but how and when? well that's when nor way answers the picture. in march, a few members of the american scene fly there. so meets with the norwegian, secret service, and navy. the norwegian navy finds the right spot for the explosives and the weights of camouflaged them, so the ra suddenly the doesn't spot them. norway apparently also suggests the ideal cover to plant the mines during the annual nato exercises in the baltic sea, which take place in june, june swine seats when c to the nato exercises began and the mines are planted. the white house starts having doubts about its genius plant and asks if the mines can be detonated at a later date. so it doesn't look obvious that they did it. the americans in norway now have a new problem. there. have to find

a way to do it. the explosives could be triggered by a sono bully dropped by a plane at short notice. it would have met a sequence of unique low frequency tonal sounds that would be recognized by the timing device and trigger the explosives on september 26th, 2022, and a which a navy p a surveillance plane makes a seemingly a routine flight. and drops us so on her bowie. a few hours later, the high powered sea for explosives are triggered, and the rest is history. to go further and up on this last cross live now to former us marine corps intelligence officer, scott ritter to get his take on the revelations. scott is great to have you on the program. now, how do you expect berlin to react to these revelations? the very pipelines that ran to the country with much cheaper gas, and they're now paying for now were targeted by one of germany's closest allies

being the united states. i mean, germany's been infected with this problem for some time. now what similar or she's stating reporting, is it even more that what took place in terms of the attacks on the nordstrom pipelines went through the tech impact of war by the united states, against a german published article, we never even possible in the face of everybody pretty frankly, she does have you gosh, and she confront united states. i mean, just for me, this is humiliating for jeremy and hurst reporting just makes it worse to be. it's

is just yawned obvious that having some trouble with that connection there. we're going to work on trying to get scott ritter back. and for the moment we're going to move on to our next story. scott ritter. thank you so much for your time. and rushes. warren ministers, their de la rob has arrived in sudan. the final stop of his african tour media reports had said the visit came as a surprise for a group of us and european officials, who were also supposed to meet with the countries leadership around the same time. la rob's african to work was widely considered a success for the countries he visited with numerous high level meetings, exploring new horizons for russia's ties with the continent. so for more info on this last cross live now to johannesburg, and our correspondent corolla thought la garago is good to see you. now what have been the main developments from lab?

rob's visit to sedan, as well as in general, his latest tour of africa. well, the long serving russian diplomat visits a sudan, which for country very much in the midst of internal and external conflict. as you know, the in the middle of a political dialogue which will, which should at least deliver a, a technocratic government before delivery of a, a civilian government and mr. lover over there, to meet with his counterpart and the styles, d, g. and they will be talking about the areas of investment and trade and how to strengthen those. and particularly because who then it is if way is situated, it finds itself as a very geo vo, strategically important location for most of the political leadership that you see around the world, especially because of proximity to the red sea. and what that has meant as

a source of life for neighboring countries and many other numerous countries that feed from its flow. but mr. love is also there to, to strengthen the position of moscow as you know, must go ahead. intimated that is looking for a logistical or a part of navy where they could have the, an operation center for some of the activities that they do on the african continent. regarding numerous countries, countries such as ted countries such as miley and numerous other countries on this, i have region because because ratios increasingly becoming the partners twice when it becomes 2 issues of security on the african continent. and it is very much trying to very much in traced and partner choice for many of the countries. but i find it on that one visit by mister love drove to the african clinton in his 2nd

time. he. busy on the continent in 10 days there must be some travels, but it's painted by a local media, although is not confirmed that other global poets also looking into visiting the continent. the, namely, that is the united states, the united kingdom, france, no way as well as some of you countries. i find that very peculiar that he has almost been preceded, or rather succeeded in some cases by different european countries who also prevent their foreign affairs ministers to come and tell whatever mister love has been building. i. e, how he went to my lead to strengthen the ties in the country. following the insurgency that has been rep, that country for, for numerous months now, and the escalation thereof. but then prevent a very interesting situation in a sense that the vague no group is said to be on the borders of the

democratic republic of congo. and they find themselves very much at the doorstep of today, which is, like i said, a very interesting place in terms of its own security issues, has been battling with regards to the insurgency of bob in the country. and now it will have to deal with the how to carefully negotiate a peaceful transition. but let a lot of africa visit all in all, i guess has been somewhat of a, a celebration. he was welcomed with the hands open and he has, he has, he had to see a closed all in south africa, which was his was tom was very strategic because it was, it was big south africa, important partner in the southern region. the 1000 african development region,

and as well as on the continent, it is among the g 20 members. so it is a place to visit. but of course, this also of breaks then the current chair of that, well that grouping which includes brazil. and of course, russia, india, and china and the plan to use this year to really $4.00 to $5.00 african agenda in the bricks grouping. and to have the bricks agenda focus on whether can to, for africa. that's how they plan to be sure. but here in south africa, the minister of international affairs miss melissa pando had open arms this by what the western media was saying about how she welcomed mr. loud drove, and you could see that fun fe, bending into their talks and they both came out guns blazing. you could see that the minister minister and the leading pando was really bad thing for russia and for minutes the love. and it was pretty much the same when he went to s one. teeny minister love of found himself being asked to stay

a bit longer. and that's how much his company and his visit has been valued here on the continent. and the song carried on and on from bomber call to no shot in in morrow. pay me the other day, mister mister lover is very much welcome to here and the scene of the crime rate. and most african countries are looking into diversification, looking at how the, the multi polar world is manifesting right in front of the eyes. and they also want to take advantage of that. and hence, increasing partnership with russia is more important to african states than the message. and the finger wagging that they get from the way they try to diversify the interest and economy partners. certainly a lot of important highlights coming out of law abroad, the latest tour of africa, our tooth corolla thought la, thank you so much for that update. ah,

and now let's go back to our top story about the nordstrom pipeline. it's hacks, and let's bring back in former us marine corps intelligence officer. scott ritter now scott, before we got cut off earlier, we were talking about germany's response. do you think there's any world in which germany did not see this coming or was not aware of this possibility surrounding these revelations? given all of the statements that we heard from the biden administration regarding the north stream pipelines and what they said was going to happen to that. no, there's just no way any responsible national leader a could have been taken by surprise. the. i mean, joe biden, all but said i'm going to blow up your pipeline, victoria newland. all but said yes, we're going to blow up your pipeline. and then when the pipeline was blown up, germany pretend says that none of this history had occurred in the and were unwilling to do a thorough investigation, probably out of fear of what they'd find. now when it comes to the response again

from the entire european union, we haven't heard much from them yet. do you expect them to take these allegations seriously and to have any kind of a response in the future? or i think you're taking these allegations very seriously. yeah, i mean the, the promise seymour hersh report is to say it's too good and you're just can't pretend it doesn't exist. the questions are going to be asked with specificity now . and it, at some point in time, it just becomes clear that everybody's just lying about this and you know, yours, it, some point in time is gonna have to come to the realization that the united states is in its friend. the united states isn't there to help europe. united states exists only to promote the united states interests above all else. and the because friends don't attack friends in this way in the united states attacked europe. yeah . and now when it comes to not only that attack,

but one of the biggest accusations from this report, it wasn't just about the united states, not wanting germany to rely too much on russia. it was about them not wanting germany to become so powerful that it didn't need to rely on the united states. what do you make of that accusation? and as you mentioned, i mean, these are 2 countries that are supposed to be friends when it comes to the u. s. in germany. what kind of message does that sound to germany knowing that their friend may very well be behind this attack? well again, let's just be clear. it's not knowing that their friends may very well have b, b, and the attack. it's knowing the difference was behind the attack. and this is the, this is the fact. there is no guesswork here in germany at this, this made it clear not to just germany, but the european union as a whole that the united states will not tolerate any challenge to its preeminent position globally. and this is what was happening because germans continue

germany's continued access to, you know, vast quantities of cheap russian gas. gave it economic potential that the united states was unable to match. so this wasn't just about true telling russia's economic gains from being able to sell gas to, to jeremy. this is about curtailing germany as a modern industrial power. and in the process, the european union, the united states declared war against europe in europe. isn't willing to admit that right now when it comes to the possibility, not just a response, but do you see that you actually drawing a line here, given all that they've done for the united states over the last year and how we're seeing it play out now does the you actually gain a spine and have a response to the united states? do you see that happening as a possibility? know, the european union is gone too far down this path. they can't afford to suddenly stop now and hit reverse, and in back out,

they are committed to this policy path with united states when it comes to russia and ukraine. and unfortunately, right now, this is a situation where europe is compelled to go forward, even though they know at the end of there's a cliff and there's rocks at the bottom and they're, they're going to crash. they know what the outcome is. this is not going to end well, but they're too far committed to be able to stop at this point in time. not going the annual you said at their former us marine corps intelligence officer. scott ritter. thank you so much for joining us and breaking this one down. thank you. more than 13000 people had been killed any devastating series of earthquakes that read through turkey and syria in recent days. numerous people have lost their entire families, was so many people trapped under the rubble of collapse. buildings among them were at least 62 palestinians, including avo, josh, whom his wife and his 4 children who had been living in turkey for many years. we

had a chance to talk with the relatives of those victims or hello landlord idle for more than 12 years. my son took his children to turn key and they never came back. and when the earthquake had been abdul karim and his kids were buried under the rubble, i beg the palestinian president and also the turkish president to return my son and his kids to me. so i can burried them here in my country available. he used to communicate with us on different days and before his death, he contacted us. he asked me about my health condition. he had a beautiful family with 3 daughters and a son. he decided to migrate out of hardship if he had a good job that he would not have made this decision. but when we received the news of their death, we were shocked that we lost 4 grand children, their father and their mother. the shock is very strong, but we had all and

a column to come. i contacted him 3 days before the said event occurred when we learned about what happened to kareem or stunt. i was at work and my colleague asked me about my brother in which area does he live. i replied that he was an anti care, and she told me that this area had him very difficult situation. we're in the worst case scenario. i expect i had the building collapsed, you know, the t survive and for lead or here in the shelter of where at least they went to save milly's but they didn't overshown, she died at me at that moment. i got another loss lobby. lemme look. and when we received the use of the earthquake, we did not feel the danger because we did not know the turkish places well in the lettuce of the beginning of the news was in syria and then turkey and alpha. uh huh . which showed the picture of the stadium that he sent us and the low of all the building surrounding the stadium collapsed except for a few among we can. so they'll shows that it's possible that he's among those buildings still standing on it, he went to a safe place regularly and then we received the call that the building had

collapsed and the day had died and will be another one of those earthquakes recorded that magnitude 7.8 was the most powerful in the region in almost a century. with her kia and syria most effected, the tremors were false as far away as egypt and even the central asian nation of context. on so far, inter kia alone, more than $12000.00 does have been confirmed. and over 62000 people injured scenes of turtle devastation around the epa center and turkey, our appalling former high rise apartment building blocks have been reduced to nothing but mountains of concrete. with signs of people trapped under rubble, getting more difficult to detect. nevertheless, the search for survivors goes on international rescue teams, including russian ones, continue to arrive to affected areas to provide assistance in those efforts. and that's all for now be here to check out our t dot com for all the latest breaking news. and.