a with disturbing video appears online, reportedly showing a ukrainian soldier murdering a captured russian p o w. and yet another instance, civilized war crimes committed by pm force it. also ahead with that outside of the city of within that it is a major ukrainians role. observe their rational, special forces unit operating close to a ukrainian stronghold in on this republic of the russian army brand up. it's a pensive in the area with russia says new revelations about us involvement in the

north stream explosions where no secret has washington had previously been open about its intentions to take out the key russian pipeline in europe. and russia is foreign minister survey rob rob arrived, dan, after a successful trip to the west african nation, while retaining at sudan is the last stop on his to the continent as russia worked with african nations to strengthen their ties. in view of new economic arises with coming to you live in the russian capital. this is our t international. i. rachel blevins here with the top stories of the hour. welcome to the program. we begin with shocking footage, reportedly recorded by ukrainian soldiers as they allegedly killed the russian prisoners of war and a warning you may find these following images gravely disturbing. utilize

the verb with you. but i'm sure she in these unverified images, you premium folder allegedly shot or russian service and in the head. now we cut out that portion because of its graphic content. so you can see one of the captured soldiers wearing a white patch typically worn by the russian troops. there have been numerous other accusations of ukrainian soldiers killing russian prisoners of war. the un has documented several of the chases called for a thorough investigation. meanwhile, a massive garage of ukrainian artillery showing in the darkness republic on wednesday, killed 2 civilians and wounded for others, including several children. local authorities say cranium forces fired more than $100.00 artillery rounds of civilian areas in the region. a number of apartment buildings and a shopping center were damaged in the assault, and the massive blades erupt. it in the center of the regional capital

russia defense ministry, reported that about 75 ukrainian soldiers were killed near the city of dar and don't ask region. within the last 24 hours, several ukrainian armored vehicles were also destroyed as the russian forces have been conducting an offensive in the area are eager shoot on up observed directions, special forces unit there. here's his report. right now we are just outside the small town of the that it is outside of the city of the next. it is a major ukrainian stronghold. and right now we are following in the footsteps of a russian special forces unit. and basically what they're doing, they're going to be launching a heavy pansy tank myself, but they won't be targeting any machinery nor tanks. rather they will be working

on hitting command centers inside again, the major ukrainian stronghold which will most fail just a couple of weeks ago. he has come on the managed to reinforcement and right now the 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 just local them. watching a korean armies operate at a collision course here. keep forces positions have been reduced to small batch of apartment block buildings on a hill top. it's a dominating a height yet the ukrainians are trying to expand their zone of control. the russians on the other hands for no effort throwing plenty of their resources into the battle. this infantry tanks, every kind of artillery piece, as combat helicopters, brain fire from above. julia does it get deleted by the enemy is detected and destroyed every day by the forces of our

intelligence. and artillery is the same everywhere. attempts by the ukrainian 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 gosh done of reposing from the dumbass odd sea now to central rashad to people have been killed and 8 others injured in an apparent gas explosion and subsequent fire in an apartment building in the city of no, we see beers, 3 people are still fear to be trapped under the rubble of the cloth building firefighters and paramedics quickly arrived at the scene. the blaze has been extinguished. rations foreign ministry says

new revelations about u. s. a tax on the north stream pipeline system were expected. as the u. s. leadership had blatantly threatened to get rid of the key rush and gas supply route in europe. we have repeatedly voiced russia's position on the balden end of the u. s. and 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, those revelations were made by award winning journalist seymour hersh, who said that the attack on russia's nord stream system was carried out by the u. s . with norwegian involvement. after months of diligent planning. by this

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 that time, the issue wasn't whether to do the mission with how to get it done with no overt clue as to who was responsible. the u. s. has been quick to deny any involvement in the covert attacks on the nordstrom pipelines but an essay whistleblower edward snowden is unconvinced by those us denials. he said that it's not the 1st time around for washington referencing his own experience a decade ago. when evidence of the u. s. government buying on its own citizens was rejected 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 kerfuffle a pulitzer prize winning,

former foreign correspondent for the new york times, as you, as denials of the pipeline attack, have little to no significance. that is something that we've seen in the past. not only with seymour hersh, his reporting, but other investigative look at looks at our investigations into activities that 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 without a denial, but not denial again, doesn't mean much. we look at how these things play out. eventually more information comes out that supports this initial reporting until it becomes very hard for them to deny. that's usually what happens. our g marina

closer about brings us the timeline of the events. it's 2021. the u. s. a needs are already irritated by the north stream one gas pipeline because they see it as a threat to western dominance. and now north seem to 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 departments. 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 commission 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 i a working group reports back to sullivan's inter agency group. we have a way to blow up a 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. it's russian rage

at meas, turned to troops crossing the a border. you chris again then there will be we. there will be no longer nor stream to. we will get into the core of a surprise of a biden's, a newland scent discussions and are wondering what it means for their mission. the cia is william burns, apparently said to it, but how and when? well that's when nor why enters the picture in march as you 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 a comma flies them. so the russian navy 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 wency to the nato exercises begin and the minds 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. they have to find a way to do it. the explosives could be triggered by a sono bully chopped by a plane at short notice. it would have met a sequence of unique low frequencies, 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 in our bowie. a few hours later, the high powered sea for explosives are triggered, and the rest is history. there's just no way any responsible, national leader, or could have been taken by surprise sir. i mean, joe biden. all but said i'm going to blow up your pipeline. victoria newland orbit

said yes, we're going to blow your pipeline. and then when the pipeline was blown up, germany pretenses that none of this history had occurred and, and were unwilling to do a thorough investigation, probably out of fear of what they'd find. well, i think you're taking these allegations very seriously. you know, i mean the, the promise, seymour hersh, his 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. ah, russia foreign minister sir, gave our rob has arrived in sudan, the final stop on his african tour. his visit comes as media reports emerge of us and european officials reportedly coming to meet with the north african countries leadership around the same time, la rob's tour of the continent has been widely considered

a success for the countries he visited with numerous high level meetings, exploring new horizons for russia's economic ties with the continent, artes corolla thoughtless has more details. while the long serving russian diplomat visits a sudan with the 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 in the south d g. and they will be talking about the areas of investment and trade and how to strengthen those. and particularly because sudan if, if the way is situated it finds itself as a very g o g o, strategically important location. of course these visits by gay love of have not gone unnoticed. and some, some might say that they've,

they've been actively encountered by the west. because they see mr. lover of vincent here as a, as a rather shift in politics and a potential threat to their dominance with regards to the african agenda we've heard. although with unconfirmed media reports that many of the top deep royce and diplomats of western countries are also looking to visit the continent, but particularly visiting sudan. 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 counter whatever mister lovegrove has been building. i. e, how he went to my lead to strengthen the ties in the country. following the

insurgency that has been ref, that country for, for numerous months now, mister lover 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 the to see a closed all in south africa, which was his 1st job was very through teaching because it was, it was big south africa. if an important partner in the southern region, the south african development region, 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 know, shut in in morrow, tamia jet. the other day mister mister lover is very much welcomed here and the scene of a comrade and most african countries are looking into diversification,

looking at how the, the multi polar world is manifesting right in front of the ice. and they also want to take advantage of that china has demanded that the us remove its sanctions against syria, saying the embargo is only making the humanitarian crisis in the middle eastern country. even worse. the sanctions have disrupted potential is applies to syria after a series of catastrophic earthquakes, tor, through the country, and neighboring turkey. in recent days, the u. s. has long been engaged in the syrian crisis, is frequent military strikes and harsh economic sanctions have caused huge civilian casualties and taken away. syrians means for subsistence in the wake of the catastrophe, the u. s. should put aside geopolitical obsessions in immediately lift the unilateral sanctions on syria to unlock the doors for humanitarian aid to syria.

almost 300 buildings have collapsed and syria, the northern city of al, up, up here. the turkish border is one of the areas most effective residents were forster flu, their homes, and have been gathering at shelters where they are, provide it with necessary accommodations. those facilities were chosen because they are far from tall buildings. as resonance fear that more structures will collapse. boswell, western sanctions, particularly from the u. s. have been walking vital aid from getting into syria after the disaster. russian troops serving in syria have been providing medical assistance and humanitarian aid to local residents, and the areas affect it. india has also joined russia in assisting in those devastated regions, sending massive aid packages to both syria and turkey. a. we heard from political analysts for som of bu abdullah, who says the u. s. is trying to prevent syria from overcoming the aftermath of the deadly earthquake for humanitarian aid. these sanctions should be

listed there is, you know, speaker of the u. s. department, he lives many times in our because that he said that the united states is not preventing any kind of a ministerial assistance to our area. why is this tuition is not like that? so not only sanctions united states imposing on people at united 5th l. u. s. army is this healing 120000 barrels of oil every every day. and as the same time, they are stealing the wheat cost on and occupying the very important part of the north east of us because of the sanctions because of the war at the last, the few and government, 50000 machine in all kinds of mice which could be helped in this situation, enjoying it where we are. so now i think we should divide between your

policy position towards this phase or the regime. whatever you want to to name is between the humanitarian situation, which in international low i think we are obliged to help each other as people, as a human being good more than 13000 people have been killed. the devastating series of earthquakes that struck turkey in syria in recent days. one of those earthquakes reported at magnitude $7.00 was the most powerful in the region. in almost a century, walter, kia and syria were the most affected. the tremors were fault as far away as egypt and even the central asian asian nation of context. on so far in turkey are alone more than $12000.00 deaths have been confirmed, and over $62000.00 people injured scenes of total devastation around the epicenter and turkey. our appalling former high rise apartment box have been reduced to

nothing but mountains of concrete with science. if 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 effective areas to provide assistance in these efforts. numerous people have lost their entire family with so many people trapped under the rubble of the collapse buildings among them where at least 62 palestinians, including alban, joe, who, his wife and his 4 children, who had been living in turkey for many years. we had a chance to talk with relatives of those victims or hello leveled idle for more than 12 years. my son took his children to turkey 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 bury them here in my country

a fellow that 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, he would not have made this decision. but when we received the news of their death, we were shocked. we lost 4 grand children, their father and their mother. the shock is very strong that we had all and the column book and i contacted him 3 days before the said event occurred. when we learned about what happened to korean war, stunt i was at work and my colleagues asked me about my brother in which area does he live? i replied that he was an untouchable, and she told me that this area had him very difficult situation. we're in the worst case scenario. i expect that the building collapsed that he survive and what lead or hit in the shelter where at least they went to save millions, but they didn't a little bit and he died at the me at that moment. i got under loss lobby. lemme

look. and when we received an use of the earthquake, we did not feel the danger because we did not know the turkish places well at the beginning of the use was in syria and then turkey. uh huh. was so the picture of the stadium that he sent us over all the building surrounding the stadium collapsed except for a few among we can. so those shows that it's possible that he's among wheels building still standing on it, he went to a safe place and then we received the call that the building had collapsed and the day had died. when at the holiday, we'll continue to bring you more stories of the devastated people there in turkey and syria throughout the day. and us president joe, by that has admitted that the world will still need oil for quite some time. despite his efforts to push for a global transition to more eco friendly and sustainable energy resources, in particular, african countries,

i've not been very keen on making that switch despite those western demands. so we're going to need oil for least another decade. and i can exceed, ah, we're new, leave it to us present, joe biden, to say the quiet part out loud yet again. go figure that the most lucid remark that bitin made during his state of the union speech was when he wasn't just reading verbatim from what some establishment speech writers gave him to read. all this height about the need for green energy to save the planet from climate change. and now biden's like, well actually the future is fossil fuels for another decade and beyond size and big oil which went from being the ugly step child to being propped up on your record. the expected to be the white night. now isn't too happy with all the mix messaging. the president is right that americans on the world will continue to need

affordable, reliable energy for decades to come. so why attack the industry walk in day and night to provide it fighting has been using big oil as a scapegoat for bad government policy as in now don't blame biden's, anti russian sanctions or proving restrictions in mandates that totally deregulated energy market in spite inflation or don't blame is green agenda, the kill domestic fossil fuel projects, just plain big oil for not boosting domestic production as though that would fix everything by didn't even went to europe last march, an egg them on to break free from dirty rushing gas in favor of putting all their chips on green energy, renewables. we've agreed on a joint game plan toward that goal. while accelerating our progress toward a secure, clean energy future. this initiative focuses on 2 core issues. one, helping europe reduces to pregnancy on russian gash as quickly as possible.

secondly, reducing europe's demand for gash overall. so the you of course, did what you always does and promptly took jo biden's advice set fire to its sale and then started panicking over being a drift without a viable energy lifeline. particularly were in and he realized that wind and sun weren't going to get them back on solid ground any time soon. that is until the u. s. offered them a pricey life raft, the block ended up importing a 148 per cent. more u. s. natural gas last year, as opposed to the year before at prices several times higher than what americans pay for the same thing. but europe isn't the only one who got totally suckered into allowing joe biden to gut punch. they're pretty full energy projects for not being green enough. biden killed canadas keystone excel pipeline project because, well, it just wasn't good for climate change. and he also led north america and europe in

cutting funding for fossil fuel projects in africa. notably in the western part of the continent. so countries like nigeria and senegal, this would really be a huge blue country, such as ours. really want to see gas as a transition of fuel and to have time in which to, to work toward met 0 for can put him in the meantime to be able to also continue to use or use gum exploit because we have at our disposal. biden's been running around demanding, the other countries go cold turkey and cutting themselves off from so called dirty fuel. and they did. so now he is position the us to become their dealer for the foreseeable future, which is starting to look a lot further away than what they may have figured from all of biden's green hype. the managing director of the african energy chamber says it is unfair for western

powers to push african nations to bear a burden for the west own car. but admissions, it is absolutely unfair to act african countries that have really, i guess when you look at the global carbon atlas contribution, just 2.7 percent of greenhouse gas emissions. to turn to our band and producing oil and natural gas. there will bring energy and green energy at this point when body, when the blue 40 intimate nature is a problem. when we're in a gene africa that can provide all these load. and that comes from natural gas and comes from cool. but even bigger than that in itself, there is also a big need for him to produce more natural gas for the world. and this is no time to be telling african countries co op band on the, i'd not god, given natural resources in favor of grinning energy, african needs an energy mix. if not, if you produce all the natural gas in africa to be i've greenhouse gas emissions

would increase just by point $67.00. that is nothing. and this is an application of pain, the penalty for regulations the greenhouse gas emissions. meanwhile, india's energy week for him has concluded, an r t manage to get an exclusive interview with the head of oil in the a limit it, he says, the country will continue develop as partnership with russia as it helps india grow and provide for its energy needs how you doing? jasmine gaudio, having lengthening claudia relationship with all the countries across and yesterday she has been a very buddy one relationship with us. yeah. and we continue to engage with us. yeah. in terms of b, 2, b and g 2 g on dot headsets feel secure. energy also does very good. in fact it does come out.