a coup with a video of peers online, reportedly showing a ukrainian soldier ordering a capture of russian p, o w. and yet another instance of alleged war crimes committed by ts forces. also ahead, right now we are just outside town that it is outside of the city of a rush and special forces unit operating close to a p premium strong holder than on the public at the russian army atlanta. in the area, russia says new revelations about us involvement in the north stream explosions

where no secret has washington had previously been open about its intention to take out the key russian pipeline in europe and russia. foreign minister survey live rob arrives in sudan after a successful trip to the west african nation of tamia. sudan is the last stop on his tour of the continent as russia works with african nations to strengthen their ties and view of new economic horizons. with coming 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. and 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 the following images gravely disturbing. the doors the

robot are you good, good. o g, g i in these unverified images, the ukranian soldier allegedly shot old russian service men in the head. we cut that portion out because of its 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 of ukrainian soldiers killing russian prisoners of war. the un has documented several of those cases and called for a thorough investigation. she meanwhile, a massive barrage of ukrainian artillery shelling in the done that's republic on wednesday, filled to 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 a massive blaze. a rob did in the center of the regional capital. russia's defense ministry reported that about 75 ukrainian soldiers were killed near the city of euclid are in the don nuts region. within the last 24 hours, several ukrainian armored vehicles were also destroyed as russian forces have been conducting and offensive in the area are eager to don off observed a russian special forces unit there hears his report. right now we are just outside the small town that is in turn is outside of the city of the next. it is a major ukrainian stronghold. and right now we're following in the footsteps of the russian special forces unit. and basically what they're doing, they're going to be launching a heavy and c tank message,

but they won't be targeting any machinery nor tanks. rather they will be working on hitting command centers inside again, a major ukrainian stronghold which will most fell just a couple of weeks ago with c'mon, they managed to rule reinforcement and right now the army alike 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 sub. but i guess you just put in washington ukrainian armies operate at a collision cause 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 convert helicopters, brain fire from above,

fueling it as it gets deleted. 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 arc. see now the central russia. 2 people had been killed and 8 others injured and an apparent gas explosion and subsequent fire in an apartment building. and the city of nova severed 3 people are so feared to be trapped under the rubble of the collapse of building firefighters and paramedics quickly arrived at the scene. the blaze has been extinguished.

rushes foreign ministries as new revelations about you as the tax on the north stream pipeline system were expected. as the us 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 evolvement of the u. s. and nato . nothing that they did not hide this boasting to the whole world to bad, the intention to destroy the civilian infrastructure through which you are a 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 investigative journalist seymour hersh, who said the attack on russia's nord stream system was carried out by the u. s. with norwegian involvement after months of diligent planning. by the 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, but 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. he says it's not the 1st time for washington referencing his own experience a decade ago when evidence of the u. s. government, spying on his own citizens was rejected by top intelligence officials testifying before 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 we heard from

a member of the european parliament from the alternative for german party. he says that the german government will not admit anything about the destruction of the north stream pipeline system. because berlin is too afraid of losing its main western ally, that would require an admission. you're never going to get oil. it's very likely we'll get the mission from somebody. you certainly won't get it from the german government. german government is so fearful and so reluctant to disrupt relations with a principal western ad eyes and senior ally, i can see why the americans might have done what they allegedly did. because it's clearly that strategic and economic interests are key. marina,

kosher brings us the timeline of the events. it's 2021 that you are 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, 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 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 a plan for a covert operation that would use deep sea divers to trigger the 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 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. it's russian rage,

that means tanks of truth crossing the, the border of the crate again, then there will be we, there will be no longer a nor stream to. we will get into the cover surprise of a biden's and newlands in 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 answers the picture. in march, a few members of the american seem fly there. so meets with a norwegian, secret service and navy. the norwegian navy finds the right spot for the explosives and awaits a camouflaged them. so the rasa navy doesn't spot them no way 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. our plan said

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 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 for 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 pretends 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. 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's some point in time. it just becomes clear that everybody's just lying. ah, russia is foreign minister, sergey rob. 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, that the continent, our teeth grumble as that tells us more. 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 bill of, of a, a civilian government and mr. lover over there, to meet with his counterpart in the styles. 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 g o g o. strategically important location. of course these visits by a lover of have not gone unnoticed and some, some might say that they've,

they've been actively encountered by the way. 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 lice and diplomats of western countries are also looking to visit the continent, but particularly visiting sudan. and i find that very peculiar that he has almost been preceded, or rather succeeded in some cases by different european countries who also present their foreign affairs ministers to counter whatever mister love roof has been building. i. e, how he went to molly to strengthen the ties in the country,

following the insurgency that has been rep, that country for, for numerous months now, let the lover of africa visit all in all, i guess, has been somewhat of a, a, a celebration. he was welcomed with the owner, hence open, and he has, he has yet to see a closed all in south africa, which was his 1st stop was very strategic because it was, it was big south africa. if an important part named the southern region, the 1000 african development region, and it was pretty much the same when he went to s, what teeny minister lover of found himself being asked to stay a bit longer. and that's how much his company and his vivid has been valued here on the continent. and the song carried on and on from by, ma, call to know, shut in, in more attain yeah, just the other day miss the miss, the lover of is very much. oh, well, come here,

any scene of comrade and most african countries are looking into diversification. looking at how the, the multi paula world is manifesting right in front of the eyes. and they also want to take advantage of that is china has demanded that the u. s. remove it. sanctions against syria saying the embargo is only making the humanitarian crisis in the middle eastern country. even worse. there's ancients, i've disrupted retention if supplies to syria after a series of catastrophic earthquakes tore through the country and neighboring turkey up in recent days. the u. s has long been engaged in the syrian crisis, is frequent military strikes and hush, economic sanctions have caused huge civilian casualties and taken away serious means for subsistence. in the wake of the catastrophe, the u. s. should put aside geopolitical obsessions and immediately live the unilateral sanctions and syria to unlock the dose for humanitarian aid to see rare, almost 300 buildings have collapsed in syria. the northern city and the upper near

the target border is one of the areas most effective residents were forced to flee their homes and have been gathering at shelters where they are provided with nest. very accommodation. those facilities were chosen because they are far from tall buildings. as residents fear that more structures will collapse. that's why western sanction, particularly from the us, have been walking vital aid from getting into syria after the disaster. russian troops serving in syria has been providing medical assistance and humanitarian aid to local residence in the affected areas. india has also joined russia in assisting those devastated regions, sending massive aid packages to both syria inter kia we heard from political analyst vasa dialed off. 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 us department,

he lives many times in our i because that he said that the united states is not preventing any kind of 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 feeling 120000 barrels of oil every every day. and as the same time, they are stealing the wheat cotton and occupy and the very important part of the north east of us because of the sanctions because of the war at the last, the government, 50000 machine in all kinds of mice which could be held in this situation, enjoying at 12 years. so now i think we should divide between your bullet

politics, color position towards this phase, or this area, or whatever you want to, to name it between the humanitarian situation within international lo. i think we are obliged to help each other as if people, as a human being good more than 13000 people have been kelvin. the devastating series of earthquakes, the structure kia and syria in recent days. one of those earthquakes recorded at magnitude 7.8 was the most powerful in the region in almost a century water kia and syria, where the most affected the tremors were felt as far away as egypt and even the central asian nation of cause it's done. so far in turkey alone, more than 12000 deaths have been confirmed, and over 62000 people injured scenes of total devastation around the epicenter and turkey are our appalling former high rise apartment blocks had been reduced to

nothing but heaps of concrete. were signs of people trapped under the rubble getting more difficult to dis hack. nevertheless, the search for survivors goes on. international rescue teams, including russian once continue to arrive to the affected areas to provide assistance in those efforts. our teeth, peter scott heard from local residents who were desperate to hear from loved ones last and the collapse buildings. dia kabir is exactly 261 kilometers from the epicenter of the massive earthquake. the devastated large parts of turkey and syria, a search it's not suffered as much as other towns. indeed, only a few buildings of collapse completely, but thousands have been left uninhabitable as yet. meaning that many people are now facing the risk of another earthquake, as well as a psychological trauma. all that while dealing with this sub 0 temperatures, many with little more than the clothes on the back of the heart when they fled.

like this group of people huddled around to come fire desperately trying to keep the cold a bay. but is it more tragic reason that some of these people have settled come here in the freezing cold, in this particular spot filled to 3 days now. now what you can see behind me is a residential building that was once 8 stories high and is now been reduced to rubble. as you can see her, there are people that once lived in that building and then are waiting for news of their relatives who in many cases are still stock under the rubble. i want to wait here because my son, his wife and guests and 6 of my relatives were in the building when b earthquakes tra, yeah, my grandson herron is 4 years old. he was also in the building. i haven't received any word from the family, and asia isn't alone. as of wednesday evening, the death toll india buckets stood at 144 people with almost 1000 wounded. as the sun begins to fade 3 days after the earthquakes. so does hope the survivors will be

rescued from the rubble. that doesn't stop relatives anxiously gathering around destroyed homes desperate for any news of their loved ones. i can't say that i've completely lost hope, but it's been 3 days now and has gained difficult to remain optimistic that my oldest sister and had 2 children will be found a life. i would like to send all my blessings, deville's people who lost their lives in this disaster. i would also like to wish that those who were injured will get well soon. understandably, with progress slow going frustration mounts with each passing hour. many of the people i spoke to india back here were angry that more support from the government or the international community hadn't yet reached the city 3 days after the quakes . by them, we want more support for the rescue teams. we can't go back home because it's not safe, and there is no peace for us there. some waiting here for news about my 6 cousins in other parts of the back here. he could almost be forgiven for thinking that life

goes on as normal. the city may have got off relatively lightly, but thus have little consolation to residence, waiting for news of their relatives who are trapped or those who are forced to sleep on the streets or seek shelter elsewhere. while government engineers go through the daunting process of is showing the thousands of homes here are safe to live in once again. to scott, the kid, turkey c. u. s. 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 sources. in particular, african countries have 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'm trying to exceed, ah, we're new. leave it to you as president joe biden,

to say the quiet part out loud yet again. go figure that the most lucid remark that bitin major in 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 in 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 being the profit out on a unicorn they expected to be the white knight 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 by doing 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 and mandates that totally deregulated energy

market and spiked inflation or don't blame his green agenda, the kill domestic fossil fuel projects, just plain big oil for not boosting domestic production as though that would fix everything. by then 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 dependency 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 prey see 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 and cutting funding for fossil fuel projects in africa. notably in the western part of the continent. so countries like nigeria and synagogue, this would really be a huge blue country, such as out of it really want to see gas as

a transition of fuel and power of time in which to, to work toward the met 0 for can put him in the meantime. to be able to also continue to use for 2 years gas from explorica who 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. deborah burden for the west own carbon emissions. it is absolutely, i'm say, a 2 acts african countries that have really are this when you look at the global cabin atlas contribution, just 2.7 percent or greenhouse gas emissions to turn to our band and producing oil

and natural gas. there will bring energy and bring energy at this point. we are not even able to afford it. intermittent nature is a problem with rural energy in africa that can provide off load and that comes from natural gas and comes from coal. but even bigger than that in itself, there is also a big need for term to produce more natural gas for the world. and this is no time to be telling african countries who are banned on the, i'd not god given natural resources in favor of gaining energy, african needs and energy mix it up. or if your produce all the natural gas in africa to be our greenhouse gas emissions would increase just by point $67.00, that is nothing. and this is an application of pain. the penalty for robin nations, them greenhouse gas emissions.