ah, with with our headline stories this, our disturbing footage appears on the line, reportedly showing a ukrainian soldier executing are captured russian, p o w. and we had another instance of a legit war crimes committed by key as horses. that sounds beijing warns of the risk of a escalation where a weapons are ending up in the conflict. because the west keeps pumping p. m with arms, which it sees as the only way to achieve these people dying underground under level in syria. because the united states we use to send the basic, the basic off the aid that these people need. us sanctions block vital assistance getting to earthquake victims in syria. washington tries to shift the blame

claiming the musk is responsible for the aftermath of the natural with life for moscow. this is our team. my name's unit o'neill and 30 minutes of news news start. we begin with the conflict in ukraine and don bos, shocking footage has emerged online, reportedly recorded by ukrainian soldiers, showing them executing a captured russian prisoner of war. a warning, the following video is disturbing. who do i do? but i you. good, good, thank you. oh g g, i well, in the real verified video, ukrainian so ensure allegedly shoots a russian service men in the head multiple times. we lowered it some of the images,

but the victims wearing a white patch typically worn by russian trip. it comes after numerous other accusations of ukrainian soldiers killing russian p. o w. 's. the united nations has documented several of those cases called for investigation. he was local officials say a barrage of ukrainian artillery shilling had that done yet. grip public on weapons . they killing 2 civilians and wounding for others, including children. authority, st. ukrainian forces fired more than $100.00 artillery shells of civilian areas in the region. a number of apartment buildings on a shopping mall were damaged, while a massive blaze erupt in the center of the regions capital. for russia, the defense ministry has reported around $75.00 ukrainian soldiers were killed near the city of la dar, within the past 24 hours or so. several armored vehicles were also destroyed,

of moscow's troops conduct an offensive in the area ortiz. he pushed down off his on the front lines watching rushes, special forces conduct their operations. 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 and c 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 reinforcement and right now the army has 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. a tooth . ah, the spots are watching the project i'll being carefully guided towards its target. and when it connects, he doesn't hold back emotions with

a stop or i guess you just, you know, call them rushing. ukrainian armies operate at a collision cause here keep forces positions have been reduced to a small patch of apart and block buildings on a hill top. it's a dominating 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, rain fire from above. julian, as it gets little when the enemy is detected and destroyed every day by the forces of our intelligence and artillery is the same. every whap attempts by the ukranian army to counterattack were repulsed up to a company of soldiers and heavy equipment were destroyed. so special and content 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 august done of reposing from the dumbass. odd sea circle of raw fest slammed the west over its insistence that africa condemned russia over the ukraine conflict. the foreign minister said they could have used that very same energy to prevent the situation from escalating. he made his comments on his last up in sudan as the diplomat wrapped up a tour of the continent. the fact that our western colleagues are so persistently chasing around the world demanding the condemnation of russia speaks volumes. firstly, if they try this hard, it means they feel they are wrong if they use the same energy to make ukraine abide by the minsk agreements, we wouldn't need a special operation. and we know that ukraine was not going to accept the minsk

agreement. but on the contrary, we're preparing for a hybrid war. everything to eliminate a political competitor. la minsk, agreements were meant to be the cornerstone of the peace process between the don boss, republics, and key if they were established by russia, ukraine, germany, and france, 8 years ago. however, in the latest interview, 2 german news outlets ukrainian president vladimir zalinski noted that several years ago he told them manual macro and anglo merkel, that key of will not abide by the minsk accords. these easiest way to end the war is to give territories to russia, to return to them the influence on ukraine and within ukraine that they had for years. that is why the minsk agreements was signed. a friendly stay should not blame us for this. but i think the men's agreements were a concession. i told emmanuel macaroni an angler merkel. we cannot implement it this way. and that's something that was admitted by ukraine's previous president,

petro parish. jenko. vladimir zalinski fact is not the 5th where a leader that has declared the aim to established long term peace in don bos, whits they minsk agreements, was not the plan. earlier. the french and german leaders who mediated and signed on to the protocol, said the accords were created to give more time to key f to prepare its trips. test stand against moscow will escrow live now to the chairman of the opposition group for a german sovereignty and constitution. ralph t niemeyer, you're most welcome to the program, sir. so now we have mr. lensky saying that he actually tools micron merkel that he will not follow the accords considered. they were broken by france and germany. are you surprised? they didn't pressure him to follow the agreement. but i'm not surprised at all because i was in men's in 2015, those rather than i had spoken to even as

a journalist at the time, the chancellor angel medical. and she had convinced us all that this was not a concession to russia. and you may, as mister lensky is now pretending it was, it is not. and why does surprising actually is missus merkel a few weeks ago in the magazine article and interview with the site in germany. admitted that she was actually starting mr. newton because she said the major was not ready and not prepared enough for a stand off against russia. so there is some news in that actually that mr. lansky is admitting now that he was not ready or he would not implement anything like that. mr. agreement and shank also didn't want that to love because it was called for autumn, not independence, but autonomy that also countries like sun tire rodeo in italy

or in northern ireland where you have certain auto rights to people who live in a different territory. it's an honest thing to do, but it's interesting now that mr. ski is openly admitting that as it was interesting that mrs. marketed so the same way or indeed more. so this is not the were leader who submitted the midst agreements were not what the seemed, what damage or what does that say in european diplomacy not. but i would be deeply disappointed if i ever had to deal as a world leader or minister of a government with these leaders. because obviously you don't trust what they are saying. i mean, does, again, like it was at the end of the soviet union. the russians may have trusted all the folks that may have trusted. the western part was at the time that they would not

expand nato pittsville ultimately and very quickly did off the sovereignty rules. these 2 exists of the same. we can see now with immense, at court from 2015, it was never meant to be implemented that is clear from the ukrainian side. the russians tried to maintain it because it would have provided certain security aspects for the population in the dauntless region. but you say, you can't trust these road leaders in the lester road in that interview, given by vladimir lensky to the german daily. he also spoke of his communications with chancellor shaw, thin the realm of at weapon supplies. ralph, let's take a listen together to what was said. i told the chancellor. oh laugh, listen. we're missing missiles. i know that you don't have any more yourself. we also have an intelligence service. i know you give us every thing and i don't know how, but we actually manage to get them produced foster. i have to put pressure to help

you crane and constantly convince him that this help is not for us. but for europeans. yeah, just your reaction to that he, he actually admits in it doesn't a that the he knows that germany supplies and the dollar countries are running low, but keep giving this them anyway. well, there is some truth in that, certainly because we know that germany is now probably the largest donor of arms and is going to deliver them on time. i reject or post position you can imagine. but here the truth is mr. shawn was very reluctant and i even applauded to advocate for that being reluctant to send into any conflict, especially as not in a conflict that could end up as having trouble the dresser. so you know, i was on his side actually,

and i said good that's. he's thinking twice about everything now he said, okay, i have to not stand alone in europe. that's why i'm going to send arms. so then he rang washington and asked him whether they would send ambrose tags, the american say, yeah, but it may take one or 2 years even more. so, but he said ok, i'm not standing in the polish pressure rising germany all the time. and also other european nations always we are going to send and you go fast and know where you have it. the germans are the ones who are going to send 2 times and will be blamed later. hi rochell by whoever is investigating what is really happening and with these arms and the polish are reluctant, they are not doing it. the french are not sending anything american say maybe later . i mean, this is not the right way to deal with us. and that's why i oppose it even more now than i did before. we shouldn't have any arms into any conflict,

but especially we should not be the ones who do it done and for the others in the to follow us. that does not, right. as always, we appreciate your time and your thoughts. thank you for coming on the program, the term and all the opposition for german sovereignty and constitution. ralph t niemeyer, while diplomacy is the only way to end the conflict in ukraine and a military solution is on their chief about that's the message coming from a top chinese on voice speaking to the us. we were quite concerned about the possible escalation offer this. so this, this conflict. and though we don't believe that term only providing a weapons, oh, will actually solve the problem. and we are quite concerned about people talking about winning a complete to victory on the battlefield. we believe that to the right place will

be at the negotiating table. so what you're hearing there are from the chinese envoys, basically the diplomatic equivalent of our you. okay, bro, this on the way to the european union is obviously concerned about the block getting carried away over ukraine until recently, some european leaders at least paid lip service to the idea of peace and prudence and the conflict ending with negotiations. and now they're like the guy who shows up at the casino says that he's not really into gambling, but okay, sure, maybe i'll play a few games of slots or a few rounds of poker. but the same guy as leader found swinging naked from the chandelier, after maxing out all his credit cards. that right now is europe. and that's a slippery slope. they just slid right on down when it comes to ukraine. have a listen. russia's defeat has become both a polish and a european reason for existence. returns. ukraine can count on france. it's european port no san its allies to win the war. russia cannot and must not. when

combined them together with our partners. we have also provided massive support to ukraine financially, with humanitarian aid, and with weapons, with heavy artillery, with the air defense and recently also with the delivery of battle tanks. and we will continue to do so as long as it is necessary, as you can hear, there europe is all in on fighting russia right down to the last ukranian. european leaders have literally self radicalized over the course of this conflict. compare that rhetoric with what french president emanuel michael was saying late last year when insisting on negotiate sions and respect for russia in those talks, as the way to achieve peace. not that he wasn't routinely slammed for it by eastern european countries for even suggesting diplomacy over war as though that's some kind of radical idea. so beijing sees you're up cheering zalinski like he's the star quarterback in some come a football game against russia and basically is reminding them of some serious real

world consequences. like where all the weapons going. when all of this is over, we keep hearing cheers of free the leverage. but what happens when the german leopard tanks and the whole weapons do that nato is dropping into ukraine, ends up going home with some locals as pets or ends up being traffic to other aficionados of exotic arms. china's envoy to the united nations brought that issue up, relevant parties should pay great attention and they are to adopt strict control measures, prevent their proliferation of weapons and ammunition, particularly stop them from falling in the hands of terrorists and armed groups and avoid great hurt and avoid creating a new instability, integrate her geographic region. in this regard, the dire consequences of conflicts in afghanistan, iraq, syria, and samaria, served as sobering lessons. it's not like china is alone in evoking this concern.

the head of britons national crime agency said in december that there was a risk of blow back risk hollow full on reality that same month, the president of nigeria said that part of the nato weapons ministry had already made it down to lake chad basin region. where he said that they were keeping terrorists company, interpol warren, that black market weapons could come out of ukraine last june. but hey, what is an interval? no, right. other than the fact that keith was a, basically a boom for black market weapons dealing going all the way back to the 19 ninety's facilitated by rampant government. and, and it's all like that corruption problem. his anywhere close to resolved. ukraine is still one of the largest markets for arms trafficking in europe with the problem growing even worse in the past 12 months. that's according to the global organized crime index, which is funded by the us state department, the e u. an interval. so really they should know better. meanwhile,

all the western houses just being shoveled into ukraine, despite mounting calls to see some actual receipts from time to time. maybe. but you know, who cares about details like accounting and accountability. china is basically the adult who just walked into the room and that's likely to go over about as well as you might expect. for the vice head of the shanghai center, a think tank nelson, one believes the current e policy at arms is only endangering civilians in ukraine. why the european politicians are doing what they're doing at the moment by sending weapons to ukraine or even given weapons through the sky. you're only going to create more civilian casualties. you're not going to achieve anything that you claim you can because you won't be able to beat what. but whether these weapons will fall into the right hand. or we don't really know who all the right and, you know,

friends in europe. i think people should ask the politicians and the interest groups, what are they doing? are they benefiting anything out of that? are they really sure that they can achieve what they claim they can, can be to be to the death toll has no climb to more than 20000 people following the devastating earthquakes that rock turkey syria? earlier this week had a province in turkey, is one of the worst effected areas. but some moments of like do occasionally emerge rescuers. there are pulled a 10 year old boy from the ruins after being trumped for more than 65 hours. local and international emergency teams are battling the clock to find more survivors

will love the epicenter of the wake itself. scenes of devastation, former high rise apartment blocks have been reduced to nothing more than piles of concrete and twisted metal. desperate locals have gathered on the streets to collect humanitarian aid or russian emergency teams there working in the turkish region of romance, marsh, with more than 40 doctors at traveling, there are to provide medical care of elderly people and children are the 1st in line with teams treating and foster ray of injuries caused by the disaster. moscow has also provided fire fighting aircraft to help bottle blazes raging after the quakes. this is for the from on board one of the plains ortiz peter scott's been speaking to the strong locals, struggling and made the apocalyptic st. hi me is a residential building that was once 8 stories high and is now been reduced to rubble. as you can see here, there are people that once lived in our building and they're now waiting for news

of their relatives who in many cases are still stuck 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 the earthquake struck. 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, such as 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 free days now. and his game 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 to those 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 . like telling 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. his normal city may have got off relatively lightly, but us 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 dancing process of ensuring the thousands of homes here are safe to live in once again. peter scott, the backyard turkey,

r t. just to recap, the primary earthquake was recorded at magnitude 7.8, the most powerful in the region in close to a century. walter, kia and syria helping the most affected the tremors were felt as far away of egypt and the central asian nation of catholic stuff. in syria, among the dead or at least $1200.00 government control the areas, the northern city of a level near the turkish border is one of the earliest hardest hit. the residents were forced to flee their homes and gather shelters. law, damascus. i'm others say western sanctions, particularly those from the u. s. have been blocking vital aid from getting into syria after the disaster. as you can see on the map, for example, compared to turkish or forts in the northern part of that graphic plains are seemingly avoiding syrian or fields. i'm happy to say we can talk more in this with doctors without borders, operations manager in syria,

martine flock strip or teen. thank you very much for your time. at this time, when it comes to the international response to the disaster are both trickier on syria receiving a similar level of help. if we look at the context of the both countries affected before the earthquake, the situation was a very different where the baseline of both relations with different infrastructures in syria, which are where the lation has lived for the last 12 years already in conflict. there was a whole different level of available services for the nation. many people have already been displaced and like in the north northwest

of syria, people were already living in precarious situation. and then the earthquake hit 2 countries with devastating with demonstrating consequences. where the, where, where major issues are the excess extra physical access with the hospitals which were damaged, destroyed excess, also by reaching people assume different parties are involved by border crossings, but also recession. so there is a lot of barriers to reach, reach the population who needs so desperate, so much a on, on the point. thank you for the explainer as well on that point. and your thoughts on the level of aid actually getting through right now. and what's the most urgent need currently?

denise are true. it is really horrific. people have lost everything, people lost their beloved ones and their belongings in many areas. and what is essential is that we the every by the skills as, as soon as possible. so that's ongoing medication continues to read the areas where med, where increasing medical teams are supporting to, to treat the wounded. in addition, all the other relief items for housing, for tens, for blankets, food, shelter, everything is needed. and so it's essential that's, that's all a procedures and also recreation. so like for instance, implication etc authorization to go to new areas. that's all that's fast striked. with that we can all reach the people as soon as

a new confident that can be done with the situation right now, how can things be improved in that regard? getting, getting the actual aid and i made it's a challenge for everybody and, and it's also clear that everybody is doing and the best they can. but i do believe that in detail, but we also see in other big crisis like these that's for instance, if all the different authorities info will basically go into fast fostering procedures that already helps a lot to get in depth. should decay additional hospitals temporarily tented facilities can be set up? and that's immediate, essential items, like food and shelter,

can reach people who needs that you deal with with, with the issues on the ground, helping people 1st and foremost, is there a message that you would, you would perhaps send to 2 actors to governments to, to at least come together to, to allow that a, to get to the people, you know, some of the stories today. martine, were looking at entire families killed. you know, the, the mothers, the father, the children and the relatives are left to mourn them. there's an a, an epic situation here and i would suggest that you, you need more help right now. and for everybody, everybody needs to scale up and, and we are emerging and they're, they're here and especially had to.