for a news headline stories this, our disturbing footage appears on the line, reportedly showing a ukrainian soldier executing act captured russian p, o w. and yet another instance of a legit war crimes committed by key ebs forces. also south africa is president, is met with a torrent of hackles. he delivers his states of the nation address. yes. admitted crippling energy crisis in the country which has forced the leader to declare a state of disaster. a sanctioned block, michael assistance getting to earthquake victims in syria portion can,

tries to shift the blame. we hear from doctors without borders or is a very are reach, reach to population needs so desperate so much with broadcasting from our international new center in moscow. this is our take, great to have you with us today. my names, you don't know me. we begin with the conflict in ukraine and don. box shocking foot age has emerged online, reportedly recorded by ukrainian soldiers showing them executing a captured russian prisoner of war and warning. the following video is extremely disturbing. you do the but i you good. the g o, g, g, i in me on very fine video,

ukrainian soldier allegedly chutes russian servicemen in the head. multiple times. we blurred i'd some of the images, but the victims wearing a white patch typically worn by russian christ. it comes after numerous other accusations of you, premium soldiers, killing russian p. o w. 's. the united nations has documented several such cases on the call for investigation says do i belong local official say a barrage of ukrainian artillery shelling had they done yet? script public on wednesday, killing 2 civilians on wounding for others, including children. authorities, state 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 glaze erected in the center of the regions capital. the rushes

defense ministry house reported some 75 ukrainian soldiers killed near the city of la dar, within the past 24 hours. several armored vehicles were also destroyed. now small schools troops conduct an offensive in the area ortiz, eager to sit down a phase on the front lines, watching rushes, special forces conduct their operations. right now we are just outside the small town of 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 in side o'clock.

again, the major ukrainian stronghold which almost 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,

this part to watch is the projectile being carefully guided towards its target. and when it connects doesn't hold back emotions. a surprise it. no problem watching the ukrainian armies operate at a collision cause here keep forces positions have been reduced to a small patch 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. juliet as it gets little below 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 natives, 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 again done of reposing from the dumbass. odd sea sir, gala for all fast slammed the west over its insistence that africa condemn moscow over the ukraine conflict. russia top diplomat said western leaders could abuse that very same energy to prevent the situation from escalating blue. 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. the minster agreements were meant to be the cornerstone of the peace process between the don boss republic sankey, if they were broken by russia, germany, and france, 80 years ago, agreed upon by ukraine. however, in a recent interview to a german use aren't let ukrainian president vladimir zalinski noted that several years ago. he told emmanuel micron an angler, merkel that he would not abide by the minsk accords as they would hon. back to russia, influence over ukraine, supposedly our friendly states should not blame us for this. but i think the minsk agreements were a concession. i told emmanuel macaroni and anglo merkel. we cannot implement it this way. from the beginning it was clear badly to him and all the other ones like

local law amaco that they were not going to abide by this means agreement. so if you'd be trail from western leaders and it shows moreover dead. yeah, you can trust western leaders anymore. maybe the early days you could maybe it's acted to so you do it in that there was speaking terms, but now it is at one unit between incidentally vladimir zalinski is not a 5th world leader. to confess, the aim to establish long term peace in don boss by the minsk accords was never the plump. earlier the french and german liter she mediated unsigned, the pro to call said the agreements were created to give more time for key, have to prepare. it's military also in the interview with the at german daily, the ukrainian president touched upon his communications with chancellor. we'll have schultz in the realm of weapons supplies. 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 everything you have and i don't know how, but he actually managed to get them produced fast up. i have to put pressure to help you crane and constantly convince him that this help is not for us, but for the europeans. but it is remarkable to say that mister zaleski admit that they have knowledge about our military capability and what we are still stocking up or what we still have on stock as arms. so somebody must have confined in for let's say you bring in size and rose, which is also frightening to think. what else would they know and what would maybe somebody always say, oh, in ukraine we are defending not only ukrainians, but we defend western values. i was your pin values before this at the same amount

of god this time about iraq, the god libya answer. and you can look at all of these countries where we defend something they don't exist in the us the truth, and i fear the same for ukraine. well, the somewhat related theme, the u. s. republican congressman is set to introduce a resolution to the house of representatives, calling on the biden administration to n. it's military and financial aid to ukraine. mac gates is also demanding washington make efforts to broker a peace agreement or to kill up and picks up a story for us. we have mat gates in the us house of representatives, he's coming forward to put forward this resolution and it would end us aid to ukraine. now, at the same time that he is talking about moving ahead and introducing the ukraine, the t resolution, we also have republicans in the house of representatives and in the senate,

calling for an audit. and we're all these billions and billions of dollars sent to ukraine had actually gone years. some of what we've heard. we cannot say view crane by dooming the u. s. economy. americans are feeling the pain. and congress seems intent only on adding to that pain by shoveling more money out the door as fast as they can. it's high time to stop sending any more money. don't send another penny to ukraine and to start auditing where the money went. we're funding ukraine's budget with it, with trauma, $11800000000.00 is going to assistance, including for direct budget support. the question is, does ukraine now the 51st state of the united states of america? and what position does the lensky have in our government? this is outrageous, and the american people deserve answers. in january, the by the administration announced it was planning to increase aid to ukraine. there's been announcements that there will be $31.00 abrams and one tanks sent to

ukraine. and on top of that, a new report from the u. s. department of defense indic rates that another $2000000000.00 may be headed to key of soon years. what's been reported. the department of defense announces a significant new package show security assistance for ukraine. this includes the authorization of a presidential draw down of security assistance, valid at up to $425000000.00, as well as $1750000000.00 in ukraine security assistance initiative fonts. now, the biden administration intends to increase aid to ukraine and this resolution crank, the teague resolution, has minimal chances of being past. however, it is representative of growing descent within the republican party, specifically to us policy in eastern europe. so there seems to be a rising amount of just implant among americans regarding billions of dollars us government is boring into kia mom and that that descent is being heard in the

floors of congress. so we'll see how things play out. are i to another over a headline stories today? so i found rick as president sewell rama poses, how's the current state of disaster in the country? it's amid a crippling energy crisis in the continents most developed economy that he hopes can be overcome by invoking emergency powers. the national disaster management center has consequently classified the energy crisis and its impact as a disaster. we are therefore declaring a national state of disaster to respond to the electricity crisis and its impact. well meant is an announcement that was pretty much expected by sort of the plaza, considering south africa grapples with the energy shortage. the opposition was

always intend on finance. at our plaza, and they intended on haggling his beach and they nearly got to the man with it. but the dog was that remained resolute, and after some 45 minutes delay continued on with his speech and stating that the african national congress, the party, which he comes from and is the dumping party in the country, still believes in energy mixed, mixed up of

a lot of fossil fuels and he says that the country will not transition at a pace, it cannot afford all of these measures will result in a massive increase in powered to the greater over the next 12 to 18 months and also beyond. now this pow wow will be in line with our diverse mix of energy sources, including our current coal fired power stations, sola wind gas, you clear hydro and better storage outside of the renewables. we haven't seen that much room and especially when it comes to issues such as securing here, we know how long it takes to think she will need to be a project to get it up and running. but another problem and then is that internationally, no saga which continues join them and that is the farm gate where a large amount of foreign courtesy was stolen from his private game farm in the

northern province of south africa. something that the opposition continues to take him to task with and so, and subsequently been found to have a case to answer by a preliminary panel of judges. and he has taken that they are review to the south african call. this is a challenging his own. i meant that he is got no leg to stand before us as a legitimate whole. i'm with us. and that is julius molina, the leader of the economic freedom fighters, who really has come, i haven't showed us, was settled on the plaza, letting him know that he will not get a free ride, especially when it comes to an issue of such national importance. when a president promised to campaign on an anti corruption ticket, ah ok,

let's keep attention on africa because 8 civilians have been killed and 28 more injured in the aftermath of an attack on a u. n. convoy in the democratic republic of congo, that is, according to a local governor. what we know about this is that the convoy, i've been traveling back from a supply mission in the province of north kiva, when it was apparently surrounded by protesters who set the vehicles a light that prompted peacekeepers to open fire on the crowd. some background to the thousands of displaced people are currently living in the northern province, following the advance of so named am 23 militants who have taken control of their tons and cities. we heard from some of those who say they fled in fear of their life. how buddy aka, but the situation is very complicated. at the moment incapacity,

we came from there under a hail of bullets. when they arrived in kemati, we decided to leave. we were scared of the bullets and the bombs that fell. there are many people who have been injured. oh, victor. busy the m 23 started fighting the day before yesterday, crashes continue in the area. and that is why we are leaving our villages in kinky . we're looking for where we're going to rest, but we have no idea. we ask our government to do everything to displace the m 23 rebels. so we can return to our villages so that we don't die of other diseases or of hunger in the camps. o we are fleeing the m 23 war. as you have heard about the situation and all villages, we need help when he tats, but above all, we need the return of peace. k, a grin updates. now the death toll has time to more than 20000 people following the devastating earthquakes that rock turkey and syria. earlier this week,

local and international emergency teams are bottling the clock to find more survivors. not the epicenter of the quick scenes of devastation really 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. lots different aspects to disaster, of course, in the upheaval masses of beloved pets were also killed and have gone missing. some though not being same from the ruins on our tea crew, spoke to one rescuer who pulled a talk from the room. maybe this maybe this is most animal, moorish, and kind of what i see. i am going to

i come in for 3 days watching and maybe through 2 people you will give maybe the most nice in good name. my. my wife is a nice nice name. i low. yeah. may the pop get a good home now? were russian emergency teams are working in the turkish region of combo ram rush with more than 40 doctors traveling. there are to provide medical cur, elderly people and children. the 1st in line with teams treating a vast array of injuries caused by the disaster. moscow is also provided fire fighting aircraft to help battle blazes raging after the quakes. this is footage

from one of the claims while monday primary earthquake was recorded, magnitude 7.8, the most powerful in the region in close to a century. and while, as we've been going through to key and syria being the most effective, the tremors were felt as far as way as egypt and the central asian nation of catholics. in syria, among the dead or more than $1200.00 in government controlled areas. the northern city of a leper near the turkish border is one of the areas artist hit, the mosque, essays, western sanctions, particularly those from the u. s. something blocking vital aid from getting through the un secretary general, also said sanctioned, should not interfere with relief efforts in syria. however, as you can see from this map compared to turkish or a port plains are avoiding syrian irvings doctors without borders,

operations manager in syria, martine flux, tra told me nothing should get in the way of age, getting to the countries most inferior return, where the relation has lived for the last 12 years already in conflict. there was a whole different level of available a services for the nation. so there is a lot of barriers and to reach, reach the population who needs so desperate so much a 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 hits, for instance, are here your colleagues who were affected themselves who, who, who lost a family member day were in the lead to treat, to treat their,

their, their, their neighbors, basically. and people coming to the health facilities. so the speeding up this go into the next gear and especially had to, to have that done in an hambert way with all the different authorities in full in these rooms that will really help and benefits and time the time the 8 for people need this. so desperately martine flux strike well our tail to heard from what seemed from it a syrian bass in germany who personally faced partiers when he wanted to send money to help victims. in his homeland, he sees his donation was rejected by the gofundme the platform due to sanction. as a us company, we are required to follow our terms of service payment industry requirements and applicable laws, including those said by the us treasury department. for these reason we are writing

to let you know that your go find me account has been closed due to sanctions involving an unsupported country. i lost my cousin and her son and the as you want to do it, i don't people. and then i try to find contacts, i can, i can maybe get 10020000 euros to send it to the people. so i know that we get that . and i tried, i tried, i can, i'm going to seek out i need, i need, i need, i need that for what i can in this money. and after the whole service and i found people funding. busy using it and they, and they, and they get the money. and i was accused, it drives me to go more to go public and just to invest my time because the people are the same since this is what is happening.

exactly. do not forget us. we are still there that so people and they are the other life forms that i can see. and we need your help in order to go back as we were turning attention to. so if you stager, malaysia, and indonesia have a 9th, they are considering contr measures against the position to block market access for its pump oil. one of the regions, key exports, if they're too firm on their decision, if they do not want to listen to us, i think one of the areas that we can be looking at together with indonesia is how we should look at europe. if we are not fairly treated, i think there should be some counter action bias. we agreed to carry out a joint mission to the e to communicate and to prevent unintended consequences of the regulation on the palm, oil sector, and to seek possible collaborates if approaches. together, both nations produce 80 percent of the global supply of palm oil. however,

sighting environmental concerns, the e u. bond them ports of the product in december that prompted malaysia and indonesia to accuse the european block of implementing discriminatory trading rules . independent researcher and former professor, the leading malaysian university, murray hunter, leave the ears, green push is hurting small communities on farmers. the most was i actually leave here amongst a lot of small holder homo uses. and they're small business people. you know, they're not corporations, they don't have a messy buildings in the center of the capital cities of asia. and these people are trying to make a living employee people within the local economy and spend money in the economy to make it much more sustainable. so

it's going to hurt a lot of people in a lot of small communities. and the irony is in large companies like same dobby, they can handle these new lease. they have very sophisticated production, so it's not going to affect the corporations is going to hurt the communities so. so it's sort of sad to see that the you so concerned about climate change and global warming and sustainability is actually injuring the sustainability of small holders and family communities in the well on. finally, this news, our rush enough fleet should be banned from the 2024 olympics and the french capital knots. what the poorest mirror believes should happen. well, the conflict in ukraine continues not. it's a c h from just a month ago when she was in favor of russian competitors taking part, but under

a neutral flag. my wishes that they will not be here for as long as this war goes on. it's not possible to parade as if nothing was happening to have a delegation arriving in paris, while bombs are raining on ukraine. yeah, that position puts hidalgo on a collision course with the international committee, which has set out a roadmap for allowing russian on beller russian. nothing to compete in the 2024 games as neutral. the merrill also said there should be a place for those who don't support the policy of the russian government, stating such athletes could only perform. however, under our refugees flag, former russian power lifting world champion, marianna. now omega believes noah fully should have to compete in international tournaments on such terms. is supposed to get a breath with nero. situation that is happening in the world is absolutely clear to everyone. it seems to me that there is no place for russia,

had international competitions now, or if there is with shame, with a white flag, low scores, and so on. in my understanding, an athlete is a person who has high moral and volitional qualities and should be an example for the younger generation. when i have children, i probably won't be able to explain why our athletes went to international competition and represented with some kind of white flag. the situation is very difficult, right now. the fighting is taking place on our territories. and if earlier it would have been possible to turn a bind, die to restrictions for athletes. now we need to defend only our position that we need to focus on. the development of support within the country hold our own competitions as the soviet union did communicate and be friends with our allied countries and hold competitions with them. why not? well, if you'd like to del, deeper into any of those stories this hour, a solid jumping off point to r t dot com all was fresh. that the lively discussions to be fun there with

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