a shiny i did by born you sit on the ground that by mia a new weapons now you can be 100 percent. sure. we will destroy the slab or the pmc wagner. chief shares has insight on the conflict in ukraine with our correspond it being the key city of already almost could soon fall. spade one of the top carriers in the ukrainian grain deal has been delivering weak, not to african states that need but to its own livestock. with it's almost like putting, you know, to value for human beings to that to like animals and child trafficking remains

a major problem. and africa with corporation couples arrested in zambia for attempting to smuggle children out of the continent. ah, good morning for marquee international students in moscow, and welcome to the, our top news stories worldwide. i'm fiorella is about we start with the latest, from the ukraine conflict, where numerous explosions were reported on tuesday morning in several regions across the country. there's been no official confirmation from ukrainian authorities on any damage or casualties. this comes amid a deteriorating situation for the ukrainian army in the city of arty, almost also known as by moot multiple reports. se ukrainian forces are preparing to fall back from the area in these unverified images coming up. you can see

some of the troops evacuating that's as rush and private military grew. wagner continues to advance in the area. the head of wagner. give jenny, pre goshen says, already almost could be so rounded in the coming months. your room like there isn't florida there about 90 battalions inside around by mood. that's about 40 to 50000 people. the enemy draws up a new reserves every day. we're going to circle back, move in march or april, but let's not get ahead of ourselves there. didn't you? weapons now you can be 100 percent. sure. we will destroy these leopards. meanwhile, all corresponded igor stone of got the rare opportunity to speak with the wagner chief in person regoza and gave his take on the situation on the front lines and describe how his fighters lead the way in combat operations. a few years ago this group was more mythical than real. now we stand in

a large warehouse greeted by the head of the wagner company himself. the occasion is solemn, commemorating the self sacrifice of 2 hero pilots. the no man left behind principle in case of the wagner group had applies not just to personnel, but to symbolic relics of war like the remains of this russian bama jet. it was shut down by the ukrainian forces during the fighting for the city of buck mood. when the pilots realised that while they were doomed, they directed the burning machine towards the enemy, towards their military column dying heroically themselves, while taking a bunch of foes with them. ukraine had already returned with honors the bodies of the pilots. the jets debris though, could only be retrieved now, as the wagner group is closing in on our chops, we're normal for mercy. one for this is 548. the guys have fuel to fulfill their

desk, having garage to blame the enemy territory rowing their military convoy. it's now time to commemorate what they have done. that in our charm of score back mote, it's wagner verses the entirety of ukraine's military might. no man knows the situation on the ground better than the groups chieftain preggers in. look, i've heard from bunker astro by moody one. why is it important? it's leads to paralyze the korean army and it's already paralyzed. the enemy is deploy reserve troops, but we're advancing in different directions every day. somewhere. it's 50 meters and somewhere it's $100.00. we are fighting for each house for each square meter. there is a 40 fight erin. every yard. then we see another familiar face. a fighter who starred in woods, believed to be a ukrainian propaganda video. the footage purported to show him being brutally

executed, bludgeon to death. alive well and back in the ranks. he himself debunked the fake. oh lou. when i was captured, they beat me. i was tortured and pressed into saying what they wanted me to say. i got many threats. they threatened to kill me and dismember my body and paused to footage on line from my family to see. we're through the loo. oh yes, sure. decorated vitamin command as also mingle in the room. they all are very aware of the new batch of heavy western weapons. they'll soon have to face of the battlefield. wagner's commander of artillery with the smoke. hence his men have plenty of experience. count fron cruz using nato, made weapons from what a to cover for this is not the 1st time we have encountered nato artillery. so we came here prepared when,

thanks to lessons from previous experience against other nato artillery. i'm not going to say which one, but we met more than once and we met some more powerful artillery than the ones here on this front. i'm not going to share the details, but that experience has taught us a lot unusual. based on that, we have developed progress. well, your life itself has forced us to develop new tactics for conducting artillery combat operations, when no one here showed any disrespect or disregard to the pho skill. yet no one doubts. wagner will come out victorious. i'm august done of reporting from the dorm bus r t. while ukraine has accused russia of delay in grain deliveries via the black sea corridor and allegation, moscow has denied it emerged that european states involved in which shipments are using the deal to boost their own economies. instead of helping the poorest nations as initially was agreed, r t contributor rachel marson has the details. remember all the talk about how

critical it was to get ukrainian grain shipped out of ukraine to feed the hungry in africa and asia. well, according to the latest real time data published by the united nations black sea green initiative, joint coordination center, the top 3 destinations for ukrainian grain are china, spain, and turkey. and those 3 countries alone represent 46 percent of all exports. so we're talking, all exports being roughly $700.00 plus shipments of grain. china acts as the gateway to asia and turkey acts as the gateway to africa. but what's the deal with spain? spain domestically produces more than enough of the grain that it needs to feed its own people with grain for people, accounting for just about a quarter of all the countries domestic consumption, the rest of the grade that the country produces goes to feed its livestock. and

notably, pigs, spain is routinely ranked as one of the top, if not the top port producing country in the entire world. which means that with all this grain being imported into spain, from ukraine, now it's hard to escape the conclusion that the countries literally picking out on ukrainian grain. and it's not like this is about making sure that cute little pigs roaming freely around the spanish countryside. don't go hungry, it's not about taking the food out of their mouths. more grain just basically means that more pigs can be churned out for poor to the economic benefit of madrid and ultimately to the european economy. which of course is great for europe. but what exactly was growing spain's pork industry used as a reason to unblocked ukrainian grain? last month, spain was able to increase its meat exports by 79 percent overall. and that's in

part due to its ability to meet china's demands, to sell a 124 per cent, more spanish port to beijing compared to the same period last year. again. wonderful for the spanish economy, but not exactly following the spirit or the letter of the deal to unblock ukrainian grain to feed. the poor. russian president vladimir putin has repeatedly raised the issue of food from ukraine being misdirected. when i finished, if you didn't know who was you most will crenan the almost sole grain exposure from ukraine is south north of the developing and poorest countries. but to the european union states on the 2 ships out of $87.00 below that as part of the you and the world food program. i'd like to say that just like money repeating countries. so a previous decade and centuries hacked at us colonize us. so they continue to do today journal, so just how much ukrainian grain is getting to the countries that need it most. well collectively they're getting about 15 percent of the total export volume,

which works out to roughly one percent each. but guess he's proud of those efforts, spain. here's the status. we're a minister patting himself and ukrainian authorities on the back last fall for their humanitarian initiative. green from ukraine. spain joins ukraine and the rest of its allies in this program, which is an honor, an immortal testament to ukraine's commitments against hunger in the world, even as it fights against russia's aggression and its indiscriminate shelling of export logistics infrastructure, which endangers millions of people who depend on ukrainian products, but hey, if hungry nations are getting a short changed on the grain, maybe they're at least getting some of the pork from spain after the pigs are done . stuffing their faces with it. currently nice. china is the top importer of for followed by japan and then european countries like italy, germany and poland. so if the intent is truly to feed the hungry rather than just

benefit europe's economy, the current ukrainian grain scheme is really missing the mark. the grain deal was agreed to in july to help stabilize wheat prices with russia and ukraine, being the world's main suppliers and to ease the raging global food crisis. it implied the creation of c corridors from 3 u radian ports with russia, promising not to block the deliveries the you and enter kia were appointed guarantors of the deal. however, contrary to the parma says to help the poorest nations around 40 percent of exported green ended up in europe with spain, apparently being one of the worst offenders. i think as disgusting, you know, thought for human beings to be starving. and for, for the, for the president, although the priority to be pigs, i think that is completely unacceptable. what a topic if it's rather disturbing, because you know,

as africans were different, who needs more than what's currently available to us to consume by then if you really think about to take that food is really going to pigs. it's almost like putting, you know, the value of human beings to that of lake analysis for free or out of the big figs, more important, done, done us human being for us. he african, the controversy comes amid strengthening relations between russia and africa, which aren't limited to only green exports, but include various fields with bright development prospects in the future. that's the view of the director of the institute for african studies of the russian academy of sciences in her recent exclusive interview to our t. here's a quick preview and you can watch the full version later. the sour, interestingly, in terms of technology,

russia is particularly competent in areas that africa needs most energy, water, purification, agriculture, medicine space technology. i t smart cities. these are all priority areas for africa through russia can offer africa lots of valuable engineering solutions to give you one example. we've created a certain type of fertilizer that when placed in the soil, stores moisture for up to 3 months. can you imagine how vital this is for african countries, most of which are located in the arid zone. you put the fertilizer in the soil, and you don't need to irrigate for 3 months. so when it comes to energy and food security to developmental issues or the processing of mineral resources, something that africa has huge reserves of our geologists, our mining companies, our equipment, all that could really help them out. so on the one hand, this opens up prospects for russia, for our own development. and on the other hand,

by capitalizing on our technology, africa would be able to move to a new level of development instead of remaining a resource colony within the wider western system. but for corporation, couples accused of trying to traffic children in zambia, have been granted bail and are now waiting for their court hearing and march. the for married couples from korea shall, were arrested in december while trying to leave the country with 4 children from the neighboring democratic republic of congo. they claim that they legally adopted the children. the charges were dropped by the court, but the couple were again, detained at an airport in zambia and are now waiting for the hearing and march, a local, legal, and governance activists told us the children were emotional as the creations tried to get them over the border using 4 documents to pass through border control.

children, we are crying endlessly, and it became a social consent to the owners of the lodge. and because of that, it was lated. these foreign question, nationals were trying to leave the zombie a through 51 with up with, with what, and that's how the way intercepted by the immigration department. what they did, in fact, was that they were found to do our passports, which were endorsed in each of the passport. the child's name was endorsed. as having been adopted by the, the course admission was when the migration department and the law enforcement, i guess they've checked for the bip. i'm they 1st picked it. there were a forged child trafficking has been a major problem in africa for decades, with zombie being one of the regions, transit points for criminals, leading to the trafficking of over 340000 children in africa. every year. western

citizens have been embroiled in multiple scandals last year. american foster parents were detained in uganda under child trafficking charges that carry the death penalty. the u. s. citizens were accused of torturing a 10 year old boy in their care. isaac milan again says child trafficking is a long standing major issue for the african continent you shared with us, his thoughts on the reasons behind the crisis. now, what you need to understand, but this has been ongoing for a long period of time. because of our port us board that we have been look at the 3 board, i've gotten a board couple board and one of the board customer melissa board, near 3 board does not quite pool us, especially the 5th to the quiet product board. that means that people are able to just cross into call and come back without showing any documentation. and they took

advantage of that to put a knife to work with the, the locals, so that they could get the children and transport them human trafficking. i've become much saying that you're vetting offense if we should be enough. we can well, but situations where you thought beyond the lebanese being transported into this country through different border and in a very unsafe condition, the use content. i've tracked some guy along the way and that is what we are trying to fight. the u. s. has withdrawn the candidacy of a leading rights activists to an international human rights post for describing israel as an apartheid state. this also comes after the candidate accused a democrat representative in congress of being bought by pro israel groups. his statements clearly do not reflect us policy. they are not

a reflection of what we believe. and they are inappropriate to say the least. we have decided to withdraw our nomination of this individual. the state department informed me that they, we're withdrawing my candidacy because of my view that the conditions in israel palestine meet the definition of apartheid under international human rights law. censorship of human rights advocates who denounce apartheid in israel also affects countless palestinian academics. activists and students is not the 1st case in the us of someone suffering. the consequences of criticizing israel earlier, the harvard kennedy school rescinded a fellowship offer to the former head of human rights watch kenneth ross over criticism of israel's oppression of the palestinians. the decision drew widespread condemnation and a storm of protest which forced the dean to reverse the decision. meanwhile,

the israeli security minister has called for more jewish settlements in the occupied west bank territory. the land of israel belongs to the people of israel. this is our mission. this is sol dock train. 9 settlements is nice, but it's still not enough. we will in much more. this statement comes as israel approves the legislation of 9. saddler outposts in the occupied west bank with more housing units likely to be billed in other existing settlements, according to prime minister benjamin netanyahu. the united nations has condemned israeli settlements in the occupied palestinian territories in multiple resolutions . and both, however, more than 200 settlements were built on palestinian land with more than half a 1000000 israelis living there. to discuss as we cross live now to washington base civil rights attorney, robert t. o. robert, welcome. we've seen

a number of cases of people withdrawn from their post for criticism of israeli policy and palestinian territories. what do you make of this lady's reaction? is it status quo or is this something new? the status quo that we've seen for the last 70 plus years in foreign policy. we've created this place where the israeli government is sacrosanct that cannot be criticized, cannot be talked about even we've had congress, people simply say we need to respect the human rights of palestinians and then be called anti semitic. we've seen him on omar and other muslim members of congress. just say that we need to reevaluate the american relationship with israel because of the amount of weapons that we are shipping there that are using a palestinian civilians. and they have nearly been thrown out of office. we're doing so we just thought you want omar be thrown off the formulations committee because the statement she's made about the really government treatment of palestinians. so this goes very deep within the american government,

within the american right guys, and the real people who are hurt by this policy mean people do not have the international support which they should as being the victims of the last colonial battles on earth. apart from the censorship of the criticism to israel, the legal matter is at hand. here a number of us in europe. officials have express concerns over newly legalize this really settlements in the west bank. how do you think this will affect israeli policy in the region? all. busy we've seen in the last several months is the re emergence of benjamin netanyahu. i remind people has been the leader of israel for the entirety of my in your adult life. we don't call him a dictator of israel, but he is the dictator of israel effectively. he has been in power on and off for the better part of 3 decades. and his re emergence to power along with the most right wing government is really history has shown that they want to flout all international law. they do not see the 947 borders as being valid. they do not see

the good to go shaded. borders has been valid. they see a only israeli state as far as they deem it to be necessarily say to hell of international laws and revolutions. and that held a palestinian people in it is not antisemitic to criticize them for violating international law. this is the conflation is being made in western media. it is not the same thing. you can both support these really people in the support of house damien. people was also feel that what these really government is doing is wrong and criminal. now you just talked about the israeli government, which is the most right wing in the country's history. as you mentioned, and they seem to be pushing for more settlements to build in the west bank, which of course palestinian authority c as an open war against its people. now what could this policy potentially lead to? i believe what the right wing government letting yahoo government seeking is all about war with the palestinians of final war. because given the weapon and read

that israelis have at the post in the palestinians, given the troops in the training, they have, they feel they can finally wipe the power steve off the map. and they are working to promote them to promote the feelings and tie the rocket attacks terrorist attacks that will give them to counsel bella in order to go in and finally clear out those areas. the claim that land for themselves is knowing who government made it very clear to that is their goal, the eradication of palestinians, people not a 2 state solution, a single state solution. and this we feared are many observers have internationally . this will be the beginning of the final water for the destruction of palestine. so the u. n. and most leading human rights organizations strongly condemned israeli policy in the west bank. we hear it all the time. but why has the international community then not take an actual action or a stronger action? you in combinations mean absolutely nothing. and we know this on the international stage of the reason this is not happy because of the influence of the netanyahu. government house on international fairs. the fact that israel says i'll be in kind

of the western governments little final colony in the middle east. so that if you need to feel lot strikes against lebanon, or syria, or iran, or any other nation in the area, you need israel there as an ally of their economically the move on when they will powerful nations in the region. because of these things, they're always going to have a finger on the scale when it comes to negotiations on the earth. so stage between of the interest of israel in the interests of the palestinians. and for this reason, this is why we have only empty resolutions that intern combinations, but nothing there to back it up. you will never see the western nation say, well of israel bills and other settlement we will sanction them as they do of other nations. instead, they will simply send up pieces of paper as more house in stock. yeah, you mentioned the, the support by the u. s. of israel. i mean this is billions and billions and billions of dollars. do you think that anything could possibly change the u. s. policy towards israel, perhaps,

given the moments that we're facing right now in the world states know when president obama left office, he sent about $30000000000.00 to israel on his way out the door. when president trump came into office, he spent about 40000000000 dollars days real on his way in the door. this is a bipartisan stander. this does not matter if it's a republican or democratic office, as i've said, even criticizing the yahoo regime, ok, hassle and thrown off of their rational committees. the lobbyists were the really government are have massive power in the united states of america. not to mention the military, industrial, complex details, $1000000000.00 and fighter jet the missile and security system to israel. nothing's want to change america policy towards israel, other than people standing for the human rights and palestinians. robert patello civil rights attorney. thank you very much for your insight. thank you. so r t has an exclusive interview with

a director of the institute for african studies of the russian academy of sciences in what she gave her forecasts on the prospects of russian african relations. mm. i guess as for silver so, so to live in them, thank you very much for sitting down with us. let's start with general questions. russia is returning to africa, judging by its recent active engagement with african nations. do you think russia has serious intentions and this policy is going to be long term o roster? melissa hutton stood 1st. it's not entirely correct to say that russia is returning to africa almost because it never really laugh at the low. the scale of its presence has changed corps, the policy pivot towards the west in the 19 ninety's made russia forget about its african friends and all that the ussr had done for them as proof of concept and it did a lot it help of african nations achieve economic and financial dependence,

it partnered with them built factory as an infrastructure is trained, staff, established scientific research centers. then russia literally abandoned us. almost all of it is something it didn't need to thump. in fact, we didn't get any financial political or moral benefits from our activities in africa to really that was a big mistake. and now we're starting to realize it. it's a slow process shift. we've had our doubts and made a few stops along the way here, and i think the special military operation has now given a new impetus to russia's return to africa with cisco, it tore away the disguises, revealing our true friends and foes, thus, african nations that are still rather weak and not truly independent actors in today's system of international relations, weren't afraid to speak up against the economic sanctions. and stood firm in the face of immense pressure from the west. despite certain inconsistencies during the

voting on some of the un anti russian resolutions that roland lost, their behavior was exemplary as his former cool. and why is that? as ye said, russia left africans behind in the 1990s, shifting its focus to the west. so why do they still have worn feelings for russia? zealous? don't you see? lucy, russia left africa ending its presence on the continent, but everything it hadn't done there remained in africa, but that most unlike colonizers who drained its resources, we actually helped create african economies of the soviet union built over 300 major industrial enterprises. more than a 1000 infrastructure facilities and trained over 500000 qualified staff in africa . this means a lot of african speak russian and understand our mentality and culture. they're grateful because they remember what the soviet union did to help them achieve both political and economic sovereignty of the bread and the current situation around

the special military operations has shown them that the same methods of colonial oppression, once utilized against africa, are being used today. against russia, he may not live at him in those up. but at the same time, western media and politicians accuse russia of neo colonial policies and attempts to extend its influence to africa. what can you say about that yet? well, so simply, i'm not sure what you mean by russia's new colonial policy, but in that case, it should be the other way around. i see, take the russian empire, for example. here it was the only empire where the periphery developed more dynamically than the center. those are some of the same was true for the soviet union, and i see russia as the center of the ussr invested heavily in central asia, ukraine, and the baltic region. as it, as a result, the living standards in these republics were higher than in soviet russia. you can

talk all you want about new colonialism. so yes, you can attach labels. but you need to understand that new colonialism is all about looting and exerting political pressure on this. can you tell me what countries russia has looted or subjected to political pressure to beverly? has it robbed ukraine? you know, of course, african nations luck. i know. see, it has given them loans and opportunities for economic development and real growth on the calling russia and neo colonial state. that is a typical case of label pinning an attempt to turn the situation on its head, a world of which look on. why does this narrative even exist? why to western media? keep saying this about russia and africa, up at that most does up the international media and media coverage in general and are largely controlled by the west. and most of the information world wide is concentrated there at least online. and it's a powerful tool to control the public. got us indeed an event is virtually not in.