appears to be dead in the water more trembling times with troops with the wagner group leading. the assault have taken over a village north of ukrainian held are almost also known as backwards and circling the city, just called on the west to stop abusing unilateral sanctions and do their share to deescalate the war and ukraine. st. dialogue on negotiation are the only viable solution for the conflict. also, they saw in an interview to going underground. renowned investigative journalist, seymour hersh, breaks down the legit us sabotage of the notes being pipelines that she recently exposed in a bombshell report. it's been denied by washington. that's the rationale for the mission to make sure that you're pretty much that you are a keeps on funnelling, supporting nato, and keeps on falling arms into, into what is clearly

a proxy war against russia and moscow claims ukraine's preparing to invade this neighboring cells pertain republic of trans nice web, russian peacekeepers have been station for more than 3 decades to prevent military escalation with the are watching on the international money. as peter scott on wherever you're joining us from. welcome to 30 minutes of news and analysis. we start off, they saw it with the latest from the dumbass front lines where russian troops with the wagner group leading the assaults have taken control of the village of bare kafka, north of the ukrainian health city of traumas which is also known as box in which ortiz roma culture has the details. oh, the village that we're talking about is only about a 7 kilometers away from the city of out of gym, of which of the ukrainian government have renamed as a box or just

a few years ago. now the taking of this village is part of a larger offensive by a russian forces aimed at advancements on the front lines, including and offensive for arch almost. now this latest development seems to further deteriorate the situation for ukrainian forces inside the city as it makes a re supply more difficult at the moment. now volunteers of the wagner private military company have been widely credited with taking multiple ukrainian positions in that particular area. this in question to day, according to the head of the wagner group of guinea per gulshan, russian forces could capture our tom of sometime in early to mid spring. now he noted that the exact timing is now difficult to predict because keep continues to receive military aid from the west. now are tell, mosque is of paramount importance, both for russia and ukraine on the strategic and mental side for key of it's

important to hold on to the city, to keep up the morale in the army. and that keep in fact, it's 70 kilometer a defensive line. while for russia taking control over, it's almost will mean a direct route towards the cities of slug downs and crumb a tourist. now both of those cities are a part of the nest people's republic and their liberation falls in line with the goals of russia special military operation. where this comes as ukrainian forces have shelled residential areas in the town of al your ski and the cats on region according to local authorities. and apartment building was heavily damaged and local authorities say the ukrainian army, 517 shells on civilians there. as of now, we have no reports of casualties. this follows tuesday's attack on done yet. when 6 civilians were killed in a ukrainian attack on that area. ah, well, need so chief install some books, tons for further arm supplies to keep saying the weapons are the way to achieve

peace. china is accused the measure block of having a cold war mindset that has escalated the conflict. china. oh, it doesn't have much credibility because they have not been able to condemn the illegal invasion of ukraine. so meaning that if we want a peaceful, negotiate solution where ukraine provides us a sovereign in the plantation. then we need to support ukraine military now. military support today is the way to achieve a peaceful agreement to morrow. that at issue with all these major crisis shows that cold war mentality will lead to division and confrontation, although the cold war concluded all 3 decades ago. the 0 sum game and it's mentality still exists. what confrontation leads to conflicts and was nato is a product of the cold war. but it did not add with the cold war and has expanded and escalated the situation and has become the major factor in the conflict. or

that comes as china's us the world see prevents the ukrainian conflicts from escalating even further. saying that leaders must come to negotiating table and resume piece talks. is for ministry published a 12 points political settlement plan, which includes the condemnation of the west unilateral sanctions at places on countries across the globe. china pauses feel i shall, sanctions unauthorized by the un security council. relevant contrition, stop abusing unilateral sanctions and long arm years diction against all countries . so as to do their share in the escalade in the ukraine crisis. and cray conditions for developing countries to grow their economies and better to life. so there people, china believe that any kind of the unilateral sanctions that is unauthorized by the u. s. security council should be opposed. and also in a statement, it says that the unit, actual sanctions and maximum pressure cannot solve the issue and that can only create new problems. so how china handle the current issue is not posing

sanctions and not providing weapons by calling for a political resolution. the statement has a several layers of logic. if you see the flow of the logic, it's quite agree clear. on the 1st of france, it calls for all countries to respect the sovereignty of all the nations and abandoning the cold war mentality. and the 2nd layer is about the crisis itself. it calls for seating hostilities, resuming peace talks, resolving the humanitarian crisis, and protecting civilians and prisoners. and also it focused on the opposed, in fact, brought by the crisis, including keeping the nuclear power plant save, reducing strategic risk of facilitating grain exports and stopping unilateral sanctions keeping industrialized supply chain stable and also promoting post conflict with construction. so it's a layer of promotion of, you know,

based on the basic base on the grounds of talks meant also different layers of idea . given the current to situation, china has seen, always calling for peace. and china has been always saying that it wants to play a constructive role in this re board, including it's me mentioning that the dialogue and negotiation are the only visible solution to the ukraine crisis. and the international community should stay committed to promoting talks for peace. so not only the 2 sides, but also the entire international community should support or the peaceful resolution or political resolution of the current situation. was beijing calls for a de escalation of the fighting india's representative of the un general assembly has also advocated russia and ukraine. find the path to peace on terms that are acceptable for both sides to d. as the general assembly mocks a year off, the ukranian conflict, it is important that we ask ourselves

a few pertinent questions. all we any venue or a possible solution, acceptable to both sites? can any process that does not involve either of the 2 sides ever lead to a credible and meaningful solution? has the u. n. system and particularly its principal organ. the un security council based on a 1945 will construct not been rendered ineffective. we will always called for dialogue and diplomacy as the only viable we out. while we take note of the stated objectives of today's resolution, given its inherent limitations in reaching our desired goal of securing lasting peace, we are constrained to abstain. thank you. i come this as the un general assembly passed a western drafted revolution calling on russia to withdraw its forces. 141 countries voted in favor of the motion of the 2 days of debates in new york. 7 nations

including russia, believers on syria, rejected the document while another $34.00 un members abstained among them. china, india, and iran on gary foreign ministers also stood up against western arm supplies as have led to an escalation in the conflicts and ukraine. it became already pretty obvious that neither delivery of weapons, nor sanctions, those measures do not save life. to the contrary. they contribute to the prolongation and the risk of escalation of this war. and they bring more suffering . and we do not want these regional war to become a global them, though. meanwhile, president zalinski, backed by western leaders, has stated that he is opposed to holding discussions with the russian leader. gifts, as it will make any deals in moscow, preferring a miniature option. instead, ortiz marina call server has more details. in this, in a court, the speeds or messy divorce, where one side refuses to speak to the other to reach any sort of settlement. the

discord would likely grow and dry gone at cost to both parties involved. and it's this parallel we're seen on an international scale in ukraine. right now our best negotiators and diplomats are soldiers. negotiations with moscow are currently impossible. we will not participate in any talks. for russia goes for willful war crimes, even in this than what is the point of talking to a country that voluntarily worsens its negotiating position. the only desire is to destroy the racist monstrosity with the terrorist country. negotiations only through the sites of the defense forces. we latoya, we are ready for a dialogue with russia, but with a different russian precedent, or is she in this position has been officially signed? and so all it seems, the ukrainian government is not only not interested in peace. it's actually made peace illegal. while all along russia has been making clear, it's ready to returns. it's hawks. it was russian on the eve of the ukrainian

crisis, which consistently proposed to the west to sign agreements on mutual security guarantees. all of them were arrogantly rejected. we have repeatedly had that the president does not refuse to negotiate by those who do refused should understand that the longer takes the more difficult it is to find a solution. or unlike ukraine, russia has never refused dialogue, and as such for diplomatic waste or resolve the conflict, this is a constant position. at the same time, a western mainstream media and politicians have largely ignored. ross's calls for peace pretending they're not happening. this dance certainly fits the narrative of russia as the uncompromising aggressor, but at what expense to later will continue to stop read ukraine for as long as it takes nacho long. we're going to be with you, mr. president, or is laura, will lose of you. i mean,

obviously ukraine can count on italy because as we've shown from the beginning, even across government, we have been there and we will be there. she said it even if both sides could somehow read for deal like the minsk agreements supposed to end the war and that on boss. it would still be meaningless because we now know the intent to do so was never truly there. to 2014 minsk agreement was an attempt to give you a crane time ukraine. yes, this time to become stronger. as you can see today, the ukraine of 20142015 is not the ukraine of to day since 2014 ukraine has strengthened its military posture. it is now better trained and equipped, and it is the merit of the minsk agreements that have given the ukrainian army this opportunity. i needed the minsk agreements to gain at least 4 and a half years to build the ukrainian forces to build the ukrainian economy. to train ukrainian forces alongside nato, to create the best armed forces in eastern europe,

according to nato standards. so all the global, it leads, talk of negotiations and peace or clain to these apparently have to happen without russia's voice, been heard, or even represented at the negotiations. sounds more like a kangaroo court than a real dispute resolution letter is zalinski is dependent on the west for political, economic and military survival on the willing to see how western interference in ukraine has led key of down the rocky road to war with moscow over the last decade, but it's too late to change direction as washington, once every one playing by its own rules. when it comes to our, the way we're approaching the relationship with with china, we're not seeking to contain china. we're not seeking the whole china back. we are seeking resolutely, so to uphold the rules based international order and in, in a, in

a proper way. that means insisting that countries make good on their commitments and play by the rules that we've all agree to. it seems the collective west has agreed that now is not the time for peace, no matter how loudly they claim to seek it, or how often they gaslight, moscow, any conferences, talks or votes without russia's voice cannot to peace, but will rather leave the conflict down the road nowhere the you in itself is just dead on arrival when it comes to dealing with this. you don't hear anybody vigorously from the un wanting to, let's say, look at the origins of this to, to consider concerns security concerns that moscow. and that and which were raised with washington and the, and the europeans, and nobody paid any attention to conflict will undoubtedly escalate. since mrs.

lensky insists upon obtaining more advance weapons and to continue the conflict, he risk really losing the whole country. moving on to another story. now, the alleged us sabotage of the north stream pipelines last year was aimed at cutting off europe from affordable russian gas. without the least is according to pulitzer prize winning journalist seymour hersh, who was speaking exclusively to option with tansy on going underground. or the washington denies any involvement. he describes the timeline when he starts with the secret negotiations out in washington. the people doing it thought this was in a bad idea. they gave the white house some options to maybe bluff or convince of putting at the cost is going to be very high and but then when the white house blue bye talk publicly about this. within 3 weeks of the briefing,

the information he got and victoria knew of both within a 3 week period and late january, early february of last year, both said publicly, well, we know we can stop it and let me be, let me, let me. so the news kind of is, if, if a we will stop the north she wanted and the president was asked after he said that by reporters, it's a fame, it's all on tape with on a nightly news report, isabel, how will you do it? he said, let me tell you, we know how to do it. we can do it language like that. and at that point, the guys in the group were upset because it was supposed to be covert operation. and by the time they finally, they did their job, they made it possible they, they planted the bombs with 8 of the navy divers and. and then it just sat there. the bomb sat there for months was planted in june. but by wish, by so when, when the war look, you look like the ukrainians were doing ok by late september there was certainly evidence of a serious serious issue. there wasn't going to be a cakewalk for the ukrainians. like some people in the press road and their point,

the group that made it possible. understood that he did it for political purposes period is not going to help to war. and what it does, what he was doing it for was to prevent germany and western europe if case the winter came quickly from opening up the pipeline. the german government had, they had done the sanction. they had stopped the pipeline, but the german government have the right to open up the new one. and that wasn't wanted bye bye. that's the rationale for the mission to make sure that europe in western europe keeps on. funneling supporting nato and keeps on falling arms into, into what is clearly a proxy war against russia. that's being fought right now. well, published on february the 8th earlier this year. the reports alleged the pipelines were mind by u. s. navy divers in june last year. the journalist said that washington used nato military drills of cover for the operation with some assistance from norway. according to the reports the us president joe biden,

but he made the decision. after 9 months of consultations with the security advisors, the claims have been denied by both washington and the european union with officials dismissing its speculation and even fiction. for more revelations, from the journalist to previous the expose united states war crimes in vietnam, and iraq will have the full interview with seymour hersh on going on the ground right here on oxy there saturday while state side us house minority leader hakim jeffries was grilled by journalist jose vega in a testy exchange seeking to gloss over a direct question of american involvements in the legend suburb thoughts of the north stream pipeline. he was accused of putting american lives at risk one, i've got no information to suggest that the united states was involved in bombing the noise i was you would've been, you weren't breathe on it. so that does not silence me. so you can hear me right

now, i want you to say something about the bombing, we're going to continue to stay in with the ukrainian do not you. i love her more again. if we need cart ahead, we need you. he parks. i'm not going to take this, it's a, it's you are leaving like receiver even read the accuracy. it's a now between now and that'll be a nod latest. how about bad one? must goes claimed ukraine is preparing to invade the neighboring self proclaimed republic of trans nestor, where russia, peacekeepers have been station since $92.00. the russian defense ministry has

recorded a significant accumulation of personnel and military equipment of ukrainian units near the border with trans nestor, the deployment of artillery and firing positions, as well as an unprecedented increase in flights of unmanned aircraft, of the armed forces of ukraine over the territory of the transmitter republic, the implementation of a plan's provocation by the ukrainian authorities poses a direct threat to the russian peacekeeping. force deployed legally entrenched mister normal dover has dismissed the claims and called for com. but the russian defense ministry says this forces would provide an adequate response if ukraine makes a move on the territory which broke away from holdover in 1990. meanwhile, moreover, ne helping, withdrawing from dozens of agreements signed between the nation and the post soviets. commonwealth of independent states as prime minister as cold for the removal of russian peacekeepers from the region with moscow later condemning those remarks. we have to achieve one fundamental goal, demilitarization,

everton outcomes. after that, it's important to integrate our citizens there politically and economically. but demilitarization comes 1st, it depends on many things, but at some point it will be done. we have quite tense relations with moldova already. at the same time, the moldova government seems to be making an emphasis on everything. anti russian, falling into anti russian hysteria. such lack of a constructive approach will hardly help moldova itself. and of course it harms our bilateral relations. the regions residents comprise ethnic russians, ukrainians on moldova, ends in almost equal proportions for the 2 year military conflicts between the nationalist, moldova, governments, and local forces. in 92, moscow played a key part in brokering a piece deal. under the agreements, russian troops were puts in place to provide security for military infrastructure. some locals the shed their views on the government's actions, me and others will do it. when that should not happen,

we live normally. here we have a normal army and a normal government. i heard that moldova is demanding the withdrawal of russian troops and demilitarization in short to disarm us and then do whatever they want with us. because it is public, i mean, every republic has the right to protect itself. so i think everything should remain as it is. i would not like the russian troops to withdraw because they defend our interests. a civil and i have a negative opinion towards demilitarization because 1st of all, these are troops, they protect us. i would not like it if russian troops left, because when they came here order and peace was established. if they least it's going to be the opposite. the mold overs form of president ego dawn, who's also the main opposition lead in the countries slammed the current government's policy and as cold on the nation to avoid destabilizing the situation in trans nestor. this comes as moldova faces peaceful turmoil with thousands of residents protesting against the governments on the high. it costs

a political unless told us that mold overs rhetoric is aimed at pleasing the west on ukraine. it's my belief is that in you, you should demilitarization of trends. nestor is on the one hand, the official position of chest now, but on the other hand, such a declaration in such a tense time causes great resonance because the modern government does not always voice such a position. the fact that they return to the term demilitarization, which implies the withdraw of the russian peacekeeping. contingent from trans nestor, is perceived both in moscow and teresa pole as a provocation. this was unexpected and suggest that just now is not afraid to use such a term. and it's dangerous and can lead to consequences. but one way or another, most of the population of moldova is in favor of neutrality and does not support radical solutions. according to the latest polls, i believe that the current government of moldova wants to show loyalty to the west into kiev. as things are going very badly for them in social and economic spheres.

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