belief system ology, i removed it was very impactful. when someone finally came along with no fear, no judgement, you heard my story didn't nothing too challenging. with vote counting is under way. nigeria, which is electing, it's next president and parliament with several said seeing the options and even postponing voting so sunday morning. also ahead on the story that shaped the weak cranium. they were planning to hold these positions for a long, long time. but well, this particular sector, it pro, in less than a week, are t reports from the don bath front lines as russian forces breakthrough ukrainian defense is in and around the key city of our field. most china has called on the west to stop abusing unilateral sanctions all urging all sides interest to be

considered with most western officials, dismissing beijing piece proposal and leave with i have to say that russia is forced to suspend our involvement in the news start treating. but moscow is abandoning the pac, leaving the door open for cooperation. if the usb escalades, it stands on russia, the comments came from last year during his annual address to the countries of parliament on tuesday. with good morning, from our to international students in moscow, and welcome to the weekly with the hour and weeks most vital stories worldwide and peer allies about we start with the general elections in nigeria, we're africa's most populous nation, is choosing at sax leader and parliament. the majority of pulling stations have

already been closed and boat counting is underway. we're bringing you our special coverage of one of the continents most significant political events this year. her while voting went smoothly in most parts of the country. some places have seen unrest in logos violence threatened the security of the elections. ah, in the o shirley district of lago state unknown gunman disrupted the elections. reportedly the attackers arrived on motorcycles and fired shots to scare voters away. the assailants also grab some of the seal ballot boxes and set them on fire. several suspects have been detained in some cases, unrest has an impact on the election process. lagossi is not the only

state that faced issues during the elections with elections being partly postpone in multiple regions. the independent national electoral commission put elections on hold in 141 pulling stations in bail estate planning to reopen them. today. elections were temporarily suspended. in the state of a nombre, as well, with the regents of avia evil and can be also facing closure for a period of time. 3 districts in ido state have seen elections postponed until the 11th of march. as a result of the absence of a logo of from one of the political parties are corresponded. corolla taught le sent this report from ma goes as voting wrapped up. no. oh, ting is winding down, but emotions are watching up here in the capital,

amber and at least law goes and everywhere else, there is a feeling of dispute that will forever marred these elections. people feel disenfranchised, especially in some voting areas, where voting material didn't even make it. in some we're hearing reports that thugs have gone as far as to destroy voiding material. notwithstanding the voting, the polling stations, rather where, where they, where the tolling started late itself. if in areas like this, as you can see behind me that emotions, i keep wretched thing up as people really want to know what is behind some of the major nations that they have seen from. i neg, that's the independent national electoral commission in areas such as the one behind me counseling has already begun because the number of people that are registered on the polling list have already voted you hearing a lot of skirmishes,

a lot of back and forth. people are talking about what they're interested party is should be getting there is a lot of saudi to was labor and there is a lot of youth disenfranchisement throughout the country. the youth almost leaning that there is a conspiracy theory, at least that the, the are being fought against the, by the establishment as it were, a lot of youth is really excited around one candidate than dead is the candidacy of mr. p. towel b. and they're saying that this are, you know, these problems that we've had from the independent electoral body. i really just a way of, of putting a hurdle in, in p t r o b, destiny rather march towards her to the, the presidential seats as it were. and that is something that we're hearing around . no one, not even the big newscast does not independent bodies are going as far as to say,

who is leading this election because the information, as i say, is very scattered and no one really wants to pin they're, they're here to the masters and where to say who's leading and that information is only being relayed to by party agents. and i don't think that is really a source that you can trust because they have vested interest with regards to that dissemination of the said information here in lagos, particularly when one looks at the security password. now that's been deployed for this election. well over 400000 members of the security personnel that's, that's our me, that's police and other security agencies that are here to safeguard the selection . however, the voting went without a hitch and many nigerian cities, including con, no, well goes there, described the experience. this is local good. that little valuable red. no fighting,

no pushing. everything went going on. people and my mom lives today national even after i got him, i would, i think i was on when school somewhere midwest ward. i'm not up isn't chic anyhow. so like every to was lose moving. for now i'm again that phone does know to let you go down. probably, i guess gopro every piece piece from what i was listening to to be budget with these people and i will. okay. do i'm going to go to parties i will button in to petition will feel rod of his i go to go to more than 90000000 people reportedly register to vote across the country and almost 177000 pulling stations. this election cycle has seen some stiff competition among the candidates 18 people are running for the presidency with over a 1000 buying for 109 seats in the senate. and another 3000 for 360 seats in the

house of representatives. here is awesome nigerians expect the electron results to pan out. i mean stuck in having the same same set of ha, governance, you know, come over and over. we just want something new. we one, we want to have hope for a better engine. light came on. well, my expectation for the next governance government 1st is 1st tightened to security and injured. i then expect new government on doing things. the bad news of me dawn towards. i believe it's the right step in the right direction. watch our coverage of the nigerian elections here in our te throughout the day will keep you updated on all the latest. ha!

now to the dawn bass front lines were russian troops with a wagner group leading. the assault have significantly advanced this week near the strategically important city of our deal. most on saturday, wagner fighters took over the village of yog lawyer. this came after 2 other key villages came under russian control. this latest development further complicates the situation for ukrainian forces inside the city as it makes resupply and troops all but impossible. here are some of the latest drone images from our deal most in a be to deter the advancement of russian troops. ukrainian forces have detonated a local dam, flooding neighboring houses. those who had been forced to take shelter and basements are now being forced to flee. once again. our correspondent igor stano visited one of the areas recently taken by russians. wagner group

a warning. some of the footage in this report is disturbing. ah, less than 12 hours ago, the entire territory of this cargo railway station was under the ukrainian control . well, now it's wagner's domain from north and wishing off. there was fighting here in the night. military formations were in residential areas, machine guns and grenade launchers were firing here. sure. they had a great position for shooting terrible, but our guys took this railway area by storm renewal of the enemy last about 40 soldiers sort of a 100. the others just ran away with and this ambulance on black military

plates, which means it was officially on ukraine's army. roaster was no aid or humanitarian vehicle. it was used by keep troops to deliver reinforcements and ammunition with a disguise. it's crew found their final rest right next to it, r o j americans go, these are us made weapons. they use this ambulances cover to deliver ammunition and food supplies over most care with very low, you are as quickly on, gv, i so missionaries from south africa here. and so i saw your instructors germans bullish ukrainians from the i dar and as of battalions as well. as the ukrainian paratrooper brigade, there was a strong group here. are you made up of all they've got? they didn't want to give up our cham, oscar, the road we cut off was very important for them. they were using it to deliver

ammunition and food grocery. but now that road is no more thorough as well as those mercenaries. well, now you have to brace yourself for some truly gruesome images. the defensive lies here in this building are held by you k mercenaries. this is one of them all. what's left of one of them close quarter come back is what wagner excelsior fighter, who was among those who stormed this building, shares with me, what kind of resistance they have to overwhelm yours. machine gunners held up defenses in every stage, hearing bozer, and they were even shooting in corridors to the door. it didn't help them though. shouldn't our guys know what to do? to the finish, they entered the building the right way and covered each other with ah, the ukrainian command used this factory warehouse to shelter

a tank ammunition crates are scattered all over the place around lean. wagner fighters are telling me that the everything indicates that the ukrainians they were planning to hold these positions for a long, long time. but well, this particular sector, it fell in less than a week. which of these are in print, some tank track stork work there. they made a trench probably for tank ammunition. they planned to hold this position for a very long time when they were and did a lot of preparation for that. but they managed to keep it for only 5 days. just uncle chance was what happened to the tank? i went on over there, about a kilometer and a half from here. it stir, it was blown off. here. russia has tightened the noose further on ukraine's garrison in bar moot. because all this is a prelude to the resounding crescendo of the fool of the city to the tomb wagner. amicus dunn of reporting from the dumbass, r t. china has asked the world to prevent the conflict in ukraine

from escalating further. saying leaders must come to the negotiating table and resume p stocks. their request was outlined in the countries 12 point proposal on the crisis which included the condemnation of the west as unilateral sanctions placed on countries across the world. china poses feel actual sanctions, unauthorized by the un security council. relevant contra should 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 economists 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. what 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, but a calling for a political resolution with a 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 a fact brought by the crisis, including keeping the nuclear power plant save, reducing strategic risk and 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, based 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 all the same that it wants to play a constructive role in this re hard, including. it's be 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 p, so not only the 2 sides, but also the entire international community should support the peaceful resolution or political resolution of the current situation. the chinese statement draws much attention from the west was joe biden, labeling, beijing's at time to mediate in the conflict irrational. while nato chief chance dalton burg stands for further on supplies to gab. as the only way to achieve peace,

beijing has branded the military block as having a cold war mentality which has escalated the conflicts. china doesn't have much credibility because they have not been able to condemn the illegal invasion over ukraine. so meaning that if we want a peaceful, negotiate the solution aware ukraine pervaded the sovereign in the punk nation, then we need to support ukraine military. now. military support today is the way to achieve a peaceful agreement tomorrow that had an issue with these major crisis shows that cold war mentality will lead to division and confrontation, although the cold war concluded over 3 decades ago, the 0 sum game and it's mentality still exists. blah confrontational leads to conflicts and was nato is a project of the cold war. but it did not add with the cold war and has expanded an

escalator the situation and has become the major factor into conflict. joseph gregory mahoney, professor of politics at east china. normal university, says nato is exploiting the ukraine conflicts. nato is opposed in part because nato is a military organization. one that's led above all by the united states. now the culture of the us military is always oriented towards fighting. there's an institutional aggressiveness that only understands one way forward. and this is doubly true here because nato is exploiting this conflict. to expand in ways previously unimagined was soaring budget's prestige and power. but behind all of this is a u. s. g o strategic game, one that wants to reinforce it's a gemini over europe, knock russia down, and then leverage those gains if realized against china, antique china, hawks and nato are nothing new. that said, the nato chief appears sympathetic. it seems to washington's ongoing efforts to

expand nato to confront china, and given his recent trips to asia, i don't think the e u in an absolute sense is opposed to peace. the rhetoric i'm seeing from e u and european national politicians, aside from a for a few including i think mc wrong, who i think is slowly coming back to his senses. is consistent with washington and western mainstream media narratives that have simply overwhelmed the discourse and care. president lensky echoed washington's dismissive tone, saying he has little faith and negotiations that says ukraine's top officials repeatedly sad have won't make any deals with moscow opting for a military solution. archie's marina coursera has the details. in this, in a court, the speeds or method divorce, where one side refuses to speak to the other to reach any sort of settlement. the discord would likely growl and dry gone at cost to both parties involved. and it is

this parallel were 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 talk if russia goes for wilful war crimes, even in this, then 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 a 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 she and this position has been officially signed then. so all it seems the ukrainian government is not only nor 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 russia 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 said that the president does not refuse to negotiate by those who do refuse should understand that the longer takes the more difficult it is to find a solution that is unlike ukraine. russia has never refused dialogue and as such for diplomatic waste or resolve the conflict, this is all 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 than certainly fits the narrative of russia as the uncompromising aggressor, but at what expense to later will continue to stand read ukraine for as long as you take santo or we're going to be with you, mr. president, for his lauren to will lose over. i mean, obviously ukraine can count on italy because as we've shown from the beginning, even across government shocked, we have been there and we will be there. she said it even if both sides could

somehow reach 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 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 kia 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 bubble rather leave the conflict down the road see nowhere russia has suspended its participation in the new start nuclear treaty, but is not withdrawing from the agreement. that was windermere, put in state, met him on his annual address to the national apartment on parliament on tuesday. but they would shanella, but would you would need a representatives? the u. s. is sending signals and putting out ultimatums to russia, they say you russia must implicitly do as we have previously agreed to, including the new start treaty. while we the us or do whatever we want to, they say there's no connection between the new start treaty issues. and the ukranian conflict or other hostile actions by the west towards russia is as if

there is no loud statement that the u. s. aim is defeating russia strategically differently. so it's either utmost cynicism in her parker see or utmost stupidity. we can't call them idiots though. they're not stupid. they wanted to feed us strategically and also want to continue to inspect our new killer objects. in this regard, i have to say that russia is forced to suspend our involvement in the new start treaty. the. the suspension of the treaty could be reversed according to russia's foreign ministry. moscow says a u. s. t escalation and its aggressive stance toward russia would create the conditions for the path to fully function rush. also, states had still intends to follow the timeline on weapons reductions set out in the bilateral agreement. but that checks on stockpiles would not be allowed. new star is the last remaining nuclear limitation packed between moscow and washington

. the deal was signed in 2010 and is set to expire in 3 years. the treaty, curb strategic arsenals tapping nuclear assets at fixed quantities. it also includes on site inspections to verify compliance, rushes moved to suspended participation came after vladimir putin accuse the west of being involved in attacks on russian strategic air bases. john cavalier, political analysts and senior editor for issue and site says the us, the stance toward russia, makes it clear why moscow decided to suspend the treaty. it's not a surprise that the government of the russian federation would suspend, than it was important that he used the word suspend. he didn't use the word abrogate, remove marine, renounce. it makes sense here from, from his perspective, the russian federation is not just to war with ukraine. it's at war with nato,

a war, particularly with united states, and to have inspections of weaponry. william whether or not that weaponry is going to be used in ukraine, in this case nuclear weapons wouldn't be. but that just see the intrusiveness of having your enemy on your territory, hoping around is unsettling. and so it's, you know, it's not surprising when there is a cessation of the, the war in between russia and ukraine. at some point they'll be a return to a, to the inspection regimes. but you know, we don't know how long that's gonna take. and just hours after vladimir putin's address, the u. s. president held a meeting with his polish counterpart in warsaw, where they discussed new arms deliveries to ukraine. but despite this continued policy,

joe biden still blame spouton for prolonging the ukrainian conflicts. president chose is more every, during the work of jesus, his george, over the past year. democratic republicans with our united states congress have come together to stand for freedom. bachelor goods are a national merck, it's due by the instate may came during his visit to the polish capital on tuesday, or he stressed the importance of collective european security and that nato is quote, stronger than ever. he said to me, officials from other members, states of the alliance. later, it follows the american liter surprised trip to kiev on monday, where he talks and was with president zalinski, while air raid sirens were heard rigging out across a city despite no showing in the ukrainian capital. this caused laughable reaction from mass media and biden's walk under sirens was even called

a hollywood jung. aah! every so often that city in 5 days it was phony. baloney, hollywood chunk a 100000. i was notified that you're working with russia. 7 i listen as biden reassured, care the us will stand with them using all means back home is countries struggling with its own issues. the state of ohio saw a major blast out a metal plant that followed a chemical catastrophe after a trained carrying toxic substances derailed in this state around 2 weeks ago, spilling its load and bursting into flames. but bite and doesn't plan to visit the affected areas. i

do, do you ever dealt with before with far from every one back home was impressed with a trip to cab, a number of republican politicians claim bite him for 1st care over america on president stay in the us. this is incredibly insulting. today on our president's day, joe biden, the president of the united states chose ukraine over america, while forcing the american people to pay for ukraine's government and war. if you want to understand why so many americans are frustrated right now, biden is in ukraine before ohio.