ah ah ah, bo county is underway, nigeria, which is electing its next president and far limit was several states seeing disruptions and one even postponing voting so sunday morning also ahead on the stories that shaped the week. great news. they were planning to hold these positions for a long, long time, but well, this particular sector, it pro, in less than a week, party reports from the don bass part lines as russian courses, breakthrough ukrainian defensive in and around the key city of field. china has called on the west to stop abusing unilateral sanctions while urging all sides

interest to be considered. like most western official dismissing beijing please proposal ab believe with him. i have to say that russia is forced to suspend our involvement in the new start treaty. but moscow isn't a bad getting the packs leaving the door open for cooperation. if big u. s. the escalate, it stands on russia. the comments came from vladimir putin during his annual address to the time through parliament on tuesday. ah, good morning for martine or national studios in moscow, and welcome to the weekly with the hour and weeks most vital stories worldwide. i'm fiorella is about we start with the general elections in nigeria. we're africa's most populous nation, is choosing its next leader and parliament. the vote counting is underway now we're bringing you our special coverage of one of the continents most significant

political events this year. a while voting went smoothly in most parts of the country. some places saw unrest in logos violence threatened the security of the elections. ah, as you can see, unknown done, men disrupted the elections in the o. shorty, district of law. those state reportedly be attackers arrived on motorcycles and fired shots to steer voters away. the assailants also grab some of the field ballot boxes and set them on fire. several suspects have been detained. in some cases, unrest does have an impact on the election outcome. logos isn't the only state that

faced a shoes during the elections with voting being partly postponed in multiple regions . the independent national electoral commission put elections on hold in 141 pulling stations and bales, the estate planning to reopen them. today. voting was temporarily suspended yesterday in the state of an nombre, but resumed later. the regions of aba emo and can be also faced closure. briefly. 3 districts in edo state have also seen elections. smith's bowed until the 11th of march. as a result of the absence of a logo from one of the political parties, the chairman of the countries independent national electoral commission says the militant group, vocal, her rum was behind a terror attack in a nigerian eastern city. i went to the porch to the military, i was confirmed that it was an 188 to one millimeter more time talk on 2 facilities, including

a filling station i in your office to discuss the elections in nigeria. let's cross live to our correspondence, gravel it's out. law in law goes on the ground. good morning perabo. when will we be able to see the preliminary results and what are the people of nigeria expecting? and what's the mood like ah, fiorella the mood. yeah. is that all of nigeria is on tenterhooks, and that question is exactly what is on everyone's lips. when are we likely to get a verifiable set of results that is not only verifiable but in the, in the questions of many political parties. here is a credible one. will this a be that following what has been, what can only be described as a tumultuous day, a day, full of hope that really ended with more questions than it did answers. i mean,

we start off with what happened in the state of war and o n wiley, where we had an attack of the militant islam is the hardest group poco harem, which inject to 5 people. and we are talking to women and 3 men as what it sounds like in discriminant shooting took place in the state of war. no. and that is exactly what was guarded against. but it was really hope that barbara would really take a day off on the day of the election and leading up to it. they didn't really seem like those that will be perpetuated. and that happens because they thought that the, the chances deal very much that they could have a candidate that they could get onward by following what really ended up as a, as a day of hope. at least for many nigerians as they looked forward to establishing who

they really think should be the next president of nigeria, that did not rub off their g. hardy's crew well and hands. we had that a tech. the tech was, was that a gun and several gunman was seen on top of the madonna mountains and they indiscriminately shot at people who are waiting to, to a with regards to yesterday's elections. and hence, that was the last time i was disturbed. but we also had a situation where members of the economic and financial crimes commission, this is the, the group that has been established to try and count the wave of money that has flown into nigerian election. and that is in the abu just state, of course, that is administrative capitol, of nigeria,

in the widely low co counsel. and that was saw what was up to be and a carefully orchestrated boat buying steam by one of the people there. and it was only once that the commission's team pounced on the sand as a lend who was august raping their scheme that they are motorcade was attacked, windshields being broken and they came and that that kind of pressure. but they were not necessarily injured. and, and it was only then that, that even more of this carefully orchestrated plan came into being as members of, of, of the assailant. in this case. also started emerging from different sides rolling around and trying to overwhelm members of the economics and financial crimes commission. and that one in shots were fired in the air and they quickly this burst

on to that. but it was only one of the many stories that happened yesterday. we also had a things happening at bale says date by else. as you mentioned earlier in your, in your, in your report is, is there is a state that is very important, especially with regards to the layout of, of, of the country. and it was expected that things would and smoothly there. but not only that, we said yesterday as we were reporting that the. busy voting was supposed to take place between 9 and 6, but because there was no consistency in terms of how the i make members from different places. and i makia is the independent national in a drug commission. members that they couldn't necessarily open it a uniform time. the not all of them had election material. there was one might say, thieving problems with regards to yesterday's election. and therefore it meant that

different centers with different problems would open at different times. and by alpha, it was particularly pro, now's in a sense that several, several zones in that area were affected by such voting. it was so bad that the n i c, the n i e c, decided that they would rather postpone these elections, that they would rather have them happening from today as well until sunday in order to get some sort of a credible vote. and we only wonder what would happen with regards to this because there is a chance that everyone who was on the voters role in those said areas would have to come back and cast their vote all over again. and that leaves much to be desired because nigeria was there, was hoping to, to really set the tone not only for itself but for west africa as a whole. nigeria being africa, most popular states. it's very important that we see credible elections here. and

that setting the tone for the rest of west africa. but also among the updates that we have here from mon lagos, is that a member of parliament was detained. following what was found in his cache of our all sorts of luggage. the man was found with some 500000 u. s. dollars on him. and that is exactly what the, the move that introduce the elimination of of money. it in as effect time to the selection was created for it. it really says a lot about where nigerian election is and where the campaigning for such elections finds itself. this was exactly what was intended to be curtailed with the influence of money within nigerian election and to find a and mp with that much cash of money on himself. really leave left more

questions than it did answers. it says that that there is some sort of, of willingness to at least kind of tail. what we've seen are influencing nigerian elections. but it also says to the general public, at least at least some of the people that have spoken to that policing is only made for them and not necessarily made for the people who are struggling with, with, with every day, day to day struggles of surviving the hardships of the, of, of the economy at least here in nigeria. so that is, if it's only the iceberg of the many, many issues that fees, the nigerian elections yesterday and credibility remains at the top of the request here. having seen that, some of the parties came out the crime, the vague that only the senate results are being an hour and not necessarily the

presidential elections. and that says to them that there is a possibly some sort of a way in which they could get robbed by the system as it were. but before i go any further, let's hear the views of ordinary nigerians about how they felt about yesterday's o larger as are spoken and everyone has make his own choice. ah, countenance ongoing as we speak and which in for the final results here. but surely a rena will imagined. as always, it is only much too. so the election as has been peace from so far. i'm considering the beaver's introduction of beavers. it was helpful and in the deployment of the army personnel, so to help improve their belief, peace and environmental. we're enjoying the pres for electron right now as an honors expert,

the government's transparency on dylan's wendy implement policy. it's actually reduced the migration of people from nigeria toward our country or new wants is greener pastures. if we have direct policy here, they will be reluctant to move from the country. and that is among the many feelings that we're finding on the ground. more people are anxious to know who is leading of their presidential account more than they are to know who is leading this and it counts. and that is where the focus has been lately. we wait today to find out more from the independent electoral commission on, via and i jerry out to find out the way forward and if counting really can begin in earnest. our teeth corolla taught law reporting on the ground on the latest with nigeria. elections. thank you. more than 90000000 people reportedly rochester

to bow across the country. it almost 177000 polling stations. this election cycle has seen some stiff competition. among the candidates, 18 people are writing for the presidency with over a 1000 buying for 109 seats in the senate. another 3000 for 360 seats in the house of representatives. watch or special coverage of a niger in elections here on our teeth throughout the day will keep you updated on all the latest. the now to the dumbass front lines were this week, russian troops led by the wagner group, have significantly advanced near the strategically important city of the most. on saturday, wagner fighters took over the village of jaga. nowhere this 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 reef applying troops all but impossible. here are some of the latest road images from the most in a bid to deter the advancement of russian troops, ukrainian forces that needed a local dam flooding, neighboring horse houses. those who had been forced to take shelter in basements are now forced to flee. once again, our corresponded eager stano visited one of the areas recently taken by russia. 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 fenwick north. there was fighting here in the night. military formations were in residential areas. machine guns and grenade launchers were firing here. joe from they had a great position for shooting our boat, but our guys took this railway area by storm honey, we'll assume the enemy lost about 40 soldiers sort of a 100 of them. the others just ran away. 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 america's go. these are us made weapons they use this ambulance is cover to

deliver ammunition and food supplies. obama care with their yo yos, kick, liam, gov. i saw missionaries from south africa here. i saw us instructors, germans polish ukrainians from the i dar and as of battalions, as well as their ukranian paratrooper brigade. there was a strong group here, 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. but now that road is no more thorough as well as those personally. well, now you have to brace yourself for some truly gruesome images. the defensive lies here in this building are held by u. k. mercenaries, this is one of them, or what's left of one of them close quarter comeback is what wagner excelsior

fighter, who was among those who stormed this building. shares with me what kind of resistance they had to overwhelm yours. machine gunners held up defenses in every stage. hearing those or they were even shooting in corridors to the door. it didn't help them though. surely our guys know what to do to finish. they entered the building the right way and covered each other. look, ah, the ukrainian command used this factory warehouse to shelter a tank ammunition crates are scattered all over the place. a roundly 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, and wishes to these are improved some tank tracks that are quote there. they made

a trench probably for tank ammunition. they planned to hold this position for a very long time on your own, and did a lot of preparation for that, but they managed to keep it for only 5 days. just uncle chest was what happened to the tank. i will talk 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 back. moot. because all this is a prelude to the resounding crescendo of the fool of the city to the chew o wagner. i'm a good done of reporting from the dumbass r t and breaking news just an a bomb explosion in the pocket sadie rigid of by leach follow chips and has reportedly killed 2 police officers and 2 civilians leaving at least 10 other people injured. the injured have been moved to a nearby hospital for treatment. the explosion also damaged multiple vehicles and nearby shops, according to police reports. meanwhile,

the chief minister of the region has strongly condemned. the alleging terrorists were responsible for the attack will keep you updated as we get more information. and china has asked the world to prevent the conflict in ukraine from escalating further. saying leaders must come to the negotiating table and resume peace talks. the request was outlined in the countries 12 point proposal on the crisis, which included condemnation of the was unilateral sanctions place on the countries across the world. china pulls us unilateral sanctions unauthorized, but a un security council relevant contrition, stop abusing unilateral sanctions and long arm jurisdiction against other countries . so to do their share in the escalating, the ukraine crisis and gray conditions for developing countries to grow their economists and better to life of their people. trying to believe that any kind of

the unilateral sanctions that is unauthorized by the un 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

a fact brought by the crisis, including keeping the nuclear power plant save, reducing strategic risk, 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 ideas. given the current to situation, china has been always, are calling for peace. and china has been always saying that it wants to play a constructive role in this regard, 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 peace. so not only the 2 sides, but also the entire international community should support the peaceful resolution or political resolution of the current situation. china as statement drew immediate

denouncement from the west with joe biden labeling beijing. the attempt at media in the conflict a rational while neither chief jen stoughton berg believes further armed supplies, security is 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 of ukrainian so meaning that if he want a peaceful, negotiate the solution aware ukraine conveyed sovereign in the pump nation. then we need to support ukraine militate. now, military support to day is the way to achieve a peaceful agreement to morrow that a t shirt should. all 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. block confrontational leads to conflicts and was nato is a product of the cold war. but it did not, and with the cold war and has expanded an escalate of the situation and has become the major factor into conflict. so yeah, nice out. joseph gregory mahoney, professor of politics that 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 and waste, previously unimagined was soaring budgets, the stage empower, 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 cheap appear 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 piece the rhetoric i'm seeing from e u and european national politicians. aside from a for a few, including, i think micron, who i think is slowly coming back to a census, is consistent with washington and western mainstream media narratives that have simply overwhelmed the discourse. russia has suspended its participation in the new start nuclear treaty, but is not withdrawing from the agreement. that was vladimir putin statement and his annual address to russia's parliament on tuesday. but they would seek nella was wicked with needle 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 ukrainian conflict or other hostile actions by the west towards russia. as if there's no loud statements that the u. s. aim is defeating russia strategically. so it's either utmost cynicism and hypocrisy or utmost stupidity. we can't call them idiots though. they're not stupid. they want to defeat a strategically. and you 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 suspension of the treaty could be reversed according to russia's foreign ministry. moscow says that you as the escalation and it's aggressive stance toward russia, would create the conditions for the pact to fully function rash. 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. you star is the last remaining new pair limitation packed between moscow and washington . the deal was signed in 2010 and is set to expire at 3 years. the treaty, curb strategic arsenals, capping nuclear assets at fixed quantities. it also includes on site inspections, to verify compliance. john cab, like a political analyst, and senior editor for the issue. insight says the us stance toward russia makes it clear why moscow decided to suspend its participation. in the treaty, it's not a surprise that the government of the russian federation would suspend and 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 weapon during whether or not that weaponry is going to be used in ukraine. in this case, nuclear weapons wouldn't be, but they're just the, the intrusiveness of having your enemy and you know, on your territory, hoping around is unsettling. and so, you know, it's not surprising when there is a cessation of the war in between russia and ukraine. at some point some, they'll be a return to a, to the inspection regimes. but you know, we don't know how long that's going to take you to ship it. let's just hours after vladimir putin,

the address that you as president. how the meeting with his polish counterpart in warsaw where they discussed new arms deliveries to ukraine. but despite this continued policy, joe biden still blames potent for prolonging the ukrainian conflict. present approve shows is for every day the work continues is his choice. over the past year, democrats and republicans that are united states congress have come together to stand for freedom that you americans are. and that's what americans do bite in state make came during his visit to the polish capital on tuesday, where he stressed the importance of collective european security and claim nato is quote, stronger than ever. it follows the american leaders surprised trip to kiev on monday, where he talked to and to walk with president lensky, while air raid sirens were heard ringing out across the city. despite there being no shelling in the ukrainian capital mass media mock the incident and even called

it hollywood. jung. ah, there resign shangdorf in that city in 5 days. it was a phony baloney hollywood chunk bed. i mean there are 100000. i was notified a. 7 coupon. listen. geopolitical analysts, mark slobo, believes biden's visit to pull it in kiev is little more than a stuck to mislead the western audience about the real situation in ukraine. they were definitely trying to spin a dramatic propaganda narrative with president biden speech in warsaw. i mean he punched home freedom and democracy versus r.