her a with a committed another terrorist act, another crime with the border territory, but it opened fire and civilian. it's breaking news here, an aussie international vladimir putin brands thursdays, ukrainian length attacks on russia, but it sounds cool region, an act of terror security. so if they're saying explosive devices have been found in the area scattered across that part of the reach, the ukrainian group designated as terrorist by russia claims responsibility for today's incident. but this leader having been previously tied to neo nazi ideology else in the program to the g 20 meeting of foreign ministers notebook. so it was

agreed that the african union will be a full member of the g twenties as it hasn't been, or several years. that russia praise is developing countries for their independent decision making during the gathering of the blocks foreign ministers and india. also taking a bunch of criticise to west for what he called it neo colonial habits, including a functions and the manipulation of well i and so from the g t meeting of foreign ministers in new delhi today to a terror attack on rushers of south western border it's good to have your company for this ours program live from moscow. we do kick it off now with the continuation of breaking news here one r t from russia is a pre on screech, and it's right along the ukranian border by russian authority, say a terrorist group is attacked several villages of the incident. i left 2 people dead at a child wounded russian security services reporting,

hidden explosives scattered around the area and the low call is currently being swept for any more devices and mine clearance is under way. the other reports of intense firefighting of also come in though we have no official comment or confirmation. all those reports that the russian president, though, has a label today's attack as an act of terror. he wouldn't officially actually committed another terrorist act. another crime entered the border territory for fire and civilians. they saw that it was a civilian car. they saw the civilians and children were sitting in it does. these are the same people who wants to deprive us of our history. tradition and language philosophy is that rachel pleasant has been here just about all day covering this or rolling coverage of breaking news or an aussie international. rachel, i understand you have a couple of updates for us on this story. we, we getting reports of this, a ukrainian linked terrorist group has potentially claim responsibility for date,

for today's act of terror. that's right. as president said, there, this is being treated as a terrorist attack. the f s. b came out and said that the situation is under control by one forestman, but also noted that a large number of explosives have been found in the area in the browns region there today. now, so far the death toll is up to 2 civilians killed and one child wounded after a moving vehicle was fired upon by terrorist suspects in the brown scrooge. and there near the border between russia and ukraine. let's get into a little bit about what we know so far about those suspected terrorists who are responsible. so there have been a number of posts all across social media that we've seen. and those individuals claim to be members of a group known for engaging and military activities against russia. now, notably, while their nationality is russian, they are based in ukraine and have a history of carrying out a tax against russian as they notably took responsibility for the murder of daria

duke and back in august. now, there are also some reports we've seen in ukrainian media, where the official representative of ukraine's intelligent services was quoted as saying that this was a case where the russians were waking up and that this attack is some kind of protest against. now it's important to note here that the suspects were actually looking at have not only shown their loyal to jeep go loyalty ukraine. however, though, one major sauce back, the one main individual who has been pictured over and over again is one who has actually bragged about having a ukrainian military id tickle is no, he had to say in an interview with you or you in order for the russian volunteer course to become a legal unit. i had to move mountains. i touched the hands of half of the top military brass in this country, politicians to debrief an arrest of riches advisors. he opened and when jesse, the heads of the security service has no crane and so on. and so he would move. so

i personally talked to scores of people don't before we really move to the mountain way and we will go up with history. now that individual has notably, again, popularity as being an emma may fighter. but he has not stay inquire about the new nazi ideology that he believes in noting that he is gaining followers and trying to train them into some sort of white nationalist fighters. and also at the same time promoting some sort of clothing line with nazi wink symbols on it. here's what was said in a recent bias, news article, which was talking about his views and his clothing line in her interview and getting his outline, his ambitious vision for white wrecks coordinate and all encompassing lifestyle. brent assert of nike for nazis that promotes his old ugly ideologies, something strong, healthy and aspirational. in recent years, the white wrecks logger includes a helmet work and circled by a black sun. an occult symbol that's been adopted by neo nazis. the logo has become

an increasingly common site in european james fight clubs and football terraces. so certainly a lot of questions remaining about those suspects who are responsible for today's deadly attack. and with the latest updates on this breaking news coverage or analogy international. rachel blevins, thank you. thank you. well also on thursday, another village and brianna. scrooge was targeted by ukrainian mortar fire, so far, no casualties reported in the neighboring quarter screech, and several rounds of ukrainian shelling have left at least one civilian dead and another one injured well, just a bit under, in the program today to regarding all this breaking news i was discussing it with political analyst, mitree, babich and chief editor of m. b. letty janos put cohen and they share their thoughts on what vladimir putin has called a terror attack. is just dead grime, you know, committed by a few gunman, went of the territory. how cool business short the children, you know, at least on child is wounded,

according to that unconfirmed reports we still have to know all the details, but it is clear that bradford use it as a security threat and it will be discussed and that security council meeting is a very long award, and of course it's impossible to control it because these are thousands of miles, something like that would happen and the people who are expecting it, what is really surprising is that before the ukrainians, usually at that you know, the oil dep odd so or some kind of transport 2 vehicles connected to the army. now these are villages which have nothing to do with that. the military activity. this is the most frightening thing about it. i mean, the new village now can be viewed as threatened. this is one of the won't just borders in the wall. so of course it's impossible to make it all secure on card percent. neither one of the ukrainian site nor the russian cited. we see that these effects are happening due to syrian locations and there is no military target. we

see children, families, targeted attack. of course, when it's a way to enforce your phone as your another nation and people then it's gotten terrorism, these or border attacks. they are absolutely terrible, but not only not that they are provocations. he seems to be a tendency in the western countries that they have created for 4 months. now, an illusion that the russia is now at docking more and more bold. they are getting ready. they are getting ready, and russia is deciding itself how to adjust their military operations in the territory and focusing very much on the on see reimburse. securing, perceiving unpopular new in the liberated regions and not making such kind of moves which would escalate the situation forwarded. and so you select, an escalation is exactly what you want and really from the western side.

let's start this conversation. father, her naughty internationals, were joined now by author and war correspondent, thomas roper visiting us in the moscow studio. great to have you here. very well. welcome to you, so thank you and your help. sorry though to bring you in that with such a tragic story today with these are essentially, as we understand ukrainian militant, so what would it be in cold ukrainian terrorists station incursion over the russian border. they opened fire on civilians, there are mixed reports of a of a gun fight. we haven't got any confirmation of that, but we also had unconfirmed reports of hostages being taken as well. and we have confirmed reports from the f s b, that a number of different types of explosive devices and mines were found distributed in the area. thomas, the kremlin branding the attackers and the brians region as terrorists. is that an accurate assessment? do you think? what the criminal no more than we do here in the city, but i suspect that the people didn't do it alone. so they have to need to have some

backup from from, from your credit. um, so if it's like that and then what i would quote state terror is, but it's the kremlin who knows it will just sit in the studio. but thomas, when you look at that part of the world and, and, and these villagers in the browns region along the ukrainian border, these are civilian villages. we can say there are no military facilities in this region. why do you think the region was targeted? well, this is a long so you can write books about it. i'm just come back from the next. and why do they should see williams there? so this is nothing new, it's tara, it's hatred, i think. and this is nothing you oh i was, i was 8 times in the dumbass. no. and i've seen a 1st of all their shooting exclusive hospitals. so this is i say that one more time, thomas did i just hear you correctly? he said that they're shooting at schools and hospitals and i can tell you concretely, i was in service on the 2 times. i was then summer when the situation was like,

you know, many people were just not really pro russian. i was there 3 months later, and after a 3 month shooting from ukraine and i, every willis, fish that the schools or whatever that was damaged, that people changed their mind just because they saw what was shot. they saw what the ukraine is hitting on, and they were also not well behind the front for the kilometers that it's not military and they are shooting these villages. so this is nothing, you know, you know, cnn did a report number of years ago. they had one of their star correspondents who they later fired, but they had one of their star correspondence in, in the don't, based on as regions, individual locals there and the locals were in tears describing children who have been blown to bits and even a c n. n correspondent was shocked and horrified, but she was sacked a short time after that. let me ask you this. our president putin has ordered an increase in security measures in the border regions, particularly western southwest russia. is it surprising to you at all, thomas? that a group of 40 or 50 alleged militant alleged terrorists or suffer. it's surprising that they were able to cross the russian border. well,

i don't know the border myself, but as far as i know, it was agreed bought a bit between ukrainian or russian as far as i know, ukraine started to build some kind of fortification, whatever, i think from the rest of the site. it's a green border, and it's quite hard to control hundreds of thousands of people that have a green border. so i think this is not a miracle. do you want me to obviously the russian president, he's been very firm about his statements that i call him this an active open terror . and he doesn't, you know, when you can come to a tragedy and, you know, he's, he's not joking around. he's deadly serious. could you, in any way, see an escalator, a response from russia? well, i'm not sitting in the kremlin, had they don't tell me, but it's possible. we have seen this, for example, after after bombing the crimea bridge. i don't know the plants, but it's possible because it's a red line for, for the kremlin to fire and russian territory,

especially i'm so i'm civilians and this is what's happening. it's not the 1st time . so whether this is especially especially case not, we'll change something we will see but possible. thomas, you are back from the don at skew, been to the don bass 8 times. what does the average everyday person needs to know when it comes to the lives of civilians? in that part of the world, well, am we, can we have to see that the m prince and joe we have 3 different parts which, which differ from each other. there's 1st of august until next i'm whether 6 years is absolutely key, clear. it's really hard to find somebody there was a kenneth, to russia. um they are, it's not necessary that they are in the fire and the see what a 70 m when you, when you, you know it's, it's quite a, i'm absurd because for example, i wasn't logan, stella was assisting with central maternity with an organization. and i'm in lou ganske and the city is quite normal. life. you know,

and shops are open. barstow processors open san i'm. but if you go one or 2 minutes further to the front. um it's not a choice. it's nothing. so it's, it's very different. it's very different, but the people that know what this war because they know it since 2014. do you think that you think the people in that, in that region in these new russian territories, do you think they've become galvanized harden by the corporate? they've been through. do you think they're now more resilient or more broken? perhaps that's a good question. um the people i talked to well, you know they can the satellite so satellites. listen. i was, i was on the way back from, from the nets, tossed off in a car with no lady who's living quite near to the front and, and well, we're talking about about daily life and then she, there's shooting everywhere. she's hearing the grenades of our house every day. and

so what should i? shouldn't i go out of the door? i have to buy my something to eat. i have to go out. and she said, well, if, if the debt wants to find death wants to find with he finds her, i'm so this is quite strange. it's really a strange situation. strange to talk to the people that, you know, the end of the day though it's, it's the innocent lives that really, in a sense, get neglected. particularly in the western press. and regarding western politicians, when they talk about the further pumping of weapons to ukraine, they, they understand that essentially ukraine has taken an enormous catastrophic and tragic losses during this conflict. there has been an awful high death count on ukrainian side. and yet, western professional partners are still pumping weapons into ukraine. they say the path to peace is through more weapons. is that the right song? the thing, it's all, well it's, it's, you know, it's all what was war is peace in this book and 1948. it's just the same um, weapons and pieces, not the same. they can be against russia if they want,

but let's not forget, it's the zalinski who wrote a decree that, that any dig up didn't collections. negotiations with russia forbid september he did that in. yeah, i think 13 or so if you want to end the what 1st of all, stuff shooting and talk and the west as is doing the opposite. they're saying there's nothing to talk about with russia and we send weapons. this is not, it's not peace, sorry, but it goes back to 2014, doesn't it? a tom, you know, the nato chief installed. hm. book even admitted he even admitted the conflict. started in 2014, you know, we had, we had all these different nato countries with the help of america dig for years, digging for to fight tunnels. fortified. bunkers, getting ready for a conflict. the western press never said anything about this. they never told the western viewer what the western governments were up to. you talk about the innocence living in the don. yes. can lugens in these regions here where the zelinski government has engaged in rolling blackouts. cutting off the gas binding

the teaching of russian culture russian language. and can you imagine we had an interview? i don't know some years ago with a local man who was an, an, an electrician. and after they get shell, this man climbs up the telegraph poles to reinstall the telephone lines and he comes under fire from the ukrainian side. and he said, look, i'm just trying to reestablish the power here that shooting bullets at me right now . i'm just an innocent electrician. this is something thomas, i think the average person particularly in the west doesn't understand that civilians have been getting blown up and shot and targeted since 2014. i know that under well, you have to go them to the people. i'm just ethic on thursday. what we could go was an incident when the were selling something into nets and there was a drone. i'm fooling the merits when, when the ambulance came and so on. and then the shot again at the same place and

fort for dr. side, so this is what happens then. the western press doesn't talk about it since 2014, the was thought started 2014. and this is what the people in the west are not because the presence doesn't tell them. meantime, meantime, nato countries are exhausting that military. i munition stocks they are literally scraping the barrel. meantime, when it comes to the not the a number of shells that rusher as firing as opposed to ukraine, ukraine is averaging 3000 shells a day. russia is averaging more than 20000 shells a day. it's a ratio of $7.00 to $1.00. the strength ratio of the russian military versus ukraine using the best of the west coming from native. how much longer thomas? is this conflict? going to go on for on this quest we have to ask washington, they make the decision there is no way for me, no way of those. what i wish i could imagine that ukraine is winning on the battlefield as they put it. so this ease of the way that russia will win on the

battlefield all the way that washington says when they can start negotiate negotiating something not be to the site. um, i think i think you created some was blotting out and this is, this is a tragedy. mean time. meantime some people to more are already finding themselves on the wrong side of kiev. you know, about the mirror for its website, ukrainian. what's it, what's it mean? it means peacemaker. peacemaker. right? and yet essentially, a website of a hit list of all these people who have crossed zalinski in one way or another go, i know the site i'm on the site, you're on the outside of. let me ask you this and you naughty man. there's another man, he's just been put on the side, n, b, c journalists, simon cyrus a been added to the ukranian government list of enemies of the state of publishing a report about how people in crimea would be willing to defend themselves, to remain a part of russia and nbc journalists makes this statement, and now he's on ukraine's official hit list. how do you, how do you read into that and where yourself perhaps you're both on the list now.

yeah. yeah. well then, so many people on the list, the also from west journalists, even politicians. or what can i say that, that side piece america is host it that you can read on the site in langley. so again it's, it's the question whether we have asked kiki of something or maybe in washington again. um, it's a kill list and if they kill some somebody for example like dara, do gonna a, it's even written on the photo eliminated. so they're, they're proud of killing journalists. i know dara mas and you dara, we were not friends, but we met regularly and she was just a 29 year old philosopher elementaries. so, and this is what happens again, what is what the west does? no, and this is not a private initiative. it was, it was founded, i'm under assistance at least assistance of the until the ministry of ukraine, and they write on the site langley. so it's washington. so to be honest,

it's the coolest of the americans. somehow strong statements at thomas strong, same as it a listen. i've been told to wrap this up, but i'm gonna just give you 20 more seconds if. if, if i can president savanski just a few days ago was on stage at some press event and he was recorded and vision saying, because, you know, he's always asking for more money, more weapons, more times this and the other. it's never enough. but he said the other day soon enough, america will have to send it sons and daughters to fight in ukraine. and that comment upset an awful lot of people, particularly in america. why do you think zalinski said that soon america will have to send its sons and daughters to fight in ukraine? ah, you have to ask him what he's doing is sure um for whom he did it or whether whether it was agreed with some i don't know. sometimes he thought thinks how crazy things sometimes that and i don't see system. some are some, sometimes to see that he's really reading what they gave,

or when he was what the following a script. you said, yeah, but sometimes maybe, well he's, he's a comedian, at least, so i don't know why. oh i, he said this concretely. and this will not make friends, so it was not for the american public. maybe for, for the rec, clayton, in public. so the americans are friends. they have to help us. i don't have any idea what is in his head. yeah. all right. author and war correspondent, thomas roper joining us live on our, to international a great privilege, having you here. thank you very much. thank you. thank you. ah, russia's top diplomat has criticized what he has called the western neo colonial mindset of pushing its own interests such the interests of the world. those comments were made that a press conference are following a g 20 foreign ministers meeting in new delhi as okay, left off added that developing countries are aware of washington's tactics and such an approach has now reached an impasse nor left corner of the school. the west is aware that the current approach has reached an impasse,

typical they say that that is necessary to inflict a strategic defeat of russia. and that is an existential problem for the english. they are attempting to preserve their head, your money in the international arena, developing countries see and understand all these perfectly. the big new as of the day really is that there is no meeting of minds of yorba fall was and there was no consensus, no joined community could to be adopted. now india was released a chance. summary and outcome documentary on the foreign ministers meet in new delhi. i'm talking russian diplomats, lovegrove held press conference just a while ago here to new delhi. in fact, he's a blamed the west for not being able to come out with that joint statement of that was expected dot net as far as you green is concerned. that really was the something you're walking all the conversations and that's where the global leaders will really divided a. but apart from that, dave is one point where there was some sort of consensus as mentioned by level

there, which is multilateralism by c. m t m agreement. has been reached and all of the issues that were on the g 20 agenda. this includes seeking true multilateralism history and strengthening that position of developing countries with joseph. in particular, it was agreed that the african union will be a full member of the g. 20 e, as the e. u has been for several years just as to now. michael, uncle as him was wanting to talk with jen dollars for minister, letting them or these government to show you leadership on in fact a box on that and they will run on the things on the agenda as well. of course, food insecurity, crises being one of the important agenda. but of course some, as far as just divide is concerned that they're both the sides really harden and it was really difficult to measure. there was a but by some data level also in that press conference, he held a said that a west also tried to block,

although russian demands mush. please leave them. which number we call for the document to reflect the need for an impartial, honest investigation into the north stream attack. but it was categorically rejected by our western partners because of their position that the g 20 declaration was blocked. if you remember how the west reacted to the harsh revelations, so she, they said it was nonsense, but we won't let them swimming under the rocks. got over. so in the foreign ministers of needs to be in and you would tell you have a several issues concern to ukraine. config. then other divergence as well. that in fact could not be reconciled. but of course, um, as far as at the top, a diploma or from russia who made it was a tech. he also said that the west is responsible for manipulating the was market prices up, especially new new throttle. so the west, unfortunately, has not given up its neo colonial heavens, was 3 mini everything that is done now is to make the world economies subservient,

which in the interests of the west london and their neo colonial practices. this includes sanctions and attempts to manipulate prices in the world market. so for example, setting a price gap on oil is still in other people's natural resources. wouldn't him annoy it also includes the manipulation of the rules of world trade within international trade organizations or oh, very dia. now as love rob held a press conference here in new delhi. bad in the, the in, in foreign minister also held a press conference where he spoke about how a joint statement or a joint communicate could not come true. of course, india will still continue to be the problem, sola, that it sees itself as, as remember, this event, the g 20 foreign ministers meet was one of the biggest events before as the finance summit, which will take place in september this year. and this really was a pre call sort of sorts to what could happen in september. same lines oh on what

we saw happen in barley last year or but of course are, as i understand, the indian side sees that it when i try and continue to be the problem solver, as it sees itself to be disturbing story coming in right now from iran where we understand more than a 100 school girls have been hospitalized across the country with respiratory distress, are to contribute. yusef generally, so this is not the 1st time iranian school girls have been targeted. well, the mysterious wave of poisoning iranian girls is trying to sense on jitters across the country, starting to confuse, panics, families pumping menu will be run in families to stop sending their girls to schools. well over the past 3 months. hundreds, other one in school girls have been center hospital over there, exposure to some unknown poisonous materials. well,

the intention behind the dat hosting wave is still on known. who is supposedly be wanting. those are still on no. do you want government has formed, of course, an investigation committee to launch a probe into the insert and try to figure out who is responsible for poisoning iranian school girls were listed in the 1st place in november, back in november in the city of long where 51 in school girls felt ill. they were hospitalized due to exposure to some mysterious poisonous material contact material . now, who is responsible for those incidents are still on known the iranian health. as we also formed a special committee to try to figure out why that poisonous material is the real intention behind these. that is still an issue across the country and even beyond the country by some form based outlets who are changing some people in here, one are trying to keep girls from seeking education,

but the one in government these on the public says that it's a smear campaign. launched by some anti iran activists from outside the country trying to harness the image of these while mac republic. so we have to wait and see board that investigation committee will take us as we hear the report that one person today was arrested in the city of showing show who central one connection with the issue. so the image is starting to get clear as the investigation continues by the one in government. it well it's been a pleasure having you with us for this program, la, from moscow, from all of us here, the entire asi, international news team. thank you for sharing your time with us here. the asi international headquarters, a big day of your worldwide headlines so you can catch up with us either call me otherwise with my colleague, you don't o'neill at this desk in half an hour's time. ah,

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