ah ah, the city is essentially surrounded course earlier we were fighting against the professional ukrainian army. now we're seeing more and more elderly men and boys in the news that shape the week. the had a rushes, wagner issues the public grass grains president landscape telling him to let his severely weakened troops. lee from the city of archie. i'm off also known as back with a young boy who says life at risk while saving other children during a terrorist attack by a you premium extremist group. and the russian border region agree on with i started taking off my coat and noticed the hold with blood seeping through.

i realized i'd been shot. i told the girls that will go through the forest. and the african union is set to be represented in the g 20 from now on as india's prime minister modi alongside russia's talk diplomat survey. rob rob emphasizes the importance of a multilateral world border. wow, i protesters in africa. don't believe for him to president microns claims. that his country will no longer interfere in the continent affairs, as a call for the former colonial power to finally leave for good with coming to live from the russian capital. this is the weekly on our t international. i'm rachel blevins here with the top stories from this week. and today. welcome to the program. the leader of the private military company,

the wagner group set on friday that russian forces have nearly completely surrounded the ukrainian held city of archie. i'm off, also known as bach moon, and the donuts republic. he issued a public addressed ukraine's president zalinski, telling him to let his severely weakened troops abandon their positions. it should go walk. the city is essentially surrounded. worse, earlier, we were fighting against a professional ukrainian army. now we're seeing more and more elderly men and boys . they last just a day or 2 in fighting. let them leave here safely. this comes after a number of advances by russian troops in the area. the ukrainian army as reportedly been destroying critical infrastructure, several bridges, and a dam to hinder a russian encirclement of this city of archie. i'm off

a number of unverified videos of also appeared online where ukrainian troops and foreign mercenaries are seen leaving the embattled city mostly on foot. we are very after simself the wagner companies on slaughter in the city of our charm of the white smoke. you can see rising over there while it is rising from ukraine's positions. just a couple of blocks away. ah, 3

little gentlemen in bed destroyed house over there with a green roof. there is a machine gun on there. oh. every open patch of terrain we have to cross swiftly different units of the wagner company have launched a simultaneous assault on the enemy. so ukraine's troops are in turn on the lookout for russian brain force, mintz walls wobble from shell explosions, guns brattle to the west. south and north, the 2 full. this school was taken apart immediately after we kicked out the ukrainians. literally 3 minutes after we consolidated our positions there, the firing started. a couple of shells was enough to destroy the building. right down to the basement. from the rubble, we fish out a stack of papers, document copies of a ukrainian soldier. his military id shows he has no previous service record,

no experience. this to shalicia, my young again are asthma who used to see mercenaries from various countries, including georgians and a posse. and so they were equipped better than the ukranian soldiers. now we haven't seen them for a month already. they were surprised when we faced them. the last time we made an advance, and now they're gone. wagner fight as have already hoisted their companies flag just a few streets away from the city center. there's no hiding from russian drones, swarming the skies here. the command and cave is reluctant to admit their garrison is bleeding terribly here . but their bravado was shattered by selfie videos of ukrainian soldiers that seep through censorship. roku will will i got hit here right in my hands.

unfortunately, that's how this goes over we're. i'm alive, thing got. i'm thinking of 2 fellow soldiers about where they are. i hope they got out alive. only one major road remains available for the ukrainian troops to flee the back moved horror. it's already within reach of wagner's artillery, bramble, and the front creeps towards it. and the escape window might be already too narrow for every one to escape. a mortgage done of reporting from are tom of sc, artsy, and other major developments this week in ukrainian drone as i was prevented by russian air defenses on tuesday. that according to the russian defense ministry, also a couple of drones crash on tuesday into russian regions. luckily, no one was hurt in the incident. this week, russia was shocked by an attack committed by

a ukraine based terrorist group in the border region of france. the incident left 2 people dead and wounded an 11 year old boy who has been labeled a hero. he saved 2 young girls from enemy fire despite already having been wounded himself. the child named theodore is now recovering in a hospital. after doctors removed a bullet from his back. i realized that i need to act at that moment the shooting started, the car stopped. we got out and we were told to run behind the houses when we got there. i started taking off my coat and noticed the hole with blood seeping through . i realized i'd been shot. i told the girls that we'll go through the forest. we went there and stumbled upon a tractor. this video is from the hospital as fear doors. mother saw her son for the 1st time after he was wounded. the doctors managed to safely remove the bullet and the child is recovering. though governor visited the boy as well, awarding him

a metal for valor and courage, fear to her sister and mother say the boy was very calm despite the extreme situation. most clickable, fully, a flock. when i saw him, he was very calm. i was hysterical, but he called me down. i looked at the wound, it turns out he was wounded in the back. he said that the attack has told them to run into the forest. he took the girls and they ran, so he did well. he held up, well, didn't cry and didn't get confused. not every adult would do that. look at the from noticed. i'm very grateful that i have such a courageous son. that day he went to school as usual, a good friend of mine called and said that filter had been wounded. i was hysterical. we were not allowed here. i only got to see my son in a day. he was not. the mother of one of the girls whom theodore helped to safety during the attack, says she will be forever grateful to the child. isn't yet lame, i'm immensely grateful to him. i will beat all my life. my daughter is under stress

. if she doesn't sleep at night, she refuses to go home. when al, staying with friends, she categorically said, i don't want to go on this road. i don't want to remember what happened. i don't know how to continue. what should i do? my child is distressed. let's examine thursday's attack. more closely. russian authorities say a group of ukrainians ambush civilian vehicles, entered a border village and planted land mines in russia's brown's region. the following footage was released by russia's federal security service showing this scene right after the deadly incident. and a warning you may find some of the images disturbing. it shows the car, riddled with bullets, several explosive devices were discovered. after a search of the area, the russian defense minister has said the majority of the weapons used in the attack were supplied to crane from nato countries. raising a question of whether members of the western alliance could be regarded as

a sponsor of terrorism. russian authorities say the militants who conducted the attack were pushed back into ukrainian territory and eliminated by intense artillery fire. the saboteurs squad was led by dennis nikita in a russian national, who turned on his own country and now fights for ukraine. he is a notorious neo nazi with radical connections across europe, and is believed to have been living in kiev for the past 5 years. despite ukrainian officials denying any involvement and the terrorist attack mccaden himself has admitted that that operation was coordinated with the ukrainian military. yes, of course, this action was agreed. otherwise, it couldn't have happened. had you imagine that i passed through the dark of night that the remind bridges there a cameras heat seeking drones. there were hidden open observation points. if i did not coordinate it with any one in ukraine's military,

i think we would simply be destroyed a ukrainian terrorist attack and russia's pronounced region. they crossed the border and opened fire on civilians with neo nazis. once again, leading the charge, one of whom was the notorious russian national denise, nikita, founder of the treacherous russian volunteer corps. with those 2 in one of the russian, val and to cool to become a legal unit, i had to move mountains. i touched the hands of hull that took milton abreast of this country. politicians too, and the restores advises and the deputy heads of the security services of ukraine, new and so on and so forth. so i personally talked to scot's of people before early moved the mount suitable rule making an organized his extremist battalion alongside a clothing brand of like political orientation white racks, appealing to racist football hooligans. and the far right m a seen the brand features a wide array of symbols loved by fascists. the. # black, sun, iron cross, and the number 88, according to vice news, nick eaten,

declared this new clothing line would become the neo nazi nike in ret, interview and getting has outlined his ambitious vision for white wrecks coordinate and all encompassing lifestyle. brent a sort of nike for nazis that promotes his old ugly ideologists something strong, healthy and aspirational. in recent years, the white wrecks logo includes a helmet work and circled by a black sun and occult symbol that's been adopted by new nurses. the logo has become an increasingly common site in european james fight clubs and football terraces. but nikita ends not just trying to help nazi enthusiasts play dress up, know he's created a means of communication between members of the ultra right wing, free from the scrutiny of the mentally how see part of the population? you can't see any swastikas or roots. these should be clothes that people are comfortable wearing around town so that they can recognize each other terrorizing civilians alongside nikita in was the militant yoga master to deal with. are the on sky search him up on google and you might run into his seemingly harmless

invitation to yoga classes. but a quick visit to his instagram. we'll leave you without any doubt that he is just one more neo nazi. that's not, although there was yet another fascist among them. oswald, lemme, i wanted criminal in russia is of the people that key of seems to think are fighting for freedom against the so called bruton regime. today, the russian federation is an entity involving a large number of into ethnic, into religious, socio political and other conflicts. these are the people who have fighting against the putin regime and its supporters with weapons in their hands. perhaps the russians are starting to wake up realizing things and taking some specific measures . and unfortunately that's probably how the western media is going to spin things as well. no mention of the actual neo nazis leading campaigns of abuse against civilians just closed eyes and cupboard ears. meanwhile, western windstream media outlets are waking up to the reality on the ground either

having previously shrugged off the issue of raising new naziism in ukraine. the terror attack appears as only open their eyes to see that there's truth to moscow stands on the conflict. the russian volunteer co, a lead by figure, well known to him and those who followed he transnational saw right dentist capuchin. now the anti defamation league says dennis capuchin, as a russian neo nazi who lived in germany for many years, has trained young members of the far right national democratic party of germany and others. he also has ties to the as always in the as of brigades, which is a ukranian extremist fall right group as well. so when coordination goes public said, says the tech was carried out by neo nazis. there's an element truth of that statement . it legal in media analysts, lionel says it's fascinating how the western media was long, ignoring moscow's alarms about new naziism in ukraine, but suddenly focused on the issue after the terror attack. this is amazing to me.

i have been hearing about this and we have been hearing of others terms of as of a dire right sector, neo nazi since the beginning. but here in or in the west. it, it fell on deaf ears. nobody acknowledged it. it was a conspiracy theory. now all of us are there saying where you can learn, maybe there's something to which after everybody has been told, you're crazy. we'd been gas lighted. you're making this up, your, that, your, your opponent apologist your some kind of a lunatic. then all of a sudden, as though nothing happened, they ring the bell. everybody says, you know what, maybe there is something to that. what changed? what was the piece of evidence that changed everybody's sense of awareness? it's fascinating. ah, the 2nd day of a major annual event in chinese politics, the so called to sessions is gathering pace. a raft of reforms and government appointments are being announced during the event in a speech,

the countries outgoing premier focus on national integration between beijing and the island of taiwan. we heard from a c, g, jan correspondent and you said that improved environmental policies are to be a priority of the country's political course. one of the most important highlights of course is china's new gp target this year is which it's set around 5 percent. and the premiere also said some other economic indicators. goals such as inflation target and consumer price target at around 3 percent. china will also expand as defense budget to 7.2 percent of which marks a slight increase over growth compared to the previous year. and a report also set the tone for some policy to decision direction for many areas. for example, when it comes to a fit command for in monetary policy, it said that the country is going to implement more prudent monitor policy in

a targeted way and will keep the r and b exchange rate more stable and also put recovery and expansion of consumption high honest agenda, the report also outlined that the countries other ambitions to make the people as livelihood better, including to make the environment greener and cleaner, which means and more policies supporting greenville element or a to be implemented. also this week, the crisis of multilateralism, that was a key point of indian prime minister modi's speech at the g 20 summit held in india was foreign minister from the world's largest economies. he said the global powers must take responsibility for international upheaval. the directly affects developing countries the most all economic

di might be liberalism didn't crisis good resumes over the last 2 years for i'm so dr. glenmarie g. right and emory that a zone and boss, clearly sole bag global governance had failed. this is why india didn't do presidency, has tried to do our voice through the global south, low, rural, and blame. global literacy with our lives hummingbird, those most epoch. bear by it. this is in russia. foreign minister, sergey la ra, was among the world's top diplomats attending the event. he is agreed with the

indian leader, that it is very important to promote a multi polar world and help developing countries. lab rob also issued some scathing criticism of western powers, accusing them of trying to maintain their historical had germany at any cost, no loss quicker than the school. the west is aware that the current approach has reached an impasse. typically they say that that is necessary to inflict a strategic defeat of russia, and that is an existential problem for them. they are attempting to preserve their head, you want to in the international arena. but developing countries see and understand all this perfectly. the big news, the day really is that there was no meeting of minds of real bava's and there was no consensus, no joint community could to be adopted. now india, of course, has released a chance summary and outcome documentary on the foreign ministers meet in new delhi . i'm talking russian diplomats lovegrove held press conference. in fact,

he blamed the west for not being able to come out with that joint statement of that was expected dot. now 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 were really divided. 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. tim agreement has been reached and all of the issues that were on the g 20 agenda. this includes seeking true multilateralism and strengthening the position of developing countries. in particular, it was agreed that the african union will be a full member of the g 20, as the e. u has been for several years just now. multilateralism was one of the top agendas for feminist editing them with these government to show leadership on, in fact, the bottom that they will run on the things on the agenda as well. of course, food insecurity, crises being one of the important agenda. remember this event,

the g 24 minutes does meet was one of the biggest events before as the finance summit, which will take place in september this year. and this really was the pre call set of sorts to what could happen in september. same lines on what we saw happen in bali last year. but of course, as i understand, the indian side sees that it when i try and continue to be the problem solar as it sees itself to be french president. my crohn has finished for a tour of africa myers by protest, amid rising local sentiments against the former colonial power. oh, local residence in the democratic republic of the congo gathered in the streets during microns, a visit to protest against french policies on the continent. my crown though,

insisted that france has no plans to interfere in the domestic affairs of african nations, even declared during a visit to the west african nation of gab on that francis historical stance on its sphere of influence in africa has ended. oh, that does this once a week, this age is at france, africa is willing trudy over and i sometimes have the feeling that mentality, so not evolving at the same pace as us. when i read, i hear i see claims that france has intentions, that it does not have that it no longer has and gilbert as elsewhere. france is a neutral middle man who speaks to everyone on whose role is not to interfere in domestic policy exchanges. french president, him on yama, crime has reiterated that defense. military reorganization in africa was neither a withdrawal nor a disengagement. he further stated that france harboured no desire to return to pass policies of interfering in africa. now some have welcome the news while others

are extremely wary. off this statement saying that my crime is only in the continent to try and create a roof to between russia and the african continent, especially after france suffered a series of military and political setbacks in its former sphere of influenza. now with the speed it would which a french forces were expelled from mildly, but keener fast. so an central african republic, as lift menu, observe as wondering which country is next in turning its back on the fronts of because just a few weeks ago we saw francis flag lowered for the 1st time. i mean, for the last time in between a fossil marking the end of 13 years of presence by french armed forces in the west african region was also spot to buy. this speech was the conversations around presidential biden's administration, trying to increase its engagement in the african mass via in

a tom aimed at pushing back against a rising russian influence. now, it's clear that a mac run once to set the record straight by reshaping frances image as one without any condescension, by adopting a new approach of partnerships based on your quality with african countries. but just how far president micron wall continue what this dance is still and clear. we spoke to a senior research fellow at the center for africa, china studies, who says that france cannot be trusted to leave africa. because the former colonial powers fil, depends on the continents resources i think prism upgrades is big trouble. and the trouble starts from yeah, he's now over a c, u one, managing the eroding influence of french in africa is started with our policy, where the old announced the debt of process,

which is really not true. the public statement of it looks really nice. but the reality of pulling out about for travel is really much more painful than don't think until we can see the prove in the put in. there's no way to trust the french . and in fact, the evidence is already very clear. mean french companies pulled a great deal of resources from africa. it's a huge that the con, really bypass and they've been feeding on it was so long, it is difficult. it's like a drug addiction that so they'll take time for them to get rid of. and so we can't trust what they said, and let me see some french captain space up to its failure to really have taken advantage of. it's fairly advantage or at least leads on the african continent instead of blaming. others were coming in to help africa. the race for nigeria, the presidency, has finally been called,

where the ruling parties candidate belong to new bu, winning the election in africa, the most populous nation. ah, the electoral commission declared mister to new boot representing the center locked all progressives congress as president no act after he secured 37 percent of the tally. that's a percentage points and millions of votes more than his nearest rival, former vice president i, chico ob walker, who claim the election result county was rigged fe p. c. party. urge ob, by car and the labor party candidate peter o' reach, you concede with the winner law to new boot having already given his victory speech . i'm mm. oh dash a as

a oh the election had been a key talking point among nigerians for weeks in the build up. and now after the vote, the debate is still raging. with the integrity of the counting process in the spotlight . newspaper sans had become a focal point where people gather to discuss the latest developments artes corolla, rewards from the country's largest city. this is life in nigeria. it's never easy and illegal, it's in particular tough is the idea of the day. here on the busy ellen road, it's always throwing with the hustle and bustle of those making their way to and from work school and going about their daily lives. people here gather around, newspaper stands, ready to i'd you, you down. no map it. i mean it is what i was more how

important with a live in north africa, the resolve of the lecture strickland. the question on everyone's lips is, which of the local newspapers people can trust since 2005 or don't even sophia, has been selling you papers here and listening to the argument every single day. but why does he do it in then get a revised dividend map at the study? you can see here because it has a number of people come here and this will, you can display it if i've been displayed. i just them, thanks for 2 decades. missed our davia has been opening up this newspaper stand and listening to the mostly the working class come and read the headlines and discussed

amongst themselves the direction in which the country is going. the turbulence and then again it's of nigeria is $22030.00 presidential and parliamentary elections have left no mouth close for what we saw india leshandra. you know what with people as did. what is really happening there are like if you don't want to, if, if i don't want to come to my, oh they don't do that. you know, we have, i hid 4 bowls that you may leave all different issues of the off. what do you know? what is really going on? so i can trust me. i can look at these electron know all know what this election, but in this age of exhibition of them being 1st and on social media. how does he think that the nigerian journalism has conducted itself during this most tenuous of election? thieves will, newspaper outlet out live,

the much more accessible social media and it's cohort is already addressed. no dementia, the media you said fit to the content because it's people that honda to show me the da not provision of the don't pay missed out with over himself if not just a newspaper merchant, but a journalist for over 37 years. nothing can drown his passion and thought he has them of others who have the tradition to gather round newspapers then to guarantee a national discussion. got a bill is that a lot of t lagos, nigeria, and that's all for now. be sure to check out our t v dot com for all the latest breaking news and updates. we'll see you right back here at the top of the hour. lou.