[000:00:00;00] ah ah, the city is essentially surrounded words 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 we had a rushes. wagner issues a public address to train president on state, telling him to let his severely weakened troops flee from the city of r t. a mosque also known as a young boy, puts his life at risk while saving other children during a terrorist attack by a ukrainian extremist group in the russian border region of brianna.

i started taking off my coat and noticed the whole 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 said to be represented in the g 20 from now on. as in his prime minister modi alongside russia's top diplomat survey law and the sizes the importance of a multilateral world order. i answers in africa, don't believe french president microns claims that his country will no longer interfere in the continent affairs, as they 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 tea international. 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. the russian forces have nearly completely surrounded the ukrainian house, city of archie, a mosque also known as back moot. and, and on that score public, he issued a public address to ukraine's president zalinski, telling him to let his severely weakened troops abandon their physicians who should go walk the cities 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 the fighting. let them leave here safely. this comes after a number of advances by russian troops in the area. the ukrainian army has reportedly been destroying critical infrastructure, including several bridgets and did dam to hinder the russian encirclement of the

city of r to mosque. a number of unverified videos have also appeared online, where ukrainian troops and foreign mercenaries are seen leaving the embattled city, mostly on foot. and meanwhile, allegations of war crimes entrenched new nazi groups and even ca involvement. those are just some of the revelations exposed by a former u. s. mercenary and ukraine, who recently defected to russia. john mcentire, a former u. s. soldier, signed up as a fighter in the ukranian army at the start of the conflict. shocked by what he saw on the ground, he became disillusioned and fled for his life after gathering compromising information about what was happening around 10 years are cheese, mariah garcia, with the exclusive interview for almost a year for my u. s. army soldier, john mcentire, was a foreign mercenary in ukraine. donna,

men on boys 30. 0. oh, there were any good again. earlier this month he defected to russia. he bought everything with him. papers filed intelligence and maps. the thing ease, he always meant to 1st question is why, why are you here? i mean, well the reason i came to you craner 1st place you know, on the communist, i'm an anti fascist and we have to fight fascism everywhere. you know? so on our came when i came to ukraine, i knew that i would try to give as much information as i could about, you know, anything would be helpful and a defect across lives. the problem is, is when i was in a harko, i was going to swim across and i found out ahead of snipers and position. so if anybody i and actually found out that the cyprus referred to factor is not for

actually a protection they are actually anybody tried a defect, they would shoot them, you know, since march 2022, john served in ukraine's foreign legion and nationalist battalion carpets k, c h, he saw and documented the ukranian war machine in all its ugly glory from the inside. he became part of it. god bless you, great god bless america. but, you, russia, russia, russian, russia, can i of step on this slow glee, her own father, thrasher, russia. time when own, you know, had to become more nationalistic, more not cystic, you know, doing that, explain the videos where you didn't and yeah, yeah, of course of course is, is part of it to maintain my cover because i got to become new. you know, to me,

if i'm going to be with him, i got to become them. you know, and doing, you know, hitler salute step in a rush and flags everything. what about will clubs were to start? you know, my 2nd day and ukraine. we were in a level of and so we were in like a school, but we were in like the basement. what they did is i have a group of people roma, but they call them gypsy, you know? and what they did is they take the refugees and put them above us, and the soldiers below that way, if they bond to school, they say look, they bombed a school full of refugees. and this is a common practice and done as car cove. we occupy civilian houses, next house is that people are still living in that way. if they bomb and kill civilian, they bring in the news crew and they say, look at this house, they blew up and they killed the civilians. but what the camera doesn't show used in the left to the right is our houses are filled with military. you know, of course i haven't seen seen this in person. thank god, but i know that

a lot of captured russian soldiers, they'll take a cut, the genitalia with a knife and everything and cut them, cut their stomachs open with their throats, cut their heads off and stuff like this, you know, really horrible, horrible stuff, you know, was the work of nationalist and she was just yeah, this extremist in different organizations as all you know professor see people union. yeah. then you them. yeah. they were foreigners. yeah. but they didn't even take part with any of these. yeah. they told you earlier, they had shot 3 people in the back of the head. they were foreigners from portugal, france and wanting some argentine, are they proud? yeah, they're proud john, documented everything was in his food, his head and then the papers he brought along. when you, when you came over, you said give you a spot that you hand over for example, like bases and stuff. lease. yeah, yeah, of course intelligence agencies,

of course, everything from the command structure to names, you know, weaponry, everything. and i was a successful and now you know, more than successful, john also testified about how deep us involvement in this conflict ease. there has been a usaa participation on the war. when i was in the international legion, there was a he was like a military intelligence officer from the navy and he was in. yeah. and he had a while he was in the foreign legion and he had a satellite phone and a computer provided by the sky. and every day he would call his contacts and he would get some information about the positions troop movements and so on and so forth. and jim, his name. yeah, yeah. what was it? oh, wait not, what was his name? is he on so sorry. i can remember 1st name, at least. um like marcus or something like that. like, for example,

they would provide like grid coordinates. the wealth of information he has provided is already being used by the russian military and law enforcement have least won't crimes. and now even who names to them or is years of work ahead. but we had one final question for john a year after all is a long time. if he, i mean they're going to watch this. they're going to see this. busy people, the people you, you serve good. what would you say to them? all fair in love and war? you know, it is what it aspires exist in. and i'm a spy. and mission mission accomplish. so, so goes further. oh, yes. awesome. more at gas dia ot from moscow. this week rush, i was shocked by an attack committed by

a ukraine base terrorist group in the border region of brianna. the incident love to people dead and wounded an 11 year old boy who had 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. oh, 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 is video from the hospital, as theodore's 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. the local governor visited the boy as well, a wording him,

a metal for valor and courage. theodore's sister and mother say the boy was very calm, despite the extreme situation. most clickable for one. me a flock. when i saw him, he was very calm. i was hysterical, but he called me down. i lifted the wound, it turns out he's 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 them 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 florida had been wounded. i was hysterical. we were not allowed here. i only got to see my son in a day. with the mother of one of the girls who feared or helped to safety during the attack, says she will be forever grateful to the child. sneered lane, i am immensely grateful to him. i will peet all my life. my daughter is on distress

. 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 authority it say a group of ukrainians ambush civilian vehicles, entered a border village and planted land mines in rushes browns region. the following footage was released by rushes federal security service showing the scene right after the deadly incident. and a warning you may find the following images disturbing. it shows the car, riddled with bullets, several explosive devices were discovered after a search of the area. the russian defense ministry has said the majority of the weapons used in the attack were supplied ukraine 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 illuminated by intense artillery fire. the savage, her scott, 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 in the terrorist attack, mccaden himself has admitted that the operation was coordinated with the ukrainian military. yes, of course, this action was agreed. otherwise, it couldn't have happened. how do you imagine that i pass through the dark of night that the remind bridge is there a cameras heat seeking drones? there? hidden open observation points. if i did not coordinate it with any one in ukraine's military, i think we would simply be destroyed. ukrainian terrorist attack and rushes,

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 and founder of the treacherous russian volunteer corps. with those 2 in one of the russian, val into cool to become a legal unit, i had to move mountains. i touched the hands of hull that took military abreast of this country, politicians too, and a restored advisors 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, worley moved the mountain soon when he came and organized his extremist battalion alongside a clothing brand of like political orientation, white wrecks 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, nikita declared, this new clothing line would become the neo nazi nike 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 promotion, old, ugly, ideologists, something strong, healthy and aspirational. in recent years, the white wrecks logger includes a helmet, were 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 fy clubs and football terraces. but nick, heathens 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 our lansky 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. these are 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 means shame media outlets are waking up to the reality on the ground after having previously showed off the issue of rising new naziism in ukraine. the

terrors act appears to have suddenly opened their eyes to see there's truth to moscow stands on the conflict. the russian volunteer cool, allied by figure, well known to him and those who quality transnational fall right, dennis capuchin. now the anti defamation league says dennis capuchin, as a russian neo nazi who lived in germany for many years has train young members of the far right. national democratic party of germany and others, he also has ties to the as all those in the as a brigades, which is the ukranian extremis fall right group as well. so when parent actually goes policy and says he tech was carried up by neo nazis. there's an element of truth that stephen, it, legal and media analysts, lionel sizes. fascinating how the western media was long ignoring moscow's alarms about neo nazi as a new crane, 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 tell you right, sector, neo nazi since the beginning. but here in or in the west? it it, it fell on deaf ears. nobody acknowledged it. it was a conspiracy theory. now, all of a sudden they're saying where you can, maybe there's something to which after everybody has been told, you're crazy. we've been gas lighted. you're making this up. you're that you're, you're a potent apologist. you're 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 rafter of reforms and government appointments are being announced during the event. in a speech, the countries outgoing premier focused on national integration between beijing and

the island of taiwan. we heard from a cdn correspondent who said that improved environmental policies are sure to be a priority of the country's political course. one of the most important highlights, of course, is china's new g p target. this year's which it said around 5 percent. and the premier 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 on it's the 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 meant or had to be implemented . also this week, the crisis of multilateralism, that was a key point of indian prime minister modi's speech of the g 20 summit held in india with foreign ministers from the world's largest economies. he said the global powers must take responsibility for international uh, people that directly affects developing countries. the most, all economic data might be liberalism,

eden crisis. good rooms of the last 2 years for i'm on. so dr. glenmarie gene. right. and and me saddle zone and voss clearly shows back a global governance had fe. this is why india g during the presidency, has tried to do our voyage to the global south. no root can claim global literacy with our bliss. i mean good dogs, most affected by h. this isn't russia's foreign minister, sergey lam route 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 to help developing countries. barbara also issued some scathing criticism of western powers. i gazing then i'm trying to maintain their historical had germany at any cost or law school. good. the school, the west is aware that the current approach has reached an impasse. 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 of the day really is that there was no meeting of minds of global 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'll talk with the russian diplomats, lovegrove held a press conference. in fact, he blamed the west for not being able to come out with that joint statement of that

was expected. 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 will 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. my c m t m agreement has been reached and all of the issues that were on the g 20 agenda. this includes seeking truth 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 prime minister, letting them or these government to show leadership on, in fact, apart from that, they were on the things on the agenda as well. of course, food insecurity, crisis being one of the important agenda. 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 on what we saw happen in bali last year. our 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 french. president micron has finished for day tour of africa mired by protest in rising local sentiments against the former colonial power. oh, local residence and the democratic republic of the congo gathered in the streets during microns visit to protest against french prowler seats on the continent. my crown though, insisted that franz has no plans to interfere in the domestic affairs of african

nations. he even declared during a visit to the west african nation of gab on that francis historical stance on a sphere of influence in africa has ended that those did. if once a week, this age of france, africa is willing trudy over and i sometimes have the feeling that mentality is a note evolving at the same pace as us. when i read, i hear i see claims that france has the intentions that it does not have that it no longer has in cabin, as elsewhere, francois is a neutral middle man who speaks to every one on whose role is not to interfere in domestic policy exchanges. french president, him on yom a crime has reiterated that the french military reorganization in africa was neither a withdrawal nor a disengagement. he further stated that franz hobbit no desire to retain to post policies of interfering in africa. now, some have welcomed the news while others are extreme to weary off this state when saying that to micron is only in the continent to try and create

a roof to between russia and the african continent, especially after france suffered ac, reese of military and political setbacks and it's for my sphere of influenza now would be speed. it would which french forces wakes, followed to from mildly, but kena fost. so an central african republic as nif menu observe as wondering which country is mixed in. turning it back on a france 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 marquis. the end of 13 years of presence by french armed forces in the west african region was also spoke to by this speech. was conversations around presidential biden's administration, trying to increase its engagement in the african mass via and tom aimed at pushing back against 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 quality with african countries. but just how far president mcclung wall continue, what the stance is still and clear. we spoke to a senior research fellow at the center for africa, china studies who says france cannot be trusted to leave africa. because the former colonial power still depends on the continents resources i think prism upgrades in big trouble. and the trouble starts from yeah, he's now over a c, u one managing the eroding influence of french in africa. it started with our policy where the old of announced the death of process, which is really not true. the public statement of it looks really nice,

but the reality of pulling out of africa is really much more painful. and i don't think until we can see the prove in the put in there is 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're saying. 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 lead on the african continent instead of blaming. others was coming in to help africa a massive fire or wrapped in a chemical factory overnight in india's western city of dera. the incident breeze

concerns about the potential spread of toxic chemicals. as plumes of thick black smoke billowed into the air of fighting officials said it took 6 hours to extinguish the blaze and investigation is underway to determine the cause. the facility was completely evacuated and there are no reports if anyone injured. meanwhile, in the state of ohio, yet another cargo train has be railed. following a similar incident there in recent weeks to mark national concern about the potential spread of toxic chemicals, the company that operate and the train and the latest incident says no hazardous materials were on board. media report say that at least 20 cars had twisted off of the trap. you can read the latest details about that incident and more on our website, r t dot com. and that's all for now. we'll see you right back here at the top of the hour with all the latest news and updates. a

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