ah, ah ah, the city is essentially surrounded, whereas earlier we were fighting against a professional ukrainian army. now we're seeing more and more elderly men and boys, the news that shaped the week, they had a vs. wagner, group calls on ukraine's president landscape that his troops withdraw from the city of buck notes, also known as r. thomas with the young boy post his life at risk was saving other children during a terrorist attack by you pregnant extremist group in the russian border region. of brianna i started taking off my coat and noticed the whole blood seeping through. i realize i've been shot, i told the girls that will go through the forest. the african union is set to be

represented in the d 20 from now on as india prime minister modi alongside russia called diplomat. so to get a lot of emphasizes the importance of a multi lateral well order. also had a testers in africa. don't believe french president microns claims that he's country will no longer interfere in the constant that they call for the former colonial power to finally leave with this sunday. that means it's the weekly hey, on, on the international. my name is peter scott and harrison, the top stories from the week just on thanks for joining us. we start off with a bit of breaking news on the war in ukraine, as russia's defense, ministry has said, and as all, but some in command post has been stroke in these up at all. your region as of

regiment is a far rights military units recognized as a terrorist organization in russia. and that comes just days after an attack by another extremist group reportedly also tied to as of, as always, that will bring you more information on that story as a mom gets it. meanwhile, the leader of the private military company, the wagner group set on friday, the russian forces nearly completely surrounded ukrainian health, city of backwards, also known as of chalmers. in the dungeons republic, they issued a public address to ukraine's president volume. is the landscape selling him to let his troops withdraw? yet the city is essentially surrounded move, whereas earlier we were fighting against the professional ukrainian army. now we are seeing more and more elderly men and boys. they last just a day or 2 in the fighting. let them leave here safely. no. well, this comes after a number of boxes by russian troops in the area. and the ukranian army has reportedly been destroy critical infrastructure, including several bridges and

a dumb to hinder the russian in circumvents of the city of boston with a number of and verified videos of also paid online where you currently in troops on for mercenaries are seen leaving the bustle, city, mostly on foot. meanwhile, allegations of war crimes entrenched far right groups and even ca, involvements. those are just some of the revelations exposed by a former us mercenary and ukraine, who recently defected to russia. john mac inside for us. so just signed up as a fighter and ukrainian army at the start of the war. shocked by what you saw on the ground, he became disillusioned and he felt for his life after gathering compromising information about what was happening around him. as art sees mud, gusty of with an exclusive interview for almost a year for my u. s. army soldier, john mcentire, was a foreign mercenary in ukraine. donna men on boys l. o a

gate. 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 harcourt, i was going to swim across and i found out the head of snipers and position. so if anybody i and actually found out that the cyprus referred to factors now for actually our protection, they are actually anybody to try to defect. they would shoot them, you know, since march 2020 to john served in ukraine's foreign legion and nationalist

battalion carpets case hitch. 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 ask step on this slow glee, her own father? russia. russia, 1st time went home. you know, i had to become more nationalistic, more not to stick, you know, doing that. it's in the videos where you have to do then. yeah, yeah, of course of course 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 them, i got to become them. you know, and doing, you know, hitler, solute step in a rush and flags everything. what about will clubs were to start, you know, on my,

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 gipsy, you know? and i what they did as i say, 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 in, 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 nationalists and she was just yeah, this extremist and different organizations as all you know, compress with them. yeah. they were foreigners, they didn't take part with any of these. god. yeah. they told you earlier, they had shot 3 people in the back of the corners from portugal, city, france and now 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 he said give you a spot that you hand over for example, 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 successful and no 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, well, he was in the foreign legion and he had a satellite phone and a computer provided by the c i. 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? i might not. what was his name? is he on so? sorry. i can remember 1st name, at least of news like mark and so so 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 some

war crimes. and now even more 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 do, they're going to see this. yeah. busy people, the people you, you serve good. what would you say to them? all fair in love and war. it is what it aspires, exist in an atmosphere and mission mission accomplish. those are good. we're good. yes. awesome. more at gasdio archie from moscow. or this week, russia was rocked by an attack committed by ukraine based group in the border region of brian's the incident. let's you people dead and wounded an 11 year old boy who's been labeled a hero. he saved 2 young girls from enemy fire,

despite already been wounded himself, a child whose cold fyodor is now recovering in hospital after daughters removed a bullets from his bark. 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 had been shot. i told the girls that we'll go through the forest. we went there and stumbled upon a tractor where this is footage from the hospital. as fyodor his mother saw house saw her son for the 1st time after he was wounded. the doctors managed to safely remove the bullets, and he's now recovering. the local governor visited the boy as well, awarding him a medal for valor and courage. the other sister and mother said the boy was very calm despite the situation. 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 is told them to

run into the forest. he took the girls and they ran. 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 the earth. 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. the mother of one of the girls who feel just helped to safety join the attack says that she will ever be grateful to the child. isn't yet, and i will blame immensely grateful to him. i will be my lie. my daughter's under stress. if she doesn't sleep at night, she refuses to go home. when l staying with friends, she categorically said i don't want to go on the road. i don't want to remember what happened. i don't know how to continue. what should i do? what child is stresses? was now examined quickly, thursday to talk more closely russian or for

a to say that a group of ukrainians on bush to civilian vehicles and to the border village and planted one mines in russia's bronze region. the following footage was released by russia's federal security service and he shows the scene right after that deadly incident. now, quick warning, you may find some of the falling images disturbing. i showed the car here video with bullets several explosive devices were also discovered after a search of the area. the russian defense ministry has said that the majority of the weapons used in the attack was supplied. you claim from nato countries, russian authorities to say the militants who conducted the attack were pushed back into queen surgery and eliminated by artillery fire. the suburbs, 2 squad was led by dennis nikita in a russian national, who turned on his own country enough fights for ukraine. he has far right connections across europe and is believed to be living in care of for the past 5 years. you couldn't official say it was a russian provocation, but it keeps him himself has said that the operation was coordinated with the ukrainian military. yes, of course, this action was agreed. otherwise,

it couldn't have happened. had you imagined that i passed 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 a ukrainian terrorist attack in russia's pronounced region. they cross 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 tube 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 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 scores of people before worley moved the mountain. nikita 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 ret interview and getting his outline, his ambitious vision for white wrecks, calling it an all encompassing lifestyle. brent, a sort of nike for nazis that promotes his old ugly ideologies. something strong, healthy inspirational. 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 new nurses. the logo has become an increasingly common site in european james fight clubs and football terraces. but nikita and 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 healthy part of the population. you can't

see any swastikas or runes. 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. 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 his supporters with weapons in their hands. perhaps the russians is starting to wait comp, 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, american tv channel, cnn, a piece of knowledge, the problem of extremism and ukraine having previously shut it off. russian volunteer call a lead by a figure, well known to him and those who follow the transnational fall right. dennis capuchin. now the anti defamation league says dennis capuchin, as a russia 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 old brigades, which is a ukrainian extremist fall right group as well. so when production goes public said, says he tech was carried out by neo nazis. there's an element of truth of that statement in the legal and media analyst lionel says it's fascinating how the western media ignored moscow's alarms about extremism in ukraine. this is amazing

to me. i have been hearing about this and we have been hearing about this terms of as of entire 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 wait a minute, 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, you're, you're a potent apologist. you are 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 events in chinese politics, the so called to sessions is gathering pace. a raft of reforms and governments appointments are being announced during the events, the speech,

the countries outgoing premier, focused on national integration between beijing and the island. it's i one, earlier we heard from a cd, it's young correspondence. you said it's improved, environmental policies ought to be a priority of the country's political course. one of the most important highlights, of course it's china's new gdc target this year is which it set around 5 percent and the premier also sets on the other economic indicators. goals such as inflation target and consumer price target at around 3 percent. china will also expand is defense budget, the 7.2 percent of which marks a slight increase over growth compared to the previous year. and the report also set the tone for some policy to decision directions for many areas. for example, when it comes to a system on her in monetary policy, it said that the country is going to implement more prudent monetary policy in

a targeted way. and it will keep the r, n b exchange rate more stable and also put recovery and expansion of consumption high on its agenda. the report also outlined the countries other ambitions to make the people's livelihood better, including to make the environment greener and cleaner, which means more policy supporting greenville. and these are to be implemented well, in other news this week, the crisis of multilateralism. well, that was the key points of indian prime minister modi's speech of the g 20 summit, which was held in india with foreign ministers from the world's biggest economies. now, he said the global powers must take responsibility for international people. the directly effects developing countries. the must all economists dag multilateralism egan crisis today. the experience of the last few

years. financial crises, climate change. friend, emmy, baptism and vol. clearly, sol, vegan, global, going on, had faith. this is why india g to into presidency has tried to do our voice through the global south. no rural can claim global literacy with our lives. i mean both those mo, at baghdad, by each this is us, which is foreign minister said a girl of rob was among the world top diplomats attending the events. and he's agreed with the indian leader that he's very important to promote a multi polar world and help developing countries of rob also issued some scathing

criticism of western powers, accusing them of trying to maintain their historical had gemini, at any cost, no loss quicker than the school to the west is aware that the current approach has wished an impass of cool. 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, your money 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 powers and there was no consensus, no joint community could to be adopted. now india, of course, has released a chair summary and outcome documentary on the foreign ministers meet in new delhi . i'm talking russian diplomat 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. 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 a. but apart from that, dave is one point where there was some sort of consensus as mentioned by level there, which is multilateralism. 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 feminist entering them with these government to show new leadership on in fact, apart from that, they were on the things on the agenda as well. of course, food insecurity, crises, being one of the important agenda. remember this event, the g 20 foreign ministers meet was one of the biggest events before as the final

summit, which will take place in september this year. and this really was the pre cursor of sorts to what could happen in september. same lines on what we saw happen in bali last year or, but of course, so 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 a french president of monro micron has finished a 4 day tour of africa, there's been mired by protests amid arising local sentiments against the former colonial power. oh, ok. residence in the democratic republic of congo gathered in the streets during the cons. visits to protest against french policies on the continent. micron 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 got born. that francis historical stands on its sphere influence in africa, presented that this was a fleet,

this age of france, africa is well and truly 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 yom or crime has reiterated that defense military organization 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, 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 france. that because just a few weeks ago we saw francis flag lowered for the 1st time, i mean for the last time in beacon of fossil marking. the end of 13 years of prisons by french armed forces in the west african region was also spot to by this speech was the conversations around presidential biden's administration, trying to increase its engagement in the african mass via in a charm 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 believes the funds can't be trusted to leave africa. because it's to depends on the confidence resources. i think prism or brian is big trouble and the trouble starts from yeah, he's now over a see if you want managing the eroding influence of french in africa. it started with our policy where the older but now 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 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. when french companies pull 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 friends who faced 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. well, that's all for this. whatever you up to this weekend. i hope you having a great one on pizza. scott, me back again at the top of the hour, but do stay tuned for more programs coming up soon. have an option ah

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