ah, ah ah, a ukrainian military convoy is destroyed by russian artillery fire as cubes troops, lee from the key city of the almost almost completely encircled by russian forces also in the program. o. protestors in africa don't believe french president mac problems claims that his country will no longer interfere in the continence affairs, as they call for the former colonial power to leave for good. also ahead, almost 85 percent of it was rail transit occurs through this border crossing.

we report from the new international north south transport cord or through which energy resources are delivered from russia to india via iran. the trade route is expected to reach a volume of 32000000 tons of cargo by the end of the decade. and for impoverished palestinians in gaza. a donkey cart is the only opportunity for their children to get to school as people desperately struggle to make ends meet us. when we send the kids by john key because we are poor, we can't afford to pay for both to take them to school. we leave on social aid and we haven't received any for the past 6 months with good morning for martinez, national studios in moscow, and welcome to the hour's top stories worldwide. i'm fiorella is about the we start

with the latest from the ukranian conflict. as russian troops have almost completely surrounded the key strategic city of our kill. most more reports coming in that ukranian troops are having trouble retreating from the area. this new drone footage shows ukrainian forces pinned down by artillery fire. you can see numerous bodies of ukrainian soldiers lying on the side of the road. this comes as kev, reportedly lost one of its most combat capable units in our deal most. despite the destruction and ongoing fighting, many civilians continue living in our tale, most also known as buck moot, ukrainian authorities claim at least $4000.00 people have remained in the city. moscow has repeatedly stated that the ukrainian army is using civilians as human shields, hiding its artillery and other heavy vehicles inside residential areas. meanwhile,

a german tv channel has made a star good mission on why local residence could be staying in the region. with a correspondence, adjusting people were actually awaiting the arrival of the russian army thought an open fight, but in the case of bombing and in general in don bass, i'm sure there are people who say or perhaps keep in their thoughts that they are waiting for russia to come because they would rather take a pro russian position duncan, this comes as more volunteers from russia are signing up to take part in the military operation. r t z got sean of visited one of the training sites in the don yet republic to learn about the important skills, talk to new soldiers. they run, they prone out on the ground. they shoot, they know the better they do here at an anonymous drill site in the da nets republic. the higher the chance building 1st to catch the enemy in their side, who's

the fighters of the russian special forces unit. viking, they're making ready basically they're teaching russian volunteer fighters in the dumbass, preparing them for some very difficult combat that they're expected to face. later in this war, these volunteers abandoned their measured lives, families plans to aid their country in the time they are needed most, their potential slyly patriot of my country. and i understand that our country is going through a hard time right now. i cannot sit at home, we need to resolve these issues instead of just sitting around those. so i signed a contract and went to dumbass and i have children at home. i love them very much.

the whole family was shocked by my decision, but i convinced them that neither my parents nor grandparents were cowards. this must be done. yes, the guards the would to well, someone has to do this job. if everyone shies away from it and then he will defend the motherland. therefore, i made a decision, gathered my gear and went to enlist my parents think that i served the had courses, but i'm not actually that my girlfriend knows the truth when you, but my mother is too old for that. many trainees here have no previous service record here, they get invaluable experience. first aid, tactical movement, gun handling, and of course, target practice. everything is on the curriculum here. lot, but up, bold, remiss i served in the armed forces, but i had no combat experience. therefore, i've been here for a month and a half while undergoing intensive training soon we get very tired more. but as general swore of one said it was hard and training will be easy in battle. but worse causes it gets to real combat condition smells psychologically. and

physically i thought there are just there, i think it's prestigious, defending the motherland. that will be something to tell my grandchildren about problems. and we should all be here. every one who's healthy can hold a weapon and he's physically ready and why not? there's a real military brotherhood here. we are all from the same republic. we're doing our duty. some of russia's most battle hardened delete soldiers have taken up the role of instructors. luscious long as alicia lads, our task is to teach the basics of combat training and 1st aid to volunteers. and also to convey to the commanders that it's necessary to use the people entrusted to them wisely. we teach them to shoot, i adapt. the results are definitely there in this training helps to minimize losses . our main goal is to save lives. ah, the pant heavy but follow every order, rinse and repeat. training here is no formality. it's

a matter of life and death amicus done of reporting from the dumbass our t. meanwhile, we spoke to the colleagues and relatives of for medics killed by ukrainian shelling less than 2 weeks ago. the ambulance team was struck by the ukrainian army while it was working to aid victims of a previous them barn men footage on line appears to show a ukrainian drone surveilling the site as a specific target. here's what a colleague and family member of one of the victims told us about the attack. laska, los angeles mutual, he was a kind compassionate man, well understood that his job was hard for the last year and a half. he had been working all the time in the areas that were all the more shelly, he didn't tell us much about his work because he was worried about me about my mother. why my father always wanted to do good because he knew that would be rewarded. he did good deeds is safe adults and children. he was motivated by law

for his fellow countrymen and his homeland move or she could approach it in for more 2nd place that day. grand troops were shelling the nets to the ambulance was out on a coal mission. a treacherous act was committed by the ukraine army, which fired and doctors who were providing assistance in trying to evacuate the victims. unfortunately, all members of the medical emergency team for people were killed. the shelling of surveillance continues, but people still go to work and perform their duties. this is not only medical workers, it's all services, emergency services, the police, all those people who make show the cities functional are working. none of them knows whether they will come under fire proof before the 2nd strike, which directly hit the ambulance. there were fire fighters at the scene, helping the victims of the 1st strike. they also were here in the 2nd round of shelling blackly. they escaped death and were only wounded. here's what they told

us. was the buell searching? yeah, we received a report that a built in with people in it had been destroyed. our team was dispatched, madell location was so an ambulance whose crew was threatening the wounded were as we started looking for more casualties in the building. we saw a flash and her de la bang from her mind last. we were all injured nerve broken tuesday loading. this my 2nd time this year been injured. it happened while i was putting out the fire last time a shell exploded right beside us. i'm sure that they can see to wells from above, that it's the emergency service working. and then they hit the nearest building. last time we didn't think it could be deliberate, but now it's obvious. french president emanuel mac crown is questioned about hypocrisy with the countries sanctions policy during his tour of africa. france has an aggressive stance against russia, but hasn't imposed sanctions against for wanda, for it's

a lead to support of the m. 23 insurgent group fighting just across that countries border in the democratic republic of congo is that they killer cache. we can see that france is not active enough in condemning rwanda in demanding sanctions against it, but you are doing this aggressively against russia. why there is such a lack of assistance in regard to the d. r c. they're going to lunch. and so that goes, we agree with the asi president, just acadie on the need to give the peace plan a chance would have the opportunity to resolve the conflict with am 23. today's not the time to force things while those who will interfere with the implementation of this plan, know what they are risking, including sanctions. the front president, tour of africa was marred by protest as locals have demanded that the former colonial power leave the continent for good. nevertheless, micron pledge that his country has no plans to interfere in the domestic affairs of

african nations. just ahead of mac, crohn's arrival in kinshasa, some congolese demonstrated against his trip to their country outside the french embassy in kinshasa. the crowds accused him a crown of backing lawanda, which the d. r. c claims is supporting the m. 23 enables and east of the nation. oh, also important to know to that, to, for decades now, the democratic republic of congo has been the theme of the walls. longest running conflicts are currently tens of thousands of people have become displaced, a since heavy fighting raged in the eastern t r. c, between congolese army and in 2030 rebels. it's clear that relations between the 2 countries have gone from bad to worse. what can shasta accusing to guiding of supporting the m 23 rebels resurgence?

i sending its own troops into eastern congo. the one that denies any involvement. but the d. r. c is still calling for international communities to sanction to wanda and force it to stop supporting militants. bonds has been saying that it was the spirit of partnership and collaboration with african consciousness. but many don't see these plans coming to fruition because for decades now, francis action during the genocide was and still is the subject of intense debate in africa. and critics accusing france of not having done enough to prevent the massacre even actively supporting the government responsible for the genocide. this despite him a crime saying that france was not complicit in the genocide. it's not father's fault. i'm sorry to say it in such blunt terms. you have not been able to restore the sovereignty, mother, military, nor security, nor administrative or your country. this is also a reality. we must not look for culprits outside lucifer. last have been mentioning

microns tor of africa, lived old colonial was sparking po, taste, even as a micron, tried to convince the population that the era of france a freak has come to an end to those differences in nature problems. africa is well and truly over and i sometimes have the feeling that mentalities are not evolving at the same pace as also and when i read, i hear i see claims that false has intentions, that it does not have that they no longer have issues of him now it's clear that to paris is the seeking to protect economy areas that it has always taken for granted, which are now subject to increased competition from major powers, such as russia, china, and india. and at this point, many see frances move as a way to remain in the continents market. russia remains india's top crude oil importer for a 5th street month with

a record $1600000.00 barrels per day in february, as indian refiners relish the discounted russian oil. moreover, russia has started shipping exports, including energy resources to india via the new international north south transport cord or russia. the 1st step, prime minister has announced that the transportation of cargo through the route is expected to reach 32000000 tons by the year 2030. iran has already turned into a vital hub along that route as our t contributor or use of july li, explain. hundreds of tons of fresh and cargo r, unloaded every day at the us border terminal. in ne iran. the frontier crossing is now turning into a tries the top for commodities bounce from russia. so the project goals, coastal countries in india, the 1st tre train under russia to india route, entered iran through the surround of border crossing last july, and officially launched the eastern section of the north south railway corridor.

the head of the ox, special economic zones says almost 85 percent of the ones rail transit occurs through this water crossing. the car goes include food and agricultural products. energy. i'm petrochemical is that the rock has one of the greatest capacities on the border. given the fact that it enjoyed the largest railway stations on the country and one of the largest customs facilities with an area of roughly 5300 head tears if offers and opportunity for economic activists from iran and neighboring nations. and the commonwealth of independent states, as well as the indian subcontinent and china to use the border crossing for commercial exchanges in the field of export, import and trans. we predicted transit capacity of at least $10000000.00 tons per year through the border crossing with the countries, the indian subcontinent and pakistan located in the northeastern cross on province

on the border with turk minutes. then sax terminal is partial. the eastern branch of the international north, south transit corridor, which connects the eastern edge of europe to the indian ocean. the 7200 kilometer trade route has 3 main sections, all passing through iran to reach india. the north south corridor has multiple modes, ship rail and road routes, which was 1st launched in 2000 on the initiative of iran, russia, and india. today, it encompasses 11 more countries, including turkmenistan turkey, azerbaijan. oh man, and to gk stan eh, bass said regarding russia, the c i s india and china. iran is one of the most secure, accessible and cheapest paths of transit for the international market. yet, specifically, these capabilities for transit are seriously being followed up during president's races administration, our correspondence with middle asian states and russia, and also iran succession to this shanghai cooperation organization. creates such

capabilities, said embassies down the emerging north south corridor is more cost effective and saves a great deal of travel time. for example, if russia instead use the conventional deep sea, so s canal route, a shipment would have to sail 14000 kilometers, taken about one and a half months to reach india. but using the new network, it takes less than 2 weeks to russia and iran mapping gao. 10 alternative trade route is not just about providing a shortcut for transit with european shipping routes. being closed up did one in moscow. now look at the north south corridor. as a back door to trade, their goods away from u. s. and e u sanctions. the 2 countries are spending billions of dollars to speed up the completion of their multimode transit network while under tremendous pressure from western sanctions. experts believe the north south corridor offers the sanctions, proved path for trading russian and iranian goods. this is because the route is

mostly inland, which is harder for the sanctioning countries to control to virginia shadow. and he considering the international situation and what has happened in ukraine, like there are capabilities for us to use it. well, we're witnessing the fact that the companies which are active in caea is countries and russian their attention and investment it into this border, which is a special economic zone. yes, is increasing day by day. then it appears that global geopolitical developments are re shaping trade networks as well. the north south corridor is now making a name for itself as the new silk wrote in the eastern hemisphere. use of generally r t from starks border terminal. the speaker of the hungarian parliament says that the massive scale of military aid sat by some western powers to ukraine, makes them direct participants in the conflicts and also who does not wish little

nato. and will you members have already sent ukraine of one of the belligerents slavish lethal military means worth almost $60000000.00. like i think this means that separate you and nato states are participants of this war head, though not directly fighting on the battlefield. the yet felucca kinetic despite the you having already dedicated 3600000000 euros for military assistance to ukraine. it now plans to allocate another 1000000000 for artillery, but ukraine's president zalinski still demands new supplies from the west complaining of a shortage of ammunition and aircraft. meanwhile, it seems that tensions between the nato balk and some european countries are rising . r t contributor rachel marson explains sholtes who was once considered pretty much positivists is now pumping up the military industrial complex worm. she investing more in no defense and it is absolutely clear that we

will go to 2 percent for g. d p as has agreed and lay too. because we already have the highest defense budgeted european union to be very clear as germany. but we are willing to in priestess, that's interesting. german defense minister boris historian. set the tone recently by saying that the country has currently defend itself, militarily. strange thing to emit out loud by the way even wants to now buy back some german made a leopard, 2 tanks from switzerland because apparently they've so many leopard, one tanks away to crane that it blocks tanks for itself. it's like someone on the street corner asking you for money. so you hand him, your bank card. he completely drained your bank account, and the loops are stuck on the street and pegging for cash herself. just another example of the amazing foresight and strategic savvy that we hear in europe have come to expect from our leaders and that this conflict in ukraine. but for poland,

germany kat, yet more of its weapons out the door to ukraine fast enough and it wants berlin to pick up the pace. poland has already sent its own german tanks to ukraine and is wondering why jeremy's on tanks are apparently taking the scenic route in getting to ukraine. poland also hasn't forgotten that jeremy owes them money for reparations. from world war 21.3 trillion euros to be exact, and germany is basically hiding on the floor with. busy lights off whenever pulling comes, knocking out the door, demanding that payment, kind of the same strategy that berlin seems to be adopting towards poland weapons demands for ukraine. and it's really no wonder because protesters in frankfurt on saturday were demanding keys tops and an end to germany and nato's army of ukraine, just like in previous protests ah, the weekend prior in berlin and at the ram sign air base. meanwhile,

serbia has denied recent reports. the it has been discreetly shipping weapons, including thousands of rockets to ukraine via turkey. mimi for prod only me and we have not sold any weapons or ammunition to russia or ukraine for serbia in accordance with international laws. there are so called permitted users or end users, and serbia can only export to such countries. they said to us, you export it through turkey year, but this is how we protected ourselves. in addition to the long, we even added a clause on the possibility of re exporting the ammunition that we sold there without our consent. seems like who gets is sticking to his guns with respect to not army ukraine despite a lot of pressure coming from other you countries. so that's pretty much the closest thing we seen here in europe to a backbone in quite a while. but ukraine keeps asking for a lot more of what europe apparently isn't really able to give. and a sense of urgency from ukraine suggests that things aren't really going to well,

for here in this conflict, i'm b. e. a commission came up with a plan last week to ramp up artillery production, but that's not something that can really happen overnight. and in the meantime, the finger pointing between iraqi and allies seemed set to continue. it made confusion in an e u on further support to kiev european commission. president ursula founder lay and is expected to visit washington for talk with us president joe biden. among the issues to be discussed is china's a legit intention to supply weapons to russia. this comes as western media was spreading the narrative that china plans to send weapon reader russia to be used in the ukraine conflict. the outlets referred to some us officials claims on the issue, despite both china and russia denying any such intentions. some western officials have threatened imposing sanctions on beijing if it supplies weapons to moscow. the

western establishment media has also been supporting washington's rhetoric that china is a major threat to us national security firm reports play and that chinese man, chinese made cranes operating an american ports could be used by the asian country as an espionage tool hiding in plain sight but those reports fail to provide concrete evidence. the accusations towards beijing comments, china has become the world leader in the technological sector. our research reveals to china has built the foundations to position itself as the world's leading science and technology superpower. by establishing a sometimes standing lead in high impact research across the majority of critical and emerging technology domains. the research shows that other world powers are losing the global technology race to china, with the asian country dominating and 37 of the 44 spears of assessment. those

included key defense and space related technologies. the u. s. is a head in some fields such as quantum computing and vaccines. china's leadership, in most of those fields, is one of the main reasons why senior officials in washington, you beijing, as a threats. as china's economy has grown more than 10 fold, since gaining access to u. s. and world markets, we must deter the aggression by the c. c p. we investigate and expose the ideological technological, economic, and military threat posed by the chinese communist party. we may call this a strategic competition, but it's not a polite tennis match. this is an existential struggle. earlier my colleague peter scott, an r t contributor a chris adams discuss how the u. s. has made itself economically depended on china

and is now applying double standards and intimidation tactics against beijing. but the u. s. did is they said, look, we want all people to pay next to nothing for consumer good. so that's everything from your tv at home to your dishwasher. i mean, you just look on the back of any of the stuff you've got a home, you'll see maiden cycle, right? yeah, i'm pretty much designed somewhere else. even if a device, someone else, everyone loves an iphone, but they were made in china, right. and so what that did is it really made the u. s. economy dependent on china . and by doing that, you've got a situation now where, where china could really supercede the u. s. which was then the economic powerhouse of the world really, and become the technological innovator manufacturer of pretty much everything in the world. now, it's no secret. there's some in the u. s. you know, politicians have described china as a threat. do you think that given no, china is now leading role in many technological spheres that washington will make some efforts trying, could say literally slow it down with, with seeing that already i think now bundle was way products being imported into

the united states. they tried to put pressure on all of that partners specifically in europe to stop that as well. it's more of a veil in terms of trying to shut down in some way the chinese economy and trying to inhibit their export power. but obviously as we says, they can't inhibit their actual power too much because they're no one's going to get a washing machine shooting themselves in the fall. absolutely. now the u. s. has a sanctioned a number of chinese companies over there are legit supply of next to russia. if, if pacing were to supply weapons to russia, which the u. s. is claim depends to beijing membership, denied this. how it functions play out against china. given that china is one of the largest holders of, of washington's debt. well yeah, this is a really good question about the number of us bonds with the chinese book. they went out and really invested a lot of money and sent their own people at the u. s u about the us, we're very happy for their own people to come and buy a huge amount of us government bond debt. now that's

a really big problem to the united states because because they're relying on this constant buying of that debt and it trying to stop doing that overnight. the u. s. economy is already in a mass. it could be a huge problem for them. and you know that the you commission, she 1st limited line is that into washington next week, i think on friday to discuss possible responses if pushing beijing with supply weapons to russia. do you foresee this rift between signing the west drawing in the future or is a rec, and i think we've already seen it started. we saw this with these, these weather balloons, or even if they're west of idence balloons. i doubt that that's interesting. in terms of gathering until we already know the chinese responses in with it with we thing so many us ones. we don't gonna shoot them down because it's a complete waste of time and money and, and i think it fits response where double stand. this is a constant scene from the west. it's this idea that okay, right. china cannot provide leaf as they call it. lethal laid a weapons to russia, but it's okay for the us to provide weapons and support the taiwan, which is the 20 mile ferry ride from the mainland china over there. what does the

west on to china over over the past years, especially the past month? they've, they've put china on this pedestal, is it even super power that's trying to take over the world? i think that's just going to continue because they need to keep this height going. because you know, at the end of the day, i think they're trying to draw the, draw the battle lines. they're trying to push back up the iron curtain as woodson church would have that try to put it back up in order to cause this to region. and these problems that basically will allow them maybe in the future to engage people in their countries to fight wars against these powers that they considered threatening for them. and now to palestine, where people and gaza continue to struggle. a donkey cart is the only opportunity for children from 4 families there to get to school and the only chance for the driver to make money for his own son who has cancer. each morning, the 33 year old palestinian summons his tiny passengers to transport them to his or

unsafe and polluted roads have made it nearly impossible for them to get there by flight. by bus rides are unaffordable for many families, but the donkey ride is only a small fraction of the cars. the donkey driver lives meagerly, as he is trying to collect money for his kids cancer treatment rule. as a thought with her, i use the whistle to call the children when i pick them up, i drive them for 5 shackles per month. some of those families get social aid. you can afford to pay me the full price. some of them pay me just 2 shekels. it's not even enough to feed a donkey and clearly not enough to feed my children. i also have a sick child, my son suffers from myoma. i used to send him for treatment in israel, but now i can't even send him to the hospital. and when tc i simply can't afford to treat him. i can't even afford transportation to the hospital. sometimes i use a donkey to get there. my son hasn't had his treatment for 4 months. what can i do? i only hope for help from god. the financial situation is a disaster and.