ah, with ah, we start with breaking news. a russian war correspondent has been killed in an explosion in saint petersburg with at least 32 more people injured, including a 14 year old girl. we spoke to a victim of the attack. little i was talking to my competitor loveland to tar skip . i managed to ask him a couple of questions and then the blast happen. a woman is suspected of bringing the bomb into the cafe before the bloss soap plate witnesses, they. she handed the explosive device to size that you threw the correspondence a 1st, she took the microphone and started asking him questions. then she continued. now i

would like to give you a statue and she brought it to the stage and gave it to london. and suddenly everything exploded, the smoke appeared. everyone ran, rushing journalists are constantly targeted by the cap regime. that's a response from the russian foreign ministry to the attack. also condemning the west for turning a blind eye to the which time against the war correspondence with good morning from moscow. this is our international with the latest world news updates. i'm paula isabel. it's great to have you with us. we start today with our main story, high profile russian war journalists, lab lin, to tar sky, has been killed in an explosion in a cafe in russia's northern capital st. petersburg. at least 32 other people, 10 of whom are said to be in serious condition, were wounded in the blast include in a child. this video shows

a moment the blast occurred at the cafe, where the war reporter and blogger had been hosting an event. as you can see in the footage, the buildings windows were blown out by the force of the explosion. eye witnesses describe the moment of the attack that overseas visual, the 5th, the book, i think my friend and i were walking towards the university embankment and at the time we heard an explosion. it was a dull explosion like a pop. after about 10 to 15 minutes, we found ourselves in the heart of the event. we didn't realize at the time that it was a terrorist attack, but we understood that it wasn't safe for us to be there. at the time, we saw that many wounded people were coming out. there were 2 ambulances, fire fighters were nearby. people were being carried out on stretchers. a warning you may find the following footage, disturbing. now this what it shows the aftermath of the attack from inside the st.

food bar venue. we blurred some of the distressing images of the victim. the cafe was left devastated by the force of the blast, with the wreckage of playbills and chairs scattered over the room among the debris . here we can see some more footage from outside the sight of the black. this video, released by the russian investigative committee, shows the force of the glass which blew out the cafe windows. the cafe interior is almost unrecognizable with the ceiling collapsing in the explosion. we heard from one of the victims of the blast who was taken to the hospital for treatment and who spoke to the char, just moments before the explosion. options, socially, exhibitor cool. i was talking to mike and petri at lud, lend to tar sky. i managed to ask him a couple of questions and then the blast happened after that i left the building with everybody else. fortunately, the police and ambulance arrived very quickly, expressed in man's gratitude to the doctors. they're just saying,

i take my head off to them, not to tar sky was a prominent figure in the online community of war. time correspondence, the 40 year olds, real name was maxing foreman, and he, himself was from the don bass. he fought in the early stages of the conflict from 2014 to 2017, and the look on people's militia. this experience led him to becoming one of the most followed war correspondence before his death. amassing an audience of over half a 1000000 on social media. in the cctv video, a woman is seen entering the cafe where the blast happened. carry a far. she suspected to be the person who brought the explosive device into the building, which was eventually given to them to keep the russian investigative committee has conducted a search of the suspects. apartment with the federal security service also reported to be working on the scene. according to media reports,

a family member of the suspect has been detained. all the woman who brought the device to the site is still at large, or correspondent donald quarter is on the ground in st. petersburg with the latest updates. but you can see right behind me is the cafe, where this blast took place and the aftermath in general of the blast, you could see the destruction that that explosion wrought on that cafe. you can also see that 1st responders are on the scene as well as government investigators trying to get to the bottom of what exactly happened here. so far. one person has been killed, the russian war correspondent blood lent a tar ski. he was 40 years old and really rose to fame after the beginning of russia's military operation and ukraine. now right now, around $700.00 police officers are searching around the city for a girl that i witnesses are saying brought a statue with an explosive device inside and handed it over to loud lun petoskey.

during his event at this cafe, let's take a listen to what i witnesses had to say about it. and john, are you? i'm going to the 1st, she took the microphone and started asking him questions. and she said, do you remember of laflin? i gave you a postcard. he said, is this the one you drew? she replied yes. then she continued. now i would like to give you a statue. she said that when she entered the cafe, she was asked whether it was a bomb and was asked to leave the statue at the entrance. then she brought it to the stage and gave it to london. it was a golden head in the helmet. it didn't look like a flat when it and everyone laughed and they put it down, they put it back, and suddenly everything exploded. the smoke appeared, and then everything was like in slow motion, everyone ran. those who were nearby were covered in blood. i saw the gal staying in the room and when everything happened, she came out with me off to me. after some time from 2 to 10 minutes to an explosion account from my seat. it looked like smoke and fy. somewhere in the distance, people came out and the girl came out with our own mouse. there was

a crowd to drown out some one normally kinda scared. and some had red blood is smudges under faces. my name is jana cordova, my friends, and i were that well rushes. the gate of committee is investigating this incident as a murder. it's also said that it's possible this girl did not know that there was an explosive device inside the statue. this also has to do with reports that, that her bag was actually checked before she entered the building by a security guards who cleared that bag for entry. but it's important, understand that this is just one of several explanations for what exactly happened, that the investigative committee is looking into right now. but according to one friend of an organizer of this event where the explosion took place, he says that this is the most likely scenario. i just did. for example, 99 percent certain that the statuette exploded. who gave him the statute? do you know anything about it?

they said that a woman introduced herself, said she was from list. i don't know whether it's true or not. this is a bookstore. oh, let's go to specials to i can't tell me, bother, get an invitation, move or move with maybe there was a list. i don't know what any records of these people shortage hills. ah, i can't say because i'm not the only organizer, but the fact that every one will be found. that's for sure. while we've heard from the russian foreign ministry spokeswoman maria's a horror of a she said, and this is despite the fact that via of has rejected involvement. in this incident, she said that russian journalists are facing more and more seriously grave threats from g of an ukraine. and the west is basically turning a blind eye to all that russian journalists are constantly hearing death threats from the keep regime. and his supporters, which are increasingly being implemented, they're harassed, branded in the literal sense with special markings on the digital platforms of american internet monopolies. well, there is a witch hunt in the western media. all this happens with the tactic,

disregard of the robins international structures which now can be interpreted as an approval if not complicity. in any case of the violent death of a russian journalist which was assessed by the key if regime and his thugs as a success, neither western countries nor international organizations, nor foreign professional communities, conducted investigations. they didn't even show elementary human sympathy. not so long ago, the west was fighting extreme asthma, terrorism marching with the united from paris in defense of journalists against whom terrorist attacks were committed to day, the lack of reaction, the white house down street, the alizae palace, et cetera, given their claims, concerned for the welfare of journalists and freedom of journal speaks for itself. also, some reports that the police may have detained a one girl that may have been that girl who passed over the statuette to laud lunch, otarre skia. according to these reports, this is a, it was a girl that has been detained in the past and anti government retro demonstration several times. i've even allegedly transferred money to an organization that is

considered an extremist organization in the russian federation. although these reports are unconfirmed, we will continue to bring you new details as they become available. we discussed the latest with radio host and political commentator, steve gill and journalists and political analysts, john worley, who say that there is a possibility of foreign involvement in the attack, which was aimed at sewing fear in russian society as well as silencing journalists . it is tragic that the u. s. government, that eastern governments, western governments in europe have failed to speak out and condemn this murder of a journalist. even if we don't know all the details, even if we don't know the full fact behind it. i don't think it's too early to say this is an atrocity that everybody should loud the can down. you know, i've spoken out loudly for a long time about the lack of journalistic questioning and the lack of skepticism by western media. when they simply pair it. the propaganda being dispensed by the

ukrainian government about what's going on in this conflict from the very beginning . western media has not been curious about what the reality is on the ground in ukraine. i've pointed out repeatedly the lack of journalists on the, on the front lines on the russian side of this conflict. again, they simply repeat the propaganda, the ukrainian side embedded journalist, as we see in every other conflict on the other side, in the bach mood, in the john bass region. and now we're seeing that journalists who have been reporting from that side of the arena are being murdered, as we see, in this case, whether or not it was directed by ukrainian government, whether it was assisted by western european governments or the us, you know, they've denied being involved in and other atrocities, including the bombing of the nordstrom pipeline, the bombing of the bridge that was referenced, or earlier in the story. the credibility of the west is being lost in this fight,

a lot quicker than the ukrainian soldiers are being lost in this fight. certainly an effort to shut up journalists journals. we're trying to report the truth or the truth over the past 9 years. british and americans are training. ready ukraine interest and sabotage groups. then your time to report that that's almost a year ago. so think of how much they've done, how many people they have trained to commit terrorist attacks sabotage attack in the past year. goal of these people were behind the attack is to create more fear and panic, and rush to psyche to and for people to russians to start to doubt their own government. so it is also psychological warfare and basically trying to say that the russian government can keep you safe, but unfortunate. we have reckless people in power in washington and london in brussels. and they're the ones who are pushing, trying to push russia to do something extremely rash. that could ignite a major war in the entire continent. using the ter, tara method is quite, you know,

it's just part of the rule book by which nato operates and fortune again. as an american, i'm disgusted by this earlier art shape bows, spoke to my colleague, you know, neil about the important role to tar sky, played in covering frontline stories and don bus. well, i think it's important to say that a huge shock, and there's anger, i think, as well as friends and colleagues, are sort of making statements which are, you know, don't founded at this event in the center of a large city. the 2nd city, if you like, of russia to free media, has become anything but free, and those that are portraying themselves as the defenders of freedom of speech have become essentially quite the office in some ways. wlan petoskey was the man killed . he's a well known figure, online che prominence as well in his work at ticket through what's known about him . vladin petoskey, his real name. actually maxime,

a foam in if for to years old. and he hails from a place called mackie in ad dumbass. it's, it's, it's, it's a smaller town and done. it's a city. but it of, in teen, in the dumbass had a 1st time knowledge of the conflict. he would have been essentially a local, a man who would have had significant contacts and access to the front lines, which i think would have fed into his huge following. and he was a prominent blogger, and, and a journalist that you say over 560000, a followers on the telegram platform. and anyone who uses telegram as millions now, due to access 1st time information. i would tell you that the 560000 followers is a significant following on telegram. and archie war correspondent who was logged in to tar skis friend shared his emotional reaction over the death of the fellow

conflict down reporter, a lawyer national. all the comrade in arms dice this absolutely no, was i just saw, not into tars can last week at an events. remember, tell france andrea, also cole, tawny, who died recently. maxine is also not with us now. i want to give myself a gill trip regards. humidity with a special security forces. so statesmen are to blame, may try to look for guilty. one wants improve the situation. what i want to say for sure is that russia said, because people like him shut their blogs, our homeland is alive to these kinds of people. russian war correspondence as well as other media figures, believe there are certain parallels to be drawn with a similar attack that took the life of another prominent journalist. daria do gonna last year she was killed in a car bomb attack in august 2022. daria was a journalist and the daughter of the prominent russian philosopher, moscow claimed ukrainian security forces were responsible for that attack. something kill denies. we heard from former us marine geo political analysts,

john mark doogan, who believes there's been an effort to silence pro russian journalist using violence means i was surprised because, you know, i lost another colleague several months ago. doria doing gina. and, you know, we had to spend time in dumbass together and we did some projects together. and now him, and, you know, i have to say maybe some anger because you, you only see this happening to the russian journalist. you don't see the russians bombing any journalists in the west. there was a lot of thought that obviously went into this fits if the details are correct, that we're hearing now that a lot of thought went into this. and same thing with dory deanna. a lot of thought went into carrying out her attack as well. so certainly it could have been the

same group. they had to have some intelligence and they had to have significant research to do this beforehand. we've seen the west, they are doing everything they can to silence the journalists that are either the even neutral or have a pro russian stance. so they're doing everything they can with the censorship, demonization, or deletion of their social media channels. and even resorting to these bombings now, like i said, you don't see this happening to western journalists or ukrainian journalists done at the hands of russian forces. now, you only see this terrorist activity done by ukraine and people from the west coming in in killing russian journalists because they don't want their points of view to be erred. they have no defense against it. and so they have to hide the

truth just coming out of their mouth. every terrorist attack we have seen in this operation has been done by the ukrainian military for the west and were talking yes, just the not just use car bombings, but we're talking about the bridge to crimea. we're talking about the nurturing pipeline. every single significant can terrorist attack, or every single terrorist attack has been carried out by these western elements. and it's really, it's, it's disturbing, flatland to starsky was featured in an r t documentary only last month. dedicated to a firefighter friend of his was killed on the battlefields and don bass. it was one of his last interviews. yeah, cuz i got to know on trade when we had a youtube channel called grayson, the channel administrator suggested recording a video with a firefighter from st. petersburg. we talked on line, i liked what he was doing. andre wanted to go to the conflict. so i was trying to

convince him not to, he was an opinion lead a man of words, he wouldn't listen and came anyway. we burnett, mario called back then he learned, ready fast. he got into heavy fighting for oglethorpe, and pavlov. unfortunately, he was killed by mine together with his friend. he was also a fire fighter from st. petersburg. stay tuned on our website, you can get a closer look at our top story today. the explosion in saint petersburg which killed russian war corresponded bloodline to tar see. find out more about the late reporters background to see eye witness accounts and footage from the scene of the attack, as well as find the latest updates on the ongoing investigation. visit our t v dot com to keep up to speed with the latest. stay tuned now to the latest developments on the front line and don bass, the founder of the wagner private military group, says the city of our deal, most also known as by moot, is formerly under control of russian forces. there's been no official confirmation

yet from moscow. in video footage, wagner head yevgeny. goshen can be seen raising a flag over the city hall. sir, we are bidder. the 2nd of april 11 p. m. shop there is the city administration building behind me. this is the russian flag with an inscription in good memory. have flatland, taught escape to your a backward is under our control and the commanding officers of the units that took the city hall and he sent over backward, will carry and hoist these banners. this is the p. m. g wagner. banner. these are the guys who have captured the city. the enemy remains in the west of the city while as we have just heard, according to the statements, all for ye. have jenny pre gulshan, the head, ofa, wagner, a private military company. his volunteer units are currently in control of our tillman can that says city here in dunn escrow public, that's the key of regime have renamed as bob, back in 2016. now,

the city is off of paramount strategic significance, both to russia and ukraine and a win on a battlefield. there allows the russian armed forces to advance further towards the cities of slowdowns. can cromer tours, kanza. that's another major stronghold of the ukrainian military. and currently an occupied territory, all the de nest republic now foresee of it was important to hold on there in order to keep up the morale in the army and keep and sacked. it says 70 kilometer defensive line and efforts to gain control over almost have been viewed differently by the west overtime in the early stages. western officials and media claim that it's of principle importance to crane and recently with russia's advances in the area. they have been saying that losing are almost bears absolutely no strategic value to give. we talk to political scientists and retired u. s. military officers thought that it, who said if russia takes control over arc,

the almost it would lay the groundwork for further victories. well, essentially the capture of bach moot terms, the end of the war nearly for a russian victory. this is essentially a turning point that russia and the wagner group specifically, has demonstrated its superior capacity in destroying the ukrainian military. despite its support by nato and its european proxies, and i think this is a tremendous morale booster for the russian forces. it's a moment of grand liberation for the people who've been living under the tyranny of the ukrainian races, nazi's that were employed and financed by the west. and i think it is going to now really avalanche and translate into a quickening operation from russia. and this attack that just occurred in st.

petersburg is going to accelerate rushes push for absolute victory and an absolute annihilation of every zelinski nazi radical in the government. so back move is a strategic turning point of victory for russia. but this event in st. petersburg is going to be gasoline thrown on the russian fire that will very quickly accelerate rushes, absolute uncompromising conquest and cleansing of ukraine from this nazi scourge that has been building there since 2014. that's our up on the hour and next biden's democracy. some it seems to be out of charge with the fact that the majority of the world views the us as an expression of ideological had gemini, coming up on cross. so thanks for tuning in. ah,

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me ah hello and welcome to cross stop. were all things are considered on peter labelle, liberal liberalism was again on display this past week with binding 2nd democracy summit. the problem is most of the world doesn't divide countries into democracy's or talk receives, in fact, much of the world views western democracy as an expression of ideological gemini. ah, discuss these issues and more. i'm joined by my guess, martin j america. she's an award winning journalist and commentator, and here in moscow we have to meet re bobbitt. she is

a political analyst and editor at in us me internet media project by gentleman cross ok, rosen effect, that means it can jump any time you want. and i was appreciated, i said i was martin here, or we had the by the administration, i guess a 2nd annual or a buy a new one. i'm not sure because he talks about democracy a lot. as the former president of the united states in front runner and the opposition party is indicted. so i mean democracy message for the world, but not much democracy at home here. i mean, this is beyond farcical and most of the world sees it. and if you look at the final communique, the number of exceptions to countries to why we would, we like this agreement, but not this paragraph and not this paragraph here. i mean, absolutely farcical, but this is how they see the world. they see the world as a, a binary on democracy versus a talker. see, and of course you don't agree with democracy than you're an auto crowd. i mean,

it is a such a manichean view of the world. go ahead, mark. yeah, it's a been total reservation which even when you go back in the day when america had some sort of credibility on the world stage as the one the dishes out, the moral tutelage on a grand scale. i'm talking when the post war is perhaps, you know, even in those days, you know, the, the grounds for america taken that role are always very adult. she was always quite, always love credibility. i know today, i think biden is really used to what farcical, i think the stuff, so that's a good word. i think that's really where we are with this. you know, is biden, with somebody find on a lot about human rights when he was leading up to his own elections president, you know, when trumps and office jumped on the matter in saudi arabia as a huge issue that he constantly said that he would pursue if it was in government,

you know, in line with a washington post which took it on board, turns out that was just to let him know, since that was just a way of getting trump number go into office. didn't really care too much about these things. but now he's presenting this sort of farcical international circus. you know, by to zoom. i mean, can we take it, you know, on the anniversary of the 20 years of the iraq war, you know, self awareness? absolutely. well, no, totally tone desk, you know, completely irony free zone here. you know, we, we invite iraq and we tell iraq that they need to prove the human rights. you know, because it's just one of these countries on the blacklist because there is a blacklist.