find themselves worlds apart. we choose to look so common ground. ah, the u. s. has started a crusade against russia's legitimate interest and culture according to russia's foreign minister speaking in cuba. on the last of his latin american, 2 or more and more troops saw arriving for bella. good of copa hobbs ahead of the expected ukrainian count referred to which may well to take place here as moscow and key at the fair for what looks like a blooming escalation. our correspondent, when it says events directly from the front lines of the ward, facebook takes a stance against revelations over washington's alleged roll and blowing up the nordstrom pipelines, by flagging as false recent reports by the award winning journalist seymour hersh.

ah, coming to live from the russian capital versus r t international. i'm rachel blevins here with the top stories of the our welcome to the program. we had confirmed our solidarity and international affairs, according to russia's foreign minister, sergey rob rob, who was speaking after a meeting with the president of cuba. they both agree to work together to resist u. s. attempts for global domination. cuba is the final stop on la robs latin american tour, plus use them because get, well, if you are asking about russian american relations, we don't have any particular relations. we only discuss things out of necessity and issues that arise and the activities of our embassies, and also with the regard to attempts by the united states to abuse its position as

the host country of the united nations. previously, sir, gala rod visited nicaragua and how talks with the countries president daniel ortega, they discuss a deeper partnership between the nations progress on current projects and the impact of us sanctions. meanwhile, speaking with his cuban counterpart, the russian foreign minister touched on the current ukrainian grain deal claiming that the poorest countries are being denied much needed supplies. she's you lou. it would be more honest to buy cheap. ukrainian grain is supplied free of charge to the ports, countries that need food, but the european union and the united states and not interested in this, as they are interested in the long distance commercialization of grain exports. this is the force and the last assault of sergei love rove. so let an american journey here in cuba, he has had some traditional activities. as for example, he alight everything at jose, marty monuments. then he had

a and i'm meeting whiskies, cuban of counterparts. bruno role that he gets better. yeah. and we actually had a good opportunity to stand in the very same room where they were speaking and here's the beginning off of their speech. so they a cuban minister, a bruno to that he gets out. but he ya are applauded at the russian efforts to stop the expansion at alpha. they, anita, and also he urged her to try to find that pisa in ukraine as soon as possible. meanwhile sergey love froth condemned to once again, and that the sanctions sent that to united states imposed against cuba. all soon after these meetings, he had sergey love row for a matter of their cuban and president miguel diaz, a canal. and afterwards he all thought to at press conference, it's been quite

a journey for countryside in for and day. so sergey love, roll cress, visited cuba, nicaragua, venezuela and in brasil ends. and these actually generated a lot of criticism from their western countries. meanwhile, sergey la ferrara seems to have launched a clear message to on their west that i, in spite of all their efforts saw to oppress russia. moscow will still continue having good relationships with the it's a historical friends to go further in depth on nestle's cross live. now, to leonardo said guerrera editor at brazil, 247. leonardo is great to have you on the program today. now, how significant is sir gay? lab, rob's visit to cuba, and what does that tell us about the current state of relations between the 2 countries? it's my pleasure to be here. thanks for the invitation. well,

as regards the trip to cuba, which was today and we seen by a few interesting statements made by le grove and also an announcement, the prime minister of cuba might be heading there in june. that invitation was also replicated to several meters. love row has met with in the past couple days, such as nicholas monroe and president himself who was invited to attend steve. i mean, the character of such recent trips as the intention of really solidifying relations with those countries that chose not to simply follow the policies that are being carried by united states in needle members and who seek sort of more independent position,

which is the keys of resume in particularly show in the outcomes of the true liberal has me to brazil as well. have been very significant as regards not only the contribution that we have with russia or fertilizers, but also showed that or nuclear energy do. also, i may say, seeks to position himself as a mediator in the korean conflict and has stated the listening to russia's interest in this whole situation in ukraine is very important for the peace process to be initiated. and those discussions are in joint projects between russia and cuba. what is your take on that? one mental change. now we see the balance power. really changing, not in favor of united states,

but rather in favor of what we would call multiple areas. that strategy of keeping the human people and really the cuban revolution at gunpoint that is failing. you know, cuba is seen to be sure important tree ties with the rest of the world. it must be said as well. the political configuration of the countries in latin america, many fever actually more close contact between those countries and cuba into is really just trying to you know, scape from this ecosystem that has kept the key when people are really suffering at the hands of such terrible sanctioned and caused by the us, russia is a key partner that can offer many new products for the cuban economy. and i expect that was also in the agenda. yeah,

definitely something to keep in mind now on that topic of the sanctions and their impact from the west. the officials also covered the issue of those sanctions. we heard similar concerns, voice by other latin american states during law for all to or do you think that those concerns will be heard by the west and do expect a response to that? and i really think the west can hear the call for the end of sanctions because the sanctions have to be understood as a political to, to really for states in particular agenda in the case of the states which don't comply with this broad view which is imposed by the states they really suffer at the hands of the countries, but we can see indications that sanctions might not be

to prison in the united states for policy recently or treasury chief june ellen. she spoke again, she really sanction saying that they really harm the dollar in germany. we see increased realizing more and more that using the dollar as the reserve currency in their economies is really not the most safe balance to have countries all over the world to cash from the dollars in latin america as well. we have the tree block members so which can be extended in is this is appropriate government. so considering this situation and who will really expect sanctions to be as prevalent. of course,

you have voices in the united states who really concerned about this. now make moving away from the dollar, but i expect more and more countries to really choose not to use it and rather you know, move away from the dollar using the currency such as the one where even the oppression rule in the future. yeah, certainly a lot of moving parts there, but we appreciate you joining us to break it all down. we in order for editor at brazil, 247. thanks so much for your time and insight. thank you. ah . turning now to the late us on the war in ukraine, russian forces claim they've destroyed, where ukrainian tang several armored vehicles and a how it's our artillery got in and on that sc republic ortiz moran gosti and sentenced this exclusive report from the front mines, russian and ukrainian forces stand braced for the coming onslaught across

a 1000 kilometers. this is one small section of it. we are just west of lisi chance capa, a slag hill, and from here, there's no spectacular view of the battlefield. this nearby village is controlled by russia bill of good, just beyond math. he's been gone off go, which is which is where ukrainian troops ha, concentrated, were learning that more and more troops are arriving to belgrade of capa, hobbs ahead of the expected ukrainian counter offensive, which may also take place here as this, the geography is conducive of a ha big ahmed, offensive it's, it's all rolling plains to the other side. is another intense battlefield over there. behind those lag hills is grim and naya and the forests there between

came and i am delgado, fca have been again and absolutely vicious battle ground for, for many, many months now via ukrainian positions are a belly, a killer belly, a kilometer into those woods where you crane masses, men, and material russian guns are quickly brought to bear they never stay long in one position. count a battery, fine necessitates rotation. they've plenty of spots. russia has fortified in depth with trenches, minefield stitches and anti tank obstacles in the air. jets roar ah, lose repairs suits with the farm clothes, god support aircraft. they work ceaselessly here on this sector of the front

line, firing predominantly unguided missiles. ah, jetson drones pound, ukrainian troops and armor, ceaselessly, native supplied army and vehicles, litter the battlefield. in all the troops here are confident that they'll be able to ride out ukraine's offensive law thing, at least where holding the line that the situation is stable. the guys are ready to repel any attack that isn't. we're in the swallow, we're confident that the enemy won't manage to take over all fortified area on the once we're sure they won't break through it as soon as they reward the finance period is at its highest we will determine attack and will contact our south both artillery and avi asian back us. so there is nothing worse scandal, fear the conflict may soon reach its violent peak. but the risks keep mounting

hostility between russia and nato, as well as its allies, is stronger than ever. if there is a situation the international community can not condone such as any large scale attack on civilians, massacre or serious violation of the laws of war. it might be difficult for us to insist only on humanitarian or financial support. these hostility is still escalating. washington seems determined to ring its allies for weapons. no matter how reluctant they may seem. ayesha as always takes its own steps. there are new people willing to help our enemies, south korean president you and suck your said his state is ready to supply weapons to the key of regime. that's as until recently the south koreans fervently assured that the possibility of supply and lethal weapons to key of was completely excluded . i wonder what the residents of this country will say when they see the latest

samples of russian weapons at their closest neighbors, are partners from the dpr k, quid pro quo, so to speak. the risk of a right away escalation, open and direct conflict between nato and russia is at his all time high. and e, regardless of how successful you quaint counter offensive ease or is a high chance that one or the other side will decide to raise the stakes. even the higher, more i guess d a r t for milligan, screeching. the baton administration would not authorized the shooting or the rest of the bomber who targeted the cobble airport during the chaotic us withdrawal from afghanistan. those are the revelations her during a fiery session of the house oversight and accountability committee. it revealed the u. s. new. the identity of the bomber, but chose not to act on it. the attack and august 2021 killed 13

u. s. troops and 170 afghans. we had identified the bomb or our jail guys did their work. the bod administration would not authorized a shooting, nor the a rush of the bomber that killed these dark, dated americans, and ordered 70 of our afghan lodge wounded a maimed many, many others. why? why? why? to get more on this. let's cross. i'm now to archie correspondent, caleb mop. and caleb, it's good to see you. so there were some surprising revelations heard today. can you take us through what all was said? well, the hearings on capitol hill brought us back to the debacle surrounding the us military's pull out of afghanistan. and there was that horrendous bombing that killed 13 u. s. service members, and $170.00 afghans were gathered at the airport,

trying to flee amid the pullout. now, what is important to note is the testimony pretty clearly established that 4 days prior to the bombing, the united states became aware of an i. e d. bomb test with being conducted when was anticipating some kind of terrorist attack and that among the crowd it was picked out who the bomber was and they were waiting for the order to either shoot or arrest the potential bomber. here's some testimony we heard from a us marine over the communication network. the pastor, there was a potential threat and an idea attack eminent. this was a series that could get a request engagement authority when my team leader was ready on the i'm on 10, some automatic cyber system response leadership to not have the engagement authority for us. do not engage now the man you just heard testifying there a u. s. marine sergeant, i was told to go among the crowd and find

a translator. and while he was in the crowd looking for a translator, the blast occurred and he lost his arm and his leg in that devastating bombing. now, in addition to hearing the testimony from u. s. military personnel about what went on amid the chaotic afghan pull out. we also heard from robert stork representing the u. s. department of defense and he testified about the need for oversight and how the pentagon has adjusted some of its procedures. following the withdrawal, we pivoted our work at d o d i o i g to deal with some emergency air drive time my time has expired. do you have data regarding, well, what i, what i was going to say is we've not an oversight work on that now. but as i testified, we did obtain a copy of the administrations after action and we're actively reviewing that now. and if there's additional oversight, we're already knew why it was now all biding,

wouldn't authorize the effort to prove that this horrendous bombing from occurring and the hands of the military appear to have been tied and preventing this, this devastating blast. what was authorized was a retaliatory strike by the united states afterwards. and in that strike the world saw how 3 adults and 7 children lost their lives. i'll certainly some important revelations came out of that hearing today r t corresponding caleb martin, thanks so much for that day. a polen franz contract dispute is hindering ammunition deliveries to key at that. as the 2 countries top diplomats failed to reach agreement over where the spoils from the contracts went and that are to contribute to rachel mars. it has more. queen ursula, literally just finished admonishing all the kiddies in the u. schoolyard over the

need for unity at all cost against china. and already it seems like they, but it's not settled. and here's how important chief, you, diplomat years of burrell considered this issue to be back in february. we love it . a thing we can use in based facility to provide financing, looking for dig, waiting ways to be in defense agency. and again, commission altogether. we can do to come up birches, asking the member to stage to gave bod lavetia gl files for the ukranian army. is it most urgent issue? he will fate on that greedy. the result of the will is naija. look, you're not getting anything but grief out of the conflict in ukraine. the block now has an over dependence on pricey american energy, and the result can be seen in the streets across europe. routinely with citizens protesting inflation and cost of living increases with no real end in sight to any

of this either. and european industry is being attempted to jump ship to the us with subsidies. and while the fact that they also have energy over there that is not in short supply. so when the e u reaches into this giant black hole of cash into which all the members state contributions just typically disappear and proposes to start handing out free cash from it. like how we handy to weapons manufacturers. it's a no brainer. they countries like france that largely subsidize other you countries light pole in through the block and also have weapons manufacturers are going to caesar opportunity to take whatever cash they can get. and if france in europe want to maintain strategic autonomy and independence from washington, a concept that french president a manual michael has been promoting. and that seems to have been gaining traction recently. according to european council president shahan michelle. then they're not going to want to sit back and let the u. s. military and so complex be the olmstead and spending is free for ukraine. it's not exactly surprising that poland is going

to bat for manufacturers outside of the e. u though, just last month, britons are in force as minister said that poland asked the pe to replace the 4 mic 20 nines that warsaw sent to ukraine. basically, they gave away all their old clothes to their neighbor and now figure that they can score a whole new wardrobe courtesy of britain. warsaw also received $1200000000.00 in defense equipment from the u. s. over a 2 year period. and it's prime minister mateus more wiki said recently that the country wants to service us abrams tanks and even make toxic depleted uranium for them on polish soil. no reaction to that, by the way, from the enviro conscious, you guess they were too busy calculating the carbon footprint of cow flatulence. so it now looks like the interest of poland, military industrial, complex or elsewhere. and that's also where they would like the you funding to go now please elsewhere. hey, here some news for warsaw. yes. who's paying the use bills?

and therefore your bills, france largely and germany as well. the 2 big donors to the block and poland sounding a bit like a spoiled kid who doesn't seem to care if mom and dad are struggling financially. because well, there's always the option to go hit up sugar daddy, uncle sam on the other side of the atlantic, but now by demanding that you funds be spent outside the block. it looks like poland also now wants mom and dad to pay for uncle sam. now to the african continent where 214 people were killed and more than 700 kidnapped in nigeria and just the 1st 3 months of this year. that's according to a security report released on wednesday by the kaduna state government. our keys africa correspondent has more off to some relatively short lived piece in southern country. the seems to be a rise in killings in that area. one more time. and again, as if just mentioned, more than 200 people have been killed by armed bandits among those that have been

killed, a little children off between 12 and 15 years old. more than a dozen of the victims have been set a fire in their own houses, and those have been injured by to the number of those that have been injured is still unknown. at least we are told that people have been burnt into in their own houses. and as i am speaking to you, residents have packed their bags and are ready to evacuated that to area. and did this come shortly after the same cases were reported a few months ago. so far we all away that many people have been buried in mass graves, the president of mohammed, to bori, at some point or the security personnel. so to punish and am a do something about these paper traitors that continue to started these attacks in that area. he even went as far as saying that a foreign countries all responsible for what is transpiring in a nigeria and saying that to the these are sponsored and all of this insecurity

that is happening in nigeria is a sponsored. and this whole insecurity is a planned situation that is aiming to destroy nigeria. a lot of people do say that this could be a repeat of what happened in 2002 to 2. and i think it's worth noting that said, the number that i have mentioned, it's only a fraction off of what we saw happening the previous year. and the results of that a terror attack a was a very shocking to a lot of people. citizens are afraid. and citizens are trying to take care of themselves and run away from all that is happening. currently. officials have vowed to increase security in nigeria to stabilize the situation. the remaining $39.00 days of the current administration. a few months ago, the outgoing president claim the current unrest and crime search were due to foreign interference, former nigerian presidential aspirant,

i do move. barbara says that a western military presence on the continent over the years has failed to quell her activities or overall unrest. you're not going to drop bombs or don't just you don't have any. you never got. how did, how did a good you did find a was a number go sawyer. how do we want to keep coming on? why did god, i haven't done this for me into so whatever comes with dental, those come stronger, more organized, won't go in there, just wanted, i was like, you have what, whatever comes with a doctor's going, of course was what you might well do. what did like your playground, where you bought a home, you know, did you know it is a new question? what i mean, you kind of a studio was a problem and that was sometimes you need to come to the office. you know, what else did you do? you know,

he didn't do to point him for to see what is equilibrium. don't seem to the fact that direct them against very strong super bowl conflict. so bob, all of that are willing to support africa, but i've done africa. i woke up with my, the web in person, susan, i do hunting, didn't do that as well as when it was i'd also more, you know, alongside she went by, well, the question to me was planned out. what was it you didn't want to come and you want facebook has taken a position on the debate over who is behind the north stream pipeline explosions by flagging the report by prominent investigative journalist seymour hersh as false. the bombshell story, the child, the secret role that washington played, and the destruction of the pipelines which russia has called an act of international terrorism. but facebook has decided to red flag the article and it's news feed and is limiting the contact and labeling it as false. the social media giant said it that it's a story through an independent norwegian fact checker,

as well as a site called stop fake dot org, which happens to be based in ukraine. and claims that hirsch's work is known for promoting conspiracies and pure speculation. hirsch's revelations about nord stream are not alone and facing facebook restrictions. another report on the scale of corruption empty ab has been flagged. according to weekly leaks. the online platforms role as com is simply taking its cue from western mainstream media where negative information related to the ukranian conflict is ignored. i point out the most of the western mainstream media ignored this report by seymour hersh in an essay to me, the sucker bird cop says that a reputable and independent organisation ruled that the report is false. when you look at it, the judge in the case turns out to be an association and key f in ukraine. stop fake dot org. detailed information is not available about the financing of the

association. however, it is informed that it is through free donations, collections and sponsors. only a few of them are named, including the british embassy and key f, and the check foreign ministry. according to direct them. well, a senior research fellow at the global policy institute of one then facebook is known for censoring content to stay in the good graces of western leaders. they have been.