and a position of strength, he also said, there is no magic one moment when russia collapses. in what universe is wallace reside? the rainy and drones target the kremlin and what moscow with cold attempts fascination of the russian president was not inside his residence feeling the ones strike which was repelled by electronic defenses. his schedule remains unchanged according to his folks. and i just can't deny responsibility for the attack. the criminal plays washer retains the right to retaliate at any time. please choose very welcome is 11 pm here in moscow, and this is on the international with the latest news update. it's good to have you

company. now top story the kremlin said ukraine last row is drawing on the moscow residents of president putin. in the early hours of wednesday. russian official say to drones, who a downed by electronic ed defense is inside the kremlin walls, with no casualties or damage on the grounds. this video apparently shows one of which was exploding. what above the senate bills in which houses vladimir putin office. it was not inside the building during the attack. moscow is labeled it a terrorist act and an attempted assassination of the russian presidents, the criminal added that russia reserves the right to take with tally it's 4 measures wearing. what is the spit, however, ukrainian officials have claimed they know nothing about the attack and deny any responsibility. let me alone ski has said that ukraine doesn't target putin, no russia, but he's waging a defensive war. his all senior will correspond the more gusty of reporting for the embattled look, guns republic. while things on the frontline are as tense as can be,

as we speak hundreds upon hundreds of thousands of comb with had soldiers troops. i've gathered across the front line was the 1000 kilometers. we're talking about an immense amount of far power, thousands again and thousands of tags of artillery pieces of various various aerial assets of jets helicopters, station on both sides. ukraine that no secret that despite the morning it's air force is received. i has received much more support from the west and we're talking here about old soviet helicopters and make 29 jets for poland. and other countries are certainly think she already pause for the storm that is about to descend with ukraine's counter offensive. it will be an incredibly bloody affair. we've, you know, we've spoken and we've heard from various officials, for example, the head of p. m t wagner. the private military company has said that he believes

that you had in counterfeits of his already begun. yes. ship. i believe that the ukrainian armies offensive has already in fact the gun. we're seeing the most intense activity from enemy aircraft on the perimeter and inside our front. at the same time, while we are in control of our front insight. unfortunately, the situation on the perimeter doesn't look great. i won't comment on how secure or flanks are out of politeness. the enemy has also become more active beyond the historical borders of ukraine in the russian federation. we can see the situation in various areas, trains, drones, and sir on. i believe that all this has already started. things will end to the active phase in the near future. in a matter of days, perhaps, mother you could do, you, can you government has demonstrated that at east p r desperate. it has say, you know, e, it has struck previously at marson cities across the board and said, look, we can strike into russia. never mind that that they struck at civilian neighbourhood slow and strewn, said electrical substations, leaving military targets untouched,

causing a year, inconvenienced at to 1000, but also killing and killing civilians. dozens and dozens of civilians injuring hundreds across the border in russia and various villages. they're the countryside. we've also seen the, the terror attacks against russian journalists and activists. for example, the murder of 2 prominent jenison rush itself. what in the car bombing, one in a cafe bombing, just recently in st. petersburg, we were there in cassandra and americans applied hi mas miss how struck the hotel we were staying and all to get it in, activates to the form ukrainian parliamentary, who was also staying at the hotel. no new soldiers around us. but again, after every incident that they the e, it flies around the world, it's headlines around the world and you credit has to have sponsors look we're, we're taking action. we've done this, we've done,

we've done that. so certainly this will be used domestically, especially by ukraine, but again, there's a huge risk of, of escalation. but again, presidents zalinski are now on a torn in finland, planning to travel, perhaps a gemini, or somewhere else in europe. next has come out and said that the counter offensive is about to begin and he hopes to gain by it. why am i sure that we will get jets because sooner we will take offense affections after that, i'm sure there will give us planes. i would like it to be the other way around, but it is what it is. as i said, the, the history of this conflict since day one has been escalation, often escalation, we heard that 1st, you know, various western nations native states. we're luck into the said the artillery pieces to ukraine will leave the late so that resistance crumbled goal was crushed by other members of, of nasal that they sent tags. then they said jets. now they're planning on sending f 16. 05 obama's from the from the united states. it is either

incredibly dangerous times over the past year. it has only gotten much more dangerous this our cross to investigative journalist, alexander rubinstein. now many thanks for joining us on the program this evening. no, i understand that just the day before, today's a tacky published an article detailing ukraine's trend strikes on russian territory, including a previous alleged attempt to assassinate president parrots. and so was your reaction now to this attack with you on the coming this morning while even besides the article that i published, i tweeted it yesterday. ah, noting the increase in not just a tax by drawn strapped with sometimes western made see for explosives, but also on the car bombing of daria do. geena the remote destination ah, in st. petersburg, at a public event. these are the kinds of tactics that ukraine is resorting to because

they're not winning in a conventional sense of, of conventional warfare. i'm so they're resorting to terrorism, of course, in washington. this is called nearly hybrid warfare, but it shows up the desperation of the ukrainian government. um and i think that as the alleged spring offensive is um, what will flounder? we're going to see and it even more of these kinds of attempted assassinations as blay and terrorist acts. well, some people are saying that this is that this big offensive. it's already started. and this tons of course, a quite a sensitive time. brady, we do have, you know, preparing for the an victory day celebrations on may the 9th set to few days away. so what do you make of the timing of the attack? well, as i noted in my, in my article and there are open plans being broadcast on ukrainian television, on

a channel owned by oligarchy. i gore column whiskey. i'm calling for a tax on victory day in red square, offering up a half a $1000000.00 award for an e drawn manufacturer that can land there aircraft on, on the square and, and, and also calling for the use of ultra national slogan, such as glory to ukraine ah, so i think it's natural in a state that is so infested with naziism, that victory day would be a target. and this banker who i profiled, who alleged to have embezzled billions of dollars ah, has called victor day a legitimate target regardless of the public's presence simply because of the

presence of military vehicles. and this is the same thing that they did with the bombing in saint petersburg, where they tried to cast the assassination via explosive, at a public event, which saw regular citizens injured as, as also a legitimate target. so, i mean they're, they're using straight up al qaeda tactics here because they're, they're not able to win in a conventional sense. you also mentioned in your article that this isn't the 1st attempt to assassinate president putin using a drone. what implications do you think this latest attack will have on the why to conflicts? well, i think that the stakes are much higher than they were. ah, you have not seen assassination attempts against vladimir lensky? i don't know if that will be ever seen, but i think the stakes are much higher and the number of things that are considered off limits are, are, are, are now in question. no rush, it, of course,

has previously refrained from targeting ukraine's top officials. why do you think that is and do you expect that approach to potentially change now? well, i don't, i don't have a real insight on that. but what i can say is that in the absence of, of load amir zalinski, i think it's pretty obvious who would take over. and that would be the neo nazis, the people who have been scheming since 2014, to, to seize for control of the state. people like andre blood ski, the founder of the, as a battalion, and now leader of the political party, the national corpse, a number of other influential, neo nazi factions. i think at this point in the war would be able to form a coalition that, that i would replace zelinski at the head. so i,

i, i don't, i don't have any insight on, on rushes motivations here. but i would think that the risk of zalinski going would, would, would be that he would be replaced by these, these nazis. and i think coming back to what you were saying earlier about, and what you reported on the ukrainian, ty kingsland may get sancho offering a 500000 dollar bounty to do any weapons make is able to land the droning red square during the victory day parade. and of course, like you said, it's not the only voice coming from kiev trying to justify attacks on the rushes capital. but if this should happen, and how would it be viewed by the west? do you think? do you think it would, you think here would be viewed differently if it's successfully managed to attack russia on such a significant and poignant day? i'm not so sure about that. but for any american audience, which is watching, i would like to draw a parallel. imagine a scenario where russia is odd is providing weapons to cuba

to attack the region from florida to washington, with, with drones and explosives made in, in their country. um, this would be an open declaration of war by russia against the united states. and so what we're seeing here is an inverse of that, where the united states, france, canada, and many others likely. but those are the ones documented in my article are providing the equipment to carry out drone attacks in russia. and it really brings us to a, a very dangerous escalation. um and, and i don't think that, ah, it's wise for anybody in the u. s. government that realizes how disastrous a hot war between the united states and russia would be to be trusting the key at the officials and key have to not use these weapons in their attacks on, on russia,

with the u. s. military being known to be providing ukraine with intelligence states it, to what extent do you think washington could be directly involved here? well, i, i, i, i don't think that the government in kiev has been very sophisticated since, since 2014 at least um, and so i wonder how much, how, how much is done at all regardless of, of the, of, maybe, um, ah, targeting and, and such i really wonder if vladimir celeste, he can use the bathroom without getting permission. well, not know many thanks for joining goes on the program. really great. get your and science investigative journalist, alexander rubenstein. thank you. reporting to j political analysts germ along the attempted attack on the criminals is

a desperate move and to poking bare it was very shocking for the desperate move to even want to poke the bay basically provoking and threatening the life of number one in russia. and i shall bring the nuclear power. we all know the consequences of such that could happen. that could affect the whole entire world. you will ask yourself few questions. who's behind it? who gains from it? what message is somebody trying to stand to take at least in miscalculated action, that it can only be coming from one direction? that is the west. a few weeks ago, a john can be said, and this is fire, or diffuse or piece in ukraine is not an option for them. so this makes you wonder why woods or washington opens are going to make such

a statement. so it's something that somebody will gain out of this, but the actual pool of ukraine will suffer. the consequences by what the west has done is used alone must satellite. what else? if the americans were the ones behind the satellites or the drones that please do using learn my satellite, you only come from one direction. washington has washed his hands off the drone attack on the kremlin. as u. s. officials came, they don't know what really happened. that's is, washington is stepping up. it's military support for ukraine, despite the west of a bigger conflict with russia. here's the latest statement, all not from the white house spokesperson. you've been very clear. i mean, we just were about to announce another another critical security assistance to, to ukraine. i think that shows our commitment,

and we have been very clear that we will support ukraine as they defend their country against russia's invasion. they will and that will continue, that will not stop. and again, we're, we're announcing a security as this is i think that shows how, how much we are committed to them fighting for their freedom, fighting, recreating, and people fighting for their democracy. and so we've been very clear in not just security assistance and humanitarian aid and economic aid, and that will continue from here that's not across to new correspond and caleb more pain, keller, good to see you. so it seems, washington is completely on facebook that weren't strong on the criminal, which was blamed on you cray and even i've not attack flying from the face of kids, previous touches to refrain from bombing russian territory. what else can you tell us about that? well, we've heard in addition to what we just heard there from the white house press secretary in the white house spokesperson, we've also heard from antony blank in the u. s. secretary of state and wow,

he did not indicate and said the united states had no prior knowledge of this attack, and he certainly did not indicate the united states was endorsing the action. he gave a kind of bland statement that didn't seem to really condemn this very dangerous escalation. here's what we heard from anthony blanca. as i said, and as we said when it comes to ukraine, which is under daily assault. and not just it's incredibly courageous. military forces, but it citizens, its men, women and children being assaulted daily basis by this russian aggression being bombed out of their homes, their apartments and their streets. children killed, families torn apart. well, we leave it to ukraine to decide how it's going to defend itself. and how it's going to try to get back the territory. now, united states is already supplied billions and billions of dollars worth of weapons

and other support to the government in kia and throughout the process of the united states, putting more and more military aid more and more deadly weapons, more and more dangerous missiles into kiya, russia has repeatedly pointed out that it appears the united states is enabling the government in key to attack russia and to attack russian territory. and we've heard numerous times us officials insist that that is not the case. and since they are not enabling or encouraging, you ran to attack russian territory here, some of the dialogue around this issue we heard in prior months. we have not provided ukraine with weapons that is to use inside of russia. we've been very clear that these are defensive supplies. we are, the president said very clearly some time ago. we are not enabling ukraine to strike

behind beyond its borders. we're not encouraging ukraine to strike the on as far as everything we're doing everything the world is doing to or crank is in support of the trains and it's, it's sovereignty. it says, well, integrity, we have neither encouraged nor enabled the ukrainians strike inside of russia. but the important thing is to understand what ukrainians are living through every day with the ongoing russian aggression against their country. and our determination to make sure that they have in their hands, along with many other partners around the world, the equipment that they need to defend themselves to defend their territory to defend their freedom. i can say definitively that the notion of the us providing intelligence or information to the ukrainians to target locations inside russia is nonsense. we are not at war with russia,

nor do we seek war with russia. our focus is purely on supporting ukraine to defend itself. and so that's what we'll continue to do. now the world is very aware of what just took place and the recent attack. so this couldn't be pointed to as yet another example of the words of us leaders not matching their actions. caleb many thanks for those dates. as i thought he came up and speaking to fly from new york that well as the globe mocks world press freedom day. the usa department is launched a program to assist select journalists, exclusive outside the us, it ministry to for the nation's agency for international development. samantha power address the media on the topic. we recognize the importance as a governance means of having free media doing their work all around the world. and we try to support it as the united states. a program called report as a shield amc,

provide legal assistance coverage of court expenses for journalists outside the us . you may be targeted by the government's eligible media outlets miss pain annual fee to be supported and meet certain criteria. however, it's lauren to spock a polarizing reaction among americans. excellent new opportunity for julian assange and wikileaks to apply for us funding to help their media organization survive law fair from the us government. journalism must be defended from legal threats, meant to silence critical voices instead of championing free speech. the u. s. actively persecutes journalists and whistleblowers. oh, pardon brave truth tellers like julian assange and investigate the corruption and crimes they expose? it's only ok to imprison journalists when the u. s. government does it free assange . and we must also protect the journalists who provide be platform for the visibly was to tell us what's really going on. so that we don't

think, you know, we don't misunderstand that britain and america went to afghanistan to liberate the women of britain. and america went to iraq to protect the people from them. who said, no british america were involved in, in legal wars. just as you maybe, you know, you come from a country where you're concerned about the legal wars. we must all be opposed to illegal wars where all the civilians are killed in vast numbers. and the people who are profiting arms companies are the weapons manufacturers and the very wealthy people who have investments missing. and this is not good for ordinary people. and most of these people are struggling to survive. and our government and our leaders should be focusing on making sure that people have enough to eat, that they have be some health care that they have a good,

especially in the developed world. so it's, it's at the same time julian as songs one of the most, well, no news publishers in the world is facing over 175 years in an american prison. as songs is the founder of the wikileaks website, which really is classified information regarding us war crimes in iraq and afghanistan as the us regulators on the european counts pathway to war against the russian media. facebook, nick guns, other russian media out. this have been bound to the us and europe since the start of the ukraine conflicts last year. american officials have underlined the importance of fighting so called rushing propaganda urging the shut down of such channels around the world is what the russian foreign ministry spokeswoman had to say about the u. s. treatment of world press freedom de was they didn't, it was okay. not music, it just, just some kind of more cree, honestly, united nations to general assembly, the sort of main freedom of the press unesco, drawing attention to the problem and all the sam and their refusal to issue these

is to russian journalist who has sent to the united nations, all these i'm and many as of harassments of one of the world. slade, an investigative journalist, june and the son schwartz, oldest against bullying of any media which doesn't fit into the global chat that unites a number of media representatives of the collective. wes, she don't fits in a black tower. you crest out persecuted. julian assigned to me that the star case has been present for so long and for what seemed he, he did what any good jarvis would do, which is you look into the real story and not reveal the sources. so that's why you did that is really the hard is the hard core of the 1st amendment and in this country for americans and so on. so you know what good for the goose should be good for the gander. you can have certain standards for you as jarvis, for instance, you know, operating and b, u. s. and therefore non us citizens who are operating outside but able to do it,

get to the bottom of the story and not be obligated to be alert sources. so yes, julian assigned is the perfect example. as the hypocrisy of such an initiative the notorious us national security agency spied on 2 former top french politicians during their times and all this not according to one of them, francois fiona, who says nicholas suckers. they was also why attacked by the end essay figures, deity also it cornell, we for interference. yes. uncounted and most of the time it came from a friend, an allied country, the united states. presidents are crazy and i were eavesdropped on for 5 years by then a say for fresh prime minister floss. let heal is one of several people of all different political stripes were testifying in this parliamentary inquiry into foreign interference in french affairs. and he was likely sullens because he went into

international business consulting after he left office, like former u. k. prime minister, tony blair, and others have done leveraging their experience and connections for profit. and in that capacity, he landed on the board of 2 rushing companies, cbre and is out of business. now those appointments came after he left public office and went into private business. and fiona told the commission that russia never tried to influence him when he was prime minister. so he all said, hey, look like all great powers. russia tries to quote a certain point of view, but not through or to him personally when he was in office. it was the u. s. he said that he felt was breathing down his neck. not really surprising for anyone who followed julie in a song and wiki leads, publications. they revealed in 2015 that the an essay, the national security agency, was conducting electronic surveillance of french officials from the american embassy in paris. the french people have the right to know that they're elected

government is subject to hostile civilians from a supposed ally. we are proud of our work with leading french publishers, liberation and media part for bringing the story to light french readers can expect more timely and important revelations in the near future. so there you go. another wiki lead scoop confirmed 8 years after publication by a high level western official on press freedom day, no less. oh wall, it's publisher i saw. it sits in jail awaiting extradition to the u. s. the perpetrator of these acts against it, so called friends and allies in your so how exactly did this parliamentary inquiry come about? it was spearheaded by marrying the penn national rally party. the idea 1st came about last october, when the current chairman of the commission, national rally, parliamentary, junkie, told he who sits on the permanent finance and budgetary commissions of the french national assembly. got into a rather heated exchange with finance minister bully nolan. ever. we tried to bash

the opposition to michael's this phil agenda using russian president vladimir putin as though the french government needed any kind of foreign interference to screw up its own spending when the french establishment is doing a really great job of that on its own. so in the map kept bringing up the quote, submission of the national rally party to vladimir, put in their austin, you know, accused to be funded by russia, etc. so tom, he said, look, it's time for these guys to stop bringing up russia and 14, to discredit the opposition, to the detriment democracy and to keep themselves in power. so let's just get to the bottom of all this and settle the issue once for all. and he said, let's also see what other countries might be involved, like how to cutter, which owns that. he says, gentlemen, football team, get so influential in football, or, you know, maybe how europe ultimately became so beholden to washington's agenda, to its own detriment. many thanks a company here in our scenes, national as always, plenty more updates to be found on our website,

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