in itself or as there was i haven't even have those. i don't have even doubts about the the top headlines right now on off the international comments from the criminal, and that's impressive that improved in says kids counter offensive comfortably on day 6 has not changed any subject since you prayed uniforms that have suffered enormous law india shrugs offer us congressional panels, suggestions to join nato, saying the books framework is not applicable for new debt. of all the plo speak back from bodies are administered to dine to close the un, special representative to the country to push soda. non profit of skepticism

towards the organization does continue to grow across the pond till desktop, the whole program for you this hour with a ton of developments. appreciate you. joining us here for this program. what else? so the russian president, vladimir putin has said that ukraine is using reserve troops for its counter offensive and has failed to fulfill its objectives. i put in, sir, is that right now they 6 of the offense? it was an assertion that it can be stated with absolute certainty that this offensive has begun. this is evidenced by the use of strategic reserves by the ukranian army. furthermore, the ukrainian troops did not achieve the objectives assigned to them in any of the combat areas. over these days, we have observed significant losses of the troops of the ukrainian regime. their losses had been substantially greater than the classic 3 to one ratio expected

during offensive operations. a regular sized ukrainian troops retreated them in heavy casualties during the counter offensive of time. moscow's forces destroyed at least the 1st he of kias by a whole time with the western media report saying several prize german supplied left what times were among them. the details now from the region without teasing goes down off. it was the most violent 24 hours the months. after a few days of testing, rushes troops resilience cave threw more than a 1000 men into the grinds of war. they also began just off to midnight. few ukrainian soldiers lived to see the dawn. ukrainian army chose to hit exactly where a rush expected to even western analysts admitted that. just as everyone agrees this was only the beginning. ukraine has at least 2 nato framed army cooling presents. so russia is training itself and we were lucky to see the graduation exam

over the brand new unit flying company kazi, drones here on the safe distance from the front line suppressed and forces training, rushes own drone operators, rushes own swarm go for, it has become a feature of this old books on tactics i useless. new ones written by those on the front lines live with the company. a drone is designed for light armored vehicles. the flight speed is up to a 100 kilometers per hour. the operators trained to control it to break sharply to maneuver and to turn around, as well as to locate the target. there is also a 2nd operator, and then the objective control intelligence group defines the target and says we're to move to show on the screen what it should hit. he puts on his glasses, picks up the remote control and operates it. it flew and struck the target. the drones themselves are probably not difficult to manufacture. there was

a lot of ammunition cheap and devastating. these devices of mass produced both by russia and ukraine. and since kiera has apparently indeed made its bet on capturing this up, there was you. chances are, this is exactly where the two's well mommy's will have a faceoff. this is done over coursing from zippers yet. archie somehow come out of course, and despite the fail, defensive of western media outlets continue talking up the strength and objectives and admissions of kids forces. take a look at this headline by pretends economist magazine sounds a bit start was a come with a to i can how mother he says that ukraine's counter offensive as being both ill timed and ill fated in the west. a is a shocking circumstance. this a wrong information, it seems that the powers who decide who make decisions are in the bubble and do not have the clue on what is going on in the ground. if we look at all the things that

happened, we have to sum up that the ordinary people in ukraine and it doesn't matter if they feel a bit more ukrainian or they feel a bit more russian are suffering. the country has lost more than half of the population and people are suffering and stuff right. and people die and both sides . and what for? there is nothing what these people can aid. so any counter all fences for any, because parents or whatever the west is push pushy valencia and his people to do now is, is just ridiculous. when your current has continued to attack of areas west and russian regions with drones. dr. sitting several cities needed ukrainian border, this map right there at showing the impact sites with the cities of color, skin belgrade on the boundary of ukraine. and it brought in judges, but further to the east. and one of the drones fell and there a nuclear facility encoder, and 3 people were injured when a new, a crash into

a building in virginia. and that's with all the agent shaped bows. now reports from a pleasure joining me from yet another indiscriminate attack on civilians by the ukrainian ministry probably carried out with western supply weapons. the devastation here is very difficult to describe what you can see. this drawn, which was heavily armed with a large explosive war. it was purposefully aimed through the window of this apartment. it's an absolute miracle that nobody was killed. we've had 3 people injured. the local governor has said that the attack occurred this morning at about 1030 and during the attack. oh it is. there's video, evidence of the drone circling the city, searching for a target. and the targets turned out to be this building. and remarkably, this building has a single apartment which is under renovation which is own occupied. and this is the one that ukrainian drone shows that this target smashing through the window and making an impact on the reinforced concrete floor. it's an absolute scene of

devastation here. i've witness free children upstairs into the apartments upstairs looking at the windows up this unfolding event as a miracle that they were not killed. we've come here from the city of belgrade, where we've also witnessed these absolutely brutal and indiscriminate assaults against civilians in towns like ship back, you know, and the city itself last night we were in the town center when it came under attack from bad rockets, which has to be intercepted by the russian military. today we've seen as rushing forward, you have to protect the skies over veronica. there's a definite sense of fear and foreboding here. the city, which of course is what these it is strategically and significant attacks are meant to do. they're meant to frighten the civilian population on distract from the failing ukrainian counter offensive. we actually have a listen to what some of the people who like the witness. today's events had to say, it's a for us to be the budget. this is outrageous. it is completely in human. i believe

that nothing goes unnoticed. all of this strong dwayne will certainly be punished. i was in another room during the showing, and it felt like the ceiling was about to collapse from me. pieces of glass were line on the floor everywhere. my grandchildren hugged me and asked me grandmother what happened. my father and mother survives both hunger and cold, but what ukrainians are doing is the worst. so probably in the morning i was leaving the garage for work. it was 10 am. at the moment the gate closed something and boston and the mother in law when i heard a terrible sound after 10 seconds was so huge a pile of smoke from the explosion and later was so a hole in the house. so as you can hear, it is having an impact on the local population, but that is the point. there is no strategic on military value to these assaults whatsoever, or they target an elderly, young and small families are just going about their daily business. and it's very

interesting to note that while these attacks are going on to the opinion army is failing and failing badly in your brain with piles of view of western supplied weapon rates at burning in the fields of eastern ukraine, shaped bows or t, veronica and southern russia, meantime, rescue operations in the flood areas of the know by a couple of cut down, continue with the russian military and humanitarian services on the ground. we'll show you some savings from the by a couple weeks ago with water levels at some areas up to 12 meters. with them, destruction and flooding have impacted at least that 30 villages 22000 people as well. quote, help rescue services and russian ministry forces continue evacuating residents. pending on the spokes person awkwardly indulged to report his question about whether ukrainian forces conducted the reason the attack on them in russian territory. a quick question on the hook of a dam explosion. so certainly,

european politicians have come out and report quick to blame russia saying, you know, this is an example of russian terrorism. but if you look at the context, the game was in russian occupied territory, the ukrainians, ecological lead set. this could leave crimea without water for over a decade. and there were reports in the washington post last year that ukrainian soldiers were explicitly looking at targeting this dam damn as part of a strategy to flood the region and prevent further. russian advancements and even fired a couple highmark missiles into it to test that theory. so can the deity share any evidence as to who might have done this in? are you entertaining the possibility that it might have been your current? yeah, well, like, like, as you heard a say, i mean, we're continuing to assess how this should have happened. so you know, all great questions, but at this point it's all speculation. and so, you know, i'm not going to get an i better closer or speculate. i will be a tackle and go by a couple of good time this week on least flooding throughout russian and control

territories, forcing locals to evacuate. ukrainian on western officials are very quick to choose rush or over the attack. despite the fact that dime is located in russian control territory is and keep as such, we have previously consider blowing it up. well, i spoke to the m costs, grow the greys and reporter who raised the issue with a pen to go on during the pressure. he says it would be of no use for russia to blow off its phone infrastructure. that's just kind of press briefings one on one is that they dodge questions, but that's kind of my point is they did not come out and say this was russia. whereas during north stream they did. so it's, we're at least where at least progressing towards a little bit of moderation in the, in the rhetoric, which i think, i think is a positive. but yeah, you know, i'm looking for grains of optimism where i can find them here. it's kind of like the north stream all over again. it's, it would be a strategic wonder. it seems like for russia to have done it. i think what's interesting is you look back, you think back to when the north stream was bought up. and you think about the

reaction from the us press the us government. and it was, you know, russia did this brush, it blew up its own pipeline, and was this hysteria? and i even had friends here kind of like less leaning friend. so i would argue with nate, they believed it to. and i was like, mind, you guys don't really believe this, but what's interesting now is you don't see that same reaction from dividing administration or from the us press. you're seeing it a bit in europe. but i think this is kind of a positive sign that they're coming around with the fact that ok, that was a bit ridiculous when a little too far. and i think we were talking yesterday about this. so don has declared the un special representative to the country as post southern and non grata is 2 weeks off with the sudanese army chief accused the figure of escalating the ongoing conflict there is now demanded. his removal details have with local john list catabolic tests. well enough shell, talk to him has had enough of the u. n. n boy in the country. mister potted food,

a blameless stone. she loved the conflict which is now and suing in sudan. they're saying that she is the reason why the rep to the support was doing the traction and enough encouragement food challenge to denny's, which is a fact of the lead by general of delta top of to right. and this is. busy a that was written to that un secretary general, mr. gutierrez, and he is being asked to replace mr. hodges with a more amenable and someone who would respect the sovereignty. all assume done well, the english side. so late last year in december, we start looking at possibly teaching pretty much the same step we see modeling because everything a u. n. and boy, a, the soul of the graph top blaming them for quite some chairs and a growing service that they do not respect the sovereignty of the sage,

the nations. meanwhile, in the b, c, the u. n. a is also being met with skepticism. if the views of the you and talk on the central cheaper piece in but the r c, as in the most part, we are going to continue this week and at the same time work for the congo lease authorities. so that the process of the comes of the state becoming more powerful will enable us to reduce un nations of presence. but to do so responsibly. despite the u. l thing that they will lead into the see one of the biggest and collective lessons in the world, which needs about a 1000000000 dollars in as well. uh, my niece, which is allocated to that, missing the people in the wrong continue to have depth as another to what the us product us and what can be achieved the following decades of the when i was in the country as a spite, but they have that have been particularly in the wisdom part of the see here,

the use of the comb with these people on the grow that there was western countries . so just flattering us pretending it being peacekeepers. but for real, we know that losing on minimal results is and use us like this war shouldn't even take a week to be fine. but we surprised that weston isn't provoking more complex. instead of finishing it. so we realized they came to their own interest or research. really, this will restart it again now a year ago, people are dying, but an international community in many countries don't care about it. the d r c need supports, as the green does. we need strong security and mailed to assistance. we can't expect any help from westerners, as they have never resolved annual conflict, even their own issues. all this comes from the time of colonization and slavery. we can't expect help from the west and we need to be strong arm of the u. n. being

painted as effectively being in touch and fighting to mediate between the war functions, but on the ground level growing. so some of the people that the western nation with the methods might not necessarily be what their country needs right now. and that is something that the read is that i have to pay special attention to the, the canyon president william a roof o has called in african states to work closer together with the african union on economic and trade. math is the end of the day, the, the reason is to benefit everyone. the member states must consider donating power to the african union or massive traits regional and global security, as well as other areas that africa can benefit from engaging together rather than individually to ensure that the african union performs at the level of its aspirations will be necessary to make sure that it empowers itself with sufficient capacity, otherwise, african solutions agenda 2063. the african continental free trade area and the

young clean the green continent of the future will never be a reality. records of remarks are made of a summit of a regional economic blogs that have the common market for eastern southern africa. some african leaders have publicly admitted that groups framework needs adjustments . we spoke to a 100 ride, the ceo of a developing re imagine yourself that africa needs even stronger cooperation then the router's proposal will be welcomed by own members. thank and well, definitely president re, so is definitely sharing his pun, african credential tia calling from much more african unity and lots of different ways. many an impulse majority thinks that the african coincidence should be working together much more strongly. they are very behind major. which question measures like the amc of tea a be a good central free trade area. he is not just quoting for reform of the institutions, but he's also they will be african. what african countries need to do is work

together more and i think that's a message which is not only welcomed by other african leaders, but also by authors by, by many african um, organizations including ours. we've been working a lot on in the recognition of the african union in the g 20, for instance. and having a stronger african union will of course, contribute strongly to that. the indian foreign minister has ruled out washington's suggestion that his country join nato planning. the construct of the block is not applicable for new to a lot of americans still have that need to pre the construct. and that had been a so nice situation to deal with. they use the like a, a, it seems almost like that's the only a sort of template with which are the only real bundle which they look at the what . the reality is that there's not the template the place to, to, to,

to india. we were speaking with the india based author, and john us to overlook and pay you who says that india simply has no interest in being subservient to any nation beyond its borders. what are the practical concerns behind it? i see them. that is a not to become a washington state of the united states or the military complex. it's part of that as reading the as a prominent them, so not to become a washington state because the predicament of washington state so far the united states over a long time and they became compress it to a summary of the laws for a name. dear lars fault in the world uh for we want to ask kind of the doesn't want to do that and they want us to do the diag for a different warranty. was alpha having to manage the friends that our friend is its

its own strategic imprisoned. i think the for them is towards the right and the what do you have to say about the good position? well, the indian foreign minister also dismissed canada is allegations of foreign interference . so this during this briefing, refer to the claims as a quote part, calling the kettle black. the phrase which came to my mind was actually in the place which was little dot org or blank, or dante. i would i be if anybody has a complaint, we have a company about canada, you know what i said of the space that they're giving to college studies and while ent experience. so i was very perplexed by what a hood. while it's not the 1st time there been issues between one trail and new delhi, and we understand that the new democratic party is being openly anti indian. and now a canadian,

the national advisor has listened india among the top sources of foreign interference in the north american country. but also it has been accused of providing a platform to separatist sex treatments elements outlaws in india. when i talk about foreign interference and economic security, i'm know, talking about a number of state actors and non state proxies. this includes russia, iran and india. google, who seems to be sympathetic towards certain people that even the are considered as this session with all odd canada, which is awesome for winded central view for these people where at least what can be that express these send events origin india recall list on moment these are all kind of funny you sentiments are looked all along and from the farm by the indian government for all these reasons for reason is that any, any government in any part of the world? what?

oh, so i, i'm for the, in the see to see that in the magic in the affairs of got about all serving mark up in truly looking at the lives of those people, those organizations that then to create at a sprint, the random of uh, from college son, politics in india, the former us president donald trump has been charged under the espionage act and potentially faces decades in prison. a federal prosecutors along the sales associate kind of environment against the drums over there that's possession of the classified documents, about a 100 of which were labeled top secret and seized by the f b i. the former president has slammed the case as a hope comparing it to a fake allegations of russian collusion and dismissing it as a brazen a time to stop him from running for reelection. our country is going to hell and they come after donald trump. what the rising,

the justice of the big weapon icing, the f b i, we just continue to go on because it's ripping our country to stretch. the whole thing is just like rush erosion rush. you just like the fig. darcy, it was all you saw the durham report? you saw the muller report, it was all a big hoax. you had to impeachment, and they lost and we won. and we had tremendous support. but that was a hoax at a scan. and now they're doing it again, it's just a continuation 7 years. even have to route out. but it's called the election interferes. they drive to destroyer reputation, so they just went election. meanwhile, tom's concern of the justice department's prior haze appears warranted. us majoring media reporting on an alleged $5000000.00 bribery scheme involving the ukrainian company burst. most of the incumbent president drive by the republican congress.

members have repeatedly been able to view documents from that inquiry in a secure room on capitol hill. it's off. it'll make us checking the whole the f, b i, director and content for refusing to turn over those records. i drove items responses came swiftly. it especially obligations as quote, a bunch of my lucky the notice suggest on what they should do or not to bring it in charge and charge. i'm honest, but it's not just the corruption allegations that again when he asked and jo,

where's the money? well, we know that garbage has already found $10000000.00 worth of funds coming in from foreign governments that were directed through a series of, of llc ease to, to is grandson's sons and grand daughters that there was intended to hide the transactions. we know where that 10000000, where it is important to get the investigation. and perhaps if we have a, they are f b, i actually doing an investigation. we know where and keep in mind you've got to present bind streaming. we need federal laws to protect against the, the on authorized sale in possession of guns. this son lives on the form you do when you do a background check about his drug use it legally purchased a gun. it's a feller the, it's a 15 year term in jail for what he did. and he hasn't even been charged by the same justice department. they rushed out to raise tomorrow. laga. when president trump's lawyers were literally negotiating with had returned some of the documents to comply with what the f b. i said to put some of them under a 2nd block, a job. i'm keeping them in a garage next to a corvette with the papers. this present truck describes

a garage door and 100 by and who we know has been selling access or how to access documents that were somehow mysteriously in the up in the forward hand. would you be surprised to hear the us slipped into a technical recession following 2 consecutive quarters of contraction itself with the aggravating of the economic forecast with inside union? that's also the euro start agency has revised data covering this thing as far as dakota and the final 3 months of last year. earlier, my colleague more on how i'm how me discuss this issue with the audi contributor, present in spite of what is the policy changes that you are paying. governments have been implementing. it's really not slowing down this, this, this lack of economic growth within the u. resign, we're still saying, you know, as saying it picked in the us that report today. we think germany is actually not entered technically just, just, just i just been split, but really just edged into a recession, negative growth. right? so when you think seeing those kind of things it's, it's pretty,

pretty alarming really that the years and can't seem to break through, in spite of all the feats for the what this thing done in the european union, within, within the european union's infrastructure to try and that's sort of time to sit the economic situation around. what does the feature look like for the i think it's quite late. it's a gemini from the biggest, the biggest boys within that block to be say, i mean, gemini, was pretty much dependent upon russian gas. decided ivan night but need no longer wanted to receive that gas. the pipeline that supplied that gas has been blowing off. so it's actually just going to be, it was a ricochet effect, which really just was destroying germany industry. not to mention gemini and what the unit sells, massive reliance and massive sort of no, nothing don't strong cycle it to the united states. now when the united states put in what they called the inflation reduction act, they forced load of companies to shut down and relocate that businesses to the us. we locate that manufacturing forest overseas that some form of us function for not

doing size sounds like us building, but we've had a lot of sanctions replace on rochelle close because of the special ministry operation. how has that affected the you in general? well, i think it's have the reverse effect than what they thought would happen. they put the sanctions on russia. what's happening is the russian economy is projecting a positive growth. where is the year or is that is projecting negative growth as a massive infrastructure costs? what are they having to do that going to have to borrow more money from the united states. so somewhere else in order to support that into structure. and it's just really it's, it's just what's, in my opinion, a slower and slow decline. it's like watching it's trying to balance across us very, very slowly. but you know, we get to see, i think we're going to see that speed up soon. we're going to see for recession. and while that you, you experience as a technical recession, russia and china, a breaking records where the trade volume is, skyrocketing them all the $90000000000.00 so far this year. then a record marks a 40 percent increase compared to the same time last year. and the nation is

a full cost as a pos this figure in the near future. here's benjamin chow, professor of the power school of technology and business. the west has imposed very strong sanctions against russia. the majority of the will about 100 countries, including china, india, and it breaks countries that most sanctioning russia, the condo trade with russia, and obviously more russian, i guess, an oil we have to do. so to the fees china and to even india. that's why we're seeing a record trade for them december in china. and it's going to uh to break the $200000000000.00 mark this year. and china has remained rushes largest trading partner for 15 years in a row over prussia. china relationship has the highest support from china is present sentencing as well as the present put. and of course the presence of jim payne has emphasized the importance of consolidating and trying to strong ties with a shift. oh wow. he was making remarks on,

she was taking his meeting with lush and pining this to in baking. so one clear direction for the russian china punch. it will be to bring both keys and kansas to people, especially the developing well wrapping up here and use program. but only for now, here in the us international catch up on all of us stories, you know the website because on the counter offensive, what counter offensive was it rains? we? it's an attack along 5 sections of the front. merely an expensive p r stone. it would seem so washington has no interest in saying this, how unplugged and this votes badly for ukraine n.