the the, the russian defense ministry says forces have bond weapons production factories as well as warehouses with western arms and new frames. 5 japanese coast guard plain crew members are killed in a collision with an airliner at tokyo, soneta airport. all 379 people on the passenger plane worst, safely evacuated after burst into flames on the runway. in guys, more than a dozen civilian deaths are reported overnight as it is rarely strikes. rain down on the central part of the on play comes as local officials, state the palestinian desco and the war is nearing $22000.00 plus the

the southern city of con, eunice is also targeted again by the israeli military, which is expanding its ground invasion to previously so called a safe stone as in the on place the i'm rachel ruble live in moscow. you're watching r t international. the russian military says it has bombed several factor is that produced missiles, drones, and other weapons. a new crane warehouses with western supplied arms are also said to have been hit. there are two's remind customer of has more details. earlier in tuesday, a series of powerful explosions were recorded in key events surrounding region as well. local social media showed the fires that began in the ukrainian capital as the result cctv cameras and also users online have recorded some of the explosions in the city to the thirty's lead crate in capital,

have confirmed explosions in the city and added that power supply had been cut to some of the areas in key of and the latest attack was in response in response to the barbaric bombing of the city of belgrade, where scores of people, including young children, have been killed. let's take a listen, but it actually feel good. what just happened in the, in the little is definitely there was under the cover of to locate the struck using a multiple launch. we're looking at least starting at least kind of weapons. and it will vary in the heat in just a minute. and they use it to strike the city center where all people are walking around are you where just the head of new using the arrows. and it was a targeted attack on civilians. of course is that there is that you can call it anything else. you must, we know, respond in the same way that we do have the capability to select the central square and gave or any other ukrainian cd. but why would we respond like, the feeling that there are children walking their mothers with friends?

it's hard for me to even imagine the situation do we really have to act like those medium to hit city, squinting. we are struggling with precision weapons moving in locations where the premium forces have their commodities where there are concentrations of military personnel, mercenaries, and other militaries, interesting and 15, a piece of this nature. and these strikes are quite sensitive for them, which is good. this is how we will continue to act. yep. and you were. meanwhile, the ukranian nationalist of the key of regime struck the city of belgrade in russia, once again on tuesday, according to local authorities. once civilian was the volunteer, then there was quite a lot of damage to a private sense. social infrastructure, russian defense ministry reported that the armed forces of russia intercepted and destroyed at least 4 rockets from a ukrainian multiple launch rock a system called all huff course. that system is of ukrainian origin. and with

the ukraine complex. now in the 2024, we've been sitting down with some decorated russian combat veterans for their take on where it's all heading to bring you one of those interviews and full later in the program. so do stay with us now to tokyo, where an airliner has burned up on a runway at hyundai. the airport, after playing with the coast guard aircraft killing 5 of its crew members, all 379 people on board, the japan airlines pilot successfully evacuated. a passenger posted this dramatic footage as the plane touched down the it's not be confronted. 5 individuals did die as a result of that collision. they were 5 individuals who were on the coast guards plane that was clipped by the passenger plane as it landed. and we understand that

one individual was able to evacuate safely from that smooth plane. and that was one of the captains east coast godaddy crossed was actually one of the cost that's being ferrying falls due for the last 24 hours. so taking supplies over to the quick hit zones of the other side of the island where tokyo is situated. it's remarkable that actually there weren't even more casualties because when you look at the, the video of that ball of fire as that a passenger plan came in for landing. when i 1st saw the footage, i thought there's no way that anyone survives this. and then everyone on the passenger plane has evacuated. talk to us about that. i mean how miraculous is absolutely not true is being described as a miracle. and you have to say hugely incredible job done by those on the client. but also the crew on that plane to manage to evacuate all of the passengers some $367.00 passengers plus the 12 crew to $379.00 individuals and.

and really they would have had minutes to do this. and as she may have seen from social media, people coming down in a fairly or new orderly fashion, but then fleeing the plane as fast as they could consume and that they could be this sewage f inferno, which is exactly what we've seen up to one of the busiest airport in the world, it's now being closed off while they continue to try and get the situation under control. who will passengers at the airport to be in effect to a is not from the japanese prime minister has besides that work? well now happen in terms of an investigation relevant departments or putting the heads together one to find out exactly what happened. what caused that collection, and secondly, to make sure that the installation is made public as soon as possible from going back to that video that we saw from inside the plane. you can only see smoke inside . i'm wondering, do you know anything about the conditions of some of the passengers at the moment?

we don't think it's not information, but as you said, you know, there was smoke coming in to the main parts of the play and people would've been praising off some people already wearing face, most experienced on others. put them on this and attempt to try and hold back those themes at the very least likely to be people have been impacted by smoking relation . we get to get that information. um at the moment i think the focus is making sure everybody's taken care of. i'm trying to get under control of that. and so now i'm trying to guys where is rarely surprised several portal. they killed at least 15 people overnight in the central city of there all the law. it adds to the ever rising, told us to on the enclave. since october 7th, which now stands at almost $22000.00 people according to local authorities, many more bodies remain buried under the rubble of destroyed the buildings. desperate locals are seen here during the latest attack. scrambling through the

ruins of a residential house in search of survivors, journalist at the same same most of the victims are women and children. more distressing images had some of the injured have been rushed into the nearby l. ok, so hospital medics are treating people right on the floor as, as the overcrowded medical facility is further overwhelmed by an influx of new patients. further south as several neighborhoods in the city of con, eunice were also head overnight by the as rarely, military. that's after the same area came under heavy fire just as the new year came into being the that's what is from the scene. on monday says panic. the civilians playing along the street as explosions are heard nearby. the creeping is really invasion of the palestinian enclave has been expanding to southern areas which were previously designated by the idea of

a safe service. most of the guys and population nearly 2000000 people have already planned to garza's self. a former ideas intelligence officer who's now an influential has really analyst has made a shocking suggestion that the entire population of gaza should be killed at yahoo! you'll see in claims that would be a proportionate response to the deadline of mazda assault on october 7th. take a listen a little as though it's not that i'm off controls, garza and tomas as the enemy. it's the gaza, contains some us and cause that is the enemy. it's very important to alter the terminology and change the very definition of the enemy. and it is not important to warn people there to evacuate before we bomb the area. the answer is simply leveling the ground and killing the largest number of people possible because they are women, our enemies, their babies are enemies. their 1st graders are enemies from us,

militants are enemies, and their pregnant women are enemies, shop the se, so because spring freeing says, this is the excitement i straightened up to the cook, declines the combust committed crimes against humanity in october. the 7th includes the, the, a cycle slope to the people. it's not the baby's, a epic, women, and man, it was a shocking to everybody and the people who stop drinking like this bill. so all the stuff, being goldman big like big books on the he's not the only one bucks a i do believe that the the majority of most the day christmas ability for what top it's a south korean opposition party later has been stabbed. and the nation 2nd largest city, boost on where he was touring the construction side of

a new airports. warning graphic images are ahead such as the amid media scrum leads a new was struck in the neck and promptly lifted to the hospital and sold his wounds . our report laid not life threatening the fit. it shows the attacker being dragged away and arrested at the same place have not yet disclosed the suspects. identity or motives we discussed to the incident and against, against the backdrop of the south and political scene with our t contributor, called john, the current president june when he won a very closely contested election, stood as he became the president. he has committed south korea to very controversial policy of closely aligning with united states and japan. you know, japan and south korea have with historically contested relationships abide by

you and that was very eager to patch up the relationship with japan. where is the pressure falling from united states so they can form a tri lateral alliance against china? this is us plan, a part of the us plan to contain china in asia. now, use move to get closer to japan is very popular inside south korea, which let, makes us attempt to assassination. very interesting because us use popularity is waning. lee is a main opposition to figure what last i only lose to do with a very, very tight margin. the new york emergency services have been deployed in manhattan after the city was reportedly rocked by 3 explosions early tuesday morning. local residents reported waking up to hearing the sounds of explosions and feeling building, shaking the casualties have been reported so far. neither the fire brigade nor the

place of yet confirmed the reports the how best to assure citizens happy new year. well, if you're the german chancellor, all off schultz, then you can point the finger at russia and blame vladimir putin for all the world's ells. other european leaders like french president emanuel micron also felt this moment of celebration. and hope was the perfect opportunity to criticize russia or to contribute to rachel marsden has more. the rooms on new year's eve and major european capitals like paris and berlin don't come cheap by. lucky russian president vladimir putin managed to get a massive suite totally rent free charge free right inside the minds of some european leaders as they address their own citizens on new year's eve, friends present a menu and back home evoke russia to try to scare voters away from maxine of hands right wing national rally party. far and away the front runner right now,

pulling at 31 percent in a fractured multi party field ahead of my calls coalition. not for presidential voting in 2024, but for the european parliamentary elections. now, it's not hard to imagine how right wing victories like this one in france if it were to come to be sweeping right across europe. could really take a jack hammer to that facade of block unity, that cleaners sort of undermine and elected european commission president is trying to convey on ukraine mean even get to so house. we must choose a stronger, more southern europe, but continue to support the ukrainian people and put them our security, our freedom in our values next to and you will have to decide whether to continue. we are arming our group in sovereignty in the face of the danger, by stopping russia and supporting the premiums or given into the author retiring powers in ukraine, continuing you or, or blocking continue or, or ecological, and productive transitions. we're going backwards. so here we go again,

this field argument of france has to break the bank fighting russia with you free ends in your brain or else the next thing, you know, vladimir putin will be right here in paris, eating costs sauce on the to us of the bristol, hotel right across from the eighty's a, but hey, france, mac cole say, don't vote for my agenda, and that's exactly what you're going to get scary. huh. just like the says that not supporting his green agenda will mean going back to the stone age. i guess he forgot that his big plan to the commission, francis nuclear power plants almost did throw fresh back to the stone age when russian gas start flowing through the blown up north street pipeline network. i'm only the only thing that did save mac hall on that for paul was the fact that it takes maternity to do anything here in france. so they really haven't gotten very far. and these decommissioning is to so it was pretty easy. a new one, a contrary to the situation in germany speaking of which german chestler all i've

saw is also try to pawn off accountability for his multitude of bad decisions on russia last year. and oh and prove it, because yeah, right, it was coded that the regulated the economy and not the heavy and the government reactions to it come back will not fix. as soon as the criminal virus pandemic was halfway over russia began an unprecedented war. right in the middle of europe. shortly afterwards, the russian president turned off the gas tap. he makes it sound like germany was basically, it isn't by sand or when it was a actually, in fact, a guarantor of them is records for peace and ukraine and was totally last in ensuring that as a whiskey respected them. and that's essentially how all of us ended up popping off in the 1st place in ukraine and russia did not cut off the gas to technically speaking. somebody blew out the gas tap,

but shows didn't seem to ever evo. busy that perpetrator doesn't ever talk about it . and even before that happens, schultz just stood there while brussel slab, economic sanctions on russian bags. and i guess they were supposed to be like, all right, well now try getting paid. so. so so yeah, so good luck getting money for it. it's kind of like going to the store and telling the cashier to i already want to buy this. so just reach into my pants to get the money and i'll pay you 200 has already addressed the issue. and he did so back in november and you say me, i'm going to utilize this code and so forth from the source of cheap energy, or they were cut off by their allies in the united states who cut off their access to our cheap primary energy resources for political reasons, the either simply blow up the gas pipelines or shut them off, poland to shut down the pipeline that flows to germany. ukraine shut off one gas

distribution system. while the other one is still operating, they receive money from europe, including from germany, which they used to pay for their military supplies, pensions, social security and salaries. but they have cut off the supply of gas that they need from russia and the german swallowing. because they have no sovereignty and because some government leaders apparently lack the professionalism required for quality, high level decision making, it is widely known that the whole world is laughing at them. i won't saw it whom exactly, but they are a laughing stock and they will just have to live with it for now. but that's their business. escape holding fruits in for their own. this guided policies is pretty much par for the course for the west and has been all throughout 2023. but susan is in germany and elsewhere. didn't sound to convince themselves though. the

so it looks like 2024 starting off just like 2023 ended with the same european leaders trying to make their citizens believe that sticking it to russia will somehow improve their own lives. but bad thing, in the words of western narratives and fantasies, his clearly not exactly gained the job done. now our exclusive interview with a decorated russian military veteran who recently took part in some decisive battles on the front lines of the ukraine conflict. so you go out to nikolai much for netscape junior lieutenant bite border of the russian ministry of defense who's also a hero russian. welcome to the program. it is a great honor to have you with us. i am real man and let me call you nikolai. so nikolai, will you share with us the story behind this most coveted toward the gold star of the hero? see is the your previous to us that i'm on the zillow romano. it's

a pleasure to be in the studio with you. i have already told my story on many occasions, and now i will briefly recounted in the studio as well. it happens in autumn, they are here soon. we were in the middle of our morning routine. we were about to have breakfast and were busy cooking it. that's when an announcement came over the radio that an enemy offensive might be expected to be on the safe side. we got into the compass, beagle. i was a 10 crew come on through at the time and was able to choose the right position. how should i put it favorable in terms of the situation at hand? we have planned our defense positions in advance and i gave orders to assume a position that seemed the most favorable to me at the moment and an enemy offensive kicked off. if we did not support the enemy at 1st with so no syllabus of tanks or i of these all we could see was dust. and even though we had got down some trees in front of our vehicles for a better view, the enemy fire took us completely by surprise. i don't know how they managed that, and i only heard my call sign over the radio. they said the enemy was moving my weight as soon as we spotted the silhouette. my gunner was a skilled hunter, fired and hit the target with the 1st round. after that,

we changed our position. this gave us the time to reload the gun. then we got to another firing position and hit a tank with another round. they struck us to a didn't he does directly the shell splendid nearby one shell, hit the arm in front of the tank though wide where the mechanic will see that the 1st thing i asked was, are you ok alive? not home? did you told me everything was fine so i said that the old for what we advanced and destroyed and all the time, all we know we just tried to tanks in that battle for making the enemy a retreat. then we go to not to, to go on the offensive. the initial plan was to let the enemy get close by surrendering our positions a little bit, which we did and then started to push them back and was trying to. i have to be in the process and we continued firing at the retreating enemy. we killed around 20 infantry and other troops of ukrainian nationalist where they are, so you drew them into your territory a bit and then threw them back again. the thing is, and they have to be for lights and we weren't backed by the infantry. so yes, we load them in beat them and we gained oppositions and being on the defense. if we did not surrender it batch of our territory to the enemy split,

2nd decisions were made at the time as it turned out. those decisions were the right ones. how can you do that? does it come with the years of training, or is it a matter of talent that very few people have? how do you get there? because i am sure that one gets a surge of adrenalin when you're suddenly attacked like that in the middle of a daily routine. and there is no time to think yet a decision must be made quickly. so what happens in the commanders heart and the mind at that instant, still would she the to, the 1st thing to think about at that moment is that it's not only your own life and the lives of your crew that depends on your decision, but also the lives of all those behind you, the decision comes very easily to you under adrenalin. it feels like the brain just signals to your body to start doing what it's been trained to do. and you just do your job. years of training can help with that and the vision. sure, no, of course it all depends on the training you've had. mike will have started for several years already. i've known them for at least 5 years as part of the gunner.

we've been together since 2014 yes, unit experience out of the way and let that up. so not russia's special military operation was launched in 2022. but the conflict and eastern ukraine and on bass had been raging for 8 years. by that time. when the operation kicked off, did you realize at that moment what its goal was, what it was meant to achieve? what did you feel in your heart when you went back to combat? with, can you send up a fleet? do i need the money? where did you not see this coming till the last moment, then expect in order to cross the border and launch it offensive. however, we weren't prepared to go into battle every one of us points for that. we all knew exactly what we were getting into. so we just kept doing our job with confidence. jewels, we shall, i would like to ask you about your vehicle. you operate 1880 tank. am i right? that thing or something? yes, it is. it's the 80 the hosting does have those, those of our viewers that don't see war on a daily basis and having to visit the units of the tank forces may have seen that the eighty's in by f one events that are broadcast regularly on russian tv. your

participated in a tank by outline yourself. can you tell us how real combat actions compare with sports events like that? and how can such competitions perhaps influence a tang crew skills? the reason why was because that's because of participant of calls, the tank bias one and we'll come back, i can tell you it's easier to find for real than anything by offline compensation at a sports event. you know that people are cheering for you. you've been selected as a professional and they have placed their trust in you, and you need to live up to this trust and encompass you just know you have to make the right decisions to survive and save the lives of the people under your command can do that they're not just a little what's your name? nicole valuable, which is what they say. the harder the training, the easier the mission. do you wish perhaps to dedicate your gold star metal to someone? i'm asking you this because i heard other service men discuss it and ask them this question. so is there anyone that you would like to dedicate yours to and what does

this decoration that you're wearing close to your heart really mean to you? for that condition, i believe it's the marriage of many people who had a role in shaping my character, starting with my instructor of health and safety base except military school with him early to be. and i would like to thank him, especially with installing patriotism in his students. and of course, every come on there, i served under made a contribution to and a bringing is also important to my parents more than anyone else is the credit for bringing me up properly and probably all your brothers in arms, the new guys. so of course, all of them, all the teachers, professors, my parents, my commanding officer, so all of them contributed. and i think i owe it to all of them that i have grown to be so focused and determined never to retreat as they st. and of course, i'm very grateful to my crew. we were tight team each and every guy's great, thanks a lot guys. let's think about what she needs it. it's fascinating to be able to see the service men on the front lines and at home, especially when they're here to receive their rewards. for example, as a war correspondent myself,

i spent the time close to the front lines in military fatigues and then went back to work in the studio and having to wear a suit doesn't really feel less comfortable. what does it feel like to be in your full dress uniform in moscow? chest, what do you mean? well, honestly, a full dress uniform doesn't feel comfortable at all, but i certainly understand that this is how it should be. these are the rules, so it's okay as a service, man, i do what i have to do. but i'm, i'm, i'm making my colleagues in the field are now asking me, so are you back to civilian clothes, you know, a bit of the army humor on the subject. but anyway, nikolai, i'd love to know more about you. how did you decide to join the army? where are you from? and since, as i understand that you've been in the army for awhile, has a contract service been long before the special operation started. could you tell us where you come from and what made you choose to protect your homeland as your main occupation as your job? yes, the newest focus the most. i was born in the russian far east. you know,

more region before i joined the army. i was an assistant engine driver in 2010. i completed my compulsory military service and i was pretty sure that i was going back to my career driving trains. but at the time there were no openings, and they asked me to come back in a month then again in a month. and so i thought that maybe i should go back to the army. i surfed for a year in the way we troops. and this made me realize that i belonged to the armed forces. i have to be in a tank and i requested to transfer it to my unit because of the 10 command. so i served as a tank commander until i was promoted to a general tenants in june 2023 as are still. all right, so what's next? after a tank commander, what do you do? what is the next step? will you teach others or do something else? career wise? can use the i will force teaching is always a good option, which one can also keep serving in the army, moving up the ranks, and especially right. i wonder since russia is home to many nationalities and ethnic groups with up to 80 different ethnic groups living in one republic. i wonder if you've ever felt during the special military operation that the entire

country stands united there, like it was in the soviet union during the 2nd world war. where did you see people from? what kind of relations did they observe and didn't really matter where they're from? when useful, i think the, all the guys who are finding in the special meal to reparation are so tight that it doesn't matter at all the color of skin, things like that don't matter at all. we're all equals here. we're all equals there . and even the rank doesn't matter much. we talk the same way to colonels and soldiers like simple to the point we all are united by one mission because of see what i mean. it's just like, i guess that from now on the part of your life will be dedicated to talking to kids in schools and just like the way you're talking to us today, you'll be telling these things to new generations. did you ever think about that and what would be your message to school kids today? especially high school kids. if they asked you to talk to them about the war,

a real with the move is true. i have already delivered the top like this. i was invited to talk to students of the well we school i graduated from young guys were asking, did you kills what for your 1st impressions? what did you feel? what are you scared? and i told them the truth talking about things like killing are off limits, of course. but as for feeling scared, i told them the only thing you can be scared of is on certain to and uncertainty. last only for the 1st couple of days. we haven't learned yet to tell where the friend of these are and where the enemy an enemy fire is. once you learned the difference, you're ok and you stop being scared with done. well, they use the house cuz you managed to get the message across to the use that we are fighting for the right cause. i bet there are asking questions since there are many different opinions circulating in the media. so people get information from all sorts of sources, including some on trustworthy ones. do you think you managed to get the message across to the younger kids who need it explained in a nice and simple manner that can use now of course i think i'm getting the message

across. you know, when i walk into a classroom, i can see the kids don't really understand why i am and what to expect from me. but when i'm done talking, when i tell them about my brothers in arms about our national flags, like over here and the service badges and what it means to us and how much their support means to us. i mean both the kids and the entire nation. so they get so excited they wants to have more and that's not fully and just keep asking questions . you know, like kids do and they have no device. you probably witness tragedies of civilians in the zone of the special military operation. or perhaps you've talked to some civilians after they were liberated from ukrainian new nazi occupation. and if you ever did, what did they tell you about their experiences with the ukrainian aggression and you've us, it is and i had no contact with civilians, but it broke my heart every time i saw kids in the village as we entered and standing by the road and asking for help, we gave them everything we had no questions asked.