so the situation clearly indicates deptford camp in europe is still very, very strong. foreign minister, a survey line rob says there is no western appetite for peace in ukraine after a late call between top german generals revealed their plan to bomb are, says, permian brings up tomorrow. kind, we'll get hot, it doesn't matter. we need to ensure that from the very beginning, there is no mention that would make us part of the conflict. this is a temporary refuge for those people who work from the town of days come those far away from them. that's at the moment, so this temper or disease center houses, at least 40 different people. dozens of civilians are safely evacuated from of the recently pre to by russian scripts for making pressure advances on the front line.

and the southern territory of serious and russia host, the official opening ceremony up the road, a youth festival, a grand event that unites young people from all over the plan the i'm rachel ruble live in moscow. you're watching archie international, high ranking german military officers have been caught red handed discussing plans to supply tourist cruise missiles to ukraine, and use them to destroy the crime in bridge that bombshell phone conversation was intercepted by russia and released by ortiz editor in chief on friday russian for a minister survey law prophet draws attention to the western rhetoric about the ongoing conflict. we were very simply with us. the facts that have come to light is the chancellor sholtes confrontation with the boone despair. some evil intentions of the windows for which became apparent due to the publication of all your

recording several how carefully they were preparing in attack on the crime in the breach. and other targets, especially the ammunition depots. and the main thing is how they wanted to see if everyone into thinking it's not on them, but on the americans and the british as they're already there. well, there's just screaming self disclosure. the situation clearly indicates that the pro work camp in europe is still very, very strong. if anyone has any doubts, there's been a lot of analytical materials over the last couple of months that seem to begin to realize the point systems and futility of continuing to co x ukraine into military action. well, the latest papers by mach cronin, austin, and the conversation of german generals, they all say that the pro war party does not want to change its course to strategically defeat russia on the battlefield. we realized that germany seems to be still in the state of shaw ca shocked. so i guess so over the fact that their secret got out as soon as this came out, so they official comments, was no comments and then german price was all over it. and as we're about to see from some of the headlines and in german media,

they are side saying several soldiers who are assuming the confirming that linked all the other confirming that it's itself and 6. and also what they did was there was a one to 2 censorship, according to durham and media, because they started trying to book a several accounts that were sharing that link, the audio and the link transcript on x, formerly twitter. so that's what happened on friday as soon as the sleep came out and there were also claiming that drum and counter intelligence supposedly right away wants to probe. and so this and now we finally have confirmation from the drum and counsellor that indeed they are looking into. it does start, but the fluid is being reported. there is a very serious matter, and that is why it is now being investigated very carefully, very intensively and very quickly. and the very latest we are in that all getting reports that apparently one of the main channels in germany is confirming the authenticity. all of that least audio and they are sites in germany's ministry of

defense. so this is huge. they all started on friday, when ortiz out as friendship, margaret, to send one young post at 1st, the transcript. and then the audio alternately conversation the lead conversation was between 4 people. so that had all the germany's the air force, the branches, the deputy chief of staff for operation as well as a to other military personnel. and it was a 38 minute conversation and image they are discussing the operational and targets in details of those tourist crews themselves. that germany was supposed to start a new crane. the west was as a mountain pressure on germany to send those missiles, but it hasn't done that yet. yet in this league conversation, these people are discussing that as a done deal, and they're not only discussing it, they're saying how they can use it. they're strategizing how they can use those missiles to attack russian infrastructure, primarily the bridge and crime you like comedy central. so this,

i came to the conclusion that there are 2 interesting targets, the bridge in the east and the munition depots above the bridge and the east is hard to reach. it's a rather small target, but the torres can do it. the ammunition depots can also be hit if we consider the bridge, i don't think torres is enough and we need to have an idea of how it might work. and for that we need satellite data. i don't know if we can train the ukrainians for such a task in a short time and we are talking about a month the what, what a tourist attack on the bridge look like from an operational perspective. i can't estimate how quickly the ukrainians will be able to learn how to plan such an action and how quickly integration will occur. but since we are talking about the bridge and military bases, i understand they want to get them as soon as possible. this conversation, apparently the so called place on the 19th of february, and then they later gone also to say that actually send in those missiles will not

change the course of the war and ukraine. they admit themselves that it's only necessary to send these missiles because have the brits and the french have already signed so long arrangements also, germany must call forth as well so they must seem to be doing something we know that you crane is losing and they know that by sending those missiles, it will not again, their words change the course of the war there. and they also emphasize, and this is what's interesting, the emphasizing the importance of covering off their tracks. and there's, and there is no way that they can have the german military being associated with the crime. but how is that going to do that? well, they say that the communications, all of them have to go through the manufacturer of the marseilles on the tours. this house is kindly get hot. it doesn't matter. we need to ensure that from the very beginning, there is no mention that would make us part of the conflict. mind. i'm exaggerating

a bit, but if we tell the minister now that we plan meetings and we'll drive by call from poland, so that no one notices that's already participation and we won't do that. is it totally moreno? how those this then stack up against off shows the state made about refusing to send those tours, missiles a to ukraine executive this, this is what is bizarre because we know that germany's parliament, yes, it did approve additional military aids to ukraine. button knows when it comes to those for as cruise missiles and all the shows himself said that she was out send and then because he's afraid what ukrainians will do that with them that they might target loss go and then drew many will be considered party to to the war with function, and that's something that they want to avoid. and in that statement all have solved said, what the british and french are doing, in terms of target control and the comp named target consult can not be done in germany. so why that he out of their presence in ukraine and that led to even the u

. k. was statements there where they have to admit, yes, we do indeed have a small number of personal supporting the armed forces in, in ukraine, bought that schoultz. his comments are wrong, that they are irresponsible and a slap in the face of allies. now again, in the slicks don't deal, we have these german officers throw in someone else under the boss. this thomas on the brits is not the price as the americans because they are revealed that they're also there. know monday. do you think it is possible to hope that ukraine will be able to do everything on its own? after all, it is known that there are many people there in civilian clothes who speak with an american accent. so it is quite possible that they will soon be able to use it themselves. after all, they have all the satellite images. so all of us talk about russia supposedly planning, so talk to you or for your to get ready, and now we have them covertly applied in the tax on a russian soil. let's see. so this just goes to show just how much nato is actually

involved on the ground in ukraine. that's cross live now to author and war, correspondent, thomas roper, and thomas, the german chancellor says the link of that audio recording will be investigated. what do you expect to be the outcome of that investigation? a good question. well, i think they will come out with the fact that the officers didn't follow the rules of security using some, lots protective, telephone communication lines, whatever. and in fact, somehow if they would be serious, then they would stop priority people for that. but that doesn't seem like that. they are blaming the russians for listening. uh their phone calls spelt the west us the same. so what i'm quite curious myself, but yeah, in fact, what do you make of the german defense ministry confirming the authenticity of the audio during which there was that discussion about a possible attack on,

on russians bridge the crimea. um, well it didn't have to listen to the to the ad telephone top because of the german public doesn't know about the data. the, the media only tell the russian picked our car our call. it's for the rest of the propaganda. and of course nobody to discuss anything about concrete, a hitting some targets. so the german public doesn't know about that. and yesterday, even that was announced that the german defects ministry, one store block or blocked already. all twitter takes accounts, which um, shave the video. so that they tried to keep the jump in public, uninformed about about the content of the video and this some of the problem to join the media media. nobody knows what's really inside the story. the chancellor sold some previously confirmed that he would not allow german made taurus missiles to go to ukraine since those weapons could be used by caps to hit targets as far

away as moscow, which he would not support could plans to supply those missiles have been made without sorts of knowledge perhaps, and what would that potentially mean? well, in the end, the telephone talk, they said they are preparing for the case if saw. so what's the order of this with folks with us for, for answers. they also said he didn't do that yet. this was stage 19th of february . um whether they are doing something behind his back. it's possible, but at least the telephone conversation doesn't give this information. the telephone position is the some generalized trying to prepare information for ourselves and trying, discussing how to avoid that the, it just out the very obvious the germany is involved in the, in the one that they're discussing several ways to hide this fixed. for example, i'm not having direct communication from bundeswehr to p. s,

but putting the the produce out the rockets in between. so that officially the data game goes about that pretty far from the producer. but, but some of that will be sitting offices from the german army, so that's right. and they're discussing how to hide the pick. the german would be involved. but they don't know, talking about doing something behind the deck of shots. and german officials also spoke in the length recording about how the use of tourist missiles might not actually change anything on the battlefield. so why then, do you think they would even want to give them to brain? that's a political question. we see the, i don't even call it a fight between germany and france right now. germany work in money gave more than any other european country. and france didn't get very much, and a lot of friends might, might much. one wants to say, hey, i'm also getting so much i'm so important. people think about 70. so just so it's, it's a ping pong in between them who is giving more, who's to blame if it doesn't work?

and to the, the decision to a sense of taurus or rockets, which, what, how rush of course. but that's the general say, this will not make any decision in the end and the best of you. so it won't be a political decision any way to have rush out to be able to prove all pressure, but not to change anything on the ground to this they said very openly, and it's clear that 50 rockets don't change. i think what the larger consequences do you think will come from the select the recording, for example, and similar plans the other countries might have against russia. that's a good question. the question is, um how they will treat the narrative of the engine was quite interesting to watch it yesterday. and the 1st news from russia came about this about this leak came at the german times 7 in the morning. and the german news of the german media started reporting only at 9 o'clock in the evening. so 14 hours ahead. so they were really sitting there in crisis, a discussions what to do, what to do with that. so we will see how they, how they will treat this narrative somehow. i think this is the main question. so

i'm not ready to make any new proposals, right? no, be, i'm going to myself. i'm in the rising tensions regarding natal countries, potentially sending troops to ukraine. so vakio has a firm that it will not send its own soldiers or weapons to keep. do you think slovakia as an e u member state will be able to resist overall western pressure? i think so look at the orbit um or button and hand congress resists as soon as it gets we are his why the interest? 5000 for example, use those were still receiving reference, pipeline, gospel, russian oil. what the food pipelines. although you're the one to talk to block, there's already a long time ago. he also still receive all the nuclear deals on his nuclear power plants. and that's lucky of, that's a quite similar, pretty private just of all. so i think this will be possible that i think it's at the moment that minority of states in europe, which would be really ready to send soldiers. i well, we know that british soldiers are there was open. the said,

i'm sure the fresh soldiers out there, the estonian prime minister said she also thinks it's a good idea. but may most of them, governments and your i. e, be the quiet or don't want to send troops check it. we're probably both just did say that they have not ready for that, but it's a process of how the pressure will be after the seat behind the scenes. we will see a little bit later it's, it's an interesting process to watch, right. it certainly is interesting and they tell us rep our author and war correspondent, thank you. archie editor in chief, margarita simonian was the 1st to reveal the contents of that bombshell conversation. i told you, go ahead. it says audio recording speaks for itself. just after i published the 1st text about it, there were a lot of skeptics and media outlets quoted me. i'm rude to me saying it couldn't be true, but it is. is the real audio full chapman ministry offices referring to the german

air force and discussing how to them, rushes bridge to cry, man, and how many missiles it will take 10 or 20 and how to do it so that no one is aware of anything. so that tells her all of sholtes could continue to claim that he's not involved in the conflict. nato does not participate in the conflict, and that it's not in his backyard. they also exposed that breast of should american partners saying that already watching ukraine in general. there are lots of interesting things to be sure to listen. i wonder how the germans will respond to it. the bridge linking rushes, mainland and the crime in peninsula was constructed 6 years ago. it's one of the longest bridges in europe stretching 19 kilometers and is vital for supplying goods . many western powers have been pushing a war mongering rhetoric. the us, as nato will have to fight against russia if he prayed, is defeated. but there are still rare voices among western leaders, such as from slovakia, advocating against sending troops or weapons to keep if the whole issue is very

clear with the beginning of this crisis. who says that jesus christ is no uh any military solution. that's why after 2 years be in the, in the crises and you kind of position these even more clear than before. the weapons from the warehouse workforce. we stopped in the package or something like 40 to you. great. because as i said, it's very clear that we will no not send any to and he's folder

because these escalates now to the front line where the russian deputy prime minister has visited the recently liberated city of, of the, of costs. the deputy says there will be opportunities to rebuild the city soon as rushing round forces advance further. archie correspondent romano customer have brings us these details from the refugee center, which is sheltering locals evacuated from the city. this is a temporary refuge for those people who are evacuated from the town of dave kind of far away from the nets at the moment. so this temporary refugee sensor houses at least 40 different people. they are administered. the 1st aid if needed. they're fed and also the local authorities doing everything they can. so that's v imaculi's can get their russian documents as soon as possible, which is what we were preparing,

taking our stuff then the warned us when the car would arrive on february 27th. they brought us here. we're being screened with the military rights on the 17th. the 1st assault forces, we started coming out of the basements. they were sure there was no one here. everything around us was destroyed was all i'm doing is i'm running volunteers picked us up, brought us here immediately fed us and showed us where to sleep. i'm hoping i get my documents sorted out quickly so that i can be a free citizen of the russian federation. i'm being considered for our job as a firefighter. the low attendant came and signed me up. after the a medical evaluation. i'll go and serve in the fire department in the town of m. j a k is less than 20 kilometers away from the netscape. so naturally people have relatives in both towns at the moment. so some of these refugees, as they've told me, haven't seen their loved ones for more than 4 years. i haven't seen them in 10 years right now. there's a perfect opportunity for them to finally get together. 10 years of my life were

taken. they hadn't showed up day of gut all since 2016. but when the special military operation began, ukrainian troops said that they wouldn't leave any stone in place. ukrainian soldiers were marauding, especially the as of soldiers and the right sector. they tortured people, they killed, but no traces were found. they haven't seen us as people since 2014 to 54 then you do last year for me to the progression. sure, sure of what i do. you know, remove that, set off suddenly a few sessions now i like, you know, of course above as fast as you do it is, i mean that's police's though it's just not the whole ship, but it's

a daughter. yes. uh no, you don't. the header. so the problems or questions about the police to the shift too much room with the grid i, there's, there's an that's people's republic. authorities are expecting more evacuated, person has to come to the temporary refugee centers across the republic. has the russian army is progressing as further to free up the territory of the p r. it's hard to imagine with all these evacuated persons have been through over the last few years. nevertheless, at the moment they will be safe and full get fullness through help. they need from local authorities from a call for a warranty. then the top priority for the new european union ambassadors, the us is more ag crane. she says, europe is looking for the white house to find

a breakthrough and get the stalled at $60000000000.00 usaid packets to key of past . i think everybody in europe is guessing really very impatient. the ukranian people are looking to hold your opinions and americans for they want to be with us and in our institutions. what are those institutions are actually ready to meet campus? mounting aid requests is unclear with the economy facing a downturn over the past year and protest dropping all across the block with farmers seeking a ban on cheap imports from ukraine. archie is here at la isabel sheds lives on how e officials have continued to sacrifice their own citizens needs or their commitments to keep if according to the former chief of the european central bank, the e, you needs to invest and enormous amount of money in a relatively short time to deal with the deep challenges the blogs facing we are living in extremely difficult times and immediate action is needed to prevent even

greater challenges in the near future. firstly, a commitment of 0.25 percent of g d p from each e u member state to arm ukraine would be sufficient to ensure that it can win this war. but the 3 pillars, the e. u has relied on energy from russia, imports from china, and the us defense apparatus don't appear to be as solid as before. why? while the us drag the you into the war and into sanctioning russia, which restricted their main energy source, and with the north stream pipeline explosion, it force fear up to buy expense of us produced l. n. g, a gas and asked to union searches for more money for ukraine from under the couch. you commission to you, 1st of all up under land has propose it's time to punish russia and confiscate their frozen assets to buy more weapons for cab. it is time to start a conversation about using the windfall profits of frozen russian essex to jointly

purchase military equipment for ukraine. there could be no stronger symbol, and no great to use for that money then to make ukraine. and on a few of a safer place to live, it's the 1st time funder land made such a proposal and it points to desperation. but even that won't be enough when the use already given the most aid for ukraine, which will need a whopping $3000000000.00 per month in for and financial assistance. this year. in 2023 ukraine's financial system was stable and the economy recovered faster than expected. the balanced policy of the government of ukraine, together with the consistent support of international partners, played a decisive role in our achievements. it is important to maintain this trend in 2020, for the monthly need for external financing will reach about $3000000000.00. so who

well then provide the enormous sum for ukraine, europe. so the problem is apparently, europe has no money. it seems that you is willing to sacrifice many of its own citizens, needs to commit to providing more more funding to ukraine. the use economic growth forecasts went down by 0.9 percent this year from the expected 1.3 percent. economists are now projecting a growth rate of 0.8 percent, rather than the expected 1.2 percent. while it's out of the euro zones, 20 member states fell into recession over the past year and 2024 doesn't look promising either. as the german central bank says that the country which has traditionally been the use largest economy has entered into a recession. some stress factors are likely to remain relevant in the 1st quarter of 2020 for foreign industrial demand. recently trended significantly downward.

economic output is thus likely to once again decline slightly in the 1st quarter of 2020 for the 2nd consecutive decline and economic output would put the german economy into a technical recession. and while the german cabinet did revise an economic forecasts growth down to 0.2 percent well below its former numbers. yes, it on a crisis is clearly spreading across the entire e u. it's also reached the u. k. who's gdp shrink by one point? 4 percent in the final 3 months of last year, and it's 2nd consecutive quarterly decline. the technical definition of our recession, france has also been heightening its budget as, as economic growth has stalled. cutting another 10000000000 euros in spending due to the drop and g d p. this will be a challenge from a con as the previously relied on government handouts to fall reason on russ. this past month, he gave $400000000.00 euro and concessions to stop farmer protests which included

a threat to block a the national capital. farmers had been protesting extensively all over the u, including in poland, where they attempted to block out cheap ukrainian imports. so the next time when the us floors you into another fight for democracy and offer to split the bill, make sure to have the funds for when they dine, and that russia is currently hosting the world, use festival to promote stronger bonds between young people from nations around the world, the events taking place in a resort town on the bike see is expected to gather together over $20000.00 participants for more than more than 100 countries are 2 is bringing new special coverage of the festival throughout the week. the rest, as president clinton delivered a special a speech in honor of the festival. to emphasize the importance of young people

deciding their own future a mattress that allows it to use. the country has already organized such a large scale, use photos 3 times, and each time they have confirmed that there are no borders or dividing lines for the younger generations. you will communicate with whomever you want. you will get the knowledge and experience you need. this was shown by the hundreds of thousands of applications for participation in the festival that came to us from 190 countries. the only thing we regret is that we couldn't accept everyone. now, representatives of almost 300 different peoples have gathered in this arena. we, in russia know very well what a wealth such diversity is, what a powerful charge of positive development and mutual enrichment it possesses. we must unite to realize our dreams together to help each other make the lives of millions of people better, to work together for the sake of future generations to fight poverty and terrorism to preserve unique natural resources. cultural heritage,

the beauty and diversity of the planet. in such a world, there is no place for racism. take that double standards or lies. people are free to speak their own language to follow the faith and traditions of their ancestors. you are the young generation. you dream of what a safe and just world can and should be. it is up to you to create it. for the opening ceremony at the world, youth festival has just come to a close, whereas you can see behind these thousands of people were in participation here watching this outstanding experience, really, i mean, at the beginning we saw the russian national anthem performed by a live orchestra and a live choir or something that shortly gave most people in the auditorium that was almost packed to the brim, goosebumps, and then we saw various performances that illustrated a lot of things about the younger generation around the world, living in a digitized age, their challenges that they have to struggle with how they find loved, as well as different things connected to their accomplishments. the accomplishments,

rather of the younger generation, specifically in russia. and we even saw a prerecorded address from the russian president vladimir putin who wished all of the participants the best of luck at the festival and said that there was no room in the world for a hatred for lies. and that diversity is a pillar of strength in societies in the multi pulling world. so this was definitely a great beginning to the world youth festival. and we're definitely sure to see a lot of exciting events in the coming days as it continues before we go breaking news. justin from southern russia report say a militant group in the english city or region has barricaded themselves inside a residential building and are engaging in a shoot out with law enforcement officers. as events say, they heard gunfire during the incident, and the small town of car block for media reports said officers from russia's, the federal security service, the f as b were conducting a raid against the militant group which.