the, the russian forces repel them. now there are 10 fly ukrainian troops to infiltrate the border region of belgrade, where 2 civilians were killed by shelving area. this side today, also a head and russians all across the country are right now, rushing to the polls. the cost the vote, we are live at all to international special election studio, just overlooking the northern gates of the kremlin, by the way, they $2.00 of the election, the voting process already 49 percent voter turnout. so if you can stick around with coming back to you live, just a couple of minutes. i'm on the region. the 2nd part in the vote that's one of russia is most t takes 1000 cities to the box depaul in crime here which reunited with russia a decade ago. it's the 2nd time locals. there are voting for the countries

president and also preparing to vote at one of the vastly of bigger scale and in the outlines of general election plans which will take 3 months and consist of 7 phases why this is all the international reaching you live for moscow welcome to the global updates and by from here in moscow, i have michael quiet. moscow says it's 4th is a 4th or the afresh. a 10 by you trade in troops to infiltrate russian border regions. drone footage, released by the russian defense ministry, shows a group of ukraine. and so just trying to sneak across the board into the above broad region. moscow sets up a sub and to us was quickly beaten back, losing up to 30 soldiers, 3 tags and multiple other vehicles in and out there on such

a day to civilians. ready killed and 3 more when they dr. residential part of the russian city of belgrade came on the ukrainian shelling and that's according to the regions golf. no more ukrainian strikes has since been reported in the area with no casualties so far are to produce a local med which i've filed a report from belgrade earlier today. another attack has happened just this morning . i witnessed of myself local govern assessed h m o arrest rootkits were in deceptive, but unfortunately not all of them were intercepted, leaving to people dead. and 3 more wounded, i was a did all of the places myself and well, the best route area, residential building comp balking. it does not look like a middle trip target. actually a tax on the region of intensified great lakes in recent days. just yesterday they were 3 weeds of arrow attacks. as far as i can see right now, this is their main goal to spoil rushes presidential elections. people are going to the board and station at some point they're afraid, but they want to express their,

their concerns. they are believes and basically they just want to, when i wrote and they said that nothing will stop them from doing this. but millions of russians are taking to the polls on day to the presidential election, which is being held across 3 days for the 1st time ever. and that will bring a new law, special coverage of a landmark event from a special vantage point in the heart of moscow. the cool thank you so much for joining us here at the international special election studio here of course is the heart of most code you recognize the alignment behind me. perhaps that's the northern gate of the kremlin, just beyond that building of those towers, the coupled stones of red square. it's so good to have you with us because history

is being made today and tomorrow, a 3 day voting process for all the millions of people who live in the largest country of the world. the russian federation, 11 time zones going from contract, cut to the crude, real islands tied all i'll type motor months. the white sea people are flooding the polling stations nationwide to choose who will be the next president. now for the next 6 years, we've got a guest stop correspondence. one of the analysts standing by, let me wish you a very well welcome to our special elections. judy i the so is this a 3 day election is going to wrap up on sunday. so there's still time for people to hit the polls, but at the end of the day, turn out is already supposing a lot of people's expectations right now already on

a saturday. what mid afternoon just after 4 pm. hey, we're looking at what 49 percent turn out now. of course, very fluid numbers. they will change by the minute. let's talk about the candidates, either a full russian presidential candidates, of course, the incumbent, head of state. let him a page and we all know he's been serving the countries leadership now since 1999. now the other 3 candidates, the card national lawmakers, a lot us off the phone calls the new people spa, he's a veteran, the russian businessman. then there's a lead slootsky who now leads the liberal democratic party. previously though, the countries diplomats of the parliamentary is simply of a council of europe. also though there is the communist nickaligha thought off, who has been a member of the state duma since 1994 also heads the parliamentary committee on russia's arctic and far eastern development now from the very west of the country to its far east, upholding stations. nationwide opened each and every day from 8 am to 8 pm, a tens of thousands of sites of spread out across the largest country in the world

. and can you imagine it's 11 times on? see a how to you, get all the posting stations functional and all the voters out there and it 11 different time zones. well, i can tell you it's being done and it's being done very, very well as one of the international observers here at moscow. an i c and in support of entry, assembly representative. he told us he says apparently the russian government is doing a very good job to show the integrity and the transparency of this book. yesterday we were in the tree places and was very happy and really surprised the people i were up to you and a replaced is very, was very well save god and a replaces. and what are you willing to pay that? i think goodies because of the central election commission. they have prepared a good job for the people rush raise. it'd be going very easy over of the country

before. and now of course there's, there's some to blends but resend the russia. become more and more strong. we as a part of a long studying cooperation with russia. we have a longstanding ration and especially would allow media. we have 60 years of cooperation that together now we need to have a very good present to for the uh, how big and follow the role. russia, then, i am sure that russia will get a success with the election we as an up, so we will go to new a. so about russia. now of course, the voting is also taking place in russia is new list, and i think fair to say and baffled regions. for example, people are heading to the polls, even though you're creating and forces continue to show the boarder regence of the

russian territorial. the western border of the russian federation. so one of the one pointing station is that policy, as we understand it was a, it came under a drone attack that was in itself at all. as you know, casualties reported the key field launch another, showing a sole and upholding station in the neighboring kind of southern region that was on friday. and the saturday ukrainian, striking that very same area killed one civilian and wounded, at least 4 of those that is according to russian officials. now, despite all of that, and you imagine what the people, not part of the world of being through, not just in the past couple of years, but ever since the us frustrated my, my dying to a 2014 in peaceful people. and he's in battle regions. you know, hoping some better times and that is why they go into the polls now to vote in this russian presidential election. now let's move to the gone past republics of lou guns condone yet, the locals there. of course. now that voting for the russian president for the very 1st time, you might think they're all hoping for a much broader future. these days more than

a 1000 holding stations are open for citizens. that a cost that balance now off to the very 1st day of voting, the turn out in the neighboring republics, the past, 52 percent, with many more expect to vote across this weekend. that's it. let's say hit the ground now here's what some we've been hearing of some of the people, the for the citizens of rushes don't boss who's with us saying about this election is a, this is very important because we have given the opportunity to express how position to show what we want. we believe in the person who vote for. this is a huge holiday with choosing alita, who will help all people throughout the country. then what is festive? disable goes down in the history of all of russia. one of the main features of democracies, the election of the head of state and representative bodies. and in my opinion, the russian leadership like countries that are supposedly fighting for democracy, really proves this principle, modern woods. but indeed, i believe that for us,

the election of the president of the country is the primary task. the main thing is to choose the right and necessary person. therefore, i urge everyone to vote to choose because we must make our choice so that no one makes it for us now or the crime in a city over stuff of stuff old, which of course, were you know, i could be as rusher that was about a decade ago since that referendum that people are also costing that balance. now basically, it is the 2nd time that russian citizens that are able to do this with looking at this southern region of the russian federation and the foreign minister. mr. ok. law for office have will be election day one also saying that the crime in peninsula is a part of the russian federation. forever. a. we'll see. we'll remember that disturbing a terrible spring when they are not see see how in key of as a result of a bloody include a top. we also remember the notorious friendship trains, which way equipped with the ideological follow is of band dare to suppress the inhabitants of the peninsula who did not want to give up the values that culture, that history and the centuries old traditions of the ancestors. the subsequent mc

crime in sanctions, the undermining of power line to transport, energy and water blockades, only convince, cry maintenance. they've made the right choice, the issue of ownership of crime. the answer basketball is closed. the peninsula is an integral part of the russian federation issue because i'm sure, yeah, it's making a very, very good point that because basically for the past 10 years or even more and beyond, the key of regime was cutting off the water to try me. yeah. cutting off the gas, cutting off electricity because these people identified as russians, and yet key of just couldn't bad that. but meantime, the french president emanuel macro and you may have noticed in recent days, has become even more russo follow back even more than usual. that's pretty setting a new president microns, that's a crime you should be seized from russia in order to bring peace and stability to that region. well, i can tell you this much. that is not a sentiment shed by the residents of that region, is all to use donald quartet with more. it's been 10 years since crime. it took its

fate into its own hands, voting to become part of russia, independence, or has undergone a dramatic transformation all despite the western. nay sayers who did everything in their power to see where unification fail. once he grabbed crimea, pretended deployed new a new russian forces in the peninsula, turning the territory into an armed camp from which to threaten the risk of ukraine. we will continue to hold russia accountable until it returns full controller, premier to ukraine, and completely withdraws its forces. so it is also important to acknowledge that the situation indeed alternative is republic of cray, near, and the city of citrus. the pope has further the terrier. a new crime is most grandiose project was likely the crime in bridge russia's vital artery of transports through the curt straight. a similar accomplishment was the construction

of the to read the federal highway which sides grand opening in 2020. these are just 2 of many new pieces of infrastructure across the peninsula, and that's done wonders for people. standard of living is the facility and we'll do a lot has changed over the years. first of all, we feel supported by q crane has 10 sylvester poll in to the banquets. were you able to see and now that the city is blaming that, you will do take a look at what yards we have now. i said you have, we have an excellent tool to supply. very good. you understand years i have received the russian citizenship. i have my own business. i bought an apartment and my daughter grew up here as a rush and thought to us, we can see for ourselves what has happened in these 10 years. i mean, are officially left ukraine and joined to the russian federation in march of 2014. after over a whopping 96 percent of the population voted to do so in a historic referendum. it's a come as little surprise since both ukrainian and russian statistics show that

russians have long made up the main demographic group on the peninsula as lot of airport and mentioned in his 2014 cry me a speech. many of the seeds of chaos were sewn decades before, like one form or so be a general secretary, nikita khrushchev arbitrarily transferred crimea from russia to ukraine. it became clear, the russian presidents that in action would be a betrayal of his own people. a simple somebody else of those who resisted the push were immediately threatened with reprisals and punitive measures. and the 1st in line was of course, crimea, russian speaking crimea. that's when the residents of crimea and say were still flu, appealed to russia to protect their rights and their lives. of course we could not fail to respond to this request. we could not lead premier and its people in trouble. otherwise, it would simply be a betrayal. it was necessary to health create conditions for a peaceful, free expression of will, so that the crime means could determine their own fate for the 1st time in history

. but even after crimea returns to its motherland, struggles continued to persist like u. ups. block aid of nearly 90 percent of that potential is clean water supply presidents, a lensky who thinks crime, he actually wants to come back to ukraine, was making jokes about the water situations back in 2015. pick up what was the, the, just the 1st thing you were saying, you're gonna pick out what was the speech as the notes of the video. so let's pretend to be another one. then there were the blackouts that would run for months on end,

caused by kia backed extremist to sabotage, to power lines running to crimea. it was only have to rush it was able to commission to new power plants, but the energy problem was solved in 2019. the whole country helped us in the shortest possible time and energy bridge. a new power plants were built, as well as an upgrade to the existing power generation facilities. today, for the 1st time in history, crime, me and not totally has ceased to be a region x bearings and power shortages, but can also supply surfaces of electricity outside its territory if necessary. there were new sanctions as well that the west targeted specifically a crimea, but that didn't stop countries like italy, greece and france from continuing to cooperate with the peninsula. on top of that, the republic is heading towards its 2nd presidential election and russia with a new generation of young people heading to the pulse. so this is you, since 2014 political activities in crimea has appeared because before 2014, there was no use political agenda on the peninsula. only up to the common impulse

of the russian federation did young people in crimea actively begin to be interested in politics. for mentors began to appear assistant and guarding young people. uh, i think it is a juicy of every citizen to vote and every vote didn't pull to in the crime in us hold the same opinion. i see only a positive direction for the development of pride, me and i'll use as i am representative of use. i think the tour as mode develop very actively and try me as well as the republic is. there was a miniature and if you can find everything here, the order for supplies, despite pressure from the west war violence sanctions, democracy today is alive and well and crimea just as it was in 2014 for. yeah, it's a really, really good report, right? that from all of these are the quote of the pull residents of crime a, as he was saying, you know, you go back more than 10 years, for example, you know, going back to the us focused rated, 2014 might on crew in key washington spent over $5000000000.00 and then he started

cutting off the gas to try me cutting off the water, cutting off the power simply because of the residents that identified as being a part of russia and the russian culture. and of course, the russian language. now we're just getting warmed up here at our special election studio and the how to most go with the kremlin. just a short way behind me there. a guest lined up correspondents and on the list as well. but perhaps more importantly, we'll be having one of the presidential candidates joining us here in the studio in about half an hour, maybe 20 minutes time leondard slootsky from the rosters of liberal democratic party. joining us here to talk about his campaign platform is the opposite of ations of the election so far. what he thinks might be the outcome of the 2024 russian presidential election for the meantime. we'll wrap up this special coverage here from the heart of most go. we'll hand it back to both of bio street the only team on the ship for the meantime, we'll be sending you will vary so as the

and let's not turn to all the news now. from the center of gazda, where at least the 36 civilians have been killed at overnighting, they're all blah. the local health ministry confirmed buddies, riley's trumpeted. the residential felt house with many children, victims of that attack ad that area has been under heavy bombardment recently. let's put that you're seeing right now from 5. busy shows the optimize of those attacks locals along with rescue as desperately such the the rubble for victims, while the total palestinian dest toll since october, has now reached that $1500.00. now moving to the south, all the enclaves now where several casualties have been reported following strikes and friday and the most densely populated city of rafa. houses as well as pens

located nearby had been completely destroyed, local say that they have reached breaking point with nowhere else for shelter while a disease hondo and on. ready on boardman cleaning the lives of their loved ones every single day. and if people were sitting at home during ramadan and southern the, there was a strike in the neighborhood. when we went out to sea, we found that the building had completely collapsed. there's no safety notes in rafa or anywhere we used to consider rough thought to be the safest place in the gaza strip. but israel is not sparing us. make some money. we don't have weapons resistance for this. i didn't see it. why doesn't? what is the real histone to us? so this is what new year old as the new, they see the impact of a reaction site civilians and disable destruction. you home. i suppose you month to month, bill while these ready prime minister benjamin netanyahu has given the green line

for a full scale round to sold on rafa, a town bordering egypt. but that's drawing the field criticism from cairo, which one against 80 invasion haven't because we're talking on the hope of reaching a ceasefire. a truce and to reach a deal to get the maximum amount of 8 supplies in to help the palestinians. and to put an end to the timing and its impact on the people, as well as allowing people in the center and south to move towards the north i. then we have also warrant of the expansion of the war. as we have seen, the safety of navigation in the red sea and the sweats cannel, i need significant impact on the international trade. so there's always we have warrant against it, as well as the one that could extend to the north side and always our risk squared warning off. i'd say that we hope that within a few days we will reach a ceasefire and not continue to have a negative development. the fact, the situation that i talk about ralph operation and the risk to the lives of

1500000 policy names there even appears to be revealing cracks in the previously step 5, support of these roles blows us ally the united states. our position has not changed . we do not want to see large scale operations and rather that, that don't, unless there is incredible, legitimate executed will plan to, to provide for the safety and security of the civilians that are there are days, middle age beer, a chief mater of the notion that has been looking into whether 6 months in israel can claim that it's operation has been the success israel calls it's offensive and does on a success, i'm on it's arguments, and relatively low. dest told them, on the idea of less than $600.00 following soldiers. what's about tens of thousands of palestinian lodge loss, his real keeps ignoring them as well. this is the biggest concern for the rest of

the world. idea if was too violent, even towards the civilians. when you have administers in the isn't a government saying, oh the people of guys are nazis? if i'm a soldier, if i shoot everybody because the mattress, right? so this what our leadership told the army, no innocent people who does what we have. israel believes gaskins should share responsibility as they elected him, us back in 2006 and it's roderick and then says israel ironically, codes the militant group, it is fine. 10 against this. the government is terrible because they think that, oh guys, even children, they said children altura, it's not on a genuine. another one. okay. as they say they will go up to be a tourist. this is exactly what thomas is telling me about is really babies. they say he's nothing, maybe he wouldn't be a soldier. i knew we'd kill us so well,

black to, to go in and kill him. so now we need to become like, come us even when is really rest cuz it's kills. this is what happens when 2 is really captives were saved last month from guys on the mission. however, i claimed around 100 palestinian lives as reported by the guys and health ministry in december. and now there hostage was killed during a failed id of rescue attempt. a week later, the army killed 3 more hostages after they were ms identified as a threat. differentiating between civilians and find terriers requires determination and intelligence. good in a form is rarely secret service agent. almost 30 years ago was the key handler of massage abusive. the song of a high mouse co founder and the groups prominent spiritual leader, my sobs served as an as really intelligent stores for 10 years. it helps prevent numerous potentially deadly attacks and says newton,

yahoo limited the practice of recruiting palestinians as calibrators, calling it a say to a mistake. even if we had one a good asset source and doesn't want someone to to say something bad is happening, not 10, not 100 and also thousands, one, then kristof if the 7th mascot within to have even this one because the head of the states mr. let them, you know, convince everybody. don't worry, we give them money with them and everything would be okay. as a result, and the 7th of october happened, and now israel is waging war almost blindly. when you see that the, as well as bombing wives bombing in, in the populated area. now i'm asking myself as a former intelligence officer and i, i'm capable of giving the exact intelligence saying in this apartment,

the terrorist and this upon the, the civilians killed one of the leaders and cut off and don't kill one another. 10000 people in garza which are civilians, is ro, is of to have mass leaders noting doha, the, which also raises some questions in january. sorry i reread 2nd in command of how much is political wing and the founder of its military division in the west bank was assassinated in a drone attack in the root days ago. nathan. yeah. who claims responsibility for the 1st time since the killing? he refers to the man as number for the we are on the way to absolute victory. on the way to this victory, we have already eliminated a mazda is number 432, and one is on the way. everyone is mortal. we will reach everyone good to see or is all the to many will die on the way when nothing else talks about. ready assessing i thing, uh, interesting, well, there's nothing to be

a genius to understand the basis and why has the safety built around him? of is where the hostages, how are you going to assess the night scene walk without being back the hostages, or maybe you say, i don't care about the hostages. 134 people remain in captivity in gaza. the faith is a known as a israel prepares for an incursion into the southern guzman, city of rough uh, where those hostages could be kept. the chances of survival of fading the lives of about 1500000 internally displaced thousands in the area are also on the threat. his role doesn't seem to care about more casualties and gathering evidence biggest supporter. i sat with them and i sent with the work and i said, look, don't make the mistake. american. american made a mistake. we went after ben lot to, we gotta but we shouldn't have gone into the training. i mean, we should, we shouldn't have got into the whole thing in a rack in afghanistan. it wasn't necessary,

wasn't necessary. is this cause more problems in the race? there's been a cure and let them, you know, thinks about things. politics about his political survival is not the very eager to finish the war. the man, if he would finish the war, we would stop. we are citizens of state for the style start asking questions about what happened. it seems that the war and gaza is indeed an act of self defense, but it is not the country that is defending itself. despite the rising criticism, both domestically and abroad, including from israel's biggest ally across the ocean, as well as many others throughout the world. these really military campaign in gaza is going on and on, claiming thousands of innocent how mazda is still there. hostages remaining cafeteria, tnt israel keeps trying to convince the world that the victories just around the corner with 5 months on the question is becoming louder and louder. what exactly

would that victory be? and most importantly, how many more desk will be inflicted? raven option a r t reporting from israel and nazi all day. now, we'll certainly be back again, the total, the, all with the coverage of all the elections right here and global stories. i'm around to see you again, the time option or times the welcome back to going underground, broadcasting all around the world from the u. a, as the largest country on the target of a brutal proxy war through ukraine, heads to the poles to elect the president. i mean, it's near to tell a terry and anti russian propaganda in western europe where coverage of nazis in ukraine is band. it is allowing me to put in who is expected to have had

a good will and when a 5th presidential term in the kremlin, today, a decade to the day that the people of try me a overwhelmingly voted to rejoined russia. i'm joined from las go by the former director of the now defunct carnegie must go center. that was the russian. i'm with the controversial washington base kind of you entitlement for international peace. he's also are tied kind of in the solve using russian on forces. and he's now a member of russia's foreign and defense policy council, dr. dimitri training. thank you so much, dr. training for coming on. today's also the anniversary of the my lai massacre in vietnam, but i don't think they donation that propaganda. media are going to be talking about $6000000.00 dead, an indo china. it will actually be claiming on the 2nd day of voting there in russia, it will be claiming pigeon is a dictator. and is that the question or is the question, why is the so popular on the 2nd day of voting well, i think he is a genuine lady of somewhat who is popular.