the, the headline story this hour, at least 20 people are killed in that part of you printing and strikes on residential areas of the front line press on the region. it comes with hours after all the attack on the don't boss to be able to get it's best for that and also a head color when it comes to nuclear escalation. we never started this veteran, we simply said it should be taken more seriously. and they immediately started talking about us brandishing nuclear weapons. be a lot of our put in speak stuff, the flagship plenary session of the st. petersburg, international, economic for stating the country. here's clear of escalating any new to the river. it unfolds for a more serious dialogue with the with plus the european commission claims the crane

and mo, dover, ready to start. the us session talk says critics point out the less than the democratic track record of both of the pro must go to the world. this is archie. hello and welcome to the news. our civil units have come under fire in the latest ukrainian strike on a residential area in the in buffalo. her southern region, local officials say at least 20 people including a child, were killed in the shelling the store, the village store 15. others were injured in the attack which also damaged private property. the surviving victims are not being treated in hospital officials report that keeps forces used on aerial bomb, as well as a us supplied hi. mars missed side of the system to hit the area. well earlier on friday for people were sales and another 40 freedom city children's wounded. and

then you printing and attacked on the residential area of lou ganske city. more than 2 dozen buildings were damaged american supplied attack and the files were used that is, according to the russian defense industry. across in new york, the latest session of the un security council. russia's deputy ambassadors, the recent western lifting of some restrictions on the use of its weapons by t f. there is no doubt that the western delegation was the cone beam un security council meeting. strongly do not care about the humanitarian situation that ukraine or the suffering of civilians in the country let alone the boarder regence of russia. in fact, they hardly care about such matters with anywhere in the world towards the united states and europe and countries are not fighting for ukraine, but for the so called leadership and geo political impressions. there's another blaine to the example of question hypotheses,

that while the professor concerned over the humanitarian consequences of the conflicts and you creating western capitals of deliberately escalating it by continues before and billions of dollars into weapons as well as providing arms themselves. and recently a giving that product to jazz and key of culture launched to use may to weapons against all territory. but that was they proposed as a solution is multi piece formula. but a formula for the blood shed when the, the security council meeting was summoned by france and it does come against the backdrop of paris, promising to supply additional fighter jets to ukraine as well as provide training to thousands of ukrainian soldiers. this really highlights how is frances involvement in the conference. kaden's great is only picking up steam at the same time. he is role in all of this has been reduced to just providing a steady flow or who host clips to throw it into the need drivers only. this is

something that russia has once again tried to withdraw the spoke like to during the security council meeting, which seems to shy, why do the us and other countries keep sending more and more western c crane is it really out of concern for ukrainian civilians? know, instead of hoping for east cube has been given the goals, people sacrificing this population on the battle field for the electrical interest of its western patrons. every month, the ukrainian army lose its thousands of soldiers, it killed the wounded. the current widespread forced constriction is sending these units of untrained, increasing the younger ukrainian men to the desk. it's no secret of the personal withdraw stage comes primarily from the us administration, the lives of ukraine's young generation on nothing more than expendable resources for washington. this has been openly stated by members of the american establishment to admit that such a policy saves the lives of western soldiers more over this approach benefits to

west in general, as a boost the revenues of its military industrial complex. now one of the more motor which takes about this conflict was the voice by china use the platform to once again, stress is concerned about the preload nature of the role in ukraine and to be gene . also underlined is that they are in the talking to both parties of this conference, which is of course, russia and ukraine. now again, this was not a pro russian speech whatsoever, but by being so violent, it just highlighted how ultimatum, like the speeches of the united states and its allies, west have less than we should not tolerate children having to grow up under constant bombardment from russian missiles drones and shows we have come together once again to confront the green. we are the g caused by the escalating attack in the home to region. russia foot has for the last 8 months

used and hidden behind the tragic situation and gaza. let me just be very clear, the united states will not let the russian federation continue this and parker senior council without a response. well, the word hypocrisy wasn't russia's lips as well. pressure talked about how american made weapons very often used by key to attack civilian target, smoke military ones. like on friday, several u. s. made long range attack comes massage, were used to attack the city or with guns. the total number of civilians both injured and killed and is that the attack is in the dozens, including 2 children. now a whole apartment block and france an entrance to an apartment building collapse as a result of that may so attack. and that is very much the case how american made weapons are used elsewhere in the gaza strip. that is a very uncomfortable topic for washington. given that at least 36000 people have

been killed that by israel. and israel has been so far, very, very reluctant to wrap up its military operation in the gaza strip. that's something that hundreds of thousands of people across the world hold upon israel to do so. and so in general, is this the security council meeting only highlights of the how much russia and the west, especially the united states and its allies, are at loggerheads with each other under so much so it has sofa really done nothing to bring peace in ukraine. any closer or retired us or forced lieutenant colonel carton could tell us the told r t. t of how's the history of define western restrictions on the talking russian territory. what concerns me even more is our past experience, the united states is past experience with putting limits on targets that zalinski

and the print and military choose. because we have told them in the past, for drones and for other things, don't strike this, avoid this area, please don't do this with these weapons. and ukrainian authorities, of course, have ignored that completely. so to allow them even more longer range, missiles, more destructive weaponry to go further into russia or other places have a longer range it doesn't with, with no improvement in the behavior of the agreement in the military. in fact, i think there's some disagreement between ukraine and united states because we haven't given them as much as they wanted. so why would we do that? we cannot trust them to obey our limits, which tells me and we know that. so that means those limits are simply a for, for the consumer they are, they are words, they need nothing and we know good and well. but the various weapons,

especially those with longer ranges, will be used wherever the ukrainians decide to use them. and as they become more desperate, those targets will become more i think, in line with what we normally consider to be terrorism. was speaking of the st. petersburg, international, economic for him, president touched upon the legitimacy. nope. they authorities in key. if he stays, there is no room for interpretation when it comes to the ukrainian constitutional restrictions on the presidency, which law them are zalinski has held on to this by his term expiring last month on the display of really look on your sleeves, but almost to yes, there are problems here, of course, because of the current authorities appear to have loss and legitimacy. aiming even a cursory analysis of ukrainian legislation shows that they have lost their legitimacy. there is the 3rd article of the constitution which says that the president is elected for 5 years only. and there is article $8.00 to $3.00 of the constitution of ukraine, which says that under martial law,

the powers of the event coordinator can be extended. but nothing is said about extending the powers of the president. we are ready for negotiations, but only i repeat on the terms that we agreed to when we started these negotiations in minutes and then continued and assembled and not on some made up ideas. but even if we mean to take those agreements in his stumble as a basis, we must still proceed from the realities of today. we seem to forced mobilization in ukraine. of course, the age of mobilization, they will be lowered, we know reliably from ukrainian sources that the americans have set conditions for their continued support by lowering the mobilization age to 25 and 23. then 20 and 18 or perhaps straight down to 18. what is important for us? they are now recruiting around 30 to 50000, the month before last. i think they recruited 70000. so this means that any new recruits will really be feeling that last is this speech by russian president vladimir putin was colossally important at this point. a plenary session of the st . petersburg, international economic for him. he talked

a lot about how the multi polar world has developed over the past several years. the achievements it's made and the plans that the multi polar world has inter, in terms of how to develop further in the future as well. the russian president talked about the extremely significant accomplishments that russians made in the economics fear. over the past several years when so called western experts said that the russian economy was going to collapse. and in this year, the russian present also mentioned that the russian economy has seen economic growth of over 5 percent in the 1st quarter, or of this year's retail complex level that was made over the last year. as you know, russia's g, d, p growth was 3.6 percent. and in the 1st quarter of this year it was 5.4 percent. in other words, our rates exceed the global average. we have set a goal of becoming one of the 4 largest economies in the world, by the way, according to some data, including estimates by the world bank. just last week,

the world bank made additional calculations and put russia in 4th place. we ended up ahead of japan, there was the president of zimbabwe participating at this plenary session as well. and i think one of the main things we have to start with here was one of the initial statements he made in his uh, opening statement. at this plenary session, he called vladimir putin and his brother. i mean, this is a really important thing to understand. that's in bob, wy and russia have some very close relations in terms of their multi polar world as well as the relations that they've had. and then go back to the times of the soviet union really because the soviet union, of course, helped these. and bob, when independents move in during its war for independence and good relations between russians and bob, why go all the way back to the mid 20th century? and this also goes back to the fact that both countries share a tradition of n t imperialism of, uh, cooperation based on when, when cooperation and written mutual respect as well. and this is something

a very important step as in baldwin. president mentioned it. is it good to me and unacceptable? but the correlative worst are going to use this. you hedge ramona tendencies, but blood done, please violate. so when you quality of emissions unit cannot, it is not place in more than a global politics. and then the nice most economic lessons in a situation where some was in the country is try to detect to us who uh, friends, we offer this would be we also never done other things mass ins and bubbling. we go forward, remove all of the legal sanctions that the big our can i make the development of

the gulf because most of the people's and by where it was that the demand that, that loans to be united with the people and the people to be visited with the land, the multi polar world is developing on the basis of mutual respect and when, when cooperation and it will continue to do so in the future. so those, that's basically a run down of the major takeaways of this very, very important plenary session that took place at this years for well 20 of russian officials helping attending the for them, including the countries finance minister. we got a chance to sit down with unconsciously on us, on the sidelines of the event. he explained how russia has been adapting to life under western sanctions and also touched upon the idea of a common currency for the bricks block as well. and here's what we do not expect to see appearance of the bricks, currents and let them. and no one is talking about something we are saying that we need to establish calculations, stable calculations from the outside of the sanctions field. today we're switching

more to the calculations of national current cigna shipments in between the bricks . countries about 80 percent, you know, sort of losing precisely within the framework of national currency. it's wizard. so what we see that on friendly countries are increasingly trying to organize sanctions or pressure on financial institutions, not only on russian ones, but also on other financial institutions that have a short term relationship with our russian bank. i should use a system for transmitting financial messages. therefore this trend will continue ever since we are well aware of this. so what could be the answer should the answer may be very ation of our own to the end of the payment system within the bricks. countries to ensure trade and the money we took, which we all need, it was which dealership. therefore, here we have proposed using a settlement system based on modern digital technologies. as part of our agenda this year, we are talking about the fact that our national banks can simulate special digital financial assets backed by their national currents. and

a certain platform which we propose to create on the basis of the new development bank. and so, just to carry out clearing settlements between our countries and ca, and accordingly deprive all those financial institutions, banks and so on. notion of there are no restrictions. and the new system will enable us to make payments outside the banking system. this one without using banks and without losing financial message, transmission systems swift and so on. that's the meaning of our proposals. as far as this can be done quickly for the consent of all participants is needed, emission has many countries have no problems with calculations today. so once again, we need to show the effectiveness of our proposals and comparison with the current ones. and efficiency is speed a cheaper way or the modern and of course has to independent of any influences from 3rd country, always dealing with russia as steadily winning on the battlefield and has no need to resort to the use or even testing of nuclear weapons. that is, according to president clinton,

throughout the western claims about moscow's elijah's intent to the point nukes are out of touch with reality or so for this. yeah, definitely. so when it comes to nuclear escalation, we never stopped in this rhetoric. we simply said it should be taken more seriously, and they immediately started talking about us brandishing nuclear weapons. if we're not, that's the 1st thing. the secondly on the use and on use of such weapons, new russia has a nuclear dr. in and everything is written. let's see that uses possible in an exceptional case. it comes from like in the event of a threat to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the country. so i do not believe that such a case has arisen from this doctrine is a living instrument. and we are closely watching what is happening in the world and around us and see me and we do not to allow you to making some changes to this document. so this is also related to the new pair with respect to entry to me once not only signed it but also rectified it and you should search and then the americans also signed it, but didn't on tried to find it. so in today's circumstances, we have withdrawn rectification to the state of necessary. we're interested. we

will conduct tennessee maintenance move in for now. there is no such need because we are information capabilities, computers capabilities allow us to keep everything up to date. while you listen to the white house at downing street pretty much were off the western media and you would believe the document food was sitting in the kremlin is profiting and you cannot get in recent weeks, took about these end of the world weapons have really reached a fever pitch, so it is on surprising up. the topic was raised out the suitcases bag for him with the russian needs are for the umpteenth time the states in very class setting the record straight moscow has no intention of deploying it to the weapons. and for critics who might not take him off his watch. okay, well then let's just look at some of the facts. let's take a moment to compare russian on western commitment to nick and have to terrance over the yes yes, rush. it does have the largest new kid also in the wild font in 2002,

washington pulled out of the abm treaty in 2019 washington pulled out just enough traits. a in 2020 washington pulled out of the open skies, treat them in 2023. washington said that it would no longer shot me to the arms data with must go out of town, something new stopped tracy. i'm also hearing now that that a coughing doubts about the future of that adult 2 months as well. and it's washington, which is now saying things like this. we may reach a point in the coming years where an increase from current deployed numbers is required. if that date does come, it will result from a determination that more nuclear weapons are required to deter our adversaries and protect the american people and or allies and partners. we need to persuade our adversaries that managing rivalry for arms control is preferable to unrestrained competition across domains. successive us administration's control on neutral arms control treaties, the us can diversify as we had and potentially boost. it's also on frame it as just

being competitive. but washer was somehow the one who's holding the world to atomic one. so i'm, i'm also, i, i can't help but just remind what we will no one saying there was any one country in all the world and all human history which has actually deployed the atomic bomb . the us in japan, in 1945 twice and with a pool of a 1000000 people launch the civilians. what killed defend a strong signal to the soviet union about american might. so really, any attempts to portray russia as a global risk in this regard should be comical to anyone who knows even a page of history. we do seem to be entering a particular phase in the role in ukraine, ukrainians on tying in the thousands and terraced evidence of that is the cube is naturally driving its mind of the streets to feed the front. but front line is daily moving and russian space on the west is faced with this reality. but it's

money, it's weapons. it's the pool that has one failed just to show and to nestle, the victory that i promise, not just as ukraine and people but its own people, but it functions in the meantime have managed to deteriorate their economy, bring about huge multiply routine data on the rise ation so to distract from this failure, they resort to fame ongoing kind of cool. so like you said, there is no greater fear than the end of the walled assignment, boots and seems to have taken it upon himself to expose this to debunk the narrative that is being spun out. but i think there was definitely a sense that this, this was, was a, with ration of the, of read 9. she said at that session that on you to the doctor. and as if i replayed, no new unless we space and next, essentially. but from unless why shot is on the attack on like control the u. s. which has of spots. so i want to see the reality though, is the russian language come under attack from west and west settings,

both on top of that you have a pay or in the region who is an issue which has engaging in so every dangerous talk about arming up. i'm borrowing nips from america. russia is increasingly militarized into the cleaning grad region. recently it has been relocating its nuclear weapons developers if our allies decide to deploy nuclear weapons as part of nuclear sharing in our territory as well in order to strengthen the security of negatives eastern flank were ready for it. so it's hot who wants to see both days moves as ask a tori and provocative, but that really is the package. all that we have to look at one of this a gates. now there is a, it's a straight touch west, which is using control which is ramping up, right? correct. which is ramping up, the conflicts which is really driving this irresponsible, took about a need to come sit down. we have most good and not in the future. and here's cooling on, come, head to prevail, put in. so just reminding nato and co, the russian, like anyone else does have

a right to defend itself. the question of course, is, what did those increasingly right? just politicians and brussels london on washington will take heed up this morning. the ukraine unmoved, over our perfect candidates for expanding the e u. at least outs according to the european commission, which has stated that the 2 countries are fully ready to start a session talk. that's despite authorities in both nations, having cracked on an opposition parties. i'm the media within their borders of brussels, appears to be turning a blind eye and shows that says you are aware indeed the points on the accession poses, with all the icons with ukraine was today in the agenda of the quarter. we understand that this, this point has now been concluded, and we can do to confirm that on the commission side, we've provided to all the scene or updates to them in the states. and we consider

it as to all the steps have been met by the to the, by the 2 countries were reacting to the commissions extension of a pathway to the block for ukraine. russia has called the approach an example of double standards. i'll go and others point out that some other candidates states have been waiting in line for years, while cube is being pushed to the top of the cube by the blocks and leads. this all comes and middle ongoing elections in the you itself are to contribute original. marston has been gauging the opinions of older the european union parliamentary elections now under way across the 27 nations. lock until sunday are an opportunity for citizens to democratically express. once every 5 years, how they feel about the competence of the current european establishment. so how's that been going lately? this war is we coming russia's economic perspective for decades to come with the russian economies collapse in portion is still getting money,

but he can hardly spend it. and time is not working for russia. it is working against russia. the european parliament will help ukraine in any way possible to advance on all the necessary steps on the 2 repeating pos. okay, so maybe all those anti rushing you sanctions did not bring russia to its knees. it brought some other people to their knees economically though europeans lips. queen ursula vander line. i'm elected european commission president, is living rent free in her office, or a room next to our office. at the commission building, getting free utilities and pocketing 2600 year olds and housing allowance cuz she's living right free. so guess it's kind of tough to relate to the skyrocketing energy prices and inflation slamming the average european vote, or as a result of anti rushing you policy. so it's not exactly a big shock that voters would be gravitating to anti establishment parties right

now, particularly ones on the right way. that also happened to be attacked so publicly and so often and so overly by the establishment. the voters know pretty much for sure that those particular parties probably have the least to do with the current mess. french president, a menu as not home with 70 percent disapproval and german chancellor. all actuals right behind at 69 percent disapproval is just such a mystery to these guys why people would want to take an electoral chance on parties. like, for example, germany's alternative for do it's not that sound like they're talking basic common sense on everything that the establishment has screwed up policy wise from ukraine to energy tv for home for the tours. delivery must be categorically rejected. age the chancellor is responsible for ensuring the gym and he does not become a policy of water. the only reasonable solution is the loan ship node stream to

even if the gas storage facilities are full. this will be enough for about 3 months in the winter. and watts next audiology should give way to real politics. guided by facts, has need those leading power carried out an attack on our country's vital, critical infrastructure in europe being waters. if so, one would have to question whether the alliance is ensuring security in europe, or rather jeopardizing it hearing friends not even depends right wing of populist national riley party is set to take up to 4 times the seats of mac holes of an assault party. not surprising when, if so, says found that 38 percent a french voter see the evil actions as just an opportunity to stick it to mac hall, even though he hasn't even running for any seed himself, nor is le pen. but she must be saying something that seems to resonate with voters, maybe and things like this. oh, shoot, uh host. as for the sanctions against russia,

i'm telling you now and effective to deal. do they ruined parts of our own agricultural sectors and they have no real impact on the russian economy and know the impacts they had were on the french economy? still. france and germany are not the only european countries with anti establishment parties using ukraine as a wedge. issue against their establishment, opponents, hungry sphincter or bond is playing up the need for peace as opposed to continued war and neighboring ukraine to such as if it does party apart from its conservative opponents in what shaping up to be a tight race. then we won't go to war. we won't leave our homes heading east for the 3rd time. we won't go to the russian fronts again. what's been there? we have nothing to do there. so it sounds like the other candidates in these e will actions are adopting a similar playbook. ukraine is the most corrupt country in the world. and suddenly european started giving tens of billions of heroes to such a country. i heard the presidents of lensky as mother in law bought

a villa in egypt for several $1000000.00. and we still wonder where our money is going. if the same of friends are popping up all over europe, it's only because the same issues are being imposed like a strait jacket on the entire block. which is why farmers from france and germany to the netherlands in poland have taken to the streets against the bureaucratically stifling you common agricultural policy. that added the extra burden of privilege of low cost access of ukrainian farming products to the common market, driving down the prices of the products of local european farmers. the then there's a problem in cost of living crisis fuel by the energy crisis that the even posed on itself when biden told it to do something cool to impress its girlfriend zalinski.

so brussels went like okay, yeah, watch this. see how much i love you. and promptly shut off the gas from russia. so how is that new relationship going corporate across the euro area. we're exposed to and continue to face different energy costs. we've consequences for the gross. the energy price shock, which has had europe and economies disproportionately affected vx hold price competitiveness negatively, mainly through high up production costs. got a lot of all the passive language. they're like corporate or magically just exposed to these bad things. and it was the energy price shock that kind of dropped the sky like a meteor, i guess the mysteriously just hit smashed into european national economy. so what do you do? look when you're did, it's cheap russian gas. it gave it a competitive advantage over the us only to end up buying gas from the us. that whatever high price uncle sam feels like charged for it, it's no wonder that things are going to well, who could.