the, the, the headlines right here and i'll see international as russia. i do create exchange, 150 prisoners of war from each side of the newly freed soldiers are now able to go home with the new year's holiday. often the deal was broken by the united arab emirates and this i spoke about the doubles download it's criticism officer landscape, accusing him of making up lies and warning him against making another enemy in europe. also when the program is rails keeping its side songs, syria, society of true, true police still in positions in the south gate and control over government buildings and picking employees out of the various offices. the

will the to know if a lot of tell you about this evening a live of from most go with the full we try to join our correspondent on our top story here. russia and ukraine have now exchanged $150.00 prisoners of war from each side. you understand that a ghost agents were broken by the united arab emirates. so this is all according to the ministry of defense here at moscow. let's get more now from our correspondent romantic cause or of jumping on very quickly for the night is on this breaking news story here. can you take us through the details of my, of the indeed 150 your russians service then have made their way out of the ukrainian prison. their current named bella roost, a 150 military personnel, had been exchange for the same number of ukrainian soldiers, whole prisoners of war in russia. currently, the russians are in the bill or roost. according to the russian defense administrator. i've had a chance to contact their loved ones and according to the defense ministry um they

will be treated for any type of health issues. and once they get to rush out, there will be treated various medical facilities of the russian defense ministry. now rushes human rights solve this woman. the gentleman's credit card was in deliveries and she agreed to to the russian soldiers who were freed up in port thanks to they submitted started. an effort of the united arab emirates say here is that most of you guys. i thank you for your service patients encourage for and during everything we're glad that our ministry of defense has worked hard for you and for russia, our president was very concerned about you. and you are almost home now wishing you all the very best russia is with you. meanwhile, a lot of myra's, the lensky going, that's the $189.00. you create new service, then we're returned to ukraine. now,

that fact, russia does not confirmed and insist that the exchange was 150 for 150 soldiers. now the last major exchange between russia and ukraine took place back in october where a 955 people were changed on each side. and of course, the largest exchange prison exchange took place at the beginning of the year on january 30. first, when a russian ministry of defense and ask the return of 195 russian soldiers now at the beginning of december and gary in 5 minutes search the start, oregon suggested that a christmas exchange of prisoners and she quoted very large numbers of 40 to one of the large scale involving 700 individuals from each side. however, best suggestion by victor, oregon was shut down by ukraine. yeah, that's absolutely right. it was on gary and providence stuff in order, but he proposed as a christmas true. so he said it was set on the 100 troops that were supposed to be

in his exchange, and that landscape outright refused it. so it was, we understand the concept has continued this holiday season, give us. so if you would remind, give us the latest from the frontlines phase, what do you know of the? well, just the latest attack and rushed us here. song very region of was uh uh they uh, was undertaken by ukraine's unmanned aerial vehicles. and they struck the hospital, which was not the 1st time. and as a result, one medic was killed. now, according to the local governor, all fisher sewn region, ukrainian fed targeted adults are there for the 2nd time, but they struck his deputy as they are not here in the net scared region. well, air defenses are working vaguely and a human care civilian casualties are also announced vaguely just on sunday. at least 5 civilians were wounded in the nearby town all far more left.

which is also be struck by the tree in the drones and heavy artillery on uh, on a daily basis. uh meanwhile, uh well, most co stressed uh that's uh, it would never agreed to any kind of, uh, uh, well, the, the emission ukraine at the moment then it will only settled, settled on that terms, which you must go ahead already and now says several times what to do now is by 40 minutes the lamp golf, the president, proves in, and other officials as well. now, speaking of russian, russian foreign minister, surrogate, love, ralph, she stress that's a rush of will not make any concessions on ukraine. joining nato most go would not agree to mere postponements of

a session of ukraine to, to nato. have apparently, the idea was proposed by advisors to the incoming us president donald trump. for, according to sergey allowed rule for the conflicts, quote mazda settled through legally binding agreements that eliminates a, the root causes of the ongoing conflicts according to, for the alive. all right, for me on. thank you of the. so did you hear that a slip out here has doubled down on his criticism of your cranes that lensky accusing him of lying to the public about it. i suppose it's the 2nd front against his country from the e. u side. ukrainian president zelinski recently presented an absurd proposal during the december european council meeting to purchase slovakia is consent to nato membership, not with ukraine's own resources. as such. consent is not for sale,

but with assets seized from russia. now he threatens slovakia with the european union of which ukraine is not yet a member. such approaches could quickly back fire on ukraine itself. the government of the slovak republic has a duty to defend primarily the strategic interest of our country, our citizens, and the european union. it will act accordingly, regardless of whether the ukrainian side approves or not. we'll talk to europe is blaming pro 10, but the truth is savanski is the one who refused to pro long disagreement with russia for supplies, with natural gas to trends that you create a new and territory to the e. u. so that is prime minister who even visited moscow to discuss the issue directly with permanent. he wrote an open letter criticising, not only is the landscape but also the use quote. tacit acceptance of t have catastrophic economic policy, unilateral suspension of the gas transit via ukraine to slovakia,

will cost europe and citizens, businesses and infrastructure tens of billions of euro's each year. and ukraine almost 800000000 euros. the losses for russia will amount to only about 2000000000 euros. that's just 3 percent of all the losses cost to the use. 27 member states in russia will easily place that small amount of gas on other markets. so the amount of loss is for russia may be close to 0. the tacit acceptance of the unilateral decision by the ukranian president is absolutely irrational and wrong. it will lead to tensions and reciprocal measures. for this reason, i ask you, not only on behalf of the slovak republic, but above all, on behalf of the entire european union to pay due attention to this unprecedented situation and attach urgent importance to it. so while fits so did by god re sent a quick trip to moscow looking to resolve the matter with president putin. kee, of pledge to bar any russian gas from transiting through its territory. starting on

the day of the new year, back at home, the old e you said about it was they blamed the proof and they say proof and is the one and cutting off the gas, but faithfully at least a couple of people have their head screwed on straight and according a spade, a spade. zalinski could not have received a more proper slap for his arrogance. prime minister, robert fitz, so showed the whole world, but no one will mount the floor. with slovakia we refused to be vassals of the west . we refused to jump when brussels whistles, we refuse hatred towards the russians. we refuse war. and robert fitz so showed the whole world that slovakia is a self confident and wise nation that is not afraid to go its own way. now this issue obviously, arising into europe is in the midst of its peak energy develop season. it's looking for gas to heat all the homes up and down the continent and the flow, 5 prime minister said he will cut off for the tricity supplies to ukraine. if key

of follows through, one is a threat to a stop, the transit of russian gas was out of my food and has weighed in on the man who has to drive things around skis. plaid will see others fail while russia survived. send tribes, a sofa and a be a crew of ukraine has cut off our guest supplies to europe and consumer city. on the one hand, it picks from their hands because only with the support of the west, including from europe, can it exist? not only to fight but to exist, and at the same time, it creates problems for them. by cutting off the supply of our relatively cheap and gas to euro, there would be no such contract to, to got everything is already clear. so well then, all right, we will survive and guess problem with somebody to discuss the problem with it, but we were talking out there with the markovich, so historian and published based in vienna. now he said, you cries, plans do not have the long game in my this policies will have consequences. not just for europe. they're also going to boom. all right, then smart kia as well. so we have do some aggressive american and

european union foreign policy against russia. it seems to be the next objective off through europe in union and system play till its own industry. we are ending the rest, some guest supply to europe. and you could only explain this either with unimaginable stupidity on the one hand or, and i think this is the real explanation we're from global is through us foreign policy or meddling in europe in order to decouple further europe from russia. so it will be a very interesting stand off in the long run. because of course, also ukraine has lots to loosen this gamble and stuff for the european union and america since um were for, for the delay of european energy exports to ukraine. of course, ukrainian, um, energy industry could collapse and this which i've also a grave consequences for ukrainian military on the grounds to

syria. now here on the program where it's riley ministry, boots are on the ground, proportionally storming southern settlements surrounding government buildings and even expanding employees from the various offices. and all of this, of course, on the hills. i'll be as ready, troop advanced into the wall. it's own nation in recent weeks where the idea of just barreled pasto un designated by his own as is limited to most and aries over through the assad government in damascus. well, that's a prize. top is rarely officials have been calling for the id. i have to go all the way to damascus. however, hi tony, at all. sean, which of course has seized control, has now get this cold on the global community to access against the is railey occupation. and meanwhile, all of us out in the cranes foreign minister made a sudden dash straight to damascus to meet the leader of the ships militants. of course, that's the main group behind the top, putting off the assad government. a report said that ukraine provided training for

terrorist both the a lead and the last o as well as equipment, including kind of causing drones to count to russian troops in that country. if i, the key of post said earlier, the estimates groups involved in raising the times may have wellbeing prepared by ukraine's military intelligence service, which allegedly send his operatives to provide what they called, quote operational training to the minute. ukraine's kemp group was credited with the attack on a russian military base on the south eastern outskirts of a level on september 15th in which russian attack, drones and camouflaged improvised explosive devices were destroyed. according to a military intelligence source. the training team focused on tactics developed during the war and ukraine, including on the use of drones, other in the program are speaking with john. let's talk about like highlight about all of this. and she had some pretty strong words to say, she says that basically we watching a historical repeat with washington leading its regional poems to essentially wipe

out any one that gets in its way. so basically the uniting and joining efforts in or the district. and this is not for you in history and just as it happened, there was a cup of tea and that's happened with us of the office. and i just remember it happened also enough to understand in the seventy's and then every 8 to and here's the soviet union. and those very same was, and you know, she had this came back to the countries and establish the new phonetic trends that i've been, that have political stuff that you know, them know, as i says, i'm the defend other names they have. so basically, the interest of the united states, i guess that's, i guess the, the core that is coming into words. uh that's, that's as, as i'm saying, and the word led by it s a and it's the, it's that i live with a china on base. they want to sit us in that and of course,

given that this pop in and see has taken over the poet, then they would want to love their cd and the show and the expose to this bottom extension the locations and see and see the ukraine is known, we have the proof as evidence, we've documented it is known to have supported various minutes in groups in syria, and molly providing training and the equipment to you. but you kind of thinking that they're gonna expand on this kind of work. big time, if they're not stocked, they're going to sign and he is going to be working for the americans as the and you know, i do click out for the americans without having the americans inform themselves how this new state is that. and then he is being, you know, um, well, the nice and it seems that the c, i a say, here's the thing and see the next thing. and you're saying because he's not getting

the best suit as a lensky. but anyway, the thing is, yes, this, a lot of that is being formulated between the puppets of america is embodied by this visit to demo. cuz now is going to try to expand both parties items to take part in the training, and then comparing other. she had to use or did they bid is or what a business or different countries i don't know that agent because of the american interest, that is the 2nd thing in this moment. what are the fact the western powers to want to get rid of the russian influence in syria and the u. foreign policy chiefs, as the issue will be discussed with a serious new reform lead as soon as possible. but that is as russian intelligent solely revealed america, not in british special services, apparently prepping militants to carry out attacks on russian military bases. there . let's come to some of the west of eyes open at warning. any further instability

in syria will only create problems for you're still irish declines if this is the same strategy as in libya, afghanistan and iraq. and they want regime change because a ruler strategically does not do what the united states nights. that's why they organize it. but all about there's usually even little chaos, and that was the case with good asking. and so was with saddam hussein, a lot suffering happens just because failed states arise. and of course, i wonder why the europeans don't act at all because was very close to it. this will cause father refugee flight research, as the guy was talking about it to a job and follow them and that bus stuff on quite a. now he said, america or a secret, a cut off the russian influence in the middle east and in africa, even though if i could end up being humble for washington's allies and you're, or is the countries don't do what sir, other nations like the us, for example, i want them to do that will be the plan over reading change. we have seen this in syria,

and so it's also geo political interest. so think about it states to cut off russia from the, you know, for supply based to see syria. so it's also a mess all africa, s or no rush a, it's a some find the forces in africa via syria. so that's probably your best interest of united states cutting off the russians from this supply chain from these possibilities, as we've seen in the past, the united states, we focused on the on geopolitically political aims and then not really types of channels. they allow us of the apartments at all. this happened in afghanistan. we've seen that when the united states decided to step are also ask and asylum. they negotiate, it was a totally bounce, and they didn't include their pod, i'll say, just informed them about the effects. but it's a very tricky situation still during the war in afghanistan, they informed the tele bomb as a trust building mission of both the positions about the military strength. so this

is not how we are treat most we as part of the united states have to, to keep crime in uh, in focus on geo political age. and so i think we are too much depending on the united states right now to guys and now where you wouldn't be surprised to hear the is really made a treat. who's talking to another hospital in the heart of the enclave. the strike left 7 civilians died. with many more wounded, confirmed by local officials now is ready for it. is blame us for allegedly using the medical facility as a hide out all taking involved with the highlight the is there any many trees a so called achievement? several looked at this a yeah. right. the so upon striking a boss because they failed with the destruction of entire residential blocks and northern gaza, you imagine over 18 percent of the infrastructure in gauze, or is either damaged or destroyed, or palestinians is

a day to day struggle for survival being. so i'm an infant girl has died all type of me as a family was forced to live outside in the freezing winter temperatures. i should warn you just, i think images are about to come your way. a cell. i was 3 weeks old when her life was cut social. i finally simply couldn't keep that 10 woman off which turned out to be tragic for the newborn time of the cold mountain. the moment on the morning of this discovery, triple silver in the morning. i got up and asked my husband to light the fire and prepare milk for my baby because she hadn't breasted for me for awhile. her father carried her and asked me why she looked strange. i saw that she had turned blue and a sick. her body was very cold over like a block of ice. her face was filled with blood from the effects of the cold. her father took her to the british hospital. the doctor asked what was wrong with her, and we told him she was fine until we found her like this in the morning and the doctor examined her and told us that her heart had stopped. i need clothes for my children to keep them warm. their clothes are very light,

and i don't have money to buy them winter clothes. i also can't afford blankets to keep my family warm from the cold. and i want to live as i used to with safety and peace of mind. i want to be able to buy whatever my children need to make their lives better and make up for the difficult days they've endured. i want us to sleep safely and securely. and then all the victim of a cold weather and gauze arrive, having not even seen a month of life. i didn't finish twin brother was that brought the hospital and put in an intensive cause. the father spoke about how he found his son. i don't know if i'm the throne, so my baby died from the freezing weather. my other son is in the hospital. i have nothing to warm the model. they were frozen from the cold and they survived the war . but one of them died from the cold due to the freezing weather, and i had to rush my children to clinics in the unit or w, a agency where they gave me equipment designed for one child to keep both of my sons warm. and they told me to use it for only an hour and a half. how is that possible? the horrendous truth is in the past 5 past week. i should say at least 5 babies and

cause i have i succumb to hypothermia. this whole situation is on top of the cycle of civilian killings that continues with children pay the ultimate price according to own right. at least one child is killed every hour in gaza. so just briefly, just for a moment, we'll take a look back at the victims in the region since it's called it kicked off october the 7th of last year, because here are the numbers for you. according to unicef, i made the war on gaza over 14000 kids have been killed. that's in addition to the thousands of wounded by his ready, bombardments and beyond that many still missing, not found, and perhaps stuck among the debris of the enclave. the following doctor's eyes, the death that we're all witnessing is not an accident. he says this is a direct result of the war on god. and i knew couldn't. we weren't at the beginning of the winter season that the cold would not be easy on those living intents, especially given the catastrophic conditions in gaza, which is under an extremely har cj, as we expected. patients began arriving at pediatric wards with hypothermia.

currently, there had been about 5 deaths due to hypothermia. the reason all these cases involved in since who came from tens these tents are completely inadequate. the cold inside them is extreme. the situation is tragic. the wind blows into the tents with full force. unfortunately, the blockade prevents the entry of all types of fuel. there's no diesel, no electricity, no gasoline, not even enough gas for heating. this leads to extreme cold inside the tents. even if families attempt to light fires, there is no coal or wood available. if they do manage the smoke poses a severe respiratory hazard for the infant, not to mention the danger of fire spreading in the tensile. how early from us or i live to new york, we go the un security council holding it's a final session of the year, the focus tensions in the red sea. and right there was the russian and bassett of assuming that ben z a, that's a bonus, strikes on santa and germany ritzy ports on the 24th of december. the following was subject to targeted attacks, oil terminals, power stations, and sun,

an international airport with a high level w h o. delegation was present at the time led by w h o d g. that's a group, braces. it's a miracle that he came out us get, i'm unscathed. as, according to his own witness account facilities, just a few meters away were destroyed due to the strike on the airport and minimum 2 people died. one member of the crew transpose into delegation was injured. and by the way, the delegation was incentive to negotiate on the humanitarian situation in human, including the issue of the release of the detained you and personnel. in other words, the us, any u. k. what hypocritically calling for everything to be done for this personnel to be released. but then they put the lives of those you in negotiating who were trying to negotiate this release at risk with calling everyone to listen to the s cheese statement. he said the tx on signed and read see ports endangered submitted,

turn operations in a serious way at a time when millions of people in yemen need this military assistance. it's difficult to characterize is rose and the anglo saxon coalitions actions is anything but a deliberate escalation which resulted in casualties amongst civilians in human it's irrelevant with these attacks. whitley retaliatory, the scope of destruction is consummate in increments or it by the way, some of the logic can be seen in the context of is rose milledgeville operation in the gaza strip. where as a result of idea of actions over 45000 people have died civilians, 45000 civilians is rarely military leadership has openly stated. it's intention to continue this operation in human aiming to paralyze the activity of the 3 a full mentioned ports which remains the most important artery for the delivery of humanitarian consignments to the country. the ports of with many committed framework has a active colon. all parties involved in aggressive action being taken against human to exercise restraint, and to avoid

a skilled reaction. we must also take steps to protect ordinary human. these edge monitoring would cause a man and president january mux one yet since the start of illegitimate military actions on the part of western countries lived by the us and the u. k. against the territory of the southern human. this self proclaimed coalition cynically titled the prosperity guardian, isn't solving any problems. it's actually making them worse. sewing more and more destruction in this country is it's done in many countries before just last friday, the us and etc. lots, again, which mess of the techs on long suffering. human. we call in security council members, not to be misled. these attacks have nothing to do with the exercise of the rights to self defense. plus you want to i to go $51.00 of the you and shot to they cannot be justified by international law. no us cree council resolution 2722. the actions

of the so called coalition or flagrant violation of article 2 of the chart to the nothing but get another military aggression being waged by the collective west against the sovereign state. the latest in the long list of such attacks. this attack not only does nothing to ease tensions surrounding human, including, to more than the red sea, it's actually sparing for the escalation on top of impeding progress on entry yet many settlement. you many problems should be results solely 3 diplomatic methods. we've been trying to convey that this very simple idea to a colleagues on the council. unfortunately, some of them continue to pretend that they haven't heard what we've been saying. but in president the situation in yemen is tending to the escalate, which ultimately can do all of the hard one progress on the settlement issues.

the key to result in contradictions within human and surrounding human lives in promoting the process of into you have any settlement as this as a 1st step, we must last implementation of the roadmap as soon as possible. the road map, which was almost agreed with the participation of the un every regional state. so we were still actually convinced that progress on the political track and human will foster a reduction and ultimately a station of military activities on the part of the law. on this note, we call the human 60 general special invoice on human has gone back to accelerate the necessary steps and to finalize the necessary arrangements, we see no ground for linking the human a settlement process with regional processes. no, we see. no. do you see any reason for the many people to wait for comprehensive piece in the greater middle east to have to wait before they begin to improve the situation in their own country? there is no alternative to inclusive to an inclusive political process with your

regard for legitimate interest of all leading the many political forces and a direct dialogue with the involvement of all protectiveness including on. so let me repeat what i said earlier to achieve sustainable regional solutions. and to avoid a repeat of flareups of violence, we mustn't lose sight of a key factor for the stabilization of regional scale. a swift cessation of hostilities and gaza and to search for solutions for the long term settlement of issues in lebanon and syria. on the whole, today, more than ever, we need to repeat dialogue mechanisms which can foster healthier relations between countries in the region further statement and which shouldn't, at the same time, ignore the basic issue, which is destabilizing being time at least 3. an issue to think of the, to the non implementation of security council in general assembly decisions regarding establishment of a palestinian state. when this happens, a sustainable solution will be found to marry at conflict situations,

including ensuring the safety of navigation in the red sea region, which is something the russian federation is actively seeking. by way of conclusion, madam president, we'd like to note the contribution of the outgoing elected members of the security council to the work of the council. and we wish all the very best for the incoming elected members. i think, you know, i live it from of the you and the security council in new york, that was the russian. you and a positive attitude and events here. the whole topic of the final summit there at the conference now he's got have pensions in the red sea. we're setting events here that with the stipends going up online right now with all t dot com the meantime, your program or tons, that some of the ally the .