blood and bones that canyon nation has not recovered from on sale. now, the united states does not need any competitor in any area, starting with energy, where they give the go ahead to carry out the terrorist activities to destroy the basis of the energy wellbeing of the european union. breaking news here on our t rush says tops diplomat lashes out at the us for using terror tactics or political gain. the points to sabotage of the north to pipeline in 2022 and the tax on the truck stream pipeline, which occurred last weekend. the cliff comes as ukraine cuts the russian gas transit to the u, putting further strain on the blocks economy. we speak to the head of a slovak parliamentary delegation in moscow looking for solutions to the energy prices total due to perhaps no one would want to accept that kind of ukraine into

the you, if the you survives at all, because the decisions that are made there are contrary to the interest of the e u. member states. as well as right wing security minister threatens to put the netanyahu's cabinet over a long awaited yet never achieved hosted steel with a moss that's brewing the calls on the finance minister to join him and possibly bring down to the governments. the rachel ruble live in the russian capital. you are watching r t international. russia is top diplomat circuit live rob has slammed the us during his annual press conference for using what he calls terror tactics to achieve political gain. a good evening, as opposed to the united states does not need any competitor in any areas, starting with energy, where they give the go ahead to carry out terrorist activities to destroy the basis of the energy wellbeing of the european union. they now incite the ukrainian

clients to take out the tuck stream gas pipeline, just like node straightened much. and there are lots of sanctions implemented against china, even against its allies, without blinking of sanctions are imposed as soon as there is the slightest fear that they will produce something cheaper somewhere and will promote it more effectively to international markets than american manufacturers do. let me so they can cross live now to are to play the close. corresponding geography is cannot viagra. take us through the form minister's comments about the attacks on target stream. first of all, the 1st of all, since the stop of transit of russian gas through ukrainian territory caused by t of starting from january 1st, the 3rd stream has become the most important route for the supplies of russian energy, central europe, fans, according to the russian defense ministry on the 11th of january, you brain used 9 aircraft site, us these to attack

a compressor station which funds gas into the pipeline in trust of the region in russia. thankfully for uh you were being consumers. the damage wasn't critical. and so this compressor station continue supplying gas into the pipeline for a minute. it's a lateral says that it's now become a tradition for outgoing democratic administrations to try to make life as difficult as possible for the coming democratic republican rather administration. the same, he says, happened with obama right before he left the expelled dozens of russian diplomats and the rest of the russian diplomatic property, creating a huge diplomatic roll where the russian of which to donald from coming in the 1st time ended up inheriting collaborative says that the same is now with this attack on search stream because the of doesn't do anything without the approval of washington. and the foreign minister says that even serbia is under

a lot of pressure. now it's uh, being pressured by washington to pay oh, its activities with the russian energy companies for it to join with the interesting sanctions and serbia and russia. i key allies. so this is quite a difficult position being created for serbia. and again, for donald swans coming in now, who's going to have to try to will resolve it then the ford minister says that all of this just shows how the currents remaining or leading us administration. just keep saying, good morning. the voice of the american people which shows and showed in that the election that there you don't agree with the current policies yet they still continue with them. younger. what's been the reaction of, from turkey, you know, surprisingly, but there hasn't been any song reaction coming out of turkey, which terence be said about hungry, which is one of the key

a consumers of russian gas west listed in the church stream pipeline is indispensable in the natural gas supply and hungry, and central europe, security of energy supply as a sovereignty matter. therefore, every action that threatens the security of our energy supply must be considered an attack against sovereignty. the 140 minutes earlier said to that, so this attack on search stream doesn't only threaten hungary, energy security, but the entire energy security of the european union. were there any signs that the turkish pipeline would be targeted? why would kia have decided to attack the term stream? like i said, the starting from january 1st, the contract between russia and ukraine on the transit of russian gas to central europe. it expired. he decided not to prolong it, not to sign

a new one effectively making this the 3rd stream pipeline. the main route for russian energy supplies to central europe is not only hungry which is being effected. slovakia is also one of those countries. it's also one of the main consumers. in fact, the slot our prime minister even has called on vladimir zelinski to meet to discuss this false installation and try to understand, do you have stance on this box? it gives us that your decision to stop the transitive gas through ukraine. just the lock you and so i the recipients is causing significant harm to ukraine itself. this the voc. yeah. and in particular to the european union, it provokes a variety of reactions which is not conducive to all of them by electro. all moved to actual relations as the highest representative from the slow book executive allow me to invite you to negotiation towards the earliest possible opportunity, understanding the demands of your agenda. so yeager,

what has key i've had to say. latimer zaleski replied in his own sort of a matter of saying that while if you want to talk to you and we'll talk. but apparently slavic authorities are really keen on visiting your brain right now, especially in this context. instead, a delegation from slovakia isn't washer right now and guess what they're discussing? of course energy is among the key issues. all right, are to political correspond, the aggregates cannot vigor. thank you. i'm a law. a slovak parliamentary delegation is in moscow for energy cooperation, talks as eager just told us, the officials are looking for means to use the crisis provided by ukraine's decision to cut the transitive russian gas and through its territory. well that's comes as it tensions between the leaders of ukraine. in slovakia, reach of boiling point, 5 minister robert pizza, a published an open letter offering to organize energy talks with bottom or

zalinski on the border of the 2 states. but it's not as reasoning seems to have fallen on deaf ears that with the training later responding in a mocking tone on social media, we spoke to the head of the slovak delegation to moscow, who said, can slightest move, will backfire the this decision is made at the level of precedence of lensky and is also not in the interest of ukraine. ukraine is losing a 1000000000 euros because of this problem because of transit fees to. we see this as a purely political decision that will not harm the russian federation, but will harm e u. member states and their economies. the e. u has adopted several packages of sanctions and they have affected our standard of living. not the standard of living of people in russia, and we would like this to stop. there are also voices in other member states that these senseless sanctions are damaging our economies. a cubic meter of gas and the e. u is 4 times more expensive than, for example, in the us. this is not a normal situation. prime minister fits so, send

a letter to the lensky inviting him to further negotiations, and in response, he received some words that were quite offensive. i don't think that was worthy of a president of any country, but he certainly has no place in modern europe in the modern world. perhaps no one would want to accept that kind of ukraine into the you, if the you survives at all, because the decisions that are made there are contrary to the interest of the e. u. member states and other delegation member andre don co offered as his take on the real powers guiding zalinski is decisions. i mean, the only the image that we know very well that's the lensky is not a legitimate president. secondly, we know that so lensky fulfills other people's tasks and demands. and what is happening in ukraine is only a tool to achieve the goal. i consider zalinski to be a player who plays as role, not for the benefit of ukraine, but for the benefit of the west. and the decision that our gas was stopped only helps the west to warn. unfortunately, some politicians do not realize that this conflict is beneficial to the west,

so that they are in money so that they maintain their standard of living. so some states are making money. and today we're buying expensive energy, but we will not be able to do it in definitely, i do not believe in the justice of brussels in relation to our republic. the problem is that brussels makes decisions. it is not competent to make. and unfortunately, many officials and brussels are out of touch with reality. and we see this in the decisions on the green deal on l. g b, t issues and many other issues. i don't believe that brussels will decide anything about this because both brussels, the germans and the french like that was slovakia will pay dearly for energy. so brussels has double standards in many ways, and therefore i do not believe that brussels will be able to solve our problem will turning the gaza. now, where is really forces continue to conduct the relentless strikes on the enclave. despite reports that a ceasefire deal is very close, even according to the outgoing us president.

the one is really our strike has destroyed a glass of factory near all my guys, the refugee camp in central gaza and the on place besieged capital city has also come under heavy id of fire that killed at least 6 residents and wound a dozens more according to local officials, social media footage capture and civil defense teams scrambling to find survivors in the rubble of residential buildings with children that said to be among the victims. at least 24 palestinians have a portal they've been killed across gaza on tuesday. meanwhile, is really security minister ben, cuz they are, has threatened to resign from the netanyahu cabinet over a hostage deal being brokers. he's called out the finance minister to follow his lead and honor the is riley soldiers that have died of

a cool on my friend finance minister base, a little slow trades to join me in full cooperation against the terrible deal that is being formulated together, informed the prime minister clearly and family, that if the deal goes through, we will resign from the government. i emphasize even if we are in opposition, we will not bring down nothing. yahoo! but this move is our only chance to prevent its implementation. and in fact, to prevent the surrender of the state of israel to her mouth, and to ensure that the deaths of hundreds of idea of soldiers will not be in vain. ortiz middle east bureau chief maria from ocean, and joins me now to discuss this further. uh, maria, why are we hearing such heated sentiments from israel? is national security minister, a head of a possible hostage deal, a hi rachel, i have to say that there reaction to this much anticipated del one that could bring cost to his home. and also maybe even help, and the guys a conflict,

devastating war there which has already claimed over 46000 lives, including more than 14000 children, is makes an yes, some already criticizing it, even before it's officially announced. and ben bureau is among them. he condemned to do for including the release of kelly sting in prisoners in exchange for is really hostages. he believes all of them these probably student inmates or a terrorist. he also criticizes the return of gals on studios and gaza and israel's full withdrawal. he, i'll do is that just really soldiers, das, in vain as the do unto mine's military achievements, an as an extreme right national security minister with a strong and t policy and stands there has consistently favor the military pressure on have massive and more military pressure on how much that we've seen in the last 15 months over talks and has supported receptive garza withdrew settlers simply put

he wants the war to continue north. and so it's not surprising to hear such statements from him finance when a small church, homebound viewer has invited to leave the call issue, as also earlier called the deal, a catastrophe for his real security. arguing that it represents a surrender to have months. however, it's a likely he will join clear how leaving the call lucian, as they are, relationship has been tons with some places, could be, are voted against a budget planned small fridge pushed forward. but even a bose part is leave the call lucian. actually, it will not be a threat to, to venture many to yahoo as authorization leader is la pete and guns already said they will replace viewed and smokers. so it's not a threat to the deal. so there is another same 0 here on there as far as to end, or by claiming to have somebody charged a host of ceasefire do. over the past year or the prime minister's office denied

this hostage families were furious, accusing him of europe or dies in their loved ones lives. if 8 for not for him, i would loved ones would be alive today, said those who lost relatives in captivity. and let's take a moment to remember the floorings really hostages were released onto the private agreement. we've come up last full and in november, $105.00 civilian hostages were freed viewer, and a brief truce. the result of the only deal struck between israel and her mazda, and it seems that it's been a frustrating statement have made hostages, have been rescued a live by the idea for the 40 barges had been recovered, including 3 mistakenly killed flies, really forces during this case of time and currently 98 hostages remain in garzo with at least 34 confirmed dads. and this leaves $64.00 at the keys, potentially alive and waiting to be rescued on the deal. any deal is actually their

only chance to return home. so maria, what are the families of the hostages that insane about these developments as well? we expect them to be happy, but not all of them all actually supporting the deal 1st, they have been waiting for so long and they are frustrated. and now the deals release plan is very slow faced over at least 2 months during the initial stage that will last $42.00 days. a mazda is supposed to freak sachi, 3 women children, an elderly, categorized as humanly tearing cases while the rest will follow in the next phase. and many families fear that those in later stagers may never return. if they do fails apart and that may happen, and they are pushing for all hostages to be released at ones on one boss as they

say, claimant. every one is a humanitarian case. though we understand that that seems unlikely at overall there was a lot of frustration with families feeling kept in the dark about the key details of the equipment. let's take a listen to this fathers of the families feeling that on ease and not understanding exactly what's going on. we're not getting any guidance yet from the government of as well. understanding if it is a deal for all the hostages. was it just a partial deal that there is no confidence that this deal that is starting today with a number of passages will actually continue to a deal that will have a 2nd stage last stage or another. frustration is that the deal is not yet. there are these really public has heard these promises for months and only to c h a time

fail. washington has pointed to have miles and often israel as well for north to queen to the terms. and now these hopeful reports emerged exactly on the day of president biden's stairwell speech, where he said the deal was on the verge of happening. and could these just be wishful thinking from a leader evolved to leave office at his administration? let's take a listen. and the war retreat is running on us in the brink proposal laid out in detail, months ago. finally coming to fruition. i spoke to prime minister treasure yesterday. i spoke to a mirror cutter. today. i look forward to speaking with presidency soon. press the hart closes. i haven't stood at this podium and said anything particularly optimistic about a hostage deal with quite some time. and that's because we haven't been in the position that i find, i think we are in today. why is that? it's because of the gaps of fundamentally narrow down the key issues as well. also

both sides crumbled, to finalize, the do before january 20 of to president elect donald trump war and but if there was no do before he's integration, all hell will break out in the middle is that if the deal does materialize this time, it's these words x y trunk rather than the plight of the hostages. that will have driven it. mistaken this in those us, which is our back, i don't want to hook indigo, she ation. and then i back by the time i get into office, all hell will break out in the middle east and it will not be good for a mouse and it will not be good frankly, for anyone all hell will break out. i don't have to say anymore, but that's what it is. and they should have given them back along that they should have never taken on another critical point is the israel, according to they still plans to set up a buffer. so no low, nice border with guys are with idea forces stationed there. so we are looking at

the much stronger is really presence around the gas a stream even with the deal in place. also, there is one major question, will the deal, and the war actually have mass wants to stay in power, but israel says they will not stop the war until the mazda is completely dismantled and how they bridge that gap is still a mystery. meanwhile, a growing number of is really sold or is a breaking the silence on the 16 months conflict and guys are some, are refusing to, sir, are saying they witnessed or took part in actions that crossed ethic a lines. let's hear from them. when you're burning down the house, when you're doing something very severe for absolutely no real. the reason then that's the time when i have to say, i'm not willing to participate. soldiers who served during this war, signed a letter saying we're, we're not gonna,

we're not gonna play along with the same anymore. enough is enough enough? enough manipulation, political manipulation of this war, we're not going to be bonds in your war anymore and we're raising our voice again, it seems this long a way to break through dell. if it happens, comes to wait for many, the damage is already done. many hostages have died on over 46000 gallons, including thousands of children have lost their lives. there was so much frustration that leads to the question, could this have happened soon and why it didn't happen before back to you? all right, are these middle east bureau chief maria from ocean? i'm maria. thank you. american historian and covert action magazine editor, jeremy cruz. moran says the us media is now scrambling to realign with the reality on the ground in gaza. well, there has been a ship, a general shift in reporting. i mean, these railways have gone so far and their conduct is so brutal that the mainstream

media, which for years i think really suppressed the truth about the brutal is really occupation of guys on the west bank. had to report a, you know, certain facts that were coming to lights, and that's led to major shifting public opinion against these railways. so in a way they have to respond to do to sustain any kind of credibility among the populace. the media, a lot of them are pro democratic party, so may be pro republicans, but they lost a ton of credibility among the public. so, so to maintain a viable business entity where people watch them that have to report some of the truth that people know that the reality of the atrocities you know and cannot be ignored. and i need to also, i think we live now in the age of social media. so so much is report and a lot of young people, you know, get their news off social media. so they, they saw what's going on for a long time. and again, for the media, you know,

they are businesses, they're trying to attract viewers, and to track young people who know what's going on and they seize on social media. if they see something completely opposite on cnn or fox dealt they'll, they'll never watch it. several russian regions had been attacked by ukrainian drones today. moscow says more than 50 you avi's were down to buy air defenses of some of the strikes did manage to inflect damage to industrial facilities were impacted in the start of regions breaking a fire. one of the sides in cars on a gas tank ignited after a mass you a, the attack on the cities suburbs and in the tool or region, a drone exploded right above a civilian building, shattering windows and damaging cars. outsides, no casualties have been reported. and in the years level region cab reporter, they tried to poison russian defense industry workers. the attempt has been sorted

by the f as b, which is called at the latest terror plot to kill russians with toxins are tease ran a customer of a has the details. you can beat them on the front line with special weapons pores and that that seems to be t as latest demo. as more and more cases, a merge of individuals being recruited to eliminate ukraine's enemies with toxic chemicals and the double tear of civilian software along the way. as we're about to hear the lessons that also to it's a service is wasted, only provides a terrorist attack here and you can see the what the perpetrators are us. i see applied support dangerous chemicals into the air ducts of cars used by the employees of a defense industry company. he confess, you come here in december 2024, the representative of ukraine, kentucky to me on telegram. he proposed icon made an act of terror. he proposed

using a poison, and i agreed on the 8th of january 2025. you send me that location where the packages, hayden, i, when that collected the data. and on my way back, i was detained by law enforcement agents. the before this was the 10th of last pause and they opened military pilots at the arm of your academy in the cross with our region. the suspect to has since confessed and is currently on trial, admitted that he was recruited by ukraine special services. he was passed with sending a legal gift to a group of pilots gather towards the 20th anniversary class reunion. who could have thought that based on assuming 33 year old man was planning a terrorist attack. but here he is buying supplies at a local shop in the country. he called home since 2015. and the gift doesn't just include bottles of whiskey, but also a cake. all of it and fused with its hawk 6 substance send for me. one of the

pilots notice stuff the take had them with this little smell and reported it to is superior to call and size of the f as b and, and investigation big get this aspect was detained at an airport in the stop a pull region while trying to free russia, thinking about the job was done, he plans to travel to egypt with his family, where he would presumably cash the 500000 roubles and crypto currency promised to him by ukraine security services. the a separate incidents involved and the time it's a pause in humanitarian goods in st. petersburg. this time for russians were recruited to contaminate products being sent to soldiers on the front line of a special military operation. here's one of them discussing the plans with his handler from the s b you people and some of it is the book. this thing is i

understand will be sent to the military not only to them to pregnant women. also, i avoid all i see. so to civilians, of course, our target audience is the people who are there. well yes, the to the military. oh well yes, i can tell you from experience that it gets stolen. you're asking the question and i want to give a sincere answer. all those involved will be punished, so to say what it took some time for the men to gain t of straws as far as their assignments were simple, to take photos and videos of transport, facilities of fuel and energy complex, as well as defense industries. sites located in st. petersburg and its surroundings . so many knew all along that the ultimate goal was to prepare a terrorist as and found strikes. and once they gain their trust, they were instructed to rent a garage and turn that into a lab. after which there was such a highly toxic substance through intermediaries. yes,

the school always in the mission to get a gps chaka and chemical poisonous substances. the chemical poisonous substances were designated for russian service men and civilians. to yes, it came to my home with the package as it turned out, filled with boys and 2 boys in russian citizens and serviceman just logistics school. throughout logistics company, i received a pack with chemical poisoned the substances which i boss to send to the domestic people's republic to poison boston soldiers and the general population. and if there were any doubts that the key it was, the law has a complete disregard for civilians. listen to this conversation between one of the suspects and his ukrainian handlers setup after the suspects for a court to go to the gold. and you talked about a middle, is it from you or from zelinski to cool. it's from the main directory of intelligence. to get a metal from zelinski,

you need to kill 50 people. clearly that will be no metals for these men, but probably a life time and prison i think is well more for you before we're wrap this up for now. now this one has us traces now. here is the arrest of one of 3 ukrainian nationals accused of developing a weapon of mass destruction intended for a terrorist attack. now the substance in these bottles is an analog of a chemical warfare agent classified as a b z by nato. it's used to create weapons of mass destruction and is developed in the united states. so one wonders how it made the switches. i thought it was my, the questions will no doubt the answer does investigations continue, and people continue to blow the lid on the truth sinister nature of the key of

regime. for years we've heard from mr. lensky and his friends, and the watch that russell's claims of neo nazis and being providence and model and ukraine is nothing but pure propaganda. well, as they say, actions speak louder than words and these actions are no difference to those of the drum and nazis looking for more efficient, telling methods back in the day. and that's a propaganda. does history being repeated on a different scale? alright, just stay with us here on our t international. i'll be back with much more in about half an hour. in the meantime, be sure to visit our website or to com for the very latest breaking news and update the the .