made it drastically defense from of accounts of a 3rd rice watch on uh the the breaking news. israel releases 200 a palestinian prisoners following the return of for id of soldiers released by him off as part of the ongoing ceasefire agreement. side f confirms the for is really so there's released by him. us are in good condition, contrary to earlier claims by is really officials at least the 3 civilians have been killed as ukrainian troops to shell the hair san region using cluster munitions and remote pedal mining systems. the attack on civilians comes as russian troops continued to advance on the battlefield, forcing out ukrainian soldiers and the battle roost finalize preparations for sunday's presidential vote. while as foreign ministry warns the

west has already tried to to metal in the electoral process, the i'm rachel ruble live in moscow. you're watching r t international. we begin with breaking news as a prisoner exchange between israel and the mazda is underway. as part of the ceasefire agreement. 200 posted in, captives have left and is rarely present and are making their way to the west bank . among them are 121 who have been serving live sentences and 79 with lengthy jail terms, according to the palestinian prisoners office. it added that 70 of those with live terms had been deported and are on the way to egypt. a mazda is already handed over for, is rarely hostages to the red cross. the women have arrived in israel and had been reunited with their families or to contribute or robbie berman brings us this

report from tel aviv, a beer and tell of it hoster square, which is the epicenter for his really protests are free. the hostages. they've been in the hostage for more than 470 days, i think is 476. and this morning, this place was filled with thousands of people clapping cheer and stinging dancing . just ecstatic step to our house and be as far as really sold is where are these mary, all bog, 19 years old, corinne diarrhea, 20 years old, and be able to go bow a 20 years old. and nama levy, 20 years old. they were released in pretty good health. they have now land, they are just moments ago at dylan's and hospitals in television. now let's go to some quotes from matthew miller, former american diplomat, as well as the prime minister and a foreign minister because there were many accusations made that a lot of the hostages had been sexually abuse. before i'll see you as i came out of captivity today. seems to be relatively ok. we don't know if what our past experience has been, but let's see what these officials have to say. we've obviously seen the reports

that i'm awesome, has committed sexual violence. they've committed rape. we have no reason at all to doubt. those reports from us is not speaking on behalf of the muslim world. and we are asking you to condemn the sexual violence. crimes volumes committed in the name of them was for them religion. the hostages were not held in reasonable conditions, as some have cleared cynically claimed children were seriously abused. so it seemed to see the goal. she ation did not go without a hick off. and natural ality are bill your hood, a 29 year old woman who is a civilian who was kidnapped, was supposed to be released today and she was in. and as a result, his role is not letting the palestinians cross and it started him car door to go back north. it's almost as promised to try to release or during the course of the

week. so the palestinians can go back ours. and they claimed that she was being held by another, as logic, military greet who had to refuse the tool now to release. or let's see what the idea of spokesperson has to say about that. come us failed to meet its obligations to 1st release is really female civilian hostages. as part of the agreement. we appreciate and thank the efforts of all the international mediators, united states, guitar and egypt. and we expect them to make sure come us stands in accordance with the agreement, but the that it was made, people are just happy that for female soldiers have been released and the bits for nightmares ended for them. and people here are singing and rejoicing. this is robbie berman from television. all right, let's cross it now to a journalist david later david, good to have you on the program with us. the idea of confirms of for release is really soldiers are in good condition. a proposal after

a preliminary medical check and certainly good news to hear that is really officials, however, and their allies have repeated accusations that the hostages for sexually assaulted while in captivity. why do you think we're getting contradictory accounts on the conditions of these women? why? because this really lies, the something does smell of this, we get high, binds our fingers are uh, on the other hand, if you look at the bill of students who are released from is really prisoners. their situation is far worse than just by looking at them. you can see that there are worse off them when they entered and these are people who believe in under occupation and under siege sold. their situation was bad when they entered to the prisons to begin with. and they had been some visits for the 1st. even the few days ago, another visual sneak of the torturing, telling of one of the prison, the person in prison i was in. and that is really a prison. and this just shows you the difference between the occupation and the

occupied even the videos today, when you saw the release of the for is really captives from goes up. there were smiley, there was some sort of facilities you saw that hadn't goody bags with them. and as you said, none of the claims that as well have made good food. so it is what i have been caught lying over and over and over and over again. how can anyone it was still for us. the word comes out of israel. the light about the babies they lied about, the 2 women being raped, the light about the prisoner's health and condition, what's being, what's happening to these a prisoners. and if you notice, previous prisoners who are or hostages who has been released, they were not allowed to be on the media until days and weeks and months after just because days. so they could agree on the story to tell. because their story and their narrative was very different from the official mainstream, is really narrative. so david,

the idea of says how mos violated the states fire agreement by not releasing civilian hostages 1st and just remind review is viewers. these for is really hostages were released to our soldiers. now that the is really prime minister's office says that because of this, it won't allow guys to return to the north of the enclave. do you think that is reality using this as a pretext to avoid holding up it's parts of the ceasefire deal? well of course, uh, 1st of all we need to just realize something. if we haven't already, the deals, treaties, new rules, laws, conventions, it means nothing for as well. you can just look across the border 11, know where they had a week to pull out tomorrow. and they just said, announced if they're not gonna pull up. so they might choose any trick in the book, come up with new tricks to, to extend to bridge to not abide by this uh,

by this deal. however, the latest thing i read was the, the mos how i told them to day they will release that sausage next week and, and everything was on track. so we'll just have to wait and see. and the idea of has intensified rains in the west bank. just days after the cease fire agreements went into effect, what role do you think control of the westbank played in the guys us these far negotiations? well as much as people don't, don't want to mix them up. they are connected, it is won't people, but i see is, are want people, regardless if they've done they've and, and goes a lot of the west back or within what is called the 0. so they're very connected and the resistance is existent and active in both, all the west bank and gaza and people released are from both people. a fall is real existing bull. and i believe they're trying to create to or avoid

a situation similar to gaza and the west bank, and especially with the folks know back in power and guarantees that they will have more freedom to setup supplements and will affect their vend reports coming from members of the is really government coalition that the idea of will resume military operations in gaza after the 1st phase of this states fire. what do you make of that? do you think that israel is looking to break the agreement and resume its attacks on da da already? well, agreement or not, i believe the israel will take any chance it gets to go back in 2000. but then again, we also have videos today. we saw the videos last week, how boss is still strong, and they still have thousands of members that operating down the suit and people also and confetti at the. it is not what the day is really narrative as it comes

out, the people are tired. they're looking for new leadership and goals that there is a vacuum and political power in gaza. does just don't seem to be true. you saw them, you saw how much is military in gather. you saw people support for then you see that they still there even with just guns. if they don't have rockets, they're going to give is where the hard top a 2nd time it 3rd down it for stuff regardless overhead. and how many times israel tries to go in together, they will have them very hard and very about time. all right, we're going to live with our journalist david's wider. david, thank you. and the current in troops have shelled at the city of alecky with a cluster munitions and remote pedal mining systems. according to the her son regional governor, he says at least 3 civilians have been killed. and the attack is the most massive use of prohibited weapons. they've seen any use of anti personnel mines is

prohibited by the special ottawa convention which you crane has signed and ratified . pedal mines are difficult to see due to their small size, which increases the number of casualties. cluster bombs are also banned by a un convention imposed a serious threat to civilians releasing smaller, unexploded munitions, which can wreak havoc on residence. long after the fighting has ended, they attack and civilians comes as russian troops continued to advance on the battlefield, forcing out ukrainian soldiers, rushing, emerald deals to reports and offensive on a key. settlement in the don't ask for public has split ukrainian troops into 2 groups. in the past of 24 hours, ukrainian armed forces have lost more than 1400 people. according to the russian defense ministry. several military vehicles were also destroyed, including western produced tanks and armored cars.

right. let's bring an author and a war correspondent to mass roper for more on this to massa. her son governor said this attack was prohibited, weapons was unprecedented. why it is key of act as if international laws banning these weapons don't apply to them? well, this is a nice question because we, we were asked this question every time this happens all the time. so it's, um, i don't know that desperate i think there is no military need and, and the bomb being a city on the lift thing of the. okay. yeah. but it was a um, especially uh, i know the cities and stuff happened to several times. that is not a military target um its desperate they know what they do in many cases, but it's tara, it's, it's, uh, they want to, they want to, to, to show that the people have to feel the sense of that. if they say they so that their own population, this is really don't understand ukraine's western allies. meanwhile,

they're usually so vocal about human rights and international law violations. and that they said nothing. why are they silent about kids use of and weapons? and this is also a view of what we have seen this in the nets already. and in 22 i'm the using this weapons in. busy so civil areas um whether it was it was bumping markets or hospitals in the next, the west and media never cover that. and if they would cover that this, what's really disrupt the narrative of the west. so they have to keep this and the end of the carpet. otherwise, the people when it starts in europe, but they have problems or no, they would ask why they are supporting such a v a and separate themselves and you are from, from economic problems. if this is what they're supporting in the reality, they can show it rushes for ministry spokeswoman recently said this atrocities are

retaliation for ukraine's military and political defeats on the battlefields. what are your thoughts on that is the side care of getting desperate? yes, he said it's desperate. yes. um, uh, the worst the situation is at the front line. the more they try to use a method of tara, whether it's some of what we had in, in several of the russian cities, with a trying to of whatever brand bangs or cars, whether it's now bumping cities in the west of the situation at the front. the montera we see a new do as president donald trump has repeatedly about at the end of the plan complex. and obviously that the, the initial 20 for our deadline that he put up past and, and we know that didn't happen. um, but do do think that he'll be successful? do you think that he will feel that valid? that is likely to happen anytime soon? um yeah, this is the $1000000.00 question. uh uh. okay. and the trump understood that it's

not so easy that he can solve it in 24 hours. now they are talking about half a year on mr. kalak says his target is $100.00 days. whatever the problem is that we still don't have any idea what trump is going to present. what is his view on how to solve the conflict and know acceptable is this for russia? we don't know anything. i, i've seen nothing of official from, from the top of especially what they have to offer, so we don't know. okay, we're gonna leave with their author and more correspondence from us real part of most thank you. well meanwhile, washington has reportedly frozen almost all for an age for the next 90 day or 90 days, excluding only israel and egypt, the newly installed secretary of state. margaret rubio has reportedly ordered a review of organizations such as the agency for international development known as us aid. while the measure, primarily suspense, humanitarian and development assistance. even programs tied to crane, it could include military funding for bottom or zalinski and says, cameras,

military aid is secure. i guess i know that there are some restrictions. you have to look at it in detail. a 90 day limit on humanitarian programs. i can only say what ukraine may not receive, and i am focused on military 8, and it is not stopped. well, as you had that for, i've said lensky saying that this doesn't affect military a to tools ukraine and not concerns. what we've been hearing from other bodies in the last few days, this relates to the executive orders that donald trump signed just a few days ago when he became avenue president, again, no fee usa, where he said that he was stopping funding for all of for an agencies essentially, but that executive order was quite specific. this was to do with international assistance to developmental programs. an age ministry, a few crime doesn't come through those programs. wilson and the job i didn't do quite a few things before leaving the white test to try and secure the administrative

view cleaned at least for the next few months. so this seems to firm up that we understand is for the next 90 days, any programs through us military of a us a's will not get any funding less than hosting. with the exceptions, as you mentioned of is well on egypt. and this is going to have a huge impact when we look at ukraine itself. just in the last few months, few years is received simply like $485000000.00 us dollars to do some quotes to monetary and programs for assistance on the grant. after the full of the soviet union back in 1990 between then i'm just off to the mind and coach took place in 2014, something like $5000000000.00 us dollars was pumped into quite following the us so called she man is hiring programs f one including investing in people which is forty's aid, some $400000000.00 invested in got a load. now,

present printing of russia has said many times so that there was a link between this kind of funding, the money that those and, and using certain countries. and then the crew that happened in ukraine, the 2014 at noon as my dad. and of course, we've also now got, you know, us officials being closed on tape essentially saying that the money that was being spent in countries like u. k was being used to a sub position the country. let's just take it and listen to that. have invested over 5000000000 dollars to assist you crane and these and other goals that will ensure a secure and prosperous and democratic some friends. today, there are a senior officials in the ukranian government in the business community, as well as in the opposition civil society and the religious community believe in this democratic and european future for their country. yeah, us as missing a sudden see that isn't how this thing is in the pies all over the place when it

comes to a country like ukraine and many foreign politicians have accused usa, the of funding groups involved in stirring up trouble in their countries. a recent claim involved efforts to undermine the government of georgia. so what other examples do, do we know of? yeah, well, we'll start with georgia cuz that's obviously a very recent example. i was into pc just back in december and november. let me so the process that is an authorization process that the georgia and government had said were being funded would be focused rated by actors in the west. this is all over the web of the elections in october. we'll adjust them much on know what it is, despite the fact that the top constitutional court in georgia said that they would legitimate no. we've now heard from a former minister in georgia who's gone even further than the georgian prime minister, saying essentially there is a direct link between the money that comes from us age and what is happening in countries like georgia. whether it's the, again,

these simple to attempt to choose take place. we have repeatedly said that organizations such as us a i, e and n, e d. with the former being a state agency. and the latter, supposedly a non governmental organization, but are both financed from the us budget. play a very bad role in our country. they issue grants, used to teach george and youth how to carry out a to teach them how to use weapons and teach them how to deal legitimize law enforcement agencies and the government. we also had similar accusations coming out from, so it'd be as precedent as saying again, the protests that they've seen in say that this was in uh, lithium batteries factory. a few months ago that was related to n jews who stood in trouble again, these and jose being funded by money coming from the usa. that being linked to an attempted to that. and just back in 2023, we heard from mexico's prices and begging them us. president joe biden just stopped funding in his country through us a because he said they were funding opposition groups. and the lines of use was

this is intervention, this act. and it is called treat international p u. s. government, specifically through us a id, as for some time being financing organizations openly against the legal and legitimate government i represent. this is clearly an interventionist act, contrary to international law and relations, which should prevail between free and silver in states. some would say this is just the type of the iceberg great show of usa. what's a look? they says soft power. this is a bias of promoting democracy in other countries. others would putting doesn't say no. this is a outright regime change to phase or what the us wants at any time. we spoke to political strategist anthony webber who says the freeze on us support free care of it could mean the end of the ukrainian conflict in the we bodies today and

consequences of festivals putting them around points if you, because of the raleigh's already very low at the emergence in the training on the policies items are the sort of a pull the opportunity to set the motor finance as the station, not even being given the correct capital. so you think it is of the you cry meals. so i think we're more truth comes to the general trumpet. ministration might be more our key. see, i'll see you then. so ad. but summary, you probably can cannot continue. uh for me, a few weeks without this and actually i considering i safely defends, i'm supposed to have a positive piece of the foster on her. she's side that says officer to chief increase in the how are you crying? all the lights of space these today is to stop the tray. i eat a

presidential elections and belarus are on sunday. but as people get ready to head to the polls, there are concerns over interference from abroad. the foreign ministry admins has accused brussels of waiting into it's sovereign affairs and of already laying the ground to discredit the results. if the wrong candidate wins. one of the hot topics of recent days is the participation of the international observers and the assessments made by the you in the face of the european parliament and the u. x journal relations service and by the individual parliaments of our neighbors, latvia, and poland. the tax of the relevant decisions on non recognition of the elections have already been published. this is of course, a direct interference in our internal issues and attempt to put pressure on our voters and the distortion of the electrical processes that are currently underway fall. it's not very big secret that the european union has prepared the statements on the elections in billers,

how well in advance so well before the process even begin happening. now the statements condemns, and that does not recognize the results of the voltage, just like it's been happening for many, many years here in this country. denouncing the ongoing, longstanding, great violations of human rights and democratic principles. inbound a ruse which have further intensified in the run up to the so called presidential election on january 26 parliament of the e u. it's member states and the international community not to recognize the legitimacy of incumbent dictate to exxon de lucas shen co as president of to the vote. meanwhile, members of the election commission of villa rose began to receive threats. and this is obviously a violation of electrical sovereignty and that's according to the chairman of the central election. the commission here and deliver sag stream is right information about the private lives and personal data,

or for more than 10000 locals who work as observers. and the commission members during this presidential election. so one of the big question here is, uh, where is the white house? where is washington the don't as well? washington has made a march here as well by denouncing the elections and build routes which are shipped to and the funds back here though. uh, the united states, the state department deleted, blinking says statements on not a recognition of the presidential election and the roots from its official website is no longer there. check it out below. roots has certainly reacted very sharply to the european and us statements, according to both the central election committee and the countries foreign ministry as well. of the, of the presidential elections in bella. russo are taking place in the interests of our people in the interests of our country, and no one will be allowed to interfere with our sovereign right to hold elections

in accordance with our legislation for the inside. seated group put on at the initiative of a group of engaged deputies, a debate on the draft resolution of the european parliament regarding the elections and the republic of bela roost is planned already at this stage. it is obvious that the project is a gross interference in the electoral process of a sovereign state has nothing to do with the real state of affairs, and is designed to put pressure on the free expression of the will of bella, rouge and citizens. elections and bella roost have just begun and everything has already been condemned and not recognized by europe. this is unacceptable to sovereign bella roost. go easy. all right, but we have the best thing that a little section from the paper written by the parliamentarians. how's that being any office steps, any rumblings to try and well as veterans as discredit the upcoming election? well, according to the european union, bill, russian elections are at sole,

sole sharing something they've been saying for years. and it's, and nothing you say can listen to this folks 1st and on for an affair from the you need to paper. this is an exercise that is totally on democratic. these elections are a total sham. it is not elections if you already know who is going to when we are calling on the authorities to release all people facing repression. when it comes to our support for the validation people, we have adopted a package of 30000000 euros and support of the civil society. this brings our total use support to 170000000 euro is mobilized since 2020. meanwhile, advocates, i've also economic for them, so there's a lot of here and all scott who select the country s for uh, well a revolution or sort of a might done in minutes in order to use the ruse to mind this week and food. and now this perfectly summarizes and shows what simpler ruth means to people likes to, i know, skip nothing but to bargain and ship and upon to intimidates boots and,

and to handle skies presence in the doubles as an educator in itself. take a lesson on dealers, not only as a problem, but there's an opportunity to put pressure on which as well because bill arose with our consolidated society. that is the price not yes, with the cost of refreshments, but it is the weakest points for fortune is the weakest gentle chain, you know, for future. so through help in the sense to gain our culture back, you know, to, to retain democracy in a donor. was it to be the biggest sanctions on fulton era? now in addition to the elections, the west also wanted to undermine a sack. some of those 5 minutes remains alexander of all footage, who is the secretary of republics? the security council said that's a military sabotaged. freighting for radicals is currently underway in ukraine, and a special sensor has also been set off in poland in order to free minutes and sell

their task to capture boarder regence of the ruse with the help of the russian ex phoebus. now this show that sold, the forces of the european union are focused on weakening the russian federation and its allies through any of the things they can even through people's elections. all right, well just say what for us here on our to international be back with much more news in about half an hour. i'll see you then by the

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