man, the moscow confirmed was released plans for a russian citizen held in the us as part of the trump administration, 1st of prisoners swap with the kremlin, the american presidents as him saying that the good well gesture could set the stage for a bigger deal on ukraine i think this can be the very important element, if you could be a big part of it, actually because it could be a big, important part of getting the water over with you. great. the, the russian defense ministry confirm striking ukrainian military drone production plans and a temporary deployment site for, for and mercenaries. as moscow troops advanced and on the eve of indian prime minister motives arrival to washington for meetings with the u. s. president

tops on freight and terrace, as well as donald trump. parson brick stands open the way for tension on the agenda the i'm rachel ruble. you're watching r t international live in moscow. we start with breaking news here on our to the kremlin spokesperson confirms the us will release a russian citizen as part of a prisoner swap deal between moscow and washington. a substitute, as we stated earlier, work through the relevant departments has intensified. there were contacts and the result of these contacts was the release of fogel, as well as one of the russian citizens who is currently being held in prison in the united states. this russian citizen will be returned back to russian in the upcoming days. naturally, any agreements on the release of citizens are proceeded by very, very meticulous negotiations. that's in puerto,

donald trump hasn't been able to broker a peace deal in the ukraine conflict as he's promised, yet it looks like he has made a lot more progress towards that goal. than anyone else over the last 4 years, really. and we heard from russian foreign minister sort a lab, rob, who spoke a little bit about how this deal was being spoken about in the west as opposed to in russia conduct the use. and there are contacts and they are ongoing. our american colleagues have decided to announce the results. we have a different approach to agreements that are reached and this is a product of one of the channels through which these contexts take place. i just want to emphasize once again that for effective diplomacy, we prefer to respect confidentiality agreements. or interestingly enough photos mom had actually asks donald trump to cut a deal with vladimir putin to save her son at that event in butler, pennsylvania. where there was an assassination attempt on donald trump. that conversation had happened just moments before he was shot. then trump had promised

that he would cut this deal. now, based on his recent statements, it looks like he sees ida i with dimitry pest golf. we said that, you know, this sort of deal could be a precursor to improvements in the currently low level of trust between the united states and russia. according to trump. the says that this could be an early step to building that sort of report between the united states and russia. that's going to be needed to cut a full piece deal in the ukraine conflict. very fair, very, very fair, very reasonable, not like deals you've seen over the years. they were very fair going to lead and order somebody else is being released tomorrow that you will know. but we wanted to get this done very important and see, wanted to actually fly over and get mark and get them on properly because that could be a pretty tough trip. goodwill. in terms of the work, i think this could be the very important element. you could be

a big part of it actually because it could be a big, important part of getting the water over with you grand. and we appreciate person input who was what he, what he did, he was able to pull it off for you. right? he was able to pull it up here. so is going to tell you a little bit more about it tomorrow, but i think we made great progress progress on the war. also getting the worst i want to get the war ended just as even is a very important evening for ending that was and i think they all want to see a dentist done. so the question now of course, is, what does moscow think about the prospects of terms of plan? what do we heard from russian officials? well, certainly, lab, rob says that there are a lot of 3rd parties that might not be too happy about the united states and russia negotiating between themselves, some sort of peace deal in ukraine, specifically european union. we have an issue, but it was more than ever stage the world awaits

a possible meeting between presidents booting and trump uh categories. could this meeting help improve relations between the 2 countries and lead to an agreement on resolving the ukrainian crisis extra this new to so the do you think the whole world is waiting? i don't think it is used to. there are those who believe that any contacts between moscow and washington seemed to infringe upon the interests europe has begun to use the mouth of kind of callous to declare that without europe, nothing can be discussed a tool. it seems they have felt the place in the world hierarchy to which they have relegated themselves, but it will not be so easy to get out of it. as for the direct issue of contacts, president trump has repeatedly said that he is ready and willing to make phone calls and is ready to meet him pass. and mr. president, putin has said that he's ready for that as well. the decision you understand will be made directly by the president's and i have no doubt that relevant information will be provided. also that mean, well done in kids, lot of our zaleski has made some rather know where they comments this week. tell us

more. well, according to ukrainian media, reports keeps getting increasingly worried that the west is just going to completely leave its proxy state out of any sort of negotiations, especially because russia doesn't really see the lensky as even having the authority of signing off on any sort of peace deal after all, he's been in power way past his presidential term and that's pretty much only through the barrel of a gun. but still it's once he has some pretty big fantasies about what ukraine might be able to get out of some sort of peace deal. we will swap one territory for another, but added that he did not know which part of russian occupied land ukraine would ask for in return. i don't know, we will see. but all our territories are important. there is no priority. the ground is awaiting neo nazis in the course region without any exchange. it's an area about one meter wide and 2 meters long, and the depth of about one and a half meters. zalinski makes these statements in order to conceal the true extent of the disaster. the ukrainian armed forces face and this area,

and it's also all comes on the backdrop of key losing serious manpower in the ukraine conflict, which is forcing it to campaign very hard to try to entice 18 year olds into signing off on military contracts. so with this decreasing resources of the kid regime and also its continued dependence on the west, i mean, it's anybody's guess how long it's gonna take for them to stop trying to entice 18 year olds to join the me grinder and start basically conscripting them into it we heard from the lawyer who represented the mark fogel. he says his client was very grateful for the unexpected release. we weren't surprised, but we had, let's see, an assumption that he is going to be exchanged. last tuesday, i received the information dixie was detained and move from russian colony to moscow. basically,

this is she had no other reasons to be moved. so basically when this to this something is going to be happening uh, yesterday, uh, we see an information that it blaine from the us of ministration is fine to moscow. and we made some assumption that this also can come to the exchange situation. as i know, he really grateful for this fiction. i see was always uh say thank you to ration government all the way. uh, because on a we speech, we apply it for the exchange in embassy. everybody in russian going told us that there are no particular object shows or obstacles to do so. and russian government always shown uh its uh, awareness and readiness to help mark oh professor at the institute of european studies in bel grades to one guy up says the prisoner swap, maybe

a good sign. but there are far bigger issues between the us and russia. that must be resolved. this was definitely a sign of goodwill from the roster barks and there indications that similar signs might we might see from the american side. so there definitely is a lot of diplomacy going on. although we don't see much on the surface. however, i don't think that any kind of deal can be broken with russia from the american side without uh, resolving the core issue and that is the issue of. so do you do balance of the architecture of security in your, if the terms of a statement is ready to serious to discuss the future of european security level security with russia also to discuss of the new nuclear deals, which was um,

let's say bring us back to start one and 2 to the home agreements then we can talk about resolving on a war is used to you and some more breaking news just in to us depending on she, if has announced washington recognizes the fact that it is unrealistic for ukraine to return to its pre 2014 borders, the 1st day appointed pete hag says, also added that diplomatic efforts are unlikely to lead ukraine's acceptance into nato. let's take a listen. we must start by recognizing that returning to ukraine's pre 2014 borders is an unrealistic objective chasing this, illusionary goal will only prolong the war and caused more suffering us. meanwhile, russian forces continued to push forward on the front lines. the defense ministry confirmed a successful missile strike on several of kids,

military drawn production plans, send a temporary deployment site for foreign mercenaries, or choose from one customer. it brings us more details. the russian armed forces launched a group. this all attack against the ukrainian military industrial complex. according to the defense ministry, russia successfully struck factories producing unmanned aerial vehicles as well as, as the v. drones. apart from that group, missile attack, rushes aircraft, drones, missiles and artillery, also damaged the infrastructure of the crate in the mid 3 air fields to fuel storage facilities and temporary deployment points for foreign mercenaries. now, russia's defense ministry stated that large concentrations of crating on forces was struck in at least $139.00 various districts. meanwhile, a rush of former president and the car and the deputy head of the security council

. the treatment date, if issued a statement says, saying that the concepts of peace for frank sometimes works peace through strength . you say sometimes that concept does work like when it expires, is the real balance of power? not some fantasy. take today and kia, for example, after our missiles and drones arrived, even so such actions onto enough to knock sense into those can legitimate bassoons, who shaking from fear and drunk withdrawal, babbled nonsense on camera about trading territories. the only cure for them is to feel russian again, just as the u. s. president advised. meanwhile, here in gore left. their retreating ukrainian army continues to fire indiscriminately targeting civilian population. at least 42 people have been wounded here since the beginning of february. apart from the drones that's argued civilian vehicles, public transport, and ambulances, ukrainian, the militants are also using cluster munitions in residential areas. it's hopes

that said they advance some of the russian army at this particular front will soon put an end to the 11. the struggles of the locals against the freight and aggression from on call for. if archie, from the outskirts and goal of car in the people's republic, the indian prime minister to rend remote is on route to the united states for talks with president donald trump. the agenda is expected to cover trade and terrorist as well as migration the hot button for the us administration. the 2 leaders were friendly during trumps 1st term, but challenges to the global framework may spell rocky times ahead. ortiz runjun sharma breaks it down, a st. jude and so i mean is to know range and will the will be in the us on february 12th and 13 donald from son whites. now the 2 leaders will be meeting for the 1st time in from 2nd till i look forward to meeting my friend president trump.

although this will be our 1st meeting following his historic electoral victory and an organization in january. i have a very warm recollection of working together in his 1st time in building a comprehensive global strategic partnership between india and the us. but the us is in the top trading fall off know with the total water from $120000000000.00. i t pharma, dec styles, you name it all the and from the shadow, close bones. but when prime minister in arrange moody will be in the slippery snowy washington, they will definitely be some sticking points, particularly with respect to reach doris and immigration from. so i'm to victor role and transactional approach, which should make these stalks very intriguing. now let's start with swedes. doris swamp has threatened an eye for an eye on the map that and this is particularly

good heat in the heart. so i'm has also one draw the preston ricks nations, including india, against creating a car from seats. that's why will the dollar, the idea that the bricks countries are trying to move away from the dollar while we stand by and watch is over, we're going to require a commitment from these seemingly hostile countries that they will neither create a new brakes currency, nor back any other currency to replace the mighty us dollar or they will face 100 percent tariff and should expect to say good bye to selling into the wonderful us economy. not from backing down and value very have said that the dollarization is not it's policy or strategy, but the more the government which has always flushed forth, sweeping in local government seized by thoughts to sanction. we welcome efforts to increase financial integration among bricks, countries, trade and local currencies and smooth cross border payments will strengthen our

economic cooperation. now twan is tough on immigration reason via us being deported back over 100 indian migraines. now india sees that it is no big deal and it's an annual ritual. what's the elephant in the room would really be ukraine since the previous you was administration for us to india, to russia or were you queen? i've quoted stand a sick you won the quote with the possible exception of india being somewhat shaky on some of these. but japan has been extremely strong. so is australia in terms of dealing with hooton's aggression? india stayed from focusing on its own interest and took a more balanced approach. india is in a much more advantageous position than many other countries to build deeper relations with the incoming. donald trump, 2.0 administration in the us. some countries are looking at trump $2.00 as a political challenge. we are not. so we do is sticking to its guns with plenty at

stake for both sides. a wizard. what clothes the watching and the day are congo over 110000 people are subject to further displacements. following and offensive launched by the m. 23 militants on the city of go my last week. the paramilitary group, as it had issued a 72 hour ultimatum for the displaced upon the lease to leave the settlement camps and return it to their villages. m 23 has made a followup statement. timing. the relocation is voluntary, but for part of the instructed the sling to dismantle shelters, as they leave the, as is really troops intensify military operations focusing on till car um and surrounding refugee camps. in the west bank, the rates have escalated into a 4th week further deepening the violence in the region.

but there are reports of armed confrontations between id f and the palestinian fighters in the west bank, including in the refugee camps. videos circulating online, allegedly shows heavy gunfire and explosions at nor sam's camp while is rarely troops used loudspeakers directing residents to evacuate. says the start of the as really operation over 40000 palestinians had been forced to leave their homes according to the un was rarely for says have a portal. they do change dozens of palestinians and recent westbank, neighborhood raids with videos allegedly showing blindfolded detainees. palestinian authorities have reported gun fire and tear gas used in residential areas with at least 70. that's since the start of idea of counter terrorism operations in a related action. the palestinian authority has ended a program that financially supports families of palestinians killed or imprisoned

by israel. drawn with condemnation from us we in the islamic resistance movement, condemned the decision of president, my flute, abbas to cancel the payment of financial allocations to the families of prisoners monitors and the wounded and to abandon the national cause. at the time when all people and resistance forces are working to preserve the rights of monitors, liberate prisoners and provide a decent life for the liberated, we call for an immediate reversal of it, and not to submit to the pressures of the zionist occupation and the american administration ahead of the palestinian national initiative. dr. mustafah barger t says the decision to end of these payments will undoubtedly generate widespread public anger among palestinians. we seem to understand the sort it is a under pressure from the is that early side on some the american side to, to and probably even by some european side to take these steps that,

that out of a listings that ice of the listing and present those on segment is of the city of monitors who died instead of going to a sort of the liberation of the country. those end up listed. and those are the 2 who think that by taking such steps they are good. so this fight that i'm going to face now, a very serious disappointment, because grandpa has just announced in the white house that is supporting the annexation of the west bank to is that is, besides of course is the high and there is no pause of the crime of faith, nick, lindsey goes by the students from guys or so i think such as tips will not help to understand, you know, sort of the on the continuity. it creates invite a wide public and among the participants. what trump is 2 boys in blindly and openly is the elimination of the palestinian types completely advocating government station or from kilobyte that it is in violation of international law and different cleansing of its people. of the west bank of tax included police involvement as to

palestinian book, stores were rated in east jerusalem. the owners were detained and sizes as the confiscated. the seas books were reportedly related to arrow is rarely history. and that the complex and police claimed they inside violence. one is a children's coloring books called from the river to the sea, well known typical phrase in the region used by both sides. the stores are centers of intellectual life for locals and have operated for decades. are 2, spoke to the brother of one owner who was imprisoned and is now free. and that is why the police came to our shops, both of the shops of education and both shop. they just came and they came with an order of searching the material that support an, a leak, an on going to the organizations the, the stuff search a between the books a almost all the books that we have in english

a. so they didn't, they didn't understand what the books of talking about. they start to translate that type as of the books by google translate a, they fill books and the floor. then they takes almost $100.00 folks from the a both the projects they the so audits and use that. but i think the issue with the a picture of the hostages, they said, oh, this has been just a things we ship ticket a if you order that those at the last night they call us and ask us to come to the police station to take the books, they, they don't need a my, what was the dispatch with his daughter, 12 years old, a they asked him in front of his daughter is a plus plus a somebody, but i wonder what is for you now?

they are in home in the home. it is that of 5 days and they should be away from this then just place them on the books up for 20 days. the subject of 1984 for the books of international books, we bring them from abroad. they passed the a slightly sends on and the boards a, the books of knowing the when i saw a quote on the far books talking about the conflict a, we have books that have to invite, is there any we have books that and by the gym on we have books with in bye, bye bye for less than. yeah. so we have a lot of books, the covering or the a what the sights of the conflicts a, i don't know, what's the, just with the the i think cause a want to shut up, shut down the voice of the

a book show that they want to offer us a new one. our book shop is not based on the bookshop, se, almost a control center center is so they try to fight is the culture in the piece to us and especially the policy now. so i think it's systematic, eh, or those to do to fight the, you know, cultural expression issue isn't in the after we, it freedom. whether or not they said they were continually there were a for us because i knew that we know what we said. we don't know what we have a we are the government. we know what we have. a lot of it. the leader of jordan has agreed and taken 2000 sick children from gaza in a parent humanitarian move. the announcement was made as he set down for talks with

the us president. however, king of the later made it clear he strongly rejects donald trump's plan to take over the palestinian enclave in this place its entire population 2 neighboring countries. the king taking the palestinian people, he's made clear he doesn't want to. well i don't know, but they may have just something to say because we discussed it just briefly. i think maybe you want to say now or both. um, mr. president, i think we have to keep in mind that there is of applied from egypt in the country . so we've been invited by haven't been said mine to discussions and we, i think the point is how to make this work in a way that is good for everybody. but obviously we have to look at the best interest of the united states of the people in the region, especially to my people of jordan. i would like to have some interesting discussions today. i think one of the things that we can do right away is take a 2000 children that are either caps of children or in a very feel,

states up to jordan as quickly as possible. and then wait for i think the judges to present that on how we can work with the president to challenges based was the 1st face to face meeting between the american president and the king of jordan. since trumps bombshell proposal to permanently relocate palestinians from the kansas trip to foreign countries specifically age of time. jordan, the idea was earlier firmly rejected not only by these 2 nations, but also by several arab and movement states. jordan has multiple reasons for opposing the move. first, with 80 percent of the population already palestinian taking in more could create political instability. clearly, seconds towards the end remains committed to a 2 state solution, establishing name dependence, palestinian state, and given its territory 2 gallons could be seen as a bend. the name that's vision, but now there was

a ship wide ahead of his meeting with the king trump painted at the possibility of withholding us fine mental age to georgia in egypt. h, receiving over $1300000000.00 annually. and now jordan has offered to taking 2000 galvan children with urgent medical needs, strong price. this has a beautiful gesture, adding that he is 99 percent. sure, he will also reach an agreement with age of was clearly away as guys as population, exceeding to 1000000 trump is looking for bro to solution the king of jordan made it clear that any further decisions would depend on interrupt stands, hence the outcome owner of an upcoming arrow glitter is a meeting where a joint response is expected and of the topic halston maintain the future of the occupied westbank for weeks. as you know, the idea of has been conducting large scale operations. they are fueling speculation that is real, is preparing for an exaggeration, the territory,

and who referred to by as well as den scenario. it's biblical name is seen by many, and these really government has a future part of the state. here's what's donald trump had to say about that. so i think it's gonna work out very well. that's really what we're talking about today. i think that's something that's gonna work out automatically and it's in good shape and we discuss it. does it? people have discussed it with us and with me that that's gonna work out west back is going to work out very well. and once again, during this meeting drunk, we to rated his vision, but the west will own guys on promising to turn it into a beautiful place. well, making this clear that all the countries will pay for reconstruction, know, washington here as well. he said about the financial side of it while also ramping

up pressure on how mass, how it was going, the white house, as the cleared tax fair dollars will be used for this to. we're not going to buy anything, we're going to have it. and we're going to keep it and we're going to make sure that is going to be peace. and there's not going to be any problem and nobody's going to question it. and we're going to run it very properly. and then the people from guys who wouldn't be able to be, be there for years because you're talking about just to get it and prepare it and to take care of all of the problem is that currently it has is, you know, it's tunnels and people are in those styles and you have some good people and some bad people and you may have passages right now. yeah. yeah. the hostages, possibly there. they don't know where they are. and you know, i have a saturday deadline and i don't think they're going to make a deadline. personally, i think they, they want to play tough guy, but we'll see a tough they are. meanwhile, is ro liaison waiting to see what happens?

the audio has begun deploying reinforcements in southern israel, boulder, and guys of including additional active duty troops and reserves. officially, the military says this is preparing for various scenarios, but the message is crystal clear. if the hostage still collapses, israel is ready to review, full scale meals, reparations, and gather to defeat him. us all right, back to that breaking news we're covering here on our to the pentagon chief has announced washington recognizes the fact that it is unrealistic for ukraine to return to its free 2014 borders. the 1st thing i pointed, pete hag says, added that diplomatic efforts are unlikely to lead to cranes acceptance into nato. let's listen to what he had to say. we must start by recognizing that returning to ukraine's pre 2014 borders is an unrealistic objective chasing this. illusionary goal will only prolong the war and caused more suffering.