[000:00:34;00] russia appreciates the interest of african states in finding a way to resolve the conflict in ukraine and welcomes their balanced approach to the situation. vladimir putin spoke about this at a meeting with representatives of seven african countries who brought their proposals on this matter, the details of the negotiations, we learn anton podkovenko. he joins us anton again welcome how was the dialogue? what statements were made? yes, welcome, the dialogue took place

in an exceptionally constructive and friendly atmosphere. grain deal. and for the first time, vladimir putin demonstrated the document of the same istanbul agreement, which kiev subsequently refused. at first, an informal meeting, clearly in a very confidential manner, is clearly in a very good mood. vladimir putin receives the president of the south african republic of strelna, cyril ramofos, who arrived in st. petersburg for talks even a little earlier than his fellow leaders and representatives of egypt, uganda , senegal, zambia, congo, comoros , and a firm handshake. even russian hugs the president warmly welcomes each member of the african mission , who previously visited kiev for the purpose of visiting russia , to present their assumptions and their proposals on possible ways to resolve the situation in ukraine at an official round table meeting in the marble hall of the konstantinovsky palace. vladimir putin stressed the even-tempered approach of african

friends to the ukrainian conflict russia, according to the president, is ready to talk to everyone. who wants peace, taking into account mutual interests. we welcome a balanced approach african friends in connection with the ukrainian crisis. dear friends, we appreciate your interest in finding ways to resolve the conflict and immediately responded positively to your proposal to hold talks on the ukrainian problem. i know that you have specific ideas and suggestions. in this context. the president of the south african republic and i have spoken on this topic more than once. i am grateful to him for raising this issue. i would like to emphasize once again that we have an open constructive dialogue with everyone who wants to establish peace on the principles of justice and consideration of legitimate interests. the president

of the comoros, which is now headed by the afro-union, called putin a great friend of africa, and st. petersburg is a legendary and beautiful city. we have come to hear the opinion of the russian people, she said with intelligence, the africans , according to him, have taken on such a mediating mission, because they have witnessed many conflicts, and would like to share their experience in resolving them. today there is this crisis, and it affects not only two slavic friendly and neighboring countries, but also it affects the whole world, and in particular it affects our african continent, it caused a problem, er in the field of food security, energy security unprecedented and we decided to come to your country at this moment as a delegation that represents the african continent and thus. we

wanted to show you our friendship, which has always linked russia and africa. we also came to listen to you. and through you to hear the opinion of the russian people, and also we would like to encourage you to enter into negotiations with ukraine in order to put an end to this difficult test. a full-fledged discussion, an exchange of views, including the results of the trip of the african delegation to kiev, outlined the purpose of the current meeting. vladimir putin mission. good offices called the visits of african leaders in russia by the president of senegal how important is the emphasis on the topic of the exchange of prisoners of war? well goat, how old are you? it seems to me that humanitarian efforts should be strengthened. in particular, the exchange of prisoners of war is a question concerning civilians . i think we can discuss these questions. i would like to welcome the liberation of russia on june 9 in ukrainian

prisoners of war. i believe this is a very good decision along the way. uh, to reach an agreement on the release of prisoners of war in search of peace between russia and ukraine, 10 points were listed by the president of south africa, cyril amofos, to discuss the conflict, ending the war through diplomatic means, while recognizing the sovereignty of countries, according to the un charter, with mutual security guarantees. but for example, paragraph six of the grain deal, we recall kiev and it does not fulfill its conditions only malaya part of the grain is sent to needy countries, namely to strange africa, the rest goes to the west, of course, the african union - this does not suit. affectively, we would like to call for the opening of the movement of grains across the black sea so that any obstacles that currently exist are removed in order for

grains and other commodities to enter the market. we must make sure that there is humanitarian support for those who need it, as well as for those who suffer as a result of this conflict, to end the war, many meetings are needed in many formats to cooperation was noted by the president of south africa and this is a common point of view of the countries of the african peacekeeping mission. they came to offer and listen to vladimir putin respond consistently about the grain deal. the president stressed that the needy countries in africa now get only a little more than three percent of the grain exported from ukraine. and in kiev, we do not believe that the supply of ukrainian grain to world markets solves the problem of poverty and hunger. no, this is not the case as of june 15 from ukrainian ports, with our and turkish assistance, the president

turkey has done a lot. for this, 31 and 7/10 million tons of agricultural products were exported to the needy african countries. and this is djibouti somalia sudan lily ethiopia was sent 976,000 tons. out of thirty-one and 70 million, this is dear ladies and gentlemen, dear friends, this is only three and 1/10%, and these european authorities, and, in fact, the american authorities once again deceived the international community and the needy countries of africa further, at a meeting with african leaders, vladimir putin recalled that all the problems in ukraine began after the bloody

the coup, supported by western sponsors, who do not hide this part of the ukrainian people, did not support all this . russia could not leave these people, given the commonality of our historical and cultural ties, the minsk agreements were just a trap. the west led russia by the nose precisely. after that, our country was forced to recognize the lpr to recognize the dpr, having every right to do so, and the kiev regime unleashed a war back in the fourteenth year. russia, starting with the un , has provided assistance to the donbass. this is flawless both from the point of view of logic and from the point of view of international law regarding negotiations. here zelensky legislatively banned negotiations with russia, our country has never refused them. vladimir putin at this meeting. for the first time, the annex to the treaty on permanent neutrality and security guarantees of ukraine was demonstrated by the same istanbul project, where everything is spelled out in the flesh up to the number of units of military equipment of the armed forces 342 tanks, five hundred guns, a hundred aircraft

85,000 personnel of the armed forces of ukraine however, after russia in accordance with this agreement withdrew troops from kiev, ukraine abandoned the agreement. the draft of this agreement was initialed by the leader. negotiating group from kiev he put his signature there, so it is called the treaty on permanent neutrality and security guarantees of ukraine , exactly about the guarantees that you said, dear friend e and the president of the republic of south africa 18 articles. moreover, there are also applications for it. they concern his armed forces, they concern other things, everything is spelled out. before units of military equipment and up to the personnel

of the armed forces. this is a document. but after we, as promised, withdrew the troops. here the kiev authorities, as usual, their owners do, they threw it all away. hmm, the president said it to continue, as far as children are concerned. we absolutely legally took them out of ukraine in order to save them from shelling, and there has never been and never will be any obstacle for their families. we are the prime minister's children of a holy cause. we took them out of the conflict zone saving their lives and health. that's what happened no one was going to no one no children. uh, somewhere out there to separate families , they took out entire orphanages absolutely legally, because the leaders of these houses

were their legal representatives. we have never been opposed to children being reunited with their missions. and unless , of course, their relatives declare no obstacles to this, there never was no and of course there never will be. i want to uh, assure you of this. the constructive and understanding mood of the current meeting was felt even at the airport, when the african leaders had just arrived in st. petersburg to meet with vladimir putin, of course, none of them here on the plane detained them, not only in warsaw, where the distinguished guests were earlier, in order to get from there to kiev, as it was, in fact , planned in the mission plan, but the delegation was in the polish capital. for example, the president of south africa ua, security, accompanying journalists. they left him at the airport for a day under strange, obviously far-fetched pretexts , such as that there are no necessary licenses for weapons, such is the pressure on africa that seeks a dialogue with russia after a visit to warsaw

, south african newspapers came out with unambiguous headlines, racism or disdain. but our country is tuned exclusively to a dialogue with the african continent in a variety of areas from economic documentary and communication will continue very soon again in st. petersburg at the russia africa summit anton thank you anton podkovenko vladimir putin's meeting with the african delegation and reports from the last minutes vladimir putin with the delegation of the country of africa on the ukrainian issue ended, they lasted two and a half hours. russian troops launched a missile attack on one of the decision-making centers of the armed forces of ukraine, this was reported in the ministry of defense of the military department. they also said that over the past day, attacks by the armed forces were repelled in the south donetsk zaporozhye and donetsk direction, the most intense battles were going on for a while in the ledge in the dpr, the ministry of defense also reported on the situation in other directions. we learn all the details from boris and vanin

missiles bring down multiple launch rocket systems grad on ukrainian positions by the calculation of the southern military district help the sapper from the central mini-field is blocked by the ukrainians for the counteroffensive of the afu. on the american bradley, two american bradley armored vehicles and 15 enemy fighters were destroyed only in this sector of the front line of the russian defense in the kupyansk and kherson directions, 40 were destroyed by the coronazis. the greatest damage was inflicted on the donetsk and zaporozhye directions, about 600 people, an enemy attack was thwarted in the area at the water station. and where the martillery was hit. manpower, having suffered losses of the enemy, retreated by the forces of army aviation, three tanks were destroyed, a combat, armored vehicle to the south, the october state farm in the same area, was successfully hit by zhivnaya silya with all heavy

sanpin flamethrower systems in the zaporozhye direction. and where the martillery suffered a fire defeat, and the accumulation of apu equipment, when trying to regroup the breakthrough units in the area of ​​\u200b\u200bsmall tactics, artillery fire destroyed two tanks and manpower for each destroyed tank or armored vehicle, distinguished fighters present awards , including monetary incentives for more than 100 military units . detachment of marriage and heroism, the partner cross of the fourth degree shown in the battles awarded the medal for courage and st. george's crosses of the fourth degree is still to serve. many of the awarded went to the front as volunteers during mobilization. they just did their job, as it should be, so that our neighbors would not bypass the flank. but the ukrainian positions, even in the deep rear, defenseless against the targeted attacks of the russian troops, the armed forces of the russian federation, they carried out a group strike with long-range precision weapons , sea and air based, one at a time from the decision-making centers of the armed forces of ukraine, the target of the strike was reached, the designated

object was hit. russian aviation dominates the sky over kramatorsk , a ukrainian mi-24 helicopter was shot down, and air defense systems intercept shells of the vaunted american highmars systems. recently, one of the volleys that nevertheless reached the guns, but the soldiers who took refuge in the dugout survived now they are in the hands of doctors a lot of wounds on the left side penetrating with damage to the left lung, he is only 25, and he is already grandfather, this is the call sign of the wounded time marker. after several surgeries, he is on the mend. in a month , rehabilitation promises to return to service . such a short time became possible thanks to a well-functioning system of military medicine. guys are great. they are right here at the evacuation point not far, let's say, from the place of attack. there is a team of medics working there , and not just one, and they have a whole operating room there, not the most difficult ones. there, right on the spot, they provide first aid, despite the constant

shelling of sun. at their positions in the rear areas of their zone, fresh reinforcements are already being prepared forward. the goal is an angel, in short, not the situation in the new talent and shebekino now controlled by the military police of the western military district, the city is completely under the control of the armed forces completely by the enemy. naturally. if you have issued defeats beyond the state border. we did not stop at this, we systematically inflicted anger, the impact of artillery, army, aviation in the business aviation of the street patrols armored vehicles on the roads, stationary posts were set up. cars are stopped for a thorough inspection. but all these security measures have already been started by local residents. to restore their affected homes borisyn lead.

well, now let's turn to the news agency feeds, where reactions appear, including those of sergey lavrov , the minister of foreign affairs, during his visits to the meeting with african leaders, lavrov said that our partners from africa showed understanding of the true causes of the situation in ukraine, there is no need to get out of it on the basis of eliminating deep reasons, and the disagreements between the countries of the african countries also advocate the indivisibility of security in the world and the russian side supports this, and there are also statements by the representative kremlin ah. dmitry peskov a. he states that putin did not convey the message from zelensky to african african leaders, and there are also many comments today regarding the prospects for a grain deal. the decision on the grain deal will be announced in a timely manner, because it has not been implemented. today is the day of remembrance of our colleagues , vgtrk journalists anton voloshin, igor kornelyuk, they died 9 years ago under lugansk, they were fulfilling

their professional duty. the group came under mortar fire while filming a report about the evacuation of refugees today to the memorial plaque installed in the years of the building and the all-russian television and radio company laid fresh flowers. igor kornelyuk and anton voloshin cavalier. order of courage. sometimes they were worthy of death. the dead journalists are remembered and in the lugansk people's republic today the inhabitants gathered at the memorial sign at the site of the death of anton voloshin igor kornelyuk , our correspondent igor pikhanov was also there. despite the large distance between luhanske and the front line, ukrainian militants regularly shell the capital of the republic, therefore memory is not an event. today we went through with heightened security measures. and so today , flowers were laid on the central square of the city of luhansk. the memorials to the tragic victims of the all-russian state television and radio broadcasting company igor kornelyukoy and anton voloshin were attended by a large number of colleagues of journalists who

, like igor kornelyuk and anton, meet events in the donbas every day and talk about how local residents live here and in what conditions. let's give the word about the employees of the state television and radio broadcasting company of the lpr, despite the fact that our knees worked at all the places of shelling our journalists, they are looking at the danger to life. they, uh, tried, in fact , continue to do this today to break through the information blockade that the shot was fired at and in many ways it succeeds in conveying the truth to people. today we see that in the west , certain news agencies and certain media are already beginning to talk about reality. the state of affairs, so we succeed and here, uh, yes, uh, the thing that they did. uh, colleagues who died under a metalworker, it lives. it continues also commemorative events took place on the spot the death of the film crew. near the village of metallist 9 years ago, ukrainian militants. they also surrounded the suburban village of lugansk, they hit them with heavy artillery and

also hit with tanks, there were a large number of victims 9 years ago, employees of the state television and radio broadcasting company filmed a report of his rescue operation in the village of a metal worker under enemy fire from militants and employees of the ministry of emergency situations took people out of this village, eyewitnesses of the state television and radio broadcasting company did not only filmed a report, but helped local residents during the mortar shelling, hid people safe the place was also helped to carry heavy bags during one of these strikes, igor kornelyuk was mortally wounded. anton polushin died on the spot. let's give the floor to the war correspondent. tv channel russia nikolai dolgochelov, this is also one of the important elements of the profession, it is important to be indifferent. here is a sense of ownership, a sense of empathy for people. it is very important. otherwise, you won't tell. uh. sincerely, what is happening in reality and the guys, of course, they not only worked there, they filmed, they watched what is happening, they helped people journalists, the named school in the village of metalist, where teachers opened a museum dedicated to war correspondents

collected materials on war correspondents, from the great patriotic war to the present day. a particularly large tempo section is devoted, of course, and i say the root. and anton half-shin. there is their personal belongings documents equipment, in addition to the great support of the educational institution. e. today, special equipment was delivered there - this is an interactive whiteboard, the school is also equipped with the computer class has installed other digital equipment that helps students in the learning process. now they are learning more. 200 people have undergone a major renovation there this year. let's not use the word teacher. thank you so much for such a gift computer modern computers are very e for the school. uh, we need it now. peaceful life is gradually being restored . large repairs are being carried out on the territory of the entire republic, including at the front-line settlements, which

are regularly attacked by ukrainian forces. militants and pihanov andrei sergeyem vladislav mirzoyan news, lugansk people's republic, belgorod region, fighters of the chechen battalion akhmat west arrived with them yegor grigoriev went to the battalion west akhmat, or rather, his unit at the formation, the commander sets the task of addressing the fighters in chechen instruction ramzan kadyrov firmly hold positions and don't give them away save yourself the goal of the task of destroying enemy reconnaissance for you. this is a common thing, therefore, we firmly, resolutely carry out the combat mission to all places, the assigned task groups are put forward in the given squares of the belgorod forests on the border, the fighters of the unit. west akhmat has already begun to carry out its tasks by

patrolling the territory. and, of course, they are ready to give a worthy rebuff to the enemy, well-equipped oporniks come across along the way. here are the firing positions of the machine gunner grenade launcher. all taking into account the behavior of the enemy, who, when trying to break through , use armored vehicles, the personnel are well trained. he has combat experience, guys. all fired, mostly working sabotage-bred groups of opponents. here they arrived in a given area. so we got the task. this battalion commander is now a unit, just the same. eh, experienced fighters are being mastered , they have shown themselves worthy in the donetsk and zaporizhia directions, there are units of the ministry of internal affairs for chechnya. there is no task of the first god's surrender, we have border protection, yes, we still have groups and artillery and, accordingly, the enemy, we will drive

away away from the borders, without any problems , we ask the battalion commander about invisible people who supposedly still control something in the belgorod region. i supported the joke. they say that they control this part of the belgorod land here. maybe yes, the bucket house in that direction took this land, they control it, and so they do it right back the interaction has been established with the ministry of defense by the west grouping of troops by the regional government great attention to medical support, the first medical code this is easier ramzan, the kid set the task, a so that not one fighter, but the akhmat unit is not left without attention in terms of medical support in modernization

food at the base, the location has already delivered medicines. on the way, ambulances are preparing beds, if necessary, ready to provide assistance and deliver everything necessary to the civilian population from the akhmat kadyrov fund, and that on the road the car is driving, medicines are brought to us, we all have minutes of relative calm at the borders, according to the fighters, there may be the most vigilant in military secrets are not disclosed, but surprises are promised to the enemy akhmat egor grigoriev oleg makarov to lead. now new footage from st. petersburg following vladimir putin's talks with african leaders

well, actually, there was a meeting that our african friends asked for. the initiative belongs to the president of the republic of south africa mr. romafosa. he was part of a delegation of seven african countries , which, e.g., represented a wider circle of countries on the continent interested in trying to help achieve a fair regulation of the situation that has developed in ukraine around ukraine as you well know , president putin once again confirmed this as a result. for many years, the west has been preparing a hybrid war against the russian federation with the transformation of ukraine into an instrument of this war to undermine the fundamentals of our country's security right on our borders, to undermine our

positions in the world as a whole, including the world economy. and, of course, a tool to undermine everything russian. what existed on the lands of crimea on the lands of the southeast of the ukrainian state, which at one time left the soviet union in this composition existed for centuries, where the cities that were founded by the ancestors of the people living on these lands, and where they destroyed everything russian, if you read president putin , examples of those statements were given today that the ukrainian leadership does not make, and eyebrows that when they are expressed as they are take back their lands. they will destroy there legally and physically. all those who do not belong to the russian world, who will consider themselves russian and will not agree that he should follow. new laws, who glorify the banderaites. well, in fact, the president spoke about this in detail

yesterday at the st. petersburg economic forum . today, he also informed our african friends about those assessments that, of course, you are well aware of. as a matter of fact, and the president's opening remarks the opening remarks of the president of south africa by the president of senegal, uh, were, as i understand it, uh, recorded live by you after this president. putin reacted in the order of the start of an interactive dialogue. e. i'm sure that you understand our position well. she has spoken many times. we have nothing to hide. we present it honestly and, unlike our former western partners, we do not force anyone. to follow some kind of restrictive world in relation to african colleagues who do not share our position on the stage. we could probably

hear that too from their opening statements. they are interested in denoting their desire for peace. they emphasized repeatedly that their initiative. it is basically on paper. so it was not formulated by the president, the afoza read out 10 points that you have been able to fix for sure. they emphasized that these initiatives do not compete with any others. first of all, they singled out the well-known 12 points of the position of the people's republic of china, which was presented a couple of months ago, and singled out those parts of this chinese initiative that are close to them and which is that there should be no double standards in the world, that all principles, the un charter in all their totality in all their interconnection. respected and pretended to be in life, and that there were no one-sided sanctions, so that there are no attempts to ensure someone's security at the expense of the security

of others, so that security is indivisible in the global. scale precisely these principled approaches. we share what we know as our chinese counterparts. after their special representatives visited several countries, including the russian federation, how he, while in berlin, i think, said that china is interested in european countries turning their attention to the roots of this conflict and focusing on , to address the true underlying causes of what is happening and to ensure a just and stable european security architecture. this is exactly what we have been striving for for many years, both before the coup d'état of one ukraine and after the coup d'etat, when there was hope for the implementation of several agreements, well, everything was a few agreements, you know, so the main conclusion, in my opinion, and today's conversations are our

partners from african union showed