and are russia is definitely waging a long term war on. so it will continue for months icing. i think at least and of course, there is a role for the u. s. for the bite and administration ukraine has been asking. since we have our nor normandy format anymore, we don't have the means agreement to load east in ukraine. these formats are dead. a since russia has invaded ukraine, so we, it will have to establish a new format. so far we have seen talks direct talks between russia and ukraine. but i think when we come closer to a real solution of the problem, a ceasefire and an agreement, then there will be of course, a place for the u. s. at the table, or more even more, i think without the u. s. no agreement can be reached at are we seeing any progress in any of these other diplomatic channels? whether it's the talks in bel, i risk the talks that have been held in turkey. do you really see any signs of true progress? no, not at all. i'm very pessimistic about those stocks. it's important that they talk . one thing that can come out of it are the humanitarian corridors, the so called corridors, which actually does not work so far as they shoul

u. s. is already been diverting to europe and there's a clear commitment and a lot of flexibility on the u. s. side, because essentially they are producing a good deal of l n g. and they are able and willing to divert it to the highest bidder. in other words, this is definitely going to have an effect on the market and on prices. the prices of fossil fuels have been sor ring as we have seen. and we can certainly expect them to continue to do so, but it's obviously key for europe to when itself, off a russian natural gas, which until now has been about 40 percent of you gas overall. and for 2 reasons. number one, to avoid sending revenues to what president soleski of ukraine has called president putin war machine. and secondly, to start making themselves more independent from russia, in case of an energy embargo on russian fossil fuel imports. and that could come not only from the you itself at the moment e u member states are blocked. some of them want an embargo. others are dragging their feet including germany. but it could also come from the russian side, for example, in the form that we

so hardy nelson is a talk show host at the common ground. berlin podcast, and former correspondent for the u. s. broadcaster and p. r. michel tillman is diplomatic correspondent at the german weekly did site, and it's a great pleasure to welcome back to the show of my colleague roman con charice. he is a ukrainian by birth, and it works with d w's, russia language service in boston. and i'd like to begin a if i may, with you sariah, following the trump presidency and the disastrous us exit from afghanistan. many people doubted whether there was still any will on the part of the us to lead. is that different? now? would you say that u. s. president biden is right. when he says the u. s. is back. well, the us may be back, or at least the will, but he certainly is not benefiting or in the numbers or in the polls or in terms of his, the support that he's getting from the american public. i mean, i think there is there still a lot of doubt about whether he can manage this crisis. i mean, and out as what the americans are saying in the fact that he's having that kind of a difficult in a us sort of

u. s. has been sensually, i look at a desperate of the product people q by the us bullets and the u. s. has engaged in huge this formation campaign to demonize is a bursaries, if china sanctioned russia, the results are catastrophic. not only that, the peoples of portia and china suffer from higher prices and the lack of goods and foot. it is cornering show, a strong new to the of power. i don't think anyone want to see things even more dramatic to happen. increasingly, many entities realize that any security solutions in the region without the involvement of russia will be a disaster. china is on the side of humanity. in general. i think it is what the right side of history and tails and washington traditional middle east allies are also unhappy with us attempts to control global oil supply. some of the world's biggest crude export is, are increasingly resisting america and looking to bypass the use of the dollar in that trade ortiz where to blevins explains after years of involvement in the middle east, the u. s. now appears to be losing his grasp on some of the closest allies in the r

the west has been looking at it as a conflict between russia and ukraine, which is just a battlefield. and i think to your question, how could the u. s. a maybe stop it? i think i'm looking back for some weeks, maybe months prior to this conflict. we've seen how the u. s. administration reacted differently. they disclose their information that they had about this plan of, of this war. this was new and this allowed the u. s. and its allies, a u. k, and some other nato countries to supply you. craig, with weapons, and that was very, very important for ukraine because it is, it's those weapons that ukraine received in the couple of weeks before the war from the west that enabled ukraine to stand firm. without those weapons, i'm sure russia would have seized a much bigger territorial ukraine by now. so i think the past for the coming days and weeks is to continue in that direction and i want to make weapons for your grand. exactly. and i want to pick up on that point in just a moment. it's become commonplace to say that vladimir putin under estimated the west. but the reverse is also true. long as the list of political leaders who con

and treasury balls. this enormous interest in the u. s. currency raised it to a unique position. the demand is so high that the u. s. can print as many dollars and dollar denominated bonds as it needs to finance its external debt. if any other country tries to do the same, it will immediately face rising inflation. in the case of the us, people were by dollars anyway. for decades, the dollar enjoyed its unique status. with the tacit consent of the world, its value remained relatively stable because the u. s. economy has been growing steadily unaffected by the turmoil in other parts of the world. oil prices denominated in a stable currency for their part to creased fluctuations in the market. the rising powers, like china and anti american governments like venezuela urged to review the petro dollars system. but the de dollarization was limited to a number of symbolic moves up until now and parallel and to russia. sanctions shocked the government officials way beyond russia's borders. india, china, and even saudi arabia are now giving a 2nd thought to d. dollarization initiatives. y

interesting to hear thoughts, terra read, author and former u. s. senate. a thanks for being with us here on our team international, which we have more time to just go into this for the full hour. well, thank you so much. thanks for having me and, and good luck to you. appreciate it. thanks. now renowned american journalist julia your fee has quoted the controversy for suggesting on cnn that a chemical attack in ukraine as a european country would be more significant than $1.00 in the middle east. critics said that such rhetoric can be construed as racist. you know, it's one thing for sarah and gas to be used are people in far away, syria who are muslim and who are of a different culture. what does europe going to do when it's on european soil? but while a clip of the remark makes the rounds online, julia your, he says that her words have been taken out of context. she says that she was actually pointing out apparent double standards that nato has when addressing a conflict on the same continent as its member states. now, western media have been rife with dou

a with china accuses the u. s. of bending the flames over the war. and ukraine as washington wraps up, pressure on countries friendly with russia. moscow and t a struggle to come to an agreement on key issues over resolving the ukraine conflict that has been fighting, continues with reports of civilian casualties and destruction of residential areas . we sat in the basement for a week, hiding from the shooting. a british media regulator off. com revoked artes broadcasting license, exciting the conflict and ukraine, and the networks quote. relationship with the russian federation party says the watchdogs move was politically motivated and russia presents further evidence to the end that the u. s. and a nato were supporting biological weapons development in ukraine. we hear the key points ah, broadcasting from our studios in moscow. this is our to international. i'm john thomas. certainly glad to have you with us now we start with the latest developments in the ukraine conflict. vladimir put an emphasized in a phone call with french president a manual micr

alliance, it's looking for a purpose, and it's been looking for a purpose ever since the goal oriented britain's media regulator has decided to revoke our license to broadcast in the u. k. with immediate effect off. com cited the current conflict in ukraine and band of the network due to its relations with the russian state. this investigation has taken the count of a number of factors including artie's relationship with the russian federation. it is recognised, the art is funded by the russian state which has recently invaded a neighboring sovereign country. we also note new laws in russia which effectively criminalize any independent journalism that the parts and emotions states news, narrative, and particular relation to the invasion of ukraine. we consider that given these constraints, it appears impossible for artie to comply with the jew impartiality rules of our broadcasting code in the circumstances. this is a continuation of the madness that is going on in america and europe. it is anti russian madness. this is yet another step, crudely limiting freedom of speech. british authorities have opened more than 2 dozen investigations into whether archie's coverag

it's so because of this section, ok, what if the e u was a follow the u. s. and the u. k. lead and plan imports of russian oil and, and russian gas. i can see already that scalia's shaking had come back to you in a moment. but, but with that, is it, what would that worry moscow? i sure is that you were going to got this more stuff for europe and, you know, coming up to for an i've gotten a few for, for russian gas and oil go call for europe and union sounds is strongly different. so for us in supply 6, not i'm in those $31.00, but it's also oil production and some kind of logistic. it will be a chain reaction real deeply. you wrote down the government itself. so i think they will try to find out if in the few years the same time russia went out on a few for, for new market in the asian or from china. james practice of mora or compass school care for energy conjure. and we'll look for ration got an oil, and maybe we'll be more cheaper to go the situation. but for now we see that's right is for golf and oil growing up and it's soon roughly impacted. the united states suite

and oceania as arms exports are an important element of u. s. foreign policy aimed at china. and that's not all. and u. s. firm just bought a shipyard in the philippines might not look like much, just a bankrupt junkyard. well, not quite. the location provides direct access to the south china sea, the main area of china, how, when tensions a message to beijing that we here to stay. and then there's the firm who bought it . the co founder city feinberg is a washington insider having run companies with close ties to the u. s. military. he also apparently has a very keen interest in china. little surprise. it's his 1st. that 4th, shipyard, american, 5 eyes partner, australia is also very much on board. the sanction china plan with the countries military's having a few recent brushes. it's also splashing some serious tests to try and stop china's dominance of the minerals market. china currently dominates around 70 to 80 percent of global critical minerals production and continues to consolidate its hold over the supply chains. this initiative is designed to address that dominance that beijing was bullied and holds many cards.

now this idea has been around for years, but it could soon become a reality, and it stands just threaten the u. s. dollars dominance as the world reserve currency. so why would saudi arabia consider a move like this right now? well, they're not too happy with the u. s. and west, you're now lies for him. housing unprecedented sanctions against russia, which just happens to be one of their most important opec plus allies. they're also watching countries like china and india actively looking for ways to work around those things and which means moving away from the us dollar. but while the us in saudi arabia have maintained in alliance on the surface, they're also competitors when it comes to oil production and the saudi. they're finding out just how much power they have right now. unlike the government of nearly every other major oil producing country, including saudi arabia and the other opec states, the u. s. government cannot open and close its own oil taps. it cannot compel oil companies to drill more. so when the war sent oil prices soaring, the government was powerless to bring them down. t

a tool of the british government. of com has shown the u. k. public and the regulatory community internationally that despite a well constructed facade of independence, it is nothing more than a tool of government bending to its media, suppressing will, by ignoring all keys, completely clean record of 4 consecutive years, and stating purely political reasons. tied directly to the situation in ukraine and yet completely an associate to taught is operations, structure management, or each tauriel put off. com has full c george artie to not be fit and proper and in doing so, rock, do you k public of access to information? i spoke with attire, read an author, and former u. s. senate aid who thinks bending our team is an attempt by the west to silence opposing viewpoints. archie is a voice that we need to hear and as an american citizen, i want to hear a different voices. i want to not only just see through western lens, will a cocker see, isn't it? i mean, what about maybe see what about hdtv? yeah. what about mt are those are all funded by the british and the

a problem for us. it's so because of that oil section, ok, what if the e u was a follow the us and the u. k. lead and plan imports. of russian, oil and, and russian gas. i can see already that scalia's shaking had come back to you in a moment. but, but with that, is it, what would that worry moscow? i sure was that you were all got this more talk for europe and, you know, coming up to for an i don't know if you for, for russian gas and oil go council. if you're open, you know, i'm down to strong with the plan. so for office supplies, 6, not on those $31.00, but it's also oil production and it's some kind of logistic, it will be cheating, reaction in real deeply on europe around itself. so i think they will try to find out if in the future yes, the same time rational funds for, for new market in the asian or from china. james, back to some of more schools here for. and then you found your bill for russian golf and or, and maybe we'll do more cheaper to go this situation. but for now we see that's right. is for gas and oil growing up and it's generously impacted the united states suited in y

a call between the country's leaders on friday, the u. s. had warned china not to provide material support to russia over the conflict in ukraine, but china issued a swift and cutting response may work as the culprit of the ukraine crisis. why does the u. s keep smearing china, instead of reflecting on the security predicament in europe caused by the eastward expansion of us, lead nato. why doesn't the us reflect on its hypocritical move of watching the fire from across the river after fanning the flames, the least thing the u. s. should do is to sling mud china, which is not a party directly concerned. the despicable move of the us only serves to reveal its guilty conscience and true intention to shift the blame and profit from the ukraine crisis. weeks and weeks have seen both politicians and the media shift. they gazed eastward to china. for some this has been a wake up call, a turning point, the way realizes it needs to f. now to contain and assertive beijing and things have become heated. g u. s. has been spreading successive disinformation, targeting china on the ukraine issue with malicious intentions. china's already on the wrong side of history whe

a 155 cubic meters per year and 2021. so it's only a drop, a simple, but it's a start. and also the u. s. said there will deliver more liquid natural gas on low, longer term. and also that you're looking at other sources of liquid natural gas. for example, a germany and the german, a business early comics minister traveled to cut tar to strike a deal there then. but there are also other problems. for example, there not enough terminals in the european union yet to, to get liquid natural gas. so it's something that will have to be built in the coming months and years. in conclusion, marina, there are a lot of very vocal e, u. member states who want a gas rush and gas imports to stop out right away, but there seems to be off the table right now. why that's true. you know, in the lafayette prime minister arrived here this morning. it was very clear that he would be a pro aurora pro band oh, when it comes to gas and a banning grout gas from russia. he said that and we have to get away from russian gas as soon as possible. he's joined by the baltic states and by poland. but then we have the big

and so this is a little different than some of the sanctions that we've seen in recent days and weeks that the u. s. president could do unilaterally through the treasury department, for example, but certainly this is something that is expected to push a had given the sort of bipartisan support for this action and condemnation of russian invasion of ukraine. and what i would do is essentially end russia's status as a most favored nation, which is a classification, the world trade organization. and it would, and sort of, it's a exemption from tariffs on things like caviar and diamonds, as well as gag vodka and gas. and so this would have a tremendous impact. in fact, the u. s. president saying it would really level a crushing blow to russia's economy. and in fact, the u. s. president tweeting just a moment ago that already the.

it's so because of that section, ok, what if the e u was a follow the us of the u. k. lead and plan imports of russian oil and, and russian gas. i can see already that scalia's shaking had come back to you in a moment. but, but with that, is it, what would that worry moscow? i sure is that you got this more stock for europe and, you know, not to, for an you, for, for russian gas and oil. go council for europe and, you know, i'm found too strongly defined. so for office supplies, 6, not on those 31, but it's also oil production and some kind of logistic. it will be cheating, reaction real deeply on your program itself. so i think they will try to find out if in the future yes, the same time rational funds out on a few for, for new market in the asian or from china. again, james practice from mora school here for energy and bill for rush and got an oil and maybe a little bit more cheaper to go situation. but somehow we see that's right. this photograph and oil growing up and it's generously impacted. the united states suited them because your community, i mean community united st

take a look at the mark and see for yourself with the u. s. is and where vietnam is still the u. s. went in and over a 1000000 people died. as a result, i realized that even then it was never widely condemned. although we had the warsaw pact and the soviet union in place. and after the soviet union disappeared from the world map along with the warsaw pact, the u. s. got absolutely out of control german suck, which they think they can do whatever they want you. slavic. as a case in point, we saw utter disregard for international law. the use of the armed forces and weapons by a number of countries including depleted uranium. ammunition, that was of any uproar. no. they realized they could go ahead. he concocted a justification and got away with it. today some european leaders admits, well yes, maybe they overreacted a little, but it does not go any further. again, the u. s. behaved this way around the world because they think there is no longer any competition, but they all wrong. that life does not stand still prompting new developments and international relations and new countrie

u. a and saudi arabia. and we are in for some chilly nights to come . if we have a look at the 3 day full re add, look at that for degrees low coming in there. by the time we get to saturday, however, it does recover. we will see that sunshine dominating once again. now across the levant, we are seeing wet and windy weather pull east temperatures here, sitting below the average, and that's reflected as well in cross northern parts of africa. we've got an area of low pressure bringing wet and windy weather to morocco and algeria some heavier fools expected here on friday. and of course, that wind blowing up this, the horrid dust plume across into europe or rather dusty and hot. but for the south of this, it is a wet picture. it's dryer and western areas of southern africa, but it is very wet in the east heavy falls once again for mozambique as well as central areas of botswana. but further south we go, well it is finer and dryer with sunshine in cape town. that sure weather ah, the bitcoin block chain and crypto guarantees, disruptive technology join with

o u g game is the army, a feller, the all new rules and the height is equal to radio. joe biden, backtracks on his suggestion that russia is vladimir putin must be toppled from power. as the u. s. president now claimed he was just venting his own personal frustration as expressing more outreach and i feel and i make no apologies with personal like with my 1st with another round of negotiations between russian and ukrainian officials is expected on tuesday. and he stumble with turkish officials expressing hope. the meeting could lead to a see fire. humanitarian disaster and mario pope has local residence, hide in their basements from continuous shelling as they tried to cope with a lack of food and water. to pull the keys a cable, it's just going on with while the global community rushes to help your premiums, humanitarian groups are warning that aid is being diverted from other long running conflicts elsewhere in the world ah, broadcasting from our studios in moscow. this is our to international. i'm john thomas. certainly glad to have you with us. let's start by recapp

and he's not in the united states. he's meeting with nato allies or perhaps related to that last comment by kill a b. u and nate. so are holding a number of summits today to agree on an action plan for further sanctions against russia. nato secretary general in stoughton berg has also been speaking on nate to efforts to support ukraine, including yet more literal aid being sent. r t. charlotte dubin ski told me more, but all of us a little earlier, we got confirmation from you. in stockton burke, the secretary general of nato, exactly what the plans are for the alliance in the short term. perhaps the longer term that he talked about, the fact that the allied leaders of agreed on for new battle groups that are going to be stationed in countries such as bulgaria, romania hungry. and so back here that will add up to the food that are already on those eastern flanks, meaning that they will not be 8 battle groups in situ that us troops that are currently stationed in the e u. and that there were 40000 forces that were also under the direct control of nature command. and he said that all of those troops were currently

and training. the ukranian president will make his case for no fly zone. when on wednesday, he addresses a joint session of the u. s. congress. kimberly help him al jazeera, the white house, the mirror of cave, as warned that ukraine's capital is facing a difficult and dangerous moment. 35 r curfew is under way. after rushing the strike from residential building and a metro station which killed 5 people, russian forces up 1000000 circle the capital m and con, went to an apartment that was hit in keys and spoke to one of its residence. this is where it's light to be inside. one of the apartments in this bond are building. it happened in the early hours of the morning. this actually child's remarks. so is the kid that normally lives her. she's actually been evacuated, but you can see the windows, the power of the bloss blew the windows and they've actually managed to tidy up a lot of the glass. get it all out a lot. there. the kids, books and things are now actually on the balcony. there's still a lot of damage here. this is watches law who lives here wrestler didn't tell us what happened in the morning. 05 for. b

the java a new sora of syria and ukraine would be the a's of regiment. and we have many pieces of evidence showing that the u. s. military has supported a sob. ah, the new york time this has been cold for reversing its normative and corruption in ukraine, amid the conflict in the country. a u turn, which seems to be part of the recent trend among many western media outlets. us kill up monk and tells us us, mainstream media outlets don't approve of people speaking against their narrative, even if it's the same narrative that they have been using until now. ukraine crisis has made this very clear, conservative pundit candice owens recently tweeted out an inquiry she received from the new york times. i received an email from the new york times asking for comment regarding me advancing ideas that ukraine is a corrupt country. similar to the russian states evie, i replied informing them that i actually got my ideas from the new york times and provided them links to their past articles seem it doesn't matter if she says exactly what the new york times said, and what's true that there's lots of corruption and ukrai

russia understands the thought that no country can use energy as a weapon and blackmail blackmailed worth can now speak to ben hodges, a retired u. s. a tenant general and former commander of the u. s. army in europe, who's joining us from dough. welcome to the w general. now the russian military making this statement, apparently shifting its focus from the key of offensive and now to liberating as it says, don bass, what do you make of that? this is a colossal failure. by the russian federation, armed forces, and of course, they're going to try and dress it up as something else that they've accomplished everything they meant to. but they haven't accomplished anything except demonstrate that their military has suffered from decades of corruption inside the miniature defense. and inside the army, and they've demonstrated that ukrainians have something to fight for where russian soldiers don't. so i would say this clearly is the combination of russia's ability to launch or conduct sustained offensive operations large scale. unfortunately, they still have the ability to murder innocent ukrainians. what do you expect from the russia

and we think that is really, that is really a key move to relocate the u. s. in the, in the, in the impartial and neutron position, you can't really choose a path to totally and you still pretend or hope that you can play a role in mitigating between the 2 parties. in the conflict current us policy appears to have been shaped by a 2019 report by a prominent american thing tank. the rand corporation describing ways to cripple rushes, economy and armed forces without engaging in battle. $354.00 pages of strategy on how america can bring russia to its knees. in a nutshell, that's what the 2019 report from the rand corporation is. it weighs up the pros, the cons, the cost, the risks, and it decides what's the fastest way to push russia to the brink. i'm sure it's not the only one out there, but this one stands out the ear when he predicting exactly what we've seen on rival of the last few months. the report presents 3 main lines of attack, money mines and the military starting with money. so the economy, the advice hit russia where it hurts oil and gas, specificall

u. s. is too distracted by russia and ukraine and to return to the wrong nuclear jail may be right around the corner, leaders from egypt. the u. a. e are rock and saudi arabia met in jordan, head of an unprecedented meeting between the foreign ministers of the reign. egypt, the u. a. e morocco and jordan and israel over the weekend. while us secretary of st. anthony's blinking wasn't attend this, he was not in charge. the latest talks come as leaders in the middle east emphasize the need to give their own countries the level of global attention as a western world is giving to you. we have never seen a global response to us, nor sufferings. and we've been calling for this, that setting get precedent. and the region is by having witnessing the brutality again, it's the syrian people are in the scene ends, organic libyans, organic, organic stuff, guns. meanwhile, an asia, the bush, by the us to isolate russia from the rest of the world, is instead of serving to bring countries like china and russia closer together as they have both been the target of intense pressure from the us. china and india share common interests on many front

and berlin, welcome to the shell. u. s. president joe biden has announced a ban on importing russian oil and retaliation for the invasion of ukraine. biden's move comes as the united states is already struggling with rising fuel prices and inflation. us imports only a small percentage of its oil from russia, but the ban will likely push oil prices even higher. but the price of brent crude reaching a 14 year high this week now for more unless let's bring in, james sweeney, our financial correspondent and new york. james, how big of a blow is that to russia, to lose the u. s. as a customer for its oil and gas, this is a big blow to russia by losing the u. s. as an energy comes customer, an injury consumer, the u. s. is the global leader, an oil consumption in this administration, the binding ministration, agree to buy a ton of oil for russia, you know, mix it up a bit not get everything from oven. and the russians were enjoying the funds, allocating it, whichever way they felt fit. and now that money's gone, that's hundreds of millions of dollars. no more. and

a u. s. puppet and an actor, by the way, he's also an actor, but he's absolutely a puppet of the u. s. government in the west, and he is being applauded by governments around the world. it is just so shameful. meanwhile, julian assange, who exposed a war crimes in wrong doing by the united states and other governments, is in one of the worst prisons in the u. k right now. and that is the harsh prisons this wedding should have taken place at a location of the choice of julian assange and his fiance, stella morris. this should have not taken place in val marsh prison because julian assange, an award winning journalist in publisher, should not be imprisoned. and he should not be facing extradition to the united states while the soul for the saw for the latest developments on the ongoing conflicts in ukraine had over thought c dot com on his piece of scott's. and thank you for watching. ah ah ah . so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy even foundation, let it be an arms race, his on offense, very dramatic development only personally and getting to resist

and you can understand that this information relates to a line of thinking that is prevalent within the u. s. government. when one takes a look at the reality of the u. s. lead sanctions against russia today because of the special military operation and ukraine. it is clear that while the russian economy, you know, took a hit and it was suffering that it's recovery. and it's going to a readjust to this new reality while the u. s. economy and the european economies are, are suffering and may even suffer more because of the divorce between the western russia. so i think this is clearly an example where some academics thought that this might be a good idea, but reality is dictated a different outcome. you powers have been defiant against moscow's demand for russian fuel imports to be paid for in rubles, instead of the current euro's and dollars. despite moscow's warning that it could suspend supplies, that you use the largest economy. germany is preparing for a potential shut off. as it insists, it won't switch to making the payments in russia's national currency, german economy minister, ro

the java a new sra of syria and ukraine would be the a's of regiment. and we have many pieces of evidence showing that the u. s. military has supported a is all over in europe. thousands of lori drivers have hit the streets of madrid to protest against skyrocketing prices, of food and fuel. they were brought about by the unprecedented sanctions slots on russia. the demonstrates is blocked the main avenue of madrid, demanding the resignation of the spanish transport minister. thus, since he rejected a $1000000000.00 euro support package aimed at alleviating the surging fuel prices, which passed the benchmark of nearly $1.00 euros for liter. earlier this month since stringent sanctions have been imposed on russia, european countries are struggling with increasing food and fuel prices. demonstrations of also been out in germany, france, spain, and greece with protesters throwing burning tires on so highway and blocking roads . some governments have even suggested people reduce their heating in order to quote that bills. well, we ask people in paris what they think of that suggestion. disease one thought or sus

that's war. arming the ukrainians in a very obvious and open way and calling for the assassination of a foreign head of state. and other gimmicks that are coming out of her u. s. congress to me are all a defacto war. and it is, in fact, i think of the russian side, it's being restrained here for those was, were unfortunately living in the united states. we hear a constant stream of propaganda coming out of government and both to put in the also the talking edge on the media. and we're not hearing the other side of one of the funny things about bo, this is that as a former intelligence officer myself, when you're trying to sell something like this, you sell a narrative. and the key to the narrative is where you start the narrative. so everything we see on television starts this whole thing 3 months ago and doesn't go back to, to 2014, when do united states engaged regime regime change in the ukraine and basically started this whole thing. and nobody's talking about that. yeah, it's called context and it's completely absent from what we're being fed. george, i need your help. i need you to explain something to me. because if you look at the, the broad sheets

and we are expecting a press conference in brussels with was a fund line and a u. s. president joe biden, that should start shortly. we will go life that press conference when it begins. but for now, we're going to return to our top story developments on the ground in ukraine, and some signs of ukrainian forces gaining ground and pushing back russian forces intelligence report, se ukraine has read.

and just to hours after agreeing on a new energy deal with the e. u you as president joe by and travel to poland near the border with ukraine. and that's where he's meeting with polish president on j duda in the south south eastern city of chicago. it's a home to a u. s. air base where the u. s. military service serves rather alongside polish troops as part of nato. mister barnwell, next travel on to the polish capital of warsaw for more talks on the west, military humanitarian and economic response to russia's war on ukraine. and in poland is interviews max xander, max, a symbolic visit. well, you could look at it, you could look at this visit as a symbolic one, but there's definitely more to with while the 1st leg of the president binds trip to europe, was about a blog about getting general garnering support for, for nato in, for the and showing support you alliances this. this is 2nd part of the trip here to poland is about to showing support to a country that is a, a frontline state. and a country that is in a very vulnerable position, as the whit

a complete change of germany's defense spending and defense strategy and the e u, providing a $1000000000.00 more than a $1000000000.00 to actually provide weaponry for ukraine. those are things that you really wouldn't have thought perhaps a month ago that the you would, would, would do. and the use gone much further. the many people thought perhaps they would . but i think you're going to see today they've reached the limit and i don't think even though there might be a 5th package of sanctions announced today or in the coming days. i don't think it's going to go anywhere, particularly new. it's going to fill in some of the gaps, but in terms of the key thing, and that is the energy sector and vladimir putin's government before all this started was getting a $1000000000.00 a day from the west for its energy. i don't think you're going to see that the, you join the u. s. in stopping all oil and gas coming from russia because the, the german chancellor said you cannot have sanctions that harm the you more than they harm russia's leadership. so they'll be looking for other things they can do