u. r. parliament president robert up met sola. ah, let's listen in a pause there from the members of the european parliament who are welcoming the ukrainian president with a standing ovation with news. lensky is on his 2nd trip outside of his country since the russian invasion began in full on february 24th of last year. his 1st trip was to the united states, where he addressed the joint a joint session of the u. s. congress. that was in december today. let's listen to the story occasion to welcome you parliament president, roberto, mental and follow the matter so lensky to the european parliament. this is an extraordinary moment. in extraordinary times, it has been almost one year. this is the brutal, illegal invasion of sovereign ukraine by russia. in all that time, mister president's, your leadership has inspired your people and inspired every corner of the globe. when the worst thinks of ukraine, they think of zeroes fighting the odds of david beating goliath. they think of the icons of snake island, the warriors of mar yukon,

i'm john kerry, aka reporting for r t in washington, a russian parliament member in charge of international affairs, hazel and the ease of its ally. the u. s. in force is new clearness measures a real threat to the blown security. he made those comments off, the e u foreign policy chief, joseph burrell, asserted that african nations should be wary of strengthening their ties within allegedly imperialistic russia. i travel around the world and particularly in the countries of the south. i see how powerful is the russian narrative that wants to reduce the war in ukraine to a conflict between the west and rush is powerful, accusing us of double standard. we must debunk this narrative and explain how rush acts as an imperialist power. president macro referred to a neo colonial power. yes, it is. what it is. let's call it by its name. it is an imperial attitude from a powerful neighbor that wants to take control of some country that belongs to its political sphere. we heard from a mozambique based illegal expert, an analyst will cardiac, as well as independent journalist, luc groovy. both of them said, russia's relations with african nations