u. s. resources. it would require going after russian assets, both in ukraine and in russia itself. and the u. s. only has experience in enforcing no fly zones where it doesn't really face opposition, such as any rock such as over the former former yugoslavia where there's no real air force to speak of russia for all of its missteps and all of its military weaknesses. surprise, weaknesses still is a massive military power and it would put the 2 sides into direct confrontation. it's not an easy solution, like some people might suggest it is a reporter william. good question. i thank you so much for coming into the studio with that analysis. officials in the western ukrainian city of levine say russian air strikes have hit a fuel storage facility, which is now burning after reports of 3 powerful explosions. levine is located around 70 kilometers from the polish border and have been seen as something of a safe haven for those who are fleeing the russian invasion of the eastern, northern and southern parts of ukraine. after the black, you can see black smoke rising above the city. 5 people are reported in

u. s. resources. it would require going after russian assets both in ukraine and in russia itself. and the u. s. only has experienced in enforcing no fly zones where it doesn't really face opposition, such as any rock such as over the former former yugoslavia where there is no real air force to speak of russia for all of its missteps and all of its military weaknesses. surprise, weaknesses still is a massive military power and it would put the 2 sides into direct competition. it's not an easy solution. like some people might suggest it is a reporter, william glover. i want to thank you so much for coming into the studio. with that analysis of the western ukrainian say of the view has been struck by russian rockets suggest a day after moscow signals a shift in focus to the eastern don bath region elsewhere. russian troops agreed to leave a town where staff working at the chernobyl nuclear site live after a mass protest by residence, an attack on a city that has become a refuge from many fleeing rushes, invasion authorities say, the missiles struck non residential targets in the lives outskirts includi

u. s. to playing the taiwan card is like playing with fire, which will not only push taiwan into a dangerous situation, but also bring unbearable consequences to the u. s. side u. s. l i, australia is also upping the ante, anti one, and on building nuclear submarines depends, arms imports have increased 2 and a half times over the past 5 years. with south korea also noticeably increasing its military budget. you can guess who supplying them. the usa remains the largest supplier to asia and oceania as arms exports are an important element of u. s. foreign policy aimed at china. and that's not all. a 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're 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. millet. he also apparently has a very keen interest in trina. little surprise, it's hi

u. s. only serves to reveal its guilty conscience and true intention to shift the blame and profit from the ukraine crisis. we think we have seen both politicians and the media shift. they gazed eastwards to china for some this has been a wake up call, a turning point. the waste 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. well, china's already on the wrong side of history when it comes to, to ukraine in the aggression being committed by russia they, you asked, has gone so far as to threaten that other countries will pay a prize for not following suit an imposing sanctions as it has done one country artist, a luxury meal and the rest of the world has to ford the beale. this looks more like what a bully would do. we will not stand by and allow any country to compensate russia for its losses from the duke sang, which is what don, you sh

in alaska, the u. s's only arctic stacks in it's governor bill walker had gone to plead becaise to trump a. he asked, what did he do? and i said, we need some help with the market. in about 2 weeks later, i got a notification in my office at present. she wanted to meet with me we want ship a clean energy and sort of china. and so we can offer, you know, potentially a 100 years supply of, you know, of natural gas. our market for is asia because we're just much closer to asia and, and what we have, they need a 25 years off to buying a used icebreaker from ukraine. beijing now have the capacity to build its own the chalet long lou. 2 plans for the construction of a nuclear icebreaker. also in the work with this is that in january 2018, beijing presents a white paper on it's an arctic policy to the international press. i am sure, marsh maryland go beyond climate issues. it details. it's polar, so proud project and asserts that wish to exploit optic resorts ah beyond iceland and norway, china's ambitions also extended to sweden. tommy in the class on a consultant in the small town of elusive

u. s. foot only transacting with countries that share your values drastically reduces your options. of course, a new survey suggest that for the 1st time since 2004, there are more countries in the world that are autocratic. don, democratic now among the autocratic countries. awesome at germany is main trading partners, china, turkey, saudi arabia, and date. russia. and replacing russia means turning to other countries. is politics that always align with germany is that for germany's economy minister energy has been high on the agenda as berlin tries to win the country of russian energy. that's retina. good, i'm it. we're now counting on becoming independent from russian gas, with few exceptions. by summer 2024 already current. germany has turned to cutter. one of the world's leading producers of liquefied natural gas, or ellen gee, it could help germany wean itself of russian energy. but the gulf country has a tainted human rights record, including the exploitation of migrant workers, the discrimination of women, and restrictions on freedom of expression. but germany is desperate w

u. s only gets about 10% of its oil and natural gas from russia. it makes up a very small share of the oil that we consume. it will be easy to replace from other sources. global oil prices are expected to rise even more as the ukraine russia crisis continues. u. s oil production slowed during the pandemic, but oil companies are now racing to ramp up oil and gas production. the high price of oil is already ramping up production in the united states. that's not something that turns around on a dime, so it'll take a little while. meantime experts suggest shopping around for the least expensive gas because it not only saves consumers money but pressures expensive stations to lower their prices and more large companies are taking action and pulling out against russia. coming up in about 12 minutes the pressure businesses are facing from customers and their peers. do it 11. new rules for street vendors are coming to san francisco. the board of supervisors today passed legislation introduced by mayor london breed establishing a regulatory framework for st

u. s. decision to ban in ports of russian oil creek prices searched again after the announcement which comes to the time when americans already battling rising fuel prices. the u. s. imports only a small percentage of its oil from russia, but the band will likely push petrol prices even higher. biden called it the cost of defending freedom. meanwhile, in europe to you has set out plans to end its dependence on russian energy by 2030 . it wants to end most of its imports of natural gas from russia by the end of this year, but doing it will not be easy. russia is now openly threatening to cut off gas supplies to europe completely. this would lead to enormous.

u. s. resources. it would require going after russian assets both in ukraine and in russia itself. and the u. s. only has experienced in enforcing no fly zones where it doesn't really face opposition, such as any rock such as over the former former yugoslavia where there is no real air force to speak of russia for all of its missteps and all of its military weaknesses. surprise, weaknesses still is a massive military power and it would put the 2 sides into direct competition. it's not an easy solution. like some people might suggest it is a reporter, william glover. i want to thank you so much for coming into the studio with that analysis. well, ukraine has now seen a month of fighting that has left a thousands dead and forth more than $10000000.00 people to flee their homes. now, moscow has that it shifting its focus to ukraine's eastern don bass region. while the kremlin claims it has largely successfully completed the 1st phase of what it calls its military operation. some analysts say it could be a sign russian president vladimir putin is trying to save face after failing to subdue ukraine or cap

u. s. impulse only a small percentage of its oil from russia. but the van could, is expected to push a oil prices even higher. president biden said that it was defending the price defending it was. it was the price of defending freedom. today i'm announcing united states is targeting the main artery of russia economy. we're banning all in ports of russian oil and gas energy. that means russian oil will no longer be acceptable us porch and the american people will deal another powerful blow to put in for machines. this is a move that has strong bipartisan support for congress and i believe in the country . mergers of rally support have relo to support their ukrainian people and made it clear we will not be part of subsidizing put over more, less. i'm joined by the deputies carrying that she moy, in washington dc. so kathleen, just walk us through what exactly this oil ban will mean? the ban aims to we can rash us economy even more and more. he lobbied and said that they want to keep pressure on president putin and m his war machine, and president

u. s. impulse only a small percentage of its oil from russia, but the band is expected to push oil prices even higher. of the more no, some joined by d. w is corrina chee more in washington dc. so county than just walk us through what exactly this oil ban will mean the band, the aims to weaken rushes economy even more and more. he lobbied and said that they want to keep pressure on president putin and m his war machine. and president biden said that he doesn't want to subsidize this war. and the thing is, oil and gas exports are the backbone of russia's economy and the revenue of this business of guys and oil exports make half of the budget of the kremlin. so this would be painful for russia and it will have an impact. that's what they hope on the money they need to keep this war ongoing. and now the administration has been involved in talks with the european allies on this for several weeks. biden's poke yesterday for 2 hours with tensor shawls from germany. president mccall from france and also with prime minister johnson from the u. k. we know that the u. k. now is also going to ban al

u. s will release 60 million barrels of oil from the joint reserves. russia's biggest hard currency export earner is oil, but the u. s only gets about 1% of its oil and gas imports from russia. so how much could a us only ban really hurt? the russian economy. a former u. s ambassador to ukraine says he believes this could have an effect. this should reduce a significant amount of money going into russia, particularly if other countries follow suit. and i know that britain is also looking for a way to reduce its imports of russian oil. right now. crude oil on the global market is trading for about $124 a barrel. that's about the same , more or less as it was yesterday, hovering just around 1 30, but it's 40% more than what a barrel loyal cost a month ago and about 90% more. then on this same date last year, i can garcia back to you. all right, ali. thank you for that. let's talk about the price of gas. it continues to rise here in california. according to triple a. the average price is $5.44 for a gallon of regular in this state. that is 10 cents higher than yesterday. the most expensive gasses in marin county, where drive

u. s. decision to ban in ports of russian oil creek prices searched again after the announcement which comes at a time when americans already battling rising fuel prices. the u. s. in ports only a small percentage of its oil from russia, but the band will likely push petrol prices even higher. biden called it the cost of defending freedom. meanwhile, in europe, the u. his set out plans to end its dependence on russian energy by 2030. it wants to end most of its imports of natural gas from russia by the end of this year, but doing it will not be easy. russia is now openly threatening to cut off gas supplies to europe completely. this would lead to enormous bottlenecks for the entire e. you. gas is primarily used to heat homes in ovens in production processes in power plants to produce electricity. a sudden supply stop would push up. energy prices dramatically. price is for oil and gas have already risen steeply. consumers are feeling the pressure at the petro pumps, and on their gas bills. before the russian attack, a megawatt hour of gas cost, $69.00 euro's already more expensive than consumers were used to. since then in just 2 weeks, the price of the e ex energy exchange ha

american. often china signs a $43000000000.00 mega contract for a liquid gas project in alaska, the u. s's. only optic stays in it's governor bill wauka had gone to plead becaise to trump a he asked or what could he do? and i said, we need some help with the market. in about 2 weeks later, i got a notification in my office that president, she wanted to meet with me. we want sheep clean energy and, and sort of china. and so we can offer, you know, potentially a 100 years of supply of, you know, of natural gas. our market for is asia because we're just much closer to asia and, and what we have, they need a 25 years off to buying a used icebreaker from ukraine. beijing now have the capacity to build its own the chalet long. lou plans for the construction of a nuclear ice breaker. also in the way that this, that in january 2018 beijing presents a white paper on it's an arctic policy to the international press with beyond climate issues. it details it's paula. so pro project and asserts that wish to exploit optic resources beyond iceland and norway, china's ambitions also extended to sweden. tommy in

u. s. government is that 1st on the russia, which is clearly seen as the aggressor in this war, by not only the u. s. by western allies and partners as well as they have to de escalate as a 1st step. and then the relations could improve it. oh, yeah, if at all you're right, i meant to ask you, you know, you've been covering you as politics now for a long time of the situation in ukraine. there seems to be bipartisan agreement that the u. s. should support ukraine and that, you know, sanctions should be slapped and are slapped on the why the mir putin. is it true bipartisan support when it comes to this or in the republican party? donald trump's g a p base? is there any split while the republicans have been calling very early for those sanctions and earlier than the democrats and that for that matter. so before the war broke out, and before russia attacked, let's be very clear here. ukraine than it was rather the republican side calling for sanctions a ride. now as, as things turned out, the way they did and it is a bipartisan support that they have here. as you know, it's a very rare situat

u. s. president joe biden has announced a ban on russian oil imports in response to the invasion. it comes as the united states struggles with rising fuel prices and inflation day. the u. s. in ports only a small percentage of its oil from russia, but the bad is expected to push oil prices even higher. is president by today, i mean, now seen united states is targeting the main order of rush economy. we're branding all in ports of russian oil and gas, and new g m e is russian oil no longer be acceptable. u. s. ports the american people will deal another powerful blow to put more machine. this is a move that has strong bipartisan support. congress and i believe in the country. markers of rally to poor have rallied to sponsor ukrainian people and made it clear we will not be part of subsidizing foods war. the european union is more reluctant to cut itself off from russian energy. brussels has laid out a plan to drastically reduce imports by the end of the year and cut them it off entirely by 2030. getting there won't be easy. russia is now openly threatening to cut off gas supplies to europe completely. this would lead to enormous bottlenecks for the entire e. you gas is primarily used to

u. s. in ports only a small percentage of its oil from russia, but the band is expected to push oil prices even higher. today i'm announcing united states is targeting the minority of russian economy. were banding all in ports of russian oil and gas, new g. that means russian oil no longer be accessible us porch and american people will deal another powerful blow to put information. this is a move that has strong bipartisan support. congress and i believe in the country. mergers of rally support have really to support the ukrainian people and made it clear we will not be part of subsidizing of more less. i'm joined by the deputies carrying a ci more in washington dc. so county and just walk us through what exactly this oil ban will mean the ban ames to we can rash us economy even more and more. he lobbied and said that they want to keep pressure on president putin and m his war machine. and president biden said that he doesn't want to subsidize this war. the thing is, oil and gas exports are the backbone of fresh us economy and the revenue off this business of gas and oil exports make half

all of the western democracies look the other way they wouldn't help out. russia was the only u. s. s r was the only one that supported the spanish republic. i guess i, hitler, and mussolini. and even the only one and no one ever brenda. yes, there were americans. they were the americans while they are. but in a private capacity and you're a great, i'm not really run the critical. thanks for joining us on board the school. thank you. booked, it is really a pleasure. know, well our last that means it's the end of the show, but you can stay in touch with us on our social media, on twitter and instagram with our the underscore. sputnik on facebook. sputnik on russia today. good bye for me, kathy. i'm for me. george galloway, it's the mob like mm ah ah with ah, with .

u. s. president, not only reassuring and sending a message of reassurance to the people of poland, but also to the soldiers that what is really at stake. and so that's what you heard the u. s. president talking about there. but there also is the humanitarian aspect to all of this. given the fact that poland has a shared border with you, creative 500 kilometers, they really have borne the brunt of the migrant crisis. that is emerging as a result of this conflict of the 3700000 that have been displaced as a result of this conflict. at least 2000000 or more have come to poll and looking for help. and so the u. s. president, not only talking about what the united states and the international community is doing to support, but also talking about why he believes there's an international obligation to really lift up poland and other nations that are supporting ukraine at this time. and what's the pond for saturday in warsaw? oh, as you mentioned, the president has just touch down in warsaw and he'll be spending the night here. what we know is that he's going to have an opportunity to speak with so

u. s. president. not only meeting with his defense secretary and secretary of state of ukrainian counterparts, but then having a bilateral meeting with the president of poland, where the u. s. president once again reiterated the commitment of the united states to article 5. this is very important, given the fact that president, dude, us says that many polls are feeling a sense of threat. the fact that they share a border with ukraine, the fact that so many refugees, some 2, almost 3000000 have fled here to poland. a is very, i made many, many people here very nervous. so as a result, the u. s. president reiterating that commitment to article 5, calling it sacred, that an attack of when nato country is an attack on all as a member of the united states would come to the defense of poland, should the conflicts fill beyond ukraine's borders. so the u. s. president has been reiterating a message of unity of shared commitment and also of a need to overcome the challenges. and that is what he'll be highlighting in th

u. s. is that we do our job. and then of course, only if we do our job, we can only clearly address the u. s. side. in case we don't like anything we hear from the white house. a good friendship is not about being quiet and one top on don't. it's about everybody doing his job and also to be open and frank when necessary. i mean, with your election, observe a background when you look at the situation in electoral politics in the united states, for instance, accusations that the republic parties in republican party is trying to hinder voting rights, especially for minorities. does this set of the election of alarm bells with you that the home of democracy is in big deck? democratic trouble? well, i had the privilege to serve for, for, for, for many years as the head of the audio. that is the main electoral watch talk and the, the of you was probably know it whenever you have international observers, the guys with the always c badge of the, the ones whom i had the privilege to, to, to chat. also in the u. s. elections in general elections a

u. s. prepared to to give ukraine. kimberly got a bit of a list that it has been announcing since the arrival of the u. s. president. not only has there been an announcement of 100000 refugees, you credit refugees that will be received in the united states. but there's been an unveiling of an additional $1000000000.00 in humanitarian aid and announcement of additional sanctions on hundreds of parliamentarians. russian parliamentary is that is for the russian invasion of ukraine in the lower house of the duma. and we should also point out that there has been additional funding made available to defend human rights. and why is this important? well, that's because there is a need and desire by the united states to make sure that the alleged war crimes committed by vladimir putin. the united states says that he deliberately targeted civilians in his invasion of ukraine. that in fact, this can be documented so that there can be potential prosecutions later on. so this is all part of extensive package of deliverables that the united states is bringing to this series of summits that are taking place here in brussels. kimberly hawki

only border that is open for ukrainian refugees. the large hall in tijuana's holding dozens of people this morning where people are waiting for their sponsors with the u. s passport to arrive, migrant advocates say the number of russians and ukrainians showing up is only rising. homeland security says they're only allowing people into the united states on a case by case basis your time now 74 young chess champion from ukraine now lives right here in the bay area. afghanistan buliok is a 23 year old chessmaster recently retired after being ranked among the top 200 chess players in the world. well. last month he was living with his girlfriend in kiev, and he wanted to stay there what was allowed to leave the country because of a health condition, and now he's staying in mill valley with his friends. we're playing with people doing different just lecturers and encouraging them to donate money honestly, like i'm not truly sure what's going to happen tomorrow. so i'm i'm just like trying to like live day by day. now he is teaching chest his students all over the world. he's also been holding fundraisers, collecting donations for humanitarian aid and also rais

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only border that is open for ukrainian refugees. large hall in tijuana is holding dozens of people right now, this morning where people are waiting for their sponsors with the u. sis only rising homeland security officials say they're only allowing people into the u. s on a case by case basis. a young chess champion from ukraine is now living in the bay area of guinea sham. tom bullock is a 23 year old chess master. but recently retired after being ranked among the top 200 players in the world. last month, he was living with a girlfriend and keith. he wanted to stay but was allowed to leave the country because of a health condition. he is now staying with friends in mill valley. we're playing with people doing different just lecturers and encouraging them to donate money honestly, like i'm not tradition. sure what's going to happen tomorrow? so i'm i'm just like trying to like live day by day. he's currently teaching chess to students around the world. he's been holding fundraisers to collect donations for humanitarian aid and to raise awareness about the crisis in ukraine and gaza. we want to help everybody connect to the many bay area groups working really har

u. s. and russia only have loose trade ties, so ramifications would be slim, and the chinese economy could even slightly benefit. now, with its attack on ukraine, russia has isolated itself from much of the international community. that's why moscow is now increasingly turning to china for beijing. this means forging stronger ties with russia while not risking the one that has with the west a partnership without limits. that's what she and ping and vladimir putin promised each other time. and again, the chinese and russian presidents have demonstrated their solidarity. china and russia are strategic partners, even if they don't always see eye to eye. i spoke to china expert steve son from the university of london about the relationship between the 2 countries. after the russian attack on ukraine. in this strategic partnership between russia and china, china is now clearly the senior partner and russia, the junior one. except that is true, the a partner thus managed to get a lot of things stunned. and therefore, it does get a lot of respect from the senior partner, but the reality is that t