the ongoing, completely un raises concerns about rising levels of global hunger. ah minute, past 10 am on sunday morning here in the russian capital. my name is peter scott. i'm roby jones from welcome to the weekly here on our team. we start with the latest from ukraine, where 8 people, including a 3 month old baby have reportedly been killed in odessa. ukraine. officials say their apartment building was hit by russian missile while the russian m. o. d says the rockets were fired at military facilities in the city. on verified footage posts online appears to show a miss are flying over the port city. ah . this footage allegedly shows the destruction left in the wake of the stripes. ukraine blames russian forces for carrying out the strike. while moscow says it's in hit targets in odessa over it's what strikes on military infrastructure. you're not normally go personally miller, this afternoon, high precision, long range, air based missiles of the russian aerospace forces disabled to logistics terminal at a military air field near odessa, where a large batch of foreign weapons received from the united states and european countries was stored over we heard from military experts, alexander stepan of who told us ukrainian meter will accuse russian forces of target in civilian areas we should understand are the main goal was to destroy this weapons. so that will brewer from the united states and in the 2 members. and surely, these high precision systems as, as the main goal, military rogers, not the civilian. once, i understand that now in the green and media will try to blame the russian part of using these type of me sales to destroy should be than objects. but surely, we can clarify the situation using these satellites images and understanding where are these f hills near the sun and that the nearest serial an object is 6 kilometers away from it. so please try to check the information of cream and media. also in odessa, the russian defense ministry has alleged that ukrainian special services are planning a quote provocation using chemicals as to accused moscow apparently of targeting civilians. officials, the se key of could accused russia striking a naval base alongside near by cooling plants. moscow claims several tons of ammonia and protective equipments have been delivered to the odessa region in preparation. miss tunnel artsy has found no sign of a legend mass graves near the devastated city of maria pole enough despite western media claims of another butcher at the location. media reports, claims, satellites, images show the sites of must graves and pitts alleging this is evidence of russian war crimes. give alleges up to 9000 people, buried on the rights of the screens. you can see footage shown by western media outlets and on the left his footage film by our crew. lot seemed troubled directly to the side to verify what exactly the satellite images showed. as this footage appears to show the site contains individual graves with the graveyard open for journalist to visit with moral not his r c roman course ref. all they say is the bigger the lie, the more people will believe it said, the runaway mayor of the city of murray. paul made a claim that there are at least $3.00 to $9000.00 people that have been buried at this particular cemetery on the outskirts of variable in the city of mon. gosh, now he made a claim, according to the satellite images provided by an american company. i claim there are of 30 by 45 meter trenches here and mario ball and that's at least a 3 to 9000 people have been buried here who and also a several, a wester media outlets have picked up that use. and i claiming that russian forces did this according to the mayor of the runaway mayor boys anchor and basically accusing them of atrocities. and they also said that this information cannot be independently verified. well, i am here now. i've had an unlimited access to this cemetery. here i have discovered so all up to 300 new individual graves i here. and so i walked by all of them. now, most of the graves have a placard with a name, surname, pension, and mc, and a date of birth as well. some of the grades here only have a number, so that means they have not been identified, but that's a far cry from what the mayor. the runaway may or variable is saying that this is a mass grave. i noticed a group of cemetery workers that were digging a fresh grave. i wait until they finish their job and i came over to them to find out whether they know anything about what was going on here. what these graves are finished. erica brewer boomers, of course this price would be closed or this is all intended for people of human beings are buried. these are not mass graves, and they don't dump them into a common grave here. but you brought a coffin and a grave are intended for every person, even if he is a soldier of the ukrainian army or a civilian. this is a human being at the for it. this is nonsense and fakes. there is one grave for one person here. actually there are even graves for soldiers of the ukrainian army coffins for everyone. if he is identified, she has a grave in a sign and if not, she has a number. so he could be found wasn't for sure. go move, so i want to tell boy jenko my former man, i want to say hello to him. well maybe i want to ask him why he didn't take out civilians, at least women and children who died there since and but he himself left on. he who worries about the city for these people got a big hello to you, but the water there are, there are a freshly dug graves. i hear. nobody is denying the fact that of civilians have indeed died in the city of maryville. but once again, this is not a mass grave, each grave is individual. now, i came here with the, with a colleague of mine, a, you have a bartlet, 1st of all your impressions. from what you've seen here today. and from what you've read the for all you've read earlier. ah, so here's a headline from the guardian. it says russian forces accused of secret barrels of mariel civilians and it says the corpses are thrown into a mass grave. now, other reports were saying, there are trenches, 38 meters wide, and it to the reader. it gets an implication of a pet with a number of bodies turn into and then covered up. what we see here are orderly rows are sometimes those rows of, for in this case there are empty grapes here, not yet filled, but the media is not noting there. they're including this in their tally. ah, and these are all orderly when it's possible. the names have been given the date of birth when not birth, when not, they are given numbers. these claims are never substantiated. there are always claims made by people who are not even on location and in small. and you will say, you know, we were told, or we're led to believe, but there's never any concrete evidence behind claims because they don't meet at all. they need is hefty propaganda emotional scenes. and, and it's very persuading to the public course. everyone is working on their own narrative, but we will continue bringing you the truth from here in the next people's republic . we try and visit every single place, so that becomes news ourselves and to speak to the people speak to the eye. witnesses and not judge our opinion by, according to someone, what someone said, who is not even here. for now, i'm on a cost for eva bartlett. from mario val, indonesia people's republic. earlier this week, the russian defense minister declared that russia alongside the nits republic forces had taken control of matter. you pull the hours of the steel fight tree with multiple underground levels to still can say pockets of resistance with ukrainian forces. rejecting calls to surrender, particularly glue from which was huge to i consider the proposed storming of the industrial zone in practical. i order you to cancel it. this is a time when we must think we must always think, but even more. so in this case, about preserving the live and health of our soldiers and officers, there's no need to climb into these catacombs and crawl under ground through these industrial facilities block off this industrial area so that the fly doesn't fly through once again, invite everyone who has not yet laid down their arms to do so. the russian side guarantees their lives. putting such an important center in the south as mary you pull under control is a success. congratulations. and what rushes defense minister said a geisha grew has said, the city has been cleared of ukrainian forces with around a quarter surrendering ukrainian president, followed him. his lensky as a jake to this claim in ukrainian troops are still fighting a r t correspondent, neurotic as d. s foe to some civilians who say they were prevented from leaving the factory. russia has given ukrainian nationalists, said mary, you book one last chance. the surrender and leave with during these unilateral sees for civilians who for 2 months had been held as human shields seized their chance to escape the nationalists during a troop rotation. but one holbert, i vote upon my little running one elderly man, we found crawling his way out of the woods old. this was a horrific scene. thought a sniper shot him just below the knee. the wound is severe. beats of shattered bone, protrude from his leg. yeah, a weather coin chillin you shall do. i am. i wish people wouldn't know who is the nachos to judge neither. postilion off on reading. wiggers does good valerie look like he pushed over the was defeated. an irish like virgin ha, several dozen people that were able to get out of a building with what you bought by a ukranian nationalist and all of them say the same thing that they were prevented and threatened if they try to leave that lawson with threatened to shoot them if they attempted to cross the territory controlled by russian forces. i'll put you around with a foot episode with gog of sonya was gone. so you won't go to look up any prescription or you can you the one divide it with? all of them are dirty, exhausted, and visibly crushed. they all have a horror story to tell. the nationalists used and abused them all. i've got a lawyer got you move it up on the, on the young and the old. even those who have see more in all its ugliness, express shock at what has happened here. this 85 year old woman still remembers the german troops here through the battle of mary, you bull has been a showcase of nationalist depravities. yet these people are hailed as heroes by the ukrainian government and all who support them near the entirety of the western media have shut their eyes and close their ears to the horror show that ukrainian nationalists have put on more. i'd gas div our tea for mary open amid the ongoing conflicts in ukraine. some are demanding sanctions on germany. if it doesn't scrub russian energy imports. germany is debating whether the cost for its economy and citizens would be too high if it was to proceed with quickly cutting off rushing dust. many companies and unions oppose an immediate bond. one, it would lead to shutdowns in production, must unemployment on a sharp recession. thus is germany already faces annual producer price inflation of 30 percent, which is the highest level in over 70 years. we can cross live now to carry in. i saw a formal austrian minister of foreign affairs. welcome to the program times could help you with those. good morning. thank you very much. thank you. you too. now germany is facing increased pressure. you know, internally, overs purchases of russian gas. how do you think it's government should balance the pressure to reduce its reliance on russian energy imports while also protecting his own economic interests. in particular, chancellor of shots is really sitting in between all the chairs was in his coalition and, and also his european union colleagues. so he's pressured, either you sent harry arms to, to ukraine or you really go for sanctions now. the that there is no consensus was in the government to supply heavy arms to ukraine. apart from the fact that the offense minister has already said, we do not dispose of any arms that we could send because we are depleted in our stocks. so it only remains a fully fledged, sanctioning of all sorts of energy imports. and here we have virtual opinions. there are german economists, highly reputed sink tanks, which will tell you, well, i guess embargo could imply i'm tired of getting out some rough figures. something like 2 to 3 percent recession for the overall economy of germany. on the other hand, the central bank of germany wellness bank has recently warned no, it would mean much more than that. and i've always said it's not about freezing. it's not about not taking her child's claim. it's really about a severe shock to the old petrochemical industry, which is unfortunate in germany. it's. it could even cause blackouts so that the topic is one of my many divergence adds to debt. that for instance, the elements of italy and greece in particular, had been very active now in saying, well, we all depend on russian gas a lot, but we renounce it. we're going to look for gas, import somewhere else. and my interpretation of this behavior within you, in particular, by the so called mediterranean government is the following. they had to suffer a lot of recession because of austerity for grants. and that the german government had dictated them 10 years ago. and it's a sort of free lunch thing. well, the, the recession that you will face has nothing to do with the recession. we had 10 years ago. so go for it. and, and there you can see there are, this is friction which make life for chance. the all of it's really very difficult . so it seems like there are divisions within the you when it comes to sanction in russia, based on the internal economic situation in each individual country within the you definitely, definitely. i mean we, we have this figure like you over all as 40 percent gets info. yes. but it really difference a lot, whether you are in ireland or whether you're in germany, austria, that a huge divergence. it's. so how long i mean, if you were to speculate, do you think it would take for you to move away from brushing dust and if so, what impact is this having on the green deal at the moment? well, interestingly enough, for 4 years we have all the climate policy and i've always been criticizing that has to be a plan that has to be an energy policy with the climate policy as i mentioned. but now everybody is running for energy security, security in suppliers. there's a complete reversal of priorities. of course, everybody will tell you. this is now a very strong motivation and obligation to go more and more cream. but in particular, in germany to energy transition also has its limits. and by moving only into wind and sun, there is a tremendous challenge for the grid. in particular, it's not just about producing, generating wind power, some power so that you need huge surfaces, which also are quite saturated already. and you need a grid, a functioning electricity rate, which is in my eyes, the biggest challenge for the german energy transition, moving into hughley creek energy. so nuclear, this is highly debated once again. it's definitely come into the for again, nuclear power and i'm even over to russia's economy. obviously, one of the main arguments for these sanctions is to put pressure on the russian economy. but we do know that india, for example, those fun to ramp up is oil purchases from russia. what do you think the sanctions against russian energy? what effect do you think they will have on russia with potential other clients on the market eastwards? well there has been a woof to east a market at least since 2004 and then boosted in 2014 and beginning of december. and we also had this huge energy package investment package between the russian federation, a chinese government for the delivery of the contracts out there. the political will is there on both sides very strong to move east and then it, india is one thing. china is another, but of course it does also vietnam and many other potential clients for that matter is the infrastructure that you need, the pipelines you need to terminals, you need the refineries. and a lot of investment has been done to the western clients and we see not stream that has been completely built the 1st and the 2nd string we had saw streaming 2014, which had to be given up, which was later on turn into a pipeline. adding for turkey. so a lot of investment has been done by russian companies for july and west, and actually this investment to a certain extent, also nothing. and so there is, there has been already the political will say ever since the early 2002 turn east and this is on the move. india is buying right now in particular, russian oil at the, at a lower rate on why, why are better? so it's not about pipelines, it's all about transporting the i y a vessel, ellen. she is another thing, but for that, again, it's the infrastructure and the future. projects that are on the table in russia, more into northern parts of russia, which would use the black sea, which would not use the mediterranean, but goes through the arctic north east passage. this is not yet feasible, but this is a huge plan that has been on the table for some time. well, karen, can i so form austria, minister of foreign affairs. thank you very much for joining us, was to wait to see how the dynamics of russian energy sales change the next green weeks and months. thank you. you're most welcome. thank you for mid the war in ukraine and sanctions imposed on russia. you and she says that's over one 5th of the global population, faces poverty and hunger. as a conflict disrupts international food and energy supply chains, as well as financial systems beyond ukraine's borders. for out of the media, attention, the war has become a silent attack on the developing world. the crisis plan up to 1700000000 people, more than a 5th of the global population into poverty and hunger on a scale that has not been seen in decades. or moscow has condemned western sanctions for damaging crucial global supply chains versus major global food exports and supplier fertilize is used in food production. ukraine and russia produced 30 percent of the world's wheat and barley plus a 5th of corner more than half of sunflower oil supplies. exports have been hit by the war and western sanctions against russian banks, shipping companies, and airlines. and i m. f. official warned of a double crisis though from the both the conflicts and ukraine and the cove it pandemic, which is still raging on adding rising food on fuel prices of pressure, family budgets to breaking points. this statement comes as the i'm f slashed, it's global growth forecasts, predicting inflation to average 5.7 percent and advanced economist and 8.7 percent in developing economies this year. meanwhile, germany is food and agriculture minister has claimed the global few crisis could be averted if you could get more weapons from western countries. the food minister is pushing for an increase in arms deliveries to ukraine in order to avert a global famine. brushes, war against ukraine is increasingly turning out to be an attack on the international community. the greens politician told our editorial office, that's why it's so important that the west support ukraine with more effective weapons. the minister complained that african countries where many people already have too little to eat, particularly affected by putin starvation strategy. and while some western politicians are calling for more sanction, some african countries, including kenya, now face a shortage of vital products. amid soaring living costs, we heard from some of the people who say they are struggling to make ends meet me because we are living in a difficult moment here in kenya. and everything is shooting up in price, getting daily bread or even meals for days. a miracle. there is a shortage of foods, especially for people like cars, who depend on hand to mouth to russia has been highly boost in the economy of our nation and wet from the used to make an animal thieves. maybe that is why all this is happening was so weak floor is not affordable. and especially for us who live on the outskirts of the nairobi area. we don't have permanent jobs, and yet we must provide for our own families at home. politics and war and other places like ukraine has played a major setback in our suffering. it's true, not everyone is capable of having 3 meals per day. and as you can see in my shop, i don't have much stock, even sunflower oil and wheat flour are nowhere to be seen. things are getting worse on a daily basis. my affording 3 meals in a day. no, not yet. the little money i get can only sustain me for a day. then i look for another alternative, either visit a friend of mine at least to share a legal, but feeling that i will sleep hungry. we spoke to the chair of international relations, the african national congress use league and he said the west should look closer to home to see who is to blame for the food supply issues. we do not think that a honda in poverty in africa is kimmy h at by m rushes, action scene. you claim we believe that developing nations, most of whom, most of which are former colonies of retain as spain, france, portugal, and the rest. they asked, we are starving because we are not owning the lens that we are on in and the resources that have been stolen over 300 years here in africa have not been brought back. that is why we're hungry. 100 because of imperialism. that is clipped. our continent, the shortage of food supply in the world is not extension of russia. it is as a creation of america who chose to utilize you claim upon them as a proxy to confront russia. if put shortages are to be at the best. then sanctions that i have been imposed against russia must be withdrawn, and we employ everyone to recognize the fact that america continues to utilize sanctions as weapons of war. when i know the news jailed wikileaks found a june of sans is now just one step away from expedition to the u. s. s. after a load, the magistrate court ruled, in favor of the move. this week is now to britain's home secretary to confirm the decision which would c assange 100 over the u. s. where he's wanted on espionage charges. wikileaks editor in chief, christine robinson, claims the latest decision amounts to a death sentence for such. 16 months ago this court, ida accidental trans would mean arrest to his life that it would be equal to that sentence. now this court has been ordered for issue that been sentence. that is what happened here today. not unions alive is in the hands are pretty bottle and borders. johnson, they need to do the right thing. you need to make sure they do the right thing. they have the power to stop this too, and this to save a man's life and stop this attack on the freedom of the press. assange faces up to 175 years in prison. if found guilty, the activist has always denied the allegations against him. wednesdays ruling comes despite an early decision from the same court saying assange could receive harsh treatment in u. s. custody. a chinese foreign ministry spokesperson criticized the decision as hypocritical children made a sanchez fate tells us that he who exposes so called atrocities in other countries as a hero. but he who reveal scandals in the us as a criminal to them. and this is the essence of american freedom of speech in press more than wikileaks itself, as sanchez extradition to the u. s. reveals the hypocrisy of the u. s. government. oh, the court decision has not been taken lightly in europe with dozens of supporters of the whistleblower taken to the streets of brussels processes are demanding the immediate release of the journalist. with some going on to stage to make speeches, we got reaction from international journalist, richard med host. we believe the latest court decision was made without proper consideration. what we had this morning was really a rubber stamping. you know, i, i was in the court of virtually this time and i saw the judge, he actually had to legally speak directly to us on break down what's happening right now. and he told them that, you know, i, this is not really up to me. i'm duty bound to send this to send your case to pretty but tell the home secretary for her to sign off on the extra mission and you have a right to appeal. but you can only appeal after she has made her decision. so that means in about 4 weeks, because a saunders lawyers, they have until may 18th to make submissions to pretty patel, to make their case for it to not sign off on the extradition because the ultimate decision does line her hands. and after that assange could appeal. busy if she does order the extradition, honestly, given a pretty good tells policies, you know, i don't, i don't really hold out much hope for science because it's just last year where she was trying her office was trying to do it, make recommendations that journalists in the u k be imprisoned for up to 14 years for you know, publishing government secrets, things that embarrassed the government. so i don't really think she's much of a, of a friend of freedom of the press. again, i do hope she does the right thing because she, she, she has the power in her hands right now as there's more storm some to take a sense for, for freedom to show that the u. k is not working in the past in the united states. and to stop a, you know, a journalist being shipped off to face to centuries and jail. this is very obviously a political, political trial. when you have a journalist being, you know, being charged with 17 counts as a spy, that's political by nature. and so when you have political taste like this, you can't just when it in the courts, you really have to win it through public opinion. it's a battle that has to be for a, with lots of stamina, long term. and it's very good to see these assange activist coming out a quite often that they're very determined, they're very driven. it's actually thanks to them that i and other journalists were able to get.