this is the w.'s coming to you live from berlin a temporary truce goes into effect for a second day in syria monitor group says it does say cash is proceeds of the russian ordered cease fire that source syrian forces advanced into the rebel held on klav and still no sign of aid getting in all civilians getting out often in a designated humanitarian corridor also coming up russian men fighting as most of the reasons to be i.d.d. have your travels to a smaller town in the urals to bring you an exclusive look at how looking men are

reportedly being recruited by a private military company. and a victory for environmentalists in germany after a top core group is that city's going back and heavily producing diesel vehicles and more does this mean for millions of people who own and drive does it cause. panic. i know i'm on with that she continue. a five hour humanitarian pause ordered by russia has taken effect for a second day in the sun who tell a monitor group says a barrage of f. strikes preceded the cease fire pushing forward the advance of syrian government troops and i've been isha on the outskirts of the rebel stronghold they've also been reports of ground battles in the os since the truce again but there's still no sign of civilians evacuating all aid getting through a designated humanitarian corridor. the skies over east and guta were supposed to

fall silent but a five hour humanitarian pause brought little relief to besieged residents in the rebel held enclave strikes were reported during the pools and observers say that syrian government warplanes resumed the bombing as soon as it ended orders set up to allow residents to leave aides to enter went largely unused rebels claim people are refusing to leave on buses out of fear of being captured by government forces. and my bottom failure meant to pick up the wounded from eastern and take them to the clinic in the suburbs of damascus on humanitarian grounds. syria's ally russia accused the rebels of preventing people from leaving and blame them for failing to uphold the truce ordered by president putin. the militants are intensively shelling the area and not a single civilian escaped other humanitarian corridors you have to do it. moscow's

plan falls short of the thirty day cease fire which was passed by the united nations but has yet to take effect aid groups are still waiting to deliver desperately needed supplies so imagine. that you have aid being. there that we can't imagine it's really getting worse the big for the people and. the residents of eastern are going to use a brief lull in the fighting to clear the rubble and hope the next pool's brings real relief. let me down draw indeed correspondent out into to in moscow oh welcome our not quite clearly this is a five hour daily choose is not working in easton and now that even reports that militia backed by the syrian government have ended who tell and this fighting going on if this development is confirmed what we what would be russia's position on it well they would be rather unlikely to condemn it in to strike stark terms you have

to remember russia actually maintains the position that the syrian government forces aren't responsible for violating the cease fire in eastern huta they argue that it is purely islamist backed rebel groups who are responsible for on the shelling we've seen arguing that they're attempting to prevent civilians from leaving the area the russian government claims that the rebel groups hope to use these civilians as human shields and you also have to remember that russia has from the get go argue that despite any ceasefire attempts and agreements that the assad government should have the right to continue to move against what both assad and the kremlin say are islam is backed. terror groups that they refer to him specifically as terrorists and say that they shouldn't be considered part of the typical politically motivated rebels they also fought for that type of language to be introduced into the u.n. peace for a peace resolution but rather on cease fire deal which was passed last weekend and

they didn't meanwhile that the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov has been speaking to the human rights council in geneva let's just take a listen to what he had to say that. russia together with the syrian government has already announced the establishment of humanitarian corridors in eastern guta now it is the turn of the militants and this sponsors to want the militants who continue shelling damascus blocking a delivery on the evacuation of those wishing to leave we call upon the members of the so-called american coalition to ensure the same humanitarian access to the areas in syria under their control. so we have a lover of their own quite clearly blaming the rebels for the bombing which is the break in this cease fire and asking. the u.s. and its allies to put pressure on the rebels is usually a blame game has started between the two sides what do you think this would lead well in the short term i doubt we'll see any real move on the political side as you

said this is the typical blame game where russia and the forces that russia supports say that it's actually the u.s. backed rebel groups who are responsible for the vast majority the lion's share of the violence and this is actually kind of a play we've seen often in the syrian conflict where before a larger ceasefire actually takes and it takes in effect the syrian forces backed by assad and also the russian military strikes are kind of used to change the facts on the ground before general cease fire starts so at least in the short term i doubt we'll see any real motion on this issue and and are likely is that russia will at some point back this thirty day humanitarian truce rich voted in favor off as of the weekend in the u.n. security council as you mention. well thirty lavrov said today that his government continues to support the resolution they actually argue that they want

to see the thirty day cease fire put into effect now as i said before they actually introduce language into the bill which kind of a bill but rather the resolution which kind of we consider a little bit is international allies claim that they've actually intentionally and rather cynically change the language of the resolution to basically give the assad regime the tools it needs to continue to go against the rebels but the position here in moscow is that they continue to support that resolution or the question is when will actually go into effect and right now it doesn't really seem to be any indication that that will be in the near future. ivan tilton in moscow thank you very much for that. at the end of last year russian president vladimir putin announced that he would start withdrawing troops from syria russian and strikes like those from the to name him this in the country's north the dimage of rule in turning the tide in favor of bashar assad's government forces now the total number of russian troops who have served in syria means unclear but in december russia's

defense minister said forty eight thousand soldiers had gained combat experience there since the beginning of the mission but the total number of russians who fought in syria is likely to be much higher than that this thought to be many russian must and he's fighting alongside pro syrian forces correspond emily show and travel to a small town in the urals we should produce so a number of looking men join a private military company. it's about as far as you can get from syria and yet here in the russian town of kid there all the people are waiting for news about seven locals who reportedly went to fight in syria they allegedly worked as mercenaries which is illegal in russia the topic is sensitive many people here say they know nothing about the man. who in fact we are repeatedly met with rejection and kid that this building is home to the mother of one of the fighters she had agreed to speak to us about her son but canceled the interview after being told her

son had been killed. a local gives us the address of the wife of another mercenary when we tried to speak to her she insists she is someone else but she also warns none of us is going to talk to you. just like the relatives of the mercenaries the russian government has largely kept silent about them and even denied their existence the foreign ministry took over a week to respond after a recent airstrike reportedly killed up to two hundred russians in which a yellow. report says the death of dozens and hundreds of russian citizens is a classic case of dissent from ation but according to preliminary data we could be talking about the death of five people presumably russian citizens as a result of an armed clash the causes of which we are currently investigating. analyst young but i need thinks the russian government is using mercenary groups to keep official military losses low. which what of. this strategy is

beneficial for the russian government because it can show it's doing its job just like the americans and the british russia can say those aren't our soldiers no soldiers have died but yet we don't know who these people are asked who were sent in there but. in the run up to the presidential elections news about the death of russian soldiers is inconvenient for the government here even from good they're all over this small town in the year old seven men reportedly joined a private russian military company to fight in syria the town's population is just over two thousand although no relatives wanted to talk on camera other residents were willing to speak about the man but. he was a good boy he wasn't a thug who didn't care about anything he was a good boy maybe he wanted to earn money towards an apartment there's not much work

here but. by you i think the government is behind all of this it's not like these guys just decided to go there themselves that just went someone must have sent them. it's not clear when and if the man in syria will return ticket for now the town and the government are both keeping their silence. has been having the opposite that some of the stories making news. u.s. president son in law. has reportedly been stripped of his top level security clearance had got into a permission to receive top secret information in his room as white house senior adviser said to be one of several aides who clearance was downgraded. christian leaders have reopened the church of the holy settle in jerusalem one of christianity's most holy sites the church leaders close the sacred site for three

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