best way to the heart of. more than a dozen people have reportedly been killed in the ukrainian capital today as all the protesters break a truce would be authorities by riot police crew was caught in sniper fire in a hotel at the very epicenter of the violence. or the real. activities to resort to congo or of course still weapons and take prisoners out of the crisis starts to resemble a war authorities say they could no one try for counterterrorism response. dealing with. appropriately. bob the u.s.

and the make no mention of violence carried on by the opposition in ukraine calling only on the president. about. welcome to the international twenty four hour news ally from moscow my name as you to thanks for joining it's always start with breaking news this hour from ukraine a fresh violence in the ukrainian capital has reportedly claimed more than a dozen lives on thursday witnesses say more dead bodies are lying around the center of chaos was unleashed what rioters are tunks police earlier in the day breaking it is a truce that had been agreed between the government and opposition that ukraine's parliament is being evacuated on several buildings in the center of the capital

have been top should including the hotel where our correspondents how the staying. ski rings is the latest. you know wearing a bulletproof vest and a helmet inside a hotel in the capital of a european city something insane but that's the way we should be handling the whole situation right now and just literally last hour i was going i was about to go live on the broadcast we were fired we were shot at by a sniper literally the bullet hit the wall broke the window just several centimeters from where we're standing right now what we have information that at least a dozen bodies is. piled up at the independence square just above where i'm standing right now the unconfirmed information coming from different sources suggest that at least thirty five people have been killed in this latest spin of violence as snipers are located on pretty much all the buildings around in the area they're firing in all directions we also have information that the parliament building is being evacuated because the protesters are trying to storm that building right now

we don't hear any gunfire or flash bangs explode but this may change on a second in fact in the morning when i was getting here to the hotel ukraine to the life position when i went inside the zone i went on a live growth gas and minutes after that the assault by the right wing sector the so-called white wing sect started i went down there in the thick of the action i now filed this report for you to see. this does not look like a truce at all last night the opposition and the president managed to agree on a cease fire but in the morning the right wing sect the core of the protest the hardcore radicals decided to go on the offensive from the independence square which generally looks like a battle zone right now almost seventy two hours of fighting burning everything in its boss no right now we saw that the police have been pushed away from this barricade they have been occupying for the last forty eight hours last night i took a walk here it was all covered with the police now you can see for yourself the

right wing's are again reinforcing their barricades we literally had to dodge bullets during several of our attempted. live broadcast because it was very very unsafe here right now the police are pushed back we can switch can still hear flash bangs exploded we can still see most of cocktails being thrown the situation is very very tense we do know that the government of ukraine of ukraine has implemented the so-called counterterrorism operation mode which would mean tougher security across the country but right now the system you are may have it is unclear where it's going to go the right wing sector the core of the protests their leader said last night that they knew nothing about the truce that they would not listen to anyone not the opposition not the politicians from the government they said that the revolution must continue until the very end we also saw already saw several wounded being carried from this this stand off point here at the barricade at the

institute's street. what i saw i think it was a gunshot wound the man was bleeding heavily but it's really unclear whether this was caused by by a live round or and anything else maybe it was a flash bang or anything of the kind so the situation remains still very tense and it's definitely far from being a truce. we've got more these are showing processes on the words of more than just molotov cocktails and video agency ruptly a sprig of a grenade being thrown into a group of riot police officers that one policeman gets injured and taken away by his colleagues several dozen policemen have been injured since the clashes broke out a couple of days ago and we've had reports of gunshot wounds among them this is racial still has a real chance of escalating pfizer i mean reports that radical activists have got hold of more than a thousand firearms the arsenal now assault to their valuable to protect this includes bistros rifles machine guns and grenades horses are looking at ways to

prevent the opposition becoming a fully armed force and as you can see here on this media summarises are already using weapons our correspondent she got us going off as his cameraman has been shot at and here's what he have to say. on the eleventh floor which is basically standing right in front of my done square it's right out that window. shots now are being fired and the hotel is being targeted from both sides the cameraman. taking pictures of what's happening outside from the other. sort of of the hotel and he had three shots fired at him they just sort of dropped on the ground if we were to think about evacuating right now we don't really know which side to evacuate to because the rioters basically have occupied the hotel and there are live rounds being fired all across this area and on both sides of the hotel there's a makeshift hospital on the first floor

a lot of. bodies there as well medics are trying to treat these people would you see a cross with shots being fired outside so. we're just trying to stay safe and figure out what to do next. more than a dozen policemen have reportedly been taken captive by iran since we've got a hold of shoving and injured man who needs an ambulance but protesters decide not to call one when they realize he's a special forces officer and just a word of warning you might find the following video disturbing. because the beer. has a beer. when you. look

. let's now take a look at the train of events in ukraine over the last few days it all began when opposition leaders a protest system are trying parliament crowds of demonstrators then attempted to block or take over the building the situation quickly escalated as rhonda's also tried to storm the office of ukraine's ruling party setting it on fire violence spread across the center of the century and three people were killed there becoming the first of many victims the police attempted to despise rioters but we're mad with rocks and molotov cocktails several policemen died in the clashes and let's not take a look at where the protesters and police have been taking out position by the time the truce was agreed security forces had managed to clear european square and push demonstrators away from governmental buildings however the situation now is unstable to say the least the professors are trying to push the police bought from

the independence square and reach parliament and some reports suggest rioters on shooting at the security forces from the music a consummate building german journalist money oxer writer believes ukraine's opposition has now lost control of the crisis it helped create. well we should remember that for example of germany's number one opposition to the dr vitali klitschko was already taken by his own protesters weeks ago when he delivered his speech so they of course they choose their leaders as the leaders say what they want to hear and we shouldn't forget that they are different protest groups and they are of course in the meanwhile elements who don't listen anymore to anybody who just one violence and trust fund riots and who will push that so deeply pessimistic that somebody off the opposition could stop this even if you wanted.

meanwhile washington was quick to respond to their violence in kiev twenty is saving ukraine officials accused of sparking the clashes are banned from traveling to the u.s. brussels says it could follow the example on samoa and the reaction from america and europe has got a letter to carry. president obama knows what the ukrainian leaders should do we. bring verily responsible for making sure. it's stealing which fuse for full justice in the freed way. president obama has however made no suggestions on how ukrainian authorities should deal with rioters torching the city shooting beating and throwing molotov cocktails at police . he there has he called to the so-called peaceful protesters to wait for elections to express their aspirations as he would at home under different circumstances you don't like a particular policy. or

a particular president then argue for your position go out there and win an election. european leaders don't seem to want to wait for elections either all but calling for the ukrainian president to step down. the ukrainian authorities are about to lose all legitimacy the calendar forages in ukraine need to make space for a transitional government of national unity and early elections in order to bring back the legitimacy of national authorities. washington and brussels are considering sanctions against ukraine the u.s. has already barred a number of ukrainian officials from entering the country shouldn't there be sanctions against the opposition because they're the ones who are obviously defying democracy by torching the capital as opposed to accept the results of a legitimate election and we're going to challenge them next next time around washington may stand up for democracy in words that it is the people themselves

that make those decisions and that's what the united states will continue to strive . to achieve. but behind the scenes u.s. officials are apparently trying to decide who should be in the ukrainian government and who should not so i don't think leetch should go into the government i don't think it's necessary i don't think it's a good idea in terms of they're not going to the government just let them sort of stay out and do fish food across all market stuff. that makes me wonder if former barging the police with molotov cocktails and shooting at them is also part of the opposition's quote unquote work in the name of democracy. get a second party. and let's not discount the western reaction with journalist and new york law his closely following the situation in ukraine neal they are nice to see you here welcome to all see the u.s. as well as many european countries continue to support the rebels in ukraine and even barack obama calls them peaceful protesters do you think that that continues to fuel the conflict oh absolutely these rioters that's what they are these rocks.

are very support they get the u.s. and the e.u. if they should have to be in washington and people writing in washington government buildings setting fire to a political party headquarters. all the trade union exports for example then i think you have thousands killed by the u.s. all coverage we look at the violent ways they broke up the occupy wall street peace camp which was a peaceful protest and so property is actually going to no doubt in my mind that the riots has been involved because they know they've got all of the most powerful nation on the planet the u.s. and the e.u. sam not and these violent riots is they're not condemning the violence the right is only condemning the government response to it and so i think they are the people who are fueling the situation and they've got blood on my hands here because only because the right is now they have the support in the us need embolden them to to to stop this and to try to talk with the government of the ukraine so barack obama

blames the ukrainian government for than rest and well barack obama as well as some leaders of the european states called the ukraine government responsible for the violence in ukraine how reasonable is that. it's absolutely outrageous isn't it because what you couldn't get exposed to do just to sit back and watch neo nazi rioters and dogs take out the government building what it's supposed to do it quite outrageous that we've got the u.s. which has been bankrolling these writers to be funding them because all of them can orchestrate the whole thing they're encouraging them to set fire to kiev and to try to take power and yet they're literally ukrainian government saying oh no account must you actually fight back and try to restore order this is fascism let's call it what it is you know and i think the ukrainian government now has got to show you actually get up really and to i think the current state of emergency in jewish thought all in kiev and the other cities in the ukraine where this is going on and

now we see these you. will impose sanctions on those responsible but do they have a clear idea who is actually causing that violence in ukraine in your opinion what it quite clearly who's causing the violence you really don't know it's their side their supporters all sitting here very large eyes. turning over newsgroup of course the e.u. are looking for a pretext to punish the ukrainian president and the government but not signing that deal with the e.u. in december and they will use any pretext what sanctions we see how the u.s. in any sanctions any pretext to impose sanctions on the government of a government of country going to do what they want we have sanctions on iraq is over going to persist in nuclear weapons program we've got sanctions on belarus and whatsapp you can only hope it doesn't work because the dictators of the e.u. and the us tell them to do and so i think you ask your question they will use any pretext they want sanctions on ukraine they want ukraine isolated until the

government is replaced and the president is replaced and then the sacking will be lifted and just earlier this month there were serious riots in bosnia and herzegovina protesters were calling for the government to step down just like in ukraine but in this case you need as actually were so. forcing the government of the country while whining was a different of see double standards or gary. masse about double standards is good because the protesters in the last year were not the right kind of protesters you want the governing body to stay in power and so does the us so these protesters want you to many support the west at all and a similar situation in spain in twenty twelve i was watching of the anti-government protests the huge and the british in a group with very violently five police but the e.u. and the us did not support the protesters there they supported the governments so i think a couple strands is actually glary if the protests take place in a country where the us want to govern our labels or protesters and of course their funding the question of supporting them there actually. is way to do the same thing

they are trying to orchestrate a coup to topple the democratically elected but connect up and see the bigger picture if you have an independent government in this world today that is very direct or if you will be targeted for regime change us back to back people to write against the government will fund them and then they will say to the government question don't you dare fight that you've got to step down hold early elections never this is about regime change it's all created by the us it's time everybody cross will wake up to what's going on it's not just about ukraine it's about democracy in the world today it's about venezuela it's about syria it's about the right to independent sovereign countries to follow their own without being dictated to by the u.s. state department journalist neil clark a live from the u.k. neal thank you very much indeed for sharing your perspective with us where fresh ated. and stephen cohen professor emeritus of russian studies at princeton university believes the west disputing the crisis but will not admit it publicly.

we get this incredible statement by the european union and washington that they're going to sanction people who resort to violence now of course that's meant to be a threat at the president of ukraine but how about the guys wearing masks in the streets and hurling them or twelve cocteau's. them all of the molotov cocktails the somebody from the state department going to go on the street and get their names phone numbers and addresses it's providers it's a profoundly divided country well that's what this is about what precipitated it was in my judgment it's not the president who crating in not proven as the media's played here but but the european williams alternate back by russia and you don't have to be highly educated to understand that if that happens this new cold war divide between two cranes on russia's borders that you're going to have decades of instability and even the fortune short for

a hot war this could be the worst kind of history unfolding. and there are people who made this happen we are taking their responsibility. then rest is not isolated to the ukrainian capital only and here on this map you can see the main pockets of violence across other regions the western city of lutes has seen kangaroo courts at work which as this detained the local government demanded he step down the refused and was trained up in the city's central square in one of ukraine's largest cities of the laval's radicals seized and then set several government buildings on fire. and follow the situation in ukraine when i joined live by veronica question in a cover of a major russian foreign affairs think tank welcome to all see very nice to talk to you right now so we see rebels in ukraine are using live ammunition and firing gunshots at police is it still reasonable to call them just

a mere process as mr barack obama calls them peaceful protest yes indeed it's ridiculous definition what's happening in ukraine easy a fascist could it and actually this support that washington gives to these people only fuels or me emboldens them these armed people they're taking military bases and getting more and more military weapons and not even to discuss anything and actually washington in this position calls people usually terrorists and doesn't negotiate with them because this fascist insurgents in ukraine. the purpose of washington and some people in brussels old superhuman which is the change of government in ukraine they get the support. do you think this is this is

a spontaneous movement or is there an organizing force behind. well it's well known that the insurgents have. been trained in jewelry in this and previous some ways as well so the preparations have been in course for some time over we can take it even thought they're back in history actually the wide network off n.g.o.s and western foundations funding ukrainian. non-profit organizations served to create the proper atmosphere in ukraine to support the revision of history to make heroes those who collaborated with this right during the second world war. bad created big general atmosphere in which insurgents could grow could be popular among some circles what we're seeing now.

is an extreme you use or a patient of power it's a small fraction of society paralyze in being a state and it's indeed it's called they could determine what you think they're getting weapons and ammunition from yesterday were reporting about the city of lutes and rioters that were actually using a military base there but apart from that automation do you have well as they have been preparing for the riots for some time so there are some cash a spall weapons and these weapons being used and it's actually amazing that there are saw many. dead among the policeman and the police is not even being armed and that's actually the responsibility of president unocal issue also be additional supply of weapons comes from the military bases that the insurgents take in in some of the regions that i think in the war for region

a military base was also taken taken over. and the weapons decor had been looted. do you think of the writers. in ukraine even want to trees given that they broke in the morning today after it was declared. no truce is not what they're looking for they are looking for the national revolution as the leader of the extreme. right wing right sector says they have been dreaming about this moment for a long time they have been giving forces and actually part of the responsibility lies also on president should he couldn't not know about these danger grown in ukraine and still until now he hasn't been using that can stick you tional means to preserve the constitutional order and. the president of the country has the duty to defend the citizens to preserve the constitutional order until now president you

know polish has been evading given all this to what we can foresee has not given them or all the necessary means to protect themselves and to prepare victories for seated in cities and so few of the responsibilities on the. right a whole chain out. there on a question in live from moscow. thank you very much indeed for sharing your views with us thank you. and let's not talk to all season extend get a shot in the very center of the ten mile is a hotel that was raided and captured by riots is. please give us the impression of what's going on that around. zero zero zero you know i am in a hotel in a european city in the capital in the very heart of it and i have to wear a bulletproof vest and a helmet simply because it's unsafe moreover i can tell you that i cannot give you

a good view of the independence square which is just over there because it's unsafe to be in front of the windows just couple of hours ago we were getting ready for our live shot and someone fired at us the bullet hit the gloss and hit the wall literally centimeters from where we were standing we don't know where that bullet came from who fired it but we do know that that side right now this side of the squares occupied by the protesters moreover the hotel where i'm standing right now is ok by the by they protest as by the rioters they have set up something of a sniper point at the fourteenth floor of this hotel we managed to capture these shots our guys from roughly t.v. video agency that managed to film those riotous firing their sniper weapons from the windows of the fourteenth floor of this hotel in fact this hotel now is the front line looks pretty much like a wartime garrison makeshift hospital was made on the first floor with the dead and the wounded carried inside i've seen scores of protesters dozens of protesters

carrying firearms controlling the law be on several of the floors the talk of the town right now when you just heard it from the stage at the independence square that the emergency situation stay the emergency state in the country is now back on the table it may be implemented within the next several hours we also heard that most of the roads leading into the city of kiev have been blocked one of our crews cannot get into the city of the just arrived to the airport there nobody's taking them and they're saying all the roads are blocked at the moment so this is not true said all. despite what the government and the opposition managed to agree last night of the cease fire the right wing radicals say that it's they're not obeying the any kind of laws they're not debating any orders from any sides they want the revolution to go until the very end and this is pretty much what we're seeing in the streets of kiev at the moment. thank you very much indeed for bringing us up to date. live from the midst of events in kiev thank you and i will be following the

time all in ukraine and bring he the latest from kiev as mcgann said and on my own . recently swiss voters nearly passed a referendum to put a strict quota back on immigration switzerland is a relatively small country and some estimate that almost a quarter of the population is made up of immigrants from e.u. countries that is

a lot of people and the swiss are worried that the increased foreigners will also mean increased crime rent prices burd the state and erode traditional local culture as modern immigration almost always does this was populations democratic choice to restrict immigration is no actually being blasted by the e.u. brass what threats to cancel bilateral agreements how dare you have a different version of democracy than we in the you have switzerland how dare you i don't think this event will have much effect on the e.u. bureaucratic machine nothing could make them change their hyper liberal minds but i think the swiss anti immigration. referendum will have a huge effect on local populations of countries like germany and the u.k. which are seeing horrible effects of open borders and growing anti e.u. sentiment as i speak i don't like to make predictions by i think a lot of disenfranchised people across the e.u. are going to become quite jealous of the swiss move and demand the same type of changes at home but that's just my opinion.

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