a tentative peace was extended in the east of ukraine as both the army and anti-government fighters evolved to uphold a cease fire was a report of violations are surfacing throughout the week. barack obama gives in to pressure from washington walks osc in the summer job through five hundred million dollars worth of aid to syrian rebels spider extremists taking advantage of previous deliveries. in a leaked recording poland's foreign minister equates his own country to a submissive sex partner and was is a lie also with us as worthless and harmful. for

the big stories from the past seven days and right up to the minute developments as well you're watching the weekly on r.t. international. a truce a broader relative calm to ukraine's this week as both the army and anti-government fighters in the east agreed to hold fire until monday sporadic attacks however are still breaking out the cease fire plan involved a lot of diplomatic effort and was supported by key countries including russia a reminder the wiggling truce was declared in the east on friday that was followed by talks between the earth and the solver between the self-proclaimed republics for the first time since the conflict started another province vowed to recognize a cease fire in the presence of russian and international monitors on wednesday the president of ukraine and russia as well as the french and german leaders discuss

the peace process over the phone the same day the legal permission for the use of russia's military force in ukraine if needed was cancelled at vladimir putin's request this friday the truce was extended for three more days with anti-government forces promising to abide by it the peace effort also so always c e monitors released after they were detained in the years gregan while civilians tired of the military operation clearly support the political drive for stability to do it very good but neither. was yes there's no doubt that it was the. beginning to look for you what do you really do you should look or you could. not hold on we wouldn't want to talk to. my eyes even if you really are you with the board you know today in michigan. back in the national the national

priggish. do you do you can do. the leaders of russia ukraine germany and france have once again spoken on the phone they discuss the ongoing peace effort and suggested international monitors could be sent to the border crossing between russia and ukraine this is a sunday is footage of former the eastern ukrainian city of slovyansk where the truth doesn't seem to be holding. they started firing from the mountain with ukrainian troops are they hit residential areas of the city it went on for forty five minutes i've seen it all a couple photos on my phone the burned cars the destroyed marketplace houses riddled with holes three people were killed and many more wounded and we haven't searched all the buildings yet. the ceasefire was breached by both sides are several times throughout the week people in the city have come a task or claim their city was shelled on numerous occasions by the village of all

the years saw a spike of violence with one woman reportedly killed and in slavyansk a woman and her twenty six year old son perished in army shelling outside the embattled city self-defense forces took control of a military control checkpoint and confirmed reports claim the army then launched a counterattack but lost twenty of its own soldiers are shelling close to the russian border saw a checkpoint head mortar shell had orders while the conflict are those who can't offend for themselves are g.'s maria financial found out i don't often in court in the conflict zone. these can home for abandoned special needs children on the outskirts of lugansk aims to be an oasis of calm and tranquillity. children here have food toys but most importantly love. there are eighty six children they scare house all younger than three years

old it's been a home and cozy home you have who are all of them that once war reached its walls it's no longer safe. mines and shells lend just a couple of kilometers away. and while the youngster had no concept of the danger for the adults it's a different story now so until it does a lot but then most of the year it's so hard actually more than half our kids cannot move they're either too small or they have motor problems some have cerebral palsy they need special care and even if we want to evacuate and we need a very special place just like ours it's very hard to do. your job atlanta a mother herself tries to remain positive but it's no easy matter no one can say how dangerous it becomes when they start firing here and internet compare saved and boss kids was launched to draw attention to this particular case as well as many

other orphanages and care homes that have suddenly found themselves on the front line and where the sounds of shelling and firing have increasingly replaced gentle lullabies regional lugansk in eastern ukraine while the ukrainian president might seem willing to uphold the ceasefire and bring about peace there are groups within the key of authority that rely too much on aggression that's according to a senior lecturer in international relations at moscow state university mark sloboda. the government such as it is in kiev has very limited control it depends to a large extent still on the ultra nationalist paramilitary groups for its survival its hold on power in kiev and it has been afraid to challenge them we saw a trade union meeting in kiev attacked by an arm the right sector mob

with complete impunity and we have seen this repeatedly that they act they attack individuals groups buildings churches throughout the country and the government does nothing to rein them in and this holds true on the battlefield as well members of the national god squad have returned to kiev for rally they're demanding an end to the truce and the resumption of the military operation the crowd gathered in independence square which earlier this year became the cradle of of the writing that ousted the previous authorities of the ukraine. fame from the conflict in the east tens of thousands of ukrainian refugees the u.n. estimates over one hundred thousand have crossed the border with russia since the beginning of the military operation but the u.s. has once again expressed doubt about there is numbers saying the source is not credible since the start of two thousand and fourteen one hundred and ten

thousand ukrainians have arrived in russia we just have seen no evidence to support that we don't believe they're credible we're watching we just don't think that the hundreds of thousands number is credible we don't have anything to cooperate with this is the u.n. this isn't the russians saying you know not there is this is an agency saying you guys get millions and millions of dollars to go in there now. we don't have anything to back up that number. coming up a look at the deal that are firmly re aligned do you crave towards the euro the still no endurance like of the conflict in the east on which washington accuses rochelle finding but as we report later america's sanctions plans are hitting a snag at home. poland's foreign minister has been secretly taped comparing his country's relationship with the us to a sexual act according to a league by a polish online magazine. sikorsky believes his country is essentially pleasing

america with little in return which according to him makes warsaw a subservient partner in fact he says it gets worse not only is alliance with america worthless but it has alienated poland's biggest neighbors russia and germany most or some want to sympathetic to his comments are saying the crass language was most likely a response to similar hurtful comments made by the us deputy secretary of state so that would be great i think to help glue this thing and have the u.n. help glue it and you know the e.u. but it's not just the u.s. polish our foreign minister is lessons that is followed where the sikorsky pulled no punches when talking about the u.k. prime minister's dealings with the euro skeptics suggesting david cameron bowed to pressure and a once off to win he should have stayed strong now as if that wasn't enough because he went on to remember other times he believes cameron misfired politically saying

he's not likely to change needless to say the embarrassed to be frank diplomatic conversation has caused quite a stir here is what some of the commentators we talked to are saying. let me start which is obvious far for everyone here in poland for most of the analysts has just voiced the opinion which is shared by most of the population here actually it raises other troubling questions about the judgment of america who is after all his country's chief diplomatic representative who aspires to be the chief diplomatic representative of the entire european union and the governments he has been so scathing about the governments of britain and the united states are the very countries which have supported him throughout his career is what you use so much i think it shows that there is a real awareness among the circles of power in poland as to what the relationship with the united states has really brought them which is nothing. more news or for you is coming up including of the hidden dangers thousands of migrants trying to

reach israel through the sinai desert on the way of the kidnapping gangs lying in wait. also fears persist in the u.k. over an influx of romanian and bulgarian migrants some britons have chosen to buck the trend and set foot in the east. syrian rebels could soon benefit from some half a billion dollars the u.s. plans to splash on their equipment and training now fourteen months of pressure from washington to wall president obama asked congress to approve massive aid to the anti assad five just a year ago gave the green light for non-lethal aid to reach so-called moderate rebels but to that later ended up in the hands of jihad is anyway and america was forced to suspend the aid however earlier this month america admitted it's been covertly sending actual weapons to the opposition and experts warn the us hasn't

learned by its own mistakes. the obama policy from the beginning has been for regime change as we saw in libya as we saw in ukraine and we've seen in other parts of the world and so now the administration is going to be providing it for proof by the congress higher quality weapons to the rebels but the rebels are intermeshed with the they can interchange an interconnected with all the jihad and the jihad is control large part of territory they control large checkpoints the united states appears to have a schizo front of foreign policy there they're saying they demand unity in iraq behind the central government which is fighting what they call islamic extremist from ice or uses and at the same time they're funding these seemed armed groups in syria to take down an independent nationalist and sovereign government in syria what the u.s. is doing and has been doing this finally in money guns and more occupation tools in a region that it considers to be vital because it's resource rich that's about it

iraq has led to the hard way how u.s. aid can be used for all the wrong reasons right now some american hardware including several humvees being used by extremists the equipment was captured after jihad is to control of iraqi army we have extremists are continuing their advance on baghdad he is fighting around fifty kilometers from the capital. there's also disturbing evidence as to who is being forced to join the militants ranks as you can see in this video there with automatic rifles are traveling in an isis convoy some children also reportedly being used as snipers baiji hottest and it all equates to iran being pushed to the brink as mostly catherine of reports. despite the chaos spreading across the country and eerie calm in the kurdish capital the city is just sixty kilometers from the isis front line but downtown erbil it was business as usual kurdistan has often felt like

a separate country altogether even at the height of iraq's most violence and bloodiest moments now but the current crisis treading the country to pieces it's closer than ever to becoming one kurdish soldiers are now in control of territory that used to be disputed but no one here seems to think that to harvest would dare march on them but i have full faith in the forces we won lets anything happen. for some the prospect of a divided iraq was a welcome one do you think that iraq will remain a one country as we know it's after this crisis may be as it may be that iraq will have to be divided will have area and the sunnis and shias will have there is no one in kurdistan is worried we have oil we have a strong army. they may help or oil but fuel is running scarce for days now iraqi forces battled with isis.