they're only. for headlines this hour antigovernment fighters and ukrainian government forces both say they control an airport in lugansk the city was shelled by. residential buildings in nearby denounce. the russian citizen this killed by a shell fired from ukraine moscow warns of harsh consequences for the act. it didn't fire and russian territory. the conflict in gaza continues to escalate as the number of palestinians killed surpasses one hundred sixty people calling for a ceasefire estimating that civilians make up almost eighty percent of the.

this hour germany are crying twenty four thousand feet for world cup champions in brazil defeating argentina one nil in the final making them the first european country to secure the title in the americas. from a new center here in moscow you're watching the weekly on r t international run off the top stories from the week that was up to the minute developments us well i'm you know me welcome we start this hour in eastern ukraine where government forces an anti government fighters have been bottling it all right on an earth port in lugansk both sides claim they're not even control of the facility now the fire in the distance you can see is partly burning or. on the building. earlier video is

said to show government fighters shooting at kiev's forces when they still have control of your port a shell fired from ukraine fell inside russia killing one person from national is in lucca it's. almost all we witnessed dramatic escalation of the situation here in the city of the gods getting teased continuing to deteriorate is now you can see shalini east continue and we hear that tikrit in troops now getting closer to the city center and to give and far just confirm to us that there are ten to twenty kilometers from where we are now and this is where the major shelling is happening and we saw a number of new checkpoints today on the roads leading out. good looks like and government forces are now trying to fortify their positions we also heard about fire on the highway connecting the guns and yes two big cities here in eastern ukraine that the operation commanders in kiev named as. targets on sunday also for

the first time so-called southern district of the gods came on to very intense fire before the ukrainian army was all only approaching the city from the north. from under her where being shelled by mortar schools in sandwiched the cleaning lady was killed and a fourteen year old boy injured the also he's a kindergarten the block of flats in the neighboring yards has been destroyed there are cranes is everywhere. people say the bathroom is the safest place to hide her husband and sons and together we can't sleep people are if their homes on sunday we also saw a very dangerous spillover of the ukrainian crisis to neighboring russia eyewitnesses say up to sixty miles wide from the ukrainian territorial lended in the russian border town donetsk it has the name of the same name as the ukrainians. and we know

that a private house was hate one man was killed and two more people injured killed the man was about forty seven years old he had a very big family and four children he's still to saw her father just minutes before he died when you believe the key. is to that. and you see this here burden of limbs again all that sort of those who want to be used to do it through. most of the coach. in which the going to put out the split split which is foreign ministry condemned the violence saying that if it continues they sway a russia keeps its rights to defend its people and it's a national security key of meanwhile denied all the responsibility for the attack. from the ganske in eastern ukraine now they're being the several other incidents

witnessed on the border recently on saturday russian border guards were fired out from the ukrainian side of the dividing line their car was riddled with bullet holes but no one was injured. and this is the same area in the rust off region a week earlier rockets from ukraine had a russian border checkpoint there which is a major gate for refugees fleeing the war zone. referring to how tough it was going to be a good number of those will definitely be some absolutely never disclosed to the likelihood are not heard it would you if you are you don't want to know anything. about her family already but that onion the more you think of it on your bubble of the cover then you move on you must prove you. did it. now at least twelve mine workers were also killed after shells fell on their settlement

near the net residential areas in the city itself are also targeted on the reports of casualties there and also government forces said twenty civilians died in nearby which was shelled in similar fashion on sunday you may find the following video disturbing bodies in plain sight near dawn taunton that skinner strikes have done serious damage to people's homes residents say the city is quickly becoming a ghost time with major congestions on the roads from so many people trying to leave once. president putin german chancellor angela merkel agreed that ukrainian crisis is getting worse they say the contact group consisting of russia ukraine the . government fighters need to resume peace discussions on merkel also called for an immediate ceasefire on the return of international monitors to eastern ukraine.

give us military operation is targeting many different areas across eastern ukraine n r t dot com we're keeping track of what's happening across the region on the indeed beyond with a detailed timeline of the conflict. moving on israel's military crackdown on hamas continues to escalate with a rising death toll it sees operation protective edge is a militants in gaza but according to u.n. estimates almost eighty percent of the victims are civilians at least fifty palestinians were killed in these really bombardment on saturday night bringing the total number of lives lost in the offensive to one hundred sixty caught in the violence people are fleeing their homes but not everyone has been able to escape the deadly attacks and this really are a strike on the home of gases police chief has left at least eighteen people dead and another forty five injured over five hundred seventy how is an eight mosque

been either damaged or destroyed in gases since the offensive started i mean while the i.d.f. fired artillery into lebanon after two rockets hit israel earlier government troops also launched three missiles at syrian military targets responding to mortar fire from the country's thirty three. thanks. i think i. would say. alarmed by the month. death

toll the u.n. must call for a ceasefire however the conflict shows no sign of winding down with israel's prime minister vying to continue the operation against hamas binyamin netanyahu has accused fighters of using gas or residents as human shields the group purse full responsibility for the civilian deaths fear reports for r.t. from the embattled region not. on a visit to gaza's main hospital we met four year old shame mastery she was injured in a abdomen she became collateral damage in a drone strike but i have. a lot of that about how well he had done but. how we let the bad and that a bad thing. then if this had that then. well i wouldn't going to tell them how to deal. hello is this how the deal where they thought i thought of the

doctors tell me they've been dealing with the biting shortage of medical supplies in gaza for the last three weeks as a result of the ongoing siege but even civilians that survive the violence suffer the mental effects of living in a war zone our bed lives in a neighborhood of shaikh road one that was targeted last night. it was all. done as little as a. gun in the. line and the. whole of this. it's been a traumatizing couple of days for the civilians of han eunice in the south of the gaza strip to during its operation israel says that it's going off to hamas militants those ledges are hamas militants however it's willing to go as far as targeting their homes and in this case israel killed six children and two adults when it struck this family home the family didn't have time to heed the warning

drone missile which arrived four minutes before the main strike. almost. so subtle from the. moment of. the mist said that israel has made clear that it's not interested in restraining its operation on gaza so long as hamas rocket fire continues ari fear azzi gaza. four israeli soldiers were wounded on saturday night during a brief raid against a rocket launching site in northern gaza it was the first time i.d.f. troops are known to have entered gaza for an offensive sorties policy reports the instant triggered fears of a full scale ground invasion. twenty soldiers briefly entered northern gaza the i.d.f. says that the purpose of the mission was to destroy rocket launching sites we understand that there was a brief exchange of fire during which four israeli soldiers were likely wounded but

the army has since returned to israel of course the question being asked is whether or not this is a precursor for a ground offensive certainly the sense on the ground and from meet witnessing the amassing of tanks and armored personnel vehicles and troops along the border it does seem as if a ground offensive could be imminent and certainly the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has indicated that this is an option that he is considering the word from the israeli army however is that they are ready for a ground offensive but that ultimately this is a political decision. israel's offensive public outrage across the globe with mass rallies held in the u.k. australia and norway the protests were peaceful for the most part ever the pro palestinian demonstration in the french after all turned violent roman crowds attacked two synagogues and morris protestors siege one of the buildings trucked around one hundred worshippers inside riot police then dispersed the rally and everyone was able to exit the building the french prime minister condemned the

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