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welcome back you're watching r t international law let's go back to the volatile situation in ukraine where the government has stepped up its military crackdown against of the centers of anti-government resistance in the east of the country this week the situation in the regional capital of done yet remains tense with explosions heard on the outskirts while one hundred fifty kilometers away in the guns air raids have and shelling have become an everyday part of reality. in the latest artillery attack on the city's residential areas making a garden and the school were severely damaged and army mortar fire there killed at least sixteen on friday meanwhile the organization for security and cooperation in europe says two hundred fifty people have been killed in lugansk in less than two months. on the russian ukrainian border with updates from here. residents of reported hearing air raid sirens again again last night and they're saying that fighting continues on the outskirts of the city now according to

self-defense forces ukrainian troops are gaining ground seeking to take control over the road that is connecting the gods into this but you see these that are essentially capitals of the two restive regions. varying brought into off the assaults by the ukrainian army this city has been heavily hit its infrastructure damaged people are saying they're left without water electricity gas is also something they're finding a shortage off of course there are instances of people being hit in the middle of the day by artillery and mortar shells at one instance eight people have died several tenuously when a shell has hit a cross walk always see observers have said that two hundred fifty people have been killed since the beginning of june in lugansk alone previously the numbers given for civilian casualties for these hydration and conflict for both regions and so now we can assume that that number is probably a lot higher than those people have told me so they're living here they're just he

says are peaceful life. should look like the terrorists. know. the fighting continues and at times it can be heard on the border between russia and ukraine with residents complaining about shells flying into their backyards essentially despite the fact that petro poroshenko has assured that civilians. they're not going to be. the targets but ukrainian military nevertheless they seem to be bearing the brunt off the pressure and when exactly if at this conflict is going to end is not yet clear with of course the world's attention being on the aftermath off the disaster flight m h seventeen the fighting that doesn't seem to subside in southeastern ukraine. before. finish customs have seized a shipment of military equipment bound for ukraine officials describe it as quote

military goods that belong to certain types of arms local media reports that the shipment comprised of components for missile guidance systems customs officials declined confirmation the shipment was seized at the end of june at helsinki airport because it was lacking necessary permits for defense material that reportedly originated from vietnam and was heading to ukraine in transit via finland the finnish military are now investigating the case. and as washington proceeds with its accusations against moscow claiming it's doing nothing to crane fresh sanctions have been imposed this week against major russian companies russia's biggest oil producer ross now along with bank are among those targeted just to give you an idea of the scale of these companies bank is the country's third largest bank it finances some of russia's most prominent energy projects and is

a vital contributor to the state budget generating over one hundred billion dollars in revenue annually these two along with several other firms are now forbidding from borrowing money on u.s. markets for periods longer than ninety days we earlier spoke to the editor of the business new europe magazine ben eris he explained to us how the new sanctions could affect russia's economy. very targeted at a few companies and specifically this is a significant scaling up because these are financial sanctions until now it's been aimed mainly at individuals and their personal assets there trying to find a tricky sort of path between on the one hand punishing russia and on the other hand maintaining the businesses that are here because you have a huge business lobby both in america and particularly in europe who are invested in making most of the profits here and the european partners are putting a lot of pressure on the states you know to to keep it contained to back off so that they don't lose any money it's not effective in so much as it doesn't really

do much economic damage but it is effective because psychologically in all that all the sanctions have been who has very little economic damage directly but the psychological effect is enormous i mean the ruble is already tanked today and the threat that more sanctions will come has created this environment of uncertainty and washington's zeal is just partly shared in europe with brussels only weighing the decision to freeze funding for future projects with russia and it now looks like the e.u. is caught in an awkward position as dr richard wellings from the institute of economic affairs told us. e.u. russian trade is about ten times the size of u.s. russian tris they clearly are potentially massive losses from the e.u. imposing two students sanctions on russia particularly given the huge dependence on russian energy opposing countries to also a sort of eastern side of the european union they say there's a big difference in emphasis and i think so extent the e.u.

still at this stage of gesture politics where it's trying to if you like to please the americans but do as little as possible in reality i think i think really we're not going to see. your much action from the you took they'll try and get away with as little as possible without really upsetting the white house. now and some other news moscow suffered one of its worst ever transport accidents earlier this week during the morning rush hour on tuesday three metro cars derailed killing more than twenty people and injuring at least one hundred fifty several survivors are still in intensive care this is what the aftermath looked like. here i don't. i. know. i think.

it took emergency workers three days to remove the wreckage and carry out repairs so services could resume here's how one eyewitness describes the moment of the disaster when you know they knew i was thrown into the yeah there was blood on the floor heads some people had broken ribs one person in all in all the people were hysterical we started to get out we saw during the tunnel what it meant eventually broke that door and you saw workers constructing a paranoid time because they helped us to get used to. investigators are still debating the different theories as to how a relatively new railway section became the scene of such a deadly accident so far they have identified an incorrectly secured track switch as most likely the cause of the tragedy two metro workers have been detained over safety breaches and investigators say the circle of suspects could expand.

take a look at some more news making headlines at this hour two militias have clashed in libya's capital tripoli firing rockets and artillery as they fight for control of the main airport at least three people including one civilian have been killed hundreds of families living nearby have been forced to flee the area the rival armed groups have been fighting for the airport for a week now leaving a dozen people dead and some of the heaviest fighting in the country since moammar gadhafi was chased from power in two thousand and eleven. floodwaters continue to rage through parts of southern china a week after a huge storms forced four hundred thousand people to evacuate their homes across the area river levels have dipped slightly since a peak on sunday morning the flooding that began just over a week ago has so far killed thirty four people and injured hundreds more. and i'll be back in just a few minutes with more news you're watching our international stay with us.

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the russian president has publicly called for all groups involved in the ukrainian conflict not to obstruct the investigation of the malaysia air ways plane crash and warned against politicizing the tragedy that left nearly three hundred people dead . european monitors say they now have full access to the site where the plane came down but there's no word yet from international experts who have arrived in kiev and are due to inspect the wreckage. as questions pile up over the tragedy we take a look at some of the unexplained details including why the aircraft strayed from its usual route and why dispatchers told it to reduce our.