a russian military invasion has taken place. >>> pro russian rebels say russian soldiers are fighting with them. while on leave from the military and though the officially. >>> a member of a film crew is shot dead accidentally recording a real life robbery in nebraska for a reality tv show. >>> tourism in a conflict zone. israeli and palestinian businesses have been hit hard by the violence there. >>> also in the program, shocking numbers from australia's national carrier. aaron? >> we're talking about these guys, qantas. we were expecting bad numbers but weren't expecting the airline to lose $2.6 billion in the last year. it's the worst performance in the 94 year history. we're going to look at what's gone wrong with australia's flying kangaroo. >>> midday here in london, 2:00 p.m. kiev. a russian invasion has taken place in uk. the president has cancelled the meeting in turkey because of the escalation in his country. a region well outside the area where post of the fighting has so far taken place has fallen. pro russian rebels say russian fighters are fighting with them voluntarily

soldiers kill you put out this video claiming it's a russian. zone but while journalists were grappling with the new developments and struggling with the pronunciation of the town that was supposedly being invaded this is no bus got u.s. and nato officials pushed ahead with accusing russia of deploying more than one thousand troops and heavy artillery into ukraine last week ukraine called russia's delivery of humanitarian aid into eastern ukraine an invasion this week it accused moscow of quote unquote a full scale invasion the western media that is generally not putting much distinction between rebels and washer quickly picked up that side of the story that is despite the fact that this thursday the ois sea which is now monitoring the russian border with ukraine said they saw no evidence of russian troops and tanks crossing. said it could not independently verify the reports of the russian invasion but a un security council meeting was called upon where its western members push to hold russia responsible russia stop this conflict at least two t

army so here they had ten russians actual ten actual russian soldiers and they were able to parade them and put them on television and to show them as proof of the claim that they've been making for a long time that it is the russian army that they're fighting rather than their own people so they're funded by these paratroopers but the ukrainian government is claiming as indeed are the americans that there are thousands of russian soldiers fighting in eastern ukraine i'm just wondering why we're only hearing about these particular ten will indeed and can i just also say that i just read an article in the british media by a british journalist who went to one of the towns that has recently been captured by the rebels laws that all the russian army and instead he didn't find a russian army there he found the rebels so the evidence and does not look at all convincing that there are any russian troops there but of course one can have un convincing evidence people want to believe it and it serves a particular agenda then that evidence can still be used and these ten russian soldiers unfortuna

a russian military invasion has taken place. >>> pro russian rebels say russian soldiers are fightingthem. while on leave from the military and though the officially. >>> a member of a film crew is shot dead accidentally recording a real life robbery in nebraska for a reality tv show. >>> tourism in a conflict zone. israeli and palestinian businesses have been hit hard by the v

the russian side, these are not russian troops. now when there are pictures of nato which can be considered as somewhat conclusive evidence, officials hope that this will bring a closer international community. >> the un's secretary-general has called reports of fighting to the south. >> the situation in the south of ukraine is very volatile. this small town just off the border, the security council finally confirmed that the city was lost to the russian troops. on one hand, there is a direct road. on the other hand, there is the second largest city. therefore, the situation by the russian troops is very dangerous. >> let's get the story from moscow. our correspondent standing by for us. nato says it has satellite images, the ukrainians say they have video on the ground. how is moscow refuting all of this? >> if they will or would, it's quite easy to predict what they say. they have been denying the whole day, the weeks that they have anything to do with what is going on in the east of the ukraine. there are nine russian soldiers i

>> translator: russian forces have entered ukraine. >> ukraine's president says russian soldiers are helping separatists. moscow denied it. and an russian convoy is spotted on the border. nato believes that a thousand russian troops are already fighting inside ukraine. ♪ >>> you are watching al jazeera live from our headquarters in doha. i'm dorli rainey. also coming up. syrian forces take on armed fighters. >>> russia [ inaudible ] is sworn in as turkey's new president. >>> and banking on the future. india's prime minister launches a new plan that will help millions of poor people in the country. ♪ >>> hello. ukraine's president says russian troops have invaded the country. that's an allegation russia flatly denies. but the u.s. and nato appear to back up poroshenko, saying that more than a thousand russian troops were known to be operating inside ukraine. poroshenko says that russian troops have been deployed in the east of the country as well as another area. and that has all been confirmed by this man, the self declared heard of the donetsk independent republic. and the prorush r

army so here they had ten russian actual ten actual russian soldiers and they were able to parade them and to put them on television and to show them as proof of the claim that they've been making for a long time that it is the russian army that they're fighting rather than their own the evidence does not look which will convince him that there are any russian troops there but of course one can have unconvincing evidence if people want to believe it and these ten russian soldiers unfortunately were if you like a gift from heaven in that respect has now been a four months since kiev launched its military crackdown in the eat and since then it has officially admitted to the deaths of seven hundred government troops and more than two and a half thousand injured but kiev has being accused of a massive cover up and the government forces say up to fourteen thousand military service men have died in that casualties are being under-reported on purpose. in the last few days alone hundreds of government troops have reportedly been killed or taken prisoner near the town of el advice in the ask re

army so here they had ten russian actual ten actual russian soldiers and they were able to parade them and to put them on television and to show them as proof of the claim that they've been making for a long time that it is the russian army that they're fighting rather than their own the evidence does not look which was convincing that there are any russian troops there but of course one can have unconvincing evidence if people want to believe it and these ten russian soldiers unfortunately were if you like a gift from heaven in that respect. other developments according to move forces that were drawn from a village in the ganske region the rural communities been the focal of intense focal point of intense fighting as you've seen these pictures most recently where this is so large numbers of ukrainian armored vehicles and tanks have been left there many as you can see been destroyed in all it's now been four months since kiev launched its military crackdown in the east and since then it's officially been admitted that almost eight hundred government troops have died more than two and a

hello and welcome to crossfire things are considered on peter lavelle the idea of russian russians as long obsessed western minds and politics and that obsession has to date been remarkably dark and even menacing is this because the west projects its own negative self on to others. to cross not perceptions of russian russians i'm joined by my guest neil clark in london he is a journalist broadcaster and special. eastern european affairs in berlin we have nicholai petro he is a professor of political science at the university of rhode island and in moscow we crossed of lot of near goldstein he is an associate professor of slavic studies at brown university right gentlemen cross-talk rules in fact that means you can jump in anytime i want and i very much encourage it and i go i if i go to you first in berlin you spent some time in ukraine on a fulbright i understand where it is russian were attitudes about russia come from in the west because obviously you know you can just open up a newspaper or magazine go to a website or a television in the west and well russia has to say the very le

now the russian press. it has shed some light on the behind the scenes diplomatic wrangling over ukraine in an interview with national media whatever putin revealed that he and he's a crane and counterpart have reached an agreement on how to peacefully resolve the conflict and he also sad there needs to be substantial talks on the status of the region and made it clear he thinks february's violence is responsible for the ongoing conflict in the country's east the russian president added that winter is coming and hardship will only increase if the fighting doesn't stop now human rights watch has again called in kiev for information on a russian photojournalist understand who's been missing in ukraine since the start of august insist it has no information about were about the watchdogs deputy director for europe and central asia says the rights of media workers are being violated in ukraine by both militia groups and the army adding that the authorities have a track record of detaining russian journalists. no

detained actual russian servicemen. the ukrainian government wanted to milk the incident for political purposes they're trying to argue and have been trying to argue for a long time that they're not really fighting the people of the eastern ukraine but that they're fighting the russian army so here they had ten russian actual ten actual alleged soldiers and they were able to parade them and to put them on television and to show them as proof of the claim that they've been making for a long time that it is the russian army that they're fighting rather than their own the evidence does not look which was convincing that there are any russian troops there but of course one can have unconvincing evidence if people want to believe it and these ten russian soldiers unfortunately were if you like a gift from heaven in that respect. well the ukrainian government has been waging its campaign in the east for four months nike have says over seven hundred soldiers have been killed in the crackdown on local militia there with over tw

in addition to that, on the border, on the russian side of the border with ukraine around 25,000 russian troops are now basing. they there. not only the tanks and arm thorred personnel carriers but also air defense systems, artillery systems, rocket systems. this is worrying them. and they're also quite aware now that despite the diplomatic threats, despite the sanction threats that we've seen trickle down over the last few months, none of this as you rightly say has deterred russian. russia instead has been playing this game of give and take and give and take on the one hand, offering talks and on the other hand, filthering the troops krauxs it has been a very calculated scaling up of its activity by russia inside of ukraine and now nato has to decide what they can do to stop rushing in its tracks. >> really struck me yesterday while listening to president barack obama and british prime minister david cameron, i'm sure our viewers noticed neither of them called it an invasion. they called it an incursion. why not call it an invasion. >> i think nevertheless despite the severity and grav

joint patrol of the border just hours after accusing russia of invading ukraine says all reports of russian troops on ukrainian ground unfounded. well these are live pictures from new york this is where an emergency session on ukraine's crisis is underway at the u.n. security council that meeting was called for. hundreds of people trying to storm the general staff building in central kiev demanding the president be impeached as the army suffers major losses in the restive east. the us government is after some three hundred americans to be fighting with islamic state jihadists and iran and syria will be looking into why the group is enjoying such a wide ranging feel. welcome and i'm see a lot of you watching r.t. international now will start with details of an emergency session of the u.n. security council is now underway in new york it was called for by ukraine's president after he accused moscow of invading his country the russian envoy vitaly churkin is speaking right now let's listen it was only a step in for the situation because the truce was predicated by capitulation of the insurgent

sanctions that will target the russian economy and the peculiar. of the economy we're going to focus on the energy companies the businesses the internationals that will be affected later on in the show and talking about multinationals we are going to talk about roughly asked yes tim kirby he invested in that company this week that's where the rule landed and i'm more interest than ever to find out what's going to happen because of course our company has been in the limelight this week but first we start of the show going to talk about you chris because this particular edgy company was once the richest most powerful oil company in russia but that changed the company's downfall it began in two thousand and three when the c.e.o. of the company called of course he was arrested on full charges what then happened was the assets of the company frozen him because of the escalating tax debts it meant the shares of the company was sold off to other russian oil companies and it was it was bankrupt as a consequence now just this week the hague ruled that you c

local militia in the region more are not on the way it's on the global headlines off to round up the russians find out some business news with katie. the u.s. military was built to square off against the soviet union. over western europe but when you take that conventional military and now try to read task it as a counterinsurgency force it creates a lot of gaps and that's the kind of private sector stuff. do we speak your language anything about the role or not of the. news programs and documentaries and spanish what matters to you breaking news a little tune that if angles to the stories. you hear. that troy the spanish find out more visit. on marriage in the financial world. developments coming out stoppage the only techno demand for credit. and life there. hello that welcomes event to campus so we and we are still going to today from last year's iconic red square not because it is the peak of sunrise and for the what this place has been averaging around thirty degrees celsius that we thought would get outside and make the most of it why not i on this in plenty going on as far as the russi

between russia and ukraine and a russian attempt to create a land bridge between the russian borderand crimea, which will allow them to supply crimea more effectively in the future. >> brown: do you use the word invasion, incursion? >> there's a game played in washington where u.s. officials are trying hard not to use the word invasion so you have the state department spokesman saying it's an incursion. the reason for that is u.s. officials, as president obama said today, said they're trying to avoid any perception there's oust military response in the offing so they're downplaying what's happened, but privately people are worried what we're seeing is a dramatic escalation. >> brown: andrei tegoncof, what do you call it? >> i would call it an escalation as andrew weiss described the second front opening and this is something that's been going on quite some time. we have seen the russia assistance before and this is not news. what's new is the ukrainian side is beginning to lose on the front and the russian president has not gotten what he expected to get and germany is pressuring ki

these russian journalists, russian and ukraine journalists i should say, saw a few dozen russian armoredrs and to ring the ukraine. are you confirming that? i guess i wanted to get your take, now when we hear these reports, what is this? in your estimation, what is the probability we would have a full-scale invasion of eastern ukraine? if any sort of invasion could happen, and i do believe we should work on any such developments, our country will defend us. now it is about de-escalation. now it is about settlement. now it's about sorting out issues like the issue with humanitarian assistance. now it's about putin's humanitarian assistance within the frame of ukrainian legislation. under their responsibility of the red cross. there are a number of critical issues we have been working on. there is a possibility now for -- four foreign ministers germany, france, russia, and us into meet over the weekend order to talk through these present issues. meet with going to those foreign ministers, including the russian foreign minister, this weekend? of the one of the ideas german foreign minister.

international headlining ten russian troops detained in ukraine and for apparently crossing the border accidentally returned home. the big stories of the week some of cranes most battle hardened units of trucks and a massive counterattack with government soldiers played in kiev and kim have accusing russia of a stealth invasion. report to this hour on how islamic state terrorists are exploiting black market trade and. to nurture that you have used empire in iraq and syria. also bahraini police arrested a well known opposition activist as she lands in the gulf nation to check on her father who's been on hunger strike for nearly a week now protesting his own detention. live here in moscow this morning thanks for choosing us this morning our top story than ten russian paratroopers returned home on sunday after spending almost a week detained in ukraine the group was captured when they claimed they mistakenly crossed the ukrainian border while on routine patrol paul asli is been following this story for us. the talks were complicated and difficult but we can now confirm that all ten of rus

it means for those particular people, the russian empire, russian expansion, and russian identity aresomehow linked. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] bill ayersat 8 p.m. debates dinesh to sousa. the topic -- what's so great about america? we started out in the bin laden mode. you tried to bomb the pentagon. here is my question to you. you sound totally different today. you talk about teaching. you talk about being an educator. you talk about socratic doubt and wonder. to that oldd revolutionary? is he still alive? i still am revolutionary if by revolutionary you mean -- if what you mean by revolution is having a fully worked out program by which we can imagine a different world and overthrowing government and move that.d, no, i'm not but if you mean someone willing to dive into the contradictions, being willing to live with ambiguity and complexity and tried to move forward? sure, i still see myself as someone who sees a need for fundamental change. i will give you one example. for me, a struggle against w

soldiers key you put out this video claiming it's a russian. but while journalists were grappling with the new developments and struggling with the pronunciation of the town that was supposedly being invaded this is no bus got u.s. and nato officials pushed ahead with accusing russia of deploying more than one thousand troops and heavy artillery into ukraine last week ukraine called russia's delivery of humanitarian aid into eastern ukraine an invasion this week it accused moscow of quote unquote a full scale invasion the western media that is generally not putting much distinction between rebels and washer quickly picked up that side of the story that is despite the fact that this thursday the ois see which is now monitoring the russian border with ukraine said they saw no evidence of russian troops and tanks crossing the border the u.n. said it could not independently verify the reports of the russian invasion but a u.n. security council meeting was called upon where its western members push to hold russia responsible russia stop this conflic

but a russian soldier who chooses to fight in ukraine on his summer break is still a russian soldier yet still according to the russian government the soldiers were never there they were never in crimea either until russia and now it's the those soldiers who were never there had annexed crimea. there shortly after the u.s. envoy spoke her russian counterpart the triage work and fired investor churkin said with the support of washington kiev has continued shelling civilian quarters and tens of thousands of people are sitting in basements without food electricity or medicine during a meeting russia called on the u.s. to stop interfering in the international affairs of sovereign states and to rein in its own personal geo political ambitions and i. know most would think everyone knows that it's just that there are russian volunteers and indeed some parts of the queen no one is hiding that was before but i would like to see similar transparency shown by other countries for example maybe our american colleagues can tell us about what to the tens of american advisors who are in the building

lives of ukrainians and russians. we demand russia to establish control over the ukrainian-russian border under whichntrol of the osc would exclude supplies of militants to ukraine. allemand russia to release ukrainians who are held hostage. to all been open diplomatic initiations and have participated in every negotiation. ukraine, overof his peace plan, which russia deliberately undermined. while demonstrating full readiness for peace negotiations with russia during the meetings in minsk, president poroshenko need it clear that the integrity of ukraine as well as the european aspirations of ukrainian people are not negotiable. in lieu of the open russian military aggression, ukraine reserves its right to act in accordance with article 51 of the u.n. charter, which empowers every u.n. member state with the self-defenset of against a member of the united nations. we call upon the international community to provide effective assistance to ukraine to resist russian aggression. communitynternational keep witnessing silen

army so here they had ten russian actual ten actual russian soldiers and they were able to parade them and to put them on television and to show them as proof of the claim that they've been making for a long time that it is the russian army that they're fighting rather than their own people the evidence does not look which will convince him that there are any russian troops there but of course one can have unconvincing evidence if people want to believe it and these ten russian soldiers unfortunately were if you like a gift from heaven in that respect now in the meantime the war it's waging in the east has claimed the lives of over seven hundred troops and wounded over two and a half thousand but the government is accused of underreporting and turkey for suggest the number is more like fourteen thousand casualties. some of the fiercest fighting in eastern ukraine has been in the town of vice in the deniece gratian the ukrainian army has been encircled there by anti-government forces soldiers claim they have suffered serious losses because he didn't send any reinforcement and other repo

it is a bout a number of russian citizens, mainly russian who have links to russian special forces, who lead the terrorists. who not about the people represent donetsk. it's about propaganda machine. population into believing that splitting is with ukraine would mean a cleaned late -- clean slate in life. building up criminal gangs, and seduce others. the intimidate those who refuse to obey. they have everything. they have the most modern fire guns. now they can rely on sophisticated systems that can shoot down international airplanes. you can imagine, there is probably still the possibility of the kalashnikov on the market. how can you teach the terrorists ? forces areed increasingly more involved in fighting. ofhad a number of cases shelling our troops. intruding in ukrainian airspace, using all kinds of systems. it is a [indiscernible] kind of situation. and at unfair cost. because we find for truth and we arecy, because anished, because we have clear idea what we need in ukraine. we need and we have clear commitment here. united, democratic, and european ukraine. [indiscernible] not

lives of ukrainians and russians. we demand russia to establish effective control of ukrainian -russian border under the control of the osce, which would exclude legal supplies a military achievements, and shipments to ukraine. to release all hostages. women open to all diplomatic initiatives and have participated in every negotiation. the president of ukraine, over his peace plan, which russia deliberately undermined. while demonstrating the full readiness for peace negotiations with russia during the meeting in minutes, the president made it clear that sovereignty and territorial integrity and ukraine as well as the european aspirations of ukrainian people are not negotiable. in view of the open russian military aggression, ukraine reserves its right to act in accordance with article 51 of the u.n. charter, which empowers every you and never state -- u.n. member states with the in herent right of self-defense. we call upon the international community to provide effective assistance to ukraine to resist russian aggre

a russian convoy is on its way to ukraine. an vehicle is part of international humanitarian effort, not a military mission. what is the story? >> we have 280 trucks from moscow to the city of the house in the southeast of ukraine that has been without electricity and water for 10 days. 10,000 kilometer journey. theyou've got the issue of russian-ukrainian border. the aid convoy is supposed to be a part of an international military and aid effort that will be run by -- international humanitarian aid effort that -- there arey still some practical details that need to be worked out. concern in the european union, in the united ev that and in ki russia is using this convoy or what this condo does was a gets ato ukraine as a compress -- pretext. moscow says this is all about helping people. market positive or a serious market negative. of all that,st ukrainian parliament is voting on whether to allow russian gas to continue to be transited across ukraine. are we really talking about a situation where we could see the taps turned of

the russians say the help can't wait.ee what happens when the russian convoy gets to the border. to the russians wait for the european union to get their act together? these are questions that everybody will be asking. >> interior minister poland, however, says this is clearly a pretext to invade ukraine. poland has been a very outspoken russian andhe ukrainian convoy don't start shooting at each other on day one. the polls have artie decided that this is over. -- thisa de-escalation is not a de-escalation but an escalation. >> stocks are rising across the world, yes? >> stoxx wrote -- rose a tad this news. the russian stock market this morning has opened a tad. though the ruble fell. it was headed to being down investors are- scratching their heads. i've been watching russell for 25 years and i am scratching my head. when i first announcement that russia intends to send his convoy, this is a statement he came from russia itself before anybody else has spoken on the matter, i said well, on the one hand it feels like now w

but a russian soldier who chooses to fight in ukraine on his summer break is still a russian soldier yet still according to the russian government the soldiers were never there. in the years no one is hiding the fact that they are russian volunteers if you don't rein we would like to see similar transparency shown by other countries maybe our american colleagues can tell us what dozens of very advisors are doing in the ukraine security council or how many so-called mercenaries from their so-called military enterprises and thousands of kilometers away from their laying on the city where did the ukrainian security forces get the cutting edge american weapons and russia's defense ministry says by releasing satellite pictures apparently showing russian troops inside ukraine nato would only taint its international reputation the ministry says commenting on the pictures is absolutely pointless let's show you some of the images that nato has presented as absolute proof. the pictures apparently show russian self-propelled artillery units moving in a convoy through ukraine's territory other i

army so here they had ten russian actually jen. actual us soldiers and they were able to grade them and to live on television and to show them as proof of the claim that they've been making for a long time that it is the russian army that they're fighting rather than their own the evidence does not look which will convince me that there are any russian troops there but of course one can have un convincing evidence if people want to believe and these ten russian soldiers unfortunately were if you like a gift from heaven he that respect. meanwhile the self-proclaimed authorities and the nats say they have a large ukraine's army to take their wounded and dead ivan encircled area in eastern ukraine these are the pictures from the outskirts of the timing of the advice where you can see troops carrying i think if i had to wait several brigades from ukraine's national guard have been trapped in the area for a week and have suffered severe losses through offensive by local militia groups earlier president let me put a call for a humanitari

but a russian soldier who chooses to fight in ukraine on his summer break is still a russian soldier and the armored vehicle he drives there is not his personal car. meanwhile, in russia families are holding funerals for their loved ones who have been killed in the fighting in ukraine. they're demanding answers for how they were killed. journalists who try to cover these funerals are threatened by armed men. yet still according to russian government the soldiers were never there. they were never in crimea, either, until russia announced that those soldiers who were never there had annesmed crimea. the last 48 hours fit into a well-established pattern. each step has paved the way for the one that followed. and in in spite of all these action ukraine has politically sought a solution to this crisis, a path to deescalation. despite this pattern, the president showed up in mincic to meet with president putin. who was still unwilling to acknowledge the most basic facts we all know -- that russia has armed, equipped, and now joined illegal separatists fighting in ukraine. serious negotiati

no middle men this time, no pro-russian rebel forces. russian troops with russian weapons.t to read it to everybody, "the u.russian suppl tanks, armored vehicles, artillery and multiple rocket launchers have been insufficient to defeat ukraine's armed forces so now an increasing number of russian troops are intervening directly in the fighting on ukrainian territory." we're also told the russians have put in a number of very high altitude anti-air systems that will keep, they hope at least, the ukraine air force from flying, because those systems could reach out and get to them. this comes at a very difficult time for president obama. he is scheduled to travel next week to the nato summit in wales to meet with nato leaders. russia already clearly was going to be topic number one. the top u.s. general at nato, the military commander of nato is scheduled a short time from now at his headquarters in belgium to come and speak out about all of this. john? >> russian troops, russian heavy weapons on the ground in ukraine, barbara starr at the pentagon, thanks so much. >>> no comm

he controls russian tv and what goes on russian tv of not seeing ukraine. every day, for 12 hours a day, russians have been told that ukraine is now run by the nazis. that a third of the shots in kiev are there. >> why can't he stop? heaven forbid, vladmir putin would say, i'm wrong and cease what he began there in ukraine? what's wrong with that? >> because, nazi ukraine, has putin has framed it for the russian people, was starting to win. it looked like putin's rebels were going to lose donetsk and luhansk. he can't lose those cities to the nazi party, can he? that's why he has to react. if the ukrainians would take the areas, the nazis would take the areas. >> if he sees ukraine as nazi ukraine, why is he out with all the cameras for him to see shaking the ukrainian president's hand just a couple of days ago? you have written a book on this man. you and i have talked before about putin's alone time and swimming and what he likes to eat. take me inside his brain as best as you can. what's the strategy behind the photo? >> that's not on russian tv. the pho

. >> russian forces have entered ukraine. >> ukraine's president said russian soldiers are helping separatists. moscow denies it. a russian convoy is spotted on the border, and nato believes that 1,000 russian troops are already fighting inside of ukraine. and also on the ground, 43 u.n. peace keepers are abducted in the golan fights as syrian forces take on armed fighters, and the real number of people with ebola may be four times greater than we know. the latest warning front the world health organization. hello, ukraine's president, petro poroshenko, said that russian troops have invaded the country, and that's an allegation that russia flatly denies. but theut backs up poroshenko with a military officer saying that 1,000ruption troops are known to be operating inside of ukraine. poroshenko said that they have been operating in the east. that's all been confirmed by this man, alexander, he is the -- you will see that he is the leader of the donetsk independent republic. up to 4,000 russian citizens have been fighting alongside of the russians in eastern ukraine and many of those fighters ar

we could have the worst aggressive anti-russian country at russian borders.for the year since the last census until the census which was organized several years ago, 5 million russians disappeared and ukraine. it's going to be forced ukraine organization, and the russians will be kicked out. that is one option. the other is an extreme nationalistic russia and nato. this is exactly what russia expects. this is the biggest nightmare, which could be if moscow is thinking this way. i wrote about that, and this is exactly -- i know how it's going to be because if anybody reads ukrainian history books, you can read that this war in nme since the beginning of ukraine russians. everybody is guilty. done form which was ukraine was done by russians. second, russia -- >> very brief. >> russia knows the economy hardships and problems. nobody has the rosy glasses. this is the choice. decreasing your economic influence or distraction of russia is a country. this is the choice. this is the choice for russia. liberalsy, russian many provocations and russian media. people are

the russian side, for it's part has been outrightly denying any russian regular troops here in this area, but frankly, the san diego mounting, and quite how long russia can continue to deny what sin creasingly becoming undeniable, is really a moot point. the reaction over the next 24 hours, 36 hours really could be very crucial, up deed. >> as paul mentioned the president is claiming that russian troops are staged an invasion of his country, and that's an allegation, that russia flatly denied. simon mcgregor wood has more. >> nato officials distributed the satellite images on thursday, they say it shows these artillery pieces on the soil. and, this is a russian military column, moving inside southeast ukraine. nato claims the level of russian involvement far exceeds what has gone before. it says 1,000 well equipped russian soldiers are now fighting in ukraine. >> these latest images provide concrete examples of russian activity up side ukraine, but they are only the tip of the ice burg, in terms of the overall scope of russian troop and weapons movements. >> condemnation of the military

ten russian soldiers detained after crossing the ukrainian border have been released and returned home. also this week kiev and nato raised fears of a possible russian invasion while ukrainian troops say they are being a being left to die at the hands of anti-government forces plus. as the javits from islamic state continue their rampage through syria and iraq we look at the two pillars of the group's might its flourishing black market economy and the media campaign it's attracting new crew in drugs. are the latest developments and a look back at the last seven days you're watching the weekly here and r.t. international now russian soldiers detained in ukraine almost a week ago have returned home ten paratroopers were captured when they claimed they unintentionally crossed the ukrainian border while on a routine patrol has been following the developments. the talks were complicated and difficult but we can now confirm that all ten of russian paratroopers crossed over into ukraine are back inside russia the negotiations weren't easy but thankfully common sense prevailed and the guards a

inspection of a russian aid convoy begins. they are concerned the trucks are cover for a military incursion by moscow. thousands in the u.s. hold a vigil in honor of a black teen killed by st. louis police. it has sparked rioting and opened the debate about police fertility. -- police brutality. caving to mounting pressure, prime minister al-maliki has stepped down as prime minister. the move paves the way for a new poll -- coalition world powers who can stop a sunni islamist insurgency that threatens baghdad. maliki made his announcement thursday during which he stood next to his successor, a fellow shiite. >> i announced before you today in order to facilitate the clinical process and formation of the new government, the withdrawal of my candidacy in favor of the brother. >>, leaky served two terms as prime minister -- prime minister maliki served two terms as prime minister many view it as a use that fostered tensions. >> baghdad going set up to a new political -- wakes up to a new political landscape as prime minister mali

a lot of the russian population both inside russia and also the russian speaking population in ukrainehe efforts of president putin of russia to do these things and to bring the russian speaking parts of ukraine into mother russia as they would call it. you're seeing every effort to make that happen, he's trying to basically race against time. . huh, fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. everybody knows that. well, did you know words really can hurt you? what...? jesse don't go! jesse...no! i'm sorry daisy, but i'm a loner. and a loner gotta be alone. heee yawww! geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. jesse? >>> welcome back, everyone. are you excited, rosemary? >> yes. >> today is still a big day for the european space agency. as rosetta spacecraft is set to begin orbiting a comet. >> scientists hope this proves to be a giant leap in space exploration. >> since humans first started exploring space, only a handful of spacecraft have landed on celestial bodies. now for the first time in history, mankind will land a craft on a co

number one-- stronger sanctions against the russian government and the russian economy. and this will mean very severe financial sanctions, the kind of sanctions that will really drive up the cost to president putin for what he has done. second, the ukrainian government is asking for sophisticated arms transfertransfers from europe ae united states, and intelligence support so they can fight back and control their own territory. i think president obama's been very clear, and rightly so, the united states is not going to go to war with russia over ukraine, but certainly we have an interest in helping the ukrainians to defend themselves and defend their territory, and, third, continued economic support, and here the europeans should take the lead, led by germany, because the ukrainian economy, as you know, is faltering and it needs a dramatic infusion of western capital. >> sreenivasan: is there any reason to believe these sanctions will work? we've imposed some sanctions on russia and so have the europeans. it just seems they've escalated now into a sanctions war. >> it's

such sanctions and some kirby joins me later he's going to be talking about they are but first the russian government has imposed a one year restriction on the import of agricultural products from the countries imposing sanctions so beef pork poultry fish cheese milk vegetables and fruit imports from australia canada the e.u. u.s. and norway all off the menu but the drinks menu is still ok our goal is not affected me there is baby fruit now in twenty thirteen russia imported six point seven billion dollars worth of meat products in toto so talk about a money hit so to discuss this issue the new bite back measures i'm now joined by alexi a sokoloff head of the learning center who trades dot com alexei these measures are designed to hit back the question is how ha's of a going to hit back and she didn't hit back. on the part of these murderers you. are not going to hit back. just trying to. they're on the other cultures circuit or i am. on economy in. the. long term goal and to keep the european union the law is gone cold. all the contras who provided i got a cultural. products for a russian

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but a russian soldier who chooses to fight in ukraine on his summer break is still a russian soldier yet still according to the russian government the soldiers were never there they were never in crimea either until russia announced that those soldiers who were never there had an extra mia shortly after the u.s. envoy spoke her russian counterpart batali churkin fired back you may use notice hiding the fact that they are russian volunteers is going to rain we would like to see similar transparency shouldered by other countries maybe our american colleagues can tell us what doesn't is very guys are doing in israel in the ukraine security council are supposed to grow or how many so-called mercenaries from their so-called military enterprises that would lead you to new york sounds of kilometers away from their lane on the pretty word of the ukrainian security forces give the code a huge american weapons during the emergency security council meeting ambassador churkin presented statement that called for an unconditional cease fire in ukraine but some members including the way mia said th

president obama just moments ago excoriating russian president vladmir putin after russian separatists confirmed on russian state television, what has been suspected for months. that up to 4,000 russian soldiers have crossed the border to fight the ukrainian military. with that report from russian television. ukrainian separatists among us fighting serving soldiers would rather take their vacation not on a beef but with us, among brothers who are fighting for their freedom. the admission comes after nato released these images that you see on your screen. these are satellite photographs, russian military assets amassed on the ukrainian side of the border. what you're looking at are armored vehicle convoys and russian tanks in ukraine. president obama today accused russia of training arming rebels while violating ukraine sovereignty. mr. obama made it clear today, that he will not authorize u.s. military action to contain putin's aggression. >> we are not taking military action to solve the ukrainian problem. what we're doing is to mobilize the international community to apply pressure o

a russian t.v. crew from these vesta channels as a shell fired from the ukrainian side exploded near them earlier on sunday european security monitors confirm they witnessed a separate attack while another shell reportedly damaged a nearby residential home on the russian side with more on the. a group of always see observers were at the checkpoint at the time along with border guards and customs services officials and so only a shell had detonated thankfully no one got injured but the federal security service claims that the show came from the ukrainian side and there are also reports that another show had landed in a village nearby also on russian territory and this isn't the first time that russia that area comes under fire as the fighting in eastern ukraine continues and this definitely only aggravates the situation since one person is already being killed why in a similar incidents another show came from also the ukrainian side and we have heard statements from several senior russian officials i

the russians. were open to all kinds of interacting and being korean part of the world community and a horrible tremendous opportunity i should say was squandered. meantime as far as brussels is concerned moves there too this week big ones it barred some of russia's banks from trading in european markets most notably put the country's oldest biggest banks per bank in the firing line energy sectors targeted to western know and equipment for offshore fuel exploration under a bug of russian companies and arms sales all through strict it worth noting in twenty thirteen russia's global weapons exports market was worth a huge amount about fifteen billion dollars now analysts tell us that the measures are of course a two way street well it's kind of obvious i guess european businesses should prepare for cuts as well they say estimates in germany for example suggest it could lose six billion euros in exports to russia this year alone as moscow's number one e.u. trading partner berlin's got a lot at stake h