share the border and all variously they both suffer from the conflict and if the new ukraine because of their refugees because of the damage to that bilateral trade what have you i mean it's simply you know for a humanitarian reasons it's devastating to have something like that do you really think that they cannot decide just between the two of them died in if the right time to put an end to it well i think they could that compromise or what i'm saying is that if that agreement was reached and. it would be wonderful if it was it would still have to be approved at the top table and that's the big struggle is between the united states and russia so if it was agreed with those two and maybe europe at that top table then it would it would it would stand and of course you mention the economic side i don't believe that economics really can be removed from politics politics is about power an economy intelligence military. will to use those things is politics and so economy is an integral part of of. politics and i don't think it can be removed and of course the economic suffering th

>> the developments in eastern ukraine torpedo the conference agenda. the german chancellor said european leaders will decide how to does -- respond on saturday. she said there will be talking about more sanctions. >> if the situation escalated further, we would have to discuss more sanctions. we have to answer the question, how do we react? >> during the gathering in berlin, news of the developments in eastern ukraine just kept coming. in france, president francois hollande called the situation unacceptable. >> russia cannot want to be a recognized power. right now it is suffering increasing isolation and it is clear that the sanctions are causing a slowdown in its growth. it is now up to the russian president to resolve this contradiction. >> they will meet with other leaders on the weekends to consider the crisis in the ukraine. it looks like a fresh round of sanctions will be the main talking point. >> you in peacekeepers have been kidnapped -- u.n. peacekeepers have been kidnapped and we will go live to jerusalem. >> and a report on the new turkish

they see the conflict there as a conflict between eastern ukraine the people in the eastern ukraine and the or sorry it is who came to power in kiev in february so their analysis of the situation is totally different from the one of poorest and of the people in kiev who want to internationalize the question and turn it into a conflict between the ukraine and russia so that is why you see a totally different approach from the two presidents ok russia the e.u. crane they've all got a lot of considerations here on the economic front gas in particular affects all of them do you think that this summit potentially could end that deadlock. the the great problem with the gas issue is that the ukraine very heavy arrears on its gas and i think what the russians will be looking for is some commitment from the ukraine a commitment i mean hard cash to actually pay off those the rivers before they're prepared to compromise further on gas prices shoes and of course the problem is at the moment that the ukraine has very little if any money left at all partly because it's been using the money it's be

video that the ukrainians say is a russian tank recorded inside the ukraine. it could be another part of russian efforts to prevent effete, not just of the rebels but president clinton's strategy. >> russia is responsible for violence in the eastern ukraine. it is encouraged by russia, the separatists are trained by russia, they are armed by russia and funded by russia. russia has deliberately repeatedly violated the sovereignty of the ukraine. >> major powers warning of costs. russia is adamant. the ukrainian government torpedoed all agreements to resolve the conflict. >> the reckless policy of key of his conducting a war against its own people. controle battle for rages on, president clinton shows no signs of bowing to international sanctions or threats of further isolation. >> and president putin did say that russia will continue to provide humanitarian aid to civilians in the eastern ukraine. generalto the retired has served as nato's supreme allied commander for europe. intolerable is the word europeans are using. adoptedia seems to have the incursion into

but according to put in there is one condition that the european union ukraine the united states have to take into account russia's considerations and perhaps make some concessions perhaps make some amendments to the association agreement so that russia feels that its opinion is also taking into account its concerns are. addressed if you were a what would you do because i mean percent is under very had a pressure of not. you know yielding anything to russia but on the other hand i think it would be a pretty good deal if he if he could preserve both the free trade with russia and go on on the path of close r.c.h. and with the european union what would you do in his place were are entirely agree with you i think it would be a very good deal if he were able to keep his people. able to agree with him and support him in real. ching an agreement with russia so that russia did as those conditions say retained its overall influence over the ukraine although it allowed to do a whole ton of those things like trading and like that even internationally and would russia but

video that the ukrainians say is a russian tank recorded inside the ukraine. it could be another part of russian efforts to prevent effete, not just of the rebels but president clinton's strategy. >> russia is responsible for violence in the eastern ukraine. it is encouraged by russia, the separatists are trained by russia, they are armed by russia and funded by russia. russia has deliberately repeatedly violated the sovereignty of the ukraine. >> major powers warning of costs. russia is adamant. the ukrainian government torpedoed all agreements to resolve the conflict. >> the reckless policy of key of his conducting a war against its own people. controle battle for rages on, president clinton shows no signs of bowing to international sanctions or threats of further isolation. >> and president putin did say that russia will continue to provide humanitarian aid to civilians in the eastern ukraine. generalto the retired has served as nato's supreme allied commander for europe. intolerable is the word europeans are using. adoptedia seems to have the incursion into

against the armed forces of ukraine. these units consist of well over 1000 regular russian troops equipped with armored feeler goals, artillery, and air defense systems. this is a violation of sovereignty training territory by the russian federation. it is a clear breach of international law and a contravention of the charter of the united nations. realitydenials of this fit into the pattern of russia's dishonest reproach to ukraine from the beginning of this crisis. we already do that russia denied that it had any extra military personnel on the ground in crimea writeup until it's illegal annexation with military force. russia has denied providing military support to the separatists. in fact, russia has been transferring significant oddities of advanced weapons, including tanks, armored personnel carriers, and artillery to separatist groups for several months. as of today the separatist arsenal includes up to 100 main battle tanks, 80 armored personnel carriers, 100 man -- five hundred antitank weapons, and they have got

when the european union promised to net ukraine become part of it it clearly contributed to the tensions within ukraine ukraine no longer become part of the european union the won't tell tales ukraine absolutely doesn't have the economic level to become part of the e.u. we're going. to. put it on your arm and a lot of these. people. a pleasure to have you with us here on t.v. today i'm sure. you know. this is. a low and welcome to crossfire for all things are considered on people of the western interest crisis in ukraine has revealed the extent of western media is the inability or unwillingness to report this important story to western narrative as closely mirror the talking points generated from the powers that be this begs the following question is what media merely the instrument of the rich and powerful. crosstalk media coverage of ukraine i'm joined by my guest when will oxon writer in berlin he's an editor and reporter and in moscow we cross to dimitri bobbitt she's a political analyst. with the voice of russia radio station right gentlemen crosstalk roles in fact that means you ca

and secondly, since you are from the ukraine, what are the prospects of the ukraine ever coming back together with the crimea and the east and so forth? what is the future? >> well, thanks, thanks for these questions. i'll start with the second question which was ukraine. we are not sure, we don't know what will happen in eastern ukraine. what we know the way how things are turning out is that vladimir putin was talking about so-called -- [inaudible] the seven or eight regions of ukraine that would include donbas but also southern areas -- [inaudible] there were provocations in all of those regions. what we see today is that the conflict zone is -- [inaudible] so it is -- [inaudible] and it is too early to say what will happen there. my hope is that when on the 7th of june ukraine gets its legitimate president -- now we don't have really, we have interim president -- that the situation change on the ground in ukraine but also the situation change internationally. we'll see whether that will happen or not, but that is my hope. in terms of the crimea, crimea for the first time that happ

and when the crimea decided to secede from ukraine. i am very puzzled when they hear from the western media that the wall has become unpredictable no the wall is very pretty much the same it used to be the problem is that the gap between their western coverage and their reality has got so much wider their western readers and television viewers are almost puzzled because what happens is in direct contradiction with what they have been told by their own media when really. i'm a child of the cold war looking at you i think it's fair to say the same if this is binary it's very simple good bad or ukrainians good russians bad putin bad. yes. good because he's a friend of the americans and the european union but you know those of us that have studied ukraine know it's a very complicated country and always has been rather fragile but western media just likes a black and white picture it's easy to explain yes we face the media or we speak it all of that this is information a media war and it just knows your own site and the enemy side we speak n

the government in the change of power. in ukraine itself was surely in defiance of democratic principles now if i can draw one more parallel between what happened in east timor and the current situation in ukraine the conflict in this to more east timor was born out of the cold war dynamic because there was the fear that east timor may and may become a communist country and that could be threatening to western submarines and i think there are some parallels with what is happening in crimea at least in the sense that it is also a battle for the spheres of influence and security issues security concerns are also at play here but of course the population of crimea voted in favor of joining russia but some ukrainian politicians have already warned that it could also lead to a bloody insurgency maybe not on the level that we saw in east timor hopefully not but do you think there is any appetite in the west to support any kind of to russian insurgency do you think that sort of cold war tactics are still being used these days i would hope n

hello and welcome to crossfire all things are considered on peter lavelle facing the abyss ukraine is running out of options as winter approaches crashing economy the regime in kiev he's hinted it may be looking to end the civil war but that train may have already left the station. to cross-talk ukraine civil war i'm joined by my guest joshua talked across the new york he's an independent journalist in atlanta we have jim dean he is a managing editor and columnist for veterans today and here in moscow we crossed to dmitri bobbitt she's a political analyst with the voice of russia or a gentleman cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage and joshua in new york you wrote an article a few weeks ago that was amazingly moving for my opinion my opinion and it talked about perceptions of the civil war in ukraine to the point where even the west doesn't even want to dare call it a civil war because there would be culpability involved please tell our viewers what the article was about and why you wrote it. well my impression is that many in

have had a serious roadblock ove moscow's actions in the ukraine. could the u.s. space industry be targeted? rebecca morel has this report about what could happen with a long-standing collaboration that just fell apart. >> when neil armstrong set foot on the moon in 1969 -- set foot on the moon in 1969 it was a pivotal part of the space race. america had beaten the soviets to the moon. a clear point of national pride but the two sides realized ty could achieve so much more by working together. >> it is more interesting to work together. when you talk together, you share your knowledge, and .ou combine your possibility >> but today the americans don't just work with the russians, they depend on them. >> this is the discovery shuttle that carried astronauts at the space station for nearly 30 years. today it is in a museum and there is no replacement and instead the americans have to pay the russians for a ride in their spacecraft that costs $60 million a seat. >> the international space station has long been a symbol of unity in space, but earlier this year the russ

>> look, i think the ukraine yanls are interested in that but you heard very clearly from the president, he is reluctant to consider that kind of relationship with ukraine, i think that the -- there are plenty of ways we can help ukraine without even having to take that step. >> so let's first i think consider the things which are within reach like giving them military assistance which they don't need to be a nato ally to receive. >> very good, thank you so much for joining us this morning on face the nation and we will be right back. >> that's it for us this morning. thanks for watching face the nation. bob will be right back here next sunday. >> ,,,,,,,,,, >> let's it fly. there's the record. chris davis. answered prayer. >> watson wins another green jacket. >> yes! >> we have a shining star at sunset. gentlemen, here we go. >> got him! >> never gets old. >> serena continues her reign ere in new york. >> an excellent, perfect day in new york. and if you look down on morse hills. the stadium at the national tennis center is absolutely packed. [theio

crude oil up more than 1% today, news of the fighting in the ukraine. e6 pavel, and rich on the technicals. pavel, trying to piece together ukraine, russia, obviously with the move in wti, which is here in america, we're not talking brent, please help us understand the move. >> look, i -- to be clear, the conflict in ukraine does not physically threaten any oil supply. the risk is if the sanctions against russia, which have already been impulsed get intensified, tightened to perhaps go all the way to an oil embargo like the one against iran. that's very hard to imagine. russia is one of the top three oil producers. it would be an absolutely to physically ban russia from exporting barrels, and frankly that's not even all that realistic, considering how much russian oil goes to places like china and other asian countries, but that is the fear. again, there is no physical disruption to an oil supply based on fighting in eastern ukraine. >> do you expect any problem? any reaction by, let's sea exxon, which just last weekend began drills in the arctic? >> no,

the russian is has invaded ukraine. and you just keep saying it over and over and over again but it hasn't happened bob if i could go to you again you know every time the reference to crimea is right after russia invaded crimea and you know i've watched that and c.n.n. b.b.c. al-jazeera etc etc and i would always like to like stop the frame and say can someone please tell me the date of the invasion and then you know hit play because you can't name a date because there was no invasion this is what we're fighting against go ahead well the problem is that indeed not a single person was killed during the so-called invasion of crimea of ukrainian troops stationed in crimea did not want to protect it they just left because the population was overwhelmingly for the union with russia but the problem is that when things don't go away according to a plan russia is always to blame it is quite clear that these parade in t. of which we've saw on august the twenty fourth it was supposed to be the victory parade you. were expected to

the german government intends to show it is on ukraine's side. >> the chancellor wants to send a very strong signal, saying that we support ukraine's policy and that we are against the russian strategy of destabilization and frozen conflict. >> despite their differences, merkel apparently remains able to get through to president putin. he seems to respect her as a tough but trustworthy negotiator who believes in compromise. germany has long held a key role in the ukraine crisis as a mediator and as policy coordinator within the eu. >> the most important thing is for europe to have a united policy. eu unity was important during the imposition of economic sanctions as preventing any split within europe remains extremely important. that is where germany's leadership role comes in. >> merkel is backing poroshenko, but she is also pressing both him and pugin -- putin to find a political solution. germany wants to get diplomacy back in gear. there are high hopes for the meeting between the russian and ukrainian leaders. >> for more analysis, we are joined by our political correspondent. joh

the goal. destabilize ukraine? outright annexation of eastern parts of the country to create a land bridge to the recently annexed peninsula? is the west prepared to do anything in retaliation to what they see is a move from the putin government. joining us for that conversation, constantine, program director for the center on global interests, from london, the senior policy fellow at the european council on foreign relations and robert hunter, former united states embassador to nato. let me start with you. are these collums of russian tanks are these elements of the russian army. >> i mean, reports on the ground certainly confirm that so called green men spotted not too far away from the southern city. indicate that perhaps these are special forces similars to the ones that were instrumental in securing crimea. we should also be careful to generalize and say that this is a full scale russian invasion. if you monitor social media of the separatist, it becomes clear by listening to the accents that a lot of them are

between the european union and ukraine. which is an important subject. we. urged our partners to begin. politicised professional and pragmatic dialogue. conversation about how the commitments of ukrainian state on the free trade area with the c i s and. the commitments of which the agrarian side is ready to take with him but not yet rectified association agreement with the e.u. . coincide so how they're actually made to put together. this topic as you know. is laying with the. existing prices because the accusations. towards president xi are no coverage last november were. the association agreement and that served as a pretext to. begin the possible action to organize the protests which ended in a military an armed. and before that moment and after that moment we regularly urged the card is to sit down at the same table and talk about the situation how would we find the. solutions to. where there is the contradiction of the commitments of ukraine towards the c.i.s. free trade area and the e.u. association. we are speak for.

the united states would recognize as legitimate leader of ukraine. adeline was there for those elections. that is that side of the equation. when it comes to crimea, it is true that crimea was given to ukraine in 1954 when nikita, recognizing by the way that since it was all the soviet union, it did not matter, in a gesture of friendship, gave crimea to ukraine. but whatever the circumstances, when borders are fixed internationally, it is generally the belief that those borders are then fixed. a referendum that took place under questionable circumstances in crimea under the threat of russian power does not stand the test of a democratic referendum for the future of crimea. and so, that would be my answer. >> i feel that the pictures and everything out of kiev and ukraine were clear about the will of the people. one of the things you left out is yanukovych disappeared. he basically abandon his country, and there was a real question as to what government would come into existence. and i believe it was a government that came out of parliament and chosen

the future. we are still under attack in ukraine. than ever, the terrorist forces still occupy considerable part of the region, although we have been advancing quite considerably. 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.

some people are happy that she finally came to the ukraine and tried to support ukrainian conflict, in this however there are people that think the germany and other european countries and the u.s. are not doing enough for ukraine in this conflict to support ukraine in this fight against russia, basically. >> state universal, most of the russian convoy vehicles that have entered the ukraine without permission have now returned. is that doing anything to ease tension? >> they are indeed leading now, and it's somewhat decreases the tension, however the big questions are what was exactly on these trucks when they rolled into the ukraine yesterday without permission and without cooperation with the red cross as had been agreed earlier. the second day question -- the second big question is what are the trucks carrying now as they leave the ukraine? up until yesterday, border control officials were able to track only 34 trucks out of more than 200. earlier today, the security council spokesperson said that these trucks are carrying the a ukrainian military factory out of the ukraine. >> as y

to the crisis in ukraine one of the separatist leaders that russia has armed and backed said openly the three or four thousand russian soldiers have joined their cause he was quick to clarify that these soldiers were on vacation 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 to great in the years no one is hiding the fact that they are russian volunteers is going to frame we would like to see similar transparency shown by other countries maybe our american colleagues can tell us what doesn't the very guys are doing is building up ukraine's security council or how many so-called mercenaries from their so-called military enterprises that worries you know more of kilometers away from their laying on the periphery where did the ukrainian security forces get the cutting edge american weapons. we're now joined live by vero the former state secretary of the minister of defense in germany and some of vice president of a deal with c e s.m.b. we're just going to stead

a russian convoy is on the way to ukraine tonight. the vehicle is part of are you humanitarian effort, not a military operation. ryan chilcote joins us with more. >> this is a curious strategy. the way to the southeast of ukraine. that at thissay point humanitarian aid can't wait. situation in the southeast of the country is so tragic. they should get there this evening. the question is, what happens next echoed international committee for the red cross says that there is going to be an international humanitarian aid effort without any military convoys. what is russia going to do when they get their? will they wait for other countries to join in? there are some practical details that still have to be worked out. this was something that was very discussed yesterday between president obama, president poroshenko of ukraine. i think the devil is in the details. could be a real interesting watershed moment where this turns into a diplomatic effort with the russians on board, or this could be a complete disaster and the beginning of an inter

i think the question is and i cannot answer it. i was in ukraine for the elections and i was there as an observer. i met with president poroshenko and he said that his real agenda was to do security and the economy. the question is, if all they do is fight in the east whether they forget that they are countries basically and asked -- basket case and provide, they have to get their act together economically. we needed to give more assistance to the ukraine. we have to figure out a way. i agree on the intelligence. them someobably give lethal weapons and i would deftly strengthen and nato. nato has turned out to be the best and most political military allies. the other countries that do have russian speakers, the baltics, they are under nato. they have article five rights privileges. and i feel -- and i do think i was strengthen nato. table,nt to get on the too. we have to try and hold in place relations with russia and putin is not the future. 20 years since the collapse of the soviet union, we are a whole generation of younger, middle-class russian

high level talks on how to resolve the crisis in east ukraine have concluded in berlin with germany's foreign minister saying some progress made. meanwhile a russian humanitarian convoy is finally on the move after being stalled for three days its cargo for civilians trapped in the east ukraine conflict zone is undergoing checks at the border. of the us with police using tear gas military weapons and the power of arrest protests over shot dead by an officer have lasted almost a week. and the u.s. says it will expand its military support for kurdish fighters in iraq as a pitched battle continues to take a critical day from islamic jihad. broadcasting live from moscow recapping our top stories with our weekly program this is thomas glad to have you with us and a second round of talks to resolve the ukrainian crisis has concluded in berlin with a german foreign minister stating that some progress has been made the meeting lasted for five hours after a two month hiatus top diplomats of germany france ukraine and russia were giving direct talks another try peter all of us are peter all ove

after the i think russians and ukraine have come under a massive bombardment after there's an incredible hate campaign against them both by the media and among politicians coming from politicians incredible hate speech which would not be acceptable and if western audience would actually be aware of the degree of racism involved i think they would be quite shocked and many. i've heard stories from friends in donetsk how many soldiers ukrainian soldiers have told them we came here because our government promised us that we're going to get you home and we capture this area and we will subjugate you and you will be a slave and now after this i'm going to america decided that federation is a good idea ok let me go to a middle ground really running out of time here josh i want to go to david here in moscow if it possible now can we can we put the horse back into the into the yard there because so much is happening right now i mean logically speaking with john she said you know this is way it should be federal federalizing ukraine ok having some kind of trilateral tr

economy right now through the situation in ukraine is that obviously it's incredibly difficult when you've had some sort of an insurrection on the streets a revolution lots of he evil because that impacts on the economy and therefore it's incredibly difficult to get your statistics absolutely precise in such a time it's really a tragedy for the people of ukraine what we see at the moment is in a colony that is on the verge of a death spiral we've all the asli see all of the sorts of terrible warfare that are happening within the borders of the country that's a tragedy because actually it's the eastern corner of the country around were the industry is that really adds to the overall g.d.p. what's the news we hear out of ukraine all the time fighting warfare problems who's going to invest in the back of the nobody who's going to invest in a call to me where you don't have a clear rule of law where you cannot appreciably believe that your assets will not be in some way squandered taken away through bribery or indeed all right still i'm n

contract -- the ukraine conflict could hurt business. welcome to "the pulse," everybody. ,lso coming up on the program we take a ride with an armored truck company that provides protection to the legal pot u.s. industry. first, let's get back to geopolitics. 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

even though at the moment ukraine is being in a very. painful place and it's driven by all this idiology and the new parliament promises to be a lot more radical than the current one and that i think is a mistake but the sooner they get there the sooner i think they will find they will fall out of love with that sort of course ok on that but that's very interesting i know you have and i will be will continue i different program on that later many thanks and i guess in london and here in moscow and thanks to our viewers for watching us here darkie see you next time and remember. you know. these. as. well drug dealers. will show bush just transports gets a facelift a new cancer import he makes the most of the sun in years and signs flourishes it's almost all. check out some fun car let's say the most technology some day just here on r.g.p. we've done the future coverage based on full scope becoming independent schools a nation that nations should be self-governing govern the feels better than allow someone else to do it for a look. see this

>> we are not going to be putting troops into the ground in ukraine. remember, tyler, in the old days, i'm sure you weren't born then in '58. >> oh, yes i was. >> okay. when they went into hungary, we didn't put troops in the ground even though the military of nato was so immense at that time. this is the near abroad for hush sh -- russia. we aren't going to get in there with our troops on the ground. the cost is not worth the benefits. we have seen the prices are going up where putin is not importing fish or poultry from us. and notice the speech you brought up, he did not put that in all the public stations throughout russia which means they're already beginning to have concern if the public isn't having good food coming in, and prices are going up that maybe these sanctions are going to occur. >> admiral, that's why i wonder strategically if the better option would be to let russia collapse on itself as opposed to doing other moves and turn to u.s. and say you're the ones escalating this conflict? >> kelly, if i can take what you said, i agree to a l

>> look, i think the ukraine yanls are interested in that but you heard very clearly from the president, he is reluctant to consider that kind of relationship with ukraine, i think that the -- there are plenty of ways we can help ukraine without even having to take that step. >> so let's first i think consider the things which are within reach like giving them military assistance which they don't need to be a nato ally to receive. >> very good, thank you so much for joining us this morning on face the nation and we will be right back. >> that's it for us this morning. thanks for watching face the nation. bob will be right back here next sunday. >> >> let's it fly. there's the record. chris davis. answered prayer. >> watson wins another green jacket. >> yes! >> we have a shining star at sunset. gentlemen, here we go. >> got him! >> never gets old. >> serena continues her reign ere in new york. >> an excellent, perfect day in new york. and if you look down on morse hills. the stadium at the national tennis center is absolutely packed.

is appearing straight into the financial abbie's. ukraine that's not meeting the i missed condition nor is the i.m.f. meeting its own condition under the articles of agreement it's not a lot of just lending money to a country that is unable to pay the repayment of these demands is going to force the ukrainian currency where you know they're going to make imports much more expensive for ukrainians they're going to increase the cost of living the government will withdraw the price supports for gas and for other essential so the cost of living will go up unemployment will rise the ukrainians are going to be leaving to the west to the east because the economy will be filled by the conditions of this well this is what the i.m.f. economists inside internally have been complaining about they said wait a minute the i.m.f. loan to greece we've already seen that it tore the greek economy apart you know you're doing the same thing with ukraine so if you want to see what will happen in ukraine look at what happened after two thousand and twelve to the i

key towns have fallen including the ukraine's southern coast. kiev and western officials say this time there is a key difference. kremlin forces are spearheading the attack. moscow denies its troops are there, but nato says these images show russian position inside ukraine. they say at least 1,000 russian servicemen are fighting and using the latest military equipment. >> over the past two weeks we have noticed a significant escalation in both the level and sophistication of russia's military interference in ukraine. these latest images provide concrete examples of russian activity inside ukraine, but they are only the tip of the iceberg in terms of the overall scope of russian troops and weapons movements. >> western experts say this bm tank is available only to russian army supporting claims of moscow's involvement. a alarm in the international community is growing. at united nations security council, concern and criticism. russia said it was not involved in the conflict. >> russia has repeatedly and deliberately violated the sovereignty territ

in the gonski ukraine the u.n. says it hopes that a russian journalist who's gone missing in ukraine will soon be found photographer andre sten and was working for the real novice the news agency when he disappeared almost a week ago the reports he may have been detained by ukraine security services he has yet to comment on andre stonings disappearance it's not the first time a journalist covering the conflict in ukraine has gone missing a string of journalists working for the russian media have been snatched by authorities. washington is being accused of hiding the truth about the malaysian plane crash in eastern ukraine a former us presidential candidate and congressman ron paul claims the government knows more than it's letting on he's what he said on his voices of liberty radio channel it's hard to believe that the u.s. with all its spy satellites available for monitoring everything in ukraine the precise proof of who did what and when is not available when evidence contradicts our government's accusations the e

the e.u.'s foreign ministry talking there. ukraine was one of the issues, as well as the truce between israel and hamas in gaza, the situation in the middle east. the european union is considering more sanctions against russia, after accusing moscow of invading ukraine. katherine ashton will meet in brussels, and ukraine's request for military assistance will be considered. we go to milan, where the foreign ministers have been meeting. nadine, tell us about the steps that the ministers have come up with in milan, on ukraine? >> well, to be blunt. there are no concrete steps that the ministers came up with. we heard from katherine ashton using language similar to what the foreign ministers told us as they arrived on friday. lots of concern. lots of consideration of further sanctions. lots of calls for greater support from the ukranian government has been forthcoming. some of the ministers called what has occurred, but katherine ashton said that a sustain table political solution must be sought, all the while demanding the world respect

the details now from policy in eastern ukraine. the country's president petro poroshenko directly accused russia of invading his country but later he suggested that there be some kind of cooperation between the two countries in terms of joint missions where ukrainian and russian soldiers would patrol the ukrainian russian border together so we are getting these kind of mixed messages out of kiev on thursday was heavy shelling here in downtown donates the local authorities say that three civilians were killed just moments after their shells hit we went to the same two of the city. we here and what was a small market right in the city center of damascus you can see the rocket has hit the whole flight the whole facade of the bolding people that were killed while waking up at the local bus station here she got up looked at a little boy allegedly before the video looks a little tougher to look a lot look here shoot her brother could get a little credit where one person last night hates being covered but his shooting he can i think that i