that's the-- that's been the most catastrophic part of the week for the ukrainians. this new front that opened up in the south along the sea of azov, because the russian forces are moving along the coast and may be taking the town-- the port city of mariupol. >> sreenivasan: are there case where's ukrainians are retreating, either tactically or otherwise? >> yeah, they've been in retreat for about a week now. but more problematic for the ukrainians is that several of their groups have been surrounded and, of course, getting out alive, that is a consideration. there have been efforts to negotiate a deal, i believe, a trade for prisoners, and if the ukrainians would give up some prisoners, then the russians might let them out of encirclement and back do into their own territory. but, yeah, the ukrainians are taking a beating at this point. >> sreenivasan: how effective are-- some of the videos we've seen out of there of-- especially on the ukrainian independence day in the last week and a half or so, we saw that there were actually the separatist forces were parading uk

the u.n. security council called for by ukrainian family every. pleated any allegations of russian troops on ukraine soil stressing that ukraine has made no real steps towards appeasing the situation in the east and he stressed that it's essential to maintain the peaceful and positive tone of tuesday's international meeting that took place in minsk and the russian envoy also called upon the united states to stop interfering in the affairs of other states said the number of refugees coming out of ukraine has been growing geometrically of thousands of civilians are living in bomb shelters in east ukraine and just minutes before he took the floor u.s. ambassador to the u.n. samantha power called for more pressure on moscow over what she called the lies coming from russia she also stressed that ukraine has been looking for a political solution to the crisis. well the murders the session of the un security council was called for by ukraine that was after president poroshenko claimed that russia was invading his country russia's defense ministry says tha

thanks for joining us today the ukrainian troops. in the east of the country have received support from the russian president vladimir putin has called on them to release the soldiers to avoid casualties. remains in eastern ukraine. well the russian president vladimir putin has called on the anti-government fighters to late ukrainian soldiers out of the encirclement he is calling on them to allow those soldiers that are inside the combat zone to leave freely the russian president pointing out that they are not there because of their own will but they simply acting on orders the prime minister of the danites republic has responded by saying they will do this on one condition. we are ready to provide humanitarian corridor for ukrainian soldiers on the condition that they hand over heavy weaponry and ammunition so that in the future these weapons can be used against us. now there have been wide scale protests inside the ukrainian capital where thousands of people who are demanding that their government no longer betray them they accuse t

welcome to the program the ukrainian troops encircled by anti government fighters in the east of the country have received support from the russian president vladimir putin has called on the militias to release the soldiers to avoid casualties saying the troops there are following orders and his appeal has already been heard and the leader of the republic saying the troops will be given a safe way out on the condition. of the. ready to provide humanitarian corridor. soldiers on the condition that they behave the weaponry and i mean if she says in the future these weapons can't be used against us. the fate of the trapped soldiers. in the streets of the ukrainian capital a several hundred people gathered outside the ministry of defense. you know what they called the government in action nobody in so called troops and demanded the resignation of the minister of defense. and ukraine's president says moscow and kiev osce set to begin consultations on how to patrol the border together shortly before that petro poroshenko but accused russia of invading ukraine details now from fall asleep s

this as the ukrainian city of done yet that comes under a new barge of on the shelling leaving every three people dead our correspondent a witness the from our. lands in libya see this interim government dissolved as islamist militias gain strength comfy we take a look at allegations the external forces are fighting a proxy war. a very warm welcome to you this is our team to national live from moscow this afternoon you're with me on what say they grainy and troops encircled by anti-government fighters in the east of the country have received support from the russian president vladimir putin has called on the militia to release the soldiers to avoid pointless casualties the details now from policy here in eastern ukraine. well the russian president vladimir putin has called on the anti-government fighters to late ukrainian soldiers out of the encirclement he is calling on them to allow those soldiers that are inside the combat zone to leave freebee the russian president pointing out that they are not there because of their own will but they simply acting on orders the prime minister o

the ukrainians were told by the west not to resist in crimea. that's why the ukrainian defense minister called the russian generals in crimea and said look, don't hurt our people. we'll give you everything. just let us leave. but they didn't like it. they're fighting for their country. >> hold on a second. professor, i see from your expression that you see this differently. >> i'm glad you call me a professor, because i deal with fax. i want to be as polite as possible. but general clark is simply uninformed. these are ukrainian cities, russian-speaking ukrainian cities. the populations are either ethnic russian or russian-speaking, but they are ukrainians. they are getting help from russia. but overwhelmingly, the fighting force in these cities that is defending the cities, about 15,000 men overwhelmingly they are ukrainian citizens. the notion, this entire crisis comes from putin's aggression, ignores a fundamental fact there is a civil war under way in ukraine. and as i said, the first time i was on cnn back in february, that if ukraine's civ

all of the border just hours after accusing russia of invading ukraine says it all reports of russian troops on ukrainian ground are unfounded. tensions run high at an emergency meeting of the un security council this russian and american boys exchanged fire with remarks over those latest allegations of moscow's being in ukraine. as well hundreds trying to storm the general staff building in central kiev demanding the president. of the all the stuff as major losses in the rest of. the u.s. government is after some three hundred americans thought to be fighting with islamic state jihadist in iraq and syria will be looking into why the group is enjoying such white ranging appeal. thanks for joining us this hour my name is neil harvey and you're watching international. ukraine's president says that moscow and kiev are set for the first consultations on how to patrol the border together shortly before petro poroshenko accused russia of invading ukraine something that moscow did nice meanwhile the self defense fighters in eastern ukraine of launched a major counter offensive against forces they've entered the

russia could use it as a pretext to into the ukrainian territory with regular troops, and that could lead to an escalation of the situation, something that no one here in kiev wants, so what kiev can do and what the ukrainian government does right now is to call upon the international community to condemn russia's action and hope that ukraine gets international support to prevent a full-scale russian invasion. >> ok, this convoy coming in, which is a slap in the face for kiev -- earlier in the week, it looked like the ukrainian military were pushing back the separatists. are we seeing the momentum in this conflict changing now? >> at least that is what officials here in kiev fear. in the last days, as you said, the ukrainian army was reportedly gaining ground in the separatist strongholds of luhansk and donetsk, and many people i talk to assume that is the reason for russia to give the convoy the green light right now, to prevent the ukrainian army to continue its operation. at the same time, there are reports that russia is continuing to supply the separatists with weapons and milit

headlines for this hour the ukrainian troops encircled by government fighters in the east of the country have now received support from the russian president vladimir putin has called on the militia to release the soldiers to avoid casualties saying the troops are only following orders his appeal has already been heard and the leader of the. republic says the troops will be given a safe way out on the condition they do. we are ready to provide a humanitarian corridor all for ukrainian soldiers on the condition that they hand over heavy weaponry and ammunition in the future these weapons can't be used against us. and ukraine's president says moscow and kiev are set to begin consultations on how to patrol the border together shortly before that petro poroshenko had accused russia of invading ukraine details now with artie's fall asleep. well certainly the messages that are coming out of kids have are mixed indeed the latest comments from the ukrainian president petro poroshenko is an offer of cooperation that ukrainian and russian troops jointly patrol the ukrainian russian border so that

the ukrainian if the worry is to beat them to stop the bloodshed. and start the talks so talks is the fourth subject we talked about the political process and unfortunately we don't see any substantive progress this. april seventeenth big geneva accords were made and it said that there should be constitutional reform mediately including a nationwide dialogue involving all the regions and old political forces of ukraine like i said this was.

by the government on wednesday a group of ukrainian soldiers crossed over into russia seeking refuge take a look. as the function intensifies and anti government forces close in a coup for home goes on on food reinforcements bullcrap ukrainian troops are showing coming it's not the first time you have soldiers feel about. letting you go nuclear you have to go through women are forever one hundred three robin what a program from a black lab i'm sure you're almost there will of course but burke women were probably with them or women or screwdriver usually it was one of the regional i'm over very apparently was we watch it yet i'm going to. demand a lot yeah yeah i don't know i love. going to the land over there but then i did look at the doctor a lot when that was the job of a couple of the band that i don't. it's a far cry from the tough talk of ukrainian president petro poroshenko talking of a strong country and strong army instead its young and often inexperienced soldiers as suggested by an alleged conversation between a commander and a tank soldier leaked online. why was i was the

the ukrainian if it were. to be them to stop the bloodshed. and start the talks so talks is the fourth subject we talked about the political process and unfortunately we don't see any substantive progress. april seventeenth geneva accords were made and it said that there should be constitutional reforms in mediately including a nationwide dialogue involving all the regions and old political forces of ukraine like i said this was april seventeenth if it's. a russian us in ukraine we have agreed to launch this process immediately because this. just like i said we haven't seen much progress in this area but it is important that none of the ministers present at the meeting with the ministers of russia ukraine france and germany they all agreed to henri it firms that geneva a statement of and this is an achievement in itself of course you may say dead it's. a poor situation when you can consider as a progress the fact that you are referring the statement that was made months ago but like i said earlier some in europe were not even willing to recogn

security forces the group also said old media should be allowed to cover the ukrainian conflict freely and without harassment a photo correspondent stand in disappeared in eastern ukraine on august the fifth with online users setting up a campaign carrying the hash tag for her. the international monetary fund says ukraine is so far on track to receive further financial aid later today the i.m.f. will discuss the next one point four billion dollars hand of the lender has expressed our hideout the money will not be enough to cover the government's needs to the country's economic economy shrank almost five percent in the second quarter of this year also with major firms losing ten billion dollars over the first half of the year in fact over the same time last year they were several hundred million in profit and ukraine's national currency the also losing value the authorities are said the economy would be unsustainable if the currency falls to more than twelve to the dollar while it's at thirteen and a half right now now here's what the i.m.f. initially said kiev had to do

well all ten russian paratroopers who were earlier detained by the ukrainian authorities have now been handed over to russia the group was patrolling the russian ukrainian border when unintentionally they crossed over at night at a section of the border that is not well signposted they were then intercepted by the ukrainian security services the statement was released by alexi will gazan who is the deputy commander of the airborne forces of russian from what we understand the release talks were complicated and difficult but it is important to note that border incidents like this are not uncommon only in august there were around four hundred ukrainian servicemen who crossed over into russian territory now they were encircled by the anti-government forces they asked a russian border patrol to give them a humanitarian corridor also that they could evacuate they wounded and they were injured they also said they had run out of food and the mission later they returned to ukraine but not off to some of their personnel received medical treatment inside russia there was also another incident so

the palestinians. russian checkpoints come under fire from ukrainian territory just as european security observers were monitoring the crossing the same attack also reportedly hit a family high. on the international probe into the malaysian plane crash. back in the area. troops are tightening the noose on the government strongholds. headlines on the world's top stories over the last week on r.t. international live from moscow where it's two am good to have you with us high level that widespread condemnation tonight of another israeli strike on a un school in gaza at least ten people died they were queuing for food at the gates at the time the u.s. state department says it's appalled by the disgraceful shelling well the united nations secretary-general ban ki moon calls the attack a moral outrage and a criminal act the i.d.f. had earlier signaled that it's winding down its operation along the border fear reports from the heart of the conflict. i would this is say that the israeli air force struck a motorcycle just outside of a proprietary boys school in the rougher city we know that at least ten palesti

meanwhile tensions have again boiled over in the south ukrainian city of a desa. i a group of far right protesters clashed with police near a nightclub in one of the city's beaches masked men armed with baseball bats tried to break up the concert of a ukrainian singer several people were injured in three activists will reportedly detained just three months ago forty eight people most of the money government protesters were killed in a desert journey a standoff with radical activists. whereas the ukrainian crisis unfolds the mainstream media across the atlantic seem to be focusing on just one person as russian president the russian president can take a look at where the american media is real interests lie. president obama said he does not believe this growing tension with russia could be the beginning nearly new cold war no. no it's not the cold war one could only wish journalists thought the same or at least those who are making covers of magazines because some of them hark back to the cold war as if they were made back in the day no matter how complicated an issu

what kind of reception has angela merkel received from the ukrainian people? >> there were mixed feelings. 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

russian checkpoints come under fire from the ukrainian side as a european security observer said the monitoring the crossing the same attack also reportedly hit a family home. and the national probe into the malays in plane crashes hampered by combat in the area where graphic scenes show how troops are tightening the noose an anti-government stronghold. good evening this is the weekly from arts international with me kevin owen it's surrounded by the big stories of the last seven days and while making headlines right now to start with there's been a fresh attack on another un school in gaza this time at least ten people have died the victims who queuing for food at the gates at the time. called it a moral outrage and criminal act the i.d.f. had earlier signaled it was winding down its operation along the border reports next from the heart of the conflict. i would this is say that the israeli air force struck a motorcycle just outside of a proprietary boys school in the rougher city we know that at least ten palestinians were injured we believe all of them were civilians at least four

petro poroshenko a suggestion that russian and ukrainian troops jointly patrol the russian ukrainian border to prevent the movement of any kind of military hardware but the suggestion is hot on the heels of an earlier statement in which he directly accused russia of invading ukraine when you were here today because of the escalation of the situation in the donetsk region and because of the french rule in gratian of ukrainian territory by the russian army i have decided to cancel my visit to turkey now russia has repeatedly denied that it's giving any kind of assistance or sending its troops to help the anti-government fighters here in eastern ukraine the anti-government fighters have admitted that there are volunteer russians among their ranks but they say that these are small in number and again that they are volunteers most of them but they were three to four thousand of them amongst many of them have already left time even more still here at least some have been killed many of those russian volunteers a former soldiers now these ukrainian claims of russian assistance come at a cru

you said nobody has misjudged this like the ukrainians. raine matters much more to russian than it does to the west. and but for those gas pipelines that go through ukraine, they are not part of nato, it is not part of the eu, so tell me how this all plays out and why ukraine has misjudged this. >> all of the efforts that the americans and europeans put against russia has not done much for ukraine. there has been no direct military support. it's not like the united states or france is providing weapons for the kurds. no one is prepared to provide lots of weapons to ukraine to fight the russians. the ukrainian president decided he was going to make his efforts to really remove the russian-supported separatists to engage in lieu -- lu hands k, and he clearly believed he was going to get more western support. the russian government has now called ukraine's bluff. they have sent contaitanks and troops across, and the ukrainians are going to lose very badly, and the ukrainian president is going to lose a lot of republican from its people. this i

the ukrainian premier has called for more help from the west. >> ukrainian forces are capable of dealing with the russian led army. >> moscow continues to deny involvement. however, one rebel leader says there are russian soldiers in their ranks albeit on a volunteer basis. they are currently serving soldiers among us. if they turn out to be true, the stakes in this conflict have got much higher. >> let's go to vladimir in key of -- kiev. what is the reaction to photo showing russian troops in the ukraine? >> this is definitely breaking news -- not breaking news for the ukraine, this is a practice that they have been seeing for months and months. this is something that the ukraine was trying to draw attention to the international community to. 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

thousands of kilometers away from their land where did the ukrainian security forces get the code a huge american weapons not funny anymore that's what the defense ministry in moscow has said after nato released satellite images claiming to show proof russian troops are inside ukraine the ministry said the pictures were only taint the alliance's international reputation it added that commenting on them seriously is just pointless these are the images that may to have presented the assad to russian self-propelled tillery units moving in a convoy through ukraine other images allegedly show activity in russians adjacent to the ukrainian border something nato says as part of a moscow's the stabilising strategy that melnyk adams executive director at the ron paul institute for peace and prosperity said his thoughts. well i think these were released by the same they were taken by the same company that the u.s. had used to release its satellite information about m.h. seventeen the malaysian air flight the existence of guns by the rebels in ukraine and so i think it has very dubious credibility

international role research a bit you talk world headlines for now the ukrainian troops and circled by anti government fighters in the east of the country have received support from the russian president vladimir putin has called on the militia to release the soldiers to avoid pointless casualties that's. now standing by for us in eastern ukraine good morning to you paula can you tell us a bit more about how the russian president's request well the russian president vladimir putin has called on antigovernment finds his ukrainian soldiers who are coming inside the combat zone out freely he pointed out that they would not acting on the own will but simply following orders now the prime minister of the demands for public has responded by saying that they will make the soldiers out if they hand over their heavy weapons. we are ready to provide a humanitarian corridor for ukrainian soldiers on the condition that they hand over heavy weaponry and ammunition in the future these weapons can't be used against us which was on the. now there have been wide scale protests inside the ukrainian capi

have returned home ten paratroopers were captured when they claim they unintentionally crossed the ukrainian border while on a routine patrol paula slayer has been following the developments and joins us live now paula it does seem to have been a bit of a struggle doesn't it to get these soldiers back home. well it certainly was a bit of a struggle be talks with complicated and difficult but as you say we can now confirm that all ten russian paratroopers crossed over into ukraine or back inside russia the soldiers were patrolling the ukrainian russian border at night when they unintentionally crossed over into ukrainian territory it was a part of the border that is not signposted they were later detained by the ukrainian security services such border incidents are not uncommon and on several occasions ukrainian soldiers have in fact crossed over into russia but russia has never made much fanfare and it's always ensured that they are able to return safely back to ukraine there was an incident early in august when around some four hundred ukrainian servicemen appealed to the russian border gua

thousands of kilometers away from their land the 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 ceasefire in ukraine but some members including the way mia said they wanted to read through the text before a vote would be hot in the meantime u.s. president barack obama is stressing that he has no plans to use military action to solve the problem speaking to reporters he said that the u.s. is mobilizing the international community to apply pressure on russia that was r.t. correspondent marina partner. and one hundred forty five people were arrested today in front of the white house during a protest against u.s. deportations of undocumented migrants the protest that was organized by two activist groups casa de maryland and casa de virginia started small and then gradually brought together several hundred people according to the representatives of the u.s. park police the protest was peaceful but some activists chose to engage in civil disobed

healthy the convoy is stuck on the russian ukrainian bullet or. at the moment when people in eastern ukraine in desperate need of practically everything and this question we carry is food water medicine as well as well blankets and sleeping bags but cannot start moving here had too many questions to mosco accusing russia of using humanitarian convoy as a pretext to send weapons and troops there too since an antique here front is in eastern ukraine where we can say that the location where two hundred eighty trucks are currently poverty and restore region several kilometers from where we are now from the borders has been open to media and in. many journalists have visited this site and they were able to look at what is inside the tracks including our channel and many other channels both russian and poor as of this is my report about what is his convoy bringing to in ukraine. food water medicine as well as warm blankets and sleeping bags welcome relief at a time of despair. this russian convoy has hundreds of tons of humanitarian aid destined for east

is the coveted crimson barrier. ukrainian army says it's fighting government forces in the streets of yet more russian trucks with humanitarian aid for struggling civilians are being stalled at the border. ridiculed online reports that one of the units has been destroyed in ukraine with no evidence to back up the allegations from. vehicles and sniper rifles prime but not for a military operation. use them to disperse riot has the money justice for teenager shot dead by police in the us town of. approves aid to kurdish fighters in iraq pouring more weapons into the country as terrorists from the islamic state group massacre an entire village of cuts. are you watching r.t. international live from moscow where it's now eleven am it's good to have you with us the ukrainian army says it's in the last stages of its operation in the east of the country and claims street fights are underway. as it pushes out government forces now this is what constant shelling has been doing to the cities at least four civilians were killed in the la

expressed alarm about how severely they will be hit by russia's retaliation to sanctions over the ukrainian crisis moscow has banned food imports from a number of nations to all of a report on the bench. or russia has placed a ban on certain foodstuffs coming from those nations that backed sanctions against russia so that's the united states canada australia norway the european union the european union perhaps most significantly it does an awful lot of trade with russia around the export of food stuffs now the type of things that are going to have restrictions placed upon them are meat fruit vegetables dairy products and fish their prime minister dmitry medvedev said that this ban would be in place or around a year would be in place for a year you could be under review should their global partners act as what he called a reasonably good wards of russia that shows an awful lot of money at stake here over twelve billion euros trade is done exporting food from here in europe to russia already countries searches finland. contacted brussels and said look if we're going to miss out on this type o

ten russian soldiers detained after crossing the ukrainian border have been released and returned home. also this week the nato race phase of a possible russian invasion while ukrainian troops there they are being left to die at the hands of anti government forces plus. as the jihadists from islamic state continue their rampage through syria and iraq we look at the two pillars of the group's might its rushing black market economy and the media campaign as attracting new crudes in droves. i. go there welcome the latest developments and a look back at the last seven days you're watching a weekly here on r.t. international. a group of russian soldiers detained in ukraine several days ago has been returned home temperature protect paratroopers were captured six days ago when they claimed they unintentionally crossed the ukrainian border while on a routine patrol poor slayer has been following the developments all ten russian paratroopers who were earlier detained by the ukrainian authorities have now been handed over to russia the group was patrolling the russian ukrainian border when unin

don't yet going to eastern ukraine has enjoyed another twenty four hours of heavy shelling from the ukrainian army rocket launches have once again ripped entire neighborhoods apart at least two locals have been killed the hospital also came under fire in the center of dawn yet two buildings were damaged you can see shattered glass everywhere locals say the hospital was fired out from a short distance some patients were transported to nearby hospitals others were moved to the basement. with just moved. this is a naturally over. criticism. for thousands of citizens of eastern ukraine shelling and bombing has become an everyday gruesome reality people now are learning to cope with their families and friends falling victim to kiev's assault as the story this is a place where they're living among the did and way they did being buried among the living idea occurring. under this mound of dirt lies the love of puddles life his wife media where. we were. puzzled takes me to the place with the media was killed it's only a street away she was walking home when the missile hit. the. ball. in play is the.

border either at night or during the day let's hope the ukrainian army only destroyed a friend and not refugees or their own soldiers when really you foreign ministers gathered in brussels europe and in my other topics they discussed the situation in eastern ukraine and the situation around the russian humanitarian aid convoys they expressed their concerns over there it was by western journalists in some countries is a promise of more sanctions against russia if this situation in ukraine continues to deteriorate or if they discover and if they prove that russia used humanitarian aid convoy as a pretext to send troops and weapons to. so will tone and maybe we also heard from nato chief that they lines had observed russia's incursion into ukraine and we also read this information on this special reps i don't you cranes president present question but so far none of these accusations none of these claims was supported by any solid habitants. well that seems to be the case let's try to fill in some gaps together with political analyst chris bambery is joining us from london chris yo

the state. this as a ukrainian city of donetsk that comes under a new bar job on the shelling leaving at least three people dead a correspondent witnessed the aftermath. and libya's seizes interim government to dissolve as the islamist militias gain strength cost the country we take a look at the allegations external forces are fighting a proxy war and. ai. the large international live from moscow is just compiles three pm with me to say. right russia's president says army commanders in ukraine are willing to let their troops fight their way out of encirclement it's not accepting an offer to hand over their weapons and leave through a humanitarian corridor buddha was speaking at a youth forum in central russia. busted him so much according to the latest information ukraine's army leaders have taken a decision not to let people out of this boiling cattle but into government forces are trying to broaden the humanitarian corridor for them to leave the area without a fight i think is a colossal mistake could lead to many human lives being lost president putin had earlier called on the militia in eastern

the ukrainian military closer and closer. you can just hear small arms fire over there. the militants are clearly on their back foot. does moscow intervene are are they going to face the ukrainian military on their own. bofl? >> be careful over there, nic. we hear the gunshots right behind you. just ahead, we're going live to the hospital where a second ebola patient has arrived from africa and is now being treated. "hashtag love dad" when you think aarp, then you don't know "aarp". our aarp tek program helps people find better ways to better connect with each other. find more real possibilities at aarp.org/possibilities it can help your business save money. false. the truth is when you compare our fastest internet to the fastest dsl from the phone company, comcast business gives you more for your money. why pay more for less? call today for a low price on speeds up to 150mbps. and find out more about our two-year price guarantee. comcast business. built for business. >>> extraordinary precautions as a second american health care worker infected with ebola arrived back in

despite the ukrainian conflict came in more lives every day kiev is getting further support from its western backers washington now plans to train under quick it's a regular forces not the national guard fighters well the e.u. has quietly lifting a ban on supplying ukraine with weapons under a far more reports. but the latest move by the european union has certainly angered moscow the u. has lifted a ban on the supply of military equipment and technology to the ukrainian government but russia's foreign ministry says this amounts to double standards because the ban was actually imposed last february prevent the then president using such equipment against anti-government protesters but it now seems ok to use the very same equipment in the ongoing conflict in the east of the country which moscow fears could inflame the situation. removed by the council of europe on the quiet according to moscow which has gone on to say the e.u. is not applying logic to the situation and is in fact just reacting to being prodded by washington washington meanwhile has announced plans to fund train and equi

remember russia is raising the stakes in response to the ukrainians raising the stakes. krainians have anti-terrorist stipulations, searching for a military solution to the conflict, and the russians will see this as a need to restore balance of power. for them, this is a necessity to negotiate better i political conditions for their interests and values. they have major interests for ukraine wants to be a member of n.a.t.o. and join the european union. they have interests to protect russian language speakers there, those who gravitate toward russia, and this is something that they will be willing to defend if necessary by military means. >> brown: andrew weiss, just before we started, you heard word of a new pronouncement or a news announcement, was it, from putin? >> what seems to be happening is andrew kramer from the "new york times" talked about is this russian incursion into ukraine has caused disruption and soldiers are evacuating in a pall mall environment. the russian putin issued a statement 1:00 a.m. moscow time calling on the rebels not to kill the ukrainian s

the pulse." live from london. ukrainian on new measures to punish russia for its support of rebels in the eastern part of the country. one measure would block the flow of russian oil and gas through ukraine to europe. for more perspective on the story, ryan chilcote spoke to the chief executive of the state owned oil and gas company. he asked about the likelihood of a ban and what it would mean for european energy prices. >> [indiscernible] our understanding of the intent imposedthe ban could be on certain companies which the ukrainian government [indiscernible] companies, other european companies, or any other company, will be able to transport you gas -- gas through ukraine. >> what does that mean for consumers in the european union? through the confusion here. we are only talking about one company. are you going to ban gazprom from transiting gas through ukraine? >> theoretically, that is also possible. however, any european company can have its own [indiscernible] >> one interpretation i read yesterday seemed to suggest

the. ukrainian militias respond to the russian president's request that they. leave. by saying they can go if indeed they have a weapon. yes comes under a new shelling leaving at least three people dead. she witnessed the aftermath. and libya interim government dissolved. across the country international we take a close look at allegations external forces fighting a proxy war.

the ukrainian army says it's fighting and to government forces in the streets of lagos and while russian tranq trots with humanitarian aid for struggling civilians are being stalled at the border. russia ridicules reports and form online that one of its armored units had been destroyed in ukraine with no evidence or wreckage to back up the allegations from here. armored vehicles and sniper rifles prime but not for military operation u.s. authorities use them to disperse rioters demanding justice for a teenager shot data by police in the us tom ferguson. and or the e.u. approves aging kurdish fighters in iraq more weapons into the war ridden country as terrorists from this time exchanged reportedly massacre an entire village of kurds . desire to international law from moscow this afternoon you with me to say. the ukrainian army says it's in the last stages of its operation in the east of the country it claims street fights are underway and near and lugansk as it pushes out and to government forces because they are suffering from shortage of food water and electricity russia is trying to s

for a week now in the east of ukraine and the government forces had said that they would allow the ukrainian soldiers to leave peacefully as long as they surrendered their heavy weapons but that offer has been rejected. for a month according to the latest information ukraine's army leaders have taken the decision not to let people out of the school internal forces are trying to broaden the humanitarian corridor for them to leave the area without a fight i think is a colossal mistake could lead to many human lives being lost well mr putin said he would also like the west to put pressure on kiev to encourage it to enter into meaningful dialogue with the rest of eastern regions he said that the east of ukraine at the moment in the shelling that's going on there is reminiscent of world war two and in fact said that the anti-government forces have dubbed their latest counter offensive as a humanitarian mission simply because they wanted to push government forces away from densely populated a. farmer there in moscow has been following talks with the president and the youth at the youth forum thank

and is apparently become increasingly difficult for the ukrainian government to support the impoverished army cave's been hesitant to impose a state of martial law in the country however a special military tax is already in place and salaries cut to support the army sales of the so-called separatist serious mineral water were launched in the west with proceeds going to the military fund raising campaigns were also launched online but it seems little of the money is reaching the soldiers and their families say they've paid the salaries but we didn't get any money my husband didn't get it and they keep promising it will happen to morrow my two year old daughter woke up this morning and said that she's hungry what i'm supposed to tell her. for more perspective on the latest developments i'm now joined by to bob a political analyst from the voice of russia radio station ritter thinks so much for joining us today now keeps admitting its forces are on russian soil so what sort of expection reaction do you expect to follow. well i think that this is unprecedented four hundred thirty eight soldi

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 over is in berlin and has been following the meeting for us peter thanks for being with us so what do we know about the outcome of these talks we hear that the german foreign minister just spoke about the meeting. well after five hours of what seem to of being quite tough negotiations at times we heard from frank walter steinmeier the german foreign minister saying that some progress had been made he talked about what is being discussed in this meeting between the foreign ministers of germany france the ukraine and russia now he said that they were looking at how to secure up border security from the russian ukrainian borders also they spent a lot of time discussing the unveiling on route owned the ongoing hum

it was called by the ukrainian delegation. the humanitarian situation in ukraine has stopped working, and we know the division of labor, u.s. and u.k. are not far behind. >> the fact remains still, the report is skirmishes going on as soon as the convoy entered the area, and the pentagon is calling for russia to withdrawal its convoy. is it assuming the convoy does not have humanitarian goods? the situation is escalating because there is the assumption made by certain quarters that it is not humanitarian convoys, it might contain some artillery. >> as i said, there was ample possibility for doublechecking on the cargo. even the journalists were -- i can quote from a bbc journalist. there were crowds of journalists there, split into groups and were moved all around the convoy. and at random they could point a finger at a certain truck and say, why don't you open it up? the pentagon or whoever -- our american friends, other humanitarians, we just discussed providing humanitarian aid to this area across the border. they were deman

one is the attack by rebels. ukrainiansupported by the russian forces on the coast of the place which is half way to mariupol. that was the area which the ukrainian government sorted. it was under control. now there's an attack will there. there are other attacks reported elsewhere inside. the latest comes from the national security council of ukraine is an accusation of russian gun ships firing at ukrainian border guards and killing four today. this whole activity on the ground doesn't really bode well for the success of talks should they happen and rhetoric on both sides. particularly yesterday russian foreign minister lavrov is strong accusing each other of really perpetrating grave crimes. i think against that a background, progress where the two presidents should meet looks problematic. >> all eyes on this. many thanks. >>> now, there's of course there's more on our website. there you'll find a full background and analysis of the situation plus video and audio content. a look also at the key players in the crisis. it s