welcome back this is r t international now ukrainian president petro poroshenko has hailed his country's receipt of new lethal weapons from the united states and a tweet said that ukraine's military budget is increasing to a record three billion dollars also said that would continue to strengthen its military with locally produced weapons besides those supplied by the us the us state department previously announced plans to provide ukraine with lethal arms including javelin anti-tank missiles to discuss this further i'm now joined live by richard becker from the anti war answer coalition richard thanks for being with us here on our to internationalize always. so two thousand eight hundred not getting off to a really good start militarily i guess the u.s. claims the weapons it is sending to ukraine are purely defensive but does arming one side in an ongoing military conflict contribute to peace really. well of course it doesn't and the aim here on the part of the u.s. government remains the same that it has had for several years and that is true a catch ukraine not only to the european co

ukrainian president is looking forward to getting hold of new lethal weapons from the united states petro poroshenko tweeted that ukraine's military budget is increasing to a record three billion dollars and that the u.s. weapons will be bolstered by locally produced hardware the u.s. state department announced earlier that it supplies will include javelin antitank missiles which are considered to be among the my. deadly ever designed well the war in ukraine did start in twenty fourteen after an armed can oppose the government but it met with resistance from the pro russian east of the country leading to the region's entering armed conflict against government troops more than ten thousand people from both sides have been killed in the conflict according to the un antiwar campaigner richard becker thinks washington's arms sales have nothing to do with bringing peace. the aim here on the part of the u.s. government remains that it has had for several years and that is to a carriage ukraine not only to the european community which the u.s. doesn't care that much about but to bring the ukraine into nato

ukrainian president petro poroshenko has hailed his country's receipt of new lethal weapons from the united states in a tweet prussian go said ukraine's military budget is increasing to a record three billion dollars also said that kiev would continue to strengthen its military with locally produced weapons besides those supplied by the us us state department previously announced plans to provide ukraine with lethal arms including javelin anti-tank missiles richard becker from the antiwar answer coalition thinks that washington's move has nothing to do with bringing peace to the region. the aim here on the part of the u.s. government remains the aim that it has had for several years and that is to attach ukraine not only to the european community which the u.s. doesn't care that much about but to bring the ukraine into nato as well which would pose a very great threat to russia if that were to take place considering that the i'm going to it's expressed from washington and from the nato headquarters is so prevalent so we can't really distinguish between or draw some sharp line between

ukrainian president is looking forward to getting hold of new lethal weapons from the united states petro poroshenko tweeted that ukraine's military budget is increasing to a record three billion dollars and that the u.s. weapons will be bolstered by locally produced hardware the war in ukraine started in twenty fourteen. after an uprising saw the government they deposed but it met with resistance from the pro russian east of the country leading them to watch documented two regions entering armed conflict against government troops more than ten thousand people from both sides have been killed in the conflict according to the un and your campaign richard becker thinks washington's arms sales have nothing to do with bringing peace. the aim here on the part of the u.s. government remains the same that it has had for several years and that is to attach ukraine not only to the european community which the u.s. doesn't care that much about but to bring the ukraine into nato as well which would pose a very great threat to russia if that were to take place considering that the i'm going to it's expressed fr

and the scandal ridden ukrainian president petro poroshenko as a result there were transactions for instance with piers that there were transactions with trump transactions with the i think it was the king or the premier prime minister of iceland you got revealed and you get it up having to resign there's trav there's transactions that they pieced together from leaders of middle east countries. many sacrificial thanks to the panel. but clearly the real targets were the kings the first victim was iceland's prime minister. david. when it was revealed that his wife secretly companies. to the streets of reykjavik. to resign. twenty sixteen british. position was subject to public scrutiny. stated that cameron had founded several companies with distributed. it's a strange fact that in the. cameron's involvement in the. then prime minister is only mentioned six times. interestingly following the publication of the. attention has focused on russia's president. this b.b.c. headline states that. are involved in money laundering. the connection. is the russian. themselves in the third paragraph. three

and the scandal ridden ukrainian president petro poroshenko as a result there were transactions for instance with piers that there were transactions with trump transactions with the i think it was. the premier prime minister of iceland. yet up having to resign there's trav there's transactions that they pieced together from leaders of middle east countries many sacrificial pawns suffered thanks to the panama papers but clearly the real targets were the kings the first victim was iceland's prime minister. david. when it was revealed that his wife secretly companies thousands took to the streets of reykjavik. after this the pm had no option but to resign. twenty sixteen british pm david cameron's position was subject to public scrutiny. stated that cameron's late father had founded several companies with shares distributed among the cameron's. it's a strange fact that in the daily mail the cameron's involvement in the scandal the then prime minister is only mentioned six times. putin gets no fewer than nineteen name checks. interestingly following the publication of the panama. a lot of foreig

army is going to see a military boost in twenty eighteen at least according to its president petro poroshenko he tweeted that ukraine's military budget is increasing to a record three billion dollars and the weapons being supplied by the us will be bolstered by locally produced hardware the war in ukraine began in twenty fourteen after an op rising saw the government posed but it was met with resistance in the countries pro russian east leaving two armed conflict against government troops and two regions the un ses more than ten thousand people have been killed on the war campaign richard becker thinks washington's weapons sales have little to do with bringing peace. the aim here on the part of the u.s. government remains the same that it has had for several years and that is to attach ukraine not only to the european community which the u.s. doesn't care that much about but to bring the ukraine into nato as well which would pose a very great threat to russia if that were to take place considering that the i'm going huskily that's expressed from washington and from nato headquarters is so pre

president's looking forward to getting hold of new lethal weapons in the united states we hear petro poroshenko tweeted that ukraine's military budget is increasing to a record three billion dollars now and that the u.s. weapons will be bolstered by locally but you start with two part of history here the war in ukraine started in twenty fourteen after the uprising saw the government deposed but it met with big resistance from the pro russian east of the country leading to the two regions entering armed conflict against government troops more than ten thousand people from both sides have been killed in the conflict according to the un and he will campaign richard becker thinks washington's arms sales now we've got nothing to do though with bringing peace. the aim here on the part of the u.s. government remains the same that it has had for several years and that is to attach ukraine not only to the european community which the u.s. doesn't care that much about but to bring the ukraine into nato as well which would pose a very great threat to russia if that were to take place considering that the

ukrainian president is looking forward to getting hold of new lethal weapons from the united states petro poroshenko here tweeted that ukraine's military budget is increasing to a record three billion dollars and that the u.s. weapons will be bolstered by locally produced hardware the war in ukraine started in twenty fourteen after an uprising saw the government the post but it met with resistance from the pro russian east of the country leading to two regions and sharing armed conflict against government troops more than ten thousand people from both sides have been killed in the conflict according to the un and he was campaigner richard becker thinks that washington's arms sales though have nothing to do with bringing pay. the aim here on the part of the u.s. government remains the same that it has had for several years and that is to attach ukraine not only to the european community which the u.s. doesn't care that much about but to bring the ukraine into nato as well which would pose a very great threat to russia if that were to take place considering that the i'm going huskily that's expressed

army is going to see a military boost in twenty eighteen at least according to its president petro poroshenko he tweeted that ukraine's military budgets increasing to a record three billion dollars now and that the us weapons will be bolstered by locally produced hardware. part of history of the war in ukraine it started twenty fourteen after the uprising so the government proposed but it was met with resistance in the countries pro russian east leading to armed conflict against government troops into regions the un says more than ten thousand people have been killed over it all and small compared to richard becker thinks washington's weapons sales though have got little to do now with bringing peace. the aim here on the part of the u.s. government remains the aim that it has had for several years and that is to attach ukraine not only to the european community which the u.s. doesn't care that much about but to bring the ukraine into nato as well which would pose a very great threat to russia if that were to take place considering that the i'm going to spill it it's expressed from washington

is going to see a military boost in twenty dean at least according to the country's president petro poroshenko he tweeted that ukraine's military budget is increasing to a record three billion dollars and that weapons being supplied by the us will be bolstered by locally produced hard work. uprising in ukraine in twenty fourteen saw the government deposed the war. resistance came from the country's pro russian east leading to armed conflict against government troops in two regions the un says more than ten thousand people have been killed until the war campaign richard becker thinks washington's weapons sales have little to do with bringing peace there. the aim here on the part of the u.s. government remains the same that it has had for several years and that is to attach ukraine not only to the european community which the u.s. doesn't care that much about but to bring the ukraine into nato as well which would pose a very great threat to russia if that were to take place considering that the ongoing huskily that's expressed from washington and from the nato headquarters is so prevalent so we

ukrainian army is going to see a military boost in twenty eighteen at least according to president petro poroshenko he tweeted that ukraine's military budget is increasing to a record three billion dollars and that the us weapons will be bolstered by locally produced hardware as he put it the war in ukraine started twenty fourteen after about uprising so the government opposed the part of history is it was met with resistance in the country's pro russian east leading to armed conflict against the government troops in two of those regions the un says more than ten thousand people have been killed so far now and he will come poena richard becker going forward thinks that washington's weapons sales now i've got little to do that with bringing peace. the aim here on the part of the u.s. government remains the same that it has had for several years and that is to attach ukraine not only to the european community which the u.s. doesn't care that much about but to bring the ukraine into nato as well which would pose a very great threat to russia if that were to take place considering that the i'm going ha

by the current head of ukraine central bank larry a counter over and it has advised president petro poroshenko has seen with his predecessor viktor janak overage in twenty twelve our colleagues in kiev want to see a government that is committed to transparency a government whose actions in tackling corruption today i'm from past eras are subject to public scrutiny so that people can have confidence. now campaigners are asking tough questions why has the not been investigated for its role in a multi-million dollar fraud and why four years on his nobody from the unit covert clan face justice will jordan which is zero president poroshenko told al-jazeera he strongly supports efforts to fight corruption in ukraine and that i see you are no longer his financial advisers i see your invalid area god had ever said that all the firms transactions fully complied with the no and that the transactions had been found by law enforcement bodies and market regulators to be above board i see his role was limited to that of an agent they don't watch al-jazeera is full investigation the oligarchs at twenty g.m.t

the current head of ukraine central bank the lariat counter over and it has advised president petro poroshenko has seen with his predecessor viktor janak overage in twenty twelve our colleagues in kiev want to see a government that is committed to transparency a government whose actions in tackling corruption today and from past eras are subject to public scrutiny so that people can have confidence. now campaigners are asking tough questions why has the firm not been investigated for its role in a multi-million dollar fraud and why four years on there's nobody from the unit coverts clan face justice will jordan. president poroshenko tells al-jazeera he strongly supports efforts to fight corruption in ukraine and that i see you are no longer his financial advisors i see you and valleri gone forever said all the firm's transactions fully complied with the law and that the transactions had been found by law enforcement bodies and market regulators to be above board i see use role was limited to that of an agent and you can watch part two about the serious full investigation the only guards twenty

the current head of ukraine central bank the lariat counter over and it has advised president petro poroshenko here seen with his predecessor viktor janak overage in two thousand and twelve. our colleagues in care of want to see a government that is committed to transparency a government whose actions in tackling corruption today i'm from past eras are subject to public scrutiny so that people can have confidence. now campaigners are asking tough questions why has the not been investigated for its role in a multi-million dollar fraud and why four years on his nobody from the unit covert clam face justice will jordan zero president poroshenko told al-jazeera he strongly supports efforts to fight corruption in ukraine that i see you are no longer as financial advisors i see you in the area going to reva said that the firm's transactions fully complied with the law so you can watch al-jazeera full investigation the twenty. thursday. the u.s. is implementing new measures to prevent smuggling at the deadly synthetic drug offense and that's one of several opioids behind a nationwide epidemic of drug

rexecretary of state tillerson met with petro poroshenko in davos, the trump administration and as itons on 21 people companies over the annexation of ukraine and crimea. 11 of the individuals are ukrainian pro-russian separatists. if you are a resident of the u.s. and you are not feeling well, you have a lot of company. the flu blanketed the u.s. again last week for the third straight week. >> we have been following a talking with the state health departments asking what type of flu activity they are seeing. this is the third week in a row where states are indicating there is widespread activity in the states. not had that three weeks of 49 states since we have been collecting information. mark: the doctor says that the cdc says the flu season is at the midpoint and people need to be vigilant to avoid a virus. the united nations says that 30 african migrants and refugees were killed this week when their boat capsized off the coast of yemen. 150 people were on the boat when it went down. >> the vessel is believed to have been operated by unscrupulous smugglers who are attending to tak

that did not stop petro poroshenko from winning.as been a prime target as fears of fake news spread. a general election is due this year. the country has already been under attack. head of the security service, its version of m15, told me where he thinks the threat comes from. we are not shy. we think the biggest threat comes from russia. if they want uncertainty, they will do that. we have seen that from different ministers. we have seen fake news. it has been going on for a long time. this is one example. supposedly about arms deals with ukraine, it used the forged signature of the defence minister. allegations of russian interference have been growing and a number of countries, including the united states and united kingdom. but sweden's feels closer to the front line, with russia just across the baltic sea. it is thought here that russian fears over sweden's closer relationship with nato may lie behind attempts to influence, interfere even intimidate. it is notjust about disinformation. three years ago, a russian submarine was t