full clancy's in ukraine's capital kiev. absolutely no you shall start to tell what you are caricature. do. now on the brink of a civil war at least seventy dead so far and the death toll rising. you are a new. poll we saw here today was a revolution. said to. have invested over five billion dollars to assist ukraine in knees and articles. nato has expanded into thirteen countries up to the borders of russia thirteen countries. focus has to be on not allowing buy into hot wall between ukraine and russia. but. soon would look when the new ones to be truthful. the the low the to. elude . police are looking for let's. please ily . ukraine. it's an ancient and proud land. with a rich history filled with much beauty heroism and sacrifice. ukraine is a border land. a place where east meets west. this is the flag of ukraine the blue represents the sky the gold its seemingly endless fields of wheat. ukraine is a prize many have sought. and much blood spilled in the quest to possess it. ukraine has been the pathway for western powers

became frequent guests in kiev initiating negotiations between parties in a faltering will. be able to get. the results of the negotiations however were often reached only on paper thus you shan't go never told the supporters to stop blocking government buildings in central kiev. and therefore these nonviolent and very orange protests lasted for a month during which time the previous election results were no marred by massive corruption and new elections were announced an important nuance just three months before viktor yuschenko became a victim to a mysterious and still unsolved poisoning but it didn't prevent him from winning in the new election. though as we shall soon see there was much more than just the people's will that led to this victory this peaceful revolution and its leader were warmly welcomed by the international community but the euphoria didn't last long. government completely failed with reforms and lost its chance to establish democracy instead descending into infighting viktor yuschenko was not reelected for a second term but at. the end of his presidency

barbara was aiming for st petersburg moscow and kiev ukraine three destinations of major significance. ukraine with its rich lands and resources was an important industrial and economic source for the u.s.s.r. to cut it off from the soviet union would strike a big blow indeed. for most of the soviet union the second world war was about fighting the invaders of the land. but it wasn't quite so simple for ukraine the truth is ukraine has never been a united country. when world war two broke out a large part of western ukraine's population welcomed the german soldiers as liberators from the recently forced upon them soviet rule and openly collaborated with the germans. the real scale of collaboration was not announced for many years after the war but we now know that whole divisions and battalions were formed by ukrainian collaborators such as s.s. c. and not to go and roll into battalions. just in the beginning of the war more than eighty thousand people from college cina region voluntarily enrolled into division s.s. galad seen in a month and a half notorious for their extreme cruelty

this led to the pro russian demonstrations rejecting the new government in kiev. on february twenty seventh the government buildings in the capital of crimea were seized by pro russian protesters. the current crimean government was dismissed and the new leader surrogate acciona of was assigned as the leader of the crimean autonomy republic when you lead the below. but i share list. still with you has this should. on march sixteenth the crimean referendum morsi held and the people voted to leave ukraine and enter the russian federation. the situation in crimea is being presented as a russian invasion and again nobody who looks at the seriously and looks at the poll numbers and some of the poll numbers done by the u.s. government agencies themselves showing that the people of crimea prefer being part of russia in the u.s. news media it's all been presented as the russians invaded they then station sham election with people with guns at their backs somehow they big the ballot boxes to get ninety six percent approval for rejoining russia idea of a referendum in crimea

the world seemed too busy welcoming this new democracy in kiev. to notice what was being done as it spread its wings over the country. many in southern ukraine had been viewing the revolution with concern. and an anti mind on movement formed in the city of odessa in early january two thousand and fourteen the protesters set up their camp in front of the trade union house a building which would soon become a monument to a massacre of its own it's difficult to overestimate the importance of odessa it is strategically located on the black sea and it's ukraine's largest seaport it's not surprising that ukraine's new authorities were watching the situation unfolding there with growing alarm. more and more of odessa as people were joining the anti my don movement at the same time as events in eastern ukraine were heating up. the new ukrainian government didn't have the power to wage war on too many fronts if odessa were to join the growing uprising in the eastern regions it would seriously complicate the situation. this rebellion had to be extinguished

you go back to kiev the next day after the meeting with merkel. and protests are up but can you take me through that period. by the minute the worst with the mutiny see. more snow. yet at the mobil have. you go to. me a pretty much as i. could you will move on you built it will grow. up just in the coming. few months what you see is the whole business i don't like that we just released the world will to shift my ground. robert perry is a longtime investigative journalist based in washington d.c. best known for his major disclosures about the iran contra scandal in the one nine hundred eighty s. he is the founder of consortium news where he has reported extensively on the crisis in ukraine and the forces behind the unrest and in geo is a non-governmental organization how many n.g.o.s are quite legitimate they represent good causes that maybe they help people in a country feed or deal with water problems or deal with various kinds of social problems but there are some n.g.o.s that have become funded by government entities and serve more the purpose

is erupted in the ukrainian capital kiev fast malls and one hundred thousand people protested against a government decision to delay an association deal with. the tele you are a minister of interior affairs for the ukraine during this period when you were chief of police essentially of the country can you tell me your version of what happened from november protests through february protests. will do this or ship it lets them go the. fuck them. putting it. right but decide. to be as consumers are seventy azza new leader of the opposition party fatherland. leader of the opposition nationalist far right political parties vitali klitschko leader of the opposition party. both e.u. and ukrainian officials said on thursday the suspension of talks on closer ties could be revived after the two day meeting but officials said the deal was off the table for. war. pro e.u. protests on the streets of kiev and to their second day the crowd of iran a thousand protesters were joined by the leader of the opposition or any well boxing champion vitaly klitschko he called on the demonstrators to maintain

protests on the streets of kiev and to their second day the crowd of iran a thousand protesters were joined by the leader of the opposition or any well boxing champion vitaly klitschko he called on the demonstrators to maintain pressure on the government after it decided not to sign a major trade deal with the e.u. you go back to kiev the next day after the meeting with merkel and the protests erupted can you take me through that period. by the minute the worst with the mutineer. more deal or. you go to. me a. little. up just in the. least the world will to shift my ground. robert perry is a long time investigative journalist based in washington d.c. best known for his major disclosures about the iran contra scandal in the one nine hundred eighty s. he is the founder of consortium news where he is. reported extensively on the crisis in ukraine and the forces behind the unrest and in geo is a non-governmental organization and many n.g.o.s are quite legitimate they represent good causes that maybe they help people in a country the door deal with water problems or deal with various kind

there were groups that were being shipped into kiev where they would provide the muscle in effect for the demonstrations so the demonstrations went from being relatively peaceful political protests to be increasingly violent the first step in a new detective work is to establish a motive. it is now said that sergei lovat skin is held in high esteem by his powerful u.s. friends. outraged by what was reported in the news the ukrainian people came out in force on the next day to vent their anger with the police actions. the violence started to take off when. naturalised was. it is to treat their not so old. video but t.v. which is going to do when you put in the new will not cease. the. serious. bit don't just please was almost in the premier. read that i mean that i mean now you. know. i need to. look at the shell or any of the well as the but i was just in is that the study of the structure of this is. what is the deal more decoy. i mean your list. as a failed unmasked as the color revolutions can be an attentive viewer can see subtle patterns and similarities revealing their true natu

get involved and that it will be an open wound until some kind of closure is brought mcconnell in kiev the captives if you crane thank you not the plight of one of nature's most unusual and he was the pangolin all scaly and to get the only anonymous completely covered with horny scales but though ching is not threatening them with extinction around one hundred thousand bengal in a traffic to china and get them every year for use in traditional medicine. this find is worth some eight million dollars ivory and pangolin scales the biggest toll that uganda's authorities have ever made in china what about. three. now imagine how many probably were killed to raise this number of killers. mainly headed for china in asia pangolin scales are believed to have the power to heal all kinds of complaints even though they made of keratin just like human thing in aisles bangle in meat is sold in luxury restaurants trade in the animals is illegal . we believe that it's an international network of other people who are involved. and our investigation. the only members with horny scales one kilo of scales

five years after the protests on kiev's my lungs where the toppled ukraine's government we asked has the country changed for the better. plus uganda's controversy over curves the country's terrorism minister backs a plus size beauty pageant and says he wants to promote curvy women to attract international tourists. and all you need to know about this weekend's in this league match ups frankfurt based log back in a game featuring not just great goals but great goalkeeping as well and will be looking forward to tonight's match ups involving legally leaders dortmund. i'm brian thomas great to have you with us germany says it will be difficult to implement american demands to repatriate some. hundred european jihad it's now being detained in syria the country's foreign minister saying that germany france and britain would be working together on the thorny issue of how to handle nationals who fought for or supported islamic state so-called caliphate now that after a twitter broadside from the president threatening to release captured fighters less europe puts them on trial. as jihadists o

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that coming either well i think what they didn't see coming is the collapse of their client regime in kiev this is the precipitating event but because you had critical gaps in your collection and analysis of of what they would know that's not i look at the you have to understand what happened in ukraine ok this was not someone planned russian invasion of crimea what happened was you had a russian backed client a corrupt leader in kiev indiana who did russia spitting and you had protests that ousted that leader we negotiated something where he would step aside and there would be elections yana coverage for years to russia and then russia moves into crimea as does another but the way you're describing this is not the kind of thing where russia had a multi-year plan to invade crimea they saw ukraine slipping away from them they saw ukraine choosing an association agreement with the european union but the over dominance from russia russians you know then to fight is a primary threat to u.s. interests and yet and yet breedlove was able to go before a senate committee in april twenty fifteen and

more clashes in ukraine's capital kiev. there is absolutely no. hard to know what you are caricature everybody. now on the brink of a civil war at least seventy dead so far and the death toll rising. to. a new. war we saw here today was a revolution. said to. have invested over five billion dollars to assist ukraine in knees and articles. nato has expanded into thirteen countries up to the borders of russia thirteen countries. focus that's the be on not allowing buy into hot wall between ukraine and russia. in the city would. new buildings to be truthful. ukraine. it's an ancient and proud land. with a rich history filled with much beauty heroism and sacrifice. ukraine is a border land. a place where east meets west. this is the flag of ukraine the blue represents the sky the gold its seemingly endless fields of wheat. the. ukraine is a prize many have.

and its five years after the protests in kiev smiled down thread that toppled ukraine's government be asked how much has the country changed since then. just wanted to know about this weekend's matches frankfurt first got back in a game featuring not just great goals but also great goalkeeping as we look ahead to tonight's match with league leaders dortmund. hello and welcome i'm with the cima for indian soldiers in two militants are dead after a shoot out in the disputed border region of kashmir the troops came under fire while carrying out searches following this suicide bombing in which more than forty soldiers were killed india has blamed neighboring pakistan for last week's attack one of the deadliest in decades pakistan has record it's on boy from india amid rising tensions. joining me now from delhi is our correspondent nischelle just for a new show firstly what's the latest you can tell us tell us about the fighting in kashmir where indian forces have been exchanging fire with militants well i'm about it has been confirmed that at least four members of the indian security forc

let's go straight to kiev now and our correspondent nick collie nick good morning to you how typical is victoria story where there are many people her age involved in the protests back at them by don back then good morning well she certainly was one of the youngest protests out on the square whether she was the youngest or not is a moot point but definitely people in their late teens and early twenty's were very much in evidence also among those who lost their lives in terms of being a woman well definitely there were there was a big female presence on the my done and i think interesting there in the report the story she told us of one of the protesters the male protests is telling her to go home to get safety something that she ignored you mentioned the the one hundred people that lost their lives during those protests i'm nic has anyone been held to account for those killings. this is definitely a sort of open wound for lots of people in ukraine the top level people who ordered this violence not one single person has been convicted for that lots of court cases still going on five y

but first ukraine this week marks the fifth anniversary of the deadly my don protests in the capital kiev the mass demonstrations were triggered when the then president viktor yanukovych backed out of a deal designed to bring the country closer to the e.u. they turned violent in february two thousand and fourteen when security forces moved in to clear demonstrators the clashes that followed left more than one hundred people dead president yanukovych fled to russia clearing the way for a new leadership now for a look back at those tumultuous events nikolay met up with a young woman who was a teenager when she took part in those protests and was wounded she has this report . scenes of chaos as government forces moved into its mind on square trying to force protesters to leave the spot where they had been camping out for more than two months. among them was sixteen year old victoria roman chook her parents thought she was hundreds of kilometers away at art college instead she'd become a regular at the protests on the mind on on the day police attempted to clear the square victoria and her fr

full clancy's in ukraine's capital kiev. there is absolutely no doubt hard to tell what you are fair to lisa would then you . do. now on the brink of a civil war at least seventy dead so far and the death toll rising. you. a new. one when you. thought we saw here today was a revolution. said to. have invested over five billion dollars to assist ukraine in knees and articles with. nato has expanded into thirteen countries up to the borders of russia thirteen countries. focus has to be on not allowing buy into whole cloth between ukraine and russia. that the team of lawyers in the city would just book women if the new buildings to be.

class ukraine marks five years since the deadly my band protests and service in kiev are remembered the more than one hundred people were killed in the protests ultimately the government was toppled we ask how much ukraine has changed since that. followed a warm welcome to you i'm. for indian soldiers two militants and one civilian are dead after a shootout in the disputed border region of kashmir the troops came under fire by carrying out searches following celsius suicide bombing in which more than forty security personnel were killed india has blamed. you've been focused on for last week's attack the deadliest in decades pakistan has recorded on a boy from india amid rising tensions joins me now from delhi is our correspondent nimish i just like you michel firstly what's the latest you can tell us tell us about the fighting in kashmir where indian forces have been exchanging fire with militants while i'm about it has been confirmed that at least four members of the indian security forces happy lost their lives in an overnight encounter there but scouted out in the pool of ahmed that'

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five years after the protest song kiev's mile long square the toppled ukraine's government we ask has the country changed for the better.

remember ukraine won with the song that was critical of russia russia boycotted the song contest in kiev now with israel we will be seeing protests that marches for sure for her part has tried to remain a political as she did tell d.w. that she believes in dialogue she believes in protest but she does not believe in a boycott and no doubt she will get criticism from all sides for that as well i mean she is a hell of a role model for a lot of young people do you think winning last year will actually influence what x. tried to do this year by. think your vision for a long time actually has been a place where people who are different from the norm can thrive netter is the latest example of that this year nineteen year old bilawal house is competing for france he's brave for a lot of homophobia certainly broken with gender norms these are just two of the youngest in a long line of people who are outside of the norm your vision is also about celebrating down david thanks very much the old into your thoughts down i should say thank you now changing the subject completely to try and portray ext

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it's escalated on the my down square in the center of kiev the police used extreme brutality against the demonstrators one woman was in the middle of it she looks back to the protests in twenty fourteen scenes of chaos as government forces moved into worlds might on square trying to force protesters to leave the spot where they had been camping out for more than two months. among them was sixteen year old victoria roman chook her parents thought she was hundreds of kilometers away at art college instead she'd become a regular at the protests on the mind on on the day police attempted to clear the square victoria and her friends were out in the streets in front of their makeshift headquarters. and now no i didn't immediately understand what was happening suddenly there was an explosion another flight suddenly everything went blurry and i was out. an improvised grenade covered in scrap metal and shards of pottery had exploded at her feet victoria suffered more than fifty flesh wounds but she couldn't go to hospital because police were arresting for testers in the wards. instead she end