preliminary results were ashraf ghani ahmadzai won around 60% of the vote, his opponent, abdullah, abdullahelection was fraudulent. >>> the world's newest nation is celebrating three years since claiming independence. but the people have little to celebrate. here is more from the capitol. >> reporter: it would be impossible to call an independence celebration day in south sudan low-key, but when compared to previous years there is a difference, the crowd is smaller, the security is tighter. and they were expecting heads of states from the region to come. in fact the only person that did come was south sudan's next-door neighbor, you ghana, the president was here. he has forces in this country, forces that south sudan's president acknowledged without which they would have seen much more bloodshed. they have just been listed on the index of number one of the most fragile states in the world. the country still has internal fighting in some of the more northernly provinces. the peace talks are supposed to be continuing, but that process has stalled. and there is a looming hunger crisis as crisi

the nation's foreign minister abdullah abdullah trailed finance minister ashraf ghani ahmadzai after the recent run off election. but abdullah claimed there was significant fraud. >>> the justice department has brought charges against a chinese businessman accused of hacking computers and stealing sensitive information from u.s. defense contractors. including boeing and lockheed martin. some of what was allegedly stolen had to do with two of the united states's most advanced fighter jets the f-22 and f-35. the accused man is currently in canada but is expected to be extradited to the united states. >>> after a recent lull, the conflict in eastern ukraine, once again, is intensifying. ukranian government troops are amassing near donestk, a city of a million people for a likely ground offensive against russian separatists who retreated there. this, a day after the rebels killed more than 20 government troops in a missile attack. for more about the situation there, we are once again joined by anthony cordesman. so what are the pro russian separatists's chances without russian involvemen