we heard from manual barroso who says the situation in ukraine was serious, but not too late to find a political situation. we are joined from milan, where e.u. foreign ministers have been meeting. what sort of help will the ukrainian president get from europe. this is why he's in brussels today. >> absolutely. he's welcomed the chance to meet the european union and heads of government in brussels saying it's an important show of solidarity towards the kiev government. it's far from clear what substance the e.u. will take next to support ukraine, and to punish russia for what some of those foreign ministers meeting in milan called an invasion of the e.u. foreign policy chief. katherine ashton will report back on the talks, and the leaders will decide how to act in relation to the violation of ukraine's sovereignty. many expect a widening of sanctions. they may ask the european union to come up with a plan. it looks like foot dragging. >> nadeem barb bear and italy. >>> saudi arabia's ruler warned that europe and the united states will be the next target of islamic state. kink abdulla

it's worth noting that president petro porashenko, speaking after his meeting, and mr barroso is in brussels, invited before the latest dangerous escalation took place. nonetheless he has the opportunity to talk to the collected members of to seek further expressions of solidarity, but i suspect he'll be looking for a concrete elaboration with what sanctions may be come up with by the end of the day. >> the e.u. said, like they are saying, they are ready to sake strong and clear measures against russia. do we know what type of measure they are talking about. is there an appetite to do that. >> there are lots of bold proclamations about the need to push forward, tighten sanctions. they are cautious on this issue, they say the same thing there's no shortage of rhetoric. leading us to believe that's what they'll talk about. when you push the officials, we spoke to president boroso, saying is it not encum bant on you to deliver a list. that they were rather less convincing, more vague as is the case with the decisions. it had to be unanimous. they published a hard-hitting list of sanctions. they

toughen sanctions on moscow that's according to the president of the european commission jose manuel barroso as he addressed the media alongside the ukrainian leader the head of russia's lower house of parliament says any measures will also punish ordinary europeans again. spoke exclusively to r.t. . while sanctions politics. diplomats are expressing doubts about the effectiveness of the strategy they see very clearly that it's the citizens who have to pay for the decisions made under this policy in reality by implementing these restrictions european nations have sent the bill to their own people and their own businesses they're making people pay for their political mistakes and even using these sanctions is impossible to isolate russia from the world also in brussels have agreed that he craned will have to pay the gas bills it still owes to russia ensuring the safe transit of russian gas supplies through ukraine is vital for the e.u. and that dependence on russian gas will remain at least for another decade according to the fish rating agency it's predicted that other supplies won't be read

sanctions against moscow those remarks came from the president of the european commission josee manuel barroso who spoke to the media alongside the ukrainian president but the head of russia's lower house of parliament sais that any such measures will also harm ordinary europeans. spoke exclusively to r.t. . but. as the sanctions policy spirals out of control more and more m.p.'s and politicians in general start to question its effectiveness they see with increasing clarity that it's the people who have to pay the price for this policy basically while imposing sanctions on russia you governments make their own businesses and their own people pick up the tab make them pay for that political mistakes or i think it's becoming more and more obvious so the sentiment of the political elite and the general public is shifting moscow in brussels have agreed that ukraine will have to pay the huge debt it owes russia for natural gas supplies ensuring the safety transit all of gas pumped through ukraine's pipeline system is vital for the not the pendants on russian feel will remain at least for another de

and foremost it brought together kiev ukraine and brought together the european union true manuel barroso was not there he sent his sort of other man there by rose who couldn't. i guess countenance any sort of well what could be construed as failure but anyway the formula russia ukraine e.u. is something that russia offered back in november. and something that the e.u. rejected out of hand. so this format i think is very significant you is coming back to realize we should have talked to russia. in trying to devise this architecture of ukraine's relationship with russia on the one hand or with the customs union in the one hand and the e.u. on the other and that i think that sort of form that formula that axis gives me some optimism ok well it's very i agree with dmitri there because the united states wasn't there victoria nuland wasn't sitting isn't in minsk right now and. no one would know in which expect that she'd ever sit there after what she said in her telephone conversation to the american ambassador in kiev but that's very interesting because we have this formula it was on the tabl

we also learned yesterday that the russian president spoke with barroso.resident and the ukrainian president may sit down later this month. there is not going to be a cease-fire, and there may not be a whole lot for them to talk about yet. the ukrainians not too keen on ceasingle idea of fighting because they surround the last rebel stronghold. as far as they concerned, it would be much better to go in and clean out separatists and stop shooting. at therussian turmoil top of the agenda of today's meeting. the other topic we know will be the threat by t islamic militant sweeping iraq. hans nichols is in brussels with more. you are going to be a busy boy today. >> it is going to be a busy meeting. a snap meeting, an emergency meeting in brussels. atop the agenda is ukraine. and after that iraq. actually getting intelligence on not only what is happening on the ground of what is happening with the convoy. bike getting intelligence on the parties' intentions. are the ukrainians prepared for a cease-fire. it appears they are not. what we're going to see, everyo

. >> as you know, european commission president barroso warned vladimir putin in a telephone call against military actions in ukraine under any pretext, including humanitarian. would such a warning mean anything to vladimir putin at this point? >> i don't think so. he's taken crimea so there is an imbalance here, and that is russia considers ukraine a vital interest, you know, a state on its border that has been a buffer. it cars about ukraine. we don't really care about ukraine as much as russia, we are not willing to pay big costs or start a big world war with russian agent, a regional war over ukraine, which is small potatos. >> what is n.a.t.o. willing to do, the u.s. willing to do, if 70 becomes 80 becomes 100 and russian forces move in to ukraine. what is the u.s. willing to do about that? >> if russia were to move into eastern ukraine. they invaded georgia, remember, and took a bit of georgia. if that's the playbook, i don't think n.a.t.o. will intervene, they don't want this to yef callate into a russia, nato, nuclear weapons conflict. if vladimir putin invades eastern ukraine and

antonio barroso joining us. and talk about corporate. we would do the after the work.ting estimates despite emerging markets' slow down. we will break the numbers down in a few minutes' time. ♪ >> welcome back. you are watching "the pulse." the world'sp, largest advertising business beat estimates. growthcontinuing to show even though they warned all about geopolitical tensions and a slowdown in europe hurting business. here with the more it's caroline carolineith more is hyde. let's talk about the good news first. >> they did well across of the board. out there stripping currency effects, 5 billion pounds worth of growth. 17% growth in the united kingdom. notably, asia, latin america, and africa -- they said they had a bit of softness in the ukraine. ofsia, still strong in terms sales. even western europe where they set the macro environment is very challenged and that is was it they are saying and their statements the east out growth. across the board, it seems to be improvement. profit did not do quite as well. sales are strong. nearly 9%. despite the warnings we ha

the russian president spoke with barroso and the two agreed that they would meet at some point face to face to discuss ukraine. on thetion to that, diplomatic front, the russian president was in crimea yesterday, the territory they have annexed saying that he would really like to resolve the conflict and he will do everything he can to do that. finally, we have this sighting fewf you doesn't apcs -- a dozen apc's. >> apc being? >> armored personnel carriers, tanks without tracks. we cannot independently verify that. i guess it is important to note that the ukrainians maintain the russians have been moving apc personnel across the border for many months now. if it's true, if you doesn't is a big deal. that would be exceptionally alarming. perhaps the concern that all of these trucks going to the rebel-held part of the border, what has the reaction been in general? they want to respect everything first. now we have dueling convoys. kiev says they're going to send their convoys as well. there is a defensive, hearts and minds, that the russians opened up in the ukrainians say cynically, th