which stands in the way of connecting western russia to the crimea peninsula. the mounting death toll across ukraine particularly among civilians is the result of what american and nato officials see as a stalled russian military campaign. >> the ukrainians have continued to trick the forces and been very effective using the equipment. >> in the few cities russia has taken, citizens have been bravely protesting. this shocking video capturing the moment peaceful protesters were interrupted by russian gunfire. and explosions. that left at least one civilian shot and wounded. elsewhere the russian forces run into stiff ukrainian resistance, russia has escalated their weapons. u.s. officials confirming russian claims it used higher sonic missiles. flying five times the speed of sound. and difficult for missile defense systems to shoot down. >> i think again the reason that he's resorting to using these type of weapons is because he's trying to reestablish some momentum. >> the ukrainian president zelenskyy says he's ready to speak directly to president vladimir put

you'll remember that in 2014, put and took over and then illegally annexed the crimea peninsula. now russia has had a naval base there for a very long time. and from his perspective, he saw ukraine getting closer to the west as a threat to that base, which is partly what motivated him to annex the entire peninsula. he also backs separatists in the largely russian speaking part of the don bus region to take that area. now this is where russian forces have been staging their troops, as well as from the north. in rushes ally beller, isn't of course, russian forces in russia proper. it self and is from these 3 points that russian troops came in and we can have a look now where things went from last week to this week. now we see where these troops have moved in from, as we were talking about from the north east. and the south now ukrainian resistance has been fierce and has been slowing down. russian advances moving into the country. but we have seen some progress by russian forces. like here we see a land bridge between crimea, ann maria, pull going up into the eastern part of the co

year, but much earlier in the year 214, when russian federation invaded crimea and occupied the crimea peninsula. and since then, and after its invaded russia invaded the boss as well. no. so since then you creating human rights community has been documenting the human rights violations and war crimes in those areas, although it wasn't easy because it all happens mostly without the direct access to those territories. so we've been using various tools in order to get the information from there. but now i would say that in terms of working with crimea, the situation changed in the way that even those sources that we use inside the peninsula. those people who talk to us who communicated with us, who spoke openly about human rights abuses. now, i mean, they behave more carefully because we're all understand that this people are already hostages because they're on the occupied territories. and now it's even more complicated scenes. russia also changed its legislation after this new all out war. her start was launched and started. so now when you say that russia wages war against ukraine, it may be qu

mayor moscow's conditions include ukraine declaring itself neutral ukraine, acknowledging the crimea peninsula as russian territory. and key of recognizing the separatist regions of don't ask and law ganske as independent. would you crane agree to those conditions? you forgot to one is more important in demand, namely, the so called demo that is ation keeping. you know, the general capacity defense capacity, military capacity trained low and makes the combination of neutrality. and then the 3rd is ation highly problematic into this highly unlikely for your convenience to accept in ukrainian society. that is that prevalent, predominant belief actually that not, not, none of these condition can be accepted, but the degree of acceptability is different. so as it is a sizable minority, something like a 3rd of, of respondents in recent surveys except in that ukraine minor. now it's nature ambition, bought it for, for a mission, crimea, and he's the boss pockets. republic is a percentage down to like 1010 percent. so it only majority of the population rejects this, this demands, but in terms of nigh

a russians armed forces responded by an x in the crimea peninsula and backing a separate just rebellion in eastern ukraine. the ah, by breaking programming, polo us secretary of state has been meeting the foreign minister of russia invasion of ukraine, polish fun, listening, and for allies corporation who have been with us for we call the nation of political activities. in the c. poland will never recognize territorial tenant is brought about by unprovoked unlawful aggression. the way in which it conducts still is based on a desire to break the will of ukrainian resistance by means of the civilians population selling credential area, nuclear power plants and no military vacated or oral crimes and under international alone which are not subjected to start. you off the mutation and will be prosecuted with utmost the 3rd of the nation. i call that i said to refrain from attacks on civilian populations. i call both by this to abide by international humanitarian law and to treat prisoners of war with dignity. terry and over oh, work criminals must be considered in future peace negotiations d

we've heard a lot about fighting coming up from the crimea peninsula as russian force are trying to make their way both west and to east. we've already heard that they've in some way taken her san and are heavily shelling mario paul, both strategic port cities. now their effort may be to connect a chord or here in the east trapping ukrainian forces in that area or they could even depending on their progress, split the country into between east and west. now in the north, there is slow going progress towards russian forces on multiple points trying to in circle cave. and that could lead to some very, very serious problems for people. they are, as we've already been seeing over the last many days. now what's important to to note here is that none of this shows what rushes actually in control, because to really control these areas, you need a lot more troops and resources. and what russia has at the same time to trying to continue to make advances forward. and we've been hearing about reports of shortages of food fuel and other supplies for russian troops. all of that is needed for them to

control of the city will help secure a land corridor to the crimea peninsula that moscow on next from ukraine in 2014 russia is also believed to be advancing towards the black sea port of desa. advance was halted by ukrainian defenders of the town of nikolai, the city of cason is on the russian control. now joined by a medical associate professor of international relations and foreign policy. and rector of mario full state university. he managed to get out of mario paul a short while ago. hello. because so what was your experience on your way out of marble? ah the experience of the faced while fleeing from rue pull actually reformed a huge column of course and we and used to the way that was found by in the previous day on march 14 by 106 to carrasco managed to get to the patricia and the, this column was headed by the cars of international red cross organization. and with managed to get out of the city. and we've got to better dance. and a lute been checked by 3 or 4 russian chicken points of the russian soldiers. they've spent a night in bitter dance content with started the way to

a week ago, you remember that in 2014 putin took over and then illegally annexed all of the crimea peninsula. now russia has had a naval base there for a very long time. and from his perspective, he saw ukraine getting close to the west as a threat to that base. and that's why he took it. in the same year, he backed separatists in the largely russian speaking eastern part of don bus to take over much of that area. now the conflict hasn't been solved since, and there's been at least 13000 lives lost in the fighting, just with eastern russian backed separatists. and it's these points along with the north, from their ally ballers. and of course, russia itself that he used to stage his troops, and that is where they've moved in from this is a week later we still see crimea, we still see the eastern region of don bus and russian force having moved up based on the latest information that we have, but ukrainians have been fighting very hard and bitterly to slow down russian advances. they've been doing a lot better than many have been expecting, including to the surprise of russia's own military pl

port city that lies between the russian back separatist region of done fast to the east and a crimea peninsula to the site that was annexed by russia in 2014. that they have been several attempts to try and get aged to that city. now these humanitarian code, those are opened up on monday and continue through to choose day. but this latest news that we're hearing now is that this theater was bombed. these are the cranes, but the ukranian authorities are and around 10021200 people who are in it at the time that the on the, the so not sure how many casualties there are now. as for these humanitarian code, those were hearing that are and 20000 people have been evacuated from mario poll. and we've also heard that a convoy was a hit by heavy artillery according to the governor of this up to richer region. and there were 5 people injured and including a child that was injured seriously. now they have been allegations against russian forces that they have been talking convoys yesterday we were in suffer richer. we spoke to many people though of coming. they were coming there that had escaped the fight

a russians armed forces responded by an ex thing, the crimea peninsula and backing a separatist rebellion in eastern ukraine. the membrane, our gas joining us from brussels as brooks taking her. who's the correspondent for jane, defense, weekly magazine, and washington dc. robert hunter, a former us ambassador to nato. joining us from moscow, andre bucklin off was the chairman of the board of the association of russian diplomats. i thank you so much for your time with us on inside story. ambassador robert over to you, young thornburgh has just said that nato is not part of the conflict. nato is a defensive alliance. we don't seek war or conflict with russia, but the longer this goes on, what does nato do? then? the native commandment under article 5 of the treaty of washington is to defend countries that are formerly members of the alliance. and everybody, nato is trying to get across to mr. potent, that whatever happens in ukraine, and i'm sure we're going to be talking about that. i better not make any mistake as to put it by the american secretary of state. any russians coming in to ad

we started to brew it in 2015 because in 2014 russians came to crimea peninsula and got it. this label has the history. >> that's quite the image. primitive weapon, potentially deadly. they have additional things in it to make it stick. >> pet troll alone -- >> yeah, stick on the surface. you have maybe 70 or so men standing near a car and there was a ukrainian in uniform explaining to them how to throw a molotov cocktail inside a vehicle. there's a lot of people here trying to get as much training as they can in order to be able to face russian forces if and when they come. in another neighborhood residents gather supplies and accepted them wherever they're needed. spike strips to puncture tires. flak jackets with metal inside. we're continually sending them to our guys there throughout the day. here you can see camouflage nets used as cover so the enemy doesn't know where our tanks are located. in others we have medicine and groceries. a week ago he was a construction worker but then putin invaded and everything changed. >> reporter: you have a message to vladimir putin. w

can say it has achieved that land bridge connecting the russian mainland and its border to the crimea peninsula which is annexed in 2014. until it takes mariupol, it's unable to do that. >> phil black joining us from lviv. many thanks. >>> the united nations says russia's war on ukraine has gotten 3.5 million people out of the country. poland has registered the highest number of ukrainian refugees so far with more than 2 million people crossing into the country. the u.n. says more than 10 million people, nearly 1/4 of ukraine's population have been forced from their homes as the war rages on. many evacuees from the eastern part of the country have traveled to lviv in western ukraine hoping to find safety there. cnn's don lemon spoke with one family that escaped assault. >> she was at her mother's house when russian bombardment came closer. >> everything was doing this. >> shaking? >> yeah. we were laying on the ground praying we would be safe and alive. >> reporter: after taking cover with her mother and neighbors, they emerged the destruction. >> everything is bombed. a lot of glasses were bro

>> we started to brew this beer in 2015, because in 2014 russians came to crimea peninsula and got itpotentially deadly, these molotov cocktails have additional materials in there to ensure the fire will stick to whatever is thrown at them. petrol alone isn't good enough, you want something to make it sticky so it sticks on? >> and it's a stick on the surface. >> when we got here, there was a group of maybe 70 or so men who were all standing around the car and there was somebody in a uniform, ukrainian uniform who was exploiting to them how to throw module cocktails inside of vehicle to the best effect, there are lot of people here who are trying to get as much training as they can in order to be able to face russian forces if and when they come. >> in another neighborhood, presidents gather supplies, send them wherever they're needed. spike strips to puncture tires, flap jackets with metal plates inside. we are sending them to our guys throughout the day, he says. here you can see camouflage -ness they use show that the enemy doesn't know where our tanks and our personnel is located.

we've heard a lot about fighting coming up from the crimea peninsula as russian force are trying to make their way both west and to east. we've already heard that they've in some way taken her san and are heavily shelling mario paul, both strategic port cities. now their effort may be to connect a corridor here in the east trapping ukrainian forces in that area or they could even depending on their progress, split the country into between east and west. now in the north, there is slow going progress towards russian forces on multiple points trying to in circle cave. and that could lead to some very, very serious problems for people. they are, as we've already been seeing over the last many days. now what's important to to note here is that none of this shows what rushes actually in control, because to really control these areas, you need a lot more troops and resources. and what russia has at the same time to trying to continue to make advances forward. and we've been hearing about reports of shortages of food fuel and other supplies for russian troops. all of that is needed for them to

>> in 2014 they came to the crimea peninsula and gathered in eastern regions. history already. >> wow. >> yeah. >> that's quite the image. >> it's a primitive weapon but potentially deadly. these molotov cocktails have additional materials to ensure the fire will stick to whatever it's thrown at. petrol alone isn't good enough. you want something to be sticky to stick on a person. >> yeah. to stick on the surface. . >> there was a group of perhaps 70 or so men who were all standing around a car. and there was somebody in a uniform, ukrainian in uniform explaining how to throw a molotov cocktail inside a vehicle to the best effect. there's a lot of people here trying to get as much training as they can. and to be able to face russian forces if and when they come. >> in another neighborhood, residents gather supplies and send them wherever they're needed. spike strips to puncture tires, flat jackets with metal plates inside. we're continually sending them to our guys there throughout the day, he says. here you can see camouflage nets so the enemy doesn't know whe

crimea they seized illegally back in 2014. they annexed that peninsula.cused mariupol is surrounded according to its men, no electricity, water or food for the 400,000 or so people. kherson is reported to have been captured by the russians according to its mayor. that's very important. the head of the canal that supplies water to crimea. you see kharkiv, a city of $1.5 million people, three-quarters of them, anderson, are russian speaking, hammered with the rocket launching systems, using thermobaric bombs. none of that is intended to do anything other than pummel civilian areas. they are not choosing military targets when they use those kinds of weapons in a very large city such as kharkiv. the center of the soviet intellectual life. 40 universities are based there, anderson. >> one of the explanations, ridiculous explanations, but an explanation nonetheless -- you can hear air raid sirens. like an automated voice telling people to seek shelter. one of vladimir putin's excuses for this attack on ukraine, what he calls an attempt to de-nazidy ukraine, pre

that is close to the crimea peninsula.trols the kherson access to crimean peninsula. the russian soldier, he sacrificed his life according to the information we have in that area. there was another key bridge over the river. he meant to blow it up. the logistics did not work out that he would have time to get away. he detonated explosives sacrificing his own life in the process. so, the area of kherson there as so many of those places with access to the water, key importance because whoever controls or has a foothold in those areas has access to the water, shannon. >> shannon: all right, mike, thank you very much. he's helping us, mike, thank you and we will check in with coverage in the next hour. bret baier with me. there has been a lot of discussion about the different areas and what is strategic and what is being taken out. for now a lot of ukrainians are praying much better shape than we expected. or certainly as putin would have expected. >> absolutely. a lot of people are surprised it has taken this long for russian

i'm in the other side of the crimea peninsula here in odesa. not an eyewitness to that. but it is absolutely clear from the images that emerged from there that size of crater, the size of the devastation that hit that maternity hospital speaks to frankly what the chief foreign policy said a few moments ago was a heinous war crime, startling to have the russian government in one breath suggest this was essentially a place where far right ukrainian nationalists had holed up, and then at the same time see the a images of people wounded, mothers wounded, women wounded, three have lost their lives. mariupol besieged and surrounded it seems for four successive days now, the latest update 3:30 this afternoon seems to suggest there had been no real access for humanitarian corridor at all. and the tactics frankly shouldn't necessarily come as a surprise. we have seen, you know, russia behind this in other conflicts, it has been involved in specifically syria, where there were multiple allegations they specifically targeted medical facilities. not just with one strike often, but a

country to the south and the east the russian backed region, they've been moving up from the crimea peninsulatown of kherson where the battle is pitched over the last couple of days because there is a bridge spanning the dnieper river to connect crimea to the mainland. the russians say they have dominance in that town. ukrainians dispute it. the town of mariupol, they're out of water and been without heat and electricity. >> harris: you know, mike tobin, before i let you go there have been areas and you mentioned the holocaust museum. we know part of the propaganda of this war because we don't really know what to believe coming out of the kremlin, is that they want to denazify the world. that makes absolutely no sense when you consider that the president of ukraine is jewish by faith. and from what i'm reading, the son of someone who survived nazi conditions in world war ii. he is a survivor's son. his personal story is amazing but these places are not being protected. they certainly don't seem like that is their goal if that's what putin is really about. >> what we've seen over the last day

to move rather well in the south, as opposed to the north, primarily because they took this crimea peninsulaears ago and put up a big military base there, and the ukrainian army has been fighting here just about 5060% of them the past eight years. waiting for the next russian invasion, the invasion came but it did not come through this section of the country. in the meantime, here is where the russian army came in, right from mariupol and there is a big battle happening there as we speak, a battle that has gone on for three or four days now and that city is just getting hammered, as well. so in the south, what the russians are trying to do is build this land bridge here, and connect it all the way over here to odesa, and in the coming days, you are going to hear a lot more about the city of 1 million in southwestern ukraine, see whether or not the russian army makes a move on this city, and if so, what comes from that? the other story is the nuclear issue, 24 hours ago this was a concern. now, it is over in a town called mykolaiv and the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. was talking about this --

to mariupol, to pacify and keep that strategic city in the south, which is very close to the crimea peninsula. >> richard, given that russian forces have not been able to get stpwao into kyiv and ukrainian forces pushed them back, and is there a 35-hour or more lockdown so residents are not out and about if something happens? >> reporter: they have had two blanket curfews where they tell everybody to stay inside to avoid the bombs, and in the last 24 hours or so the streets are considerably calmer than in the beginning, and the checkpoints are not as jumpy, and when you roll up and see the police or volunteers, they are smiling more. when i first came to kyiv, and i was in mariupol when we first got here, and they were jumpy and leveling their rifles at us and everybody else because they were nervous, and now they are calmer, and some shops and restaurants are even opening up here in kyiv, which hasn't happened at all. so if anything, things are feeling more confident and relaxed in the city. yes, it's possible if there's more attacks they will implement another curfew, but right now the ukra

continue to fight to keep that land bridge between the donbas region and the current crimea peninsulabut i don't think that this is over in the least -- at all. this war is going to take place for a while. they're waiting for reinforcement, whether it's from belarus, russia, or other russian forces from georgia, so they can continue to attack, i believe, kyiv and other key sites in the future. >> look, i can tell you, it's not over. i can see it's not over behind me with the smoke billowing there. given that the ukrainians now are claiming some success in their efforts north of kyiv, it may be that the russians just want to send a message to the world when they know that the media is in this city, as you said, to send a message that, hey, they're still here. the message not just to the west, but maybe a message to the people inside russia as well who may be starting to doubt the possibility of success in this mission. >> and that's a possibility. again, the fact that the ukrainians are conducting counteroffensive operations is a good thing. but that can only last so long. they only ha

we started to brew it in 2015 because in 2014 the russians came to the crimea peninsula. >> reporter:imitive weapon, but potentially deadly. these molotov cocktails also have additional materials in them to ensure the fire will stick to whatever it's thrown at. petrol alone isn't good enough. you want something sticky so it sticks on a person. when we got to the factory, there was a group of maybe 70 or so men who were all standing around a car. there was somebody in a uniform, ukrainian uniform, who was explaining to them how to throw a molotov cocktail inside a vehicle to the best effect. there's a lot of people here who are trying to get as much training as they can in order to face russian forces if and when they come. in another neighborhood, residents gather supplies and send them wherever they're needed. spike strips to puncture tires, flap jackets with metal plates inside. we're continually sending them to guys there throughout the day, he says. here you can see camouflage nets used as a cover so enemy doesn't know where tanks are located. in other rooms we have medicine and g

it sits between the crimea peninsula and odesa. and then to the east, russian tappings marked with look at that, that now distinctive z right on the front were seen on roads headed toward the other port city of mariupol. and their mayor saying that they are in the hands of russian forces. we'll be live one-on-one with the deputy mayor later this hour. i want to bring in ali arouzi, keir simmons, and also kelly o'donnell. ali, give us the play of the land as it stands right now. >> the ukrainians continue to fight back as hard as they can. we are 34 days in to this conflict and they have defied the odds. despite being outgunned, outnumbered but the russians, they continue to push back, they continue to reclaim territory that the russians had taken early on in this conflict. and that is because they have such a big fighting spirit. you see it from ukrainians of all walks of life. and the reason that they are taking all of the land back is not just because of the armed forces but because of regular ukrainians that have joined voluntee

>> in mariupol, to the other side -- other side of the crimea peninsula farther east of where i am standingere in mykolaiv, you -- referring to that air strike that hit the drama theater. an established, well-known bomb shelter. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy saying, look, at this stage, 130 people have been pulled or helped out of the rubble there as survivors. the problem is that there were thought to have been over a thousand there when the bomb struck. and that's backed up by video shot or posted six days before that rather barbaric attack showing women and children crammed in there, sharing what food they could have. and so, we are now still two days later because of the difficulties that rescuers have frankly in the number of rescuers available to the task and the fact that task is impeded by intense shelling around them, we are still unclear as to how many people were in that bomb shelter. how many survived, how many have been brought out. 130 that we know of but hopefully that figure has grown in recent hours. and so, still, that utterly chilling attack is lacking basic inf

they want to secure mario poll than a land corridor, a land bridge to the crimea peninsula, which they unexpected. 2014, but also some experts believe that they want to cut off the bulk of the ukrainian military that in the east, around $50000.00, the ukrainian military fighting there, encircled them. that would mean taking corky and working their way. done that if that happened, the ukrainian forces will be cut off, but the real fear his is that what the city of already left. but if the russians had a new defense event defy the chilling and try to take the city, it could result in the real difficult to monitor and situation for the people still remaining. i think that out there as a bank line for us in how to keith has been more russian shelling in northern ukraine despite promises to pull back overnight, strikes, destroyed, libraries, shopping malls, and homes and turn eve and in the north. west of keys has seen explosion, st. fighting around con has the latest from the capital. remember that the russian said the key would fall in the 1st 2 or 3 days of the conflict a we are, they $3

and the size is de crimea, and peninsula, which was annexed by russia back in 2014. this also important to stay is not just the russians are fighting, to take control of marable, they've been supported by separatists from the, the hands and dentist regions are the dunbar regions. so this is quite intensive what's taking place and it has been a great deal of concern about the humanitarian situation. is a city of over 450000 people and it has been besieged now to the north of us. here is the 2nd largest city ukraine clark gave. no, that's mean under constant bombardment. it strikes on a missile strikes. and that city had about 1500000 people. and they did have 1500000 people. but from what we've been seeing is taken a lot of damage, but ukrainian forces are still holding out. so yes, the russians are fighting on mont multiple fronts, trying to put pressure on the ukrainians and trying to gain more territory. britain has switched off the russian government. i'd say news channel. the kremlin says the decision to revoke tease broadcast license is madness. the u. k. regula

ukraine is ready to discuss the status of crimea, the peninsula russia annexed. insisting that russia shouldn't prevent ukraine from joining the european union. translation: our. proposal has not been accepted yet by russia. we are handing it over to the russian side. we say, this is our position, our official position. we will wait for their answer. russia responded with what it presented as a significant concession. it said it would scale back its offensive near the ukrainian capital, kyiv. translation: the ministry of defence of the russian . federation has taken the decision to drastically reduce combat operations in the kyiv and chernihiv areas, in order to boost mutual trust and create the conditions for further negotiations and signing of the agreement. if russia does cut back its military activity around ukraine's capital, that would mark a key shift in what moscow calls its "special military operation", but what most of the world calls russia's war. an admission, perhaps, that after struggling to make advances, russian troops have realised they cannot ta

very happened a lot in syria. desa is especially important because having broken out of the crimea peninsula and made progress to the northeast and seizing most of the territory around the sea of as off. now being able to shift left for and sees a death is going to put ration of additional words. essentially, going to deny ukraine access to the black sea. that making crane a land them our country giving russia control overall exports and imports. now in rush and forces to ride by ship as well. so it is, this is a very important target for the russian military operation in the next few days. and when you say that the russian strategy is to go slowly and methodically, is that perhaps than why we haven't seen the russians enter key of the capital more than 10 days after the invasion, because there was some talk at the beginning that they would be entering kev within a few days. right. so what they tried to do is seize care of right at the outset by dropping some pair troops there using some special force they tell ready in the, in the city and grabs her lensky and the, and key other key possess

ukraine is ready to discuss the status of crimea, the peninsula russia annexed.nsisting that russia shouldn't prevent ukraine from joining the european union. translation: our. proposal has not been accepted yet by russia. we are handing it over to the russian side. we say, this is our position, our official position. we will wait for their answer. russia responded with what it presented as a significant concession. it said it would scale back its offensive near the ukrainian capital, kyiv. translation: the ministry of defence of the russian . federation has taken the decision to drastically reduce combat operations in the kyiv and chernihiv areas, in order to boost mutual trust and create the conditions for further negotiations and signing of the agreement. if russia does cut back its military activity around ukraine's capital, that would mark a key shift in what moscow calls its "special military operation", but what most of the world calls russia's war. an admission, perhaps, that after struggling to make advances, russian troops have realised they cannot take

ukraine is ready to discuss the status of crimea, the peninsula russia annexed. insisting that russia shouldn't prevent ukraine from joining the european union. translation: our. proposal has not been accepted yet by russia. we are handing it over to the russian side. we say, this is our position, our official position. we will wait for their answer. russia responded with what it presented as a significant concession. it said it would scale back its offensive near the ukrainian capital, kyiv. translation: the ministry of defence of the russian . federation has taken the decision to drastically reduce combat operations in the kyiv and chernihiv areas, in order to boost mutual trust and create the conditions for further negotiations and signing of the agreement. if russia does cut back its military activity around ukraine's capital, that would mark a key shift in what moscow calls its "special military operation", but what most of the world calls russia's war. an admission, perhaps, that after struggling to make advances, russian troops have realised they cannot ta

ukraine is ready to discuss the status of crimea, the peninsula russia annexed.also insisting that russia shouldn't prevent ukraine from joining the european union. translation: our proposal has not been accepted yet by russia. - we are handing it over to the russian side. we say, this is our position, our official position. we will wait for their answer. russia responded with what it presented as a significant concession. it said it would scale back its offensive near the ukrainian capital, kyiv. translation: the ministry of defence i of the russian federation has taken l the decision to drastically reduce combat operations in the kyiv and chernihiv areas, in order to boost mutual trust and create the conditions for further negotiations and signing of the agreement. if russia does cut back its military activity around ukraine's capital, that would mark a key shift in what moscow calls its "special military operation," but what most of the world calls russia's war. an admission, perhaps, that after struggling to make advances, russian troops have realised they ca

crimea. and 8 years on the peninsula is more sure than ever before that it made the right choice more, i guess the of from cast i pity cops, crimea. while those are the main stories, this our head over to our t dot com or our social media pages for more money is peter scott. and i'll be back again at the top of the hour. thank you. ah ah ah, is your media a reflection of reality in the world transformed what will make you feel safer? tycer lation for community. are you going the right way or are you being led somewhere? which direction? what is true was is great. in the world corrupted, you need to descend so join us in the depths or remain in the shallows. ah ah ah. hello in welcome to cross stock. we're all things considered. i'm funeral about when western capitals face what is deemed a foreign policy dilemma. the go to position is something must be done even if that some.

but they failed to break crimea, and 8 years on the peninsula is more sure than ever before. that it made the right choice more at gazda of from cast that pity cops, crimea without soul for they saw a fall. the latest developments on the conflicts in ukraine had over to r t dot com. my name is peter scotts, and thank you for watching. ah ah ah ah ah ah women's good old was signed on february the 122015. it was meant to end military conflicts in ukraine between government forces and don bus militia groups.

and the near total economic blockade, but they failed to break crimea, and 8 years on the peninsula is more sure than ever before. that it made the right choice more, i guess. do you have from cast that pity cops, crimea? well, that's all for this hour for the latest developments on the conflicts in ukraine had over to r t dot com on his peter scott and thank you for watching. ah ah ah, western capital face, what is deemed a foreign policy dilemma? the go to position is something must be done, even if that something is counterproductive and dangerous. this is now happening when it comes to ukraine. something must be done, means escalation. ah ah gray zone inhabitants have learned to sleep through the nighttime shilling and to live without the most basic utilities going for weeks without clean water or electricity. worst of all they've had to watch is the war creeps ever closer to their homes. teach georgia to correct train, huge banassi terrain. you don't look i'm or don't use that as the out to the does she george? so went on with there was bizarre gazes at kids. i'm with.

crimea. moscow annexed the peninsula and persecuted or even killed anyone not deemed sufficiently pro-russianvaleria: these are young guys who were not afraid to say something. and then their bodies were found in the forest. they made us relinquish our ukrainian passports and accept russian citizenship. after, life in crimea changed significantly. crimea was destroyed. most of the young people realized we did not have a future in crimea. nick: before the war, she says she hung out with her friends and was a barista, but her dreams of becoming a teacher now deferred. >> in the future, i'd like to go back to school, but right now i'm not thinking about that, because we are thinking about protecting our ukraine. nick: do you have faith that you, the army, the government, will be able to protect odessa and protect the country? >> i have no doubt whatsoever, because no one expected that our people will stand up and fight, that we are so strong, that we are all united with one goal, but i have no doubt whatsoever. nick: lata was born the same year an independent ukraine was born, 1991. he is tied b

the final piece was crimea, a peninsula on the black sea, which soviet leader nikita kruschev transferredia to ukraine. but, even after ukraine declared independence in 1991, pro-russian political elements remained, which putin exploited. ( singing ) in ukraine's 2004 presidential elections, he supported the pro-russian prime minister, viktor yanukovich. >> yushenko! yushenko! >> reporter: yanukovich ran against viktor yuschenko, a pro-western opposition politician. >> ( translated ): it would be a great mistake if ukraine misses a train bound for europe. >> reporter: yanukovich won, but international monitors said the election fell short of its standard, and yuschenko's supporters took to the streets. they sparked the orange revolution-- so-called for the campaign's colors-- holding protests and storming parliament. the ukrainian supreme court deemed the results invalid, and yuschenko won the next election. during the election, yuschenko became ill, and his face became disfigured. it was found to be dioxin poisoning. his supporters blamed the pro-russian government. >> ( translated ): wh