s. announce immediate sanctions against rebel territories in the east of ukraine. celebration was on the streets of don, yet as russia's president, all the so called peace keepers into the region. and we look at how social media is helping to attract the movements of russia's military, close to the border with ukraine. ah, the u. s. and its allies, according for an urgent meeting of the un security council, off to russia, recognized to break away regions in east and ukraine as independent president for they may oppose inside the de creep alongside rebel leaders from the self proclaimed on the exc. and to hansen people's republics, he's ordered the army to launch a so called peacekeeping operation, that the decision was prompted widespread condemnation from the west. the e u denounced the move as illegal european commission president us live on the line said the block would impose sanctions on those involved in recognizing the rebel regions of the white house says that u. s. president joe biden has signed an executive order outlining sanctions. they will ban new investments, trade and

but this conflict has been raging for 8 years now when we do know thousands of died in the east of ukraine because of shelling on both sides. yet that comment was largely ignored, largely put on the holes. why many western powers? why do you think that was put on the back burner? not social approach to solve yet, as things have escalated now this is become the focus of attention. because as often happens, the u. s. foreign policy establishment believes its own rhetoric. it believes its own bumper stickers that somehow has this triumph list idea that after the u. s. back over. so in 2014, we've got this, this is our price. well, things don't work this way in the real world, and i think we're seeing realization now that this is the result of us interventionism us cause this problem. it doesn't means that we are sharing the military action right now. it's terrible. it's awful, but the fact is it could have been avoided if we had not overthrown and elected governments in ukraine and had not shipped a bunch of weapons. so hopefully the u. s. will change in foreign policy to be a more pro americ

and is the carrying on happening in their homeland ukraine across the border as let me put in carries on with his invasion of eastern ukraine from the east, from the north and from the south from the border area in bella, luce and also from crimea. more on all of that. when we come back the. busy stories of life and inspiration a series of should document trees from around the world. that's kind of break the human spirit against the odds. busy ah, there is a lack, hunted from international politics to the global pandemic, and everything in between. it did not respect poor people and your our planet promised to ensure the safety of women. what happened? this justice system got pulled back, that people actually have more feel. why is the u. k. feel hostile to play in? the big 3 year old of us join me if i take on the live, dismantled misconceptions and debate the contradiction. hardly get up front on al jazeera. ah ah, the me. it's $1151.00 in the city at the heart of our top story. our own story today here, own out explosions have been heard in part so as russian forces continue their invasion, a residential power came under attack in her

of the ukraine and germany. the review by this council of the current status of the agreement related to the parliaments in the east of ukraine, is taken place in the context of-tension, which have led to great concerns on the international community. this is why we felt it is a much urgency above all to send clear signals on the will of the parties. true make it possible to reverse the escalation of tension and open up space for political negotiation. in part which will include three elements. diplomacy and dialogue. we have taken note with great interest of the announcement with regard to the withdrawal of some troops from the border of ukraine. completing the step as soon as possible will generate the trust, which is only accompanied by action in which the circumstances manned. only genuine solution is a diplomatic solution. we welcome the willingness that has been displayed by the various stakeholders to continue on the dialogue. mexico recognizes and is grateful for the efforts of world leaders to have an influence, which they can bring, have personally become involved in order to find a peaceful exit to this

of ukraine _ goal. you talked about the west of ukraine or— goal. you talked about the west of ukraine or eastine to that mentality. already back then, — ukraine to that mentality. already back then, i am sure the junta was back— back then, i am sure the junta was back in— back then, i am sure the junta was back in line — back then, i am sure the junta was back in line with the russian language, the russian people of the ukraine _ language, the russian people of the ukraine to _ language, the russian people of the ukraine to the... as president putin put it. _ ukraine to the... as president putin put it. all— ukraine to the... as president putin put it. all the — ukraine to the... as president putin put it, all the peoples who inhabited the modern ukraine, without putting them in restrictions of their mentality, they must have a chance _ of their mentality, they must have a chance to _ of their mentality, they must have a chance to determine their own future — chance to determine their own future. russia will provide demilitarisation of ukraine and denazification of ukraine. we have suffered _

you are in kyiv. _ the very east of ukraine. you are in kyiv, what _ the very east of ukraine. _ the very east of ukraine. you are in kyiv, what is your- are in kyiv, what is your experience? we are getting reports of five or six explosions taking place in the capital. explosions taking place in the caital. , , ., ., capital. yes, i “ust heard one a couple _ capital. yes, i “ust heard one a couple of _ capital. yes, ijust heard one a couple of minutes - capital. yes, ijust heard one a couple of minutes ago, i capital. yes, ijust heard one i a couple of minutes ago, quite clearly coming from sort of that direction, which would be about sort of... west of here, i think. but yeah, it was very audible, even with closed windows right now it was still quite audible, a bit startling. the thing is, no air raid sirens have gone off. i haven't heard any text warnings from any kind of government lines to go into a shelter or anything. to be honest, the state of emergency was not declared here until late yesterday evening, so certainly, there is not a great deal of instruction coming from

but also, the focus, as you say, is on the east of ukraine now. ow you this map of the east of ukraine, these are the two rebel —controlled areas that in recent days president putin has declared independent. and if you look at the dividing line between the two, we have heard that there have been five explosions heard in the separatist area, the rebel —controlled area, in the early hours of thursday. for military trucks could be seen heading to the scene after. the big question is whether the president would send troops to defend notjust the area that is controlled currently by the separatist but the area controlled by the ukrainians. that of course would undoubtedly lead to a conflict between the two sides but if we can show you a letter, this is seen as part of the russian playbook, if you like, going to some analysts. this was a letter sent on tuesday to the russian president but released on wednesday by one of the leaders appearing to help from russia to repel what they call ukrainian aggression. by the exposures were heard in the soap serious b

you might picking up on the thought that this may be a wider invasion led us to the east of ukraine, d near the capital, kyiv. a nato official schema to say they very much believe this is a russian invasion of ukraine. in terms of more confirmation from then. the latvian foreign minister saying this is an unprovoked attack and it is the responsibility of russia. this war of words has begun. and more from what president putin has been saying. i didn't think it is unfairto has been saying. i didn't think it is unfair to say that many will find what he has been saying on russian tv cheering. he has talked about seeking to demilitarise ukraine and get rid of its nationalism. he is also say he does plan to occupy ukrainian territory. why would he say that? tie ukrainian territory. why would he say that?— ukrainian territory. why would he sa that? ., he say that? he often comes out with very unrealistic _ he say that? he often comes out with very unrealistic demands i with very unrealistic demands at particular moments in this conflict and we have heard him in the per se that he thinks de.

the russian parliament, it makes little sense to discuss what diplomacy could do in east of, in the east, in ukraine. because in one move, russia could just kick the chessboard from the table. and he, very much to 2 of my colleagues are political correspondent in a honda and roman countries or from t w's russia, ukraine, and it's in europe department. i will go straight to another. one of my colleagues are chief political editor, mckayla kusha, who's a traveling with the chancellor is in by moscow now. michelle, what are you hearing from from the delegation? what can we expect from these talks with law to be put in a silver lining and contrast to only yesterday because it actually will app. so it was stepping off of that plane and there was news coming through that process and it would send some of it back to back away from the front line. there is no independent, very patient yet, but certainly there's the climate where it appears that tools could make a difference after all, that expectations were never very high in the german delegation that today could bring any kind of breakthrough is also like

does he really believe what's happening in the east of ukraine with the shelling of civilian population centers that ukraine as, as, as quick as the kremlin claims that ukraine is now doing this? after having had the almost 200000 russian troops on the borders, does he really believe that ukraine is attacking that is disinformation inaction? that is the false flag operation in will do that bite and that the biden speak administration has been warding about? we're seeing it, you know, in real time, richard, that's a direct question to you from peters. i'm going to let you go ahead and respond. we're going to go back a couple of steps. like i said, they're not getting the overall sentiment that we have to base your analysis on fact. but the question at the moment in this intense war, faith on all sides has led to the distortion affects the buddhist have changed. we've seen it with kosovo within it. would go, we've seen it with a whole stack of other elements, not to justify it, but simply to say that to the borders have been changed and it's appalling because they 945 system precisely try

so very where you are in the east of ukraine. that's a place where the fighting and never really stop to our people. they're afraid of a wider russian invasion. people here are afraid of an escalation of an intensifying of fighting here. as you said, it has never stopped it. there has been fighting for 8 years, although i believe my ears were in place and they were respected at times. they were violated only slightly. and now we are seeing this escalation, that prospect of a wider invasion that would include many other parts of ukraine. they would, for example, include an incursion or from the north or onto kia, for example. that is something of course, people in other parts of ukraine are worried about. however, the worries here in ukraine do not match the international warnings. the ukrainian government has sad once again that they do not see preparations on the russian side for a full scale invasion arm. and are the people are just watching this carefully, or they are alert, but they're not panicking. and there's this dispute a

and in some cases, the inevitable of a many in east in ukraine. this is an escalation of a conflict that's been raging for 8 years in the town of olive cur, which is controlled by russian back separatist. people say shelling from the ukranian army has hit a secondary school shall far, has intensified the rebel held errors. dom of the net can hence can recent months. ahead of their recognition as independent by russian president vladimir putin on monday rather eulu, the 4th wilkerson warden were similar. we are fed up with this if it's been 8 years, how long can it continue to thought it has to and summer time till we are people to we want to live healthy. the moon was at clayton, won't let us down. he's a serious man and he stands for his words. so we will be fine the day we hope for the best. and we think that russia will make it to the cliffs, a strong country. huh. they blockade us and learn what we lived through the cold war and the soviet union to do. we survived nature or vote may putin as encourage ukrainian soldiers to seize power on his la

had abdul hamid thank you for that for a boat from the east of ukraine. ah, in britain prime minister bars johnson spokesman said these developments in the past few hours show what he called the russian playbook. an action not in baba in london, bring us up to date. well, that's right kim. all things here in london really moving towards a harder. how should message the foreign secretary lease truss on monday his tweeted, diplomacy must be pursued, but a russian invasion of ukraine looks highly likely. she says you have a stepping up preparations for the worst case scenario. and then she says, we must make the cost for russia intolerably high. that comes against the background of those comments from boris johnson spokesperson saying that certain elements of the russian play. but that we would expect to see in certain situations . that's a direct quote, a starting to happen in real time and that echoes what boys jokes of himself, was saying 24 hours previously. warning that invasion could be the biggest war in europe since 945 high personally, perhaps that'

of russia's f. s b security services, almost 70000 people have fled from east and ukraine to russia. many of them are women and children evacuated on the orders of separatist leaders and dani ask. one group was sent to the russian city of tarango on saturday and reportedly house for several hours in buses without food, water, or bathrooms facilities and vacuum told journalists that, that there were many small children and the elderly on board, separate authorities and out on friday they would be evacuating round $700.00 people from eastern ukraine, citing fears of an imminent attack by ukrainian forces. korea did mean we were invited and we came with children there. infancy we left to avoid chilling, but with the hope we were promised. you are my maker correct? yes, they make fun of us. everyone is sick with children, people on crutches. there's a 90 year old grandmother here. not telling us anything. there were the police. i asked them where we would be accommodated. they said we know as much as you do. like, oh boy secures are global affairs analyst and former spokesman for the o. r

we discussed the situation in the east of ukraine in the organization for security and cooperation in euro. there's like the fact that russia is not a party to the mens process and is not and was not all this was in vain for 8 years . key of continued and leave. continuing to bomb its own center fence and shark from direct dialogue with don dash 018. and as led over the past 8 years. the entire international community up the garden part insisting on its commitment to the ment, agreement and a but only through its interpretation. you pursued use of what you would and thus as sabotaged the work of the men's contact group was most of you. oh no. you don't even understand what the contact great meetings were like. the ukrainian representative sabotaged the implementation not only of political issues but economically issues as well. however, recently the ukrainian leadership stopped having scruples. they've told the cameras directly that they do not intend to uphold their commitment. perhaps the last straw, the last confirmation of this was the fact that the ukrainian, he r ambiguously con

resolution 220. 2 supported a range of measures as the only way to resolve the situation in the east of ukraine . the terrace, this resolution must be respected, the money up to pacifically. and this particular case went on the 3 fundamental principles of the un charter of being violated on the line, refraining from directing to use or using force in international relations. respect for the territorial integrity and political independence of states and non intervention in the internal affairs of states. it is an acceptable that over the last few days, the shillings explosions and other sci fi violations have increased. according to reports from the o. s. e monitoring emission exam, we urge the parties to immediately end these actions. we wish to recall that in this same room a few days ago, russia made a categorical statement saying that they would not invade ukraine. we hope that they will comply fully with that statement. making. mexico reiterates its commitment to the respectful, the sovereignty political independence and the territorial integrity of ukraine within its internationally recogn

in 2020, more than 50 percent of ukraine's wheat exports went to countries in the middle east, half of lebanon's and 43 percent of libya's wheaton ports off from ukraine. egypt is the world's largest importer alex smith is a food and agriculture analyst with the breakthrough institute. and he says, those rising food costs will depend on how long the conflict in ukraine continues to create. one of the most important producers in the world said the program ukraine is the 3rd largest we coordinate from the world. we explore and there the, there, especially goes to a lot of lower middle in some countries around the world. and especially in the middle east. well bred prices make it sort of the bulk of the sort of focus meet prices and prices of other products that depend on those commodities, crops, or for production are going to be impacted in going back to air spring. i think it's, it's a fairly sort of common assertion that's bread prices and price and general food was a main driver of this sort of political instability. and so you can see political instability, you can see food insecuri

in 2020, more than 50 percent of ukraine's wheat exports went to countries in the middle east, half of lebanon suite imports and 43 percent of libby as a from u cream. egypt, as the world's largest importer of wheat, lebanon's economy, and trade minister says the country can only store one month's worth of grain should lethargic and luck law. all prices started going up because shipping has become more expensive. there is fear. wheat was between $370.00 and $400.00, and it went up to $410.00 during some weeks before the ukraine crisis. is her, hey, bill or more. but what if the situation escalates in the week market is halted. we have enough for about a months worth of wheat stored in the mills, and after that we have no reserves. so it is important that we take this situation seriously. how can i speak to alex smith in barkley, california, he's a food and agriculture analyst with the breakthrough institute. good. have you with us on al jazeera. how, how serious could this get? very serious. you created one of the most important for producers in the world. as you said, was that a progr

night emergency session after rushes, president vladimir putin recognizes breakaway regions and east of ukraine. ah, hello, i'm darn jordan. this is al jazeera live from doha. also coming up after addressing his mason on tv. vladimir putin signs of decree recognizing the eastern areas of don that's come to hands held by separatists. meanwhile, both you and us announced immediate sanctions against rebel territories in the east of ukraine. and celebrations on the streets of dennis. just as russia's president ordered, so called peacekeepers into the region, ah, un security council has held an emergency meeting on the deepening ukraine crisis, called just hours after russian president vladimir putin recognized to break away regions and eastern ukraine. and ordered his troops to be deployed bad described by the kremlin, as peacekeepers, while the european union and the united states denounced the move as illegal and haven't out sanctions targeting the rebel regions of de nets. and hence, washington's ambassador to the you and dismissed the russian leaders claim. but his forces would have a peacekeep

block also imposed sanctions on hundreds of members of russia's parliament on the frontlines and east of ukraine. these are volatile times for the people who live that al jazeera, charles structured reports. now from the village of how rapidly it be done, yet screeching across the river is an area the ukrainian army called the grey zone. neither ukrainian soldiers nor the russian back separatists controlled area. the army say separatists showed the bridge a few days ago. ukrainian soldiers on guard the river bank waterloo. oh boy, nick, incomplete jolla. they shelled it using roughly $122.00 caliber weapons. we were luckily sheltering under cover at the time. in the distance i can hear what sounds like heavy artillery and machine gun fire. ukrainian government has in the last hour or so declared a state of emergency. now i remember being here in april, there was a man fishing exactly the spot. the bridge was a vital connection point for people living in the grey zone, who used to come to this village to shop, to buy medicine. and some of the children used to go to school here. but that's simply

ukraine than anyone would have guessed. we sort of imagine this being a war in the east of ukraine, and to the north of ukraine where there is russian, and belarusian border. not really in the last. >> that is right. and this is a city that is in many ways starting to unravel. because the pressure being raised on it is not something that he can handle. the city's handling -- running out of supplies and other things. other staffing issues where it's -- fleeing towards poland. the other thing that is happened is there are security concerns, again, as more disinformation and security concerns about russian troops putting on ukrainian army interim's and getting the eaves into this country. ukrainian police pulled over a ukrainian army vehicle check to see their ideas as part of than martial law policy that they are who they say they are. so you have this year that has grown. the fear that there could be insider attacks. this is something the ukrainian government has been talking about for weeks and months. that is not just the threat of invasion. that these attacks can destabilize the country. so the city has a completely differ

of the biggest conflict since the second world war... if russia invades ukraine. people need to understand the sheer cost in human life that could entail, notjust ukrainians but russians too. this is the eastday of clashes has left two ukrainian soldiers dead , but the country's president says it won't be provoked into war. and a demonstration of power, a hundred miles from ukraine's border , russia and belarus take part in huge military exercises.

so region of east in ukraine, the threats of an invasion hood or what's it during the people there. but certainly people are now taking that very seriously ever since that speech of russian president vladimir putin and end of the recognition of the 2 self claim. republics of the nets and lou hands. now, people here like even where i'm standing parameters, do worry as simply because back in 2014, the separate as to had arrived here had taken up that occupied this city. and there was a lot of fighting going on. this is, this happened here and it happened in near by his love years, which was basically the, at the center of the separate is back then people are worried is bringing back bad memories. they say that according to the constitution of these 2 said, for k republics, the div, their borders should be what they call the historical border. and that means the entire regions of new hands and, and yet, so basically to 3rd more than what they hold at the moment. and people here do believe that that will happen sooner rather than later. now, opinions are divided. some people do back the

ukraine itself. we have a couple of correspondence on the ground there. one of them is nick connelly. he's traveling in east of the country. he is, i understand, just outside ukraine's 2nd biggest city car. keep nick, what can you tell us? what's the latest? nick, are you with us? okay, we seem to have lost our corresponding economy there for the moment. so you are watching d. w. news from berlin. this is our special coverage of the attack that is taking place right now on ukraine by russia. black may pooty, the president of russia, announced in the early hours that his country was carrying out on attack on the east of ukraine. he said that he was going to assure that the what he described as the neo nazis running the country would be taken out within the studio is, is our correspond thomas sparrow. he's been monitoring events here from berlin. thomas, there's we were seeing more and more reactions coming in from european capitals, including berlin. berlin has, is of course, as europe's large european union largest country with its that has played a significant role politically. in this crisis, the north st

i've been several times that is right in the far east of ukraine on the border with russia, but also with that separatist control territory. we've heard that a, a kindergarten was damaged, but there no reports of children being injured for now, local residents were taken to bomb shelters by the military to civilians received some kind of m. i had some confusion that were, had some health issues, but nothing, no casualties. for now, this is part of the normal route you people living in east in ukraine, that is a voted fact well enough during this escalation, recent weeks, the fighting there isn't. ukraine has actually been comma and quieter than normal, but shooting soldiers dying and civilians also getting some damage that of what she has been the picture here over the past that years. so we're getting very conflicting signals about the russian troop withdrawals. how are they being interpreted there where you want was extraordinary, isn't it? so you had that news, those press announcements from the criminal saying that they were removing, taking troops out of an ex crimea. but the we

ukraine. this is nothing new. this is part of the operations that russia and its clients in east of ukraine have been waging. again, this information warfare is also part of the hybrid warfare. on the cyber front, what we are seeing is very much a kind of we could call it textbook sort of play where critical infrastructure and various agencies of the government industries are targeted in an effort to either so confusion or to actually debilitate the critical parts of the government and prevent them from proper functioning. shery: it was good having your insights. the university of sydney senior lecturer on the geopolitical tensions around ukraine. we have seen the market impact evolve especially when it comes to energy pricing. interestingly, not so much when it comes to emerging assets and emerging-market currencies. we have seen the ruble take a hit given all the news around potentially more sanctions and we have seen the ruble lose 3% year-to-date. when it comes to the broader em conflicts of currencies, not such a big hit chad the gauge at the highest in eight months or so. we continue to see that rally.

of the scenarios that we expected all along. although most analysts sitting here in ukraine would tell you that you would start out with a shocking all campaign in the east of ukraine for an hour and not very many could have predicted that he would be striking at so many multiple targets at once. you know, he wouldn't have said that he's only going at the military installations and not going to target population centers directly. it seems like once again, we've seen him and tried to poke the west in the i yeah, he does. he claims as his he got your boxes. yeah. you're going to say, you know, you know, you're talking about people being surprised and put in as the master of smoke and mirrors isn't a, and in terms of the shock and all that we're seeing play out in places like care of concave, the big cities in ukraine, and it's as you say, it's difficult to get information now because things are things are moving very quickly. but is there a sense that this military operation is effective to knock out things like telecommunications command centers, military targets. that's, that's the purpose. certainly in the big cities outside of easton, ukraine was a sep

security is being decided in ukraine, as the country calls up reserves and prepares to declare a state of emergency. also on the program that it's lee parts of east and ukraine. a separatist shelling continues d, w, visits a village caught in the crossfire, and this is the beginning of a russian invasion of ukraine. u. s. president joe biden announce his new sanctions against russia as a growing list of countries condemned moscow's recognition of ukraine separatist regions. ah, i'm fil gail. welcome to the program. the leaders of poland and lithuania, se ukraine should be granted. european union candidate status because of the security challenges it faces from russia. the 3 leaders issued a joint declaration following talks in care. i also called on the international community to impose robust sanctions against russia, including measures targeting the north stream to gas pipeline between russia and germany. the germany has now committed to halting its approval process. ukrainian president vladimir savanski warned that russia's actions in easton, ukraine would impact the whole of europe. dedira he lay replaced. we had substantial discussions on wi

of the biggest conflict since the second world war — if russia invades ukraine. people need to understand the sheer cost in human life that could entail, notjust ukrainians but russians too. this is the eastt two ukrainian soldiers dead — but the country's president says it won't be provoked into war. a demonstration of power 100 miles from ukraine's border — russia and belarus take part in huge military exercises. storm eunice leaves a trail of destruction across europe. more than a dozen people been killed —

look at the e u, which has agreed to black list banks in vote with the financing of separatist activities in east, in ukraine, and i also specific measures against the 351 russian law makers who voted in favor of recognizing to break away regions of east in ukraine as independent does the you is banning trade with those regions. finally, germany has halted certification of the multi 1000000000 euro north stream to gas pipeline. this is a significant move for the german government, which has resisted pulling the plug on the project despite pressure from its allies . where now we can speak a little bit further about this. we can speak to michel critique in his co founder and leading analyst at rus, energy. moscow, thank you very much for joining us on the to be business. these measures that have just been announced by the u. s. and europe only going to have any effect. well, i believe that a very important part of possible sanctions is still missing. and i mean the energy industry, specifically oil and gas exports over us. i think that the russian president is under the impression that due west is too weak to

s. president joe biden, following a rise in cease fire violations in the east of ukraine. the r t. s. index focused on international russian firms fell 18 percent before making a slight recovery. the index for domestic companies. the mo x fell around 10 percent. the fall wiped out all russian stock gains made since november 2020 if yoga has begun generating electricity from a controversial mega dam being built on the blue nile, a milestone has reached on sunday when one of the 13th her binds of the grand ethiopian renaissance dam started producing power in an event, officiated by prime minister abi ahmed. it's yes, prime minister courts, the beginning of electricity production, the birth of a new era. the government says this project is essential for the electrification and development of africa. second most populous country. the 3700000000 euro dam is expected to produce more than 5000 megawatts of electricity . more than doubling it's europe. yes. current production so far, only one of 13 turbans is operational, the dams completion is slated for 2024. eagle bill on the over logwo

representatives of ukraine and germany, narrative is yours for the review by this council of the current status of the max agreement, relating to the provinces of landscape donors in the east of ukraine, thine and is taking place in a context of heightened tension, which have led to great concern amongst the international community in family. this is why we feel it's a matter of urgency above all, to send out a clear, unequivocal signal on one of the will of the party, which will make it possible to reverse the escalation of tensions and open up space for political negotiation. it was a path which will include 3 elements, detente, diplomacy, and dialogue em off my back. we have taken notes with great interest of the announcement with regard to the withdrawal of some troops from the border with ukraine that completing this step as soon as possible will generate the trust which is only conveyed through an action. and which the circumstances demand from your area. and since the only genuine solution is a diplomatic solution that we welcome the willingness that has been displayed by the various stakeholders to continue on the part of dialogue, mexico recognizes and is grateful

500 explosions recorded in less than 24 hours along the front lines of the don bass region of east of ukraine. the size of the craters are an indicator of the heavy weaponry being used in breach of a limited seats wire meant to be in place. rushing back separatist from a self declared republic of law, hampton, accused ukrainian forces of starting the fighting of the look. really, the situation on a contact line has been exacerbated dramatically him. the enemy is trying to provoke active combat. actually, ukraine's side continues to violate his obligation to observe the ceasefire. not so say the ukrainian forces accusing the separatists of being responsible for all the attacks. dozens of them, they say a kindergarten was hit, and this was published on the military website. there were no casualties, but the same pitcher was being used by russian media outlets using a different name for the village that was on their side of the front line. ukraine says it's a deliberate ploy by russia. it's fake news and her, the problem there to russian audience are very susceptible to this type offer of this i

conducts military drills with battle roost, but maintains that it has no intention of invading ukraine, separatist leaders in east, on the ukraine, coal for military mobilization, of start to evacuate civilians to russia. it anticipation of a conflict? ah, clearing the capital canadian police, break up a truck, drivers protest at arrest dozens of people and renewing a battle thought to have been one malawi, steps of vaccinations against polio after cases detected the 1st in africa in 5 years. and on p december to the sport has new zealand, the winds, its 2nd ever winter olympics, cold metal on the penultimate day of the beijing games. ah. so we begin at east of ukraine where separatist leaders backed by russia, have ordered a full military mobilization. they say civilians at the breakaway region of don bass, a being evacuated to russia, a shilling intensifiers between separatists and ukrainian government forces. the korean army says that one soldier has been killed. russia is holding drills, bella roost near ukraine's border. president vladimir putin is expected to oversee nuclear drills, including the use of bal

comes after president vladimir putin recognized the independence of 2 separatist held areas of east and ukraine. island fisher reports out from the white house for weeks . he's warned of sanctions. no faced with what he sees as russian aggression in ukraine. joe, biting his act, it were implementing for blocking sanctions on 2 large russian financial institutions. v b and our military back were implementing comp. revenue thanks is on russian sovereign debt. that means we've cut off rushes government from western finance. it will also impose sanctions on russia. the leads and their family members, they share in the club gaze of the criminal policies and should share the pain as well. the president has spent a lot of time with his national security team over the last 48 hours. they insist they've covered all possible moves for more school. and the next step by vladimir putin will dictate for the u. s. reaction bite and still hopes for a diplomatic solution. but there was a wanting to the american public, and extended crisis might hit them in the pocket. defending freedom will have cost for us as

demise that the war came as will further in a flame tension. russia backed separatist leaders in east of ukraine, meanwhile, have ordered a full military mobilization. they say that they are evacuating civilians to russia . a shelly intensifies on the breakaway regions of turnips and low hums and ukraine's president followed. amir zalinski is travel to germany to address the music security conference. he says that his country does not respond to provocations and call for peace through diplomacy. or another issue that's been scott discussed about unit conference, our efforts to revive the 2015 iran nuclear deal. delegate say that a deal could be just days away. indirect negotiations between the u. s. and iran resumed last week in vienna, after a 10 day break. the u. s. state department says that substantial progress has been made and that an agreement is possible. if iran shows seriousness. i'll just do as well. a hash him has more now from vienna. there are reasons for being cautious with these, with this optimism, because this might be also a kind of laying the infrastructure for the blame game

plant. indeed, one of the most powerful nuclear plants for europe, which is located in the south east of ukraine. russia claims that they're controlling this power plant. ukraine says that's not the case. also, a russia is now saying that there is a passage, a safe way out out of keith. if people want to leave, where as ukraine says, people should stay at home. so as things start to escalate even further, so is the conflicting information between what is being controlled by which country people are really bracing here for more for an increase of attacks despite the announcement that today around 12 am local times at noon. look, a time at that ukrainian and russia and delegation is supposed to meet at the ukrainian, bordered by the roost and half talks. the question really is with what results. and in fact, some people still down here. why am right now in the western part of ukraine, whether those talks are actually going to take place in new satellite images funny show a huge russian military convoy outside the ukrainian capital care that convoy is nearly 5 kilometers long. this suggests a major

s. announce immediate sanctions against rebel territories in the east of ukraine. celebrations on the streets of don. yes, justice wash as president.

of ukraine where we see this debt in of agreement which are not really full made by russia and ukraine, which deals with the so-called people's republics in eastut as i said before, when this kind of fake, this kind of disinformation about the possible russian invasion in ukraine, became real subject of talks and subject of concerns and growing military presence of russian troops on the ukrainian border. this kind of invasion became more and more possible both in terms of realization of some exact plan of military occupation of ukraine. but as the possibility of some kind of provocation or incident on the border between russian and ukrainian troops, which could lead to military escalation. that is why it is really dangerous situation. nermeen: couldou comment on russian deman with respect to the eastward expansion of nato and also the relevant of nato even as almost a dozen eastern european countries have joined the military alliance since the dissolution ofhe sovieunion and the end of the cold war? >> yes. on the one hand, you have these demands, which were put forward by russia in december last year where russia concerned about the growing p

and they've gone as far as agreeing on the fact that a cease-fire in the east of ukraine needs to hold. that isn't a great amount of progress at all. still, emmanuel macron's belief is that by keeping those four parties, germany, paris, kyiv and moscow around the negotiating table, that there is at least dialogue and that beats the speculation and fear and tensions we've been seeing all around ukraine as they've been building up these last few weeks. so those negotiations will continue in germany this week, this time, not in paris, even as emmanuel macron comes to kyiv and moscow. his visit is important, because we know because of elysee transcripts he's had with vladimir putin this week, and he's had five conversations with the russian leader since december, kim, we know that vladimir putin apparently told him that he was the only western leader that he felt he could have real conversations, with whom he could have any kind of understanding. there is some hope because of that trust between two men, because emmanuel macron is hoping to forge an independent european defense priority, th

of ukraine and germany. the review by this council of the current status of the agreements relating to the provinces in the eastne is taking place in the context of heightened tensions which have led to great concern among the international community. this is why we feel it is a matter of urgency level to send out a clear unequivocal signal of the will of the parties which will make it possible to reverse escalation of tensions and open up space for political negotiations. a path which will include three elements, diplomacy and dialogue. we've taken note with great interest of the announcement with regards to the withdrawal of some troops from the border with ukraine completing the step as soon as possible will generate the trust which is only conveyed through action and which the circumstances demand. and since the only genuine solution is a diplomatic solution, we welcome the willingness that has been displayed by the various stakeholders to continue on the part of dialogue. mexico recognizes and is grateful for the efforts of the world leaders who have an influence they can bring to bear have personally beco

of ukraine. ah, hello, i'm adrian. and again, this is al 0 life though ha! also coming up both the e u of the u. s. announce immediate sanctions against rebel territories in the east of ukraine. celebrations on the streets of don. yes, just as wash as president. all the so called peacekeepers into the region. and we'll look at how social media is helping to attract the movement of brushes, military, close to the border with you praying. ah, we are not afraid of any one. the woods of president followed me zalinski as he spoke to ukrainians in a televised address. it follows washers recognition of to break away regions in east and ukraine. the cranium leader also accused russia of wrecking peace efforts, a ruled out making at a territorial concessions. the un security council is holding an emergency meeting this out a deal with the crisis bw and chief antonio garage, has accused moscow of violating ukraine sovereignty. columns of military vehicles have been seen in dandy ask. one of the 2 separatist regents president vladimir putin as old of the army to launch a so called peace keeping up ation there and in neighboring no hands. earlier, the russian lead assigned th

plant. indeed, one of the most powerful nuclear plants for europe, which is located in the south east of ukraine. russia claims that they're controlling this power plants. ukraine says that's not the case. also, a russia is now saying that there is a passage, a safe way out out of keith. if people want to leave, where as ukraine says, people should stay at home. so as things start to escalate even further, so is the conflicting information between what is being controlled by which country people are really bracing here for more for an increase of attacks. despite the announcement of that today around 12 am local times at noon. look, a time at that ukrainian and russia and delegation is supposed to meet at the ukrainian border with bell ruth and have talked to the question really is with what result? and in fact, some people still doubt. here i am right now in the western part of ukraine, whether those talks are actually going to take place in new satellite images funny show a huge russian military convoy outside the ukrainian capital care that convoy is nearly 5 kilometers long. this suggests a