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 financing by americans in the rebel territories. we begin our coverage this out with reports from andrew simmons who's in ukraine's capital give. vladimir putin move is a major escalation in this crisis sca limited 1st. he staged a televised meeting of russia's national security council, where he made a show of considering appeals from his top aides, on whether t

in recent days, the ofc special monitoring to ukraine has observed a dramatic increase in connecticut to vittie along the contact line in east and ukraine. equal to the numbers of ceasefire. violations reported before the july 2020 agreement on the measures to strengthen the cease fire took effect once they reach russia. evacuees will have all of their needs taken care of that will be provided food and shelter. in addition to that, russia's federal government has already sent an aid package to the government of earl stuff region in the amount of 5000000000 roubles. that means that each of the evacuees will also receive an amount of $10000.00 roubles. that's equivalent to about $130.00 us dollars. caramark, also a fin. danielle esc across the atlantic. the u. s. president, given a news conference on ukraine saying pretty much the same as he has before in recent weeks. despite the shelling of the territory of the break away republics, joe biden says, cabs government is the victim of russian aggression, adding again that a full scale invasion is still imminent. over the last few days, we've seen reports of a major uptick in vio

any solutions will mean putting an end to tensions in the east of ukraine. eight years into the conflict, the agreement still the framework for achieving and a negotiated solution. the normandy format offer this possibility. as we have heard, the conflict in the east of ukraine has had a serious impact on the civilian population. it is estimated that almost 3 million people require humanitarian assistance, while approximately 1.5 million people are displaced. the population is also facing restrictions on the movement, which limits access to health and education services. mexico asks that the freedom of movement for civilians be guaranteed on both sides of the contact line. we also call upon the parties to facilitate humanitarian activist to the area in a secure and unrestricted manner, as well as to guarantee the agreement of the special monitoring mission of the organization board. this is essential for the comprehensive of its mandate. we would like to highlight that other explosive artifacts are a real threat and disproportionately affects the civilian pop

the ukrainian capital. keith u. s. president joe biden says, russia's invasion of ukraine has already begun. russian troops are on the move. their heading towards ukraine's east and border as fighting between ukrainian and separatist forces continues. far away from the frontline, the upper house of the russian parliament voted to authorize the use of force outside russia's borders. they also approved vladimir putin's recognition of the don yet, and lou henson people's republics as independent states. but the russian president didn't stop there. he later announced the borders of the 2 republics, include the ukrainian held territories, not just the rebel held areas, nor was it but his knell we recognize of their genius and hans people's republics. which means we have recognized all the founding documents, including the constitution. and the constitution defines the board, us off the don yeske and hans regions at the time when they were part of ukraine. nobody mc again, you will if the civil crane in response u. s. president joe biden accused the russian leda of setting up a russian now to take more territory by force. this is the beginning of a russian invasion

of its nuclear weapon, rape moscow says the exercises are plant and denies stoking tensions with ukraine. each side blames the other for artillery attacks in east and ukraine. this as russia snobs a major international security conference for the 1st time in decades, leaving western leaders meeting in munich scrambling to find a diplomatic way forward on ukraine, and a promise to africa. 8150000000000 euro investment plan wraps up a long delayed summit. leaders also pledge fair access to coven 19 vaccines for the world's poorest nations. ah! on layla hock, thank you so much for joining us. we start off with the latest developments in the crisis over ukraine. russia's military has announced extensive drills of its strategic nuclear forces. moscow says the exercises are planned and denies stoking tensions claim and counter claim continue. russia insists its forces are withdrawn from the border region and a simmering conflict has now flared up again in eastern ukraine each side, blaming the other. for artillery showing some months, these tanks signals the threat of a russian invasion to ukraine. now some of them are retreating from ukraine's borde

the u inspector general has appealed to restraint. reason undue escalation, antonio, but teddy says conflict between russia, ukraine would be catastrophic when the regions in east some ukraine recognized by the kremlin as independent, extend, far beyond areas under rebel control. and that's creating more uncertainty for those living near the front lines of the countries long running separatist conflict or the abdul hamid has returned to one town. she reported from last month where the threat of invasion is now exposing short, social divides. uncertainty is hanging over at the fca, one of the frontline towns in eastern ukraine when we met chaplain no lena, 3 weeks ago, she brushed away the prospect of war. now she's worried and feels uncomfortable being on the streets. some of her neighbors openly hostile to her. oh my grandmother mike, me yeah. yeah, the mon you will use butchering you had though i knew what they think ukraine is guilty party when it comes to this shelling they don't believe russia could act like this. my life is at risk in this kind of society. anything can happen, especially now less than the kilometer away at the front line. soldiers on aler

the separatist republics in the east of ukraine. that would mean that the means peace process is dead. so we are talking now about probably a dead horse and so this is something very, very serious. what we are talking about, and as long as we don't know what pollutants answer will be to that initiative by 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 t

ukraine was not really a legitimate country. he then went on to blame nato for its failures, to address a situation in the east of ukraine. he accused nato as his frequently accused nature in the past of expanding into all of those eastern european countries. and that were released from the soviet union at the brett when the soviet union broke up. he blamed, ain't accused nato of a deliberately expanding into, into those areas. and he said that in east of ukraine, nato has failed to address the situation in don bass. this is where there's been a 7 year long, more than 70 a long now conflict with these russian separatists. and what vladimir putin has done is essentially ripped up the minks agreement. this is the 7 year long ceasefire between ed negotiated with ukraine and russia. and with the french and the germans, that were supposed to find a solution to the situation in east, in ukraine and say, in said, vladimir putin has said that it hasn't worked. that isn't working. i am now going to give, recognize these 2 countries as independent states, straight after he finished his speech, he went on to sign that agreement, whic

the latest from 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

ah say that russian bipartisan east, the ukraine, have accused government forces of launching new attacks on friday, both sides blaming each other for stepping up artillery and mortified in the don bus region. shelling has re ignited fears of an imminent invasion by russia with the usa in the kremlin is looking for an excuse to justify going to war. under simmons reports from the ukrainian capital letter for emphasis. at least $500.00 explosions recorded in less than 24 hours along the front lines of the dumbass region of east of ukraine. the size of the craters are an indicator of the heavy weaponry being used in breach of a limited cease fire meant to be in place. russian 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. the enemy is trying to provoke active combat, actually because 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

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

okay, well let's go back to the ukraine crisis there because sense of people are being evacuated from the self proclaimed dumbass republics in east and ukraine after officials warned that he could attack them at any moment with both sides. reporting frequent shelling across the front lines. odin school was no finish is our 1st in line to be rescued with the latest. we'll finish being evacuated from and again, screech and the children have been taken onto a bus that will drive them to safety. in russia, women and the elderly also have priority status in the move diversity. we're going to russia running away from the shelling with my wife and our daughter and granddaughter. i hope they'll meet us and receive us, which it really hurts. i don't want to leave. we are worried about everything. we are very worried our entire family is going to russia 5 people can believe there's such a tension here in the morning. there was an explosion again, let's hope for the best russians don't abandon their own. what have you, some background, the self proclaimed annette and against republics, are located in eastern ukraine on the board with thrush

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

let's 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

al jazeera ah marshes, president let him a push in signs of decree, recognizing the 2 separatist regions in east and ukraine as independent to find western warnings against a move. ah, hello, i'm marianne, timothy and london. you're watching al jazeera also coming up us and european union immediately announced sanctions against the rebel territories and those involved in recognizing them as people and danny at celebrate the announcement. putin or does russian peacekeepers into the to break away regions. also coming out this hour, let us learn to live with this virus or since prime minister. now it is an end to all covered restrictions in england, including the legal requirement to self isolate. ah, low and welcome to the program will a to move that could dramatically inflame an already difficult situation in eastern europe. but the russian president, vladimir putin, nonetheless signed a decree to recognize the independence of to break away regions in ukraine. he then ordered what he's described as peacekeepers into the rebel regions. now, putin made the recognition announcement in a long televised address i

drills of its nuclear weaponry. moscow says the exercises are flat and deny stroking tensions with ukraine. each side blames the other for artillery attacks in east and ukraine. this as russia snobs a major international security conference for the 1st time in decades. leaving western leaders meeting in munich scrambling.

the east. so russia is not threatening nato allies in the east rushes threatening ukraine. so the question should be, why are they going other places and what are we doing to help you? great. now in terms of numbers, this is meant to be a symbolic show of resolve that the nato is united and it will defend its members if attacked. for ukraine, we've provided arms and training, but we're not providing any direct forces. nobody is. and ukrainians, however, have a very large and capable military. and i think you can at least make this difficult for russia if indeed russia chooses to invade. i do think in addition to these reinforcements in central and eastern europe, we should be increasing our armed support for ukraine skulker. so other nations in the region fear, they may also be facing a threat from russia, latvia, lithuania and estonia all share borders with russia. a 2 of those baltic states also border russia's close allied bella ruse. and these former members of the soviet union are members of nato. the western defense alliance already has 1200 troops in lithuania, half o

and villages near the front line and east, the ukraine, by the scars of what was once europe's forgotten confidence. ah. but we begin in the united nations where the stand off between russia and ukraine has taken center stage at the general assembly here. the main highlights of what's been said so far. the decision of the russian federation to recognise the so called independence of with donna, it's currently one screeches and the follow up our file nations of instead is our integrity. and so what entity ukraine and inconsistent with the principles of the charter of united nation, there is no place for actions and statements that will take these dangerous situation over the abyss. it's time to establish a ceasefire, and they tend to the passive dialogue and negotiations to save the people in ukraine and beyond from the scope of what i warn, every nation in this distinguished chamber, no one will be able to seek out this crisis. if president put and decides that he can move forward with his aggression against ukraine, your governments and your people will faith, painful consequences toget

i think we are here in the mid—term of quite heightened escalations, that russia will squeeze ukraine from both sides, from the black sea, from the eastn belarus, and we will see the situation evolving throughout the period of time of february and april. what are russia's aims around ukraine? because we heard the president earlier talking about appeasement. he is not happy with that. if russia were to walk away, what would be the minimum that they would be happy with? i think we are past the stage where russia will be satisfied with the minimum. there is a certain feeling in the kremlin that they can compel both ukraine and united states and nato allies to have their way. otherwise, they use the threat of military invasion to change the situation and to alter the positions at the negotiating table. that is why i think what putin wants within ukraine, something that is not acceptable to ukrainian president and ukrainian populations, is ukraine being a gray no—man�*s—land where controls policy making and keeps ukraine hostage, arrested on its way to economic development, to democracy, to having a security for its populations. and then,

the independence of 2 separate as held areas of eastern ukraine. well, this conflict is making the elderly, the most at risk group in areas controlled by russian back rebels in the east of ukraine. this is actually coming from a human rights watch report which says that many elderly in these areas, well, for starters, haven't been receiving the state pensions because of the unrest potentially leaving them homeless and hungry. the report also surveyed other countries says, some of the most dangerous places for senior citizens, or if you appear, syria, israel, human rights watch says these countries will, these are the countries with the elderly are likely to suffer similar abuses as the younger generations that includes rape abduction and destruction of their homes and property bridget slate. to talk to us about this now she's with human rights watch senior research on the rights of older people with us from london. this is us reading through the report. it's really grim, but we a can't go on notice. i want to go back to that 1st point about the pensions, because that's so important for people who are older and it start. so for mr. a sort of chain reaction for them if

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

the west 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 _

the deepening ukraine crisis. it's called ours off to russia recognize to brain regions in east, in the ukraine, on order to what it co pays people to be deployed, that president vladimir putin signed the decree alongside rebel leaders from the self proclaimed don. yet from the house people's republics. the european union, i'm the united states denounced the move as illegal and have announced sanctions against the regions. meanwhile, columns of military vehicles have been seen in done that's one of the 2 separatist regions that were spotted just hours after russia recognize the regions as independent. well, between 85890000 russian soldiers, a thought to be deployed around ukraine. the european council on foreign relations believes there are 10250001 the russia ukraine border. but ukraine's estimate. they're also about 35000 russian back separate despite as in done yet and no hands in russian. the next crimea is thought era, further 32000 soldiers and 30000 in bella, roost plus a 1000 in moldova rules, at least 13 russian battleships have been conducting life. i exercises in the black and as of seas, which i'll str

welcome the 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

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

ukraine? well, 1st of all, obviously you have to understand that this is a complete lie in a fabrication i originally from the east of ukraine. i'm a russian speaking ukrainian american from the netscape. originally, so there's no genocide going on. there never, never happened. there it is, obvious would be hearing from moscow and obviously a is, i mean what we're seeing from moscow is attempts to make the ukrainians panic, make ukrainians afraid? you know, there's current constant flow of information including coming from washington that we still haven't been able to verify the veracity of tragedy that russia has applied to the entire country. they're preparing lists of all those activists, such as myself, for example, were based in kids who have been critical of russia. that would be the 1st a, russia, they, that would be the 1st to be arrested, disappeared, shot, etc. so there is, there is, there's that campaign of intimidation that we see that is a crucial component of witness strategy. whether he orders a full country invasion or, or not. a lot of i thought you nodding along to a lot of what peter was saying

the border with ukraine. but the west police, moscow has a mass, some 150000 soldiers around its neighbor to dubuque are sort of what he has building a is in east in ukraine, in the town of trauma tossed. as near the front line in the conflict between government forces and separatists supported by russia mathias, we saw your reporting from that kindergarten that was hit by shells. is all this assign the tensions on the in the region are actually growing. yes, not only in that village or a small town where i where this kindergarden is, but also in other places along better contact line shelling has intensified over the past 48 hours or there were, there was another school hit a school yard. the building was not damaged and nobody was injured there, but, and there were a frequent violations of the ceasefire. all along this line. it's very hard to determine, of course, who has done what the always sees. very careful in releasing only information that has been to roughly verified. so most of it is just her accusations reserve each other the what we know is that some of the ukrainian villages have been shelled. we have seen more evidence here. john

oh. 1 1 al jazeera selects hunted ah separatist leaders in the east in ukraine ask for rush and help repel what they call aggression from keir ah, marianne mozy in london watching al jazeera, also coming up on the program. ukraine's government imposes the state of emergency as shelling intensifies on the order with russia. and diplomacy. falters. prefers wave of european sanctions against russia. members of the lower house of parliament, a targeted president madame a person is left alone for now. also coming up this hour, we will bring you the latest on a salvation crisis ensued on food warehouses of being attacked and displaced. children are going hungry. ah, begin with the latest of elements on the crisis in east and ukraine were the leaders of 2 separatist regions of danielle can the hands of asked russian president vladimir putin for help in repelling what they call aggression from ukrainian army, a nation wide state of emergency has been imposed as shelling intensifies at that line of contact between ukraine and russia. have been further reports of convoys heading to the breakawa

much closer to the western 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 desta

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

that ignores history international law and the 10s of millions of patriotic ukrainians who are proud citizens of a free and independent ukraine. the regions in east and ukraine recognized by the kremlin as independent extend, far beyond areas on the rebel control. and that's creating uncertainty for people living near the front line of the long running separate is conflict. while the other hamid returned to a town she reported from last month, the threat of invasion is exposing social divides. uncertainty is hanging over at the fca. one of the frontline gowns in eastern ukraine when we met chaplain no lena, 3 weeks ago, she brushed away the prospect of war. now she's worried and feels uncomfortable being on the streets. some of her neighbors are openly hostile to her. oh, my grandmother her from mike me? yeah, i of the mon you or years mustering you have though i knew what they think ukraine is guilty party when it comes to this shelling they don't believe russia could act like this. my life is at risk in this kind of society. anything can happen, especially now with less than the kilometer away at the front line. soldiers on alert. recently the

constitutional changes and things which are very, very difficult for ukraine to implement as long as they're still fighting in the east. and as long as you can, doesn't control it's border with russia, which is very long, about 400 kilometers long or even more. so we're probably seeing and attempts by the ukraine and president zalinski in the coming weeks to present are those laws to the parliament. we have to see what is in there and what, which is even more important on what conditions will those laws build will be implemented or will come into force. and this is something which could lead to an implosion within ukraine to more protests of people who are opposing such laws. and this is, of course, something which will be very, will be matter with, with pleasure in moscow because this will undermine ukraine. but war is still an option, and i think the danger of a military conflict will, will only rise as we move to spring and summer. alexander, the russian government spokesman actually discounted this appeal by the parliament saying it that was actually a conformity with the minsk agreement. do you nonetheless think

ah, a diplomatic pop out of the crisis in ukraine appears to remain open despite an increase in fighting in the east and further reports of russian troop movements along the border. presidents joe biden, and vladimir putin accept it in principle, to hold a summit over ukraine. the format will be prepared by their foreign ministers on thursday. jab baton si, reports from washington dc. we have reasonably, the russian forces are planned into an intend to attack ukraine. on friday, joe biden stumped many of the u. s. s. allies by categorically stating that the lobby mo brewton had made up his mind to invade ukraine. in the coming days. and on sunday, the president convened a meeting of his national security council to discuss the situation ahead of that meeting. the us secretary of state reaffirmed that despite the president's announcement diplomacy was still an option until it settled until we know that the, the tanks rolling, the planes are flying and the aggression has, has fully begun. we're going to do everything we kind of prevented, but we're prepared either way and we're prepared with a respons

the general. yeah. and east, and us on the ball as in the ukraine crenza m side. now, and of course, this is something a very, i'm a delicate because i'm ukraine. and russia have a different interpretations of, of how that process should be a, which steps should be take edna 1st and 2nd. they'll russia once elections 1st and then give access to the security forces of u credo, political forces to ukraine after that, and ukraine, and see that the other way round. and ukraine always is in fear that now put in if they get what they want, the way they want it and the steps they want, they want that the way they want it, that he will continue to have a whole world, a political hold in the east and eastern ukraine. so this is what at the ukranian sphere. and now i think it's also on the part of the international community, the normandy format, especially those forces like germany and france, but also the actors that all that are around these, this format, and to close leah and go with ukraine and russia and try to negotiate and, and monitor what is what is happening so t

her bill ha made that report from the pro in easton, ukraine. we now go to east and poland. step voss and is there where ukrainians are crossing that border and update from you step yeah, absolutely hot breaking scenes here. every one on the 5th they of for rush us invasion and ukraine still desperately trying to get out of ukraine. and it's been very, very difficult people who are here now. you see here a family with children, they just arrived with their little back facts. many have travelled for days in cars, leaving their cars behind. they're basically stuck in a 30 kilometer q at the border right now. they are stuck because it going very slowly at the customs here and at the polish border. so one by one, they're allowed in, but it takes forever. and you can imagine it's cold. it was snowing today and yesterday they have no supply, so they're stuck in a car. but it's also very encouraging to see the solidarity, boring in from the whole of europe, from the whole of the people here coming from germany, from all kinds of countries carrying signs where at people offering peop

the current situation in ukraine, say he must come back to you. we are following with concern. the recent developments and the situation in the east of ukraine, that me going to put in these circumstances. it is critical that those actions are exacerbating this crisis cease and going to hire a security council 1000000 through 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 cate

the general map of ukraine. you know, ukraine between poland, belarus and russia, and over to the east, the separatist held part of ukraine. that's been that way since 2014. there are some key points here. let's get a closer look now where russian land forces are coming in from. we see them 1st coming in from the north for through rushes, ally, bella luce, the east, from russian bases, russia proper, itself, pushing in through that rushing back separatist zone in the don bas region. and of course, in the south here we have crimea. crimea is the ukrainian peninsula that russia in 2014 illegally annexed. there's been a naval base there for quite a long time in russia's, using that as a point to go into points further south. now what exactly is happening in these areas? let's have a quick look. first of all, of course, the all eyes are on key if the capital of ukraine, the big prize for russia they're moving in from the north. we can see from the map how close key of is to beller is, is not a long drive for russian forces to get there. we've been hearing that there's fighting, at least in the northern part of the c

the minsk agreement. there is pressure on ukraine from the kremlin to agree to talk to the separatist leaders in the donbas area in the eastf ukraine, the pro-russian separatist leaders. so where are we on that? i think take half a step back. yesterday we saw president volodymyr zelensky in munich saying that he is open to talking directly with president putin. he's been saying that for some time and president putin hasn't been taking him up on that offer. president putin on friday said that there would be no military deescalation around ukraine until president zelensky talked with those pro-russian separatist leaders in the east of the country, but what is happening on that front, in the east of ukraine the separatist leaders are calling for a civilian evacuation, it is chaotic, it is playing out on russian tv, it is playing out in such a way that it could be used as a manipulation over public opinion, eventually in fairly short order for russian forces to go into the donbas region. we've seen today cnn teams have seen today russian forces headed towards that -- that donbas area. so what does that mean? it means that the

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

ukraine was not really a legitimate country. he then went on to blame nato for its failures, to address the situation in the east of ukraine. he accused nato as his frequently accused nature in the past of expanding into all of those eastern european countries that were released from the soviet union at the brett. when the soviet union broke up, he blamed 8 accused nato of a deliberately expanding into into those areas. and he said that in the east of ukraine, nato has failed to address the situation in don bass. this is where there's been a 7 year long, more than 70 a long now conflict with these russian separatists. and what vladimir putin has done is essentially ripped up the minx agreement. this is the 7 year long ceasefire between ad negotiated with ukraine and russia. and with the french and the germans, that were supposed to find a solution to the situation in east, in ukraine and say, in said, vladimir putin has said that it hasn't worked. that isn't working. i am now going to give, recognized these 2 countries as independent states, straight after he finished his speech, he went on to sign that agreement, which incl

ah, diplomatic pass out of the crisis in ukraine appears to remain open despite an increase in fighting in the east and further reports of russian troop movements along the border white house. so as president biden has accepted, in principle, a french broken summit with russian president vladimir putin. if russia does not invade ukraine, she ever chancey is live for us in washington with more on this. so she had with all of this talk of military mobilizations over the last few days and increased skirmishes in east in ukraine. the seem to be an inevitability about this. but now it appears that the diplomatic doorway out of this is, is a little a little more open. now we've been following manual macro shuttle diplomacy all day. we, we'd heard that he's had a conversation with the ukranian president on the russian president, and then a few hours ago you had a 15 minute phone call. we were told with joe biden, and then we were told micro made another late nights phone call with the russian president vladimir putin. and then we got this announcement. it's quite interesting that i guess it's the agreemen

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

the black sea is ports have now come under attack. 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 libyans, wheat imports from ukraine. egypt as the world's largest imported alex smith is a food and agriculture. unless with the breakthrough institute, and he says, just how expensive food will become will depend how long the conflict and ukraine continues. the credit is one of the most important producers in the world as the program. ukraine is the 3rd largest we coordinate from the world, and we explore and their, their lead especially goes to a lot of lower and middle in some trees around the world. and especially in the middle east. well bred prices make it sort of the bulk of the me, prices and prices of other products that depend on those commodities, crops, or for production are going to be impacted and going back to the air spring. i think it's, it's a fairly sort of common assertion that bread prices and general food was the main driver of this sort of political instability. and so you can see political instability, you can see food security and y

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

evening before the end of the evening in ukraine time but what he does not want to see is anything further. anything beyond that separatist area that is marked out in the eastthing around the capital of ukraine but we have are looking at satellite images over the past few days of russian troops creeping closer to the ukrainian border. i'm sure we will come back to you. a corresponding joins me now from washington, dc. iassume corresponding joins me now from washington, dc. i assume you have heard the latest and that is president putin has rubber—stamped this. it does not call it elevation, of course. he said at special military operation in donbas. . yes. i seen the news and, i mean, it is a declaration of war. ., mean, it is a declaration of war. . , mean, it is a declaration of war. . ., , ., war. year saying he does not ian to war. year saying he does not plan to oompy _ war. year saying he does not plan to occupy ukrainian - plan to occupy ukrainian territory. he said that any foreign interference will be met with likewise by russia and he is doing this during a special meeting.- he is doing this during a special meeting. he is doing this during a secia