beat on about self defense unit at around one hundred men all stationed on an old farmhouse in east ukraine's dumbass region to stop the nt government for russian forces infiltrating father into the eastern ukraine. currently there is still no sign of the nt government gunmen seize control of other parts of the instantaneous creations eleven local plan on taking each films and music in self defense units of sprung up setting up checkpoints along the roads to keep anti government militants out of the area were wounded is there. we are able to settle people who are not from this area. i mean this is from russia we will see them immediately. we will use our experience and i live in which we know the people who live in reno but the bits that will allow us to practice a bit. for the armed forces of ukraine. so we don't know they will manage to beat the chill completely it's true. they may seem like no match for russian forces but the existence of the self defense units show that the russian army doesn't pay to get to meet stiff resistance. analysts say the dollar russia would be like kiwi in a con

while reporting in east ukraine says his soviets. or if they don't have time for kelly and a range of journalists and who had been detained or held hostage over the last couple of days and we of course condemn the taking of hostages i don't have any additional information on this. organized by the celtics that lead to the soviets militants confirm that captured an american gymnast austral skis publishes a voice in their pressing the us government to secure his release for cream and gone and all but the white house failed to confirm any dog oak. oyster pollsters trustees produced a series of hard hitting reports on the crisis in ukraine over recent months including a number of the border between main and ukraine on russian occupied korea austral skiers boy in soviet russia back in nineteen eighty one that holds dual american and israeli citizenship. for russian ministers remain in control of soviets the number of nearby cities in east ukraine to store the kremlin to james and separatists control of ukrainian municipal buildings. many

of disinformation in order to discredit the present eu government in kiev and incite unrest in east ukraine the report says that we do not have any credible evidence on the issues that would justify a concert on the power of the russian speaking of conditional ukraine. the people of russia also appear increasingly aware of kremlin propaganda with thousands of concerned citizens standing up for a rally in moscow over the weekend calling for freedom of speech and for an end to what demonstrate its end with lines about the situation in ukraine the russian government is also facing increasing pressure from the international community that many western countries no longer living to engage in diplomacy and instead seeking to accuse russia of rights spreading false information and providing unrest in east ukraine at a recent emergency session of the united nations security council the french ambassador went as far as who accused the kremlin to knowing the facts and pretending the internet's does not exist with. the jury selection has begun in the northeast late switch on radical islamist cleric be

one european observers set free by pro russian medicines but tensions are still on the rise in east ukraine australian prime minister announces a new underwater operation. what all the stitches are canceled in the hunt for the missing men based in atlanta. at least twelve dead is today to sweep across central and southern united states wiping out entire neighborhoods and bedding are lines making rescue efforts after this. he is on the way ahead of wednesday's national call in a row to elect members to the country's three hundred and twenty eight seat parliament. with such elections since the u s forces in twenty seven. these police officers in the oil rich north of iraq could cost them. now with the twenty oh eight on wednesday the recent upsurge in violence in the country means the only pretty sweet to be on duty and the rest of the country kids to the polls rising violence threatening to subvert an iraqi election what's new. well take the test is wilson uses number of women running for parliament. this time round there are more than two thousand six hundred female candidates slightly less

minister says washington's deeply involved in the intensifying threaded between europe and south east ukraine second lap of me in the statement after decreases interim president announced the resumption of military action against protesters in the country's east. the fm spoke exclusively with rt so be sure forgot. no the job market and visit. she is going to the rest of the mission was to tune into to freeze again. well it's quite telling the teacher was the moment of vice president of united states visit. to turn on the resumption of disintegration. because the optional consideration the new co defendants. isn't it cute. so i don't have any reasons to believe that becomes the official. here are close with. and a light funk off the truck the secretary of state kerry urged moscow to call stock split when rhetoric. earlier sophie discuss the foreign minister's response and more election officials to maintain his easel or sticking point has continued this week i weigh your guess is that the search officials did not always that they are concerned you crying and he made some good points. i am what

one european observer is set free by pro russian medicines but tensions are still on the rise in east ukraine australian thai minister announces a new underwater operations. what all the stitches are canceled in the hunt for the missing men eighteen and under. at least twelve dead is today to sweep across central and southern united states wiping out entire neighborhoods and bedding are lines making rescue efforts after this the racing is on the way ahead of wednesday's national call in a row to elect members to the country's three hundred and twenty eight seat parliament. such connections since the withdrawal of us forces and twenty seven. these are the surfaces in the oil rich north of iraq could cost him the barracks now was that would be able to always stay the recent upsurge in violence in the country means the army and police from the to be on duty when the rest of the country turns to the polls. rising violence threatening to subvert an iraqi election what's new what's taken of the party's dismal news a number of women running for parliament. this time around. there are more than two t

claimed it was it'd be taken in russia lady came out and said he had in fact taken the photo in east ukraine the state department has acknowledged the area but secretary kerry had this thursday has still refer to the photos as evidence of fortune operatives presence on the ground in ukraine. not a single russian officials not one has publicly gone on television in ukraine and called on the separatists to support the geneva agreement to support the stand down to give up their weapons. alcan has banned major russian tv channels that even ukrainian channels to pick out. russian foreign ministers in law brought up call a halt illegal armed groups to lay down weapons citizen whom they were legally owned groups must be disarmed. all in the feces buildings must be returned to their legitimate owners. all streets squares and other spaces in all the ukrainian cities must be vacated. in moscow saying that russia does not have control over everything that's happening in ukraine. the us approves the key of smell that reaction against protesters in the east even amid concerns that its leading to further

claimed it was it had been taken in russia later came out and said he had in fact taken the photo in east ukraine the state department has acknowledged the area but secretary kerry this thursday has still referred to the photos as evidence so fresh and operatives presence on the ground in ukraine not a single russian official not one has publicly gone on television in ukraine and called on the separatists to support the geneva agreement to support the stand down to give up their weapons. both camp has banned major russian t.v. channels but even ukrainian channels could have picked up russian foreign ministers luvox call for all illegal armed groups to lay down weapons soon as a coup and they were all illegally armed groups must be disarmed all illegally seized buildings must be returned to their legitimate owners all streets squares in of the public spaces in all ukrainian cities must be very cases. moscow is saying that russia does not have control over everything that's happening in east ukraine well somebody has to be responsible and one of the things that the us government is very good at is

testers at eight in the city of harbin on sunday mass unrest has brought weeks of chaos to what is east ukraine's biggest industrial hub into seventy parents. the nearby city of announced saw some of the worst violence in recent days. this after ukraine's interior ministry launched an operation near to reclaim government offices the mission was a failure and lead to three people being killed. added new threats of a major military offensive self advance units and slow downs say they've seen that rock carry ammunition for multiple rocket launcher and here are some pictures showing what the comic vehicle looks like well locals believe the ammunition and dave intercepted belongs to the ukraine's interior ministry. now reports that the monetary now shooting set in east ukraine and balding fighters from the riots sector group and all professions realization has been the momentum since the country's upheaval began and its notoriously violence in its actions. we demand immediate resignation of the minister of internal affairs arsenal box. i will hang the syrian minister of walk off like a dog. woodward a

the russian servicemen tumbled into the ukraine on the big ten but security forces in the east of the country. this book to witness to so what'll happen. in other developments the southeast of the prettiest if it gets braces for an assault as p s troops out of the papal in a deadly attack on shuffle is there. back to the state of civil war but they stopped. i really wish i was laid with him to take to tell tales of their loved ones in a bid to try to stem the flow of uk citizens becoming radicalized in the city civil war . call thinking to do it says kevin i would adopt internationally the mosque and to mike the time to stop or eleven pm and is thus making the headlines is just that much. america's chief diplomat john kerry has accused moscow of using auntie's a tool to distort reality. propaganda blowhard that is the state sponsored russia today programme has been delayed deployed to promote actually russia today network has deployed to promote president putin's fantasy about what is playing out on the ground. but as i was late to russia's foreign ministry responded to these kinds of

while on marco also hearing that the international monitoring mission is not deployed to the east of ukraine says that the on ground staff in the east is the result effect of distrust towards the interim government but how can trust be restored. if our tanks are standing. of course they can be. and what the organization for security and cooperation in europe's of monitoring mission also noted was one that they had no evidence that there were russian servicemen not anywhere in east ukraine and still they also noted that there were several hundred reit sector of the paramilitary moving into town in eastern ukraine starting from all off on ink on blowing through and this was at the end of last week and now by all the reports that we've heard from mary opal and from slow the ons we have multiple reports that either end up four or at least in large part the militants that are attacking the people of eastern ukraine right now. or indeed these rights act or ultra nationalist paramilitary forces. well i can apply for a hearing from europe at this point they sound like change of rhetoric you expect y

and even the radio all the local police to the south east of ukraine too. so the court to the emerging here. they reduce heat. of course richard activists who knew where she can control the shortfall. during the cold can smell the same time it has an institute the radical right wing militias and kept sending them some work. what if the successful hugo chÁvez and credit if they get the bloody loose from competition it would impact me. reason being the oldest part of the new regime which came to power back into work of the islands and pepper it does help some time to come with it the reason schemes could hit tight end in a note to its new national contest on tv because moana with an army unit sent to point to send to the east is the way during which some soldiers already switching so nice to see a token sum of its riches dang is it that didn't expect baby wanted to use force and a veteran people. ubuntu is crucial. and as this former marine and turned on he shows me it's far from over. i don't do is in charge of the force is not going to expose me to administ

of the citizens wanted the planes and services of many state controlled a cross with a perfect east ukraine. that and the millenium. she issued the ticket if you got them all in all our forces. how shall i say all affected border forces are flying in the eastern region. so our western and northern borders are not being very strongly controlled from the air. we decided to help the border troops in the non dangerous areas. chesterton which mentioned conditions the private patrols will supply their impact row and are able to notice any movement. nobody is forcing the commission which revealed when your binoculars for observation. but in good weather. our vision for the plane is excellent you know we can observe very small objects on the ground this is the staple the services assisting the private patrols by recommending raced tight. i couldn't believe it. nikki the border come on to recommend which reads if i let it mainly those regions with typical really that difficult to separate from the ground with weather a storm some woods. which is produced is officially city i was going to pull the do

incursion into ukraine ocean claims russian agents are acting on the ground in east ukraine helping thelocal self-defense groups. now kiev launching a military assault on protesters in ukraine's east is a serious crime against his own people that's the view of russia's president vladimir putin spoke at a media formants in petersburg and r.t.c. got pissed going off as details were calling to president putin the current ukrainian authorities using military force against their own citizens isn't only going to lead to negative consequences inside ukraine but for keeps relations with moscow as well used to. if the kiev regime is using the army against its population inside the country it is no doubt a very serious crime against their own people if the current leadership is really doing this of course they are indeed because jonathan. is supported also added that just last week russia ukraine the e.u. and the us signed up to certain agreements which are aimed at disarming the illegal armed groups in ukraine freeing the occupied buildings and squares and he said none of that is happening in fa

real perspective, consider this on al jazeera america >> >> fresh trouble in east ukraine. pro-russia protesters occupy more official buildings. >> hello, welcome to al jazeera. live from doha. also on the show - locked in a cell for weeks at a time. the migrants languishing in libya, and the guards that say they are just following orders. >> the people versus the president - we report on a fight over land in the philippines. >> and the cycle of life - the man touring brazil's world cup stadiums and hoping to help his team to victory. >> well, the prime minister may have been to the east of ukraine, but his visit doesn't seem to have calmed the situation. in the past couple of hours armed men seized a police building in donetsk's region. the interior minister is warning of a tough fight and special forces are on their way to the area. it's a similar scene 150km away in li in lukhansk. let's start there. how is the proceeding there? >> well, it is a situation that is developing at the moment. what we know so far and can confirm is that the police building has been surrounded

detention was related to its attempts to show the direction and stalls are indeed operating in ukraine east apostrophe has been at the front lines of the conflict in eastern ukraine and creamy assist the crisis began conducting interviews with soldiers in separate eggs but he is just one of many journalists and activists has been kidnapped in recent weeks following his release of stress. he described the meeting detained activists during his time in confined to the korean media reported that six efforts including journalists from italy france and the marines were kidding s hisisis detentione as i militants have been accused of using infections and a scare tactic to discourage independent journalists and activists who oppose the kremlin and of using the team's citizens as human shields to prevent ukrainian military intervention international news on one the united states has deployed hundred and fifty paratroopers to the few india as part of efforts to reassure made to members in eastern europe that they will be protected. the american paratroopers will take off into a texas noises with it i

at the same time to deal with the separatist movements in the east of ukraine. we can fault the ukrainian stit. it is dealing with a lot, and is dealing with it because a powerful neighbour to the north and east is seeking to detailize the state. this ukrainian state close to follow a path that is more in lion with e.u. norms of the rule of law. meanwhile the kremlin wishes to generate a situation by way ukraine will become part of the eurasian unit, rivalling the e.u. >> if that is the case, how far do you think the kremlin is ready to go. we have seen it annexing crimea very quickly. do you think it's likely to want to take more they are the tri from ukraine. >> we need to point to areas similar to the crimean situation. we are seeing various pro-russian groups assisted by russian personnel - similar to crimea. i think the strategic objective may be different. >> russia does not need to incorporate ukraine's east. they are trying to gain leverage against ta ukraine state. it wants a federalized ukraine, one which would apportion various region's roles to conduc

ukraine. those trends in the defence of its members in the east and europe. such a decision was adopted at a special meeting initiated by the country's current threat from russia see what it tells you the keys nationals having gathered. it is surprising patrolling the baltic countries and most anyone to sit it marks the end of the student to name a dead man disposition of troops will begin immediately says connected secretary general anders for christmas and its european countries opec and glasgow attacks had been made to the embassy is guaranteed by the tragedy of the decision is aimed at protection and inspiration so it fully complies with its nest obligations to meet him. the cost of the secretary general to dissipate into the body negotiations. tomato forty supports the geneva talks. or the efforts of the international community to find a pretty cute shirt ocean cleats for theaters and the democrats the aspirations of the entire ukrainian keeper and respects at the sovereignty and territorial integrity of ukraine. we call on russia the matildas have you c

southeast want to join russia widespread protests taking place against accrington across south east ukraine the poll found that across the region including the amount of solomon to be perfect roast the last majority rule from kiev. it was awesome again nxt robot to stream in fact the kremlin the pope conduct a blow for russian come an orchestrated campaign of violence and kidnapping in places such as sophia it's so gre hundred and thirty two people aged eighteen or if the costs of sixty cities and towns in eight regions in south east ukraine. in the opener of the russian seizure of ukraine's crimean peninsula different to get pictures of the crisis a preferred us russian presence of a pigeon racing the state that the kremlin is seeking to establish the russia which many believe constitutes or a poet of the soviet union tune in on us. hundreds of native americans and russians have descended on washington dc to stage a protest against the keystone xl pipeline the mulch on the face of the week of protests by the kelp or union avoidance in the nation's capital to protest against my will and gra

an overnight she had a checkpoint east ukraine kills up to three army and the protesters.it's thought the attackers were part of the so called neo fascist right sector was also the week stopped. a standoff between the tories in kiev and it definately shows no sign of letting up. we look at what's driving people on both sides of the back. hard behind the walls a un official slams of britain's boy club sexist culture as prisoners of the uk's immigration detention center denounce violence against women and a lack of medical care. then he got cheap. we report from one crematorium in sweden using all means at its disposal to keep locals want. call. the man in moscow or bring you today's top stories and a look back at the week's news that deadly shooting erupted at a checkpoint manned by ntt and activists in east ukraine conflicting reports suggest three people were killed reportedly members of the neo fascist right sector grew to the extremists the club died in a counterattack journalist graham phillips has more from slipping out. the tears in the early hours of the money it co

ukraine, and the dire warnings about the crisis there. the ukrainian military is scrambling to re gain control of cities in the east. russia warned that any use of force could send the country into a still war. secretary of state john kerry described the recent events as deeply disturbing. sheila macvicar now with our story. >> in ukraine's parliament tempers rose and fists flew after one legislator accused the government of playing into russia's hands and destabilising the country. >> overnight more protests erupted, saying east mukolaiv, the third city where demonstrators took to the streets, battling police, demanding a vote on where their future lies, in ukraine, or like crimea, with russia. >> separatists occupy government buildings, including the local headquarters of the ukrainian secret service. it reads like a script from the russian annexation of crimea in march, which ukraine and the u.s. say was illegal. the ukrainian government said police cleared separatist protests from government buildings in carr kiev, in what they called an 18- minutes long anti-terror operation. secretary of state john kerry blamed

in ukraine's ongoing standoff between the self-proclaimed leadership. protesters in the east. what's motivating those on both sides of the barricades. and in the week's top stories from the national an agreement to calm the tensions in ukraine is put in place by diplomats from moscow washington and brussels on kiev just a few moments we'll take you through the key points. out of. russia's responses to the ukrainian crisis during a t.v. . q. and a with the russian people. and access denied the un's investigator of violence against women is furious said being stopped from visiting the notorious british immigration center where one inmate died and claims of abuse are rife. welcome to the weekly here on r.t. international. with the top headlines of the week and the top headlines of the day first let's try to bring in. more on exactly what's emerged from eastern ukraine in just about the past hour or so it's thought three people have been gunned down in the city of slovyansk during an attack at a checkpoint set up by unarmed protesters two of the attackers are also understood to hav

concrete identified the so called legal green and tetris eighties and intimidating people in the east of ukraine agreed to that as deputy prime minister of great value yet the month most of the russian special forces agent minister states that the recession to rescind its operating on the territory of the ukrainian regions that has presented some simple piece unit of the current sentiment and pushes with the accommodation in moscow at the moment this is the character of ukraine as theirout all toncernf krai and i got severaln hundr russianitizs the new hires convenience kentucky regions and beans and taking detention of ukraine a long time. my status and protecting me and the operations started in the north of donetsk region the president and president of tinkering on its undertaking of italy conducted as responsibly as psible says the most important thing is the security of people besides russia special agent and terrorists index based in to the hundreds of thousands of ukrainian citizens missing for the kremlin's propaganda as low as hundreds of thousands upon this people commencing on the kit

is well marked also we are hearing that the international monitoring mission deployed to the east of ukraine says that the unrest in the east is a result in fact of distrust towards the interim government but how can trust be restored. if tanks are sent in of course they can't be and what the organization for security and cooperation in europe's monitoring mission also noted was one that they had no evidence that there were russian servicemen anywhere in east ukraine and to they also noted that there were several hundred right sector paramilitary. moving into eastern ukraine starting from well and convo going through and this was at the end of last week and by all the reports that we've heard from mary opel and from slovyansk we have multiple reports that either in for or at least in large part the militants that are attacking the people of eastern ukraine right now are indeed these right sector ultra nationalist paramilitary forces well it seems like what we're hearing from europe at this point may sound like change of rhetoric and we expect europeans to act differently now. the europeans h

do the people who set up their own authorities in east ukraine decide thought secondly of course the ain problem of this was the proper russian activists who occupied buildings in the eastern part of ukraine remember the other occupations going on in other parts of ukraine those activists were not party to the agreement and so therefore of course it's difficult to see how for example russia can be held responsible directly as a result of the geneva agreement for some obligation to somehow without deploying its troops to clear protesters from buildings in east ukraine and so therefore of course i think it's being marketed in the west the agreement as something that it never was that was always going to be very difficult to implement on the ground and really required both sides to implement it whereas again certainly initial stages in the west it was very much marketed by government and by media as something that only applied to protesters and activists who occupied buildings in east ukraine. as of course the agreement makes very clear that it's a very short agreement that was issued of

speak to about self defense unit at around one hundred men all stationed on an old farmhouse in east ukraine's dumbass region to stop the anti government pro russian forces infiltrating father into the eastern ukraine. currently there is still no sign of the nt government gunmen seize control of the pulse of the eastern thing as great as well. local plan on taking each else in the incidence of defense has sprung up setting up checkpoints along the roads to keep anti government militants out of the area were wounded. is there. we are able to stop people going on from this area. i mean this is from russia we will see them immediately. we will use our experience and i lived in which we know the people who live there. we know but it's not allow us to watch them but it's time for the armed forces of ukraine. so when darko they will manage to beat the chill completely they may seem like an image for russian forces for the existence of the self defense units sure that if the russian army doesn't pay to meet stiff resistance them to save the polar russia would likely win a conventional war with ukrain

seven credit ahmed vehicle crews that was sent to east ukraine to suppress anti government protests of switched sides joining activists ukrainian troops in the gathering here in nz and the tunnel the boulder that the mets can haul coal regions us with a protest movements been the strongest form letters columns that has dented from across the nelson study for the dole to slow back to hot spots of action again over last weekend with his big trouble. these depictions to get from the area an armored personnel carrier with a russian flag which the defect is using instead of the ukrainian want this budget mr graham phillips to get his autograph and instruments for us. i was in line. beyond that i was going to russian flag reportedly giving to the radio made. it is good show for the locals. pcs. if it's any good things for them but then it will be deployed to the series. global position obama succeed. for what is the day. of course the pretty horses the interiors of the house defections. we were able to speak to someone other than to receive exactly the us forces approach. to surrender. we th

looking east towards my pro russian activists in two weeks in eastern ukraine declared. the effort put into really supportive of the first bulbs. a potential game changer to syria where the rebels of them reportedly using a post that the tightness of secretly supplied by america. also this hour. launch infringement cases against him getting all three of the media is too heavy and democracy a photo of hungary's polarizing problem is that despite big brother the power of evil to brussels we assess that why he remains popular with home but not back to the role. also the cup to her bedroom like mad or angry relatives of the housing welfare reform that publishes the forest and the supposedly having extra the biggest banks . do you think you've read that the company to cover them with you. his excuse was that much time and just after eleven pm and the developing story has to talk about the people's council in eastern ukraine is not too sticky hot dogs as a leader on this evening to protect the region of the top of this republic. this follows a similar announcement of the city

the key of government alongside on that in washington says the kremlin is behind the unrest in east ukraine which is seen on to prove russian activists seized government buildings in several towns. my voice and a special issues to agree with your emotions and some attention. that response retirees. my statements and position of russia in tech support terrorists in ukraine whose season is second innings. local women with arsenal's hope to greet the service of great importance in several cities and opened fire on a cream in place. the us and britain had been unequivocal in placing the blame squarely on rush's shoulders curtains now unfolding need ukraine's border with russia. we know who's behind this. indeed the only entity in the area capable of the score needed professional military actions is russian. russia is seeking to impose its will on the people of ukraine using this information intimidation and aggression. tactics gold from the darkest days of the last entry. this is completely acceptable france's un ambassador accused the kremlin and ignoring the evidence of social media and other

he added russia is decommitted to deescalating in ukraine but will not agree to unilateral demands. eastraine remains divided. bbc natalie has been traveling around eastern ukraine. when she was many in donetsk, i spoke to her about where she had been in the southeast of the country close to mariupol, which is very close to russia. i asked what she discovered there in that port. >> reporter: well we've been trying to folsom of the reports that are constantly popping up on twitter and social media networks. yesterday it all started in the city. we were getting reports with the ukrainian antiterrorist operation. we are also getting reports from other place as as well. the important thing to remember is this is not about military maneuvers here. it's a massive information war being forced watching russian tv incredible. some of the leads that never ma materialize. it's not just the russian side. here's one example. here we are in mariupol headed to what is the mayor's office to see what's going on. why are you speaking english, that guy is saying. he doesn't want speaking in english. you're

ukraine is being buffeted by the head winds of revolution and you wave of protests in the east toward a real chance of open civil conflict will be u.s. rushed to the aid of this new friends in kiev. ukraine left to fend for itself how far can washington go before it hits the wall of russian interests. frameup governor and retired cia analysts whistleblower political activist it's really great hope you're on our show today so we're going to talk about ukraine as usual just recently united states russia and the e.u. have agreed to sit down with ukraine in the attempt to resolve this crisis but is this a problem to his soft internationally or should it all be is it an internal you create an issue as a matter of fact was it ever ukraine's internal problem where the green obviously needs to be involved intimately we can have the u.s. and russia deciding the future of ukraine so the answer is ukrainians need to be involved intimately but all of them east and west and really that the adults have taken over now and that what should have happened several weeks ago is happening now people getti

a bloody situation now in east ukraine. ukraine's acting president announcing moments ago he plans to launch a, quote, full-scale anti-privity operation with the country's armed forces against pro-russian separatists, vowing not to have a repetition, he says, of the crimean scenario. this comes after a ukrainian special security officer was killed and at least five others were wounded in a gun fight with pro-russian militia in the country's eastern region. hello, everyone. i'm aaron shaun. welcome to "america's news headquarters." >> the timing, today, of eric's killing is getting the world's attention, as you might imagine. tensions reaching a fever pitch after a group of armed men in camouflage outfits, uniforms, seized several ukraine government buildings and raised the russian flag over them. now, this has been really unfolding since yesterday. washington is alleging it's being orchestrated by moscow. national correspondent steve centanni is live in washington. >> reporter: it's a conflict nato is describing as a grave

his concern is for russian, ethnic russians in east ukraine and the kiev government certainly wants tontry and within its borders, so you'd think there might be some degree of an agreement. clearly that's not the case right now. >> general, you said that this already, military confrontation. my question pulls the string of with whom and which country? if we take into context the buzzing of u.s. ships, the flying russian jets flying into u.s. air space. is putin looking specifically for a military confrontation with the u.s., not just ukraine? >> well, the russians didn't do anything about u.s. air space. what they did is overflied a naval. they have penetrated ukrainian air space, victor. so it is very provocative, absolutely. these are clear indications of tensionsing. ratcheted up, but, russia has annexed crimea, which is a part of ukraine so we have to take that discussion of trying to find our way around the edges on this thing and tighten it up and say look, the russians have invaded ukraine, annexed crimea. there is instigation that's taking place in east ukraine, and clearly put

that is what people in ukraine are also watching in the east. it is a very concerning situation for ukraine. >> indeed. thank you very much for that update. >> "i was simply trying to protect reeva." those were the words of oscar pistorius as he testified for the first time at his trial in south africa. >> he delivered a tearful testimony. the paralympic star is accused of murdering his girlfriend last year. he says he is still traumatized by the events and has difficulty sleeping. >> he started his testimony with an emotional apology. >> oscar pistorius chose to exercise his right as a witness to testify off-camera. he began by turning to the family of reeva steenkamp and addressing her parents directly. >> i would like to apologize and say that there's not a moment and there hasn't been a moment since -- since this tragedy happened that i haven't thought about your family. i wake up every morning and you're the first people i think of, the first people i pray for. i can't imagine the pain and the sorrow that i've caused you and your family. and

working in ukraine's conflict areas constantly face violence seizure and threats let's have a quick look here at r.t. international of the major hotbeds of anti-government sentiment in the east and southern part of ukraine as we heard earlier in mario pole an attempt was made to storm a military base troops repelled the attack killing at least three people and anti-government protesters there still control city hall just like in the city of slavyansk meanwhile ukraine's military forces on route to the city have reportedly engaged in a shootout with activists not far from my thoughts with reports of injuries and possibly one. death so far what happened when the ukrainian army tried to attack a checkpoint set up by protesters and then in the biggest region in the biggest area of don't yet where a so-called people's republic has been founded activists up or fair preparing a referendum on its status. well kiev though stands by its decision on conducting a military operation in the country's east saying it will not pull its troops back despite top diplomats from russia and the u.s. on ukraine all striking a deal in geneva on how to diffuse the conflict and start dialogue within u

guru what she got to international tonight back to the store will police headquarters in south east ukraine as a region increasingly reject skip school and college leaders also. i told them that if they have a rest if someone can show them to us they didn't do that for some reason. russia's foreign minister says moscow has no interest in the state like the new crank calling on the news to play the role of russian agent in the southeast. to prove it right leg is actually seventeen centimeters taller than my left leg. saw bid to discredit the teary right side. this guy was one of the us navy officers to help with the initials that she'd likely not know he was ounces as to why he and his colleagues health is going from bad to wellness the new all are. ensure that no one hit most of my mind to the dove into it with our top story than the truth of realization to beat ukraine to taking control of the police headquarters in the time when health care the country set the supernova well with mass protests to fund the two appointed central government authorities in kiev of set the deadline for the pro

quickly that we have deployed agents coordinating the protest of the people in ukraine we need to understand that the south east of ukraine and the people there are very concerned about their future and they don't want anybody else especially the national radicals to impose their will on them thank you very much madam president. representatives of the russian delusional and. the flood to the representative of little india. i was russia's permanent representative to the un vitaly churkin speaking out of the merge and see meeting called by russia. ok to other stories now a ballots are still being counted in afghanistan as a remains unclear if the first round of the presidential election will produce a winner there may have to be a runoff vote amid mounting taliban terror attacks on the patrol of u.s. led forces and with civilian casualties on the rise children are also falling victim to the war one afghan girl was lucky enough to get help from abroad but was then sent straight back to the war zone sky in a church account reports this seven year old afghan girl was brought to the u.s. for medical treatment almost

as ukraine's government attempted to re gain control of the eastern part of the country are cheese i like sierra says he has the very latest. as violence once again flared up in the east of ukraine with its use of ortiz re launching its so called anti operation the russian president was quite quick to react to the ongoing happenings in that country. in fact just minutes after the first reports of dead and wounded came from east of ukraine what a mess which was the speaker. at the press conference in time in st petersburg and i'm told these messages were in fact kiera keith keith heard them there during the press conference when a journalist asked those questions he said that i'm jz a shooting at its own people by shooting at its own people the government completely legitimate powers in kenya are conducting a very serious crime and hiking compared to the so called authorities in kyiv to about military germs are on all operating around with a fool not accordance with international law he also said that such events such bloodletting events will have serious consequences for an interstate relations said thank god we've also heard that the russian imagery at the border wit

into something more like a state organization and even the radio all local police in the south east of ukrainetoo. so they'll talk to the new regime. they really do need of the top of which activists the new regime can control the school hall trying to coax a smile sometime it hasn't sent it to whom the radical right wing militias and kept sending them some work. what if the successful hugo chÁvez credit if they get the blood units from competition when we come the movies and be the oldest light of the new regime which had piled back into the violence and pepper the company. all commerce between a good area and also well we've been on a limb now entering the mosque has demanded that kid stops waging war against its own people it has been put on an emergency session of the un security council has been cold as well so far for developments will bring you more of course all my throat that my cousin mentioned in earlier. the lake this out to look away the current tensions and ukraine the guest relations between kiev and moscow. on the subject right now because of this week's takings be pretty offic

>>> in east ukraine, masked men hand out anti-semitic flyers outside a synagogue. u.s. officials describe the contents as grotesque and chilling. who is behind them? and why? >>> hello, everyone, great to see you. i'm john berman. >> i'm michaela pereira. i thought you were going to start singing "together again." >> it's been a long time. >>> we begin with divers racing to force their way into that sunkle ferry, its blue and while hull has slipped beneath the ocean's surface. about 270 passengers, most of them teenagers, still missing. >> cnn now has a transcript of the conversation between the ferry and the vessel traffic center. it begins at 8:55 a.m. wednesday with the ferry's distress call. >> this is the ferry, please notify the coast guard, our ship is in danger. the ship is rolling right now. >> there's more back and forth in a full five minutes later at 9:00 a.m., the ferry reports this. >> this is the ferry, currently the body of the ship is tilted to the left, containers fell over, too. >> the dispatcher replies, okay, there are no damages to people? >> and t

russia serious yard go do they want to go ahead or will they just continue to try to do stabilize east ukraine for their ? n purposes they are unable to run or govern all of russia and we saw that with the failure of ukraine troops to actually take eastern ukraine. guarantees for russian gas going into ukraine and also through to the rest of europe. russia will also want to see that ukraine has a nonaligned status. they will never be able to meet the european union and certainly never become part of nato. was a discussion of a new ukraine constitution, something that all parties will probably be able to consider but certainly not consider the russian demands that any independent or autonomous regions and ukraine should be able to secede to russia. that will be off the table, mark. >> where are we on the subject of sanctions? >> the u.s. and the eu are preparing further sanctions that otherhit finance, energy, areas of interest to russia. president barack obama made it pretty clear last night when he was talking that every time russia continues to destabilize ukraine that there will be conseque

figures from east and west or right here would be a confrontation a request for compromises and possibility. world affairs media for a. country. she can kill the western cool regime in ukraineappears powerless to stop the rapid collapse of the economy and official structures he agreed roadmap to deescalate tensions has gained little traction from the white house and the people in east and south who crave the west started this crisis will be left to to russia . your friend post a photo from a vacation you can't afford. to different. your boss repeats the same old joke of course you like. your ex-girlfriend still paints tear jerking poetry keep. ignoring. the post only what really matters at r.t. to your facebook news feed. the. economic ups and downs in the final month the longer the deal sank i and the rest because i meet a single day every week. and we're back with got so daca you don't gobble former mayor of japan south no four talk about witness of the focused human nuclear disaster. that's why didn't it was a laugh thanks again for being with us so after this tragedy the guy wanted to build nuclear waste storage facilities on the territory or for you were very much agai

pro-russian protesters target television channels in east ten ukraine while kiev offers off of the area. tech king dotcoms on the rise in their own game of thrones india has more news channels than any other country. it's print sectors grows. the quantity of coverage is not going to be an issue. the challenger comes out of the state of gujurat. he is lauded as an uncorrect miracle worker among nationalists. critics say major media outlets have been treading lightly around him when he was chief minister of and some high profile names say they have lost their jobs for not climbing aboard the pro-modi band wagon. this is a huge media story in a pistol country, and it will run until the votes are counted on may 16th. our starting point this week is new delhi. the greatest show in the democratic world. questions about personalities. >> once upon a time, in 2014 is widely expected to be a clash. >> it is becoming about one personality, one person. >> mr. modi said he would never do anything about it. >> they have created a personality cult around this man. >> everything modi does gets blanket