in the situation in eastern ukraine. nato, the western military alliance called an emergency session. the organization released satellite images that are proof up to 1,000 russian forces engaged in combat operations in the east of ukraine and the southeast as well. for their part, the russians, the kremlin denying there are any russian troops that have been officially deployed inside eastern ukraine. one pro-russian rebel commander in eastern ukraine saying there are russian forces fighting with the ukrainian rebels. on a voluntary basis, using their leave time to essentially volunteer and fight and in some instances die for the rebel cause in eastern ukraine. a certain amount of plausible deniability. just how plausible is under question. at the moment, the kremlin denying that. the united states saying there will be more consequences for this continued russian support of that insurgency in eastern ukraine. stopping short, president obama indicating exactly what would be done. there have been sanctions implemented in the

moscow pressed ahead with its delivery saying that the humanitarian situation in eastern ukraine is dire but the u.s. says the humanitarian convoys journey is a flagrant violation of ukraine's sovereignty and threatened consequences for russia while a white house security official claims russia sent repainted military trucks into ukraine but didn't give any proof they also said that most of the vehicles weren't inspected properly even though foreign journalists in the red cross were allowed to check out the cargo what the statement doesn't mention is the humanitarian disaster in the ganske people there have been without basic supplies for nearly three weeks now. let's think of. this little. such thing. if i. felt. like. you were. watching someone you. know the number of ukrainians fleeing violence in the east of the nation is constantly increasing more than one thousand people leave the combat zone every day the u.n. says and according to the organization for refugee agency over seven hundred thousand people fled ukraine from from ukraine to russia this year alone the conflict has also l

new evidence of human rights abusers in eastern ukraine.than 3 million refugees from the war in syria and almost half the people from the country have fled their homes according to the u.n. refugee agency. >> people displaced multiple times have exhaust a -- exhausted their savings and resources. >>> a special report on how the coast is struggling to fight the ebola virus. >>> and the biggest threat to the amazon is the destruction. >>> hello. pro russian separatists in eastern ukraine are detaining and torching civilians. that is according to to human rights watch. the group accused them of targeting critics, journalists, political activists and in some cases their family members. the report is released just as the west raises accusations that direct russian involvement in the conflict. david stern has the latest on the fighting. >> reporter: ukraine's conflict has seen escalations before, but it may now be entering a critical phase. pro russian rebels have launched a counter attack ask and pushed back government forces. key towns have fal

they clearly want to establish eastern ukraine. he has strong support among the ukrainian population. as he has had success suppressing the area mr. putin increased the flow of weapons and arms and supplies into that area and you have that stand off now. >> what do you think president putin's ambitions are in eastern ukraine? >> it seems mr. putin wants to have something to basically destabilize the government there with a couple of objectives. first of all, to prevent it having normal see within the country preventing them from getting on with the difficult economic and political reforms he faces. but i think mr. putin is trying to make it more difficult for ukraine to move towards the european union. >> you know the country well. tell me about that eastern area. these 10 soldiers have been picked up. ukrainians are saying russians. russians are saying they strayed into ukrainian territory by mistake. how plausible is that? >> i suppose it is plausible but i personally do not believe it. there are a lot of reports and indications

we loan out to a city in eastern ukraine controlled by the government. first off, is the russian convoy heading to the border right now? when it gets there, will ukraine allow within -- allow it in the? >> that's the question of the day. i was at a border control checkpoint earlier today. not only journalists, but there was a number of government agencies, including police and rescue workers, setting up what appears to be a base for uploading the cargo. however, at approximately 1:00 p.m. local time, they started wrapping things up, loading their equipment back on the truck, driving in a way, making it apparent the convoy is not coming. later on, the minister of interior announced the russian convoy will not be entering ukraine. therefore, how and will it will go into ukraine still remains a question. >> we will have to await more. ukrainian military said the area had been cleared of separatists. what's going on the? >> apparently, according to the report, the members got lost in the area because the region is still in large part controlled by the separat

as the trucks with idly on the border the situation of people in eastern ukraine becomes increasingly desperate let's listen to what the residents themselves sourcing. with them yes but generally. and i didn't buy into it today at the slot that this town moved up a false night out. i see just as many below transcona me i'm not going to pull my eyes to meet you when you have yet to meet a steely here's a video of the just the us open the coke that gets us of both of us going to say that the new coke so far and you'll serve it to the state i know it's been in the atmosphere. not just the below economical but it's not the little problem on the list but you just read and you can look at nature and you'll get both history did he change i'm going to need to do is can i think you know full well for your critique from this newsgroup if it is good but if we don't model the goal goes usually to get the most beautiful usually the. ukraine has admitted one of it's a tough chance has been shot on by antigovernment fighters near the games while anti-government forces say they managed to bring dawn

the trucks where i live on the border the situation of people in eastern ukraine becomes increasingly desperate let's listen to what do the residents themselves are saying. looks that the me and. i didn't buy into it that this. false night out. i see just as many below transponder me i'm not going to pull nice to meet you when you have yet to meet steely here's an idea of the edge of the us even though. that gets a lot of us to say that the new cuts so far to the state of. the bend in the atmosphere. not just the below it can only. be little more nebulous but you can you can look at nature and he is both to make it easy i'm not going to do it we need to do is can execute it for full for you critique disease from this is good for me for this goal but it leaves one song don't model the globalization movie because the woman is beautiful usually. ukraine has admitted it one of its attack jets has been shot down by anti-government fighters near lugansk while anti-government forces say they managed to bring down two more incessant shelling by ukrainian army though is continuing. local self-

and he wants eastern ukraine in that. how much is eastern ukraine is open to dispute. but those two cities, they're not russian cities. and the people who are leading the fighting in there are not ukrainians who are ukrainian citizens, they're russians who have infiltrated in backed by soviet spetznatz. but now he is being frustrated because he never expected the ukrainians would actually fight. imagine, he thought that he could just walk in there and they would surrender. the ukrainians were told by the west not to resist in crimea. that's why the ukrainian defense minister called the russian generals in crimea and said look, don't hurt our people. we'll give you everything. just let us leave. but they didn't like it. they're fighting for their country. >> hold on a second. professor, i see from your expression that you see this differently. >> i'm glad you call me a professor, because i deal with fax. i want to be as polite as possible. but general clark is simply uninformed. these are ukrainian cities, russian-speaking ukrainian cities. the populations are either et

pro-russian separatists are in control of large parts of eastern ukraine, including areas in the luhansk and donetsk region. rebels have taken the coastal town of novasosk. there are fears pro-russian separatists are trying to create a land corridor between russia and crimea. ukraine says these are the areas from where the separatists are getting help from russia. paul brennan reports from mariupol. >> reporter: evidence is mounting. invasion is used at the highest levels. in brussels n.a.t.o. officials raised satellite images. the russian military column was shown on the move. the ukranian president petro porashenko cancelled a working visit to turkey, so as to deal with the chris circumstances and the ukranian prime minister urged the o.s.c.e. and the european union to act with the highest urgency. >> we can confirm that russian military are on ukranian ground. ukranian forces are capable to tackle and cope with the russian led forces. this is quite difficult for us to fight with russia. and it's army. for the first time, the involvement of russian regular forces has been effectively c

army officer charles hsu bridge told us the people of eastern ukraine face many other dangers what if this video is genuine and should be said that so far there's nothing to suggest that it isn't then indeed it does show many of the characteristics one would associate with the use of white phosphorus or very similar incendiary in particular you've got. of large numbers of small pots of codes of very brightly. material that incendiary fact is particularly severe against buildings and particularly against people. if indeed that's what's happening and being used because white phosphorus is a potent incendiary it burns through to the bone and calm people it out with water a second round of talks to resolve the ukrainian crisis is underway in berlin after two months it is the foreign ministers of germany france ukraine and russia are giving direct talks another try in berlin for us is peter all over following the meeting peter good evening to you how does anything solid come out of the talks to get. well as it stands at the moment we haven't heard too much coming out of these negotiations

inside eastern ukraine. in the last few minutes, sergey lavrov went on television denying russian individuals are fighting inside eastern ukraine, calling it conjecture. despite the fact nato, the western military alliance has video showing activity across the border from russia into ukraine. the latest statement from the u.s. president saying russia is increasingly engaged, not just supporting materially but in the fighting as well. again, in the face of that, complete russian denial. john? >> even if the troops are on vacation, self-propelled heavy artillery doesn't vacation. if the photos are accurate, a lot of equipment has moved in. what effect has that had? >> there are claims about the extent to which they were supporting the rebel movements

ukraine. the first convoy of humanitarian aid reportedly is on its way to some harder-hit areas in eastern parts of the country. >>> and get them while you can. the moscow fashion craze that makes a political statement about the situation in ukraine. hello again. i'm rosemary church. >> and i'm errol barnett. welcome back to our viewers in the u.s. and around the world. comic genius, genuine soul, immensely talented. these are just some of the words being used to remember actor comedian robin williams. >> the world is mourning the death of the aclaimed comedian and actor. williams was found monday in his california home just north of san francisco. the local sheriff's office says coroners believe his death was a suicide due to asphyxia. he was 63. >> his wife, susan schneider, has asked for privacy at this very difficult time, but she did release a statement. let's go ahead and put it on your screens now. "this morning i lost my husband and my friend while the world lost one of its most beloved artists and beautiful human beings. i'm utterly heartbroken. as he is remembered, it's our hope the fo

large parts of eastern ukraine. they have recently taken the coastal town. al jazeera's bren -- paul brennan is live from mariupol. many live it will be the next front. >> tell us about the situation from the ground and the military manoeuvres from both sides. >> the military manoeuvring has been intensifying in the last couple of days. here in mariupol, there's a state of nervous tension, frankly. the reinforcements arrived that the ukranian army promised to bolster defenses to the east of the city, in between the main body, and the town that has been captured and occupied by pro-russian forces. we saw volunteer residents digging with the ukranian army, new trenches on the city limits to try to improve the defenses there. we have not seen with our own eyes russian troops or hardware, but reliable sources that we trust have seen significant numbers of military vehicles moving out of the area, heading north, not towards us in mariupol, but north. one n must presume to engage in combat with the ukranian army somewhere in the border area. as fun as the combat g

the first trucks in a russian convoy cross into eastern ukraine. ukrainian state security chief calls it a direct invasion by russia. senegal joins south africa in closing borders to prevent the spread of ebola as one neighborhood in liberia struggles under quarantine. weo coming up this hour, will take you on board the orient express. that train was an inspiration to agatha christie and a james bond movie. it is welcoming new fans for a fraction of what it would have cost a century ago. venezuela wants to put a fingerprinting system in place on the border as a way to control food smoke going -- food smuggling. the u.s. defense secretary says the extremist militant group isis will not be defeated with out action being taken in syria. that could prove complicated given washington's opposition to the syrian president. chuck hagel says the organization is beyond anything we have seen before. >> the islamic state in iraq and syria has threatened the united states with further killings following the execution of journalist james foley. washington is wei

army officer charles hsu bridge told us the people of eastern ukraine face many of the dangers to. what if this video is genuine and it should be said that so far there's nothing to suggest that it isn't there and indeed it does show many of the characteristics one would associate with the use of white phosphorus or very similar incendiary in particular you've got. of large numbers of small pots of cause of very brightly. material that incendiary fact is particularly severe against buildings and particularly against people. if indeed that's what's happening and being used because white phosphorus is a potent incendiary it burns through to the bone and can't be put out with water a second round of talks to resolve the ukrainian crisis is set to begin any moment in berlin after a two month hiatus the foreign ministers of germany france ukraine and russia are giving direct talks another try in berlin for us is peter oliver he joins me live here any hope they will achieve something this time around. well the foreign ministers from from france from russia from ukraine have been invited

yesin of arter eastern ukraine. where ukrainian army is attacks in eastern ukraine are unrelenting the forces sent by care for pushing on with their operation to crush the anti-government forces there here's a church that came under shelling during evening massenet you can see it was severely damaged there's no roof and many of the walls have been reduced to rubble two journalists who were detained in ukraine of now been released they were a correspondent and a photographer for a crimea based newspaper unfortunately there's still no word on the missing photo journalist and stand in he disappeared in ukraine three weeks ago numerous campaigns for his release have been held across the globe backed by calls from the un russia and international human rights organizations were posting updates on the search for a stand in on our web site r.t. dot com. the u.s. will deploy its unmanned drones to patrol the syrian skies to survey positions of islamic state militants the move was approved by president obama making it a possi

we agreed if there was ever any doubt that russia is responsible for the violence in eastern ukraine, violence is encouraged by russia, the separatists are trained by russia, armed by russia, funded by russia. russia has to literally and repeatedly violated the sovereignty and territorial integrity of ukraine. the new images of russian forces inside ukraine make that claim for the world to see. >> president obama also announced ukrainian president poroshenko would visit the united states next month. he was elected in may to replace viktor yanukovych who was ousted in the february coup. ambassadors from the 28 nato countries are holding an emergency meeting today. at the united nations, russian abbasid are vitaly churkin accused the ukrainian government of waging war against its own people by attacking cities in eastern ukraine. the current escalation in the southeast of ukraine is a direct consequence of the reckless policies of kiev, which is directing war against its own people. with the support and under the influence of a number of states come of the key of authorities have torped

army officer charles shu bridge told us the people of eastern ukraine face many other dangers too. well if this video is genuine and. there's nothing to suggest that it isn't that indeed it does show many of the characteristics one would associate with the use of white phosphorus or very similar incendiary in particular you've got. large numbers of small pots of codes of very brightly. material that in fact is particularly severe against buildings and particularly against people. if indeed that's what's happening and being used because white phosphorus is a potent incendiary it. can't be put out with water a second round of talks to resolve the ukrainian crisis is set to begin any moment now in berlin after two months hiatus the foreign ministers of germany france ukraine and russia are giving direct talks another try in berlin for us is peter over following the meeting. or four party talks are underway here at the villa just outside of the center of the german capital now these talks were put in place by the german foreign minister frank well to shine my he invited the foreign min

russian humanitarian convoy three hundred trucks of aid should very soon reach the people in eastern ukraine. also saying that it was three weeks ago the russian invited the zero s. c.e. the organization for security and cooperation in europe to come to the russian ukraine border they've been there for weeks on the o. s. c.e. observers refute various western media reports that the russian troops are going over the border of the o. s. c.e. saying they've seen no such thing russia's position is that a cease fire must be unconditional across ukraine and kiev must do a better job securing its borders but at least having the o.s.c. either according to his mr lavrov is a good move lugansk is under constant bombardment an eastern ukraine mr laffer of saying washington can have influence on this by telling kiev to scale back but washington is not involved on this and didn't attend the meeting in lynn i want to laugh it off also saying the geneva agreements are being neglected by several edu countries although the western partners say they are committed to the geneva accords they note many more detai

eastern ukraine. president putin has shed some light on the behind the scenes the placea over ukraine in an interview with russian national media refinance sums up the key points. i just came back from ukraine where we were working for one month and this time weakness to very dramatic escalation in speaking and made this very dangerous spread of violence in ukraine's east london airport he has his opinion on why it is happening. how can anyone say it's ok to open fire with artillery and multiple rocket launchers on cities do you really expect people to do nothing and wait for their own deaths so what's happening now is a natural reaction by the people who live there and who are defending their rights and one of those who took up weapons first blood and put in has also commented on upcoming parliamentary elections in ukraine saying that it will nor help is the tensions in the country. all the candidates want to show how tough they are in the current circumstances it's hard to imagine anyone will adverti

on that point, the kremlin intervened, calling on the rebels in eastern ukraine. to rely the government force that is are battling them to withdrawal without further loss of life. they are calling on ukraine to take military action and stave lives of ukrainian government troops. >> thanks so much. the situation in the ukraine prompting nato to call an emergency meeting. karl penhaul joins us with that in a few minutes. >>> a volcanic eruption spewing ash and forcing a number of international flights to be disrupted. mount papua in new guinea. no reports of injury. >>> time for an early start on your money. u.s. futures pointing higher. yesterday, the s&p 500 ended a three-day winning streak closing below 2,000. stocking could rally today. apple will make a big announcement september 9th. mark it on your calendar. it's suspected they are going to roll out two versions of iphone 6. there's speculation the watch will be unveiled. the first device on health and fitness apps. >> my phone is only a year old. i'm going to see the new one and want it. >>> one of the sillie

remains in eastern ukraine. well the russian president vladimir putin has called on the anti-government fighters to late ukrainian soldiers out of the encirclement he is calling on them to allow those soldiers that are inside the combat zone to leave freely the russian president pointing out that they are not there because of their own will but they simply acting on orders the prime minister of the danites republic has responded by saying they will do this on one condition. we are ready to provide humanitarian corridor for ukrainian soldiers on the condition that they hand over heavy weaponry and ammunition so that in the future these weapons can be used against us. now there have been wide scale protests inside the ukrainian capital where thousands of people who are demanding that their government no longer betray them they accuse the government of the military down at the same time they calling for the resignation of the ukrainian defense minister this follows comments by the country's president petro poroshen

finally on the move after being stalled for three days its cargo for civilians trapped in the eastern ukraine conflict zone is undergoing checks at the border right now. high level talks on how to resolve the crisis in east ukraine have concluded in berlin with germany's foreign ministers saying some progress has been made also. the us continues its biggest intervention in iraq since its troops pulled out three years ago as it launches more air strikes against islamic state islam lists to rest back control of the country's biggest dam. and broadcasting live from our studios in moscow recapping the week's top stories this is r t international glad to have you with us now protests against police brutality and the killing of a black teenager have escalated in the u.s. town of ferguson with police firing tear gas into the crowds on us to see a trick and joins us live from ferguson right now thank you very much for being with us now give us an idea if you could of what's happening there on the ground. well shawna you know as the days unraveled today marks the seventh day in a row that mayhem and c

so it was very surprised when a civil war started in eastern ukraine and when the crimea decided to secede from ukraine. i am very puzzled when they hear from the western media that the wall has become unpredictable no the wall is very pretty much the same it used to be the problem is that the gap between their western coverage and their reality has got so much wider their western readers and television viewers are always puzzled because what happens is in direct contradiction with what they have been told by their own media when really you know i'm a child of the cold war looking at you i think it's fair to say the same if this is this binary it's very simple good bad or ukrainians good russians bad putin bad. yes. good because he's a friend of the americans and the european union but you know those of us that have studied ukraine know it's a very complicated country and always has been rather fragile but western media just likes a black and white picture it's easy to explain yes we face the media or we speak it all of that this is information and media war and it just knows your own site

these people i mean the russian speaking population of eastern ukraine if they want to leave in russia they are free to pack their bags and move to russia. so from these calls even from the western press you understand why people in ukraine eastern ukraine are waging war why they're resisting because this is exactly what they read every day in the nationalist newspapers from kiev this is what they watch and hear from television in kiev and in that evolve and in other cities or of ukraine including sometimes their own seat is because there are still some nationalists operating in hardock of even then yes so people watch it they hear it every day and they try to defend themselves and of course victoria nuland had no clue about the existence of such tensions in ukraine she doesn't know anything about what was the walled war to in ukraine for people to understand why you know the insurgents are in slovyansk are ready to die for the memory or all of the second world war i can just tell you of on figure in most of the places in eastern ukraine from von forth to von third of the population pe

as the crane drops more bombs on eastern ukraine people are forced to bury loved ones in their backyards cut off from cemeteries. islamic state militant step up their recruitment campaign with young muslims from across the globe joining the extremists we report on the scale on the threats of the jihadist movement. on the u.k. and france are growing border richter's a french port town is accused of becoming a refueling stop for thousands of illegal migrants hoping to get to britain. international's may day in moscow and we've got breaking news this hour french prime minister. has just dissolved parliament comes a day after the ministers of a commie and education criticized the country's current tax and spending plan the ministers also called for france to resist what they call germany's obsession with austerity the new cabinet is expected to be formed on choose day president says it would be in line with the direction already defined for the country will bring you more on this developing story as we get it here on r.t. international. in other news don't yet going to eastern ukraine has en

on the humanitarian crisis in eastern ukraine this as the fighting leaves many without food water or communications a report on that meeting just ahead. and a shooting at an afghan military training academy kills a two star u.s. general and leaves fifteen more injured we'll have the latest on the shooting spree and what we've learned about the general who was killed coming up. will a seventy two hour cease fire currently underway in gaza hold the world is watching to see if the fight will resume an update on the efforts to stop the bloodshed coming up later in the show. it's tuesday august fifth eight pm in washington d.c. i'm in your idea that and you're watching our team america we begin tonight in ukraine add russia's request the u.n. security council scheduled an emergency meeting on the humanitarian situation that's deteriorating in the country the council just wrapped up that session about an hour ago and joining us to break down the very latest is our alexey. alexi so russia called this particular meeting what did ambassador churkin have to say. well the reason why russia call

did it's eastern ukraine. russia's deputy defense minister said that kiev is accusations that moscow is supplying arms to anti-government forces are simply incorrect he made the comments to slovak in media earlier on saturday. so it was so ukraine was part of the soviet union and there were many arms depots across the soviet union and when russia and ukraine became separate states millions of automatic rifles mines and artillery systems were left on ukraine's territory so there were warehouses with arms on the territory where kiev is now conducting its punitive action against its own people and these warehouses came under control of anti government forces people who took up arms to defend their rights so to speak about russia supplying arms to dennet's cool lugansk is simply wrong just look at what ukraine's army is fighting with it's fighting with russian arms or soviet arms to be correct meanwhile european leaders are at a summit in brussels and joining them ukraine's president petro poroshenko has gone a st

did so with crimea and it did so in eastern ukraine. this is just the latest manifestation of russia's efforts to stirrup provocations with ukraine and forcing the ukrainians to make very tough decisions. do they try to force the convoy to stop, do they fire on it? and if they don't, will that open up a bigger window for puten to send in more forces? >> still a lot of confusion over the exact nature of this convoy. in your experience, is it an aid convoy or something more sinister? >> well, neither the ukrainian authorities nor the icrc was able to look into it and inspect all the trucks that were involved in the convoy. so we really don't know what's in those trucks. and the fact that it has been done so mysteriously, under a cloak and dagger by the russians, suggests that the russians are up to no good with this convoy. i think it's the latest outrage by putin and the russians and for the russians to take the position as the deputy foreign minister did in saying that we cannot and will no longer put up with the misery of people living

we have reports from eastern ukraine on the investigation's progress. >> reporter: this is one of the biggest crime scenes in aviation history. flight m 817 ripped apart in the air, and the wreckage scattered across the fields. there are still many clues. investigators will be searching debris like this for any holes made by the shrapnel and any exclusive residue although both sides possess the same technology there is growing evidence that it was a separatist who fired surface to missile that brought down the aircraft. after it was shot down reporters saw missile launchers in separatist territory. this is a dispatch he sent. >> an associated press reporter on thursday saw several rebel-owned tanks parked at a gas station outside of the eastern ukrainian town of snishne. in the town he also observed a buk missile system which can fire missiles up to altitude of 22,000 years. >> at the time contact was lost with the plane. the surface to hair missile was fired from pro russian territory. anti-ukrainian intelligence said this conversation happened just after the plane went down. in it,

here forces in eastern ukraine we have to say though that for all of these time the location where two hundred eighty trucks are currently parked was open to media and many journalists including our channel have visited the location this is my reports from there food water medicine as well as warm blankets and sleeping bags welcome relief at a time of despair. this russian convoy has hundreds of tons of humanitarian aid destined for eastern ukraine and its help that sorely needed for months of end to terror appear ation has left towns in ruins more than two thousand people dead and many without clean water to drink. with which you will hear more. with. a little bit. more get a warning really credible what you've got to punish you if you were in niger and the government and you know are the. only vehicle. you know many of which show that . your major and a handful of western governments say russia could be using it as a cover for military support to end to kiev fighters it's not just clear exactly where the convoluted headed but it will certainly be travelling through crane's war torn r

he's had a military offensive in eastern ukraine that's been pretty successful. so he deals with putin on a stronger footing than many would have expected a few weeks ago. >> sreenivasan: what's the end game for putin here? >> this is a little hard to say. there is a range of possibilities. he could be looking at a kind of permanent ferment in eastern ukraine, something like the support that russia has given over many years to separatists in moldavia, in georgia, and elsewhere. that's not a really good outcome because it doesn't get him off the hook with the west. it means a lot of these sanctions probably stay in place for a long time. a better outcome would be one in which he gets some kind of concessions from poroshenko about the structure of ukrainian politics, some kind of acknowledgment that there has to be decentralization. poroshenko has offered all of that, but he baent offered to do it in a way that looks enough to putin like a real victory. >> sreenivasan: all right steve sestanovich joining us from washington, d.c., thanks so much. >> sreenivasan: vio

wants the real question is whether the people on the ground in eastern ukraine want these are the people that matter and it's pretty obvious from what they say from what we hear is that people in eastern ukraine do not think the key if represents their interests they do not think that pro shango is the man to lead the country for them they want federalization they want more autonomy and that's why there is a civil war now for poor shank oh he has two options he can either accept these facts and actually agree to give more thought to me to the region which would hopefully end the conflict or the second option he will continue to shell the region which resulted in two thousand people innocent people dying it resulted in three hundred thirty thousand people being displaced many of them going to. with the rush and if he chooses the path then the conflict continue and that will result in ukraine's economy going downhill at a very very fast speed it's already struggling and i don't know any examples of any country that has a mileage to survive a civil war and prosper during a conflict so for s

dot com for the details as well as minute by minute update on the situation in eastern ukraine. the u.n. says almost three hundred thousand people have become refugees or since the conflict in ukraine began most of them have been fleeing to russian river national went to one of the border crossings. in each of these cars individual stories of anger uncertainty and loss. these ukrainians are fleeing their homes for russia after months of conflict has left well over one thousand civilians dead and reduced whole cities to rubble the people in these cars have already spend six or seven hours sitting in line waiting to cross the border which is still a kilometer away but they say they're ready to wait as they practically have no other choice but deal overclock the more well below average immigrants made up of the national sociopath. who. live in a smoke got more snow with this thrown you don't usually many of the cars here have a sign saying they've got children on board the war doesn't discriminate between age or gender or menial job or you know choice it's a good game to just look a

time for this afternoon, thank you. >> and the secretary-general of nato addressing the issue of eastern ukrainey grave issue itself. he talked about russian troops and equipment illegally crossing border into ukraine and he said this is part of a pat -- pattern occurring over several months now and said russia was directly involved in military operations in ukraine and said this is a grave violation of ukraine's territorial sovereignty. so that is the latest to come from this after the emergency meeting of nato. here on al jazeera of course we will be keeping you right up to date with the developments. they seem to be moving rather rapidly in ukraine and keep you up to date with the rest of the day's developingly stories and particularly looking at syria of course because today the u.n. has registered the three million refugee and most refugees being in lebanon, many of them in turkey, but also a lot of them in northern iraq and we have correspondents around the region where they are keeping us up to date and giving us a glimpse of hardships being experienced and on the website we have a specia

finally on the move after being stalled for three days its cargo for civilians trapped in the eastern ukraine conflict zone is undergoing checks at the border. high level talks on how to resolve the crisis in east ukraine have concluded in berlin with germany's foreign minister saying some progress has been made also. in the us town of ferguson with police using tear gas military weapons and the power of arrest protests over an unarmed teen shot dead by an officer have lasted almost a week. and the u.s. continues its biggest intervention in iraq since its troops pulled out three years ago as it launches more air strikes against islamic state islam to rest back control of the country's biggest. and broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is r t with our week weekly program glad to have you with us now the first batch of russian trucks carrying humanitarian aid has reached of the border with ukraine a convoy carrying two thousand tons of supplies spent three days waiting expressed doubt about the humanitarian nature of the cargo went to see the contents for herself. these sixteen trac

that's a government controlled region of eastern ukraine. our colleagues traveling with the convoy say it's clearly going south at the moment down in the direction meaning it would be able to cross over to a rebel or controlled area of eastern ukraine near luhansk. whether it does that is far from clear. at least the threat for that convoy to drive across the boarder in an area that's controlled by the rebels is very definitely there now. >> daniel for us in moscomoscow. time to get an update. fortunately for us from aaron. >> i thought you said unfortunately. >> no, fortunately because you've got important numbers. >> not good numbers out of europe unfortunately. good to see you alice. hello. bad news for euro in your pocket. the region was stagnant in the three months ending in june, second quarter period. germany actually shrank in this period. it hit german firms as well as households. another problem for europe. france remains the sick man. wealth has been stagnant all year. no growth at all. the french finance minister expects very low

of the country's you know a very very poor state this will continue as long as the conflict in eastern ukraine continues. and entire family has been killed in army shelling just outside lugansk in east ukraine graphic footage shows neighbors pulling five bodies from a basement where they have been taking shelter is reported to the show their house causing it to collapse and buried them. why. you. know. you but yes we do. know how these images are from ukraine's don't yet screen name one town five people have been killed today ten more wounded in artillery shelling the footage shows a wooden church burning after it was hit by a shell and right next to it a children's playground you can see here also came under fire. now this is what the center of the city of donetsk looks like local say artillery shells have been hitting residential buildings there forcing inhabitants to flee the local hospital was also hit and water and gas supplies damaged by the shelling and also an elementary school here. hit in the city many classrooms completely bombed out and riddled with shrapnel all that in a regional

we agree if there was ever any doubt that russia is responsible for the violence in eastern ukraine. the accusations came shortly after the un security council held an emergency meeting on ukraine to ration the u.s. ambassador to vented her case to the council members sparking an angry response from russia's envoy. that's right one of the separatist leaders that russia has armed and backed said openly that three or four thousand russian soldiers have joined their cause he was quick to clarify that these soldiers were on vacation but a russian soldier who chooses to fight in ukraine on his summer break is still a russian soldier yet still according to the russian government the soldiers were never there no must go through the years no one is hiding the fact that they are russian volunteers in ukraine we would like to see similar transparency shown by other countries maybe our american colleagues can tell us what doesn't the very advisors are doing in the building of ukraine security council or how many so-called mercenaries from their so-called military enterprises are waging war thous