mission into eastern ukraine they've brought tons of vital supplies to the people in war torn the ganske riff and followed the aid convoy on its dangerous trip. it finally happens after being stuck at the border for ten days russian trucks with relief aid for eastern ukraine start their life saving journey we took off from russia's border city of donetsk it's right here just sixty kilometers from the ganske our final destination but the main road is very dangerous the rocky period. clashes there right now and this is why we take and turn to for a little bit to the know and this is why i will have to drive at least one hundred kilometers and still it's not completely safe the road twists through picturesque pastures the inch of the coast snaking through the horizon looks so peaceful but we are in the zone of a large scale military operation there are checkpoints at every crossroad com demand and miter the co's hide in the forest or know everything there and to government forces their control in this part of ukraine and they have provided security for the humanitarian convoy. that is now h

in the ganske ukraine. sad news to report out of hollywood actor comedian robin williams was found dead in his home in marin california in an apparent suicide williams has been a household name for over thirty years starring in such films as the birdcage good morning vietnam aladdin good will hunting and who can forget his iconic role as mrs doubtfire he was also the lovable illian in mork who came to earth from the planet ork in the t.v. show mork and mindy he quietly suffered from depression for many years and was in and out of rehab as late as last month in july he leaves behind a wife and three children. and before we go don't forget to tune in at nine pm for larry king now tonight's guest is music producer d.j. khalid here's a snippet of what's to come. did you know you wanted to be you know a producer of the most deejays. well you know deejays wear many hats i mean stay where you d.j. just no music and no with the people want because when you're out there playing for crowd you have to keep the crowd e

ganske ukraine. ukrainian officials say at least two civilians have been killed by a pillar of fire on the outskirts of damascus key government stronghold is in the news with us almost every night in the last few hours too we've been getting reports of heavy fighting between carriers troops and local militia let's bring in a bit closer on the map ukrainian army said to be closing in on that city the been reports it's bolstering its ground missile systems there over the past couple of days here says it is preparing for a decisive offensive although there are no reports that any big battles that mean the so far the next though vital it's a vital hub for both the region and the country and here's why it's ukraine's fifth largest city with a population of nearly a million blast year forbes named the most attractive city even doing business in the whole country it's not now it's one of ukraine's main economic hubs the center of the nation's mining industry just a couple of years ago denotes through thousa

this video is from a town in new ganske region it apparently shows the aftermath of recent shelling it's a residential area that appears to have been struck for residents in these regions aerial sold is a daily threat that ukrainian forces and local militia blame on each other. international rights groups and journalists organizations are stepping up the pressure over the disappearance of a russian photographer in ukraine i understand and went missing a week ago he have denied reports that he's being held by security services now colleagues of the thirty three year old journalist a drawing public attention to his plight with an online campaign hash tag free and the un expressed its hope that the ria novosti news agency reporter will be found safe the new york based committee to protect journalists is calling for standards immediate release and here's the reaction from human rights watch stressing that andre has to be freed because there have been no charges pressed against him the european security watched also and says he has to be released condemning the practice of a resting journalis

the city of the ganske one of the biggest in the cranes east lies in ruins and is almost empty but a to refine never stops while the shelling of the city continue not only residential areas are being targeted just yesterday a shell landed right here in the middle of these graves at one of the city's main cemeteries cauchon the road now of the your side of the border in this where more law where you're more so stoked on your volcanoes in the bill you'll. get millions in the superdome that should more than many trees decide to go for you . dimitri and his family were caught in the sporadic fire when they tried to get water from a wild stream outside to see. this national bulge and behold the morning of the budget is treating it and we're going to shoot you is broke this video and you can hear track of it was told it will we will do is can if it needed of course but will for you pretty this is for mr clinton for his goal but it is all down the mark of globalization all of the boomers beautiful you sure you will be sure to deal with and safety is not the only thing missing. that all thos

conditions are worsening there in lugansk our locals coping absolutely we just came back from the ganske and it's in ukraine and we have to tell you that the situation on the ground is very dramatic and dangerous from humanitarian point of view we've heavy artillery challis now continuing people have to shelter in the basement there is no electricity in most of the cities districts because power station was damaged in the shalyn again and connection is also very unstable so people cannot even call for help and they can notify their call their relatives and friends who are currently outside the city and the country but it seems that the shortage of water is currently the biggest challenge that the residents those who didn't really they see can become tree now facing let's not listen to these voices from the shelled city. there's a very good notion that it should be that much of the book is soon going to the basement for it's an unreasonable result of the critical she's going to look at a book and if you don't know for your protection you but are good at different distances and you poach e

the latest ukrainian army air raid on a ganske has killed at least five people adding to the dozens of victims from the past few days don't have somebody who small here are the two largest cities in the east the currently the center still of anti-government resistance both being blockaded by is still struggling to take control over the regions the ganske has been left without power while food and water are rapidly running out and there's no let up for civilians from daily are heavy artillery shelling and bombing exhausted from living in a war zone residents say they just want peace. oh . yes just a lot of. this is. if we start to walk or use the yak you've see over here we do not talk to you would be . and i would just said sure that we. are the developments to tell you about nate has confirmed ukraine has been using short range ballistic missiles against self defense forces in the east most according to a report by the german news channel doug chevelle or indeed the same was said two days ago on c.n.n. which was referring to its sources in the pentagon kiev strangely denying sputum th

these acedia with a population or one million will ganske is a c.t.o. with a population approach in van median and lot of these cities in the last few weeks of face the humanitarian disaster they were bombarded and they were in food and water you remember that these russian demonized cournoyer had to wait for ten days before it would cross into ukraine and bring food to these people. is absolutely right the western media. doesn't even know just how it contradicts to what it had been saying just a few days ago all. before we discuss the invasion let me remind you that a few weeks ago the west declared russia guilty or of the malaysian airlines disaster even before the evidence was collected not only before the trial but before the evidence was collected now for three weeks the black boxes are in the hands of british experts and we don't hear anything above from them you know everyone seems to have forgotten in the only bolivia matter or gave me a hearing or or diva we all know what the outcome is that's why they don't run a reporter here jim if i can go

were expected to take will ganske and then yes by that they'd so instead of a victory parade we had a very embarrassing situation because the rebel started to counter offensive and how do you explain it to the people rush invaded because this is the only way you can save face in this situation what is very interesting is that the ukrainian authorities said they didn't have belief stick missiles and the ballistic missiles were at these parade. so it was an embarrassment on them to all disappear without the embarrassment but i would like to mention you know i condemn rusa for bit not because i am russian you know there are all kinds of racism in more than war the problem with forebear is that you can explain by the evil designs of russians any mistake that the western governments make in syria why are things not going according to a plant because russia did not vote in the security council in favor of the resolution in fact. push an aside from power why are things not going according to the plan in ukraine why are the rebels counter if they can because russia invaded so russia is always

knew could be thousands of refugees have poured out of the ganske to escape the recent shelling and even if this turns out to be the final assault on the city as the government in kiev claims the effects of the sustained fighting will be felt by civilians here for many years to come. r.t. iligan ski crane. after weeks deprived of food and water a russian humanitarian aid convoy finally reached desperate ukrainians who lined up to get basic essentials the aid convoy is now back in russia after unloading tons of food medicine and water in less than twenty four hours two hundred eighty trucks made their way through war torn eastern ukraine after being stalled at the border for over a week here in washington called it a violation of the nation's sovereignty and threaten russia with consequences un humanitarian chief valerie amos told r.t. aid efforts should not be politicized. what i think is important in terms of the humanitarian aspects of this is that those aspects are not politicized one of the important things about humanitarian work is that it's independent it's neutral it's about brin

to russia and riff and followed some of the refugees as they left their homes in the city of new ganske. one thousand nine hundred eleven in her dark apartment in the ganske packing they has been no electricity nased at the city for almost two weeks now and the shelling continues. but india has already sent her daughter and her granddaughter to family friends in russian they didn't see each other for a month we'll meet her when she's getting ready to follow them we will company her all the way to the border. only in good books of the new live just stop for us we wake up stand in the bread line for two hours then get a water and the other kook a meal to eat and the same thing happens every day at this time was said in line we can only send to the news on the radio or vetting team as husband was due to come back from a trip to their country house this morning but he's still not back the phones are down and she has no way of knowing what's delayed him. but with daily bombings she can't help but be worried when my the says any of the there is no connection so i don't even know what happened

around sixty people a day are being killed or wounded refinance not met some of the residents of new ganske one of the city's suffering the most. key of course these large scale antiterrorist the ration. while empty government fighters in the east say they are trying to liberate the region from occupiers yet its civilians who are paying the highest price they describe what's happening on the ground and in their backyards as senseless violence. the city of the guns one of the biggest in the crane's east lies in ruins and is almost empty but a to refine never stops while the shelling of the city continue not only residential areas are being targeted just yesterday a shell landed right here in the middle of these graves at one of the city's main symmetries cauchon the road no doubt that your son was awarded in this way or more while you're more so stoked on your broken nose and the bill you look. at me in your vision of those who fought on the street more than in the trees disappeared over your little dimitri and his family were caught in the sporadic fire when they tried to get water from a w

while the city of the ganske is surrounded and constantly under attack by camps forces activists say that hundreds of civilians have died just a warning graphic images are ahead residents say gruesome scenes like this is becoming a part of everyday life five hundred thousand people used to live in advance but more than half of them have fled according to local authorities numerous residential buildings and houses have been destroyed and hardly any place in the city is unsafe. 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

valentino is alone in her dark apartment in the ganske packing they has been no electricity in most of the city for almost two weeks now and the shelling continues. but indiana has already sent her daughter and her granddaughter to family friends in a russia they didn't see each other for a month we'll meet her when she's getting ready to follow them we will company her all the way to the border. come on us. with the with the. little thirty eight. and we learned in the last compact. very ingenious husband was due to come back from a trip to their country house this morning but he's still not back the phones are down and she has no way of knowing what's delayed him. but with daily bombings she can't help but be worried when my decision have the go about him and our arms and with all new hope i hope my whole world to one in tina puts in her girls winter clothes and finishes packing she leaves her home with six bags and a very heavy heart. zenaida from the guns krege and has cancer in her home was shelled twice but she tries to remain buoyant but even her optimist soon was not enough to d

ganske ukraine and. in other developments ukraine officials say at least two civilians have been killed by artillery fire in the outskirts of the netsky key anti-government stronghold in the news and every night in the last few hours we've been hearing of reports of heavy fighting. between kills troops and local militia there we go let's focus in on the nets again it's a huge city city of a million people creating army said to be closing in on it there's been reports as bolstering its ground missile systems carol says it does indeed all this week been preparing for a decisive offensive as yet it's not happened the netsky is a vital hub for both the region and the country this is why i talked about the size of it just notes the fifth largest city in the country with a population of nearly a million last year forbes named it the most attractive city there anyway for doing business in the whole country is one ukraine's main economic hubs and the center of the nation's mining industry just a couple of years

is calling for an end to violence in eastern ukraine to prevent a severe humanitarian crisis new ganske the second largest city in the region has been worst hit as these pictures here show on monday officials they declared a state of humanitarian disaster and say the situation hasn't improved since here's what a senior u.n. official thinks about it insecurity and violence prevail in conflict areas resulting in a steady worsening of the humanitarian situation fighting has caused significant damage to infrastructure affecting the power and water supplies and access to basic services health supplies are running low and an estimated seventy percent of health personnel have fled and this will continue to deteriorate for as long as violence persists. senior united nations official don't drink now he was talking to a u.n. emergency meeting about the increasing hardships of life in eastern ukraine killed however sees a situation differently there is no need how many there are in crisis in ukraine as it is continued to be portrayed by our russian colleagues there was a could but somewhat western

upcoming hours here in our international right an entire family has been killed just outside of new ganske in east ukraine graphic footage shows neighbors pulling five bodies from a basement where they had been taking shelter some reported shell hit their house causing it to collapse and then burying them in. did you. just do what. you what does what you do. and this is what the city center near it's good looks like a local say at tillery shells have been hitting residential buildings forcing the inhabitants to flee a local hospital was also hits and water and gas supplies damaged by the shelling and this is an elementary school else way in the city many of its classrooms completely bombed out and riddled with know all that in a regional capital city an industrial center with a million strong population. imus international has accused a member of ukraine's radical party of terrorizing the east of the country human rights activists say a leg has violated abducted and i buz people in violation of international legal standards nationalist. comes came third in the presidential election here si

now i'd like to bring you the very latest announcement from the low ganske city council it says the city is in a state of a humanitarian crisis locals are forced to live without electricity water and gas internet and for good actions are also cut off. over four hundred thirty granny and troops crossed the russian border appealing for sanctuary and some of them have already returned to ukraine bought and heard an area that's free of fighting it's the largest number of ukrainian military personnel to lay down arms and and to russia however smaller groups have done it before and the latest word describes their motives. fortune sitting on the moon you don't forget what we have witnessed so many deaths and other terrible things there are all of us are very happy to be here we've been given a new clothes and managed to rest and we're very grateful for that which about. where we were encircled we had no way out so to keep the manpower safe our commanders decided to escape to russia i think for no clear reason the ukrainian population is destroying itself because on both sides we and they are th

the ganske made that can bend but the rusty people here. those who didn't have a daily struggle to survive. the city has been without electricity for more than a week now but it's the shortage of water which poses the biggest humanitarian challenge. this woman is called middle aged and russian her name means home but she has little of that left dozens of the buckboard got busy keeping your feet nonstop on the job that we did go to the blue did you can chose a newbie insinuate what nicci a warm up mum she got not much of what is going to shut out the window bored you to my life or your usual storm i'm sure it's getting a bit of queues form early in the morning because people are afraid they won't be enough fuel to go around. there you've done you've still as it just has been below grandstand we're not sure of wellness to meet you when you yell it premiered you have the new chip when you did it there at the birth her field near the steely years and the other near the edge of the earth even the. thirtieth of what i was going to say that the th

the ukrainian army says it's wanting antigovernment forces in the streets over the ganske and mia while russian trucks with humanitarian aid for struggling civilians are being stalled at the border. ridicules reports of one online that one of its ahmed units had been destroyed in ukraine with no evidence a way to back up the allegations from kiev. armored vehicles and sniper rifles primed but not for a military operation you was authorities use them to disperse righteous demanding justice for teenagers shot dead by police in the us town. and the e.u. approved aid to kurdish fighters any log of more and more weapons into the war would in country as terrorists from the islamic state group report of the massacre an entire village of kurds. world headlines coming up in your way this is a large international live from moscow are you with me with say. the ukrainian army says it's in the last stages of its operation in the east of the country it came street fights on the way and and yes going lugansk as it pushes out anti government forces locals they are suffering from shelters of food water

above all of the world you don't know if you will be shot at or not when you're driving through the ganske there is an area the army uses to attack the syrian army they're surrounded but they keep attacking the syria so instead we try to get to dinny ask we ask an anti government fighter what lies ahead alexander tells us his small town which lies between the city and the border has seen some of the most intense shelling in the area he's driving back there and he admits the route he traced it's really a boomerang but i think they don't want to let the refugees cross the russian border which is why they are shooting at the roads they're also trying to cut us off from humanitarian aid food and water the moment of alexander politely refuses to take us with him we take his number and agree to keep in touch to check on him and the road once he reaches his destination the wrong several times but no one is answering race nationality on the russian ukrainian border. and playing an active role in kiev scrap down in the east is the national guard a privately funded special group that largely consist

resistance both are being blockade a bike which is struggling to take control over the region's well ganske has been left without power while food and water are rapidly running out there's no laugh for civilians from daily have the artillery shelling and bombing exhausted from living in a war zone residents say they just want to. fight oh. probably just a minute below them. was enough most of the sooner. we start your career you can see yak you've seen the window over here and we do not go up to you would be. on the water it's just such a short that we've. got it. now intense clashes are taking place near and ukrainian paratroopers have been killed there army officials say they were ambushed by anti-government fire is armed with mortars and a grenade launchers the survivors have been moved from the front lines the army says anti-government forces have also suffered having losses without specifying the numbers. the e.u. sanctions to punish russia's financial angie and the fans actors over the events in ukraine have kicked in european lawmakers have made it nearly impossible for the companies

ukrainian forces close in on anti-government strongholds we've also been getting reports from of ganske another target is true of aeration that three civilians were killed there in the past twenty four hours. and in the week some disturbing images emerge from that city a care home for the elderly was shelled five residents were killed both sides again lebanese each other for the deaths this is only one of many examples of the populated areas being attacked president petro poroshenko had vowed you may recall that civilians would not be targeted ukrainian military forces the national guard and other units would never allow themselves to do harm to civilians ukrainian soldiers will risk their own lives but won't threaten women children and elderly men this is the eternal chivalrous nature of the ukrainian army well that's the official line but a un report released this week's raise the alarm over the growing number of civilians being killed by shelling in eastern ukraine it says not of the offspring done to protect the locals are devastated by the ongoing fighting. i mean even when you say

violent clashes have erupted all along the road we drove alone and those who just spoke to in the ganske now find themselves trapped in the encircled city. nation. in eastern ukraine. in the meantime radicals from the ultra nationalist right sector group of threatened to unleash their full force song of this according to a statement published on the group's website it says unless president poroshenko meets their demands within the next forty eight hours they withdraw their forces fighting on the eastern front and march to kiev in full battle gear for the group is demanding the release of its members arrested by police on various occasions as well as the discharge of officials they consider sympathetic to the anti government forces in the east and the right sector consists of several nationalist extremist groups it first emerged during antigovernment. in the capital when they clashed with police seized the government buildings and torched cars around the city and later they formed several special units which are now fight local militias in the east. and this week you crane accused moscow

the ganske made luke abandoned but the rusting people here. those who didn't flee have a daily struggle to survive. the city has been without electricity for more than a week now but it's the shortage of water which poses the biggest humanitarian challenge. this woman is called. in russian her name means home but she has little of that left dozens of the buckboard up isn't even your fault not government cover one beach well we did go to the blue did you can chose a new being to new we've got new cheer warm up mum she's got no question of what's going to get shut out but. for you to miley for your usual storm i'm sure it's getting a bit of queues form early in the morning because people are afraid they won't be enough fuel to go around to all those who were there. as it just has been below grandstand we're not sure of wellness to meet you when you're nearly at premier you have the nietzsche when you didn't deliver the birth her feeling here that steely years ago the other near the edge of the earth even the. dead your thoughts of what i was goi

ukraine claims one of its fighter jets has been shot down by anti government fighters nearly ganske a local self-defense forces claim the army has hit the city with ballistic missiles but a missile was found in one of the districts similar to those previously used in donetsk suggests that the military is using soviet era weapons that were left in ukraine after the union collapse right let's take a look at what they're capable of in terms of warfare the missiles maximum ranges up to a hundred and twenty kilometers and at that distance it's able to hit targets with an accuracy of one hundred meters various of course types of warheads available for the system including chemical as well as nuclear even with a conventional payload it's able to inflict significant destruction destroying an entire house with ease and as former u.k. army officer charles subrace told us the people of eastern ukraine face many other dangers to. war if this video is genuine and it should be said so far there's nothing to suggest that it isn't very indeed it does show many of the characteristics one would associa

well it's been over a week since the ganske declared a state of humanitarian disaster the convoy of russian aid is now on its way to the border with ukraine nearly three hundred trucks are carrying tons of products including baby food canned meat sugar bottled water and electricity generators the mission is designed to bring relief to the residents of eastern ukraine who are suffering power or water and food shortages. moscow is demanding explanations from kiev over the fate of missing russian journalist under a stand in contact with a photographer who was working in east ukraine was lost more than a week ago ukraine's interior ministry said it can only assume the journalist may been have. detained by security services the thirty three year old's disappearance triggered a major outcry among international rights groups calling for his release and highlighting the dangers facing journalists covering the conflict in a country. well it's not the first time reporters been caught in the crossfire in eastern ukraine several others have been abducted interrogated or even tortured seven journalists

homes ukraine's security forces say they're preparing a major offensive to retake the nantz going to ganske where local militia warned of massive counter attacks this is the latest video from the region and you can see people's private cars which are apparently got caught in small arms fire near the city of donetsk despite a growing of forces cali and locals to evacuated doesn't appear is safe for people to do so. now this video from a town in the advanced region apparently shows the aftermath of recent shelling it's a residential area that appears to have been struck for residents in these regions aerial assault is a deadly threat which ukrainian forces and local militia blame on each other. moscow's urging king of to take action to help find and free a russian photographer who's been missing in ukraine for a week now i understand is reportedly being held by the country's security services which they deny colleagues of the thirty three year old journalist who are drawing public attention to his plight with an online campaign hash tag for andrew un expressed its hope that the news agency re

out we're going to say give me the reasons shall turn to roll most every apartment building in the ganske and there really empty this is another basement that the has recently become home to local residents and it's not that they hide here the time of intense shelling and the bodley and you can see that it really leave here every family has its own. place here like an apartment building that underground in one of the only to them the youngest resident i've seen here so far he shares many of the fears of deal do people here know that. this. was just a couple of gone. it was nine pm every day people in different basically we saw it the same thing you know. the ask for god to protect them and we bring in peace but there's the shelling continues around then the furthest a day to plan a had is tomorrow when they say they will need him again with relief notion are gone the ukraine. more than four hundred thirty ukrainian troops across the russian border appealing for sanctuary some of them already returned to ukraine but entered an area that's free from fighting is the largest number of ukraini

in the ganske a region and the rural community has been the focal point of intense fighting as you can see in these pictures with this is a large numbers of ukrainian armored vehicles and tanks have been left there many of them destroyed in all it's now been four months since kiev launched its military crackdown in the east. now since then it has officially admitted to the deaths of seven hundred government troops and the more than two and a half thousand injured the kid is being accused of a massive cover up at a government forces say up to fourteen thousand military service men have died and that casualties are being under-reported on purpose. in the last few days alone hundreds of government troops have reportedly been killed or taken prisoner near the town of ill advised and the deniece region their entire battalion found themselves surrounded adjoining counterattacked violence and government forces and one of the commanders of those vets accused me of abandoning them artes falsely reports on the growing frustration in ukraine on. as the fighting intensifies and anti government for

their military officials say that they are ready and troops to fight in the streets of don yes and ganske all part of the next phase to take back control of the restive regions our correspondent richard knox has what. ukraine's national security and defense council has confirmed that the army is currently preparing to regain control over the major cities in eastern ukraine it is also now confirmed by the officials of what key it calls anti terror of the region in these parts of the country they spokes person has said that the military will take the city center towns and the villages street after street building after building without specifying which city will come first saying that it will either be dead or guns these are big cities of course when these promises from cave to intensify the attacks concerns are that they could be even more civilian deaths in less than four ones of the operation in ukraine more than one thousand people have already been killed ordinary civilians we just couple days ago visited this city over the guns can we saw a very dramatic picture on the ground many hav

shrinking daily areas under heavy siege include the eastern regions largest cities don't yet scandal ganske with local authorities saying the situation is on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe. this is one of the latest battlefield images to emerge on the lion it purports to show fighting continuing for every scrap of land that we can't verify where or how these images were taken. of all the disturbing images coming from the region these are probably some of the most striking people in wheelchairs who died in broad daylight after a care home for the elderly in lagos was apparently pounded by shells at both sides of blaming each other for the killings. this is video from the outskirts of dyad this is the aftermath of an assault in part of the city as kiev troops advance these videos in contrast with the words of ukraine's president repeatedly promised civilians would not suffer in the. ukrainian military forces the national guard and other units would never allow themselves to do harm to civilians ukrainian soldiers were risked their own lives but won't threaten women children and elder

the ganske made luke abandoned but the rusty people here. those who didn't have a daily struggle to survive the city has been without electricity for more than a week now but it's the shortage of water which poses the biggest humanitarian challenge this woman is called. in russian her name means that she has little of that left but it should be but one job is unique in your city not the gulf war between but we did go to the blue giddy concho it's a new being to new we've got new cheer war got mum she got not much of what is going to shut out but. what you to my little your usual storm of you it's getting a bit of q.'s form early in the morning because people are afraid they won't be enough fuel to go around. but there you turn you've still as it just has been below grandstanding you're not going to pull most you need you when you yell it premiered you knew it would be nietzsche when you didn't get it breath berfield near that studio earlier years ago the other near the edge of the us even though coke that gives us a bit of us going to say th

a quarter of a million people are stuck in the ganske unable to leave getting out of the was only spoofing dangerous and often fatal just take a look at this video from the region it appears to show a rocket presumably fired by a heavy missile launcher hitting a highway just in front of a car fortunately the driver survived he says he's only alive though because the armor plated his vehicle. the officials in down yet scritches another key anti government stronghold say that the recent millions were killed overnight as the outskirts of the city came under heavy artillery fire kiev has been stepping up its offensive on down yet a regional capital with a population of just under a million it's reportedly concentrating tanks and armored vehicles in the area but caring for a major offensive to retake it from local militia and we've got the latest pictures from donetsk air show in the aftermath of overnight strikes at least on the violence was closer than ever to the city center. of. the universe but it will not spare a few rules for your purposes you claim you can register with the. utility. af

well at least four people were killed in the latest attack on the ganske and the shelling has left much of the city. in ruins this is take a look at a map of the areas that have been hit this was plotted by local residents and as you can quite clearly see really quite comprehensive coverage there hardly a spot that has escaped the onslaught of five hundred thousand people who used to live there almost half have now left griffen option reports from the russia ukraine border where thousands are fleeing the war saying. it's the final countdown for lugansk in kiev warns for now eastern ukraine remains under the control of and together and forces the challenge in the region is intensifying who tried to cross the border to cover grevilleas to come then ask checkpoint at the russian ukrainian border the line of cars and people stretches for kilometers and almost nobody is willing to cross into ukraine once you are through you are in the empty terrible ration zone where no one can guarantee your safety for hours we search for a driver to take us towards the guns with little success then we met

in on anti government strongholds there and the latest military attack on another eastern city the ganske reportedly left three civilians dead and at least eight injured recently several buildings including a school and a supermarket also suffered heavy damage. next to some disturbing images that emerged from that city earlier on in the week a care home for the elderly was shelled there five residents died both sides again blaming each other for the deaths this is only one of many examples of populated areas being attacked president petro poroshenko had previously vowed that civilians would not be targeted ukrainian military forces the national guard and other units will never allow themselves to do harm to civilians ukrainian soldiers will risk their own lives but won't threaten women children and elderly men this is the eternal chivalrous nature of the ukrainian army. that's the official line but a u.n. report released this weeks raised the alarm over the growing number of civilians being killed by shelling in eastern ukraine he says not enough spring done to protect the locals are deva

are also problems with the running water and the officials of the self-worth and republic of the ganske warn that this could lead to a real humanitarian catastrophe and of course in this situation people continue to flee what they call the war zone where no next to the russian ukrainian border every day tens and sometimes even hundreds of people try to cross and to cross it itself very often becomes a very dangerous journey here's one local mayor who was among those organizing the recreation at the time of the intense fire taint. the whole city is destroyed apartment buildings and private houses alike it's been going on for about eight days there was a pause in the shelling when we managed to take two buses full of refugees out of town then it started again we got transport water we're trying to bring bread into town on the. situation on the ground remains dramatic and so far unfortunately the phrase no any indication that it's could become any better any time so. despite the ukrainian conflict claiming more lives every day care was getting further support from western backers ministrat

now locals in the city of will ganske say no worries safe from the army shelling with residential areas coming under fire daily artist maria financial reports from the embattled city. the devastation of we worried shelling we were here last fall days ago and we've returned to find guns there in the scars of sustained attack kiev is calling this long assault the final stage of its military operation and the fact it's having the locals is all too clear every day residential areas of the city of look on sky being targeted fortunately when this five story apartment building was hit no word was heard by the time had happened almost all the residents have already fled minutes later we come across two of the handful of people still living here and they're clearly terrified that. so. many of those still here high the elderly hold to seek to leave them again like elenor they're forced to take shelter in their basements when the shelling begins yet they do realize the good you look out at me mohammad got children look at the national media i don't know what that will eventually they are going to

the sights of ukraine's army in the country's east with the residential parts of done yet another ganske being hit on a daily basis says it's only targeting rebel fighters the outskirts of the regional hub done yet scupper come under violent shelling once again paula slee a trouble there for us. we're hearing from him in ski where a short time ago a rocket hit the building as you can see the fire brigade is still here on the roof of. the aim and the front. of the situation. but there are no. here there is a car where three people have gone my age and their bodies are badly burned to find some of the smoke still coming out of the car when not far from the building where the rockets were from all around. glass windows that have completely shattered there is nothing on the ground if remains the whole front of the building has been destroyed and along with people that have now come out to see. what's happening is we're hearing from the soldiers that there were around six to seven hits at the same time one of them has not exploded so they're waiting now for reinforcements to come under but th