we do have john hendron. there you go. >> that's john >> reporter: you do indeed. >> it will be interesting to see what the reaction in kiev is. he said he is ready to talk to russia but, so far, of course, no sign of negotiations between the two sides. none at all. in, in kiev, it's different. this is like a paternity case with each side calling the other side illegitimate. in the kiev, you have revolutionary fervor strong in the streets. behind me, there is a speaker in independence square. it is still occupied by demonstrators. here, people are worked up about what's going on the crimea. they say they will not allow it to happen. what's not clear is just how far these revolutionaries here in kiev will go after fighting a revolution in order to take their country back. in order to keep it in tact, it's not clear just how far, whether this will go to violence. there is no country offering military aid here, and as you just pointed out and as simon pointed out, sanctions are just being offered by the u.s. and

on tonight's "talk to al jazeera" she talks to john hendron and said the west should block a refer endsumin cripple. >> they must not lose time and leave ukraine on its own. every ukrainian beliefs today that the world will not leave ukraine on its on to face the agress who are violating treaties applicable to this situation. the critical date is the refer end um's date on joining russia. if the international community allows this referendum to be held, their struggle would be much more difficult. i call to all international leaders not to allow this refer endsum to be conducted and not to allow this brutal destabilization of the world. >>> stay tuned to talk to al jazeera after this newscast to see the full interview with yulia k. mioshinko all eyes on russian president vladimir putin and what his next step might be in this crisis. a better look to understand his motivations. tran vladimir putin has ruled russia directly or indirectly for a dozen years and could conceivably rule for a do you recognize more. he was born after the 900 day long nazi sieges ended. >> the soviet union's baby

in an interview with al jazeera john hendron in kiev she says the time to have a diplomatic solutionrunning out. >> translator: i think currently there is a lot of talk about creating special negotiation groups and more diplomacy talks. i think that is not to the point. i think if we follow this course after the 30th of march, after the referendum to be held in crimea we shall lose crimea and adhere to absolutely different methods. >> translator: i think it's not just ukraine who will lose crimea during this crisis. i think it's the whole world who will feel the consequence of the lost and the world will feel the critical moment of this situation. >> reporter: you can watch the interview on sunday's edition of talk to al jazeera at 7:00 p.m. eastern. cuba is set to begin talks with the european union, among the topics on the table trade and human rights and the foreign minister says it marks the end of the one-sided relationship with europe and they lifted sanctions against cuba in 2008 and last month the eu indicated it wanted to broaden economic cooperation with havana and iran is