full clashes in ukraine's capital kiev. absolutely no. hard to tell what you are trying to. do. now on the brink of a civil war at least 70 dead so far and the death toll rising. to. a new. poll we saw here today was a revolution. 7 and said to. have invested over $5000000000.00 to assist ukraine in these and other goals. nato has expanded into 13 countries up to the borders of russia 13 countries. focus that's the be on not allowing buy into hot wall between ukraine and russia. in the su would look when the new ones to be truthful. the the low the to. elude . police the to. elite . ukraine. it's an ancient and proud land. with a rich history filled with much beauty heroism and sacrifice. ukraine is a border land. a place where east meets west. this is the flag of ukraine the blue represents the sky the gold its seemingly endless fields of wheat. ukraine is a prize many have sought. and much blood spilled in the quest to possess it. ukraine has been the pathway for western powers as they attempted to conquer the east. in world war one. and world war 2. and every time the ukraini

in the most notorious and outrageous massacre took place september 29th and 30th 1941 in kiev. of the city of kiev and its vicinity must appear on monday september 29th by 8 o'clock in the morning. bring documents money and valuables and also warm clothing linen cetera. they need not follow this order and are found elsewhere will be shot. 33771 jews were killed in this 2 day operation of the nazis and ukrainian militia. another outrageous massacre was carried out by the ukrainian insurgent army and the bond faction of the organization of ukrainian nationalists in german occupied polish. and eastern between 19431944 this genocide of poles was led by. 35260000 people in vali nya and 25240000 eastern. fell victim to this massive ethnic cleansing operation. sensing the inevitable loss of the german troops the organization of ukrainian nationalists who gave up on their former ally and began fighting equally against the germans and the soviet forces. in january 943 u.s.s.r. troops started pushing the nazis back liberating one part of ukraine after another . western ukraine was the la

became frequent guests in kiev initiating negotiations between parties in a faltering will. be able to get. the results of the negotiations however were often reached only on paper thus you shan't go never told the supporters to stop blocking government buildings in central kiev. therefore these nonviolent and very orange protests lasted for a month during which time the previous election results were no marred by massive corruption and new elections were announced an important nuance just 3 months before viktor yuschenko became a victim to a mysterious and still unsolved poisoning but it didn't prevent him from winning in the new election. though as we shall soon see there was much more than just the people's will that led to this victory this peaceful revolution and its leader world warmly welcomed by the international community but the euphoria didn't last long yuschenko as government completely failed with reforms and lost its chance to establish democracy instead descending into infighting viktor yuschenko was not reelected for a 2nd term but at. the end of his presiden

the world seem too busy welcoming this new democracy in kiev. to notice what was being done as it spread its wings over the country. many in southern ukraine had been viewing the revolution with concern. i and an anti mind on movement formed in the city of odessa in early january 2014 the protesters set up their camp in front of the trade union house a building which would soon become a monument to a massacre of its own it's difficult to overestimate the importance of odessa it is strategically located on the black sea and it's ukraine's largest seaport it's not surprising that ukraine's new authorities were watching the situation unfolding there with growing along arm. more and more of odessa people were joining the anti my don movement at the same time as events in eastern ukraine were heating up. the new ukrainian government didn't have the power to wage war on too many fronts if odessa were to join the growing uprising in the eastern regions it would seriously complicate the situation. this rebellion had to be extinguished immediately and at

you go back to kiev the next day after the meeting with merkel. and protests are up my right can you take me through that period. by the minute the worst with the mute in the uk see. more snow. yet at the mobil have. to go to. if you want me of. course we took a. little. up just in the coming few months what you see is little bizarre i don't like that we just released the world will to shit on the ground. robert perry is a long time investigative journalist based in washington d.c. best known for his major disclosures about the iran contra scandal in the 1980 s. he is the founder of consortium news where he has reported extensively on the crisis in ukraine and the forces behind the unrest and in geo is a non-governmental organization how many n.g.o.s are quite legitimate they represent good causes that maybe they help people in a country feed or deal with water problems or deal with various kinds of social problems but there are some n.g.o.s that have become funded by government entities and serve more the purpose of that government rather than tr

violent clashes erupted in the ukrainian capital kiev as more than 100000 people protested against a government decision to delay an association deal with. the tele you were minister of interior affairs for the ukraine during this period and you were chief of police essentially of the country can you tell me your version of what happened from november protests through february protests in 4 months for. the whole duty to ship it not nor. mean you throw. it but decide you're. going to be as consumers are semi outs a new leader of the opposite. party father in that block leader of the opposition nationalist far right political parties vitali klitschko leader of the opposition party who die both e.u. and ukrainian officials said on thursday the suspension of talks on closer ties could be revived after the 2 day meeting but officials said the deal was off the table. for. pro e.u. protests on the streets of kiev and to their 2nd day the crowd of iran a 1000 protesters were joined by the leader of the opposition or any well boxing champion vitaly klitschko he called on the demonstrators to

this led to the pro russian demonstrations rejecting the new government in kiev. on february 27th the government buildings in the capital of crimea were seized by pro russian protesters. the current crimean government was dismissed and the new leader surrogate acciona of was assigned as the leader of the crimean. autonomy's republic when you. go to war. you has this shit you. on march 16th the crimean referendum or so held and the people voted to leave ukraine and enter the russian federation. the situation in crimea is being presented as a russian invasion and again nobody looks at the seriously and looks at the poll numbers and some of the poll numbers done by the u.s. government agencies themselves showing that the people of crimea prefer being part of russia in the u.s. news media it's all been presented as the russians invaded they then station sham election with people with guns at their backs somehow the big the ballot boxes to get 96 percent approval for rejoining russia idea of a referendum in crimea is just quite simply unconstitutional but it does raise

that was the policy thatou enacted in kiev. yet, we had rudy giuliani suggesting that aid should be with held until the ukrainians announce investigation into 2 t6 an bidens. you wrote a cable to pompeo. you said the first one you wrote expressing your concerns. what did it say? and w do you think pomo never responded? >> becauhose are fairly unusual. first person -- w ited to make sure that he got it. and i was assured that he got it. and the process -- the system insures that that kind of cable goes to t secretary. so i know he got it. that's what i wanted to be sure happened. that is, i wanted to make sure he understood the importance of to us, and to the united states. it's important that we support them for the reasons that i mentioned earlier. and that's what i put in the ble because i thought that maybe it was a misunderstanding. maybe it was not clear toin peoe washington, in particular the secretary but also in particular the other members of the cabinet that theor ince of this assistance was in our benefit. >> if you

president trump come to kiev and welcome him to kiev earlier than he is available. >> reporter: you see there he's eager to welcome president trump to kiev, to the ukrainian capit capital. he said he would tliek halike t call with president trump. i'm sure he's hoping that call will go better than the call back in july. >> it's very interesting to hpe. thank you. >>> president trump doesn't have to think much about impeachment anymore. there's now criticism that he's getting his attorney general to do his political bidding. that's because there's now a second known incident of attorney general bill barr inserting himself in case involving one of the president's close associates. this time michael flynn. cnn confirmed that barr is ordering a re-examination of multiple high profile cases. this revelation comes just days after cnn learned that barr had been pushing for flynn to be spared prison time and after senior justice department officials undercut federal prosecutors and their sentencing recommendation for another trump associate roger stone. that move caused four federal prosecutors

the fight to get a consumer agency to keep banks --m cheating people the kiev cheating people, the kiev pg. fpg. won thethe fight -- fight to take back the senate unpopular incumbent republican. there are a lot of people who talk about what races art -- aren't winnable or what kind of people can't win. the way i see it, they will keep saying right up until we get into the fight. went -- we wi we n. it has been the long years of donald trump and a lot of people around this country are afraid. they are afraid for their family. they are afraid for their neighbors. they are afraid for children in cages at the border. afraid for women. afraid for people of color. lgbtq people. upgrade for his people. afraid for an's people. all of whose rights are up for grabs. .fraid for our country afraid for our planet. and the danger is real. our democracy hangs in the balance. so it's up to you. new hampshire, it's going to be up to you. do you back up. do you lean back or do you get back into the fight. me, i'm getting back into the fight. i am fighting back. back is an act of patriotism. we fought bac

and i'm ready to welcome him to kiev earlier than he is available. right president zelensky, thank you so much, indeed. i appreciate it. >> thank you so much. thank you so much, everybody. thank you so much. >> reporter: and now we have some distinguished guests in the audience who have traveled to ukraine and who have traveled here -- >> 30-minute conversation here between cnn's christiane amanpour and the president of ukraine, vladimir zelensky, his first one-on-one conversation. we've got senators here who are asking questions. let's listen in. >> reporter: the president reached out strongly, with the amount of heart for continued u.s. help and how incredibly important it is. i just wonder what you want to say after your visit to kiev and after what you've just heard from the president? >> well, christiane, mr. president, words have meaning. if you look at the name of president zelensky's party, servant of the people, if you look at the name of their latest revolution, the revolution of dignity, the reason america, the reason i support, the reason

full clashes in ukraine's capital kiev. there is absolutely no. hard to tell what you are scared to. do. now on the brink of a civil war at least 70 dead so far and the death toll rising it if you can allude you. a new music. hall we saw here today was a revolution. said to. have invested over $5000000000.00 to assist ukraine in these and other goals. nato has expanded into 13 countries up to the borders of russia 13 countries. focus has to be on not allowing buy into hot wall between ukraine and russia. in the city would look when the new buildings to be.

they'd arrived in kiev earlier on thursday president volodymyr zelinsky tried to reassure ukrainians that there was no danger officials said everyone flown in had been screened twice for the virus and criticized the growing process not as. we can see how such people are treated in other countries whether it is the disease or what is going on in ukraine in my opinion allow such attitudes towards our citizens . but the hopes email claiming to come from the health ministry was already stoking fears it had falsely stated that there were 5 coronavirus cases in the country when actually there were none of the anxiety spread with 2 voters but why drive down 350 kilometers from kiev across half of ukraine to an inhabited area where people live right next to the building where they will be accommodated isn't there any of a place in ukraine that can high 50 people that is located in an. area where there is no fret to the population here why do we need them yes why do we need children there are children with a brief to restore calm the prime minister was dispatched an obvious i'm sorry where ev

in 2014 cents off was involved in the my down protests in kiev ukraine when russia annexed the crimea shortly thereafter he supported the ukrainian military so he was arrested by russian authorities and sentenced to several years in prison. if you can. sense off was released after serving 5 years of his sentence in his film numbers there's eventually a revolt and a revolution but that doesn't lead to liberation and even more sinister dictatorship is the result is that the inevitable fate of every revolution. the beautiful you know both this film doesn't intend to show how bad revolution it's all but that it's a dangerous weapon that can turn against you or for you it's a warning to be care. but not a warning not to pursue it with. numbers it is a nightmarish parable of the next cents on its own internment in a penal colony. she describes herself as the oldest teenager in the world 98 year old new york has been obsessed by fashion 100 tonne life but it was just last year aged him in 97 that she signed her 1st modeling contract now she's fully booked and loving me attention she says sty

he's ready for a face-to-face in kiev or washington. what kind of reaction is coming from president trump on this? >> reporter: so far we haven't heard any reaction from the white house or president trump. we have asked but what is clear is that ukrainian president zelensky is looking for a reboot of u.s.-ukraine relations in the aftermath of impeachment. he wants to redefine his relationship with president trump outside the context of impeachment. that's really defind it up to this point. the white house is going to need to grapple with the future of this relationship with ukraine. how to navigate the fact that y ukraine is a key strategic ally and elements of that relationship are politically charged given the president's conversation with zelensky is july is what kicked off a series of events that led to the president's impeachment and then acquittal. a couple of weeking ago mike pompeo traveled to kiev and met with other officials and ensured them that the u.s. still views ukraine as a key ally against russian aggression in the regi

testified you really only had your slice, you only knew about your view of this whole scandal from kiev have been able to ascertain from talking to other people, and now that you have heard the testimony of 16 other people and heard documents, do you think your impression was accurate? >> i do. i was just reporting what i was told and i had heard and what people described to me, and that turns out to have been corroborated by most of the other witnesses, and seems to me there's not a question about the facts of the case and that made what i said not controversial, it was straightforward. >> let's talk about ukraine. i know you cared deeply about this. secretary pompeo recently told a reporter after the contentious interview, do you think americans care about ukraine, and i think there may have been an expletive in there, but in general do you think americans care about ukraine? what do you think? >> i think americans should care about ukraine, and i think they do, actually. i have gotten some really positive responses to some comments -- written comments that i made from all over the co

secretary of state mike pompeo and ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky held a joint news conference in kiev earlier today. both said president trump's impeachment trial has not damaged u.s.-ukraine relations. this is just over 15 minutes. volodymyr zelensky and the u.s. secretary of state, mike pompeo. statement by the president of ukraine. >> thank you very much. pres. zelensky: [speaking foreign language] translator: distinguished mr. secretary of state, ladies and gentlemen, i am extremely glad to welcome today to ukraine the secretary of the united states of america, mr. pompeo. this is a hallmark visit that clearly demonstrates the consistent and across-the-board support of our country by the united states of america. the united states has been and will remain our key ally. we dearly appreciate efforts president trump and his administration on this threat. we are grateful for your personal, unwavering stance regarding the illegal annexation of crimea. today, i express hope that the united states of america will be more actively engaged in the east of ukraine and occupation of crimea th

secretary of state might pump aoe has met ukrainian president the linsky in kiev to arrange talks with u.s. president donald trump democrats accused of pressuring mr selenski to investigate political rivals secretary pompei o. said the 2 presidents would meet. this. israeli aircraft have struck militant targets in the gaza strip in response to new rocket fire from that palestinian territory israel's military said 3 rockets were fired at israel overnight without causing any casualties the strikes come amid heightened tensions after the release of a controversial mideast plan by u.s. president donald trump a key accuser in harvey weinstein's trial has alleged that she was raped twice by the former hollywood mogul actress jessica ma'am said she remained in a relationship with him out of fear weinstein has been charged with several counts of sexual assaults as the corona virus spreads more countries are confirming cases the latest are in russia the u.k. and sweden meanwhile guatemala and iraq say they'll deny entry to people from china the world health organization has declared the virus a

but we are always happy to see everybody in ukraine, so i would invite president trump to come to kiev>> reporter: now, for pretty trump, every future interaction with president zelensky is likely to be scrutinized. so that is probably going to factor in how the white house proceeds from here in terms of ukraine/usa relation. that's going to be difficult to navigate in the post impeachment era. we heard christiane amanpour ask zelensky times about impeachment, he seemed to not want to talk about the drama going on in u.s. politics. really, he wants to chart a new path forward for ukraine. he's been creating that legitimacy on the word stage. so, we saw him also rebuke president trump's characterization of ukraine that it's a lawless corrupt place. that's something that president zelensky sought to correct several times there. >> sarah westwood in west palm beam, thank you so much. >>> still to come, a stunning week in washington. the justice department has made controversial decisions that's putting it lightly. and critics are asking who are is in charge, the attorney general or the pr

the architecture and culture is spectacular if you get a chance spend some time in kiev on the western border near poland i was an election observer in 2014. ukraine is a friend and a partner which a foreign business which i staff meeting with president zelensky at the un. i didn't realize when i came onon.n board ukraine would be as big a foreign policy issue. >> and then say we are there but they wouldn't and with those nate - - take one of the last round of the normandie talks berkeley want to see that progress built upon with the commitment that they made to the president and others in the process. we will continue to support that and our friends in ukraine. and it controls. effortsith all of his to reform come i thank you can count on continued friendship and strong support from the united states in kiev. >> we have a question over here. there is a couple of press question. >> thank you so much as the ambassador of rwanda like a question on>> your view of african countries because you are coming together as a unit thank you so much. >> not to turn this into a travel log if you get

let's take you to a press conference where the turkish president is speaking in kiev let's listen. indicate that nearly 1000000 people are moving walking towards our borders children. elderly woman civilians all civilians. they come together with what they can recover. she. says we already have nearly 4000000 syrians in our country. 3 and a half 1000000 of course. used to be by doing a border near the border region and the rest came from other parts of syria. we are hosting them in our country. keeping them contained or tend to use they started to make inroads settling in other parts of our country. and. moving them from these camps into proper housings in proper time oh no more coming had to be placed in a very short time ago as you know we suffered. earthquake. not too hard from the border area is 4 to one citizen it's just last july. there are more than 10000 buildings. here is damage we need to rebuild all the more than 10000 things. in addition there are buildings which medium and. yet this serious damage to us and we are in winter. this is the situation on the other hand. ref

alex vindman is from ukraine, he speaks the language, he serveded in kiev and moscow. very much an expert on both those countries. now the white house no longer has that. so these are the people who manage the relationships with these countries. they know them inside out. they deal with them on policy day to day. they're getting side lined. in the meantime this impeachment chapter of the story in the ukraine saga may have just closed. >> reporter: the trial may have ended. >> donald trump is not guilty as charged in the second article of impeachment. >> reporter: but the ukraine jag is not over. >> so we will continue to do our oversight to protect and defend the constitution. each a check and balance on each other. >> reporter: republicans and democrats with sights set on their own targets. for democrats, john bolt job, t bolton who said he is willing to testify in the senate trial but republicans blocked witnesses. so democrats asked him to submit a swarn doement which bolton declined. >> frankly, it's more inexplicable that when he wanted to come forward, the senato

the buses made it to their destination in the end but there on welcome reception wasn't exactly what kiev expected. this is one of the greatest disappointments i'm disappointed in the moral. of this this is a disgrace for the whole world to see i'm truly ashamed ukraine's protesters don't seem to be up for a game of russian roulette with the coronavirus. russian shall cause as the. granted asylum in france is now under investigation their lawmakers are demanding that of public be sent back to russia or after he found himself at the center of political scandal linsky was arrested for posting explicit videos and messages that brought down president micron's preferred pick to the mayor of paris charlotte simmons he's got the details. you know at the pub lenski is a political refugee here in france but it seems even he is too hot to handle with these latest allegations even members of my own party and are calling for him to be sent back to russia if you get this guy out he's a political refugee he behaves like the 1st thing to do would be to put him on a plane streets of russia and he will se

the buses made it to their destination in the end but there unwelcome reception wasn't exactly what kiev expected to move. on think this is one of the greatest disappointments in my life i'm disappointed in people in the moral. this is a disgrace for the whole world to see i'm truly ashamed. ukraine's protesters don't seem to be up for a game of russian roulette with the coronavirus. the us democrats house speaker has been turning the screw on brussels warning europe to ditch weiwei technologies nancy pelosi insists the chinese telecoms giant is a major security threat and should be barred from developing 5 g. networks in the u. which could be used for spying it's claimed but she failed to mention what makes america's own far reaching global surveillance network a better alternative explains. now that the impeachment debacle is all wrapped up guess who's going to europe in order to promote one of the trumpet ministrations key policies it's the speech ripper herself nancy pelosi the speaker of the u.s. house of representatives is urging european countries to drop plans to use while away a

catalina koeppen wagner pokes around a flea market in kiev looking for souvenirs she comes across clothes with traditional embroidery. and this is a men's shirt there always embroider around the neckline hams and cuffs to keep the evil spirits away the name of this tradition is this she. has been on the road constantly for 20 years now she's traveled to over 50 countries among them. india. and china. what's important to me when i travel is to meet the people and to really get to know their culture. and it's important for me to travel to countries where the modern age hasn't completely taken over yet. but for those unable to travel the world like she does offer souvenirs from around the world in her shop in berlin she's especially fond of textiles. and she's even written a book about her most intriguing souvenirs. i'm always on the lookout for places where these things are still part of everyday life and affordable where these clothes are worn i have no use for a folklore outfit that's made especially for tourists i'm looking for traditional clothing that is still part of every day with. t