accusations have been flying fast since around 100 russian trucks crossed the border into ukraine, despite kiev toss objections. ukraine's prime minister says his country's sovereignty has been violated. >> russia's goal is ukraine itself. it cannot accept the fact that ukraine made the decision to sign and association agreement with the european union. we are moving forward. we are part of europe. that's where we are heading and where we will end up. >> meanwhile, russia's state media and local officials are reporting that the first vehicles in the convoy have arrived in lujan's -- luhansk, a rebel stronghold. the eu and u.s. have condemned russia's latest move, saying it runs counter to an agreement with the red cross. the icrc was to export the -- escort the convoy, but it backed out because of the volatile security situation. kiev says neither its customs officials know the red cross know the contents of all the trucks and that the delivery is a ploy to resupply separatist forces. so far, moscow has ignored international calls to withdraw. >> our correspondent joins us now from kiev. ukrain

. >> angela merkel's visit comes .t a symbolic time for kiev ukraine celebrates its independence day on sunday. the german chancellor announced a loan guarantee of half a billion euros for rebuilding eastern ukraine's energy and water infrastructure, and its schools, plus 25 million euros to help refugees. >> we are a member of the marshall plan for rebuilding postwar europe. offered to us by germany is the beginning of a merkel plan and i think the chancellor for that. >> chancellor merkel emphasize that there can be no military resolution of the conflict. there needs to be a cease-fire on both sides in combination with proper border controls. otherwise, there can be no peace. >> the fighting continues. the ukrainian government is pushing forward with its offensive against the separatist . these are the chairs -- pictures from the area. ukrainians say the russian convoy carried away military equipment taken from factories in eastern ukraine. angela merkel made no comment on those allegations. she avoided any direct criticism of moscow. instead, she sought consensus regarding key of -

for a unconditional cease fire from both sides from all sides involved in the conflict however kiev ukraine is still pushing for certain conditions to be in place on that cease fire there was also when it came to the political process particularly stumbling blocks as well now when it came to talking about other issues that they didn't particularly agree on so he laughed it off was talking about the far right group right sector that operates in ukraine now he called on kiev to. make sure that they have them under control on sunday we heard from right sector leaders that they were prepared to turn their forces against kiev if members if their members that were currently in jail weren't released that was later dismissed by the leader of right sector but obviously concerned about their operations that are ongoing in ukraine now. it was a a big long night of talks we heard from the ukrainian foreign minister mr claim can be tweeted as he left the building that it would be area where the talks would be taking place at the country residence of the foreign minister here in germany and he said that

some from as far away as melbourne, australia, and kiev, ukraine. back in washington, d.c. adam has made nest making a family affair. >> i think it's special to have my whole family knitting with me. and to see what they think about my project. >> reporter: and adam's dad says the project gives his kids a real sense of accomplishment. >> the kids get to see a real impact of what they've done. they get to see a tangible thing that was here in my hands, i put it together and now it's somewhere else making a difference. that's cool. >> eventually you can take him back to where he came from and you can open the box and he can fly out. and it is just the most heartwarming, wonderful, amazing thing. >> reporter: saving thousands of birds one stitch at a time. >>> that's "nbc nightly news" for this saturday. we're going to leave you tonight with this, the little team that could rolls on. chicago's jackie robinson west won today's u.s. final at the little league world championships beating las vegas 7-5. congratulations. i'm lester holt reporting from new york. good night, everyone

ukraine "a war." what is the reaction in kiev? >> for many, for most ukrainians, war has been taking place in the east for many months now. when we were talking to people on the street, today say -- they say they welcome harsh words from the western leaders. but at the same time,, they say they would like to see more actions from the west than just being deeply concerned. they would like to see real actions being adopted right now, as soon as possible. >> thank you very much. tensions continue to mount across the region. a plane carrying the russian defense minister was initially forced to turn around in midflight after poland denied entrance into its airspace. >> the minister was returning to russia from slovakia, where he had been taking part in a world war ii memorial. the incident was a formality due to confusion over whether the minister was traveling by civilian or military flight. the plane was eventually allowed to fly over. russia has reacted harshly, calling the move a "gross violation." the development in ukraine has pr

minsk brought together the customs union which is russia first and foremost it brought together kiev ukraine and it brought together the european union true manuel barros was not there he sent his sort of other man there by rose who couldn't. i guess countenance any sort of well what could be construed as failure but anyway the formula russia ukraine e.u. is something that russia offered back in november. and something that the e.u. rejected out of hand. so this format i think is very significant you is coming back to realize we should have talked to russia a point in trying to devise this architecture of ukraine's relationship with russia on the one hand or with the customs union in the one hand and the e.u. on the other and that i think that sort of form that formula that axis gives me some optimism ok well it's very i agree with dmitri there because the united states wasn't there victoria nuland wasn't sitting isn't in minsk right now and. no one would know in which expect that she'd ever sit there after what she said in her telephone conversation to the american ambassador in kiev but th

first the group said it had been encircled in that run out of ammunition and felt abandoned by kiev ukraine's army is not easy waging its ongoing operation in the east launched back in april military analysts say it needs over eleven billion dollars now to replace old weapons of machinery while the amount actually that's been allocated is only around eight hundred million still a sizable amount but nowhere near what's needed ukrainian soldiers are suffering from food shortages the charity of websites been set up by civil activists calling on people to donate food to the army care also appears to be struggling to pay its soldiers back to the money again just recently the country's parliament introduced a military tax here's what ukrainian soldiers across the into russia told r.t. . fortune sitting on the form of what we have witnessed so many doubts and other terrible things it's not all of us are be very happy to be here we've been given new clothes and managed to rest and we're very grateful for that which. we were encircled but we had no way out so to keep the manpower safe our commanders d

people in ukraine and that's accusing west ukraine struggling to live right now we have heard reports which we have been confirmed. has been turned off in kiev for example so people right now you know they don't know how to hold water in the capital and that's down to preserve the gas reserves for the winter months when of course ukraine will be completely without gas and it's it's difficult to see what they're going to do about it so you know push i can the government actually actually have to promote this nationalistic extremist views in the country in order to keep the spirits up but of course what that results in is is in western ukraine ultimately becoming alexander let me ask you a question about how this alexander family i mean actually if you ever spent a winter in eastern ukraine or in russia we've ever been there i've been there in the winter actually it's not very pleasant ok ok because well we just you know tell our viewers here what existence will be like without electricity and natural gas in february go ahead. well look i mean everyone knows that you know everyone had the myths about russia plummeting to minus forty degrees th

ukraine. there's still no form agreements with kiev. instead, russia today accused ukraine of stepping up the fighting there. it even claimed there were forces in ukraine who were plotting to blow up the aid convoy. and tonight, more signs of a russian military buildup. as we were driving back from the border we saw this convoy heading the other way. more than 50 military vehicles and just a few miles from the border with ukraine. the west is urging russia to show restraint and to change direction. steve rosenberg, bbc news near the russian-ukrainian border. >> for more on the tensions between kiev and moscow, a spoke a brief time ago with jeffrey mankoff, a former advisor at the state department and he's now at the center for strategic and international studies. thank you very much for joining me. it doesn't seem possible, but tensions between ukraine and russia seem to be escalating. what is the chance at this point for full-blown conflict? >> i think, unfortunately, it's still quite real and a lot is going to depend on how the russian

this after reports that thousands of troops have entered ukraine. kiev calls it in invasion. moscow says it is not true. the civil war in serious has forced a 3000 --3 million people out of the country. insect invasion in madagascar. a swarm of locusts have taken over the capital and swept across the country. ♪ >> also, coming up in this hour, still suffering after two fatal airlines hasysian announced that it will cut 600 jobs. you would not take euros to quit school, would you? we will meet them as they decide to drop out in order to kickstart their career. let's get started. you craniums and russians are practically when people, so says russian president vladimir putin, who has described the assault is reminiscent of the ngradee siege o leni in world war ii. ofy have accused kiev invading the country. they say that 1000 troops have indeed crossed the border. the secretary-general is now saying that this is a direct violation of ukraine's sovereignty. in one of the biggest towns in eastern ukraine, thousands of locals took the streets calling for russian soldiers to stay aw

country to impose sanctions against russia the new legislation allows ukraine to block and freeze all russian assets in the country kiev can now also ban all broadcasting of russian media and block all russian activity in ukraine's internet space on top of that all transit of russian goods and even of russian citizens through ukraine can also be blocked by kiev it's yet to decide though whether or not any of these measures will actually be implemented meanwhile in separate legislation also voted in today security personnel have been given the right to shoot without warning in the restive east. or the new laws already turned heads in europe with the o.s.c. saying it seriously endangers freedom of speech and goes against european principles of press liberty it wants the law revoked to be keeping up to date with any developments on that on air and online. public rage in the u.s. state of missouri spilled over into a second night of clashes with police over the fatal shooting of the unarmed black teenager by a cop officers fired tear gas and rubber bullets of protesters who fear is about what they called police brutality a

ukraine. came withoutvoy kiev and the red cross's permission. ssia says it will work with ukraine. >> we attached a detailed list of the quantity of the cargo scheduled for delivery and expressed cooperation with ukraine authorities on all formalities. relations spread further on sunday after pro-russian separatists [indiscernible] german officials called the act possible war crimes. russia and ukraine footers are tuesday. to meet on ask relations between kiev and moscow plummet, many ask if this is a roadmap for keith or a spark for further fighting -- a roadmap for peace or a spark for further fighting. but in other news, remnants of the former libyan parliament challenge the country's interim government by naming a prime minister that is a formal rival. many are in the eastern city to get away from the fighting in the capital. sayingls in cameroon are many are coming into their territory to escape the fighting in nigeria with boko haram. haram claimed it was working for the islamic state. the two sides of the civil war have reaffirmed their co

there were emergency meetings in ukraine's capitol, kiev, the country's president, urging his securityeam to avoid a panicked response that could worsen the situation. america tonight's sheila mcviccer has the very latest? >> theatellite images are some of the evidence produced by nato of russian forces on the ground inside ukraine. they show them near the previously quiet border town novask. prompting residents to flee. >> these latest images provide concrete examples of russian activity inside ukraine. they are only the tip of the iceberg in terms of the overall scope of russian troops and weapons movements. >> the iceberg nato says includes large quantities of sophisticated russian weaponry such as air defense systems, artillery, tanks and armored personnel carriers being forces. >> the ukraine government offered up this amateur video said to be of a russian tank in eastern ukraine. >> with the ukrainian military pounding the separatist strongholds of donetsk and luhansk in the east, the fighting in novak near maiupol opens upa. >> at a white house news conference today, president o

says it surprised by the confusion about its humanitarian aid to east ukraine as all details of the mission work coordinated with kiev earlier today ukraine said it's ready to accept the aid but not on russian trucks the russian foreign ministry says the cargo will be handed over to the red cross at the border as agreed with the international organization and the ukrainian authorities upon war of almost three hundred trucks carrying aid from russia is on its way to the russian border given moscow reached an initial agreement on that mission on monday a week after officials in east ukraine declared a humanitarian disaster in the city. meanwhile in kiev the parliament passed a raft of new laws alone the country to impose sanctions against russia the new legislation allows ukraine to block and freeze all russian assets in the country can now also ban all broadcasting of russian media and block all russian activity in ukraine's internet space on top of that all transit of russian goods and even of russian citizens through ukraine can also be blocked by kiev it's yet to be decided whether any of these measures though will

russian media says they contain 2000 tons of aid for people in eastern ukraine. but kiev is taking no chances. it suspects russia of using the aid operation as a run to smuggle in arms. >> we are not even considering the possibility of russia moving its convoy into ukrainian territory. the delivery must follow ordinary procedures. it needs to be cleared by customs and a transit area. we are willing to use additional resources because of the large amount of aid in question. the red cross is responsible for coordinating the delivery. >> ukraine's pledge to check the trucks at the border is complicated by the fact that parts of the border are still under control of row-russian separatists -- pro-russian separatists. residents are still awaiting help from any source, but it could take days were any aid to arrive. >> so, we live? for more, let's go live to pf. first off, ukraine initially agreed to allow this humanitarian mission, as moscow puts it, in, but what has are saying no no. could it move ahead under eu supervision? >> it looks like there is a complication. the russia

and here in kiev not only are they fighting in eastern ukraine on the battlefield but fighting a warth russia. an information war as the finnish prime minister put it on cnn. western journalists in the ukrainian government are claiming that a russian convoy was spotted in the overnight hours of thursday crossing from russia into ukraine. a convoy that was carrying men wearing military uniforms this. is something that moscow is dismissing as a complete fantasy but if this is true and if a russian convoy did indeed cross into eastern ukraine then this corroborates claims that the ukrainian government has been making for months that weapons and personnel have been coming in from russia and fueling this conflict allowing it to continue and intensify and things are really bad right now with 50,000 ukrainian soldiers surrounding the pro-separatist -- pro-russian separatist stronghelds shelling in all areas and civilians who continue to die every single day. the supply lines are completely cut off. it appears the ukrainian military is for the moment gaining the upper hand but if the right r

will ripley is covering all these developments for us from ukraine's capital, kiev. russia's been saying the trucks are carrying humanitarian aid. we know that it's needed. what's the latest from there, the situation? >> reporter: well, natalie, i'll tell you, we may be getting close to having some answers now about the contents of that convoy because we have some breaking developments happening right now. last night cnn did confirm ukrainian border guards were headed toward this russian convoy. reuters is reporting the the ukrainian guards have crossed into russia. at this moment are inspecting the contents of those trucks. they were parked overnight in the rostov region of russia, 40 kilometers from the border with ukraine. if the inspection goes well and ukrainian border guards are satisfied the content is, in fact, the humanitarian aid russia insisted it is all along, then we're told they're close to working out a deal where that aid will be transferred to the authority of the red cross and delivered into the battle-torn areas of donetsk, where there's been near

will ripley, cnn, kiev, ukraine. >>> police in missouri are still not releasing the name of the police who fatally shot an unarmed african-american teenager. the police chief says he fears for the officer's safety after an office started receiving death threats. the accounts of what happened differ wildly. the witnesses, including one of brown's friends, say the officer opened fire after a verbal altercation. >> at no point in time did they struggle over the weapon because the weapon was already drawn on us. we were both unarmed, sir. we didn't have a sharp object on us. nothing. i didn't even have pockets on the shorts that i had on and we had nothing on us, no. >> brown's death sparked angry confrontations with police in ferguson. his father is calling for people to steer clear of violence in the wake of his son's killing. u.s. president barack obama is also urging people to remain calm. >>> well, michael brown's parents are heartbroken, of course. they had expected their son to start college this week. >>> well, it's official. former microsoft ceo steve ballmer is the owner of the l

kiev said an armored column has crossed into ukraine sparking more clashes. border guards were reportedly killed by fire from russian helicopters. the battlefield has changed rapidly. kiev accuses moscow of helping the separatists to open up a new front in the south of the region, the fight for control of the east has taken a new turn. neve barker, al jazeera, in ukraine's donetsk region. >> let's find out what we know about neating that took place between the two presidents. and bring in rory challands. rory? >> reporter: yeah, well, the two presidents have come face-to-face for the first time since earlier on in the beginning of the summer when they met very briefly in normandy. this is the first time they have actually sat down in the same room and had a conversation with each other. there was the briefest of handshakes and then the negotiations began. also there were the presidents of belarus and also the president of kazakhstan, and katherine ashton, the eu foreign acheers chief and a couple of other eu representatives as well. poroshenko has come with t

ukraine, it must be examined. then the red cross must distribute it. right now, the red cross says it doesn't know for sure what's in those trucks. cnn's will riply is covering this from kiev>> reporter: there is great suspicion about this russian convoy due to arrive in eastern ukraine. 280 trucks that left moscow and have been driving on the a area in conflict with hundreds of thousands of people who have essentially been cut off from the outside world for more than a week now. people who desperately need humanitarian aid. right now they have no power. they have no water. they are out of medical supplies, and they are running out of food. there are concerns of disease, especially in luhansk, which has been under barrage of artillery fire for days now and the situation is getting worse in donetsk as well. the russian convoy you would think would be a welcome thing but the new ukrainian government has one thing on their mind when they look at the white trucks barrelling toward their border the annexation of crimea and think it could be a secret ploy to come under the cover of peace keeping to take another piece of ukraine. how could that happen? let's say the trucks aren't

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will ripley, cnn, kiev, ukraine. >>> all right.ll to come for you here on cnn, the search for landslide survivors in japan. it could hit a snag because more rain is expected. we're going to check the forecast after the break. >>> the justices unanimous ly affirmed. the election sweeping aside allegations brought by his opponent, former general. the verdict cannot be appealed. now widodo is now set to take office october 20th. >>> supporters outside didn't take well to the verdict. police fired tear gas to break up the rally when they tried to push past riot police. >>> another round of rain moving to japan. mudslides there. and this is serious because these mudslides now preventing people from helping victims of the last mudslide. and we've got worse weather on the way. ivan cabrera joining with us more on that. >> yeah, good to see you both. it just keeps getting worse here. this is really a national nightmare for japan. they just can't catch a break. if you haven't been kept up to date, this is what they've been dealing with here

all things considered i'm peter lavelle facing the abyss ukraine is running out of options as winter approaches crashing economy the regime in kiev he's hinted it may be looking to end the civil war but that train may have already left the station. to cross talk ukraine civil war i'm joined by my guest joshua talk to kosky in new york.

key towns have fallen including the ukraine's southern coast. kiev and western officials say this time there is a key difference. kremlin forces are spearheading the attack. moscow denies its troops are there, but nato says these images show russian position inside ukraine. they say at least 1,000 russian servicemen are fighting and using the latest military equipment. >> over the past two weeks we have noticed a significant escalation in both the level and sophistication of russia's military interference in ukraine. these latest images provide concrete examples of russian activity inside ukraine, but they are only the tip of the iceberg in terms of the overall scope of russian troops and weapons movements. >> western experts say this bm tank is available only to russian army supporting claims of moscow's involvement. a alarm in the international community is growing. at united nations security council, concern and criticism. russia said it was not involved in the conflict. >> russia has repeatedly and deliberately violated the sovereignty territory

collection of some of the photojournalists most acclaimed work for documenting events in kiev and eastern ukraine. kiev says it's ready to accept the humanitarian aid being sent from russia after moscow agreed to a ukrainian presence in the convoy officials in kiev earlier refused to let russian trucks cross the border demanding the cargo be reloaded on to different vehicles is because kiev suspected moscow of using the relief mission as a cover to smuggle arms to anti-government forces in eastern ukraine it backtracked after russia agreed to let representatives of the red cross the european security watchdog and ukrainian authorities on board nearly three hundred trucks are now on their way to the border carrying generators hundreds of tons of products including baby food water medical supplies and sleeping bags the red cross confirms it's received a detailed list of the aid russia's foreign minister says all the details of the deal with key have have been ironed out. there's a new bill i'm not sure. of the movement of the convoy has begun to know confirming ukraine's readiness to receive. on to

a report from kiev as ukraine marks independence day. >>> to our viewers in united states and around the world, welcome to cnn. we begin in iraq where bombings have rocked three major cities. three car bombs and a roadside device explode one after the next. another car bombing, several people injured. no one was killed in that blast. it was the first bombing in that city in one year. and in baghdad, a suicide bomber targeting the interior ministry killed at least four people and wounded 35 others. in the meantime, there's a different kind of terror taking place in a city which isis militants have held under siege for the past two months. the world has just been learning that this town has been essentially cut off by isis. >> reporter: the news coming out really describes the very desperate situation in there. now this town is in a province. this is a predominantly sunnis province of baghdad. isis has taken over many of the villages surroundi ining it. it has about 18,000 people. that's about 5,000 families living in there. isis militants, they say, have surrounded it. they have cut o

joining me now on the phone from kiev ukraine is reporter for vice news, simon ovstrovsky, what is theeaction to the public humiliation of ukrainian prisoners in donetsk? >> well, the reaction has been one of outrage and it's been real interesting to watch. scenes like the separatists and the russian backers are definitely doing everything they can to pass the point of no return in terms of trying to negotiate an agreement because they made the decision to do such a public and humiliating display of the prisoners that marched and had things thrown at them. it makes it hard to see ukrainian side backing down when they are being provoked so much. and the fact that it's taking place now as putin and poroshenko are meeting in belarus, shows what kind of attitudes they are going to be coming into that meeting with. >> simon -- >> go ahead. >> to that end, that sort of public humiliation on the eve of peace talks, there is also what seems to be an incredibly brazen russian attitude of complete die nightal there's any meddling going on and litany of excuse making around any accusations of rus

moscow defended a decision to send 100 trucks of humanitarian aid into a separatist held area in ukraine. kiev called it an invasion. we have this report from the donetsk region in eastern ukraine. >> reporter: on the move, the first of more than 260 russian aid trucks. the vehicles have been in limbo on the russian ukranian border for a week as kiev and moss cos argue over theirentry. in defiance, trucks are rolling in under separatist escort. kiev calls the move an invasion. this is where the trucks are thought to be headed. the separatist held city of luhansk, where street to street fighting rages. the city is under constant ukranian bombardment. at the monastery, more than 1,000 refugees sought sanctuary. a few weeks ago these people lived ordinary lives in quiet backwaters, but the war changed everything. >> angelica escaped fighting. she has been at the monastery for a month. her and her family gathered what they could, and fled. >> we are on the road. the scene of some of the fiercest fighting. here, without water, electricity and the threat of shelling, locals you are trying to live no

ukraine's parliament will vote and choose their own whether or not to cut transits through its territory kiev could implement such a measure as part of a package of sanctions against moscow but the move could hurt ukraine's european allies to really explains obviously it will affect russia's shipments to hear about it should look at the implications the situation will have on russia's european partners especially of the countries that are in the center and the east and the south of europe some of them are getting as much as almost hundred percent of their gas supply from russia ukraine and of course with all those countries have already found themselves out in the cold literally here in this so-called gas war between russia and ukraine some years back and they could be looking for another repetition of that experience if indeed ukraine does go through with its promise of sanctions and we may assume that ukraine wants to punish russia by posing these sanctions but as a result what we're looking at really is ukraine punishing its european neighbors. rush has been building a sidestream pipeline

says it surprised by the confusion about its humanitarian aid to east ukraine is all details of the mission were coordinated with kiev earlier today ukraine said it's ready to accept the aid but not on russian trucks agreement was eventually reach those foreign minister sergei lavrov explains. there's a new bill in the ship of the movement of the convoy has begun as we got to know confirming ukraine's readiness to receive this help on top of that's we took into account all the wishes of the ukrainian side regarding this operation including the route that was chosen even though this means we have to take a large d. to us we are relying on the assurances given by the ukrainians they guarantee the security of the convoy during its movement of through regions controlled by the country's army we also expect the same attitude from the self defense forces russian foreign ministry says that cargo will be handed over to the red cross at the border as agreed with the international organization and the ukrainian authorities a convoy of always three hundred trucks carrying aid from russia is on its way to the russia ukraine from

what the government in kiev is trying to do is re-establish control over its own territory. what russia's trying to do is to invade ukraine. >> and what chance does kiev have of achieving that when russia, president vladimir putin, clearly isn't listening to any of the rhetoric? >> it's a daunting task. there's no question about it. i think the president of ukraine has handleded this fairly well up to this point but this is a huge challenge that he faces. does he stop the convoy, does he allow it to go on, to avoid provoking russia into further action? the problem, is every time i think that the ukraine and the west show some inclination to hold off, putin takes advantage and exploits that. he sees a window of opportunity. >> a lot of talks happening, the weekend and both presidents are meeting next week. chances of success, what do you reckon? >> chancellor merkel will be arriving in kiev on saturday. president putin and president pour chenkow are -- poroshenko are supposed to meet on tuesday. i don't think the putin-poroshenko meeting has much hope of a solution. the ukrainians need to evict these forces from their terr

ukraine the e.u. is making sure kiev has enough cash to keep the country running ukraine's president says brussels is ready to hand out around a billion dollars in the near future and that's on top of a one point four billion instalment already approved by the international monetary fund this however means ukraine will have to raise basic terris freeze wages and pensions and even introduce new taxes and this more the package includes slashing tax benefits for agriculture and allowing banks to repossess property but complying with the demands is hard for a country that's already in economic freefall for example the country's debt is expected to jump up to sixty percent of g.d.p. by the end of this share and this pace it will be eighty percent four years from now what makes the situation even worse is that the economy isn't growing on the contrary experts believe it will shrink dramatically between now and the end of the year is kiev digs deep into his pockets to find another nine billion dollars to pay off lenders wall street analyst michael hudson believes ukraine is facing a financial abyss. ukraine

working on strengthening in cooperation with ukraine in order to broaden the defense a sphere of nato now he was welcomed with you can say warm greetings in kiev as a matter of fact president poroshenko went as far as to present a need to his secretary general with the order of freedom of ukraine now this of course ties in rather well with the premise that was expressed by grass was an earlier saying that cooperation and support for ukraine are going to be increased by nato countries for example as well on thursday we have seen a u.s. missile ship into the black sea now. officially the ship was there to promote peace and security in the region however russian officials have already expressed their displeasure with such a promotion and considered to be somewhat questionable move on the u.s. part. in going to school there in kiev in ukraine following that visit by the nato chief there will have more with her in the 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 rep

kiev. what is the reaction to photo showing russian troops in the ukraine? >> this is definitely breaking news -- not breaking news for the ukraine, this is a practice that they have been seeing for months and months. this is something that the ukraine was trying to draw attention to the international community to. the russian side, these are not russian troops. now when there are pictures of nato which can be considered as somewhat conclusive evidence, officials hope that this will bring a closer international community. >> the un's secretary-general has called reports of fighting to the south. >> the situation in the south of ukraine is very volatile. this small town just off the border, the security council finally confirmed that the city was lost to the russian troops. on one hand, there is a direct road. on the other hand, there is the second largest city. therefore, the situation by the russian troops is very dangerous. >> let's get the story from moscow. our correspondent standing by for us. nato says it has satellite images, the ukrainians say they h

will ripley, cnn, kiev, ukraine. >> all right. but you know, there are skeptics out there. but they say this is real love. they spent a year of courtship. >> what, on the phone? >> on the internet? >> probably. >> good to see some folks there, especially in ukraine have also -- >> absolutely. although they spend so much money, between $10,000 to $50,000. >> go to your local pub in the uk if you can find someone there. i'm teasing of course. we're going to have more stories for you here on cnn. when we come back, the surprising fate of the biker who you're about to see in this video. is this real? you decide after the break. >>> japan continues to recover from massive and deadly landslides as more heavy rain moves in. >> that's right. meteorologist ivan cabrera joins us from the cnn weather center with all the details. ivan, is this rain going to abate anytime soon? >> no, unfortunately not. we're still getting some ran pallfall. it's not as heavy as we've had it over the last -- my goodness, at this point several months. but i think any little bit is going to hurt here beca