this is international news coming through it's thought ukrainian troops to storming the city of lugansk already controlled by anti government forces the day after artillery attacks on another regional hub suburbs left multiple civilian casualties . a russian citizen is killed by a shell fired from ukraine moscow warns of heavy consequences but kiev denies attacking russian territory. in other news. the deadliest might be really bombings pushes the number of palestinian deaths now to over one hundred sixty one israeli commandos briefly enter gaza raided militant rocket site. there are look at the week's news body by birth in germany expels a top cia official after arresting two government employees for passing secrets to u.s. intelligence. below this is the weekly around of the big stories of the last seven days and will make your headlines coming through it was right now in fact over the last hour reports coming through that the ukrainian army is moving in to the eastern hub of lugansk with large numbers of tanks apparently approaching that city anti-government fighters say schools alre

with local red cross in and in lugansk to provide. as a necessary assistance and especially we are working closely. with the hospitals we have still working for being good another age of one selves and one did persons let me ask you this month so see you just have left eastern towns shells all the foremost selves up with no polloi and no water could do the same fate to be heading towards demi is and lugansk. yes you're right and because of this situation. another edge of five thousand people everywhere are displaced in cost nearly nine recently and that's why those words are international red cross i.c.r.c. and their local red cross are providing assistance to these displaced person most particularly to babies and children distributing some specific children food and medicine to ms almost never able to pass a. military blockade within the two largest city that of lugansk and didn't. isn't that going to hurt more civilians if you blockade those two cities. when when you are working on the field the result local teams you do your best w

here the ukrainian army has reportedly carried out a fresh artillery attack on residential areas of lugansk in the east self defense activists say at least four civilians have been killed the army and anti government forces a lot of fierce battles to control the city their support of the approach the lugansk region including up to eighty tanks and government forces can be seen maneuvering their own hardware to respond for his part president poroshenko has ordered a change in the operation out an effort to reduce civilian casualties and try to secure the country's borders. while trapped in the middle of it all are over a million civilians shelling air raids and fighting a leg waste to the cities the villages the towns in the east where financial is in lugansk forest where she spent a day with an ambulance crew. they actually don't need to turn on the sirens ambulances are almost the only cars on the empty grounds of lugansk and drink some days have left a message and see workers be easier than ever before. cameras are now going to. our . private house for residential areas. fish to get drugs

rocket launch from ukraine that killed a russian citizen let's get more from rif national she's in lugansk this is her report ok will be coming up shortly across border instance becoming increasingly frequent on saturday a vehicle carrying russian border guards came under fire originating from the ukrainian side the car was riddled with bullet holes but the men escaped on harm there but just we go earlier rockets hit a russian border checkpoint near the scene of saturday's incident the crossing then was packed with refugees trying to enter russia and escape the war zone. elsewhere it's emerged this weekend that eighteen workers were killed in army shelling of two minus settlements on the outskirts of did netscape one of the strongholds of resistance the city's residential areas were also targeted that led to numerous deaths though the exact numbers still yet to be confirmed the pictures coming out you're about to see are from dinette skidmarks find them upsetting here we go and what you're seeing here is just two minutes drive from the city center residential buildings are almost leveled b

from lugansk you can see the damage there you can see. the place right mess windows in except for a piece of the shell there now that's look at those pictures from kramatorsk another target of here is the sole residential areas have been hit with shells exploding near a playground and to government forces say one man's big killed twenty injured in the recent attacks there thirty years earlier you know what do you think there might be a move very quickly eric there is no good you're used to it and you would be to really see it. is that you low it got the large a lot bob dole but oh you. know i'm still me you know you used to always be there you. could do you. know you skid you're going to do good used good news because you could lose used. but as reports of casualties continue president given his part in pledging he would not harm civilians since that truce ended on monday. but we will whine and we will liberate our land producing it is ukraine's armed forces the national guard and rather divisions will never use force against civilians th

were also receiving reports of heavy shelling in a mining area of the lugansk region not far from the border with russia a bus transporting miners to work came under fire we managed to speak to one of those miners. work at the same mine they were my colleagues they were going to work in the past when it was shown by the ukrainian people and the shelling continues now they bombed a school a kindergarten my brother's family was walking past as an apartment block was bombed his wife was wounded in front of the child there was blood everywhere everyone feels lost in. the. city of slovyansk a former stronghold of anti-government forces has seen some of the worst attacks laying in ruins suffering a severe humanitarian crisis it's been turned into a ghost town that's the assessment of european monitors. the there was quite a bit of devastation there obviously we were the first international body to get into this city there is very well no electricity no water lack of food supplies a.t.m. machines were working and did basically a ghost town right now more than half the population has a lot of

close in on the city of lugansk. investigators are combing their way through the wreckage of the malaysian airliner that crashed in ukraine on thursday killing all two hundred ninety eight on board alongside the debris of the plane why the remains of passengers and their belongings and these white ribbons that we can see here mark the locations where bodies have been found but many who are on board remain unaccounted for accompanied by representatives of the self-proclaimed yes people's republic a team of international observers from the organization for security and cooperation in europe have arrived at the site and they took pictures of the gruesome scene on friday. linguistical team on floats your boat is not our job you're not investigating the cause for it you also do not speculate on it but what you are here for is to see what measures are in place that is the throwing me to the security. measures and what measures have been taken to deal with to see no human and most efficient way. the international observers

the operational leadership in kiev announced that the cities of the nets and lugansk will be besieged so that the anti-government forces will be sealed inside without any chance to get any support from anywhere outside and all that with continuing attacks and of course fears a rise in right now that the consequences of this besieged could be more dramatic we hear to read here every day and many times a day we also know that multiple rocket launcher known as good art or ok it was also used here both sides claim that they are not targeting and they will not target the residential areas but we have to tell that it happens and this is why me and my cameraman although we are now in the city center we have to work in flak jackets on monday and shell landed just a few blocks away from where we are now between a car and reportedly the driver died at the scene and today as a minibus also was hit in the city center and reportedly two people were killed as well while the army strategy is obviously to target those who they claim a terrorist and separatists it is clear that ordinary civilians beco

two more people have been killed by shelling in the eastern ukrainian metropolis of lugansk and locals say they were hit. by government forces. please don't look at the first of all the beginning of the question that you wanted to do with. the book. moving to. the ukrainian military as a been given orders to surrounded the two biggest cities in the east that would be the nearest and lugansk not anti-government forces currently control both the cities the extent of the influence is marked right here on this map that we have here in the dark orange or if it is in lugansk for us and reports on how the city is taking to live under siege. we don't leave hotel without bulletproof jackets pope's eyes lasered they will not talk of presidential areas but he says something different. shells land in the city center for guns. because the interest for life today. so now ready but citizens here have little protection against mortar rounds and those who didn't flee face constant danger. over the last three days the city's residential areas have been hate each time we civilian casualties. this is the

approach was marked by the firing of artillery shells the people of lugansk are living their lives in the shadow of sirens and shooting on the streets at least sixteen civilians died after being hit in broome around the dozens of buildings including a church was seriously damaged the total number of lives lost in lugansk since early june has reached two hundred fifty that's according to monitors from the organization for security and cooperation in europe here's a really go on the russia ukraine border with the latest updates from the area. residents of reported hearing air raid sirens again again last night and they're saying that fighting continues on the outskirts of the city now according to some defense forces ukrainian troops are going. to take control over the road that is connecting the gods going to this disease that are essentially capitals of the two restive regions. varying brought into off the assaults by the ukrainian army their city has been heavily hit its infrastructure damaged people are saying they're left without water electricity gas is also something they're find

air strikes continue on eastern ukraine sixteen civilians have been confirmed dead in the city of lugansk. welcome thanks for joining us once again my name is neil harvey you're watching r.t. international. now experts from several countries are joining an international probe into the tragic crash of a malaysian passenger jet the wreckage site in eastern ukraine is spread out over a several kilometer radius and white cotton markers have been placed where the victims' bodies have been found all two hundred ninety eight people on board were killed among them eighty children. it's believed that the plane was shot down by a missile however the european commission says it has seen no evidence confirming this so far a team of volunteers from europe's main security watchdog arrived at the scene on friday earlier some of them complained that local self-defense forces were restricting their access to the area but now say that it's been widened and ukrainian security service is say that they have now negotiated a safe zone around the wreckage international experts working there say they face a diff

more people have been killed by shelling in the eastern ukraine and up metropolis the city of lugansk locals say they were hit while a dance fired by government forces. we don't have time to get the folks who didn't talk with the do you want to come with me to the cook was going to help with the remaining me going to. the ball a little bit of a period in the loading by the ukrainian military has been given orders to surround the two biggest cities in eastern ukraine and lugansk anti-government forces currently control both extend of the influence marked by this area that we've marked here for you where if a national is an advance call for us and reports on how the city is taking to life and the siege. we don't leave hotel without bullet proof jackets both sides may be they will not talk of presidential areas but three second different. shells land in the city center for guns. is the interest for life. so now already but citizens here have little protection against mortar rounds and those who didn't flee face constant danger. over the last three days the city's residential areas have b

observers have said that two hundred fifty people have been killed since the beginning of june in lugansk alone previously the numbers given for civilian casualties for these hydration and conflict for both regions and so now we can assume that that number is probably a lot higher than those people have to see their living here. he says of a peaceful life. should look like you to. know. the fighting continues in a dime's it can be heard on the border between russia and ukraine with residents complaining about shells flying into their backyards essentially and despite the fact that petro poroshenko has assured that civilians are not going to be the. targets of the ukrainian military nevertheless they seem to be bearing the brunt off the pressure and when exactly if at this conflict is going to end is not yet clear with of course the world's attention being on the aftermath off the disaster of flight m.h. seventeen the fighting that doesn't seem to subside in southeastern ukraine goes on before. this is done yes because city not too long ago hosted matches in the euro two thousand and twelv

from lugansk. we spoke to marcus papadopoulos is the editor so the politics for us magazine and we asked them what their care and actually take such a major city like that gets vattel depends on where care of has the resources to take on a city as a large as donetsk is and what we know is that they certainly have no moral compunction in killing hundreds of ukrainian civilians for mortars from tank shells frew asteroids we're talking about civilians including women and children dying on a daily basis been maimed on a daily basis but the ukrainians will keep on doing that because they are backed by the americans principally also the europeans but america is a superpower and they have backed by them and now they can claim they have a legitimate president they can go for an all out victory in the east starting with donetsk but they've got to now face another battle and that will be quite a battle to win the hearts and minds of the people they've been killing and injuring on a daily basis well over the

but various constantly posting updates on what's happening in lugansk on her twitter feed you can follow her knowledge she documents life under siege. and russia's foreign minister has called the capture of a russian citizen in the maldives a kidnapping if. this is a clear case of the kidnapping of a russian citizen in a third country the united states should warn us of any suspicions they have about russian citizens but that hasn't happened. over your remarks to lease me off a russian m.p. son was dropped by u.s. agents on suspicion of stealing credit card information ortiz guy nature can take us through the event. monsoon is no family vacation in the moldy came to an abrupt end when the u.s. secret service captured him before whisking him off to a u.s. base in guam the u.s. however had little to say about the circumstances of his arrest there were accusations made at the department of justice case certainly there was no kidnapping involved i'm not sure maybe kidnapping is a bit too strong but if someone is in the capital trying to get on a flight to russia and somehow they're spirited

is in lugansk . well we have to say that the situation here in the city of lugansk is very tense and a t's deteriorating dramatically meanwhile challis more choice and multiple rocket launchers known as grad or hail can teenagers in the outskirts of the city of lugansk the raw many victims killed and injured mostly including civilians it's now listen to what i witnesses say. we're being shelled by mortar your schools are in sandwiched the cleaning lady was killed and a fourteen year old boy. also he's a kindergarten or the block of flats in the neighboring yards has been destroyed there are cranes is everywhere. people say the bathroom is the safest place to hide her husband and sons and together we can sleep people if it creating their homes around here we spent actually several hours today at the ambulance station we saw people come in with gunshot wounds from absolutely different parts of the city mostly from residential areas the most difficult to hear today is that you cannot say for sure you ca

kilometers away from the crash ordinary ukrainians continue to die as the army closes in on the city of lugansk. welcome and thanks for joining us this hour my name is neil harvey you're watching r.t. international. investigators are combing through the wreckage of the malaysian airliner that crashed in east ukraine on thursday killing all two hundred ninety eight people on board alongside the debris of the plane lying there in mainz of passengers and their belongings the white ribbons you can see here mark the locations where bodies have been found but many who were on board remain unaccounted for. accompanied by representatives of the self-proclaimed nyet people's republic a team of international observers from the organization for security and cooperation in europe have now arrived at my side they took pictures of the gruesome scene on friday. team. of multi investigating the calls for you also to speculate on it but what you're here for is to see what measures are closely to be made to the security. measures and what measures have been taken to do we've seen a human and most efficient way.

from lugansk. now for more perspective on key has congress inhibitions let's talk to marcus papadopoulos politics first web magazine thank you so much for joining us now considering it took the military almost three months to take but we're talking about the nets there's twenty times more people really ready for the trial and do you think. world vattel depends on where kiev has the was also is to take on a city as large as don its case and what we know is that they certainly have no moral compunction in killing hundreds of ukrainian civilians for mortars from the tank shells frew airstrikes however what we also need to consider is whether or not washington and brussels who are the backers of kiev whether they would be happy with kiev prosecute in a major offensive against a very very large cities such as donetsk which could bring about. a lot of shit it could result in hundreds possibly even fouls and or civilian casualties so on the one hand we need to consider whether kiev has the resources has t

also this week civilian deaths go largely unnoticed in the antigovernment stronghold of lugansk in eastern ukraine as kiev ratchet up the military onslaught in the wake of the plane crash also on the white. vans that more than forty civilians were killed in israeli airstrikes overnight is the i.d.f. expands its ground offensive now into its. harvin you're watching the weekly here on r.t. . antigovernment forces in eastern ukraine where a malaysian plane crashed earlier this week said they all ready to hand the flight recorders over to international experts one of the devices has reportedly been found at the side of the tragedy which claimed the lives of all two hundred ninety eight people on board global leaders have called for a thorough international probe into the alleged missile strike that downed flight seventeen and there are deep control the sea surrounding both the cleanup effort and the investigation european monitors arrived on friday but said that local anti government forces were restricting their access to the site with its prime minister has told the russian president he must

also this week civilian deaths go largely unnoticed in the antigovernment stronghold of lugansk in eastern ukraine as kiev ratchets up its military onslaught in the wake of the plane crash also. in garza more than forty civilians are killed in israeli airstrikes overnight as the i.d.f. expands its ground offensive now into its. hello welcome to the show this evening six o'clock here in moscow my name is the harvey you're watching. anti-government forces in eastern ukraine where a malaysian plane crashed earlier this week say they are ready to hand the flight recorders over to international experts all two hundred ninety eight people on board were killed in that horrific incident when the airliner was allegedly hit by a missile right cautious following the clean up and investigation efforts. the self-proclaimed prime minister of people's donetsk a republican examiner birdseye's said they had found technical evidence flight m h seventeen that resemble a black box is now the second column and had already been taken to the next they're here on their garden board i said that they will they will

well a lovely sunny day here in lugansk as you can see but today again we walk up from very loud sounds of a taylor we are in the city center and the shelling was so close that we were able to hear the launch of the shells and we were also hearing how they were lending the anti government forces continue to shell the ukrainian army is positions in the outskirts of the city with the country's military firing back so. obviously the two warring sides are talking to each other but we can say that it happens very often that shells land in quite unexpected places in the city center in the last week there were a number of incidents like this and in many of them civilians were killed well lugansk is still a very dangerous place to stay in this is why many residents have already fled the city and people continue to leave people were terrified by promises from kiev to surround the city of donetsk and lugansk to make forces fighting against the government inside the cities to surrender and fears were rising that it could become useless beyond them a tourist into a percentage of the operation for m

also this week civilian deaths go largely unnoticed in the antigovernment stronghold of lugansk in eastern ukraine as kiev ratchets up its military onslaught in the wake of the plane crash also on the way. in garza more than eighty palestinians have been killed by israeli airstrikes since saturday night but says the i.d.f. expands its ground offensive now into its third day. welcome my name's neil harvey and you're watching the weekly here on r.t. international. first this hour antigovernment forces in eastern ukraine where a malaysian passenger jet crashed three days ago say they are ready to hand the flight recorders over to international experts all two hundred ninety eight people on board were killed in that horrific incident when the plane was allegedly hit by a missile. most of the bodies have been recovered from the scene and placed in refrigerator trains at the nearby station for further transportation but local self-proclaimed officials say that those trains will not depart until international aviation experts arrive monitors from the european security watchdog the u.s. see have a

military strikes on eastern ukraine continues sixteen civilians have been confirmed dead in the city of lugansk. thanks once again for joining us my name is the harvey and you're watching r.t. international. experts from several countries are joining an international probe into the tragic crash of a malaysian passenger jet the wreckage site in eastern ukraine is spread out over a several kilometer radius white cotton markers have been placed where the victims' bodies have been found or two hundred ninety people on board were killed among them a teacher. it's believed that the plane was shot down by a missile however the european commission says it is as yet seen no evidence to confirm this the russian president and the chancellor of germany are they have agreed on holding an international investigation into the crash a team of monitors from europe's main security watchdog as the arrived at the scene that was on friday earlier some of them complained that local self-defense forces were limiting their movements to the area but now they have full access international experts working there say they

russia ukraine border doesn't feel like there is any end in sight so when it comes to violence in lugansk a military airplane belonging to a korean air force has delivered to get another hit on the city earlier on friday now we know that they have damaged several of residential buildings at least twenty according to various reports they have damaged also the gas pipeline so at this point people are saying that they are left without water and they are being instructed not to leave their homes and this is something that has been happening on the grounds for quite a while according to the numerous statements that we have received from people who are coming literally fleeing from the lugansk region into the neighboring region which is located on the territory of russia. the recent deaths new york crush are the latest developments in a month long conflict that's been plaguing southeast ukraine other tragic milestones include the muskrat no deaths in early may when forty two different protesters were slaughtered a week after about seven people were killed when kiev launched a ground offensive i

meanwhile the organization for security and cooperation in europe puts the number of lives lost in lugansk since the summer of two hundred fifty. ukraine border with the latest updates from the. residence of reported hearing air raid sirens again again last night and they're saying that fighting continues on the outskirts of the city now according to defense forces ukrainian troops are gaining ground seeking to take control over the road that is connecting the god's goodness but just to these that are essentially capitals of the two regions. varying. by the ukrainian army this city has been heavily hit its infrastructure damaged and people are saying they are left without water electricity gas is also. finding a shortage off of course there are instances of people being hit in the middle of the day by artillery and mortar shells at one instance eight people have died when a shell hit a. wall always the observers have said that two hundred fifty people have been killed since the beginning of june alone previously that number is given for civilian casualties for the entire generation of the

observers have said that two hundred fifty people have been killed since the beginning of june in lugansk alone previously the numbers given for civilian casualties for these hydration and conflict for both regions and so now we can assume that that number is probably a lot higher than those people have told me so they're living here they're just he says are peaceful life. should look like the terrorists. know. the fighting continues and at times it can be heard on the border between russia and ukraine with residents complaining about shells flying into their backyards essentially despite the fact that petro poroshenko has assured that civilians. they're not going to be. the targets but ukrainian military nevertheless they seem to be bearing the brunt off the pressure and when exactly if at this conflict is going to end is not yet clear with of course the world's attention being on the aftermath off the disaster flight m h seventeen the fighting that doesn't seem to subside in southeastern ukraine. before. finish customs have seized a shipment of military equipment bound for ukraine offic

this hour ukraine's army and anti-government forces locked in fierce battles to control the city of lugansk in the east the main fighting happening near the airport is apparently shows in kiev activists shelling government troops earlier both sides currently claim control over the strategic area you while a massive military convoy has also reportedly approached the lugansk region. including up to eighty tanks and government forces can be seen the new bring their own hardware to respond president poroshenko has ordered a change of tactics in what he calls an anti terror operation across east to secure the country's borders and protect civilians. trapped in the middle of it all more than a million. braids and fighting laying waste to cities and towns in the east murray if an ocean is in lou dobbs course he spent a day with an ambulance crew. they actually don't need to turn on the siren ambulances are almost the only cars and the empty rows of lugansk and recent days have left emergency workers be easier than ever before. daniel is now going to send our. private house up for the residential a

international a top story this hour this is the skyline in lugansk in eastern ukraine filmed on sunday night the areas are on fire as you can see there is reportedly near the airport where military and government forces have been engaged in a bitter battle this is a video apparently filmed earlier that day showing fighters at the same time controlling the airport shelling attacking government troops both sides currently claim control over the strategic area a massive military convoy also reportedly approaching lugansk including up to eighty tanks and government forces have been filmed maneuvering in their own armor to meet the enemy. trapped in the middle of millions of civilians shelling air raids in fighting devastating cities villages in towns in eastern ukraine or he's marie if an ocean is in libya she spent a day with an ambulance crew. they actually don't need to turn on the siren ambulances are almost the only cars on the empty rows of lugansk and recent days have left a message and see workers being easier than ever before. cameras now going to. our . private house for. the jur

more people have been killed by shelling in the eastern ukrainian metropolis of lugansk locals say they were hit by ordinance fired by government forces. please don't look at the biggest problem of school they did. where do you want to do it with this book was looking for the i really am going to. look i'm going to have a. thing. the ukrainian military has been given orders to surround the two biggest cities in east and in the east of there will be done as well as new ganske up here and to government forces currently control both the extent of their influence mot the area that we have here on this map as in the dance for us and report on how the city is taking to life under siege. we don't leave hotel without bulletproof jackets both sides may mean they will not talk presidential areas but he says i can different. shells land in the city center the gun. is dangerous for life. so now already but citizens here have little protection against mortar rounds and those who didn't flee face constant danger. over the last three days the city's residential areas have been hate each time we civili

tragic plane crash reports of up to twenty civilians killed by ukrainian army shelling in the city of lugansk largely unnoticed. you're watching from in the world welcome to moscow onto r.t. international i mean o'neill. our top story malaysia airlines say stuff before the disaster the plane had dropped to a lower than planned altitude following a request from ukrainian flight controllers teams are still combing through the wreckage searching for bodies and clues to the causes of thursday's crash we should warn you there are some graphic images coming up. so far around half of the bodies have been retrieved from the widely scattered debris through up to eighty children among the dead the monitors from the organization for european security and cooperation have arrived on the scene we managed to speak to a local woman living right next to the crash site he's lucia a little i heard terrible noise i went out first and then my husband well the woman fell to the ground right after i ran out at first my husband thought it was me i was in shock i couldn't go further than my yard. was take a closer l

ukraine's army and anti-government forces now tonight locked in fierce battles to control the city of lugansk in the east the main fighting is taking place near the airport this apparently shows and activists shelling government troops that both sides currently claim control over that's for teacher carry a massive military convoys also reportedly approached the lugansk region now including up to eighty tanks and government forces could be seen maneuvering their own hardware to respond for his part president poroshenko has ordered a change in the operation the effort to reduce civilian casualties to prosecute the country's border. trap to the middle of it all are over a million civilians shelling raids and fighting or laying waste to this city's their villages and their towns in the east river for us was she spent a day with an ambulance crew. they actually don't need to turn on the sirens ambulances are almost the only cars on the empty roads of lugansk and recent days have left a message and see workers be easier than ever before. cameras now going to. our. private health. insurance. eat fis

as a self-defense checkpoint outside lugansk catarina meets alessia she's in charge here then i met. a few days ago i went to a hairdresser and i saw a woman there a client she was looking at me with her eyes wide open it turned out i had forgotten to take my place off it happens. she sees no contradiction in her current stages. this is what happens during wartime they don't even ask they just come to your land i was just an ordinary woman i even cook quite well. catarina and a lesser a far from the only team in these women from ukraine's east and south have a strongly warded message for female fighters on the other side but you get it that it isn't just pressure to lead to that thirty ninth my down women's battalion girls either stop doing this or you'll see stay exist if you continue to seek information about our men you mean your men will die here the paramilitary battalion the addressing fines for the new government and for national unity and it's still growing them all but on them i don know today then why don has arranged my belly on the latest censorship he has embraced the wh

it's getting dark and doctors tell us we'd better hurry up we come back to lugansk. missed this out phone calls generals going with our driver told us that this is the last checkpoint will start again with a shock of evil in the world somebody happened and they say they are surprised why we're also the little village was targeted double sings and the check on the nearest checkpoint this time to one way it seems that no one has an answer for this question. refuse eastern ukraine. funerals for those who were killed in the air strike took place in what was left of the village square one woman was burying both husband and her young son. when you bought it from the family believe it beautifully. you couldn't you do what you want you to prove that you did you tell your family you boys you keep your dog with you the board is the one with the puzzle. the muslims the baby boy was the that's good. the destruction of congress shove could lead to heated debates about how much force is too much by the united states rushed to its defense calling the army's actions quote an attempt

their control however relentless fighting has continued particularly in and around the cities of lugansk in donetsk where the armed groups appear to have consolidated their presence earlier this week a fierce battle was also fought over the international airport in lugansk but now it appears under the ukrainian government's control the situation on and around the border between ukraine and the russian federation is a particular concern well it is impossible for the united nations to independently verify these accounts in recent days a number of fatal incidents as well as intense fighting have been reported on thirteen july the ministry of foreign affairs of the russian federation issued a statement knowing that one russian national died and two were seriously injured when a ukrainian army shell hit a residential house ukraine has rejected this claim in the same statement the ministry also warned that tensions in the area of the russian ukrainian border have dangerously escalated and may have irreversible consequences for which ukraine will help be held responsible according to ukrainian

station says one of its crews has been detained in lugansk by self defense fighters . about during a new offensive ukraine's a recently elected leader has a willingly and fully accepted responsible responsibility for the bloodshed in the east now this was according to you while speaking to top russian diplomats he added that despite the efforts by both him and his european counterparts they were unable to influence kids of arches pulse got reports. well it was the latest events in the east of ukraine which resonated most strongly during president vladimir putin speak to russian ambassador is here in moscow he stated that he believed a continuing ceasefire was the only way to secure long term pace for the troubled region however he adds that the recent ceasefire although a start was relatively futile that's because no meaningful dialogue or negotiations began between the two sides he also says that ukrainian president. now takes full responsibility for events in the east of the country. but unfortunately president pershing co made the decision to resume the military ope

and fear is spreading lugansk the second largest city in is to ukraine eighty used to be home to more than four hundred thousand people these days you can see it looks like a ghost town it's not just shops banks and restaurants that have closed their doors . post offices to have shocked so has the local police office a group of men gathers next to a bank in the center they're all workers lining to take out cash on payday they don't trust the banks not keen to speak to journalists either. i see the people do not want to take their angry nervous it's understandable. thoughts here in eastern ukraine. maria is constantly post an update on what's happening and lugansk on her twitter feed so difficult for you to follow her passion documents life under siege . russia's foreign minister has called the capture of a russian citizen and the mole deaves a kidnapping and i want citizen off the russian m.p. son was grabbed by u.s. agents on suspicion of stealing credit card information artie's a gun it's counted has the story. monsoon his nerves family vacation in the came to an abrupt end when the

also coming up civilian deaths go largely unnoticed in the anti-government stronghold of lugansk in eastern ukraine as kiev military onslaught in the wake of the plane crash and. the israeli invasion of gaza marks its bloodiest today with more than eighty civilians killed as hamas says it is taken and israeli soldier captive in claims are refuted by the i.d.f. . i'm broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our thomas going to have you with us now the russian president vladimir putin has made some official comments on the malaysia air waves plane crash in eastern ukraine calling for the tragedy not to be politicized he also said that international experts on the scene should be able to carry out their work and complete safety artie's medina coaching over as more. well speaking about the situation the treasury the russian president vladimir putin said that it is necessary to rethink and to provide more security for those international exploration no more going to the scene of the crime. it's important that all the people who are accountable for the situation in this region

this the ukrainian army is reportedly carried a fresh artillery attack now in residential areas of lugansk in the east self defense activists say at least four civilians have been killed in this latest incident did you can see a plume of smoke that appeared earlier on in the sky from those buildings on monday this is a close up of that area several districts came under shelling it's thought that the rocket launch is to carry out the attacks now to this photo this was taken apparently near one of the shell buildings a woman seen lying on the ground there's a push chair with blood on next to hers well it's our know whether the woman and baby are alive or dead at this juncture. but over a million civilians are trapped in the middle of fighting between the army and the self-defense fighters the shelling the air raids the violence and laying waste to this cities their towns and their villages in the east of fashion and now joins an ambulance crew in lugansk. they actually don't need to turn on the siren ambulances are almost the only cars on the empty rows of lugansk and recent days have left e

not far away the deadly bombardment of lugansk ukraine's second largest. metropolis on a war footing raid sirens blare constantly to want citizens of imminent attacks i am this video apparently shares of the city coming under rocket fire a public meeting bus was reportedly hit on tuesday killing two people on the border murray of the national reports from the city. we hear sounds of it to me every day many times a day and we can also say that well both sides claim that they are not targeting and they will not target residential areas we can say that it often happens this is one man may cameraman now we have to work in flak jackets although we are in the city center just on monday a shell landed not far from where we are now just looks away from the city center heaton a car and reportedly the driver of this car who was killed at the scene the operation leadership in kiev also claims that heavy a two real admission will not be used in attacks on big cities searchers lugansk older nets but we can say that we hear airplanes over flying this area almost every d

by various cars and see posting updates on what's happening in lugansk on her twitter feed to feel free to follow her as she documents life and see. fred the red cross spokesman for europe and central asia david pia my cat told us his organization has deployed to floyd to help with the crisis hit in the east of ukraine in eastern ukraine and the reason of course is needed to regarding the wanted her sons and that's what their international committee of the red cross has deployed. systems for malls are thirty hospitals in the regions of donetsk and lugansk to provide the basic necessary for one selves and one due to be awesome we are walking across leo's reveries of russian red cross. stuff where you know america deployed before a major comes people from accra and you know. maybe you're in some people's burg. the ukrainian crisis and its impact. on relations between the east and the west are the theme of today's cross talk with hospital of l. later today take a sneak peek. it's a lot of beginning a b. and but rather the end of the beginning as ukraine's civil war deepens so does the divi

hour antigovernment fighters and ukrainian government forces both say they control an airport in lugansk the city was shelled by. residential buildings in nearby denounce. the russian citizen this killed by a shell fired from ukraine moscow warns of harsh consequences for the act. it didn't fire and russian territory. the conflict in gaza continues to escalate as the number of palestinians killed surpasses one hundred sixty people calling for a ceasefire estimating that civilians make up almost eighty percent of the. this hour germany are crying twenty four thousand feet for world cup champions in brazil defeating argentina one nil in the final making them the first european country to secure the title in the americas. from a new center here in moscow you're watching the weekly on r t international run off the top stories from the week that was up to the minute developments us well i'm you know me welcome we start this hour in eastern ukraine where government forces an anti government fighters have been bottling it all right on an earth port in lugansk both sides claim they're not even c