neve barker has this report. >> reporter: interrogated on camera, ten men ukraine claims are russianatroopers. the ukrainian military says the men were on a special mission when they were captured. the men say they are soldiers from the russian city. moscow says the men were patrolling a section of the border when they accidentally strayed into ukraine. kiev insists that this is the strongest evidence yet of russia's hand in the ongoing conflict. elsewhere in the region, the aftermath of fierce fighting in the border town. kiev said an armored column has crossed into ukraine sparking more clashes. four 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 c

neve barker, al jazeera, slovyansk. >>> in the caribbean cials tropical storm christo bell moved that haiti and other areas. where is it heading now? >> it looks like it's taking a turn. first a look at how much rain fell in porta ryk joe. and the unique part of this. the bright reads - the mountain range where the wind wrapped around, sent the moisture into the mountains. the rain and extra lift in danger of immediate slide which is what happened. as we look at the satellite, it enhanced. you can see the cloud tops and how high they are billowing up with the storm. it is slowly moving. it's held itself together, but it has not strengthened. and we don't expect to see a lot of strengthening initially. there's a nice weather feature that is helping us out, coming off the mid-atlantic coast, sheering it apart. national hurricane center expects it to detract east, away from the bahamas. system bring heavy rain, and continue throughout the course of the week to stay offshorement this is a great -- offshore. this is a great track. we'll still get rip curls developing. it will be very stron

neve barker joins us there's a video of russian soldiers captured in ukraine. russia denied being in the country. what is moscow saying about the video evidence. >> ce, that's right. on tuesday, the ukranian military released a military that says it thoughed 10 me interrogated. the 10 men are russian paratroopers captured by the ukrainian forces, 20 to 30km. and 50km south-east of the separatist-held city of donetsk. moscow has come force and said these are russian soldiers. they strayed accidently into ukrainian territory whilst they petrol his sensitive border. as far as kiev is concerned. it's the clearest most tangible evidence. moscow may have a hand in this conflict in eastern ukraine. >> also, we hear that there's troop movements in the last 24 hours, could this be a sign of renewed fighting. >> fighting has been pretty much consistent over the last foo months during the time. ukraine has made gains, and managed to capture dozens of villages and downs coog donetsk and luhansk. in the last 24-48 hours, we have seen a spike of activity in south-east of the

neve barker. >>> in australia, aboriginal rock art which may date back 20,000 years is being rediscovered. an expedition is under by. andrew thomas reports from arnhem land in the north-east of the country. >> reporter: lily bennett's doesn't fish as often as she likes. turtle is a treat, something he barbecues when she goes out bush. it's not just the taste, but what is represents. connection with history and culture. >> is it important for you to come back here? >> yes, it is. >> why? >> my grandfather and dad roamed around the area and lived here when my father was a little boy. >> reporter: no one lives in the remote part of arnhem land. for thousands of years nomadic aborigines romed. now descend ants are coming back, announcing their arrival through calls to the ancestral spirits. your family has been here before, see. that's special for me to come. the focus of the trip is to look for ancient rock art. in 1967 dozens of pictures from discovered, some thought to be 20,000 years old. the area was so tough, the trip was not repeated until now. this time with the help of a helicopter.

neve barker has more. >> reporter: there have been some real concerns from the ukrainian side that theserucks may well be used to help separatists fighters in the city of luhansk, and some of those trucks may even make it down to the city of donetsk. together with volunteer battalions, they are closing in on those areas. we gather the ukrainians have said this is an illegal crossing of the border. some comments from the russian side is that they are being escorted by separatists fighters. the big question now is how is the ukrainian army going to respond? what will the red cross do now that they have said they will not take part in escorting these vehicles to their intended destinations. it sounds like a very tense journey for those trucks wherever their final point of arrival should be. >>> in malaysia an official day of mourning is being observed for those killed in flight mh17. may sha's king and prime minister were among those at tending the repaid reat it ceremony. the government asked people to wear black and refrain from festive activities today as a show of respect. >>> south afr

. >>> neve barker is now joining us from donetsk to give us a different point of view.nt this report. >> reporter: the separatists-held city of luhansk where street-to-street fighting rages. the city remains under constant ukrainian bombardment. more than a thousand refugees have sought sanctuary. a few weeks ago these people lived ordinary lives, but the war has changed everything. angela escapes fighting in her town. she says she has been at the monastery for month. her and her family gathered what they could and fled. we're on the road, to now the scene of some of the fiercest fighting. even here without water, electricity and the constant threat of shelling, locals are trying to live norm alives. we past the last ukrainian check point and we're now in no man's land. the separatists fighters remain in control of this town down the road. the ukrainian army together with volunteer battalions continuing to tighten the noose on the s p saep -- separatists strong holds. >> translator: there are no major forces left. >> reporter: but the battlefield changes shape on a dail

neve barker, al jazeera, eastern ukraine. >> the worry is that russia will get involved and help separatists gain the upper hand. we have more from washington. >> reporter: it's becoming a very familiar back and forth between the u.s. and russia when it comes to ukraine. on friday as the convoy of russian trucks moved into ukraine the u.s. came out, the white house, the pentagon condemned the move callin callincalling it a violation of policy. remove the truck or else. what is the or else? well, they're being vague. they could face some sort of consequences but again they're not spelling out what those consequences would be whether there would be sanctions or some other steps. >> fighting in eastern ukraine has gotten worse since the government began an offensive last month. 2,000 people have died since mid-april. 155,000 have been internally displaced across the region. 22,000 people fled donetsk and luhansk last week alone. >>> israel and gas has seen an intense exchange of rocket exchange. prime minister benjamin netanyahu said that hamas will pay a heavy price for the attack. jackie rola

kicked off in government held parts of ukraine, the celebrations to mark the 1991 ipp dependence, as neve barker reports, rebels took the opportunity to mock their opponents. >> in the city of donetsk, pro-russian separatists held an alternative ceremony in deshines of kiev. dozens of prisoners captured during months of fighting were paraded through the streets. also on show, destroyed military hardware. as the rest of the country marks years of independence, the fighters remain loyal to moscow. donetsk has been under constant bombardment for weeks. hours earlier. the shell landed on the hospital mort u airy. in the ukrainian capital a different scene. here, thousands celebrated independence day with a show the military might. the government promised to send much of the hardware to the front line. president petro porashenko used the occasion to announce a $3 billion increase in military spending. the events have become for us a war, not officially announced but still real. it will probably go down in history as the great war of 2014. this is war against external aggression, for the honour and gl

neve barker has the latest on the convoy. >> reporter: there have been some real concerns from the ukrainianide that these trucks may well be used to help separatists fighters in the city of luhansk. and some of those trucks may make it to donetsk. we gather that the ukrainians have said that this is an illegal crossing of the border by the trucks. some comments from the russian side that they are being escorted by separatists fighters. the big question is how are the ukrainian army going to respond? why did the border guards allow these trucks to cross over. what are the red cross going to do now that they have said they will not take part in escorting these vehicles to their intended designations? it sounds like a very tense journey for these trucks whatever their final point of arrival should be. >>> malaysians have paid tribute to those who died in mh17. the families of the victims will have some closure, but they are still far from knowing the truth about that faithful day. here is our report from eastern ukraine. >> reporter: this is one of the biggest crime scenes in aviation history.

. >>> laying it out, neve barker. thank you. >>> in iceland there's concern that an erupting volcano could disrupt flights. a small lava eruption has been detected under a glassier. the ragon was evacuated -- region was evacuated as a precaution. let's speak to steph about this. remember the last time it erupted in 20 so, and the disruption it caused. would we see a similar situation. >> we have a volcano we can pronounce. we are a step closer. this time it is looking better. let me show you what happened in 2010. there is icelapped. in case you are not -- iceland, in case you are not sure where it is. almost directly north of the u.k. in 2010 there was a high pressure to the south of it. that caused the problems. high pressures generally are lazy things that don't like to move anywhere in a hurry, we had high pressure there. it stayed put in position tore weeks. it dragged all the ash down across the north-western parts of the europe. for the u.k. and across germany we saw the ash cloud. that caused us major problems