poroshenko. i ask mr.henko, to sign the document of the oath of allegiance. >> petro poroshenko signing the oath of allegiance. said i promise to protect the sovereignty of ukraine. that of course a very important oath. >> reporter: that's right, and that's what we've been talking about this morning, the conflict going on in the east of the country. finding its way through an increasingly protracted issue, as my colleague kim was saying. extremely difficult for ukraine what the president is going ohave to deal with is the economy, how to get ukraine out of its economic stagnation. it's bordering on the best of your knowledge of bankruptcy. it has billions of dollars of debt and somehow he's got to pull it back from the brink. that will require significant loans and assistance from the international community in order to fulfill, in order to seef toe that help ukraine is going ohave to go through painful reforms and go through other painful steps, like wage freezes and price rises even energy price rises in

petro poroshenko has been sworn in as ukraine's new president. we will talk to our correspondent in kiev about the hope ukrainians are putting in him. can diplomatic moves at the d-day celebrations bring russia back into the fold? for the germany national team over armenia. rice rice -- marco dropping out of the world cup team due to injury. >> picture poroshenko has been sworn in -- petro poroshenko has new sworn in as ukraine's president. ties witho mend russia, but would never bow to the annexation of crimea. >> ukrainians turned out in force to watch petrol persian petroake the oath -- poroshenko take the oath of office. foreign dignitaries were there to demonstrate their solidarity. the guests included the european council president and u.s. vice president joe biden. russia only sent its acting ambassador to kia for the -- kiev for the ceremony. with his hand resting on the ukrainian constitution, poroshenko took the oath of office. he stressed the need for a extended inne, and all of branch to pro-russian separatists. reset the russian lang

petro poroshenko had -- with russia improve. petro poroshenko said that crimea will and always be ukrainian. he also vowed to mend ties with the kremlin and traumas to bridge the divide that has split his country in two. >> ukrainian soldiers put on a festive display for the country's new president, petro poroshenko. it does little to mask the setbacks they have experienced in eastern ukraine. poroshenko is looking to the future, as are many of his supporters. >> i think he will do his job well. it is clear what he has to do. stabilize ukraine and and the war. -- and end the war. >> yes plans and knows what he wants. >> he was sworn into office earlier in the day. foreign dignitaries were on hand to demonstrate their solidarity with kiev. the guests included the european council president and u.s. vice president joe biden. the president of germany was there, but russia sent its acting ambassador to the ceremony. with his hands resting on the ukrainian constitution and the bible, poroshenko took the oath of office. he stressed th

how does poroshenko stop putin from seizing more of his country?poroshenko is called the chocolate king because he runs a big chocolate company. and he's had his brush with putin before. vladimir putin banned actually poroshenko's chocolate from russia last year and said that there were carcinogens in the chocolate which was completely phony and it was obviously a way of escalating and brushing ukraine back and trying to warn ukraine that they better not head more to the west and more pro-american, pro-european union. that obviously didn't work. it worked in a way. but obviously the leader lost his head over that. so i think what president poroshenko wants to do is show putin that he's got some muscle, that he can fight back, that he's not afraid to exert a little bit of power and hopefully they can come to some sort of peace agreement shortly. >> so in order to flex that muscle, poroshenko will probably have to have some support. so does poroshenko have a duty to send a message to european leaders as well as the u.s.? if so, what does he need to s

this is the parliament with presidential powers in poroshenko today. this is the parliament that stripped those powers from viktor yanukovych after the revolution. this is the power that president poroshenko wants absolved to create the reforms that ukraine so desperately needs. these are the men that he commands. but the solution to the violence in the east of the country may ultimately lie with russia. talks are expected. there is hope for diplomacy, but this country is virtually at war. it's new command center chief now has to choose which path to tread. al jazeera, kiev. >> reporter: so how will poroshenko's plan go down in the east of ukraine? we have reporters in the region. in a moment we'll hear from david chater in slovyasnk, but first we have reaction to the inauguration. >> reporter: many people are divided over whether there will be change in the east. many people have for a long time felt neglected by the kiev. >> they couldn't even arrange presidential elections here. there were no elections of this poroshenko. what local elections are we

that invested presidential powers in petro poroshenko today. this is the parliament that tripped those powers from viktor yanukovych after the revolution. this is the parliament that poroshenko now wants to dissolve so he can have new deputies to press forward with the reforms that he says ukraine so desperately needs. these are the men that he now commands. but a solution to the violence east of the country may ultimately lie with russia. talks are expected. there is hope for diplomacy, but this country is virtually at war. it's new commander in chief has to choose which path to tread. al jazeera, kiev. >> so what else has petro poroshenko promised? he said ukraine will never become a federation. he also plans to push the country towards e.u. membership, and he's appealed for separatist toss lay down their arms offering immunity from prosecution for those, in his words, don't have blood on their hands. al jazeera has been gauging reaction from the city of done doneskt. >> reporter: people here are divided whether poroshenko can bring change in

poroshenko is likely to take the country? >> as mr. poroshenko already claimed, ukraine will stay united. at the same time, it will be deconcentrated state. the decentralization has already been started. it will take place in late 2014. the point mr. poroshenko has made is clear: the power will be to elected coun sizzle at regional levels. the russian language will be freely used in part of ukraine, mainly the east. over ukraine there will be one state, ukraine. and however, the power will be deconcentrated all over ukraine. >> okay. valentino romanova. our correspondent kim vinnell is in donetsk. she has the latest on the reaction there to president poroshenko's inauguration. >> so far, it appears that the donetsk people's republic is rejecting the offers laid out by new president petro poroshenko for greater autonomy. a founder told us he didn't listen to the inauguration speech because the words of a president which is not his own don't matter to him. >> gives us some idea what we are likely to see from the donetsk people's republic

now our job is to make it to reality. >> president poroshenko speaks to economic reform. this is the parliament that stripped powers from viktor yanukovych after the revolution. this is the parliament that president poroshenko now wants dissolved so that he can have new deputies to press forward with the reform he said ukraine so desperately needs. these are the men he now commands. the solution to the violence in the east of the country may ultimately lie with russia. talks are expected. there is hope that diplomacy, but this country is virtually at war. this leader now has to choose which path to tread. >> in iraq dozens of students and professors have been released after a group stormed the university taking them hostage. the police say that the group killed guards just to get into anbar university. those hostages were later freed after the gunmen withdrew from a gunfight with security ow official officials. >>> egyptian officials have sentenced ten muslim brotherhood followers to death. meanwhile, tomorrow is the inauguration of egypt's president elect general al sisi

poroshenko in abb she -- a bbc interview. is the government largest region of ukraine. >> are you saying president poroshenko is a nazi? >> of course. he supported nazis. he supported the rights sector and so forth. >> after the signing in brussels, people gathered to celebrate the event. it was so different here last winter when the very deal signed today was the trigger for deadly protests. the pro-russian leader of ukraine at a time had decided not to go ahead with the e.u. deal. the led to his ousting and conflict between the ukraine government and pro-russian separatists in the east. one of ukraine's most seasoned politicians has now called for the introduction of martial law in parts of the troubled eastern regions. as he did so, thousands of ukrainians were lining at the border into russia to escape an uncertain future. putin called for a long-term cease-fire but also declared ukrainian society was split after being forced to choose between europe and russia. media reports out of ukraine tonight say president poroshenk

petro poroshenko is the new president.e asked ukrainians about their expectations of him. >> "expectations" is the wrong word. look around this country -- we've hit bottom. the situation is so grim that nobody can have expectations for any one man. we all of us together shoulder to shoulder have to do our bit for the future of ukraine. >> poroshenko belongs to a new generation of politicians. i hope he is a ukrainian patriot. i hope we will pull together as ukrainians to make our country flourish. so far, the country is not flourishing. ukrainians are struggling to make ends meet. >> my hope is that it creates jobs for us so that no one has to flee the country just to earn money, to russia or the czech republic or italy. >> ukraine is a country being torn apart. every day, there are new victims of the battles between pro-russian separatists and ukrainian troops in eastern ukraine. >> we have to stop playing games in the east. the president must defeat and destroy the terrorist. >> so that we can finally sleep easily at nig

is petra poroshenko? he has supported the pro-european movement. he faces several challenges as hetains takes the reins of a country in crisis. a closer look at the man perhaps better known as "the chocolate king." "it's hard to see and it was brief, but remarkable nonetheless. the leaders of ukraine and russia meeting for the first time since the conflict erupted raising hopes of a possible ceasefire after months of fighting. >> russia needs to recognize the president elect poroshenko is the legitimately elected leader of ukraine. >> hopes are riding on poroshenko, the billionaire who says he is ready to talk with moscow. >> russia lost the battle for supporting terrorists. he is promising to quickly end fighting in the east while comparing the rebels to somali pie rates. >> they just want to conserve the illegal situation there. >> despite his tough talk, he's pushing for negotiations and amnesty, called the chocolate king, he made a fortunate building a candy empire with a reputation for honesty, poros

poroshenko the day before the election. while i absolutely agree that the proof is in the pudding, he was impressive in laying out a clear agenda for what needed to be done, including constitutional reform, taking on corruption. so he certainly knows what to do. obviously i agree that we should gethere to try to help him there. i think everybody understands the challenges that lie ahead, and they are deeply committed to these issues and they realize there is a second chance for meaningful reforms in the country. at the same time, we have to put our faith in institutions and not just individuals. the parliament will play an important role, civil society will play an important role. the question is whether all these various sectors of society can work constructively together in order to achieve the goals that we all share. >> i, too, was impressed. hopefully a team will be put together to move things ahead. since i am running out of time, i will stop here, what i was going to pursue -- are there anything -- is there anything

and putin had a meeting with petro poroshenko. a meeting that putin's spokesman said, a positive step, a very humble one but it is positive. let's go to the u.s. military cemetery near omaha beach, the scene of d day's bloodiest battle. mike viqueria is there. mike it must have been a tremendously emotional day. let's talk about this meeting between president obama and president putin. we have seen video of them ton sidelines. how did this happen? we layered that president obama all but ignored putin at various times earlier in the day. >> there was one photo earlier in the day, family photos, one family that was very dysfunctional. it was evident obama and putin weren't paying attention to one another. it was seemingly intentional. a vine from the host french government, six or seven clip of, looped clip of video of president obama and vladimir putin and it really was they call it a pull-aside, standing up against the wall and starting a discussion obviously very informal, obviously no formal agenda there. this comes after weeks

today, p petro poroshenko struc a did he have find tone. vice president joe biden was there. he promised $60 million to ukraine in neighboring countries. tensions with the east are still high. today, an official in the self-declared republic of donetsk was shot dead. more from kiev. >> reporter: he may have the red carpet, but petro poroshenko has a mountain to climb if he is to save ukraine from conflict and economic ruin. at his inauguration, the international community was there to show sport. for an elected leader at last in ukraine after months of uncertainty. president poroshenko promised to take the fight to the east and to shane over scrim. >> who comes with a sword will fall from the sword. >> citizenship of ukraine will never enjoy the beauty of peace unless we settle down our relations with russia. russia occupy crimea which was, is, will be ukrainian as well. >> on europe, he said, this time, there will be no turning back. >> what exactly do we have to do to live free lives? free and prosperous lives? all of this is enshrined in the agreement on political associat

he isro poroshenko says set to order a unilateral cease-fire in the separatist east. the announcement came after a phone conversation with russian president vladimir putin. the two leaders talked about the -russiay to end the pro uprising. gulliver crag has more from donetsk. >> it is too early to start talking about a real turning point. this decision is something of a surprise. petro poroshenko had been talking about declaring a cease-fire only once ukraine's border with russia had been secured. that has not happened. after the conversation with vladimir putin, i believe he also spoke to angela merkel. he seems to have decided that a temporary unilateral cease-fire is an option worth taking. he stressed it would be temporary. giving separatist fighters the chance to lay down their weapons and benefit from the amnesty as proposed. >> what kind of reaction has there been so far to this call for a cease-fire? quest i have been looking on social networks at what people are saying. those saying they are willing to lay down weapons are few and far in between. the main gro

corporate holdings he has now reversed course on this and says he will keep poroshenko has had a position in the governments of the previous now ousted by the my don porch government of. as head of the national bank and various other cabinet posts regarding the economy he held a position including a foreign minister under the corrupt orange revolution. you could go regime and he also held high government positions under the kuchma government so he is a known fact or he has been around for a long time in fact the wiki leaks us state department cables just a year ago the united states noting that he was a discredited and all of dark there was severe and credible allegations of corruption against him and this is from us ok ok . ok but that's why he's washington's man that's for sure let me let me go back to you in cleveland let's talk about right sector how much does the new president there well how much latitude does he have in policy making because there's some really nasty elements to pulled off the coup beholden to them. the very worrying signs already when the coup happened the oligarch

john kerry says he has confidence poroshenko will succeed if russia supports him.im vinnell reports from the heart of the resistentions in donetsk. >> people are here are dove i'ded whether petro poroshenko can create any real change in the east. many people have, for a long time, felt alienated by kiev. the donetsk's people's republic say it's already an independent country and the chairman dismissing it poroshenko's offer to hold local elections in the region. >> the presidential elections here, there were no elections of poroshenko. what local elections are we talking about? yet again, he is throwing around works and making promises he can't keep. >> he says the donetsk's people's republic is already in talks about becoming part of the russian federation and he says he is continuing to ask russia for a peacekeeping force to come across the border. he says the fight in the east will continue until ukrainian troops withdraw. >> now nina kruscheva of international affairs at the new scol here in new york. good to see you. we have a new president dealing with the sa

what can poroshenko do in eastern ukraine.some of you have talked about decentralization of government and i'd like to hear exactly what you think that means because of course the russians wanted a federated system so they could take ukraine apart. i assume you are not meaning that. projections for the use of russian language inclusion in the government. do some of you have thoughts as to what poroshenko can do to try to consolidate the eastern part of ukraine as part of the national body politic? >> we don't want to dominate this at this end of the table but i would say five things and i think the border with russia is absolutely crucial. from all of the information that i have seen on the public record there are truckloads of people who may or may not be russian but they are coming over the russian border and they are mostly chechens are russian nationals. closing that border to that kind of traffic is critical. the ukrainians probably don't have the capacity to do that obviously the russians do. i think having an internatio

poroshenko's 14 point peace plan. we'll see what happens after that. >> right.lps to be in the position of strength when you want to launch a peace plan. from what we understand, is there much in the plan which you imagine separatist temperatures in the east are going to be able to put their hands up to? >> well it's difficult to say. obviously there's a lot that points to a certain amount of skepticism or if not pessimism. fighting continues. there are casualties. nato officials say the russians are building up troops again on the border. they said this would not be so worrisome if they were preventing fighters from getting into ukraine which they said is not the case. there are fighters entering ukraine or were until they restored order. obviously there's a lot to enter into it. we'll see if fighters themselves accept the peace plan or even the cease fire. maybe they'll continue fighting. it remains to be seen. the next few hours indicate the success or failure or po potential success or failure of this plan. >>> to iraq now, 300 american military advisors are

poroshenko the day before the election. while i also agree the proof is in the pudding, it was impressive in laying out a clear agenda for what needed to be done, constitutional reform taking on corruption. so he certainly knows what to do. and, obviously, i believe that we should be there when requested to try to help them get there. >> i think in our meetings with the president-elect, with the prime minister, i think everybody understands the challenges that lie ahead. and i think they're all deeply committed to be -- they realize there is a second chance for meaningful reforms in the country. at the same time, i think we have to put our basic institutions and prophecies as well and not just individual. the parliament will play an important role, civil society will play an important role, the question is whether all these various sectors of society can work constructively together in order to achieve the goals that we all share. >> well, i was impressed, and i think yatsenyuk is very impressive and hopefully the team will

>> the cease-fire -- you had petro poroshenko -- you heard petro poroshenko say it would be quite short. it hasn't started yet. there is supposed to be in the crib -- be an official decree that starts the cease-fire. the president's press service couldn't tell me whether that would be this evening, tomorrow, even the next day. a lot of uncertainty. another question being asked was whether the cease-fire would cover just the military or the various different armed formations that have stp -- sprung up in recent weeks. now under theis command of the ukrainian interior ministry and would abide by the law and respect the president's decision, but he had no hesitation telling me that personally he didn't respect the decision at all and he didn't think it was a good strategy. i've had reports from another battalion that they are still considering whether they will the presidential line when the cease-fire is declared or not. >> also about the amnesty -- do you think the separatists are really going to take poroshenko up on that? >> none of the separatists that i've spoken to here have said th

it was a surprise he walked awaytrthe question is poroshenko has signed a piece of paper. do extremely painful costly and difficult things in order to make ukraine a competitive economy that rather than drowning in the deep end of the european pool can actually succeed. >> brown: nikolas, how do you see it. from the russian side is it likely to cause president putin to take any action? >> well first let me agree with matt that this is only the beginning of a process not the end. it's not simply the ukrainians have to move forward european countries having taken on this agreement how much they plan to fund ukraine, what they plan to do in terms of offering concrete mechanisms. remember turkey has had in the session agreement with the european union for decades, and turkey has not advanced any further. the russian side is very interesting. i think the russians see this essentially now as a game of political chicken. they're waiting to see who is going to blink first. are the europeans having gotten ukraine up to this starting point of signing this agreement are they going to

poroshenko. after he was voted in on sunday, a resounding victory, he said he was going to make this operation was very effective, that these battles that we're seeing now were going to be over in a matter of hours rather than days. clearly that is not the case. then after meeting with u.s. president obama in warsaw, he said poroshenko came out and said that after his inauguration saturday, he's going to layout his plans for peace for the region. that's likely to include an offer of amnesty. we will certain watch and wait to hear that speech when he's inaugurated saturday. >> thanks very much indeed. >> g7 leaders meeting in brussels warn that russia risks further sanctions if it continues to be a destabilizing influence in eastern ukraine. the final day of the g7 meeting, security of energy supplies is a key item on the agenda. again, russia is in the spotlight. >> james bays joins us live from brussels. russia's not there, but a lot of talk about the role they can play within the energy market.

of the white house that is behind poroshenko the goal isn't no step as ation or peas but a creation of a huge leg or ocean of kills and stability mayhem and destruction that is supposed to engulf eastern ukraine and ultimately parts of russia as well in this respect i would also like to bring maybe a little interesting information there is such a book called the guard which describes an odyssey body odyssey of an s.s. officer who was a war criminal he was hired after world war two by the french he went to. to do his murders job and then he was hired by the u.s. to continue basically the same joke this book became the most popular book among the u.s. troops in iraq and in this book this former officer describes anyone who was on the other side of steroids and this is indeed were i think the connection is that for the kiev regime anyone who stands up to bend or ism fascism the current of the oligarchs is a terrorist that needs to be exterminated ok daniel i mean these types of regimes they can last a while but they're quite murderous and they're intolerant but they do for tend to fall ap

tried to report among other news sources that poroshenko was reaching out to all for peace and nothing of the sort is true the exact opposite he has he had the perfect opportunity to try to bring the country together to make some hard concessions some compromise he did nothing of the sort he has continued he offered nothing that wasn't that wasn't the line of the. regime acting government under to change off for the last few months during the inauguration speech the reports on the ground is that as he was delivering speech the shelling the artillery shelling of civilian areas in slovyansk actually intensified the western media is not reporting that there are air strikes against civilian areas in eastern ukraine they're not reporting that they're using artillery against civilian areas they're not reporting that they are using grad rocket launchers against civilian areas and this is absolutely unconscionable but we have an interplay here in that while the people of the boss are not certainly you know they have come to absolutely despise the government that is trying to kill and terrorize

ukraine's president poroshenko has announced a weeklong ceasefire that has unveiled his fifteen point peace plan it includes a cease fire and guaranteed safety for all negotiating sides amnesty for those in the east of the country who agreed to lay down arms that have been committed grevious crimes the creation of a ten kilometer wide buffer zone along the border with russia changes to the constitution that guarantee the free and safe use of the russian language these centralization of power to the eastern regions of ukraine and early local and parliamentary elections however the plan is apparently none negotiable has refused to hold direct talks with the leaders of the self-proclaimed eastern republic. by for more analysis let's talk to mark the border a senior lecturer in international relations and security studies at moscow university it's always good to have you with us here in the studio let's start of start of with a portion called declaring the cease fire he has had a conversation with president putin none of that some of his statements haven't really fruit come to fruition so

meanwhile, poroshenko had declared a cease fire last friday, but that has been largely in name only;g continued sporadically through the week, with each side blaming the other. today, the ukrainian president renewed the cease fire through the weekend, and a top separatist leader agreed to honor it. >> ( translated ): the cease fire has been so far very unsuccessful. the fire has not stopped, but nevertheless it was a certain pretext to continue dialogue. therefore, we confirm on our side the extension of the cease fire for the same duration. >> brown: thousands have fled the fighting. the united nations reported today that more than 100,000 ukrainians have crossed into russia this year, seeking safety; and 50,000 others are displaced in their own land. and for more, we're joined by: matthew rojansky, director of the kennan institute at the wilson center, where he focuses on u.s. relations with former soviet states; and nikolas vos- dev is professor of national security studies at the u.s. naval war college. he's written extensively about russia. welcome to both of you. matthew let me

they had been impressed by petero poroshenko's vision. obama administration said the g7 meeting will be important to show the international community stands behind them. james, appears to be a friendly relationship between barack obama and petero poroshenko. >> does seem friendly. president obama met him in poland and is speaking in poland, the events very much the planned - the plan to be the - to anticipate what is going to happen at the g7, praising the polls for their struggle to overthrow commune. >>. i suspect toon he'll make comparisons with ukraine. he announced aid for ukraine, some $5 million to provide equipment like night vision goggles for the ukranian forces. nothing that they could fight off a russian attack with. i think have eight there to show support for the ukranian people and the new president elected 11 days ago. a man that president obama says was a wise selection by the ukranian people. having made that judgment about the new ukranian leader. later on in a couple of hours he'll head to brussels to talk to g7 leader

petro poroshenko won with nearly 55% of the vote. the president-elect is already scheduled to meet with world leaders. on wednesday, he will join u.s. president barack obama in warsaw. the trouble in ukraine's eastern regions will likely be at the top of the agenda. on monday a group of pro-russian rebels clashed with ukraine's border guards in luhansk. both sides said five militants were killed. in the same region, local media said at least seven people were killed in an explosion at a government building. for months, russian leaders blocked any security council action on ukraine. but now, a russian ambassador has called for an emergency meeting at the conference. he introduced a draft resolution. it requests humanitarian corridors and a cease-fire. >> there are going to be more casualties, more hostilities. so it's going to make the political dialogue in ukraine more difficult. >> reporter: but ukrainian and western leaders are skeptical about the proposal. >> the very fact that the resolution on ukraine is tabled by russian federa

well i think first of all our petro poroshenko showed himself as a man who was ready to go over dead bodies not allegorically about the literally to sign the association agreement and the green it was at the heart of the conflict so it means that we can't force see any small for any even of this situation because people are fighting for their jobs for their lives and for their identity so you mentioned a lot of things which are absolutely right but the point is that people don't understand it now because there is information about kate and they have an illusion i have plenty of allusions for example that they would have these are presently they will have our european living standards just overnight the moment their new president will sign an agreement now president poroshenko also said that if another round of talks with the east fails to day he said he will take in his own words a very important step what do you think he means by that. well i don't think that he really means a lot because he shells already a lot of neglect towards this situation. in the east south of ukraine so are

poroshenko gave his condolences and promised to carry out an investigation. ukrainian leaders have said again and again that russia has been fueling this conflict with agents and weapons. but putin and members of his administration have long denied they're involved. foreign minister sergei lavrov says the ukrainian government is refusing to implement a road map to end the crisis. the organization for security and cooperation in europe crafted the plan which includes a call to end the violence and start national dialogue. the head of the u.n. says finding a way forward is a must. >> i urge the parties to do all they can to de-escalate the situation, bring ukraine back from the brink and work towards a solution through negotiation and dialogue. >> reporter: but this is complicating matters. an explosion rocked a gas pipeline in central ukraine that supplies europe. the flow continued using a parallel pipe. ukrainian leaders say the blast was a possible act of terrorism designed to discredit their country as a reliable supplier. they've been focused on gas in re

as inauguration head of the channel has appealed directly to to poroshenko.his colleagues. and ukraine's new president will he was sworn in on saturday and sets out a plan of action in his inauguration speech to forest and co said ukrainian will remain the country's only official language and he ruled out turning the nation into a loose federation of self ruling provinces which of course is a key demand of the eastern regions for a show and also pledged to defend ukraine's territorial integrity with the use of force and promised an early parliamentary election but despite strong support from washington geo political analyst eric draitser believes that for ukrainians for sanko is not the best choice poroshenko is intimately involved with the clique that took control of ukraine in two thousand and four he was part of the u. shingo it ministration which really under which ties with russia deteriorated significantly this is somebody who has made a fortune not only as you know confectionery king but as someone who is deeply and intimately involved in the massive c

election notic elections in the region. >> there were no elections of this poroshenko. what local elections are we talking about? yet again he's throwing around words and making promises he can't keep. >> the doneskt people republic are already in talks for the russian federation. he's continuing to ask russia for a peace-keeping force at the board. >> afghanistan's presidential frontrunner is promising to continue campaigning after two bomb attacks of his motorcade. abdullah abdullah walked away from the car bombing, but six were killed. >>> more than 50 people have been killed in flooding that destroyed four villages. four people in the district of bazlam province were forced to leave their home. dozens more people are still missing. >>> we can get the very latest from our correspondent who is in kabul. tell us about the region where these floods have occurred. >> well, this province is in the east of the country. this is very rare that this flash flooding occurred in this region of the province. there has been a large human toll, but there has been infrastructure dam

there was no elections of petero poroshenko. what local elections are we talking about.e's turning around words, making promises he can't keep. this is popalism. >> reporter: it's insisted that the donetsk people's republic is in talks about becoming part of the russian federation, and he will ask russia for a peacekeeping force to come across the border. the fight in the east will continue until ukranian troops withdraw. >>> kim vinnell in donetsk. i spoke to an associate professor of international affairs at the new school in new york. the professor said petero poroshenko must put forward a plan. >> he must put forward a roadmap. we haven't seen it. hopefully within the first week he'll say something and explain hue he will deal with it. yesterday he met with vladimir putin for a brief time, but there was good step forward because it is very important to have russia on his side if he does want to solve the problem. we - those of us asking ukrainian and russia are hopeful. >> ukraine will be a western country it has to be stratagicly planned. ukraine's president has an

even people in ukraine and even those who might have supported poroshenko know that to be an outright lie everything went to smoothly though a pushing goes inauguration ceremony soldier taught there in the middle. fell over his feet. full video on you tube channel check it out of. the in the. i guess the weekly on r.t. international this thursday marked one year since edward snowden became one of washington's most wanted men back then he released a huge trove of. classified documents on america's world spanning surveillance programs are talking everyone from more u.s. civilians even all the way to foreign leaders or the leaks show that millions of phone video calls and e-mails were routinely intercepted by government spies tech giants such as google yahoo and facebook were found to have handed over users' private data and even top level allies to a game for spying the most striking example of out of the wiretapping of the german chancellor merkel's private phone and a major u.k. newspaper that became a target of police raids because it published the revelations things went so far that

journalist sharing his thoughts on the situation in ukraine as well as that peace plan that mr poroshenko has just released thank you very much. in new york to russia's ambassador to the u.n. has been giving moscow's official view on how to restore peace in ukraine which is where an apartment brings us the details. well regarding the seven day cease fire announced by ukraine's president petro poroshenko russian ambassador to tell you turkey and says it's premature to say whether russia supports the so-called peace plan ukraine's u.n. envoy previously claimed that moscow has already approved plan but mr shurkin insisted that that is not true the russian envoy also expressed skepticism about the plan noting that some demands like buffer zone with russia and unconditional disarmament could lead to even more bloodshed he also question the immediate rush by western powers to endorse the plan without even analyzing it insisting that the u.s. and its allies seem eager to back anything coming out of key with respect to the treatment of russian journalists in ukraine mr churkin insisted that they

ukraine shells a russian border checkpoint that says president poroshenko announces a seven day cease fire in the east as part of his peace plan. his next generation stealth fighter is proving a headache for the pentagon is yet another technical glitch buyers questioning the billions invested in the project. the u.s. jim starts a campaign offering cash for ideas to help grow its transatlantic partnership with the e.u. but the moves being seen by critics as an attempt to push through a corporate agenda. welcome thanks once again for joining us my name is neil harvey you're watching r.t. international. first this hour russian checkpoint on the border with ukraine has come in the shelling as a result a border guard has been injured with shrapnel attack occurred a self defense forces in eastern ukraine clash with the army the military said to fuse mortar fire which then hit the checkpoint it happened when refugees were crossing the border as we heard from a witness. who wanted to help people who are crossing from ukraine so i went to the border to offer my assistance there were lots of ch

ukraine shoals of russian border checkpoint down says president poroshenko announces a seven day cease fire in the east as part of his peace plan. also as the u.s. increases spending on what's already the most expensive war plane in history yet another technical glitch plagues the project. the u.s. jumpstart the campaign offering cash for ideas to grow its transatlantic partnership with the e.u. but the move is being seen by critics as an attempt to push through a corporate agenda. thanks once again for joining us here on r.t. my name is neil harvey this is r.t. international. a russian checkpoint on the border with ukraine has come under shelling as a result a border guard has been injured with shrapnel the attack occurred a self-defense forces in eastern ukraine clashed with the army the military is said to have used more to far we then hit the checkpoint it happened when refugees were crossing the border as we heard from a witness. who wanted to help people who are crossing from ukraine so i went to the border to offer my assistance there were lots of children in the refugee camp an

to read an autonomous republic there right and it would be interesting to see whether president poroshenko is willing to negotiate on that basis martin mccauley a writer and analysts of russia's affairs thank you very much for being with us on r.t. international showing of use. this by the peace efforts a journalist working in ukraine a remain in some danger a camera man for a russian t.v. channel has been killed in the he along with other t.v. crews that came under fire in the den yet screech and. that. was. like it was. yes. yes it was i know. here's how it happened he and other journalists were on a bus close to a ukrainian army base the vehicle was said to be carrying the mothers of soldiers on their way to demand their sons return home gunfire reportedly came from inside the base. of the moons would be pretty. used to do their jobs eventually my duty would be yeah he's got three years to get me. the driver turned the bus around to attempt and get to safety as the shooting continued. to do. you can see bullets a hit to the bus that's when the until the not only was fatally wounded desp

ukrainian military and opposition blame each other for ignoring a declared cease fire bomb moscow says poroshenko is paid to plan looks more like an ultimatum. based fighting goes on in iraq with islam is taking control of new territories and forcing millions to flee the violence while washington considers airstrikes to stop the militants. under spain's new king is sworn in we look at some of the highlights of his predecessor's rule and the challenges facing the monarchy in the cash strapped country. well it's nice to have you company you're watching the weekly here on r.t. international. now the ukrainian army and anti-government protesters in the east are pointing the finger at each other for violating a cease fire imposed by president poroshenko as part of his pace plan but this week has been particularly tragic for locals who lost their loved ones in the army shelling. but. need to. go where you. could then you would not cause the. flood to be destroyed. by the lists he is sure. to be if he is still untouched. that is what we would. do we. are going to go. while cities across eastern ukraine

after the rebels said they would respect a piece deal approved by the ukrainian president petro poroshenko. ourill speak to correspondent in kiev. let's start by talking about today. announcement how is it going down where you are in kiev? >> it is to some extent encouraging. if his intent was to reassure ukrainians he has peaceful intent, that was not a success going at the reaction is overly skeptical. some were even saying ukrainians should prepare for a wider scale invasion. overall though, i think the broad belief here is this is simply an attempt by vladimir off possiblee sanctions from the u.s. and the ee you, possibly to pull the rug from underneath european -- from pull the runbly to from underneath european efforts for broader european reform, and certainly this does not leave without the tools necessary to escalate the situation in ukraine if he so wants to. the --the authorities of people's republic have implied the rule does not apply to them since they do not consider themselves to be ukrainian territory. some encouragement, but very much skepticism. >> all right, lots of tal

putin also spoke with petro poroshenko, the man due to be sworn in as ukraine's president, on saturday, a meeting brokered by angela merkel. ceasinceasing efforts to involve ukraine. a day of solemn ceremony and commemoration. mr. obama began the day withen frooblewith francois hollande. paid tribute to those who gave their all. >> whenever the world makes you cynical, whenever you doubt that courage and goodness is possible, stop and think of these men. >> u.s. officials regard both meetings, the obama, putin meeting and the putin-poroshenko meeting as hopeful, but they want to see more. mike viqueria, al jazeera america. >> jonathan betz joins us, jonathan. >> a lot of people counting on him he hasn't officially started yet but petro poroshenko was invited to d day ceremonies and got straight to work. it's hard to see and it was brief but remarkable nonetheless. the leaders of the russia and ukraine meeting for the first time since the conflict erupted. after months of fighting. >> russia needs to recognize that petro poroshenko is the legitimately elected leader of ukraine. >> says

reporter magazine she told us she believes that poroshenko will press on with the crackdown in the east in order to blackmail russia. i think personally that our this fight would be used as as an argument to give pressure to put pressure on russian authorities to reduce the print price and gas because without low prices on russian gas as ukrainian economy is not able to crawl out out of this bankruptcy and the point is that russian taxpayers have to subsidize ukraine integrating into european union that's their original plan. in the meantime self-defense units in eastern ukraine claim that three civilians have been killed in military airstrikes on two towns residential areas are said to have been hit. their city center and everywhere else in the night when the bomb shelter the city was shelled from last night until morning and they opened fire again just now i can hear they are as they were. and in the nearby lugansk region activists say that they've managed to fend off an aerial assault launched by to find jets paula slivered two local activists whose base was hit in a similar incident