he died almost immediately in front of the news mother's voice how would you as backed president poroshenko feel she says if that was his children key of knows his story an error exists is the most for rights wing government on the face of the earth is on a one way killing spree he points out the self-defense forces are not bombing or massacring anyone residents of eastern ukraine told op ed news they used to think pilots were just flying blind and missing their targets then they found they were actually highly accurate always hitting civilians who had no other crime than the ethnicity. in the pretty countryside of east ukraine a tiny village called. the openly sea mercenaries who make up kiev's new army despoil is the place because it has a memorial commemorating world war two victory over their fascist heroes the memorial is shelled by kill me almost every day one day of mercenaries attack the village itself locals claim this is what happened next. he observed army directed to hitler's rise. tourbillon hate. all the time their artillery and mortars shells directly at the memorial one day

where petro poroshenko is simply not in charge? >> well, there are large sections that are no-go areas as far as we're concerned. up until recently we had fairly large teams in luhansk and donetsk, you referred to both of those places in your set-up piece. we've had to locate people. i must make it firm we do want to stay in eastern ukraine, but in order for that to happen we need weapons to di disappear, checks points by armed individuals, some of whom might be part of larger groups that might be part of an agreement. there are areas that is very difficult for our monitors to feel safe. we need safety and security to monitor properly. >> alessandro, let me turn to you. there have been complaints during that long speech between november and may that there was no legitimate government in kiev with which the moscow government could speak. is there recognition now that petro poroshenko is in charge, and he's the man to talk to if you want to make a deal between the two countries. >> obviously, since poroshenko was elected president pu

we begin in ukraine where president rachel poroshenko has ordered the country -- petro poroshenko has ordered the country's flag raised over slovyansk. a top defense official says slovyansk was under siege and added protecting the lives of civilians was essential. it was under separatist control for three months. our correspondent joins us now from kiev. marcus, what is the latest you are hearing? >> it is difficult to understand what really happened in the city of slovyansk last night and early this morning. for all we know eyewitnesses reported there has been bombing all night long, but in the city been notself there have clashes between ukrainian forces and rebel forces. the rebels abandoned their check points and the buildings and moved on. >> what would this mean for president petro poroshenko. it would seem the offensive against the rebels is working. >> well, if the ukrainian military should really take over the city of slovyansk, that would be a major victory for president petro poroshenko and his government in kiev. he had come under immense kiev.re here in many citizens and

following the thirty june announcement by president poroshenko of the end of the ten day cease fire and subsequent resumption of the security and law enforcement operation in the eastern parts of the country the fighting between government forces and armed groups has intensified dangerously resulting in numerous deaths. according to the ukrainian authorities a number of towns including notably the cities of slovyansk and kramatorsk as well as various smaller villages in the donetsk and lugansk regions have been returned to 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

military resumes its operations in the east to with attacks on several cities after the president of poroshenko refuses to extend a cease fire. that despite an intense diplomatic effort. that is ukraine in full responsibility for any bloodshed after scraping the troops . the western oil industry. and on the instability in iraq as the u.n. reveals the advance of islamist terrorism the bloodiest month in the country. also in iraq a new report reveals blackwater mercenaries are threatening to kill u.s. officials sent to investigate the pope was eventually suppressed the details. in a national news analysis all right here on r.t. international well live from moscow this evening you're with me. the ukrainian army has resumed a four scale military crackdown on the eastern provinces attacking several cities a temporary ceasefire ended overnight with care free fusing two extended this is a result of the attacks that began a right after the end of the truce at a school in the eastern ukrainian city of qom up ask a hole punched through its wall by a mortar round the residential areas of the city it endur

but poroshenko has canceled his planned visit to brazil. his decision has dashed hopes that he might find a way to resolve his country's crisis by meeting vladimir putin. japanese foreign minister ikishida will visit kiev on thursday. he's expected to ask the ukrainian leaders to hold talks with pro-russian separatists in an effort to resolve the conflict. >>> prime minister shinzo abe says he will proceed with legislation to implement japan's new security policy. his cabinet officially reinterpreted the constitution earlier this month to allow the country to exercise its right to collective self-defense. abe says the new policy will be reflected in the japan/u.s. defense cooperation guidelines which are due to be reviewed by the end of the year. abe spoke about the cabinet decision at an upper house committee. the decision would allow japan to defend a foreign country that comes under armed attack subject to certain conditions. >> translator: we will consider what kind of new missions the self-defense forces will carry out and what kind of

they also said that president poroshenko would now bear personal responsibility for the consequences of restarting the military campaign. elsewhere, there's been support, and it seems that the ukrainian leadership believed it will be eventually on the winning side. >>> hundreds of thousands of people have been protesting in hong kong demanding greater democracy in the former british colony. the rally marks 17 years since hong kong's return to china. none straighters called on beijing to grant the region complete electoral freedoms. agent brown reports. >> in an echo of the british hand-off to china 17 years ago, it rained again on this anniversary. it drenched the protesters but failed to dampen the mood of defiance. they were demonstrating over multiple issues but mostly diminishing freedoms under china rule. >> they ruined the promise they made to the world. we are worried they are interfering before the 50 years unchanged promise. >> we found our rights and freedom is less and less. so that's why people are more angry about the sanctions. >> reporter: china calls this treason beca

what is poroshenko's hold right now? he is facing a major tragedy whether this was a shootdown or not. he has a real crisis on his hands as a new leader. what is his political grasp and the government's grasp with the divisions that still exist and the loyalties to russia? and the misinformation and disinformation that was so notorious before and during the election? >> this is why he's paid the big bucks. he was elected by a substantial majority of the ukrainian people on the first ballot. it's true that only about 87% of the country could vote because of the fact that a couple of cities in east ukraine were places where it was too dangerous to vote at the time. but nonetheless, he has a broad mandate. his early moves have been adroit, including embracing help from the european union. but he's also reached out for russia and he pledged to appoint a broadly representative government. he's moving on that. the trouble has been, again, the trouble, the problems in eastern ukraine. but i -- based on meeting him and learning

>> it was the number one plank on which president poroshenko ran for office. anti-corruption, clean government, clean ukraine, europe and peace. those were his three platforms. so they've now got to approve it on all sides. in eastern ukraine, the number one concern is economic opportunity. and the fact that it's been essentially a rust belt, heavy industry economy. so as the, cra ukrainian govern takes back parts of ukraine, they are reaching out to us and the european union asking for support for microprojects and other things that will quickly jump-start the economy and over the long term, dwesification of that economy away from heavy industry and into things that will bring innovation and technology and opportunity. >> my time is up. thank you. i would suggest energy efficiency as one of the great projects they should take advantage of. >> senator slate? >> secretary nuland, i think we're all buoyed by what we've heard in the last few weeks, particularly the military successes and how we attribute that. i think we're all that. i think we're all surprised t

ukraine's a military resumes its operation in the east with attacks on several cities after president poroshenko receive uses to extend the ceasefire. that despite an intense diplomatic effort by europe and russia vladimir putin now says that his ukrainian counterpart bears full responsibility for any bloodshed after scraping the truce. so the western oil industry cash in on the the instability in iraq that has the u.n. reveals the events of islamist terrorists may june the bloodiest month in the country this year. also in iraq are new report reveals blackwater mercenaries are threatening to kill u.s. officials sent to investigate them a probe was eventually suppressed and the details hushed up. from the ever you're watching from around the world to you in moscow now thanks for joining us here on our to international you with me what say the ukrainian army has resumed a full scale military crackdown on the eastern provinces attacking several cities a temporary ceasefire ended overnight with kiev refusing to extended this as a result of the attacks that began right after the end of the truce that

yesterday, president obama assured ukraine's president poroshenko that u.s. experts will offer all possible assistance upon his request. president poroshenko has invited the independent and credible international civil aviation organization to join in investigation. international investigators must be granted immediate, full and unfettered access. all of those concerned should agree to support an immediate cease-fire to facilitate access by international investigators. in this regard, we look to the smm also to reach agreement with separatists and others in the region to make this possible. all evidence must remain undisturbed and any testifies removed by the russian-backed separatists in the area should be promptly returned and handed over. russia needs to help make this happen. while it may take us some time to firmly establish who shot down a plane filled with notices, most council members and those of the international community have been warning for months about the devastation that would come if russia did not stop what it started, if it did not rein in

in humans which as commentators points out isn't even a noun but boyd by the silence in the west poroshenko just said it again in his official address grounding almost half is the entire country subhuman lively subhumans to mention in german is precisely how hitler describes slavs in world war two of the hitler's invasion survivors were put in so-called filtration camps and their living space in germany laban's around awarded to invading soldiers here's defense ministry says it is putting surviving eastern ukrainians infiltration. and will give laban's rome eastern ukrainians lend to kill of soldiers of two they've quote claims that the current inhabitants last week kids defense council bragged that it's already cleanse the first three villages listed to u.s. navy vet and former senior lecturer in international relations marks the border thank you very much for coming on how these orders being carried out this mass artillery attacks the use of weapons such as grads multiple launch rocket systems or against the smirch city flatters are extremely ineffective in targeting small self defense fo

oligarchy ruler of the regime in kiev petro poroshenko he's already raised up the ukrainian flag over the retaken cover. in buildings and in slovyansk and this will be presented as a at least an initial the first real success of his state terror and mass repression campaign across the eastern ukraine and it will be a big moral disheartening blow not only to the people of eastern ukraine but also to ordinary russians as well what can the locals then expect there now i mean at least some motor come of calm ok no not at all i don't think we can really expect seriously to see that at all we have already seen videos online today of residents of slovyansk confronting the occupiers of their town yelling fascists go away and they were not treated very kindly in return we have seen some very grim results in the previously occupied towns sort of nicholai of the mob most of the young middle aged men are rounded up what exactly is being done with them whether they are being executed or taken off is not entirely known we have heard the defense minister of the ukraine several weeks ago speak openly

government to sit down and to negotiate poroshenko makes all kinds of agreements exactly as you said he then completely disregards them he's encouraged to pursue military solutions by washington and there is no pressure from the europeans or from the americans for him to fulfill the promises he has made the precious suddenly is always on the russians to restrain their outlaw is when the situation for the regime in kiev starts to deteriorate as it is now i suspect we're going to see over the next few days another push for a cease fire resign because things are going wrong the only interest in a ceasefire from the west is precisely when things we can all right i'm going to jump in here gentlemen we're going to go to a short break and after that short break we'll continue our discussion on ukraine stay with our. lisa. it was a. very hard to take. once again on a plan that. would break her neck. please please. please. please. please please please. please. please the public. and. i would rather ask questions to people in positions of power instead of speaking on their behalf and that's wh

that we know that petro poroshenko the ukrainian president has also confirmed or he has said at the very least his forces had nothing to do with the crash we cannot confirm of course at this stage as happens so soon at what occurred we do know that two hundred eighty five passengers and fifteen crew members were on board a boeing seven seven seven it was a malaysian airlines plane we know that it has gone down to this crash we don't know how it crashed over east ukraine but it was flying over ukrainian soil after stage. so not believe we can actually speak to a few who is being following the story as best we can as well we're going to try and talk to him. now alexey. what what do we know what this stage because it's happened soon we're trying to piece together the details of what occurred on a credible a point all fat people on board if it was of this officer of the scale what do we know. well so far lots of information coming in most of it is not really confirmed we do know and it is confound by the malaysian airlines that they lost contact with the aircraft it is lost somewhere around

thank you very much indeed. >> president poroshenko, thank you very much. you make your phone calls and we will continue to follow this story. we're going straight back now to wolf blitzer and wolf you heard some very em fattic declarations and denials from the president of ukraine, denying any responsibility, including the accusations from the russian defense minister saying he has ordered a 40 kilometer cease fire and sanitary zone if you like around the crash site and wanting immediately international investigators to come. he said that there are still 16 of the 298 bodies that have not been picked up and have not yet been accounted for. the others, he says, in a very few hours, if not almost immediately now given the time difference, will be making their way on that refrigerated train back to the eastern town and to be returned a decent reunion have family members and decent bural. >> it's shocking four days they have slieg there -- lying there and still have not recovered these bodies. it's totally shocking what's going on. you are ware that 298 people

it reminded president poroshenko about that yesterday. was i see it's. the representatives of the media or both who are in russian journalists being targeted but who is afraid of objective information going to spread the crime and then we very much hope that. the wind statements about from the cuba story on the investigation they've got to be implemented if you will of what you're up to then of course there are more and more events in the world. development was. the least of the asia pacific africa but it will just balance are going to. dispel and find out the rest of the history that moral and spiritual values and being eroded. some you have to go down is that all you newspoll or your model of the world. want to determine their path for the future is very self deluded to keep their cultural identity and that drives counter to. countries to preserve their dominance in the defense ideology and on politics in a fight ends so it has nothing to do with us directly but what's being done to french banks in europe as a machine yet then we can't call it was an e

biden told poroshenko the u.s. is discussing with its partners in the international community the need to hold russia accountable for its continued support for the separatists. the sources say the two men agreed the separatists should immediately release captive ukrainian soldiers. they also agreed the organization for security and cooperation in europe should monitor the ukraine/russia border. last week, poroshenko told biden that his country's ready to implement another cease-fire, if the separatists lay down their weapons and meet certain other conditions. >>> "the new york times" has reported that chinese hackers broke into the computer networks of a u.s. government agency. the system stores personal information related to everyone who works for the federal government. the paper says the hackers gained access to some of the databases of the office of personnel management in march. the hackers appear to be targeting the files of tens of thousands of applicants for top-secret security clearance. the "times" repor

ukraine's military resumes its operations in the east with attacks on several cities after president poroshenko refuses to extend this cease fire. despite down intense diplomatic effort by europe and russia vladimir putin sees that his ukrainian counterpart very full responsibility for any bloodshed after scrapping the truce. plus the western oil industry seeks to cash in on the instability in iraq as the un reveals the advance of islamist terrorist made june the bloodiest month in the country this year. also in iraq this hour a new report reveals blackwater mercenaries threaten to kill u.s. officials sent to investigate them appropriately benchley suppressed on the details . broadcasting live from our new center here in moscow twenty four hours a day you're switched on to r.t. international by names you know neal our top story the ukrainian army has resumed a full scale military crackdown on the eastern provinces attacking several cities and a temporary ceasefire ended overnight with kiev refusing to extended but this is the result of the attacks that began right after the end of the truce it'

ukraine's military resumes its operations in the east with attacks on several cities after president poroshenko refuses an extension to a cease fire. the spider intense diplomatic effort by europe on russia's vladimir putin is ukrainian counterpart full responsibility for any bloodshed after scrapping the truce. as the western oil industry seeks to cash in on the instability in iraq as the u.n. reveals the advance of islamist terrorists making the bloodiest month in the country this year. also in iraq a new report reveals blackwater mercenaries threaten to kill u.s. officials sent to investigate them and the probe was eventually suppressed on the details. from the new center here in moscow twenty four hours a day you're switched on to r.t. international i mean and welcome the ukrainian army has resumed a full scale military crackdown on the eastern provinces attacking several cities a temporary cease fire ended overnight and kiev is refusing to extended president petro poroshenko there will be no further truce accusing the self-proclaimed republics of feeling to abide by it. we will advance and

i think that things maybe are not quite so much getting worse in the east of ukraine now that poroshenko and the forces from kiev has it appears recaptured slovyansk because that was the military center for what to described i think actually wrongly as the pro russian separatists in the east so that i think once slavyansk was vacated by the by these forces that that really spelt the beginning of the end and that and the thing that comes next. fingers crossed and you know obviously we don't know what's going to come next actually may be less and less vicious than we're looking at but i do think there's been an acceptance not just in washington but probably in the european union as well that ukraine has to remain a unitary state that there is not going to be any question of a breakaway eastern ukraine either as a separate state or as moving towards russia and it seems to me that russia has accepted that too yes i agree market i agree completely with mary russia wants to have the state remain together however you have a government in care that is killing its own people it would seem with im

ukrainian forces used multiple rocket launches to hit the city the attack comes after president poroshenko pledge on monday not to target residential areas but despite the mounting video evidence of devastation the u.s. says kiev is taking measured steps to maintain order our view is that the iranian security forces operations have then moderate and measured they've been taking steps to maintain calm within their own country but you assess the ukrainian government's actions to this point since the end of the cease fire is moderate measure. let's get some more thoughts on the moderate measured let's go live to washington d.c. martin cvs there is a national columnist for the post examiner online newspapers martin you see the pictures coming out yet again today residential areas destroyed so much death shock horror there. is it a measured response that we're really seeing from the ukrainian side here or what that's what americans think well it's certainly a measured response and that if they've measured a response to kills innocent civilians and to try new dot com successfully to terrorize th

meanwhile the ukrainian flag has been raised over the orders of president petro poroshenko while the government hails today's seizure of the city as a triumph others see it as a pyrrhic victory more than two months of siege now including shelling and artillery fire as left that city in ruins this is the face of today's slavyansk and returning residents who escape the fighting might not be able to recognize it of course. and to go move forces have also pulled out of nearby kramatorsk retreating southeast towards the city of god love the region's capital donetsk you can see it's going on the map you see the routes reportedly being taken there this video coming up allegedly shows their fighters parading through the center of camera or towards going to tank before leaving that city commanders say they had to retreat to save civilian lives from army airstrikes also these photos of from twitter of what appeared to be antique here forces arriving in donetsk just to remind you that ukraine's fourth largest city sizable place population of almost a million there only two years ago the next wa

mr poroshenko. never. had didn't have any thing to do with the previous military with us but now he's taken up the full responsibility for the continuation of this military campaign we have not been able. to avoid the plan that we agreed between the war counterparts of crans germany you can . and in russia the declaration own the necessity to preserve feeds. of this is. the substance of negotiations never started to get when. there was just a lot all to make some available and was good enough i mean the declaration of ceasefire but that's not enough to settle the situation and to arrive at a last thing solution is. not all that and it's difficult. so what about the constitution it was declared a bush never discussed in there are still buried on the side you cry whether it's good or bad but no one consulted the east of ukraine on the.

please plan -- poroshenko's peace plan has quickly dissipated. i my briefing to you today will focus on developments in eastern ukraine as well as on the international efforts towards a peaceful resolution. first the situation in eastern ukraine -- while the u.n. has no independent verification of the circumstances regarding the tragic crash yesterday of a malaysian airline passenger , the secretary general is alarmed at what seems to be seems to be credible reports that a sophisticated air missile was used. the secretary-general strongly deliver this apparent it downing of a civilian aircraft. servesrrifying incident as the starkest reminder of how dire the situation in eastern ukraine has become and how it affects countries and families well beyond ukraine's borders. nearly 300 innocent people from many countries -- some of whom are represented by members of this council -- were killed. of this includes a professional staff member of the world health organization. i was shocked to learn just now that nearly two thirds of the victims come from t

poroshenko thumbed his nose and the u.s.s the only country supporting poroshenko saying like we say of israel, they have the right to defend themselves. so it's the u.s. and poroshenko who are isolated here, and the meetings in rio de janeiro are just symptomatic of the new situation. these little spy capers are not going to effect the more important calculous here where we have for the first time since before the war in iraq the french and the germans saying no, we're not going to aid and abet a new war this time in ukraine. >> thanks very much, indeed, for taking the time to talk with us. >> you're welcome. >> we will have more in the news hour. >> the prime minister said his country is o on alert after north korea launched more missiles. it is thought to be scud missiles. algeria prime minister minister said that they have been attacked for the second time, a bomb killing three soldiers in four cars. 13 other soldiers were killed back in april. >>> six people have been killed during fighting near libya's main airport in t

he said he offered help from u.s. investigators and poroshenko accepted. >>> vladimir putin says the ukrainian government is to blame for the crash. he said it would not have happened if eastern ukraine had been peaceful. putin and other ministers on served a moment of silence for the victims. he says he instructed his government to investigate the crash. malaysian prime minister held an emergency news conference. >> if it transpires that the plane was indeed shut down, we insist that the perpetrators must be brought to justice. >> he said the crew did not make a distress call. he said he spoke by phone with u.s. president barack obama and they agreed investigators must get full access to the site of the crash. he said it was a tragic day in an already tragic year for his country. >>> airline operators are drawing up new routes to avoid flying close to the boarder. aviation authorities in the u.s. and europe warned carriers not to use the air space. russia's transarrow and more are redirecting planes. french transport authorities are urging their carriers to avoid the air space. the

>> it was the number one plank on which president poroshenko ran for office. anticorruption clean government clean ukraine europe and peace were his three platforms. they have now got to prove it on all sides. in eastern ukraine number one concern is economic opportunity and the fact that it's been essentially a rust belt heavy industry economy. so as the ukrainian government takes back parts of eastern ukraine they are reaching out to us, they are reaching out to the european union asking for support for microprojects and other things that will quickly jumpstart the economy and over the long-term diversification of that economy away from the industry and into things that will bring innovation and technology in opportunity to donetsk. >> my time is up. i thank you but i would suggest energy efficiency as they are looking at projects is one great opportunity that they should take advantage of. >> thank you. secretary nuland i think we are all -- by what we have heard in the last couple of weeks particularly the military successes and how we attribute that. i th

petro poroshenko's office says biden expressed his support. petro poroshenko called off a unilateral cease-fire on tuesday since then fierce battles have been raging. one soldier and three policemen were killed on thursday. u.s. president barack obama and german chancellor angela merkel also spoke by phone. they said russia must take immediate steps to de-escalate the conflict and work together to put additional pressure on russia if it doesn't deal with the situation. >>> world cup celebrations in brazil are being overshadowed by a deadly accident. authorities say a roadway overpass under construction collapsed in the host city of belo horizonte. they say two people have been killed and 19 others injured. several hundred meter long section of elevated roadway collapsed. part of a network of bus lanes. a bus, a car and two trucks were caught underneath and crushed. local firefighters are still searching the trapped vehicles for more possible victims. >> translator: the overpass started falling from the left. we ran away so that's all i saw. >>

>> president petro poroshenko, in a nationally televised address, called it a breakthrough. i guess this is a major and very important moral victory for kiev and the ukrainian troops, but i doubt whether this is already a turning point, because they have pulled back the pro russian separatists to the city of donetsk and we have other per russian separatists -- other per russian separatists -- other pro-russian separatists. >> where does this leave talks of negotiations and cease-fire? >> the situation is way too volatile to say what these negotiations will bring for the moment -- bring. for the moment, we have no information they took place. they were due to take place this saturday. we have no information that the different parties have come together to further negotiate conflict resolution. it is very unlikely to take place in the next hours or the days, because the pro-russian rebels will now have to rearrange and join forces in donetsk and elsewhere. >> markus reher, thank you so very much for your reporting. and we are going to shift our focus now to east africa, where

poroshenko spoke to spokens to took part in the battle. he said ukraine's independence is at stake and he added he's ready to hold talks with whoever is willing to play down arms. poroshenko also met residents of the town and promised to restore damaged infrastructure. government troops have taken back at least six towns that pro-russian militants used as strongholds. the militants are concentrating their forces in the central city of dons netting and luhansk. the national security and defense council announced tuesday the military is preparing to encircle those cities. >>> chinese president xi gin being has urged the united states to respect china's sovereignty and territory. xi spoke at the opening of the annual strategic and economic dialogue in beijing. top issues on the agenda are expected to include cyber security and china's maritime activities reserve the talks began on wednesday at a state guest house and run for two days. secretary of state john kerry and treasury secretary jack lu hid the u.s. delegation. the chinese side is led

comes when ukrainian president petro poroshenko accuses russia of taking part in separatist action against the ukrainian army. ukraine says its forces broke through rebel lines surrounding luhansk airport ending a separatist blockade there. let's go to scott heidler in donetske. hi there scott. what more do we know about the ukrainian transport plane that was shot down? >> julie we just returned from luhansk and we were out in the area when this news was coming through about this transport plane being brought down. interesting things: we know the ukrainian army holds the airport just outside luhansk, where the airplane went down, and supply drops, what the central kyiv government says this plane was doing, eight people on board, had supplies, brought down very close to the russian border and something coming out of the government here. they are saying the ukrainian

military has reached the country's parliament this is how a lawmaker interrupted president petro poroshenko as he was praising the armed forces. shouted. that predicted national. through the military's blunders and attacks have sown destruction and tragedy across the east of ukraine throughout the week on change day a school building was gutted during government shelling six people died and more were injured in the attack according to local media in the same old sot a minibus was also fired upon leaving four more people dead another military barracks hit a cancer hospital in mcgann's killing one woman and see here considerable damage and these are just a few examples of what people in the east have gone three. not short on we were with. my eyes in the bush here. today yeah you with the boys you know good day michigan who should think that given the notion that measure pretty good if you look around you we see you going to the street and you're welcome this year but when you've done it it doesn't have to be when you made your god was the decision you know students use the word stunning was n

bombardment is falling on the cities of eastern ukraine and villages this is a all out war by the poroshenko government on its own people and it's being funded

what is president poroshenko trying to do? >> well, the first thing that is happening there is a giant and needless tragedy, and i want to start with that, because we sometimes quickly get in, we talk about the conflict and kind of raising the conflict, this is one with that didn't need to happen. ethnic ukrainians and ethnic russians lived side by side for a long time. this is all fabricated by bad leadership and bad decisions and now you have hundreds of people dying in a place that had been peaceful for a long time. and that is frustrating to me as somebody who worked on the effort to try to make relations with the ukraine and russia better with the united states. >> well right now poroshenko is also frustrated. he has an over sure, a cease-fire plan. he then called for a cease-fire and he didn't get the response he wanted. maybe externally the response was better than the one from the rebels or terrorists inside the ukraine and so now he decided to go after that and see where it ends. >> what about russia's support for the

intense diplomatic effort by europe and russia vladimir putin has revealed he added that president poroshenko has accepted full responsibility for the bloodshed in the east . also dark horses of the western oil industry seek to cash in on the bloodshed in iraq as the u.n. reports almost two and a half thousand people were killed in june amid the advance of islamist terrorists . and also this hour blackwater mercenaries and iraq threaten to kill u.s. officials sent to investigate them a new report reveals about what the probe eventually suppressed on the details. it's just gone four pm this tuesday afternoon here in moscow your welcome to r.t. international i'm you know neal our top story the ukrainian army has resumed a full scale military crackdown on the eastern provinces attacking several cities and a temporary ceasefire ended overnight and kiev is refusing to extend it president petro poroshenko says there will be no further truce accusing the self-proclaimed republics of failing to abide by it. but we will have fun and we will liberate oh man this is ukraine's armed forces the national g

by russian german french and ukrainian foreign ministers also calling for a ceasefire president poroshenko agreed to abide by the peace plan in a phone conversation with the u.s. president joe biden but there's been little respite for ukraine's eastern in the less a t.v. crew from russia's first channel got caught up in artillery fire in the city of slavyansk. as the video there which the journalist mostly feel during the attack the crew came under fire while they were trying to drive away from the motel the been staring at it and the latest pictures from a village just outside slovyansk which is subjected to heavy shelling as you can see residential buildings have been badly damaged at least four people were killed ten injured locals say a school was hit in the shelling center images two from nearby kramatorsk which came under heavy artillery fire overnight local media reports several deaths and injuries there to the attack comes after president poroshenko pledge on monday not to target residential areas and despite the mounting video evidence of devastation the u.s. state department says