r.t. ukrainian president poroshenko backtracked on his initial announcement of a full ceasefire in the country's east earlier on his twitter the ukrainian leader announced a permanent truce in the region kiev says it follows a phone conversation with russian president vladimir putin in which they discussed further steps to end the bloodshed in the region however that imitations press secretary stresses no green between moscow and kiev has been reached because russia is not a party in this conflict the trieste must be discussed with the self-proclaimed the publics they in turn say they are ready to settle down the conflict if kiev indeed stops its assault meanwhile u.s. president barack obama has said it's too early to judge what the truth will mean ukraine's military crackdown on anti-government fighters has been going on for five months now. but here is the traits from the ukrainian president at least how it used to look before ukraine changed its stance confirming the trees need to be trained petro poroshenko says as a result of my phone conversation with the russian president we reached an ag

r.t. ukrainian president petro poroshenko has backtracked on his initial announcement of a full ceasefire in the country's east instead steps towards reaching a truce will be discussed the training leader how dare you announced on twitter that a permanent truce in the region was. fall asleep. some confusion then coming from kiev can we actually expect any sort of paste you think . well the situation here on the ground is chaotic there was this initial statement that was issued by kiruv that spoke about a permanent cease fire it was later than amended with the word permanent being dropped to be replaced by a cease fire regime the anti-government fighters and leaders here on the ground are not taking seriously the statement from kiev what they are saying is that they are willing to reach a political solution but only if kiev is serious about stopping its military offensive in eastern ukraine let me remind you that there was at least one cease fire in the past that was announced by kiev but it was later violated on monday they were those talks in belorussia in the city of minsk between the t

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r.t. international as we speak and that's that ukrainian president has announced a permanent cease fire in the east of ukraine he's had a phone conversation with russian president vladimir putin now the two leaders discussed steps and it seems they've agreed on ways to end the bloodshed and violence in the east of the country self-proclaimed republics in the east say they're ready to settle the conflict and to discuss with kiev if needed that safety have stops its assault ukraine's military crackdown on anti-government fighters has been ongoing for five months but it looks as if a ceasefire has been announced by ukraine will be joining our correspondent paula slee a live for more on this very very shortly. we think of the way we think the. beaches. coconut gently swaying in the ocean breeze. and. why it has a deep dark little secret a secret the u.s. government would like you to go. through all the way. well i did. take it all will be. the. first trip. and i think. you are watching international breaking news this hour ukrainian president has announced a permanent cease fire in ukraine tha

r.t. international president putin spokesperson has stressed the russian and ukrainian presidents have not agreed on a cease fire is russia is not a part of the conflict now it comes after kids have announced a permanent cease fire in the east of ukraine it's believed the two leaders discussed the issue over the fire in the self-proclaimed republics in the aist say they're ready to sit down and open dialogue if you have dust off its military assault a so-called anti terror operation ukraine's military crackdown on anti-government fighters has been continuing for five months but ukraine kiev has now announced a permanent cease fire and here's a tweet from the ukrainian president confirming the news that her polish uncle says as a result of my phone conversation with the russian president we reached an agreement on a permanent cease fire. and the violence in the east of the country has taken a heavy toll on the people there according to a report from the un refugee agency since the start of the conflict more than seven hundred thousand ukrainians have fled the fighting to russia and on top o

state university of international relations and he again stressed russia's position on the ukrainian crisis r.t. during the glue she has got the details. well russia has been accused of being involved in ukraine by given by the west in fact some have gone as far as to say that rosco is has all but started a full scale invasion of a neighboring country so russia's foreign minister has used this opportunity to once again we all accuse asians. there will be no military intervention russia insists on a peaceful solution to this crisis this tragedy. at a political approach but unfortunately our western partners have been blindsided. says and does find their feet. now the circle is word to russian president vladimir putin has said in an interview to a russian news channel thanks and that's one of the most important things right now if we start talks about the status of the regions of southeastern ukraine he also mentioned that he spoke with ukraine's president poroshenko he seems to be reasoned with one who stands when he's being talked to and according to which and they do seem to have agreed on som

r.t. international that a permanent cease fire has been agreed in the east of the country between the ukrainian military and the anti government forces let's go live to london to washington town the host of arties going underground option is good to see there what's your opinion then is this cease fire a sign that kiev is really ready for patients to open dialogue always it just looking for a time out to try and regroup its forces. that is certainly one of the questions to the question here in london of course where in britain preparing for the largest gathering of world leaders the country's ever seen the whole summit was billed as a war with russia by ukraine so this news will have called everyone on the whole and as to the bigger questions that you raised i mean thousands of people have died hundreds of thousands of being displaced. so a lot of analysts maybe asking whether poroshenko can be trusted whether he is in control there were questions over let him have putin would other countries of allowed thousands of their people hundreds of thousands displaced to go on without i mean the ethnic

r.t. in eastern ukraine the rising casualty count in the ukrainian military has prompted another protesting here by the mothers of drafted soldiers. by was hundreds suspended on the parliament demanding their sons fathers and husbands return home they also called for an end to what they see as rampant corruption and incompetence in the military and inside the parliament one deputy also voiced her discontent but was quickly silence. life got to her personal life out of me about to be been beaten nearly got to not be stupid not lice got caught i think in my book i was at the now did she and you did see. but i walk right through here i see this point that you are today going to sway me several hours ago. right now could you not have us not to put a green screen i mean you. i mean time human rights watch says three hundred civilians have died and again since may as a result of indiscriminate bombing searches on these apartment blocks the group blames both kiev's military and anti-government forces for carrying out what it describes as unlawful attacks indiscriminate attacks are a violation of i

r.t. in eastern ukraine. while the rising casualty count in ukrainian military has prompted another protest in kiev by the mothers of drafted soldiers. i've hundreds suspended on the parliament demanding their sons fathers and husbands return home they also call for an end to what they see as rampant corruption and incompetence in the military to make their point the protesters even brought a guillotine along and threaten sitting deputies inside the parliament one deputy also voiced her discontent but this quickly silence. life got to her personal life out of me a better beat by beat me admit that i got pretty stupid not lice got the right to my put out how does it matter what she did see. but i walk right through the red sea it's quite a party or two they're going to sway me so because good. luck illimitable started putting a green screen out of me you. meanwhile human rights watch says three hundred civilians have died in the ganske since may as a result of indiscriminate bombing some such apartment blocks like these are the great blames both military and anti government forces carrying out what it describes as

r.t. in eastern ukraine where the rising casualty count in the ukrainian military has prompted another protest in kiev by the mothers of drafted soldiers. hundreds descended on the parliament demanding their sons fathers in president return home they also called for an end to what they see as rampant corruption and incompetence in the military and inside the parliament one deputy also voiced her discontent but risk quickly science. lives got to her personal life out of me a better beat by beat mirror image that i got to be stupid not the lies that got out i think in my book i was just a matter which she did she really put up a new pair but i walk right through the unit she scored at that you would see that in a story me said without a good. luck really not about started for the green screen i mean you. meanwhile human rights watch says three hundred civilians have died in the ganske since may as a result of indiscriminate bombings such as as on these apartment blocks the group blames both kiev's military and government forces for carrying out what it describes as unlawful attacks indiscriminat

r.t. international ukraine's president says there's been a coup in his country opposition activists in full control of the ukrainian capital kiev now and the new interior minister says police are now on their side the presidential residence stands over truly a bad end after the head of state himself fled the city or he's alexei or a share of skiis live for us in kiev with all the latest election. yes indeed despite that what seems to be a true political may have the mayhem in the streets of the riots changed the political situation right now with obviously all the governmental buildings in kiev now if you applied by the opposition including the administration of the president the parliament the government.

r.t. in eastern ukraine. well the rising casualty count in the ukrainian military has prompted another protest in kiev by the mothers of drafted soldiers. hundreds descended on the parliament demanding their sons fathers and husbands return home they also call for an end to what they see as rampant corruption and incompetence in the military to make their point the protesters even brought along a guillotine and threaten fifteen deputies inside the parliament one deputy also voiced their discontent but was quickly silence. life got to whatever still lie to me about to be beat me admit that i'm not pretty stupid not to lie it's a good idea my grandmother should be mad when she didn't see it but i walk right through the euro she supported our troops are going to sway me so because i look really matter of us not to put a green screen out of me you. mean while human rights watch says three hundred civilians have died in the ganske since may as a result of indiscriminate bombing searches on the sort of apartment blocks the great plains both kiev's military and government forces for carrying out what it describes a

r.t. international well so far. in other news raising money to bolster a military presence in eastern europe in the wake of the ukrainian crisis this is one of the key issues to be discussed during an upcoming nato summit in the u.k. over the weekend hundreds of peace protesters hit the streets of newport in cardiff in wales they want less money spent on war and nuclear weapons so could nater of food to british defense infrastructure across eastern europe currently the twenty eight member states spend as much as one trillion dollars a year maintaining what the alliance already has that means the organization alone gets more military funding than the rest of the world put together so washington is currently footing most of the bill with just over a quarter of nato is budget made up by other members those in the alliance are supposed to contribute two percent of the g.d.p. each year but not everyone does in fact over eighty five percent of the countries on the list are willing or simply not ready to provide that much cash peace activist lou thinks the timing of the summit is well picked. it's not by accident that every im

ukrainian conflict. and washington says the video showing a second american journalist being executed by islamic state terrorists in iraq is apparently off then. with r.t. international now president putin has suggested how ukraine's warring sides might work towards peace his ideas follow a conversation the russian leader had with his ukrainian counterpart the details of their conversation hasn't been released or correspondent in of course has more now on russia's plan for all there is a seven point plan now first the russian president believes that the two sides of the conflict should stop the military operation on both sides should withdraw troops from southeastern parts of ukraine and militias should do the same to the air for stop the blood chat now the troops should pull back to rule out any shelling of cities that no food an international ceasefire mining touring system should be and place in those areas now there should be no. used against civilians and there are also should be some kind of a system arranged to provide the exchange of detainees and that should happen with no exception now the last two points of the plan include a humanitarian co

r.t. international. there's been a development in the story of missing russian photojournalist andre stan in ukrainian soldier whose picture he took in eastern ukraine has written a letter to the reporters mother this image from the care of the accused him of assisting terrorism by taking a photo of a dead soldier but in fact the fighter is alive as shown by the following picture taken just a few minutes later in his letter the soldier writes that he's sorry for what's happened in the stand and wasn't doing anything wrong ria novosti news agency photographer disappeared almost a month ago in eastern ukraine country's officials insist they have no information on his whereabouts stan and has also been working for various international media outlets including reuters and a.p. . for years the united states has been spending hundreds of billions of dollars on its nuclear arsenal but with a spate of scandals surrounding the units responsible for the thousands of warheads and an aging infrastructure questions are being asked over the security of the world's deadliest weapons you can explains. in a field where there

r.t. international ukraine's president says there's been a coup in his country opposition activists in full control of the ukrainian capital kiev now and the new interior minister says police are now on their side the presidential residence stanza virtually abandoned after the head of state himself fled the city or he's alexei or a chef ski is live for us in kiev with all the latest election. yes indeed despite that what seems to be a true political may have the mayhem in the streets of the riots changed the political situation right now with obviously all the governmental buildings in kiev now if you applied by the opposition including the administration of the president the parliament the government all that most of the ministries including the ministry of defense the ministry of the in syria the likes of ski they're giving us that update from kiev. so it's actually a rather good morning in kiev right now. bill it is going shooting tires burning for the president and most of the ruling party politicians have left the capital. the fact is that nobody knows the president is close like a peaceful atter cuba or you k

r.t. international ukraine's president says there's been a coup in his country opposition activists in full control of the ukrainian capital kiev now and the new interior minister says police are now on their site the presidential residence stands virtually abandoned after the head of state himself fled the city or he's alexei or a chef ski is live for us in kiev with all the latest alexei. oh. yes indeed despite that what seems to be a true political may have the mayhem in the streets of the riots changed the political situation right now with obviously all the governmental buildings in kiev now if you applied by the opposition including the administration of the president the parliament the government all that most of the ministries including the ministry of defense the ministry of the in syria the lex airship ski they're giving us that update from kiev. so it's actually you know rather good morning to you right now. bill it is only shooting tires burning for the president and most of the ruling party will confirm what capital. in fact.

r.t. international. in other news raising money to bolster a military presence in eastern europe in the wake of the ukrainian crisis this is one of the key issues to be discussed during an upcoming nato summit in the u.k. over the weekend protesters hit the streets of newport on cardiff in wales hundreds of activists called to stop spending money on war as western leaders prepare to meet our affair looks at some of the goals the alliance wants to a change. to keep the russians out the americans in and the germans down that was nato has puppets when it was founded in one thousand nine hundred forty nine in the words of its first secretary general of the servant union disappear you know they lost their enemy when there was a real issue about whether nato had any purpose of talks so with little else to keep it busy nato went on a recruitment and fundraising drive to the east and making its presence felt in countries far and wide for now though the alliance thinks it's found a book the months long time oil in ukraine the prime focus of its upcoming gathering in wales i expect it to be a crucial summit in they ch

r.t. international ten russian troops detained in ukraine after a partly crossing the border accidentally returned home. so this week several ukrainian army units are surrounded by anti-government forces with soldiers claiming their own commanders have accusing russia of a stealth can be. reexamined how islamic state terrorists are exploiting black market trade on the online public relations there to harvest empire in a rock concert. or remain police arrest the well known opposition activists that she lands in the gulf nation to check on her father has been on.

r.t. to your facebook news feed. or to international headlines this hour ten russian troops the taint in ukraine after apartheid think forcing the border accidentally are returned home. to the big stories this week several ukrainian army units are surrounded by on to government forces with soldiers blaming the room come under some b.s. accusing russia of a stealth invasion. we examine how islamic state terrorists are exploiting blocked market trade on online p.r. to expand their honest empire in iraq and syria. police arrest the well known opposition activists that she lands in the bill.

ukrainian government has taken a further step towards nato membership it's just approved a bill to cancel the country's nonaligned status we're joined live now by r.t. peter all over peter signaling a shift towards nato what is still such a delicate time now in ukraine how might that affect possible dialogue do you think with militias in the east. well what this essentially does this announcement was put forward by petro poroshenko the president and the prime minister it basically gives ukraine a clean slate to work with when it comes to forming future alliances now in the east of the country this may be viewed as some kind of a provocation suggesting perhaps it wants to move closer towards nato membership now we heard from the u.s. president barack obama speaking in a stone ear now he said that he was talking about the current cease fire that was there was an announced and then was pulled back from and we now he is now we were in what form it's going to take now he says that in the past the cease fires had broken down and he would need concrete evidence before he would be backing hoped it would go forward but before you give it it's falls short it