which was almost raised to the ground and the city of slavyansk also came under tillery fire numerous times during the week long truce village of preval new year's or one of the worst spice of violence with one woman reportedly killed. casualties are mounting in the pro-government camp more than twenty eight national guard white is have reportedly been killed near the city of slavyansk in the overnight battle and one quarter ever has more battle took place last night and according to reports at least twenty soldiers or twenty fighters of ukraine's national guard were her work killed as a result of that the national guard has developed its mercenary combat division formed specifically to aid the ukrainian army and its military operation against a defiant east of the country now we also learned that the government forces have destroyed two armored personnel carriers belonging to the national guard. and the russian president has once again called for ukrainians to turn to dialogue citing the non stop violence and unlivable conditions in the east of the country despite the proclaimed truc

invited european observers into the region however overnight exchanges of fire near the city of slavyansk have left casualties on both sides of the conflict a woman and had twenty six year old son wade killed in army shelling on the outskirts of slavyansk they died after their house was hit by one of the rockets and that's not the only time when the shaky truce has been broken residents of the defined city of common task claim this city was shelled continuously throughout the week it was ongoing until reify in the village of simeon of which was almost razed to the ground and the city of slavyansk also came under fire numerous times during the weeks long truce the village of preval near saw one of the worst spice of violence with one woman reportedly killed. casualties also mounting in the pro-government camp more than twenty national guard fighters have reportedly been killed near the city of slavyansk in an overnight battle and one quarter of the has. battle took place last night and according to reports at least twenty soldiers or twenty fighters of ukraine's national guard were hurt we

village of approve all the years saw a spike of violence with one woman reportedly killed there and in slavyansk a woman and her twenty six year old son perished an army shelling outside the embattled city self-defense forces took control of a checkpoint from the army unconfirmed reports claim the army then launched a counterattack by the last twenty of its own soldiers who are shelling close to the russian border saw a checkpoint hit by a mortar shell hit hardest by the conflict confound for themselves as artie's maria for national found out at an awful age caught in the conflict. these can home for abandoned special needs children on the outskirts of lugansk aims to be an oasis of calm and tranquillity. children here have food toys but most importantly love. there are eight to six children they scare house all younger than three years old it's been a home and cozy home you have who are all of them that once war reached its walls it's no longer safe. mines and shells blend just a couple of kilometers away. and while the youngster had no concept of the danger for the adults it's a different stor

live and we're starting with this this is the view of the sky above the eastern ukrainian city of slavyansk last night its residents woke up to what they claim were incendiary bombs being dropped on their heads that is a weapon banned by the u.n. in kiev denies its use but here's what local residents told r.t. international. well we all saw what happened here yesterday they used rocket launchers as well as insincerely bombs against us the ground was on fire ground burned by itself it burned for about forty minutes. from ten am everyone every man has such a sore throat all the time i think this is because it was burning i think will feel their true consequences later there are still people out here it's a lot of children we haven't you know. i spoke to charles hsu bridges a former army intelligence officer he says this attack bears all the signs of white phosphorous use i've seen the video i've looked at it closely it does indeed. what one might say. the hallmarks of white phosphorous use for example a very bright light and multiple burns coming down from the sky it's never going to use such

conflict a woman and her twenty six year old son away killed in army shelling on the outskirts of slavyansk died after their house was hit by one of the rockets and that's not the only time where the shaky truce has been broken residents of the defined city of come at last claim their city was shelled continuously throughout the week or ongoing until refire in the village of simular of which was almost razed to the ground and the city of slavyansk also came under fire numerous times during the week of the long truce now the village of trayvon saw one of the worst spikes of violence with one woman reportedly killed three. casualties are also mounting in the pro-government come more than twenty national guard hunters have reportedly been killed near the city of slovyansk in the overnight battle roman kozyrev has more battle took place last night and according to reports at least twenty soldiers or twenty fighters of ukraine's national guard were hurt were killed as a result of that the national guard has developed its mercenary called bad division formed specifically to aid the ukrainian army

monday just hours before it was set to expire meanwhile overnight exchanges of fire near the city of slavyansk have left casualties on both sides of the conflict a woman on her twenty six year old son were killed in army shelling on the skirts of slovyansk they died after their heist was hit by one of the rockets i'm nuts not the only time when the truce has been broken residents of the defiance to be of kramatorsk they claim their city was shelled continuously throughout the week there was ongoing artillery fire in the village of semyonov which was almost razed to the ground the city of sloviansk also came under fire numerous times during their week long truce also the village of profile noir so one of the worst spikes of violence with one woman reportedly killed there are casualties are also mounting in the pro-government count more than twenty national guard fighters have reportedly been killed near the city of slavyansk in an overnight bottle among cost more for us battle took place last night and according to reports at least when t. soldiers that's when the fighters of ukraine's national

and allegations have been made that clear views banned weapons in its air assault on slavyansk locals there claim that they were attacked by incendiary bombs which included white phosphorus broadcaster neil clark believes the violence will continue with the president using the truce to buy time so he can press on with the offensive later. things haven't gone to plan for the ukrainian authorities here they launched their offensive against the so-called terrorists in the east so weeks ago it has a lot to plan the fact is they haven't been able to regain control of parts of the country as we know the people in the east are still there they're fighting back to casualties on the crazy forces and i sort of fear that what we could be seeing here is playing for time he might be calling for the cease fire to kind of low people into a false sense of security. and clearly launch this offensive and so i see it we could be very cynical we've got to wait to see the actual details ukrainian investigators are refusing to confirm the deaths of two russian journalists near the city of lugansk earlier t

mean only our top story they leave us government military offensive in the east ukrainian city of slavyansk has killed at least four people among them a thirty year old woman and her five year old song who were killed when a mortar shell at their back garden. that have suggested that. this is not to seal the border for the. our teacher is in the region we can speak to some very emotional scenes we've been witnessing very understandably emotional scenes i should say tell us exactly what occurred. well the shell shell landed right in the backyard of a private residence at that time thirty year old a woman. was there with her five year old son are sandy and as the shell landed in the backyard the woman was killed instantly and for more let's hear right now from the woman's mother who spoke with an idea shortly before she was killed. in the life my mother said look they started i told her to get in the basement immediately she grabbed her son turned around and that's when the shell hit she just cease to exist. five year olds are saying me well he wasn't a killed instantly and he was a rush to t

channel were captured at a checkpoint near slavyansk while they were on route to cover the inauguration of ukraine's new president the security service had accused them of observing and collecting information on an army checkpoint it was the latest episode in a number of similar accusations and detentions of russian journalists in the area the pair were released on sunday night and taken out the country in a russian military aircraft here's our encounter an account of what happened to people who detained this used force and tried to find out if we belong to the special services we were treated quite badly it was hot it was dirty and often painful we also didn't get enough food it was a small room with a china window and not enough oxygen security was closing the window it was at least fifty degrees celsius inside we also did not have much water in the u.k. it's just the one hundred days before the historic referendum for the scottish independence and as the clock counts down both in and out camps are stepping up their game for now polls show the no vote lead a but the separatist campaig

that's what you call quick next the city of slavyansk in eastern ukraine the main hub of anti-government forces has been devastated by the ongoing army assault at least two children have died from shrapnel wounds during the week long shelling residential areas in the city center are severely damaged and locals are suffering from water and power outages. it struck in the morning always hit by the blast wave i ran away with the collar to. get it out. there shooting but i can't leave i have nowhere to go ukraine's newly elected president petro poroshenko has given orders for humanitarian corridors to be set up to get civilians to safety but the self-proclaimed leaders of the restive region say they doubt the government will actually go through with that plan meanwhile around fifty national guard soldiers who took part in attacks on slavyansk of refused to fight or sing their anger over the way the operation has been run a growing number of soldiers are laying down their arms as well mostly in our report. six weeks on and with more than forty soldiers did kiev's military operation continues

ukraine's eastern city of slavyansk comes under missile attack with the army stepping up its offensive against anti militia groups trapping civilians in the crossfire. to sleep at night because the bomb will. remain the violence is forcing women and children to flee their homes on t.v. talks to refugees from the guns whose lives have been turned upside down by the fight. where rival camps step up their campaigns one hundred days ahead of scotland's historic independence referendum and r.t. looks at the arguments of both sides. plus liquid wars as the un says water shortages will fuel major conflicts for the world's most vital as we explore how such battles are already starting to happen. welcome my name's neil harvey and you're watching r.t. international. now the latest reports from ukraine's eastern city of slavyansk say that it is once again being targeted by government troops the army reportedly stepped up its offensive against militia groups in the region with civilians caught in the crossfire four people including a child were killed in a strike there on sunday and this burning b

well this is sunday's for the eastern ukrainian city of slavyansk or where the truth doesn't seem to be holding. they started firing from the mountain with ukrainian troops are residential areas of the city it went on for forty five minutes i've seen it all a couple photos on my phone the burned cars are destroyed marketplace houses riddled with holes three people were killed and many more wounded and we haven't searched all the buildings yet. the ceasefire was breached by both sides several times throughout the week people in the city of calmer tosca claim their city was shelled on numerous occasions the village of preval maria saw a spike of violence with one woman reportedly killed and in slavyansk a woman and her twenty six year old son perished in outside the embattled city self defense forces took control of a military control checkpoint unconfirmed reports claim the army then buncha counterattacked but lost twenty of its own soldiers while shelling close to the russian border so a checkpoint hit by a mortar shell. hit hardest by the conflict others who conned friends for thems

well heavy fighting is happening in the outskirts of the eastern ukrainian city of slavyansk it started in the early hours of the smalling and right now as i'm speaking to you we are hearing from anti government fighters on the ground that military helicopters have resumed a gun fire now they say that there was an attempt and that they managed to rebuff that by the ukrainian army to attack the town we are hearing from forces on the ground that the military has stepped up its activities they say they are growing fears that the ukrainian military will try and take the says he we are hearing from a self-defense forces that there is artillery gunfire on the outskirts of slavyansk we are receiving reports of casualties on both sides but we have no indication at this moment as to the numbers now the ukrainian tyrian ministry says that its forces managed to attack and destroy a number of checkpoints belonging to these anti-government forces on the perimeter of slavyansk but it also admits that at the same time several of its armored personnel carriers were destroyed by these guys and governmen

see buildings are full of good holds bodies scattered out side in a similar attack on neighboring slavyansk a young mother and her five year old son were killed when a mortar shell landed in their backyard but they wanted. to. do we did it was a good. teacher get all the self-esteem. that has been suggested to them. while the military crackdown in eastern ukraine has turned cities across the region into ghost towns tens of thousands of people have fled remaining residents are struggling to find food or medical supplies long queues for water and empty shelves in grocery stores are common seen in large cities like slavyansk. meanwhile the u.n. has called for an investigation into the death of two russian journalists who were killed in the ukrainian army shelling near the city of against this is the moment when they were killed i. the crew from the u.s.c. a one channel were filming the refugees when a mortar shell exploded next to them correspondent hugo was severely injured and taken to hospital but died on the operating table is sound engineer was also killed in the shelling ukrainian author

now slavyansk has come under intense shelling in recent weeks and is also seen fierce battles raging between pro and anti-government fighters that the videos have a showing what appear to be fire bombs being dropped on the. city such weapons are banned by the united nations despite the video evidence and eyewitness accounts denies that such weapons were in fact used. all right we'll leave it there thank you paul that's artie's paul scott live from kiev refugees fleeing the crisis in east ukraine claim the army won't let men leave the country later in the program we visit a refugee camp over the border in russia to hear from the wives and children sheltering from the conflict. prime minister has ordered the country's ministries to get ready for gas cuts from monday that's the deadline moscow has given kiev to pay half of its energy debt if not gazprom will introduce a prepayment system meaning kiev only getting exactly as much gas as it pays for up front kevin owen talked to r.t. correspondent really good about why you have isn't paying up. so are these latest gas price talks of colla

round of violence a mother and her twenty six year old son had been killed after shelling and near slavyansk as well the missile hit a residential building where they were and killed them instantly there in the southeastern mine culture of reporting for us from the region. next activists are demanding the u.n. step in to help thousands of people left without water however those suffering are not in a remote african or asian village but in fact in the bankrupt us city of detroit authorities are cutting water supplies to thousands of households saying that they're protecting the city's budget from unpaid bills u.n. experts have called the actions of violation of human rights and close inspection reveals it's not just the hard up who aren't paying their bills some corporations are tens of millions of dollars in the red as well but there is little pressure being put on then artes make and lopez has the story. it is one of the most essential elements of life. americans enjoy some of the cleanest and most abundant water in the world but what happens when the pipes are turned off and the tap runs d

of slovyansk during an overnight bottle well among coaster of joins me now live from donetsk near slavyansk what is occurring what do we know no room on. well but then all the violence occurred overnight stay near one of the checkpoints at one of the checkpoints near the city all. which was on the control of the ukrainian army according to anti-government forces at least twenty fighters all thing national guard units had been killed we also learned that the anti-government forces destroyed two armored personnel carriers belonging to the national guard now the national guard itself is a mercenary mercenary combat unit which was created specifically to aid the ukrainian army and it's a military operation here in the east off the country in a while like kiev authorities have not confirmed this latest a death toll however did say that its army had already left the checkpoints out there in a separate incident incident a woman and her twenty six year old son had been they killed when a missile hit or is then shola building in the city all fussed fled valance and just to remind you all week long t

now latest reports from ukraine's eastern city of slavyansk say that it has been once again bombarded by government troops the army reportedly stepped up its offensive against militia groups in the region with civilians caught in the crossfire four people including a child were killed in the strike there on sunday this burning building you can see here on the video is what remains of the city's landmark merchants house it's actually where four year old girl was reportedly killed during the time it was a museum inside a cafe and the site said streets popular with young families military forces claim anti care militia were using it as a barracks. the central square of the city has also come under fire locals claim the attack came at a time when there were many people outside following a church service calls the dangerous for people in the area to leave their homes or as their met some of those fleeing the violence. some us even do says though it's not safe for them to stay here after everything that is happening . we want them to stay alive a bush a sweet fair world families leaving for

well slavyansk has enjoyed days of artillery attacks nearly this week video allegedly showing fire bombs being dropped on the city we spoke to a former british army intelligence officer who's recently returned from ukraine he told us that the attacks bad hallmarks of banned phosphorous weapons i've seen the video i've looked at it closely it does indeed tallow is what one might say. the hallmarks of white phosphorous use for example a very bright light burning and multiple burns coming down from the sky it's an air to use such as a mortar or perhaps from an aircraft and then of course again the telltale still burning the videos i've seen in the daytime showing actually this very tell tale white a gray smoke so white phosphorus being used it's an alarming development of course it needn't necessarily be legal but it depends on the usage concern and that's exactly why of course a lot of and indeed other people even from the west should be even if they haven't so far should be calling for a proper and full investigation of this incident to prevent escalating and in the neighboring against re

warning sirens and shelling have become common for the residents of the eastern ukrainian city of slavyansk it's rural areas came under fire several times this week as the fighting between the military and the local militia escalated after houses a hospital in the school were hit during the week many locals decided to leave all send their children away to safety as. reports. tera shattered glass and mortar shells the calling card of the ukrainian army as it push deeper into eastern ukraine. we ran with the first year children we heard a loud bang was very scared everyone was screaming and we didn't know where to run . my son was crying he had a panic attack it's awful that children are being put through this how could they sell the city without making sure there were no children there a school a hospital and residential buildings all on the receiving end of kids rough as an ultimatum to antigovernment fighters to surrender to expose her. i've been working in this hospital for thirty years and the thought that one day i'd come to work and find ruins thanks to our government and our army. the

this is the latest footage from the eastern ukrainian city of slavyansk where the truce doesn't seem to be holding locals say shelling went on during the night and morning and came from the ukrainian army's positions at least three people are said to have been killed as are tillery runs has a local market as a potential areas. this cease fire was breached by both sides several times throughout the week people in the city of hama torched claim their city was shelled on numerous occasions the village of preval noya saw a spike of violence with one woman reportedly killed there. a woman and her twenty six year old song perished in army shelling side the embattled city self-defense forces took control of a military controlled checkpoint on confirm reports claim the army then launched a counterattack but lost twenty of its own soldiers while shouting close to the russian border saw a checkpoint hit by a mortar shell. hit hardest by the conflict are those who can't fend for themselves as artie's miria for national find diet or french caught in the conflicts all. these care home for abandon

now we're getting reports of renewed fire on the outskirts of slavyansk the city besieged by government troops. situation as it stands in sloviansk. you know just now you mentioned that the fire resumed this morning and one man actually results off that fire he was near a christian orthodox church which was destroyed by that fire and he died as a result of the. food in some instances cell self proclaimed the next republican officials are claiming that so we are they are heading for humanitarian catastrophe as shelves in stores you can see people are going up for. hospitals nearly all the hospitals are closed and the reason for that because most of the people have left most of them please or simply i'm going to lead to that and . it's ninety thousand refugees who crossed the border and they are now situated in various refugee camps in real solve region as well as they neared region is already filled up to capacity and cannot say except anymore refugees because for the. promise of an airfield instead of. rushing. it's not because of what you. call it by the former top diplomat strong stat

in years and are safe in a russian hospital nearly half of the people in slavyansk have been evacuated according to local authorities but the journey out is also fought with danger difficult roads aerial bombings and artillery fire in a scene that's being repeated in cities across eastern ukraine there are three ways out train bus and car in a race against time more and more people are becoming desperate and for most it doesn't matter how they get out just to go through only because leaving with her two year old son mom sister and niece she's packing summer and winter clothes as she doesn't know how long they'll be gone but the planes are flying overhead my charge is very scared the sound of the blasts a very loud who wants to leave or not come back until it calms down more afraid that a real nightmare could be unleashed here a lot of people and children could die the fear is growing by the hour at the front door the suitcases are packed and ready for running because family names are on the waiting list and as soon as the next evacuation is cleared they'll be on their way back in as i

nearby villages they say the offensive caused a fire at a machine building plant also near slavyansk two russian journalists detained by ukraine's national guard of a checkpoint earlier this week the crew from the t.v. channel were accused of spying and handed over to the security service. now this is a footage allegedly showing a ukrainian a warplane opening fire on the city of lugansk another focal point in the standoff between the army and self-defense forces local officials say eight civilians were killed in the raid which did hit an administration building but kiev continues to deny attacking the city center of a monitors from the organization for security and co-op cooperation did confirm the attack was an airstrike. one woman who lost her husband in the assault. if it's for what led them see today i will reflow this flags from all the uniforms and will send them to persian girl. i have no strength but i will continue fighting. the carnage was caught on c.c.t.v. an aerial assault by ukrainian frighted sheet that left eight people dead in its wake among them alexander design a f

a nearby villages they say the offensive caused a fire at one machine building plant also near slavyansk two russian journalists were detained by ukraine's national guard at a checkpoint earlier this week the crew from the t.v. channel were accused of spying and handed over to the security service. and show you some footage right here allegedly suggesting a ukrainian war plane opening fire above lugansk another focal point in the standoff between the self-defense forces local officials say eight people eight civilians were killed in the air strike which did hit. ok you have continued to deny targeting the city center however international observers from the organization for security and cooperation they have confirmed the attack was an airstrike and artie's policy i met one woman who lost her husband in the assault this saturday it's the fourth of what led them see today i will resolve this flags from all the uniforms and will send them to persian gulf. i have no strength but i will continue fighting. the carnage was caught on c.c.t.v. an aerial assault by ukrainian fighter jet that left

letting up three civilians an elderly woman and a married couple were killed on the outskirts of slavyansk on tuesday weeks of continued shelling have devastated that city with four churches also coming under fire since kiev launched its operation in april footage for you now from the neighboring city of kramatorsk where local militias say nine people were seriously injured when shells hit self defense checkpoints and a residential area tens of thousands of civilians are fleeing the fighting on the worsening humanitarian conditions in eastern ukraine but while russia is sounding the alarm over a looming refugee crisis kiev denies there's a flood of people leaving the region and here's what some ukrainian refugees she went to russia had to say along with some of the people helping to accommodate them . issues you know. there were threatening those who were seen at self-defense checkpoints or attended an independence referendum they said they would come to their homes and shoot them very curious you know in russia except you know that there was there when you were here if you are given a pla

children have been evacuated from the area as a precaution some two hundred the dangerous routes from slavyansk to serve us to pull. it was the last one we just saw unusually calm and quiet here knox lotions going after scumbag work left and it was scary nobody expected things like that to start happening in our small town but it was never famous for anything quite like for children in eastern ukraine is changing fast whereas once these playgrounds were full of laughter now they're mostly empty and in this silence a foreboding of what's to come. we are t two netsky eastern ukraine. is to new crane has seen some of the worst violence this week says kiev launched its quieted down in april where about to show you some images from the city of donetsk the heart of poor autonomy resistance and one of the main targets of the military operation there and you may find the photos disturbing. these pictures are from a local mall which received the bodies of under government militia killed in the fighting for self defense forces claimed they were killed on their way to hospital when trucks carrying them ca

around to find out one of the most recent to be moved this eight month old boy when the bombs hit slavyansk he couldn't be taken to the cellar without the hospital patients and had to stay in the intensive care unit where nurses would cover him with mattresses to protect him from falling shrapnel and for now he's safe but millions are still it was nearly a week after the airstrike that killed alexander a cloud of uncertainty hangs over lugansk the site of the attack is now a memorial where people come to light candles say a prayer and pay their respects and silently hope that the worst is now past policy r.t. no guns eastern ukraine. well the ukrainian crisis was casting a dark cloud over i gather in this week of the world's leaders so much so that russia was left out that meant the usual a meeting of the g. eight. leaders became the g. seven they did all need later for the grand d.-day commemorations in normandy in france there but as our teams were in a council reports some encounters made to that somewhat or could. be. blown up it seems that's what vladimir putin the bush the world leade

government forces and pro-russian fighters continued their battles in the city of slavyansk on sunday. the city is a stronghold of the separatists. the leader of a pro-russian group says its members are prepared to continue fighting. >>> let's now get the latest business stories from ron madison. >> all right, thanks a lot, shery. japanese managers are more optimistic about the business climate. they've been reinvesting in their companies. government officials say that's making the economy grow faster than they'd expected. gross domestic product rose 1.6% in real terms in the january to march period from the previous quarter. that works out to an annualized growth rate of 6.7%. cabinet office officials estimated last month that the figure would be 5.9%. they say managers in the transportation and financial sectors invested more than they'd projected. consumers spent more, too. people rushed to buy things that they wanted before the government raised the consumption tax in april. >>> and some more good news today for japan's government. ordinary people say they are feeling the benefits

the eastern ukrainian city of slavyansk has reportedly come under heavy artillery attack from the army in just the past few hours these are the latest pictures from the area targeted self defense activists say that the city center has been bombed and that many people have been injured locals also claim the military use rocket launchers fighter jets and tanks as they stepped up their crackdown on eastern provinces. and earlier this week the military attacked the city of lugansk the organization for security and cooperation in europe confirmed it was an air strike although kiev denied that local officials say a civilians were killed in the raid which hit the administration building bodies paula slayer met a woman who lost her husband in the assault. if it's for what led them see today i will resolve this flags from all the uniforms and will send them to persian gulf. i have no strength but i will continue fighting. the carnage was caught on c.c.t.v. an aerial assault by ukrainian frighted cheat at least eight people dead in its week among them alexander design a fitness husband and i was

unfolding right now in the town of slavyansk. has been a landed there and there is there have already been casualties which of course is bad news. we. will definitely. intention on the part of the korean government and president. to get some results in ending the violence and i agree with mr president let's see that's a long standing still is not a lot. not only be speaking about which is far. about. arrangements. the warring parties. finally i would like to think mr president. your government of austria for their hospitality like i said i will have another meeting with the austrian chancellor but. what we have agreed on today already. and i hope it will contribute to resolving some of the by difficult situation such as the one ukraine or that you think movement mr president for sharing his opinions with us it definitely will keep in mind. charting our policies as for. human rights which we have indeed discussed with my counterparts and i would like to tell you that despite certain cliches that we see being applied to russia prob

him to save the children or was one of the last to be evacuated from the children's hospital in slavyansk and not a minute too soon when the bombs fell and other children were taken to the cellar he had to stay in intensive care unit where most is with cover him with mattresses to protect him from falling debris he had been material thing i have to explain all the time that it's war here you need to be here to understand what's going on. jamie is now safe in a russian hospital nearly half of the people in savion skipped been evacuated according to local authorities but the journey out is also fought with danger difficult roads aerial bombings and artillery fire in a scene that's being repeated in cities across eastern ukraine there are three ways out train bus and car in a race against time normal people are becoming desperate and for most it doesn't matter how they get out just to go veronica's leaving with her two year old son mom sister and niece she's packing summer and winter clothes as she doesn't know how long they'll be gone but the planes are flying overhead my charge is very sca

overnight to see the sky lit by what they claim were military fire bombs being dropped on their city slavyansk is a focal point in the conflict and say artillery fire has been ongoing for days schools hospitals and government buildings have been partially destroyed and water and power supplies are regularly cut off ukraine's health ministry says more than two hundred people including nineteen children have been killed in the east since the government began its military operation as well as the regular army the training government has also been using national guard conscripts and they were the main force behind the military yourselves in the east but entire units have since headed back to kiev claiming that paid and have been abandoned by the government. of the muscle but by going up our soldiers out of the man you know you're made according to official papers we don't exist where in the allusion it's like we haven't been deployed here we haven't got any ammunition nothing we were sleeping on the ground because we didn't even have camps they'd. just sent us there and forgot about us and well al

those scenes were from the eastern ukrainian city of slavyansk this is what it looks like after weeks of artillery and air strikes people are having to deal with without food or water and power and many of those have been killed of fall from enemy combatant as artie's were money from ports. one family lost two members as a result of mortar fire the shell landed right in the backyard of a private residence a woman scrambled to get her son as soon as she heard explosions and one shift pick him up she was killed instantly while the five year old boy received multiple headboards it was rushed them all to college got good numbers to get to the lifeline donor said no and he started shouting i told you to get into the basement immediately she grabbed her son turned around and that's when the shot hit she was no more. they doctor was unable to save the child's life and the boy died during the operation the daughters worked all night trying to remove thirty shell fragments from his head his bother said in the shelling was conducted a formal occasion known as the base of the ukrainian forces el

now the city of slavyansk in eastern ukraine the stronghold of pro autonomy forces has been devastated by the ongoing army assault at least two children have died from shrapnel wounds during the weeks long shelling residential areas in the city center are severely damaged in locals are now suffering from water and power outages. b.c. you know what i have no petrol no gas no electricity we have nothing no communications nothing the boom devry see when you might sit still but it'll. it struck in the morning i was hit by the blast wave i ran away to call it to. put it out. there shooting but i can't leave i have nowhere to go. now ukraine's newly elected president petro poroshenko has given orders for humanitarian corridors to be set up to get the civilians to safety but the self-proclaimed leaders of the rest of region say they doubt the government will follow through with this plan meanwhile around fifteen national guard soldiers who took part in the attacks on have now were fused to fight voicing their anger over the way the operation has been run a growing number of soldiers are simpl

international i'm you know neal this is the ukrainian city of slavyansk after weeks of artillery on earth strikes residential areas hospitals schools and administration buildings lay in ruins still the bombs fall ukrainian troops blockading the city call it a hotbed of terrorism but as for reports many of those being killed pose a risk to no one. the shell landed right in the backyard of a private residence instantly killing a thirty year old woman who was scrambling to get to her son and here is what this woman's mother had to say village got to get her to life my mother said look they started i told her to get in the basement immediately she grabbed her son turned around and that's when the shell hit she just cease to exist. five year old boy received a multiple head going that he was rushed to the hospital unfortunately does officers were unable to save his life they were working on the little boy for the entire night so they discovered the thirty fragments of shells in his head elsewhere yes and other christian orthodox church came under fire by the crane in military the caretaker of

ukraine where four people who've been killed during the latest military offensive in the city of slavyansk a thirty year old woman died when a mortar shell hit her backyard her five year old son was taken to hospital with multiple head wounds and we have just received information that he has died of those injuries and the shelling continues despite president poroshenko has promised cease fire under his new peace plan what exactly the fourteen point proposal to end the violence in the east suggests will be revealed a little later today earlier that discussed his ideas with bloody amir putin it was the second time the two leaders have talked over the phone about ukraine's crisis in just a week president putin is once again stressed that the cease fire must be implemented in the regions. in the meantime wants to cities are looking more like ghost towns now tens of thousands of people have fled the affected areas than those who remain suffer from water food and power shortages not to mention the nonstop artillery attacks there are large queues as well forming on the border with russia as pupil

twitter feed she is quoting don't yet scott fish and who say that two children have been killed in slavyansk in the army shelling. the. deadline is once again looming for ukraine kier the news to cover its massive overdue bills for gas otherwise supplies could be halted as soon as wednesday the deadlock has been turning heads in europe. on russian gas pump vayu crane rushes energy giant gazprom a stress that these supplies would not suffer unless care start siphoning gas from the pipelines which it has done before despite the use been pushing for a freeze in the south stream pipeline project that's designed to provide an alternative supply route brussels has demanded that bill garia halt work on the pipeline citing violations of e.u. laws however both bulgaria and the second in the line of construction some bet serbia have pledged their full commitment to the project former u.s. treasury official paul craig roberts he believes that europe is jeopardizing its energy interests too to pressure from what. christian type live is really ought to europe it's not up to watch it's the europeans say w

these are the latest pictures we're getting from the city of slavyansk which has also been targeted by the ukrainian army for weeks as you can see residential areas well have been heavily damaged by shelling almost half of the population have fled the city for start by the attacks two russian journalists released from detention in ukraine say they were beaten and threatened with execution the person two days in captivity after they were abducted from one of the checkpoints here's how they describe their own. yes. we were stopped at a national guard checkpoint and asked to get out of the car and show our i.d.'s and when they saw our russian passports and found out that we were members of the t.v. channel they changed their faces they started joking that they caught a goldfish or won the jackpot they forced us into a car and we were taken away covered in eventually we were pushed into some basement point different people were coming to us threatening us they promised to shoot us and bury us in the field they said they hated russia and would do everything not to let us go a long life then