the pro autonomy forces are believed to have taken over the facility and this video was shot in slovyansk on sunday there's been another outbreak of deadly violence there according to a local resident. the really good actually they started firing from the mountain with the ukrainian troops they hit residential areas of the city it went on for forty five minutes i've seen it's all a couple photos on my phone the bunts cars the destroyed marketplace houses riddled with holes three people were killed and many more wounded and we haven't searched all the buildings yet. both sides violated the cease fire on several occasions throughout the week people living in say that their city was shelled a numerous times one woman was reportedly killed in the village of preval noya during a spike of violence there and in slovyansk a woman and her twenty six year old son died during an army shelling incident outside the war ravaged city self defense fighters forced to be army out of their checkpoint unconfirmed reports suggest that the military then fought to take it back but ended up losing twenty soldier

most are escaping slovyansk. kim vinnell reports on a small city trying to deal with the influx of people. >> reporter: when this family fled they left with the clothes on their backs. they lived beneath a hill, a tactical position for fighters. when the house was shelled they knew it was time to leave. new they live in a soviet camp. >> we had to go away to this hovel to live. we left everything, our home, and for who do we do all of this? where do we go? >> translation: we left without a house, a job or money. >> reporter: 200 live in the camp, refugees from slovyansk. the city here agree it now lies in ruins. >> usually this is a holiday destination, with a population of 5,000, now 25,000 people are calling this place home. among them 1,000 children have been separated from their parents. 8-year-old yarislav told me his mother took him to the camp, dropped him off and went back to slovyansk. the children are housed and camps used for summer holidays. school-yard games keep them distracted. many find it difficu

will stop the fighting and we can go back to slovyansk, and everything will be quiet. we are afraid to go back while the shooting conditions. >> whilst filming outside the hospital, a car races towards us, carrying separatist fighters. one of the men boards the van. we are held under armed guard and forced to wait. we have come to the edge of a town, close to a straightist check point. you can here the sounds of the artillery firing from one direction into a town close to slovyansk. locals say it's not safe to be here. >> in the city, the red cross has been gathering supplies. the ukranian president allowed civilians to flee the fighting. until it's a reality, the innocent pay the price. >>> at least fine people have been killed in fighting at a refugee camp in the bangladeshi capital dakar. most were burnt to death after their homes were set on fire. fighting broke out between ethnic bengalees over the use of fire crackers set off. thousands of speakers have been refugees. the majority breakaway from pakistan. tens of thousands leave thailand. 70,000 have returned hom

you can probably hear in the background heavy artillery, into a town close to the center of slovyansk. locals are leaving rapidly, saying it's no longer safe to be here. back in the city of donetsk, the red cross damaged vital medical supplies to help hospitals struggling to cope. until pa promise of a humanitarian corridor is a reality, the innocent will pay the price of war. >>> still to come here on the programme - columbians go to the polls in a presidential race that will determine peace talks with f.a.r.c. rebels. >> more rural families in southern italy are setting the standard orn migrant -- on migrant integration. >>> hello again, a reminder of the top stories. the pakistani military says air strikes in northern waziristan killed more than 50 fighters, including uz becks. the group said it it was behind the attack on the airport last sunday. the u.s. is sending three warships to the gulf in battles against the sunni rebellion. george h.w. bush is moving from the north arabian sea. >>> the israelian army has arrested 80 people in relation to the safe for three teenagers, a sen

the fighting in eastern ukraine leaves the city of slovyansk with no water or electricity and almost all its hospitals closed all while the president's repeated values of a cease fire are yet to be fulfilled. a cry for help iraq's asking the u.s. to carry out earth strikes against sunni insurgents as to how this are taking control at a faster pace than even the american troops mommas during the two thousand and three invasion. also this hour the ballad russian president left red faced after alexander lukashenko falls victim to a phone prankster pretending to be the son of ukraine's ice the president i. watching from in the world at the moment welcome to moscow and to r.t. international i mean in o'neill our top story weeks of intense attacks by the ukrainian army have left the eastern city of slovyansk a part allies continued combat an army or to refire water and electricity supplies it's all making life very difficult for locals you know that you. know you could then you would not does that mean being you know let the detroit. news or need to. go where you're going to go you're goin

slovyansk do you know anything about that did that come up in the conversation between secretary kerry and foreign minister lavrov if there was one there was one yesterday and actually i did find what i wanted to say on the vehicle so let me get to that after i get to matt's question so thank you for your patience do you have anything to say about the force of the bosphorus that. there's some you know what appears to be video and photographic evidence of this from the use of the by the by the russians no matter the training i have not seen those reports and i'm happy to check with our team and see if we have confirmation of that or more to say that while a bus while asked in east ukraine is thought to have killed at least three people and injured several more local authorities say the vehicle belonged to one of the leaders of the self-proclaimed republic and especially who was not in the minibus at the time of the attack less than a week ago his assistant was killed in a drive by shooting where was the suspected target we spoke to him earlier about the latest attempt on his life. this

no law to water all medical supplies in the besieged city of slovyansk the city says on the verge of a humanitarian catastrophe thanks to the nonstop government offensive. barack obama says u.s. troops will not be fighting again in iraq however he doesn't rule out so-called targeted emphasize military action if the need arises. and i says militants meanwhile are locked in fierce battles with government forces for control over the country's oil reserves. so golden no useful from ukraine in exchange for refuge that's a promise made to a red phrase below luzhin president during a prank phone call. this is r.t. international well live from moscow you're with me to say it's good to have you company with us this evening. the ukraine self-defense forces in eastern ukraine have announced that the city of slovyansk is now under an almost complete blockade by government troops that's after the army went back into action with airstrikes and artillery bombardments despite present better poroshenko is promising a cease fire on cheese day and so got a closer look at the latest gains made by a big

army blaming each other for this there's another video from the village near the flashpoint city of slovyansk apparently showing the aftermath of shelling attacks and what seems to be projectiles falling from the sky and government activists say between the. military is accusing phosphorous bombs which are banned internationally earlier in the week a video surfaced allegedly showing fire bombs dropping on the city of slovyansk which as we've said is one of the main targets of the military's campaign a former british army intelligence officer whose return from the country told us that the evidence in his view points to the use of banned phosphorus weapons. i've seen the video of looks at it closely it does indeed tally with what one might hope signs the hallmarks of white phosphorous use for example a very bright light but in and multiple burns coming down from the sky it's an f. weapon it's been used such as a multitude of props and craft and then of course again the talent still burning the videos i've seen in the daytime showing actually this very. white a gray smoke white phosphorus being

the fighting in eastern ukraine leaves the city of slovyansk with no water electricity and almost all its hospitals close to me while the president's repeated vows of a cease fire get to be fulfilled. plus the belorussian president left red faced up to alexander lukashenko falls victim to a phone prankster pretending to be the son of ukraine's ousted president. welcome once again my name is the harvey and you're watching r.t. international. iraq has urged the u.s. to launch air strikes against isis militants who seized large parts of the country you can see them here marked in red washington is already carried out airborne surveillance jihadists have been closing in on baghdad since taking the country's second largest city more than a week ago the closest they come so far to the capital though was on monday in an attack on the city of baquba just sixty kilometers from baghdad however soldiers managed to repel that offensive. output if you can see now is recent video from the northern city of baiji where insurgents tried to seize iraq's biggest oil refinery but government forces fought

all the fighting in eastern ukraine leaves the city of slovyansk with no water electricity and almost all its hospitals closed while the president's repeated vows of a cease fire are yet to be fulfilled. plus the by the russian president's left red faced up to alexander lukashenko to a phone prankster pretending to be the son of ukraine's ousted president. welcome my name is deal harvey and you're watching international. iraq the u.s. to launch air strikes against isis militants who seized large parts of the country to harvest have been closing in on baghdad since taking the country's second largest city more than a week ago and the closest i've come so far to the capital was on monday when militants attacked the city of baquba which you can see down here that's just sixty kilometers away from baghdad. managed to repel that offensive and we can see now recent footage from the northern city of baiji where the insurgents tried to seize iraq's biggest heinrich the government forces. as well. taking one major city after another. this also managed to put together a glossy report outlining

the fighting in eastern ukraine leaves the city of slovyansk with no war to relate to this city and almost all its hospitals closed meanwhile the president's repeated vows of a cease fire are yet to be fulfilled. plus the belorussian president's left red faced after alexander lukashenko falls victim to a phone prankster pretending to be the son of ukraine's ousted president. welcome once again my name is bill harvey you're watching r.t. international. first for you this hour iraq has urged the u.s. to launch air strikes against isis militants who have seized large parts of the country you're hardest have been closing in on baghdad since taking the country's second largest city more than a week ago and now in control of the areas that you can see marked in red here the closest they've actually come so far to the capital was on monday that was when militants attacked the city of baquba which you can see down here very close to sixty kilometers in fact away from baghdad soldiers though they managed to repel that offensive and what you see now is recent footage from the northern city of baiji

he deliberated, petro poroshenko, has targeted slovyansk, i've been inside it. while we were there, there were mortars coming in, there were surrounding troops of the ukrainian government launching mortars in the air. we got through the roadblocks, we got to a maternity hospital there, that had also been shelled by ukrainian army mortars. so civilians and babies and women with newborn babies are being caught in this conflict. and i saw the separatists fighters in the city. they are huge not only from the little industrial town itself with about 130,000 population but there are also fighters from chechnya, they were well armed well prepared and they clearly have sophisticated weaponry and they are using it. >> we have seen video of slovyansk showing empty stores and armed soldiers at checkpoints. talking about checkpoints, we saw another brutal fight for control posts, you were in the middle, and it got actually fairly scary for you. >> quarters came under attack in luhansk, that's in addition to the border crossing that also came under attack from a column of vo

count more than twenty national guard fighters have reportedly been killed near the city all of slovyansk in an overnight. has more for us battle took place last night and according to reports at least so when t. soldiers the twenty fighters of ukraine's national guard were hurt were killed as a result of that the national guard well it's mercenary called back division formed specifically to aid the ukrainian army and its military operation against a defiant east all think country now the we also learned that the anti government forces have destroyed two armored personnel carriers belonging to the national guard. the timeline of ukraine's ongoing crisis and more expert analysis is available for you right now online r.t. dot com is the address. the syrian rebels are losing the war against president assad's forces but their look could soon turn thanks to washington president obama wants congress to decide how for a billion dollars to train and equip syria's moderate opposition but there are fears the move will flood the region with weapons that could fall into the wrong hands as marine airp

earlier in the week a video surfaced allegedly showing fire bombs dropping on slovyansk which remains one of the targets of the military's artillery a former british army intelligence officer who's recently returned from ukraine tells us that evidence in his opinion points to use of banned phosphorus weapons. i've seen the video i've looked at it closely it does indeed. what one might say. the hallmarks of white phosphorus use for example a very bright light. and multiple burns coming down from the sky it's an effort to use such as a mortar or perhaps an aircraft and then of course again the telltale still burning the videos i've seen in the daytime showing actually this very. white a gray smoke so white phosphorus being used as an alarming development of course it needn't necessarily be illegal but it depends on the concern and that's exactly why of course and indeed other people even from the west should be even if they haven't so far should be calling for proper full investigation of this incident to prevent the escalating. military cargo plane was shot down near the city of lugans

than twenty national guard fighters who are reportedly killed near the eastern ukrainian city of slovyansk government forces say they seized a checkpoint during overnight clashes. president signs off for closer ties with the e.u. but it was his previous sessions failure to join the club which ignited the deadly february revolution on the ongoing armed conflict in ukraine's defiant east. syria's embattled rebels are now in line for a five hundred million dollar military aid package from the u.s. but there are fears the weapons could end up on the wrong side of the park it's. also coming up this hour in the latest setback to berlin's already notorious new our ports revealed a fake engineer was hired to design the fire safety system in the opening to be delayed yet again. it's just on four pm this friday afternoon here in the russian capital welcome to our international i mean a no name. government forces in eastern ukraine are saying more than twenty national guard fighters have been killed near the city of slavyansk in an overnight bottle this report comes less than eight hours before the e

when you go to the towns, we went near slovyansk and not people who are involved in the armies but people are concerned, they support the separatists, they support these calls but because they feel like they are basically russian, they feel russian, and they want that to be listened to. and for petro poroshenko to address their various concerns, that their needs are not being addressed. >> all right, kim vanel, reporting from doughnuts, thank you so much, t deed, kim. we just saw petro poroshenko himself arrive, walk up the red carpet into the parliament in kyiv. petro poroshenko, the 48-year-old known as the chocolate tycoon, the billionaire, among his political experience he served as a foreign minister under yulia tymoshenko. a lot resting on the shoulders of this man, particularly international community, particularly the west giving him their support and they're expecting a lot to come from him, aren't they? >> reporter: there's a lot of weight on his shoulders. he's youthful, he's 48 years old. and felicity, he does have that mandate. there are a lot of people in ukraine who don't f

children evacuated from the city of slovyansk in eastern ukraine speak about their experiences in the embattled city that remains one of the main targets of kiev's military crackdown in the region. former afghan officials are choosing to settle in the u.s. and enjoy a peaceful retirement with the x. intelligence headed to the torturer in chief and the outgoing president's brother among them. regional. promises support to all south east asian nations that have a territorial disputes with china there have been increasingly bitter confrontations between beijing and others laying claim to territories in the south china sea. broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is our sean thomas glad to have you with us. police in istanbul have tear gassed demonstrators attempting to mark one year since turkey's biggest anti-government protests in decades more than one hundred people have been arrested and fourteen were reported wounded as many as twenty five thousand police officers have been deployed to taksim square the epicenter of last year said deadly riots firth witnessed the face. of

and the south of slovyansk itself. meanwhile, i spoke with some -- anti terrorism operation as kiev calls this, they are now saying that 500 have been killed in the past two days. that's completely disputed in donetsk who say it's less than 10. there's an information war going on, as well. a dangerous development says there has been shooting in the streets. it appears the fight has reached residential areas. >> what does all this mean for the incoming president poroshenko? >> it's a very difficult situation for mr. poroshenko. after he was voted in on sunday, a resounding victory, he said he was going to make this operation was very effective, that these battles that we're seeing now were going to be over in a matter of hours rather than days. clearly that is not the case. then after meeting with u.s. president obama in warsaw, he said poroshenko came out and said that after his inauguration saturday, he's going to layout his plans for peace for the region. that's likely to include an offer of amnesty. we will certain

. >> slovyansk is a city under siege. al jazeera cannot independently verify the video. it claims to show residential areas coming under fire. doctors tell us that civilians are among the wounded. inside the city goodbyes are a reminder of human costs. parents were left behind as they were evacuated to safety. the ukranian military launched a major offensive to regain control of slovyansk and the vouching villages. we found a hospital where wounded separatists are being treated. armed men stormed the building. a doctor who didn't want to be identified showed us through the building. he told us it's difficult to get medical supplies coming from russia. >> supplies are easy to get, but hard to get across the russian border. they can wait at the border. >> a few streets away separatist fighters are on alert for military assault. >> pro-russian separatists man check point on main roads in and out of donetsk. sporadically enforcing a curfew and a sense of lawlessness reigns. >> ballet claefas and military fatigues are an ordinary site. many believe kiev is to blame. >> we sup

nearly all hospitals in the city of slovyansk are not working adding this is. simply because they have no fuel to get to the people who need medical assistance there are food supplies disruptions as well according to people's republics of the shells so like i said once again we're headed in for the famine and indeed. gunfire and shouting was heard on the outskirts of town scared that i will tease been reported already when shells and the destroyed one man urban developments thank you very much for the sort of government forces there are not the first day of the vote he said his first presidential visit would be to the rest of the nets did not happen he went to poland to make barak obama instead he's pledged to bring peace and put an end to the fighting many times and promised to bring about a cease fire at least twice ok let's now take a look at what's happening indeed in the volatile regions in the last three weeks since president petro poroshenko was elected dozens of civilians were caught up in the violence the central square in lugansk was from the air he p

most are escaping from slovyansk. kim vinnell reports from a smaller city trying to deal with the influx. >> when they fled, they left with the clothes on their back. they lived beneath a tactical position for separatist fighters. when their house was shelled, they knew it was time to leave. now they live in a soviet camp. >> translation: we had to go away to this place, to this hovel to live. we left everything, our home we built up. how do we do this, where do we go? >> translation: we are left without a house, a job, money. >> reporter: 200 people live in the camp, all refugees. the city here agree now lies in ruins. this is usually a holiday destination with a population of 5,000. now almost 25,000 people are calling this place home. among them 1,000 children have been separated from their parents for a chance to escape the violence. 8-year-old jarislav told me his mother tyke him to the -- took him to the camp, dropped him off and went back to slovyansk. the children are used in empty camps usually used for summe

latest official army footage shows an exchange of fire north of slovyansk. the army patrol sped past an army checkpoint. the new commander here says he takes his orders from the russian known as igor, the military chief in slovyansk. deals proposed elsewhere do not concern him. >> translation: we have one boss, his command will be carried out. recording that, i'm a military man, i don't get into politics. >> in this part of the world the separatist command structure is a patchwork of different authorities. cease fires proposed are rejected and ignored by separatist militia leaders in slovyansk. we heard artillery fire while we've been standing here. finding piece means resolving rivalries. all of which leaves residents caught in the crossfire. many have left, but the elderly are too frail to flee. >> it's so scary, we suffered so much in world war ii, now we have this war. >> others are weary of conflict. >> probably the whole population wants peace and quiet. it would be difficult to find people who support either side. you can see how the city is. >> in ki

his parents took 5 hours to drive a perilous 10km from slovyansk, a town under ukranian bombardment. >> translation: we hope the army will stop the fighting and we can go back to slovyansk, and everything will be quiet. we are afraid to go back. >>> whilst filming outside the hospital a car races towards us, carrying separatist fighters, one of the many boards our van and makes us drive to a pace close to the fighting. we are held under armed guard and forced to weight. >> we have come to the edge of a town to a separatist checkpoint and held for an hour. in the background you can hear the sound of heavy artillery firing. >> a town close to the center of slovyansk. locals are leaving rapidly. they say it's no longer safe to be here. back in the city of don everybody the red cross has been gathering vital medical supplies to help hospitals struggling to cope. the ukranian president promised a humanitarian corridor to help those that want to the flee the fighting. until it's a reality, the innocent pay the price of war. >>> now, a tropical storm is heading towards hong kong. richard is

in donetsk in that direction are routinely rejected and ignored by separatist militia leaders in slovyanskve kilometers in that direction. we have heard art illery fire while we have been standing here finding peace here in eastern ukraine, differences, even rivallies between these separatist demanders all of which leaves residents cot in the crossfire. many have left. the elderly are often too frail to flee. >> it's so scary. we suffered so much in world war ii and now we have this war. it's scary. >> others are just weary of conflict. >> probably the whole population wants peace and quite. it will be difficult to find people who support either side. you can see how the city is. >> in kiev, president poroshenko is faced with a dmrema and growing dissentillemma and growing dissent. extending it a second time, risks angering his own supporters. >> a week of unilateral truce didn't bring any results except the deaths of our soldiers, an extra 72 hours of truce will not bring any results either. he announced a truce 20 weeks he extend it bay three days. our young boys were kill. 4 were killed

fighting and we can go back to slovyansk, and everything will be quiet. we are afraid to go back with a child while the killing conditions. >> whilst filming outside the hospital, a car races towards us, carrying separatist fighters. one of the men boards our van and makes us drive to a base closer to the fighting. we are held under armed guard and forced to wait. we have come to the edge of the town to a separatist checkpoint where we were held for an hour. you can probably here in the background sound of artillery firing from one direction into a town close to the center of slovyansk. locals are leaving rapidly, saying it's no longer safe to be here. back in the city of donetsk, the red cross has been gathering supplies to help hospitals struggling to cope. the ukranian president is promising a humanitarian corridor. until this promise is a reality, the innocent pay the price of war. >>> tens of thousands of cambodian migrants are fleeing thailand following a crackdown on illegal workers. the international organization for migration. around 70,000 have

letting up three civilians an elderly woman and a married couple were killed on the outskirts of slovyansk city on tuesday weeks of continued shelling of devastated that city with four churches also coming under far since kiev launched its operation in april and for you now footage from the neighboring city of kramatorsk local militia say that nine people were seriously injured there when shells hit self defense checkpoints and a residential area ukrainian president has vowed to put an end to the violence but as artie's are mine cos you have reports now he is nowhere near to fulfilling his promise. there's a problem over the cease fires in the works it's part of the president's but he's playing i hope we can make it happen this week. at least twice now ukraine's new president has publicly promised to end the bloodshed in the east of his country but the bullets and bombs continued to fly against his own people and civilians are suffering just as much as the anti-government forces level over the children and pregnant women left before the bombing so nobody was hurt the building was also a sh

forces have invited european observers into the region overnight exchanges of fire near the city of slovyansk have left casualties on both sides of the 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

gaza which was almost razed to the grind during kiev's operation as were just saying the city of slovyansk which suffered the most during the standoff also came under to refire numerous times during the week long truce also the village of preval neuer saw one of the worst spikes of violence with one woman reportedly killed there with a truce a bite to expire the russian president wants it to be extended by your. blood is being shed in the southeast of ukraine real humanitarian catastrophe is under way tens of thousands of refugees of fools to seek asylum in russia ukraine needs to return to the path of peace dialogue and consent. of president poroshenko said if another round of talks with the east falls today kiev will take a quote very important step dance key political commentator from e.u. reporter magazine believes the ukrainian leader has little interest in bringing peace and stability to eastern regions. trolls already a lot of neglect towards the situation in the east south of here great so far he doesn't pay attention he doesn't invest in itself and that is the result because the i

ukraine's eastern city of slovyansk comes on the missing the obvious stepping up its offensive by caves and militia groups trapping civilians in the crossfire. tonight because the bomb might fall over everything as the violence is forcing women and children to feed their homes are detox refugees from new gangs as lives have been turned upside down by the. rival camps us step up their campaigns one hundred days ahead of scotland's historic independence referendum will be arguments on both sides. liquid awards as the u.n. says water shortages will fuel major conflicts for the world's most vital asset weeks rowhouse such battles are already starting to happen. live from moscow this is r.t. international you're with me it's good to have a company with us let's take a look at our headlines this hour the latest reports from ukraine's eastern city of slovyansk say it's once again been 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 away killed in a strike there o

blaming each other for this there's another video from the villages near the flashpoint city of slovyansk apparently showing the aftermath of shelling attacks and what looks like projectiles falling there and you government activists say the military. using phosphorus bombs which are banned internationally earlier this week a video emerged allegedly showing a fire bombs dropping on slovyansk which remains one of the main targets of the military's offensive british army an intelligence officer recently returned from ukraine that says he thinks the evidence points to the use of banned phosphorus weapons. i've seen the video i've looked at it closely it does indeed tally with what one might hope signs the hallmarks of white phosphorous use for example a very bright light but in and multiple burns coming down from the sky it's an app to use such as a multitude of props and craft and then of course again the talent still burning the videos i've seen in the daytime showing actually this very. white and gray smoke so white phosphorus being used it's an alarming development and of course it needn

full of bullet holes and body parts are scattered outside in a similar attack on the neighboring slovyansk a young mother and her five year old son were killed when a mortar shell landed in their backyard. so it's a good point so. that's what the judge did. but didn't let's see if. he slipped out really dealing with to be. used. 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 empty shelves and grocery stores are common seen in large cities like slovyansk two russian journalists were killed in the ukrainian army shelling near the city of lugansk this week and the un has already demanded an investigation into the doubt this is the moment when the tragedy occurred. the crew from their a c a one channel worth filming a report about this group of refugees when a mortar shell exploded next to them correspondent eager carney who was severely injured and taken to hospital but died on the operating table you sound engineer was

done yet the pro autonomy forces are believed to have taken over the facility and this was shot in slovyansk on sunday there has been another outbreak of deadly violence there according to a local resident. we were encouraged to. they started firing from the mountain with the ukrainian troops they hit residential areas of the city it went on for forty five minutes i've seen it's all a couple photos on my phone the burn scars the destroyed marketplace houses riddled with holes three people were killed and many more wounded and we haven't searched all the buildings yet. both sides are violated the cease fire on several occasions throughout the week people living in climatologist say that their city was shelled numerous times one woman was reportedly killed in the village of pre-vote noya during a spike of violence there and in slovyansk a woman and her twenty six year old son died during an army shelling incident outside the war ravaged city self defense fighters forced the army out of their checkpoint and unconfirmed reports suggest that the military then fought to take it back but ended up l

when people are experiencing a water shortage here now this is very recent meanwhile the city of slovyansk all of that place is indeed heading for a humanitarian catastrophe the water is already long gone there so are the food supplies and city as well the shelves and stores are empty and people are lining up but water disperse resigned those queues are sometimes a kilometers long and local officials are actually saying that said the city of slovyansk is heading for an epidemic as a lot of people have already become refugees ok thanks for that one cluster of live there from venus can of course we'll keep across what's happening in ukraine for you and bring you the one thousand as it happens. now in iraq the jihadists from the so-called islamic state of iraq and syria group isis have managed to take over much of the country's western border recently they occupied four cities in iraq and three checkpoints on the border with syria and jordan that as the country dive deeper into sectarian division along with the kurds in the north seeking independence artie's losing caffein off is in iraq for.

was reportedly killed in the village of put of all noya during a spike of violence there and in slovyansk a woman and her twenty six year old son died during an army shelling incident outside of the war ravaged city self defense fighters forced the army out of their own checkpoint and then unconfirmed reports suggest the military fought to take it back but then ended up losing twenty soldiers in the battle and of course the incident where shells fired from ukraine fell across the border in russia damaging a checkpoint and there mark sloboda is a senior lecturer in international relations at moscow state university he says that even though the ukrainian president has put forward a detailed peace plan there are violent groups with significant clout in kids which of the government cannot control. the government such as it is in kiev has very limited control it depends to a large extent still on these nationalist paramilitary groups for its survival its hold on power in kiev and it has been afraid to challenge them we saw a trade union meeting in kiev attacked by an arm the right sector mob a

slovyansk in donetsk the guys here come from just about every background you have former students you have form of businessmen you have former drivers and you also have ex-military and police so you have people with a lot of military experience but you also have some for whom this is the first time that they're picking up a knife or a gun and so the sharing of skills and experience is vital and the guys have told me to put two of these in my ears because there's going to be a hell of a noise. the automatic weapon training is the most important battle and keeps tight control over his men many still have families inside ukraine and while we constantly about them. it's not becoming a war it's already a war most of the guys are citizens of lugansk city they're highly motivated they're between the ages of twenty and thirty five when i asked one of them whether there are enough people here to take on the ukrainian military his answer was there's enough. but how many more need to die before the kiev government itself to clear is enough is enough policy r.t. outside your guns eastern ukraine.

was reportedly killed in the village of pretty bold noir during a spike of violence there and in slovyansk a woman and her twenty six year old son died during an army shelling outside the war ravaged city self defense fighters forced the army out of their checkpoint unconfirmed reports suggest that the military fought to take it back but ended up losing twenty soldiers in the battle and shells fired from ukraine fell across the border in russia damaging a checkpoint there. well the turmoil in eastern ukraine has had a devastating impact on care facilities we have an ocean of visited an orphanage in lugansk which has found itself in the middle of a battle zone. these care home for abandoned special needs children on the outskirts of the ganske aims to be an oasis of calm and tranquility. 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 cosy home you have for 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

investigation over claims that the ukrainian army used phosphorous bombs in the eastern city of slovyansk residents there say they were woken by what they believe were fire bombs being dropped these weapons are banned by the un and king of denies their use and here's what locals are saying . we all saw what happened here yesterday they used rocket launches as well as incendiary bombs against us the ground was on fire on the ground burned by itself it burned for about forty minutes. you know but it's going it's starting from two am everyone i've met has a sore throat and is coughing all the time i think this is because of the burning i think will feel the consequences later. and we spoke to a former british army intelligence officer who's recently returned from ukraine he told us the attack bears signs of phosphorus weapons. i've seen the video i've looked at it closely it does indeed tolerate what one might say about the whole science the whole box of white phosphorous use for example a very bright light but in and multiple burns coming down from the sky it's an apt weapon to use such as

international the latest reports from ukraine's eastern city of slovyansk states 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 whom you can see in the video was severely wounded by shrapnel from one of the missiles as she was riding her bike through the city luckily medics were quickly on the scene and able to get her to hospital. and this burning building is what remains of the city's landmark merchant's house where a four year old girl was reportedly killed during the attack house museum in a cafe most popular with them families where the two 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 happened when many people were outside following a church service because the dangerous forced people to leave their homes paula slim at some of those fleeing the violence in neighboring lugansk. he says it's not safe for t

the fighting in eastern ukraine leaves the city of slovyansk with no water or electricity and almost all its hospitals closed meanwhile the president's repeated vows of a cease fire are yet to be fulfilled. plus the russian president's left red face that alexander lukashenko falls victim to a phone prankster pretending to be the son of ukraine's ousted president. welcome my name's neil harvey and you're watching r.t. international. iraq has urged the u.s. to launch air strikes against isis militants who seized large parts of the country you can see them here marked in red for washington's already carrying out airborne surveillance the hardest they've been closing in on baghdad since taking the country's second largest city more than a week ago the closest they've come so far though to the capital was on monday that was in an attack on the city of baquba as you can see clearly marked and it's pretty close as well just sixty kilometers away from baghdad however soldiers did manage to repel the offensive and what we can see now is recent footage from the northern city of by gee where in

channel were captured at a checkpoint near slovyansk or they were on route to cover the inauguration of ukraine's new president the security services accuse them of spying is just 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 of the country in a russian military aircraft here is their account of what happened. when the people who detained us used force and tried to find out if we belonged 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 tiny windsor and not enough oxygen the security was close in the window it was at least fifty degrees celsius inside the room we also did not have much water. in the u.k. it's just one hundred days before the historic referendum for scottish independence and as the clock counts down both the in and the out counts stepping up their games for now polls show that the no vote leads the way but the surprises campaign is steadily gaining support w

slovyansk you know anything about that did that come up in the conversation between secretary kerry and foreign minister lavrov if there was one there was one yesterday and actually i did find what i wanted to say on the vehicle so let me get to that after i get to matt's question so thank you for your patience do you have anything to say about the source of the bosphorus that says. there's you know what appears to be video and photographic evidence of this from the use of the by the by the russians no matter the training i have not seen those reports and i'm happy to check with our team and see if we have confirmation of that or more to say that. now the eastern ukrainian city of mariupol woke up to sound of battle as forces stormed the positions of the anti-government fighters there combat raged in the streets for about four hours in the city was assaulted by a national guard battalion formed by the leaders of ukraine's radical party the politician says at least five anti-government activists were killed and thirty captured he claims the rest have now been driven away from their headq

thanks for joining us for the program the city of slovyansk in eastern ukraine the main hub of pro autonomy forces has been utterly devastated by the ongoing assault at least two children have now died from shrapnel wounds during the weeks long shelling residential areas in the city center 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 to call it to. see . it is. 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 rest of the region say they doubt the government will go through with this plan meanwhile around fifty national guard soldiers who took part in attacks on slovyansk have now refused to fight voicing their anger over the way the operation has been run and a growing number of soldiers are laying down their arms as artie's are invested. six weeks on and with more than forty soldiers did he have. military operation continues the