>> i think the russians were not stoppable in crimea or southeast ukraine. you mentioned at the outset that the ukrainian government said there's nothing they can do. they can't defend themselves in jeeft ukraine against the russian onslaught. we made it clear we're not providing military support, nobody else is, so looks like southeast ukraine is going. what we need to do is provide support for the ukrainian government, real economic support. do you know what we've done so far for the ukrainians? a billion dollars in loan guarantees, so categorically we lost 2 billion. we're willing to punish the russians and hurt our own economy and companies and we have a billion dollars loan guarantees for the ukrainians? i think it's senseless. >> charlie: you think it should be $16 billion, $18 billion support from europe and the united states and the i.m.f.? >> the i.m.f. is doing a lot. we know kiev is losing legitimacy every hour because what the russians are doing in southeast ukraine and can't be stopped. if we want toe balance it out, we better support the ukraini

it looks like southeast ukraine is going.we need to provide real economic support for the ukrainians. do you know what we have done so far? we have done $1 billion in loan guarantees. you telling me that we are willing to punish the russians and hurt our own economies and companies and we have $100 billion in loan guarantees for the ukrainians? it is a disaster. >> you think you got to be $18 billion from europe and the united states? kiev is losing legitimacy every hour because of what the russians are doing in southeast ukraine that cannot be stopped. if we cannot stop the russians and if we want to balance that out, we better support the ukrainians so that some of that legitimacy comes back. i know that a lot of the money that you give to ukraine is going to go to morale. but again, compared to the damage we are doing to the international order by trying to isolate the russians with no effect, we are just getting the russians to keep pushing back. can the russians just going to ukraine and have their way? >> if you are ask

also president putin suggesting the withdraw of kiev's military unit from the southeast ukraine woulde required. an end to the violence there and launch of national dialogue is also a point lavrov, the russian foreign minister was making a couple hours achlth that's the latest between the phone call between angela merkel and vladimir putin. >>> one of the great marine sites of the world could be lifted as a world heritage site in danger. that's the threat from the u.n. unesco because it's worried about the great barrier reef following the decision of dumping of millions of tons of sludge in this area. the government itself says it's committed to protecting the site. so it should be. stay with us here on bbc world news. still to come. a bit of a tango with a mango. why trade relations have been souring over imports of one of the kings of fruit. ♪ find yourself. in an accomodation... where you get to do... whatever it is that you love to do! booking.com booking.yeah! >>> you're watching bbc world news. i'm david eades. >>> people gather for huge rallies on international workers day. >>>

ukraine. in the southeast or the rest of ukraine needs any of this kind of nationalism. was. was. was was if you. look we want the europe that the crusaders fought for west the europe the european nationalist force for the europe of white people. muslims humiliate the natives now they take away our lands where we will stand for europe the white europe the. the traditional europe. for the three nation europe wide flow that glory to the nation was what do you think about the situation in the country is it good or bad it's awful first they drove a wedge between us in our russian brothers. can you live with me as for me i'm neither going to travel to russia nor to anywhere else i want to live in a desert i want everything to be fine. i want us to be friends with russia the west is not for us you know this union what's happening in our country it's a nightmare how you survive prisons my salary is ninety two dollars per month we can get by the gas prices are now about to spike by seventy three percent let's see if the prices for medicines have already been raised by sixty percent it's t

is to create direct, full-fledged dialogue between the authorities in kiev and represents in southeast ukraine>> separatist leaders have scheduled the referendum for this sunday. they say they'll meet later on thursday to discuss putin's request. pro-russian residents don't like the direction in which their country is going. they've been occupying government buildings and police stations for weeks. many are refusing to leave. >> translator: we continue to fight so that the referendum can go ahead as scheduled. >> leaders of the interim government in kiev sent in troops last month. they're pressing ahead with an operation to push the separatists out. >>> police in nigeria are offering a $300,000 reward for information on the whereabouts of more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped last month by an armed group. the islamist militant group boko haram has claimed responsibility for the abductions. the group is demanding that the government abolish western-style education. on wednesday, nigerian police and anyone who provides credible information leading to the girls' rescue will be eligible for the rewa

ukraine for. to take over a nuclear power plant near the southeast in the city of. men said they were part of the radical right sects a group. well this video has emerged on the internet over the fence of. where it looked to be love bullet proof vests the show being nationally slogans and waving ukrainian flags well it is really good. in the region of donetsk to bring us up to speed on what's been happening here is you. know indeed a group of armed men did try to take over a nuclear power plants about our sky which happens to our full plant not just in ukraine but in europe however they their efforts were thwarted by the security service office of the nuclear power plant and by the police according to the officials of the nuclear power plant and the incident did not disrupted the operations of the facility however this is the first time the idea of taking over a nuclear power plant has been issued by the right sector they have made threats before taking over a similar facility however they were talking about a different one also the leader of the right sector to be

putin spokesman says the person that sent his representatives to southeast ukraine for talks. that to come. >>> barclays meanwhile is not named one but two people to replace the outgoing asia ceo robert morris. he oversaw the expansion and he's been in the role for the last 12 years. andrew jones and another person will start as co-ceos for asia-pacific on july 1st. >>> donald trump clinched a deal to buy turnberry in a cup price, 35.7 million pound cash deal. trump recently said he had no further plans to develop. the american business magnate plans to pump millions of dollars into the resort's hotel, which is flanked by three golf courses, as well as a spa. >> i know the owners of turnberry, they're friends of mine, terrific people. i've been talking to them about it for, you know, years. and we just struck up a conversation and decided to do something. i do well with this business. my clubs are very, very successful. >> linkedin meanwhile reported a first quarter net loss following costly acquisitions and expansion into china. cnbc's morgan brennan has more on the firm's nu

and videos from the scene here you can see his comments on the ongoing mayhem in mario paul in southeast ukraine. ukraine's interior ministry says that more than twenty people were killed in mario bill on friday troops and tanks were sent to the city after reports that local activists had seized control of the local police headquarters in videos of soldiers shooting at civilians went viral and just a bit of a warning you might find some of the following images disturbing. i know it's very hot as you can see here people are shouting that they are unarmed and the next moment we see a man being shot at and here are the troops apparently firing in the direction of people on the street hitting another civilian. in this footage you can see an armored vehicle carrying the ukrainian flag speeding through the barricades that locals built to stop the army from advancing on saturday though the military said it had called back its troops from the city. earlier my colleague bill don spoke with foreign affairs analyst richard becker he said that if the government in kiev doesn't change its approach more blood

military, all while russian president vladimir putin calls on kiev to withdraw its troops from southeast ukraine if it wants to keep the peace. for more on today's meeting between obama and merkel, here's senior white house correspondent jim acosta. >> reporter: john and christine, german chancellor angela merkel's visit to the white house comes at a critical time. both the u.s. and germany have tried to apply pressure on russia to try to de-escalate the crisis in ukraine, the u.s. taking the lead on sanctions, while chancellor merkel has tried to use her closer relationship with russian president vladimir putin to resolve the crisis, but it's not clear whether those closer ties are helping. in a phone conversation that the two leaders had on thursday, putin told merkel that he woonts to see ukrainian troops pull out of the southeastern part of their own country. white house press secretary jay carney called that suggestion preposterous. now, the white house expects both leaders, both president obama and angela merkel, to talk about another round of sanctions against russia. that next round woul

about six minutes past eight in the morning in yet school keep you posted on this big day for southeast ukraine. in the meantime ukraine's government artillery has reportedly resumed shelling anti government activists in the east the target so far appears to be a checkpoint located just outside the dissenting city of slavyansk listen. now that according to activists there is the sound of one hundred twenty millimeter mortar fire with explosions being heard just seconds apart and this is allegedly the second round of shelling targeting a checkpoint there we've spoken to some of the locals who tried to put into words just how powerful the rounds have been brought to a fire was the earth and the house who have been trying to cover people with the checkpoints but. there is no person in the area and it's too dangerous to speak and . there is no letup in the fighting the battles and attacks on checkpoints are continuing around sloviansk iraq casualties but self defense units won't give the exact number for security reasons and kiev's attack on slavyansk comes just days after a full scale assault on a

oxalis across ukraine southeast have been demanding a referendum to split from care for months and they're also been saying they want there right away russian speaking ukrainians to be respected and they fear the extremists threat within the interim government in a while and on the unit of people dressed in the uniform of the new no also right sector group has reportedly landed just outside. their reports we are hearing reports that members of the right stick to have arrived via helicopter we're being told they're heavily armed and that they have the uniforms of the right sector so that is how they are being easily identified as you can well imagine tensions are running high it's taken us about four hours to actually enter the town it is completely closed off you have barricades and checkpoints at every single entrance and exit at the same time this is a town that is in lockdown the ukrainian military has completely surrounded it we're hearing from the ukrainian defense ministry that two of its pilots have been killed they're worth something between two and four helicopters that were downe

getting through at least two people have been killed after it ukraine's army opened fire on civilians in the city of kramatorsk in the southeast of ukraine that's according to reports coming in from dinette self-defense forces out of the same area earlier today a crew from artie's video agency ruptly was shot at from armored vehicles no one was hurt in that incident is the feeling from russian explain what happened. well one of our producers you're being thanked in sundance for about the request on the way in to give me something when about ten feet when it's from the national guard from the ukrainian national god came basically seemingly out of nowhere because the area is currently under the control of the n.r. forces and began shooting into as very close to ram obviously the driver that they would that was driving the car that they were in had to break suddenly and the which caused the cars that break down thankfully everybody who was that was fine ukrainian national guard were also shooting toward an ice cream van that was in the area basically these two a.b.c. just said down the road started shooting for no apparent reason

right there in the black uniforms believed to be from ukraine's national guard special units to take on the pro autonomy protesters in the southeast a graphics fall based report from the city hospital. and here in one of the hospitals in the city. which is today seem to be the highest returns you know with the situation in eastern ukraine and still today we are launching content to commemorate the ten thousand tonight and into the city to peacefully we have. species talking. to the crew into the city to do to very quickly digital military vehicles and have reports of them looking for buildings looking for columns as they need to discover building this into the city. they committed a massacre in the city center civilians were caught up in this meat grinder locals who were taking part in a peaceful march there are lots of injured and dead i personally saw two people killed sitting in this government building and returned to its current three weeks earlier that we didn't actually respond to interior minister also an accomplishment to his next. it's counterterrorism. did we take it from the caribbean force of the caribbean forces into

and that russia has sent an envoy down to southeast ukraine yesterday to stop talks on the release of from the lsce. since this anti-terror operation was launched by ukraine at 4:30 local time, they see those chances to resolve this peacefully have now failed. and they are blaming ukraine for reviving tensions there. >> it seems the crisis is deepening quite quickly. how crucial are the next couple of days going to be? >> i think they will be absolutely crucial. the ukrainian ministries are saying they have circled slovy town of ah is a hundred 20,000 people and taking control of roadblocks and that the interior minister and the head of the national guard are there. th tin question is, how will pu responds, especially after he said in a phone call with angela merkel that one of his demand is that ukraine pull back troops from the east. putin is being apprised of the situation and today, i imagine we would see more statements probably also from the foreign ministry in russia later on how they are going to respond to this. you forer, thank joining us. we will cross to her live throughou

in southeast ukraine reportedly from the radical right sector group to seize control of europe's biggest nuclear power play. on the streets of germany is policies bridges boiling point and that's what portugal officially gets off the blocks. to. the right. people. red faced over this.

moscow said it still sees the possibility of internal dialogue between activists in southeast ukraine and the kiev authorities russia's foreign ministry released a statement suggesting the result of the vote clearly indicates the real attitude of citizens to was getting political decision making moscow also believes that the outcome is a step forward on the road map outlined during april stalks in geneva let's get more now analysis on east ukraine's as a session a drive with political analysts a dmitri babich of from voice of russia's rabia mr bobbitt show you live on our team to national as we've seen a russia's reaction has been very reserved in favor of the people's opinion but it also calls for dialogue with kiev what is mothballed goal here. but i would say that the most call from the very beginning of this crisis has been calling for dialogue it was the european union and then the united states which rejected dialogue let me just remind you that all of the current crisis is spread out over a relatively minor problem the ukrainian president young wanted to post called the signing

ukraine. i began by asking him about the security situation in the volatile southeast. >> the special monitoring mission to ukraine, which has 200 monitors on the ground, half of which are in the eastern and southern parts of the country, have been documenting escalation over the last week. especially around luhan -- around luhansk and donetsk. in luhansk, rebel forces are in control of most of the city. armed groups of about a thousand people doing abductions, stopping traffic. in donetsk, the situation is becoming even more serious than it was a couple weeks ago. armed groups are using things like intimidation, abduction, to gain the loyalty of the local population. this includes ordinary citizens, even the election committee workers. there is a presidential election coming up on sunday. above and beyond that, another worrying trend is the proliferation of weapons. not only talking about ak-47s anymore. talking about rpg's, and a while ago there were mobile launching pads for surface air missiles. all that taken together is cause for concern. >> preparations are underway in ukraine for sunday'

we know that vladimir putin has sent a spokesman to the southeast of ukraine to try to help with negotiationso get the release of observers from the organization for security and cooperation in europe. we haven't heard about exactly where they are being held or how they are in the last few days. they were seized last week. but it's not clear whether the military operations on friday are going to help or hinder efforts to get them released. >> more than two weeks after the mass kidnapping of schoolgirls in northeast nigeria, police now say that 276 students are missing. that's a big increase from earlier figures. we're joined live from the area. why so much confusion, ivan about the number of girls that are missing? >> well, there has been a lot of misinformation and confusion since this attack took place. initially the military said 129 girls had been abducted, but within hours they were contradicted by family and parents and by some of the school teachers who said it was much higher, it was 230 girls that were missing. and now this latest development the police saying that in fact more than

russian troops of no longer located near the ukrainian poll that doesn't call the protest is in ukraine southeastto postpone the referendum on autonomy plan to someday and called for dialogue between him and kiev. she believes is the best way to result in prices. this disgusts of more these proposals nationally with that list and a russia expert martin mccauley join some of my non adopted. what do you make him worthy speaking all books that present routing table today is a way forward here that i don't know. a very positive because of it seems to be a change and posted them recently. they said that forty presidential election when fifth of may would be upset. the photo with him move for twenty one come to the president elect know what it costs he said. it must be conducted in a democratic and free way and or citizen boss feel that there are equal is very important. i'm the person who seems to be that to my showed one film the election of president and then begin to negotiate with him. negotiated settlement to the to the c the referendum on the ag going alone on all autonomy all comes about with j

interestingly as you alluded to, president putin has sent representative to the southeast of ukrainetry and help negotiate the release of those over sea observers. we haven't heard anything about them, at least in the last 24 hours. but his presence there and the fact that there are negotiations going on, it's not clear whether the last few hours events will help or hinder those efforts, steven. >> all right, thank you very much for joining us. well, the u.s. secretary of state has arrived in south sudan calling for an into the civil war there and john kerry warnd of a possible genicide if more peace keepers are not sent to end the conflict and he made the comments in ethiopia hosting talks between the government and rebels. the fighting insouth sudan is continuing and there will be more details of course as we move on. joining me from london we have a researcher with the africa program at the think tank house. the current fighting goes on in this atmosphere that john kerry says could lead to a genicide. what message is he taking there from washington? >> i think he is taking quite a

ukraine's interim president of the country security forces are unable to halt unrest rolling through ukraine southeast of the anti government forces seize the city hall and police station in the city of cornwall. the latest hot spot this came only hours after protesters took over three administrative buildings in the nearby regional center of the gods. our police force is also reportedly joined the grass. the event in eastern ukraine our teeth polished player reports for us from donetsk. this building was taken tonight in addition he told this is not a vehicle which isn't mine and his manic pace twenty four seven. but until then those with access to the regional administration building. investors with a governess fact this is when north of cost. this is with a budget wasn't true. no it is special commission can get in the form of gold was seized on the seventh of april. on the tomb was the guy wants mechanic. child care. we could fill a room which i hope to get a better job of the business over. i don't want to have to worry about whether i'm making up to feed my family and fiddle with all the same me

now it is where you can find all the very latest updates on the events across ukraine southeast. timeline of the country's ongoing crisis. and in just a few minutes international we give you the details of nato war games just outside russia is said to be propelled by the crisis in ukraine. more than one hundred thousand afghans have been displaced by the war in the last year alone forced to flee violence the growing taliban insurgency and economic uncertainty. the war may be coming to an end for international forces but there are many still left wondering when they'll be able to return home reporting. more of the stories dominating this morning's global headlines. ways of is that it's a battle started here the village down. with it was at the exact moment eleven in the morning when the first seven tanks appeared to. move freely enough first battle. of us soldiers slowly. but they gave their lives for this land and they protected us. yes they took it over but sevastopol never surrendered there were no defenders left . so as the president said i stop all came back home and. it has n

of a sunday session was called after russia's president putin to acts of its rather in ukraine's rest of southeast to postpone a possible split from here to push for a nationwide dialogue people across the region have been refusing to recognize the interim authorities for months now have a fear of the february takeover in the capital and they've also been calling for the rights of russian speaking ukrainians to be respected and say they fear near not is his influence is growing across the country as a west. and i remind of our breaking news story this hour on people's council in ukraine's eastern regions of donetsk and lugansk have decided not to post on more autonomy for the sunday is the spine of the russian president urged authorities in kiev and anti-government protesters to take steps to deescalate the crisis and the russian president russia has pulled its troops from a ukraine's border and his also shante government acts of its in the east of ukraine to postpone their planned or vote on autonomy and to give negotiations a chance he's also called on the interim leaders in kiev to stop the mil

people the guys right there in the black uniforms believed to be from ukraine's national guard special units. protesters in the southeast. city hospital. so here in one of the hospitals in the city of mariupol which is today seen what looks to be the highest fatality nobody in the situation in eastern ukraine and starting with a large crowd turned out to commemorate victory ten thousand times into the city to peacefully we had parades his speeches at that time and completely unexpected ukrainian army into the city handed it to very quickly digital military vehicles and have records of them looking for buildings looking for cars as they need to discover building this into the city. that they committed a massacre in the city center civilians were caught up in this meat grinder locals who were taking part in a peaceful march there are lots of injured and dead i personally saw two people killed the city this government building has given and correct activists for around three weeks now not only that we didn't actually respond to interior minister also our corporate is the next stage it's counter-terrorism she. did we take i

is our team to match them with me kevin nolan and the plight of many developments in ukraine this topic in the southeast of the country will begin a long report through the last few hours all the developments in that region in the city of monterrey opal most recent ukrainian troops have reportedly moved into that city that surrounded the administrative building held by anti government protest is this parliament re offense is being carried out by kiev right now to quell the unrest in the cold part of the country is get the latest aunties pull the sleeves in the region map as a sign pole with a lot of development coming thick and frost over the past couple of us can you rounded up for his increasing the great benefits have been carrying south eastern ukraine in the city of miami opal we now understand that the army is actually inside it he says he seemed to have surrounded the local administration building where you currently have a few hundred antique it just as those purchases of clothing as if they can find that the army is warning that if they do not keep the building in the coming minutes a day will

people in the southeast of ukraine, and crimea in particular, were frightened by development.eople of the crimea opted for a referendum. on a session to -- all we did is guaranteed freedom of expression of their will. and the majority of the people in this room, and most people in the world, they understand because no one understood had we not done that in crimea, the situation would have been even worse than odessa. but people were burned alive. no one is trying to give any explanation or condemn those to plame for such a tragedy. now, you tell me who is stuck in the past and who is acting -- taking into account the reality office today's world? >> -- for you to step up and say something. is there something you can do at this stage or at this point to encourage pro-russian groups in ukraine now to reduce the level of tension and violence to allow the democratic process to go ahead on sunday and perhaps come back to a settlement or a resolution that would be acceptable to you? >> translator: we believe and we always believed i was remained and committed to the idea. we have be

ukraine we have to ask several members of american political lights. they want to achieve now because what they are actually achieving now by suppressing militarily is suppressing goals of the protest in the southeast of ukraine particularly as levinson is that they will have the situation in waves there will be no more possibility even the slightest possibility for a united ukraine. back now to our breaking news story and the deadly standoff in ukraine that has now spread to the country south there have been casualties and scores of injured people in the country's biggest port city of odessa which on the whole had remained relatively peaceful following february's coup in kiev these are the latest pictures we're getting from local television there from outside the trade unions building where supporters of greater autonomy have been forced and after trying to seek shelter there thousand strong mob apparently besieged the building over a dozen people have reportedly been killed some of the victims died after jumping out of the windows that is according to witnesses others died of gunshot wounds scores of injured people have been lying in the streets crying for help at the same time masked men in blac

formats which improve the geneva or statement we need to engage the representatives of the southeast of ukraine without them we'll be able to move forward. bloomberg agency. all good turnouts bloomberg mr lover of. ukraine expects sri even seeing may the presidential election but on the eleventh of may will have referendums in dinette scandal guns. which of these events could russia or see as legitimate war will be the criteria for. well i asked for a criteria in terms of the freewheel it's well known and the referendum or election should be free it's fair it's. a situation where there's no violence. and of course you should have international monitors present. so if these criteria are met we will think about our stance on these events. holding elections in a situation where you use your armed forces against fraction of a us civilian population is unusual we're it's not of ghana style where we have an ongoing war and elections taking place. that's for may the twenty fifth and the presidential election well we will. of course observe how this procedure is held and how it will end but there's one

in the southeast of ukraine with the intention that he repress the opposition movement against the current regime that is taking control in kiev and there is the unspoken assumption which is proven true that he would hire his own army of mercenaries to further that a war i don't think that the western media are using that and i these revelations are unfortunate it is they've long ago chosen sides and a few massacres and involvement of all of dark figures and corruption is simply not going to chair into the narrative they're spinning in the western media at this point. defense forces of the newly percs lamed an ant's people's republic are urging ukraine's military to withdraw from the region they say they will move against kids troops if the ultimatum isn't mad by the end of thursday gunfire and artillery have been heard outside slovyansk the city which is six hundred kilometers from kiev and it was among the first to face crackdown by government forces and as are his policy reports after being under siege by the army for weeks now the city is on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe. we'

personally i'd say they want the plague of nationalism to spread all over ukraine nobody in the southeast. still the rest of ukraine needs any of his kind of nationalism. to the. to the. attitude of. we want the europe that the crusaders fought for us the europe the european nationalist force for. europe of white people. muslims humiliate the natives now they take away our lands. we will stand for europe the whites of europe. the traditional europe. for the free nation europe. it's clear it's a nation was what do you think about the situation in the country is it good or bad it's awful first they drove a wedge between us in our russian brothers. yang like when we asked for and night are going to travel to russia not to anywhere else i want to live in the desert i want everything to be fine. i want us to be friends with russia the west is not for us you know this union what's happening in our country it's a nightmare how do said life in prison is my salary is ninety two dollars per month we can get by gas prices are now about to spike by seventy three percent received the prices for medici

man in southeast ukraine reportedly from the radical right sector group tried to seize control of europe's biggest nuclear power plant. clashes on the streets of germany's anger of the e.u. policies reaches boiling point and that's what portugal officially gets off the blocks bailout hope. you'll. find you. take these lawmakers left red faced over this car which aimed to attract voters but ended up causing a huge backlash. good morning my name is kevin i mean this is a t. international just past one am now in the morning here in moscow first that genetically modified foods are widely treated with suspicion but soon maybe in russia produces could end up being classed as terrorists a bills been submitted to parliament that seeks to radically increase the punishment for farmers that violate g.m. regulations. pictures like these are becoming common in different parts of the globe in the us canada brazil germany and china g.m. foods are beginning to dominate entire sections of the market for instance up to eighty five percent of corn and around ninety percent of soybeans are genetically modifie

moscow said it's still see as the possibility of an internal dialogue between activist in southeast ukraine and the key authorities russia's foreign ministry released a statement suggesting the result of the vote clearly indicates the real attitude of citizens towards getting political decision making power moscow old school believes the outcome is a step forward on the road map outlined during april's talks in geneva well let's get more analysis on east ukraine secession drew drive with marcus papadopoulos editor on the u.k. magazine and politics first marcus things much for joining us here on our to international to discuss this well as we see russia's foreign minister's response to the referendum has been more muted in others what do you make of this reaction. well first of all russia understand she cranes make up its delicate nature better than any other country in the world and from the beginning of this crisis which has to be clarified was brought about by the democratically elected president was over from russia has been saying since then. ukraine adopting federalization is the only

isn't the first offensive launched by ukraine's military on pro-war tone i mean protesters in southeast ukraine last month an operation was launched in the dawn yet screecher with some of the tanks that was sent ended up siding with activists as soon as they entered the rest of region and just a week ago kiev launched its first crackdown on protesters and with members of the right sector group taking part. we will be closely following the situation in eastern ukraine where a military operation to retake the protester held city of slavyansk is well underway will bring you details as soon as we get them right here on r.t. international. i. from now on nato will view russia as an enemy not of patna the books deputy head is reportedly told this to journalists he said more troops could be sent to the region to counter what the alliance sees as russian aggression in ukraine guy nature can reports. a top nato official says the alliance now sees russia as an enemy alexander vershbow the deputy secretary general of nato who also served as the us ambassador to russia two years ago was quoted as saying cl

do you think we'll see this operation spreading to other parts of the country right now east southeast ukrainecurrently . unfortunately i think so absolutely it's going to spread across the country probably cross the eastern portion of the country for sure we've seen the cia and it's n.g.o.s a cd money in the state department five billion dollars as he said as far back as december this was not an organic revolution we have a whole bunch of new nazis being supported by western billionaires and n.g.o.s for a takeover and a lot of ethnic russians in eastern ukrainians are not having it and they've protested which is their right to do and seizing and fighting back and now they have the military thrown on them so i do you are saying though with that with the evidence of the u.s. state department involved n.g.o.s as you were saying as well the billions sent and also the from mentoring of discontent some are saying that the russian president was backed into a corner he had to react what do you think well he did have to react and we have also the recent conscription is back they want to institute a dr

position so dramatically yesterday calling for the pro-russian separatists in the eastern and southeast of ukraineo postpone the referendum scheduled for this weekend. they've come out and said, well, look, we're going to go ahead with it anyway, completely defying what the russian president asked them to do. that indicates that either they're not under control of the russian president as many in the west said they were, or it implies that the vlad meet putin said this on purpose, to try to put distance between him and what happens next in eastern ukraine. a lot of smoke and mirrors taking place in ukraine. that issue of the troops on the border as well, 40,000 or more russian troops sent by mr. putin have been moved back to their bases. no confirmation from nato or white house officials. the kremlin saying nato is trying to mislead cynically the international community by saying there's no troop movements in the area. so the war of words between east and west on this issue, carol. >> he can't exactly hide 40,000 troops on the border. there are ways of spotting them. >> reporter: exactly. obviousl

administration struggles to defend and clarify its current policies regarding ukraine or an independence referendum in the southeast of the country is slated for sunday assistant secretary of state victoria nuland faced a grilling by both the house and senate foreign policy oversight committees this week nuland claims new in ukraine presidential elections scheduled for may twenty fifth are a national security priority for the u.s. but republican congressman dana rohrabacher of california questioned the utility of new elections and aggressively challenge new ones description of the anti-government protesters and if. we did have a legitimate election before and the elected president was removed after we had major street violence there were pictures that people of people running around with these that were we were told were neo nazis. first of all the vast majority of those who participated on the my dawn were peaceful protesters if you had a chance to see the pictures and some many of us visited including many members here there were mothers and grandmothers and that are in the main don't every day i have a lever how

the locations of their regular exercises president putin also urged dialogue between kiev in ukraine southeastsuggesting the referendum on its independence we perspire own my trousers go that side of the story. during this press conference with the chairman of the oh is he lie to me or putin suggesting that the pro autonomy referendum in the donetsk region in the east of ukraine should still be held however he feels it should be postponed to a later date. but we asked the representatives of southeastern ukraine and proof federalization supporters to postpone the referendum on the regional tommy for the eleventh of may this year. putin says the west is blaming russia when the situation in ukraine is actually in a deadlock whereas it's the west who he claims has been supporting an illegitimate coup in kiev moscow is saying that it wants to resolve this crisis in the interests of all citizens of ukraine and that all of their points of view should be taken into account in seeking a resolution to the no accusing far right radical groups not laying down their arms and also saying that he have is not

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pro-fascist right sector as well as other national organizations against their own people in the southeast of the ukraine by the government in kiev. the ukrainian forces using tanks and other heavy artillery with military helicopters striking and entrenching fighters. the first blood has been let and there is information about the wounded and killed. if the criminal misadventures are not stopped, the catastrophic context for the ukraine cannot be avoided. against theirres to carry out its obligations under the geneva separation for a swift halt of all violence and the launching of broad national dialogue and political forces. if someone was shouting, it is definitely clear that the many declarations of the so-called government to begin a nationwide dialogue. we know these declarations are nothing but hypocrisy. violating the obligations from 17 april which were quiet to halt all violence. taking efforts to de-escalate , and with our them under --ds for finding a solution on the issue on the held military specialists. kiev regime with the use of military force effectively annihilating any hope. the partic

donetsk eastern ukraine president putin also urged dialogue between care of and ukraine southeast suggesting referendum on its independence should be postponed or he's not treasure has the details. during this press conference with the chairman of the oas eat right here putin suggesting that the pro autonomy referendum in donetsk region in the east of ukraine should still be held however he feels it should be postponed until a later date. but if they did we ask the representatives of south eastern ukraine and pro federalization supporters to postpone the referendum on the regional autonomy for the eleventh of may this year. putin says the west is blaming russia when the situation in ukraine is actually in the deadlock whereas it's the west who he claims has been supporting an illegitimate coup in kiev. when our colleagues in europe in the us drive the situation into that we took the shift responsibility on to moscow those who committed that and those who supported these actions responsibility for the situation and. those who supported these actions financially politically and through media a