within ukraine ukraine no longer become part of the european union the won't tell tales ukraine absolutely doesn't have the economic level to become part of the e.u. we're going. to. put it on your arm and a lot of these. people. a pleasure to have you with us here on t.v. today i'm sure. you know. this is. a low and welcome to crossfire for all things are considered on people of the western interest crisis in ukraine has revealed the extent of western media is the inability or unwillingness to report this important story to western narrative as closely mirror the talking points generated from the powers that be this begs the following question is what media merely the instrument of the rich and powerful. crosstalk media coverage of ukraine i'm joined by my guest when will oxon writer in berlin he's an editor and reporter and in moscow we cross to dimitri bobbitt she's a political analyst. with the voice of russia radio station right gentlemen crosstalk roles in fact that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it before you start the program graham phillips who wo

so from these calls even from the western press you understand why people in ukraine eastern ukraine are waging war why they're resisting because this is exactly what they read every day in the nationalist newspapers from kiev this is what they watch and hear from television in kiev and in the wharf and in other cities or of ukraine including sometimes their own c.d.'s because there are still some nationalists operating in hardock of even then yes so people watch it they hear it every day and they try to defend themselves and of course victoria nuland had no clue about the existence of such tensions in ukraine she doesn't know anything about what was the walled war two in ukraine for people to understand why you know the insurgents are in slovyansk are ready to die for the memory or all of the second world war i can just tell you of on figure in most of the places in eastern ukraine from von forth to yvonne third of the population perished during the war with germany there it's why it is sacred that's why they warned given i mean well you know one of the things you know if you look a

between the european union and ukraine. which is an important subject. we. urged our partners to begin. politicised professional and pragmatic dialogue. conversation about how the commitments of ukrainian state on the free trade area with the c i s and. the commitments of which the agrarian side is ready to take with him but not yet rectified association agreement with the e.u. . coincide so how they're actually made to put together. this topic as you know. is laying with the. existing prices because the accusations. towards president xi are no coverage last november were. the association agreement and that served as a pretext to. begin the possible action to organize the protests which ended in a military an armed. and before that moment and after that moment we regularly urged the card is to sit down at the same table and talk about the situation how would we find the. solutions to. where there is the contradiction of the commitments of ukraine towards the c.i.s. free trade area and the e.u. association. we are speak for.

did it's eastern ukraine. international law expert alexander macoris joins us live now to discuss the release of the russian soldiers who've been detained for five days in ukraine alexander good to speak to you. just to start with there was that previous incident where ukrainian troops they crossed the russian border several times by all accounts they were released the bulk of them within just warm day why do you think the russian paratroopers there were detained by ukrainian officials for the best part of a week. because the ukrainian government wanted to milk the incident all political publicist says they're trying to argue and have been trying to argue for a long time that they're not really fighting enough for the people of the eastern ukraine but that they're fighting the russian army so here they had ten russians actual ten actual russian soldiers and they were able to parade them and put them on television and to show them as proof of the claim that they've been making for a long time that it is the rus

we are still under attack in ukraine. than ever, the terrorist forces still occupy considerable part of the region, although we have been advancing quite considerably. it is a bout a number of russian citizens, mainly russian who have links to russian special forces, who lead the terrorists. who not about the people represent donetsk. it's about propaganda machine. population into believing that splitting is with ukraine would mean a cleaned late -- clean slate in life. building up criminal gangs, and seduce others. the intimidate those who refuse to obey. they have everything. they have the most modern fire guns. now they can rely on sophisticated systems that can shoot down international airplanes. you can imagine, there is probably still the possibility of the kalashnikov on the market. how can you teach the terrorists ? forces areed increasingly more involved in fighting. ofhad a number of cases shelling our troops. intruding in ukrainian airspace, using all kinds of systems. it is a [indiscernible] kind of situation.

secondly they meddled in the ukraine particularly european union trying to bring ukraine out of the russian sphere of influence into the european influence that was a big mistake because it threatened russia just as the extension of nato did and then america obama failed totally to see the similarity between the crimean situation and the cuban situation of the one nine hundred sixty s. in the cuban situation said the union trod on americans vital interests close to america and president kennedy could not stand down even if it meant going to nuclear summer and i'm sorry for interrupting you here but i think it's really all know that america doesn't see russia as an equal partner i mean what's allowed to america certainly in the in the minds of sound washington insiders is not allowed to russia but can i ask you about something that you mentioned earlier that you know any possible deal should be aggrieved by the big table by the big powers of the united states and the really ripping union. yesterday really heard from some finnish officials that they were very instrumental in facilitating a se

or for ukraine to be unstable for a long time. ukraine is too important. so what is the action now to get to the table and reach a solution? what are the red lines you foresee? >> thank you. i agree with what you said. since helsinki, 13 new countries have emerged. more than 20 or 25 in europe, which means borders are not unchangeable. they are changing. and as i said, russia's action in crimea is absolutely in accordance with international law. this is clear. this is crystal clear. territorial integrity and the right of a nation for self-determination. that is what involved. and great powers, this is their habit. they are picking. if they like this, they take this. if they don't like this, they don't take this. second, i would like to tell you one thing which really very seriously struck me. it's for you to understand the modern russia. the grandson of molotov said on one of the programs that now he is the chairman of the education committee in russian parliament. very influential member of the circle of people. he said isn't it a shame that russia suppor

destabilize ukraine? outright annexation of eastern parts of the country to create a land bridge to the recently annexed peninsula? is the west prepared to do anything in retaliation to what they see is a move from the putin government. joining us for that conversation, constantine, program director for the center on global interests, from london, the senior policy fellow at the european council on foreign relations and robert hunter, former united states embassador to nato. let me start with you. are these collums of russian tanks are these elements of the russian army. >> i mean, reports on the ground certainly confirm that so called green men spotted not too far away from the southern city. indicate that perhaps these are special forces similars to the ones that were instrumental in securing crimea. we should also be careful to generalize and say that this is a full scale russian invasion. if you monitor social media of the separatist, it becomes clear by listening to the accents that a lot of them are

did it's eastern ukraine. earlier international law expert alexander mccurry joined us to discuss the release of the russian soldiers who had been held for five days. creaming government wanted to milk the. political. they're trying to argue and have been trying to argue for a long time that they're not really fighting the people of the eastern ukraine but that they're fighting the russian army so here they had ten russian actual ten actual russian soldiers and they were able to grade them and to them on television and to show them as proof of the claim that they've been making for a long time that it is the russian army that they're fighting rather than their own the evidence does not look which will convince you that there are any russian troops there but of course one can have un convincing evidence if people want to believe it and these ten russian soldiers unfortunately were if you like a gift from heaven in that respect involve a self proclaimed authorities internet say they have a large ukraine's army t

attempted violation of twenty one sixty six you know ukraine is now a playground. for western countries but especially for united states against russia and i don't think they are very. interested. about do it human rights question in ukraine you know it's double standard all the time the united states defend the human rights in countries they don't like but they don't defend them in countries which are of their ally so since the government is brought american it's obvious they were not different human rights in ukraine. now says it will extend a cease fire near the flight m.h. seventy crash site but only after it receives an official request from international investigators. next to us gun rights advocates have written a children's book to promote the idea that attack is the best form of defense and to trust your weapon and i said you can spoke to parents who support the idea and those who don't. a new children's book has hit the bookshelves of america my parents' open carry is designed to explain to children why it is a great idea for their parents to be carrying

ukraine will not become part of the european union the won't tell tales ukraine ops. he doesn't have the economic level to become part of the e.u. and. america's colleges which through hollywood television and the media have become very familiar. with campuses american football its cheerleaders and the notorious parties. it's a life young people dream of but behind the picture post is a nightmare for female students. one in five will be a victim of rape during this studies according to the figures published by the department of justice. how and why is this happening. for the first time some of the victims of the epidemic. we are in los angeles. tells her story. iris raped in december two thousand and ten. the morning of december fourth two thousand and ten in my bed. in the cardinal gardens housing contacts at the university of california. i didn't know what to do . over and over again. and i stopped after.

it's also petra chemicals, very nornt ukraine. maybe swap the sides of the tables a bit and say, russia has an even bigger interest in making sure that this does not deteriorate into something that involves western military power gns russian military power, and that incense sieve that russia has the geography and all the time in the world to continue to put pressure on ukraine. it haven't have to invade to retain leverage on kiev. the invasion, in our view, the most expensive of the options russia has. these sorts of events as we're seeing today will produce pullbacks in the market, surprises for the market. the tonality had been better this week. we saw that as well and think it may go back and forth for a while until becomes clearer both sides have a strong incentive to avert the worst case. >> seems russia has that, especially given the effect of these sanctions, to name one thing on their economy. yet i quote the 2345i9 oh spokesperson talking to reuters, va russia is doing the opposite of what it's saying even as it calls for

ukraine you know we're going to get in three i'll tell you corruption in ukraine it makes russians blush ok believe me joshua just let me go to you in new york one of the if you looked at some of the pictures taken at that summit it was extremely interesting you had the e.u. you had ukraine you had russia you had the customs union and you had also representatives of the association agreement with the european union it's amazing isn't it i mean we had that option by. back in november we had that option when everybody was around the table saying hey maybe we can kind of work this out you know we can finance this we can give a little bit on that we all can compromise but no brussel said no no no three times and then what and now let's go to the president how many people have died how many people are displaced how many people have been injured this economy is in tatters and all of a sudden i see lady ashton in minsk remarkable. it's just incredible because when president putin in november offered ukraine to have that or all economic relations with the e.u. and russia the e.u. didn't want to

pleated any allegations of russian troops on ukraine soil stressing that ukraine has made no real steps towards appeasing the situation in the east and he stressed that it's essential to maintain the peaceful and positive tone of tuesday's international meeting that took place in minsk and the russian envoy also called upon the united states to stop interfering in the affairs of other states said the number of refugees coming out of ukraine has been growing geometrically of thousands of civilians are living in bomb shelters in east ukraine and just minutes before he took the floor u.s. ambassador to the u.n. samantha power called for more pressure on moscow over what she called the lies coming from russia she also stressed that ukraine has been looking for a political solution to the crisis. well the murders the session of the un security council was called for by ukraine that was after president poroshenko claimed that russia was invading his country russia's defense ministry says that these allegations bear no relation to reality and later on poroshenko also suggested that russian and

did it's eastern ukraine. which is deputy defense minister is said to kids accusations that moscow has boots on the ground in ukraine or is supplying arms to anti government forces are simply incorrect he made the comments to slovakia media earlier on saturday. you know we're just you so it's cool so ukraine was part of the soviet union and there were many arms depots across the soviet union and when russia and ukraine became separate states millions of automatic rifles mines and artillery systems were left on ukraine's territory so there were warehouses with arms on the territory where kiev is now conducting its punitive action against its own people and these warehouses came under control of anti-government forces people who took up arms to defend their rights so to speak about russia supplying arms to dennett's cool lugansk is simply wrong just look at what ukraine's army is fighting with it's fighting with russian arms or soviet arms to be correct meanwhile european leaders are at a summit in brussels and

the mainstream media of the conflict in ukraine is that. the people in ethnic korean have nothing to do with the fighters who are fighting there they are captured by these alien fighters who came in from outside and they simply want to be free from there the fact that they were taken over they're not being bombarded heavily we don't know about the numbers of refugees or the ninety thousand people were already displaced internally and over two hundred thousand people were led to russia they didn't flee to kiev they fled to russia we have no idea of the catastrophe humanity humanitarian catastrophe which has taken place in east ukraine so at the same time the people in ukraine are being demonized as mobs loyalists by listeners. responsible people who can. be trusted and are constantly lying and we also have an impression that russia is constantly invading which is absolutely false as if russia it's kind of lochness monster which is always erupting from somewhere you never see it actually in front of us it's just always emerging i like to jog

ukraine's prime minister says his country's sovereignty has been violated. >> russia's goal is ukraine itself. it cannot accept the fact that ukraine made the decision to sign and association agreement with the european union. we are moving forward. we are part of europe. that's where we are heading and where we will end up. >> meanwhile, russia's state media and local officials are reporting that the first vehicles in the convoy have arrived in lujan's -- luhansk, a rebel stronghold. the eu and u.s. have condemned russia's latest move, saying it runs counter to an agreement with the red cross. the icrc was to export the -- escort the convoy, but it backed out because of the volatile security situation. kiev says neither its customs officials know the red cross know the contents of all the trucks and that the delivery is a ploy to resupply separatist forces. so far, moscow has ignored international calls to withdraw. >> our correspondent joins us now from kiev. ukraine is talking tough, describing the convoy coming in as an invasion, but what can kiev do about it? >> i don't think that

eastern ukraine. earlier this week ukraine's president better version guess said russia had invaded his country international media outlets immediately ran with the story that it should count looks at some of the coverage. panic alert in western media after key if tweeted that russia invaded ukraine when reports started coming in that fighting broke out between the rebels and ukrainian forces in the port town of. many were quick to claim that it's russia's doing what seems to be happening on the ground however is that russian troops of pushing in from russia photos of tanks emerged in social media with nothing to suggest that they were operated by russian soldiers kill you put out this video claiming it's a russian tank. but while journalists were grappling with the new developments and struggling with the pronunciation of the town that was supposedly being invaded this is no bus got u.s. and nato officials pushed ahead with accusing russia of deploying more than one thousand troops and heavy artiller

russia concept a condition for settling ukraine's prices but it will do everything to facilitate peace there was a statement from president putin as he said done with his ukrainian counterpart petro poroshenko put the very first time. a blaze iraq said one of the regions along just chemical plants while ukraine's army continues to shell the resistance with shells. british authorities have been love shocked by the growing number of people getting radicalized into jihad they now want to take away passports of those going to war zones while encouraging citizens to spy on potential terrorists. and as the popularity of civilian drones grows in the u.s. or the small aircraft buzzing through the skies are turning into a serious threat for air traffic. for me it wherever you're watching us around the world welcome to moscow into our to international you with me tom long with day russia will do its best to help said peace process in ukraine those words coming from vladimir putin this handshake to picked off law the first sit down meeting of the russian and ukrainian president at an internationa

last week ukraine called russia's delivery of humanitarian aid into eastern ukraine an invasion this week it accused moscow of quote unquote a full scale invasion the western media that is generally not putting much distinction between rebels and washer quickly picked up that side of the story that is despite the fact that this thursday the ois sea which is now monitoring the russian border with ukraine said they saw no evidence of russian troops and tanks crossing the border the u.n. said it could not independently verify the reports of the russian invasion but a u.n. security council meeting was called upon where western members pushed to hold russia responsible russia stop this conflict at least two thousand two hundred twenty people including twenty three children have died in the conflict in eastern ukraine but we've never heard the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. call on key to stop bombing its own people in washington i'm going to r.t. . the foreign press. association in london has become the latest organization to call for the release of a russian journalist who's been missing in

that ukraine so wishes and provided ukraine provide the necessary criteria.meantime, ukraine has decided to pursue a so called non alliance policy. we fully respect that. we fully respect if parliament decides to change. that policy because we adhere to principle that each and every nation has the right to decide itself without interference from out side. we hope that other nations adhere to the same principle. >> was that discussed at today's meeting? >> it was not discussed today. >> secretary general, we right now completely new situation, but i would like to repeat old question. how nato can really help or nato member countries in ukraine situation. thank you. >> at the summit in whales next week, we'll take decisions as to how we will will enhance our how to increase our cooperation with ukraine. among other initiatives, we are establishing four trust funds to finance concrete initiatives within four areas. command and control, cyber defense, help through military personnel including wounded personnel. i'm very please had already at today's meeting sever

convoy of eight trucks into ukraine.ap reporting nato are condemning russia for sending those trucks without permission int from the ukrainian government. ukrainian officials are describing it as an invasion. and nato secretary general calls it a violation of ukraine's sovereignty, and the pentagon is calling on russia to withdraw the convoy immediately. this should take us to an administration breeding that will start at 1:30. tothe good news is according media reports the first trucks from the russian humanitarian convoys have reached the city of lugansk, which has been besieged and shelled by the ukrainian ,ilitary for the past few weeks and, therefore, for that reason, a humanitarian catastrophe broke out as well as in some other cities in eastern ukraine. the population of which either is trying to flee, both the crossing into the territory of russia, and those who remain are regarding humanitarian assistance. so on the seventh of august, the foreign minister sent a letter iciche president of the announcing our atte

against the armed forces of ukraine. these units, considered well over 1000 russian troops equipped with armored vehicles, artillery and defense systems. this is a clear violation of sovereign ukrainian territory by the russian federation. it is a clear breach of international law. realitydenials of this fit into the pattern of russia's dishonest approach to ukraine from the beginning of this crisis. we all remember that russia denied that it had any extra military personnel on the ground in crimea right up until its illegal and i patient with military force -- a legal an -- annexation by military force. tanks, armored personnel toriers and artillery separatist groups for months. the separatist arsenal contains up to 100 manned battle tanks, 80 armored personnel carriers, and 100tank weapons, artillery pieces. almost all of these have been directly supplied by russia since the conflict started. in the past three weeks, this support has increased significantly. no doubt in response to ukraine's success in liberating terri

even though at the moment ukraine is being in a very. painful place and it's driven by all this idiology and the new parliament promises to be a lot more radical than the current one and that i think is a mistake but the sooner they get there the sooner i think they will find they will fall out of love with that sort of course ok on that but that's very interesting i know you have and i will be will continue i different program on that later many thanks and i guess in london and here in moscow and thanks to our viewers for watching us here darkie see you next time and remember. you know. these. as. well drug dealers. will show bush just transports gets a facelift a new cancer import he makes the most of the sun in years and signs flourishes it's almost all. check out some fun car let's say the most technology some day just here on r.g.p. we've done the future coverage based on full scope becoming independent schools a nation that nations should be self-governing govern the feels better than allow someone else to do it for a look. see thi

attempted violation of twenty one sixty six you know ukraine is now a playground. for western countries but they're specially for united states against russia and i don't think they are very. interested in. human rights question in ukraine you know it's double standard all the time the united states defending human rights in countries they don't like but they don't defend them in countries which are their ally so since kiev government is pro-american it's obvious they were not different human rights in ukraine i can tell you that kiev now says it will extend the cease fire near the flight m.h. seventeen crash site but only after it receives an official request from international investigators heavy fighting continues in eastern ukraine as the army pushes into the two biggest cities in the area and we will have more on that have to see after this short break. i'm abby martin the stories we cover here you're not going to hear any rights of our big story the extra headlines and talk there's a reason they don't want you to. point to reset. now let's break the set they

even though at the moment ukraine is being in a very. painful place and it's driven by all this idiology and the new parliament promises to be a lot more radical than the current one and that i think is a mistake but the sooner they get there the sooner i think they will find they will fall out of love with that sort of course ok on that but that's a very interesting point and i will be looking at you i did for a program on that later many thanks to my guest in london and here in moscow and thanks to our viewers for watching us here darkie see you next time and remember. these. i'm abby martin the stories we cover here we're knocking here in iraq back story. time there's a reason they don't want to know more. now let's break the set. at the end of the school is a nation that nations should be self-governing govern the in a feels better than allowing someone else to do it for all of. this month showed precious transports gets a facelift and you got something for which makes the most of the sun india is on the signs flourishes in tomsk and

integrity of ukraine. we welcome the meeting held the day before yesterday in minsk between the russian federation and ukraine, particularly in the presence of the european union. we hope that they -- that those talks will lead to concrete results and in particular to the establishment of a roadmap based on president poroshenko's peace plan. we are hoping the consultations between russia and ukraine will ensure better control of the borders and will be held soon as the parties will lead to the release of -- discussions will lead to the release of prisoners we obtained -- detained by illegal armed groups. the try lateral talks initiated by the incumbent chair of the o.s.c. are key to this regard as is it deployment of the observers of the o.s.c., the two border posts along the russian ukrainian border and hope the mandate of the mission will be broadened so it can contribute to a comprehensive and bilateral control of the russian-ukrainian border. securing the border is key for the restoration of peace beca

ukraine isn't in that position. ukraine matters less to the west. it matters more to russia.his -- this may be the problem. >> well, it's absolutely a problem for ukraine. i would, though, aly say the reason we're seeing such strong support from the baltics states and poland, is they understand we are seeing a very gross violation of international law. we are seeing for the first time since the second world war in europe, the invasion of one european country by another, and with crimea, the annexation of the territory of one european country. that is a devastating precedent for all of europe. ukraine in particular gave up its nuclear weapons, and in exchange a memorandum was signed in budapest by russia, by great britain, by france, by the united states, guaranteeing ukrai ukraine's territorial integrity. and i think that's why we're seeing russia's other neighbors being very, very anxious. and rightfully so. >> thank you so much. crista will be back with me tonight on "consider this," i'm filling in for antonio mora. >>> coming up i'm taking a closer look at the islamic stat

russia can't set conditions for setting ukraine's crisis but will do everything to facilitate peace that was the statement from president putin as he sat down with his ukrainian counterpart petro poroshenko for the very first time. blazer one of the done yes grecians largest chemical plants while ukraine's army continues to shower the resistance up with shells. and british authorities have been left shocked by the growing number of people being radicalized into jihads they now want to take away passports of those going to war zones on encouraging citizens to spy on potential terrorists. welcome my name is the harvey and you're watching international. russia will do its best to help set up a peace process in ukraine those words coming from putin this handshake you can see kicked off the first sit down meeting of the russian and ukrainian presidents at an international summit in minsk. has more. ms clinton is the first ever here between the current president of russia and ukraine and just your onlookers hoped it would herald some kind of breakthrough but didn't put in said talks went well

and secondly, since you are from the ukraine, what are the prospects of the ukraine ever coming back together with the crimea and the east and so forth? what is the future? >> well, thanks, thanks for these questions. i'll start with the second question which was ukraine. we are not sure, we don't know what will happen in eastern ukraine. what we know the way how things are turning out is that vladimir putin was talking about so-called -- [inaudible] the seven or eight regions of ukraine that would include donbas but also southern areas -- [inaudible] there were provocations in all of those regions. what we see today is that the conflict zone is -- [inaudible] so it is -- [inaudible] and it is too early to say what will happen there. my hope is that when on the 7th of june ukraine gets its legitimate president -- now we don't have really, we have interim president -- that the situation change on the ground in ukraine but also the situation change internationally. we'll see whether that will happen or not, but that is my hope. in terms of the crimea, crimea for the first time that hap

yesin of arter eastern ukraine. meanwhile the ukrainian army's attacks in any eastern ukraine are unrelenting the forces sent by care are pushing on with their operation to crush the anti-government forces there is a church that came of the shelling during evening mass energy can clearly see severe damage inflicted there no roof or many of the walls of been reduced to rubble. to journalists who were detained in ukraine have now been released that they were a correspondent in a photographer for a crimea based newspaper of fortunately though there's still no word on the missing photojournalist andris then when he disappeared in ukraine three weeks ago numerous campaigns for his release have been held across the globe backed by calls from the un russia and international human rights organizations were posting updates on the search for under a stand in on our web site r.t. dot com. the u.s. will deploy its unmanned drones to patrol the syrian skies to survey positions of islamic state militants the move was approved by

so they can control what's going on in the ukraine and prevent ukraine from getting on with the businessebuilding its country, forging strong and productive links with the west. economic links that can put this country out of its economic dependence and stand on its own. poroshenko is a moderate that wants to talk to putin. he faces extreme nationalist forces in his own country who wants to see him take the battle to russia. he is in a very tricky position. >> samantha powers is speaking at this emergency meeting. >> thank you. mr. president, representatives on this council, this is our 24th session to try to reign in russia's aggressive acts in ukraine. every single one of those sessions has sent a straightforward, unified message. russia, stop this conflict. russia is not listening. we said it when russia flagrantly invaded crimea and after the shocking downing of malaysian flight 17 which took the lives of innocent men, women, and children and infants from 11 countries and we say it today as russia's soldiers, tanks, air defense and artillery support and fight alongside separatists as

s moving through an unidentified location alleging that crossed into ukraine . and coming up. also to sanctions fever cools in europe as a leader after leader comes out against of further economic restrictions on russia businesses in their countries already feeling the sting of moscow's countermeasures . i. i hear us government employees to the teeth security officers to contain countrywide protests now demanding justice over the police killing of a teenager. who just after ten pm here in moscow my name is kevin owen first the russian military vehicles have allegedly crossed over into ukraine and were destroyed there that's the top story tonight here's a quote from the official website of the ukrainian president indeed. more on what those claims are based on. on thursday evening two foreign journalists reported that they had seen more than twenty russian armored personnel carriers crossed into ukraine not far from the place where the russian humanitarian aid convoy is parked they didn't cleared any proof for this statement but already on friday morning some other western journ

high level talks on how to resolve the crisis in east ukraine have concluded in berlin with germany's foreign minister saying some progress made. meanwhile a russian humanitarian convoy is finally on the move after being stalled for three days its cargo for civilians trapped in the east ukraine conflict zone is undergoing checks at the border. of the us with police using tear gas military weapons and the power of arrest protests over shot dead by an officer have lasted almost a week. and the u.s. says it will expand its military support for kurdish fighters in iraq as a pitched battle continues to take a critical day from islamic jihad. broadcasting live from moscow recapping our top stories with our weekly program this is thomas glad to have you with us and a second round of talks to resolve the ukrainian crisis has concluded in berlin with a german foreign minister stating that some progress has been made the meeting lasted for five hours after a two month hiatus top diplomats of germany france ukraine and russia were giving direct talks another try peter all of us are peter all ove

eastern ukraine. the strong rhetoric by ukraine's president has sparked a storm of accusations against moscow in the media also under way right now in vienna is an emergency meeting of the. organization of security and cooperation in europe and reform is here with me in the studio words been spoken at the moment ukraine is the focus of a fierce debate an emergency meeting of the. vienna it's an organization which addresses security issues in europe and ukrainian ambassador has apparently told the meeting there is an open military invasion by russia something russia flatly denies while i've been reading the tweets from the u.s. ambassador who's at the meeting to you need to get the impression it is extremely heated russia has apparently complained about the insulting words used by daniel buyer and his response to that was the russian foreign ministry prefers kremlin crimes are discussed in polite language so it's clear no punches are being pulled in this emergency meeting of the u.s. see which is ongoi

in the west never support ukraine.it is so dependent on russia. russia subsidizes that economy to the tune of $5 billion to maybe $10 billion per year. ukraine's future depends on russia. it's just a simple fact. ukraine will never be a free, democratic, and flourishing country until wash a is at least moving in that direction. that is just the fact. and to think that we can somehow develop and protect and make a wonderful society and country movingukraine without russia in the right direction, i think that is utopian. on assistance to ukraine and whether or not -- i mean, that is often held up as -- there was an article about a week ago where the author said the challenge is to support ukraine. but if what you said is right, then that actually should not be the strategic objective, because it is destined to fail. >> i think cliff is making some really important points with this, and to be clear, my point was that russia had tried not the negative versions, although they had done the negative versions before, but that

eastern ukraine. president putin has shed some light on the behind the scenes the placea over ukraine in an interview with russian national media refinance sums up the key points. i just came back from ukraine where we were working for one month and this time weakness to very dramatic escalation in speaking and made this very dangerous spread of violence in ukraine's east london airport he has his opinion on why it is happening. how can anyone say it's ok to open fire with artillery and multiple rocket launchers on cities do you really expect people to do nothing and wait for their own deaths so what's happening now is a natural reaction by the people who live there and who are defending their rights and one of those who took up weapons first blood and put in has also commented on upcoming parliamentary elections in ukraine saying that it will nor help is the tensions in the country. all the candidates want to show how tough they are in the current circumstances it's hard to imagine anyone will advert

, of possibly sending troops into the ukraine. that we have seen to come out, but at this point, russia has shown no signs of backing down. >> thank you very much indeed. live update, and we will continue to monitor that meeting. has condemned -- by activists fighting the syrian army. the u.n. soldiers were detained earlier on thursday, -- in the israeli occupied heights. u.n. peace keepers have been monitoring the area, since the war in 1974. more than 1200 u. n. peace keepers there. as well as those from fiji and the philippines. the soldiers are with the united nations disengangment on server force. the immediate reare lease of all the peace keepers and called upon all parties to cooperate with good faith, to enable it to operate freely, and to ensure full security of it's personal. they called upon countries with influence, to strongly convey to the armed members of the opposition, to immediately release the peace keepers. earlier they met to discuss syria, and heard some powerful testimony about the dire situation facing civi

and ukraine now needs nato's help. > it is clear that nato cannot support ukraine with troops and we do not expect nato member states to do so. we can't protect ourselves. we need your assistance to stop aggression. >> till just a few days ago, the rebels in eastern ukraine seemed to be on the back foot, forced out of their base, their strong holds. then came reports of russian tanks and troops coming over the border and now the fighting has spread south. another is under pro-russian control and ukrainians fear another attack. but to involve nato is dangerous. look at ukraine's long border with russia. if nato agreed to help protect it could start an all-out war with russia, a nightmare scenario which throughout the cold war nato managed to avoid. as e.u. foreign ministers gathered today, tensions were rising. >> these are polish apples that president putin say are poisonous. >> tonight, the poles barred the defense minister's plane from using polish airspace. the germans warned the crisis was slipping out of control. the talk of tougher sanctions. nato secretary general did not rule

of tensions within ukraine ukraine will not become part of the european union who won't tell tales ukraine absolutely doesn't have the economic level to become part of the e.u. . welcome back israel and palestinians have agreed to a new seventy two hour ceasefire this week witnessed a new wave of violence with civilians in gaza again bearing the brunt the signs that restarted us that it is after previous talks to prolong the cease fire brought little results. i. mean is it true then and. only did i leave again let me know. a month long conflict of this claimed more than nineteen hundred lives left gaza in ruins and the return of hostilities brings the region even closer to a humanitarian disaster tens of thousands of homes were destroyed or damaged by israeli strikes universities hundreds of schools and mosques were rendered into rubble and reports say harf a million people were displaced that's almost a third of the population for more than a million civilians there's no fresh drinking water we talked to medics without borders advisor michel back from the isle she for hospital she says th

they are being captured in ukraine. they claim those are russian tanks in the ukraine. those are all very strong indicators that those satellite pictures are telling the truth or at least part of the truth. >> nato may have a good case to stand on but what can it do? >> wheel was have to remind people that ukraine is not part of nato. they can reinforce the eastern border and have beefed up their presence there. nothing permanent yet. it might change. we have a nato summit next week and u.s. president barack obama is going to the baltic states. we assume people there that is there for them making -- having a major policy speech. >> thank you very much. if you're just joining us, the un security council in an emergency meeting right now. >> russian forces have entered the country. he is calling it a full-scale invasion. >> this video is of a russian tank in the middle of the ukrainian city. these images appear to show russian military vehicles just over the border. images and bits of information that put together seem to imply that russian troops are indeed operating on