because of ukraine's restrain. we are committed to peaceful settlement and urge russia to do the same. the second point. we agreed in minsk to ensure that monitoring and verification of the ceasefire by the nch oec. we agreed to ensure the permit nant mont torg. envisaging creation of security zones in the border regions of ukraine and the russian federation. ukraine has rendered all necessary assistance for the commission in ukraine to effectively implement this. russian supported militants did not extend security guarantees to the oec personal to all areas that they control and systemically obstruct the activities. moreover, in order to hide violations they use cutting-edge electronic warfare to jam the drones. that is disturbing efforts in the region in spite of minsk agreements. the russian side also refused to join the consensus on the proposed expansion of the mandate of the existing observation mission at two russian border checkpoints to all checkpoints along the 400 kilometer segment in the regions. with t

smf willn ukraine, monitor eastern ukraine but also the natab region at the state border between ukraine and russian federation. smf continues to reduce tensions and look for peace, a sustainable cease-fire can only be reached by both involved. we will continue to cooperate with the united nations. again, we need this collection and maximum participation. we will continue with partial monitoring an independent objective reporting. they ask all concerned to urgently commit to full implementation of the minsk documents designed to bring peace and stability to the ukraine. thank you, mr. president for your attention. >> i think the ambassador for his briefing. i never give the floor to ambassador tagliabini. >> thank you, mr. chairman and distinguished delegates and ladies and gentlemen, at this moment, [indiscernible] there are two documents that were declined by the group and representatives [indiscernible] there continues to be fighting of some strategic locations. this fighting is severe with heavy weaponry. it is costing the lives of servicemen and civilians together with many persons

other countries, compared to a lot of these ex soviet have done better than ukraine has. >> ukraine wanted to engage with the europeans even under former ouousted president yanukovych. so that's the issue. ukraine is the ugly stepchild. nobody's really interested in it. now we say that we're supporting them. we've got a #diploma #diplomacy. with all of the visits the cia director the various secretaries going over the european heads of state inviting them to the nato summit, the ukrainian president could be forgiven that he could actually win, that he could defeat the russians militarily in his backyard. that was never going to happen. and that unfortunately is the mistake of the policy we have to live with. >> up next, russia's influence extends far and wide. let russia wield significant power beyond its borders. ." >> like it are onot, the crisis in ukraine is pushing america and the west into a new cold war with russia. in crimea, the peninsula russia seized from ukraine last summer, ukrainian banks have shut their doors in that region. nearly $2 billion in loans have gone delinq

on 26th of october ukraine held elections. although there was no voting in crimea, the elections were held throughout the rest of ukraine in a manner which osce observe as largely upholding democratic commitments. yesterday 11 of november, the central electoral commission announced the official results of the election. mr. president, they are under formation of government and we are hopeful that the lead iing coalition will be committed to a rapid implementation of the comprehensive political, legal and economic reforms to which the ukrainian authorities have committed themselves. clearly the ability of the leading coalition to work constructive constructively alongside the opposition block will also be key for the unity and stability of ukraine. we also hope to see an urgent start of a comprehensive national dialogue to rebuild cohesion and address all outstanding critical national issues. mr. president, on 2nd of november, rebels held their own elections in defiance of the ukrainian government. in which were deplored by many

and we have about 300 observers throughout ukraine and half of them are now in the eastern part of ukraine. and i'll tell you what we have not been seeing, and that is a withdraw of heavy weaponry as put forth in the documents of early september. now since saturday on three separate occasions what are observers in don est city, are unmarked military vehicles. these are not ordinary trucks. they're command trucks. they were arriving from the east of the country, the eastern direction of the country, and 120 in all, and they were towing some of them, 120 howitzer military pieces as well as multiple rocket launch systems. these vehicles did not carry license plates or insignia. the men inside did not have insignia either. sheila, what we've been observing and reporting on is intense shelling we're looking for more sightings of men in camouflage in other parts of the conflict region. as chief monitor ambassador told the security council the other day is we're not seeing much adherence to that cease-fire and the civilian toll is increasing at the moment. >> we have heard this week from ukraine'

in the east of ukraine. as gal elections continue well as a sharp increase in illegal supplies by the russian federation of weapons and equipment across the border has seriously undermined the peace settlement. it signals the crush of those significants who do not keep its word. nevertheless kiev continued to obvoif the ceasefire in line with agreements and called all involved in the process to safely resume settlement efforts. we tried to make use of full possible mechanisms to forge a position. we call on russia, e.u., and the united states to meet together in the geneva format in order to give a clear and consolidated message as well as strong interest to parties involved to strictly add here to the letter and spirit of the agreements. however, we will not yield to russia's attempt to induce recognition of the arena of ring leaders by inviting them to this meeting. we keep demanding the russian federation to stop backing illegally armed groups, to strictly comply with the agreements by withdrawing its mil

half of that travels through ukraine.e 1980s, moscow get a web of pipelines linking gas fields to households and industries in europe, using ukraine as a transit state. europe today is vulnerable if russia turns up the spigot like it did to ukraine. in october, the european condition brokered a deal, allowing gas to resume flowing. that does not solve the issue of what is going on in eastern ukraine. there's fighting, there could be acts of sab stage, more problems of that -- sabotage, more problems of that nature. they are guarantees against it. >> reporter: on the front lines in poland, restaurant owner says a gas disruption could raise energy costs and tighten his budget. his pizzeria relies on gas for heating and cooking. poland relies on russia for two-thirds of its natural gas imports. >> it's a big problem, a big problem. in the same moment, the economy will go down. >> in an attempt to fix the problem, polo is taking aggressive action to free itself of russia's energy dominance. poland expect liquified gas or lng

the crisis in ukraine. the narrative in the west has focused on russia's aggressive tactics and its willingness to flight international law to maintain influence and control in ukraine. indeed, there is a lot of truth to that. but we shouldn't overlook the negligence of the united states and the european union that helped create this crisis. russia has looked with alarm at nato's expansion in the country's fa used to fall under moscow's sphere of influence, that russia would draw all line in the sands whether it came to ukraine is predictable. ukraine on borders russia's soft under belly it has a sizable population of russian speakers who look to moscow for support. it was an e.u. trade pact that triggered this crisis it ignored russia's strategic interests. but russia's real concern has always been to make sure that ukraine never joins nato. ironically ukraine's pro western leaders are now more than earring than ever to join nato beus of russia's heavy handedness in their country. if the u.s. and others re

other countries, compared to a lot of these ex soviet have done better than ukraine has. >> ukraine wanted to engage with the europeans even under former ou ousted president yanukovych. so that's the issue. ukraine is the ugly stepchild. nobody's really interested in it. now we say that we're supporting them. we've got a #diploma #diplomacy for kiev. with all of the visits the cia director the various secretaries going over the european heads of state inviting them to the nato summit, the ukrainian president could be forgiven that he could actually win, that he could defeat the russians militarily in his backyard. that was never going to happen. and that unfortunately is the mistake of the policy we have to live with. >> up next, russia's influence extends far and wide. let russia >> we're following stories of people who died in the desert. >> the borderland marathon. >> no one's prepared for this journey. >> experience al jazeera america's critically acclaimed original series from the beginning. >> experiencing it has changed me completely. >> follow the journey as six americans fa

that just shuts eastern ukraine. ukraine off from the east it does.ow, nuclear forces, capable it capable-forces that is not about kiev government, this is about us, he is signaling to us, if we want to try to escalate, he is ready for anything, he knows we'll back down, 8 bank brigades -- tank brigades that tells me he is getting ready for a third big bite, crimea, and eastern ukraine, and you know, putin has a great strength and a great weakness, that weakness he does not understand economics, and strength is he does not understand economics, high does not give a dam, the ruble is crashing, his attitude, is russia suffered worst, we'll get 3 thisthrough this and this juss him more aggressive. >> i wish we had more time. i won't ask you to speculate on the outcome. we have no idea. i want to under line everything that we're talking about here is from general breed love the nato commander, the news is not good, we should not make too much of it, but at the same time this is a balancing act, we want you to know what we know, there have you it. >> we ca

charter inside ukraine ukraine.is it now time for the europeans and americans and canadians to race a strength of those sanctions? >> the challenge is how do you deter uncontained russia in his own neighborhood? you have to start off with the premise ukraine is an existential question for the russians. they have defined it as such and that ukraine moves west this is detrimental to their own security. it's not an existential question either for the european union or the united states so we are faced with this asymmetry from the beginning and then the question is is this asymmetry and since they are going to care a lot more about this than we do how do you determine them going further in what they are doing? and so we have had several rounds of sanctions. they have clearly affected russia economically. we have had people in this room that has followed this closely. the economic situation is deteriorating. you have the fall of the ruble $28 billion just on october. we can go on and on. he can be very detrimental but in

> the ukraine government is now deploying it's forces to the east. you're watching al jazeera live from london. tensions flair between israel and palestine as israeli settlers are blamed for burning a mosque in the occupied west bank. >>> a deal between the u.s. and china is hailed as historic, but will they follow through on their pollution pledges? and? celebrations of the european space agency as after they manage to land a spacecraft on to a speeding comet. thank you for joining us. the united nations security counsel is about to meet in emergency session to discuss the rising tensions in eastern ukraine where a cease-fire agreed in september is looking increasingly fragile. they believe that russian tanks and troops have been entering the company true the border that straightests controlled. >> tightings like this have increased significantly in recent days. tanks and other military equipment on the move. kiev said that separatists are being supplied by russia, and not just tanks but bomb cat troops, too. and allegation that nato has backed up w

ukraine is an existential view. populations are interwoven in a way that leads many russians to feels that the independence of ukraine, and having a limbs severed. and we in the west don't have that feeling about ukraine. and this is an existential issue for ukrainians. and there are many youth and air crew -- russian-speaking ukrainians. steve pfeiffer. it is almost an imperative, and the ukrainians say to us, the ukrainian government says to us we need help in defending ourselves, our state, our forces, or population from russian forces that are on our territory and are firing mortars at us and killing us, according to press reports, the means to identify where those mortars are but you are not giving us the means to knock out those more installations. that should be a no-brainer. is under debate and i completely agree with steve bigham that the debate should be resolved in favor of giving the assistance. the argument against it is if we give the so-called legal defense of assistance to the ukrainians that will pr

that's particularly true in ukraine. to be winter and we know how winter can be in ukraine and russia. the russians i'm sure are making no secret of the fact that if any of these countries cause any trouble they will adjust that spigot. >> we have had now just about a one year advance notice from the russians that winter is indeed approaching and that they are going to use energy as a weapon of war or at least the run-up to war. we know also that a few weeks ago, president poroshenko and president putin came to an agreement on a cease-fire that has now been broken, that russian troops are filing in. what should nato, what should this president, what should we do about those ambitions that are right now unchecked? >> great question. the best military advice that i would give if someone were to ask me is that we need to make a firm public statement backed by exercises of our forces in our eastern european allies so places like poland, the baltic republics who welcome our troops and aircraft for exercises, need to establish

now ukraine. ukraine is a very, very difficult issue. it is very painful to many russians especially taking into account how much we are all intertwined not only economically because we are products of the same economy that was of the country but intellectually, religiously, ethnically. we are so close and so intertwined. you can hardly find a family in russia that doesn't have relatives in ukraine and vice versa. i'm one of those. and we certainly see what happened in ukraine with a lot of pain. but at the same time what is most important in russian american relations is that we kind of found ourselves on different sides of history using the american term where the united states always wanted to stay on the right side of history. and in this particular case and this very telling moment to us the united states chose to support forceful overthrow of a legitimate government. and it supported the new government that came. as we say in russian on the shoulders on extreme nationalists and almost sometimes profascist forces. i'm not suggesting

is it ukraine? ukraine, more in of the world is exposed to russia.an story is much more dire. if you look at insurance against ukrainian bonds that investors take out, they are showing there is a 2-3 chance that ukraine will default in the next five years. yield on ukrainian bonds are at 17%. they rose 1.5% yesterday. 4.5% in the last week. that is four times more expensive than in most emerging markets. their currency is down about 50%. russia has been bad, second-worst performing currency , down 30%, but the exposure of western europe, the eu, the u.s. to russia is infinitely greater than it is to ukraine, which is why we spend more time talking about it. what we have seen over the last few days is, the russians have been somewhat successful in stabilizing the ruble. it is going to be difficult. there is downward pressure. you see it right there. >> 46. it has come off after the other side of the week. >> they are not intervening. that is one of the first times they haven't intervened. they are beginning to restrict the amount of rubles they give r

it is happening in war-torn eastern ukraine. will be sent to the netherlands. >>> western leaders blasting russian aggression against ukraine. russia has steadfastly denied the troops or hardware there. cnn's matthew chance is in moscow for us there. matthew, the diplomatic reception in australia. walk us through it. >> reporter: starting off in brisbane where the g-20 summit held. frosty reception for vladimir putin from the west. they were virtually lining up to lambaste him for the alleged role in ukraine. president obama saying he was not living up to the cease-fire agreement since september 5th. the canadian prime minister shaking his hand, but telling him to get out of ukraine. blunt exchanges with the u.s. leadership and others as well with vladimir putin. there was a sense at the end he was feeling very uncomfortable. he wasn't front and center in the group photograph. he was often pushed off to one side. a sense of shunned by the host as well, tony abbott, the australian prime minister. he said he would confront putin a

in ukraine. what can we expect in light of the latest developments? >> well, this is an emergency meeting from the u.n. security council. it starts 90 minutes from now. diplomats have been concerned about the situation in ukraine for a long time, concerned about that shaky cease-fire ever since it came to force. increasingly concerned in the last week or so as they have heard reports of russian troops getting near the border. possibly crossing the border. they have been debating and calling the meeting photographer the last week. it's the u.s. they have now decided to call this meeting. the idea is to show russia what they're doing, and they mark the fact that they're doing this, of course there will be no action from the security council. there will be no action because russia will be at the meeting one of the permanent meetings and it has a veto on the action. j. >> of course, we'll be checking in with you later to find out what happened during that meeting at the u.n. >>> moving on to other wo

as far as the crisis in ukraine, german exports fell. and many analysts forecast an out right recession in europe as it grapple with the fall out from ukraine. sanctions are taking a big toll on russia's already stagnating economy. oil prices put it on the brink of recession. the ruble fell to record lows, and the bank of russia projected that investors could yank $28 billion out of the economy in 2014, more than double they took out the year before. and since sanctions hit, food prices in russia have soared, in some casings by as much as 30%. and that has prompted some russians to stock up on groceries in places like poland, where the prices are cheaper. but despite the sanctions, president putins a hold on power doesn't seem to be sanctioned. >> the most immediate seems to be among the elites, and the oligarchs and the tycoons around him, where their access to western capital has been limited, they're more dependent on the drem lynn. >> russia holds oil and gas, half of the country's federal budget. and that has been spared, at least i

. >>> tensions rise as russian troops and tanks pour over the ukraine border. what is vladimir putin's next move? ♪ >> welcome to "the journal editorial report." if there was any question about what president obama's response to the midterm rout would be, it was answered this week with the administration making it clear that it's moving left and ramming up its rule by regulation. from a china climate deal to imminent executive action on immigration, the president and his party seem to be set on a collision course with a new republican congress. so how should the gop respond? let's ask wall street journal columnist and deputy editor dan henninger, james freeman and washington column iflt, kim straussel, kim, most presidents who take a beating in the midterm election, either sound contriteor move to the middle or both. what is the white house calculation and so directly confronting congress in so many areas? >> i think the argument here that the prtd has taken on is that he believes that they didn't lose this election because the voting public disapproved of them

to discuss what the election means for ukraine, the u.s. russia, joining us are, andrew weiss, he was director of russian, ukrainian and eurasian affairs at the white house national security council. he's now with the carnegie endowment for international peace. and stephen cohen is professor emeritus of russian studies at new york university and of politics at princeton university. we well come you both back to the program. andrew weiss, to you first, are the leaders of this group, this rebel breakoff group, they say they are now independent of ukraine, are they? >> i think they are stating what we all know which is the central government of ukraine has lost sovereignty and control over this part of its territory. where it ends up and what happens next is still completely unclear. russia doesn't seem like it's about to annex the territory. kiev doesn't seem like it's about to launch a new set of hostilities to try to seize it back. >> woodruff: stephen cohen, what does independence mean, then? >> well, i think we have to put this in context

reform in ukraine that poroshenko is talking about? reform in ukraine? and the question is that would be the basis for some type of cooperation? >> well if you want to -- i -- i did recently give the speech of poroshenko in the congress that's why maybe i don't know the details of his plan of settlement. but you spoke about corruption. yes or no? about corruption. well, corruption i think is one of the problems which in which was reasonable explosion one year ago. that's why it's clear that you have to -- corruption is one of the problems, but i think that it's not only problem. corruption is one of the problems but unfortunately for different reasons after the disintegration of the soviet union the disintegration of ukraine as independent state, not only corruption but the principal appeal of democratic count country, new institutions, parliament, judicial system and economic system. that's why i don't think it's so easy to say only with corruption. first of all, if you don't have the old system you cannot struggle against corruption because to have cor

. >>> and ukraine is launch -- and ukraine's controversial election. >>> our top stories, america's national transportation safety board says friday's virgin galactic space disaster was heavily documented. there were six cameras aboard when it suddenly crashed, killing one pilot and seriously injuring the other. more now on the pilots and the investigation from cnn's stephanie elam. >> we've now learned more about the pilots. we can tell you that the pilot that lost his lost, his name was michael alsbury. he was 39 years old. the pilot who survived, his name is peter siebold and he is 43 years old. at this point we know that the entire virgin galactic community is trying to figure out what's from here on now. what happens going forward depends upon what the nst -- ntsb discovers. they are looking into this crash. this is the first space craft-related crash they were taking the lead on. although they were part of the columbia crash and challenger crash as well. they have a little more than a dozen people that are here and perhaps a little bit more than they would normally have in a plane cras

ukraine officials say russian tanks and artillery are crossing the border into ukraine. the u.s.icials are stopping short of calling it an invasion. the troops and material are on the move. international correspondent phil black is on the move in eastern ukraine. phil, for almost a year now, you had nato and ukraine and u.s. officials saying russia is heavily involved in the territory in ukraine and the russians just deny it. >> reporter: now once again it is happening again. that is why the ukrainian government doesn't put a lot of faith in the russian denial. it believes through experience with russia and events over the last year, it believes it knows whenever you get a large group of soldiers looking professional with sophisticated heavy weapons with unmarked uniforms showing up. over the course of the year, it is intended to turn out poorly for ukraine. we saw that in crimea with the territory that was annexed by russia. now you say the reports from nato and ukrainian government and european observers who have teams on the ground in the territory, they all point to a sudden

the only choice is to destabilize ukraine to continue to see russian troops and tanks active in ukraine. to recognize that if that path continues, if that destabilization gets worse, the rest of the world, europe, america, britain, will have no choice but to make further action in sanctions. >> in the meantime ukraine is ordering a cut off to pro-russian rebels in eastern ukraine after rebel leaders held their new government's first official meeting. the decree calls for all state owned companies and institutions to stop services within a week. that includes school, emergency, and banking services. also, the self-declared donesk people's republic has set up a border post from a crossing into russia. ukraine and the rest are accusing moscow of sending new weapons, tanks, and soldiers into eastern ukraine. continued shelling in the east has shaken a cease-fire the two reached in september. our poppy harlow speak with a spokesman of the organization for security and cooperation in europe. he's on the ground in kiev monitoring the latest on the situation on the eastern ukraine border here i

just one question on russia and ukraine. all the conversation has been about, most of the conversation has been about whether we are or don't arm the ukrainians. seems to me a lot of the conversation misses the broader picture, which is that rush is employing a set of tools that is unprecedented, somebody referred to a new phrase i have heard of yesterday that russia has militarized information. they are using information, propaganda, payoffs, support for ngos in a way that we have no understanding of and no ability to match. we don't necessary want to go to it for that, but instead of spending all this time talking about what specific arms we're going to give ukrainians, we should be paying attention to what russia is doing today in lotsd, estonia, in montenegro to essentially try to prep the next set of crises and hopefully this committee will be able to grapple with they need to have a much more robust conversation about how we need those new russian tactics. hopefully i think you understand that but it would be great to

the russians are already invading ukraine.e weapons to ukraine so they can defend themselves and make it painful for the russians, seems to me to be a good policy. >> you know what doesn't make sense to me -- the two things are not related, but we give weapons regularly to people we used to hate, who then give those weapons to people who kill us with them, and yet the ukrainians, who are just sitting ducks from the bully across the sea there, we don't give them anything. that is messed up. >> that is messed up. that is exactly right. what needs to happen is the west, indeed nato and the united states, needs to provide these weapons so that the ukrainians can defend themselves. they have not asked for troops have not asked nato to send forces in. they asked for the ability to defend themselves. >> putin just want this old soviet union to come back together. i watched him take crime yeah. was there he just took it. then the shot a jet out of the sky and child 300 people, and the world just went, eh, some sanctions. has anyone be

>>> nato confirms it has seen russian tanks, artillery and troops cross the border into ukraine. ♪ >>so this is al jazeera live from doha. also ahead israeli settlers are blamed for burning a mosque in the occupied west bank. >>> the world's worst polluters agree to clean up their acts, but there's doubt over whether they can actually do it. >>> and the european space agency makes history by landing a satellite on to a comet. ♪ >>> nato says it has seen columns of russian military equipment, including tanks and combat troops crossing the border into ukraine. let's get more and speak to our correspondent who is in the separatists strong hold of donetsk in eastern ukraine. tell us more about what nato is saying and what you yourself have seen on the ground. >> reporter: well as you say, they -- they have said they have seen russian military convoys crossing the border from russia into ukraine, including artillery and troops and tanks. now in this region, there has been a lot of movement of such columns that have been sited almost daily by on youralists and the osce, yesterday we witness

russia's flagrant violation of ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity. time and again russia has made commitments and then failed to live up to them. and subsequently, offered explanation to his this council that it knows are untrue. >> translator: we are hearing broad declarations from nato regarding the sending of convoys and russian fighters from rauch a, burussiabut that doesn't acty reflect the situation on the ground think these are empty statements and the usually prop began distick falsifications. >> reporter: there is no prospect of action in the security council on ukraine, russia has already shown it's prepared to use its veto where necessary. but president putin has come under pressure in australia, at the g20 this weekend among the other world leaders attending president obama. deposidiplomats know that meetis little hope of resolving what one ambassador termed a slow, creeping undeclared war, james bays, al jazerra, at the united nations. >>> albina joins you from donetsk. what's been the reaction in kiev to these allegations of russian mil

to ukraine now? >> senator, i believe that that is something that we must look at and look at -- >> looking at is one thing. we have been looking at it now for a long time. the question is yes or no, in this new position, as you leave the white house where you have to be a part of whatever is decided there, will you, again, just to raise the cost, we understand that russia is always going to be able to overwhelm a country like ukraine, but will you, yes or no, urge the secretary of state to pursue a policy of arming with lethal support, appropriate lethal support, that they are ready for, ukraine? >> i know this may not be a satisfactory answer. here's what i can say. i have to keep what counsel i would give -- what counsel i give now to the president, what counsel i would give to the secretary of state, if confirmed, private. that would be part of the job. but let me say this. >> what is your own view? >> so, i believe that given the serious russian violation of the agreement that they signed, the m

i love ukraine, and i want to live in ukraine. >> others quickly shout out their disagreement.my parents built on yet," one lady cries. "who are you to give it away?" many others, young people especially, don't dare to voice a love of ukraine in republic. they face too many threats. and yes goes once a melting pot of different cultures. these days, most people here seem to have one goal -- the establishment of new russia. >> until the 2008 financial crisis, ireland was known as the celtic tiger, a booming economy which reversed centuries of immigration, but the crisis changed all that. the last few years, educated young irish people have once again been leaving the country to find work. for some of those left behind, one of the few ways left in making money is through crime and violence, but there are those who are now determined to offer young people a very different type of future. >> ice cold water, tough young men -- these boys are all from north dublin's working-class neighborhoods. they know violence and drugs, and they know this social worker who try so pulled the young

this conflict is taking a lot of money out of ukraine, and ukraine is still planning to put a lot ofmoney in to the military to protect itself from further advancements by the pro russian rebels. so we'll have to wait and see. now in terms of what is happening here in the east, there has been violence continuing throughout the last week intensifying in certain moments. there has been intense fighting around the north of donetsk, fighting in other towns. last night six people were killed. six silverns, and 20 injured. we've also seen military activity here in the form of military columns around the donetsk region. nato has seen russian military crossing from russia into ukraine, so the tensions have certainly been increasing here. >> still to come here at al jazeera will america's president's back up plan to stop millions of undocumented immigrants from being deported. plus we take you to one of the hottest places on earth, where a lack of rain is forcing farmers and herders from their land. >> hello again, welcome back to al jazeera. these are our top stories. the armed groups that k

we visit a journalist who wrote about foreign russian soldiers in ukraine.e was attacked in front of his house. >> what happened to me is the revenge of those who sent the russian soldiers to ukraine. they are trying to cover-up that russian -- regular russian units are fighting in this war. the story is always the same. the soldiers are taken to the border. then they are told they are to be sent on a special mission. they are told they have to act illegally, and they cannot say no. or they are treated like deserters. >> the article was intended to wake russians up to the truth. journalists cannot tolerate silence about the country's dead soldiers. too many have died for the official taboo to hold. >> that seems to be just one of the ways in which the ukraine conflict is also a war of information and disinformation. if you have opinions on that or any other story, please do get in touch with me on twitter. france has a reputation as a country in love with eating, but it seems that not only people are enjoying the food, museum gardens are a popular spot for p

to show support for ukraine's embattled leaders, joe biden flew to ukraine, in all, u.s. has given ukraine $118 million in so-called nonlethal military aid. so far, the u.s. has hesitated to send actual lethal aid which would be viewed as a major escalation by the russians. these increased tensions or ukraine have kicked off a new era of tensions between the nato alliance. it's not just europe that these tensions are being felt, it spread to the arctic, gaining foot holds in the north, that is said to hold 13% of its undiscovered oil and 30% of its natural gas. three factors matter most in both real estate and geopolitics. location, location, location. and for those interested in waterfront property, with breathtaking views, plenty of wildlife, and the potential for future riches, this island could be a hidden gem. up here in the high norwegian arctic, it seems like there's nothing but land. but very little is for sale save for one parcel on a mountain across the bay behind me. you can't even see it for all the snow and the fog. now what's interesting is a chinese busines