at the end of the day we are talking about ukraine. we are not prepared to prop up this government economically. we are certainly not prepared to fight the russians militarily over a non-nato ally and put that together and putin feels like he actually has an avenue to win and escalated. >> i just came back from the eastern european countries where rightly or wrongly they do care and understand you know ukraine is not a nato country and the west is not stepping foot in militarily because of that. but people in poland are worried rightly or wrongly. they are concerned about this and do they have reason to be or is that a historical shadow they are worried about, if you turn your eye or back on russia they will invade you? >> they have legitimate reasons and look at that you have large russian communities that live there and imagine the same thing happening there that is happening on the ground in donsk and luhansk and doesn't look like invasion but it's creeping trouble and suddenly you have instability. having said that the hungry and s

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 out 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 #diplomas #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 ." >> 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 delinquent and russia had to compensate nearl

ukraine should -- as i talk today, ukraine should create shared society. based on the dialogue where they can acknowledge different cultural historical -- we can use -- i use a lot of -- i try not to use it in public because misperceived because it's actually -- it's how people perceive it. but let's call it grand narrative is probably less contested. so, how do -- what is important that ukraine should not have one grand narrative. it should be acknowledged that there are different approaches different views, and ukraine can only exist if they acknowledge the foundation for this country. any approach which would suffer 20 years. actually in all only president who probably manage it pretty way was ku -- not the best way but he was able -- i don't know how -- probably because he does not important for him -- he was able to go to western ukraine and put flowers in memorial and then go to western ukraine -- i mean -- western ukraine and then eastern ukraine and put flowers to lenin. still have lenin. he was able -- actually the more issue was -- he was able so

in ukraine. because we are fighting for peace. i'm the president of peace. i'm strongly believe that there is not existing be military submission of this problem. and we need to have a very strongly coordinated action to bring the peace, not only to my country, but to bring the peace in the world. again, this is the line of the front, when we are fighting. not only for our territory and integrity, independence, we are fighting for european security. we are fighting for european values. somebody said this is very expensive. to fight for peace. i think this is two complete with different concepts of the world. they measured expenses by price and so this is very expensive. we, in all civilized world's, are fighting for values. money and values are completely different things. i think that if you are fighting for values, you win this battle. i'm absolutely sure. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, mr. president, for your moving speech. you have been in your former capacity as a member of parliament h

ukraine and then go to eastern ukraine and put flowers to lenin. so he was able. he was able somehow to come again to i'm not praising him at all. just clear your clear for everyone. i am not praising him at all. but somehow probably he was trying to create what we see in yanukovych, this imposition of pro-soviet union. he didn't believe any. it was easy for them to stop as minister of education. [inaudible] >> i will close with one last question, and that goes to the issue that you cut it mentioned in passing, that was the notion of the balance of power dealing with insults. what's striking which compare the russian example and the ukraine example is that in the russian example you have really a clear imbalance of coverage of the russian state, the russian church, the russian judicial system coming down against women who protested to say the church. was in ukraine get kind of competing political forces that are kind of trading but they have kind of equal kind of say. so to what extent does have to be this balance of power that you mentioned to res

so ukraine become stronger. ukraine become more democratic. ukraine become much more ready for reform. but at the same time ukraine has now the most difficult time in their history. ukraine are now under a christian. aggression not only connected to the annexation of the crimea. aggression is connected when the 7% of our territory in donesk is occupied and the development of their last days very nervous. and a situation which we had in december give us some strong hopes for optimism. from the ninth of december, when it was declared by the representative of the ukrainian general staff and russian representatives and minister of defense of the russian federation, when we declared the so-called artillery silence. immediately from the ninth of december, the number of artillery shelling was reduced from 70 90 to less than 10. and i was very happy with this 50 because that gives us absolutely strong feeling that this terrorist who is opened the fight against ukraine and civilian and ukrainian troops, at least under control. under control of russians

we would not go to ukraine.hat is a myth that russians would go to baltic countries. >> to restore the soviet union. >> they need the support, money. russia would never -- we are the biggest country in the world. we have so much land. >> you mentioned ukraine. the west is concerned about russia going into ukraine. what is at the west does not understand about russia and ukraine? >> moscow and russia, we do not need to occupy ukraine or make it part of russia. what we want, we want them to be neutral. they speak our language. we want them to be neutral. we see them as a buffer between western world and russian world. like finland. neutral. friends with europe and russia. the way russian elites see them. neutral, a buffer. you have poland, baltic countries, you put the missiles there, and so on. we are surrounded. this is ukraine. please. >> maybe they want to be american in that part of the world? >> they want to have the same role. the same life when they go to europe and see the beaches. they see the picture of

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that is an increase of 68,000 troops. >> moscow denies it soldiers have entered eastern ukraine. the foreign minister said that the rebels have agreed to withdraw arms from a previously agreed demarcation. >> we will work towards immediate cease-fire in ukraine. he will talk about it within the framework of the normandy format. this is our top priority. >> the normandy quartet consists of russia, ukraine, france, and germany. they are met in this format before but so far failed to find a lasting compromise. >> our correspondent is standing by outside of the villa where these talks are being held right now. the german foreign minister was due to make a statement, tell us a bit more about that. >> the foreign minister has been speaking to the press in the last few minutes, he told us that he was hoping very much that they have come with the power and the will to negotiate. they would like to achieve a cease-fire and that is what everyone is hoping for because people are suffering in eastern ukraine. beyond that, what the parties are hoping for, rather what the german government is

that's what everybody is hoping for because people are suffering in eastern ukraine.but beyond that, what the parties are hoping for, rather what the german government is particularly focusing on on here this evening is to keep lines of communication on -- open between russia and ukraine and to obtain some sort of breakthrough if possible. but i have to say, the foreign minister did not sound very optimistic. it's hard to be optimistic even that president poroshenko again said today that there is nothing to negotiate in terms of territory in eastern ukraine. >> it's hard to be optimistic given the fact that there have been agreements already in the past. why are they not just being implemented? >> that's right, they are not being implemented because the fighting is continuing on the ground. france and germany have continued, and others have continued to insist that any agreement must be a political agreement, not the result of military action and that it should be on the basis of that agreement signed last september between the warring parties in minsk, which essentia

we have so much land. >> you mentioned ukraine.ertainly, the west is very concerned about russia going into ukraine. what is it the west doesn't understand about russia and ukraine? >> moscow and russia, we don't need to occupy ukraine or make it part of russia. nobody wants that. we want them to be neutral. they speak our language, they are our brothers. we want them to be neutral. we see them as a buffer between the western world and the russian world, like finland. we want them to be like finland, very neutral, be friends, that's the way russian elites see them, ukraine. it is neutral. it is a buffer. you have poland, the baltic countries, but you put nato and missiles -- we are surrounded already. >> maybe they want to be americans. >> they want to have the same roles. they want to have the same lives when they go to europe and see the beautiful life, but that's not what they're going to have. they see the picture of europe and they want to have the same picture in ukraine but it's not , going to happen. my wife is from estonia

that is why he went to ukraine, he says. although he was a mercenary soldier there, he says nothing about money. >> the most important aspect was helping our russian brothers and fighting fascism. fascism has returned like a vampire and is waging war against orthodox russians using nazi symbolism. >> he fervently believes this rhetoric. if a commander summoned him, he would also fight alongside pro-russian separatists. >> we have not been there yet. if need be, we join them, of course. >> that is what belgrade wants to prevent. serbia's parliament has approved jail terms for anyone found guilty of fighting and war in wars. this crackdown is part of serbia's planned to join the eu, but serbians are deeply divided. vladimir says the government are hypocrites. >> the serbian parliament has passed a draft law that punishes anyone who joins a paramilitary war's -- force to go to war, but some members of parliament have also gone to eastern ukraine, especially to the areas that are under the control of pro-russian forces. they wen

they want to have the same picture in ukraine, but it's not going to happen. estonia is part of e.u. thanare even more poor they used to be as part of the soviet union. the mother of my wife is getting a pension of 200 euro per month as a pension. the finland pensioner would get 1000 euro. countryld be the same -- why would be the same country in the e.u. get five times the pension? [indiscernible] i agree with you they don't want to be russian, and that is clear for many reasons. is not as good as american pr. russia is not the best country, but our pr is terrible. >> when you sit on facebook that you were ready to sign up as a soldier and go to crimea, was that a joke? to beit comes that i need signed as a soldier to defend my own country, i will do that. >> but crimea is part of ukraine. >> it is all part of russia. it is russian territory. >> coming up, we talk professional cycling. of -- are a proud owner >> the best team in the world. >> before returning to politics. >> i am so much obsessed with obama and his administration and internal policy. it is a

i'm absolutely sure we don't allow anybody to control ukraine.he position we have a movement to european union. >> you're going towards the european union, which is exactly what he wants to prevent. >> now we have completely different ukraine. ukraine is now united never so strong as now before. and you know who make this possible? putin. this is because of putin we are so strong. this is because of putin we are so united. it is because of putin we have built up our army and we move to european union. and nobody can stop us. >> mr. poroshenko is asking for additional funds from the imf. imf managing director christine laguard said she would support that. >>> fighting between pro russian rebels and government forces has intensified. she willing near donetsk has killed at least five people and wounded dozens in the past 24 hours. >> translator: i went to sleep in that room. my bedroom next to the wall there. i was laying there and fell asleep. suddenly i woke up and something boomed. then it was fog and nothing was visible. it was all dust. and you

you know, besides ukraine there are countries like georgia ukraine, azerbaijan. my country, 20% of its territory is occupied by armenian armed forces. and as a foreign minister for eu, what would you do to address the specific issue of separatism? especially given the fact you come from a country that had its own share of separatism? thank you. >> pass the mike to the gentleman behind you. >> washington correspondent for euro politics. >> that's a conflict. >> my question is just a follow-up on a clarification and on your response to karen's question about the passenger name record. did i understand you correctly that you support putting a proposal on passenger name records back on the table because whatever about the parliament's position, the last i understood was the commission withdrew the proposal because there was no support in the parliament, and so the first step would be for the commission to put something back on the table, so i was wondering if you could clarify your position on that. >> and then there was a question here in the middle. then we'll do a

but it's a huge challenge for all of ukraine fighting the economic crisis. at the same time, people were demonstrating only a year ago in bringing down the old regime. many are now fighting today in the east of the country. >> volunteer battalions are fighting alongside the ukrainian army, supported by the dice by donations from the people. it's -- supported by donations from the people. >> the russians don't like me. i killed four of them. that's why i am wearing a mask. in this war, humans are being destroyed on both sides. >> more than 4700 people have died so far according to a u.n. tally. the current cease-fire is patchy and many fear that fighting will intensify when the weather gets warmer in spring. >> latvia says it is reviewing its army. >> along with other baltic eu companies, latvia has a sizable ethnic russian minority from its large neighbor. many say they are facing increasing discrimination. reg ishares the latvia love of cranberries. otherwise he has little in common with them. the ethnic russian refuses to apply for latvian citizenship even

and on ukraine, pro-russian rebels are again launching new offenses. how at this point can you justify not taking a different approach given that the minsk agreement has all but failed and sanctions may have had an impact on the russian economy, but they don't appear to be changing russia's calculus when it comes to ukraine? and mr. prime minister i wanted to go back to climate change. white house officials have said that the recent u.s. that they hope that the recent u.s./china agreement can spur countries like india to make similar commitments to cut emissions. i'm wondering if you feel any pressure to take that kind of action because of the china agreement, and can a paris climate summit produce a substantial result without that type of commitment from india? thank you. >> good. >> well, first of all with respect to ukraine, what i've said consistently is that we had no interest in seeing russia weakened or its economy in shambles. we have a profound interest, as i believe every country does, in promoting a core principle, which is large countries d

they want ukraine to continue paying for these in the region and they want ukraine to basically stopf association with the eu and with nato. and ukraine has been trying to report new on the ground and we get to territory. so basically, whatever happens, this is not a war for the sake of war. both russia and ukraine on the ground in order to stand from their diplomatic bargaining power. and what they can do active pressure on russia and go back to the negotiating table, and give ukraine more time to focus on its economy and reform process. >> thank you for joining us from brussels. time to catch up with the business. aaron is with us now. things looking better for me? >> if you want to use the miles. i need to get my miles. build them up. the problem is when we go to use them there's never any space on the plane that allows us to use those miles. so that's what's changing. some other changes. i'll explain. thank you, lucy. hello, there. so as loyalty schemes go many of us bought into the idea of collecting miles, collect those miles or points to get a free flight in the future. but it

>> what about the ukraine's call up of reservists?e understand they will be getting just three weeks of training. >> we were able to talk with some of the residents here in kiev. -- reservists here in kiev. i got the impression that the fear is rising and i think many of these young men are more and more aware that this war is not going to stop very soon. >> frank hoffman with the latest from kiev as the government there calls of tens of thousands of new reservists. thanks so much. earlier, the foreign minister here in germany described the resurgence of fighting as a threatening situation. he has invited his french, russian, and ukrainian of course counterparts to kick off a peace process. let's talk with our correspondent. simon, we saw a meeting that was similar last week. what is supposed to come out of this one? >> he would think that the immediate objective would be to obtain some kind of cease-fire on the ground in eastern ukraine. but to the foreign ministers statement released saying that this meeting is being held at the spe

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the summit involving russia ukraine, germany and france. dozens have been killed as fighting escalated. . >> translation: the meeting must bring results relating to the escalation. the established of steps, and will determine the tame frame for a meeting >>> russia is denying accusations from kiev that it is responsible for the upsurge in violence. the foreign minister sergey lavrov is speaking. russia will do ever it can to resolve the crisis in ukraine, he says. peter sharp, in moscow is monitoring what sergey lavrov has to say, peter. >> yes, no surprises that the second flict in ukraine is top of the briefing. he'll leave in a few hours time for talks with the so-called norm andy people. that will be the foreign ministers of russia france germany and the ukraine, which i understand is being held in berlin. basically he said we are looking for a peaceful solution. you must remember the fighting increased markedly over the last few days with a major offensive by the ukranian army on the rebel separatist in the eastern ukraine, and that pr

this is a broader conflict over the future of ukraine and whether ukraine can stand on its own two feet and be allowed to develop as an independent country. russia wishes to keep this from happening. that's the evidence we have over the last 12 months. ukraine has the possibility in it's are reformist government as we've seen in over the last 25 years, and maybe it's an signal to the western community that you're going to have your work cut out in ukraine if you're going to stabilize this country. >> you mentioned the economic trouble that ukraine is in. what is the time frame, do you think that this would have to end, or they would need more money. >> they'll need more money over the coming months. ukraine has asked for a long-term arrangement rather than a stand by arrangement that we have at the moment. but the interesting question is going to be what is going to happen in the west's longer-term treatment of russia as sanctions remain in place? these are coming up for review in the summer, and they're clearly causing a lot of pain to russia. >> now politicians in the united kingdom h

rebels that control large areas of eastern ukraine. much of the fighting as you mentioned, although spreading into the areas, much of the fighting has been focused on donetsk airport. it is a hub. it is devastated. there were stunning images broadcast a day or so ago from a drone that showed the devastation. this was a gleaming symbol of european/ukraine. it is in utter devastation. it is important which is why the fighting is taking place, it has an airstrip which is potentially functioning and the rebels and government forces want to keep hold of it. we are seeing a lot of fighting in that area right now. that fighting is spreading out into other areas. both sides are accusing each other of violates the truce that was brokered in september. it is a dangerous situation. >> a lot of concern, matthew. both sides swirling out of control. thank you. >>> 18 minutes after the hour. a formal indictment for christopher cornell, a man accused of plotting a terror attack at the capitol could come tomorrow. his plot was thwarted with the help of

make ukraine will think it's russia that's having an influence inside ukraine. interesting remarks so far in ukraine. he says he's going to address the subject in the question-and-answer session that will follow this press conference. we'll be listening closely. >> this taking place in moscow. is it unusual for sergei lavrov to appear in such an open forum? how long do we expect him to be in front of the cameras today? >> reporter: no i don't think it's unusual. this is something the foreign ministry does on an annual basis. it's like the end of year review of the diplomatic achievements. there's a particular interest in what russia has to say about the conflict in ukraine and how it's going to be resolve. you asked earlier what the chances were of a peaceful bond being forged. it's at a difficult stage in the confron confrontation. there's been an upsurge in fighting. according to monitors on the ground the mood has deteriorated significantly. this have been allegations, of course by the ukrainians that russian troops have been deployed across the border and ar

back to michelle kosinski and this discussion over ukraine.he president's reluctance to get militarily there. we talked about yemen and ukraine and there is libya, afghanistan, syria and speaks to a larger reluctance on this president. >> right. >> reporter: but i think the president was consistent in what he said. remember, this question comes up every time there is an additional round of sack sanctions by the u.s. and its european partners and then something else escalates there. the question of is this enough? russia, obviously, isn't changing its behavior. what the white house keeps saying is we know that. not as if russia is going to listen about you they keep isolating itself further and talking about the economy going to pot and foreign investment tearing out of the country as fast as it can. that is the stance the white house takes. the president said it here and this was in relationship to both yemen and russia, it's not as if we are going to send in troops every time something like this happens. the alternative to sanctions and worki

ukraine's ambassador at large.im to clarify just who is in control of donetsk airport. >> ukraine controls donetsk airport. and will control it. it's a symbol of our resistance and there is no force, no russian force that can break down our symbol. >> but pro-russian separatists are claiming that they are holding it. >> in recent days russian machine has created a number of terrorists already control the airport everywhere and just yesterday, foreign ministry of russian to hand over the airport to terrorists. so there is a misunderstanding inside russia who is in control of the airport. official and realistic position the reality is airport is controlled by ukrainian forces. >> the fact that we are even talking about fighting on the ground, it means that this agreement of a cease-fire, is this completely done? >> no we believe in the cease-fire. we never violated any single opinion of it. we always responded to attacks coming from terrorists. and the recent attack on the airport is one of the most fierce and massiv

we are all for a new ukraine.a position to do that. >> you met yesterday with george sorros. apart from money, what would you be asking european delegates? >> today, we formed a very important team from the world from the states of the world who are ready to support us financially. i am absolutely sure that they are ready. from canada to japan, from the european union to the united states. from different countries, including the middle east. we have created a very strong coalition to demonstrate financial, military, and political solidarity with ukraine and we are very pleased with that. >> have you spoken to russian officials? >> during the last week? no. we are open for discussion. today, in a couple of hours, we have a meeting. most probably it will be preparation for the phone conversation. >> when i you meeting christine lagarde? >> 5:00 and then i fly back. >> good luck with everything. >> thank you for the support. >> this is a very testing time and we will hear from a lot of the russian delegation. it is a

kissinger. >> with respect to ukraine? >> no our overall military capability of our united states military. and strength. >> i think our capability is not adequate to deal with all the challenges that i see and with some of the commitments into which we may be moving. and needs to be reassessed carefully in light of the shrinkage that has taken place on budgetary grounds in the recent decade. >> dr. shultz. do you agree with that? >> i think you have to recognize that a prime responsibility of the federal government is to provide for security. that's number one so one of the things as you read from ronald reagan one of the things he did was build up our military. he got a lot of objections from its budget director but he said this is the number one thing. and as our economy improved things got better budget early but still lets build up our military. many we took office we had the vietnam syndrome and her people were not even wearing their uniforms into the pentagon. he said stand up straight, be proud of yourself, wear yo

more violence in eastern ukraine.six people are killed after a bus stop is shelled in the rebel-held city of donetsk. >>> and senior diplomats from more than 40 countries are meeting in london to discuss the fight against so-called islamic state. >>> egyptian officials say the expansion of the suez canal, one of the world's most important trade corridors, will be completed on time in august. the chairman of the canal authority has told the bbc, work is going on around the clock to finish a new lane which will double the capacity of the waterway. well the canal is 146 years old now, it links to mediterranean and the red sea. in all, it handles 7% of global seaborn trade. our correspondent was given rare access to the canal. >> reporter: an aerial display over a prized asset. the suez canal. this promotional video showcases the historic waterway. a source of national pride and revenue. it's being expanded by order of egypt's president, abdul fatah al sisi aimed at refloating a battered economy. a second canal is being c

>> at least 16 dead and 83 injured in eastern ukraine as rockets fall on residential areas in the city of mariopol. >> welcome to al jazeera. >> thousands take to the streets in the biggest protest yet in the houthi take over of yemen's capitol. >> there has to be a way of bringing more forces to the grounds. >> the only way they can defeat isil is if foreign soldiers join the fight. >>> and brazil's worst drought in decades. the environment minister sounds the alarm. >> at least 16 people are dead in ukraine after heavy shelling in the sport city of mariyopal. charles stratford is in donetsk with more. >> we're hearing more from the defense council in ukraine. blaming russia for the bloody crimes pointing a finger directly at vladimir putin. something that the rebels flatly deny. >> why is the port city of mariupol so important. >> it is a major port that the rebels always said that they need. there can be no dpr no donetsk people republic without this port. this has not been attacked by the rebels for a number of months now but it is important because it's a direct link from here and

i'm ambassador of ukraine. first of all we highly appreciate the strong support of the european union and your personal strong support of ukraine. thank you very much. unfortunately this situation has been deteriorating. russia totally ignores the agreements and with russia -- which are actually as we consider it in ukraine terror structures. so now we do not see -- we don't concede that there are much differences between those mentioned. donetsk people on one side and isis on the other side. and we consider those two structures terror structures designate -- deserve to be designated as terror organizations. can you speak more on that issue? issue? >> and then there was a woman here in the -- yes, please. >> hi my name is bash la dello. do efforts toward improved global social economic goal sometimes disregard the cultural traditions and long standing values of the nations of our diverse world and does this ever contribute toward global instability and its resulting heart break? >> i have a lot of you on my lis

we start in russia, entering the new year in a geopolitical minefield in ukraine. airwaves over eastern europe are thick with national rhetoric in kiev, and russian media outlets that reported critically on vladimir putin's policies are paying the price. the kremlin is bulking up media weaponry, and spending a lot of roubles doing it. a new law restricting ownership by foreigners is under way. more will be under ownership of russians. russia and its media are heading into an eventful 2015. russia spent much of 2014 in the headlines, one was the news media working under its watch the the crisis in ukraine was in the early stages when a radio station, the country's popular news website, had their editors replaced by journalist with connections. the independent media television provided critical coverage of ukraine and was dumped by russian cable carriers, losing 90% of viewers. foreign owned media outlets saw rules change through a new law limiting foreign ownership to 25%, it was drawn up for a financial paper owned by dow jones and 'financial times' - known for the

ukraine as a whole. because that would be too dangerous and you cannot simply predict what will happen. but this continuous pinprick in can't involve some escalation to it is already involve escalation. there are russians at least in the hundreds, ma according to some of nato accounts in terms of several thousand fighting within ukraine against an established country. this is something that cannot be ignored. so you can have sanctions, yes. in the long run they create an attitude, a concern in russian society which will deprive putin of his popular support in this ecstatic since would become a superpower again. but in the short run we have to deal also with his motivations. the only way to do that is to indicate to him by tangible steps such as defensive arming of the ukrainians that we will be involved in some fashion in making that military engagement more costly. and at the same time to indicate to you that we are prepared to send him a sick note about non-nato participation for ukraine. that to me is

ukraine's president claiming that more than 9,000 russian troops have crossed into ukraine bringing with them hundreds of tanks and armored personnel carriers. a claim that russia flatly denies. senior international correspondent matthew chance is live in moscow. matthew, give us an update on the violence here and the gains for the rebels around the airport and the claims that the russians are moving men and arms into the country. we have been going on for months now with the russians denying that. is it true? >> reporter: the russians are still denying it. i think that people on the ground have been observing these movements and the security situation deteriorate. particularly international monitors suspecting of 9,000 troops may be an exaggeration. the amount of military amount used by the rebels it is unlikely the military equipment is gained locally. the rebels say they raid arms dumps and get arms from there. the weapons we see are the weapons only available in the russian military. it may not be 9,000 people but everybody is serious think there is are russian personnel and material

rejecting the ukraine allegations. has been fighting particularly around the airport in donetsk. it has an airstrip that can function. the government side and the rebel side both want to keep control of it. there has been very fierce fighting as the airport changes hands. currently it seems to be in the hands, majority of it in the ukraine government. big ukrainian oweffenseive to take that control. rebels are fighting back from the ukraine rebels saying the city donetsk has been shelled 37 times. the region around has been shelled 37 times in the past 24 hours and a number of people killed. more than a dozen or so injured as well. serious fighting taking place now in eastern ukraine amid concerns this could be the start of a much bigger escalation. >> serious fighting and not much talking right now. matthew chance for us in moscow. thanks. >>> 16 minutes after the hour. a formal indictment for christopher cornell. the plan accused of plotting the terror attack at the capitol. the 20-year-old is being held without bond

. >> ukraines crisis, rockets hit a market in mariupol. welcome to al jazeera, i'm jane dutton from our headquarters in doha. also coming up, a country divided, thousands take to the streets of yemen for rival protests for and against houthi rebels. >> there has to be a way of bringing more forces to the grounds. >> iraqi kurdish forces tell al jazeera that they cannot continue against isil without foreign boots on the ground. >>> greece comes together to turn their back on the euro and form their own currency. we begin in ukraine where separatest separatist battle have begun. an attack on a market killed 98 people97 people. charles stratford reports. >> reporter: sirens ring across the city warning of more attacks. this amateur video those apartments. a woman's body lies amidst the republic. a body of a man close by. ukraine yes orukrainian shoulders patrol the streets. >> they hit the moment when people were buying groceries. you can see the bodies lying over there. >> ukrainian military say that pro-russian separatists brought attacks a

what can you tell us about the humanitarian situation currently in eastern ukraine?> good evening. as you can imagine things have gotten progressively worse. they were bad at the beginning when a number of things happened. cold weather arrived. most importantly the ukrainian side cut off a number of important supplies to the region social payments, you could no longer use bank cards in those territories. those happened during the so-called cease-fire which was clearly unsustainable. what we are witnessing now is a complete breakdown. we have cold weather a destitute population, and military accurate -- action along a long line. >> there have been violations on both sides so the blame cannot necessarily be laid at any one's feet. >> we see both sides using civilian areas as fighting positions. on balance more by the pro-russian separatists but they know they are being fired at from residential areas. from time to time, they will hit civilians. this is what we are hearing. all this news of people randomly killed at the bus stop going about their daily business on a sch

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from areas in eastern ukraine. it's important because that has to be seized if wush re wands to go further. up to now russia has been reluctant to do that for a couple of reasons. it would be hard for them to tell people that crops are not fighting. the ground is soft. the heavily armoured vehicles are likely to be more useable in seizing mariupol at the north or going further down to crimea. sanctions are hurting the economy also. european leaders will decide in march whether to renew for another year. they said there was no chance that the syncs would be lifted. does any of this have impact on vladimir putin. it may. the russian government is going down for several reasons. we were actions discouraged vestment. most of the wounds are self-inflicted. russia has said if they decide to take mariupol. that the sanctions will not be ended, but the additional concern is western policy is looking at using some of the tools of the cold car containment and deterrent. russia has five conflicts where forces are occupying. s

in eastern ukraine, where there are horrific scenes in donetsk. ordinary people on a bus, the latest victims of the escalating violence. despite renewed calls for a cease-fire at peace talks in berlin. at least eight people were killed after shelling hit a bus stop in the center of donetsk. we're getting reports that said that that figure could be much higher. these were not soldiers just ordinary people getting on with that are lives. also today, ukrainian forces reported to have withdrawn from the main path of donetsk airport. this is a scene as an important symbolic victory for the rebels after months of heavy fighting around the airport. i'm joined now by a web cam from donetsk, but a free lance journalist who has been in ukraine since february 2014. christina, good to have you with us. really horrific scenes in donetsk today. what more can you tell us about the shelling of this bus. >> well, i think it's really -- this shelling was really surprising because it's in an area that has been relatively quiet. i don't know of any shelling or anythi

the city in eastern ukraine say pro-russian separatist strong hold.ike comes after hours after calls for a ceasefire. charles what, more do you know? >> reporter: well, nick, we have spoken to a russian journalist on the ground in donetsk and a spokesperson for the rebels there, they tell us that at least nine people were killed in this attack. and at least nine others injured. we have no confirmation as to there were any women or children victims of this attack. apparently a trolley bus stop which is south in the section south of donetsk, in a southern area of donetsk quite away from where we have seen the escalation in fighting around the airport. no one has claimed responsibility. the rebels are obviously blaming the ukrainian forces for this attack. and it's not clear as yet as to whether there were artillery used, what kind of shell was used in this attack. but obviously as you say it's interesting and comes worryingly only hours of this statement in berlin by the russian and ukrainian foreign ministers the german foreign minister pushing for ano

that is exactly what russia is doing the ukraine. there is no doubt that we want security in europe together with russia, not against russia. there's no doubt that europe cannot and will not accept a violation of the law of nations. >> the fighting goes on with more than 4700 people killed so far. despite an official cease-fire, the death toll keeps on rising. so, local residents are wary of war. in eastern ukraine the season of peace is anything but peaceful. >> the first bodies from the air asia lane disaster, the operation to recover more victims after being hampered by bad weather. 100 62 people were on board when the plane took off on sunday, all are feared dead. the recovery operation is due to resume at first light on thursday. seven bodies have been retrieved from the water so far. to have been flown back for official identification. air asia says his priority is to help the victims relatives. >> this afternoon, the first two bodies arrived. as yet, they are just numbers. their identities are unclear. the numbers are going to