it belongs to ukraine and should come back to ukraine. there is no other way to stop the territory of non-freedom into the military base. it does not exist. i expressed my gratitude to the u.s. administration for the restrictive measures that confirms that the united states stands ready to be the leader in the transatlantic front. we hope that the kremlin will heed to the international community, will stop its provocations and facilitate stabilization. otherwise, i say that the price of the aggression will be higher. i'd like to say also that sanctions is not a name in itself but just a tool, an instrument to get russia back at the table of negotiations and to secure the implementation of the minsk process. i'm confident that this is the only possible way for the situation to develop for us. today, we continue talking about the defense support of ukraine, about the strengthening of the existing military operation. i thanked our american partners. first of all, for the military assistance that we have had from the first minutes of the aggr

i was not invited to ukraine, and i was not invited to ukraine by poroshenko.ly we came almost at the same time to study in ukraine from other countries. he came from moldova, i came from georgia. now, i was, as a student, part of the first ukrainian revolution, and then the first maidan. i was there on the second maidan, andi maidan. i was there on the second maidan, and i stayed after second maidan, and i stayed after second maidan, even if the leader decided to do the same thing as poroshenko is doing to me now, to declare me persona non grata. so part of the ukrainian landscape and history for the last 25 years. no offence, but you are not ukrainian, you are georgian. i am georgian. you are not ukrainian, you are georgian. iam georgian. iam you are not ukrainian, you are georgian. i am georgian. i am proud to be georgian. but there are at intertwined stories of georgians and ukrainians. there were ukrainians fighting for georgia in the 90s against russian immigration, there we re against russian immigration, there were officers only front, on the eastern fr

human rights inside ukraine. first. but second, the whole way how they did it, you know, quite unprecedented. that i was on my private trip to the united states. president poroshenko waited for me to leave. they changed the commission, added new members, even more loyal to him. and without any prior notification, without any public hearings, or any kind of hearings, in a very secret manner, they stripped me of citizenship, in violation of the ukrainian constitution, in violation of the 1961 convention on the reduction of statelessness. yes — the problem is, you broke the rules. so i am going back to ukraine to fight for my rights in the court. well, yes, you might have your day in court, i suppose, but let's go through this by stages. will you accept that you broke the rules? you didn't, when you signed all the forms, filled the forms in for ukrainian citizenship, you didn't declare that you were under criminal investigation in georgia. and you should have done, according to ukrainian law. well, certainly it's no

ukraine. as the white house said from the outside, was a set of sanctions that were flexible, scalable, and reversible depending upon russia's response. specifically with regard to the fulfillment of the minsk agreement. thing i would flag is the coordination part with america's allies. the sanctioned design was really developed and coordinated as part of a multilateral package with european union's and other partners like canada. i think we certainly saw unprecedented cooperation with europe over the past three years on this front. this is predicated on the idea that the only effective sanctions would be multi-lateral ones. europe's response was largely supported and largely the sanctions organization has held together for the past three years despite what a lot of folks thought. russia's primary response to the sanctionsnistration was a series of counter sanctions of its own. basically banning food and agricultural products. in terms of the impact on russia's economy, with the benefit of 20-

we can use diplomacy to solve the ukraine crisis. let's look at what we could do with sanctions and not just a despair these are aimless, misdirected weapons that are not really achieving any strategic objectives. the negotiations and nato will come up. i believe we should not give up the rights of a country to seek nato membership, and the russians agree with that. all of these trees, they signed up -- treaties, they signed up to it. i think if the russians are interested in a real solution in ukraine, we can find some and address the issue in the short and medium term while preserving ukraine's rights in the long-term. for hacking sanctions, i'm glad we did oppose -- impose something. we are now looking at deterrence, focusing on vulnerability to the future hacking of the political crisis -- process. you have to have a strategic act and not give any assurances we can't count on even against critical infrastructure. pledged not to attack until they do, so hoping to build, assuming the russians will do the same. >> all right, last co

host: what's the situation in ukraine today? guest: today, we're in a situation where i call it simmering conflict. we have fighting of conflict between the russia-backed rebel held in eastern ukraine and government forces. this is -- basically, every week, there are casualties. but it never has spilled over into a hot conflict since february of 2015. but it could at any moment. there's a sort of economic war between russia and ukraine. ukraine is has suffered economically and the effects of war are being felt on politics as well. so it's a precarious situation, really, and it's a situation that i think that affects the broader relationship with russia in a number of ways because a lot of the sanctions are tied russian behavior and ukraine and russia's behavior is the function of the ukraine crisis. ukraine is just about as important to russia as any foreign policy priority you could imagine. so how things go there really affects how russia sees everything. host: everyone loses is the name of your book, the ukraine cry is and th

address onen problem, the ukraine crisis. sanctions, the enacted by obama, relate to ukraine. if the trump administration is skillful in using them as part of the strategy to not only do de-escalation but the withdrawal propertiestroops and , in return for ukrainian -- ukraine agreed to autonomy and stuff. you could see a finite step away from the break. it would be a basis for continued opportunity with the europeans, so i think we focus on that and use sanctions as a tool. discussedwe haven't his provisions in the bill relating to intelligence factors. those create the possibility of the secondary sectors -- sanctions. european allies cannot complain about this one, but it could have real cost on russian export could help india and arms purchasers from china. death from russia. we can use diplomacy to solve the ukraine crisis. let's look at what we could do with sanctions and not just a despair these are aimless, misdirected weapons that are not really achieving any strategic objectives. the negotiations and nato will come up. i believe we should not give up the rights of a

>> we're already giving support to ukraine. the question is what kind of support do they need to further prevent further invasions of their territory, to prevent aggressive action against ukraine. >> weapons though? >> what's useful to talk about is defensive capabilities. does ukraine desire, need, based on the situation there greater defensive capability? it doesn't matter what it is specifically. that's one of the things we're looking at, what form of support yo ukraine needs that consistent with our interest and ensuring that russia doesn't take further destabilizing or offensive action that could lead to a much broader conflict. this is a dangerous situation. i have to recognize, it's a a dangerous situation of russia's creation. and so what we're endeavoring to do with our allies is to do everything we can to prevent that conflict from growing. >> does the president have a clear-eyed understanding of the nature of his counterpart in russia and the nature of the regime. >> nature of the russian regime? i think everybody is

or even into other parts of ukraine. i think the reason why we do not have this legislation is of course congress had no confidence the trumpet vexation was prepared to uphold either it sanctioned by the international rules-based order. and so there was i think 30 felt consensus across party linecr going back to the early days after the inauguration when there was rumors of a unilateral lifting of the sanctions that congress needed to step in and enforce the intent of the original sanctions.eded t so yes, it is domestically driven. the russians are right to see it that way because they congress lost confidence the administration could be trusted to maintain the sanctions. i think they do have the right based on experience to worry that the sanctions once implemented will never be lifted. i think that's what the administration needs to see the opportunity.pportu not just about infringements ont presidential authority, to sortv of see this as an opportunity t come up with an effective strategy working with the europeans as

insurgency movement in ukraine saying that they were heroes who fought for ukraine's independence from the soviet union the problem is that in this fight the obama army openly collaborated with the nazi invading army killing tens of thousands of jews poles and russians in the process there was even an s.s. battalion knocked operating in ukraine and led by the man who founded the. beach who was behind the anti jewish programs in the western ukrainian city of evolve on june thirtieth one thousand nine hundred one basically the first thing his battalions did when they marched into the city after two thousand and twelve jews were massacred within the month of july back then what did that have to do with you know fighting for the country's independence open neo nazis in order glorification of those who fought alongside nazis is not something new for europe in some countries those are reduced to underground cells and many others people with such views are actually in power or out in the streets from ukrainian far right nationalists openly supporting nazi rooms and symbols to marches in the b

to give anything to russia they do not improve behavior, especially when it comes to the ukraine. sanctions -- most of the been adoptede after the annexation of crimea and intervention there. there is a process that was negotiated by friends -- france, germany, and russia tule back to ukraine defendants. that is one of the pillars. there will be corporation in -- cooperation in finding a political solution in syria. but the russian position is backing assad and fighting any opposition. so as long as you do not see improved perspective on the russian side, i do not see any margin for improvement. claire: thank you very much for your time. benjamin hadaad of the hudson institute. "we are not your enemy, co-the the words from" rex tillerson to north korea as they claim their latest nuclear missile could reach major sites in the u.s.. >> we have reaffirmed our position toward north korea, we are doing, we do not seek a regime change, not a collapse of the regime. we do not seek an accelerated reunification of the peninsula. we do not see an excuse to to send our military north of the

is now it's going to pour a few weapons and explosives into ukraine according to the wall street journal american military officials and diplomats say the arms which they characterized as defensive are meant to deter aggressive actions by moscow us suppose will say they worry that the conflict has intensified with a rising number of cease fire violations as progress on peace efforts has faltered . because yes yes nothing d. intensifies the conflict and brings peace to a region faster than a good influx of arms. i think we all can remember i mean look at it all worked out so well and be acknowledged in the early sixty's or afghanistan in the one nine hundred eighty s. or syria today arms in places that are a little bit warry. works so well i wonder if the state department pentagon.

to send arms and other military support to ukraine's government this as tensions already run high between moscow and washington. then a special counsel robert muller is using a grand jury to investigate alleged russian meddling in the u.s. election what it means for relations between the two nations. it is friday august fourth four pm in washington d.c. i'm a military man you're watching our team america we began today with documents containing the names of more than one hundred fifty suspected isis militants that were found in a war ravaged iraqi city the documents allege fighters for the self-proclaimed islamic state have been trained to carry out suicide attacks across europe interpol reportedly distributed the list among european intelligence agencies after the data was first collected by the f.b.i. through quote trusted channels artie's peter all over has more. documents containing the names of one hundred seventy three potential isis terrorists have been found amongst the ruins of the iraqi city of mosul following its liberation now these documents include things like photographs th

the last time that you know floating arms in the ukraine you know the u.s. basically giving you know ukraine government arms to you know for apparently the russians on the other side of the country that wasn't exactly backed by the whole of europe we didn't have a lot of allied out no not at all and then we're back to that same point where you have a german chancellor angela merkel and other allied leaders are taking this pushing back against when they strongly push back when the obama administration considered supplying arms to ukraine you remember this was a big thing during the election as well because there was did the republicans take it off their platform did they put it on their platform was it on there wasn't a lot of accusations for something that was never even on there in the first place yes. they instead opted to provide kiev with short range radar night vision goggles and other equipment so it was this non-lethal stop just like those truly defense that germany and france are really really skeptical about providing arms to ukraine because of all

on ukraine's independence day, james mattis inspects top units of soldiers on parade, and the ukraineent says he may need them to counter a bitter enemy who he says is on his soil. >> minimum number of russian troops now, regular troops they're now being on the occupied territory is about 3,000. this is extremely dangerous. >> reporter: since vladimir putin's forces invaded ukraine and seized crimea, they battled separatists in eastern ukraine. more than 10,000 people have been killed. the kremlin has steadfastly denied it has any troops inside ukraine, an absurd claim according to analysts. >> it is abundantly clear russia is undertaking major military intervention in eastern ukraine for some time. vladimir putin's objectives in ukraine are to paralyze, undermine, and ultimately destroy a ukrainian government that wants to move towards integration with the european union and with the west. >> reporter: tonight, the u.s. and its nato allies are preparing to send their own signal to putin. american b-1 bombers and b-52 strat oh fortress which can carry 70,000 pounds of bombs. analysts

are believed to have been developed at the used missile factory which is located in the pro ukraine the new york times points out ukraine's pro russian president victory on the coverts was removed from power in two thousand and fourteen the state on factory known as use of marsh has fallen on hard times and according to the report this allegedly allegedly could have led to north korea's ability to purchase the engines while responsibility for the sale is not beneficially pin down nor are we certain this is actually how north korea acquired these engines. elements i assess report does make a circumstantial case that the factory complex and its underemployed engineers may very well be at fault if any of this is proven to be true it presents a very interesting chain of events for these engines developed for the cold war made available to all to all from a u.s. back possibly manipulated revolution and now potentially pointed right back at us. that is the ballistic missile butterfly effect that which means that we should be watching the hawks. that i got. watching the hawks i robot for. sean

and collaborating with terrorists for their reporting on eastern ukraine critics have this. as a witch hunt website but going back to more of this case well a lot of journalists around the world as well as human rights organizations have raised concerns over his case as well as the issue of press freedom in ukraine. to discuss this story now without him gary who is editor of the news media platform . terrorism treason what do you make of the. well it's ridiculous it's false and it's appalling but it's not surprising this ukrainian regime does all of the things but western governments tend to criticize sometimes frequently frankly without evidence in many other places let's just look at the list they have used chemical weapons on civilian populations and this has been well documented though very underreported they've banned political parties they've banned certain congregations of the russian orthodox church and illegally seized its property violating all sorts of international and european protocols this of course is a police state that aspires to be part of the european uni

first the russian journalists working for the country's channel one is deported from ukraine the security service is warning this will happen to anyone they deem anti ukrainian. germany's foreign minister says it is time to kick america's nuclear weapons out of his country the issues of several that have emerged in the run up to the german general election. very good evening to you my name is neil harvey you're watching r.t. international. the battle to force islamic state from wall to iraq has devastated civilian lives particularly those of children is continuing its campaign to find the relatives of children abandoned by their parents fighting for i saw more of these children from mosul were recently brought to a baghdad orphanage. and you come on here. and you. will be especially the. good. new will change. the girl's name is had her foot was badly burned the boys called mohammed he has a knee injury both of the children still under a lot of stress and refuse to talk with the kids who are with them say they're from chechnya if you think you might recognize either them please get in con

has called on ukraine to stop arresting and deporting journalists from other countries and soft ukraine security services announced earlier on wednesday as a russian journalist will be forcibly removed from the country twenty nine year old anna who works for russia's channel one and is based in kiev had received threats because of her work. well for more on this story i'm now joined live by question of ohio that means you know we can tell us about what's happened today well ukrainian security service is released this statement and according to its russian journalist on the will be deported back to russia now at the moment her documents are being processed for her official deportation earlier today russian channel one said that anna was taken right in the streets by a group of unknown man and put in a car all contact with her was the last stand the channel had no information regarding her whereabouts now ukraine security services claimed that everything was conducted according to the law and also in a statement that was released today they add this meaning deploy taishan will happen to.

james madison just sending arms to kiev in a move that many feel shows the united states who think to ukraine. then the effects of charlottesville being felt worldwide controversial statues facing scrutiny and many places coming down. it's thursday august twenty fourth five pm here in washington d.c. i'm ashley banks and you're watching our t.v. america we began today with breaking news in charleston south carolina where a hostage situation in a downtown restaurant has just end it let's get right to our teeth simone don't result in monitoring the situation this afternoon so what happened actually according to police one person is dead and the shooter is in critical condition after an hours long standoff and hostage situation police got the first call it twelve seventeen when shots rang out at the height of lunch rush at a restaurant called virginia's on king it's a popular southern cuisine place in the heart of the downtown business section police say the shooter did kill one person inside the restaurant somehow they were able to remove the victim and get him to the hospital but other hostage

stop working in the ukraine? >> it was to help ukraine get into upper. >> it began during that spring in 2016. in may of that year, he was promoted to campaign manager. on june 9th, in that capacity, he attended the now infamous meeting with donald trump jr., jared kushner and a russian lawyer. a russian lawyer who had promised dirt on hillary clinton. the trump campaign took a very light touch on platform meetings. intervened specifically to change the gop stance on arming ukrainians. in an interview, manafort denied having any part of that. >> i didn't even hear of it until after the convention was order. >> where did it come from then? >> it did not come from the trump campaign. i don't know who everybody is but i guarantee you -- >> nobody from the trump campaign wanted that change in the platform? >> no one. zero. >> in july, wikileaks began releasing thousands of dnc e-mails. and clinton campaign manager robby can mook -- >> are there any ties between he mr. trump, your campaign and putin and his regime? >>

its author says a factory in ukraine is the source.go to special correspondent nick schifrin for more. >> reporter: joining me now is mike elleman. he's a senior fellow for missile defense at the international institute for strategic studies and a former consultant to the pentagon. and melissa hanham is a senior research associate at the james martin center for nonproliferation studies at the middlebury institute. thank you both for being here. mike, let's start with you because you wrote the paper. you come out with a notion that north korea has advanced from middle-range missiles to icbms fast than any country has and your notion is they got technology, they stole the technology, specifically, from eastern ukraine. what's the evidence? >> the enjing they are using for the longer-range missiles has an appearance that's very similar to a well-known engine family that originates in russia and ukraine, and i've talked with sources that are -- that have been to some facilities in ukraine and n the recent time, and they've seen the modific

the russian journalist working for the country's channel one will be deported from ukraine and security services warned this will happen to anyone they claim is anti ukrainian. and germany's foreign minister says it's time to kick america's nuclear weapons out of his country the issue is one of several that have emerged in the run up to the german general election. joining us here at r.t. internationally moscow and cakewalk. the battle to force islamic state from war torn iraq has devastated civilian lives particularly those of children r.t. is continuing its campaign to find the relatives of children abandoned by their parents fighting for myself more of these children from mosul were recently brought to a baghdad orphanage. i didn't come on with you. to get out with. some of you. told us that show you eat. this. not us come. here. and you're watching this show. i want you just heard the children don't speak russian but the kids who were with him say that they're from chechnya the girl's name is she's badly burned her foot the little boy is called mohammed he has a knee injury most chi

pledged support for ukraine against so-called russian aggression on a par has the details. defense secretary mattis certainly assuaged any fears in kiev that the u.s. will not provide lethal weapons to the government strongly suggesting he personally supports the plan currently sitting on president trump's desk speaking alongside ukrainian president petro poroshenko madis emphasized the special bond between the countries. to monitor. one hundred percent. whole region we're very rich. we understand. it is broken. or why don't you know we're going to be good for you will work through. your very understanding. from right for me to be for. what we. are you. sure you're pretty. madis went on to point out the u.s. recently approved a one hundred seventy five million dollars worth of equipment shipments to the country including specialized defense equipment the government has been locked in a civil war since coming to power in a coup in two thousand and fourteen at the time u.s. assistant secretary of state for european and asian affairs victoria nuland highlighted the hefty contr

insurgency movement in ukraine saying that they were heroes who fought for ukraine's independence from the soviet union the problem is that in this fight the army openly collaborated with the nazi invading army killing tens of thousands of jews poles and russians in the process there was even an s.s. battalion not to god operating in ukraine and led by the man who founded the army to munch a cabbage who was behind the anti jewish programs in the western ukrainian city of involve on june thirtieth one thousand nine hundred one basically the first thing his battalion's did when they marched into the city after two thousand and twelve jews were massacred within the month of july about that what did that have to do with you know fighting for the country's independence open neo nazis in order glorification of those who fought alongside nazis is not something new for europe in some countries those are reduced to underground cells and many others people with such views are actually in power or out in the streets from ukrainian far right nationalists openly supporting nazi rooms and symbols to

day person in russia will be her we know that the sanctions that obama imposed in response to the ukraine crisis is cost russia one point five percent of its g.d.p. . and that is going to you know that. these were impact the g.d.p. even more and again that's going to hurt your everyday russian. it's also going to hurt the iranians you know the sanctions already imposed on russia iran have hurt their economy by twenty percent and really devastated life for average iranians and i think that often gets forgotten when we talk about these types of sanctions tax the president said that this bill was clearly unconstitutional do you think he had a point there and if so then is there a constitutional crisis in the system. well first of all let me start with the premise that it's clearly violated international law this sort of measure i believe can only be done by the u.n. security council which of course that was not even attempted and of course the u.s. . under its constitution does accept international law and so in that way it would be unconstitutional i think there's also the question here tha

in 1941 with the occupation of ukraine because it turned out to be as stalin. human beings could do. it was a wonderful book by lance morrow called the best years of their life by kennedy, johnson and nixon in 1948. he was reelected to congress in 1948 and prevailing a nickname for the landslide lyndon in a close election. it was in the part of american politics with liberty and the story of interaction between george washington and the marquis the lafayette. there was a long career after the revolutionary war including a figure in the french revolution until the plant really sour and was imprisoned for a long period of time that it was almost like father and son, highly unusual for washington and a very distinctive and impressionistic relationship. it was is a sort of new history in the world and the importance and one's plate and is now playing in terms of the development of natural resources and the revision of the growth in the undertaking fascinating history. it was the rise of the dynasty in great britain. we take it up as long-lasting with henry the seve

in ukraine now three years ago ukraine was ringed by reporters without borders among the world's most dangerous places for journalists to work of course the situation has changed and it has improved and the rating has improved quite significantly but still we keep hearing news coming in now r.t. has requested ten different international stations to comment on this current situation concerning the russian journalists and among those companies those organizations were waiting for comments from international media support from center for freedom of the media from international federation of journalists and from other seven or so as i said before it is a developer. story and i'm sure we'll hear more of the fade. in on the general situation thanks very much we do know we just do have an update here i mean we've got a lot here the russian journalist. is to return to russia this is a line coming through the preparation of documents for her deportation from the ukraine is underway and that's according to the ukraine security service as i mentioned just another in line of those russian journal

the outbreak of violence this year has been heartbreaking to watch in eastern ukraine. we are going to continue to uphold our commitment to the transatlantic relationship and the president has been clear about our commitment to nato. he has been clear about his expectations of others, and that i think appropriately so. we have a commitment to article five and that should not be a question and anyone's minds any longer. i want to acknowledge my director of policy planning has worked to give us a number of options, two important investors in the region, our ambassador in moscow dealing with a tough situation right now, but also our ambassador in the ukraine. she is doing an outstanding job working with president poroshenko to help the government in ukraine strengthen its own governing standards, continue to make progress on the anticorruption campaign and strengthen their own justice system, which we think is important to their stability going forward. i want to turn to the middle east and the destruction of radical islamic terrorism in the form of isis or daesh, but also

use ukraine to russian. the world political game immediately when southwest really. lost the citizenship of ukraine he was in ca and then and b.b.c. and international media. all these interviews the people begin from the words the biggest fighter and gave begins the biggest fight against russia do you think this is. the time of the war to shift the responsibility for what. you know nobody nobody is sure there is possibility. after august thirtieth cells and date because it was a general said nobody's responsible and no but the just. paid a price for just. beginning war nobody paid a price that people were. on time nobody paid a price is. already for example depart for joy was. the government took force lisa left without even one. shooting and so on and so there was no investigation. but the responding for what was and from the side of georgian politically. the georgian dream when they came to the top of her relations with russia i. think. it's nothing serious yes the rest. just. agree culture products but this is not important what is important to have real serious p

the same ukraine. talk about the potential for negotiations commencing on the solutions of ukraine crisis. so russia's ultimate objective in ukraine is to control the geopolitical trajectory and essentially have a change of regime in kiev. we will not see eye to eye and no amount of dialogue and no amount of trying to find common interest is going to square that circle. the secretary of state said relations with russia were at a low point. how low were they in your estimation and how different are the day from the way they have been? mr. carpenter: i think it's true that u.s. russian relations are at a low point. they have been essentially a low returned toputin the kremlin in 2012. when putin came back to power -- she's been in power for 15 years, but when he came back to the kremlin in 2012 especially, he took a hard line view against the united states. , they gaveut usaid asylum to snowden, a number of things happened and they really decided to stick it to the u.s. they saw the u.s. as their primary

ensure a secure and prosperous and democratic train critics of the plan to send lethal weapons to ukraine say it will only escalate the conflict as head of the russian foreign ministries department for a non-play for ration and arms control declared quote the masterminds of the plan to supply lethal weapons to crane apparently proceed from the assumption that the situation in the east of the country isn't explosive enough already and that it's needed to add fuel to the fire secretary mabus said his trip to ukraine was meant to strengthen the u.s. relationship with care of president trump must now decide whether or not to take it to a level which can be summed up in one word lethal in washington on your part until our. president from sudden one hundred eighty degree turn on his campaign trail promises of pulling u.s. forces out of the quite a fire that is. the longest running war in united states history by the way many of his supporters and critics with more questions than answers how much more taxpayer dollars will be spent how many more u.s. soldiers will be how many more of the afghan