in ukraine is motivated markov more by a desire to destabilize the situation in ukraine rather than factually analyze what's going on there how do you respond to that. situation a new career in religion just a realist or kind of civil war you could read between the criminal group of what was the national school good have a pow i mean in key ways support those a you're not the face of veterans service on one hand and anti-fascist at a viral on done boss or own on another hand of course you substitute upon the sick idea that mr saakashvili can get support for our national side because mr saakashvili a former georgian president. and was an enemy of a russia of kremlin more than ten yes it's mr slick actually we're who gives an order to kill an action soldiers and to mr putin many time claim a very a. strong was a win or lose it was against mr saakashvili now i ever was in your career in calais me and he is open and that they get support from oz more score but it's on the if you are propaganda they are speeding to the united states and jettison sent us to say more exactly because cia agonize that

ukraine. russia doesn't want to be income for my president putin of course he could because of course she made it much unpopular in the ukraine because he betrayed he is our support us. if you could afford to do to you was still storm were to nationally brooch three years ago or and put all of these criminals on your nuts us to appease them but he didn't make a z. says that why nor would you trust them you said it you know quaritch in ukraine and they were understand this clear but the look was but i shined council claims and sell their their support in that by could have been but what stops them is really will norton as an enemy is all for russia what a reason for russia to support all animists ok late we've seen some gusts in our pull down to the police that very dramatic pictures on choose they didn't we. how popular is he. well. as the speaker from e.u. crane i mentioned politicians in general in ukraine are am i not really public trust at the moment. but given sort of that atmosphere wher

that stands in the way is ukraine. we can have differences in other arenas in syria we can have differences in other areas but when one country invades another that is a difference that is hard to look past. or to reconcile. and we've made this clear to russia for the very beginning that we must address ukraine that saying it stands as a single most difficult obstacle to us renormalizing a relationship with russia which we badly would like to do he blamed russia for continuing violence in the din that screech and today we focus on as ukraine because that's where the level of violence is simply it's risen this year as i indicated it's up sixty percent we have to bring that to an end. and this u.s. defense package appears to be their own. but one military analyst suggested it would do little to help ukraine and as a tactic by trump to show he's not in bed with the russians the truth is that this is not a game changer on the ground you create with a promise now really are just sniper rifles this is not going to change thi

circus really has been shouting he's ukrainian does ukraine not have true authentic ukrainians and ukraine has been. putting up with it you know it's so pathetic my heart is bleeding when i'm looking at it. how far or close we are you might disagree every person has his own opinion the slavic world has gone through its ups and downs. russia has gone through its ups and downs it's composed of like sixteen or thirty two slavic tribes but then surely. the nation of ruth. came before us and key of that was the center of that nation and that gives me reason to think that. fundamentally we are one of the same nation. we are one of the same people but as we developed. ukraine was really close to world western border. and it developed in its own way. it has a lot of identity its language in slang which in a culture. and russia she loves that they feel that it's part of its own culture. not. take the nineteenth century there were a lot of people who said that she crane used to be independent. needs to have its own path do they have the right to say so yes perhaps yes that was part of the empire. an

and that can be good for ukraine. rival sides the rival sides in the conflict directly have been have agreed as you say to a holiday ceasefire began today but we know that these things have been tenuous at best in the past what have we seen so far is it working well both the ukrainian side and the pro russian separatists side have have already been claiming violations in the cease fire and there has been an escalation in violence recently according to monitors and also this this week a mechanism which is supposed to guarantee peace and help facilitate peace the joint center for control and coordination in ukraine basically broke down russia pulled out its officers on wednesday and today german chancellor i'm going to america and french president. called for russia to bring their officials back to restore that and to uphold the cease fire and for the cease fire to be upheld excuse me but so far things aren't looking so great well sure when for us in moscow thank you very much more than one hundred people are dead in th

in ukraine is motivated mark more by a desire to destabilize the situation in ukraine rather than factually analyze what's going on there how do you respond to that. situation in ukraine already just a realist or kind of civil war you could read between. criminal group of the that were not on the school good have of the power in key ways support those a united states and veteran service on one hand and anti-fascist at a viral on down boss or own on another hand of course you substitute are fantastic idea that mr saakashvili can get support for our national side because mr saakashvili a former georgian president. and was an enemy of a russia of kremlin more than ten yes his mistress like actually we're who gives an order to kill an action soldiers and to mr putin many time claim a very a. strong was a win or lose it was against mr saakashvili now i ever was in your career claiming he is all funny and that as they get support i'll promise more score but it's on the pew of propaganda the outfitting to the united states and generals and senators to say more exactly because cia agonize that we'r

in eastern ukraine. neither side is willing to concede as they continue to shift the blame on to each other. president poroshenko was fond of saying that the war cannot be won with radar and night vision goggles alone. while joint exercises with the west boost troop morale poroshenko now says ukraine needs arms more than anything else. and the united states is expected to deliver washington has agreed to provide forty seven million dollars worth of weapons including the u.s. made anti-tank missile system javelin. russian president vladimir putin has said his country would react quote appropriately and adequately speaking to a congress of his united russia party he briefly touched on the matter of peace but . we are not looking for confrontation with anyone however we will never sacrifice the well being of our citizens and the interest of our nation. critics warn the move would have consequences. but this undermines the peace process and prevents efforts for the implementation of the minsk treaty. a cease

be the neo nazi speaker of the rada in the ukraine. but it's interesting you know i mean i notice that you know bloomberg you know not the most friendly towards russia they don't openly questioning the. the the idea of continuing to back something like saakashvili i mean it's the wrong guy to back meaning there could have been someone else there. you know so long the darling of the neocon saakashvili is not being groomed to be the president of ukraine he no he is he actually the u.s. never considered him somebody who could become president of ukraine he is not ukrainian his psychological. stance sort of outlook is somewhat different than the ukraine is what they expect so he is being used as a pressure level tool as leverage against the current government of ukraine which is also controlled by the u.s. to make them do certain things that washington wants to resist this is kind of the u.s. soccer and they're getting pressure on pushing this is the way the united states government operates its different colonial states it uses different

decided to ukraine now. well this had this is based on a decision memo that reportedly defense secretary james mattis together with the secretary of state we just heard had been had been. delivered to the president and he had been sitting on it for quite some time and finally made the decision now to approve this this is a package that is as the state department had said is entirely defensive in nature in the sense that these are anti tank missiles reportedly two hundred ten antitank missiles and thirty five launchers. but and prior to that there had been approval of sniper equipment which and light weapons but this goes far short of what many people had hoped to see because back in two thousand and fourteen congress had approved had authorized the sale of weapons to the. ukraine government and the obama administration had been sitting on it so what they were looking for was something that could actually for example anti aircraft weaponry and that is not part of this package of course really does change in p

has decided to provide ukraine and hands defensive capabilities as part of our effort to help ukraine build its long term defense capacity to defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity and to deter further aggression the forty seven million dollar weapon faggot which congress is expected to approve includes more than two hundred antitank missiles and thirty five launchers as well as light arms. u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson has said russia's occupation of crimea which the u.s. wants to return to your grain is a major stumbling block in relations between moscow and washington the issue that stands in the way is ukraine. we can have differences in other arenas in syria we can have differences in other areas but when one country invades another that is a different set it's hard to look past. or to reconcile it with a disclaimer to russia for the very beginning that we must address ukraine that saying it stands is the single most difficult obstacle to renormalizing a relationship with russia which we badly would like to do he blames russia for continuing violence in the done

fighting between the two sides started in eastern ukraine soon after russia annexed ukraine's crimeainsula. the conflict began about a month later after the deposed pro—moscow ukrainian president, viktor yanukovych, fled to russia. the un says since the conflict began more than 10,000 people have died in the donetsk and luhansk regions. andrew plant has the story. in the war—torn east of ukrainian, carried on three plain buses, hundreds of prisoners are heading home, some after years in captivity. more than 300 people, in one of the biggest prisoner swaps since the ukrainian conflict began, the first such swap since september last year, arriving with their belongings, shivering in temperatures close to freezing, but glad to be finally free. translation: i am very happy that i am going back to ukraine, and i thank everyone for the work that has been done to be able to see my loved ones again. translation: i want to believe that people are tired of all of this and must find the strength to engage in a dialogue, because without dialogue, we will be in a deadlock with no way out. the pri

ukraine's president welcomes a u.s. decision to supply it would leave for weapons but russia warns it will only fuel hostilities in the war torn east. i think. the supporters of liberian presidential hopeful george webb gather in the capital monrovia ahead of tuesday's presidential runoff. and palestinian protesters clashed with israeli security forces in bethlehem as the fallout over the u.s. jewish new move continues. and it will begin in the philippines where at least two hundred people have died from flash floods and mudslides caused by tropical storm and most of the casualties are on the southern island of mindanao which is the philippines second largest dozens of people are also missing with a search and rescue operation underway into as tayyab reports flash floods and mudslides brought on by tropical storm in the towns of two baad n.p.r. gabo mindanao island the philippines second largest have been devastated dozens of homes are destroyed and rescue workers fear the number of casualties will rise. we really want

has decided to provide ukraine and hands defensive capabilities as part of our effort to help ukraine build its long term defense capacity to defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity and to deter further aggression the forty seven million dollar weapon fagots which congress is expected to approve includes more than two hundred antitank missiles and thirty five launchers as well as light arms. u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson has said russia's occupation of crimea which the u.s. wants to return to your grain is a major stumbling block in relations between moscow and washington the issue that stands in the way is ukraine. we can have differences in other arenas in syria we can have differences in other areas but when one country invades another that is a different set it's hard to look past. or to reconcile it with a this clear to russia for the very beginning that we must address ukraine is saying stay as a single most difficult obstacle to renormalizing a relationship with russia which we badly would like to do he blamed russia for continuing violence in the done yet regi

in ukraine, some take imprisonment.ould you want to swap your citizens and it's difficult, we want to get back our 65 people it's not just -- it's dozens if you win the election, perhaps, in case you continue to pursue this absurd policy on peacekeepers? those were there appointed by you are conducting a massacre. you might remember -- they had been liberated and they live a free life. >> us take another question. >> the question with the ukraine, what about the -- agreement seems we're too far away from resolving the situation. can they still be used? we also have systemic regular meetings between u.s. and russian officials in ukraine, they become the six member of the normandy for? i have a question on ukrainian politician, really, what is the future role in ukraine? and what is the prophet for ukraine in general? indeed it has demonstrated low efficiency due to, first and foremost unconstructive position of the current authorities. they don't have any desire to look at those they don't want to launch a real protest.

provides weapons to ukraine it will provoke you have to use more force the conflict between ukraine and russian forces has claimed more than ten thousand lives since twenty fourteen charlotte bellus reports. missile strikes hit a small town in eastern ukraine damaging homes a school and medical clinic in. ukraine blamed the attack two nights ago on pro russian separatists civilians caught in the middle of the three year long conflict . the us has strongly opposed it cools russian aggression in eastern ukraine blaming russia for violence that has claimed more than ten thousand lives and displaced one point seven million people now it will provide weapons to help ukraine defend itself the state department announcing the united states has decided to provide ukraine in hunt's defensive capabilities as part of a if it to help ukraine build its long term defense capacity to defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity and to deter further aggression. report suggests the support package if approved by congress would include anti-tank missiles. u.s. secretary of state ricks to listen has sa

has decided to provide ukraine and hands defensive capabilities as part of our effort to help ukraine build its long term defense capacity to defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity and to deter further aggression the forty seven million dollar weapon fact edge which congress is expected to approve includes more than two hundred antitank missiles and thirty five launchers as well as light arms. u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson has said russia's occupation of crimea which the u.s. wants to return to your grain is a major stumbling block in relations between moscow and washington the issue that stands in the way is ukraine. we can have differences in other arenas in syria we can have differences in other areas but when one country invades another that is a different set it's hard to look past. or to reconcile and we've made this clear to russia from the very beginning that we must address ukraine it saying it stands as a single most difficult obstacle to renormalizing a relationship with russia which we badly would like to do he blames russia for continuing violence in the

of ukraine.estern regions were incorporated into it. in 1954, crimea was incorporated into it, in violation of the legislation that was in place back then. was an illegitimate, illegal decision. what follows is a referendum by the ukrainian people. you will leave those behind. some all have said ukraine should develop an independent state. fine. if people think so, fine. you need to support it. it is counterproductive to go against the will of the people. world,e trends in the and we have seen a reverse trend. people of different identities, to culture, differently which is, are coming together -- different languages, are coming together. the same is happening in europe and asia, everywhere. so we need to come to an .nderstanding what is good for both of us and counterproductive for both of us. , but wetore us apart need to come together. >> hello, mr. putin. chineseent international radio, and china -russiaapp. app.rch 20 -- china-russia russia will hold a presidential election. do you think the

to the ukraine so well it was obvious to us that don't trump will do his best to show that russia is not a friend of his administration because all his steps are dictated by domestic politics and he is ready to do anything including creating more tension with russia in order to power well at least for now it actually he even his decision to support . to declare jerusalem as well to support the idea that jerusalem is the capital of israel was also dictated from at least from our point of view was dictated by the. mystic considerations in order to get more support from the congress so we were prepared for these kind of development and i don't see any surprise in that it well of course there were hopes there were there were hopes when he came to power there were hopes that relations will improve we thought that mr trump will be easier to deal we have than the democratic administration because he seemed to be a pragmatist and mr putin is also a pragmatist so to pragmatists going to all or we can always make a deal but now we see that he is so much. concerned with his domestic right all t

thousands protesting kiev against ukraine's president about to go release of x. georgian leader mikhail saakashvili has been jailed in the city. plus how recession in greece led to a revolution in solar energy being that the country will meet its climate change talk its. russian president vladimir putin has ordered a partial withdrawal of his troops from syria he made the underground stop in latakia province before heading to egypt putin spoke to his allies syrian president bashar al assad at the home i mean airbase russian forces have played an important role in supporting army that's going on the significance of this now from our in kabul on who's the director of policy analysis of the doha institute he's with me here in the studio what is president putin up to here well i think he's trying actually especially after he announced victory against isis a few weeks ago he made it clear that he was actually and will be withdrawing will be partially we're doing prompt syria and by visiting the middle east right now i think he's going to secure secure the agreement of

for russia ukraine today his what afghanistan was for the soviet union back then. when the soviet union interfered in the war there it sparked the crisis to the lot of. more than twenty five years after the fall of the soviet empire light america putin is still looking to restore russian power and prestige with mixed results musk owes an accession of crimea and it's scarcely concealed intervention in the war in eastern ukraine have led it up a blind alley ukraine is more pro western than ever georgia and bella rose are keeping russia at arm's length and relations with the west are frosty. for now the attempt to revive the old soviet empire has failed not least due to russia's own weaknesses but most of all it's because today more and more people in the former soviet republics have transferred their loyalties to their own countries and their own future in this new issue which this is you because i'm not that you know in europe when it becomes more normal here because if we had a better government here and better managers then things wouldn't be too bad. i freelanced

and since then it's been my dream to bring this experience to ukraine. i'm calm go home with my window greenoak to. young musicians have only four days to rehearse before they perform at the festivals closing concert. and business bonnets ok as the newest fandom i could do with some more rehearsal days it's an awful lot to master in such a short time and we don't have it all down that well yet you can see so slim is just saying it's a wonderful young team and you can sense the youthful energy that's important to me and so invaluable because this was actually about. the professionals and the young amateurs have worked and played well together from the very first day. we now know five zero. zero. five thank you we sure were excited we haven't had nearly enough for her small time but i think it'll work out fine we've grown together quickly secret. which and it works wonderfully the german orchestra has fantastic musicians and we quickly found a common language the german musicians help us a lot and that's important that sun always looks on a lean yeah it's

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from germany and two concerts one in libya and one in bonn we start in the beef ukraine. these young musicians are rehearsing a piece by the younger son avoid going on a dios mozart trance saba who lived and worked here for thirty years about two hundred years ago. ukrainian conductor oksana nuf rediscovered this nearly forgotten mozart and she initiated the live before mozart classical music festival dedicated to her favorite composers the elder and younger mozart. in the nineteenth century livy flay in the northeast corner of what was then the austria-hungary an empire today it's in ukraine and it's a vibrant city with a well preserved old town it's a favorite destination for tourists from all over the world. to three thirty the third day of rehearsal. beethoven's triple concerto played by three soloists and musicians from germany's national youth orchestra and the youth orchestra of ukraine. the youth orchestra of ukraine was founded in twenty sixteen byock son of the new hand is modeled on one in germany. to master might be here i would with the bavarian london going

was to tear up ukraine's agreement of association with the e.u. . ukrainians took to the streets in protest as many as a million people joined the euro mind on demonstrations prominent european politicians poured fuel on the revolutionary fire. their appearances were seen as a sign of solid. already against an ever more brutal state apparatus. is that stewart i have been on the my dance since the twenty fourth of november it was a demonstration for our integration into europe because nobody had expected something like this to happen in the twenty first century that on peaceful streets in a peaceful european city where your friends would die before your eyes was that. what started as a peaceful protest turned violent after the ukrainian special forces intervened. is needed to have the president. didn't want to say what i felt is hard to describe i was in shock people were left unconscious their head smashed in half dead you know girls were screaming in a state of shock that. an old lady was with us alexandra michelle obama she was probably about seve

perhaps even integrate them in some fashion into ukraine as 1/5 column to ensure that ukraine never joins nato, never join the european union. it is really an threat to their security. >> this is unlikely to warm any of our relations with russia. and this is something that vladimir putin might have a broader strategy regarding. it is the opportunity of the us to push back against the broader aggressive strategy that russia is putting forward? >> i think we have a multipronged strategy with russia. we saw a week ago or so when the president had a very friendly conversation over the phone with president putin. there was some cooperation on counterterrorism. i think there is a little bit of albeit constrained, opportunities for us to work together with the russians encounter narcotics and counterterrorism while at the same time serving our own national security interest. in this case in the ukraine. it could also be opportunity on arms-control discussions. maybe something limited unlikely as well. it is a complex relationship. i think we have to understand the nuance and those who made too m

did every news coming to live from berlin just two days after a cease fire was agreed in eastern ukraine there's hope for prisoners held on either side of the line of conflict berlin such as the german chancellor angela merkel has spoken to new craney and president petro poroshenko and he's promised to do all he can for a speedy exchange of prisoners but civilians of cross the embattled region are freezing cold comfort those christmas after a spike in violence. along is also the president makes it all far after winning a slim majority carlos pushed along once dialogue with the spanish government but prime minister mario is playing hardball he says he'll meet the leader of the biggest party and that's not. also coming up human rights watch accuses russia and syria of targeting civilians in the air strikes on rebel held enclaves the latest from a researcher who's been in touch with civilians who were trapped there. i'm sorry her. and welcome to the show it's good to have you with us ukraine's president petro poroshenko has said he wants to work for a quick exchange of prisoners being held

clashed with ukrainian police and forced police to let saakashvili go now ukraine has already revoked saakashvili citizenship and claims that he is part of a plan to topple the government of president poroshenko saakashvili has popularity with voters and his claims of rampant corruption in ukraine are a thorn in poroshenko side but he says if you retrace the plans to take him out you'll find that they start with the russian president vladimir putin our first report takes us tonight to the streets of kenya. early morning hide and seek and the rooms above key of my town square except the man being detained by a unmarked special forces is a former president and one of ukrainian president petro poroshenko as most vocal opponents. as news of the rate spread on facebook within minutes a crowd had gathered on the streets below but still there was no word from the police as to why he was being detained. his arms tied behind his back second really had one last chance to address his supporters calling for president bush and co to face impeachment the but it was one second he was bundled into a

and if it is it is because russia has occupied ukraine.ause russia has tanks there and because russia and russian backed forces have killed thousand of their people. so for the ukrainians to defend themselves in their own country the us is helping. and if there will be conflict will be russia being the one illegally stoking that. it is really something important. this is not just a war of weapons. it also needs to be a war of words. >> what you think that putin, the endgame is strategically? this is a situation, do you think you will not back down and not rest until ukraine is reincorporated as mother russia which i understand is kind of the vision of vladimir putin. >> i think there are some things going on. definitely ideological ambition of rebuilding the russian empire. they said the greatest tragedy of the 20 century was the fall of the soviet union. but there is a bigger strategic game as well. one of them is just rattling the saber and showing european countries what he is capable of and thus far, they can count on the united states