in ukraine and russia, there has been a cough of the supply of gas to ukraine but not to europe .nless the conflicts escalate, there is not going to be a shock to the supply of gas to europe. these geopolitical factors are a matter of potential risk for economic activity and financial markets. as long as they are contained and don't have an impact on the select -- the direct supply of gas and oil, their impact is going to be limited. >> that was nouriel roubini. still with us for their views, valentin marinov and patrick armstrong. guys, let's get into this. perspective, give me a little bit more meat on the bone. you say the euro is the carry trade. how do i play that? iseuro is going to be, -- becoming a funding choice. investors will be using it to fund long positions in higher yielding currencies. the ecb has become the first menstrual -- the first central bank to penalize the banks for not spending. that is a turbocharged affect and that should ultimately drive europe out of the eurozone really having all the incentives to sell euro against high-yielding currencies. euro agai

russia has invaded ukraine again russia is intervening in russian troops in ukraine the in soil russia has armed equipped and now joined illegal separatists that is an invasion only this time it's a full scale invasion. russia accused of launching a full scale invasion of ukraine full scale invasion is that how you see this invasion. and what are these claims based on you might ask evidence of course the factual ingredient of ukrainian territory by the russian army ukraine's president says so when we've heard lots in the media about those russian soldiers who cross the border everyone is talking about them but no one seems to remember the dozens of times during this conflict that ukrainian soldiers wandered with arms and ammunition into russian territory. but nato has proof they say that these are russian military vehicles inside of ukraine and this is not the first proof of a russian action that we've seen from nato concerning the ukraine crisis they share intel with the public like these images which were used to prove a russian build up at the border last spring but turned out to be

russia am i wrong. i think. it's obvious that it's not a war between ukraine and russia because if it were war between ukraine and russia would have been over to it how months ago i mean russia has a very powerful military always house and it would have crushed ukraine a long time ago so i mean this is not a war between the three and russia as far as i'm certain this is this is this is an attempt to destabilize russia internationally by the west right back of an equivocal scientist with us in the mountain i thank so much for your thanks for having us. well here's my care would in fact benefit from a cease fire just some official statistics for you twenty six hundred civilians have been killed in ukraine since kiev launched its offensive seven hundred thirty thousand ukrainians left their homeland for russia more than one hundred thousand internally displaced on the other side we have the army here says almost eight hundred government troops have been confirmed killed and more than two and a half thousand wounded while there are suspicions in ukraine that that real number could be much higher both of killed and in

president obama says the cease-fire between ukraine and russia that has been announced this mortgage,he says it is an opportunity, but it needs follow- follow-up. and he says, though, that it is too early to tell what the ukraine cease-fire actually means. keep in mind, though, that cease-fire has been retracted by a putin spokesperson about 30 minutes ago and on the back of that we saw some of the risk assets coming down once again. so there's a so he cease-fire that was announced by the ukrainian president's office earlier on this morning. it was then later retracted. so a very, very forward morning for ukraine and russia. let's have a look at the market implications. will. >> indeed, u.s. futures are pointing to a positive open. there's been a slight strengthening with recent developments. more action happening in european markets. european markets are very strong. they opened slightly positive at the start of the day, as you can see. this announcement came, then markets dropped back slightly half an hour later as president putin spokesperson came out and said it was not his place

ukraine? >> i'm quite pessimistic. it's clear russia wants to stop ukraine's movement closer to the west and european union. also winter is coming. it will be a big problem in the economy and energy and also crimea. it mines that probably russia wants to create physical connection between russia and crimea so there are lots of risks lots of concerns also. >> i suppose from russia's point of view they're pushing forward into ukraine because they don't want ukraine to become a member of nato. they don't want ukraine to move as you have done to look west to europe. >> it is actually the main problem, main issue because russia clearly wants to establish duration union which basically means to collect as many as possible under direct moscow influence. we see this this regard moscow's actions not only ukraine but results of georgia and other countries. to stop the movement of country closer to west. >> given russian ambitions, how important is it nato today is talking about a rapid reaction force where more troops could be in countries like y

he believes that this can be agreed to when representatives from russia, ukraine and those pro-russianr a talk this friday. he seems to think that an agreement can come together. but his belief is that russia must support this process, it can't actually make it happen, brooke. >> okay. i'm with you, but i'm not. if putin is saying that there are no russians in ukraine, and that they did not discuss cease-fire but he would consider discussing terms of a cease-fire, wouldn't that infer there would be -- i'll move on. this is vladimir putin. let's talk about the news of these american troops on the ground shortly for this nato military exercise. how is russia going to react to that, phil? >> reporter: well, russia won't like it, and i think russia's response will be unpredictable. we already know that russia is pretty unhappy with nato's talk of ramping up its it activity in this region, talk of more exercises, rotating more soldiers through, replacing equipment here and so forth. russia says it's provocative and it's going to readjust its own military planning as a result. >> okay. phil

in short russia's actions in ukraine are weakens russia.sia's actions are hurting the russian people. >>> harry joins us life now from mariupol in eastern ukraine. what with rehearing about the alleged ceasefire in the works from the ukrainian side? >> reporter: well, it's been somewhat self contradictory today. the office of the president came out saying that he had agreed a ceasefire with his opposite number in moscow, vladimir putin when the kremlin came out and said we're not a participant in this conflict. there was something of rowing back here in ukraine with the presidency saying they had agreed a ceasefire regime. but if there is a work towards a ceasefire in the current status in eastern ukraine, that can't be seen as anything but a fairly big defeat of the forces of the president poroshenko, because the gains they have made in recent weeks have been utterly reversed since these claims of significant russian involvement. so the president is in a pretty difficult position, because what you heard from president obama about the damag

about don't have anything to do with russia invading ukraine. what we really do need to start getting to is nato taking direct steps to push back on russia's invasion of ukraine and that would be providing intelligence support, advisors and possibly reinforcement to help ukraine win against russia inside their country right now. >> well, certainly it is a terrible fight. ambassador kurt volker, thank you for joining us. >> thank you, antonio. >> now for more stories around the world. we begin here in the u.s. where the national drugstore chain cvs said on wednesday that cigarettes and tobacco products are no longer available for sale in any of their stores. the announcements uh announcement comes a month ahead of the schedule set when the company decided to stop selling tobacco products earlier this year. cvs said it made the decision in order to have a broader commitment to health care and according to the ceo it will cost around $2 billion. next detroit where theodore wafer has been sentenced to a minimum of 17 years for shooting of ranisha mcb

some to russia, many inside ukraine. so while the fighting continues, those things are really very, very big burden, certainly for ukraine. one more thing i think that is really dangerous. no matter how this conflict will be resolved and whether it will be resolved very soon, the split that is rising in this area is quite dangerous thing that will have to be tackled by very, very sensitive politics and negotiation, mediation for many decades to come. the nationalism that is being played out now at which president obama referred to is a very dangerous phenomenon in european history. a lot of the language, a lot of the rhetoric, a lot of the nonacceptance of the other side in ukraine and in russia is growing very, very strongly as a result of this conflict. >> of course, it has to be remembered there are a large amount of people in ukraine that don't want to be part of the west. they want to join russia. >> well, we don't know how many because they think the whole thing needs to be decided through a democratic, you know, e

ukraine has retracted an earlier claim to have reached a cease-fire with russia. the office of ukrainian president poroshenko initially said he agreed with russian counterpart vladimir putin on steps toward a cease-fire with pro-russian rebels in eastern ukraine, but the kremlin then tonight a cease-fire agreement saying it is not in a position to make a deal because it is not a party to a deal. ukraine has accused russia of direct involvement in the violence amidst the recent escalation. the confusion comes as president obama visits the former soviet republic of estonia had of a major nato summit in wales. more than 2600 people have been killed in eastern ukraine since april, the majority by ukrainian forces. the un's has more than one million people have been displaced over one quarter internally. more after the headlines. the militant group islamic state has released a video which appears to show the second beheading of u.s. journalist in as many weeks. steven sotloff is seen wearing an orange jumpsuit, similar to those worn by prisoners at one time obey. he kne

in short, russia's actions in ukraine are weakening russia. russia's actions are hurting the russian people. and it doesn't have to be this way. we have no interest in weakening russia. it's a nation with a rich history and a remarkable people. we do not seek out confrontation with russia. over the past two decades, the united states has gone to great lengths to welcome russia into the community of nations and to encourage its economic success. we welcome a russia that is strong and growing and contributes to international security and peace and that resolves disputes peacefully with diplomacy. and in contrast to russia's isolation and economic woes today, that path, which would include a stable and prosperous ukraine whose sovereignty is respected, would also ultimately result in greater success and opportunity and respect for russia. that path remains available to russia. that path will deliver truer progress for the russian people. but it's a path that starts by russia changing course and leaving ukraine, so that ukrainians can make their o

the conflict between ukraine and russia taking another alarming twist. ukraine's president has warned the crisis is close to the point of no return. eu leaders have given the european commission all week to draft sanctions against moscow. we are joined by ryan chilcote who has been reporting about russia for quite some time. >> it is true. >> let's talk about this in a little more detail. let's talk about the sanctions story first of all. >> sanctions are looking more likely than they have in the recent past. the question is, what shape they might take. the reason why sanctions are likely is that the threat from the european union on saturday was that if the situation worsens, then there will be sanctions. the situation in ukraine has worsened. two events i would .2. one is president putin yesterday saying that the talks in ukraine between separatists and the government should focus on statehood. up until now, the conversation has been about russia would like to see the federalization of the country. they would like to see more autonomous powers for the e

in short, russia's actions in ukraine are weakening russia. russia's actions are hurting the russian people. and it doesn't have to be this way. we have no interest in weakening russia. it's a nation with a rich history and a remarkable people. we do not seek out confrontation with russia. over the past two decades the united states has gone to great lengths to welcome russia into the community of nations, and to encourage its economic success. we welcome a russia that is strong and growing and contributes to international security and peace, and that resolves disputes peacefully with diplomacy, and in contrast to russia's isolation and economic woes today, that path, which would include a stable and prosperous ukraine, whose sovereignty is respected, would also ultimately result in greater success and opportunity and respect for russia. that path remains available to russia. that path will deliver truer progress for the russian people. but it's a path that starts by russia changing course and leaving ukraine so that ukrainians can make their

ukraine. rasmussen has come out saying that russia is attacking ukraine. pro-russian separatists have been fighting in eastern ukraine for months. beth meese and said that what is important -- russ mason -- rasm ussen said that what is important is what is happening on the ground. >> we welcome all efforts to find a peaceful solution to the crisis in ukraine. having said that, i also have to say that what comes is -- counts is what is actually happening on the ground and we are still witnessing unfortunately russian involvement in thes de-stabilizing the situation in eastern ukraine. >> nato has mustered a special force for ukraine. it says it is ready to protect its member states. it is widely ignored to be a move of determinants rather than a plan to intervene in non-nato member ukraine. >> with the creation of a rapid response force nato has been sounding a battle cry on the crisis in ukraine. the secretary-general is using from her language and insists nato cannot afford to be naÏve. one of the top commanders also said nato is on hiler and ready to pro

in short russia's actions in ukraine are weakening russia.ussia's actions are hurting the russian people. >>> there's little doubt that the separatists have gained the upper hand in the battle for east ukraine. they now control a brood area of territory, including around the coastal town, the city of luhansk, and the region's biggest city, donetsk. harry fawcett has more. >> reporter: some confusion on the ukrainian side of things when this news of possible ceasefire emerged. it came first from the office of the president saying he had agreed a ceasefire in a conversation with vladimir putin over the phone. the kremlin came back to say that the russians could not agree on a ceasefire, because they maintain they are not party to the conflict. now ukraine says it has agreed to a ceasefire regime. so the process towards a ceasefire would be in the offering. but any ceasefire can't be seen as much else in the pretty significant defeat for ukrainian forces who was so much in superiority a week or so ago. those gains have been utterly reversed sinc

we'll discuss what a possible ceasefire could mean for ukraine, russia, and nato, but first i want toxplore the damage that the conflict in ukraine is having on the already weak economies of the european union, america's biggest trading partner. today we got another reminder of the economic challenges facing europe. the president took more action to boost lending, and stop europe's stagnating economies from sliding into another recession. he surprised financial markets by lowering interest rates to new record lows. he said that next month the ecb will start buying various bonds and other secureries issued by euro zone banks, and suggested they may result to quantitative easing, and that involves massive purchases of bonds. all of this is in response to euro zone countries facing the triple whammy of very weak inflation, anemic economic growth, and geopolitical unrest. euro's own inflation sank to .3 of a percent last month. they wanted to be around 2%. this is a problem. very low inflation. sounds good, but it raises fears of falling prices or deflation, and when that happens wages sh

just as ukraine needs russia. aljazeera, new york. >> well, the complicated energy is just one reason to expect a rough road for ukrainian and russian relations in the near future. analyst at global intelligence, we join the company's offices in austin, texas. and eugene, good to see you again. you say there are three short-term challenges. and energy is one of them. the ongoing fighting and the trade relations, and how does that all fit into the tenuous ceasefire? >> it's all very much interrelated. and what they're discussing right now between ukraine and russia and the europeans, it's a broader settlement, but there are short-term issues that would prevent a settlement from taking place, so we see the ceasefire as a temporary basis, and we have already seen disruptions to the ceasefire, and the same goes with the economic relations as you mentioned on top of the show. you know, the delay in the implementation of the trade agreement, though russia is still making threats on the trade issue, and then of course th

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

obama was meeting today with nato allies in estonia, ukraine's president and russia's vladimir putin d make a cease-fire deal. a diplomatic solution is what he had hoped for and ukraine all along. >> if, in fact, russia is ,repared to stop financing arming, training, and in many cases joining with russian ukraine andities in is series about a political settlement, that is something that we all hopeful -- hope for. i have said consistently our preference is a strong, productive, cooperative russia. >> the president also announced the u.s. will send more air force planes and units to estonia and other baltic countries. president sending 350 additional u.s. troops to iraq to protect diplomatic facilities and personnel in baghdad. the u.s. will now have more than 800 troops there. but it is emphasizing they will not be used in a combat role. and top aides talking about iran's nuclear process have stalled. the deadline looked weak. discussions have stalled. >> and in the tech world, a lot of headlines as well. front run trying to that release by holding its own big lunch. they are scripted

russia. news this morning, the two countries just announcing a cease-fire. ukraine russia announcing a cease-fire. but will the apparent isis beheading of steven sotloff overshadow the president's trip? we'll cover all the angles for you live. welcome back to "early start," everyone. a lot of breaking news this morning. i'm john berman. >> and i'm christine romans. 32 minutes past the hour. let's begin with the growing cries for president obama to strike back against the isis group. a video that is authentic, this just coming to us from u.s. intelligence officials, they are authenticating that video where a knife-wielding black-hooded executioner with the statement moments before the journalist steven sotloff was brutally murdered. >> because of your insistence and continuing your bombs in amirli and mosul, you president obama are the blame for another american citizen. >> after the bombing in amirli. meanwhile, the president has authorized the deployment of 350 more u.s. troops to iraq, with the white house insisting they will not be serving in a combat role. anna

ukraine signed an agreement with the european union, but only after russia rudleigh elbowed it's way to the table. only then could it proceed. the worst crisis since the doled war was triggered by the eu's push to lure ukraine to its hold. and russia on its doorstep. so they have agreed to delay full implementation of the deal until early 2016, and ukraine still gets privileged access to the eu market until then, but at the assistance of moscow, europeans won't get the same free access to the ukrainian market in return. petroishenko globed over that today. and he said they will be ready for competition with european markets. for the ukrainian economy, that's incredibly wishful thinking on his part. by putin, the ceasefire agreement, passed a law today, giving the eastern regions the self rule for the next three years, and that means that the rebels will be allowed to set up their own police forces and hold their own elections in december. so far reaction from the rebels is only luke warm, and they don't want self rule, but they want the right to bolt from ukraine, and in the meantime,

and having an understanding of the situation, is moscow on board with a cease-fire in eastern ukraine? >> russia does risk a new round of sanctions at the end of this week if it does not back down in eastern ukraine. it is understandable and it is important that this statement this putin backing cease-fire comes before the end of the week. does not wantsia a new round of sanctions. the economy is in a recession already. the timing is very important. putin has been making conciliatory statements before. what is important to point out is that the spokesman for the donetsk people's republic has rebelsat the donetsk will not cease firing while ukrainian forces are still in the region. to lookally important to see if the fighting actually ends and that there is a cease-fire on both sides of the conflict. statements sometimes do not have much weight here. again, a confusing situation. thank you very much indeed for clarifying some of the details. is market reaction reflecting some of this confusion. let's find out what we have seen over the last half hour. manus cranny joins us with the details. >> it

ukrainian leaders are demanding that russian soldiers pull out of eastern ukraine. russia says their troops aren't even there. separatist fighters say they, too, are ready to lay down their arms. russia's interfax news agency quoted one separatist leader as saying that if government forces cease-fire, its side will as well. and the separatists say they'll follow up on other parts of putin's plan. they say they'll establish humanitarian corridors so civilians can move around freely and supplies can be brought in. and they're demanding that the government ban military planes from flying over areas they control. >>> let's now turn to the latest in biz with ron madison. >> it was a big day for currencies during friday morning trading here in tokyo. we saw the dollar gain ground, and it hit the upper 105-yen level, a rate we haven't seen since october 2008. is surged to 105.7 yen. the reason why the dollar was stronger is that investors are becoming more confident about the u.s. economy. data on thursday like service sector growth was better than expected and confirmed those vi

ukraine. it's not. russia has pushed ukraine away. >> it would have been interesting to see in hindsight if had europe prened ukraine way back with -- not a binary option of you're either with us or with russia, but some type of option where there's ties to russia, and at the same time you can move towards us somehow. it would have been interesting to see what would have happened, in hindsight. >> in either way, nato has to get putin back to the table. there's no way diplomacy can work if it's just with the rebels. at the moment, there's nothing to work with. >> that's the key point. as one of our earlier guests was saying, you solve things through diplomacy. >> we hope. >>> just moving on from ukraine and russia and just to mention what's taking place with regard to the tropical storm dollie, the nhc saying tropical storm dollie is moving towards mexico. they're saying they're looking at slight strengthening in the next 24 hours until it's anticipated that dollie will be making landfall and they're saying a t

is russia's fault and not ukraine's fault i don't really see any serious prospect of there being a middle east at all john if there is no ceasefire and what sort of position is kiev in to continue the fighting because they have been suffering their forces have been suffering heavy losses recently. well that is in a sense the as it were optimistic reading of this tweet and of this announcement. i must say it's completely cancelled anyway by the announcement that ukraine is going to seek nato membership because if assad. the european union was controversial joining nato is infinitely more controversial and that will throw oil on the flames but yes your question is is absolutely right it could well be and this is the alternative more optimistic reading of the tweet and of the announcement that in fact president poroshenko and kiev have realized that the game is up they lost as we know the airport that after lugansk the ukrainian army has suffered heavy losses we don't have accurate figures but i'm expect you at r.t. probably hav

. >>> negotiators from ukraine and russia are among those trying to organize a cease fire to end the conflict. russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov has been watching the talks from afar and it's he's warned that ukraine's nato ambitions could throw the process off course. >> translator: this kind of action will derail all efforts aimed at arranging the pro-russian groups. >> he referred to a draft law ukrainian lawmakers approved earlier this week that allows the country to join military blocks. russian leaders considered that a threat to their interests. poroshenko says he's ready to order government troops to stop shooting if negotiators can reach a deal. poroshenko said he would call on commanders to cease fire. emhe hopes that might even happen later on friday. but for now, government voices and pro-russian separatists are still fighting. some units are trading fire near the city.

a senior russian official has accused nato of tensions in ukraine by boosting the military presence. russia would have to adapt its own defense strategy accordingly. on the ground in eastern ukraine, government troops are forced to withdraw from the airport. they say russian units were involved. moscow denied sending soldiers into ukraine. >> ukraine is now calling the this conflict a great war launched by moscow that could claim tens of thousands of lives. this is donetsk airport, the scene of more fierce fighting. the pro russian separatist rebels have been gaining ground in recent days in luhansk and donetsk regions. ukrainian forces say they were forced to withdraw from the airport. the defense minister says on his facebook page russia is behind the rebel attacks and begun a full scale military intervention. he says a great war has arrived at our doorstep, the likes of which europe has not seen since world war ii. russia denies involvement in the conflict. lavrov said monday's talks should agree on a ceasefire. those talks brought together ukrainian, russian and separatist envoys over a

overnight in ukraine is creating new doubts about a potential cease-fire agreement between ukraine and russia. ukrainian officials say forces continue to come under really heavy fire from pro-russian rebels in southeastern ukraine and it appeared the separatists were surrounding a key city between russia and crimea. this comes hours before ukraine/russia, reshl and other officials planned to hold a conference. president obama plans a conference and met with ukraine's president and other top european leaders in a show of support for kiev in its conflict with moscow. the rise of islamic state militants a major topic. in an interview with chris jansing, the white house signaled there may be a big change to deter isis in syria. >> can you do it in syria without boots on the ground? >> we're looking at what's going to be necessary. we've said clearly, you need a strategy on both sides of this border. this is an organization that operates without respect for borders. >> you're not ruling it out. what we're already doing is providing a military assistance to syrian opposition, the strongest kount we

brazinski a couple years ago had been president carter's national security adviser and warned, russia without ukraine is a normal state. russia with ukraine becomes an empire. and that's important for us to understand. this is changing the character of the russian state as we have known it since the end of the cold war. it is bringing it back to something very much like what it was before. and once it's ukraine, it doesn't need to be the baltic states. there are lots of targets of opportunity for vladimir putin. northern cad yakazakhstan, huge country, very empty -- >> but that's not a nato state. >> no, of course not, but it means he is going to begin piece by piece to reconstitute aspects of the old soviet union, and that is dangerous for the kind of order we have in the world because it sends a signal to other countries that might want to revise the global order that they can do so as well. >> right, but nato is crucial, because as a defense alliance, it did help to unify europe and keep soviet union out of western europe. do you think, matt, that one of putin's goals here is to essentially show t

they consider the part of war in ukraine. russias trying to act within that part of war to bring peace to eastern ukraine. >> adds another element to it. for the time being, editor of the russian service, thank you very much more expertise. >>> the militant group boko haram has received control of a town near the border in the northern state of borno. many are reported to have been killed. thousands of civilians have fled the town along with soldiers. we'll be brought up to date on this development. >> reporter: yes, it's been quite confusing this week. this town not far from the main city in the northeast, we're hearing from there many residents, thousands of residents have fled the town. the military earlier in the week said they were holding it. now the senator for the area has told bbc that there are boko haram fighters patrolling the streets of bama. they're effectively under their control. the insurgents seized the town from the nigerian military after the fierce battle. he said soldiers tried to defend it but it fell to boko

new port, wales. >> joining paul in ukraine and peter in moscow, russia, but first, back to new port where that nato summit is taking place, and there's plenty on the agenda there, dave. but ukraine is really dominating this meeting, isn't it? >> it's certainly dominating much of the meeting, and it's dominating the next couple of hours, because though they have had one preliminary meeting with some of the leaders and president poroshenko, the big meeting with ukraine starts in the next 45 minutes, and that's the meeting known as the nato-ukrainian commission. that's a body that has been in place for a long time because nato and ukraine have had a relationship for a long time. they talked about possible ukrainian membership for a long time. and the nato troops have fought alongside of ukrainian troops. it's not clear what's going to come out of this meeting, but we know from nato, that they are going to set up a new rapid reaction force, and we have had one of those, but this will be a very rapid reaction force, known as the spearhead force, which could be formed in about two days, an

russia along the border. he did not mention that 400 kilometers of that order in the region between ukraine and russia is firmly in the hands of her russian separatists against whom the ukraine military shows every instance of retreating from. >> u.s. president barack obama is in estonia today, a stopover on the way to the nato summit. it is meant to reassure the baltic states in the face of russia's move on ukraine. >> i've come here first and foremost to reaffirm the commitment of the united states to the security of estonia. as nato allies, we have article five duties to our collective defense. that is a commitment that is amber cabal. it is unwavering. it is eternal. -- that is a commitment that is unbreakable will stop it is unwavering. it is eternal. >> and there is more on the threat of russia to estonia itself. >> estonia has been independent and in the popular imagination russia has always been there, a clear and present threat and danger to it. when barack obama says an attack against one is an attack against all come a which is what is enshrined in article five of nato, to assyrians that -- to estoni

this year he is the gratest challenge. >> russia is fighting against ukraine, in ukraine. russian troops and tanks are attacking the ukranian forces. and while talking about peace, russia has not made one single step to make peace possible. >> this time ukraine's president is a special guest, looking for support as he prepares for ceasefire talks with pro-russian separatists. ukraine is fighting for peace. ukraine was not initiator of war. ukraine are object of the aggression. and we try to do our best for immediate stop the aggression, immediate stop the fire. >> as a nonmember, ukraine will not benefit from n.a.t.o. military plans being discussed to deter further russian aggression in eastern europe. on the sidelines of the summed. barack obama and david cameron are working with allies to form a coalition in the fight against is, and iraq and syria. at the summit of the gates antiwar protesters gathered, the message that the only way out of conflict is dialogue. >> most of the people think n.a.t.o. is anabbing ronistic, and should have folded after the end of the cold war

nhk world, new falls, wales. >>> negotiators from russia and ukraine are among those trying to arrange a cease fire. russia's foreign minister, sergei lavrov warned that ukraine's efforts to join nato would not help de-escalate the crisis in the eastern part of the country. lavrov's warning came prior to the nato summit in a meeting with the secretary-general of the council of europe. >> translator: this kind of action will derail all efforts aimed at arranging dialogue between the ukrainian government and pro-russian groups. >> lavrov referred to the ukrainian government's approval on wednesday of a draft bill that allows the country to join military blocs. observers say lavrov's comments are meant to emphasize russia's objection to ukraine joining nato. professor yu hasumi is an expert on international relations. he thinks the nato summit could open the possibility of a cease-fire in ukraine. >> translator: more than 2,000 ukrainians have died in the conflict. and the number of refugees has risen to 1 million. the nation's economy has also been hit hard. so there's a growing war wari

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ukraine break away if they choose. but the nato leaders meeting in wales this week see all this as a huge threat to western europe. >> russia is ripping up the rule book with its annexation of crimea. and its troops on sovereign soil in ukraine. >> the unity and the firmness that we've seen in the transatlanta he can alliance in supporting ukraine -- trans-atlantic alliance in supporting ukraine and sanctions has been a testimony to how seriously people take the basic principle that big countries can't just stomp on little countries or force them to change their policies. >> we are bound by an ironclad commitment to defend one another against attack. all for one, one for all. john: so does that mean, indira, that the allies believe they can actually push russia out of ukraine? >> look, i mean, this is all happening on the heels today of this supposed cease-fire agreement. and we'll have to see how that plays. i think that the allies are trying to be careful. because they want to make very clear to putin that nato is unshabeable. anyone who's already in nato, unfortunately for ukraine they're not in nato but if in your nato

but first a few commenting on rising tension between u.s., europe and russia over ukraine. and public battle of bits between president's obama and putin. president obama will be in estonia trying to understand our nato allies, and ar assure them that u.s., and naughto nations -- nato nations remain committed to their defense. -- putin seems to be the early winner of the battle of wits. putin's foreign minister, today called on washington to pressure ukraine into negotiating a deal. as though russia were not the agressor in the crisis. and russians themselves have a sense of humor about the quote crippleing western sanctions. they were putin a punishment for his aggression. a duty-free shop in a russian airport put up this sign that tells world leaders they are now under sanctions, baned from the store and look elsewhere if thigh want cheap vodka. russia deputy prime minister told nasa, which depends on russia space agency to get americans ts to space station to perhaps use a promp trampoline t our astronauts into space. nato leaders, meeting in wales this week, reportly pre

russia face to face. now, today, we have talked about ukraine wanting to join n.a.t.o., it can't. it's not qualified. the fact that people are talking about that is a provocation to russia. let's go back to the ceasefire. it's important. about 3,000 people have died in these cities, it has got to stop. petro porashenko said nobody else should die. he's right. petro porashenko didn't want a ceasefire until this week. he thought he was winning in eastern ukraine against the rebels, now he's not. there's an argument as to why not, did russia send in equipment, did the separatists get their act together. n.a.t.o. is the only horse or dog in the fight. weak. >> he was winning the war. there are several thousands russian drops in ukraine, and we have a reporter, harry fawcett, with an al jazeera crew, and they captured 11 battle tanks, two armoured personnel car yours, a multi rocket launch system, mobile artillery pieces with a range of more than 30 miles. the crew was stopped at a checkpoint by troops with battle tanks. russia is claiming it had no troops, as it did in crimea. when you have a country that