embassy revoked visa for ukrainians. and the obama administration is considering sanctions against the government. >> we continue to urge yanukovych and his government to respect the rights of protesters, and if we have to take steps, we will >> reporter: what began in kiev is spreading to other parts of the country. in one of the more dramatic moments of the day, protesters were able to force one regional governor to resign. a yanukovych supporter, he quickly rescindid his resignation, saying that he was under duress. >> joining us now from the ukrainian capital is aljazeera america's grieve jennifer glass. has the time limit on the truce passed and has there been any movement on the square? >> reporter: you know, ray, the time that it has passed, and it actually passed a few hours ago here, and as it was the time approaching, that went on the street that has been the battle ground here, and that's the road that runs from the parliament to the main thoroughfare here in kiev, so far that truce has held. just a few minute

a violent clashes that engulfed central kiev as ukrainian police tear down barricades and chase rioters on a fourth day on to government protests two people have died. the crisis is being fueled by nationalists and radicals keen to take the opportunity to push for revolution that. and also in the headlines syria's government and opposition sit face to face for the first time since the start of the conflict but these start a long anticipated peace talks in switzerland have exposed the parties very different views of the future. this is our seem to national coming to you live from moscow hello and welcome to the program. and two people have died in kiev government protests in the ukrainian capital have reached a fourth consecutive day of violence police have toned down barricades in the center of the city and chased down riotous and they were tell a chauffeur testers has been a cool as forceful all season ixia have ski is a k. of for us right now at the same way he reports that security forces are about to storm the city's center again i use seeing any signs of that it's very hard to see

several officials ukrainian officials several. so there's no position protesters nothing like this ukrainian official. now we also heard from the state department referencing two protesters that had been shot saying that they had been shot by members of the police despite the fact that the investigation on the ground in kiev had not yet concluded president obama himself stayed silent on the recent developments a state department spokeswoman did call on the ukrainian government to abide by the protesters calls for the country to sign a trade deal with the european union instead of turning towards russia the state department's top your of europe official victoria nuland has visited the country several times recently to argue the case vice president biden had also called the ukrainian president to express his deep concerns now the united states isn't alone in pointing the finger of blame on the ukrainian government when it comes to the recent violence in kenya of we did also hear from the e.u. budget commissioner who said that sancti

called ukrainian. insurgent army you know the ukrainian nationalist or you know not so group that four during the second world war and you can see here ward off basically nazi symbols and the style was very nazi so we should not forget there during the war considerable part of western ukraine in population supported hitler right after the german troops moved in there were several groups you know of ukrainian nationalists which helped them and now we see these symbols you know or the symbols behind you all you you know organization of ukrainian nationalists this was one of the most cruel groups during the second world war the one they destroyed a lot of russians a lot of jewels they were horrid and i said why it's the willingly for field the order of the german nazis so i would not want to. all these people nationals there are no nazis ok but talking about present time so far the radical tendencies within the ukraine opposition have been launched ignored by their western so what about now are these the

of the ukrainian opposition more profoundly after all mr klitschko tarty. is called punch card in russian means punch in a crane as well he is a boxer and he has now presented himself on to the political scene but clearly as a man who wishes to embody still as a politician the kind of violence that he practiced when he was a boxer i think when such situations escalate there's always the question of who started it did the police started on the thirtieth of number november or did the demonstrators i've certainly seen plenty of videos of demonstrating of demonstrators attacking the police with incredible brutality including of course pictures of police being burned and those videos date from back in december as dimitri said but ultimately i think the fault if you like the political fault because after all the situation on the street can explode at any time does fly with the european union when the ukrainian opposition back in september last year decided to include to the extreme right wing party in its ranks the european union turned a blind eye even though it

the will of the ukrainian people being represented there. absolutely not this is the one they all called a small group and i highly committed save only one of the three nationally city areas of new york or what we cannot at the same time if you are this is now the way it is we are going to we have a slight problem with the delay from brussels so it's very difficult for people to cut in and then obviously for us to pick up on that but just very briefly i just want to state from both the sort of your closing comments then what you believe is going to be the outcome of what's happened just briefly. the outcome will be european union's ukrainians will realize which side their bread is buttered and that the deal with russia connected not only with economics but with long term traditional spiritual and cultural links makes it imperative for ukraine to keep its equidistance busy europe and russia in the not to come part become part of the camp which looks upon ukraine as a tool of geopolitical long term game of surrounding and strangle aggression w

around a dozen ukrainian cities are under siege by rioters these people are targeting local authority building the said local government buildings police stations in the like said barricading roads no three of the worst affected cities which has seen the worst violence. in the time the city of tennessee where we're hearing that right now where around one thousand rioters are besieging local government buildings there with around one hundred riot police trying to keep them away but of course they are they're outnumbered ten to one and not situation in which was one of the first cities outside of kiev to see violence biloba into it. right is how the occupied government buildings there. they've blocked roads and also barricading the police barricade and the police headquarters so that certainly say they seem to have the upper hand in that situation and in which was also one of the first cities to to see violence outside of kiev we're seeing similar scenes there as well as large groups of rioters take over the government buildings and try to barricade make barricades there to form defensi

i think this is largely a ukrainian matter.t has made his position more difficult, but he has not used full force, because he knowed that would be the end of his position internationally, and ukraine itself. ukraine is a political culture that will not tolerate that type of massive force, so he has used smaller force. i think there is a possible of a compromise. i think it will be useful if the united states was enganged. i think ukraine themselveses have the basic of a compromise, that would be that he take steps to ensure a free and fair election. he releases from jail. he guaranteed that he can run for the presidency. he removes all those laws those anti-democratic laws he signed last week. he released from jail all the protestors picked up in the middle of the night, as your correspondent pointed out. those are serious gestures. so far he has done nothing. his willing to talk is not important. >> but he has stepped he could take short of leaving power. which could lead to a compromise. who stood up for democratic. with all

and to come closer to ukrainian parliamentarian. area. and they to they are trying to break through but they have no chance of so. they have not enough forces to go through the police but they have enough forces to protect. you from the police so. just wait. movement of police troops under bush to avoid local journalists. will be a little bit later much appreciated thank you. in other sports or correspond to really good she was in his first. experiences of that with me. there had to say burst into flame earlier right when they started back in november or it got to the point where they have to do something and by they i mean the protesters and of course the government as well but most of the protesters because for a while there they tried to keep it coming in waves they're waiting for the dispersal of the my down they kept saying it's going to happen people kept getting messages through their phones and through twitter. with threatening messages which were essentially saying we're about to be ambushed at the police are about to because the

they have ukrainian sports. many of them to the government could make a bad decision that would chain them to russia. kim's can i meaning is that the question recalls can't just drop everything and go. i would really like to finally live in europe with my husband and daughter. i hope i don't have to flee ukraine to defect lessons. jr was also just like grandpa lol we say dawson comes to the point where they have to seek help disposal of the blow species to be potent. that's why i remain here is a poll on protecting will the ukrainians have destroyed yet the demonstrations in his ears too. on some options twenty thousand people show up support for ukraine to orient itself towards the west no one here. it was a customs union with russia what a shame unto it and he won't let us join the european union the little questions that come in the moscow wants to force us back to the soviet union back to the stone age beware of modern people you want to be part of your rope the next morning at six am when the box with the u

their children learn the ukrainian language and polish schools. the eu strongly supports minority languages. these days, the children are very aware of the nearby border. >> i was once there with mama and papa. everyone had to show their passports. otherwise, we would not have been able to go on. even i needed a passport. >> and he will need one for some time to come if he wants to visit ukraine with his parents. what direction will ukraine take? can its people still dream of a place in the european union? maybe by 2024? >> poland has benefited tremendously from eu membership, and it has left its mark on the eu in many ways, too. this area here outside the european parliament in brussels is named after the independent trade union that traded poland's liberation from communist rule, but the enlargement of the eu was not a success for every member. take cyprus -- many had hoped that by joining the eu, the mediterranean island would finally overcome its internal division, but he's there still has to be safeguarded by human soldiers. >> it's quiet alo

is in the ukrainian capital for us. undoubtedly this is the biggest political day in the history of modern ukraine with the parliament voting on very crucial steps and i was just seen scenes of jubilation here at the independence square when the news broke that the parliament voted to revoke most of the laws described as draconian here by those protesting the anti-riot laws which were passed on january the sixteenth this comes after the ukrainian prime minister announced that the very start of the session that he is willing to step down from his position as the country's prime minister one of the leaders of the opposition who was offered prime minister's job a little earlier by the president refused to take this position this is definitely a big news because we heard from this so-called right wing sect on monday the nationalist hardcore basically and june of this riots and protests that they would withdraw from the governmental court or they would dismantle their barricades if a compromise is reached between the opposit

bank accounts of certain ukrainian oligarchs linked to the ukrainian leadership but at the same time we've had an m.e.p. talking about the association agreement for ukraine still being still being very much on the table and the the e.u. official that's responsible for e.u. expansion the european commissioner for enlargement and neighborhood policy well he's coming to kiev on friday so on the one hand we've got condemnation and threats but on the other hand we've got to look and hope that eventually ukraine is still going to rubber stamp that deal with the e.u. thanks very much indeed for that. reporting live from berlin now let's cross to kiev where we can bring you some live pictures of how it's looking at the moment in the center of the city still walls of flame plenty of fires burning there throughout the city and of course bring you more on that is developments continue there throughout the night now the u.s. and the e.u. are justifying this on response saying it was provoked by the ukrainian authorities as we've heard from polly the emotional boda he's a senior international rel

their children learn the ukrainian language and polish schools. the eu strongly supports minority languages. these days, the children are very aware of the nearby border. >> i was once there with mama and papa. everyone had to show their passports. otherwise, we would not have been able to go on. even i needed a passport. >> and he will need one for some time to come if he wants to visit ukraine with his parents. what direction will ukraine take? can its people still dream of a place in the european union? maybe by 2024? >> poland has benefited tremendously from eu membership, and it has left its mark on the eu in many ways, too. this area here outside the european parliament in brussels is named after the independent trade union that traded poland's liberation from communist rule, but the enlargement of the eu was not a success for every member. take cyprus -- many had hoped that by joining the eu, the mediterranean island would finally overcome its internal division, but he's there still has to be safeguarded by human soldiers. >> it's quiet alo

he belonged to the ethnic ukrainian minority in parliament. the following very closely what happens in ukraine. should be noted here that i didn't study for my countrymen and worried about their fates. it may be when a man in ukraine joining the european union. i shed tears of joy these are our brothers and think of it and indeed i sat in front of the tv and watch the ants and tremble with excitement and nervousness of mine yet. most people in this image is here agree. as fate would have its fifty thousand ethnic ukrainians ended up on the polish side of the border the most in the european union the children on the ukrainian language in schools. we can use strongly supports minority languages these days the children are very aware of the nearby border. a stylish went there with mama and papa. she and everyone had to show their passports. otherwise we wouldn't have been able to go on. even i needed a passport and you need one for some time to come. he wants to visit ukraine with his parents. what direction would ukraine take. and its people sti

lucy we've seen the ukrainian government making some concessions now so why is the u.s. still condemning the way that it's handling the crisis and putting yet more rhetorical pressure on it. well the u.s. secretary of state did call for an end to the violence but it shouldn't interestingly worded statements actually take a listen to the secretary of state's remarks john kerry at the moment let's take a listen. to your. we are working with our partners the government of ukraine. drift the concerns. that i literally just. the efforts. working with president. to try to achieve you know move in this direction in the next days we will stand with the people of ukraine. so there you heard john kerry saying the u.s. will stand with the people of ukraine similar in fact more strongly worded a reaction here in washington on capitol hill we saw a joint statement from a bipartisan group of senators led by john mccain also pinning the blame directly on the government of ukraine now in that statement they had expressed what they called regret that some protesters have resorted to viol

to what degree do protesters and to represent the ukrainian people. which of these protesters believe in what they really want is to play on the path to nowhere. right from the sea. the interesting picture. the importers twitter. the animal. the move on. i am the news. happy watching rt as international mediators hear her old dance here in unity and geneva to this french infighting among the opposition and a war zone itself. activists say fourteen hundred people have been killed this month alone during clashes between rival rebel factions reason auction is at the front lines and just to warn you that some images in her report on graphic. i don't see me and one of them each instance nice develops before three distinct areas the war has been the scene of some of the fiercest clashes between government troops and the rebels fight shoulder to shoulder with a number of different kind at the beacon groups now a different sort of always thinking of the same battlefield the book on the dark ones and it's free seating on the grill and its reorganization united

riot police and the ukrainian congress will push forward and ted down barricades set up by and to government rioters all under a reign of rocks and molotov cocktails. delegations. to separated syrian peace talks exposing councils between the grand schemes of the country's future envisioned by that participants that. the new mothers in damascus forced to give bus and bobbins but now is trying for their children to live and the reunited syria. international news and call in july from moscow you will she also international with me you know hello and welcome to the program. police in the ukrainian capital are forcing anti-government ryan to abandon the barricades that has violence in central kiev rolled into its fourth day running and he's an ex a guest have say is that for us right now alexei looks like the front line have been shifting that well has it like now. because if you knew it was so clear. that a horse i just could not. go full and push the protest to the second. quarter to quarter roger back to the defendant set up the first light i'm going to before i'm standing right now but that t

join their group in union the only thing we may expect is that the ukrainians and. parties government and opposition. necessary understanding and especially necessary primate to define the but i do. dramas that try to be ignored to. stories others refuse to notice. places change the world rights. to picture. from around the. globe to. welcome back you're watching r t international and as international mediators here to hurdle against syrian unity and geneva two there's fresh in finding among the opposition in the war zone itself activists say fourteen hundred people have been killed this month alone during clashes between rival rebel factions more even on the floor front lines and just to warn you that some of the images in her report are graphic. yes the mission in the world in syria one of the richest and most developed before three divest eighteen years or more has been the scene of some of the fiercest clashes between government troops and the rebels fighting shoulder to shoulder with a number of different al qaida affiliated groups but now a different sort of w

is in the ukrainian capital for us. i can see from my vantage point that several hundred protesters are moving into the square the numbers are not receding here it's still pretty much i would say maybe several thousand people of protesters and riot just over here slowing flash bangs bullets of cocktails rocks at the police can't see if the project was actually reaching the police lines because of this black smoke as i've said i would never expect that i would have to wear a bulletproof vest and a helmet in the iranian capital the negotiation with the president members of the opposition have already concluded no comments came out of them which is definitely a warning sign and we are now anxiously anticipating a press conference by the opposition to a little earlier several hours ago and i filed this report i saw the first wave of protests this off of the police trying to push the protesters off the square let's have a look at the force right now. so this is yet another attempt by the police to push the protest this off t

what it costs leading to the ukrainian he said. the same time when pads and ndp talking about the same station agreement the ukraine still being as something very much on the table at it and the eu the eu official that's responsible for the unique strengths and the european commissioner for enlargement the neighbourhood policy where he's coming to kiev on fri sat on the one who can think of condemnation and rats. but on the other hand people total. how do they eventually ukraine is still going to drop the stuff that deal with the eu. when things were in washington for the subtleties playboy reporting that much but in our discourse. back to kiev where we can bring you some live pictures of a poet's looking at them and it can be sent to the city still walls of flame paint eva fires burning throughout the city and i would of course bring you more on that says that the benefits continue that throughout the night now beat us in the eu in justifying the sun response to use provided by the ukrainian authorities as we've heard from only th

violence cannot be controlled and the so-called ukrainian opposition actually. gave them a lot to them to allow them to participate in this violence it will be very difficult to stop the door a box off ukrainian fascism was open. and it's only a very decides if the government force that can stop it veronica of the opposition leaders were booed and the history by the crowds for talking to the government do they have any control over the mall at this point and well at this point the trolls did that they do not have any. control and more than that they have. very strong support for western capitals you know many american police state department three percentage of c. does it it's mine done also brussels talks in support and their european capitals so they couldn't control it you know what we see today has been happening in the number of times since history ten days after hitler attacked the soviet union. ultranationalist forces a drawing to the german their most and declared ukrainian independence there was a prime minister with so called the ukrainian independent

the social order is on the verge of collapse to what degree do protesters in kiev represent the ukrainian people what do these protesters believe in and what do they really want is ukraine on the path to nowhere. i would rather as questions to people in positions of power instead of speaking on their behalf and that's why you can find my show larry king now right here on our t.v. question more. hello and welcome to crossfire all things are considered i'm peter lavelle ukraine or at least the country's capital care has descended into chaos protests have turned extremely violent and the social order is on the verge of collapse to what degree do protesters in kiev represent the ukrainian people what do these protesters believe in and what do they really want also there are accusations of outside meddling is ukraine on the path to nowhere. to cross talk of ants in ukraine i'm joined by my guest alexander maturity and london he is a legal writer and an analyst in moscow we have mark sloboda he is a senior lecturer and we searched or at moscow state university and in washington we cross to ande

in the ukrainian capital. looking independence square where the speakers are continuing to deliver their rhetoric from the stage just as you might be able to hear that over the top of. me talking now we have seen a a distinct decrease in the amount of people on the streets on thursday compared to wednesday now that's because wednesday was a public holiday it allowed more people to come out but what those people have left that were here yesterday were here on wednesday well they've left more barricades better built barricades and certainly far more secure barricades about two hundred meters away just over to my left is where that that main flashpoint is going on in front of the dynamics' stadium between rioters and riot police where they're separated by what is literally a wall of fire and i was out in that last night and having a look around about what was what was going on there and it's made it look like something more out is done to his inferno that they have been calls from the opposition to be peaceful to

with ukrainian president viktor which he said he was deeply concerned that conversation has to be on a call which assured him that they would be no state of emergency called in ukraine and they was no plans at the moment to to involve the military. extra type of security services on the streets now he wasn't the only european leader to talk about ukraine the. head of the european parliament martin schulz said that he in his opinion there has to be elections in ukraine immediately and he was calling for the ukrainian government to call those elections so the european union applying pressure making their voices heard of over the subject of what continues to be a moment a standoff between rioters police and a lot of talks going on between the various sides here in ukraine. now is our teeth peter oliver and here to talk a little bit more about the u.s. reaction to what's happening in the ukraine i'm joined by our captain i was. so white house press secretary jay carney addressed the rioting in kiev at the white house press conference this morning so talk to me a little bit about what the

and now to the embattled ukrainian city of kiev and a temporary truce leaders of the opposition have called on protesters to refrain from from violence however the city center remained ablaze overnight there have been conflicting reports on the number of casualties but r.t. has confirmed that at least two have died so far both of them ultimately from gunshots authorities however have stressed that police are not equipped with live ammunition so far over two hundred police officers have also been injured during the riots with more than eighty of them hospitalized here's artie's peter oliver with more. but we've seen is groups of demonstrators and rioters in there across ukraine trying to. occupy or demonstrate outside all government buildings now in the in the cities. and. we have seen the the main. local ministration buildings being occupied by demonstrators now i was looking online and on twitter of accounts of thousands of people involved also we've seen it on the the local news here as well that there scenes from then it's not just those two cities in the west of ukraine we're als

sheff ski barely remembers the horrific events of nine hundred forty three when ukrainian insurgents going to slaughter his village in western ukraine but the most tragic things live well in his memory. is one of them car amp and shot from close range there was a huge noise a bullet hit an ear that touched the temple my mom fell down she was unconscious the blood was everywhere they thought and saw. over and went to the village to murder they didn't kill they murdered with pitchforks and axes mules love survived to become poland's first and only man in space nineteen members of his family including his father and more than eighty thousand poles jews and their medians were not as lucky some of murders in what was a genuine ethnic cleansing by troops were extremely gruesome people cut in pieces with a saw one nine hundred forty three conducted a total ethnic cleansing crane that is to destroy all pools living on a territory they considered their property after the bowling slaughter of the murders of both continued both of the new and third no people regions of their worry craniums we t

ukrainian lawmakers are about to vote. for those arrested during riots and protests in past months this could mark a turning point in the on going on rest well for the demonstrators will have to leave the streets and take down the barricades something the more radical right is refusing to do reports from. right now we're seeing lawmakers thrashing out any kind of compromise that they can come to in the ukrainian parliament there they they have the bait seeing a potential amnesty for anybody who's being detained so far during the unrest that we've seen in the country you know i was talking to some of the more extreme members the of the nationalist organizations that have been out on the streets here they've been telling me that there's no way that the city would see them put down their air the weapons that they have and leave the barricades that was a stipulation that the government had put forward president victory in a covert you put forward and concessions he made to opposition leaders and talks that took place over the

two ukrainians do. i've been working on a unit in representation and cute. his voice is quiet optimism saying perhaps at two thirty of realizing that said i was going to become essential it is. if these protests spread as they seem to have been doing today. other towns. and yes that way. assaults on the regional administration buildings in cities like to be the need to read it today by anti government protests is what's being the nice enough time to. to get rid of them will say nothing. it's wanting to try to contain a protest instead of buttons in one area of one city its clients in the passing of the things that spring up to one of the country and so perhaps his mates. in that state that sunnis don't have to go. some kind of compromise that was wat kind of compromise that would be we reasoned that the ministry are realistically what kind of compromise can we expect. i said as the boys by the president though i mean it's impossible happen. as of this step but it was a long way to spend it than a bottle is planning to write some time. i see that the presiden

us on archie international if you just joined us a very warm welcome to you i'm to one with the ukrainian lawmakers about a very john an amnesty for those arrested during anti-government riots and protests in pos months this vote could make a turning point in the old going under arrest for them all to take effect i'm as straight as will have to leave the streets and take down the barricades something the more radical writers are refusing to do read all of our reports from kiev now with peter. does it look like a compromise is that hand at this point. well right now we're seeing lawmakers thrashing out any kind of compromise that they can come to in the ukrainian parliament there they they're debating a potential amnesty for anybody who's being detained so far during the unrest that we've seen in the country now i was talking to some of the more extreme members the of the nationalist organizations that have been out on the streets here they've been telling me that there's no way that the city would see them put down their air the weapons that they have or leave the barricades that are set

ukrainians do not want this.y want to be away from authoritarianism and they struggle for democracy now in ukraine. basically, ukraine is a frontline of democratic europe. the ukrainians are not only fighting for their own freedom, but they are fighting to stop authoritarianism to spread westward. >> stephen cohen, what is your take on what is happening in ukraine right now? >> well, it is not what anton shekhovtsov said. where to begin. can we begin at the beginning? ukraine,appening in what has been unfolding since november in the streets is probably the single most important international story today. it may impact for very long time the geopolitics of europe, russia, american russian relations and a lot more. at the same time, media coverage of this story, particularly in s, has beenstate exceedingly misleading. i would characterize anton shekhovtsov's characterization to be as flat as i can, as have true. but a half truth is an entry. the realities are, there is no ukraine. all of this talk about ukraine is

the only thing we may expect is that the ukrainians and so. these government and opposition claimed necessary understanding and especially necessary. to define. ok. how do you operate but i'm going to impose good sports such. as i'm not an olympic hockey mom watch a. slam dunk played. by fire. in the final. and the rest. of the. wealthy british. free. market. find out what's really happening to the global economy because the reports. go up again. despite opposition leader calls to maintain a truce amid the spreading west across the country. if there is. there will be no mercy for anyone neither women nor children. leading the country. the peace talks in geneva between the syrian government and the opposition now entering a crucial stage as both sides begin. negotiations the start of the uprising of twenty.

violence cannot be controlled and the so-called ukrainian opposition actually. gave them a lot to them to allow them to participate in these violence or what we see today the answer seems to me to semitic. statements of those people this is a cyclical typical fascist behavior it will be very difficult to stop the pandora box or few create fascism or open radical groups have been at the core of the protests in ukraine's capital the country's prime minister claims it's actually not the opposition fighting the government but the militants are just like here shift investigate the far right components of the unrest. of convulsed by violence. molotov cocktails pitched battles between protesters and police a capital city spiraling out of control. and amid all it's the radicals and extremists who are spearheading this violence. and his ready teacher in a key of synagogue dog glickman is following it all from his hospital bed twenty four hours before the violence erupted he was beaten and stabbed by unidentified men it was the second attack on a jew in his many days we a