and i want to go to you with, this speaking about the ukrainians now, do you think ukrainians have lost on this narrative? can they control their destiny, or are they just being used as a upon now by self interested parties. >> first of all everybody must know there is no united ukraine. ukraine is two different nations, two different countries, and because of [ inaudible ] policy of [ inaudible ] this country survived until recently, but i always warned and i have many, many publications and for 20 years i am inside russian politics dealing with ukrainian policy, dined many times with leaders. i know practically, and my famous article in 2005 in february, i warned that victory of you -- usango [ inaudible ] everything concerning russia, having policy against russia, they are pulling the trigger and practically destroying their own cow -- country, and they achieved this goal because all of these people like klitschko and many others starting to looking this armament effort in western ukraine [ inaudible ] buildings in western ukraine -- >> can i please jump in -- >> let's let olli jump

george and blood, now it ukrainian. -- georgian blood, now ukrainian. should come to an end now. today i take an optimistic you of what is going on. that what the russian federation expressed was not the voice of the russian federation but that of the soviet union. thousands and thousands of people have come to express their desire to protect ukraine and the territorial integrity. this the democratic future of them. it is on this basis we will build fraternal ties. there is the fall of the whole system of value established over the years. members.tiring work of a system of collective security. a process of nonproliferation. they demonstrated the unity, it ukrainian events. it protects the system. to protect the global security there is a new approach. i am confident we are capable of this. thank you. >> i think the representative of ukraine for that statement. -- theresented representative of the russian federation has asked for the floor. >> thank you. today went tos high levels. i have to note that the ukrainian colleague went far beyond anything permissible to forward to speak

what happened was the ukrainian soldiers, unarmed ukrainian soldiers singing the ukrainian national anthem, carrying the ukrainian flag marched towards where the russian soldiers were. these are russian troops who had taken over the military base. the ukrainians had been housed in a section of the base. they never actually left. but they wanted to take over or regain control of the area, the operational area where the russians were in control. there was some 300 ukrainians we're hearing who marched with that flag and singing those songs. but they were confronted by a dozen russian soldiers who then did fire several volleys of shots in the air and threatened if they came any closer to the ukrainians they would shoot them in the legs. this is exactly the sort of incident that the world has been fearing that it is so tense here. it's like a tinder box. it could take potentially only a spark to ignite a fully fledged confrontation. our moscow correspondent has been at the airfield witnesses what has gone on there. he has been talking to us about what he saw. >> i'm standing right between the r

i think, first of all, it should be decided in the ukrainian court by ukrainians, and then to see how we can move. but it was not so frightening for yanukovych, no, not hat. when he had the parliament take their decision to criminalize the article of the former criminal court which permits to release the prisoner, he dmitted. >> was the comedy the press conference? > yes. >> but if instead of thinking it is a comedy, the russian government thinks that yanukovych is still the president of the ukraine, do you think that sooner or later there will be a problem of who is the legal representatives of the ukraine? do you have everybody recognizing you at the moment as the ambassador of the ukraine? >> uh, a good question. but to answer the comedy, please look carefully how it was organized. no answers to the questions raised by the journalists. microphones were switched off. he kept saying, i am the president of the ukraine, i am the president of the ukraine, so it was the only task for him not to answer the questions. the questions were very tough. the question was, what can you say about

they are an overmatch for the ukrainians. ukrainians have a good military, patriotic.m sure they'd fight for the western part of the ukraine. they would fight and show themselves well, but the russians would be overwhelming in the numbers. i don't think it's going to come to that fight. i hope it doesn't. in terms of the crimea, the crimea is already lost. the russians control it. there's nothing the west can do to get it back. >> self-propelled artillery units, russian one, seem to be in crimea now. explain to us, explain to viewers why that is significant. what artillery units, self-propelled artillery, what that can do and what that might indicate russians are preparing for a fight? >> if you have infantry units, foot soldiers and smaller gauge weapon, then you're not really looking for a battle with the opposing land army. you're basically doing local operations, police work, self-defense and so on. but by bringing in artillery, russians would have signalled that they're prepared to take on larger formations if the ukrainian military for example attempted to march

illegal they tried to squeeze ukrainian assets, tried to confiscate ukrainian property, disarm the ukrainian army for these kind of actions, they have to know. >> leaders in kiev and other world capitols fear ukraine's eastern regions may be next. russian foreign minister certain alavrov said troops in ukraine after the recent politicaltrition. >> this is a question of defending our citizens and compatriots. those who are trying to interpret the situation as a sort of aggression and threatening us with sanctions and boycotts, these are the same partners who have been consistently encouraging the political powers close to them. ultimately, polarized ukrainian society. >> lavrov called for ukraine's leaders to return to the negotiating table. last month, european delegates and ukraine's two political factions soon after victor yanukovych fled to russia. today, kiev says military action is not an option and is asking world leaders to help stop the efforts at a meet okay monday. >> it's completely legitmat under russian law and given the situation in ukraine, this threat and the threat to our co

under the ukrainian constitution, only the ukrainian rada can approve the presence of foreign troops. if we are concerned about the rights of russian-speaking minorities, the united states is prepared to work with russia and this council to protect them. we have proposed and wholeheartedly support the immediate deployment of international observers and monitors from the un or osce to ensure that the people about whom russia expresses such concern are protected from abuse and to elucidate for the world the facts on the ground. the solution to this crisis is not difficult to envision. there is a way out. and that is through direct and immediate dialogue by russia with the government of ukraine, the immediate pull-back of russia's military forces, the restoration of ukraine's territorial integrity, and the urgent deployment of observers and human rights monitors, not through more threats and more distortions. tonight the osce will begin deploying monitors to ukraine. these monitors can provide neutral and needed assessments of the situation on the ground. their presence is urgently neces

in a return of nb&t ukrainian control. we must also come up with a necessary guarantee that would protect the interests of these various side. bean agreement were to concluded, it would put an end to the crisis. it should include the guarantees of rights in ukraine. nations to united use their offices to come up with a mechanism which would launch dialogue and make progress. clearly the time has come to stand up in an international context to achieve this. the time has come to work with all parties on the ground any time has come to cooperate with the various monetary observation groups which could be deployed to verify the situation in ukraine. the various parties of the should refrain from messieurs leading to escalation. they should give way to reconciliation. they should work with international organizations within a framework. such efforts would spare the world from negative consequences of this crisis. -- and its impact on international peace and security. >> i would like to give the floor to the representative of ch

we put that to some russian soldiers outside a ukrainian base. are you allowing the ukrainian army to go back and forth freely? they told us to stop asking questions and go away. judging by their camp, though, they are all ready fair long stay. >> pelley: elizabeth palmer is joining us from crimea this evening. liz, vladimir putin has said it would be an extreme step for him to move into the rest of eastern ukraine, although he's willing to do it. what are you seeing there? >> reporter: well, he said that it's not necessary at the moment but went on to add that if there was lawlessness, as he put it, in those areas he reserved the right to use all options. now, we know there are big pro-russian demonstrations planned for those areas tomorrow, so if he's looking for justification, he's sure to find it. >> pelley: elizabeth palmer covering for us in crimea. thanks, liz. now about that missile test the russians fired today. david martin at the pentagon tells us it may have been provocative timing but it was no surprise. >> reporter: the launch of th

at a popular neighborhood at a ukrainian restaurant, we met a member of the ukrainian national home, a cultural organization. his father was a member of the ukrainian underground during world war ii. >> they had to fight against the germans and against the russians. >> he visits relatives and friends in ukraine two or three times a year. the last time was just this january during protests in kiev against the former president. >> they didn't want to have violence. they didn't want to have confrontation. they just wanted to have change, but in a peaceful way. >> when you heard that russian troops were going to ukraine, what does that feel like? >> you feel like you want to do something. but you can't do anything. and you're hoping that you get some support from the world. >> he believes the west isn't doing enough to support the new ukrainian government. jason bashard is a third-generation ukrainian-american. he said everybody in the restaurant is very tense about the conflict. >> the people here, ukrainian-americans feel very angry. there's some sense of people wanting to go home to e

russian so-called invasion to ukrainian politics just caused millions of ukrainian citizens ask russian support, ask russia to protect their from terror. >> and you can keep up to date with all the news on ukraine at aljazeera.com, background to the headline stories there, some blogs and of course opinion pieces as well as the very latest news on this very fast-moving story. >>> all right time in the news hour to give us a round up of some of the other world news headlines. a splinter group of the pakistan taliban says it carried out a suicide team in pakistan's capitol. assault on district court in the heart of islamabad. more from islamabad. >> islamabad hasn't seen violence like this in years. two men wearing explosive vests stormed the complex and started shooting. they then blew themselves up. this man caught in the cross fire said he barely made it out alive. >> translator: i was in the chamber when they ran in. the judge was shot in the neck. i'm pretty sure he did not survive. >> reporter: it's through that door that the attackers stormed this courthouse killing so many people a

base on ukrainian land but those aren't ukrainian soldiers. that's not a ukrainian flag. and the welcoming committee doesn't pledge allegiance to ukraine. we're here to support the russian peace keepers he says. they are the only means to stop the violence in ukraine. in this area of rural crimea the russian opposition is growing and the rin resistance seems nonexistent. they brought 50 caliber machine guns and in the windows heavy typier weapons that could be -- sniper weapons that could be used against helicopters. through the fence as we watched them, they watched us. these troops don't seem to be going anywhere, any time soon. >> can i ask you a question? can i ask you a question, plea please? i guess not. >> just down the road some crimeans welcome their occupiers. we think they protect us, she says. they protect our village and they protect crimea. these residents repeat a government claim, they protect from a place 350 miles north. >> you say they protect you from the independence square in kiev. have you seen them? >> no, we haven't se

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it is a frigate in the ukrainian navy, a flagship of the ukrainian black sea fleet. as you can see here, there are a number of demonstrators right off the coast who were there to meet that vessel, that warship, which the ukrainian diplomats stationed here say is an important symbol of the unity of the ukrainian armed forces, despite the russian military occupation of crimea. these people gathering here to cheer and to show that their military is continuing to be united, despite the defection of the commander of the ukrainian navy, within the course of the last week. ivan watson, cnn, reporting from istanbul's bosphorus strait. >> fascinating. happening right before our live cameras. a lot else going on, as well. the money that started to rain in on ukraine, as well. the americans coming over and suggesting a billion dollars in loan guarantees. that right after president putin suggested he would be financially helping ukraine in the future. and all of that as other nations try to put economic pressures on president putin, suggesting he will be isolated by sanctions if

conflict to be managed by ukrainians? >> that's true. this is exactly the position of russian authorities. that kiev has nothing to do with moscow. that this is internal conflict. ukraine was deeply divided country. and deeply divided nation. >> sure. >> this is practically two nations and two countries. and in case, this was my early warning, i am dealing with this problem for 25 years. and i warned, the day when nationalists will capture the power in kiev. >> as that's what you feel has happened here? good and this is the gij of the end of ukrainian statehood because the first action dks. >> why are they nationalist and people who saw for their own lives in their own futures a closer alliance from europe and moscow and russia? >> usually president putin say this many times. let's separate flies on burgers. because flies on burgers are not good. because on kiev, a lot of honest people people were dissatisfied of the situation and the country about corruption and all these kind of things. >> with the yanukovych government

ukrainian military facility.ken down the gate there and dozens of them, now working to get into a control tower on that military base in crimea. that this breaking news. it's 24 minutes past 10:00 now in the evening. these reports are from reuters, interfax, and from people who are on scene there. we're now getting an update from the pentagon. jennifer griffin is live in washington. >> the pentagon will not officially comment on what is happening at that crimean base right now but a senior u.s. official tell mets they have no reason to steer us away from the open source reports. eye witnesses on the ground who say they saw 20 russian soldiers storm through that gate with a vehicle. they're about 100 ukrainian troops inside that air defense center, trying to get control of the air command center, we're told. what happened this morning. the russians said they were beginning very large exercises, 280 miles from the ukrainian border. those were described as the largest air defense exercises in russia's history. it's

in blood lands you juxtaposed ukrainian famine the home of course. stalin's mass executions and the starvation of soviet prisoners of war and postwar. d you take the ukrainians to start sharing lulu's histories and is still healing process especially off that is very bloody events in kiev. well it won't let anyone take quite a lot on the other hand it would take something that we take for granted. the histories that you mention of the policies of mass killing carried out by soviet power and the power i didn't have the ducks to pose them. there are juxtaposed in the memories of people who live in ukraine. although these terrible policies be the german to be the soviets were carried out on the same territories. we separate them out. we separate out the journey to separate out the soviets it's understandable that we do so the point of view of the family that lives in hockey for kyiv from the view over the course the twentieth century. naturally all of these members are present in one way or another and as you say. both guilt and innocence but fervent ra

we will stay with the ukrainian people. the ukrainian people are nothing. that for those who are in power today, the ukrainian people are nothing. they don't treat them as people. truth will out. truth will prevail. thank you. >> thank you. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> the new c-span.org makes it easier than ever to keep tabs on washington, d.c., and share your finds on facebook, twitter, and other social networks. easy search functions, new tools make it simple to create short video clips and share them with your friends via facebook, twitter, and other social networks. via e-mail. links find the share tools on the video player or look for the green icon links on the site. watch washington on the new c-span.org. if you see something of interest , clip and share with your friends. >> the white house releases its proposed fiscal 2015 budget. we have a preview of that in next week's legislative action in congress. from cql bettelheim now.call joins us releaseddget will be i

you can see books this way people just throw in the money for ukrainian on the four ukrainian fleet. so this is this is the magic and stone and made to ensure the government is going to take now gets in ukrainian amish store. i will encounter income according to mr crean thank you so much for that update. well the european union is no one can recognize the referendum in crimea foreign ministers meeting in brussels has agreed to section twenty one russian and ukrainian officials connected to the likes of german foreign minister frank walter steinmeier spoke to reporters after the meeting that the sanctions target members of the russian duma and military including the commander of russia's black sea fleet. he also said the sanctions to be reversible and provide a path back to political dialogue while our political correspondent nina hoss is in brussels when she's following the talks or is there the network they tell us more about the individuals being singled out for the smart sanctions. while the list will and be published once the sanctions have entered into effect say we're expectin

occupation of ukrainian territory. big question that remains is: what is vladimir putin's next move and what is at stake for russia? "america tonight"'s special correspondent sheila macvicar is looking at that. sheila. >> a way to defuse this crisis and to move away from military threat, offers he's not yet accepted. the questions leaders, analysts and others of asking, what is putin's game and what does he want? just over a week ago, russian president vladimir putin waved good-bye to the world from the viewing stands of sochi, a $50 billion investment in goodwill and global prestige. with russian troops occupying crimea and barricading, a goodwill he squandered. william pomeranz, a long time observer of vladimir putin. >> i think he has miscalculated. he may from his perspective be able to regain crimea. he may from saber rattling he may intimidate ukraine. but he has shown a side at a most people have not seen and not been exposed on a world stage for a long time and i think he will lose significantly in terms of how

the majority of ukrainians do see themselves as ukrainians and not necessarily as russians. it is absolutely true that they have now been whipped up into a frenzy of fear and national is stick fervor by a very cynical ploy by the russian media to whip them up. there has been no violence of any major proportions in crimea. no actions taken by the interim ukrainian government against the people of eastern ukraine or, indeed, the crimea. this is all manufactured by russia. president putin says a rebuilding of the soviet empire. he cease ukraine, the one thing that we have to understand is that for putin, ukraine is excess steng excess stengs. it is massively important. for europe and the u.s., it isn't. who is going to call putin's bluff on this. really now, if they don't want to get involved militarily, which they won't, to absolutely stand up for international law. it is inshrined in law that ukraine's territorial sovereignty and signed by russia, it is enshrined in law that is a fact. >> does vladimir putin care? >> there is a heavy cost to pay. the ruble is crashing, the st

soil against the wishes of the ukrainian government. this action is a grave threat to the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of ukraine. we condemn any act of aggression against ukraine. we have therefore sought an immediate and full explanation from the russian federation for the decision to authorize military action on sovereign ukrainian soil and the basis of it under international law. earlier today my prime minister called on all parties to think carefully about actions and think to lower and not escalate tensions. yesterday my secretary spoke to the ukrainian acting president and made clear the united kingdom support for the new government. he urged him that the government takes measures to unify the country and protects the rights of all ukrainian citizens including those from may north groups in the spirit of inclusiveness and assured him of the united kingdom's commitment to the territorial integrity, unity and sovereignty. madam president, the united kingdom government supports the ukrainian government request

ukrainian tatar that is live here. and all three languages will be equally respected, but we've seen a campaign of intimidation and those military families are nervous. many have already left. the families i have spoken to, some of them are hiding in apartment, they live in apartments that are given to them by the navy. so people know where they live. they've gotten threatening phone calls. the sailors on the ships have gotten threatening phone calls. it will take a few weeks and months for the ethnic ukrainian to choose to stay here. >> jennifer glasse in sevato pol thank you. the u.n. security council has met to discuss the situation. what was the point of the meeting. >> reporter: that is the question at this time. people inside the security are saying what just happened? we just passed all these resolutions for russia to ride roughshod over the council and all western governments are saying what was happening is illegal, you should stop. the french was called b meetinge french. they want to keep the pressure up. th

the ukrainians were holed up inside the base.here was a command for the russian troops to retreat. they did that. the problem, however, was when the local militia got involved. and they attacked journalists on the same -- some even had to be hospitalized. but wolf, we're seeing this angst and hostility towards the media and the concern is that it is only going to get worse. on a street in the heart of simferopol, masked paramilitaries confiscated equipment from a tv station. filming across the road a bulgarian journalist who has suddenly been spotted. within seconds he's pushed to the ground. a gun aimed at his head. his assistant is then targeted. the militia take their phones and cameras before fleeing in the van. the brazen attack caught on a surveillance camera, but there won't be any investigation. these faceless men and now the law in crimea. the silver-pointed pro-russian government here apparently working in concert with russian forces is cracking down on opposition and dissent. having taken control just a week ago, it sh

inside, the ukrainian servicemen have so far refused to surrender. residents of the village have turned up to lend support to the russians who are surrounding the base. the russian soldiers are leaving it up to the people to convince the ukrainians inside to switch sides. >> the soldiers pledge to be loyal to ukraine and the real government chosen by the ukraineens, if they put their guns down and join the crimean people, we will protect them and be very grateful to them. i hope they make the right choice. >> people are angry, suspicious and feel betrayed by the new pro western government in kiev. america, women not let you through, they shout. while kiev accuses the russians of invading crimea, for many among the ethnic majority who live here, they are safe years. they have been been taking over installations. further north, we found an air field now under russian control. the soldiers don't talk much but we know was deployed from russia two days ago and doesn't know how long he'll be here. there may be an answer to that at the bored their separates

a lot of ukrainians, majority of ukrainians reject that. >> what would you advise the president rightnow, general? >> well, as i said, i think that -- i think the president ought to offer what he hasn't offered yet which is that we put together a program for ukraine and see if you can get -- move away from the direction we're going. back to where the problem started. i don't know if it will work. nd it may be that -- it may be that putin does think we've lost our will. i sort of doubt it. but there are a lot of -- a lot of indications to the contrary. but i think -- and i think we need to remember, we also have other things going. with the russians. you know, if there's to be some progress made in syria, for example, it would certainly be nice if the united states and russia were on the same -- iran. the russians have been basically supportive of us on iran. that's a very important issue, too. so it's not as if this is a cold war waiting to break out and so on. we have had not war relationship. but they haven't been bad everywhere. and it seems to me that if we can pull this out of th

ukrainian and mr. defense has reported russian fighters infringing ukrainian airspace over the black sea. her majesty's government condemned any violation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of ukraine which contravene russia's obligations under the un's charter, the osce act and the partition treaty. that agreement, russia is entitled to station troops and naval personnel and its bases but not to deployed troops outside those bases without the permission of the ukrainian government. moreover, russia's actions are in reach of the what a past memorandum. ukraine givingor up its nuclear weapons, russia joins the united kingdom and the united states and reaffirming their obligations to refrain from the threat or use of force against a territorial integrity very or independents. none of their weapons will ever be used against ukraine except in self-defense or otherwise in accordance with the charter of the united nations. the russian government has argued there is no legitimate government in kiev.

asked russian forces to leave all of ukrainian territory. there is a tense situation here not just politically but militarily as well. go. >> we have an expert of ukraine and observer of the ukrainian election. michael, thank you for being with us now. we understand that you are there on the ground. are things becoming more tense in kiev, especially since the ukrainian government just said it won't recognize this referendum vote tomorrow. >> reporter: things are very on edge here. there is a lot of diplomatic activity going on all over the place right now. but when you talk to ordinary ukrainians, that includes professionals, former colleagues of mine. you get the sense that they feel, number one, crimea is already gone. and number two, president putin will not stop in crimea, and as jennifer indicated there are credible reports that there was an incursion. when you talk to people and you ask them what are you going to do if eastern ukraine is invaded by russia, and they say they are going to fight. and they underlined they are going for the

>> this comes from the ukrainian defense ministry which says russian forces have surrounded three ukrainian bases there demanding that those forces. those ukrainian forces surrender and give up their weapons. so far they're refusing to surrender and currently an ongoing standoff. just another sign russia is seeking to control this region of ukraine, christi. >> so, phil, we know that president obama spoke with mr. putin yesterday is there any indication that russia will, indeed, pull back? >> what is notable about the language president putin, the kremlin is using is its breath. when president putin spoke to president obama and spoke to defend its citizens and the russian speaking people, he didn't refer to crimea but eastern ukraine, as well. he went to parliament to use military force, he spoke to military force on ukraine. considering the possibility of expanding this military into other parts of ukraine, as well. >> cnn's phil black in moscow for us. that's what we were talking about yesterday. how far do they really want to push these borders and take it. >> let's head to ukraine now w

when it was rejoined in the ukrainian part of ukrainian soviet republic and my colleague paula slater went into the streets of simferopol to ask the people what they think of this referendum let's have a look at her report. its. mission was to come out with a who all going to receive a very very powerful one down which took everything you've heard all those people you know the ukrainian leaders but most ukrainians as well as russians and you opinions view them as nazi collaborators they say one nation one language one country one church they do not tolerate any diversity. the interim king of government has six ministers including the deputy prime minister from the ultra nationalist far right svoboda party one m.p. from the party has already threatened russia with nuclear weapons if moscow does not cease to support the developments in crimea. i. think a government is not legal and. or is a power only by not by desire of people as a corrupt or is air power of only buyers themself the for. grab of power violence seizure of government buildings and nothing short of armed couth that's how

ukrainian responds, america is with us. another ukrainian pleads, would you shoot the soviet flag and then asks to speak to the commander so they can negotiate. the russian tells the ukrainians to back off and warns he will shoot their legs if they keep advancing. but, look, who hasn't threatened to blast off their brother's kneecaps? diana magnay is on the ground there in kiev. i wonder what you make of the warning shots that were fired today. are tensions rising there? >> reporter: well, it's a very mysterious situation here. tensions seem pretty high and then the next moment you turn around and have ukrainian and russian forces sort of having a chat and exchanging fuel to fuel the russian generators. so it is a very strange situation. effectively what you have, though, is russian troops encircling these places trying to make the ukrainians, you know, give up their allegiance to kiev and, for the most part, whatever the russian president is saying which is that there have been mass defections, we haven't seen any of that.

the ukrainian flag still flew. the ukrainian marines presumably trapped inside.local people it was bewildering. >> russian military guys come and try to rule us. >> are you happy about that? >> no, i'm not happy about that. i'm really not happy about it. >> reporter: russian troops were everywhere. and at the end of the street, a group of stony faced ukrainian consulate ordered by their commanders to stand their ground in another part of the base. their orders from kiev are to fight. but that's pretty difficult, because these ukrainian marines have always worked alongside russians. it's very hard to start fighting them now. officers from the two sides are negotiating. >> translator: fight is a strong word. we are ready to defend our facilities and supplies and to protect our units. i hope we can find a compromise and decisions will be taken to prevent war. >> reporter: two women decided to take on a man who comes bearing a russian flag. you're not from around here, they said. take your flag back where you came from and shove it. people we met said they affiliate

i had to learn ukrainian. will try to defend russian speaking in the baltics, and there are around a million living in lithuania, estonia, and latvia, and he could go further. putin is destroying the security system of post-war europe. is challenging the west and is trying to undermine attempts at nuclear disarmament because in 1994 ukraine voluntarily got rid largestorld's third stock of nuclear weapons, and ukraine was promised territorial integrity and sovereignty by russia, the u.s., and the u.k., and now russia violated that agreement, then the situation in the world -- if the west fails to protect ukraine and protect its territorial integrity, a nuclear weapon, a nuclear bomb will be the only tool and instrument for protecting territorial integrity and sovereignty in the world a new nuclear arms race will comment on that will be a horrible development. i will put the whole world in danger. >> i want to raise the issue of the european union's role. keith gessen, maybe you can respond to this. european loo

>> well, we spoke to the headquarters of the ukrainian navy. they have confirmed the ultimatum and that it confirms two navy bases and two navy ships, but they could not tell us about the rest of the armed forces. the commander of the base just behind me has come out and spoken to reporters, and he said he would not surrender to the russians. he said he will continue taking his orders from kiev, and he also said that other commanders in crimea have refused to fall under the leadership of the man who actually defected or was sacked, depending on whose story to listen to, and pledged allegiance to the crimea regional government. he said the commanders here are still going to come under the command of kiev. it seems that it's not going to be an easy situation. now there was a guest earlier who was saying that maybe the russians had hoped there would be a series of defection following the defection of the admiral yet. that so far has not happened. as we've seen here and at another base not far from here that the soldiers inside the holder ground ha

what was until today headquarters of ukrainian navy here. >> reporter: ukrainian sailors leaving their base. go home, say the people. this is now russia. this naval headquarters that was ukrainian this morning belongs to moscow. pro russian arms started the charge tearing down the gate and taking down the ukrainian flag and taking down anything associated with the ukraine. >> we had to go in. we were afraid they were going to give out guns and god for bid someone start shooting. but they haven't done anything, i said to him. but thank god, they could have, they were given an order to shoot. ukrainian forces were give order to fire in self defense after an ukrainian officer was killed on tuesday. but most of these men were unarmed when the base was stormed 37 the russians told them that they just ran ou out f patience. >> they came in and said it's over. go away. i said we shouldn't do it like this, we should do it like civilized people. the commanders should decide the way the military with dra withdm afghanistan. the commander of the russian black sea fleet tried and failed to find hi

this overlooks the ukrainian navy base. the ukrainian chief of staff says they are talking with the russians outside the gate. >> we talk the same language, we understand each other, but the situation on the outside on the top of the abandoned building, you can see the position, the fire position in its - it pointed to our direction. the camp refuses to change its flags and loyalties to ukraine. >> nobody wants to be betrar in the eyes of our country men. >> back in stryletska bay is ukraine's only submarine, also blocked by the russians. theships of both navies sit side by side. only the russian boats can move in the stand off by the sea. >> well, the ukrainian officers told me they would be cursed by their country men if they stepped down. they know they are outnumbered. when the fleet was divided in 1997, russia got 80%, ukraine 20%. they know they can't stand militarily. there are warships at the entrance. those are ferries behind me, nothing else allowed in or out. >> jennifer glasse reporting from sevastopol. >> the w

so has the ukrainian fleet. there's something that looks like a coast guard, but it is not going to fight anyone. people saw the naval forces leave, in a hurry, after what appeared to be a negotiation. >> translation: at 9:25 the military came in. everyone left the base. two troop carriers full of soldiers. by 9:40 they had gone. >> we tried to see if there was anyone left. "please recovery to administration", said the voice. that was that. at sevastapol military airport russian soldiers on the perimeter. from down the road they could be seen in the compound guarding what we believe to be an ammunition depot. there's no doubt the pro-russian forces are pushing home their advantage by pushing ukrainian forces to surrender or switch sides. a hard dead line of four weeks, two months before planned presidential elections across the country. by that time russia and crimea may have decided their own fate. the russian forces have the eyes oars of the locals. they man the road block between sevastapol, and simferepol, "

to be you not for the benefit of the ukrainian people. but in order to make money arguably dragons played right into the west's profiteering us dies of an honest attempt to help. is this a shot at rt washington dc. twenty seven scoring russia to stop supporting crimea as the republicans passed a vote on independence from ukraine. the group says it will recognize the results of the referendum russia there was a senior to the play is set into the events which ruled the former opposition to power and investigate alleged crimes. the boycott has the story. the truth and in adelaide. aiden's have called on iraq and it isn't all that sixteen is this a test of the ukrainian on a saturday against ukrainian international will be able to cram things to take action individually and collectively at the same time the net and i am not called the x at the eu has had to sign the preventable cause of the association agreement with ukraine as i was next two weeks now. this comes against the backdrop of russia calling on the eu to question the new testament

and the ukrainians have not responded yet. >> we are hearing that a ukrai ukrainian ves sell in sevastopol has been surrounded by russian vessels and cannot leave the port. these are pictures right now of that vessel. >> as far as we can tell, it is not surrounded, it's what the russian navy has done is move into the port and block anyone from necessarily being able to come out. and so what that means is that the ukrainian ship is basically stuck. again, they don't have the capacity or, more to the point, the orders from their government, to try anything against this much, much larger, much more robust, much better trained russian navy. and so they are in effect surrounded, i suppose. and they can't go anywhere and so that is a siege that's happening right now. in addition to basically what the u.s. officials call complete control of the peninsula by russian soldiers that have moved in. on the ground here you don't see a lot of russian soldiers everywhere but where you do see is key points like bases, airports, like the borders, you see a huge presence of russian troops, 6,000 according to

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russia pretends it doesn't see the ukrainian interim president, and the ukrainian cabinet ministers. moreover, we remember that viktor yanukovych, ex ukrainian president is in russian territory. russia has a letter from viktor yanukovych, where he invites the troops to go into ukraine. it's a double reality. i think russia loses the sense of what has happened here in ukraine. it's very sad. >> andriy shevchenko, a member of ukraine's parliament, thank you for joining us. >> for more on the situation in ukraine, i'm chined by nina khruscheva, an associate professor in the graduate program, of the new school and alexander motyl, a professor at rutgers university, and you are a ukrainian american, alexander of the good to have you here. i want to start with the threats from the soviet troops - threaten to attack the ukrainian ships and troops, then they deny it. is it a war of words by russia >>. >> it's a war of nerves. it's been going on for three or four days, before that, where threats have been made, rescinded and denied. they are trying to unnerve the forces in crimea. with respec

this came through the ukrainians and news agency.ve talked to the press center at the ukrainian ministry of defense here in crimea, and they have said, listen, the russian troops around these bases have issued ultimatums to our staff, to our military before. over the last few days of this occupation, and deadlines have passed and nothing has happened. and you havin you have interfax saying the whole thing is rubbish. so we will be definitely very much, you know, on the lookout at that time tomorrow morning. but i think that we have to be careful with that ultimatum. it is not necessarily an official one. >> and diana, in the same vein, a lot of trumping up of accusations as well. in the same vein the ukrainians are saying that the russias are giving ultimatum, the russians saying the ukrainians have been quashing the human rights of the 50% of russians who live in the crimea. is that also trumped up? you're there. are you seeing evidence that russians are somehow being mistreated by the ukrainians or authorities or anybody else, for

this is ukrainian territory. many people don't understand us.ere we are from the east, west, and south, there are different opinions and people are stressed out. it's hard. >> reporter: as the crisis deepens in crimea, perhaps one of the biggest challenges for the ukrainian military is to stay disciplined in the face of growing divisions in the country they swore to serve. >>> and jennifer glasse is live right now in the port. hoda mentioning the russian strong hold. give us an update on what is happening here the port today. >> reporter: well, del, russian ships outside the harbors continue to blockade all of the ukrainian ships here. they control the harbor behind me, and the days that are home to the russian and ukrainian black sea fleet. this is a naval town but has been home to both the russian and black sea fleets. they were divided in 1998, 80% of the fleet went to russian and 20% went to ukraine. they live together here, the officers work together here, there is one base that is still a joint base here, so this divide is very, very deep

she used to sit next to the ukrainian command ship that still flies the ukrainian flag and is locked in by russian ships. the ukrainian naval academy changed hands. there was fanfare here, an awkward official flag raising ceremony where it was taken over by decree of the russian president, citing two years of unbreakable history here. he was thrown out of naval command headquarters. he said there is no honor in russias actions. >> we have clearly seen in the past two weeks you can't believe russia. putin said his troops aren't here. i'm a military man. i can see perfectly that these are military men. >> deals made with russian forces, they have broken, including the promise not to take the base. >> in my opinion, our blockaded ships should be sunk, because it's a war now, just no one's shooting at each other. god forbid they should start shooting. >> at the naval school handover, a last show of independence, ukrainians sing their national anthem, trying to drown out the sound of the russians. aljazeera, sevastopol. >> the upheaval began when the ukrainian government rejected the agre

and pretty for the safety of the ukrainian nathan's. you are. the i'm frightened because i have relatives in ukraine. i feel deeply for them and what they're doing the tracing the origin and was enlisted by hope things calm down and become peaceful again the list of cornwall people want is a quiet and peaceful life seems to me it was that his work with. large supermarket chains line on the outskirts of beauty counter. then we meet people who have crossed the border in ukraine. right now they can still travel to the european union with the season. usually they come to do some shopping. vanessa lead to muscle noble thing as delegate bike lock in ukraine there are calls to boycott russian products that are being imported to ukraine yes that's just you and me at. the we don't yet see what effect that will have on the show see new great to see he needs them to learn to live in. the stools. oh well supplied. thank goodness. as you know. that should help slow the ball all the way up to them they know they don't after that visit the ukrainians return ho