poroshenko is successor to president viktor yanukovich-- who fled to russia earlier this year during an uprising. armed, pro-russian separatists disrupted voting on sunday by not allowing people to set up voting booths and burning election materials in eastern ukraine. ukraine won independence from moscow more than two decades ago. pope francis has a full schedule for the last day of his three-day trip to israel. he prayed at jerusalem's western wall this morning, the holiest place where jewish people can pray. later, he will visit the site of the last supper. >> the solution for to states should become a reality and not just remain a dream. >> pope francis invited the leaders of israel and the palestinian authority to the vatican for a peace initiative. palestinian president mahmoud abbas has already accepted. a zoo in the philippines is letting visitors get up close and personal with the snakes ... and, it's supposed to be relaxing! the zoo is offering snake massages. guests lie down while 13-foot

last two months of appeal increased categorically and that led to the testing of prison viktor yanukovich weekend of feeling economy which has been dubbed as the years of corruption analysts say that the country now needs to these tragedies by securing financial aid package from the international monetary fund the organization has already agreed to release between fourteen to eighteen billion us dollars in loans us analysts predict that the dna become a dead weight from russia and the common having to spend billions of dollars in the backseat until after that see any economic growth in the region the wider russian economy is also likely to falter after washington announced new sanctions and senior russian officials and seventeen companies linked to russian preston by the mere pittance in our circle. an estimated forty percent of europe's gas coming from russia a new report published by the imf suggest that the international sanctions in moscow me how i'm bigger than expected negative impact on european countries especially those which depend on russia for energy imports like gas and oil a

demonstrations and to give that resulted in the overthrow of president viktor yanukovich versus an extension of creamy and the closely knit community has been vocally opposed to russia's interference in ukraine. great news for you anymore. ukrainian interior minister nelson up a call was made to government troops fighting for printing forces unit didn't they get the east of the country and two he says are hampered by the fact that the militants using human shields to that of final salt of the rebel stronghold of study amaths of the deposit if there's a war going on against its own territory our hands an easier time because of the civilian population around us. some supporters and others don't support the russian language others don't and that matters ukrainian soldiers and civilians. this is a limitation which our enemy is making full use of our enemy is hiding behind. it's the real problem for example we can just cut his forwards with fierce helicopter and secures their civilian houses behind it and from these losers someone was shooting the whole city is taken hostage by the heavily armed

are trying to avoid a repeat of what happened in crimea for the fall of pro moscow president viktor yanukovich voters there held a referendum in march and decided to join russia the president but the real mechanics the republican ticket. he's accused of sending in arms and agents to fuel the address so he could eventually send in troops under the pretense of protecting ethnic russians many members of his administration have that night that i can in the can he said a statement that ukraine must withdraw all military units from the southeast stop the violence and immediately started a national dialogue that would involve all regions and all political forces. ukrainian soldiers have been manning checkpoints on the outskirts of the occupied area. but in the capital they held an exercise to test the response to a thread on a government building was thinking to go to the head of the state guard said they performed a task well. farther west police and volunteers set up checkpoints on roads leading to the view. they're trying to prevent pro russian separatists from entering the city residents know it'

propaganda and economic pressure, and includes the price of gas for the ukraine now after the viktor yanukovich and glamour to the agreement, the price was in the 270 ridge notes for 86. the highest in europe for natural gas. and when we give money to the ukraine, the imf deal out in the european bailout, that is a good chunk of this money that will go to the treasury in moscow to pay for that. it kind of perverse way of doing business here. and so must we send a very strong message and have a policy commitment that goes beyond this, the ukraine is only the first stage in this reconfiguration of the power balance in europe and also in the world and what happened in terms of the post-cold war arrangement and even post-world war ii arrangement, one the protection, or people who speak the same language or come from the same ethnic stock as you, sure it is permissible as a reason to intervene military wise. what if china decides that the same approach can apply to taiwan or two other places where overseas chinese live? would not allow the government to send the british navy to protect english-speak

in his interview for local general is just a kid the dx president viktor yanukovich and his own violent exported all but cut two billion dollars only to russia. he also it seemed that the former ukrainian officials use this money to finance the separate disease at the same time he said that moscow will surely harbors that you did is like chemical that song that is a high tempo and does not acknowledge that guilt look at skin reminded that austria liechtenstein and switzerland responded tickling and the quest and promised to reveal the accounts of ukrainian origin to kiev and help with sunlight secret. i should add that if they froze the assets of ukrainians in the amount of twenty three million dollars because of the corruption investigation the proceedings wedding as she did a good britain's serious fraud office. the un security council gathers in new york again. they will talk about ukraine once again the meeting will be open previously the secretary general ban ki moon condemned the capture of the osce melody of seven since the dance and called for the immediate release. he claimed o

. >> this sunday ukraine holds a presidential election to hold a panel on viktor yanukovich.age panel held an discussion today. this is a little less than an hour and a half. >> thank you for joining us on the heritage foundation. and also those joining us to heritage.org website. if you would be so kind to check the cell phones before we begin to see if they have been turned off, we will appreciate it. our panelists are here and we would think presdient vladimir putin. we have the focus on u.s. government institution and programs for strategic outreach to the public a foreign countries as well as more traditional diplomacy. she is a fellow at the hoover institution and serves on the board on political journalism and the center for free inquiry at hanover college and is a member of the council on foreign relations. please join me in welcoming helle dale. [applause] >> we are here to talk about the ukraine and today we will be looking at the elections in the presidential elections coming up on sunday. these are quite contested, it is a subject that are three analysts who cover