the address from the russian ambassador vitaly churkin to the emergency session of the un security council taking place in new york rest assured i will bring you the very latest developments on that crash in eastern ukraine and also what's been happening in gaza back with more for you at the top of the hour after the break though it's time to say i think it's sophie shevardnadze stay with us. two u.s. agents who are working deep inside the german government have been caught which has heightened tensions between the two countries even more the german reaction to this was to expel the cia chief in berlin from his post this is the kind of story that makes people who hate u.s. foreign policy the share button on facebook and get all excited it makes me feel that merkel or at least some elements of the german government are actually fighting against foreign meddling but i would say that you should take this story with a huge grain of salt yeah they just had one cia asset out of the country and this could be a sign of change but there are still twenty plus u.s. military bases currently operating

russian counterpart here's the context the reporter says he reminded miss power that ambassador vitaly churkin jokingly asked her if she'd join the russian punk group pussy riot after she met with the two famous band members and bassett her power says she told mr churkin that their first concert stop on tour would be where russia holds its political prisoners though regrettably she can't sing the u.s. envoy claims she got the last word in that conversation saying it's what passes as a small victory oh if only the verbal jabs and snarky miss ended there it doesn't in a statement posted on facebook ambassador churkin says while it did stoke his vanity to see himself referenced in the article he found powers pussy riot tore stop comment to be rather lame saying quote they never performed in guantanamo after all ouch a reference to america's biggest stain on international law and human rights violations ambassador churkin also sets the record straight saying quote i called samantha and explained to her that russia did not have any political prisoners she seemed to be amused and promised to get bac

as pressure and accusations are piling up against moscow russian envoy to the united nations vitaly churkin is urging security council members against pointing blame or prejudging an investigation into the tragic plane crash during a somber and yet contentious emergency meeting friday ambassador churkin said there are many unanswered questions such as why did the ukrainian aviation dispatchers send a plane flight into an area of military clashes and where were the anti-aircraft systems working ambassador churkin says the ukrainian government has not been showing military restraint as western countries have insisted moscow and says that aggressive attacks and indiscriminate shelling of areas in eastern ukraine has led to more violence and clashes and this is why moscow insists that responsibility for the tragic plane crash lies with kiev. we have repeatedly warned of grave dangers of solving ukraine's political crisis through the use of force we have been calling for respectful dialogue between the conflicting sod's however at each stage kiev has chosen the wrong course and their western bac

russian ambassador to the un vitaly churkin outlined three key elements moscow wants included as the core foundation of any new crain related resolution he said the security council should express deep concern about the increasing number of casualties among the civilian population and it should also voice an imperative demand to the parties of the ukrainian conflict to seize violence immediately and the fifteen member body should also call on the oas to facilitate the settlement of the conflict by means of its special monitoring mission now initially moscow was planning to submit its own draft resolution on ukraine to the security council but that plan has been scrapped for now while addressing the media friday afternoon ambassador churkin also condemned the actions of caves literate leadership insisting that you claim president petro poroshenko is using his peace plan as a smokescreen to carry out a huge if military operation in the east of the country. cuba is a long time revolutionary leader fidel castro was paid a visit by vladimir putin on friday the russian president is beginni

it was a tough session russian envoy to the un vitaly churkin did urge council members from prejudging the outcome of an international investigation into the plane crash by using broad statements and insinuations that hold russia accountable because that's precisely what most western countries or the security council did and bester churkin said there are many unanswered questions such as why did the ukrainian aviation dispatcher send a plane or allow a plane to enter an insecure or dangerous territory investor churkin says the ukrainian government has not been showing military were straight as western countries have insisted he said in contrary caves aggressive attacks and indiscriminate shelling of areas in eastern ukraine has led to more violence and clashes and this is why moscow insists that responsibility for the tragic plane crash lies with keith we do have macgruber to do but it is good we've repeatedly warned of the dangers of solving ukraine's political crisis through the use of force we've been calling for respectful dialogue between the conflicting sides however each stage o

they're welcome to our two week break into regular program because russia's envoy to the un vitaly churkin is not delivering his speech of the security council of the u.n. let's listen in to what he has to say but the plane crash in eastern ukraine the whole security and international experts on the crash site. and we're blind them we've got it with a sort of humanitarian corridors that will do it but it's really today there are already representatives of yourself or your representatives and we're training emerging in the ministry of emergency situations and experts from interested countries but that's not enough on the crash site and there needs to be a full compliment of experts under the couch in the in mind and in an irrelevant international commission was for russia for its response was john's ready to provide any assistance necessarily in organizing and conducting impartial international investigations and russian military members and civilian bodies had already been provided assistance you've been provided with the nicer instructions here we stand ready to provide eggs for three mor

reiterated russia supports a full on impartial investigation into what occurred in the region that was vitaly churkin speaking cannot a team of foreign police to abandon their efforts to reach the science of the malaysian plane crash in eastern ukraine as mr churkin was explaining they managed to reach the nearby time but the ongoing fighting prevented them from getting any further the army's waging an offensive on local militia there despite clearing a forty kilometer no combat zone or run the crash site or earlier on call service following the attempts of the group to reach the scene. international. police force. australia and the netherlands nationals are unable to reach the crash site still flight m h seventeen for they second day in a row would be are sick and tired of being interrupted by gum flights despite the fact of you know if i could read that they should be a ceasefire they were stopped short of reaching the site about twenty kilometers in that sound. where heavy fighting continues. and that gunfire is said heard throughout the city as it people continue to from the area. now this is all

now russia's ambassador to the un vitaly churkin is right now holding a press briefing let's listen in to what he has to say financed terrorist institutions and i hope that those who are engaged in this kind of practice he had that but in mind of the security council that this amounts to very serious transgressions of various resolutions of the security council and of course there is a more general call. financed terrorist organizations through donations and or other ways subsidizing the activities of the terrorist organizations operating in syria and iraq we believe that this is an important statement now from the security council and the second issue which i wanted to address is that of investigation of the malaysian airliner on the disaster was happened on july seventeenth. and you will recall that the security council of passed a resolution twenty one sixty six on the investigation of that disaster. of that resolution provided for the immediate end of fighting in the area of the conflict and unfortunately of the crash but unfortunately this is not what we have seen happening unfort

number of civilian casualties in east ukraine that statement from russia's envoy to the group vitaly churkin meanwhile the ukrainian army and anti-government forces in the self-proclaimed lugansk republics have been locked in a violent tit for tat these latest pictures from a town in that in that screen or again residential areas were hit by government shelling at least three people have been killed marie if an ocean reports from east ukraine. ukrainian crisis continues to escalate please death toll from both sides and anger also rising one friday you credit president for that but i think inside that school every soldier's life the militants will pay we've always been under it's all day to read. that's off to tack on the army's brigade near the russian border in which twenty three servicemen including the border guards were killed and one hundred others were injured it is. known as good odds or hey it was used in this attack that is considered to be so far the deadliest attack on the army's position since the beginning of what it calls its meant in terror of aeration late to the operation co

number of civilian casualties in east ukraine that statement from russia's on voyage to the body vitaly churkin meanwhile anti-government fighters in the donetsk region claim to have downed an air force fighter jet near the city of gori all of these the latest pictures from a town in the donetsk region where once again a residential areas had been hit by government shelling. locals say the damage there equals that of slovyansk according to european observers lies in ruins they also report more civilian casualties. the way. there are two bodies if it is. in total least six people have been killed there. amid the devastation and casualties on both sides a renewed army showing has been reported in the neighboring lugansk region where if an ocean reports ukrainian crisis continues to escalate with death toll from all sides and anger also rising one friday you credit president with what i'm trying to say that every soldier's life the militants will pay raise or send hundreds. that's off to the on the army's brigade near the russian border in which twenty three servicemen including the border guards

insisting that russia also bears responsibility for backing the separatists and russian envoy vitaly churkin rejected the allegations in turn accusing the u.s. it would norrin the violent role he says kiev has played to inflame the crisis in ukraine the back and forth between the u.s. ambassador and her russian counterpart did get a bit heated throughout the meeting here's a bit of a listen to what they had to say no resolution would have been necessary had russia used its leverage with the separatists on thursday getting them to lay down their arms and leave the site to international experts or on friday or on saturday or even yesterday. i think today's meeting is not a place for debate and the u.s. ambassador is again using literary language maybe washington doesn't know about the efforts russia has gone to particularly its collaboration with the come take a group to get into the national experience to decide to be accident the soonest possible true the u.s. embassy needs to be better informed discussion should not turn a tragedy into. now the resolution adopted by the security council als

vitaly churkin has said we didn't do it that was in response to a question by a reporter at u.n. headquarters in new york so we're getting information left right and center here coming in the malaysian. press themselves have said that we lost contact of of the plane two hundred ninety feet ninety five people were on board presumed dead but we are simply waiting confirmation as to what occurred we're seeing pictures of plumes of smoke we're seeing the actual wreckage we believe that this is what it is of this boeing seven seventy seven malaysian airline and as we said eyewitness reports of bodies on the ground it's getting hard now to refute i think what it appears that we're seeing and let's just take one more listen to these eyewitnesses because i mean these are the most credible sources information we're getting at this point from people on the ground it's certainly the closest anybody has been to this incident and take a listen. we're going to. my brother is right there at the moment. when you there are a lot of people. taking.

vitaly churkin. >> translator: thank you. first, we'd like to express our heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of the passengers and members, the crew members of the malaysian flight which crashed, as well as governments of those countries whose citizens were on the list of victims of this tragedy. there's a need for impartial, open investigation of what happened. pressure shouldn't be brought to bear on this investigation trying to prejudge its outcome with broad statements and insinuations that are unjustified. in such a difficult situation, we think it would be right to create an international commission. mr. president, for any normal person, i assure first and foremost the question will arise, why did the ukrainian aviation dispatchers send a passenger flight to an area of military clashes, an area which was being used for carrying out strikes against civilians among others, and where there were anti-aircraft systems working? ensuring the security and effective use of civilian aviation in an airspace of a state

so perhaps vitaly churkin is able to weigh the information being put out in the west, including malaysia and other parts of the world. on the other hand, the russians, again, have reacted in a way that is simply unacceptable to most of the international public opinion, and that is the defense minister himself yesterday came out and purported to show evidence or said that he had evidence that actually was a ukrainian military jet as chris said of flight mh17 during its flight. this is reminiscent of what the russians did -- in fact, the soviet union did, back 31 years or so when kal 007 was brought down. over and over again saying we have evidence that shows x, y or z but the anything that it was soviet orders that brought down a passenger plane. reminiscent of what's going on right now. they challenge u.s. and others and say show us you are evidence. they know perfectly well in many instances governments don't put military intelligence into the public domain, but -- so they are still obfuscating and you keep asking why president putin at this moment of truth doesn't start pivoting to som