for by ukraine's president after he accused moscow of invading his country the russian envoy vitaly churkin is speaking right now let's listen it was only a step in for the situation because the truce was predicated by capitulation of the insurgents and this against a backdrop of any real steps towards the beginning of a little process or negotiations with representatives of the regions where is the inclusive national dialogue burma's by q four constitutional reform decentralization over authority or a special status for the russian language try to the only thing we're seeing is a fight against dissent where political parties are banned and the media that doesn't toe the line just bear and. brazen version good as often made peace sound and peaceful statements just yesterday this this was his comment of the outcome of the high level meeting in minsk and i'm quoting the main goal of key of this peace we demand decisive action that could bring peace to the ukraine end of quote now he also spoke of some kind of new urgent to peace at least land where is this plan or is this another maneuver to

at the united nations, russian abbasid are vitaly churkin accused the ukrainian government of waging against its own people by attacking cities in eastern ukraine. the current escalation in the southeast of ukraine is a direct consequence of the reckless policies of kiev, which is directing war against its own people. with the support and under the influence of a number of states come of the key of authorities have torpedoed all political agreement on resolving the crisis in the ukraine. >> to talk about the crisis we go to london where we are joined by jonathan steele, the former moscow correspondent for the guardian. he has authored many books including, "eternal russia: yeltsin, gorbachev, and the mirage of democracy." to democracy now! what do think it is most important to understand about the crisis in ukraine right now? >> i think it is russia is trying to prevent ukraine joining nato, which is what some people in the west, particularly in the baltic countries and poland and neocons in washington, would like it to do. i think the situation could be genetically escalated it pres

personnel have fled to and this will continue to deteriorate for as long as violence persists so what vitaly churkin the envoy to the united nations offered is international intervention into this humanitarian catastrophe first of all that would involve convoys with humanitarian aid internationally supervised and internationally wanted to warden moving from russia to ukraine because as i've said and as mr schorr can underline this situation is getting serious every day artillery tanks as well as grad rockets used locals are saying phosphorus and cluster bombs are still being used there is indiscriminate shelling of housing and locks and critical civilian infrastructure in many small towns about eighty percent of houses have been destroyed according to the most conservative estimates more than six hundred buildings have been razed to the ground while representatives of russia china chile and u.n. officials what talking about it as a great humanitarian situation representative of france said talked about the sanctions against russia and out of oil the united states said that there is no need for more

fire at the site of the malaysian plane crash in eastern ukraine has been blocked ambassador vitaly churkin said it was rejected by countries including the us and lithuania they reason was that the document didn't condemn and to government find. unfortunately the members of the security council some members of the security council reacted in their typical way. being adamantly against any kind of criticism of the ukrainian a sort of is even though we have a case of. attempted while ation of twenty one six to six. russia had circulated the document up to hear of announce the current cease fire at the side had been suspended the ukrainian authorities later changed their minds and did extend the truth just as a russian's resolution was being blocked. the third industry on both sides of the atlantic is bracing for the effect of the ban russians placed on imports from western nations fearing billions of dollars in potential losses there's been a warning of mass layoffs are for meat producers in belgium and a drastic drop in income for those exporting poultry from the u.s. peta oliver has more the

fire at the site of the malaysian plane question eastern ukraine has been blocked ambassador vitaly churkin the said it was rejected by countries including the us and little way i'm russia had circulated the document after kiev announced the currency's fly at the site had been suspended unfortunately the members of the security council some members of the security council reacted in their typical way. being adamantly against any kind of criticism of the ukrainian authorities even though we have a case of. attempted violation of twenty one sixty six. however just as the suspension of a cease fire was being discussed here were announced at the truce was in fact still holding lithuania and the us reportedly blocked to russia's resolution because they wanted amendments condemning the actions of who they call separatists. moving away from the east to the ukrainian capital kiev which has also witnessed a turbulent twenty four hours people on that central square first clash with police and burning tires and later started dismantling the pavement it happened when the city authorities tried to tear

envoy spoke her russian counterpart vitaly churkin fired back in the years no one is hiding the fact that they are russian volunteers is ukraine we would like to see similar transparency shown by other countries maybe our american colleagues can tell us what dozens of their advisors are doing in the building the ukraine security council or how many so-called mercenaries from their so-called military enterprises and. thousands of kilometers away from their land the word of the ukrainian security forces give the code a huge american weapons during the emergency security council meeting ambassador churkin presented statement that called for an unconditional ceasefire in ukraine but some members including the way mia said they wanted to read through the text before a vote would be hot in the meantime u.s. president barack obama is stressing that he has no plans to use military action to solve the problem speaking to reporters he said that the u.s. is mobilizing the international community to apply pressure on russia that was r.t. correspondent marina partner. and one hundred forty five p

assisting or helping separatists on the front lines in eastern ukraine russian envoy to the un vitaly churkin says the current escalation of violence in ukraine is the consequence of the direct policy of kieve which ambassador churkin russian ambassador to the u.n. says kiev is carrying out a war on its own people the the russian envoy says the ukrainian president petro poroshenko keeps using the word peace but hasn't made any sincere steps towards peace instead russia says the ukrainian military continue shelling civilian quarters on tens of thousands of people that are sitting in basements without food electricity or medicine according to moscow over eight hundred fourteen thousand ukrainian refugees refugees have fled to russia to flee the violence that's being carried out by key investor churkin says the ukrainian army is stomping all over normal humanitarian law and is the only thing that's being seen is keeps fight against dissent during the meeting a russian related direct message to the u.s. calling on washington to stop interfering in the internal affairs of sovereign states and to r

. >> sreenivasan: in turn, russian ambassador vitaly churkin dismissed the accusations, without directlydenying anything. >> ( translated ): everyone knows that there are russian volunteers in eastern parts of ukraine, no one is hiding that. we'd like to see similar transparency shown by other countries. i would suggest that we send a message to washington. stop interfering in the internal affairs of sovereign states. stop trying to undermine a regime that you don't like-- >> we are not taking military action to solve the ukrainian problem. what we're doing is to mobilize the international community to apply pressure on russia. but i think it is very important to recognize that a military solution to this problem is not going to be forthcoming. >> brown: the president argued pressure from existing and possibly new sanctions will take an increasing toll on russia even if it's not apparent now. for more on what's happening on the ground in ukraine, joined by andrew kramer from the "new york times" from donetsk. you were visiting a town where the russian troops were streaming in. describe t

russian ambassador to the united nations vitaly churkin spoke at u.n. headquarters in new york city. he said convoys taking humanitarian aid have began arriving at their destinations and said the aid was entirely humanitarian and contained no military assistance. this was about half an hour. >> friday in late august. not as crowded as some other times. it's good to see you any way. i want to begin with some good news. while i do that, i need to keep my fingers crossed. the good news is according to media reports, the first trucks from the russian humanitarian convoys have reached the city of luhansk, which has been besieged and shelled by the ukrainian military for the past few weeks, and, therefore, for that reason, a humanitarian catastrophe broke out as well as in some other cities in eastern ukraine. the population of which either s trying to flee, both the crossing into the territory of russia, and those who remain are regarding humanitarian assistance. so on the 7th of august, the foreign minister sent a letter to the president of the icrc announc