this time in ukraine [ inaudible ] region. despite the fact that until now russia refused to officially admit its direct military invasion, today there is no doubt that this is an aggressive war against my country, against ukraine. to mislead the world community, russian leadership orders to take of insignias of its military servicemen and identification mark of its military equipment, to abandon its soldiers captured on the battlefield and cynically used mobile crematorium to eliminate its evidence of engagement. and it's neither a civil war, nor internal conflict. the region constitutes approximately 44,000 kilometers. million of ukrainians have found themselves under the occupation, the goal of the war is to force the people to give us its sovereign choice and build free, democratic, prosperous, and european states. all of this takes place against the backdrop of the [ inaudible ] rhetoric about brotherly people, common history, related language, and predestined common future. in fact we are dealing here with a desire to re

whereas what we have in ukraine is a hot war. so i think that, i mean, the cold war is a term, should not be the bette noir that is stoims used. the cold war was awful, i grew up in it. i was a cold warrior, it wasn't pleasant. at that time, throughout the cold war we did not have, we did not have a shooting war. and right now we have a shooting war in ukraine. >> you're in new york for the u.n. general assembly. >> yes. >> what's your message to the world? >> well, there are a whole series of messages. one that we have to do something about syria. another one is that we cannot forget the -- allow the syrian crisis to mute our continuing concern about aggression and violation of international law regarding ukraine. we are very strong on promoting internet freedom and are always concerned about attempts to restrict internet freedom both at the national level in some countries as well as more broadly. so i mean my speech which will be tomorrow more or less covers those topics. >> president, very good to have you with us. it's a ple

he mentioned that ukraine is a u.n. founder he said the charter -- talking about russia's abuse of the veto. a license to kill. and said it was a shameful veto as well. >> put in there by russia to arm the rebels he said in the east of his country. let's listen to how he put it. >> okay we can't hear from him, but let me tell you he rounded off the speech by telling him that freedom he expected the sovereignty and territorial integrity, ukraine doesn't demand more, however lit not settle forless. now what about the rest of the day here at the united nations general assembly. well, coming up in the course of the next couple of hours we are going to hear about the president from the union, expect policy talk about syria to dominate, we are going to hear from david cameron. to british prime minister, something similar from him, we will hear from nicholas the new president of venezuela about his very difficult country, a lot of problems in venezuela, we will hear from president hattie of yes then. between aid and the capito

. >> rose: ukraine. you and i have talked about ukraine before. many believe that, as a result of what happened in ukraine and crimea, the united states and the west imposed sanctions, and those sanctions have hurt russia, and that you believe, by reemerging and trying to be a positive force around the world and in syria, that it might somehow lessen the focus on ukraine. >> so do you mean that will help somehow distract attention from the ukrainian crisis? >> rose: yes. our actions in syria are aimed at distracting? is that what you mean? no. ukraine is a separate and major issue for us. syria is a different issue, and i told you why. we don't want the disintegration of syria. we don't want the return of terrorists and of those who engage in warfare coming back to russia. so there is a whole complexity of problems. when it comes to ukraine, that's a separate issue. it's our closest neighbor. we've always said it's our brother country. it's -- our languages are similar. we have common history, common culture, common religion and many things in com

president, he is respecting the sovereignty of ukraine. listen to this. >> translator: russia has not taken part and is not going to take part in any actions aimed removing the legitimate government but we want countries to respect the sovereignty of other countries and ukraine in particular. trish: hmmm, sounds like he is saying everybody stay out of ukraine. i will stay out of ukraine as long as everybody else does. what do you make of that statement, mr. president? >> we can't accept that. if we do not have the, at least 32,000 russian-backed terrorists. nine thousand of the regular russian occupation troops directly on my territory, on the occupied territory of ukraine by russia. and 60,000 russian troops alongside of our border. 50 additional -- trish: in other words he is the no respecting your sovereignty. >> 50,000 additional troops in crimea. if this is way how he respects my sovereignty i think that will be extremely dangerous for any country in the world this way of respecting sovereignty. ukraine is just defending their soverei

putin doing now in eastern ukraine. what i almost always answer is if someone walks up to you and said they know what mr. putin is thinking, you should discount what they say. i have learned that you very few people know what mr. putin is thinking. so what we do in a military sense is we look at the capabilities and the capacities that mr. putin is creating in eastern ukraine and then derive from that what they could do, rather than try to guess what is on their mind. so here's what concerns me about what's going on in syria. we see some very sophisticated air defenses going in. we see very snis indicated air to air aircraft going into these air force. i have not seen isil flying any airplanes that require sa-15s or 22s. i have not seen isil flying any airplanes that require snis indicated air to air capabilities. so what i'm doing is what i have always done. i look at the capabilities and the capacities that are being created and i determine from that what might be their intent. these very sophisticated air defense cap

let's talk about ukraine. president obama said in his 45-minute speech, he said that russian policy is what is driving ukraine closer to europe and in an interview last night on 60 minutes, vladimir putin said that meddling from the u.s. and the west is what is making ukraine unstable. these men clearly are talking at each other when it comes to ukraine as well. >> as has been the case for the last year and a half. now president obama took this opportunity to call his policy towards ukraine and russia a success, saying the sanctions that the united states has pushed and cajoled europeans to go along with against individuals in russia and against russian industries have taken a bite out of the russian economy, and yet russia is still sitting in ukraine, annexing crimea, and russian-backed separatists still in eastern ukraine even though fighting has subsided. so largely a stalemate, richelle. >> all right. mike viqueira reporting from the united nations saying the meeting between vladimir putin and barack obama

the carpathians are one of ukraine's most beautiful regions. in early july, the tranquility was shattered by the sound of gunfire. in broad daylight, just a few kilometers from the border, in the town of mukacheve in the carpathians. fighters of ukraine's right sector paramilitary group opened fire and then fled into the mountains, with ukrainian security forces on their heels. these images were seen round the world. suddenly, checkpoints were popping up in west ukraine like those in the east. the media spoke of a second front opening inside the country. sergei ratushnyak is a former mayor of the town of uzhhorod on the border to slovakia. he says the right-wing extremists are just after a bigger cut of the smuggling profits. that's what the shooting was about. he shows the camera team his country house, a former military facility. as mayor, he got to know the area and where the choice properties were. >> a truck full of contraband from ukraine to the eu costs 150,000 euros in payola -- and another 90,000 in hungary, which makes 240,000 euros i

my parents are in ukraine. that's why it's difficult. >> this new cold war is putting strains on those like constantine, a cold miner who game to barons berg learning he could make four times as much as he earnt in ukraine. and like the chinese business tycoons and prospectors, he left home to boost his earnings in a frigid region shaping up as the next battle ground in a new cold war >>> that's the show for today, i'm ali velshi, thank you for joining us. >> protestors are gathering... >> there's an air of tension right now... >> the crowd chanting for democracy... >> this is another significant development... >> we have an exclusive story tonight, and we go live... [ ♪ ] in the race for the white house in 2016, a fast-talking first-time candidate has been getting the lions share of the attention pt the other party that held the oval office for the last 25 years has an ongoing race. a long-time front runner feeling the heat, and a prominent politician is weighing whether to jump into theac

also get to ukraine. >> there will be time. there will be time. >> does that portend a tense meeting? >> it might. look, i wouldn't -- the president has described his previous discussions with president putin as blunt and businesslike. i wouldn't anticipate significant overt hostility. but i do think that there is some serious issues that the united states and russia have to discuss. and the president won't shy away from raising our significant concerns with russia's behavior in ukraine and other places around the world. >> over the course of the past few months, even take, u.s./russian relations have been described as tense, as strained. chilly, cool. does president putin bear sole responsibility on where u.s./russian relations are right now? >> well, i guess i will say this way. my guess is that president putin is not particularly concerned about the use of those adjectives describing the relationship between our two countries. in fact i think he may feel that that may enhance his status one way or another. but the fact is be

my parents are in ukraine. that's why it's difficult. >> this new cold war is putting strains on those like constantine, a cold miner who game to barons berg learning he could make four times as much as he earnt in ukraine. and like the chinese business tycoons and prospectors, he left home to boost his earnings in a frigid region shaping up as the next battle ground in a new cold war >>> that's the show for today, i'm ali velshi, thank you for joining us. it's morning in budapest and hundrede still waiting. the hungarian capital's main railway station remains close today refugees. ♪ >>> hello, i am jane dutton you are watching al jazerra. also on the program, the u.n. warns that wars and economic blockade could make gaza uninhabitable in less than five years. >>> condemnation of texas police after images emerge that appear to show them shooting a man with his hand up. and the congolese warlord known as the

my parents are in ukraine. that's why it's difficult. >> this new cold war is putting strains on those like constantine, a cold miner who game to barons berg learning he could make four times as much as he earnt in ukraine. and like the chinese business tycoons and prospectors, he left home to boost his earnings in a frigid region shaping up as the next battle ground in a new cold war >>> that's the show for today, i'm ali velshi, thank you for joining us. joining us. al jazeera america gives you the total news experience anytime, anywhere. more on every screen. digital, mobile, social. visit aljazeera.com. follow @ajam on twitter. and like aljazeera america on facebook for more stories, more access, more conversations. so you don't just stay on top of the news, go deeper and get more perspectives on every issue. al jazeera america. >>> lethal force. >> and after a lengthy confrontation, both deputies fired shots, causing the man's death. >> a fatal encounter between police and man who appears to have his hands

you also recently wrote, putin has won ukraine. is that where we are? >> i think that what he has done from the very beginning was have a far more limited goal in mind than what a number of people felt at the very beginning when this all started. he never wanted all of ukraine. he wanted for historical purposes to take crimea. he did. then he wanted a part of ukraine that he could always use to advance russian interests, and he has now -- he is now at a point where nobody in the west is shouting, hey, stop, give us back crimea. it's all accepted. so he has won. >> reporter: and you write that the u.s. and the west grossly miscalculated and have even been shocked he made this play for crimea, violated international borders. >> there is no question he violated the borders. there is no question he's used to getting his way. we had in the west a very romantic vision of russia back in 1991 when soviet union died and whatever is russia began to emerge, and we began to think of it as a democracy. we were going to bring it into the west. all is going to be wond

ukraine, you and i have talked about ukraine before. many believe that as a result of what happened in ukraine and crimea, the united states imposed sanctions and those sanctions have hurt russia and that you believe by reemerging and trying to be a positive force around the world and in syria, that it might somehow lessen the focus on ukraine. pres. putin: do you mean that will help distract the attention from the ukrainian crisis? syria are meant distracting? we do not want the disintegration of syria. we do not want terrorists coming back to russia. there is a whole complex city of problems -- complexity of problems. ukraine is our closest neighbor. we have always said it is our brother country. languagesonly -- our are very similar. we have common history, common culture, common religion. believe is absolutely inadmissible is the resolution of internal political issues in the former ussr republic through color revolutions, through coup d'etat, through unconstitutional removal of power. that is totally unacceptable. our partners in t

say we want to talk about the aggression in eastern ukraine. so they both have very different agendas, and behind that, i think, is some real bought about what exactly russia is planning, not only in ukraine, but also in syria where it has sent those troops in recent days and weeks. >> indeed. >> looking at the situation in ukraine perhaps that has been more stable. and perhaps we have seen more of a push towards some kind of resolution to the situation in syria. do you think that that might play a part in the discussions that they have over syria? >> reporter: well, i certainly think that was the case. things were looking rather good if you went back to the beginning of august. i think the problems of all of the refugees coming to europe was something that was playing on everyone's mind, and there were some meetings taking place with john kerry and his russian counterpart, sergei lavrov. but i have to say in recent weeks, again, the situation has soured. i think ever since the news that russia was sending extra military forces to syria, and th

ambassador to ukraine william tailor, good to see you, ambassador. let's start with this new ukrainian military doctrine identifying russia as an enemy and aggressor. will declaring it that way be counterproductive, further provoking the russians? >> apparently the russians don't need to be provoked. they act with or without provocation. but this new doctrine just says what it is. it says that there is an aggressor who has occupied illegally occupied part of european territory, crimea, has further invaded the southeastern part of ukraine, sending in weapons and special forces and equipment, in order to stir unrest in that part of the country. so this new doctrine just names the problem, and the problem of course is mr. putin's russia. >> what about the internal split in ukrainian government where far-right groups are opposing giving the provinces more autonomy. because things turned ugly outside of parliament and three officers were killed. >> this shows the depth of political feelings that are going to be associated with the changes to the constitut

america has few economic interests in ukraine. we recognize the deep and complex history between russia and ukraine. but we cannot stand by when the sovereignty and territorial integrity is violated. it happens in ukraine it can happen anywhere today. that's the basis to the sanctions of the united states and the sanctions that we impose on russia. it is not a desire to return to a cold war. for russia, state controlled media may describe these events of an example of an insurgent russia. a view shared, by the way, by a number of u.s. politicians and commentators who have always been deeply skeptical of russia and seem to be convinced a new cold war is, in fact, upon us. look at the results. the ukrainian people are more interested than ever in aligning more with europe than russia. the fallen ruble, and the integration of more educated russians imagine if instead russia had engaged in true diplomacy and worked with ukraine and the international community to insure its interests were protected. that would be better for ukraine, bu

putin doing now in eastern ukraine. what i almost always answer is if someone walks up to you and said they know what mr. putin is thinking, you should discount what they say. i have learned that you very few people know what mr. putin is thinking. so what we do in a military sense is we look at the capabilities and the capacities that mr. putin is creating in eastern ukraine and then derive from that what they could do, rather than try to guess what is on their mind. so here's what concerns me about what's going on in syria. we see some very sophisticated air defenses going in. we see very snis indicated air to air aircraft going into these air force. i have not seen isil flying any airplanes that require sa-15s or 22s. i have not seen isil flying any airplanes that require snis indicated air to air capabilities. so what i'm doing is what i have always done. i look at the capabilities and the capacities that are being created and i determine from that what might be their intent. these very sophisticated air defense cap

not least the situation in ukraine where russia has annexed crimea. and he is accused of having forces backing rebels in the east of the country. take a listen to what president obama has to say. >> we recognize the complex history with russia and ukraine, but we cannot stand by when the sovereignty and territory integrity is violated. if that happens in ukraine, it could happen to any nation gathered here today. >> reporter: that's essentially, alison, a justification for the sanctions that the united states is imposed on russia because of the activities in ukraine. i think u.s. officials will acknowledge privately, if not publicly, that the sanctions have had little effect on policy of russia in ukraine and further sanctions and further animosity will not have much effect on russia and policy in syria as well. the take away from me is that the two countries are going to now work together to some extent. >> and work together to some extent on the crisis in syria. the big sticking point is what will happen with assad? obama is digging in his heels tha

for the east is to withdraw russian heavy weapons and troops from ukraine. the question is what's the incentive for putin to do this? if putin's objective is to keep ukraine weakened and divided, make it very, very hard for them to become the kind of progressive, forward-looking european nation they want to, he's succeeded and the only answer americans can come up with is maybe the sanctions are beginning to bite, maybe me's going to carry out the military side of the deal, but they do not think that will end putin's maneuvers to undermine ukraine. >> woodruff: so you were reporting on this vote in parliament in the last couple of days, violent protests. what was driving that? >> i think, judy, this was the more disturbing thing that happened in the last week or two and that is there is growing resistance to the idea of a negotiated settlement with the russians. we've had a growing kind of radicalization in the western part of yiewk as this war has ground on and on. so on its face, there were these two fringe, far-right parties who did very poorly in the ele

america has few economic interests in ukraine. we recognize the deep and complex history between russia and ukraine. but we cannot stand by when the sovereignty and territorial integrity is flagrantly violated. if that happens without consequence in ukraine it could happen to any nation gathered today. >> putin rather, the world focus on syria right now than ukraine? >> absolutely. it would be rather focusing on syrian and putt someone coming with i don't know what he's going to say, but the word is he's going to come with a big proposal that there would be world coalition against terrorism and he would even say i told you so because after 9/11 after 2001, i was offering this kind of coalition but it was only coalition of the willing, those who were--it was possible to be a gist of his speech. but it's interesting that barack obama started with ukraine and got to syria much later. his first russia and then powers later on. i think in many ways it was very much russia-putin speech. barack obama showed that he's going to stand up to

on the border of ukraine and some are arguing there has been russian troops in ukraine? >> well, do you have a military presence in europe? yes. american tactical nuclear weapons are in europe, let's not forget that. what does this mean? you occupied germany or transformed the occupation forces into nato forces? and if we have our military forces on our territory on the border with some states you believe this is a crime? >> governor putin's demeanor is different on ukraine when speaking about syria. >> american troops are in germany at the invitation of the german government. the russian troops that seized crimea in 2014, the russian troops that are in eastern ukraine today, are not there at the invitation of the ukrainian government. the good news from ukraine is for the last month there seems to be a real cease-fire but russia is not using their influence to move other aspects toward peace deal that was worked out in february. most people are seeing what the russi russians are doing is a tactic to calm the situation before vladimer putin speaks today and create a situ

. >> hoping to place the conflict in ukraine atop a long list of priorities, ukraine's president petro porashenko went and spoke to the general assembly and took aim. >> my country has become the october of their external aggression. each time aggressor is the russian operation. >> with no russians in attendance, petro porashenko lobbed a list of grievances at moscow, including veto power, specifically resolutions condemning annexations of crimea and an airlines jet. and accuses separatists of shooting down mh17. abuse of the veto right, its usage as a licence to kill is unacceptable. but his most scathing remarks were about the conflict in eastern ukraine. kiev and western powers accused moscow of supplying soldiers, military equipment and arms to separatists fighting force. . russia's president denies his country is involved in ukraine. whilst petro porashenko never referred to the leader by name, he mocked a call for an international coalition against terror made to the speech. >> cool story. really, hardly to believe. how can you speak for freedom for nations if you banish your nei

so russia some argue feels backed up and needs to act aggressively and did so in ukraine. how do we deal with that? they have played that argument. i believe the argument that they're a coiled spring. >> in the english language there are these two concepts of leadership. one is proactive which would be aggressive and one is reactive which means you've just shoved me, i fall back, come back and i shove you back. my view of putin both as a russian historianen in studying russia and from the perspective of studying american national security is that we've pushed pushed pushed and finally he pushed back. let me give you a footnote to that. in moscow which i visit not as often as in the past but i still visit, there are influential ultra-nationals who believe that today, in private talks with obama, putin sold out ukraine. in return for europe, for syria. they don't trust him and why don't they trust him? they think he's too pro-western. and why do they think he's too pro-western? because he never strikes first. he is a counter-puncher, if you want to put in that language. they

today, helping rebels in eastern ukraine. back to georgia in 2008, where they did the same thing. there is a contradiction there. second, he says there shouldn't be the export of revolution, and it was very interesting that he invoked the bitter, bad soviet experience of that. assigning to the united states indirectly that we're responsible for what the egyptians did or what the tunisians did, what the syrians did when, in fact, i was in the government at the time, i worked at the white house at the time, we weren't exporting revolution at that time. third, with respect to assad, it's just the convoluted story. his basic argument today was his basic argument from four years ago. we just need to support assad, and he'll restore order. guess what? that strategy hasn't worked. it's because of that doubling down strategy that we now have the existence of isis in syria. that wasn't -- they weren't even in syria four years ago when they started that strategy. until he rethinks that strategy, it'll be different to have the coalition

against ukraine. to miss lead the world community, rush leadership orders to take in sickness of the military servicemen, and identification markers of the military equipment. to abandon the soldiers captured on the battlefield, and use mobile cream ma tore yum to eliminate traces of it's crime on ukraine soil. n. secretary general has strongly condemned an attack in yemen which killed at least 131 people. these pictures are said to be of the aftermath reported in a village near the red sea border. the video has been broadcast by a houthis rebel t.v. station, and al jazeera is unable to independently verify it. the saudi led coalition denies allegations that it's war planes targeted the wedding. ens withs however insid that two missiles hit the tents and believe they were fired biasedly led jets. >> what targets you hit weddings a wedding tent, with women and children inside. all civilians. one run and 31 of them. so what strategic targets are you talks about? to come, including questions of origin in

of ukraine's territory and continues to wage a cold peace if you will against ukraine. >> what if anything has the un done about that invasion? >> of far the united nations has been limited mainly by the fact that russia has a veto in the security council. one thing the president recently said is as long as you have an aggressor with the veto of those in the security council is a license to kill so russia can deflect any efforts by the international community through the united nations to chastise it or to erect solid, firm responses to its illegal aggression. >> a couple things have been wondering whether the obama administration has misperceived the threat from russia, one of whom having to do with hillary clinton and the reset button that she offered to her russian counterpart during the first obama term and in the second obama term when he was campaigning for his second term against mitt romney, he had this to say in their debate. >> when you were asked what is the biggest geopolitical threats facing america use that russia. not al qaeda, he said russia. in the 1980s, now calling to ha

vladimir putin is trying to put ukraine on the backburner. he really does want, of course, to have western sanctions listed. he'll have to make commitment to the agreements to try to ensure piece in ukraine. >> it's been decades since we've tore down the wall and we thought we had a renewed relationship. what is the temperature of the relationship between the u.s. and russia? >> i would say the temperature is back to the soviet date. definitely. i think we don't - we still don't know what is going on. >> is it trending up or down? >> i think right now, obama is probably given up on vladimir putin, and i think waiting it out. but that could be a long time. >> could. russian historian, thank you for taking time to speak to us and give perspective >>> the u.s. officials are working with their european counterparts in the fight against global terror. secretary of state john kerry was joined by his counterparts at a terrorism forum in new york. >> we have to move faster and address a broader array of tools used by terrorists, and one of the tools,

the statement on ukraine joining the united nations, as one of the founding members emphasized, i quote, ukraine has repeatedly been the subject of bloody invasion by the aggressor that have sought to capture its territory. end of quote. it has been a long time since that landmark event. but today, i have to recall that my country has become the object of the external aggression. this time aggressor is the russian federation. neighboring country, former strategic partner that legally pledged to respect the territ y territorial integrity and security of the border of

eastern ukraine. you ukraine's president took amount at russia during a speech. john terrett joins us more. petro porashenko had a lot to say. >> good evening, he did. petro porashenko came out swinging no less at the general assembly on tuesday. he called the charter broken, and accused the the security council are of undermining world piece, and without mentioning him by name left vladimir putin in no doubt as to what he thinks of involvement in the don basket. >> reporter: ukraine's president petro porashenko pent before the united nations gem by and tack -- general assembly and took aim at a security council. this same the aggressor is the russian operation. they lopped is list of reasons. specifically against resolutions and the downing of a malaysian airjoins get in 2014. you rain accuses separatists of downing the plane. >> they used it as a licence to skill. russian president vladimir putin continues to deny his country is involved in ukraine, while petro porashenko never referred to the leader, he marked vladimir putin's call to an international coalitio

talks have been marred by the ongoing conflict in koreans ukraine. crrn. eastern ukraine. >> it's important to make sure there will be no cut in gas supplies. it became worse when after maidan, it became more difficult, prices were increased significantly, there were demands from russia to pay for the gas, it became extremely complex and what i can point out is that generally the prize that russia tries to sell the ukraine is more of a political prize. when the price goes up it is really some sort of effort to put pressure on ukraine or shows displeasure on policies. this may not indicate in any way that russia is trying to reduce the pressure between moscow and ukraine. they are trying oreduce the prize, reach and agreement and also what's very significant about the agreement is it also involves the european union, help ukraine pay for russian gas. >> hungary's policy of arresting refugees, may be in breach of the european union, ending up in court to be expelled back to serbia. lawrence lee reports from the hungary, serbia border. >> many refugees are by

ukraine he said doesn't demand more, however, it will settle for no less. that was petrov today then. >> the most for sure. okay, jon, let's talk about the sideline meetings that are equally as important quite frankly, as what happens in front of those microphones. on the sidelines today president obama met with raul castro. very cordial, smiling as may off are, but there is still a big differences between these two countries. what do we know? >> here is the deal with raul castro. he is 84 years old. he is a relic in many ways. he is the president of cuba, but of course he goes back all the way with his brother fidel, and others to the actual cuban revolution of 1959, and that promised the trade embargo. which you know is only 90 miles away from florida. so yesterday he comes address it is general assembly, history is made. today he meets with president obama and the two get on okay, no reason for them to not. but in his speech yesterday, raul castro did lay out very clearly the issues that still stand between them. and among them for him is guantanamo bay,

annexation ofa's crimea and aggression in ukraine. america has few economic interest in ukraine. we recognize the deep and complex history between russia , but we cannot stand by when the sovereignty and territorial integrity of a nation is violated. if that happens without consequence in ukraine, it can happen to any nation gathered here today. basis of the sanctions that united states and our partners impose on russia, not a desire to return to a cold war. within russia, state-controlled media may describe these events as an example of a resurgent shared by the way by a number of u.s. politicians and commentators who have always been deeply skeptical of russia and seemed to be convinced that a new cold war is in fact upon us. and yet, look at the results. the ukrainian people are more interested than ever in aligning with europe instead of russia, capitals have led to flight, a contracting economy, falling ruble, and the immigration of more educated russians. imagine if instead russia had engaged in true diplomacy and worked with ukraine and the international community to ensur

>>-up have a military presence on the border of ukraine. some have argued there have been russian troops in ukraine? >> translator: well do you have a military presencen europe? >> yes. >> translator: american tactical nuclear weapons are in europe, let's not forget that. what does this mean? does it mean that you occupied germany? or you transformed occupation forces into nato forces? if we have our military forces on our territory on the border with some state, you believe this is a crime? >> the "cbs overnight news" will be right back. hey buddy, let's get these dayquil liquid gels and go. but these liquid gels are new. mucinex fast max. it's the same difference. these are multi-symptom. well so are these. this one is max strength and fights mucus. that one doesn't. uh...think fast! you dropped something. oh...i'll put it back on the shelf... the only cold and flu liquid gel that's max-strength and fights mucus. start the relief. ditch the misery. let's end this. it's the final countdown! the final countdown! if you're the band europe, y

if it can happen to crimea and ukraine, it can happen to anyone else. he talked forcefully about the success of his diplomacy with cuba, with iran. he did say with iran, as they continue to shout "death to america" that won't create more jobs and increase iran's national security. >> jim sciutto, he did almost, i think it's fair to say, on the iran nuclear deal, on the restoration of diplomatic relations with cuba, it was almost a victory lap for his diplomacy. >> it was a sales pitch for diplomacy. it was interesting. he started with harsh words with several countries. assad, slaughtering tens of thousands of his own people, russia calling out the sovereignty of ukraine, with china in the south china sea and even with iran, saying iran following this deal is, in his words, using violent proxies to advance their interest. as he called them out with tough words, these are countries he's working with. he said on syria he would be willing to work with anyone, including russia and iran, to solve the problem there. he has proven he's willing to work with ira

on what caused the ukraine crisis. they agree the ukraine future should be decided by its people. >> president barack obama told the general assembly that the world cannot watch as russia violates ukraine's integrity. he says if there are no consequences for russia's annexation of crimea, that would happen to any other country in the united nations. >>> taliban forces have been on the move in northern afghanistan. they captured most of the city of kundu. afghan officials say hundreds of cal ban forces stormed the city -- taliban forces stormed the city from all directions and seized government facilities. government sources have retreated to the city's airport. the international group doctors without borders says it's treated more than 100 wounded people. >>> tonight a disturbing hike in the death toll from the stampede in saudi arabia. there have been about 1,100 fatalities documented. the president of iran says thousands were killed, but he's provided no evidence to support that. saudi officials say the stampede bega

you look at russia and ukraine. this is an issue where the american president has not really figured out a solution. they haven't found their common ground to move forward and, certainly on syria, as well. syria is an issue which is accelerating into danger very rapidly. certainly on the issue of refugees coming into europe, but russia's increased involvement. this is a development that the u.s., frankly, is not comfortable with. there's also an open question as to what the u.s. can do about it. russian military personnel and equipment on the ground, but also of course, we have the news now of a russian intelligence sharing agreement with iran, syria and u.s. ally iraq. uncomfortable development. >> our global affairs correspondent, i spoke to president rouhani. they're clear that assad is going to stay for awhile and the united states and the rest of the west have to buy on to this. this is a difficult moment for the west who several years ago said assad has to go. putin is really using all his leverage and, frankl

also coming up, ukraine's president rails against russian oppression at the eu and general assembly. he says the world should not believe conciliatory statements coming from the kremlin. and fifa bans former vice president jack warner over corruption allegations and his former bosses under pressure. former president sepp blatter denies wrongdoing as he faces a criminal investigation. i'm sarah kelly. thanks for joining us. the afghan president else government forces will retake the northern city of kunduz, but what we are hearing points to a bitter, high-stakes battle with tactically smart taliban fighters. they have expanded their offensive and are our reports they control much of the airport. it was there that afghan forces regrouped and launched a counterattack under the umbrella of u.s. airstrikes, but just a few hours ago, the pentagon released a sobering assessment of the situation, describing it only is fluid. >> heavy fighting as afghan forces struggle to take back control of kunduz. the taliban sees the strategic city quickly, taking the military by surprise. the insurgents

and ukraine in particular. respect for sovereignty means to not allow unconstitutional action and coup d'etat. removal of legitimate power. >> how will the renewal of legitimate power take place in your junkmedgment -- how will t come about? what role will russia play? >> translator: russia has not taken part and is not going to take part in any actions aimed at removing the government. >>-up have a military presence on the border of ukraine. some have argued there have been russian troops in ukraine? >> translator: well do you have a military presencen europe? >> yes. >> translator: american tactical nuclear weapons are in europe, let's not forget that. what does this mean? does it mean that you occupied germany? or- you transformed occupation forces into nato forces? if we have our military forces on our territory on the border with some state, you believe this is a crime? >> the "cbs overnight news" will be right back. nex fast max. it's the same difference. this one is max strength and fights mucus. mucinex

economically has been able to sanction the russians for their misbehavior in places like ukraine and it seems like china might be hurting them off the bat -- a bit. is that your sense and if so what do you think about china's respect for the wishes of the international community that the russians be punished for what they have done in ukraine? >> i'm certainly no expert on relations between russia and china and i did make note in her last month or so ago there was an energy contract between russia and senate that would have yielded a tent economic benefit for russia that was canceled so to the extent that there is any operation is that's ongoing it certainly doesn't seem to have been flawless and again to the extent there may have been efforts by the chinese to strengthen the russian economy based on the statistics i read earlier it does appear that their efforts were particularly successful. the fact is russia's isolated in their economy has taken a hit as a result of it. as julie pointed out rightly and we have admitted this on previous occasions has not yet resulted in the change

america has few economic interests in ukraine. we recognize the deep and complex history between russia and ukraine. but we cannot stand by when the sovereignty and territorial integrity of a nation is violated. if that happens without consequence in ukraine it could happen to any nation gathered here today. >> later on today we're going to check in on the health of the u.s. economy and close attention will be paid to the case-shiller home price index which should come out at 9:00 a.m. eastern time today. this after home sales fell last month so the index has risen throughout this year, 2015 causing concern that maybe higher real estate costs are starting to finally weigh on demand. let's talk about the home real estate markets in the u.s. and joining us we have the chief strategy officer. good to have you with us today so what do you think it's going to tell us about the health of the consumer or the u.s. economy later on today? >> good morning, thanks for having me on the program. we'll see more of the steady as she goes pattern

. >> the other half of the meeting between president putin dealt with the situation in ukraine. outside the u.n., demonstrators chanted putin is a killer. they claim russia's actions in syria are a destruction to mask it's aggressive moves in the ukraine. the u.n. is worried eastern ukraine could hold elections next month and violate the fragile peace accord. coming up on "cbs this morning," we will talk about the crisis in ukraine with british prime minister david cameron. >>> this morning, taliban moved into the northern city of kunduz yesterday. it was the first in the 14 year war the taliban captured a capital. the u.n. says it carried out an airstrike against the rebels. today the president of planned parenthood addressed congress videos concerns fetal tissue for research. some lawmakers demand that cut payments and threat on the shut down the government to get their way. a just released "cbs news," "new york times" poll, find they would blame republicans for a shutdown. 55% of americans say planned parent shood should seif federal funding. >> planned parenthood president w

a adrian, on the ukraine, there's putin saying why do they have to expand nato? why do they have this expansion force, and saying the soviet union had collapsed. is that a difficult thing for him to say publicly, the soviet union has collapsed? >> it is a difficult thing for him to say. i think the real question is why did he bring up nato? nato was not on the agenda. the ukrainian people went out because they wanted to join a trade agreement with the europe union, that is it. he sees membership in a trade association basically as a hostile act in a bipolar world. i think he still has the old images are still haunting him inside his mind. >> ambassador, who got the better of that argument on that stage in front of that audience in that room? >> you know, president obama and president putin were actually speaking to two different audiences. putin doesn't care what you or i or adrian thinks of his speech. he's speaking to the rest of the world. he's trying to create this narrative about how the united states expanded nato and caused all of this turmoil when, of cou

president obama opened taking aim a russia over actions ayou ukraine and crimea. the president was critical when it came to russia's support of syria's president bashar al-assad. >> let's remember how this started. bashar al-assad reacted to peaceful protests by escalating repress and killing and, in turn, created the environment for the current strife >>> john terrett joins us now. vladimir putin spoke later, and there was an intense back and forth between the two. >> literally the two titans essentially agreed to fight i.s.i.l., but disagreed on almost everything else about the entire day at the united nations. president obama had choice words for vladimir putin today, but the russian leader managed to get in his own jab. bashar al-assad, at the center of the clash, president obama said bashar al-assad must go. vladimir putin says there's no alternative to him. >> reporter: russian president vladimir putin was not in the room when he heard president obama call him out over his annexation of crimea and involvement in eastern ukraine. but he did have a message for