. >>> also in ukraine, two helicopters shot down by pro-russian separatists using surface to aramis ills, and those are hardly the weapons that would be used by the so-called citizen army. it happened in the eastern city of slaviansk today. now two people are dead and the tensions are rising. jonah hull has the latest. >> reporter: video posted on the internet purports to show what the residents of slaviansk and the pro-russian separatists who made the eastern city their base woke to at dawn. the ukrainian army launched what it called a large-scale anti-terrorist objective. to form a blockade around the city. some separatists said they were ready to fight. >> translator: i will fight with whatever i have. if not a rifle, then i will fight with my hands, and strangle them so they won't mess with my land. >> reporter: the two helicopters were shot down allegedly using surface to aramis ills something kiev points to as evidence of russian involvement on the ground. this man is said to be a survivor from one of the helicopters, a ukrainian soldier apparently being cared for by separatist sup

>>> two helicopters in ukraine shot down by pro-russian separate advertises using surface to sar -- aramis ills. kiev was trying to retake the city of slaviansk. now two people are dead and tensions in the region are once again on edge. >> reporter: video pop popes -- posted on the internet pur ports to show what the citizens in slaviansk woke do at dawn. the ukrainian army launched what it describe a large-scale anti-terrorist operation. the apparent objective for now, not to overrun the city but to form a blockade around it. some separatists said they were ready to fight. >> translator: i will fight with whatever i have. it's not a rifle, then i'll fight with my hands and strangle them so they won't mess with my land. >> reporter: two helicopters were shot down allegedly using surface to aramis ill, something kiev points to as evidence of russian involvement on the ground. this man is said to be a vur vooif your. a ukrainian soldier seep badly injured and apparently being cared for by separatist supports inside slaviansk. >> translator: there was another helicopter shot down, we tried to

two helicopters shot down this morning by pro-russian separatists using ground to aramis -- missiles. kiev was trying to retake the city of slaviansk and now two people are dead and tensions are once again on edge. jonah hull has the latest. >> reporter: video posted on the internet purports to show what the residents of slaviansk and the pro-russian separatists vehicle to at dawn. the ukrainian army launched what it described as a large scale -- >> we are going to break away from that story. this is german chancellor angela merkel and president obama live from the white house. >> good morning, everybody. it is always a great pleasure to welcome my friend chancellor merkel to the house. germany is one of our strongest allies and angela merkel is one of my closest partners. first as president, my top priority is doing everything we can to create more jobs and opportunity for hard-working families for our economic strength as a source of strength in the world. this morning we learned that our businesses creates 273,000 new jobs last month, all told our businesses have now created 9.2 mi

where a shoulder launched surface to aramis seal brought down a military helicopter. among the 14 soldiers confirmed killed, a senior army general, the highest ranking casualty in the uprising so far. office works were forced out of the administration building by a large force of separatist fighters including scores of chef nan volunteers. >> we came to clear out the building. >> they were well equipped with armor piercing rockets and deployed a gun capable of taking down the helicopter gun ship. if the ukrainian army does press home an attack, this will be one of their main targets. this is a stark contrast to earlier in the day. ling into the city, from the direction of the rucks border. within with seconds we were surrounded by a very professional fighters. who aimed at us and took away our camera. al jazeera, done necessarying. >> well, tensions between russia, and kiev continue, russia has formed an economic union with it's ex-soviet neighbors, and it was initially hoping ukraine would also join. the aim is to challenge the economic power of the west, and china.

armies offensive came in the city 160-kilometers from the border, where a shoulder launched surface to aramis seal brought down a military helicopter. among the 14 soldiers confirmed killed the highest ranking casualty in the uprising so far. office workers were forced out of a regional building, including scores of chechyniaen volunteers. we came to clear out the building. wherein minuted they had started to strengthen the testifyings and bulldozing some of the barricades to create a free fire zone. they were well equipped with piercing rockets and deployed a gun capable of taking down a helicopter gun ship. if the ukrainian army does press home this will be one of the main attackers. >> the rugger foreign min industry has issue add statement demanding that the government halt it's military offensetive avoided a catastrophe. the momentum is building here, and it will be hard to stop. >> the team is welcomed inside the building and given a tour. which is in stark contrast to earlier in the day. we attempted to film a convoy, heading into the city, from the direction of the russian border. wit