so from these calls even from the western press you understand why people in ukraine eastern ukraine are waging war why they're resisting because this is exactly what they read every day in the nationalist newspapers from kiev this is what they watch and hear from television in kiev and in the wharf and in other cities or of ukraine including sometimes their own c.d.'s because there are still some nationalists operating in hardock of even then yes so people watch it they hear it every day and they try to defend themselves and of course victoria nuland had no clue about the existence of such tensions in ukraine she doesn't know anything about what was the walled war two in ukraine for people to understand why you know the insurgents are in slovyansk are ready to die for the memory or all of the second world war i can just tell you of on figure in most of the places in eastern ukraine from von forth to yvonne third of the population perished during the war with germany there it's why it is sacred that's why they warned given i mean well you know one of the things you know if you look a

within ukraine ukraine no longer become part of the european union the won't tell tales ukraine absolutely doesn't have the economic level to become part of the e.u. we're going. to. put it on your arm and a lot of these. people. a pleasure to have you with us here on t.v. today i'm sure. you know. this is. a low and welcome to crossfire for all things are considered on people of the western interest crisis in ukraine has revealed the extent of western media is the inability or unwillingness to report this important story to western narrative as closely mirror the talking points generated from the powers that be this begs the following question is what media merely the instrument of the rich and powerful. crosstalk media coverage of ukraine i'm joined by my guest when will oxon writer in berlin he's an editor and reporter and in moscow we cross to dimitri bobbitt she's a political analyst. with the voice of russia radio station right gentlemen crosstalk roles in fact that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it before you start the program graham phillips who wo

between the european union and ukraine. which is an important subject. we. urged our partners to begin. politicised professional and pragmatic dialogue. conversation about how the commitments of ukrainian state on the free trade area with the c i s and. the commitments of which the agrarian side is ready to take with him but not yet rectified association agreement with the e.u. . coincide so how they're actually made to put together. this topic as you know. is laying with the. existing prices because the accusations. towards president xi are no coverage last november were. the association agreement and that served as a pretext to. begin the possible action to organize the protests which ended in a military an armed. and before that moment and after that moment we regularly urged the card is to sit down at the same table and talk about the situation how would we find the. solutions to. where there is the contradiction of the commitments of ukraine towards the c.i.s. free trade area and the e.u. association. we are speak for.

integrity of ukraine. we welcome the meeting held the day before yesterday in minsk between the russian federation and ukraine, particularly in the presence of the european union. we hope that they -- that those talks will lead to concrete results and in particular to the establishment of a roadmap based on president poroshenko's peace plan. we are hoping the consultations between russia and ukraine will ensure better control of the borders and will be held soon as the parties will lead to the release of -- discussions will lead to the release of prisoners we obtained -- detained by illegal armed groups. the try lateral talks initiated by the incumbent chair of the o.s.c. are key to this regard as is it deployment of the observers of the o.s.c., the two border posts along the russian ukrainian border and hope the mandate of the mission will be broadened so it can contribute to a comprehensive and bilateral control of the russian-ukrainian border. securing the border is key for the restoration of peace beca

or for ukraine to be unstable for a long time. ukraine is too important. so what is the action now to get to the table and reach a solution? what are the red lines you foresee? >> thank you. i agree with what you said. since helsinki, 13 new countries have emerged. more than 20 or 25 in europe, which means borders are not unchangeable. they are changing. and as i said, russia's action in crimea is absolutely in accordance with international law. this is clear. this is crystal clear. territorial integrity and the right of a nation for self-determination. that is what involved. and great powers, this is their habit. they are picking. if they like this, they take this. if they don't like this, they don't take this. second, i would like to tell you one thing which really very seriously struck me. it's for you to understand the modern russia. the grandson of molotov said on one of the programs that now he is the chairman of the education committee in russian parliament. very influential member of the circle of people. he said isn't it a shame that russia suppor

did it's eastern ukraine. earlier international law expert alexander mccurry joined us to discuss the release of the russian soldiers who had been held for five days. creaming government wanted to milk the. political. they're trying to argue and have been trying to argue for a long time that they're not really fighting the people of the eastern ukraine but that they're fighting the russian army so here they had ten russian actual ten actual russian soldiers and they were able to grade them and to them on television and to show them as proof of the claim that they've been making for a long time that it is the russian army that they're fighting rather than their own the evidence does not look which will convince you that there are any russian troops there but of course one can have un convincing evidence if people want to believe it and these ten russian soldiers unfortunately were if you like a gift from heaven in that respect involve a self proclaimed authorities internet say they have a large ukraine's army t

secondly they meddled in the ukraine particularly european union trying to bring ukraine out of the russian sphere of influence into the european influence that was a big mistake because it threatened russia just as the extension of nato did and then america obama failed totally to see the similarity between the crimean situation and the cuban situation of the one nine hundred sixty s. in the cuban situation said the union trod on americans vital interests close to america and president kennedy could not stand down even if it meant going to nuclear summer and i'm sorry for interrupting you here but i think it's really all know that america doesn't see russia as an equal partner i mean what's allowed to america certainly in the in the minds of sound washington insiders is not allowed to russia but can i ask you about something that you mentioned earlier that you know any possible deal should be aggrieved by the big table by the big powers of the united states and the really ripping union. yesterday really heard from some finnish officials that they were very instrumental in facilitating a se

pleated any allegations of russian troops on ukraine soil stressing that ukraine has made no real steps towards appeasing the situation in the east and he stressed that it's essential to maintain the peaceful and positive tone of tuesday's international meeting that took place in minsk and the russian envoy also called upon the united states to stop interfering in the affairs of other states said the number of refugees coming out of ukraine has been growing geometrically of thousands of civilians are living in bomb shelters in east ukraine and just minutes before he took the floor u.s. ambassador to the u.n. samantha power called for more pressure on moscow over what she called the lies coming from russia she also stressed that ukraine has been looking for a political solution to the crisis. well the murders the session of the un security council was called for by ukraine that was after president poroshenko claimed that russia was invading his country russia's defense ministry says that these allegations bear no relation to reality and later on poroshenko also suggested that russian and

did it's eastern ukraine. which is deputy defense minister is said to kids accusations that moscow has boots on the ground in ukraine or is supplying arms to anti government forces are simply incorrect he made the comments to slovakia media earlier on saturday. you know we're just you so it's cool so ukraine was part of the soviet union and there were many arms depots across the soviet union and when russia and ukraine became separate states millions of automatic rifles mines and artillery systems were left on ukraine's territory so there were warehouses with arms on the territory where kiev is now conducting its punitive action against its own people and these warehouses came under control of anti-government forces people who took up arms to defend their rights so to speak about russia supplying arms to dennett's cool lugansk is simply wrong just look at what ukraine's army is fighting with it's fighting with russian arms or soviet arms to be correct meanwhile european leaders are at a summit in brussels and

as a vital military installation and a vital interest to ukraine and that had to be taken back the ukraine was really the child of of the crimea because he was so successful in the crimea that he was tempted to start getting back some of the territory that they felt that i feel russians feel were taken from them in the end of the cold war and countries not moldavia and even the baltics should be extremely worried oh but mr brown is there any evidence to support the theory because we keep hearing it all the time from many western forces but you know they had the russian support for rubbles in ukraine ah there any concrete avid ends of that i mean i understand that some people may sympathize for you know all sorts of reasons but odds are any concrete evidence of the russian state supporting be insurgency in your crane i did what i recall as i'm sitting here in america don't know anything on the ground it's just that i know the russians are an old country of very old and experienced diplomatic nation and it would be unwise to allow those sort of things to leak out into the west i see the head

the russian is has invaded ukraine. and you just keep saying it over and over and over again but it hasn't happened bob if i could go to you again you know every time the reference to crimea is right after russia invaded crimea and you know i've watched that and c.n.n. b.b.c. al-jazeera etc etc and i would always like to like stop the frame and say can someone please tell me the date of the invasion and then you know hit play because you can't name a date because there was no invasion this is what we're fighting against go ahead well the problem is that indeed not a single person was killed during the so-called invasion of crimea of ukrainian troops stationed in crimea did not want to protect it they just left because the population was overwhelmingly for the union with russia but the problem is that when things don't go away according to a plan russia is always to blame it is quite clear that these parade in t. of which we've saw on august the twenty fourth it was supposed to be the victory parade you. were expected to

destabilize ukraine? outright annexation of eastern parts of the country to create a land bridge to the recently annexed peninsula? is the west prepared to do anything in retaliation to what they see is a move from the putin government. joining us for that conversation, constantine, program director for the center on global interests, from london, the senior policy fellow at the european council on foreign relations and robert hunter, former united states embassador to nato. let me start with you. are these collums of russian tanks are these elements of the russian army. >> i mean, reports on the ground certainly confirm that so called green men spotted not too far away from the southern city. indicate that perhaps these are special forces similars to the ones that were instrumental in securing crimea. we should also be careful to generalize and say that this is a full scale russian invasion. if you monitor social media of the separatist, it becomes clear by listening to the accents that a lot of them are

attempted violation of twenty one sixty six you know ukraine is now a playground. for western countries but they're specially for united states against russia and i don't think they are very. interested in. human rights question in ukraine you know it's double standard all the time the united states defending human rights in countries they don't like but they don't defend them in countries which are their ally so since kiev government is pro-american it's obvious they were not different human rights in ukraine i can tell you that kiev now says it will extend the cease fire near the flight m.h. seventeen crash site but only after it receives an official request from international investigators heavy fighting continues in eastern ukraine as the army pushes into the two biggest cities in the area and we will have more on that have to see after this short break. i'm abby martin the stories we cover here you're not going to hear any rights of our big story the extra headlines and talk there's a reason they don't want you to. point to reset. now let's break the set they

even though at the moment ukraine is being in a very. painful place and it's driven by all this idiology and the new parliament promises to be a lot more radical than the current one and that i think is a mistake but the sooner they get there the sooner i think they will find they will fall out of love with that sort of course ok on that but that's a very interesting point there will be will continue i different program on that later many thanks and i guess in london and here in moscow and thanks to our viewers for watching us here r.t. see you next time and remember last. week the same. as. she was your language. calling it without any financial system itself and. place of a sick child so that the consents get a. chance to get to use that you think great to. choose the stories but in the. child's access to. gender trump it symbolizes the gender madness in swedish of gideon meir because i found this. project the finest with seventy thousand euro to investigate the trunk from a gender perspective. the tried to. see people are going to be

the mainstream media of the conflict in ukraine is that. the people in ethnic korean have nothing to do with the fighters who are fighting there they are captured by these alien fighters who came in from outside and they simply want to be free from there the fact that they were taken over they're not being bombarded heavily we don't know about the numbers of refugees or the ninety thousand people were already displaced internally and over two hundred thousand people were led to russia they didn't flee to kiev they fled to russia we have no idea of the catastrophe humanity humanitarian catastrophe which has taken place in east ukraine so at the same time the people in ukraine are being demonized as mobs loyalists by listeners. responsible people who can. be trusted and are constantly lying and we also have an impression that russia is constantly invading which is absolutely false as if russia it's kind of lochness monster which is always erupting from somewhere you never see it actually in front of us it's just always emerging i like to jog

into ukraine again it seems to me that position co is losing. is running out of options i mean if the economy is cratering if i could for the first time in my life quote john mccain go ahead. you know it's it's interesting that you know this self-proclaimed or you know he was considered a you know this business you know brilliant businessman that he's failing to understand basic economics at this point and shoot him self in the foot you know he's playing a dangerous game that is you know like was said earlier he said listen you've been blinded by these nationalist sentiments and you know when you look at merkel her you know she's very careful in her advice but it's obvious germany is being driven by the economics of this situation otherwise you know merkel would probably play a different tune let's be honest with that so merkel realizes how precarious the economic situation is more than you know ukrainians own leadership so i think you know he needs to you know wake up sit down with putin understand you know what you know understand what you kno

ukraine isn't in that position. ukraine matters less to the west. it matters more to russia. this -- this may be the problem. >> well, it's absolutely a problem for ukraine. i would, though, aly say the reason we're seeing such strong support from the baltics states and poland, is they understand we are seeing a very gross violation of international law. we are seeing for the first time since the second world war in europe, the invasion of one european country by another, and with crimea, the annexation of the territory of one european country. that is a devastating precedent for all of europe. ukraine in particular gave up its nuclear weapons, and in exchange a memorandum was signed in budapest by russia, by great britain, by france, by the united states, guaranteeing ukrai ukraine's territorial integrity. and i think that's why we're seeing russia's other neighbors being very, very anxious. and rightfully so. >> thank you so much. crista will be back with me tonight on "consider this," i'm filling in for antonio mora. >>> coming up i'm taking a closer look at the islamic st

last week ukraine called russia's delivery of humanitarian aid into eastern ukraine an invasion this week it accused moscow of quote unquote a full scale invasion the western media that is generally not putting much distinction between rebels and washer quickly picked up that side of the story that is despite the fact that this thursday the ois sea which is now monitoring the russian border with ukraine said they saw no evidence of russian troops and tanks crossing the border the u.n. said it could not independently verify the reports of the russian invasion but a u.n. security council meeting was called upon where western members pushed to hold russia responsible russia stop this conflict at least two thousand two hundred twenty people including twenty three children have died in the conflict in eastern ukraine but we've never heard the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. call on key to stop bombing its own people in washington i'm going to r.t. . the foreign press. association in london has become the latest organization to call for the release of a russian journalist who's been missing in

that ukraine so wishes and provided ukraine provide the necessary criteria. in the meantime, ukraine has decided to pursue a so called non alliance policy. we fully respect that. we fully respect if parliament decides to change. that policy because we adhere to principle that each and every nation has the right to decide itself without interference from out side. we hope that other nations adhere to the same principle. >> was that discussed at today's meeting? >> it was not discussed today. >> secretary general, we right now completely new situation, but i would like to repeat old question. how nato can really help or nato member countries in ukraine situation. thank you. >> at the summit in whales next week, we'll take decisions as to how we will will enhance our how to increase our cooperation with ukraine. among other initiatives, we are establishing four trust funds to finance concrete initiatives within four areas. command and control, cyber defense, help through military personnel including wounded personnel. i'm very please had already at today's meeti

did it's eastern ukraine. international law expert alexander macoris joins us live now to discuss the release of the russian soldiers who've been detained for five days in ukraine alexander good to speak to you. just to start with there was that previous incident where ukrainian troops they crossed the russian border several times by all accounts they were released the bulk of them within just warm day why do you think the russian paratroopers there were detained by ukrainian officials for the best part of a week. because the ukrainian government wanted to milk the incident all political publicist says they're trying to argue and have been trying to argue for a long time that they're not really fighting enough for the people of the eastern ukraine but that they're fighting the russian army so here they had ten russians actual ten actual russian soldiers and they were able to parade them and put them on television and to show them as proof of the claim that they've been making for a long time that it is the rus

even though at the moment ukraine is being in a very. painful place and it's driven by all this idiology and the new parliament promises to be a lot more radical than the current one and that i think is a mistake but the sooner they get there the sooner i think they will find they will fall out of love with that sort of course ok on that but that's very interesting i know you have and i will be will continue i different program on that later many thanks and i guess in london and here in moscow and thanks to our viewers for watching us here darkie see you next time and remember. you know. these. as. well drug dealers. will show bush just transports gets a facelift a new cancer import he makes the most of the sun in years and signs flourishes it's almost all. check out some fun car let's say the most technology some day just here on r.g.p. we've done the future coverage based on full scope becoming independent schools a nation that nations should be self-governing govern the feels better than allow someone else to do it for a look. see thi

even though at the moment ukraine is being in a very. painful place and it's driven by all this idiology and the new parliament promises to be a lot more radical than the current one and that i think is a mistake but the sooner they get there the sooner i think they will find they will fall out of love with that sort of course ok on that but that's a very interesting point and i will be looking at you i did for a program on that later many thanks to my guest in london and here in moscow and thanks to our viewers for watching us here darkie see you next time and remember. these. i'm abby martin the stories we cover here we're knocking here in iraq back story. time there's a reason they don't want to know more. now let's break the set. at the end of the school is a nation that nations should be self-governing govern the in a feels better than allowing someone else to do it for all of. this month showed precious transports gets a facelift and you got something for which makes the most of the sun india is on the signs flourishes in tomsk and

yesin of arter eastern ukraine. meanwhile the ukrainian army's attacks in any eastern ukraine are unrelenting the forces sent by care are pushing on with their operation to crush the anti-government forces there is a church that came of the shelling during evening mass energy can clearly see severe damage inflicted there no roof or many of the walls of been reduced to rubble. to journalists who were detained in ukraine have now been released that they were a correspondent in a photographer for a crimea based newspaper of fortunately though there's still no word on the missing photojournalist andris then when he disappeared in ukraine three weeks ago numerous campaigns for his release have been held across the globe backed by calls from the un russia and international human rights organizations were posting updates on the search for under a stand in on our web site r.t. dot com. the u.s. will deploy its unmanned drones to patrol the syrian skies to survey positions of islamic state militants the move was approved by

russia has fired on ukraine from both russian territory and within ukraine itself. more over, russia continues to maintain thousands of combat-ready troops close to ukraine's borders. this is a blatant violation of ukraine sovereignty and territorial integrity and it defies efforts for a peaceful solution. today we expressed strong solidarity with ukraine. and at the wear summit next week we will meet president po poroshenko to make clear nato's unwavering support for ukraine. we condemn in the strongest terms russia's continued disregard of its international obligations. we urge russia to cease its illegal military actions and stop its support to armed separatists and take immediate and very viable steps toward deescalation on this grave crisis. and with that i'm ready to take a couple of questions. >> wall street journal >> secretary general, prime minister this morning said he wanted ukraine to move to membership and wanted to know if it came up in today's meeting and if it will be discussed in the summit in whales. >> we fully respect ukraine's decisions as rega

in the west never support ukraine. it is so dependent on russia. russia subsidizes that economy to the tune of $5 billion to maybe $10 billion per year. ukraine's future depends on russia. it's just a simple fact. ukraine will never be a free, democratic, and flourishing country until wash a is at least moving in that direction. that is just the fact. and to think that we can somehow develop and protect and make a wonderful society and country movingukraine without russia in the right direction, i think that is utopian. on assistance to ukraine and whether or not -- i mean, that is often held up as -- there was an article about a week ago where the author said the challenge is to support ukraine. but if what you said is right, then that actually should not be the strategic objective, because it is destined to fail. >> i think cliff is making some really important points with this, and to be clear, my point was that russia had tried not the negative versions, although they had done the negative versions before, but that

project is much bigger than ukraine. very little to do with ukraine per se. is for the future of russia. and his repeated statements that historically russia today would a great nation as pop louse and powerful as the united honorers agor a russia had not continually been andrun into wars revolutions i find it difficult to believe that a guy can say he said ity times as -sighted as tot d.n.a. sequence not to think that the whole game is to lure him into a military invasion of eastern ukraine. nationalism andth nick russian stuff and orthodox that putin heng espouses ising i tactics. i think all he does is believe in russia and if you leave russia alone and don't undercut russia, russia will be great. it is a great civilization. we are a great people and we values and we have the spirituality. it is very mystical in that all about russia. and, yeah, i'm maybe i'm completely wrong. maybe -- you are not. >> i think that is the last thing he would do. >> from your lips to god's ears right and iou are really hope you are, then it is the off ramp. that could be han

ukraine you know we're going to get in three i'll tell you corruption in ukraine it makes russians blush ok believe me joshua just let me go to you in new york one of the if you looked at some of the pictures taken at that summit it was extremely interesting you had the e.u. you had ukraine you had russia you had the customs union and you had also representatives of the association agreement with the european union it's amazing isn't it i mean we had that option by. back in november we had that option when everybody was around the table saying hey maybe we can kind of work this out you know we can finance this we can give a little bit on that we all can compromise but no brussel said no no no three times and then what and now let's go to the president how many people have died how many people are displaced how many people have been injured this economy is in tatters and all of a sudden i see lady ashton in minsk remarkable. it's just incredible because when president putin in november offered ukraine to have that or all economic relations with the e.u. and russia the e.u. didn't want to

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attempted violation of twenty one sixty six you know ukraine is now a playground. for western countries but especially for united states against russia and i don't think they are very. interested. about do it human rights question in ukraine you know it's double standard all the time the united states defend the human rights in countries they don't like but they don't defend them in countries which are of their ally so since the government is brought american it's obvious they were not different human rights in ukraine. now says it will extend a cease fire near the flight m.h. seventy crash site but only after it receives an official request from international investigators. next to us gun rights advocates have written a children's book to promote the idea that attack is the best form of defense and to trust your weapon and i said you can spoke to parents who support the idea and those who don't. a new children's book has hit the bookshelves of america my parents' open carry is designed to explain to children why it is a great idea for their parents to be carrying

it's also petra chemicals, very nornt ukraine. i would maybe swap the sides of the tables a bit and say, russia has an even bigger interest in making sure that this does not deteriorate into something that involves western military power gns russian military power, and that incense sieve that russia has the geography and all the time in the world to continue to put pressure on ukraine. it haven't have to invade to retain leverage on kiev. the invasion, in our view, the most expensive of the options russia has. these sorts of events as we're seeing today will produce pullbacks in the market, surprises for the market. the tonality had been better this week. we saw that as well and think it may go back and forth for a while until becomes clearer both sides have a strong incentive to avert the worst case. >> seems russia has that, especially given the effect of these sanctions, to name one thing on their economy. yet i quote the 2345i9 oh spokesperson talking to reuters, va russia is doing the opposite of what it's saying even as it c

. >> russia is responsible for violence in the eastern ukraine. it is encouraged by russia, the separatists are trained by russia, they are armed by russia and funded by russia. russia has deliberately repeatedly violated the sovereignty of the ukraine. >> major powers warning of costs. russia is adamant. the ukrainian government torpedoed all agreements to resolve the conflict. >> the reckless policy of key of his conducting a war against its own people. controle battle for rages on, president clinton shows no signs of bowing to international sanctions or threats of further isolation. >> and president putin did say that russia will continue to provide humanitarian aid to civilians in the eastern ukraine. generalto the retired has served as nato's supreme allied commander for europe. intolerable is the word europeans are using. adoptedia seems to have the incursion into the ukraine. >> strong actions by not just the united states and britain , this is what we have been working for since 1949. now clear breach of international law. 28 nations will

policy our teeth eastern ukraine. on the political front president putin shed some light on the behind the scenes diplomatic wrangling over ukraine in an interview he gave to the russian national media and he's my financial sums up the key points. i just came back from ukraine where we were working for one month and this time we witnessed a very dramatic escalation in speaking to me this very dangerous spread of violence in ukraine is. has his opinion on why it is happening. how can anyone say it's ok to open fire with artillery and multiple rocket launchers on cities do you really expect people to do nothing and wait for their own deaths so what's happening now is a natural reaction by the people who live there and who are defending their rights and one of those who took up weapons first let me put it has also commented on upcoming parliamentary elections in ukraine saying that it will nor is the tensions in the country. the candidates want to show how tough they are in the current circumstances it's hard to imagine

german chancellor angela merkel has offered ukraine five hundred million euros to rebuild eastern ukraine as donbass region the money will be allocated to a special fund set to be created in september the german leader discussed the situation in eastern ukraine with the nation's president during her working visit to kiev artie's poor asli has more on what were said. many good words have been said and often these are the words of people here inhofe ruined dinette square i am want to hear but experience has shown him to be a little bit suspicious of what leaders are saying on the one hand the german chancellor angela merkel said that she does support a cease fire she also said that the interests of russian speaking citizens in ukraine needs to be addressed she also said she supports the idea of eight decentralization of power the ukrainian president petro poroshenko said that he was setting up a fund to the tune of some five hundred million euros that was being provided for by germany now he has been asking for money to help rebuild donbass with essentially the ukrainian army has been activ

seventeen the only asian air flight the existence of bones by the rebels in ukraine . very dubious credibility it's a private firm i don't think it shows anything i don't think what most people in the west understand is that everyone on both sides with the exception of some ukrainians having american weapons but everyone is using russian weapons the line of russian tanks means nothing because we don't have the information to tell us where it came from as to whether russia has troops on its border it's inside its border you know their businesses so that if we had unrest on the border with mexico here in the u.s. he'd be sure we'd have a military presence there to make sure our borders were secure and claims by the ukrainian president that russia had invaded his country certainly still many media outlets taken up the story just running wild with it here's a tease guy nature can assessing some of that coverage. panic alert in western media after key if tweeted that russia invaded ukraine when reports started coming in that fighting broke out between the rebels and ukraini

ukraine's prime minister says his country's sovereignty has been violated. >> russia's goal is ukraine itself. it cannot accept the fact that ukraine made the decision to sign and association agreement with the european union. we are moving forward. we are part of europe. that's where we are heading and where we will end up. >> meanwhile, russia's state media and local officials are reporting that the first vehicles in the convoy have arrived in lujan's -- luhansk, a rebel stronghold. the eu and u.s. have condemned russia's latest move, saying it runs counter to an agreement with the red cross. the icrc was to export the -- escort the convoy, but it backed out because of the volatile security situation. kiev says neither its customs officials know the red cross know the contents of all the trucks and that the delivery is a ploy to resupply separatist forces. so far, moscow has ignored international calls to withdraw. >> our correspondent joins us now from kiev. ukraine is talking tough, describing the convoy coming in as an invasion, but what can kiev do about it? >> i don't think that

russia concept a condition for settling ukraine's prices but it will do everything to facilitate peace there was a statement from president putin as he said done with his ukrainian counterpart petro poroshenko put the very first time. a blaze iraq said one of the regions along just chemical plants while ukraine's army continues to shell the resistance with shells. british authorities have been love shocked by the growing number of people getting radicalized into jihad they now want to take away passports of those going to war zones while encouraging citizens to spy on potential terrorists. and as the popularity of civilian drones grows in the u.s. or the small aircraft buzzing through the skies are turning into a serious threat for air traffic. for me it wherever you're watching us around the world welcome to moscow into our to international you with me tom long with day russia will do its best to help said peace process in ukraine those words coming from vladimir putin this handshake to picked off law the first sit down meeting of the russian and ukrainian president at an internationa

eastern ukraine. earlier this week ukraine's president better version guess said russia had invaded his country international media outlets immediately ran with the story that it should count looks at some of the coverage. panic alert in western media after key if tweeted that russia invaded ukraine when reports started coming in that fighting broke out between the rebels and ukrainian forces in the port town of. many were quick to claim that it's russia's doing what seems to be happening on the ground however is that russian troops of pushing in from russia photos of tanks emerged in social media with nothing to suggest that they were operated by russian soldiers kill you put out this video claiming it's a russian tank. but while journalists were grappling with the new developments and struggling with the pronunciation of the town that was supposedly being invaded this is no bus got u.s. and nato officials pushed ahead with accusing russia of deploying more than one thousand troops and heavy artiller

but territory of ukraine, eastern ukraine remains under russian control or de facto. ukraine will have a huge problem with part of its territory not controlled by the ukrainian government. with russia having a powerful leverage of ukraine if this is, indeed, a scenario in store. >> very briefly, do you think things will get worse before they get better? >> well, i think there is a good reason to believe things may get worse. they have gotten worse for months now and even though the intervention or invasion as some call it has not resulted in a military escalation with big battles, i think nothing is ruled out at this point. >> maria, thank you for your time. >>> now, there is a new report isis may be considering attacks outside of iraq and syria. foreign policy magazine found a laptop that once belonged to isis. the cnn terrorism analysts say there's no evidence isis has a program dedicated to weapons of mass destruction. here is a journalist that wrote the article. >> what i think is important and worrisome are three elements. we have basically a student who traveled

we spent millions in ukraine promoting the idea that ukraine should be moving toward nato. ignoring the fact putin won't find giving up the warm water port. in crimea the fact they want buffered states because they fear invasion from the west. we will just turn this into one of our countries. not realizing the russians wants to keep ukraine as part of their orbit about a hundred times more than we wanted to get it. and as a result we added to the problem. earlier, and this always goes to one of the reasons for the breakdown of the russian u.s. approach if you will will. you remember the baltic crisis in which the united states decided that self-determination required an independent kosovo which was serbia. the rushes who have always considered the southern slavic people to be their protector. they were protectors of the slavics. and they were outraged we would allow a part of a nation state that wasn't a nation to exercise self-determination and breakoff. if you listen to the russians they have saying we have the right to do what you did in the baltics because we have russi

policy on teeth eastern ukraine. with more on the political front president putin shed some light on the behind the scenes diplomatic wrangling over ukraine in the interview he gave to russian national media and his wife nauseousness sums up the key points of that. i just came back from ukraine where we were walking for one month and this time weakness to very dramatic escalation in speaking and made this very dangerous spread of violence in ukraine's east london airport and he has his opinion on why it is happening. how can anyone say it's ok to open fire with artillery and multiple rocket launchers on cities do you really expect people to do nothing and wait for their own deaths so what's happening now is a natural reaction by the people who live there and who are defending their rights and one of those who took up weapons first let me put it has also commented on upcoming parliamentary elections in ukraine saying that it will norte help is the tensions in the country. all the candidates want to show how tough they

convoy of eight trucks into ukraine. ap reporting nato are condemning russia for sending those trucks without permission int from the ukrainian government. ukrainian officials are describing it as an invasion. and nato secretary general calls it a violation of ukraine's sovereignty, and the pentagon is calling on russia to withdraw the convoy immediately. this should take us to an administration breeding that will start at 1:30. tothe good news is according media reports the first trucks from the russian humanitarian convoys have reached the city of lugansk, which has been besieged and shelled by the ukrainian ,ilitary 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 is trying to flee, both the crossing into the territory of russia, and those who remain are regarding humanitarian assistance. so on the seventh of august, the foreign minister sent a letter iciche president of the announcing our att

we are anticipating comments on what a ukraine is calling a russian invasion of south eastern ukraine. the president will be working with the national security team, and also the isis threat in iraq, and syria. we will take you to the white house briefing room when we see the president. now the crieses took an ominous turn. russian forces have have eastern south eastern ukraine, in one what one of the militaries leaders calls a full scale invasion. 1,000 russian troops are operating in that area, the military alliance reare leased these images that say they are proof of a russian presence in eastern ukraine, al jazeera with the latest. >> there's little doubt that the crisis here is entered a new and very dangerous territory, on thursday. because of the language that's being used at the very highest level of the political sphere, no longer are we talking about rumors of russian involvement, with the separate ohs fighters here, there have been outright accusations and backed up apparently by clear cut satellite imagery evidence. that russian regular forces are fighting alongside separa

against the armed forces of ukraine. these units, considered well over 1000 russian troops equipped with armored vehicles, artillery and defense systems. this is a clear violation of sovereign ukrainian territory by the russian federation. it is a clear breach of international law. realitydenials of this fit into the pattern of russia's dishonest approach to ukraine from the beginning of this crisis. we all remember that russia denied that it had any extra military personnel on the ground in crimea right up until its illegal and i patient with military force -- a legal an -- annexation by military force. tanks, armored personnel toriers and artillery separatist groups for months. the separatist arsenal contains up to 100 manned battle tanks, 80 armored personnel carriers, and 100tank weapons, artillery pieces. almost all of these have been directly supplied by russia since the conflict started. in the past three weeks, this support has increased significantly. no doubt in response to ukraine's success in liberating terri

. >>> also crisis in ukraine. the first convoy of humanitarian aid reportedly is on its way to some harder-hit areas in eastern parts of the country. >>> and get them while you can. the moscow fashion craze that makes a political statement about the situation in ukraine. hello again. i'm rosemary church. >> and i'm errol barnett. welcome back to our viewers in the u.s. and around the world. comic genius, genuine soul, immensely talented. these are just some of the words being used to remember actor comedian robin williams. >> the world is mourning the death of the aclaimed comedian and actor. williams was found monday in his california home just north of san francisco. the local sheriff's office says coroners believe his death was a suicide due to asphyxia. he was 63. >> his wife, susan schneider, has asked for privacy at this very difficult time, but she did release a statement. let's go ahead and put it on your screens now. "this morning i lost my husband and my friend while the world lost one of its most belove