there is no attempt to form these humanitarian corridors that sphro sergey lavrov has de. it's really going to be a tough fight try and dislodge the fighters here in luhansk. >> david chater, thank you very much very much indeed. >>> encouraging ukrainian troops to use force. urging an immediate halt to the violence. foreign minister sergey lavrov wants a humanitarian being corridor to be created. >> the draft u.n. resolution will include demands for immediate end of violence, aimed at establishing a stable and immediate cease fire. humanitarian corridors for which being being civilians can. >> paid a portion of that bill. the dispute could threaten europe's gas supply. >>> joining us now from the united nations headquarters in new york. what kind of reaction do you think kristin, the russians can expect from the u.n. security council where they called this meetings? >> well, felicity, i've been speaking with security council members and they say they've yet to see any proposal from the russians. all they know is what sergey lavrov has been saying publicly that he wants so

go your donation to the remarks which were made made on the subject by foreign minister lavrov. at his press conference in by cool the day before yesterday where he emphasized that whatever initiative comes out of it should not be an ultimatum and it should not resemble ethnic cleansing. now i'm this of some personal comments on what. sergey have said i meant if he outlined what will be coming as present position goes initiative correctly then i'm afraid that that may mean a lot of trouble because things like don't go on the buffer zone along the border quarter door through which people who want to leave eastern ukraine would be able to go into russia disarmament in eastern ukraine all those things by well. may well mean more bloodshed and an intensification of bloodshed rather than abuse initiative but we'll see we have not seen as i say the final product yet when it comes out of there not moscow will form its attitude but it is very premature to. not to talk about russian support as a matter of fact. we have a little bit surprised that some of all foreign colleagues are rushin

violence and establish a stable and reliable sees fir cease-fire. >> well, sergey lavrov's comments come as violence continues. in luhansk there has been fire fight between separatest and border guards. we go to moscow, but first let's go to eastern ukraine. so the violence continues in eastern ukraine in spite of the election, the referendum, paint us a picture of what's going on there. >> well, the battle has now resumed as the border guard leave the city of luhansk. there has been a short cease-fire as injured are taken to hospital. this attack started early this morning. and border guard headquarters in the past hour we've heard that the ukrain ukrainian jet. this is a very dangerous escalation of this conflict. [ gunfire ] >> reporter: the ukrainian border a guard under attack by separatist fighters of a force of 70 surrounded by 500 strong. ukrainian air jet fighters fly over where the attack was emitted. flying out flares. heavy plumes of billowing smoke is rising above the sky lines. the region neither russian border northeast of the city of doneskt has seen a sharp up rise

jointly defend the border crossings in eastern ukraine others according to foreign minister sergey lavrov will have more details on the story as soon as we get more information to stay with us on our international. the u.s. has rushed a three day supply of hellfire missiles to the iraqi government in an attempt to help the desperate authorities battle jihad as militants now the army is once again trying to regain control over the city of tikrit as the extremists aim to capture baghdad this comes after the radicals proclaimed order on the territories they captured both in iraq and in syria the area there now hold a contains economically vital oil sides now this state in iraq and syria is urging of its extremist groups to pledge allegiance to the new state so the question arises where does isis get the funding it needs to snatch power in the region it is a thought of the group has powerful behind the scenes sponsors in the gulf states isis is also involved in smuggling extortion and bank robberies and in the course of its rapid advance on baghdad the group took control of stockpiles of u.s.

sergei lavrov said he'd submit a draft to the u.n. security council, calling for an end to the fighting saying that peaceful civilians are copping more. it seems the russian line is that the ukrainians are mainly responsible for the violence. do you think that there's - that a civil war could break out. some of the fighting today was seen. >> it was very intense. i wouldn't say civil war. i would say a war coming across the border. mr lavrov does not distinguish himself on speaking the truth about what is going on in ukraine. he denied, and vladimir putin troops. only later for vladimir putin to admit that there were. it is true that the ukranian military is fighting the well-armed russian armed donetsk. >> russia's gazprom energy firm said on monday that it would extend the period ukraine has until june 9th to resolve the conflict over unpaid gas bills. they threatened to cut supplies. is russia doing a good cop, bad cop thing with gazprom being the good cop. >> i believe that the ukrainians are playing this right. they are resisting

. >> but if you listen to secretary of state john kerry and russian foreign minister lavrov there are no issues, because moscow and the g7 agree on what is needed. >> to try to make a ukraine that is strong economically, whose sovereignty and independence is respected, but is not the pawn nations. >> i can subscribe towards what said. >>> pro-russian separatists fortified positions in ukraine's east, looting weapons from a wednesday. for more on the diplomatic dance between moscow and its allies, and what if anything this can achieve, i'm joined by ambassador william courtney, who served as ambassador to kazakhstan and special assistant to russia, ukraine and er-asia\. i'm joined by deputy assistant state for european and eurasian affairs and the executive director of the mccain institute for international leadership. good to have you both on the show. you are both diplomats. i'll give the first word to ambassador courtney. what is knoiping on - two -- going on. two dinners to the president and other. >> it looks like the russians insisted equal treatment to vladimir putin as obama. t

sergei lavrov said he'd submit a draft to the u.n. security council, calling for an end to the fighting saying that peaceful civilians are copping more. it seems the russian line is that the ukrainians are mainly responsible for the violence. do you think that there's - that a civil war could break out. some of the fighting today was as intense as anything we have seen. >> it was very intense. i wouldn't say civil war. i would say a war coming across the border. mr lavrov does not distinguish himself on speaking the truth about what is going on in ukraine. he denied, and vladimir putin denied there were russian troops. only later for vladimir putin to admit that there were. it is true that the ukranian military is fighting the well-armed russian armed separatists in luhansk and donetsk. >> russia's gazprom energy firm said on monday that it would extend the period ukraine has until june 9th to resolve the conflict over unpaid gas bills. they threatened to cut supplies. is russia doing a good cop, bad cop thing with gazprom being the g

. >> but if you listen to secretary of state john kerry and russian foreign minister lavrov there are no issues, because moscow and the g7 agree on what is needed. >> to try to make a ukraine that is strong economically, whose sovereignty and independence is respected, but is not the pawn in a tug of war between other nations. >> i can subscribe towards what secretary of state john kerry said. >>> pro-russian separatists fortified positions in ukraine's east, looting weapons from a border control post seized on wednesday. for more on the diplomatic dance between moscow and its allies, and what if anything this can achieve, i'm joined by ambassador william courtney, who served as ambassador to kazakhstan and special assistant to russia, ukraine and er-asia\. i'm joined by deputy assistant state for european and eurasian affairs and the executive director of the mccain institute for international leadership. good to have you both on the show. you are both diplomats. i'll give the first word to ambassador courtney. what is knoiping on - two -- going on. two dinners to the president and v

that do business in russia this is precisely what moscow warned back in march when foreign minister lavrov said any sanctions imposed on russia would come back to hurt the united states the white house told bloomberg news that the obama administration has had frequent conversations with business leaders on the issue and understands their concerns but that the u.s. can't just go on with business as usual now the obama administration is threatening to impose more sanctions on russia despite its recent steps to deescalate the crisis in ukraine at the request of president vladimir putin russian lawmakers voted tuesday to revoke legislation allowing for the use of military forces in your brain however it seems the white house is still expecting and demanding more from moscow. washington d.c. well russia being an emerging market with growing incomes has become quite attractive for u.s. companies in the possibility of being cut off from the market is making america's business bosses a bit nervous so let's take a look at who is involved in russia boeing boeing is nearly a third of its titanium her

that do business in russia this is precisely what moscow warned back in march when foreign minister lavrov said any sanctions imposed on russia would come back to hurt the united states the white house told bloomberg news that the obama administration has had frequent conversations with business leaders on the issue and understands their concerns but that the u.s. can't just go on with business as usual now the obama administration is threatening to use more sanctions on russia despite its recent steps to deescalate the crisis in ukraine at the request of president vladimir putin russian lawmakers voted to stick to revoke legislation allowing for the use of military forces in ukraine however it seems the white house is still expecting and demanding more from moscow . washington d.c. . well russia being an emerging market with growing incomes has been quite attractive for u.s. companies and the possibility of being cut off from that market is making america's business bosses a bit nervous so let's take a closer look at who is involved in russia a boeing buys nearly a third of its time titan

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. >> but russian foreign minister lavrov compared the plan to ethnic cleansing, saying the cease-fire did not take separatists immense into account and was only intended to drive them out of eastern territories. separatists have also rejected the cease-fire, calling it a boy to disarm them. >> to afghanistan now, where a runoff presidential vote is being cast into doubt even before the result is made official. >> that's because one of the candidates has broken off ties with the election commission, saying the preliminary numbers do not add up. >> the controversy is a major setback for many afghans who had hoped for a clear front runner in this second round. >> afghans had hoped this election would bring peace and stability, but a dispute over vote fraud could plunge the country into a new crisis. not all the votes have been counted, but presidential candidate abdullah abdullah says the initial results speak volumes. he says there was massive fraud in favor of his opponent in the runoff. he blames outgoing president hamid karzai. >> there's no doubt that the leadership of afghanistan a

. >> i unfortunately did not meet with sergey lavrov. >> i apologize. i have my information wrong. >> that's ok. secretary kerry's been talking about his relationship with foreign minister lavrov. i can't fill you in in any way at all on that particular issue. it appears to be at the moment that that channel is not able to work very well or if it is, it's working very quietly. >> thoma thank you for your ins. >> the trial of three aljazeera journalists has been adjourned until thursday, bail denied for a 10th time to the correspondents and producer. that this was their first court appearance since egypt's presidential elections last week. they have been held for more than five months, accused of conspiring with the outlawed muslim brotherhood. aljazeera rejects all of the charges and demands their immediate release. >> a suspect has been arrested in the deadly shooting at the jewish museum in brussels, he's a frenchman detained during a train inspection. police were tipped off. he was carrying two guns, one similar to the weapons used in the shooting. t

foreign minister sergei lavrov says the ukrainian government is refusing to implement a road map to end the crisis. the organization for security and cooperation in europe crafted the plan which includes a call to end the violence and start national dialogue. the head of the u.n. says finding a way forward is a must. >> i urge the parties to do all they can to de-escalate the situation, bring ukraine back from the brink and work towards a solution through negotiation and dialogue. >> reporter: but this is complicating matters. an explosion rocked a gas pipeline in central ukraine that supplies europe. the flow continued using a parallel pipe. ukrainian leaders say the blast was a possible act of terrorism designed to discredit their country as a reliable supplier. they've been focused on gas in recent days. their angry russian energy giant gasprom cut off their supply. company officials say the nation missed a deadline to pay part of its multibillion dollar bill. but the ukrainians say the russians have been overcharging them. both sides have launched lawsuits. the issue is as much poli

and sergey lavrov accused the united states of pushing the ukraine government down a confrontational path. russia warned serious í new president poor schenk roshenko agreement. additional sanctions as soon as monday. >>> in afghanistan, the big evidence taliban offensive in years, afghan officials say dozens killed in the past week by hundreds of taliban fighter attacks on police stations and government buildings. most of the attacks have occurred in helman province in the southern part of country. all this as the last 10,000 american forces prepare to leave afghanistan by the end of the year. bp is asking for hundreds of million s of dollars in restitution. in federal court the company said it made a vast number of overpayments to businesses that filed claims after the explosion of the deepwater horizon drilling rig and the subsequent oil spill in the gulf of mexico. the biggest in american history. the company also claims administrators allowed payments without proof that the spill caused losses. days after a major loss at the u.s. supreme court, online television streaming compan

john kerry called the russian counterpart, sergey lavrov warning him that partners are willing to raise the cost for russia. the questions to the international community will be: is this proof enough to step up these sanctions? >>> pay up or else. ukraine says it expects to resume talks with russia tonight hoping to end the dispute over natural gas payments. russian gas exporter gazprom has given ukraine until monday to pay part of it's nearly $2 billion debt. otherwise, the gas will get cut off, which could completely disrupt the gas flow to the entire european union. >> and some of the imports come through ukraine. it's been one 00 days since flight 370 completely vanished. the families of those on board are waiting for answers. to mark the anniversary, relatives of chinese passengers prayed at a beijing temple for their loved ones. the flight was last heard from after taking off from kual kuala lampur. next on al jazeera america terror. >> made in america has been important to us. what the country is realizing is it's important to all of us. >> bringing jobs back to the united states

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that do business in russia this is precisely what moscow warned of back in march when foreign minister lavrov said any sanctions imposed on russia would come back to hurt the united states the white house told bloomberg news that the obama administration has had frequent conversations with business leaders on the issue and understands their concerns but that the u.s. can't just go on with business as usual now the obama administration is threatening to impose more sanctions on russia despite its recent steps to the crisis in ukraine at the request of president vladimir putin russian lawmakers voted tuesday to revoke legislation allowing for the use of military forces in ukraine however it seems the white house is still expecting and demanding more from moscow. washington d.c. . well russia being an emerging market with growing incomes has been quite attractive for u.s. companies and the possibility of being cut off from that market is making them a bit nervous so let's take a closer look at who is involved in russia boeing for example buys nearly a third of its titanium here it's also one of

that do business in russia this is precisely what moscow warned of back in march when foreign minister lavrov said any sanctions imposed on russia would come back to hurt the united states the white house told bloomberg news that the obama administration has had frequent conversations with business leaders on the issue and understands their concerns but that the u.s. can't just go on with business as usual now the obama administration is threatening to impose more sanctions on russia despite its recent steps to deescalate the crisis in ukraine at the request of president vladimir putin russian lawmakers voted tuesday to revoke legislation allowing for the use of military forces in ukraine however it seems the white house is still expecting and demanding more from moscow. washington d.c. . american companies risk losing a chunk of imports from russia these are the top three things they by the possibility of being cut off from russia's markets is also worrying america's business leaders u.s. energy giant exxon mobil has a nine hundred billion dollar deal with russia's ross neath hanging in the

anything about that did that come up in the conversation between secretary kerry and foreign minister lavrov if there was one there was one yesterday and actually i did and what i wanted to say on that the it also let me get to that after i get to matt's questions and thank you for your patience do you have anything to say about the force of the bosphorus leaders you recently wrote with what appears to be a video and photographic evidence of the scene of the usage of the by the by the russian no matter the crimean i have not seen those reports and i'm happy to check with our team and see if we have confirmation of that or more to say on that. eastern ukrainian city of mariupol my entire world cup to sounds of battle as kiev's forces stormed the positions of the anti government fighters there raged in the streets for about four hours earlier the city was assaulted by a national guard battalion formed by the leader of ukraine's radical party the politicians or at least five anti-government activists were killed and thirty captured he claims the rest of the have been driven away from their head

anything about that did that come up in the conversation between secretary kerry and foreign minister lavrov if there was one there was one yesterday and actually i did find what i wanted to say on the vehicle so let me get to that after i get to matt's question so thank you for your patience do you have anything to say about the source of the bosphorus that says. there's you know what appears to be video and photographic evidence of this from the use of the by the by the russians no matter the training i have not seen those reports and i'm happy to check with our team and see if we have confirmation of that or more to say that. now the eastern ukrainian city of mariupol woke up to sound of battle as forces stormed the positions of the anti-government fighters there combat raged in the streets for about four hours in the city was assaulted by a national guard battalion formed by the leaders of ukraine's radical party the politician says at least five anti-government activists were killed and thirty captured he claims the rest have now been driven away from their headquarters and the city is

that do business in russia this is precisely what moscow warned of back in march when foreign minister lavrov said any sanctions imposed on russia would come back to hurt the united states the white house told bloomberg news that the obama administration has had frequent conversations with business leaders on the issue and understands their concerns but that the u.s. can't just go on with business as usual now the obama administration is threatening to impose more sanctions on russia despite recent steps to deescalate the crisis in ukraine at the request of president vladimir putin russian lawmakers voted tuesday to revoke legislation allowing for the use of military forces in ukraine however it seems the white house is still expecting and demanding more from moscow. washington d.c. . u.s. secretary of state john kerry is actually giving moscow several hours to defuse the tension in eastern ukraine. it is critical for russia to show in the next hours literally that they're moving to help disarm the separatists to encourage them to disarm to call on them to lay down their weapons and begin to

anything about that did that come up in the conversation between secretary kerry and foreign minister lavrov if there was one there was one yesterday and actually i did find what i wanted to say on the vehicle so let me get to that after i get to matt's question so thank you for your patience do you have anything to say about the force of the bosphorus there's. there's some you know what appears to be video and photographic evidence of this from the uses of the by the by the russians no matter the koreans i have not seen those reports and i'm happy to check with our team to see if we have confirmation of that and more to say on that. now the eastern ukrainian city of mariupol woke up the sounds of battle as forces stormed the positions of the anti-government fighters their combat raged in the streets for about four hours in the city was assaulted by a national guard detail informed by the leader of ukraine's radical party politicians as least five anti-government activists were killed and thirty captured he claims the rest have now been driven away from their headquarters and the city is und

that do business in russia this is precisely what moscow warned of back in march when foreign minister lavrov said any sanctions imposed on russia would come back to hurt the united states the white house told bloomberg news that the obama administration has had frequent conversations with business leaders on the issue and understands their concerns but that the u.s. can't just go on with business as usual now the obama administration is threatening to impose more sanctions on russia despite its recent steps to the crisis in ukraine at the request of president vladimir putin russian lawmakers voted tuesday to revoke legislation allowing for the use of military forces in ukraine however it seems the white house is still expecting and demanding more from moscow. washington d.c. and time now to get some perspective on these developments from europe and talk live to the president of the franco russian chamber of commerce and industry. thank you so much mr gridley for joining us here on our national to discuss the issue much do you think that. thirds of american businessmen will be addressed. i ce

that do business in russia this is precisely what moscow warned of back in march when foreign minister lavrov said any sanctions imposed on russia would come back to hurt the united states the white house told bloomberg news that the obama administration has had frequent conversations with business leaders on the issue and understands their concerns but that the u.s. can't just go on with business as usual now the obama administration is threatening to impose more sanctions on russia despite its recent steps to the crisis in ukraine at the request of president vladimir putin the russian lawmakers voted tuesday to revoke legislation allowing for the use of military forces in ukraine however it seems the white house is still expecting and demanding more from moscow . washington d.c. american companies risk losing a large number of imports from russia and these are the top three things they buy the possibility of being cut off from russia's markets is also worrying america's business leaders u.s. energy giant exxon mobil xom mobil has a nine hundred billion dollar deal with russia hanging in the

placed on voting near putin moscow to prove some sort of bona fide a bloody me or putin and sergey lavrov have been doing x. excellent work over the last few months to try and can situation daryn the geneva seventy seventeenth of april accord that was signed to try. to bring about a dialogue with all groups and disarmament of all groups that was signed up to by the you yes the e.u. the kiev regime and russia what this deal it is not being honored by the three other parties that moscow is the only party that is actually asking for this geneva deal to be implemented meanwhile all the pressure all the emphasis being placed on putin to prove their point of their bona fide is have already been proven were the bonafide is from washington and brussels there are none they are escalating the situation they are sponsoring the regime and that has been illegally installed the doesn't have a mandate that slaughtering civilians as we speak. and yet there is no moral obligation or onus or examination or interrogation or of washington or brussels there are more pessimistic now gentlemen we've run out of

that do business in russia this is precisely what moscow warned back in march when foreign minister lavrov said any sanctions imposed on russia would come back to hurt the united states the white house. administration has had frequent conversations with business leaders on the issue and understands their concerns but that the u.s. can't just go on with business as usual now the obama administration is threatening to impose more sanctions on russia despite its recent steps to deescalate the crisis in ukraine at the request of president vladimir putin russian lawmakers voted tuesday to revoke legislation allowing for the use of military forces in ukraine however it seems the white house is still expecting and demanding more from moscow. washington d.c. . american companies risk losing a chunk of imports from russia and these are the top three things they by the possibility of being cut off from russia's markets is also worrying america's business leaders u.s. energy giant x. mobile has a nine hundred billion dollars deal with russia's rusnak hanging in the balance and six hundred million alr

that do business in russia this is precisely what moscow warned of back in march when foreign minister lavrov said any sanctions imposed on russia would come back to hurt the united states the white house told bloomberg news that the obama administration has had frequent conversations with business leaders on the issue and understands their concerns but that the u.s. can't just go on with business as usual now the obama administration is threatening to impose more sanctions on russia despite recent steps to deescalate the crisis in ukraine at the request of president vladimir putin russian lawmakers voted tuesday to revoke legislation allowing for the use of military forces in ukraine however it seems the white house is still expecting and demanding more from moscow to. washington d.c. american companies risk losing a large number of imports from russia and these are the top three things they buy the possibility of being cut off from russia's markets it's also worrying america's business leaders u.s. energy giant exxon mobil has a nine hundred billion dollars deal with russia's hanging in the

business in russia and this is precisely what moscow warned of back in march when foreign minister sergei lavrov said any sanctions imposed on russia would be against the united states and the white house told bloomberg news that the obama administration has had frequent conversations with business leaders on the issue and understands their concerns but says the u.s. can't proceed with business as usual the obama administration is threatening to impose more sanctions on russia unless it takes more steps to deescalate the crisis in ukraine so let's go to the politics of all the business news good morning sort of the story go live to new york to talk to michael hudson the let's review can only the university of missouri the program or the would do you think will to be the political business. the logic. it's a very strange business logic it doesn't make sense logically so it has to be political it's the purpose of sanctions obviously is not to hurt us companies it's to her it's to make europe and asia but mainly the european countries decide what side are you want are you going to be on the u.s. si

dynamite i noticed that lavrov was quoted today as saying is this guy this so-called minister of foreign affairs i think they need to get somebody who's a little bit more. more diplomatic to deal with to deal with the russians but what about the president ukrainian president himself i mean he has made a statement yet why. well. i don't know the present ukrainian president personally but i'm guessing that he needs to consult his american brokers and perhaps also his private sector backers. he's caught between a rock and a hard place his main strongest backers want open got inflicted with russia but he's not a stupid man and he must know that such a conflict would put an end to his presidency if i were in his boots as. he. doesn't have a lot of time to make his mind up are you sitting on top of the heaving. well let's now speculate assume how russia and ukraine relations may develop in the future i mean is this incident going to put an end to the diplomatic relationship between the two countries in your opinion. my guess is no because moscow will want to keep open lines of communication to

assault is a pathway towards disaster that was the statement from russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov as he met with his german and polish counterparts in st petersburg. we reduce to prove those are the sort of this which of those are intensified salutes ukraine is maintaining its military action and in some cases stepping up the assaults the failure to invite representatives from the southeast to the dialogue means dragging out the conflicts you continue betting on the military hoping to secure quite a bloody victory and therefore dictate terms to the southeast and it's a way to deepen the crisis it's a path to a catastrophe plus that if you. in iraq militants have taken control of the entire province of nineveh in the north dealing a fresh blow to the country struggle against the insurgency earlier they also seized iraq's second largest city of must saw forcing police and army forces to flee police stations were set on fire and nearly three thousand prisoners escaped from jails the fighters are believed to be from an al qaeda affiliated group that's responsible for a vast majority o

thing about that did that come up in the conversation between secretary kerry and foreign minister lavrov if there was one there was one yesterday and actually i did find what i want to say on the vehicle so let me get to that after i get to matt's question so thank you for your patience do you have anything to say about the force of thoughts from the there's some you know what appears to be video and photographic evidence of this from some of the by the by the russians no matter the training. meanwhile a bus plus an ac crane is thought to have killed at least two people and injured several more local authorities say the vehicle belonging to one of the leaders of the self-proclaimed dinette republic denis pushilin who was not in the minibus at the time of the attack that's been a week ago his assistant was killed in a drive by shooting the shooting was the suspected target we spoke to him earlier about the latest attempt on his life. this is just the latest in a series of attacks there were many people injured today i don't deny the possibility that i was the target of increased the numbe

foreign minister says moscow's calls for peace may have been may have prompted that move but sergey lavrov believes that russia's influence within those anti-government activists isn't limited he added that certain powers could be undermining kids' own plans for a peaceful resolution. ukraine's president poroshenko would like to ease the tension and prolong the ceasefire but there are other forces within the ukrainian authorities radicals who still control or have close contact with armed ultranationalists there's the right sector the battalions of the tycoon ski and other powerful groups that don't obey ukraine's central command or the commander in chief there are also partners overseas our american colleagues who judging by multiple evidence still prefer to push the ukrainian authorities along a path to confrontation is that things have been mostly calm since the truce was extended besides the border incident we mentioned earlier russia called the shelling of its checkpoint a provocation which should be investigated immediately for more on what's been going on in the region during the ce

anything about that did that come up in the conversation between secretary kerry and foreign minister lavrov if there was one there was one yesterday and actually i did find what i want to say on the vehicle so let me get to that after i get to matt's question so thank you for your patience do you have anything to say about the force of the thoughts for instance if. there's some you know what appears to be video and photographic evidence of this from some of the by the by the russian no matter the training i have not seen those reports and i'm happy to check with our team and see if we have confirmation of that or more to say. now the eastern ukrainian city of mariupol woke up to sounds of battles caves forces stormed the positions of the anti-government fighters their combat raged in the streets for about four hours and the city was assaulted by a national guard battalion formed by the leader of ukraine's radical party the politician says at least five anti-government activists were killed and thirty captured he claims the rest have now been driven away from their headquarters and the city

month russia's foreign minister says moscow's calls for peace may have prompted that move but sergey lavrov believes that russia's influence with those in government activists anti-government activists rather is limited yeah to that certain powers could be undermining kids' own plans for a peaceful solution. ukraine's president poroshenko would like to ease the tension and prolong the ceasefire but there are other forces within the ukrainian authorities radicals who still control or have close contact with armed ultranationalists there's the right sector the battalions of the tycoon and other powerful groups that don't obey ukraine's central command or the commander in chief there are also partners overseas our american colleagues who judging by multiple evidence still prefer to push the ukrainian authorities along a path to confrontation. things have been mostly calm since the truce was extended besides the border incident that we just mentioned earlier russia called of the shelling of its checkpoint a provocation which should be investigated immediately for more on what's been going on in

anything about that did that come up in the conversation between secretary kerry and foreign minister lavrov if there was one was there there was one yesterday and actually i did find what i wanted to say on the vehicle so let me get to that after i get to matt's question so thank you for your patience do you have anything to say about the force of the bosphorus there's. there's some you know what appears to be video and photographic evidence of this from the uses of the by the by the russians no matter the training i have not seen those reports and i'm happy to check with our team and see if we have confirmation of that and more to say on that. now the eastern ukrainian city of mariupol woke up to sounds of battles caves forces stormed the positions of the anti-government fighters there combat raged in the streets for about four hours in the city was assaulted by a national guard battalion formed by the leader of ukraine's radical party politicians as at least five anti-government activists were killed and thirty captured it claims the rest have now been driven away from their headquarters

that do business in russia this is precisely what moscow warned of back in march when foreign minister lavrov said any sanctions imposed on russia would come back to hurt the united states the white house told bloomberg news that the obama administration has had frequent conversations with business leaders on the issue and understands their concerns but that the u.s. can't just go on with business as usual now the obama administration is threatening to impose more sanctions on russia despite its recent steps to the crisis in ukraine at the request of president vladimir putin the russian lawmakers voted tuesday to revoke legislation allowing for the use of military forces in ukraine however it seems the white house is still expecting and demanding more from moscow . washington d.c. . meanwhile u.s. secretary of state john kerry has actually given moscow several hours to defuse the tension in eastern ukraine. it is critical for russia to show in the next hours literally that they're moving to help disarm the separatists to encourage them to disarm to call on them to lay to their weapons and beg

opening negotiation with the opposition in the country's east and russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov shares the president's concerns. peace plan has a number of. it lacks the most important thing the negotiations announce a radical step away from the geneva agreement which he supports is in there it's all work at least. as including the us the e.u. and the ukrainian authorities coal miners and workers in eastern ukraine are taking up arms and swearing allegiance to the self-proclaimed republic they say they don't trust president peace plan. sort of was at the ceremony which saw the new members sworn into the ranks. only a matter of weeks ago these men were digging for their country today they're taking up arms against it these miners are the latest recruits for the uniform of the fischel army of the self-proclaimed people's republic of donetsk. so just yesterday we were all wearing mine is uniforms and mining called today we joined the ranks of the militia to protect our motherland and i loved ones and to stop the killings of children women and the elderly the defense force has been

opening negotiation with the opposition in the country's east and russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov shares the president's concerns. the peace plan has a number of automates unlike dumond's it lacks the most important thing the negotiations and that's a radical step away from the geneva agreement which he supports is in there it's all work at least. as including the us the e.u. and the ukrainian authorities. coal miners and workers in eastern ukraine are taking up arms and swearing allegiance to the self-proclaimed done yet republican they say they don't trust president poroshenko peace plan. was at the ceremony which saw the new members sworn into the ranks. only a matter of weeks ago these men were digging for their country today they're taking up arms against it these miners are the latest recruits for the uniform of the fischel army of the self-proclaimed people's republic of donetsk. so just yesterday we were all wearing mine is uniforms and mining calls today we joined the ranks of the militia to protect our motherland and i loved ones and to stop the killings of children wome

opening negotiation with the opposition in the country's east and russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov shares the president's concerns. peace plan has a number of automates in light demands it lacks the most important thing the negotiations and that's a radical step away from the geneva agreement which he supports is in there it's all work at least some partners including the us the e.u. and the ukrainian authorities coal miners and workers in eastern ukraine are taking up arms and swearing allegiance to the self-proclaimed republic they say they don't trust president poroshenko peace plan. was at the ceremony which saw the new members sworn into the ranks. only a matter of weeks ago these men were digging for their country today they're taking up arms against it these miners are the latest recruits for the need for the fischel army of the self-proclaimed people's republic of donetsk. so just yesterday we were all wearing mine is uniforms and mining calls today we joined the ranks of the militia to protect our motherland and i loved ones and to stop the killings of children women and t

collation of the military assault there was the statement from russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov as he met with his german and polish counterpart in st petersburg. we reduced it for those of us out of this which of those are in france if you still ukraine is maintaining its military action and in some cases stepping up the assault supported failure to invite representatives from the southeast to the dialogue means dragging out the conflict and continue betting on the military hoping to secure quite it was luddy victory and therefore dictate terms to the southeast but you know it's a way to deepen the crisis it's a path to a catastrophe. in iraq militants have taken control of the entire province of need there in the north dealing a fresh bread to the country's struggle against insurgency earlier they also see as iraq's second largest city of mosul forcing police and army forces to free some one hundred fifty thousand people off or to have abandoned the city fighters up believed to be from an al qaida affiliated group that's responsible for a vast majority of bloody and ruthless a

released a four zero s c e observers who were detained late last month russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov says moscow's calls for peace may have prompted about move but he believes russia's influence with those anti-government activists is limited he added to that certain powers could be undermining kids' own plans for a peaceful resolution of. ukraine's president poroshenko would like to ease the tension and prolong the seas fun but there are other forces within the ukrainian authorities radicals who still control or have close contact with the nationalists there is the right sector the battalions of the tycoon ski and other powerful groups that don't obey ukraine's central command or the commander in chief there are also partners overseas our american colleagues who judging by multiple evidence still prefer to push the ukrainian authorities along a path to confrontation. apart from the border incident that we previously mentioned things have been mostly calm in eastern ukraine since of the truce was extended maria from is there far to. the truce remains in place here in eastern ukraine

that do business in russia this is precisely what moscow warned back in march when foreign minister lavrov said any sanctions imposed on russia would come back to hurt the united states the white house told bloomberg news that the obama administration has had frequent conversations with business leaders on the issue and understands their concerns but that the u.s. can't just go on with business as usual now the obama administration is threatening to impose more sanctions on russia despite its recent steps to deescalate the crisis in ukraine at the request of president vladimir putin russian lawmakers voted tuesday to revoke legislation allowing for the use of military forces in ukraine however it seems the white house is still expecting and demanding more from moscow. washington d.c. well russia being in emerging market with growing incomes has been quite attractive for u.s. companies the possibility of being cut off from the market is making america's business a bit nervous too so let's take a closer look at who's involved in russia boeing here buys nearly a third of its titanium here is

observers who'd been detained earlier in the region russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov says aid could be a response to moscow's calls for peace menaces says this doesn't mean however that russia has full control over the activists and the ukrainian authorities might also be split on the peace effort according to lever up. ukraine's president poroshenko would like to ease the tension and prolong the ceasefire but there are other forces within the ukrainian authorities radicals who still control or have close contact with armed ultranationalists there's the right sector the battalions of the tycoon column or ski and other powerful groups that don't obey ukraine central command or the commander in chief there are also partners overseas our american colleagues who judging by multiple evidence still prefer to push the ukrainian authorities along a path to confrontation of. ideas and thoughts first hand what the mood in the area is like amid the things fire. the truce remains in place here in eastern ukraine but so does the tension in the weeks since the ceasefire came into effect spo

russian and ukrainian border guards add at these very checkpoints russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov has explained the reasoning behind this proposal. special attention was paid to the situation at the checkpoints captured by the anti government forces ukraine's president has been insisting on stablish in control of the situation and making it transparent so everyone can see military personnel and hardware crossing the border. now there are two preconditions for this proposal to be effective and the first and major one is according to the russian president that the truce be extended for as long as possible this is something that the russian president along with his french and german counterparts have been trying to get across to ukraine's president poroshenko for at least two days at this moment and of course also the second condition is that negotiations restart between here and and secure forces in order to implement some sort of peace plan in the south east of ukraine where fighting unfortunately continues right here in english were there with the more another suggestion from the

don't want to see nato encroaching any further and i think that's why the russian foreign minister lavrov is going to finland. to moldova in a number of other locations to try and shore up that the back in if you will to ensure that they don't join e.u. or some other western multilateral. legislator because nato is saying that exercises in their opinion to counter what they perceive as. russian aggression over ukraine and yet that just hasn't been able evidence of that in fact the only thing we are seeing evidence of is is shelling from the ukrainian government on the proton m e militants sometimes innocent civilians so why are we not getting any concern from the west about violence. well the united states is trying to send a message. it's a message i guess that. they don't want to see any further russian gains inside ukraine ukraine is going to be critical it's it's it's regarded as a buffer by both russia and and the west and i think russia and the united states would be very content if ukraine remain neutral i think russia's very concerned that it's going to that ukraine will join the

assault is a pathway towards disaster that was the statement from russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov as he met with his german and polish counterparts in st petersburg. well you really do stupid those are sort of the switch of those instances if you sleuths ukraine is maintaining its military action and in some cases stepping up the assaults failure to invite representatives from the southeast to the dialogue means dragging out the conflict and continue betting on the military hoping to secure quite a bloody victory and therefore dictate terms to the southeast it's a way to deepen the crisis it's a path to a catastrophe that i am. in iraq militants have taken control of the entire province of native a in the north dealing a fresh blow to the country struggle against the insurgency earlier they also seized iraq's second largest city of mosul forcing police and army forces to flee some one hundred fifty thousand people are thought to abandon the city the fighters are believed to be from an al qaeda affiliated group that's responsible for a vast majority of bloody and brutal attacks in

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