this is what's at stake in ukraine. this is why we stand with the people of ukraine today. [ applause ] now let's out if rest once and for all the distortions or outdated thinking that has caused this crisis. our nato alliance is not aimed against any other nation. we're in alliance of democracies, dedicated to our own collective defense. countries like estonia and latvia and lithuania are not post-soviet territory. you are a sovereign and independent nations with the right to make your own decisions. no other nation gets to veto your security decisions. the protests in ukraine on the madan were not led by neo-nazis or fascists. they were led pi ordinary ukrainians, men and women, young and old, who were fed up with a corrupt regime, and who wanted to share in the progress and prosperity that they see in the rest of europe, and they did not engage in an armed seizure of power. after an agreement was brokered for constitutional reform, the former president then abandoned his office and parliament endorsed new elections.

i was once ukraine basically and in the same way. as the people who didn't ask. the area they how we would worship because as do they trust diversion good because all they've experienced recently is defector game nature shelling of civilian areas over recent days they just going to forgive and forget you believe it was diversion and as you say we were the allies in the shadows because. there will be hawks in washington and in london in brussels who will be pleased that it is. their eyes to. fascinating timing of announcement it's going to be interesting to see the rhetoric coming out of that nato summit afshin rattansi thank you very much for your time here on r.t. international tansey that host of going underground reacting to the developing and breaking news here on r.t. international this hour that is that president putin president putin's spokesman has stressed that the russian and ukrainian presidents have not agreed on the cease fire is there is russia is not part of the conflict this is russia's response to the news that earlier king have announced a perma

breaking news on our team to national russian photographer is dead after being missing in eastern ukraine for a month. islamic state militants release a video apparently showing the execution of another u.s. journalist saying this in revenge for american. forces in iraq. the final day of commemoration ceremonies marking the tenth anniversary of the base school massacre. in beslan and we'll bring you the recollections of the survivors. as the ukrainian army has driven back from the embattled don't yet region as local fighters on their mission. protesters are gathering in new paltz in wales where security is tight ahead of a two day nato summit we'll look at what's driving a push for more troops in eastern europe and who's likely to pay for a. day in moscow you're watching international. breaking news at this hour is being confirmed that russian photographer andre stanton is dead he's been missing in eastern ukraine for almost a month arena has the details while hopes for injuries safe return from ukraine have been shattered after a genetic test has proven conclusively that the remains that

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russia is not going to be happy with the overtures made by ukraine, mutual overtures made by ukraine and -- and the -- and nato. >> as we're seeing on our screens, peter the live shot from newport in whales. journalists gathered waiting for the ukrainian president to come out and give this statement. our correspondent james bayes was saying we're expecting him to give it in ukrainian and english. but not take any questions from journalists. this has been a very sensitive moment. and perhaps poroshenko was not too keen to sign this ceasefire deal in the first place. what are you feeling from there in moscow? >> i think he was running out of choices quite honestly. the russian -- and let's be honest about this -- the russian penetration of eastern ukraine sent the ukrainian army on the back foot completely. they have been losing ground for nearly ten days now. this war was looking increasingly unwinnable for kiev. and moscow is going to be putting a lot of pressure on both sides, really, you know, because the sanctions are staring them in the face, and this would be something that russ

the crisis in eastern ukraine kiev is launching a new english language t.v. channel aimed at promoting its point of view on the raging conflict and global affairs it's called ukraine today party host and he said now i reached out to the networks executive producer for more details although the conversation didn't go exactly as planned. joining us in the now is to tiana push nowhere the executive producer of ukraine today i just want to share our audience a little taste of your broadcast. what. can we see that is live now a name like you're also responsible for selves and so i wasn't of this in my country and russia today who financed by. like my county by about ukraine and that's why i don't want to communicate as you and they call to my international colleagues don't cooperate to visit russia today could you just tell us a little bit more about. ok very good ok well after that and he joined kevin owen here in the studio to talk about that interview invited her on and as our audience just saw the invitation to come on and have frank dialogue she had the quest

ukraine today bringing internet closer to the. ukraine. imperial forces which threaten the whole of the civilized world another grammar mistake there by the way but anyway no message at all completely objective journalism i'm sure you'll have lots of coverage of civilian casualties by government forces in the east on ukraine today. we are ukrainian but they kill us this man says so we probably need our own country because these people in kiev they are not brothers for us because our signal of the truth movement that's. what it's going to go but the ball. on the ground and each horse so hard for told me especially for twenty seventh when you're twenty and mark on little dates acquire it. is that the real story and you to go. who could do you think we used to dunce seeing do everything in ukrainian she says. but i assume but you missed a part of the tank oh please listen to us why don't you understand your people be a man be human please stop your aggression stop this world. that was c.n.n. just in case you don't want to take our word for it

ukraine. they will need a lot of money for infrastructure improvement. is the international community prepared to step up and help them? >> you are right, this will be rebuilding and restructuring in a high-level guy if those -- level, even if those areas come back to ukrainian control. we do not know what will end up being in control of the separatists and russia the control of key of -- of kiev. others have said they're willing to put their money where their mouth is to help ukraine. >> sanctions, have they kicked in yet? are they working? >> all the oil companies were to stop their arctic shell and deep sea drilling. we know the company that is most immediately affected is exxon. the point of the sanctions is to pressure putin into changing his policy. that hasn't happened but it is taking a toll on russia's economy. >> you talked about pressuring him in changing his policy. a largers this as question of the project of putinism. >> which is? >> it seems like a re-creation of the old soviet

because they don't want ukraine to become a member of nato. they don't want ukraine to move as you have done to look west to europe. >> it is actually the main problem, main issue because russia clearly wants to establish duration union which basically means to collect as many as possible under direct moscow influence. we see this this regard moscow's actions not only ukraine but results of georgia and other countries. to stop the movement of country closer to west. >> given russian ambitions, how important is it nato today is talking about a rapid reaction force where more troops could be in countries like yours. >> it's clear the situation in europe has been changed. nato should be adequate in its response. it means that the security level for all nato member states should be the same and should not matter where geographically or hiss store cli. my part of europe is active. >> did you want more? would you have liked permanent nato bases if in list tone i can't, lithuania? >> we already have in other countries. >> that was representative talk

ukraine has stood by nato, now, in these difficult times, nato stands by ukraine. our support is concrete and tangible. we have established a comprehensive and tailored package, of measures so that ukraine can better provide for it's own security. we will focus on cyber defense, logistics and command control and communications. we will also help with rehabilitation for troops in the conflict. we will provide advice, to help ukraine with defense reforms, and allies will assist ukraine with around 15 million euro through nato, and in addition to that, we have heard several announcements of by lateral assistance, financially, and in other ways. and independent sovereign and stable ukraine firmly committed to democracy and the rule of law is key to europe's security. that is nato's goal, and i know that is your goal too, mr. president. thank you very much, indeed. ladies and gentlemen, i am really glad as you know, we have opened a very substantial discussion and maybe ukraine summit today. i never feel such a strong enormous support, but all of the leaders of the coun

he said this as far as ukraine's relationship with nato where. and it as it stood ukraine was not a member of nato but it did have the backing of nato with regards of words and with regards of actions and he said that from his conversations with president bush that ukrainian side the side in kiev anyway seem to understand that so this is something that is developing continuously the relationship of the ukraine wants to implement the ceasefire whether they want to join nato it does seem like they're trying the government at least are trying to take those first steps it's going to be something that continues for a while yet. ok thanks to this artie's peter all of a live there from germany or raising money to bolster a military presence in eastern europe in the wake of the ukrainian crisis this is one of the key issues to be discussed during an upcoming nato summit in the u.k. over the weekend hundreds of peace protesters hit the streets of new port and cardiff in wales they want less money spent on war and nuclear weapons so could nato afford to bo

russian journalist on the stand in has been confirmed killed a month after going missing in eastern ukraine. and other working watching the national coming to you live from moscow now our breaking news this. ukrainian president petro poroshenko has backtracked on his initial announcement of a full ceasefire in the country's east his website now says he's only greed to discuss steps towards a truce the ukrainian leader had area announced on twitter that a permanent truce in the region was imminent let's go live now to our tease paula slayer in the east ukraine for say paula some confusion then coming from kiev do you think we can actually expect some sort of pace. well the situation on the ground certainly is chaotic in that initial statement that came from kids the wording was for a permanent cease fire the word permanent has now been dropped and the phrase is a ceasefire regime now this is difficult to interpret and people here on the ground certainly are not clear about what it means what we hearing from the anti government fighters is that they're not taking this seriously they say that

eastern ukraine, as you can see. rebel leaders say they could order a cease-fire today if kiev agrees to a political settlement. let's take a look at the issues now facing nato when it comes to russia and ukraine. joining me from london, edward lucas, senior editor for "the economist." edward, thank you for joining us. so there is this supposed hardening european opinion when it comes to dealing with russia, and this he won't be a one-off deal, this will be ongoing, but the big question is how willing is europe to really digging in? our correspondent in moscow was just saying a short while ago that russia kind of has a ho-hum attitude toward nato because they haven't done anything to strengthen ukrainian troops so far. >> well, i think that's right. russia hasn't seen a reaction from the west that would really deter mr. putin from his land grab in ukraine. the sanctions haven't really been effective. we haven't really helped ukraine. we're just beginning to boost the front line states of nato. that's poland and the b

this is what's at stake in ukraine. this is why we stand with the people of ukraine today. [ applause ] now let's put to rest once and for all the distortions or outdated thinking that has caused this crisis. our nato alliance is not aimed against any other nation, we're in an alliance of democracies, dedicated to our own collective defense. countries like estonia and latvia and lithuania are not post-soviet territory. you are sovereign and independent nations with the right to make your own decisions. no other nation gets to veto your security decisions. the protests in ukraine were not led by neonazis or facists, they were led by ordinary ukrainians. men and women, young and old, who are fed up with a corrupt regime. and who wanted to share in the progress and prosperity that they see in the rest of europe. and they did not engage in an armed seizure of power. after an agreement was brokered for constitutional reform, the former president then abandoned his office and parliament endorsed new elections. so that today u

policy our teeth eastern ukraine. president putin has shed some light on the behind the scenes the plumas see over ukraine an interview with russian national media re if an arsonist sums up the key points for us. 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 are supporting has a haze of pain in 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 want those who took up weapons first blood and put it has also commented on upcoming parliamentary elections in ukraine saying that it will nor help ease the tensions in the country. all the candidates want to show how tough they are in the current circumstances it's hard to

to stand united against russia's aggression in ukraine. thank you keep in mind that repeatedly president putin has ignored the opportunity to resolve the crisis in ukraine diplomatically obama's words came right after the ukrainian government took a further step towards trying to get into nato approving a bill to cancel the country's nonaligned status the us leaders stressed that he supports the military alliances expansion into europe a washington correspondent next the got it she can as will. this might not be the best moment for petro poroshenko to talk peace with moscow when his friends to the west of the border are preparing to deploy more forces against russia and are making all kinds of statements against russia president obama in a stone here did say there will be more u.s. forces in lottery only to a near zero near the u.s. will be assisting the ukrainian military including by training he said when asked about the cease fire plan the president and president putin supposedly agreed on the us president said it's too early to tell th

russia is now fighting against ukraine in ukraine. russian troops and russian tanks are attacking the ukrainian forces. and while talking about peace, russia has not made one single step to make peace instead of the escalating the crisis, russia has only deepened it. what is happening in ukraine has serious implications for the security and stability of the whole euro atlantic area. we stand united in our support of ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity with internationally recognized bos. violations of international law. russia must stop its aggressive actions against ukraine, withdraw its thousands of troops from ukraine in the border regions. and stop supporting the separatists in reverse its illegal and illegitimate self-declared annexation of crimea, which we do not and will not recognize. this is the first time since the end of world war ii that one to grab another's territory by force. europe must not turn away from the rule of law to the rule of the strongest. this is vital for peace and security in the world. ukrain

as the author of the report on ukraine called, "ukraine: rising civilian toll in luhansk." he has spent the last years looking at the situation in syria. when we come back, we stay in iraq and syria and on the islamic state. we will be joined by an iraqi journalist as well as a spokesperson for the committee to protect journalists. stay with us. ♪ [music break] >> this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. iraq andic state of syria released a video tuesday which appears to show the second beheading of a u.s. journalist in two weeks. in the video, steven sotloff is seen wearing an orange jumpsuit like the prisoners i can't on the mo. he is kneeling in the same position as isis's previous victim, journalist james foley. stands overperson him with a knife, sotloff speaks directly to the camera and says he is "paying the price" for u.s. airstrikes against the group. sotloff was killed -- kidnapped about your ago while working as a freelance journalist. quick jim foley before him, steve's life stood in sharp contrast to those who have

russian actions in ukraine are weakening russia. russia's actions are hurting the russian people. >> ukraine crisis will be high on the agenda of the n.a.t.o. summit starting on thursday. we'll get a live update from wales. >>> now the u.s. national security council has confirmed that an online video showing the killings of a second american journalistly the islamic state group is authentic. 31-year-old stephen sotloff was kidnapped in augusts lar year. he appeared in a video released online showing the murder of journalist james foley. >> we saw yesterday when the world bore witness to the infathommible brutality o of eyist murderers. stephen sotloff had lef left to syria to tell the story of those in the middle east. >> they're plan to go retake two key citizen cities from the islamic state group. the first objective is tikrit. 560 islamic state soldiers were killed in june. on top of the recent gains it's already made in recapturing the towns and nearby amerli where there were celebrations after pro government forces took over th

in short russia's actions in ukraine are weakens russia. russia's actions are hurting the russian people. >>> harry joins us life now from mariupol in eastern ukraine. what with rehearing about the alleged ceasefire in the works from the ukrainian side? >> reporter: well, it's been somewhat self contradictory today. the office of the president came out saying that he had agreed a ceasefire with his opposite number in moscow, vladimir putin when the kremlin came out and said we're not a participant in this conflict. there was something of rowing back here in ukraine with the presidency saying they had agreed a ceasefire regime. but if there is a work towards a ceasefire in the current status in eastern ukraine, that can't be seen as anything but a fairly big defeat of the forces of the president poroshenko, because the gains they have made in recent weeks have been utterly reversed since these claims of significant russian involvement. so the president is in a pretty difficult position, because what you heard from president obama about the d

prepared to talk if ukraine. pressures puts pressure by whatever means it can on the rebels to adhere to president putin some point plan and crucially that the western powers the u.s. and the e.u. on whom really the ukraine government is dependent right now if they also put similar pressure on ukraine not to secure victory but to secure some sort of peace and long term political settlement then there may be some grounds for hope yes and whatever talking to take in place then that hope remains ok well thank you very much for your opinion on that was a child. from scott not detective and counterterrorism intelligence officer. or months into the army offensive swathes of east ukraine it devastated schools hospitals apartment blocks and homes are either badly damaged or completely destroyed no water no electricity and the constant threat of being killed has been the daily reality for civilians in eastern regions u.n. sources say two million people are still living in the conflict many they're hiding in basements and

know they support ukraine. if they don't give any proof we can not believe them because the daylight quite often too often to be. to be convinced of what they are telling us so how do you see a way a way out of this crisis we have claims coming and it seems like each claim trumps the other claim the latest crimes we're hearing and these are reported i should add accusations coming out of kiev that russia has made a nuclear threat tore you towards ukraine i mean. it sounds ridiculous if you know . what would be the benefit of making that sort of claim. because you know the situation of ukraine is very bad the military situation on the front seems to be very bad but also and especially economical situation of ukraine is very bad and will not be improved very soon so does the basic problem and you know the only solution would be negotiation but negotiation between ukraine russia and western countries so to stabilize situation in the rue grain and especially stabilize the economy good situation in ukraine because t

of ukraine. the speaker: members of congress, i have the high privilege and distippingt honor of presenting to you his excellency, petro poroshenko, resident of ukraine. president poroshenko: mr. speaker, majority leader, members of the house, members of the senate, ladies and gentlemen , it's impossible to imagine what i'm feeling right now. of ymbolic is the unity united states congress and solidarity with ukraine. this is exactly which ukraine now needs the most, unity and solidarity. not only with the united states congress, to the only with the united states, but with the whole world. t me thank you for your warm -- warmth and hospitality. addressing both houses of congress is one of the highest political privileges. standing here i'm grateful and fully aware that this honor goes not to me but to the people of ukraine, those brave men and women who are today on the forefront of the global fight for democracy. of ukrainian people now watching this speech and this session of the congress and s

with ukraine. this is the kind of decision that we have been -- we in nato take together. on the humanitarian side, we have doubled our humanitarian and development assistance in looking for what more we can do, we have already brought wounded, seriously wounds ukrainian soldiers to our top-notch rehabilitation center here. and will continue to do so, that is certainly one thing that is -- we know the ukrainians lack that. and we have it at a superbly high level. and i should add quickly with the assistance of the united states and the walter reed hospital that we have this here. the next couple of months, leading up to the parliamentary elections will be very tricky. russia, i predict, will do everything in its power to undermine the elections. we saw this already in the case of the presidential elections. it will try to destabilize the government in kiev. and to keep ukrainian forces from regaining ground in the east. so, we should be prepared for a tough several, or month, month and a half. the

it's to keep ukraine anchored in the russian sphere of influence, and influence ukraine. it's paramount importance to russia, and not obliteration with the rebellion. but at the same time, to keep the rebellion as part of ukraine as an anchor, where ukraine is going to be anchored in the russian space. ukraine doesn't make sense to keep fighting with, because right now, they're taking in a lot of punishment, but there's a problem of implementation, because the controls right now are very fuzzy. >> thank you very much for taking the time to join us from moscow. we're still waiting for the u.s. president, barack obama to address a press conference in new port, and well go to that when it happens.

calls it into ukraine? >> nato should provide equipment and training and should provide intelligence to enable the ukrainians to defend themselves. should indicate clearly to putin you've got to draw a line. you cannot tolerate the russians, in effect, inch by inch, occupying eastern ukraine. i think we also are going to have to move nato assets to estonia, latvia and lithuania to make very clear that being a member of nato means you will be protected and we're not going to tolerate put in trying to expan to the old russian empire. very troubling to me, as somebody who studies russian history, to use putin use language that goes back to the 18th century czars in describing the eastern part of ukraine. very dangerous patterns, behaving he can annex item by item everything he wants around the russian periphery. that has to be stopped or it gets very, very dangerous. >> and as phil black told us earlier, what he's doing, this is very worrisome, seems to be very, very popular with the russians back home. newt g

a look at this promo from ukraine today. my. great. great. joy. my. consciousness they we invited the executive producer of a new media project a new media project which says that it wants to be about information and not propaganda and she agreed to the interview last week we sent her questions which we can make public and we've been trolled live on air you're in the now on many so now we're going to take a short break and we'll be right back. different leader in syria now many of the members of congress of both parties have gone to syria in recent months had a. former. president. which is diddy's telling him to go. to syria he's going to be so obviously. well talking about language as well but i will only react to situations i have read the reports but i'm likely to put the no i will leave them to the state department to comment on your minor point. to carry out a car is on the job you know going to. make you know more recently. when you say to direct question be prepared for a change when you know you should be ready for a

against ukraine has been a wake-up call. john: but is nato poised to stop the kremlin? covering these global flash points, indira lakshmanan, foreign policy correspondent for bloomberg news. peter baker, chief white house correspondent for "the new york times." yochi dreazen, managing editor of foreign policy magazine. and john dickerson, chief political correspondent for slate and political director of cbs news. >> award-winning reporting and analysis, covering history as it happens, live from our nation's capital, this is "washington week with gwen ifill." corporate funding for "washington week" is provided by -- >> we asked people a question. how much money do you think you'll need when you retire? then we gave each person a ribbon to show how many years that amount might last. >> pull it a little further. >> got me to 70 years old. i would have to rethink this thing. >> it's hard to imagine how much we'll need for a retirement that could last 30 years or more. so maybe we need to approach things differently. if we want t

is not a matter of ukraine succeeding but ukraine surviving. deeply aware of death, i give my pledge that i will stick with it. >> you're listening to ukrainian president petro poroshenko addressing a joint session of congress. i'm del walters in new york. he's telling those he's speaking on behalf of 45 million people, we're going to take a short break and be right back. >>> i'm del walters in new york. you're looking at ukrainian president petro poroshenko beginning his address by telling those gathered it's impossible to imagine in his words what i am feeling right now saying that there is an important fight for the global fight for democracy. he said he was speaking on behalf of 45 million people about that struggle that began in ukraine 10 months ago. he went on to say that ukraine was stabbed in the back by russia when it took over crimea, and also pointing out that there are russian speakers in bulga a bulgaria, georgia and germany. let's go to libby casey in washington, d.c. she's watching the speech. if there's one thing that both hous

here backtracked on its initial decision to commit to a permanent ceasefire in ukraine outlining conditions for troops instead. of ukrainian government's approved a bill to cancel the country's long line status asking nato to take it a. russian journalist on the ice that in has been confirmed killed a month after going missing in the eastern ukraine. there's cadabby company with party international. has backtracked on his initial announcement of a full ceasefire in the country's east his website now says he's only agreed to discuss steps towards a truce ukrainian leader how dare you announced on twitter that a permanent truce in the region was imminent. explains what this might mean. the situation on the ground certainly is chaotic in that initial statement that came from kids the wording was for a permanent cease fire the word permanent has now been dropped and the phrase is a ceasefire regime now this is difficult to interpret and people here on the ground certainly are not clear about what it means what we're hearing from the anti government fighters is that they're not taking this serio

but also, the crisis in europe in ukraine itself. speak.nko is due to aders will 60 world le want them to clarify what he has agreed on with the russian president and what we can expect from the talks tomorrow when it comes to finding a political solution that could lead to a cease-fire o r a permanent cease-fire. the europeanget, union is still threatening to impose sanctions against russia. they're going to want to hear from president parychenko if that is something they still need to do. >> ryan, any news on the french warship? what can we expect on that front? canou know, hollande expect a lot of congratulations. the ukrainian president already thanking him for canceling or putting on hold the sale of those warships to russia. what now happens, what did the french do without that $1.2 billion, that is one of the issues that will be discussed. more on that later today. >> thank you very much, indeed. right. of england the bank rate decisions and then the mario draghi press conference. ♪ >> this is bloomberg "surveillance." >> pr

ukraine's president, petro poroshenko, he'll be joining the conference even though ukraine is not a nato member. so what can emerge then from this summit to help the world start to emerge itself from these crises? cnn's michelle kosinski is in wales where summit meetings are getting under way this morning. a lot on the agenda, as we've laid out, michelle. where do they begin? >> reporter: seems like there's been already so much news on this, even before things started, but now it is getting under way with the big al

we understand about ukraine. the russian view not the ukrainian view. >> what would be the benefit of doing this in an ambiguous way rather than open, all out, full invasion? >> because you keep the element of conflict below the threshold of the western or nato reaction level. you simply don't make it sufficiently eventful, violent to stimulate people who are as we are in the west rather complacent to rekt. >> you've advised four awe nato secretary generals during your career. why do you think this is difficult now for nato. how prepared is it to deal with a completely different warfare. decade, nato has been contributing to what people connect to forced war in afghanistan. it's fixated on that. what nato does have is mechanisms to use to fight ambiguous warfare. it needs to remember that and revive it. >> what sort of things are you talking about? >> firstly nato is a political organization of the military. its essence and value is it gets countries together, work together, talk together. it shares experience an

some to russia, many inside ukraine. so while the fighting continues, those things are really very, very big burden, certainly for ukraine. one more thing i think that is really dangerous. no matter how this conflict will be resolved and whether it will be resolved very soon, the split that is rising in this area is quite dangerous thing that will have to be tackled by very, very sensitive politics and negotiation, mediation for many decades to come. the nationalism that is being played out now at which president obama referred to is a very dangerous phenomenon in european history. a lot of the language, a lot of the rhetoric, a lot of the nonacceptance of the other side in ukraine and in russia is growing very, very strongly as a result of this conflict. >> of course, it has to be remembered there are a large amount of people in ukraine that don't want to be part of the west. they want to join russia. >> well, we don't know how many because they think the whole thing needs to be decided through a democratic, you know, e

obama says russia destabilized ukraine. it is a half truth. >> you have come under some criticism by other russian and it's -- experts as being an apologist for russian intervention in ukraine. an op-ed piece claimed you are questioning whether ukraine have the right to exercise control over its own territory, that it was plotting to seize its own territory. i'm wondering your response to that criticism? unpleasant,h and many libelous and slanderous things have in said about me. which suggests to me, they have no factual response to me. hear whatke to factual mistakes i have made, and i haven't seen any because i am a scholar and i try not to make factual mistakes. it is not about whether ukraine has the right to take back its territory. the problem is, as i just said, a civil war began when we, the united states and europe, backed a street coup that overthrew an elected president. when you overthrow the constitution and when you overthrow or president, you're likely to get a civil war. when you have a civil war, the countr

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ukraine. who is the next? many things, including -- >> the ukraine president poroshenko in a joint session of congress talking about the realities, giving us kind of a historical perspective, recent history of what ukraine has gone through and continues to face as we speak. joining me now, by the way, you can see the speech if you would like to continue watching on msnbc.com, it is streaming there live. we see it on our televisions, professor atd new school university, international affairs in new york, nice to see you. thank you for being here. the president of ukraine talking about one of the things he said as we came to talk to you is he says in russia, the spirit of the soviet union and its hunger for imperialistic mindsets continue. how much do you think this will have impact on the reality in ukraine by the president of that country being here in this joint session? is it important, significant? >> i think it is very important. it is very important to show that his western partners actually are behind th

conflict in ukraine. france suspends the delivery of a warship to moscow. they did not stop it entirely. stephen sotloff's family speaks out after his death. he was working to give a voice to those who had none. coming up this hour, fall and france is not just back to school and back to work, it is back to the vineyards. more on the annual grape harvest is coming up on the way. also, the photo show in southern france is shining the spotlight on the work of photographers who followed the map of humanitarian -- the massive humanitarian crisis in the central african republic. the nato secretary general has stepped up his rhetoric on ukraine. rasmussen has come out saying that russia is attacking ukraine. pro-russian separatists have been fighting in eastern ukraine for months. beth meese and said that what is important -- russ mason -- rasm ussen said that what is important is what is happening on the ground. >> we welcome all efforts to find a peaceful solution to the crisis in ukraine. having said that, i

the principal reason russia is now in ukraine and trying to wreck ukraine -- and let's be clear here, what russia is trying to do is wreck ukraine because russia does not want ukraine to become part of the west, it doesn't want it to be integrated into n.a.t.o. or the e.u. and if we follow the prescriptions bill and i know mike favors as well, what we'll end up doing is further antagonizing putin, he'll play more hard ball and ukraine will be wrecked as a country and we'll have terrible relations between russia and the west, which is not in russia's interest. >> brown: michael mcfaul. well, first of all, the issues of ukraine joining n.a.t.o. has not been an issue for several years, literally was not an issue when i was in the government for five years. that was not what sparked this. it was what happened inside ukraine. second, i agree that the summit should have announced in a more specific way assistance to the ukrainians to defend themselves. now, president obama intimated that in his speech in holland. it was very clear and that was a new policy objective. what the details are ha

for ukraine, it on a bad deal. essentially, you set the terrace on ukrainian goods flowing into europe, and those will be lowered. ukraine will be able to sell more goods to europe. but the reciprocal lowering of the tariffs has been delayed because moscow insists that ukraine is in a very good difficult position. with this new deal with europe, what will happen, the european goods will make their way into ukraine, duty-free, and then sold over to russia, and then russia will lose in the game. we will have to see if that is really the point of moscow. of course, a lot of people are suspicious. they say basically moscow is trying to sabotage the deal and that their hand in the crisis has been to neutralize ukraine prevent ukraine from moving closer to europe. we will see whether the europeans are right when they say that by the end of next week the deal would be fully implemented. i can tell you that it will be a lot of pressure from moscow in order to water down what was signed today in strasbourg and kiev. >> than

as western leaders talk, ukraine is still burning. nato says russia has fueled the conflict, sending and not just weapons, but their own troops. ukraine's president poroshenko west more support, but the will fight russia not with weapons, but with new sanctions on state-owned energy companies and putin's cronies. outside the summit, a few hundred protesters against the prospect of more war., 28 leaders of nato's countries gathered at cardiff castle tonight believe it is russia and the so-called islamic state who have been making conflict unavoidable. >> a dramatic picture for dramatic times. the prospect of airstrikes launched against islamic state fighters in serious is now growing -- syria is now growing. our middle east editor jeremy bowen has a look at who the key parlor -- playesr ins the region could be. >> the americans have been bombing i.s. in iraq at the request of the government. they are unlikely to get a u.n. resolution to extend strikes to the power base in syria. they will not get an invitation from the syrian governmen

coming up the bell discusses the ukraine crisis in crosstalk stay with us. we think about why we think there are no. beaches. coconut palms gently swaying in the ocean breeze. and frank. has a deep dark little secret a secret the u.s. government would like you to know. well i did. a search for you to get all. these. little things with. a low in welcome to crossfire all things considered i'm peter a little kid of in retreat you can civil war is grounded into a stalemate and the economy is crashing this is created an opening for dialogue all parties seize the moment or will moscow continue to be blamed.

>> give it to the ukraine. destined for the ukraine. >> yeah, but you don't give military weapons to them. >> there's a distinction between nonlethal military aide and lethal. that's the goggles he's talking about. and yeah. yeah. but i mean, i think obama is going to do that. he's not going to give them any service to air missiles. >> there's another bill introduced that grants major nonnato ally status to georgia. would putin find that provocative? >> yeah. >> on some level it is provocative. we have to deal at some point with putin who is an expansionist, you know, very, very aggressive political leader and very, very tough minded as we all know. >> he has an expansion, the russian people feel expansionists themselves. he has support. >> mexico became a military ally of china. >> what about congress getting involved? the congress getting involved this way and the exercise of foreign policy. that's a prerogative of the president. it's not a prerogative of congress. >> you know, congress should advise. this is

>> more unrest in ukraine. rogue russian rebel attack to coast guard rebels -- two coast guard. >> china cools. many factors slows, adding pressure to step up on stimulus. ,> -- manufacturing slows adding pressure to step up on stimulus. will iliad beat again? the company is said to be in talks to make an offer for t-mobile u.s. >> welcome to "countdown." back to our top story. eu leaders have given the european commission a week to draft a new round of sanctions against russia as the conflict deteriorates. worried the situation could get worse. >> i think we are close to the point of no return. the point of no return is full-scale war. >> let's get more of this. ryan chilcote has been reporting on russia for 20 years. that's a long time. >> it is. are getting really busy. we heard the ukrainian president. we also heard from the russian president yesterday in what i think was a very meaningful sayingew he gave affectively there should be talks for state had four eastern ukraine. you pointed out earlier a spokes

well made the crisis in eastern ukraine kiev is going to be a new english language t.v. channel aimed at promoting its point of view on the conflict on global affairs it's called ukraine today r.t. house and he said now i reached out to the network executive producer for more details like the conversation didn't go exactly as planned and joining us in the now is to tiana push snow but the executive producer of ukraine today i just want to share our audience a little taste of your broadcast. here what. can we say that when our name is mike you're also responsible for thousands so i wasn't of this in my country and russia today who financed by criminally and. like my contacts lie about ukraine that's why i don't want to communicate to visit you and they call to my international colleagues don't cooperate to visit russia today could you just tell us a little bit more about. ok very good ok well off the bat a nice spoke to kevin i will here in the studio to talk about that interview invited her on and as our audience just saw the invitation to come on and have frank dialogue

the future of a domic ukraine, and the future of a reformed ukraine. i was struck by the president's speech today, linking a lot of issues that are are very close to america's hearts, about independents about the right to self-determination, all these things. a very passionate speech. it is not just he that will aid. >> no, they need nonhe that will aid, and that's what the united states has promised. but as the president told congress today, you cannot win a war with blanket, we need all the non-lethal aid that is being offered up. the medical kits the night vision, all of those things but they also say, listen, our military was allowed to deteriorate, we are are now facing a much better equipped much better armed foe. in rush are sha. and we need better equipment, we need better training. and we need help. from the west in order to establish that. >> and needs it now. >> needs it now. >> back from her reporting in ukraine, thank you so much. when we return, an independents movement more than 300 years in the making. scotland finally votes. will it wi