he says he hopes he won't have to use military forces in eastern ukraine. pro russian group, whoever they are, are very much manning the barricades. in donetsk and elsewhere in eastern ukraine, it remains a high stakes battle of wills in the country and beyond. >> now we're going to take you straight to the island where survivors of the south korean ferry are brought after shore. the news guard is having a news conference. listen. >> the president has come down and to give insistence for rescue efforts. we will expedite the rescue effort as much as possible following the president's instructions. and the organization -- operations is briefed. >> well we were hearing from the regional coastal guard chief in south korea about the ferry that capsized more than 24 hours ago with almost 500 people including more than half of high school students on board. there has been quite a bit of n anger and frustration because the number of death toll is changing and there are a lot of mixed messages. the president said time is running out, but they are putting efforts to

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geographic in the kremlin of stirring up trouble in ukraine's eastern province to a charge denied by russian president but the report and one april seventeen rejected claims the russian special forces present in eastern ukraine putin also admitted to lying on march for when he famously denied russian troops had invaded ukraine's crimean peninsula. one can get into any of the simplest oh and by such uniforms the summit for self defense forces in crimea in fact russia invaded crimea in late february and formally annexed the peninsula a month later after a sham referendum only recognized by a few country. ukraine's announcement of stricter border controls drew a sharp response from moscow which accuses gm of ignoring the rights of russian speaker be charged a bunch last week in a special report prepared by the united nations human rights office. russian foreign ministers to gay lover off and his american counterpart john kerry hammered out with a one page agreement on april seventeen designed to de escalate tensions in the ukraine or government buildings had been captured by kremlin bac

overnight clashes in eastern ukraine the government says several pro russian rebels the kilt is that right this moment but the article. voting is underway in algeria presidential elections with up to the seas will just make a widely expected to win a fourth term in office. cool conditions but the search committee three hundred but the high school students aboard the caps by south korean ferry the reasons young latino roots. mitre ten has tested dismissed claims that russian forces are present in eastern ukraine in a televised hundred which included he was recently annexed crimea. the president described key its decision to send armed forces into eastern ukraine as a great crime stealing the middle still it isn't that generous asked what's your response to the west accusations that behind the latest events in eastern ukraine is the kind of moscow. as displayed in the icm one of the last week to ship it to me in a rubbish written reply to the east of ukraine the unknown russian troops no special forces and bigotry instructors need to be similar to those of the local population the proo

and it began to look like eastern ukraine was becoming more and more ungovernable. began to consider the loudsy outsomes can. after high level talks all parties agreed it was time to step back and look for a way to end this without war. diplomats from ukraine, and the union agreed on steps towards deescalation the violence thursday. all illegally armed groups must be disarmed. the streets, squares and other public spaces in all cities must be vacated and amnesty must be granted to all protestors except those found guilty of illegal crimes. >> but u.s. secretary of state john kerry warns there must be more than words on paper, and soon is. i made clear today, that if we are not able to see progress, on the immediate efforts to be able to implement the principles of this agreement this weekend, then we will have no choice but to impose further costs on russia. there's also been report of jewish resident residenn the ukrainian city being ordered to register their religion with the no so called authority. >> we strongly condemned and rejected all expressions of extremis

in recent days, there have been clashes across eastern ukraine. last night as police struggled to secure the regional administration headquarters. there were similar scenes here. extra police units have been drafted into the region. there were clashes in ukraine's parliament today and brawling after an argument erupted about who bears responsibility for the unrest in the country. with activists having seized his met us at agovernor hotel to tell us who he thinks the protesters are. russians, heem are says. but most are ukrainians. people without jobs and criminals. >> the protesters reject that and they are counting on russia to protect them against the crackdown by kiev. for more on the situation in with thekraine i spoke former u.s. secretary of state, nicholas burns. he served as an ambassador to nato. tensions are rising, buildings are being seized, there are calls for a referendum. behind this, as the u.s. secretary of state claims? >> i think it's obvious that the u.s. -- that the russian government is behind us. rather than just invade east

ukraine, the pro-russian movements in eastern ukraine and what happened in kiev. it was guys with bats and shin guards. they didn't have this kind of weaponry, didn't have this kind of efficiency or this kind of coordination, these uniforms. but what we're seeing in east ukraine is definitely not spontaneous grassroots movements, where people just went to the store and got these uniforms. >> you, josh, obtained a recording of the secretary of state john kerry speaking about what's going on in eastern ukraine in a closed-door meeting. you got a recording. i'm going to play the audio from the recording. the words are up on the screen, then i want to discuss what you heard at this meeting the other day. >> intel is producing, you know, taped conversations of intelligence operatives taking their orders from moscow and everybody can tell the difference in the accents, in the idioms, in the language and so forth. we know exactly who's giving those orders, we know where they are coming from. i mean, this is insulting to everybody's intelligence, let alone to our notions

but the people of ukraine of eastern ukraine, those russian speakers, they have their own point of view, protests and grievances, and they're carrying out their own demonstrations in the government of kiev in pro russia support. basically lavrov said it's in russia's interest for ukraine to be stable, united as long as all the people are treated equally referring to the eastern russian speakers. he also said that--called on had a message for the u.s. and e.u. as this crisis continues to worsen. >> we need an honest and coherent reaction from the west without any double standards and without shifting blame to moscow. they didn't listen to the people in southern and eastern ukraine, now they're using military force to put down the protests. i think it's very dangerous and those people planning to do so should be punished. >> well, lavrov, it's been a busy day for him. and basically asking paris to use whatever influence it can on kiev to try and avoid the kiev government taking military action in the east of ukraine. basically they're trying to get this four-party talks off the ground. th

sydney is in the russian scientists have on rents and eastern ukraine in eastern ukraine to make it up is that they need to be in foal to calm the situation down to kiss and a strong hand if the storm second longest in geneva said the evenings and a management that it's not all students picking this up in fright. moscow is the submission it is dishonest in eastern ukraine i missed you agree that this is all just bargaining ahead of a conference in geneva maybe the thing is that for what happened to me i actually could never imagine that any of it someday be. as the wall. more or less friction. in other words i think that trying them on right now. and as it was sad for twenty strong hand however if n not going to get. finally look so good that we should go. i think im a good glove before to wait for the action. they might try to keep the seeds and intimate. i think it intended to know how you feel about russian troops coming in to eastern ukraine. the sticking with me yes. ma and i don't have the exact information. i on the naz and on the nose as he sat with the eight hundred the possib

vinnell. >> tensions are spilling over in eastern ukraine. ukrainian authorities say this e have launched an anti-terrorist operation. this video, which can't be independently verified appears to show a man taking cover, nearby a second sits apparently lifeless. in the city center pro-russian activists remain in control of the police station. ukrainian forces on sunday tried to retake the building, but retreated reportedly because of a risk to the public. >> translation: we are the residents of slovyansk. the national guard is coming here. there has been a shoot out this morning. we have nothing to hide. here is my face. i want to ask comrade vladimir putin he promised to protect us. please come here in protect us. >> this was the scene on saturday, and the nearby city. amateur city shows the moment gunmen stormed the police station. after a tense stand off shots were fired and pro-russian activists moved in. a day later, the station remains under their control. >> when we were given access to the building, we were told we shouldn't film the

next to the crisis in eastern ukraine or pro russian separatists have seized another police headquarters. it comes one day after the rebels from the headquarters of a regional television station and ordered it to start broadcasting on russian state run up. meanwhile a team of international observers taken hostage by the separatists three days ago were paraded in front of the media at a press conference this weekend seven of them are now being held after one was released on medical grounds. hawkins has been teaching us three take a look because he has diabetes. a swedish man achieves that the was accompanied by a team ntsb a coupe. he's one of eight international standards taken hostage by a russian separatists. late on friday the well presented on sunday to the crisis of the ants town hall. underground god we have all the dots. and we have seen treat it. as the maximum it stands. which is possible it. under these circumstances. seven in ten fifty or detained. a russian man took the keys can be made to spy. this is down the street. how does this very important for international forces you

leader from the u.s., e.u., russia and ukraine are meeting to try to solve the crisis in eastern ukraine. >> ukrainian troops failed to oust pro-russian groups from buildings in the east. vladimir putin says the deployments are another serious crime by the ukrainian government. >> strong currents and bad visibility are hampering rescue efforts in south korea, after a ferry sank off the southern coast. 300 are missing. nine are so far confirmed dead. >> let's go back to one of our main stories today, that of the situation in ukraine, and there's a new u.n. report out. ethnic russians in ukraine falsely claim to be under attack to justify russia's intervention. it highlights human rights violations leading up to crimea joining russia. >> among the key findings, the vote in crimea was carried out in an atmosphere of intimidation. there was torture, harassment and arrests of journalists and activists opposed to the remembered ums. reports looked into allegations that russian speaking citizens were being targeted and harassed. reports found that these attacks were neither widespread or system

a deadly firefight has a road blocking eastern ukraine breaks the easter truce. all war and conflict during easter mass in rome. thelewis hamilton dominates chinese grand prix to capture his third straight victory. ♪ we begin in eastern ukraine where the fragile easter truce has been shattered by a checkpoint near the city of slovenian. russia is blaming militant ukrainian nationalists for the deaths of at least three pro-russian separatists who were manning the post while ukrainian authorities are accusing russia of staging the fatal shooting. the incident is certainly a blow to the international peace hammeredamilton out -- out in geneva. imitation is being overseen by the organization for security in europe which is also now set to investigate evidence. >> tears for the dead. the shootout occurred at this small checkpoint near the city in the early hours of the morning. the russian foreign ministry and the separatists say the victims were killed by ukrainian nationalists. people jumped out of jeeps and started shooting at us. they threw grenades. our people

are you -- now we see the same thing in eastern ukraine, similar. are you concerned that russia is playing games here, push the west as far as it can and then stepping back at the brink of sanctions that would hurt? >> well, it would be great in russia really did step back now at the brink, before sanctions hurt. that would be good news. that would mean that the russian special forces and russian operatives now in eastern ukraine would really stand down and the russian-led propaganda would stop in eastern ukraine. >> right, but -- >> i'm worried this agreement won't happen. >> we're seeing a pattern here, aren't we? of russia doing one thing, placating the west just a little bit, and then stepping back into this fight again. >> right. i think vladimir putin, for example, for weeks and weeks denied that they were russian forces inside crimea the last time around. today he just admitted they were russians all along. so there's no real issue about what the dialogue is with moscow and washington. that's had no relationship to what's gone on on the groun

ukraine's acting president has accused russia of waging war in eastern ukraine. he announced an anti-terrorist operation that left at least two dead. >> this unconfirmed internet footage purports to show the latest fighting in eastern ukraine. this man has reportedly been shot in the chest. the video also includes images of a man that apparently died of his injuries. the ukrainian military is attempting to retake public buildings which are under the control of pro-russian separatists. the acting ukrainian president has stated the anti-terrorism operation will be expanded to other city is -- cities in eastern ukraine. he also promised amnesty for within turning in their weapons by monday. masked men seized city hall and raised flags declaring independence from kiev. crowd of approximately 1,000 pro-russian sympathizers have put up barricades. they say they will resist any ukrainian forces to make them leave. tensions are reaching the breaking point in cities throughout eastern ukraine. at least 50 were injured when a confrontation between pro-ukrainian and pro-rus

think about not to protecting them in eastern ukraine. the scenario that was used the russians and other parts of the former soviet union, for example, in georgia. to control position -- controlin ukraine the situation in the ukraine. is not a military preparation, is a police that was involved. calmolice were involved to the situation and normalize everything. >> speaking of foreigners in ukraine, there are 150 u.s. specialists, military aecialists, working for private security firm called greystone with links to the u.s. .ilitary this is according to russia. is that true? >> no, it is russian propaganda, nothing else. there's no proof of this. we have no information about this. however, we do have information and we have artie deported a number of russians who have been in the eastern ukraine provoking a situation. they are violating ukrainian laws. ukraine's acting foreign minister. thank you very much for your time, sir. >> thanks, ryan. let's move it on. to talk about the macro themes of the day. >> the bank of japan governor kuroda

war of words over eastern ukraine heat up. russia won't respond to one sided demands from the united states. >>> president barack obama is ahv5 it's feared north korea could be preparing a fourth nuclear test. >>> it's remembered one of the worst militaryç disasters of t world war. many are marking the day of the 99th anniversary of the landings. the operation was a doom add tempt to invade what is now turkey. the idea to turn the tide in the great war. we now report. >> when all is said and can done -- >> reporter: a national ceremony by veterans, duke and duchess of cambridge. this they came to remember the thousands lost on the battlefield almost a century a ago. during the disastrous mission, the royal couple laid a wreath on the tomb of the unknown australian soldier, a symbol of this country's loss. more than 100,000 soldiers died on both sides. australia and new zealand lost 10,000 servicemen. nowhere is that loss felt more than here. so they gathered to mark the start of that ill fated campaign on the 25th of april,

we start in eastern ukraine where separatists are tightening their hold on the region. over aunmen took television station on sunday and forced the broadcaster to switch to russian programming. they already control public buildings in several cities across the east. the separatists release one of the international monitors theire. negotiators are working to free the others but the separatists are refusing to back down. they have accused observers of spying and call them prisoners or war. >> he's out because he suffers from a mild form of diabetes. but the swedish officer, one of theptured observers, is only one to come free this weekend. a spokeswoman for the pro-russia rebels said no others will be released on sunday. they were all paraded before a group of foreign journalists early on sunday morning. speaking on behalf of the group, watched, colonel schneider from germany said there had been no wrong treatment. >> i can tell you that the work the word of is a -- the mayor is a word of honor. we have not been touched, and we have been treated as the maximum extent, whi

moscow as once again prepared that it is prepared to intervene in eastern ukraine. what can we take from the latest remarks? >> those remarks today were the sharpest articulation that -- of what could potentially trigger a wider full-scale russian military intervention in eastern ukraine. as he said today, "russian citizens being attacked is an attack against the russian federation." with that kind of language, it is possible to imagine how continued violence, and chaos in the east, if it were to affect russian citizens, could in fact bring about wider russian military intervention, which lavrov said would be justified despite all international agreements. at the same time, he again placed much of the blame for the violence and disorder on ukraine and also saying it is the responsibility of the united states, saying that kiev maneuvers the attacks at play used by the interim are decided by vice president joe biden meeting with leaders in kiev. anything, i would say it has ramped up the tensions rather --n do anything to call columnist situation. -- aw is the geneva

it accuses russia of kiwi intention in eastern ukraine. authorities have re launched an offensive to remove pro russian separatists from government buildings in the east. when you are having it all in force and bodies are working to quilt gangster groups have come of course with studios in other cities in the donetsk and hans regions with a girl and it was the government says intense us backing for its operation so far its attempts to stop the separatists details. and russian forces are skeptical this latest announcement will change that. it's really good i think the only rule against us. you know. for weeks for russians have held town centers in ukraine south east violence has been escalating in recent days with separatists in sloppy on to say they shot down a ukrainian reconnaissance plane. no one was hurt in the incident the ukraine's government accuses them of murdering a croaking a politician. lanier week that disappeared last thursday this video purportedly shows what happened hours before police are investigating whether a body foun

does it mean there's not a lot of support in the eastern ukraine area for russia? >> it's difficult to confirm. it's difficult to know to what extent they are russian or russian speakers. there's every indication that russia is, at least, encouraging what is going on in eastern ukraine. are there potential supporters of kind of leaving ukraine, and joining russia. there are a - there is a percentage of russian speaking ukrainians in eastern ukraine that continue to have ties with russia. there's certain established business relations with russia that are important for many eastern ukrainians. i don't think what we have seen is overwhelming support for joining russia or having russia enter into ukraine. >> you're saying it's different than in crimea, whereby all inspectors there was overwhelming support for russian take over. >> russian speakers are a minority in eastern ukraine. the majority are ukrainian speakers. >> they don't enjoy the same high level of immediate identification as existed in crimea >> with that in mind, is it plausible that russia may be making

on this addition of our program we're talking about the rising tensions in eastern ukraine. is what happened in crimea happening again? and what, if anything, can and would the west do about it? now with election approaching, the crowds in some of these cities were chanting referendum. and today the government in kiev said we would allow a referendum with the national election. and all ukrainians would allow--would be allowed to choose some new way. is there the potential, mark jacobson, for these elections to settle anything? >> i don't think it would be wise for the current ukrainian government to set up the sort of referendum that could decide--that could set up a situation where you could see a split east and west. what i do think these elections can do is look at the problems that anna has raised. there is a proximity of security that i do believe was instigated from the outside, but over long term the ukrainians have got to show some belief that their government will work towards ridding the institutional ized corruption and setting up a government that could be truste

are you going look if not cannot carry a song on protesters in ukraine's eastern a serious crime against its own people and that's a view of russia's pretzel and put in spokane the new form and we can now cross line to greet the staff was been listening in. it anymore well the president have to say. according to resident portion of the current ukrainian authorities using military force against their own citizens is unfolding in the lead to negative consequences. inside the plane but for kids relations with moscow as well he's used to the tune the gym regime is using the army against its population inside the country and it is no doubt a very serious crime against everton if the current leadership is really doing this. coldplay are easy to jump in with absolutely no support also added that just last week russian acquainted with you when the us signed up for the agreements which are aimed at the thought of a movie you go on group says in ukraine. how freeing the top of my buildings and squares and said none of that is happening in fact organizations like the weights that there are only put

chris, back to you. >> leland vitter reporting from eastern ukraine. leland, thanks for that. >>> russia's ambassador joins us. welcome to fox news sunday. sfla thank you very much for inviting me. >> what do you know about this gun battle that leland just reported about at that checkpoint, and does it threaten the truce between russia and ukraine? >> well, first of all, this is very recent event. i do not believe that i have more information to share with you except for to suggest that we are outraged by the attack. it was by men who didn't have arms. the attack by people who are representative of the outright moment in the ukrainian political spectrum -- >> the far right ultra nationalist movement. >> it is far right. it's a problem. that kind of event, among other things, suggests that the geneva document that calls for disarm of all illegal entities that have arms in ukraine need to be comprehensive and that should include the right sector, among others. >> so does this put an end to the deal between russia and ukraine? >> oh, first of all, it's no

a new wave of deadly violence in eastern ukraine that is stoking tensions there even further. at least three people are now dead and several others injured after a shootout at a checkpoint that was set up by pro-russian separatists. hello, everyone, and welcome to america's new headquarters. >> thanks for joining us. you have to wonder why this is happening, eric, because this clash seems to be the first since diplomats actually reached an agreement. it happened late last week, and it was supposed to ease all of these tensions. well, now ambassador to the ukraine is casting the blame squarely on kiev. listen. >> unless the ukrainian government or temporary government, whatever they call themselves and the regions of ukraine talk to each other, agree on things, agree on what country they want to live in, that certainly would include expanded territories of the regional governments, unless they do so in a fateful way, there will be no solution. >> all of this is unfolding at this hour in ukraine. hi, leland. >> reporter: hi, jamie. it's become typical in this crisis, both sides

peace keeping force in eastern ukraine describing them as absurd. ukrainian troops are posed on the outskirts where pro-russian gunman are in control of government buildings. jordan ambassador to libya has been kidnapped and he was targeted by armed men in the capitol of tripoli. diplomates driver was injured in the attack. it happened in tripoli mansour neighborhood. nigeria president blamed the group for two explosions in the capitol of buja and it killed more than 70 people at a bus station and the chief ordered officers to intensify surveillance on vulnerable targets in the capitol and we report on this. >> reporter: this is the aftermath of the bomb blast at the bus terminal. the device went off during the morning rush hour as thousands of people went about their daily routine boarding buses to get to the city center for work and body parts and blood stained clothing and shoes of the dead and injured littered the area. emergency services say the bomb may have been hidden in a car. >> it's my information we can gather so far is that the explosio

as recent events in eastern ukraine make clearer. they need our support now than they did it more than ever. ukraine has shown admirable. sometimes i think even remarkable restraint. in the face of considerable challenge. but no one should expect the leaders of the sovereign state. to always stand by passively. while order. this threat. the order. ukraine has been threatened in recent days. our most urgent task is to de escalate the situation in ukraine. so let me just outlined where we are in some additional concrete steps that we have agreed to take in the course of the discussions today. in order to de escalate tensions and restore security. for all ukrainians. the parties agreed today. that all sides must refrain from the use of violence intimidation or provocative actions. we strongly condemn and reject it. all expressions of extremism racism and religious intolerance including anti semitism. they say a quick word about that just in the last couple of days. notices were sent to in one city. indicating that they have to identify

borderland only on al jazeera america russian agents in eastern ukraine provoking scenes like this. ♪ hello and welcome to al jazeera life from doha, also on the program, a warning on south sudan, 50,000 children at risk of starving to death. search crews looking for the missing airline and going deep in the indian ocean. and this 2000-year-old tomb was recently lucid and asking how this could have happened under the nose of the people. ♪ we are getting reports from nigeria increasing the death toll which is now at at least 35 people killed in a bomb blast at a busy bus station and no immediate claim of responsibility of the explosion that happened on the outskirts of the capitol and on sunday 60 people were killed by gunman in northern nigeria and this was this borno state and we can speak to our correspondent on the phone and at the scene of the latest explosion at the bus station and what are you seeing? >> reporter: it's absolute chaos here and thousands of people are at the scene to see what happened and from eyewitnesses we managed to make contact with here on the ground is th

eastern ukraine independent clean hildebrand test that detects the true russian been considered sweep their flag of choice as it burned tires outside a government building in ukraine's second city kid unrest like this has been popping up in eastern ukraine which has a large population of ethnic russians. pro moscow supporters have called for secession for claiming sovereignty arcade people to the. the regional police were later quoted as saying the dispersed the protesters on monday less than three hundred km away in donetsk. a similar call for independence pro russian separatist sees the regional assembly building the regional council of duty and retains the stones the establishment of a sovereign states and peoples republic of the minutes. it didn't fit into those that led to rush's annexation of crimea cities in eastern ukraine have seen

can get the referendum that they want for greater powers in eastern ukraine. they warned about reaction, so far there are no signs of that threat being carried out. in kiev demonstrators calling for the interim moment to resign. we will get more on that on that. we talked about another state building being taken over. kim, give us an idea of what is happening. >> well, four russian groups control two buildings here. that building and the city council. men taking over that building, throwing rocks inside the building and then made it to the roof and hoisted the russian flag. they still remain in control of that building now. all protesters here echoing donesk. they want the re referendum delivered, and they threaten boycott of election it is the referendums are not delivered first. >> they might get unqualified support back in kiev, the capitol, they were wrong? >> that's right. we're seeing today some saying that they are not acting fast enough to equal the tension in the east. and we see military moving in here. protesters say if the prime minister cannot bac

the sector and other radical groups, chief niche in the eastern -- chauvinism, in eastern ukraine merely states the right of participation of minorities in the political life of the country is not fully taken into account. nothing is said regarding the cause or fanning the flames of national emanity and destruction of the russian-speaking population. the leaders of the parliament on liberation of ukraine from the moscow jewish may have faw. if no one heard this slang in the past we're referring here to russians and jews. i would like to remind you, this individual according to the weisenthal center is fifth in terms of the most blatant anti-semites in europe. this party is currently in charge of the force ministries in kiev. those who call for the killing of ethnicity are criminals. they must be immediately arrested and must be brought to justice in accordance of international commitments of ukraine including in the field of human rights. and rather than to create a, the skeleton of a national guard and the current leading elite, despite the fact in their report the ukrainian society is

warm and secret european observers being detained by cream in fact separatists in eastern ukraine institutes the pianist has been released the osce observers were accused by their captors it's going to make to the challenge cup record heat in the light but european security body which includes russia. meanwhile three ukrainian special forces operatives showing signs of torture were paraded and interrogated on russian state tv the men were looking for russian citizens suspected of killing the mall near the back of cruelty a politician whose body was found on the banks of the ribbon is the pianist last week he clings to hope that her russian president and peppery and a four strong pro europe. how is it a few it's russia with its fuel rationing in plants and green spandex ukraine's crimean peninsula addressed tens of thousands of troops on the country's eastern border in response well fermenting on rest and sending special forces and intelligence officers to marshal the second phrase of its annexation plans. as the us and eu to profile the sanctions against moscow at the crisis in ukraine for a

uneasy in eastern ukraine and clearing out passes without military action. dozens killed by explosion of a busy bus station in nigeria. a warning on south sudan, 50,000 children are at risk of starving to death. >> and this 2000-year-old tomb was lucid and how could this happen under the authorities. ♪ pro-russian government stormed another police station in eastern ukraine and it's six hours since the deadline to the separatists to give up buildings they ceased past and ukraine government threatened military action against the pro-russian armed groups if they don't lay down weapons but so far there has been no sign of that threat being carried out. they are separatists of 45 defenses outside of police headquarters and assault on number of buildings are under siege across cities in eastern ukraine. [chanting] 150 kilometers away this is an angry scene when pro-russian government stormed city hall and several policemen were injured as they forced their way in. and in the last half an hour gunmen have stormed a police station in the city and these are the la

ukraine's acting president has accused russia of waging war in eastern ukraine. he announced the launch of an anti operation that left at least today. these aren't included in what he wants to show the scene of the latest fire fight between ukrainian troops and pro russian forces the audience in eastern ukraine this man has reportedly been shot in the chest. the deal also includes images of men who apparently died of his injuries the ukrainian military is attempting to retake buildings and sloppy ask which are under the control of pro russian separatists. back in ukrainian president will excel in the torching of a stated the anti terrorism operation will be expanded to other cities in eastern ukraine. he also promised tuesday to anyone least of their weapons by monday morning. the pro russian separatists appear to be growing older. nasty names he's mighty opal city hall you're east planks declaring independence from kiev. a crowd of approximately one thousand pro russian sympathizers erected barricades and for that too it vowed to resist any efforts by ukrainian

they show troops in familiar green uniforms in parts of eastern ukraine. the green uniforms are identical to those worn by the russian army, though they don't have insignias. cnn has not been able to authenticate these photos that were provided. the vice president arrived in ukraine earlier today. he's meeting with u.s. embarrassed staff. tomorrow, he'll meet formerly with ukrainian government leaders in the capital of kiev. the vice president delivering a strong message of support to ukraine from washington. a very tricky time for ukraine's new government. pro-russian militants continue to occupy around a dozen militant buildings in eastern ukraine and the deal they made last week in geneva has gone, at least so far, nowhere. last week's deal should have ended the occupation but militant leaders are ignoring the leaders and now ukraine is giving in to some of their demands over language and autonomy. joining us now from london is our chief international correspondent christiane amanpour. are the 40,000 russian troops right across the border from ukraine a

latest on the ground in eastern ukraine, daniel joins me. based on your reporting of what you have seen on the ground, do you think the momentum is with the pro-russian forces or with the ukrainians? certainly the ukrainians are still struggling to get any kind of control in eastern ukraine. what we're seeing is a ukrainian army checkpoint being set up on the road quite close to where they have the most militarized of the rebel towns. they are not able to do anything more than searched the cars on the road. from what we could see on the ground today they are not really doing that they are just really a token show of force. the armed militia is quite dominant. this is not all of eastern ukraine, and much of it it is going on -- life is going on normally. the day to day life is carrying on, and as we head towards those elections i think there is the the electionsat will function reasonably normally in eastern ukraine. there may be a bit of a fear -- thethat things will question is, once we get past those elections, where there there will be fu

it was time to de escalate the situation in eastern ukraine. we call on russia people were enforced. no name. she still uses this ability. it is never come. we call russia to stop supporting man. highlighting the high mass in honor of our uniforms solely on red. in eastern ukraine. and when claire. the more provocative behavior. by russia will lead to more costs and greater isolation. among the russian speaking residents. this distrust of mines has it on suspicion of u s motives panda. as the vice president is concerned. i believe the only team to help the government. in donetsk russian activists continue to occupy the cds we still administrative headquarters they say they do not recognize the geneva agreement signed by russia and ukraine on thursday since agreeing the deal both sides accused each other of breaking it. washington has released images. it says two russian soldiers among separatists in eastern ukraine. moscow in turn accuses kid of doing nothing to rein in extremism by ukrainian nationalists. it blames these groups to sunday's sho

right now, that's not the reality in eastern ukraine. it is russian operatives on the ground that are stimulating this unrest. and in the end, there are some legitimate issues that should be worked out for people in those provinces on the border of russian. they should have some more rights to dictate the terms of their own life. for instance, they shouldn't have their governors selected the from kiev. they should be able to select their own leaders. so, there is a legitimate debate to be had. but this isn't really about them. this is about russia trying to get what they want in the ultimate settlement of how ukraine as a nation is disposed to europe or back to the east. >> if the idea here is that what's happening in eastern ukraine is essentially the product of russian manipulation and filtration and provocation, what message does it send to have john brennan, the head of the cia, in kiev meeting with the interim government? does that not confirm the worst paranoia on the part of the russians and those who see the kiev government as es

of war in eastern ukraine is still very much that. much of correspondence to stephanie for it in the eastern ukrainian city of donetsk. the hope of it in yet and told bought some and lost. now it onto the latest on the search for the missing malaysia airlines flight damage in st cemetery. it's been thirty three days the scenes debate in bound plane disappeared off to taking off from lompoc with two hundred and thirty nine people on board searches and investigate is the founder of the trial evidence of how the plane went down to the southern indian ocean international said intensifies with more broth and chips on wednesday the joint agency coordination center in perth says the second arrest wednesday has been average to about seventy five thousand four hundred slack to meet at the center of downtown that is twenty three hundred kilometers northwest of london to a tree across the force of indian croft and fourteen ships are being deployed don't know what to search continues with australias aedt the ocean she and actor norman and on the

we want a separate state here in eastern ukraine." despite today's diplomatic deal in geneva, there's a deepening divide here between those who support ukraine's western-backed government in kiev, and those in the east of the country who lean towards russia. and, scott, last night's violence won't bring them any closer together. >> pelley: holly williams in eastern ukraine. thank you, holly. now, the west has already imposed economic sanctions against russia for its seizure earlier of ukraine's crimean peninsula. we asked senior business correspondent anthony mason to find out whether those sanctions have any bite. >> reporter: even before russia massed troops on the ukrainian border, its economy was faltering. would you say sanctions are working? >> the existing sanctions are starting to chip away at the economic welfare of russian elites and russian companies. >> reporter: alex kliment, head of russian research at the eurasia group, says the turmoil over ukraine is scaring away international investors. >> attracting fresh money is b

yet launches what they called an anti operation to reach eastern ukraine of pro russian elite and tutsis government buildings there. this is any use of force in the region was tipping ukraine into simple. a crushing defeat for the main separatist party in quebec and their hopes of independence. the liberals in favor of canadian unity with the legislative elections and france's new prime minister gets set to get his first big speech in parliament. based on the continents. jenny to cheer on all spent at first the new covenant in kiev has launched an anti operation in ukraine second biggest city of turkey that the interior minister says around seventy purported pro russian separatists have been arrested. steve is one of three eastern cities to have government buildings taken over by the pro russian protesters some of that have gone so far as to de clare eastern ukraine independent clean hildebrand test that detects the true russian been considered sweep their flag of choice as it burned tires outside a government building in ukraine's second city kid unrest like this has been popping up in