of ukrainian nationalists in german occupied polish. between one nine hundred forty three and one nine hundred forty four this genocide of poles was . thirty five thousand to sixty thousand people. and twenty five to forty thousand eastern. fell victim to this massive ethnic cleansing operation. sensing the inevitable loss of the german troops the organization of ukrainian nationalists. gave up on their former ally and began fighting equally against the germans and the soviet forces. in january nine hundred forty three u.s.s.r. troops started pushing the nazis back liberating one part of ukraine after another . western ukraine was the last ukrainian region held by the germans finally being liberated in october of one nine hundred forty four. bands continue to wage their guerrilla war against the soviet regime carrying out bloody raids on ukrainian villages and towns and leaving behind chaos and casualties. this war went on until the middle of the one nine hundred fifty s. when the last collaborators were either detained or fled the coun

ukrainian ships set sail from one ukrainian port to another ukrainian port. they attempted to do so by the only possible way to go, through the kerch strait. both russia and ukraine used the routinely, but this time russia decided to prevent passage of the ukrainian ships, rams them, and then opened fire on them. this is no way for a law-abiding, civilized nation to act. impeding ukraine's lawful transit through the kerch strait is a violation under international law. it is an arrogant act that the international community must condemn and will never accept. in may, the united states condemned russia's construction and opening of the kerch strait bridge between russia and occupied crimea. the united states condemned russia's harassment of international shipping in the sea of azov, and the kerch strait. continued states will to stand with the people of ukraine against the russian aggression. it is our expectation that our european partners will lead this effort through the normandy four format, which we support. call on russia to respect its international oblig

the question see causing waves of international concern a russian military ship rams into a ukrainian tugboat off the coast of crimea the vessel was later fired at him captured by the russians along with two other ships and dozens of ukrainian seamen several of whom were injured. the united nations security council held an emergency meeting where western countries accused russia of stoking an already deadly war with ukraine. what we witnessed this weekend is yet another reckless russian escalation it is an arrogant act that the international community must condemn and will never accept. in response russia's representative said the ukrainian ship had violated its territorial waters with moscow says the incident was a provocation by ukrainian president petro poroshenko to boost his support and upcoming elections. because of them in kiev publishing co has declared a state of martial law for thirty days but insisted it would not interfere with the looming presidential vote. in brussels nato secretary-general warned russia that its actions would have consequences that is no justification f

the ukrainians sailors being held and the president president putin's accusation that the ukrainian vessels were carrying intelligence agents so they've all now being given two months of an issue of arrest what happens later if they get further sentence we don't know yet i think the legal details less important they have become essentially pawns in a bigger political game in terms of present putin's remarks about those ukraine security agents that's a little disingenuous it's been widely reported in the international press in the ukrainian press that russia's equivalent the f.s.b. has been very active in those cat straits and has been participating in checks and what the ukrainian side call harrison if you crane ship the shipping moving into the hands of sea head even ahead of this weekend's clash so the fact that ukrainians would have to those agents on board at least here seen from kiev doesn't look like anything particularly unusual. meanwhile efforts to solve this diplomatically continue who's doing what and how effective are they being. well it definitely seems like outside help is nee

and ukrainian himself generously gave the crimean region to ukraine. historians would argue about the legitimacy of this transfer for many years to come and sixty years after khrushchev's gift dramatic new events would take place in crimea was around the world are on ukraine as a crisis in crimea continues dozens of heavily armed men seize government buildings in crimea should you crazy. just shrug it shell business say ok crimea is lost and the old arguments would heat up once again. the cold war would heat up and cool down by turns while both rivals were obsessive leave building up military capacity the turning point took place when the new era perestroika came to the u.s.s.r. with its new leader mikhail gorbachev in the middle of the one nine hundred eighty s. . perestroika meant restructuring towards liberalization and democratization it certainly had a positive impact on the international situation astonishing news from east germany by the east german authorities have said in essence of the berlin wall doesn't mean anything anymore. but inside the

ukrainians can't forgive these deaths. can ukraine and its new church now build a country of unity and understanding, or are the scars and divisions just too deep? i'm with a priest of the ukrainian 0rthodox church. father nikolai is taking me to steal a look at the church that was his for decades. and this is your church of almost a0 years? like many priests here, father nikolai is part of the moscow patriarchate, a branch of the orthodox church with historic ties to russia. and that has turned him into an outcast in his own community, by those who want those ties cut. is this where you raised your children? nikolai's church and home have been taken over by a growing ukrainian 0rthodox church— the kyiv patriarchate. how do you feel when you see it now? for decades, the kyiv patriarchate has been in the shadow of the more powerful moscow patriarchate. but now it is on the brink of recognition by most of the global 0rthodox community, led by the patriarch of constantinople, breaking over three centuries of spiritual domin

ukrainian ships set sail from run -- one ukrainian port to another ukrainian port. they attempted to do so by the only possible way to go, and both russia and ukraine use this straight -- strait routinely. this is no way for a law- abiding and civil nation to act. impeding the lawful transit through the strait is a violation under international law. is an arrogant act that the international community must condemn and will never except. in may, the united states condemned russia's construction and opening of the bridge between russia and occupied crimea. in august, the united states condemned the harassment by russia of international shipping in the sea of azaf and the straight. the united states will continue to stand with the people of ukraine against the russian aggression. it is our expectation that our european partners will lead this effort through the normandy format, which we support. we call on russia to respect its international obligations and not obstruct or harass ukraine's transit in the straight -- strait, and to de- escalate the tension it has created

ships it has in its custody ukrainian military personnel it blocks ukrainian access to the as all see which ukraine has a coastline on so you know there by agreement russia and ukraine share access to that body of water and ukraine is hoping that it can get as much support as possible from its international friends partners people in the united nations people in. people in the european union to back it up a century on this side against russia chalons for inside story in moscow so what's the background to this latest escalation will occur straight is an important trade route for ukraine as it gives ships access to the fourth of mali a pole in the sea of as off east of crimea russia's been inspecting all vessels going in and out of ukrainian ports on sunday it blocks the shipping route between the black sea in the sea of as off by placing a tanker beneath a new bridge linking russia with crimea the crimean peninsula was seized in twenty fourteen by russian backed separatists after the overthrow of ukraine's president viktor yushchenko bitch more than ten thousand people died in the figh

and became an incubator for leaders of ukrainian citizens. in one thousand nine hundred one one of them new book founded svoboda an openly radical nationalist party preaching the good old principles of bondage era. just to. please. her jew crane from the jews in russia ukraine for ukrainians and so on his statements got him fifth place in the simon visa center top ten anti semitic world leader rankings of two thousand and twelve. but also sadly attracted numerous follow ups. dimitri are founded another extreme right organization treason or trident in one thousand nine hundred four. in april two thousand and thirteen became an assistant to a member of parliament from the opposition party who died. later that same year he would become the leader of the most radical ukrainian nazi group the right sector. andriy paro be would soon appear leading a whole army of ultra nationalist warriors. and the torch marches would once again light up the streets of ukrainian cities. but. the world drastically changed in august one thousand nine hundred ninety o

tugboat that am in the russian ship rams the ukrainian boat head on. with. the incident escalated further a russian tanker blocked the tight underpass between the black sea and the sea of us of a vital trade route for ukraine it was later announced that the russian coastguard had shot at three ukrainian ships the ships were seized by russia with authority saying that boats had illegally entered russian waters but the ukrainian navy says it had announced the ship's transit in advance. in kiev ukrainian president petro poroshenko called on parliament to introduce martial law. for him this doesn't mean we are declaring war. ukraine is not planning for a war with anyone it is implemented solely to protect ukrainian land our territory territorial integrity and sovereignty of. russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov accused ukraine of deliberate provocation. principles of the international law were violated including the united nations charter and other legal instruments that require all states to respect the sovereignty of another state school moscow views

a russian coastguard ship opened fire on then seized three ukrainian vessels. it happened in the black sea off the coast of crimea after the russian ships blocked access to the sea of as of via the narrow carriage street which separates the crimean peninsula from the russian mainland although a bilateral treaty gives both russia and ukraine access tensions are very in the sea have escalated since russia's annexation of crimea in twenty fourteen and the opening of a bridge linking the two earlier this year this latest incident has led ukraine's president to ask parliament to consider drastic action. order to fix martial law would be introduced in order to strengthen ukraine's defense capabilities amid increasing aggression and according to international law a cold act of aggression by the russian federation martial law would not mean our refusal to resolve the issue of liberating ukrainian territory by political and diplomatic means. through rushed through anger outside the russian embassy in kiev protesters shouting death to russia officials from both countries

coming to you live from berlin a dangerous crisis escalates after russia fires on then seizes three ukrainian ships russia's holding the vessels and the your cranium personnel at the black sea port of couch after claiming they entered waters off crimea illegally the u.n. security council is due to meet today in an emergency session to discuss the clutch also on the program. on her return from brussels british prime minister theresa may faces the mammoth task of persuading u.k. lawmakers to back her breaks a deal she'll tell them it's the only option on the table. and a landing on mars starting today the spacecraft called insight is set to offer just that to two scientists restlessly awaiting its data on the red planet the probe will look beneath the martian surface to explain how the planet for billions of years ago. oh i'm sorry martin welcome to the program the united nations security council has called emergency meeting up to russia fired on and seized three ukrainian ships off the coast of the crimean peninsula two of the ships have been seen more did harm. in catch crimea ukraine ukraine

agents that's ukrainian intelligence why they were there we don't know but the ukrainian government has confirmed that the two agents were indeed bored perhaps giving this patrol this their mission you know are higher profile than an ordinary fleet maneuver rebasing from dessa to the as of sea as they initially said the russians or the russian federal security service also corner logically. detailed what exactly happened they said that they detected the ukrainian vessels approaching russian territorial waters they warned them that the strait of kutch was closed that they couldn't they had to follow notification something that the ukrainians had done many times before with civilian vessels with military vessels ukrainians apparently said that they weren't going to cross the strait of kutch that they were merely navigating through russian territory. they proceeded and then they said that they were going to cross and they didn't need any sort of documents as the ukrainian president said all communication from the russian patrol boats they've been ordered to stop to halt and they refused to

ukrainian spawn's. well yes. the krooman have been all sentenced to two months of pretrial detention but of course the larger picture of that is that this is a really a pawn they're really pawns between the two governments the mr putin's accusations obviously have. raised a great deal of attention but it should be said that the tensions between ukraine and russia have been rising for a great a long time now since two thousand and fourteen ever since russia annexed the crimean peninsula and in the sea of azoff so actually it shouldn't be of any surprise that there are intelligence agents on either side it should be said in the in the hours of sea or wherever else they might be coming into contact and what about. to solve this crisis diplomatically well those are going nowhere at the moment we heard about president trump who sent sort of mixed messages but at the moment is discussing possibly not meeting with mr putin on the sidelines of the g. twenty summit otherwise the the ukrainians have been good hav

it's the closest ukrainian city. both of which are now controlled by russian backed separatists since sunday's naval clash with russia ukraine has begun to impose martial law. so you are the country's president petro poroshenko has warned there could be a russian invasion. these tanks have not yet been removed their will there i don't want anybody to think that those are toys the country is under threat of a food scale war with russia. and with russia and ukraine have blamed each other for sunday standoff in the catch strait which links the black sea and the sea of a zone of russian naval officers fired on and seized three ukrainian vessels capturing the crew twelve ukrainians have now been charged with unlawfully entering russia thanks face up to six years in jail but russian president vladimir putin blames the ukrainian president for the standoff claiming it's a move to boost his ratings. it if this is a school it's clearly a product of. a provocation. and i think it was the president himself should head of the pre

ships it has in its custody ukrainian military personnel it blocks ukrainian access to the hours of c. which ukraine has a coastline on so you know there by agreement russia and ukraine share access to that body of water and ukraine is hoping that it can get as much support as possible from its international friends partners people in the united nations people in. people in the european union to back it up a century on this side against russia chalons for inside story in moscow so what's the background to this latest escalation will occur straight is an important trade route for ukraine as it gives ships access to the port of mali a pole in the sea of as of east of crimea russia's been inspecting all vessels going in and out of ukrainian ports on sunday it blocks the shipping route between the black sea in the sea of as off by placing a tanker beneath a new bridge linking russia with crimea the crimean peninsula was seized in twenty fourteen by russian backed separatists after the overthrow of ukraine's president viktor yushchenko bitch more than ten thousand people died in the figh

well yes it's been a day of mounting tensions here in ukraine it all began when three ukrainian ships left the odessa port of adesa on the black sea they're heading for which is in the hours of c. that's even further east and close to the the war zone is between ukrainian forces and and moscow backed and supported separatists they were however blocked from entering the entering the as of c. . the streets have been narrowed there because the russians have recently completed a bridge and apparently this is over the ukrainians version of events one of their ships one of the ukrainian ships was rammed by a russian ship damaging the ship and then they were prevented from entering into the as of c. the ukrainians then said that the russian sent helicopters and jets and then later on they announced that the russians had opened fire on the ships and injured actually it seems to be more than two or the the reports and now have to change all three ships president parching because you said has called an emergency meeting of his military cabinet it's not quite clear who exactly enters into that b

security council has been meeting in emergency session will ask who will martial law ukrainians from russia also coming up next down. nasser celebrates a spacecraft inside lands on more are to dig beneath the red planet's surface to find out how when was formed billions of years ago. it's good to have you with us we begin with that emergency u.n. security council meeting and the question are russia and ukraine headed for the u.s. as u.n. ambassador has accused russia of committing an outrageous violation of ukraine's sovereignty on sunday russia seized several ukrainian naval vessels near the disputed crimean peninsula moscow says that it was provoked by and just about an hour ago the ukrainian parliament voted to impose martial wall inside the country. a clash at sea causing waves of international concern a russian military ship rams into a ukrainian tugboat off the coast of crimea. the vessel was then fired at and captured by the russians along with two other ships and dozens of ukrainian sailors several of whom were injured. the united nations security council held an emergency me

the ships and then they blame ukrainians for doing that. so what's the united states going to do about it well i think the first thing is we're coordinating very closely with our european allies and partners we have a robust policy of sanctions in place we work with the ukrainians of strengthening their defense capabilities trying to strengthen resiliency in ukraine and our european allies are doing the same there's talk as we just saw this report about possible additional sanctions from europe we think that's worth considering alternatively there are sanctions on the books that perhaps are not being implemented as rigorously as they could be and that's something else that's on the for europe you know as you see the world looks all it says it will have already been applied and russia just keeps marching around the area around crimea and so yet despite the such as this is out this is out we'll have that well and i think i think that misses a couple of things first off i think this could have been a lot worse and i think the pressure that the

ukrainian strategic partnership where the u.s. called for solidarity in terms of confronting russia on the shipping routes in in the sea of us all of and only five days ago the british announced that they were also going to set up a stronger presence now in the black sea so again from so i think it was a good time for ukraine to get staged this provocation. and again this i guess the sentiment in moscow is often a bit misrepresented broad because when the west backed the coup in two thousand and fourteen there and the russian government took place in ukraine there was indeed huge panic in russia you know all red lines have been broken by the west and there was something really needed to be done fast but if you get the feeling in moscow the sentiments quite different to their interest is to bring tensions down and get a working relationship back on track so i don't see that there is any appetite for for at least instigating any conflict on the russian side and. again if you find in the russian leader until two thousand and fourteen

servicemen and ukrainian ships. poroshenko also said the authorities would take all necessary steps to release the ukrainian sailors detained on sunday when russia seized three vessels off the crimean coast captured sailors appeared in a russian court and were charged with unlawfully entering the country carrying weapons they face up to six years in prison. earlier other sailors were shown on russian television saying they had deliberately entered russian waters as a provocation kiev denounced what it described as forced confessions moscow accuses kiev of sparking the sea skirmish to boost support ahead of an election. most probably this provocation took place in order to achieve certain political decisions which are beneficial for the current president of ukraine. if. ukraine accuses russia of illegally capturing its ships and sailors of the coast of crimea president petro poroshenko now claims moscow is preparing for an invasion together with the country's parliament he has imposed martial law in the regions borde

russia has entered a new phase of oppression do suffer the russian coast guard on sunday seizing two ukrainian naval ships anna tugboat off the crimean peninsula also on the program mexico says it's to portraying dozens of migrants who tried to rush the border near san diego into the united states but is demanding an investigation into the use of tear gas by u.s. police firing across that border. also coming up bravery in the face of a child be in russia and our special series we meet one man who's living very publicly with the virus that causes aids his pain to fight the stigma attached to those who are hiv positive in his hometown. can compare. not so subtle breaks as it spacecraft inside lands on mars probe will dig beneath the red planet's surface and send back vital data that scientists have been deployed dreaming about for decades. hello i'm terry martian good to have you with us ukraine has imposed martial law on parts of the country following russia's seizure of ukrainian warships on sunday. the measures applied to mostly border regions to prevent what ukraine's president called an ext

reported that abroad this ukrainian naval flood flew till. two agents count to espionage agents of the ukrainian intelligence agency s b u two of them something that ukraine has since confirmed the russians believe that these two men were directing orchestrating this incident with full intent to provoke they believe the order to do so came from the very top from ukraine's government to justify the ensuing martial law that we've seen established across many regions of ukraine the ukrainians however stand on their own they're adamant they're saying that this was an act of war provocation by russia that russia behaved aggressively towards ukraine that they shouldn't have done this that they had filed a notification of intent to posture the strait of of kutch but that the russians had carried out this aggressive action that they're now calling. russia to release the twenty four sailors officers and agents that have been detained and to release the three vessels that are impounded here in curch. ok that's my guess the of with from many thanks let'

ships it has in its custody ukrainian military personnel it blocks ukrainian access to the as all see which ukraine has a coastline on so you know there by agreement russia and ukraine share access to that body of water and ukraine is hoping that it can get as much support as possible from its international friends partners people in the united nations people in nato people in the european union to back it up a century on this and take it side against russia chalons for inside story in moscow. so what's the background to this latest escalation will occur straight is an important trade route for ukraine as it gives ships access to the port of mali a pole in the sea of as of east of crimea russia's been inspecting all vessels going in and out of ukrainian ports on sunday it blocks the shipping route between the black sea in the sea of as off by placing a tanker beneath a new bridge linking russia with crimea the crimean peninsula was seized in twenty fourteen by russian backed separatists after the overthrow of ukraine's president viktor yushchenko bitch more than ten thousand people di

ukrainian parliament and. work and declare. the state of martial law some critics in ukraine do say this could be a means for president. bush. or even the. leadings because currently government is increasingly ocular and the president has some cool ratings less than ten percent and although all say that he is more likely to. reelection in the morning twenty nineteen so according to some critics your. martial law could be a means for him to which you spoke to present himself to ukraine as this father if you are dressed in military uniform repel also russian aggression all right months or eleven we thank you for speaking to us mexico has promised to step up security at border crossings after hundreds of asylum seekers try to cross into the united states. mexican police say the group violently and illegally crossed the border on sunday u.s. border agents responded by firing tear gas mexico says it will deport those involved in the attempted crossing thousands of central americans have made their way through mexico hoping to seek a

crew for example now in marry you pool which is a ukrainian city in the south of ukraine they've been elected opinions from people in the interview for example one woman among others who says that she has relatives in russia. relatives that you know it's going to be hard to contact because because of this new band there are millions of russians and ukrainians on both sides of the border that have relatives on the other side she identified herself as one of those if we had a normal president she says women work like this in this kind of job yet another she adds good presidents. named the brought the old smile among them. strange while the c.n.n. correspondent may be surprised that there are ukrainians who want friendly relations with russia the situation politically socially economically in ukraine isn't black and white there are many many people who share similar opinions who want three consult who want friendly relations and it's rare that we hear their opinions voiced in the mainstream media and western press nevertheless there are many many ukrainians who share similar opinions and

ships there and several ukrainians being injured there are three ukrainian vessels that are now basically seized by russia russia said that the ukrainian vessels had been trying and have actually trust trespass into russian territorial waters without their permission to do so so there's a kind of. claim and counterclaim situation going on here which has become very very hostile in the last few hours it's a situation that has actually been brewing for months this has been a very tense area with both countries various points seizing the vessels of the other country there was a ukrainian seized a russian fishing vessel called the north back in march and the russia has done similar things since then so this is think a significant escalation in tensions between russia and ukraine at the moment and the center of it at the moment is the c. of s. over and the coach straits all right to reach islands and moscow really thank you. well russia has increased its military presence in the sea of as of in recent months as rory was saying there's been inspecting all vessels going to or from ukrainian port

naval for the tiller there were two members of ukrainians ukraine's s.b.u. counterintelligence counter espionage service they were. on board the flotilla ukraine kiev has confirmed their presence it didn't say why exactly these two counter-espionage agents were on board but the russian side believes that they orchestrated they directed these provocative incident they also believe that it was ordered from the very top by authorities by the government in ukraine they believe they wanted this provocation and they got it the russians also offered us a timeline a chronological set of how all of this happened they said that they detected the ukrainians approaching early on they told them that they were approaching russian territorial waters but the ukrainians said they wouldn't go into across the strait of could show they need any notification to pass under the bridge through the very narrow crossing between the as of sea and the black sea they continued on and then suddenly they declared that they were going to pass through the through the through that could stra

russia's or just to stop three ukrainian ships were found upon and seized by russia which says they illegally entered its territorial with. despite european pledges to support companies defying us signing u.s. sanctions on iran the french petrochemical giants toto pulls out of the largest council project in the country with a new first of contract snatched up by china. and a school in the u.s. state of wisconsin provokes anger after failing to punish students who were paid to keep the nazi salute a new group photo so we put the issue up for debate to see a bunch of very innocent looking kids doing something stupid i think those things if you repeated them the elites you basically joining the military and. certain matters that are not acceptable. a very warm welcome you're watching aussie international with me mickey great to have you with us this hour now our top story moskos released a video testimony of three crew members currently detained in russia following sunday's clash in the kurt strait the incidents brought russia and ukraine close to conflict the commander of one of the u

ukraine has just declared martial law in response to russia detaining three ukrainian navy ships off the coast of crimea on sunday. the deal we have agreed. future for the u.k. u.k. prime minister tres i'm against the e.u. seal of approval for help break that divorce terms though she now faces a tough challenge ahead convincing a hostile public and parliament back home that is the best deal. russian military khamis a toxic substances were used in an assault on syria's aleppo on saturday why the world's media has largely ignored this chemical attack. it's four o'clock and you're watching international live from our moscow studio with me in a day or two to welcome to the program. the u.n. security council is to hold an emergency session in three hours time over the russian ukrainian instant in the black sea near crimea moscow says a naval vessels are legally entered its territorial waters ignoring borders service orders and forcing it to detain them russia's foreign minister was less than optimistic about the upcoming u.n. meeting. talking about the actions we're going to take at the u

agents ukrainian intelligence agents they'll be charged. tomorrow i believe but so far what we what we know is what the federal security service said revealed yesterday that aboard the ukrainian flotilla were to counter espionage s.b.u. agents that the f.s.b. believes was directing orchestrating these provocative acts and they believe it was ordered by the highest echelons of ukraine's government would by the very top in order to bring about an environment just the big ation to establish martial law in ukraine just four months before elections making it illegal to protest that criticize the government in giving the government the right to sense that all media outlets nevertheless what happened in kut yesterday was credibly dangerous russia made clear at no point says that they could straighten the crossing between the black sea and the as oxy. exclusive territory this in its territorial waters but according to the u.n. the sequel vention on the law of the sea all shipping international other ships composite through the cut straight so long

russia has entered a new phase of aggression this after the russian coast guard on sunday seized two ukrainian naval ships in a tugboat off the crimean peninsula. also with the program mexico says it's deporting dozens of migrants who tried to rush the border near san diego into the united states but it's demanded an investigation into the use of tear gas by u.s. police firing across the border. and sound compared to. not so subtle wright says it spacecraft inside lands on mars the probe will dig beneath the red servitude of the river planet's surface and send back by the old data that scientists have been dreaming about for decades. blowing terry martin welcome to the program ukraine has imposed martial law on parts of the country pulling russia's seizure of ukrainian warships on sunday the measures applied to mostly border regions to prevent what ukraine's president called an extremely serious threat of a russian invasion a number of western nations have condemned moscow but the kremlin insists that it was provoked in a moment we'll cross over to our correspondents in kiev and moscow but fir

ukrainian navy says russia has seized three of its ships in the black sea after firing on the vessels two boats were damaged and two crew members were wounded in the current straight off the coast of russia controlled crimea ukrainian president petro poroshenko has called an emergency meeting of his military commanders moscow he's accused of provocative behavior. to bring us more on this developing story i'm joined now by our correspondent david stern in the ukrainian capital kiev david just could you take us through what happened off the waters of crimea today. well it's a very quickly escalating situation we've been watching the developments all day after three ukrainian naval vessels try to go to the port of monte you pull on the hours of sea that's ukraine's mean port on the eyes of sea and also clear located close to the conflict zone between ukrainian forces and moscow backed in supplied rebels now they were stopped by russian russian ships one of the ukrainian ships was rammed by a russian ship and then we had heard later in the evening that the that the russians had opened fir