driver for two years in the town of tamanna on the azoff see the population here is around ten thousand and many of them know ludmilla live miller herself moved here from the year olds recently but tells me most people here have relatives across the scene ukraine she says people usually don't want to talk about politics in her taxi even when it's happening right on their doorstep. she writes. people panicking trying not to talk about the conflict. it's so close it's wearing but i'm sure nothing will happen. at the local market people admit they're shaken by the recent clash in the nearby city. someone via what we see in time on will be the first affected it's all right near us it's scary. new stuff it's not scary i don't think anything will happen thank you brad to the ukrainians where are we used to live together so well. i used to go to ukraine to keep if we were like relatives. it's not for us regular people to decide the politicians up there was sorted out it's an unpleasant situation i just want peace and not this. time on is at the foot of the crimean bridge tensions have

driver for two years in the town of tamanna on the azoff see the population here is around ten thousand and many of them no ludmilla live miller herself moved here from the year olds recently but tells me most people here have relatives across the scene ukraine she says people usually don't want to talk about politics in her taxi even when it's happening right on their doorstep. but the. people on panicking they try not to talk about the conflict. it's so close it's wearing but i'm sure nothing will happen. at the local market people admit they're shaken by the recent clash in the nearby see. me someone. who will be the first affected it's all right it's scary. stuff it's not scary i don't think anything will happen. the ukrainians where we used to live to have us so well. i used to go to ukraine to keep if we were like relatives. it's not for us regular people to decide the politicians there was sorted out. it's an unpleasant situation i just want peace and not this. time on is at the foot of the crimean bridge tensions have been building here in the as of sea for months espec

might be apropos for lewd militant now ask the azoff see whether this stormy political situation will eventually calm down. domestic violence is a subject much talked about too many countries in germany last year official statistics registered over a hundred thousand cases where women were subjected to abuse by their partners and there are many cases which simply go on record that. sandra doesn't want to show her face she's afraid of her husband who regularly be ture for years on and off north. start beating me and when i would get really afraid then one time he got a scarf and pulled it so tight that afterwards i called the police and then it was clear to me it was over i had to get out of there. was a. sandra found refuge at the safe house for women three years ago she also went to a safe house but eventually went back to her husband like many women she says she let herself because jolt into returning she hoped for reconciliation not least because of their small child. if there's anyone out there who wants to leave they should just leave and never go back i can only had wise to

last year the f.b.i. is investigating those allegations the azoff battalion is a paramilitary units of the ukrainian national guards which is known for his association with neo nazi ideology and use of nazi symbolism and which is believed who participated in training in radicalizing united states based white supremacist organizations this was a quote from a criminal complaint and the man who wrote it was behind investigating terrorist groups in america for the f.b.i. and right here you will be able to see the photos posted by the defendants he was trying to bring to justice they are members of the white supremacy rise above movement just recently a number of charges have been brought against them including conspiracy to start riots the men were involved in the deadly twenty seventeen charlottesville riots. so the f.b.i. agent found that the rise above movement members toured europe and went to countries like germany italy and ukraine and there they met with the members of the local extremist neo nazi groups besides this according to the f.b.i. operative the defendants were seen on a ph

that russia considers the azoff sea to be russian waters after the annexation of crimea in two thousand and fourteen which of course ukraine does not recognize and russia has also been categorizing ukraine as the aggressor in this situation yesterday we saw a statement from the f.s.b. the russian security services saying that actually it was the ukrainian vessels that pointed their guns at the russian vessels first and threatened them so much russia categorizing ukraine as being in the wrong and ukraine as being the aggressor here so i don't think any concessions on the crew and the vessels that were captured and time soon terry. point rusher regards been there as a ukrainian invasion explain to us how the disputed waterway we're talking about here is shared and why it's so important to you chris. well terry obviously before the russian accession crimea twenty fourteen you had ukrainian control crimea on the western side of the strait and then the russian mainland of the eastern side and they shared control over this waterway to the sea of us all of which then also see is share

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 have received a great deal of support from their western partners there's talks of increased sanctions there's also talks about there's been a demand from the e.u. to allow free access to the as i see which is actually what the ukrainians and the russians have had in place since two thousand and three but at the same time nothing between russia and ukraine a phone call from mr partial to mr putin was recently rebuffed or correspondent david stern on the story for us in kiev tonight david thank you. here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines aro

nowadays their cargo turnover is growing there including in the ports of the sea of azoff. and all the economic players know the rules there is a queue right sometimes it can be longer or shorter. for them just look at the port of the. long queue of vessels there. on the eleventh of september of last year the ukrainian vets also including military brass also. have it here too all the rules of passing frew the straight and under the preach. did not have any problem with passing to this here of us off they were guided by our pilots and then they reached their port of just a nation nobody stood in their way we've aged them but this time it was different this was a deliberate. cation as part of the election campaign of mr poroshenko. we said that we. we want to show him the ship tour and all and it's sad to pass coverage and what it means coverage without the pilots involvement no one knows what's going to happen. and those people in kiev who said that you and they talk about that they're ready to actually blow the breach up. we cannot allow that to happen. as for what you know day to day

state of azoff so what he's trying to do is to talk to one of the leaders of the normandy form that he will meet in the course of today he will make the case but what is important is that at the end of this summit there is some kind of a solution to this but at least he's investing his time in this ok thank you so much that was cornelius of the heart political analyst based here in britain. and now to some of the other stories making news around the world. police in paris have fired tear gas on protesters who are trying to break through security cordons on the star that is a at least twenty four people have been arrested the protesters from france's so-called yellow vests movement have been protesting against fuel price rises and the high cost of living. hundreds of mostly central american migrants have moved into a new shelter in the mexican border city of seal want to many have been living outdoors or an overcrowded shelters for several weeks around six thousand people and from honduras have traveled to the united states in the hope of fleeing violence and poverty. sports now and in

azoff sea and the coach straight russian border ships carried out a frankly aggressive action against the vessels of the navy of the armed forces of ukraine russia has moved in a civilian tanker over there and just to position did right across the strait and so it is physically blockaded nobody can go through in either direction on these three ukrainian no warships but also civilian vessels as well dozens of people are currently gathered outside the russian embassy in kiev protesting against russia's attention of the ukrainian vessels the demonstrators are burning paper ships and tires and chanting anti kremlin slogans some of the protesters have thrown flares at the building. dozens of people including children have been taken to hospital after an apparent chemical attack targeting the syrian city of aleppo that's according to the russian defense ministry these are images of victims receiving medical treatment medics say they had symptoms consistent with chlorine exposure russian chemical experts are working at the scene of the attack the rest. the fence ministry says the attack was

turns out that we occupy the azoff sea is wealthy this is something new and if you me for i'd like to assure you create an affair with solidarity united states will continue to stand with the people of ukraine against the russian aggression. so this could be perceived as cult braun's for ukraine to carry out further provocation the russian deputy u.n. envoy who you just saw there told us he believes the west's response will only encourage more reckless action by ukraine. i discovered that they were not very eager to discuss these concrete situationally immediately changed to all the alleged an extension of crimea by my country which were of course for us through the night and i specifically mentioned that crimea was not topical security council agenda. i fear that after the western countries that have particularly influence on the ukraine are really displayed session or attitude to the ukrainian side might feel a little bit and bold and to engage in further pro occasions of this type because they haven't heard they didn't hear during the meeting any approach from from western side tha

cooperation on the use of the azoff sea in the coach straits russian border ships carried out very frankly aggressive action against the vessels of the navy of the armed forces of ukraine. ukrainian president petro poroshenko also proposed to declare martial law for the period of sixty days and now we're waiting for the ukrainian parliament to finally approve that particular situation now there's been also some tensions happening and the in the front of the russian embassy some people started to throw small grenades at the building so we've seen some towns there what about any international response to this incident well of course there has been some international reaction now nido has urged both sides to show restraint and also russia as well as ukraine a cold for an emergency u.n. security council meeting following this particular incident now we do expect the meeting to take place quite soon it is scheduled for eleven am on monday new york time so it means that we will hear more reaction now from. incidents coming very soon all right. thank you. but we did speak to a former u.s.

u.s. last year the f.b.i. is investigating the allegations. the azoff battalion is a paramilitary units of the ukrainian national guards which is known for his association with neo nazi ideology and use of nazi symbolism and which is beliefs who participated in training in radicalizing united states based white supremacist organizations this was a quote from a criminal complaint and the man who wrote it was behind investigating terrorist groups in america for the f.b.i. and right here you will be able to see the photos posted by the defendants he was trying to bring to justice they are members of the white supremacy rise above movement just recently a number of charges have been brought against them and clued in conspiracy to start riots the men were involved in the deadly twenty seventeen charlottesville riots was. so the f.b.i. agent found that the rise above movement members toured europe and went to countries like germany italy and ukraine and there they met with the members of the local extremist neo nazi groups besides this according to the f.b.i. operative the defendants we

groups this man is a former azoff soldier who's now we're going to visit the national corpus in hockey for he says his organizations trying to reassure people about martial my yeah i get that sir but i'm with what are we reach out to them on the streets and their houses were get their people knock on doors and tell them that there is going to be no mobilization all of a sudden that nobody's taking away cars taking away houses no one should stockpile food from supermarkets no panic yet. but you might question how reassuring these been busy. his organization where they're out looking and in their own way stopping illegal gambling unlicensed alcohol in bars drug dealing and even the stop act of film set because it's a movie in ukraine's soviet past sometimes they're calling in the police other times they're fighting them but where the security forces stand in all of this that's certainly not stopping the militias from their actions we were invited to a training session in martial arts before members of the militias on the outskirts of the city but the police turned around saying martial l

azoff battalion is a paramilitary units of the ukrainian national guards which is known for his association with neo nazi ideology and use of nazi symbolism and which is beliefs of participated in training and radicalizing united states based white supremacist organizations well just have a look at the screen here you don't have to be an f.b.i. agent to prove that out of is actively using neo nazi symbols you can just look at their emblems and signee out neo nazi salutes and slogans even are a common thing now just want you to have a look at what rather frequent marches of members of these kind of organizations and their supporters look like in ukraine. look look look look look look look look look look look look look look look look look look look look . this was marches of members and supporters of the use of battalion so dan this criminal complaint which is written by an f.b.i. operative is important because it is it appears to be story the first instance of f.b.i. actually looking into the claims of ukrainian neo nazi somehow being involved in training the radicals across the

russian federation on cooperation on the use of the azoff sea and the coach straight russian border ships carried out today frankly aggressive action against the vessels of the navy of the armed forces of ukraine russia has moved in a civilian tanker over there and the position did right across the strait and so it is physically blockaded nobody can go through in either direction on these three ukrainian no warships but also on civilian vessels as well for me u.s. diplomats jim just trist told us that in his fear the ukrainians may have to deliberately try to provoke the russians. according to reports i have seen troops in question did not provide the proper and customary advance notification of their wishing to transfer transmit through this area if that is the case it could be considered a provocation by the ukrainian side if this was an action taken by the ukrainian sided either in relation to the the conflict in the don boss or perhaps because mr poroshenko is trying to enhance is political prospects in the election early next year by provoking higher tensions with russia. dozen

off access to the azoff sea which they have just done by placing a tanker underneath the bridge now the russians say that ukrainian naval vessels have trespass into russian territorial waters and therefore that was the trigger for them to open fire on ukrainian warships the ukrainians say that six of their personnel were injured three of their vessels are now in russian hands and a situation which had been brewing and getting more and more tense for months now has flared up into open hostilities with an exchange of fire on each side what the international response is going to be to this well we have had condemnation from the european union saying that russia needs to back. golf a century and ukrainian vessels access to the ass of sea we have also heard from nato but we will have to wait to see whether this will actually result in any meaningful action from the international community ukraine meanwhile seems to be pushing ahead with action of his own well the journalist months or more of a live joins us via skype now from the ukrainian capital kiev i mean this escalation in tensions

what the f.b.i. agent wrote about them the azoff battalion is a paramilitary units of the ukrainian national guards which is known for his association with neo nazi ideology and use of nazi symbolism and which is believed who participated in training and radicalizing united states based white supremacist organizations now you don't have to be an f.b.i. agent to prove that these people are using neo nazi symbols you can just look at their insignia their emblems and also neo nazi salutes and slogans are a common thing and here is what the rather frequent marches of members and supporters of such are going is ations and ukraine look like. so dan this criminal complaint is important because this appears to be the first instance that actually shows the f.b.i. are looking into cases of ukrainian neo nazis somehow training or supporting radical groups across the atlantic which could have been involved in. violent situations there didio interesting to see what else those documents are going to reveal it but trying to there with the details thanks for staying cross that story . only in the m

putin did get a chance to explain moscow's take on the incident in the azoff sea besides this we know that a lot of our potent had. breakfast with the anglo markel earlier on saturday and the day before he met the french president emmanuel macron and we learned again from the president's spokesperson that a lot of my putin physically took a piece of pen and sorry a piece of paper and a pen to draw the courage straight and explain what happened on the ground right there and a lot of reporters said that the reaction of the western leaders to this was calm besides this the russian side brought forward some evidence which included the notes in the vessel's log book and i believe this is the first time that a lot of the putin talked about this internationally so he was able of cording to the russian side to back the russian view of the russian take on this situation with some sort of concrete evidence of the fact that the ukrainian of the actual the claim sorry that the iranian vessels were trying to carry out some sort of provocation then the russian president went on to talk about t

contacts the sea. and now it's surprisingly turns out that we occupy the azoff c. is wealthy this is something new we thought i'd like to assure you create an affair with solidarity united states will continue to stand with the people of ukraine against the russian aggression. so this could be perceived as cult braun's for ukraine to carry out further provocation. about session the russian deputy un envoy spoke to r.t. exclusively he said western powers seen the willing to discuss the specifics of what happened in the current strait. i discovered that they were not very eager to discuss these countries situationally immediately changed to the alleged an accession of crimea by my country which were of course so far as through the night and i specifically mentioned that crimea was not topical security council agenda. i fear that some of the western countries so that have particular influence on the ukraine are really displayed session or at its units of the ukrainian side might feel a little bit and bold don't gauge unfair as a provocation is of these type because they haven't heard th

in is in keeping peace and stability you've got a situation in the azoff see the black sea area that which could easily explode into conflict and i think that's driving what sunny germany and france his view of this is they want to on the surface criticize russia because they are normally supportive allies of ukraine at the same time they don't want this to spiral out of control and cause a more general conflict charles thanks for your time this hour charles shewbread security analyst speaking to us live on the program. changing tack a little this week marked a new era of space. insight mars lander touched on safely on the red planet but while some experts see the mission as having potential for a groundbreaking discovery others in this space agency itself are worrying about well different matters. well it's not quite in my station it's still not ok to use those narratives because it'll raises the history of quantum isolation head on uncomment. thank you thank you. thank. you. explore ration of a red planet exploration exploring the moon and mars proving that it was. by going to make

clear the sea of azoff has been agreed between ukraine and russia to be open for commercial shipping for military shipping and for fishery shipping and that russia has no right to do what it did. so what should the you how should the you respond to this event. first of all many european leaders have already been involved in finding a diplomatic solution to not let the tensions try to raise i have been informed that among others chancellor merkel for and with president putin and with president poroshenko the statement of the european union has been very clear in this issue that we want to defend the rights of ukraine and that after the illegal and acceleration of crimea for russia we cannot accept that step by step the sea of as of this supposed to become a russian territorial water this has been agreed in two thousand and freeway there for the illegal an extension of crimea but both countries have the right to share this water already when the bridge was built across from. strait of couch already that was a violation of international regulations and a violation of the territorial sov

about the future of the azoff see. this see calms me down and sometimes when i want an answer to a question i ask listen and if the next wave is big that means the answer is yes. i am very hopeful that our government will figure out everything everything will be fine. and we will all this when. you see what you did to the media. it seems to be stormy everywhere it might be apropos for lewd millet's and l.s.d. as off see whether this stormy political situation will eventually calm down. let's take a look at some of the other stories making headlines today a former lawyer of us president donald trump has pleaded guilty to lying to congress about a real estate deal in russia. is a key figure in investigation into alleged russian interference in the twenty sixteen u.s. presidential election. the. republic of congo's health ministry says the current outbreak in the east of the country is now the second biggest in history but more than four hundred confirmed and probable cases efforts to curb the epidemic are being hampered by a surge of violence in the area three and the world health or

and the russian federation on cooperation on the use of the azoff sea in the coach straight russian border ships carried out today frankly aggressive action against the vessels of the navy of the armed forces of ukraine so right now what russia has done they moved in a civilian tanker over there and they just to position did right across the strait and so it is physically blockaded nobody can go through in either direction not just these ukrainian monitors these three ukrainian no warships but also civilian vessels as well right now again it's a stalemate the two sides are just sitting there looking at each other just having a sunday like that. dozens of people including children have been taken to hospital after an apparent chemical attack targeting the syrian city of aleppo that's according to russia's defense ministry these are images of victims receiving medical treatment medics say that they had symptoms consistent with chlorine exposure russian chemical experts are working at the scene of the. russian defense ministry says the. the assault was carried out at night with the she