The president of ukraine the russian soldiers. Says russian soldiers are now on ukrainian soil. He cancelled a trip to turkey to take charge of the situation. Poroshenko called an emergency meeting of his security council. He said the troops had invaded the Eastern Region of donetsk, Council Members say a joint brigade of Russian Troops and prorussian militants have taken control of the black sea town and say the unit is moving toward the city of donetsk. A separatist leader there told russian state tv that 3 to 4,000 russian soldiers have joined the separatist fighters voluntarily. Officers did not order them to go in and suggested some came while on vacation, a spoke he is person said. Nato officials released satellite images taken last week. They say the pictures show more than 1,000 russian soldiers in an area 20 kilometers inside the border. One photo shows more than ten military vehicles. Another shows artillery units in firing position. The Officials Say the forces look well tra
And we begin this hour with our special series on chinas National Peoples congress. The people of china are facing many changes, including slowing Economic Growth. President xi jinping is asking them not to worry too much about these developments describing them as the new normal. Xi is also proposing new policies to tackle various issues. On thursday chinas National Peoples congress will open to discuss the direction of the countrys policies in the upcoming year. Newsline will bring you details of the event in our threeday series. Chinas top political advisory body has started its annual meeting ahead of the National Peoples congress. Its chairman pledged to continue the current crackdown on corruption. The National Committee of the chinese peoples political Consultative Conference convened in the great hall of the people in beijing on tuesday. Its membership includes representatives of groups other than the communist party. President xi and other Party Leaders attended the opening se
War. Officers arrested the 19yearold at john f. Kennedy international airport. He was preparing to board a flight for turkey. Investigators believe the oldest member of the group provided the others with money for plane tickets. Authorities say two of the men posted messages on the minority supporting the militants and contacted a person with links to the group. Fbi officials and the new york Police Believe the two men were planning terrorist attacks against the United States. Officials say they also discussed other plans such as assassinating Police Officers or president barack obama if they couldnt join Islamic State militants. Their social media propaganda skills inspired as these injuries were inspired to travel to syria to fight. Bratton said investigators are look into other people with possible links to Islamic State militants. Russias president is heating up a dispute with his ukrainian counterpart over natural gas. Vladimir putin is criticizing Petro Poroshenko for cutting off
War. Officers arrested the 19yearold at john f. Kennedy international airport. He was preparing to board a flight for turkey. Investigators believe the oldest member of the group provided the others with money for plane tickets. Authorities say two of the men posted messages on the minority supporting the militants and contacted a person with links to the group. Fbi officials and the new york Police Believe the two men were planning terrorist attacks against the United States. Officials say they also discussed other plans such as assassinating Police Officers or president barack obama if they couldnt join Islamic State militants. Their social media propaganda skills inspired as these injuries were inspired to travel to syria to fight. Bratton said investigators are look into other people with possible links to Islamic State militants. Russias president is heating up a dispute with his ukrainian counterpart over natural gas. Vladimir putin is criticizing Petro Poroshenko for cutting off
Olympics now just days away. Russian police have ended a Deadly School siege in moscow. They captured an armed student who was accused of killing two people and holding other students hostage. The school is in the north end of moscow. Interior Ministry Spokespersons say the gunmen held more than 20 students captive at one point. They say he shot and killed a teacher and a Police Officer who worked as a guard. Russian news agency rt reports that all schools in the country have had armed guards since the 2004 terrorist attack on a school in north ossetia. Security forces in moscow and across russia are on high alert ahead of the olympics and the black sea resort city of sochi. The Opening Ceremony for the winter games is on friday. Officials in thailand are counting ballots as people on both sides of the countrys deep political divide weigh in on the legitimacy of the general election. Protesters blocked millions of thais from voting in sundays disputed poll. Authorities say the demonstr