call as very different, denying its own involvement, blaming the vial lins on the ukrainian government and urging president obama to uses american influence to prevent more violence. there are these four-party talks this week coming up in geneva. russia, ukraine, the u.s., and the eu. so if there really is room for diplomacy here, that would be the time and place for it. kate? it does seem to be they do seem to be running short on time for that diplomacy at this point. michelle, thanks so much. that phone call michelle is talking about comes just days after a russian jet made several very close passes by a u.s. navy warship in the black sea. meanwhile, separatist groups occupying governments in eastern ukraine have completely ignored it appears kiev s demand that they leave. cnn s phil black is joining now from eastern ukraine with much more on this side of the story. phil? kate, good morning.