what ukraine is admitting in suggesting this idea is that it still needs more practical international support to stop this country from breaking up and to deal with the threat it still believes is coming from mas moscow. >> it seems clear they do know they do not have the capability to do it on their own at this point. let's fwling cnn's chief international correspondent christiane amanpour for more on this. as we are looking at phil's piece we're seeing some violence, some activity. you talk to ukraine's ambassador to the united nations about these raids. what does he say? >> well, everybody is wondering when are they going to happen. he said they are happening in a limited way and indeed some movement has been reported in this regard. what he told me yesterday is that we are trying to do it in a correct way. we don't want to explode any more violence and bloodshed. we don't want to be responsible for russia saying, hang on, you're causing violence. we're going to come in and protect them. >> feared by everyone. >> what ch is what russia is trying to do, stirring up,