People around the world rally for their release. Hi there. Welcome to al jazeera america. Im thomas drayton. We begin with a crisis in ukraine. Moscow is trying to hold on to ties with ukraine. Russian president Vladimir Putin ordered his deposit to discuss possible Financial Aid for ukraine with international partners, and is asking the government to consider humanitarian aid. The south is seeing backlash to the new ukrainian government. There has been a wave of protests and reports that gunmen in russianmarked uniforms seized the main airport. This was taken at the airport, a dark image of men in helmets. 50 armed men were there. Earlier another group of prorussian gunmen took control. Lawrence lee takes a look at the rising tensions in crimea. Theres attempts made to turn the crimea capital into a kiev, but in reverse. The Parliament Building in the hands of dozens of heavily armed men, protecting it from what they see as undemocratic forces. The support is not so many, but eager to
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