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Patti ann: deadly violence in ukraine today ahead of the presidential elections sunday. fox news con confirming 11 government soldiers were killed. our greg talcott is streaming live from eastern ukraine with the very latest. hi, greg. >> reporter: it is the deadliest day for ukrainian forces here since the clashes began. the very latest figures that we are getting is it looks like 13 ukrainian soldiers were killed, as many as 33 were injured when pro-russian militants attacked that checkpoint. just one of several clashes we have seen in the region as rebels try to derail those crucial preside...

witnesses and being told by va, you don't need that witness, here's the witness we want to send. and they have done that over and over and over. patti ann: doug mckelway is live at the white house with more on this story. hi, doug. >> reporter: hi, patti ann. three senior officials from the department of veterans affairs did not show up for today's business meeting of the house committee on veterans affairs, even as they were asked to comply with a subpoena that means bring with you under the penalty of punishment. the committee wants thomas lynch, joan moody and michael huff to answ...

Russia's buildup of forces is actually happening. this as russia threatens europe with natural gas cuts over the stand off. greg talcott joins us from london. >> reporter: a capable force ready to to go, that is how nato is describing russian troops massed along its borders with ukraine. to prove a point, nato has been releasing the last couple days satellite imagery showing a large number of tanks, armored vehicles, helicopters, infantry and special forces, 35-40,000 troops poised as close as 25 miles to the ukrainian border. russia says this is just, these troops and hardware are just an exe...

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Now, the bashar al assad regime denies these charges. in our fox news interview last fall, the syrian president rejected the idea that by turning down peaceful calls for change, he has allowed al-qaeda to flourish. they also note they're often the target of terror attacks themselves. now, experts do say that a possible damascus/al-qaeda alliance could serve purposes in other ways. we have seen bitter in-fighting between moderate rebels and islamists, and it helps assad foster than anti-terror their ty. now, those yes thee v.a -- geneva talks are tentatively set to resume in ten days, there app...