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>> reporter: im not sure whether it is likely but it certainly seems like it is something that could happen at any time. the russian forces we saw in and around the rostov area, there were a lot of them and they appear to be battle ready. what we saw in the field, lots of columns of personnel carriers. lots of soldiers inside those carriers. at times, dozens of vehicles parked behind each other. we also saw some pretty heavy armory as well, self-propelled artillery and heavy battle tanks as well...

Developed. you have those who joined before the cold where you have the western european companies on that side of your screen. and then you have those who joined after the cold war in 1991 and those are the countries the end goal all border russia. this is what really, really got under putin skin. he felt post-cold war we should not have a clue those countries in nato and put u.s. bases there. that, in many ways has been an inspiration for what has driven him insane potentially, if that is wher...

Through lviv to get to poland. are people continuing to come through there today? >> the flow is constant. we dont see them much in the center of town but for the train station. people who get off the trains and make the choice to stay around lviv. most head west to neighboring countries. >> bill: open the board here, pete hegseth my colleague in arms with us now. dana, interrupt us any time. we want to give our viewers a sense of what is happening here. the nuclear power plant in the south. a l...

Ukraine. that is one of the bases which nato personnel work training ukrainian troops before the war began. so it makes personal sense for rash to assume that this is where the weapons are coming into, and being stockpiled. this is a tactical strike in that sense, but this is 50 miles from the polish border, strategically, it would make the polish extremely nervous. —— 15. this is russia sailing very close to the wind. they have nothing to lose. it will make a lot of the nato allies extremel...

Baltic states they all have russian-speaking minorities. the same pretext is that -- and, of course, the same history is there in terms of the bloody 20th century, what happened in the baltic states, as you have in ukraine. so their paradigm is entirely rational. the deal with nato is we dont have bases, permanent bases in the recent members, these former soviet zone countries that joined nato. i think that changes now. i think, in fact, eventually putin is probably guaranteed ukraines membershi...

Targeted sanctions to european leaders for their approval. we are coordinating closely with our partners and allies, the united states, the united kingdom, canada, norway, but also for example japan and australia. this package will include financial sanctions that harshly limit russias access to capital markets. these sanctions will have a heavy impact. russias economy has already faced intensive pressure in the recent weeks, and these pressures will now accumulate. these sanctions will suppress...

Russian troops still remain in belarus. those joint exercises were said to have ended yesterday and the russian troops would be returning back to their bases in russia. now we know theyll be there for an extended period of time. how big of a threat is that not only to ukraine but to nato which borders belarus. youre talking about poland and lithuania. >> youre talking to a guy from the old cold war era. im used to seeing russian soldiers in other russian states. its certainly unusual to have tha...

This is bbc news — these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. as thousands scramble to safety after a temporary ceasefire, russia says therell be a pause in its bombardment of kyiv and four other cities so that civilians can leave. it was so terrible and my parents... i left my parents in sumy. i hope i will see them another time. but, in the last few hours, air raid sirens have been sounding in and around kyiv, with unconfirmed reports of explosions. the us rejects an offe...

Country, the strikes against ukrainian bases, ukrainian military fortifications, all from a standard short range ballistic missile, caliber cruise missiles. where did russia perfect this technique? in syria. their interaction in syria began in 2015. a lot of people look back at the russian experience in syria and say this was their proving ground, their testing ground. most of russian fighter pilots had combat experience thanks to deployments to syria. i interviewed a retired lieutenant general ...

About the situation at all? >> not directly yet. the staff has been in contact with them. >> do you think we should have u.s. presence in poland and other areas with whats happening in ukraine? >> weve always been there. >> im talking about military bases. >> no, thats for the management to make that determination. >> do you think putin is committing war crimes? >> were following it closely. its too early to say that. >> for the people of ukraine on this ash wednesday, pope francis is asking for...