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Camera, saying russia recognized the self-described republic than they opportunity u currently are. the yellow and red area is controlled by separatists. thats who declared independence. putin now says he supports them, taking the area that stretches all the way to the white border, more than double what they have, well into ukraine, pushing way farther into ukraine. putin says russian troops will go into that territory, if called upon. all day, we have seen russian images of militaries arriving...

Dozens of tents and vehicles less than 25 miles from the border appear in recent days. we will show you them in a moment, first i want to go to fred blight gen. pleitgen. on this border, i want to be clear. we are talking the border of the break-away separatists self declared republic putin has recognized now. he said troops will go if called upon. tell me what you are seeing, where they are? >> reporter: this is the first time we were able to see those large russian forces on russian territory ...

Stringent and painful these sanctions need to be to send a clear message not only to putin but to the russian people that this is going to be a painful operation or decision by president putin. >> so, part, of course, of whats happening here, a rise in militarization in general, russia is up, obviously, militarizing for the troops on the border, more weapons are coming to ukraine, hungary is mobilizing troops on the border of ukraine. youve got nato sending in more troops. president biden is say...

Former cia chief of operations and retired army major general and author of hunting the caliphate. let me start with you. you heard fred pleitgen over the border from the two break-away republics. i can see the images he had, the massive tanks along those dirt, muddy roads, he saw the massive military presence along that border. what do you think when you see his report? >> good evening, erin. its very concerning. its great that the russians are going to reenforce the two break away provinces of...

Night. we watched it live. everyone was happy. we had a celebratory tea party in one of the camp buildings." but this enthusiasm could be short-lived as the u.s. says putins moves to infringe on the territory could be the prelude to a bloody, december stating war. you saw those people in that report who had fled the donetsk republic. there was bad blood between them and the ukrainian authorities and military. but i didnt speak to a single one of those people who fled that area that wanted a wide...

To go at any time. heres what we saw. russian forces advancing towards ukraines border, moving columns of artillery pieces and tanks towards the separatist-controlled areas called the donbas, recently recognized by vladimir putin. the russian leader coy when asked if his forces had already crossed the border and just how far they might advance? >> firstly, i didnt say that the troops would go there right after our meeting with you here. thats the first thing, he says, secondly, its impossible to...