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The eu that its about more than that with russia. they want more of a buffer— that with russia. they want more of a buffer zone. ive spoken in favour of eu _ a buffer zone. ive spoken in favour of eu member states, sweden and finland _ of eu member states, sweden and finland being neutral, and that is where, _ finland being neutral, and that is where, for— finland being neutral, and that is where, for example, the baltic states— where, for example, the baltic states feel that they might co...

Cities here russian forces have made advances. and, pete, walk me through this. what youre saying is, and i dont know if you can see this, pete, from where youre sitting, if they can continue innovate p they can -- north, they can cut off this eastern region where there are tons of ukrainian forces. pete: effectively using the dnieper river as a buffer zone. while vladimir putin is going for kyiv, he may first be able to control most of eastern ukraine. so much of the combat power of ukrainians ...

Indicating perhaps russian troops were readying themselves. but yesterday these negotiators said that no longer seems to be the case. listen. >> translator: i wouldnt exaggerate the threat from belarusian side. periodically we see information theres some military activation or mobilization there. if you verify this information you should know as of now right now theres no level of movement necessary for belarus to take part and facilities alongside russia. >> one of the things we learned in that...

>> translator: you are criticizing me that im not calling them killers. so if i go there and say, guys, you are killers and you say thank you and then what do i have? ill have dead people. >> reporter: in the 2.5 hour talks, the ukrainians also say they had proposed very specifically a 30 kilometer buffer zone around the nuclear power plant in the countries and they say that the russians simply brush this off. obviously, we dont have the russian response to this quite yet but what we do know is ...

Possibly even facilitate that so that he would move that problem out of the way. his fight is not with america. his fight is with trying to fracture nato and he is trying to recreate a buffer zone he lost when the soviet union collapsed. that is very troubling for him and the motivation that brought all of us to this point. >> just quickly before you go, so do you think that it is imminent? i know you answered a the beginning. do you think it is imminent, as the president said, an invasion? >> y...

>> actually i -- i have more to say to president biden than i would to president putin. i think they misjudge the man. they dont understand the mans character. resuscitate the soviet union, bring back empire and take back territory is totally, totally off base. amy: that may be but clearly president putin does not want to let ukraine go. and some russian observers have said its not that he actually wants to invade or take ukraine, he just need to have it as a neutral buffer zone but we heard pre...

Demonstrate the sense of the mag any tooulday of the moment hes. is nato going to fracture or hold together under this incredible stress? and by the way, what does it look like going forward? they may respond in the moment. they, nato, might respond in the moment. what does it look like going forward, though? and also the fact hes in munich, my view is he should be back home in kyiv and should be standing firm. he could have a platform from kyiv that allows him to have the same voice that he has...

Joining us for security expert jason, i just wanted to first thank you for joining us and as we look at the first five days of this invasion, where do we stand at the moment? >> you have great reporting and highlighting a couple of things. russia stalled out and losing momentum. ukrainians are fighting. you see desperation playing in the field but the long-term prospect putin has already lost this game. >> one of the questions that we hear back home is why should this matter to americans? why sh...

Point in time is very, very tense. theres a bit of a buffer zone. about 25 kilometers from the border where we werent allowed to take our cameras out. the moment we went in, we were immediately checked by the guards and told in no up certain terms that we were not allowed the to take our camera out at all. very, very tense and it appears theyre ready to go at any time. >> the nato secretary general spoke today about russia moving more forces into these contested regions of ukraine, the donbas re...

Ukraine was serving as a sort of buffer zone for nato, and russia, and that buffer will be gone. there were a couple of interesting and somewhat concerning moments even today on this issue. the russian ministry of defense noted that some of ukraines air force, some old mig fighters are sitting part right now in romania where the assumption is that the russians would not dare bomb them so they issued a warning that if a ukrainian plane lifts off from foreign territory and gets engaged with russia...