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Ukraine is olha stefanishyna. shes been very much the international face of the ukrainian government during this current crisis. kristina kvien is the charge daffaires, thats the acting ambassador for washington, here in kyiv. carl bildt is a former swedish prime minister and one of europes leading statesmen. and professor sergey radchenko is a russian—born political scientist based in europe. thats our panel. welcome to you all. give them a round of applause. applause and remember, you too ca...

United states and nato to russias security proposals or demands, depending which way you look at them. russia calls them proposals. and then they can keep talking. from russias perspective, its nato and the united states increasing the tensions by the talk of deploying 8,500 or the possibility of deploying 8,500 u.s. troops to bolster natos eastern allies. so, you know, this is a situation at the moment where from the kremlins perspective, they are just going to sit tight and continue their mili...

Ukraine have held direct talks since the troop build up began last year. lets discuss and bring in nbc white house correspondent, geoff bennett, chief correspondent for the pbs news hour, and gary, a russian pro-democracy leader, a former world chess champion, a man who knows russia inside and out. michael to you first. the united states has been hitting russia with more and more sanctions ever since they went into crimea eight years ago. what has hand since then, russia has tightened its grip o...

Which western countries fear are preparing to invade. the us has promised to provide a written response to russias security demands, which include a ban on ukrainejoining nato. our diplomatic correspondent james landale has more. more russian forces on the move. surface—to—air missiles in the countrys far east due to join what moscow says are military exercises near ukraine — part of the growing build—up of troops and equipment revealed by images of strategic locations close to the borde...

Going on at the moment. moscow saying natos ignoring its security concerns as it continues its troop build—up on the border. the response from the west is increasingly alarmed, and alarming. this is perilous geopolitical terrain and ukraine is trying to chart a course through it. there may yet be what they call an �*off ramp�*, a way of defusing the crisis, but theres a danger that talk of all—out war becomes a self—fulfilling prophecy. gabriel gatehouse, bbc news, western ukraine. our...

From our audience here. the deputy prime minister of ukraine is 0lha stefanishyna. shes been very much the international face of the ukrainian government during this current crisis. kristina kvien is the charge daffaires, thats the acting ambassador for washington, here in kyiv. carl bildt is a former swedish prime minister and one of europes leading statesmen, and professor sergey radchenko is a russian—born political scientist based in europe. thats our panel. welcome to you all. give them a...

An invasion took place. moscow — which is unhappy about nato�*s eastward expansion in europe — has denied it plans to invade. heres our diplomatic correspondent, caroline hawley. nato is beefing up its deterrent tos in eastern europe with every passing day. this is the worst part is my continuing counter build—up in the face of what downing street is calling rising russian aggression. the aim is to show moscow the price it could pay if it does invade ukraine. to it could pay if it does i...

From the media that were at war, - that there are soldiers - on the streets, that theres mobilisation going on, - that people are running away. we dont need that panic. theres a lot of posturing going on at the moment, moscow saying natos ignoring its security concerns as it continues its troop build—up on the border. the response from the west is increasingly alarmed and alarming. this is perilous geopolitical terrain, and ukraine is trying to chart a course through it. there may yet be what ...

Former mp, yevheniy murayev, is being considered as a future leader by the kremlin. but four others named are thought to be in moscow. it is not clear what, if any role, they could realistically play. but russias build—up goes on. it says repeatedly, it has no plans to invade. fighter jets now flying to locations in belarus, north of ukraine. moscow says they will be carrying outjoint drills. but diplomacy also continues. fridays meeting in geneva settled nothing but the us secretary of state ...

The first instance, russia is obviously denying that the troop build—up is a prelude to invasion. so these comments coming out of the us, are they ratcheting up the rhetoric or a serious consideration on their part?— on their part? they certainly are messaging _ on their part? they certainly are messaging increased _ on their part? they certainly are messaging increased alarm - on their part? they certainly are messaging increased alarm at i on their part? they certainly are l messaging incr...