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>> colonel vindman, your assessment, i think, struck fear in the hearts of everybody watching. do you have the same level of fear that a ground war, the likes of which we havent seen in europe, since world war ii, is still a very real possibility? >> very much so. i think we should remember what ambassador mcfaul has said on several occasions, which is, vladimir putins an authoritarian leader. hes a dictator. he can turn on a dime. he can change his mind and pull back all the troops with little ...

Out that his country contribute little to climate change but is one of the ones that suffers most from its impact. in neighbouring malawi, roads were sliced apart, and many livelihoods destroyed. translation: this is devastating. - look — all of my maize crop has been buried. i planted 1.5 acres. its all gone. following this storm, there is an unwelcome warning of another one building in the indian ocean that could add to the damage. mark lobel, bbc news. this is bbc news. the headlines: the u...

New russian military manoeuvres amid escalating tensions. this is western russia close to ukraine. moscow now has around 100,000 troops massed on the borders of the former soviet republic with more still arriving. the ukrainian government says russias aim is to sow panic. tt russias aim is to sow panic. tit poses russias aim is to sow panic. tt poses a threat to ukraine, a direct threat to ukraine, however, at the moment, as we speak, this number is insufficient for the full—scale offensive ag...

On the frozen front lines, of eastern ukraine, it is heads down in the trenches to avoid sniper fire. maria is following in the footsteps of her military father. she keeps watch for the enemy, separatists, backed by moscow, who seized territory here eight years ago. if russia invades, she will be facing far worse. do you believe the russians are coming? "i try to avoid politics," she says. "psychologically, i try not to get worried. "we have heard about their military build—up, "but if they tr...

And this is what we have to watch and i guess the response that nato has two this massive build—up that russia has created all along the ukrainian border but also on the nato border in belarus is to enhance its forward presence. this trend started in 2014, lets remember when russia annexed crimea and the separatist uprising in eastern ukraine so nato is planning for eventual possibilities that it had to defend the eastern flank of nato in case there is escalation between ukraine and russia.—...

Hello, youre watching the bbc news channel. president biden is to speak to vladimir putin by phone after the united states warned a russian invasion of ukraine could come "at any time". the us secretary of state says america are prepared either way if russia chooses diplomacy or aggression. moscow has repeatedly denied planning to invade. the british and us governments have called for their citizens to leave ukraine immediately. earlier, i spoke to the defence ministerjames heappey, and began by...

Against ukraine before and we see this threatening rhetoric ready see if we don�*t do exactly what they are seeing there will be consequences. the military build—up and rhetoric on their track record they�*ve used against ukraine before that makes the danger for the military invasion by russia into ukraine a real danger that we need to prepare and address. while the world worries about a potential new russian invasion of ukraine, communities in the east of the country are counting the cost...

Radio and online. russia has reacted to warnings from washington of sanctions if it invades ukraine. moscow said it was the us and nato that had flooded ukraine with weapons and western advisors. russia said the us was cultivating anti—russian feelings with talk of the build—up of russian troops, while forgetting to clarify that those troops were on russian territory. caroline hawley reports. the might of the russian army on display in its ally belarus, ukraines northern neighbour, where mil...

Between ukraine and russia. this would be a full—scale war in europe. the uks been one of ukraines of most vocal supporters, sending them 2,000 anti—tank weapons and british troops to train ukrainian forces how to use them. but this is whats facing them just over the border — the continued build—up of more than 100,000 russian troops that moscow insists are training and pose no threat. president putin, meeting today his hungarian counterpart, insisted his countrys security interests were...

Invasion. all right, lets talk about russia flexing its muscle in cyberspace with james sullivan, the director of cyber research and joins us from london. thank you so much for being here with us. so any russian act of war on ukraine would likely take place not just on the ground of course but in cyberspace as well. in fact, its been going onto a greater or lesser extent for years. but along with the buildup of russian troops on the border, have the russian siebler attacks against ukraine have b...