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Multiple diplomatic off ramps we have offered russia in recent months. secretary of state just had a conversation with sergey lavrov and reiterated the same thing. where do you think this is headed? >> its mixed signals right now from moscow, but there is one critical point. is putin deescalating his forces or is he just shuffling around. and john, our nato commanders, they know the answer to the question. we have u.s. planes, drones and satellites watching the russians. we know the answer. we h...

Including president biden himself saying hes convinced putden has made the decision to launch an invasion. while this proposal of a possible summit could mark a major breakthrough in@diplomatic talks, the administration is very clear eyed of russias intentions. they have seen the military build ups around the border of ukraine. they have long insisted that they think there is a path diplomatic path available to avert such a crisis. even if russia is making some of the moves that suggest an attac...

Regions. putin now ordering more russian troops to go into those areas as peacekeepers and delivering this warning to the ukrainian government. stop combat activity, he said. otherwise the responsibility for continuing the blood shed will lay on the shoulders of the ukrainian regime. the ukrainian government has not been carrying out a genocide, but wars can be launched by lies. russia claimed ukraine has begun directly attacking russian territory. it offered no proof except for what looked like...

I think some of the intelligence weve heard as of yesterday and last night is the tactical commanders have been given instructions to put the invasion into action. theyre mobilized. im not sure if this last back and forth is meaningful. i know president macron of france was trying to encourage this meetings. but im not sure that under the circumstances that this was really going to happen. >> is it all just theater on russias part, in your view? >> i think theres indications of that. if you look...

Gunfire. by night, they defend the capital. skies full of fire. these ukrainian troops are still holding off russian forces. their president calling on the invaders to lay down their arms. translation: drop your weapons and get out of here. _ do not believe your commanders, do not believe your propagandists, just save your lives and go. and in a kyiv childrens hospital, a young victim of europes newest war lies between life and death. hesjust i3, and doctors tell us as his family tried to flee, ...

Look at this. i mean, what kind of munitions does it take to do that to a car, to a vehicle? you know, i know -- the local ukrainian commanders here have been saying that they were using western anti-tank missiles to attack these columns. look. so recent the battle. this vehicle is still smoking. theres still smoke coming out the back of that. i want to -- theres a body there. thats a russian soldier that is lying there dead on this bridge. lying there dead on this bridge as his column has attem...

Drones to attack other convoys. could they attack this with these drones? i believe this ukrainians have to husband them. i dont know how many they have. theyve used some. this is high value look like mm missile units. theyre not going to throw their feet against supply trucks. theyre going to let the ground guys. the thing about these turkish drones is they savage the armenian army in late 2020 allowi allowing azerbajan to win that war. >> this picture thats developing is one where we get the i...

Military targets to now trying to take out symbols of the ukrainian state. at the moment, though, the response from the ukrainians has been one of complete defiance. >> dan joins us now by phone. if youre just joining us, what youre hearing behind us is an air raid siren here. we heard them from time to time. well find out how serious this one is. great to have you on. youre at the scene of what has been one of the most devastating attacks so far. it shows what we were reporting earlier, which i...

Bother putin _ invasion? i dont think it will bother putin is _ invasion? i dont think it will bother putin is another- invasion? i dont think it will bother putin is another key. invasion? i dont think it will- bother putin is another key think twice really about some of the atrocities that he has committed. it might well give some of these commanders and certainly the troops on the ground pause for thought to think that ultimately they up behind bars or in the dock at the hague and might well ...

Way i can describe it to cluster and systems designed to kill people, to kill lots of people and very quickly. it is also the u.s. assessment that president putin and the commanders under him will become less hesitant and maybe really the better phrasing is more willing to commit collateral damage. what does that mean? that means kill civilians. that means therefore more direct targeting of non-military targets, frankly civilian targets, inside urban centers. and thats why that video that you ju...