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Separatists this morning have been firing mortar and artillery over these trenches and commanders here tell us it could be just a matter of hours or days before they launch a conventional attack unless vladimir putin can be deterred. >> matt, we know ukraine is moving forward with a state of emergency. theyve even sarted enlisting people betweenage. talk us through how things are accelerating there. >> yeah, its really interesting because as ive said to you before, people on the ground here have...

Energy caught on fire. that would put up the radioactive fire that would have contaminated russian troops, floated into russia, parts of europe. clearly they did not know what they were doing then. and i hope someone has read the commanders the riot act and said what are you doing? do not put the plant in danger that is an idiotic move. and not a very welcome sign of confidence within the russian military. arthel: that said though, what about taking over yet another plant and then also tell us w...

>> that was a quick show. rachel and larry, have a great presidents day. >> see you all. >> see you tomorrow, everybody. >> bill: thanks, guys, good morning. europe on the brink of war. u.s. intel revealing russia has ordered its commanders to invade ukraine. if true it is the point of no return? hope you had a great weekend. two thumbs up? >> dana: yeah. are you bill hemmer. >> dana: im dana perino. some russian forces are 10 miles from the ukraine border. >> bill: you have russian backed separ...

Where ukrainian fighters and civilians alike are waking up after their city endured another horrific night of shelling by russian forces. moscow has reportedly ordered their commanders on the ground to ramp up attacks on urban population centers as president vladimir putin is said to be growing increasingly frustrated with his militarys lack of progress. he feels, and this is according to reports, that his only option is to double down on extreme violence. within the last just 24 hours or so rus...

Devastated in the south. but putin maybe holding back on his most aggressive commanders and will have some opportunity for cooperation for lack of a better word. i doubt thats the likely outcome. but by u.s. standards, being 10 days into a war. if you look at 2003 when we invaded iraq, thats a long time. it took 6 months for the indianays -- weeks to -- six weeks to knock out paris. behind schedule, yes. is russia really on the backfoot here? probably not. jon: thank you both for joining us toni...

Ive seen, in many have seen. and you can go to the, frontline for the last several months, ive gotten many times in the front line. ive done reports from there, theres absolutely no evidence of the ukrainian military buildup. were not seeing any evidence of one here, and im very close to the area, theres a lot of troops here. were not seeing it, because it isnt happening. weve spoken to numerous commanders, weve seen for ourselves. there are many foreign journalists in this country who will tell...

Major lines of operation, the one in the east between kharkiv, which has more forces and the huge push thats assembling now to try to make a drive down toward kharkiv. this is a crucial moment for ukraines air force to hold their air superiority so the forces remain potential vulnerable to drone attacks and other attacks and allows a great defenders to push back. >> thats a great point because it doesnt appear that russia has control disguise. >> this is absolutely huge, and it is the best news ...

Invade ukraine. but u.s. officials tell cnn, no concrete plans have been made for this meeting, which was brokered by french president emanuel macron. meantime, u.s. officials say new intelligence shows russian commanders have now orders to proceed with an attack on ukraine. and new satellite images show russian military activity near ukraines northeast border is rapidly intensifying. here is defense secretary lloyd austin on what this all means for the people on the ground. >> you could see a s...

Donbas region where those separatists are because it would give him leverage against the ukrainian government so he could try to increase the pressure on ukraine and, you know, see if they can get some leverage to frankly get rid of the president. i think he has no respect for president zelensky and he would like to have him replaced directly or indirectly. but now, given what president biden said on friday, im deeply concerned because we do have excellent intelligence on russia. you know, for a...

The street, around the corner every single time. so well see what happens with this resistance if youve got 50 or 60-year-old men and women with ak-47s in a basement. what is going on with the convoy? are they resupplying? are they out of food and fuel and ordered to pause for now? whats the answer. >> here if you go around the beltway it takes forever to undue the -- they have lost all forward momentum. now they have to get that thing going. what has happened is the lead part of the columns are...