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Soldier depending on what perspective youre looking at it from, kate. so the worry is that you are going to see potentially imminently a build-up of russian forces in that donbas area and that that could then prove to be a sort of launching pad for further operations. on the flip side, many are also saying that potentially this could also be a moment for president putin to pause and try to use the leverage he now has as a result of making these aggressive moves, violating international law, esse...

Happen. some of that is based on the russian way of war. thats the way theyve done things in georgia, syria and other places but i think what it told me listening to that speech, he was saying, it may consist of. what he was doing was saying, were reading your mail, buddy. we know what youre going to do and it will probably escalate in this sequence. >> how does the shelling in donbas play into this? >> thats what woke me up this morning, kate, to be honest with you. the fact that it was so, jus...

Contact, behind the preexisting front line from when the country was first invaded back in 2014? you recall then, of course, they established these two s semi-states, the russians took kcrimea in the mother land and deep concern coming from nato which is confirmed from the secretary general there, kate, ian stotltenberg saying there hd been a further invasion of ukrainian territory by russian troops into the so-called donbas area and these two recognized by semi-independent states. that is very ...

Reinforce. bear in mind, forces are already here. rail heads are there, road networks there, et cetera. theyre moving forces into this area. donetsk, luhanz and an area thats initially not going to see much fighting. if putin says push it out, this is where the conflict will start. >> thats what i wanted to ask. as you mentioned, forces have been there since 2014, right? theyve been in there. ukrainian forces are also in this region. there has been fire back and forth, shelling back and forth. t...

Actually sleep except for out in the open. by the time theyre able to finally get across, they are completely emotionally and psychologically wrecked. we actually while we were out there met a family from afghanistan. they fled from afghanistan back in may, gotten asylum in ukraine and now theyre having to-free flee again. a number of ukrainians weve seen, from the donbas area, they fled from there in 2014 and found themselves having to flee again. this war has torn families apart, so many peopl...

Vladimir putin formally recognizing two separatist regions as independent. world leaders in the face of this con demning putins action, imposing tougher sanctions against russia and possibly more to come. lets get the very latest. sam kiley is live in eastern ukraine for us this hour. sam, keep us updated. >> reporter: kate, well, im in the province of donetsk. the donetsk peoples republic, so-called, and the luganz neighboring republic that the kremlin officially recognized last night in the ho...

Pro-russian separatist leaders would aspire them to be. the borders, the way they aspire them to be, are significantly more expansive and include key cities currently held by the ukrainians such as mariappa, will we see with russian forces alongside them to try to nibble away further into ukrainian territory? now, for the most part now, its been largely quiet this that donbas region today. we heard from the deputy russian foreign minister whos speaking to russian news service tasks that there we...

Attack on dashboard video, published by new york times. youll see them freeze at one time where they highlight the individual projectile falling on what the driver says is a residential area and youll see multiple projectiles. [ speaking foreign language ] that is not precision bombing. those are multiple projectiles falling in what is said to be a residential area. along with the growing attacks on civilian areas, yet more people forced to relocate or flee the country entirely.

Shouting, what means it was a pharmacy or drug store targeted and then you hear a woman screaming from another part of the area, screaming which means children, children, so the video is very graphic, i dont think that we can show it ubut you can see the bodies of civilians lying on the ground. hearing from local authorities that more than 30 people were killed in those attacks and also closer to the capitol just close to the northwest the town of boravyanka, minister saying there were many civi...

Donbas area, including crimea, which russia annexed in 2014. and just a few minutes, we will be joined by the former prime minister of ukraine who is in power during that invasion back in 2014. but we start this hour with nbcs cal perry who is live in lviv for us. cal, its good to see you again. lets talk a little bit about this, because you have been on the ground in the before the better part of this entire invasion. lviv has been relatively spared from direct conflict thus far, but talk to me...