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Yet. >> this is a full-throated effort to actively sabotage the democratic process through gross external intimidation. having failed to halt a legitimate political process, russia has instead chosen an ill legitimate course of armed violence to try to achieve with the barrel of a gun and force of a mob what couldnt be achieved any other way. >> meantime, the u.s. and ukraine are keeping a close eye on the estimated 40,000 russian troops amassed along ukraines eastern border. >> kiev has even is...

Ukrainian military moved to reclaim cities taken by pro-russian militants. kiev authorities say five people were killed. vladamir putin seized on this, warning of immediate consequences. >> translator: if the kiev regime has started to use the army against the population, it is a very serious crime against its people. >> reporter: russia is backing the rhetoric with new military drills with a 40,000 to 50,000 russian troops deployed on ukraines eastern border. running out of patience with the lo...

Violence, bloody and firery crashes as the ukrainian military reclaim cities taken by pro-russian militants. kiev authorities say five people were killed. russian president vladimir putin seized on the action as a direct threat to russia and warned of immediate consequences. >> translator: at the kiev regime has started to use the population and its a very serious crime against its people. >> reporter: russia is backing the rhetoric with new military drills for the 40 to 50,000 russian troops no...

News, new york. american paratroopers arriving in poland for a training exercise with more troops deployed to the region by monday. the pentagon making no secret this is in response to putins relentless aggression in ukraine. tens of thousands of russian troops are stationed along ukraines eastern border. >> nothing we have seen out of russia or their armed forces is deescalating the tensions. >> these exercises were conceived as a result of whats going on in ukraine. >> on the diplomatic fron...

>> reporter: ryan smith, abc news, new york. american paratroopers arriving in poland for a training exercise with more troops deployed to the region by monday. the pentagon making no secret this is in response to putins relentless aggression in ukraine. tens of thousands of russian troops are stationed along ukraines eastern border. >> nothing we have seen out of russia or their armed forces is deescalating the tensions. >> these exercises were conceived as a result of whats going on in ukrai...

Supporting men hiding behind masks in unbe marked uniforms sewing unrest in eastern ukraine. >> reporter: russia denies its behind the unrest but photos appear to show russian involvement. u.s. officials say moscow is directing actions on the ground with intelligence agents in russian special forces and that there are 40 to 50,000 russian troops deployed on ukraines eastern border. soon more u.s. troops will be deployed nearby, the pentagon confirming what cnn reported. theyre sending more armie...

This as putin keeps tens of thousands of his troops along ukraines eastern border. also raising fears that the swift takeover of crimea may embolden putin to move in to other nations with large enclaves of ethnic russians but ukrainian officials say as many as 100 russian special forces have already crossed into southeastern ukraine organizing the hostile takeover of government buildings and paying cash to stir up pro russian supporters. all of this prompting vice president biden, who was in ukr...

Russia to show russia, moscow that the u.s. will not accept russian military action in and around ukraine. as vice president biden met with ukrainian leaders today, masked gunme gunmen took over buildings. >> we call on russia to stop supporting men hiding behind masks in unmarked uniforms sewing unrest in eastern ukraine. >> reporter: photos obtained by cnn appear to show russian involvement. u.s. officials say they are directing actions on the ground and russian special forces and that there a...

The flight for malaysian airlines 370 ramping up again p the bluefin-21 underwater drone going back into the indian ocean today. mondays shortened search found no objects of interest. also, a u.s. official revealing the co-pilots cellphone was on at about the time the flight vanished from radar. tensions escalating in ukraine with government forces poised to face-off with separatist groups occupying buildings in ten eastern cities. western powers accusing russia, a claim moscow denies. natos...

Thats where our focus should be. thats where our focus should be. plenty of time to second guess and evaluate. >> reporter: the u.s. and china, though, increasingly competitors in asia, are among the countries devoting the most military assets to the search efforts. a lot of countries involved, but also some of americas most advanced assets and some of chinas most advanced assets. an interesting collaboration. >> jim, thats a good example of how nations can cooperate. its interesting why were th...