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Every indication we have is theyre prepared to go in to ukraine, attack ukraine. >> reporter: sir, this is going to happen? >> yes. >> reporter: when? >> my sense is that it will happen in the next several days. >> this will happen in the next several days, said the president. his comments came after ukrainian officials said a kind guarden school in the eastern part of the country was shelled with heavy artillery weapons by moscow-backed separatists. the separatists accused the ukrainian army of...

For a strike on a kindergarten in northeast ukraine. >> weve said for sometime that the russians might do something like this in order to justify a military conflict. >> reporter: defense secretary austin warning that despite talk of de-escalation, russia is only moving forces closer to ukraines border. >> we see them fly in more combat and support aircraft. we see them sharpen their readiness in the black sea. we even see them stocking up their blood supplies. >> reporter: with diplomacy on thi...

Cyberattacks will shut down key ukrainian institutions. after that, russian tanks and soldiers will advance on key targets that have already been identified and wrapped up in detail plans. >> the state department said tonight that the blinken will meet with sergei lab rob in -- provided theres no russian invasion. this comes as the u.s. says russia expelled its second most senior official of the american embassy in moscow, gorman. the state department calls it unprovoked and escalatory step. on ...

Joyful, hoping they might even be able to go back home, but i think the rest of the world is very concerned that this has been an escalatory step, not a step in the direction towards peace, this could be towards something far worse. the earlier reports spoke about how it was mainly women and children who were taken out, and if that is the case, many of the people you are speaking to would have sons, brothers and husbands still in the area, that must cause concern, perhaps creating a fear that th...

Unprovoked and an escalatory step. bart gorman was ordered out and left russias capital last week. cnns erin burnett is in ukraine. the u.s. is detailing these types of false flag operations russia could use and quite vivid pictures. what can you tell us? >> reporter: they are offering this level of detail and this is the consensus view. as senator tim kaine said there are some allies who dont fully agree putin is eminently going to attack. that is firmly what the u.s. government believes.d tant...

Secretary has said, quote, weve said for some time the russians might do something like this in order to justify a military conflict. so, well be watching this very closely. another concerning move? russia expelled our second most senior diplomat in moscow without any justification in what the state department is now calling an escalatory step. so, these tensions, they arent easing, shall we say. though, the drum beat of war seems to be growing louder and louder, the u.s. is still holding out ho...

Was knocked out in the village. ukraines president is calling it, indeed, a, quote, provocation. while the u.s. is gathering details, our defense secretary says, quote, weve said for some time that the russians might do something like this in order to justify a military conflict. so, well be watching this very closely. another concerning move? russia expelled our second most senior diplomat in moscow without any justification in what the state department is now calling an escalatory step. so, th...

Unprovoked and escalatory step. on the domestic front, the senate passed a short term funding bill, avoiding a government shutdown that wouldve taken effect friday night. that bill keeps the government running through march 11th. over in the, house republican leader, kevin mccarthy, has endorsed harriet pagan meant, the trump backed candidate that is challenging liz cheney in the primary. cheney of course, is vice chair of the january six committee, and was removed from the number three post-gop...

Barrage or a smaller tranche which reflects how this is not a full scale invasion that has been warned about? it could be an escalatory step. the russian troops might find themselves too close to the army and they may be in combat. they may have wider goals. the issue is the level of the western response and it looks like an incremental or lesser move. >> sources are telling cnn that the u.s. has had private conversations about zelenskyys personal security. what more do we know about that? >> re...

>> so, along with those false flag warnings, theres a heavy focus today on the donbas, a contested area in eastern ukraine. both separatists and ukrainian armed forces report renewed shelling there. the ukrainians say a kindergarten building was hit and two civilians were hurt. also, the white house is calling the expulsion of a high-ranking u.s. diplomat from moscow unprovoked and an escalatory step. mark gorman was the number two official at the u.s. embassy in moscow. he was forced out earlie...