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An invasion. they have clearly created an invasion into ukraine and thats why you see the eu reacting as it is as well. >> it is clearly an invasion. the president also warned, quoting president biden now, russia is poised to go much further in launching a massive military attack against ukraine. what are you bracing for in the coming hours and days, senator? >> well, you know, i would not think in the 21st century we would be talking about the aggression of one country against another trying to...

And we would see this movement into greater donbas more frequently. >> because the president, president biden, general marks, he said today that he expects putin is simply laying ground work to take even more territory of ukraine by force. tell us what it might look like. >> what youre going to see is the movement of these forces in will give putin additional fire power. he will move in his rockets, artillery, long range operations to prep the battle space as we call it, this area here, to condu...

Allied commander, general breedlove. we are looking at the map of forces surrounding ukraine now, more than 150,000, maybe 190,000. do you suspect putin is setting the stage for a full scale invasion, and if so, where do you expect putin will move his military next? >> so wolf, thanks for having me on. i dont like the words full scale invasion because i think spider will tell you that forces there may not be adequate for a full scale invasion of ukraine, but what he does absolutely have is enoug...

Green light to send troops into ukraine, into donbas, and it has a horrible sense of inevitability. >> donbas happens to be in ukraine as we all know. clarissa, the president, president biden announced a first wave of sanctions against russia. what impact does it have, if any, on putins calculations? >> well, you know, the ukrainian leadership has said it is grateful for the sanctions which it regards as being robust. theyre targeting two major russian banks as well as russia sovereign debt as w...

In the donbas region in these two renegade provinces, if you will. this invasion of forces, this is invasion, lets not beat around the bush, this invasion could be an invasion without a shot being fired because forces already exist there and the separatists are facilitating and the russian forces there are already facilitating that movement. the next step is whats most important. if putin decides to extend beyond this line of separation, were now talking about engaging forces here, this area is ...

In terms of now what? obviously, the sanctions have not yet deterred putin, except to say that the sanctions plus the unbelievable resistance of the ukrainian people have forced the russian troops back, but the analysis over in nato, over at the united states, the pentagon intelligence, et cetera, is that putin is merely regrouping to go full-on into donbas. that is in the east. and that is what the ambassador to the u.n. said to zelenskyy right after his speech. he said, we didnt come here to o...