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Believe this is in direct retaliation for that hit on the crimean bridge. of course there was an explosion there over this past weekend that crippled that bridge. its the bridge that links mainland russia with occupied crimea, prestige project for vladimir putin and also important supply route for russian forces into the south of ukraine. and no doubt vladimir putin was very angry and he publicly showed his anger and it seems as though to the ukrainians, at least, this could be retaliation for t...

Melissa, putin just addressed the ukraine issue. what did he say? >> reporter: christine, weve been listening to vladimir putins press conference. vladimir putin talking in that press conference just a moment ago about whats happening in ukraine. weve been waiting for him to address that particular issue, and thats what weve just been hearing. vladimir putin going back over events back in 2014, defending the annexation of cry mia explaining russia wouldnt have intervened except russian speaking ...

Reporters about the commitment to the ukraine. >> the idea that the united states is going to unilaterally use force to confront russia invading ukraine is not in the cards right now. >> for putin, he warned that tough economic sanctions in response to a russian invasion would be a colossal mistake. it seems that that is indicative of just how effective economic sanction shuns have been, despite what moscow has said and that seems to be one of the big developments of that, that really the econom...

Welcome back to "cnn newsroom." im isa soares. if youre just joining us, let me bring you up to date with our top stories this hour. u.s. secretary of state anthony blinken and russian foreign minister sergei lavrov are in geneva, switzerland, for a new round of talks. tens of thousands of russian troops amassed on the border with ukraine with more on the way to neighboring belarus. ukraine fears an attack and a possible repeat of moscows 2014 annexation of cry mia. the committee investigating...

Bbc news, dnipro. for more on this moving story, im joined now by our reporter mark lobel in london. he has been keeping a close eye on the latest developments. what is the latest we are hearing in terms of the situation on the ground? with president biden _ situation on the ground? with president biden about - situation on the ground? ti president biden about to address the subject, it is mixed picture on the ground. defence forces suggesting not just kharkiv surrounded but also mirror paul and...

Future. the mayor called for the defense of the city with molotov cocktails. they seemed to say things were quieter. here in odesa, the third largest city, the troops taking up occasional explosion keeping on edge. some sort -- may occur soon. >> you can see cry mia right here, mykalayiv. what do they want in theory? >> reporter: with all these port cities, you could potentially sale in with a lot more supplies, equipment, troops. the russianing gs getting aroun the black sea, these ports are vi...

Quickly is if something happens to putin. like a brain aneurysm. im not joking and im not going to talk about -- im going to use the word "assassination" but thats the only way it ends. since the annexation of cry mia, the ruble has fallen since the sanctions. it hasnt come back. russians are poor, theres visa restrictions. theres less prosperity in the country. but you still -- their fidelity to putin, particularly among older russians, has not completely been shaken because russia, since putin...

Proposals within a week. now yesterday putin told biden that russias posturing along ukraines border is purely defensive. thats not how the u.s. is seeing it. the white house says the president was crystal clear. they described economic punishments so strong they opted not to use one of the options in 2014 when they took cry mia. it is on the table this time. they will beef up regional allies and giving ukraine additional defensive capabilities on the table right now. national security advisor j...

Dont seek a cold war. of course not. we would rather have peace with all nations. but when china is waging a cold war against the united states we dont have a choice whether were in it or not. we have a choice to win or lose. he didnt mention chinas name like he was scared to mention their name. i know the white house is doing damage control today saying it was by design. 2014 after russia invaded cry mia. barack obama used russias name more than 10 times. beijing is laughing today at joe biden ...

Bloody nose so he knows what it feels like if we come in and punch harder. do you think we have tried to bloody his nose and it hasnt worked or he just ignores these attempts and weve got to go about punishing him a different way? >> chuck i came from a neighborhood if a bully picked on you, he wouldnt stop bullying. putin only understands strength. hes kgb as president biden said hes a ruthless murderer we want to paint a strategic relationship but when were dealing with is very clear. were dea...