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Protect them. but i really can say, you know, it was an interesting moment today with president putin because he came out. he had lukashenko, president of belarus, with whom of course theyre carrying military exercises. and president putin said, look, all you have to do to solve this is that kyiv has to sit down with those leaders of the donbas region, the break away region and go through political, military, economic, humanitarian and solve it. so in a sense president putin was kind of a negoti...

When ukraine artists and writers and poets were sent to gulags. the year when i was born in the mid-80s, a ukrainian died in a soviet gulag. so the repressive system, it existed until very recently and what putin does now, he kind of tries to recreate it. he succeeded in a certain degree. he included in belarus, with the help of his crony, lukashenko. and hes been trying also to impose this system to recreate it in ukraine, to recreate the rule, by former president kovich, who was kept in 2014. ...

Since 2,000 for 20 plus power. lukashenko even longer than him. these are two dictators in europe making decisions with nuclear weapons. two single individuals been in power decades deciding the course of europe right now one thing putin has succeeded in uniting the world against him and for ukraine. thought news today is sweden and maybe finland might join nato. thats the gigantic headline. do the people of ukraine realize it seems like the whole world is pulling for them as we look at that ima...

>> this causes pause. this is what we call a head fake. were paying attention to this. putin and lukashenko were up here exercises here. these forces are out of their garrison locations, in the field, doing what soldiers and military folks get paid to do. enhance their readiness. you have this incredible shadow thats been cast over ukraine. i would say long term putin wants to control ukraine and hes doing it in bite-size chunks. hes taking a longer view. hell be around for another 20 years, rig...

Low. they were opened by that the belarusian foreign minister. dear friends, president _ belarusian foreign minister. de: friends, president lukashenko has asked me to welcome you and offer all necessary facilities for your work. as it was discussed with president zelensky and vladimir putin. you must feel absolutely safe, its of a sacred duty. to be precise. it _ safe, its of a sacred duty. to be precise, it took _ safe, its of a sacred duty. to be precise, it took place _ safe, its of a sacred...

Imminent? i know you answered in the beginning you think its imminently as the president said, an invasion? >> yes, i do. a couple things in place. look whats happened in the donbas. look what happened in crimea, in terms of force buildup. the objective would be increase his presence there, have some slam elections and all the sudden everybody is happy, right? because the russians are are in charge and putin is also going to be with lukashenko from belarus, up in belarus over the weekend observi...

Meeting ukraines president zelensky in munich, saying, we are at a decisive moment in history. zelensky calling for sanctions now and asking for a direct meeting with putin. ukraines military blaming russian-backed separatists for an artillery attack that killed two soldiers. journalists and ukrainian officials who were visiting the front running for cover. abcs senior foreign correspondent ian pannell leads us off again from ukraine. >> reporter: tonight, russian war games on full display as th...

Morning. and, as you said, they closed the stock market. so these are short-term things. but youve got to wonder whether putin is sort of saying to his aides, no one told me it would be this effective this fast. maybe he isnt. but he is not acting like somebody who expected it. >> airspace closed. so many things infringing russian day-to-day life. we should mention as ukrainian intelligence indicates, belarus may join in this offensive coming down from the north. presumably they would suffer the...

Up the russian reserves. we were told to look at that as an indication that he would need an occupation force if he went with the invasion. we see him standing next to lukashenko of belarus. theres indication that putin will move military equipment behind the exercises, the so-called exercises that were supposed to end with 30,000 russian troops in belarus, 60 miles from kiev on the border in belarus. we saw that pontoon bridge that was -- that appeared in satellite images on a river that is nea...

Were going to hear some fire fights im not sure exactly whats going on, i havent had a chance to get out and walk around, but ive heard that there are people who are lining up outside of grocery stores right now, so those beginnings of some panic by the situation here in kharkiv, is remarkably different from there in kyiv. where there are sirens and people flooding out of the city, but there are successive bombings, we havent heard one and a couple of hours now it seems as though we are starting...