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Very different dynamic, one that necessarily doesnt play well to either side and could lead to even more civilian casualties, jim? >> krauukrainians outnumbered b many multiples, were told. sam kiley, stay safe there. now go to russia. vladimir putin warned any country that tries to interfere with his plans in ukraine will face consequences he says theyve never seen before. it was quite a threat. cnns nic robertson in moscow with that part of the story. nic, do we know who he was threatening and...

Entirely false and without merit. these words from the russian ambassador, the u.n. security council, are quite chilling, essentially saying the russian forces that are going in are not going to tread lightly and theyll be shooting a lot. that was the implication of what he was saying. >> nic, thank you. cnns breaking news coverage continues after this quick break. the new ww personalpoints program, you take an assessment, enter your goals, the foods you love and what fits into your lififestyle....

Explosion of a vehicle inside their test, near their government building. the state department immediately labeling that a false flag operation. we have long thought that the russian invasion may be preceded by some kind of pretext. an excuse, some type of information that would give president putin to come into ukraine to, say, defend ethnic russians or russian speakers. all of these llts, boris and amara, contributing to what is becoming a combustible situation. were watching very carefully wh...

Of the russian people are willing to accept the kremlin to go to war in ukraine to stop ukraine from being a member of nato. that stort of indicates some of the success of president putins recent propaganda. kate? >> nic, thank you so much. the white house, on top of all of that, is now considering its next move. president biden officially calling putins actions the beginning of an invasion of ukraine, skpland the u.s. is no sending more troops and aircraft to the region. jeremy diamond is at th...

Something yet to come? at the moment, it seems to be being read that this is him sort of upping the image of pressure rather than meaning that hell carry it out. but hes facing huge sanctions. sanctions that he didnt expect. theyre going to be tougher than he expected. theyre going to undermine everything that hes built within the country financially, that sort of war chest, $600 billion-plus that he was going to use to head off the possibility of sanctions. this is going further. the reaction t...

They couldnt believe that russia could do this. another man i spoke to, valid mere, said russia is our brother. but what kind of brother treats his brother in such a way as this. and some of these people are still sleeping in that shelter tonight, wolf, waiting to see what tomorrow will bring. >> from president zelenskyy on down, people of ukraine didnt want to believe russia is capable. putin is capable of recoorderin this kind of invasion. clarissa ward in kharkiv, appreciate it it ververy muc...

Preparing for this contin citizen say. we -- contingency. they are not able to use their slush fund to pay down some of their debt and buy rubles on the international market. the best word or strongest word from the kremlin is theyre working on what to do about the sanctions. theyve said they will respond internationally as well. what theyre going to do about that isnt clear. the biggest problem seems fixing the economy at home. >> yeah. all right. nic, thank you so much for putting it into cont...

Substantial military build-up look for a pretext, not least sell that to their own people, particularly their army which may not be altogether keen con n unprovoked of a neighbor. >> lets go to moscow now where russia is expelling the number two american diplomat at the u.s. embassy there and putin is now preparing to address parliament. cnns nic robertson live in moscow for us. nic, whats happening there? >> reporter: gorman, the number two mission here at the u.s. embassy in moscow expelled un...

From ukraine. this will be the first step towards a peaceful solution. it is not too late for russia to change course, to step back from the blink, stop preparing for war, and start working for a peaceful solution. nato remains ready to engage in a substantive dialogue with moscow. to take meaningful reciprocal steps that can improve security for all of europe and for russia, too. >> now, cnn is covering this story from every angle, our alex marquardt standing by in eastern ukraine. but first, l...

Next. also saying that because the united states and nato continue to deploy forces to poland, to romania, this is undermining the sort of atmosphere upon which to have these diplomatic talks that are so desired by the united states and by nato and allies. >> nic, big developments there. thank you very much. we are standing by, just a reminder to everyone, well bring it to you live when we hear from secretary of state tony blinken now at the u.n., sitting with the u.n. security council who will ...