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That this territory is part of the land that they claim. theyre not yet on it. this territory where im standing is still controlled by government forces. theyre here on the ground, many of them in a fairly covert environment apart from those that are holding those already established front lines. >> sam kylie, thank you so much, sam. also this. vladimir putin is under growing pressure right now from world leaders. virtually every country, with the exception of china, has condemned russias action...

Preparing for weeks for the repercussions of declaring independence. this is all planned. all pre-planned. and it is all unfolding. unfortunately, exactly as the intelligence community has laid out. donbas, you know -- >> go ahead. im sorry. >> no, i was saying, so theyre going into the donbas. theyll start there. they will respond to these provocations, as nic laid out so correctly. and then it will probably expand from there. >> and erin, youve reported on the oligarchs who are now facing u.s....

They will be right on natos frontier such as poland. they were already very nervous before this. this is a challenge for nato going forward. and the question will be after sanctions are imposed, what security measures? what force deployments will the u.s. and nato deploy to counter that? >> nic, youre there in moscow. is the sense the russians accepted proposals of diplomatic meetings as a pretense to buying more time for this military build-up? >> reporter: i think if you were to speak to russi...

Joins us from kyiv and cnn international diplomatic editor nic robertson is here with us -- is with us from moscow, my apologies. nic, let me ask you what does the state of play look like? we all understand there is a military escalation, but in diplomatic terms, what are the flurry of counterproposals and counterproposals telling us? is there a growing diplomatic gap? does it seem that people are worried that gap is unbridgeable? >> reporter: it does feel as if its growing. the flurries of dipl...

Nic robertson is on the scene for us there. nic, what do you know about russias plans tonight. ukrainian president zelenskyy says tonight could be the night that the russian forces move into the capital. >> reporter: in one word, ominous. i think thats the best way to describe the plans. the russians have said theyve gone in to demilitarize and denazify the country. president putin holds president zelenskyy in absolute -- the lowest regard possible. i mean, hes sort of venomous towards him and t...

>> absolutely. this is indiscriminate. it is killing women and children and innocent people in cities, downtown cities. don, weve talked about this before. this is a war crime. these clearly are perpetrated intentionally. these are not accidents. when its directed at civilians and its intentional, thats a war crime. and it can be addressed and that needs to be addressed starting with the humanitarian corridors. but the way to get to mr. putin is going to have to be direct. and as nic just report...

Officials had indicated, if russia was impacted by sanctions, they could take measures such as cutting off gas flows to europe, oil flows to europe. so these are among some of the measures. but russia hasnt announced them yet and it does seem to be that they are caught by surprise. there was an indication from russian officials previously that they thought they wouldnt be bit by the impact of being cut off from s.w.i.f.t. so russia at the moment is still trying to figure out its way through exac...

I want to start with you general and on these military moves from the president. vladmir putin has demanded that nato move back to the 1997 lines. what does president biden do? he sends u.s. troops to three run e countries that werent members of nato in 1997. what do you see as the significance of this decision from the president? >> its to demonstrate that nato is a vital national interest to the united states. he is going to these lengths to assure our nato allies that were in for this. were g...

Expectations low with her tweet that she sent out late last night when she arrived in germany saying she is there to demonstrate the unity of u.s. allies in the face of russian aggression. i dont think anybody expects kamala harris to show up in germany and have all of the answers as to how to solve this crisis on the ukrainian border. what she will have is some three dozen or so world leaders all anxious to meet with her. we know for sure she has meetings with many leaders. shell meet with vlad...

Just making it public, preventfully, just the list of sanctions, for them, for russia to know what will happen if they start the war, even that question does not have the support. >> president joe biden saying now he is convinced russian president vladimir putin has made the decision to invade ukraine, but hes also emphasizing there is still room for diplomacy. nic robertson is in moscow and arlette saenz at the white house. nic, vladimir putin today overseeing more russian military exercises. w...