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Live in a world where might makes right. and we will stand up to bullies. we will stand up for democracy. and there is a line there because hes not -- hes not going to risk getting in a hot war. this is a really dramatic moment to highlight the basic difference of his vision and his presidency, certainly with his predecessor, but he has to pivot to domestic issues as well. >> can he also be u.s. partisan unifier? john avlon, thank you very much. lets get to some breaking news now. were getting...

Country. i could see the pain in her face and tears building up in her eyes. she said she cant handle the leadership, doesnt like the leadership. and these are the voices coming out. i should stress its not just young people. i saw older people being arrested as well. this is something that putin clearly sees a threat to his messaging and is clearly trying to stamp out fast and hard in a heavy way. we shouldnt fool ourselves. probably 50% of the population agree with what he is doing in ukraine....

Circumstances than trying to wait with them for several hours on a border in the cold trying to keep them happy and then trying to figure out where theyre going from here. its just heartbreaking to see. >> im sure. for sure it is. and just as they hope this is such a short period of time and it is so uncertain how long it will be. now for the perspective from russia, vladimir putin has made many opportunities to make his thoughts known today. nic robertson joins me from moscow tonight. nic, what...

Putin with these peace keeping troops into these separatist parts of ukraine. >> the fact that theyre peace keeping troops has to be put in quotation marks. what theyre doing is theyre moving forward the russian front line. and although theres been a simmering battle for that area since 2014, now it getting much more act river. and i see this as basically, the first step in a broader invasion that would potentially include going after the capital of kyiv. if that happens, it goes to the scenario...

Square. really stunning act of bravery and defiance. want to go to nic in odesa, ukraine, just west of the city. whats been going on? >> yeah, just in the last sort of 15 minutes or so, weve been hearing air raid sirens over odesa. in the days weve been here, we havent heard this sort of persistence during dark hours since the curfews been in place. if i just stop talking for a moment, you can probably also hear the church bells have started joining in, too. weve heard the occasional what sounde...

Main mouthpieces in the u.s., its coverage echoed in u.s. right wing media. in russia itself, many there dont know the truth of what is happening in ukraine. because theyre only getting information often straightout lies from state media. the last independent news sources have been shutting down in the the last 48 hours. sad development for that country. cnn international diplomatic editor nic robertson joins us live from moscow. nic, it is remarkable here, we talk about information silos, russi...

The diatribes is going to be reflected in the military attacks on the ground. the sanctions are not having an impact on the war yet. >> all right, nic, nic robertson live in moscow, thank you. here in the u.s., states and cities announced boycotts of russian goods including vodka. maryland governor larry hogan told reporters, were not doing anything to support russia in any way or their economy. governor hogan terminated the states sister relationship with the leningrad region as a symbolic ge...

The but united states alone last week said theyd be sending an additional 7,000 troops to support that mission. so clearly were seeing a ramping up here of concern among nato, among nato countries about what were seeing from russia, again, important to remember here that they are not going to be going inside ukraine itself. the ukrainians, of course, saying theyre fighting this conflict alone, asking for more weapons. nato will be defending their own member states. zelenskyy and ukraine are not ...

For all aspects, not just cyberattacks in ukraine that could destabilize the government there, but wide ranging ones maybe in response to if there are u.s. sanctions imposed in response to a russian invasion. what we have been told by sources is back since the fall when the national security council recognized that a russian invasion certainly could happen, it looked like they were preparing potentially to create the capability to have one, they started preparing for that outcome. that outcome o...

Spoke, spoke in solidarity for ukraine and spoke about the reason and the need to support. we know there are various european nations who donated fighter aircraft to give to the ukrainian air force in the past 24 hours. russia is going to be reading all of that. president putin is going to be reading all of that. and in the current context, to him, thats all going to sound like an increasing threat coming from the west. so i think were going to hear a lot more from the military about the threats...