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Now, this is right out of russias playbook of operations. if they say, oh, we seem to -- oh, dear, we think that the militarys hiding the military equipment in the civilian neighborhood, that tells you the russians are going to go and attack the sylcivilian neighborhoods, despite the fact they were saying the civilians should be safe not 24 hours ago. the other thing putin is doing, hes called on the ukrainian military, the ukrainian people to turn on their own government, completely misreading ...

More than 7,500 people arrested so far. including this elderly lady at a protest in st. petersburg wednesday. and no surprise, this video has yet to be shown on state media. >> there is nothing more dangerous for president putin in russia today than the truth. armed with evidence of what is happening in ukraine, many russians may reconsider their relationship with him. and that could challenge his rule. nic robertson, cnn, moscow. >> all right, nic, thank you very much. joining me now, ambassado...

What are you trying to achieve? are you trying to replace the government? he refused to answer those questions. any details about precisely what they plan to do, beyond what president putin has said, calling this a going after military targets and in his words somewhat -- very misleadingly and erhone erhohon erro erroneously. >> their goal is not their stated goal, which is built on lies. nic, jeremy, thank you so much for the reports. >> as we said, at least 16 different locations across ukrain...

Ceasefire violations. yesterday, saturday, was the highest amount that we have seen in some years, at least three years, i believe. we had a cnn team who was out with the interior minister, they came under heavy and sustained artillery fire, they were forced to take shelter and they were pinned down for some time before quickly evacuating the area. weve also seen civilian structures getting hit and shelling happening further back from that front line. so there is a real concern on the ground her...

People, dont come out. dont get arrested, dont protest, dont say what you think about the war, dont try to come against our rule and our word. and they are really trying to control the narrative here completely. >> and nic, countries worldwide are slapping moscow with unprecedented sanctions. weve really never seen anything like it. how are people responding to the financial meltdown? >> reporter: yeah. its here and there. its not affecting people on the street too. . we tried to park our car us...

I want to get now to cnns nic paton-walsh whos joining us. he is in odessa. nic, jim mentioned the explosions and what youre hearing in odessa. talk to us. whats going on? >> yeah, don. i mean, youre getting the sun rising slightly here. we heard in the last half an hour i would say probably a total of three or four blasts. relatively distant compared to the central part of odessa that im in. theres the port just over here as well. and so it was quite hard to assess exactly what those booms may ...

That could have been they were either taking sniper fire or were afraid of taking sniper fire which is the battle for kharkiv seems to be pretty tough. >> thank you, fred. nic, to you in moscow. so what is to be made of putins latest threat of this nuclear deterrence force being at the ready? >> yeah, it certainly ups the stakes. it puts pressure on the ukrainian authorities. it seems to be a continuation of what russia has been doing up until now to try to get what it wants. strengthen a war ...

Resistance has been tougher than the russians expected. >> we have correspondents across continents covering this war. cnn international editor nic robertson. in moscow, arlette saenz in wilmington, delaware, with president biden. >> yeah, lets start with nic robertson. nic, weve seen russian vehicles moving towards the border. what are you learning of vladimir putins plans if kyiv falls? and what is he saying about his special military operation? is it going as he planned? >> reporter: yeah. th...

Theyre fabricating all sorts of ukrainian attacks and posturing and atrocities and genocide. putin has set up the rationale for ukraine pose as threat and theyre going to fight back, not softly-softly which nic pointed out, this will lead to full-scale war. >> if it leads to full-scale war, general kimmitt, the nato and u.s. forces are outside of ukraine. the president has made clear hes not sending american boots into ukraine. there has been a rush of anti-tank weapons, other equipment. theres ...

Civilians and military personnel. meantime, russian president putin has called on ukrainian forces to lay down their arms, to avoid widespread bloodshed. theres no indication of any such thing occurring. nic robertson is in moscow for us today. and nic, where you are today, a crucial place to be. a short time ago russian riot police ordered anti-war protesters who i understand did brave things to come out there near you to disperse. tell me what youre seeing and how much resistance is there to p...