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Starting to look like it is true. these exchanges of fire are really ominous and threatening. the ukrainian regular military, theyre under strict orders not to return fire unless it is absolutely necessary because all they have to do is start killing some of these russian separatists and then that will give vladimir putin his pretext to invade. now, vladimir putin has already said time and time again that the russian-speaking population of ukraine is oppressed. theyre even the victims of genocid...

To resist. >> translator: and from those who seized and hold power in kyiv, we demand an immediate cessation of hostilities. otherwise, all responsibility for the possible continuation of the bloodshed will be entirely on the conscience of the regime ruling on the territory of ukraine. >> reporter: but it may be russia thats planning more, even manufacturing a reason to attack. this is what russia says are ukrainian armored vehicles that crossed its border and were quickly destroyed, killing fiv...

-- after the security council meeting and said, just now my russian counterpart made assertions without evidence that demonstrate their efforts to create a pretext for conflict. and it is alarming, it is revealing, and it is shameful. every un member state has a stake in what comes next. joining our discussion now is tim obrien, senior columnist for bloomberg opinion, and eugene robinson is back with us. and tim, we have the beginnings today of sanctions by the biden administration, based, first...

Fighting inside ukraine, there are not boots on the ground even if the u.s. warns putin of other significant consequences. putin today says russia will recognize the 2014 borders in breakaway areas in ukraine. it is a larger block of land than what the russian backed separatists currently control. it sympathy ez to the state of play on the ground and why many of you view this as another step by putin to create a pretext for another level of incursion than unsahratian into the other areas. were a...

This winter side goes as well, guys. >> okay. jennifer gray, thank you for the update. its a brand-new hour here on "cnn newsroom." im victor blackwell. >> and im alisyn camerota. secretary of state antony blinken said russia is laying the groundwork to justify an invasion into ukraine. blinken changed his travel plans to give a last-minute speech to the united nations and detailed several scenarios the kremlin might use. >> first, russia plans to manufacture a pretext for its attack. this cou...

Aircraft, ships are preparing to launch an attack against ukraine in the coming days. we dont know precisely how things will play out. but heres what the world can expect to see unfold. in fact, its unfolding right now. today. as russia takes steps down the path to war and reissue the threat of military action. first, russia plans to manufacture a pretext for its attack. this could be a violent event that russia will bring on ukraine or an outrageous accusation that russia will level against the...

In a war of attrition. and across the front line, in the breakaway capital of donetsk, sirens wailing after the authorities announced women and children would be evacuated to russia. separatist leader denis pushilin said the operation was arranged on friday the 18th, because ukraine would soon attack. but a bbc analysis of the metadata shows this footage was recorded two days earlier. video has emerged showing small numbers boarding buses, apparently bound for russia. the west has long feared th...

A group of 30 nations in a military alliance — were united at "a moment of extreme danger". the ukrainian president has said his country is determined to protect itself from russia — with or without the support of western allies. 0rysia lutsevych is a research fellow and manager of the ukraine forum in the russia and eurasia programme at the think—tank chatham house. shes been explainig what the so—called "false flag" strategy is, and how russia is using it. that is the strategy that we ...

And its allies, other members, arent going to make any further concessions to us. therefore, we might as well take what we want because theyre not going to fight, theyre not going to stop us. yeah, well, um, that conflates several different thoughts. again, you know, when putin lined up 75% of his military, 130,000 troops on the border, there werent a lot of outstanding options at that moment. he was ready to go. so, you know, ithink we employed what we could to — use your word — to delay it...

Separatists in that eastern ukraine. that would be propaganda. but that might explain some of what richard is describing as a small conflict. >> indeed. exactly those kinds of trying to provoke the ukrainians to respond and say thats the pretext. kristen, the president and his sanctions getting criticism, certainly from some republicans, who said they should have been tougher. bob menendez saying okay so far. are were going to hear more about it at the state department on nord stream 2 by those ...