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Pretext for its attack. this could be a violent event russia will blame on ukraine or an outrageous accusation they will level against the ukrainian event. russia may describe it as ethnic cleansing or genocide, making a mock of something in this chamber we do not take lightly. let me be clear. i am here today not to start a war but to prevent one. >> hours later a state department spokesperson said if blinken could meet his russian counterpart in europe next week provided there is no further ru...

Ukraine or where weve seen the most biting in the last 24 hours. and a significant increase in the amount of artillery and mortar exchanges. both of these cities are controlled by russian separatists. ukraine says it has ordered its troops to restrain themselves, so is not to provoke russia, and give putin a pretext for invasion. nevertheless, the leader in charge of the pro russian separatists in ukraine issued an urgent warning today, claiming without evidence, the ukrainian forces where beari...

Calling on all of the man in separatist led areas to take up arms, while also evacuating women and children, widely seen here in kyiv as a pretext, or could be a pretext for a greater war and escalation. now, in terms of that diplomatic push, president putin is having a call of this morning with a french president emmanuel macron. and, thats expected to be followed up with a phone call between secretary of state blinken and sergei lab for, of the russian foreign minister. thats scheduled on this...

Parliament tomorrow. how significant are these meetings? how unusual? are they connected? what do we expect to hear? >> reporter: i think theyre extremely significant and possibly also connected as well. in fact, russian tv right mao is broadcasting video of vladimir putin and his security council meeting. there are significant things hes said already. first of all, he ripped into the ukrainian leadership. he said there was the minsk agreement around the areas of donbas and luhansk as well. he s...

Nations from the map. and to defend european security we watch from the sidelines as your�*s second—largest nation is invaded by the lodges. joining invaded by the lodges. joining in this week, is exposed to the new k. the senior editor of the bbc russian service. ann johnston roll out, the environment correspondent was the studio. welcome to all of you. thank you for being with us. can start with you first, what is wladimir putin conception of historic russia and to what extent do you think...

Welcome to all of you. thank you very much for being with us. pavel bandakov, can i start with you first, what is vladimir putins conception of historic russia and to what extent do you think this has driven the actions he is contemplating and taking? hello. the concept of historic russia made by vladimir putin as a pretext to launch this demilitarisation operation is quite a new thing, apparently. because apparently it started last year from the article he published on his website, the official...

In moscow, outlandish and baseless claims that ukraine was about to invade and launch a war against russia. that ukraine was prepared to use chemical weapons. ukraine committed a. without any evidence. we saw a flagrant violation of international law, attempting to create two new republics on sovereign ukrainian territory. and that the very moment that the security council was meeting to stand up for ukraines sovereignty, to stave off this, putin declared his work. within moments, moments, missi...

Saying that in fact more units are arriving near ukraines borders. also in the programme, the uks met office issues its strongest possible weather warning, a threat to life, for friday, when storm eunice is set to hit. battening down the hatches — with winds of up to 145 kph expected in some areas. and france and its allies are to withdraw their troops from mali, ending a ten—year military campaign against militants in the region. the last few hours have seen intense diplomacy in it russias ...

Encroachment, putin doesnt think ukraine should be independent anyway. probably never thought that. so once secretary blinken came out today, he was focused on transparently laying out exactly what he believed russia was going to do. being extremely explicit about what the government perceives russias intent to, be including the pretext that putin would used to invade. and the idea is that it makes it that much harder for russia to come up with that legitimate excuse, for them to tell the story ...

And could happen in the next several days. it comes as the administration continues to seek a diplomatic path forward. to that end, defense secretary lloyd austin spent today in belgium, speaking with nato. vice president harris left today for munich, where she will meet with world leaders. including ukrainian president zelensky. anthony blinken macon and expect a trip to -- planning to manufacture a pretext for going to war through the use of fabricated attacks. that point was especially notabl...