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Right direction and in the last 24 to 48 hours, weve already seen coming into play these false provocations, he says, that could lead russia to justify an invasion, which serves as a pretext for that invasion. take a listen. >> even as we are doing everything we possibly can to make clear this is a diplomatic path, this has to be resolved through diplomacy, we are deeply concerned that that is not the path russia has embarked on and everything were seeing, including what you described in the las...

On the lookout for some kind of false pretext, false flag operation that would give vladimir putin a justification for launching an invasion into ukraine. this does come on the heels of a significant spike in cease-fire violations along the so-called line of contact where those ukrainian forces have been fighting for the past eight years against russian-backed forces. there were 60 of them yesterday. thats the highest number in about four years. president putin has warned of a genocide. of cours...

Exchange fire with ukrainian forces. last nights shelling was some of the worst in years. ukrainian troops inspect the damage here. even a kindergarten got hit. each side blaming the other. nato accuses russia of seeking a pretext to attack. and russia releases images like this, to show it is pulling out its tanks, pulling away from this brink. but this crisis still teeters dangerously on the edge. lyse doucet, bbc news, munich. a product which was designed to deter burglars and protect property...

Offensive attack in the donbas. >> final question to you, ambassador, as our reporter emphasized, as the president was saying and this clearly matters in europe, walk us through why these type of lies, this type of propaganda about who has the reason or the pretext to move matters? >> well, because putin is creating a predicate for war. hes explaining to the russian people, that are,la by the way, confused, why are we going to war with brothers in ukraine, whyth is this all of a sudden happening...

Now russia and the entire region is on a war footing once again. president putin who has massed tens of thousands of russian troops near ukraines borders has made it clear. there will be no quarter given if the government of ukraine attempts to resist. >> translator: 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 t...

Could be a pretext for invasion if he decides to protect the so-called alleged independence. last hour the white house revealed it would impose sanctions in response. we have anticipated a move like this from russia. an executive order will prohibit trade. this eo will also provide authority to impose sanctions on any person determined to operate in those arias of crane separate from and would be in addition to the swift economic measures we have been preparing. the looming threat to peace in eu...

Attempt to create a pretext for a further invasion of ukraine. will any sanctions - change putins mind? this morning, ministers met in emergency session to discuss the crisis and agreed an initial package of sanctions against russia. this, i should stress, is the first barrage of uk economic sanctions against russia, because we expect, im afraid that there is more russian irrational behaviour to come. the european union is also planning sanctions. an early target is a new gas pipeline from russi...

And british officials who believe its imminent. there is no certainty about the intentions of russia. but a high probability that there could be something tomorrow, given what you have seen in the intelligence? i think it is very important to just describe the facts. the facts are that we have russian armed forces amassed at the border of ukraine, that are ready to invade without any warning time. and that is a very dangerous situation. a great danger lies here, eastern ukraine, now a wasteland ...

If russia pursues this plan, it will be responsible for a catastrophic and needless war of choice. the self—declared peoples republics of donetsk and luhansk have been fighting the ukrainian army in the east for the past eight years, in a conflict thats claimed more than 1a,000 lives. the west fears president putin could use an incident in the separatist republics as a pretext to invade ukraine. our correspondent orla guerin has been to the frontline village of trudivske, and sent this report....

Mentioned today where there was shelling that struck a bunch of lawmakers and military leaders, as well as several journalists, some of my colleagues were out there. this looked very threatening, but were seeing the number of incidents per day increasing. this is a war that has been going on now for eight years, ever since 2014 when russia first invaded, and those separatist enclaves were cleved off of the eastern side of the country. of course the big concern is that these will be used as a pre...