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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 that president putin would use the separatist areas as a pretext for an attack on ukraine. it looks like the stage is being set for something. orla guerin, bbc news, eastern ukraine. nine people have been killed as storm eunice left a trail of destruction across northern europe. deaths were reported in t...

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. an increasingly grim horizon in eastern ukraine. we headed for the front lines, where shelling has...

About that? >> reporter: so, you know, as in all of these things, i think the answer is we know enough but not enough. so what we do know is there was a car bomb, a vehicle explosion outside of the government headquarters of the self-declared republic of donetsk, that is what we do know. the state department said this is a false-flag classic russian operation and the russian response thus far from the self-declared leader of that separatist region was to tell russians there you need to evacuate ...

>> well, based on what he said in his speech, particularly in response to the last set of questions by reporters, he was pretty adamant that he had intelligence to that effect and he was pretty confident that putin had made his mind up to invade, obviously, he was a little bit more cautious on the exact timing, but i think given the fact he was so emphatic, that clearly underscores that hes got information that he firmly believes is pointing in that direction. >> senior secretary of state bli bl...

Accuses the separatists who are armed, and firing on ukrainian territory in an attempt to bathe ukrainian army into a response. tonight, ukrainian officials accused russia of using the separatist to create a fabricated pretext for an invasion. >> on saturday, vladimir putin is set to personally oversee large-scale drills involving russia strategic nuclear forces. the u. s. army says about 150 american troops, and additional fighting vehicles will be moved into hungary and the coming days. and to...

Government troops claiming the lives of two ukrainian soldiers. ukrainian lawmakers visiting the front lines forced into bomb shelters by incoming artillery. worries that russia is stoking escalation now in the east as a pretext for invasion. russian-backed separatists here ordering a mobilization of fighting-age men without evidence citing alleged threats from ukrainian forces. sirens have been blaring, and theyve tried to arrange mass evacuations to russia amid u.s. allegations these threats a...

Even now there are plans own sake. even now there are plans being laid own sake. even now there are plans being [aid for own sake. even now there are plans being laid for stage events, spinning a web of false hoods, designed to present any russian attack as a response to provocation. we have already witnessed a fake military withdrawal, combined with staged incidents, which could provide a pretext for military action. we knew this was coming, we have seen it before. no one should be fooled. we h...

Warning the browns in ukraine could provide the pretext moscow needs to justify an attack. this, as president biden says he is convinced vladimir putin had decided to invade part senior u.s. defense official telling fox news russia has already begun the destabilization effort that would precede an invasion break rex vice president harris met with ukraines president today at the munich and germany print vice president reaffirming u.s. and nato support for ukraine is a threat of war hangs over tha...

(swords clashing) over to the u.n., linda thomas greenfield is addressing the general assembly. lets listen in. >> has russia heeded these calls? no. instead it has responded with additional actions to undermine ukraines sovereignty, including mass disinformation, which we just heard again today, cyber attacks and efforts to create a false flag pretext in addition to russia overwhelming military buildup of more than 150,000 troops near ukraines border.

Keeping functions. it was seen by the u.s. and allies as a provocation and part of a pretext to invade ukraine. at an emergency meeting of the u.n. security council requested by ukraine late last night, the u.s. and its allies sought to isolate russia, calling the kremlins actions a blunt, defiance of international law. >> russias clear attack on ukraines sovereigty and territorial integrity is inprovoked. in essence, putin wants the world to travel back in time, to a time before the united nati...