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Than a slice of ukraine. i think i than a slice of ukraine. i think he cannot accept that there is a counter model to what he is doing in russia. ukraine is free and democratic, and he is turning his eyes towards the west, russia is not attractive any more. the russian economy is bleak, and there is no attractiveness of moscows regime any more. so i think it is not even the question of asking for a slice of ukraine even, to matter weeks ago it was about nato threatening russia. so there is alway...

Morning with street battles between ukrainian and russian troops, terrifying the local population, population over a million people. many of them, russian speaking. and thats significant, because part of the pretext in the buildup of this war from russian president vladimir putin was this idea that somehow russian speakers here in ukraine were being unfairly targeted, unfairly discriminated against, unfairly persecuted. and now to see them being assaulted by russian forces. the irony of that is ...

Every country in europe what war in europe looks like, and what it can mean for the citizens of each of those countries. >> overnight, eastern ukraine saw increased artillery fire as thousands of civilians continue to flee the region and the west warns that russia is looking to create a pretext for invasion. with up to 190,000 troops pretty much encircling ukraine, the white house now says russia may attack at any time. as british prime minister boris johnson warned today, russias plans are for ...

Sends his forces into ukraine, many russian soldiers will die and more ukrainian soldiers and civilians will die. when those russian soldiers going back to russian towns anda and villages for burials. theyll be asking why are our sons and daughters dying in ukraine. most russian people have a good attitude about ukraine. they think president putin has said they are all one nation and now hes going to attack them or invade them and kill them? theyre not going to understand that. the information t...

Control, them, the russians, around the northern part of the black sea. so, unfortunately, its already been violated, and what were talking about now is a second violation, and frankly, as the international community looks at the entire situation here, we got to recognize 2008, this playbook was used on georgia, a small democratic country in the caucuses, a neighbor of russia, invasion, annexation. then again in 2014, and clearly that same playbook was dusted off and is in use right now. bottom ...

High risks is going on, and masking is going to be something governed by risk tolerances rather than centrally planned. >> thank you. we want to turn back to the breaking news out of russia at this hour, where the president there, vladimir putin, just signed a decree that recognized two regions in ukraine as independent states. this is a move that western allies have warned putin could use as a pretext for an invasion of ukraine. joining me is matt bodnor. >> well, one of the immediate questio...

Secretary blinken laid out last week in the united nations security council come to pass. a major increase in military provocations, and false flag events along the line of contact in the donbas. dramatically staged conveniently on camera meeting of putins security council to grandstand for the russian public. and now, political provocation of recognizing sovereign ukrainian territory, so-called independent republics, in clear violation, again, of international law. president putin has sought au...

Meetings between america and the russians, between the foreign minister than between the presidents themselves have been put on the back burner, america saying they dont want there to be a pretext for, they dont want to be used as a pretense of diplomacy when in fact they feel that russia is heading towards an invasion of ukraine. interestingly president putin also kind of reiterating demands that he wants ukraine to renounce its nato ambitions, and calling for a demilitarisation of ukraine toda...

Not to evacuate. she chose to say she says she is completely terrified, but that she does not want to leave her home. she says that while the separatists are blaming the ukrainian military for this escalation, she doesnt know who is responsible. jose? >> jeremy, i mean, putin has had these troops surrounding pretty much ukraine now for weeks. 150, 170,000 troops. with this national security meeting now being televised in moscow, jeremy, what does it tell you about the timetable or is this a done...

Bilateral u.s. military, u.s. government decision, this would be the activation of the nato response force. thats a nato decision. all signals we have been getting from nato officials and the united states is they dont expect that to happen unless vladimir putin invades, that that nato response force would be activated. but that opens the question now the u.s. government is saying russia bringing some of these so-called peacekeeping troops across the border into these breakaway regions, that con...