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Joining me now is former u.s. ambassador to russia, an msnbc news analyst michael mcfaul. so michael, there is a little right now, we are hearing that russian troops or russian tanks, excuse me, have crossed the border, and are heading into the interior sections of the country. i do want to talk to more about your assessment, and this is video of that, your assessment of vladimir putin right now. give your reaction to something that wagner told me a moment ago, that he was having a hard time fin...

We are just getting some more breaking news in right now, and its potentially very significant. i want to remind you american officials and other european officials have repeatedly warned any russian military action might begin with some sort of false pretext. with that in mind russian state media is now reporting -- this is new coming in --. russian state media now reporting ukrainian security forces have begun shelling the eastern city of donetsk. that is the claim being made by russian mead m...

You heard anything on that and more on the false flags? >> i havent heard anything about that particular one. im happy to take a look and see if we have anything on that, but that is the first ive heard of this particular report. we did see false flags. i mean, car bombings and that kind of thing before he launched his invasion. not to mention just the ridiculous ludicrous claims that they were making in their own state run media about ukraine being a threat to their security and claims of being...

To how far china would go, but those were not clear. they also assessed that the chinese leadership was a bit unsettled by what was happening in ukraine. 1, ., , ., bit unsettled by what was happening in ukraine. 1, . , ., , in ukraine. barbara, tell us a bit more about— in ukraine. barbara, tell us a bit more about that _ in ukraine. barbara, tell us a bit more about that meeting - in ukraine. barbara, tell us a bit. more about that meeting between in ukraine. barbara, tell us a bit- more abo...

Those, states which is where things started earlier this week. four nights ago. we have now, since, realize that there are attacks underway, by russians, all through ukraine. including kharkiv, kyiv, we have not seen attacks in lviv and the west, but we have seen attacks on the western and southern parts of ukraine. even though the pretext was an invasion of a piece of ukraine, on the right, on the east, more than that has happened. well talk to matt bradley in just a, second will be right back....

On mounting before now. so this another example _ on mounting before now. so this another example of _ on mounting before now. so this another example of the - another example of the propaganda war going on? bier? propaganda war going on? very much so. propaganda war going on? very much s0- us — propaganda war going on? - much 50. us intelligence much so. us intelligence officials of course have sought to get ahead of the game, if you like, by releasing various bits of intelligence material th...

Wow. joining our conversation is nbc news senior reporter ben collins. clint watts, who is expert in all of this, is still here because my jaw is on the table. ben, take me through. youve got an incredible thread that does the storytelling on your reporting, but take us through it. >> yes, so, basically, a week before the invasion, russia was not talking about biolabs at all. they were talking about denazification. that was their line of thought, their pretext for going into ukraine to start thi...

Government, yesterday the kremlin claimed separatists were seeing please come, send troops and rescue us. that was the pretext. but lets take a look. lets pull out to show the larger ukrainian map. you can see the donbas region in the right corner of ukraine. but look where all the places where there are explosions that have been heard and reported. thats all over the country. this no longer looks like hes going to be trying just to seize just the donbas region. again, not that that would be acc...

Vladimir putin ordering russias deterrence forces, which include nuclear arms, to be placed on high alert. a senior u.s. defense official calling the decision unnecessary and escalatory. now nato is responding. nbcs josh lederman is in brussels for us. give us a sense of how allied forces are interpreting putins comments. >> reporter: well, weve heard from the united states, for example, via jen psaki, without spokesperson, saying that its entirely predictable that vladimir putin would, in her w...

The areas shaded red indicate where russian forces are in control. the two biggest cities in ukraine, kyiv and kharkiv, remain in the hands of the ukrainian government and military. kherson, in the south of the country, is still the only major city to have fallen into russian control. and bear in mind that crimea was annexed by crimea in 2014 — while the eastern areas, known as donbas, were seized by pro—russian groups in the same year. the number of people who have fled the fighting has now...