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Foreign minister lavrov, minister fabia said hes forming this contact group and that the russians might agree. did you talk about this with the minister? and do you see this as a useful mechanism that might happen in the coming days? and lastly, im wondering if you talked to him about the fact he told you last week the exercises the russians were doing had nothing to do with ukraine. we now know that that was a pretext to mask the russian intervention -- >> what was the first part of that questi...

Here with some choice thoughts on this situation. sometimes things are what they are. they are just a policy. sometimes they are about something else. so i suggest, lets step past the obvious here. this is not about a sign. its not about a malls right to make a rule. its about what the rule is, okay? >> sure. >> i will argue in favor of the malls rule. you take the other side because it really is about the two sides. heres my side. ive got to start, though. the mall says weve had it in place sin...

Military moves. russia beginning some massive air defense drills not very far away from ukraine. lets go live to barbara starr. what are you learning? >> wolf, these drills are about 300 miles from the border with ukraine, about 3,000 troops involved. air defense exercises. so different than the kinds of forces and weapons they put into crimea. this is about defending russian territory. but make no mistake, weve talked to u.s. sources who -- government sources who have been looking at this and s...

Federation and ukrainian officials, these acting leaders, have been incredibly responsive to american appeals to not do anything to give russia a pretext? but if they take military action its game on. >> i think the ambassador, great interview with him, i think made clear that this is -- we see it as an illegal act. i think it is something that we will obviously take steps in a variety of tools, one is to pursue the diplomatic options and make even stronger a lot of economic sanctions and then i...

These seem to be the two sides of the situation. its obviously a debate. you happen to be dead straight on whether it would be constitutional because the baggy pants thing. there was some nudity. no shirt, no shoes, thats okay. but the saggy pants when it seems to be a fashion attack with no underlying reason it has to be a nudity play. >> this is a fashion attack for no reason and i think this is a pretext. its a pretext for racial profiling. >> thank you for laying it out. >> no question in my...

Desire to grow closer to the west. as secretary kerry said, the russians trying to create a pretext for their action there. part of that is the west is interfering. they got rid of another -- another claim is they got rid of the popularly elected leader of the ukraine, replaced with these protestors who the russians call -- use the word terrorist to describe the protestors. the u.s. will say theyre trying to make peace there. they cant say they orchestrated this or planned it from the beginning....

Our only ice-free port? >> no, i dont think we invade that country like that, no. i think we use all the means of persuasion and we would be trying to charm them and offering them basing agreements. all that was done. this is entirely different. there was no reason for him to launch out with those forces. the idea that the russian citizens were in danger, that was a pretext. it was an excuse. >> right. >> this is in the military we call it a probing attack. >> but is it an invasion? "the l.a. ti...

Tonight, everybody. go to facebook.com/thekellyfile tell us what you think of tonights show, thanks for watching. this is the kelly file. this is a fox news alert. russia proves it means business. jennifer griffin is here with the latest details tonight. jennifer? >> on the same day russian president vladimir putin proved he was halting military exercises on ukraines border, russia tested an intercontinental ballistic missile. john kerry tore down kiev bringing with him a $1 million aid packag...

Enigmatic guy. but the russian base in crimea. its hugely strategically important. we talked about this last night. its the only year round ice freeport russia has, which was once a great world power. if america had a base in a neighboring country that used to be part of the united states and there was a threat, the government in that country was toppled, wouldnt the united states be in there if that was our only ice-freeport? >> no, i dont think we invade that country like that, no. i think we ...

Russian forces have surrounded ten ukrainian military bases and later in the day warships from both ukraine and russia were headed toward crimea and as military tension increased so too did the rhetoric between the united states and russia. here in kiev, secretary of state kerry toured independence square, the site of so much bloodshed just last month and paid his respects at shrine for those killed in the protests. after meeting with ukraines new leaders he turned to rush why. >> it is clear th...