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And what i said initially is you have to also wonder what he could possibly do about it. if he mobilized forces in mass to the east, which he has not done, russia could see that as a provocation and you feed its own narrative to invade. if he suddenly started using bell coast language against russia, russia could use that against him. hes trying to stair down vladimir putin, show hes not afraid but its in a position where some ukrainians and some outside the country may think he doesnt fully app...

When you consider there are at least another 130,000 russian troops that have already been positioned in other areas, mainly in russia, near to the ukrainian border, potentially poised to come in. so, very disturbing new developments in terms of that ongoing russian deployment in the region of forces and threatening ukraine, anderson. >> whats the response been to the u.s. claims about russia plotting some sort of video, fake video attack, to -- as a pretext for invasion? >> yeah, pretext, provo...

President putin is using command russian diplomats are using that language about provocation and other things very masterfully. they are using this without any limitation in order simply to make the worst do nothing, for their own protection, because there will be always forces among the western countries saying, we dont need to do anything, because that might provoke russia. at the centre of all this is ukraines desire tojoin the defensive alliance nato. russia has long been opposed to that. th...

Beginning has been out there saying we had intelligence starting in december, that there was going to be a build-up, over 100,000 troops. much of it has now happened. weve seen that invasion force. they didnt wait for it to show up, they got out in front of it. very sobering briefing from jake sullivan, the national security adviser saying, look, our intelligence suggests that there could be a provocation by russia, some sort of a false flag operation. we believe an invasion therefore could be i...

Hard ware on the border obviously the potential— hard ware on the border obviously the potential for— hard ware on the border obviously the potential for any— hard ware on the border obviously the potential for any kind - hard ware on the border obviously the potential for any kind of- the potential for any kind of provocation _ the potential for any kind of provocation or— the potential for any kind of provocation or accident - the potential for any kind of provocation or accident is l ...

For eastern ukraine, there is not a lot of talk about, you know, supporting an invasion into used to earn ukraine, many russians will tell you. all of this provocation, all of this talk, its politics. and a lot of them blame the west for kind of beating the drum of war. >> and simmons, one of the best reporters covering this story right, now thank you so much for staying up, late greatly appreciate it. >> thank you. >> up next, one of rachels favorite stories this week, and quite frankly one of ...

Being told to keep the heavy weapons back and supposedly, the separatists on the other side are being told the same thing. so if you bring the weapons forward, youre creating the provocation that russia might like. but from a larger strategic point, if you were zelensky, you wouldnt want everyone running every which way, businesses shuttering, people running, it would be crazy to do this. you would be destroying your own economy which is something putin is trying to do to ukraine for eight years...

I am, up to the south, crimea, which is substantial, am phibios forces closing off areas of black sea, kim. >> as the world awaits, sam kiley in ukraine, appreciate it so much. appreciate it. >> as we mentioned the president spread is expected to speak with the french president emmanuel macron and u.s. president joe biden. nic robertson is next. >> reporter: well, the kremlin has said they repeatedly reject the accusation that they intend to invade ukraine. he said this is provocation and provoc...

And discovered that the russians are on our border. they have always been there, and what president zelensky is saying, there is no need for diplomats, its true, correct and supported while ukrainians traditionally are sceptical about their own governments and would trust more uk or us government. i would say that the ukraine government is telling the truth. there is nothing dramatically different. russia technically is unable to make fully fledged invasion today and even if the decision was tak...

Winter olympics in beijing. but is demonstrating north korea�*s demonstrating north korea�*s demonstrating its independence. and its eagerness to impress on the world the importance of not taking it for granted and undoubtedly because of this latest provocation they will have to be a tougher response on the part of the international community. relatives of those who died in londonderry, on what became known as "bloody sunday," have held a walk of remembrance in the city, to mark the fiftieth...