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The attack here was part of a flare—up along the front line today. the village is on ukrainian soil, but some here sympathise with moscow and put the blame on ukrainian troops. they insist it was russian—backed rebels nearby, and say president putin is laying a trap. we think its a provocation, she says. because there is shelling of civilian areas where there are no army positions. the enemy wants to provoke the ukrainian army. the tension has been increasing here, and the communities living...

An invasion? >> well, its a really good question and the answer is thinking this out two or three chess board moves ahead. if you do the sanctions now, putin could come to two conclusions, first, he could say thats a provocation, we havent gone over anybodys borders, we havent done anything yet, all youre really looking for is an excuse to sanction us. the second thing is when they do go over the border, what is it that you do then? because youre in the situation where you may not have the best ...

Footage of children being molested that was a pretext for the russian duma to give consent to the russian peasant to use of force in ukraine. this remains me very much of what was happening —— russian president to use force. in order to stage an invasion further into ukrainian territory by blaming ukraine of the provocation. and we have seen a similar story in 2008 with a georgian war. so there is a very much looks like a substantial escalation with a possible military operation. escalation ...

Individuals, none of them small children, we understand but cnn has confirmed this happened in ukrainian held territory fired from the russian-backed rebel territory. the reason is considered the potential provocation, of course, that the ukrainians fired back. now, had the ukrainians hit a target that had resulted in spectacular civilian death, for example, catastrophic epically though that would have been, it would have also been oipotentiay the sort of provocation the russians are seeking as ...

Secretary of state antony blinken, in an unplanned speech at the u.n., calling this a moment of per hperil. on the ground there, ukraine tonight accusing russian-controlled acceseparati of firing on a ukrainian village, hitting a kindergarten. this video, they say, shows the children being rushed away. reports teachers were hurt. many, of course, asking, is this the kind of provocation that could then lead to something far greater? mary bruce is at the white house tonight. russia now responds to...

Sharp escalation in cease-fire violations along the frontlines dividing ukrainian and russian-backed separatist forces. this is precisely where many fear russian provocation could take place. for its part in a document set to washington today, moscow denied russia was planning to sprad but warned it would be forced to take, quote, emergency military measures if rolling back nato expansion is not met. so theres that, chief admission, the bridge yesterday but gone today, a big security conference ...

However, russian officials have typically dismissed any talk of invasion. they have previously called it, quote, hysteria on the part of u.s. officials and the media, something they did again today. nic robertson, our international diplomatic editor in moscow with the latest. nic, what are you hearing from the kremlin tonight? >> reporter: interestingly, the kremlin came out pretty quickly after the announcements coming from the white house. the spokesman saying, look, we repeatedly reject these...

Effective information operation on our part to preempt any maneuver that the russians might make. >> pentagon says russia has well over 100,000 troops on the ukraine border, president biden telling americans to get out of the area. listen, i dont know what is going to happen, but had a bad feeling about this all along. is diplomacy failing here? >> clearly diplomacy is failing for one reason only, vladimir putin is showing no interest a negotiated settlement to this crisis he has created out of ...

Of view. look at it with a backward glance to the days of the ussr. ukraine was a hard—wired part of the soviet union, christophe, the long serving soviet union leader was in the ukrainian himself. for many russians, the question of ukraine being anything other than in the wider russian sphere and influence is unthinkable. when one says it is a provocation for ukraine to join nato, it is indeed just that. it is taking nato too close to the heart of russias legitimate sphere of influence. that ...

Some of the biggest in recent years. the front lines here have barely changed after long years of war. this is where a wider conflict could erupt. a mistake or a provocation might prove disastrous. the threat to this country remains very real. vladimir putin could invade ukraine at a moments notice, but whatever he decides to do, the sheer theatricality of his muscle flexing in recent weeks has completely transformed the wests understanding of russia as a global power. even if war is averted, an...