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The principle that one country cannot change the borders of another by force, the principle that one country cannot dictate anothers choices or policies or with whom it will associate. the principle of national sovereignty. this is the exact kind of crisis that the united nations and specifically this security council was created to prevent. we must address what russia is doing right now to ukraine. over the past months without provocation or justification russia has amassed more than 150,000 tr...

Actually going to war. i do think this exercise and dramatic photo op of putin sitting there in their version of the situation room, is meant to communication something clearly. ive noticed in recent weeks, hes not appeared that much in public. when he has, hes spoken of russia repeatedly as a nuclear power, as he did when french president macron came to visit him when defensive, he often reverts to this language. hes not subtle. sort of brazenness, and then claims grievance and provocation, so ...

The rhetoric that mr. putin is using today is designed to flip the story so that the men who are incredibly wealthy and powerful can portray themselves as victims as of an international conspiracy. the question is whether enough russians would go along with that. putin has a real problem here. his first told his people that there is no way hes going to invade ukraine. now he has invaded ukraine without any kind of provocation whatsoever. i think russians are going to have something to think abou...

Seeing is, in fact, tanks and troops coming over. >> right. >> the biden administrations u.n. ambassador last night by calling the kremlin story nonsense saying they call these peace keepers. we know what they are. if what they are is russian troops coming into ukrainian territory, that would cross the line that the biden administration and nato have said. if they dont pull the trigger on some of these harsh sanctions including nordstream 2 that you were discussing with jim sciutto, that raises ...

Of economic sanctions. jose, he said his message to ukrainians, were with you, were on your side. he didnt go into details about what exactly that might mean. he also framed this as an attack on freedom, on democracy as a whole. take a listen. >> president putin of russia has unleashed war in our european continent. hes attacked a friendly country without any provocation and without any credible excuse. >> peace in our continent has been shattered. we now have war in europe on a scale and of a t...

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Fire here, as well as the growing claims by russia both in state media and public statements that ethnic russians in eastern ukraine are under threat. is that the kind of false flag or false pretext that the u.s. is looking for right now? >> i think so, jim. i dont know that this is a provocation, but it certainly fits the bill. and, of course, russians can justify that they have to move in to eastern ukraine, donbas region, to restore stability and protect the separatists. so we have been looki...

Russia is trying to pretend it is drawing down? . >> i think its a ploy. the talk of drawing down. part is for an internal audience because people in russia only see what putin wants him to see. i mean, they can go on the internet. but state media runs everything. so hes putting himself out there as the statesman. and he keeps saying i dont want war. so thats what theyre seeing. we are still missing the provocation. >> if the provocation is missing, the white house is warning about potential fal...

Denying russia is planning an attack, but its got ukraine pretty much surrounded. u.s. officials -- troops in and around ukraine and there have been new reports of shelling in eastern part of the country. cnn team on tour of the front line of ukraines interior minister came under mortar fire today. no one was injured, but it was very real, very tense and in an interview with christiane amanpour this morning, the president said he is preparing for developments, but urging the nation to remain cal...

And deter him from taking further action. tonight, there was a sense that this was perhaps just the first step, that this was -- could have been worse, that this wasnt a declaration of war, that there wasnt an all-out assault from all sides on this country, that it was a recognition by russia of the sovereignty of an enclave already controlled by russia, but a deep concern that this is really just the first bite and that there will be more, and that in the coming days, perhaps even tomorrow or t...