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Breaking news this morning, vladimir putin moves in. russian president ordering troops into eastern ukraine as secretary of state antony blinken calls it, quote, a clear attack on ukraines sovereignty. good morning, everyone. im bianna golodryga in new york. >> im jim sciutto, reporting from ukraine. new this morning, a fierce response and a clear message from germany and the uk to putins provocation, the german chancellor has halted the certification for nord stream 2, a russia to germany natur...

It could be a fabricated, so-called terrorist bombing inside russia, a staged drone strike against civilians, or a fake -- even a real -- attack using chemical weapons. >> before any attack, we should expect to see cyber attacks, false flag activities, and a number of other things, increasing rhetoric in the information space. and were beginning to see more and more of that. >> in fact there was shell fire today that hit a kindergarten facility in the eastern ukraine region of donbas. a kinderga...

Expect to see cyber attacks, false flag activities, and a number of other things, increasing rhetoric in the information space. and were beginning to see more and more of that. >> in fact there was shell fire today that hit a kindergarten facility in the eastern ukraine region of donbas. a kindergarten facility. was it a provocation? was it an accident? frankly, its unclear. ukraine and russia-backed separatists are trading accusations about that very shelling. two shells landed on the school. c...

The u.s. and its allies are scrambling to respond to putins provocation and fears that the war they have been trying to prevent may now become a reality. cnn is on the scene in russia, in ukraine and here in the u.s. as we cover this major breaking story. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. im wolf blitzer. this is a "situation room" special report. >> lets get right to the breaking news on vladimir putin ordering so-called peacekeeping forces into sepa...

I think that was probably the more significant thing though it didnt seem to really go anywhere. >> no except open the door to military, technical measures which seems to be intentionally vague. clarissa, if the logic for lack of a better word is that any military response from the ukrainians to the shelling could be used by the russian government as a pretense to begin an invasion then how does ukraine respond if at all? >> this the conundrum ukraine finds itself in. uptick in shelling, kinderg...

A pretext for its attack. this could be a violent event that russia will bring on ukraine or an outrageous accusation that russia will level against the ukrainian government. >> martha: the fighting in the east has picked up the past 48 hours. ukrainians are battling separatists. its been a low level war for the past eight years. now the shelling on both sides has picked up. on the ukrainian side, a kindergarten was hit by a shell. there are no children in the building at the time. two teachers ...

>> first, russia plans to manufacture a pretext for its attack. this could be a violent event that russia will bring on ukraine or an outrageous accusation that russia will level against ukrainian government. second, in response to this manufactured provocation, the highest levels of the russian government may theatrically convene emergency meetings to address the so-called crisis. next, the attack is planned to begin. russian missiles and bombs will drop across ukraine. communications will be j...

There they have -- this is just plain provocation, pure lies. no one is dead or wounded. this is just cynicism at such a high level that they are blowing up something on their side and shooting. this is not the first time since 2014 that they are aiming their guns and shooting at the territory that they themselves control. this is the kind of cynicism. thats it. all we care about is peace. ive mentioned this many times to many, and we have sent massive amount of signals on a

Real provocation. perhaps the false flag attempts helped that where putin decided im not going to -- it doesnt matter. because the overall object sieve all of ukraine. >> let me bring in the former ambassador to ukraine, douglas lute and a senior fellow at the harvard kennedy schools belfor center. russia has moved very quickly, more quickly than a lot of people thought. and fewer than 24 hours. what do you expect to see in the coming day and days? what do you think is putins next military move?...

Strategy strongly condemns the strategy of provocation of the russian president. the call conveyed by president zelensky in a speech to the russian nation a few hours ago, that ukrainians want peace, with russia. mirroring the family of relationships which bind so many russians and ukrainians. has made its voice heard. it is out of respect for the charter of the united nations, the peaceful settlement of disputes that it peaceful settlement of disputes thatitis