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To be in control and where they are making progress. ukraines two biggest cities, the capital kyiv and the industrial city of kharkiv, here in the east, are still under the control of ukraines government and military. kherson here in the south is the only major city to have fallen into russian control. remember crimeas been under russian control since it was invaded in 2014 and the area to the east, whats called the donbas, remember crimeas been under russian control since it was invaded in 2014...

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Wanting to make sure they have all of their facts in a row. it appears the intelligence is not quite conclusive whether the shot came out of the ukraine or out of russia. >> does that really matter if it came directly from russia or if it came from ukraine and if the separatists were reporting to moscow? >> thats another question whether they are actually under moscows operational control. i dont want to split the hair too much, heather. i understand your point. i do believe russia has accompli ...

Categorically denying it suggest that there is -- what is going on now is very low grade activity. as you know, there was one report about 2000 russian troops coming on an aircraft but thats not been confirmed, even though it was rumored for several hours and it does not, again, right now appear to be true. >> stand by, ffareed. the russians have got some sort of explanation of why there are at least some russian troops in crimea? >> thats right. they said that this movement of troops falls with...

Sketchy and the u.s. intelligence committee is watching this unfold on television just as we are. for all they know, more planes could land at any minute. there is not the kind of real-time intelligence that they need so the information still tentative. russian military troops, how many, their intentions are still to be determined. >> barbara, stand by. everyone stand by. we have our correspondents here in washington and kiev and crimea. were watching what is going on here in the united states. ...

The u.s. i think a really important thing here is the u.s. assessment that russian military forces have landed uncontested is very key. this is not a conflict in this area of crimea with the russian-supported population. so where this all goes now remains to be seen. how quickly will opposition to the russian presence develop in crimea? how long will the russians stay? what will they do next? how and when or will they even leave. wolf? >> lets go to crimea. right now, diana is our reporter on th...

Clearly out of the boundaries of accepted normal international behavior. it is also a situation where the people of ukraine obviously the overwhelming majority of them, although maybe not in crimea, do not wish to be part of russia and want to be part of europe. so it has to do with our basic values and our basic principles and observance of international law. >> gloria borger, go ahead. >> senator, you just talked about the president and the red line that he drew with regards to syria that you ...

Any violation of the ukraine sovereignty will be deeply destabilizing. but those warnings have been made but clearly not heeded by the russian side if we believe the events on the ground are proceeding the way they appear to be proceeding. he also lays out his vision for ukraine. stabilizing the country, a broad base government with russia as a part. thats been on the table for some time and is clearly not satisfying the russian side. they dont want to play a part. they want leadership on this. ...

The president of the united states unscheduled went into the white house briefing room to issue a strong warning to russia. there will be costs, the president says, of any military intervention in ukraine. lets go to crimea. diana magmay is on the ground in crimea for us. most of the people that live in crimea speak russian, they are sympathetic to russia right now. >> reporter: absolutely. and they dont feel that their interests are represented by this new government. and i was at the airport i...

Carney did not have a good answer for that. they are not going to speculate what the options are. if russia has crossed a line and invaded. >> as we wait for the president, i want to just play the remarks we heard from the united states am boss for to the united states nations, samantha power. she had some very strong words. >> the united states stays with crimea region. we are disturbed about the deployments into the crimea. the united states calls on russia to pull back the military forces tha...