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Authorities meet, touch really. and that is what they mean by the ceasefire, reaching a ceasefire on the contact line, the point at which the contact line, the point at which the two parts of ukraine, or rather eastern ukraine and russia are divided. and the key thing is that mine, the contact line between eastern ukraine and the main part of the country, from which the two rebel republics claim to have broken. and they are looking to moscow to support him, of course there has been support. we w...

Choreographed session of the security council in russia in which they were discussing the possibility that vladimir putin and his top officials of recognizing those rebel republics in the east of ukraine as independent states. its something thats been sort of in the background for a long time. nuts its now coming to the foreground. if russia does recognize the rebel republics as independent states, it will do so through an act of its own parliament and presumably be allowed if they invid russian...

He said, "then we must decide what to do." and one by one, they spoke, all urging president putin to defy kyiv and the west, and officially recognise the pro—russia rebel republics in eastern ukraine. "we must recognise these republics," the interior minister says, "but within their earlier, larger boundaries." the president listened, but looked like a man whod already made up his mind. later, he addressed the nation. translation: the essence of the aggressive, - nationalistic character of the...

Been more than 50 cease-fire violations reported in that region. [ siren ] air raid sirens blair and people here on the streets appear remarkably calm, despite todays escalation of shelling. and weve learned two ukrainian service members have been injured by, quote, enemy fire. russia and ukraine are blaming each other for the cease-fire violations. pro-russian authorities and self-declared republics of ukraine have announced the evacuation of civilians to russia. meanwhile, the u.s. says russia...

But right now, people are not surprised but people are worried about the family in regions. particularly in donbas, russia has not taken full control of the region, just the parts controlled by the separatists. people are worried about their family in the ukrainian controlled regions at the moment. >> i want to ask the control room to put the map up. the parts of ukraine that russia has gone into, crimea, you can see the proximity to russia. it seems to be a slow creep. even today, as matt repor...

History of the last century, he was not just saying that ukraine should not be independent of russia. he claimed its really part of russia, historically. he also said it was madness that other former soviet republics were allowed to leave the soviet union so easily. that also applies to many nations like the baltic states, some of them nato allies. so is this decree just the first of many steps, the first of a new normal where hes in effect denying the history of the last several decades? challe...

Why they are holding back some sanctions and holding out the possibility that there might still be room for some diplomatic action. many thanks. sarah smith with the latest at the white house. and katya adler in paris. in the russian media theres been universal praise for president putins latest moves and his case for denying ukraines basic right to exist as an independent country. mr putin dismissed ukraine as �*a colony with a puppet regime. he announced his decision to deploy troops last ni...

The significance of this move by putin right now in your view is somebody who knows this region well, who was worked with members of the ukranian military in the past as well. >> good afternoon, hallie. its pretty apparent that president putin is looking for a reason to invade at this point. he and his advisers, his lieutenants have weighed the cost benefit analysis of invading or not, and i truly believe he has decided to invade. its just now whats the justification? he may be tipping his hand ...

Security council. they are divided. they could block it forever. there would be no resolution under chapter 7 or any other chapter to intervene. forget the u.n. the biden administration said we wont mover into ukraine. ukraine is not a member of nato. ukraine is not a member of nato. russia knows that. the interest is to secure the 1st part of the plan and seize those 2 robberies -- republics. >> laura: thank you. trey in kyiv, are you hearing explosions there? we are getting reports here from a...

Amphibious ships. theyve also seen loading of aircraft supplies for airborne units these far away from dunn baas, indicating at least the preparations are continuing for military action, far broader around the border of ukraine. of course, the kind of military action weve heard the secretary of state and vice president and president talk about in alarming material over the last several days. so one, expecting russians forces to move into the independent republics but also preparing for military ...