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Positioning now following putins declaration of the two self-declared republics in eastern ukraine. its number itself, 190,000. the capabilities there, air, land, sea, cyber and more as well as russian naval forces in the black sea. the threat, officials say, is absolutely real that putin could order and asked for permission to order forces outside of russia and that could lead to the full scale invasion that many are concerned about. russia pulling its dup emiploma staff, not a sign this is goi...

Right wing media figures defending, praising putin even. i want to play former president trumps comments about putins decision earlier this week to recognize those republics, supposed republics in the east. have a listen. >> so putin is now saying it is independent, a large section of ukraine, and i said, how smart is that? and hes going to go in and be a peacekeeper. thats the strongest peace force. we could use that on our southern border. thats the strongest peace force ive ever seen. they we...

This reminds me very much what was happening. to use proxy formations, these militant formations that russia arms 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 the georgian war, so this very much looks like a substantial escalation with the possible military operation. when you talk about the russian duma, youre talking about the request to president putin to recognize the donetsk and luhansk re...

Mclaughlin. everyone feels were on the brink of an invasion that has started and a more serious war. does it feel like it where you are? >> reporter: to give you a perspective of how things are going from the ukrainian point of view, today started with a speech from the ukrainian not b russia and ukraine are going to go to war. and, yet, it ended with another speech from president zelenskyy at 10:00 p.m. calling up ukrainian reserves. things seem to be moving in the wrong direction. earlier toda...

Hes got a deliberate multiphase campaign plan that is executed. its coming into focus now. were getting a better sense of it. its deliberate. hes going by phase. phase 1 is put troops in to the territories where the separatests already control. he denies theyre there. theyre from the 8th combined arms army. second phase, hes laid claim to the full republics, two full republics. 2/3s of that territory is owned by ukraine military. phase 2 would likely be initiated by preassault fires, air missile...

Good afternoon. the prime minister has been setting out details to mps of sanctions against russia, after president putin ordered his troops into two breakaway regions of eastern ukraine — following weeks of high—level international diplomacy aimed at defusing the crisis. borisjohnson, who held an emergency cobra meeting this morning, said that russia had violated ukrainian sovereignty and broken international law, and he laid out what he described as a barrage of sanctions against russian b...

More land. its why the recognition of these republics could be the start of a broader invasion by russia and its proxies into ukrainian territory. >> matthew chance in ukraine, stay safe over there. be careful. excellent, excellent reporting. i want to turn right now to a democratic senator who sits on the senate foreign relations committee. he also took part in last weeks munich security conference, widely considered to be the worlds leading forum for international security policy. senator chri...

Us from the associated press. this is a highway out of kyiv. look at the cars down the right side, going into kyiv, very few of them. look at all those cars, leaving heave right now. our reporter on the ground there, erin mclaughlin, has heard shellings. was on air with us, when she heard that song. this is unusual. because it seemed like a second phase, in something that just began a few hours ago. as you heard so, weve not heard the ruling over of tanks. or artillery over the eastern border of...

In realtime trying to reinforce the capital where they see the main siege happening. you cant remove all that combat power. vladimir putin says thank you very much for these so-called independent republics and moves from the east. warfare is about use of limited resource was based on whats changing on the ground. and this has becomes a we have noted the main effort in the north. this is where the convoy exists the 40-mile convoy that has been bogged down and the control of airports is critical. ...

President putin has significant combat power at his disposal. for more on the military strategy, heres our defense correspondent jonathan beale. the russians have made advances, but slower than expected. their most significant gains have been in the south. remember, one of russias early objectives was to create a land bridge from crimea and then expand their control towards the russian—declared republics donetsk and luhansk. theyve also made gains in the north—east, but as yet, theyve been u...