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What we see, we see the situation -- everything -- everything was made in the logical special operation. the question was for me, even yesterday, whether the recognition of the republics in the east of ukraine was a sort of special operation to carve out a future -- possible future invasion. or it was their concentration of the troops and military buildup around -- around ukraine, a cover operation, a special operation, to cover this certain region of separatist republics. unfochtly, the first o...

Shift. in light of everything that nic laid out, president putins speech yesterday, the fact that russian forces, according to nato and other sources are already entering the donbas region, those breakaway republics in the far eastern part of the country. everybody senses that this is a major inflection point. and the real fear now becomes, where does it end? president volodymyr zelenskyy spoke today. he said he doesnt believe there will be an all-out war. he also refrained from using the invasi...

Hes got 190,000 troops there. this is not over. so the next step we should anticipate would be peacekeeping forces that push back ukrainian military units that seized both of the provinces and potentially see other areas along the sea of azov, the bridge and the two so-called independent republics. theres nothing we can do to russia in the short term, meaning a year, that will significantly amounter this situation. were not going to fight in ukraine, nor should we. i think what well see now is n...

And the united states alerting the united nations over a russian list of ukrainians who will be killed or sent to camps following a military occupation. joining us live, erin mclaughlin. what is the situation there? >> reporter: were waiting to hear from president zelenskyy, who will most likely give one of the most important speeches of his short political career. hes been working the phones, speaking to the german chancellor, the french and turkish president, as well as the president of the eu...

Point about visas we are topping to tieri point about visas we are topping to tier i visas from point about visas we are topping to tieri visas from russia. cani can i press on the add salt he gave, i welcome his statement and robust approach and the fact he has confirmed what president putin has done amounts to an invasion of ukraine but in answer the prime minister seemed to suggest that ever put putin has done was limited to these breakaway republics that was a line and he had to do something...

>> more ominous reports as well being observed here in ukraine about the movement of russian forces. lots of strange movements taking place in the republics recognized by russia, unmarked military vehicles. some of them tanks, armored vehicles. not clear whether they are fresh russian forces or not, but thats the next big escalation being watched for indeed. >> matthew chance, grateful for live reporting for you and all of our team inside ukraine. lets get very important perspective from senator...

We have now enough rockets to cover all the tanks which can cross our border. we have some troubles with the sea and air. thats where our efforts are concentrating right now. kyiv�*s long feared russia would create a pretext for war. in the past few days, russia evacuated thousands of civilians from the separatist republics to russia. russian tv claimed ukraine was shelling the area — claims vigorously denied by kyiv. president putins final act was to effectively sign away the minsk peace ag...

Week in the united nations security council come to pass. a major increase in military provocations and falsifying events along the line of contact in the donbas. dramatically staged venal on camera meeting of putins security council to grandstand for the russian public. and now political provocation of recognizing sovereign ukrainian territory in so-called independent republics in clear violation, again, of international law. president putin has sought authorization from the russian parliament ...

Welcome to this bbc news special on the escalating crisis over ukraine. we are live in kyiv and london. there have been a dramatic development in ukraine today. ukraine is set to declare a state of emergency and has urged its citizens to leave russia in response it says it cannot protect them after the escalating tensions following russias decision to recognise the two breakaway republics in eastern ukraine. reservists have also been called up, to join the regular army. last night, the us presid...

Mr putin said luhansk and donetsk — captured by pro—russian groups in 2014, were ancient russian territories, and he described the ukrainian government as a puppet regime controlled by foreign powers. our moscow correspondent steve rosenberg begins our coverage today. it was an astonishing piece of political theatre, played out on russian tv. the protagonist, the president. vladimir putin alone, aloof, like a modern—day tsar. the supporting cast, members of russias powerful security counci...