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Focused less on the border and more on the self-declared republics in the east worried they will be used to stage some provocation by russia. >> translator: theres a great danger that the representatives of the russian federation who are there will provoke some certain things. they could do things that have nothing to do with our military. >> reporter: a ukrainian official have said theyre not going to respond to these attempts to kind of lure ukraines military into some kind of conflagration of...

Here? or will they stay within the boundaries of these so-called self proclaimed republics and the boundaries set, at least up for the time being along a front line known as the line of control. now, that is supposedly an area that has been in a state of cease fire. there have been, though, very significant increase in the level of shelling over the last four or five days. we were down on saturday within the space of an hour we were within earshot of eight significant loud detonations from shell...

Imposed if it just recognizes these republics. so it may be a way for putin to escalate but to avoid the tough sanctions promised by the international community if he invades. >> fascinating observation there and developments that are happening at the moment minute by minute. matthew chance in kyiv, thank you. here to share his reporting and perspective is david sanger of "the new york times." david, you have got a pretty sober, arguably terrifying piece in the times today saying that a russia...

The self—declared peoples republics of donetsk and luhansk have been fighting the ukrainian army in the east for the past 8 years, in a conflict that has claimed more than 1a,000 lives. the west fears president putin couild use an incident in the separatist republics as a pretext to invade ukraine. our correspondent orla guerin has been to the frontline village of trudivske and sent this report. an increasingly grim horizon in eastern ukraine. we headed to the front lines, where shelling has i...

Million people. youre there right now. tell us whats going on. >> reporter: well, wolf, you know, for a long time weve been hearing that an imminent -- an invasion might be imminent, an invasion might not be decided upon yet, it might be a small invasion, it might be a large invasion. but to hear in those stark terms that the president believes a decision made by putin and kyiv itself itself might be targeted is pretty shocking. certainly were starting to see some of the other pieces fall in lin...

12.5% which is due to rise just as we start to come into the recovery period, keep it at 12.5% to give our businesses and fighting chance, to save as manyjobs as possible and continue providing a low—cost alternative for consumers who are coming back out to hospitality. abs, coming back out to hospitality. a message to the chancellor. kate nicholls from a uk hospitality, thank you very much. some breaking news now. reaction to the announcement by vladimir putin that he is recognising two separ...

And moscow inventing a pretext for military intervention. in recent days, thousands of civilians from the separatist republics have been evacuated to russia. moscows been accused of using these people as political pawns. many here are confused and frightened by whats been happening. the geopolitical consequences of vladimir putins decision are not their priority. fireworks tonight, in the rebel republics russia has recognised, celebrations. but elsewhere in ukraine and in the west, deep concern ...

>> griff: last night u.s. ambassador to the un linda thomas greenfield denouncing president putins actions. watch. >> he calls them peace keepers, this is nonsense, we know what they are, it is attack on ukraines status as un member state, it violates basic principle of international law and defys our charter. >> griff: across the tiktok, british prime minister johnson echoing greenfields condemnation. >> russia is recognizing the breakaway republics of against and this is plainly in breach of i...

Recognize these parts of eastern ukraine. >> thats the view from moscow. tell us how the view is on the ground there in ukraine. >> reporter: hey, jose, all eyes on the donbas region in the eastern portion of the country, where violence has been escalating since thursday with both the separatists and the ukrainian military accusing each other of provoing the situation, some 1500 explosions in one day over the weekend, according to independent monitors. two ukrainian soldiers killed according to ...

Cease-fire agreements that have been implemented here with limited effectiveness have been seen traditionally as favoring russia, as being in moscows favor. so it was thought that he would try to avoid recognizing as independent republics, but by staging this elaborate meeting of his national security council today on live television, going around the room, asking the head of the fsb russian security services and various other personnel what their opinions are as he appears to mull this over, he...