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Despite russias statements. and after chairing a cobra meeting in downing street in the last hour, borisjohnson has agreed to what the government is calling �*the first barrage�* of sanctions against russia which hell announce in the commons later today. well hear from our correspondents in russia and ukraine in the next few minutes but first mark lobel reports. this is how independence looks in the rebel republics now recognised by russia. but president putins provocative move has been cond...

There were also thousands of people put on to evacuation trains laid on specially for them to take them out of the region. we saw them trundling their suitcases up to get on those trains, some of them not even really knowing where their final destination was, because it is relative safety that they are seeking. they are worried about the fighting escalating in the east of the country, where there has been a conflict, of course, in ukraine for eight years now, but where the front line has been pr...

Was about to invade and launch a war against russia. that ukraine was prepared to use chemical weapons. that ukraine committed a genocide. without any evidence we saw flagrant violation of international law. an attempt to unilaterally create two new so-called republics on sovereign ukrainian territory. and at the very moment that the united nations security council was meeting to stand up for ukraines sovereignty, to stave off invasion, putin declared his war. within moments, moments, missile st...

Because people like valery and alexi have already seen so much fighting for past eight years, a confidence that will likely soon be tested. >> and alex joins us now. were hearing the leaders of those break away republics have asked moskow now for help, for troops. whats the latest? >> reporter: yeah, anderson, the major concern is that president putin in recognizing these two break away republics didnt just recognize the land that they hold but the land that theyre claiming, which is much bigger...

On evacuation trains laid on specially for them to take them out of the region. we saw them with suitcases to get on the trains, some of them not really knowing when that final destination was. it is relative safety they are seeking, they are worried about the fighting escalating in the east weather has been a conflict for eight years. when the front line has been pretty much fixed although there are significant clashes along the line. the russian backed forces that have been fighting the ad bei...

Barrage of— it has been coming under a sustained barrage of attack from the russians overnight — barrage of attack from the russians overnight. lets look at the picture from _ overnight. lets look at the picture from the _ overnight. lets look at the picture from the last 24 hours or so. pretty dramatic— from the last 24 hours or so. pretty dramatic stuff. what we saw yesterday morning is a repeat of what _ yesterday morning is a repeat of what we — yesterday morning is a repeat of what ...

Concern that moscow may now move its forces openly into eastern ukraine, and that the kremlin is set on a major escalation. ukraines president zelenskiy summoned his cabinet on hearing mr putins announcement. they discussed the situation. ukraine has consistently said it does not recognise what it considers to be the seizure of its territory around lu hanks and donetsk. this was watched around the world. yes, there was a domestic audience who saw the national security chief, intelligence chief t...

Dependency. we need to take measures that would reduce the shock to individual households of these energy increases. >> neil: ambassador, what is britain going to do if vladimir. -- this notion that he has the fans . that is all that i am looking at . he advanced elsewhere. has got 32 thousand troops and he could be clicking it up their members, now breakaway republics and peace together the old soviet union that he misses pretty made clear this week with one of the greatest tragedies of the mod...

Republics of donetsk and luhansk have been fighting the ukrainian army in the east for the past eight years, in a conflict thats claimed more than 1a,000 lives. the west fears president putin could 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 for the front lines, where shelling has intensified. a prelude, per...

Take another bite out of this country. whether to formalise its occupation of the donbas, whether to recognise the separatist republics as independent states as the russian parliament invited vladimir putin to do the other day orjust exactly what mr putin wants. paul do the other day orjust exactly what mr putin wants. paul adams in the heart of — what mr putin wants. paul adams in the heart of kyiv, _ what mr putin wants. paul adams in the heart of kyiv, thank— what mr putin wants. paul ada...