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These events, indeed, mark the beginning of a new era. we must beginning of a new era. we must be very clear now in our analysis. putin is trying to subjugate a friendly european country and he is trying to redraw the maps of europe by force. he must, and he will, fail. �* , fail. at the same news conference, _ fail. at the same news conference, the - fail. at the same news| conference, the french president emmanuel macron said that president putin had been duplicitous. translation: lip to dup...

Republics. it was clear that under such circumstances, donbas did not have any other choice. in 201a, the majority of the citizens in donbas voted forjoining russia and they expressed their right for self—determination. they wanted to preserve their culture, language, traditions. at that time, ukraine cut off the dnipro crimea channel, which was a major source of fresh water to the region. again, the west

The leaders of the rebel republics were already in moscow. they clearly knew what president putins decision would be. earlier, this. russian tv claimed ukraine was shelling the rebel republics. fake news, kyiv says, 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. ...

Alongside the us and eu — to implement imminently, and they will explore sending further defensive support to ukraine. so what could that be? 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 claime...

Intentions were in the current intervention in the ukraine. he talked about recognising the borders going beyond those claimed by peoples republics. towns and cities are still very much under ukrainian government control. so, so far those sanctions dont seem to have had the deterrent effect and if you look at the three individuals who have been sanctioned by the british government, they were sanctioned by the us from 2018 so that doesnt seem to have necessarily deterred vladimir putin all that m...

John vause with our other top stories this hour, including living with covid. eng the russian president, vladimir putin, ordering troops to deploy to areas of eastern ukraine controlled by russian-backed separatists. the u.s. says russian forces could start arriving at any moment. now, we also have a russian media video showing a military convoy moving through separatist-controlled donetsk although it is unclear who the equipment belongs to. mr. putins deployment order came just hours after he...

Republics have been evacuated to russia. moscow�*s been accused of using these people as political pawns. many here are confused and frightened by what�*s been happening. the geopolitical consequences of vladimir putin�*s 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 that moscow may now move its forces openly into eastern ukraine, and that the kremlin is set on a major e...

Prepared a kill list, a kill or capture list for some of these ukrainians if an invasion does happen. that is another thing to watch for as well following that very dark and very angry speech from the russian leader. caitlin collins for us at the white house. thank you. lets bring in retired army major mike lions and jill dougherty with us from moscow. this is the perfect pairing. we discuss the implications diplomatically and militarily. major, this is not troops, tanks, going across the border...

Donetsk and luhansk and more about paving the way for future military action. the question that is so crucial now becomes, is this simply a strategy to go to the negotiating table now and say, ive recognized it but i havent annexed it yet. if you give me is concessions, then potentially im willing to hold back on that. or is it already a decision that has been made that they will go ahead with some kind of a military incursion? i know that many analysts watching this speech tonight really had a ...

Not the audience here. the audience is the people who live in the republics and the russian domestic audience. they are being sold a countered narrative that basically says ukraine is attacking them. david? >> ian pannell leading us off tonight, thank you. president biden meeting with his national security today twice in the past 24 hours. what we are seeing unfold in russia and ukraine precisely what the administration had been warning of, this declaration of independence for these regions? e...