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What you view as the russians having done. do you believe the invasion has already begun and that this should be treateded a an invasion, its already happening, and just because its the separatist republics we shouldnt be making a caveat over it? >> thanks for having me on, chuck. and to be clear, if you talk to ukrainian americans, many of who live in an around the philadelphia area, you talk to people in ukraine today, the invasion happened eight years ago. so for ukraine, thes not anything ne...

Was to recognise the two rebel republics. it was described as live, but we _ republics. it was described as live, but we think it was pre—recorded. the fact— but we think it was pre—recorded. the fact that there was translation, this was— the fact that there was translation, this was for— the fact that there was translation, this was for the world to see and for ukraine — this was for the world to see and for ukraine to see, as well. one of the only— for ukraine to see, as well. on...

Ukraine and their links as brotherly nations. but we had expected that potentially this would be a fairly short address, he would come out and declare that he was recognizing the independence of these two breakaway republics in the east of ukraine. its not clear whether that will be the climax or if he has anything else in store. but its interesting that hes started this with a listening preamble, saying that ukraine only exists because of russia, and its historically part of russia and russias ...

-- condoleezza rise -- rice promised things. they said this is not a good idea and will infuriate putin and george w. bush kept pushing so we got the worst of both worlds, the u.s. irritated russia, provoked it but then left these republics hanging without any of the protection that they promised them. so -- >> its -- >> its quite an awful ironic crisis. >> it definitely is and michael, the irony, you have a school of thought on the right that says well, if president, you know, if the president ...

This is how independence looks in the rebel republics now recognised by russia. but president putins provocative move has been condemned by the west as a clear breach of international rules. the question is whether these columns of military vehicles spotted hours later on the outskirts of donetsk are a worrying sign of bigger things to come elsewhere in ukraine. translation: we are waiting for clear and effective steps i of support from our partners. it is very important to see now who our real ...

Ukraine has consistently said it does not recognise what it considers to be the seizure of its territory around luhanks and donetsk. our chief international correrspondent lyse doucet is in kyiv — and she gave us this reaction to president putins speech: this was watched around the world. yes, there was a domestic audience who saw the national security chief intelligence chief trembling and stammering in front of president putin when he called them to ask for their opinions. and he only wanted...

To the nation, president zelenskyy warned the night would be harder than the day with many cities under attack saying ukrainians cant lose the capital kyiv in the face of a full storm from the russians matt bradley reporting from ukraine and jack, an msnbc contributor in kharkiv and ill start with you raff sanchez. my understanding is there is unwelcome news in moscow from the country of kazakhstan which declined to get involved on russias side. more on that and what is going on from where you a...

Separatist areas. indeed, use them outside of russia, which leaves the door open to use them in other parts of ukraine as well. >> nic robertson, important live reporting from moscow. lets go to kyiv. matthew chance, here in the united states they say at the beginning of an invasion. what does it look like on the ground? what do we know about russian troop movements inside ukraine? >> well, big concern here in ukraine tonight, john, is that this recognition by russia yesterday of those two sep...

Kellogg is on the ground in moscow where vladimir putin wrapped up his remarks. we begin with amy. >> hi, trace. a few days ago, the recognition of these two break-away republics in the eastern ukraine was considered too provocative by the kremlin. but tonight they have. for anyone that said that putin doesnt really want ukraine, i think they have been proven wrong. the bulk of his very lengthy speech tonight was a treatise about how ukraine is not really a legitimate state, how it belongs to ru...

European union. so you are on the same page with ukraine and you are on the same page with the entire western alliances. haifa on the same page with the entire western alliances.— on the same page with the entire western alliances. how do you read the current — western alliances. how do you read the current situation? _ western alliances. how do you read the current situation? the - western alliances. how do you read the current situation? the big - the current situation? the big question se...