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If the be able to come back and what kind of country will come back to. and the lithuanian capital, she is recording a special edition of questions and the invasion in ukraine. yes, you find me here and i have been very struck by the fact that people, one of the three republics are showing a great deal of solidarity for the plight of the people of ukraine. shop windows with the colours of the ukrainian flags, use the symbols of the heart and ukraine written off of it and ukrainian flag flying al...

>> well, thats certainly the signs are pointing in that direction. and as ambassador thomas pointed out, greenfield-thomas pointed out, u.s. intelligence in this regard on this issue in this period has been unerringly accurate. the fact that the russians have closed down the flight space is one more sign. what we do not know is what the ultimate aim of this military intervention will be, this phase of it. is it to take control of the entire donbas? as you know, president putin recognized these t...

The playbook that secretary brink then laid out last week at the united nations security council come to pass. a major increase in military provocations and false flag events along the line of contact in donbas. dramatically staged conveniently on camera meeting of put ins security council to grandstand for the russian public. now, political provocation recognising sovereign ukrainian territory as so—called independent republics in clear violation, again, of international law. president putin ...

Former national security advisor keith kellogg. here with us which is a wonderful thing. so when you see -- when i look at that map. i dont know. it scares me. it seems like it is very close to the city center and weve been talking to so many people sheltering in place there and weve become close to them and our audience is following the stories and keep in touch with them and theyre safe. what do you know? >> i look at it just the opposite. i say these guys, the russians, have really stalled ou...

Anticipation of further action by putin. so the sanctions wont, i dont think, directly affect anything right away. but their impact will be felt over time, and then they could have the effect of changing behavior. but initially, no. >> the u.s., as you know, director clapper, didnt initially yesterday call this an invasion. they still havent necessarily confirmed if russian troops, formal military troops, have crossed into eastern ukraine. youve studied putin over a long career in intelligence. ...

Putin targeted the former soviet republic of georgia, invading the country in a five-day conflict, killing more than 400 people, installing pro-russia leaders in two former provinces of georgia. now breakaway republics. my next guest was a political leader as that 2008 invasion played out. i want to bring in the apppresit of the country of georgia. madam president, thank you for joining us. youve said vladimir putin is waging an all-out war on ukraine. do you think in this war hes trying to ann ...

Ukraine and you see the shop windows with the colours of ukrainian flags and symbols of the heart and ukraine written on the bus to see her and also the ukrainian flag flying alongside the lithuanian flag government buildings. secretary of state as part of his reassurance tour and european countries has been in lithuania holding talks with the government here and im joined now. wforeign ministers, you are a part of the stalks of antony blinken. not sure were his comments about how much protectio...

>> i would restore the depth penalty by hanging to a militar tribunal. there are people in ukraine at that have threatened russian citizens. in my view this is of utmost importance. >> it didnt stop there. other pundits agreed with the idea of hanging dissidents, whe noting that the constitution fo the russian separatist areas actually permit the depth penalty. vladimir putin back in as both of those territories as independent republics shortly before his impatient of ukraine. on the same russia...

Machine, his only megalomania and its own lies. and one of the things you have to understand about the way despots work is that they create these fake realities. they forced people around them to parrot lies as loyalty tests. this is why the russian foreign minister is constantly saying things on behalf of vladimir putin. to show that hes loyal to him. and overtime i think you start to understand that these lies become real to people like putin. i think this is something because its very dangero...

Civilians are not going to be affected. putin was very clear. this is a very limited military operation being conducted by the local militias of these two break away republics. its clear the majority of russians dont know the extent of whats happening here, and certainly some of them dont want to know. >> thats always my question. i talked to a composer yesterday who has a cousin who didnt even call him or his mother to see how they were doing after the invasion, in fact didnt call for three day...