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Just now where he talked about them setting up a rationale to take more territory by force. of course, as president putin had earlier said talking about those two breakaway separatist republics and recognizing them by their own self-declared borders, which as youve heard from michael and nic, go beyond the areas that they hold right now and go into large city centers, youre talking about maropol, a port city, half a million people, people gathering in the streets tonight carrying ukrainian flags...

Between existing front lines and stated borders of break away republics which putin has recognized as independent. the stated borders are much more expansive, deep into ukrainian territory, containing serious citie cities, and nato is saying theyre seeing russian troops coming in. theres a real concern of further push or escalation. we heard again from president zelenskyy recently, he said while there will be no general mobilization of the army, he is calling up reservists. what was most interes...

100% consistent with the essay that putin published in july. its the politics or foreign policy of grievance, arguing that ukraine should be understood as being linked to russia. what he seems to be doing is the physical action that follows up on that. >> so we expect that hes going to recognize these two break-away regions, and this is a violation of the minsk agreements as we know. >> its the continuation of the dismembering of ukraine. we start with crimea and now this. its not going to stop ...

>> he has been right in the middle of all of this, one of the moderators intended by vice president harris and president zelensky. ian, youre so good at cutting through the smoke and the bright shiny lights flashing everywhere. im curious what you think the most important development is this morning. what is the thing we should be looking at right now? >> this morning, i would probably say its come in the last hour. it is the formal request by the puppet leaders of these separatist republics, if...

Perspective. >> reporter: this is the moment vladimir putin further escalated this dangerous standoff with ukraine, signing a presidential decree that would unilaterally redraw ukraines borders and set back any prospects of diplomacy. >> translator: i consider it necessary to make a long overdue decision to immediately recognize the independence sovereignty of the donetsk peoples republic and the luhansk peoples republic. >> reporter: for years the self-styled republics backed by moscow have bee...

If russian troops do cross, many here will brace for the worst. orla guerin, bbc news, eastern ukraine. lets look to russia because in the russian media, there has been universal praise for vladimir putins actions. he described ukraine as a colony with a puppet regime with no historical right to exist. steve rosenberg reports. russias parliament rubber—stamping the kremlins plan, to send troops into the rebel republics of eastern ukraine. they voted, a unanimous yes, a major escalation of the ...

That military activity about 20 to 30 miles away from the border and the mix of weapons that youre talking about, it was really quite interesting to see because there were some pretty heavy weapons that were in that mix. some infantry fighting vehicles and some tanks but also some self-propelled artillery as well and one of the things, jim, that has the u.s. concerned and we could see on the ground as well, u.s. defense officials have said that the troops that the russians have here have a diffe...

These republics," the interior minister says, "but within their earlier, larger boundaries." the president listened, but looked like a man whod already made up his mind. later, he addressed the nation. translation: the essence of the aggressive, nationalistic character of the regime that seized power in kyiv hasnt changed. i consider it necessary to immediately recognise the independence and sovereignty of the donetsk and luhansk peoples republics. act two, the signing ceremony. the leaders of t...

Signed a decree ordering russian forces to the region — a region that the west says is part of ukraine, a region that the russian leader claims is made up of two independent countries. translation: i consider it necessary to immediately recognise _ the independence and sovereignty of the donetsk and luhansk peoples republics. his decision to sign a decree to that effect has been condemned around the world as an illegal violation of ukrainian sovereignty and territorial integrity. the united na...

Saying president biden will impose sanctions on anyone doing business in those two republics, while european allies slammed putins move as a violation of international law, and said they, too, would respond with sanctions. in a late-night address, putin delivered a lengthy rejection of ukraines sovereignty, slammed n.a.t.o.s refusal to ban if country from ever joirntion and called out the u.s. for having missile capabilities near russia. >> thats like having a knife against our throat. >> report...