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If so, should russia now face the full range of penalties that nato leaders, yourself included, have been talking about for a number of days leading up to this? >> russia is definitely expanded the aggression. i mean, recognition of the two republics, so-called republics is definitely going a step further and why is it necessary why hes doing this is in order to send the troops in like the peace keeping mission. first recognition and then ask for help and then send the troops in. but whats inter...

Wonder— of preparation and just beginning to wonder exactly what the russian army has in _ wonder exactly what the russian army has in store _ wonder exactly what the russian army has in store for places and other front— has in store for places and other front line — has in store for places and other front line towns that are very much now in _ front line towns that are very much now in the — front line towns that are very much now in the firing line.— now in the firing line. josh, it ...

Theyre not running around with hir hair on fire, but theyre very, very scared. they listen to putin speaking last night. they heard the voting and the duma to recognize the two separate ust republics. that shattered a lot of hopes. not the entire compliment of the 300,000 troops that he could call up. but because he still amazingly news that there is a root out with diplomacy. ari? >> thank you. >> diplomacy is looking weak. we owe it to people to be honest about the impact that threatening sanc...

1991, was in the kremlin. it was a week after ukraine voted to become independent 12 days before the end of the soviet union and now the one known as who let the countries go did not roll the tanks to keep them as soviet satellites. he said i am not -- in fact, i got a picture he drew, he said im not going to -- while drawing this picture, he said i wont let the soviet union be cut up into a pie to be served with tea. the whole idea is you keep the soviet union together and keep the satellites o...

The self—declared peoples 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 couild 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 ha...

Two breakaway regions of ukraine — donetsk and luhansk — and said ukraine had no history of being a "true nation". russian tanks and armoured vehicles have been spotted in donetsk. our correspondent mark lobel has the latest developments. 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...

—— the breakaway republics have blamed. the secretary of state said that might be used as a justification for some kind of military intervention by russia. its the case that president putin was telling emmanuel macron today, according to another newsagency, that ukrainian security forces caused the escalation in donbas region. however, putin and macron say they need to step up the search for diplomatic solutions. you may recall that antony blinken is due to meet sergey lavrov, his russian co...

Thatis fight against this aggression, but that is it. but right now there is no military from russia in donetsk and luhansk. 50 no military from russia in donetsk and luhansk-— no military from russia in donetsk and luhansk. ., ., , , , lets talk now to carl bildt, who was swedens foreign minister at the start of the ukrainian crisis in 2013 and 2014. thanks forjoining us. i know this is a guessing game but you follow it closely. do you think it will stop here if only for a while with the reco...

Fund free tests for all, i know that you have both emphasised the - fund free tests for all, i know that i you have both emphasised the need for good _ you have both emphasised the need for good surveillance _ you have both emphasised the need for good surveillance but— you have both emphasised the need for good surveillance but testing - you have both emphasised the need for good surveillance but testing is. for good surveillance but testing is being _ for good surveillance but testing is bei...

That russia has with those separatists or republics, which is of course ukrainian territory. and there certainly is a lot of russian military hardware, a lot of russian armor that is on the ground there. you see that. you see infantry fighting vehicles. you see tanks. you see large howitzers as well, mechanized artillery, all of that sort. so certainly everything that you would need for a brutal invasion. but then, you know, as i said, we also saw camps that seemed to have russian special forces...