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Delivered by the british and the americans, but nothing that would hold back the might of the russian military. it is the might of the russian military, 70% of their ground forces now to the north, to the east, and to the south of ukraine, and just down the road here, just down the road potentially it is unclear the extent to which russia moved troops into the donbas region, but if they have, they could be a few hundred meters from where im standing. >> sam kiley, truly on the front lines of thi...

President wanted to make clear. this is not the u.s. going to war with russia. there are sanctions that are being rolled out that the u.s. is working in conjunction with its allies but this is not the u.s. going to war. >> reporter: they made that extremely clear. thanks so much. when you see a bit of recovery in the u.s. markets, perhaps thats what youre seeing. there wasnt more military escalation despite the presidents tough and firm words about what he was doing and what he was unwilling to ...

Later, he addressed the nation. translation: the essence i of the aggressive, nationalistic character of the regime that seized power in kyiv hasn�*t changed. i consider it necessary to immediately recognise the independence and sovereignty of the donetsk and luhansk people�*s republics. act two, the signing ceremony. the leaders of the rebel republics were already in moscow. they clearly knew what president putin�*s decision would be. earlier, this. russian tv claimed ukraine was shelling...

In the dnr and lnr regions of ukraine. is that strong enough, karl? youre putting sanctions on the break-away regions and leaving russia alone. >> no, its not strong at all. its laughable. this is a moment -- i hope this isnt all theyre going to do. i hope theyre agreeing on a set of sanctions that they can announce that if vladimir putin does sign the document, recognizing this break-away region as an independent region and committing to russian peacekeepers, that some serious sanctions will be...

Infrastructure, military infrastructure, you know, things being put into place, all indicating that more preparations are being made for an eventual, you know, potential invasion into ukraine. now, the russians say theyve got no intention of invading in that full-scale way. but there are these growing concerns tonight, wolf, that with the recognition of those rebel republics in the east of the country by russia, the problem is, is that those rebel republics only control a tiny amount of the area...

Just too late if we think about we will see whats going on. putin is unstoppable and he actually shows the west that he will try to experiment as much as possible and he is uncontrollable up til now. all the sanctions that were used already to kill russian economy do not work. just because putin doesnt care about his people and about his neighbors, and about any kind of human rights or development that is actually the priority for the western world. if you remember, behind putin was having a tal...

Self-declared peoples rub these two territories in eastern ukraine. and it just so happens that tomorrow there will be an opportunity for these republics, self-proclaimed, to request weapons from moscow. to ultimately defend themselves from what they are claiming is actually the ukrainian offensive. they have declared all of this without any evidence over the last several days as these clashes have erupted. and there are casualties on the ground. fatalities. today, two ukrainian soldiers were ki...

Back in 2014. it may turn into a hot water again. back in 2014. it may turn into a hot wateragain. do back in 2014. it may turn into a hot water again. do you have much confidence in minsk as a way out of this? , , ., ., , , ., this? they shall answer is no. one ofthe this? they shall answer is no. one of the strengths _ this? they shall answer is no. one of the strengths of _ this? they shall answer is no. one of the strengths of minsk - this? they shall answer is no. one of the strengths of mi...

If russia pursues this plan, it will be responsible for a catastrophic and needless war of choice. 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 could 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....

Posed. there was always a thought that the russians would like to go as far as kyiv. the eastern part of ukraine, has traditionally been opposed more by russia. it was thought that it would start in those eastern republics, that are not really republics, but russia hasnt recognized as independent states. and even moving to places as west as kyiv. there have been attacks in western ukraine. in places close to where you are. south of where you are. this is a very different understanding than what ...