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Are in a strange situation, havent we? president putin has ordered his troops into the donbas area but it is unclear whether any trips have gone in. is unclear whether any trips have one in. ., , , , , . is unclear whether any trips have conein. . , . gone in. that is by design. we dont have a lot of — gone in. that is by design. we dont have a lot of information _ gone in. that is by design. we dont have a lot of information and - gone in. that is by design. we dont have a lot of information ...

Ukraine. the president says this move denies russia the chance to profit from its blatant violations of international law, as he put it. and the u.s. will continue to chosely closely consult and allies and partners, he said, including ukraine on next steps. meantime, americas top diplomat antony blinken had this warning for russia -- quoting here -- kremlin recognition of the so-called peoples republics as independent requires a sbift and firm response and we will take appropriate steps in coord...

Population does not want a russian occupation? >> yes, i was defense minister and i was also war correspondent and it does look like all the pieces are in place for a massive invasion, a completely unjustified act of aggression against a democratic member of the u.n. in good standing. >> and does it look to you like -- you know, people thought there would be -- the strategy would be go into the donbas, quote, unquote, liberate those places, recognize them as independent republics like georgia, o...

Anything live at this point from kyiv. its all coming from the donbas region. and remember thats an area that was declared independent, those two peoples republics that were declared independent this week. and why would that be? well, what they are doing in this kind of mirror image they are saying these are the people who are under threat, those russian speakers who are in the donbas region. you have a lot of video. there was a reporter dressed in a flack-jacket who was running around with tank...

Get you back. thank you. >> thank you. >> sandra: john, thank you. general, thank you. steve joining us from kyiv. i will let you know what is coming across the reuters wire. the russian president vladimir gooden could be speaking at any moment now. told frances president and germanys chancellor that he plans to sign a decree recognizing that two breakaway regions. voiced her disappointment after hearing that decision. that is according to a kremlin readout of those phone calls. your thoughts as...

>> just say it, yes or no. >> so i am saying i support the proposal to admit donetsk and peoples republics into the russian federation. >> we are not talking about it. we are not discussing it. we are talking about recognizing their independence or not. >>? yes, i support the proposal to recognize independence. >> good. please take a seat. thank you. >> reporter: there isnt a person who wouldnt feel resentful of being treated that way. it just all stands out, is it a sign of putins state of mind...

Where those two breakaway republics that were recognized officially this week by russia are located. this is all part of the messaging from the russian government on state tv, constantly showing the people in those locations, claiming that they are the victims of genocide, that they are being attacked by the ukrainian government. the ukrainian government, of course, denying that. but it is an attempt to justify the steps that the russians are taking now to remove that government which they argue...

Of state tweeted, quote, kremlin recognition of the so-called donetsk and luhansk peoples republic as independent. as russia takes more steps towards the invasion, many wonder what a swift and firm response would look like. in just the past decade and a half, the world has witnessed those. in 20008, russia recognized as what it referred to as independent republics with the neighboring nation of georgia followed by a conflict that forced nearly 200,000 people to flee their homes. six years later,...

Nordstream 2 pipeline but theres more. theres a lot more that they have prepared as it relates to export controls that cut off inputs to the russian economy. im sure there as a longer list of banks theyre prepared to go after and more things that could be done by european allies as well. where theyve landed is they take a significant step that recognizes that the combination of what putin said and did yesterday, not just in recognizing these russian-invented republics but this narrative that ukr...

Discussion? >> thats when he started using the phrase, the two words as we called back in 2014. and there is, to remember, there is a history of some ukrainians fighting on the nazi side. because they were occupied by the soviet union. lets remember, they consider themselves a colony. a very small group. one should not exaggerate it. pulling on the string, that threat of history, to say that what you had was a neo-nazi usurpation of power. thats what he said in his rambling speech from two days ...