action by the united states and its allies. russia has already amassed more than 100,000 troops just outside ukrainian territory. president biden has said putin has a stark choice either de-escalation or diplomacy late today the state department ordered the departure of family members of staff in ukraine if there is military conflict ahead between russia and ukraine. the head of the british military said it may be on a scale we haven t seen in europe since world war ii raf sanchez starts us off tonight. reporter: tonight, as russia adds even more forces to those already encircling ukraine, the u.s. issuing its strongest warning yet to vladamir putin secretary of state blinken promising severe economic sanctions if a single russian soldier crosses the border in the event there is a renewed russian incursion, russian forces going into ukraine, there is going to be a swift, severe and united response. reporter: with
i m shaun ley with the headlines. us and russia have held what they called frank talks on ukraine tension. with more russian troops gathering on the ukrainian border, washington warns any invasion will be met with a swift, severe and united response. concern grows for the welfare of female protesters in afghanistan with reports that some may have been abducted during night time raids. the taliban denies it is behind the abductions. at least 100 people have been killed or wounded in an air strike by the saudi led coalition in yemen. a detention centre was hit in saada, a stronghold of the rebel houthi movement. thousands of people in the capital sanaa have protested against the attacks. and stars including cher, boy george and bonnie tyler lead tributes to the singer meat loaf. the rock legend died at the age of 7a.
this is bbc news. the headlines: the us and russia have held what they called frank talks on tension over ukraine. with more russian troops gathering on the ukrainian border, washington has warned any invasion will be met with a swift, severe and united response. at least 100 people have been killed or wounded in an air strike by the saudi led coalition in yemen. a detention centre was hit in saada, a stronghold of the rebel houthi movement. thousands of people in the capital sanaa have protested against the attacks. stars including cher, boy george and bonnie tyler have led tributes to the singer meat loaf. the rock legend died at the age of 7a. now on bbc news, it s time for click. this week, it is pure box
administration trying too so strengthen russia. after the president delivered a weak message to prudent appearing to okay a minor russian incursion of ukraine. listen here. in the event there is a renewed russian force going into ukraine there is going to be a swift, severe and united response. abby: republican supported the finger biden in the administration for prudence to aggression. for a year he has been appeasing vladimir putin. he gave them a one-sided treaty the first month of his presidency. he removes sanctions from the nord stream 2 gas pipeline from russia to germany, he did nothing about the colonial pipeline act, and august vladimir putin like the rest of the world saul joe biden s debacle in afghanistan. that s why vladimir putin thinks timing is right. abby: strong words from senator tom cotton. he aligns with a lot of critics that are saying what it comes to
as a huge russian military force sits waiting on ukraine s borders, the us and russia hold frank talks about moscow s intentions. russia has continued sending troops to the area. it has amassed around 100,000 there in recent months. following talks in geneva, the us warned of massive consequences if russia invades. russia says it fears for its security. translation: our concerns are not imaginary, but are about real threats and facts. if any russian military forces move across ukraine s border, that s a renewed invasion, it will be met with swift, severe and a united response. russia insists it won t invade. we ll be looking atjust what it might be planning. also tonight.