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Make sure the entire world faces nuclear annihilation. what do russians think about that? >> reporter: well, russia has a policy, has had a policy for a while. they call it escalate to de-escalate. its not entirely clear what that policy means, but in principle what it means, that you make those kinds of threats, nuclear threats, in order to turn a conventional war in your favor. so the russians have heard that before. of course, and weve talked about it, russians who are watching state televisi...

>> as former soldier, i promise if my country need me, i am ready to fight for my hometown, for my home country. >> all right, so, lets bring in ian pannell live again tonight from the ukrainian capital. and ian, you know the u.s. secretary of state just before we came on the air saying hes now canceled his meeting with russian foreign minister lavrov. it had been scheduled for later this week. and ian, do we know anything about what might be happening in eastern ukraine now that putin has given...

Controlling that to really look after that and i have to say we have spoken to people at the site where it seems to be continuing this plan to make sure its safe and that normal routine that keeps the site safe and making the big difficulty is in the long—term ensuring the russians or the ukrainians really keep to the task at hand because it could be very easy for some not to be done and for that to have an impact and having said that im sure the reasons the russian troops grasped that early o...

Not just on the military targets but on civilian areas as well, anderson. >> theres also new reporting that russian shelling has increased near ukraines largest nuclear power plant. >> reporter: i think whats disturbing about this new reporting is that it is farther inland than weve seen a lot of the russian troops. it is just north of crimea. its really in the middle of the country, right on the main river that splits ukraine, east and west. and the other thing thats worrying is its just a smal...

That is likely to do is to make vladimir putin more determined that he is going to get kyiv no matter what, get control of this country no matter what. and you are seeing the russians are operating with a greater degree of brutality. so, you dont see much by the way of russian -- this army is not nearly as confident and fearsome as people thought. but it is turning very brutal. it is turning indiscriminant. and that, in some ways, is even more worrying. >> a french official said today after pres...

That it does happen and at least theres a warning coming and yesterday was no warning whatsoever. >> every parent in the world is a parent in a pandemic and had to do in ukraine, as well. now parenting through a war. through that lens, tell me whats happening right now and what you anticipate in the days ahead. >> well, lets begin with the military situation. we are attacked by a far superior power in terms of hardware and soldiers. im not worried. ukraine is like a spring. hardly push. but what...

Ways, that is more worrying say the americans because russian military philosophy is that the sort of weapons are usable on a battlefield, even though they are nuclear weapons. what the americans want to know is, is this just rhetoric from president putin, talking about putting his forces on higher alert, or is there something more to it? either way, they are saying this kind of talk has to be taken seriously. kind of talk has to be taken seriously-— kind of talk has to be taken seriousl . ., ...

Worrying. — is not being secure is extremely worrying, and something that again, i mean. _ worrying, and something that again, i mean, susiejust mentioned worrying, and something that again, i mean, susie just mentioned that journalists— i mean, susie just mentioned that journalists are being attacked, and all the _ journalists are being attacked, and all the standard rules of engagement in war— all the standard rules of engagement in war are _ all the standard rules of engagement in warar...

Sandbags, tank traps, concrete barriers. theyre preparing for invasion but urban warfare, street-to-street fighting. the russians have made it clear, if theres resistance, they will fight hard and ukrainians made it clear they will resist and fight until the end. they do so because president zelensky leads on the front. hes on air constantly releasing social media posts, doing interviews, galvanizing public support for the opposition -- for the resistance here. so, its a remarkable sight to see,...

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