he goes for war, he has to do it fast and then start preparing for peace negotiations. >> so perilous hours tonight, to be sure. jill, so putin has signed these decrees regarding eastern ukraine. what exactly do they say? what do they authorize? >> reporter: well, they recognize, number one, and that is a violation of the territorial integrity and the sovereignty of ukraine. recognizes these two breakaway regions, donetsk and luhansk people's republics and then they have a friendship cooperation and mutual assistance part of that. and within that part, the president, president putin, authorizes the russian military to carry out, to ensure peacekeeping functions, is the way it is put. so again, tacitly -- those officially, according to the