john vause with our other top stories this hour, including living with covid. eng the russian president, vladimir putin, ordering troops to deploy to areas of eastern ukraine controlled by russian-backed separatists. the u.s. says russian forces could start arriving at any moment. now, we also have a russian media video showing a military convoy moving through separatist-controlled donetsk although it is unclear who the equipment belongs to. mr. putin's deployment order came just hours after he signed a decree recognizing the breakaway regions donetsk and luhansk as independent republics. it's hard to tell if russia's moves are a prelude to full invasion, but it's another escalation in a standoff with ukraine that has the west on edge.