-- they said that officials broke into the city only to be repelled by ukrainian troops. as the fighting is continuing, russian president vladimir putin is raising the stakes of this conflict immensely. putting the deterrent forces on high alert after the un security council approved a special section of the un general assembly later today to discuss russians invasion. the un ambassador blasted the russian presidents move. we >> this is another escalatory and unnecessary step that threatens us all. we urge russia to tone down this dangerous rhetoric regarding nuclear weapons. >> so, it looks like sanctions aimed in hurting the russian economy are actually starting to have an immediate effect. russians currency, the rubble has seen a huge dropping against the u.s. dollar today.