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In a moment we ll speak to adam fleming in westminster. first, the bbc s caroline davies is in russia, near the border with ukraine. great to have you on the programme this morning. we have heard from vladimir putin is ordering troops into those breakaway regions. i do like late to go further from this point into ukraine they likely go further? point into ukraine they likely go further? ., , ., ., further? dan, that is one of the questions further? dan, that is one of the questions that further? dan, that is one of the questions that many further? dan, that is one of the questions that many people - further? dan, that is one of the questions that many people are asking yesterday during the security council meeting at president putin hail, an extraordinary event where he asked some of his officials for their opinion on what to do next. some people talked about the fact that they would go further into the region, that some of the regions should be recognised, that donetsk and ....
Sides tonight, alex. we erin mclaughlin live in kyiv tonight, thanks for staying with us we look forward to more updates in the next coming days. john finer is the white house national security editor and he joins me now, john let s talk about the limited sanctions at the white house announced today. those are only against the breakaway regions not against russia itself, and those sanctions were announced before putin signed the decree ordering peacekeeping troops to the breakaway regions, is there going to be a separatist response from the white house to that move by putin? yes, alex, there will the statements they put out tonight in an immediate response to the although not surprising that president putin took indicated that we would have a further actions that will be taken tomorrow. we ll continue to assess what russian does overnight, based on the steps they ve already taken today which are clear and direct violations of the only ....
This and only this path. we are on our land. we are not afraid of anybody and anything. we owe nothing to anybody, and we will not give anything to anyone. and we are confident about it. in the united states, president joe biden signing an executive order restricting american business in ukraine s breakaway regions. the uk announcing it will impose new sanctions, and in the coming hours, european union officials will meet to discuss sanctions as well. for more on all of this, let s bring in cnn white house correspondent arlette saenz. arlette, bring us up to date on the white house s position and why the sanctions they re talking about are so limited. reporter: well, michael, the white house continues to watch russia s moves with growing concern as it appears that they are moving closer and closer to a further invasion of ukraine. now, u.s. officials have said that they believe that russia those troops that russian ....
And yet if you go to social media, and maybe we can talk about that later. you go to social media and there is a lot more criticism and push back especially from young people. and russia s assault has been slower moving because of ukrainian resistance, jill. but that is not appearing on tvs there in russia, right? correct. yeah, no, it s completely like through the looking glass image. cnn, major media in the west have live shots and pictures from kyiv and other ukrainian cities with those attacks, and yet on the russian media it s really kind of i would call it old-fashioned kind of stodgy almost soviet coverage, which is military spokesperson delivering his report about what s happening. and also, again, it s referring to these breakaway regions. so the message i think is to consac ....
Does he actually intend to just take away the breakaway regions. that s false. it seems his true intent was to take on ukraine. but it s opposite him. and we see them edges of potential maps over the last week. the suggesting moldova might be next. that really raises a question for all of europe. is this the nato is designed to prevent. and european nations are designed to form alliances and protect each other. and how that time comes now. no one seemed to be prepared for it. yes, that s right. we saw that last week. the president of belarus standing in front of a map, and seemed to show the next possible encouraged in that would go into moldova. is there anyone you are talking to on the u.s. side that things that s not a possibility? i don t think anyone that i have talked to on the u.s. side says they know what s putin s true intentions are. and the motivation now is to stop it as soon as possible. let me ask, you finally, mr. ....