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Next thing you are looking for here? the next move that you think will tell us where this is headed? >> the next move would be military action, both inside the donbas and perhaps beyond. the u.s. still sees preparations for that kind of military action. they're taking it very seriously, watching day by day. listen, it is a tense situation here. lives are at stake. the pressure has not been let off from the perspective of the u.s. and nato. it's going to be a crucial few days and weeks frankly with consequences far beyond ukraine. >> jim sciutto, rest that voice if you can. clarissa ward, jill ...

Doesn't work, is to fight for every inch of our land, john. >> so let's go to moscow. jill dougherty, what is putin's likely response to the announcements that were made today with the sanctions? >> well, you know, interestingly, john, the kremlin said they were a little too busy to be listening to president biden. they had a meeting, the president had a meeting. so that's kind of the mood here. you know, it's really kind of a sense of inevitability that there's a plan unfolding. you had president putin recognizing those breakaway regions. then today on tv, there was a big vote, several votes ...

Happening, john, as we are hearing from nato that russian troops are arriving in that don bas region. and the real question now becomes do their attempt along with those prorussian separatists to push the front lines to the borders that they believe constitute those two breakaway republics. if they were to go ahead and push forward with that, that would result in major fighting and particularly in major metro metropolises, a port city, and so you have the sense here that really the city is on something of a knife edge as people wait to see what will play out. president zelenskyy and the foreig...

Three weeks ago exactly i had my life. i was living in my house. with my son. i was living a regular life. i was building for 20 years in kyiv. and now it's all gone. i cannot stay at my place. i haven't seen my son for three weeks. my boyfriend is with the army. i don't know where he is. and i'm able to see him again. it feels surreal r. that is just making so very little sense. i would say that we knew that the russians hate us enough and the fact that we are trying to build a democratic state. close to the russian border. they hate it enough. we could never imagine missiles hitting the city...

Donbas. all russian speakers over there hate them now. >> it does seem surreal. even for those of us not ukrainian. just watching the situation unfold. thank you so much for joining us. we appreciate it. i hope you can stay safe. reunite with your family as soon as possible. the white house says president biden is a big believer in face to face diplomacy. that's what his aids said. to that end he will travel to europe next week to attend the nato summit in person. expected to discuss deterrence and defense efforts with nato leaders. and measures to impose more economic punishment on russia. ...