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They're not running around with hir hair on fire, but they're very, very scared. they listen to putin speaking last night. they heard the voting and the duma to recognize the two separate ust republics. that shattered a lot of hopes. not the entire compliment of the 300,000 troops that he could call up. but because he still amazingly news that there is a root out with diplomacy. ari? >> thank you. >> diplomacy is looking weak. we owe it to people to be honest about the impact that threatening sanctions has had. that is not to dispute evelyn's point where sanctions should be

>> well, good afternoon. yesterday vladimir putin recognized two regions of ukraine as independent states. and he bizarrely asserted that these regions are longer part of ukraine and their sovereign territory. russia announced it is carving out a big chunk of ukraine. last night putin authorized russian forces to deploy into these regions. today he asserted these regions are actually extend deeper than the two areas he recognized, claiming large areas currently under the jurisdiction of the ukraine government. he's setting up a rationale to take more territory by force in my view, and if we li...

To recognise the independence of the separatist regions in eastern ukraine — and shortly after that vote, just a few hours ago, these pictures were filmed of a russian armoured column moving towards luhansk and donetsk. mr putin's recognition of those separately held areas — here they are on the map — was universally condemned today in western capitals. we've had the first wave of sanctions from the eu, germany, france and the uk. not the entire package promised — we'll talk more about that in the programme — but first let's hear from president biden, who has been speaking in the las...

Be very clear here ukraine fully understands what russia is capable of. i think they see a lot of the ominous signs not just in terms of the troop buildup but in terms of the rhetoric, about a genocide taking place in don pm b pmbat, the duma putting forward this bill that would recognize these pro-russian separatist areas as being independent. and he understands he has multiple levers here in which he can implement russian influence and aggression either by force, either by misinformation, also through cyber attacks we had mentioned as well. so they are concerned, absolutely, john. >> so jill...

Want us to beat... let me finish, especially after the last question you had, i think it's a dangerous mistake for us to be talking and exaggerating the strength of president putin. i think his paint very weak position, in fact and whatever direction he moves, i think in the long—term he loses. think in the long-term he loses. ~ ., ., , loses. what we do see domestically, - loses. what we do see domestically, and - loses. what we do see domestically, and i'ml loses. what we do see - domestically, and i'm sure you will agree, domestically, and i'm sure you willagree, is domestically, and i'm ...