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Secretary has said, quote, we've said for some time the russians might do something like this in order to justify a military conflict. so, we'll be watching this very closely. another concerning move? russia expelled our second most senior diplomat in moscow without any justification in what the state department is now calling an escalatory step. so, these tensions, they aren't easing, shall we say. though, the drum beat of war seems to be growing louder and louder, the u.s. is still holding out hope that russia will change its course and abandon the path of war and choose a different path. th...

Was knocked out in the village. ukraine's president is calling it, indeed, a, quote, provocation. while the u.s. is gathering details, our defense secretary says, quote, we've said for some time that the russians might do something like this in order to justify a military conflict. so, we'll be watching this very closely. another concerning move? russia expelled our second most senior diplomat in moscow without any justification in what the state department is now calling an escalatory step. so, these tensions, they aren't easing, shall we say. though, the drum beat of war seems to be growing ...

Unprovoked and escalatory step. on the domestic front, the senate passed a short term funding bill, avoiding a government shutdown that would've taken effect friday night. that bill keeps the government running through march 11th. over in the, house republican leader, kevin mccarthy, has endorsed harriet pagan meant, the trump backed candidate that is challenging liz cheney in the primary. cheney of course, is vice chair of the january six committee, and was removed from the number three post-gop leadership last year after voting for trump's impeachment, and is being openly critical of the pre...

Barrage or a smaller tranche which reflects how this is not a full scale invasion that has been warned about? it could be an escalatory step. the russian troops might find themselves too close to the army and they may be in combat. they may have wider goals. the issue is the level of the western response and it looks like an incremental or lesser move. >> sources are telling cnn that the u.s. has had private conversations about zelenskyy's personal security. what more do we know about that? >> reporter: certainly warnings if there was a russian move towards kyiv, he would be best served by not...

>> so, along with those false flag warnings, there's a heavy focus today on the donbas, a contested area in eastern ukraine. both separatists and ukrainian armed forces report renewed shelling there. the ukrainians say a kindergarten building was hit and two civilians were hurt. also, the white house is calling the expulsion of a high-ranking u.s. diplomat from moscow unprovoked and an escalatory step. mark gorman was the number two official at the u.s. embassy in moscow. he was forced out earlier this year and left russia's capital last week. let's go to cnn's erin burnett who joins us from l...