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Something if putin acts again. remember, the purpose of the sanctions is not just punishment, though that's an element to it, but it is really deterrence. it is trying to keep him from doing as john said the most violent thing that is going to result in the greatest of casualties. and you know, the area that he's in now, the white house was already saying last night, is an area that he has essentially had significant influence in. he's just moving from a covert force in the donbas to an overt one, the so-called peacekeeping force, if you believe that line. >> david sanger, thank you so much fo...

Other european nations that are allies. >> absolutely. when putin looks at this, he sees this encroachment of nato the east, right? from 1999 until today, those nato nations have gone from 16 to 30. and we told putin back in the early '90s and beyond, we're not going to expand nato. guess what in his eyes we lied to him and now he is upset and he's showing us why he's upset. >> again, this is what we're watching right now. we'll check in with you in a little bit because there could be some new activity in this region in the next few hours. thank you for being with us. >> thank you, john. vla...

It's a big impact that would just exacerbate the health inequalities. the government says surveillance of the virus will continue and testing could be ramped up again in response to new variants. scotland, wales and northern ireland are still to set out their plans for living with the virus. washington, breaking all the time in relation to president putin's ordering troops into eastern ukraine. the white house says it welcomes the nord stream 2 halt, so thatisit welcomes the nord stream 2 halt, so that is it welcoming germany's decision to stop approval for a major gas pipeline that was due to...

The world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." we begin with president biden hitting back hard at vladimir putin for his decision to order russian troops into ukraine. cnn white house correspondent mj lee is following the breaking story. >> this is beginning of a russian invasion of ukraine. >> reporter: tonight, president biden announcing new steps to punish russia for its increased aggression in ukraine. >> who in the lord's name does putin think gives him the right to declare new so-called countries on territory that belonged to his neighbors. >> reporter: biden condemning vla...

And today, declaring its independence with the help of the kremlin. here in kyiv, it remains calm, but people say they're defiant. >> erin, thank you, and stay safe. let's go to matt now, standing by in moscow. he's recently confirmed reporting that vladimir putin has signed a decree authorizing peacekeepers to enter these what he calls independent regions of ukraine. the problem is, they're not independent regions of ukraine, so he's ordering troops into ukraine. >> reporter: that's exactly right. they knew this, this would not be something recognized by the international community. but they'...