CNN CNN Newsroom With Poppy Harlow and Jim Sciutto February 16, 2022 15:12:00
Particular region of ukraine, and that is the donbas. you noticed, you heard the russian president outrageously use the term genocide in relation to his claims that there are crimes being committed against ethnic russians, but also at the same time that the russian donbas, as you know, is wanting to be recognized as independent. i'm concerned that russia would use those claims as a pretext either to formally slice off another piece of ukraine or carry out military action there. do you share that concern? >> that's precisely our concern for two reasons. number one, we know the history well. we ...