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Confirmed he was dead and his body was picked up on sunday, cnn can't confirm how he died, but we know he died after being taken into custody. either by russian or russian-backed separatist forces. do you think that the russians killed your son? >> translator: yes, i'm sure. >> reporter: russia's ministry of defense did not return a request for comment about how he died. for weeks cnn has heard directly from soldiers inside the steel plant complex who have told us they will not surrender to the russians for fear of being executed. within their ranks, his death only hardened that sentiment. ...

Forward, i think we're fully prepared to do that. >> reporter: the kremlin demanding a guarantee ukraine won't join nato, as over 100,000 heavily armed russian troops mass on ukraine's borders. eyva. lavrovti d but blinken vowing a swift and severe response if they do, repeating president biden's warning after biden came under fire this week for saying quote, response. that went down badly with the soldiers here in eastern ukraine who've been facing russian backed rebels for eight years. we're moving through the trenches towards front lines against russian-backed separatist forces. the failure...

Law a few times within recent years, within the last eight years, exactly towards ukraine by annexing their peninsula of crimea. this is totally illegal, from the point of international law. and also there is the regional war that is still going on in the ukraine's territory so ukrainians are not new to the situation of uncertainty and pressure and direct danger, direct threat. this war is fought between the ukrainian army on the one hand and the russian—backed separatist forces on the other hand. russia supports its proxies, so they are proxies in eastern ukraine, by weapons, by money, by o...

I think this gives an understanding to ukrainians that this is a very dangerous situation, that if the other side which feels offended, russia, the kremlin, the leader of russia, is not restricted by moral commitments and the rule of law, that is already a huge problem. and russia breached international law a few times within recent years, within the last eight years, exactly towards ukraine by annexing their peninsula of crimea. this is totally illegal, from the point of international law. and also there is the regional war that is still going on in the ukrainian territory so ukrainians are n...

Sharp escalation in cease-fire violations along the frontlines dividing ukrainian and russian-backed separatist forces. this is precisely where many fear russian provocation could take place. for its part in a document set to washington today, moscow denied russia was planning to sprad but warned it would be forced to take, quote, emergency military measures if rolling back nato expansion is not met. so there's that, chief admission, the bridge yesterday but gone today, a big security conference gearing up in munich and much more. kaitlan collins at the white house, clarissa ward in kyiv, and ...