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Enormous casualties for the civilian population and so this could create a tragedy quite frankly in terms of refugee flow and displaced people. so this is potentially very, very dangerous. >> bill: it is clear on behalf of this administration that every day they dribble out new information trying to keep ahead of vladimir putin and his russian intent here. do you agree with that strategy so far and has it worked? >> well it doesn't appear to have worked at all because you have russia continuing to build up troops on ukraine's border. up to now we're up to 200,000 troops on ukraine's border on ...

Sanctioned. >> applying pressure from all sides. mary alice, thank you. as we noted earlier, emotional scenes from ukraine's border as people flee the russian assault. the u.n. now estimating that more than 150,000 people have crossed in a neighboring country. half of them arriving in poland, some waiting 40 hours just to get through. nbc's phil lipof is there with the families leaving their homeland. >> tonight the growing flood of refugees crossing into poland from ukraine's western border. mothers taking only what they can carry with one hand. their children clinging to the other. the u.n...

Hello, i'm christian fraser. you're watching context on bbc news. vladimir putin says his troops will support the territorial claims of the two proxy states in eastern ukraine. the nato secretary general describes it as europe's most dangerous moment in a generation. there are tonight, pictures of russian troops nearing the border, some of them crossing just hours after the russian duma voted to recognise the independence of donetsk and luhansk. the us and europe were quick to respond with new sanctions — targetting russian banks and those close to president putin, amid universal condemnatio...

Even in the fog of war, that you feel when you are there, not knowing what is happening 100 miles away or gnat nearby -- nearby town. the reality the one thing we dough no is there a lot of weapons already in ukraine that don't appear yet to have been used even with the horrors we are seeing, and more coming in. you can see a russian military convoy in this satellite image, consisting of armored vehicles and tanks. that line stretches for 17 miles outside of kyiv and it comes as chaos is on consuming ukraine's went border. it is a country of 44 million people, okay? and when it happened, none ...

Putin— not amounts. he's saying that if mr putin invades ukraine further, more sanctions _ putin invades ukraine further, more sanctions will be forthcoming. he's trying _ sanctions will be forthcoming. he's trying to— sanctions will be forthcoming. he's trying to send a message today that is severe, _ trying to send a message today that is severe, but also to hold back enough — is severe, but also to hold back enough to — is severe, but also to hold back enough to be a threat. although, given— enough to be a threat. although, given what we've heard from mr putin. _ given what we've ...