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As a response, the united nations security council is conducting a meeting now at the request of zelenskyy. the council is shared by russia and has been the scene of tense arguments. we'll keep a close eye on what comes out of the meeting that is under way in new york at the united nations right now. we continue to cover the breaking news that putin has declared russian troops will enter eastern ukraine as part of what he calls a recognition of that region's independence. russian-backed accept tiffs have been fighting that force for years. in response, the u.s. secretary

You are an important voice to give us clarity. putin is trying to convince the world of a narrative that you know not to be true. >> ukraine has had a sense of itself as a nation, an ethnic group, identity for many centuries. ukraine was a colony. many ukrainians were serfs or slaves. the national poet was born a slave and bought his freedom when he moved to st. petersburg. it has been opposed to the empire. ukrainians made several attempts

Kyiv. they might move zelenskyy out and form a government in exile. how will they deal with these large russian-speaking parts of ukraine? >> i think it is a one and three chance they'll go full blitz creed. i think it is a two in three chance he'll take a conservative approach and focus his forces where there are many ethnic speakers, putin has done an air drop of passports handing out hundreds of thousands of russian passports of ukrainians sympathetic to russia. he'll try to build around that.

World. the rest of the world has moved forward. it is not 1919. it's 2022. i want to ask you what she said there? that's right. somehow the idea that we'll return to the geopolitics of the rural jungle where the age of empires and the powerful can do whatever they want to do. the kind of world putin thinks he can prosper in. by appending international norms and invading a peaceful area and setting the tone for the world he wants to live in. >> are you surprised by some of the response of the american right wing and some of the republican party that seem to be implying maybe this isn't all that...

What the situation is as you understand it. >> reporter: it was just a few hours ago president zelenskyy gave his speech. the first official response we heard from him. he opened with a bit of a jab at vladamir putin. putin gave a long speech and referenced len lennen and stalin. zelenskyy came out and said it is late, we don't have time for history lessons. we are going toward the few tour. he stated he was going to call on all the allies and make a round of diplomatic calls and that he helped the nations friendly with ukraine would stay