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Teaming with military equipment. we've seen armour and self-propelled artillery as well, the u.s. says this could be a sign a larger offensive could be looming even as moscow says they have no plans. here a breach of international law nato says. >> most have moved from covert attempts to destabilize ukraine to overt military action. this is a serious escalation by russia. >> reporter: russian authorities say tens of thousands of donbas residents have been evacuated. some praised vladimir putin for intervening if you crane. "we are very grateful that this happened. if he helps us now, we will l...

Go after the people of kyiv where you are. have you heard that? and if so, what's the reasoning behind that anything? that thinking? >> we have heard reports about that. you crane january officials saying that they expect it tonight, jets, helicopters, cruise missiles. we've had a few sirens, a couple of bangs off in the distance but nothing significant yet. look, since this started 10, 11 days ago there has been that threat. we know that putin wants kyiv. it's the capital, the crown jewel, and if he has had this, he would be in a different position than the one he's in now. so the feeling her...

>> russia is attempting to use the security counsel to dejitmize the situation. fwrrs r and china has been spreading disinformation in support of russia's outrageous claims. i will say this once. you crane does not have a biological weapons program. there are no ukrainian biological weapons laboratories supported by the united states. not near russia's border or anywhere. >> nbc chief foreign correspondent, richard engel filed this report. >> reporter: russian forces are closing in after vladimir putin signalled he has no the tension of stopping and russia was foreign minister refused to ackno...

Not gonna work. and look, if i may, i would like to take this opportunity to essentially, argue with the rest that i'm hearing about world war iii. i do not think that even if the u.s., or nato members from the you crane, within ukraine, will be the pretax of world war iii. i want to argue that in the 20th century, during the world war, there was a green war, the soviets against the u.s. army. there were certain elements to the vietnam war and so on and so forth. none of that will lead to world war iii. but what i think is going to happen, if ukraine falls, and, without major help from the wes...

The troops have dug in, in for the indications in the cher naomi noble area, which -- owe chernobyl area, they were likely contaminated perhaps to unhealthy levels. >> to the degree to which the military abandoned its own forces there in many ways is remarkable. thanks so much for joining us this morning. >> thank you. this morning, cnn learned the u.s. and it allies could provide ukraine with alternative security guarantees, alternative to to membership in nato if you crane abandons its possible recession to end the war. natasha bertrand, ukraine proposed a couple things, permanent neutral ...