>> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. hello and welcome to our viewers joining us from all around the world. i'm michael holmes coming to you live from ukraine. our breaking news this hour, putin's latest move has the world on edge. the united nations security council gathering for a late-night emergency meeting as leaders worldwide brace for a possible full invasion of ukraine. one of putin's goals. how far will he go? live from cnn world headquarters in atlanta, i'm

john vause with our other top stories this hour, including living with covid. eng the russian president, vladimir putin, ordering troops to deploy to areas of eastern ukraine controlled by russian-backed separatists. the u.s. says russian forces could start arriving at any moment. now, we also have a russian media video showing a military convoy moving through separatist-controlled donetsk although it is unclear who the equipment belongs to. mr. putin's deployment order came just hours after he signed a decree recognizing the breakaway regions donetsk and luhansk as independent republics. it's hard to tell if russia's moves are a prelude to full invasion, but it's another escalation in a standoff with ukraine that has the west on edge.

in just the past few hours, the u.n. security council wrapped up an emergency meeting to discuss the crisis. here's how the american ambassador described the situation. >> he calls them peacekeepers. this is nonsense. we know what they really are. in doing so, he has put before the world a choice. we must meet the moment, and we must not look away. history tells us that looking the other way in the face of such hostility will be a far more costly path. >> meantime, u.s. officials have reportedly spoken with the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelenskyy, about moving to lviv where i am right now if the situation continues to unravel. but mr. zelenskyy appears unwilling to bend to moscow's threats. >> translator: we are dedicated to the peaceful diplomatic solution, and we will follow

this and only this path. we are on our land. we are not afraid of anybody and anything. we owe nothing to anybody, and we will not give anything to anyone. and we are confident about it. >> in the united states, president joe biden signing an executive order restricting american business in ukraine's breakaway regions. the uk announcing it will impose new sanctions, and in the coming hours, european union officials will meet to discuss sanctions as well. for more on all of this, let's bring in cnn white house correspondent arlette saenz. arlette, bring us up to date on the white house's position and why the sanctions they're talking about are so limited. >> reporter: well, michael, the white house continues to watch russia's moves with growing concern as it appears that they are moving closer and closer to a further invasion of ukraine. now, u.s. officials have said that they believe that russia -- those troops that russian

president vladimir putin has ordered into those two russian separatist regions in ukraine, that those could be arriving at any moment in the coming hours. the u.s. has also been watching russia's military movements over the course of the past few weeks as well as most recently the past few days, and they've seen other movements that have suggested the potential for a broader invasion. that includes the arrival of amphibious ships as well as equipment for airborne units. and as you heard the u.s. ambassador to the united nations, linda thomas-greenfield, she was warning about russia's intentions when it comes to ukraine. she said that the moves that they've been making so far follow what the u.s. predicted would be part of the russian playbook if they were moving forward with an invasion. and she said that in the coming days, the u.s. will be implementing additional measures to make it clear that russia has

violated international law. now, one thing that the white house has been receticent to doo far is specifically saying whether troops entering that donbas region, whether that would amount to a further invasion of ukraine. one senior administration official made the argument to reporters on monday that these russian troops have been present in that region for quite some time going all the way back to 2014 when putin originally annexed crimea. so they're saying this would not necessarily be a new step. and right now they're declining whether to say that amounts to a further invasion. of course that description of a further invasion is important when it comes to the sanctions that the u.s. has promised to implement against russia if they do further invade ukraine. on monday, president biden issued very limited, targeted sanctions that would prevent businesses from conducting trade or investing in those two

regions that putin declared independent earlier in the day. but that is separate from what the u.s. has been working on with its allies as they have really promised the most severe and punishing sanctions to date that putin would face if he does move forward with an invasion. there has been some criticism that those sanctions have not been enacted just yet, but the white house is insistent that they are planning other measures in the days forward. now, of course the u.s. says that they still think diplomacy could be an option. they say they will continue on that diplomatic path until the tanks roll. but they are also very clear-eyed about these military movements that they've seen from russia as an invasion seems potentially likely. >> all right. arl arlette saenz, appreciate it so much. now i want to bring in dmitry trenin, the director of the carnegie moscow center, a think tank with members from more than

20 countries. great to have your voice on this. only the donbas so far, but what do you think are russia's real aims? how much further might he go? >> well, it's hard to tell at this point because it may be the end of the current crisis from the russian side, but it could also be the beginning of something much bigger longer term. what i was struck by was the words of the president, president putin, in which he basi basically withdrew recognition from the, quote, unquote, kyiv regime and the territorial integrity or legitimacy of present-day ukraine. and that i think is something we need to keep in mind as we look

into the future. >> there has been so much talk about the minsk agreements being some sort of roadmap for resolving the crisis. are the minsk agreements dead with russia going in? >> well, i think that minsk was a method, a tool for russia to solve the, quote, unquote, ukraine problem for moscow. the problem being ukraine's orientation toward nae to membership. the idea was once luhansk and donetsk were given autonomy, they would veto ukraine's bid to join nato. now it appears that the minsk agreement was dead on arrival and there was no wish to implement it. ukraine was very much against

that. very influential ukrainian circles called it high treason. so seven years later, moscow has basically accepted something that had been there for the past almost seven years. >> you mentioned some of the words of vladimir putin. i wanted to get your thoughts on the tone of the speech. it was lecturing, even angry, basically saying to the west, i don't care what you think. what did you make of it? >> well, i think that the speech was remarkable in many ways. at the beginning, it looked like it was a further development of the president's article that he penned and published in june last year. and then he enumerated various russian security concerns that were passed on to the united states at the end of last year.

and at some point, it appeared as if the president would dec declare a russian war of liberation, if you like, or a march of liberation of ukraine because he was talking about ukraine in very, very strident tones, meaning the current leadership of ukraine and the composition of ukraine. and then at the end of this speech, he calmed down, if you like, and limited himself to something that had been there for the past eight years, russia's recognition of the breakaway regions of donetsk and luhansk as independent republics and deploying russian forces there. that could have been done by russia at any moment in the past. >> the areas we're talking about, the original areas claimed by these so-called republics, it's greater than the

area they currently hold. it includes, you know, strategic places. do you think there could be plans afoot to move further out, perhaps get that land bridge connecting mainland russia to crimea? you know, that would leave a sliver of captured territory. >> well, these were the questions that were immediately asked by the people here. i think that officially the issue is fudged. the law does not specify, let's say the regulations do not specify that when you recognize somebody, you have to outline the borders of that entity. so the issue is not yet being solved in people's minds. but i think that the actual stakes are much higher longer term, as i said.

and they are not limited to the administrative borders of luhansk and donetsk. but this is the game where we're only at the beginning. >> yes, yes, worryingly. dmitry trenin, great to get your analysis. thanks so much for the time. the stark uptick in tensions between russia and ukraine is sparking fresh concerns among global financial markets. cnn's kristie lu stout joins me from hong kong. >> reporter: hey there, michael. stocks across the asia-pacific region are falling this day, of course on the back of the news from russian president vladimir putin ordering troops to enter this breakaway pro-moscow regions in eastern ukraine. if we can bring up the latest data for you across asia, you will see that it paints a portrait in red, you know, across the region. the nikkei, you see, is down 1.7%. here in hong kong, down almost

3.2%. shanghai composite using 1 1/3. i should add concerns about more tech sector constrictions are weighing on the markets across china. today from asia we're also keeping a close eye on u.s. futures. of course monday was a holiday in the united states for presidents' day. but when they open soon, this could be what they will be seeing. dow futures at the moment down 1.32%. nasdaq down 3.5%. the s&p 500 losing 2.3%. according to the white house issued a statement on monday. they said u.s. president joe biden is planning to impose sanctions on those breakaway provinces in eastern ukraine, and that news sent the price of crude oil soaring. all this is adding up to so much volatility, so much uncertainty out there about the fate of the future of ukraine and elsewhere. and bottom line, this is not painting a good picture for the markets at the moment. i have two statements i want to share with you with analysts

we've been talking to here at cnn. craig erlam tells cnn this. quote, it feels like the situation can dramatically escalate at any moment, and that's going to keep investors on edge for now. we will be on the brink of something terrible happening and that is continuing to feed to the negativity in the markets. in addition to that, we heard from the head of fixed income research at west pac, and he tells cnn the following. quote, i do think it's as much a short squeeze as a flight to quality. today's move is clearly an escalation, which suggests that the current risk/rewards will favor lower long-end yields. the crisis has been driving up the price of gold as well as treasury bonds as investors scrambling to find any sort of safe haven out there. back to you, michael. >> all right. thanks so much. that will be all for us from ukraine for now. do stick around. i'll be back at the bottom of the hour.

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hong kong is forming an epidemic task force to help respond to a surge in covid cases. 1,000 also retired government workers have been recruited to manage isolation facilities and help hospitals with a fifth wave of the virus. a new covid facility with 1,000 beds is being built at an old airport terminal. despite the surging case numbers, some believe there are too many restrictions. >> foreign countries like those in europe have coexisted with the virus. citizens in those countries can do whatever they want. now omicron has little threat. why doesn't hong kong do the same as the west or the

government should do a complete lockdown? otherwise, there is no way to win the fight against the virus. >> the uk is one of the countries going with a learning to live with covid approach. as part of that strategy, an additional booster shot will be available within weeks to those older than 75 as well as the most vulnerable. this week england will end all pandemic restrictions, just one of many nations to do so with new infections globally on the decline. we get this report from cnn's nina dos santos. >> reporter: living with covid-19. according to the british prime minister boris johnson, it's the way forward in the next phase of the uk's battle with the coronavirus. johnson says that since there's sufficient immunity built up over the past two years, on thursday, all coronavirus restrictions will end in england. people who test positive will no longer legally be required to isolate. routine contact tracing operations will stop, and free universal testing will cease in april. he says that even though the

pandemic isn't over, it's important to shift away from government mandates to personal responsibility. >> covid will not suddenly disappear. so those who would wait for a total end to this war before lifting the remaining regulations would be restricting the liberties of the british people for a long time to come. this government does not believe that that is right or necessary. >> reporter: australia is also lifting some of its strictest covid-19 restrictions as it reopened its international borders on monday to vaccinated tourists for the first time in nearly two years. >> i'm picking up my best friend. haven't seen him since 2018, and he made it back just in time for my wedding in four days. >> reporter: the long awaited reunions part of a staggered plan by the government to move away from the cycle of lockdowns and border controls that earned the country the nickname "fortress australia."

late last year after parts of the nation reached benchmark vaccination rates, australia slowly began to reopen its doors. in november, fully vaccinated australian citizens were allowed to travel abroad and to return home. but this welcome back isn't without a few ground rules. travelers must show proof of having two doses of an approved vaccine and western australia remains closed until march 3rd. unvaccinated people will still have to quarantine, but in the states of victoria and new south wales, they've recently slashed their isolation periods from 14 to 7 days. >> it's been a party out here at sydney airport. everyone's celebrating. it's so great to have the international tourists back from right around the world. >> reporter: new zealand is also signaling a shift in its covid-19 measures. prime minister jacinda ardern said the nation will begin easing its vaccination mandates and other social distancing

rules after it's passed the peak of the omicron variant, which experts say could be in the next three to six weeks. >> we all want to go back to the way that life was, and we will. i suspect sooner than you think. but when that happens, it will be because easing restrictions won't compromise the lives of thousands of people, not because you demanded it. >> reporter: ardern referring to protesters inspired by truckers demonstrations in canada that have camped out in the country's capital to protest vaccine mandates and other government policies. new zealand's own phased reopening is under way. on sunday, it will allow fully vaccinated new zealand citizens and australians to enter the country from australia if they self-isolate for seven days with more reopenings planned throughout the course of the year. nina dos santos, cnn, london.

live to los angeles, and joining us now is dr. jorge rodriguez, an internal medicine specialist. welcome back. >> thank you. >> so just because there may no longer be official guidelines or requirements to wear a mask or to avoid large gatherings or maintain social distancing, does that mean it's safe to do so? can we all throw caution to the wind and take part in a national doorknob licking contest without covid concerns? >> absolutely not. that's why so much of these decisions are politically expedient, certainly not medically or scientifically sound. and it's very sad. it's very sad to me that it seems that we've lost the resolve in many different countries, in many different areas, to just persevere. people are tired, and to be quite honest, to me, that's not good enough reason to do things that are not in the long run the right things to do. you know, we're going to learn a lesson. in a few months, we're going to

learn a lesson. this virus is relentless. there are more variants coming. so, you know, god help us. >> we seem not to learn that lesson every time because there is that wild card out there. it's the omicron subvariant known as ba.2. it's the dominant strain now in more than 70 countries. new research according to cnn finding it may be as capable of causing serious illness as older variants of covid-19, including delta. and like omicron, it appears to be largely escaping the immunity created by vaccines. it's also resistant to some treatments including the monoclonal antibody currently being used against omicron. so by ending restrictions just in time to give the potentially deadlier version of the coronavirus a free run, it seems we're potentially at least creating the perfect storm. >> absolutely. and it's like we don't learn, you know, from our past. last july when the cdc says take your mask off, you know, throw caution to the wind, let's

party, what happened? we had breakthroughs. my whole thing is i think it is now inevitable that because of politics, restrictions are going to be decreased. so my word of advice is to those people that take this seriously, take care of yourselves and your family. get vaccinated. get boosted when recommended. take precautions because you also have rights. you also have the freedom to stay healthy. and if other people don't want to, it is not the most optimal thing. you know, nature will take care of itself unfortunately. so assume the responsibility for yourself and your loved ones. that's all that you can do right now. >> yeah, absolutely. personal responsibility is a big thing. but just on the ba.2, this is a subvariant of omicron. there are some professionals and experts out there who say it should become a variant of concern within its own right. where do you stand? >> i agree. the information that's come out says that it is possibly 40% to

50% more infectious and also causes greater illness. if that's the case, you saw how quickly omicron just peaked throughout the world. this may start peaking soon. we may be wrong, but it sure does not look like it is something to be taken lightly. >> yeah. i guess if we're going to start learning to live with covid, then booster shots are crucial to the live part of that plan. and there is good news on that. it seems that third booster shot remains effective for much longer than initially thought. that's raising some questions about the value of a fourth booster shot just for the general public. >> i agree. and i'm going to use myself as an example. i got boosted in late july, early august, and my antibody levels are still extremely high going, what, eight months later. so i think the third shot, the booster shot, is probably going to hold off serious infection for around a year, which is why even the cdc in the united states is talking about recommending a fourth booster in august.

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hello, everyone. i'm michael holmes coming to you live from lviv in ukraine. outrage growing over moscow's decision to order troops into two breakaway regions in eastern ukraine that the russian president has recognized as independent. vladimir putin claims he is sending peacekeepers, which the u.s. envoy to the u.n. calls nonsense. it's unclear if any russian forces have officially stepped across the border, though, at this point. a russian television network did air video of a military convoy moving through the streets of donetsk. the u.n. security council held an emergency meeting on monday that got contentious with the u.s. calling russia's moves a, quote, pretext for war. russia's ambassador insisted his country will not allow a

bloodbath in eastern ukraine and that it recognizes separatist regions to protect people living there. now, the eu is meeting in the coming day to discuss sanctions, and the uk plans to announce its own very soon. right about now, the british prime minister is scheduled to chair a meeting of cobra. that is britain's emergency council, which convenes to handle major crises. >> this is plainly in breach of international law. it's a violation, a flagrant violation of the sovereignty and integrity of ukraine. it is a repudiation of the minsk process and the minsk agreements. and i think it's a very ill omen and a very dark sign. >> cnn's matthew chance now with a closer look at the kremlin's

perspective. >> reporter: this is the moment vladimir putin further escalated this dangerous standoff with ukraine, signing a presidential decree that would unilaterally redraw ukraine's borders and set back any prospects of diplomacy. >> translator: i consider it necessary to make a long overdue decision to immediately recognize the independence sovereignty of the donetsk people's republic and the luhansk people's republic. >> reporter: for years the self-styled republics backed by moscow have been the focus of ukraine's bitter civil war. a peace deal called the minsk agreement was meant to end the fighting and reintegrate the breakaway regions into ukraine. now russia and the entire region is on a war footing once again. and president putin, who has massed tens of thousands of russian troops near ukraine's borders, has made it clear there will be no quarter given if the government of ukraine attempts

to resist. >> translator: and from those who seized and hold power in kyiv, we demand an immediate cessation of hostilities. otherwise, all responsibility for the possible continuation of the bloodshed will be entirely on the conscience of the regime ruling on the territory of ukraine. >> reporter: but it may be russia that's planning more, even manufacturing a reason to attack. this is what russia says are ukrainian armored vehicles that crossed its border and were quickly destroyed, killing five ukrainian troops inside. ukrainian officials have strongly denied this ever took place. there was no crossing, no ukrainian casualties, they insist. all this is just a pretext, they say, to ratchet up tensions. earlier, there was more kremlin theater on state television. a carefully choreographed session of the normally closed russian security council

discussing eastern ukraine and then called on one by one to tell the russian leader what he wanted to hear. the situation there is tense, the russian defense minister says. serious provocations are being prepared, he alleges, to impose a forcible solution on the region. the implication is that russia should act. basically, ukraine doesn't even need these territories now, sid dmitry med ved ov, a former russian president and prime minister. the residents have not been receiving any support from ukraine in years, he added. on the contrary, they're subjected to mass repression. on russian state media, these were the jubilant scenes in donetsk, the main city in one of the breakaway regions, when news filtered back that moscow had recognized the territory as an independent state. russian flags and fireworks set

to a blaring national anthem. for the u.s. and its allies, this is yet another unilateral russian violation of ukrainian sovereignty to be punished. matthew chance, cnn, kyiv. >> so what will a russian invasion into ukraine look like, a full within? cnn's tom foreman looks at how the russian military could use its superior firepower. >> reporter: ukraine is only about the size of texas, so why would russia need so much force to go after this small area down here? why would they have filled the region with so many different troops? military experts who have looked at this say they believe it's because they want to have overwhelming power to support this peacekeeping mission in here and maybe to carry it a lot further. what kind of power are we talking about? things like the fullback bomber, capable of firing bunker-busting missiles in from across the

border without even getting into ukrainian airspace. things like the iskander m short-range ballistic missile system. there are 36 of these just beyond the border according to ukraine, range 310 miles. that's almost half the distance across the country. again, without even crossing the border if they want to. then of course they would have the tanks that they normally send in with their troops. their artillery all over the place. and then beyond that, they might even have a very active role to be played out here by the black sea fleet and then other troops moving in from this area. in the end, one of the concerns that military strategists have for the west is that if they move into this area, russia will not say merely that we're putting peacekeeping troops here but that they might say, let's carve out a land bridge to crimea, which we want anyway, and because of the danger, why don't we have a zone a little bit further out here just to say, we're just keeping everyone apart so there won't be much fighting, and then maybe beyond that, the concern is what if

they say, we're going to push all the way out here to the neper river and say all of this is for russia. and by the way, if the ukraine army is in here resisting this, there's a real fear that what russia might try to do is sweep in behind them and essentially isolate them and come up with a very, very diminished remainder of ukraine and a very different-looking map. >> all right. tom foreman there. clearly the world is watching and waiting for vladimir putin's next move. while we wait, cnn's brian todd breaks down the russian president's motives. >> translator: ukraine is not just our neighboring country. it's an integral part of our own history, culture, and spiritual space. >> reporter: analysts say for vladimir putin, ukraine is personal. to hear putin tell it on monday, ukrainians are really russian, hardly even their own nation.

>> translator: ukraine has never had a consistent tradition of being a true nation. >> i think for vladimir putin, he is essentially denying the legitimacy of ukraine as an independent state. >> reporter: his speech on monday a window into his thinking in history. >> he's got all of these grievances that are built up, and he's trying to solve them all in one sort of very, you know, brutal attack on ukraine. >> reporter: early in his presidency, the former kgb colonel told his nation the demise of the soviet union was the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century, and there was one soviet republic he especially regretted losing. >> for him, ukraine is the crown jewel that was lost. ukraine is a sister country. >> reporter: experts say putin has always had the view that countries on russia's periphery have to be pro-russian, and he sees a western-friendly ukrainian government as a threat to that ideal. >> he doesn't fear nato. he fears democracy. and ukraine, which is a fledgling democracy in europe,

that's something that he fears because it's an example for his own people to see. >> reporter: but they also say the man born and raised in what is now st. petersburg, the seat of the czars, as his own legacy in mind when it comes to what happens in ukraine. >> he wants his legacy to be that like the great czars of the past or the heads of the soviet union, he left russia as a great power to be feared, respected, and treated seriously in the world. >> reporter: analysts say putin has chafed at what he's perceived as past u.s. administrations treating russia like a lesser power and that flexing his muscle with ukraine is a way to keep his country relevant. >> he wants people to be coming to russia to solve world problems. them being a threat to others, that's better than being disrespected or ignored. >> reporter: but kremlin watchers say the man viewed as the ultimate strategist may have overplayed his hand this time. >> look, it could be a terrible miscalculation. war, you know, leads to unpredictable consequences. the economic consequences of an

invasion would be massive on russia. >> reporter: as powerful as vladimir putin is, analysts say a drawn-out, bloody war in ukraine would harm his legacy and could even start to threaten his hold on power. as one expert points out, significant losses from the war in afghanistan did contribute to the dissolution of the soviet union. brian todd, cnn, washington. now, i will be back from ukraine with more a little later. but coming up meantime, millions of americans under some form of winter weather alert. john vause will return to bring you that story after the break. let's go. yeah! mush, walter! pace yourself. ♪ whoa. that's incredible. oh yeah, it's a chevy silverado trail boss. this thing's built for off-roading right from the factory. no, i meant the cat. it's like nobody's seen a cat before. the chevy silverado trail boss.

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madagascar bracing for a fourth tropical cyclone in less than a month. the latest storm expected to

make landfall tuesday evening as a category 2, bringing strong wind, rain and storm surges. it appears on track to follow the same path as recent cyclones, further impacting areas already suffering from damage as well as flooding. meantime, in the united states, millions are bracing for extreme weather across the country. a series of winter storms will bring heavy snow to the northern united states, tornadoes to the south, cold arctic air will stretch all the way to texas. that has nearly 25 million americans under some sort of winter storm alert. for the very latest, we're joined by meteorologist karen maginnis. this is going to be quite the day. >> as a matter of fact, it's a multi-day event, but its impacts are going to be widely felt all the way from the pacific northwest into the great basin, the central u.s. especially hit hard, the northern tier with those dangerously cold windchill factors as well. as i mentioned, it's a multi-day event, which means we will see round and round of wet weather, producing flooding in the tennessee and ohio river valleys. let's take a look at some of the current temperatures and windchills.

i show you this because fargo is minus 22 degrees celsius. it feels like it's minus 36. but for fargo, it was an extremely dangerous day. not just there but as you head further north, i want to show you video coming just to the west of fargo. this multi-vehicle car pileup. all day, low visibility. there were gusty winds. the visibility was just portions of a mile or portions of a kilometer. we had wind gusts up around 60 kilometers per hour. there were six vehicles or six people that were taken to hospital from these accidents. and there were also about six tractor-trailer trucks that were involved in this as well. they had to close down a portion of the interstate, but that was during the height of perhaps the most miserable weather with the high winds and the dangerously cold weather. all right. how about some high temperatures? we see these double-digit, below-zero readings. normal is minus 4 in fargo, but

it's going to be minus 20 or more, how cold it's going to be. take a look at minneapolis. even as we head towards thursday, minus 9. that's with moderating temperatures. now kind of a different version of severe weather, and that is in the form of strong to severe thunderstorms. we did just to the northwest of dallas, that's where we saw some hail and high winds. some property damage reports but no reports of any injuries. as i mentioned, multi-day event, so this is going to shift more into the central mississippi river valley across tennessee, arkansas, into mississippi and alabama. it shifts further towards the east as we head into tuesday afternoon. so a lot of these folks are going to see between 50 and possibly as much as 150 millimeters of rainfall. john. >> wow, karen. thank you. karen maginnis with that

forecast. mount etna sent large plumes of smoke and steam more than ten kilometers or six miles into the skies over sicily. ash rained down on roads and buildings, forcing a nearby airport to close for a few hours. it's the latest in a flurry of volcanic activity which began last week. i'm john vause. mike holmes live in lviv, ukraine, has much more on the breaking news. i'll see you tomorrow. michael. >> john, we'll see you then. appreciate that. coming up here after the break, escalating tensions are heightening fears of a russian invasion in ukraine, and it's impacting the country's economy already. we'll hear from local business operators when we come back.

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>> reporter: small-business operators like hers say these are tough times. no tourists and locals are hunkering down. first, it was covid lockdowns. now, it is the threat of war keeping the cash register quiet. >> translator: we don't know what will happen. no one knows it. the situation is difficult for sure. but if you ask what to do if it gets worse? then my answer is, i don't know. t only thing i know for sure, i will still here, no matter what. >> now, the pocketbook pain for ordinary ukrainians is obvious, and nationally, it is as well. gdp is down. investors have fled to the sidelines. and obviously, an invasion would make everything that much worse. but experts say even if putin's troops stay on the outside, things could be almost as grim as they apply an economic stranglehold on this country. >> absolutely because the war is not just, you know, a kinetic or

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hello and welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. i am michael holmes, coming to you live from lviv in ukraine. our breaking news, this hour. the latest move from vladimir putin's dangerous play book has this region on the brinch of war ask we were leaders scrambling to respond. and i am rosemary church live from cnn headquarters here in than that. also this hour, a game plan for living with covid. england scraps all remaining restrictions. >> this is cnn breaking news. russian president vladimir putin has ordered troops to deploy to areas of eastern ukraine, controlled by russian-backed separatists. it is the latest escalation in a standoff that has the west on edge. the u.s. is warning russia