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 russian

forces could arrive in eastern ukraine, at any moment. now, this video from russian media shows a military convoy, already, moving through separatist-controlled donetsk even though it is unclear who the equipment belongs to, precisely. now, mr. putin's order came just hours after he signed a decree recognizing the breakaway regions donetsk and luhansk as independent republics. separatists there have long had backing there from the kremlin. u.s. and nato officials say moscow supplies them with advice and intelligence, even embeds russian officers in their ranks. now, it is hard to tell if russia's moves are a prelude to a full-scale invasion of ukraine. but mr. putin appeared to cast doubt on ukraine's very statehood on monday. >> translator: it is essential to understand that ukraine has never had a tradition for genuine statehood and since 1991, it has taken the path of mechanically copying foreign models, torn off, both, from

history, and from ukrainian realities. political and state institutions were constantly reshaped to suit the rapidly-formed plans with their selfish interests that had nothing to do with the interests of the ukrainian people. >> reporter: western leaders were quick to condemn the russian leader's actions. u.s. president joe biden all hollywooding a call with ukraine's president to discuss all of this, and volodymyr zelenskyy -- he appears unwilling to bend to moscow's move. >> translator: we are on our land. we are not afraid of anything or anyone. we do not owe anything to anyone. we are confident of this. >> meantime, mr. biden has sign and executive order restricting american business in ukraine's breakaway regions. the united kingdom, also, announcing it will impose sanctions, and in the coming hours, european union officials

are expected to discuss sanctions, as well. for more on all of this, let's bring in cnn white house correspondent. arlette saenz. give us more of a sense of the white house moves and reasoning. >> well, michael, the white house continues to monitor the situation with russia and ukraine with growing concern as officials are saying that a military attack is very likely. now, earlier on -- on monday, president biden unveiled some sanctions that he would be implementing after russian president vladimir putin recognized the independence of two regions in eastern ukraine that are controlled by russian-backed separatists. so these sanctions are very limited, and essentially, what they do is they prevent american businesses from conducting trade or investing in those two specific regions. now, this is separate from those punishing sanctions that the white house has promised over the course of the past-few months that they would implement if russia moved forward with an

invasion. the u.s., of course, has -- has been crafting that larger, more sweeping sanctions' package with the cooperation of allies, and they have yet to actually deploy and implement those sanctions as they are waiting to see what president putin's next moves will be. now, the white house, on monday, declined to say whether they believe that those troops that putin has ordered into the donbas region -- whether those would essentially amount to a further invasion of ukraine. a u.s. official said that russian forces have been in that area since 2014. when president putin, originally, annexed crimea years ago. and that, it wouldn't necessarily be a new step to have troops there. but so far, the white house has declined to say whether those troop arrivals -- which could happen at any moment -- whether that would amount to a further invasion. n now, president biden spent part of the day monday working phones, as you noted speaking

with ukrainian president zelenskyy. he also held phone calls with german chancellor olaf scholz, as well as french president emmanuel macron. the u.s. keeping in very close coordination with its allies, as countries around the world are preparing these possible sanctions to enact, if putin does invade ukraine. the u.s. ambassador to the united nations said, at that last-minute u.n. security council meeting, that the u.s. would be implementing additional measures in the days to come, as they are watching what russia's steps will be when it comes to a possible military invasion. now, the u.s. is still insistent that it does believe that there is a diplomatic path to try to avert an all-out war but they are also very clear eyed and that russia is positioning and likely will to attack in the coming days. now, one major diplomatic schedule to keep an eye on is that upcoming meeting between

secretary of state antony blinken, and russian foreign minister sergey lavrov. the two men are slated to meet on thursday. right now, state-department officials say that that meeting is still on. they haven't called it off but that is something that they are constantly evaluating as they are watching russia's moves when it comes to possibly a full-on military invasion of ukraine. michael? >> all right. arlette saenz, thanks so much. appreciate it. well, the united nations' security council -- it met on monday night for an urgent session that was at the request of ukraine, unsurprisingly. many member nations spoke out against russia's move, including the u.s. ambassador to the u.n., who says it is easy to see what russia is doing. take a listen. >> he has since announced that he will place russian troops in these regions. 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. >> but even though most nations don't agree with putin's tactics, some retain staunch allies of the country. cnn senior u.n. correspondent richard roth breaks down what happened at the u.n. >> well, most of the countries here on the security council denounced what was done and condemned moscow. the russian ambassador said, look, there is not gonna be a bloodbath if eastern ukraine. he called it a verbal assault in the security council, from the amount of countries that were denouncing moscow. china played it straight down the middle, as it always does. appealing and calling for restraint, no violence, and diplomacy please. the united kingdom joined the u.s., in saying that they will be revealing new sanctions on moscow.

the ukrainian ambassador -- when he took his mask off due to covid rules -- says there is a virus that is coming from the kremlin, and the u.n. is sick and it -- it just depends on now if the united nations will succumb to what russia is doing. michael. >> thank you, richard roth. european union leaders are meeting this hour in brussels to discuss vladimir putin's actions. in a tweet earlier, the president of the european commission said this -- quote -- the recognition of the two separatist territories in ukraine is a blatant violation of international law, the territorial integrity of ukraine, and the minsk agreement. the eu and its partners will react with unity, firmness, and with determination in solidarity with ukraine. now, lithuania's prime minister also speaking out. she tweeted, quote, putin just put kafka and orwell to shame. no limits to dictator's

imagination, no lows too low, no lies too blatant, no red lines too red to cross. what we witness might seem surreal for the democratic world, but the way we will respond will define us for generations to come. now, the united kingdom has already announced it will impose new sanctions, and a top diplomat says they will be, quote, severe and far-reaching. the british prime minister, boris johnson, adding this. >> this is plainly in breach of international law. it's a violation of -- of -- flagrant violation of the sovereignty and integrity of the -- of ukraine. it is a repudiation of the minsk process and the minsk agreements. and uh, think it's a very ill omen and a very dark sign. >> all right. let's get some perspective from a former-u.s. ambassador to

ukraine -- steven pifiver is noa william perry fellow at stanford university. mr. ambassador, thanks so much for your time. what is your read on put upon's move? peacekeepers? or essentially, potentially, partitioning part of a sovereign nation? >> well, he definitely hasn't violated international law and numerous commitments that russia's made both to ukraine but also international documents by this move, which basically ignores ukrainian territorial integrity and ukrainian sovereignty. but i worry a little bit more -- going back to the speech that mr. putin made last night -- which, um, goes beyond a justification or recognition of the two little states -- the two little people's republics but it looks to me like it was actually laying out a list of grievances -- many of which are not base in fact -- for perhaps a broader attack on ukraine,

which may be coming. >> yeah. you know, it was striking before he gave that speech, there was that televised meeting with -- with putin ostensibly asking advisers their opinions on this. and then literally, a few hours late, he is giving the lengthry speech and signing the order, which sort of smacks that he already decided on this. is that your feeling? >> this is all very much staged. that security council meeting and then the speech. and then, what do you know? the leaders of the so-called two people's republics just happen to be in moscow, so immediately after the speech, he can consigned the documents on recognition of the donetsk people's republic and luhansk people's republic. so, this was all very much staged and i believe it was staged primarily by mr. putin, aimed at the russian audience to prepare the russian audience for what may be coming, which i fear could be a tragedy both for

ukraine but also for russia. >> yeah, 'cause they hear what state media tells them and not a lot else. you touched on this, and let's revisit. putin making it clear, his feelings about those countries that he called historic hi part of the russian empire. and -- and so, let's talk more about that. will he -- will he stop here? how far will he go? in ukraine, of course. but also, other former-soviet states -- places like latvia, estonia, lithuania, will they be feeling worried right now they mo might be next down the road? >> well with between 150 and 200,000 troops now amassed around crimea and ukraine's borders, certainly, the kremlin has the kbablt capability to launch a major assault on ukraine. i think his speech to the russian public laid out the rationale. and there has been an effort by moscow to create various pretexts to justify this so i

think ukraine should be very concerned. as for the baltic states, understandably, they are a lot more nervous. this is a russia which is showing its readiness to use military force. but one of the reasons i think you have seen nato or nato' members begin to increase their force presence in places, like poland and lithuania and romania, is to make very clear that nato will defend nato' territory, and they are trying to make that very clear message to moscow. >> yeah, good point. a lot of people have said, you know, let's go back to basics. why now, given the risk-reward calculus, what is it that's triggered him into doing this? >> this is really hard to read vladimir putin's mind. i look at the costs to russia. of a military action against ukraine, which includes sanctions and more weapons going to ukraine and more military force on nato's eastern flank. plus, i believe the ukrainian

military and ukrainian society will resist. there will be fierce resistance if the russians go in and i look at that and say the costs outweigh any possible gain but vladimir putin has a different logic and i think this is perhaps an emotional subject for them -- this desire to claw back ukraine, which has been moving out of mots scow's orbit. that bothers the kremlin but the thing that has driven ukraine most away from russia over the past eight years has precisely been russian policy, the seizure of crimea, and then this conflict in donbas which has killed more than 14,000 people. and i don't see how what they have done today with the recognition of these two statelets, that is not going to win russia any more points in ukraine. and to be sure, if there is a major russian -- a new major russian military assault on ukraine, that also is not going to win any points for russia. they are going to create a very

hostile population in ukraine. >> yeah. indeed. there -- there is is a huge opposition. everyone i speak to here in lviv, certainly. you -- you're a diplomat. how do you see the state of diplomacy right now? i mean, i -- i guess, you know, there is not a war right now. but it's, you no e -- so it's working in that regard. but how precarious of a diplomatic efforts? and also, has the u.s. been, you know, strident enough in -- in its warnings? >> well, um, i think one should always leave the path open for diplomacy. but i've seen little sign that moscow is interested in diplomacy. in fact, if you look over the last 2 1/2 months, at every opportunity when there is a chance for diplomacy, it seems that the russians either say, no, you, in the west, haven't met our key demands, or they escalate. the decisions that were taken by mr. putin yesterday were an escalation. and uh, again, i think diplomacy has a chance but before it is

pushed, there has to be some sense that is ready for diplomacy. >> great analysis. ambassado ambassador steven pfifer, thank you so much. really appreciate your time. >> thank you. all right much more from ukraine at the bottom of the hour. but first, let's go back to rosemary church in atlanta with the day's other news. good to see you, rosemary. >> you too, thank you so much, michael. we will catch you very soon. so after two years of tight pandemic border controls, more countries are welcoming back travelers, and learning to live with covid. coming up, easing restrictions, emotional reunions, and endless relief. we will have the details. ♪ i see trees ofof gre ♪ ♪ red roses too ♪

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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 protestors 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 re-opening is underway. on sunday, it will allow fully-vaccinate new zealand citizens and australians to enter the country from australia if they self-isolate for seven days. with more re-openings planned throughout the course of the year. nina dos santos, cnn, london. and cnn's he's anna stewart joins us from windsor, england, god to see you anna.

just as the british public were coming to terms with news that queen lig elizabeth has covid, now, evening land is preparing to drop restrictions this thursday. what's been the reaction to this so far? >> living with covid, this plan was long anticipated really for some it's welcome news. lots of people fed up with covid rules and restrictions, fed up upon with masks, fed up with sticking swabs up their noses. but for others, rosemary, this is really concerning, not least the mass testing for the population which i think gave a huge degree of confidence to people. and also, knowing those that did test positive were legally required to stay at home and weren't relying on people's judgment. for some, this is a worry. for scientists, there is a concern without the mass testing we have had so far, it will be trickier to identify new variants of concern, that may emerge in following waves of covid-19. although, the government did they they could introduce surge testing, so we could see that come back. the prime minister was very clear to say that this is no

victory against covid. the pandemic is not over, yet. however, he said that levels of immunity near the uk, as a result of vaccinations but also just so many waves of covid, that levels of imminunity are v high and deaths very low. the latest data showing just 15 deaths after 28 days after a positive test result here in the uk. there was also the cost, and i think this was a big reason to end at least the mast mas testi which cost the uk 2 billion pounds just last month, that is around $2.7 billion. it feels we are a bit of a test case, bit of an outlier ending all restrictions but actually we are following in the footsteps of countries like denmark and sweden. will this be an end of restrictions forever? for the foreseeable? or just the end of the latest wave? i think we have to see. lots of people wonder whether we will be back into restrictions before we know it, rosemary. >> indeed, the whole world will be watching to see what path is

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welcome back, everyone. i am michael holmes coming to you live from lviv, ukraine, where we are tracking uproar and a alarm over russia's troubling maneuvers that have ramped up the crisis in eastern ukraine. russian troops could move into the separatist region -- regions at any time now. they might already be this. russian media has been airing a video of a convoy -- a military convoy -- this is in the streets of donetsk. though, it is still unclear exactly who that equipment

belongs to. now, ukraine's president addressed the nation earlier and insisted, quote, we don't owe anything to anyone and we will not give anything to anyone. and he thanked the ukrainian people for keeping their cool. >> translator: we have been prepared for a long time for any scenario. but there is no reason for your sleepless nights. meanwhile, the russian president has accused authorities in kyiv of carrying out what he called punitive operations -- two of them in donetsk and luhansk. those are the russian-backed separatist areas in light red on your screen there. and russia's u.n. envoy says they will not allow a bloodbath. ukrainian authorities deny any attack. but vladimir putin calling on them to immediately halt hostilities, and said if they don't, bloodshed would be their fault. he also basically insulted the entire existence of ukraine's

government. well, cnn contributor jill dougherty is in moscow, and looks at what's going on inside the kremlin. >> reporter: events here in moscow have been unfolding in a choreographed fashion. a few days ago, the lower house in parliament, the duma, requests president putin to recognize those two breakaway regions of donetsk and luhansk. then, president putin sits down with his security council -- a meeting that is usually held behind closed doors but this time, the cameras are there. president putin does decide to recognize the regions, and then he delivers a long and furious speech talking about what he views as the history of ukraine, claiming that it was stitched together with pieces torn from russia. he also rails against nato coming closer to russia's border. and then, a chilling warning that any further bloodshed will be on the conscience of the

ukraine' regime. now, the two leaders of those breakaway regions were in the kremlin when president putin signed an agreement on friendship, cooperation, and mutual assistance. and part of that includes an order from president putin to the armed forces to ensure what he called peacekeeping functions in the region. now, that leaves the door open for russian forces to be on the ground in ukraine. jill dougherty, moscow. so, what will a russian invasion into ukraine look like? cnn's tom foreman looks at how the russian military could use its superior power. ukraine is only about the size of texas. so, why would russia need so much force to go after the small area, down here? why would they have filled the region with so many different troops? military experts 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 full-back bomber, capable of firing bunker-busting missiles in from across the border without even getting into ukrainian airspace. things, like the short-range ballistic missile system. there are 36 of these just beyond the border, according to ukraine. range, appro310 miles, that's a half the distance across the country again without even crossing the border if they want to. and then, of course, they would have the tanks they normally send in be 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 are

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 are just keeping everyone apart so this won't be much fighting? and then, maybe beyond that, the concern is what if they say we are going to push all the way out here to the river and say all of this is for russia. and by the way, if the ukraine army is in here resisting this, there is 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. >> tom foreman there. all right. coming ump. rising tensions continue to rattle markets around the world. we are live in hong kong with the latest, next.

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welcome back. investors around the world are keeping a close eye on the escalating tensions between russia and ukraine and the

effect that it is all having on global markets. to talk more about this, cnn's kristie lu stout joins me from hong kong. >> michael, stocks continue to fall across the asia pacific region. this after russian president vladimir putin ordered russian troops to enter the pro-moscow separatist regions in eastern ukraine and if we bring up the la latest data for you, you will see a landscape painted in red. in japan, the nikkei down. the seoul kospi, losing one and a third. meanwhile, shanghai composite down almost 1%. i should also add that concerns about additional high-tech restrictions, also, weighing on the markets across china. also, this day, from asia we have been monitoring u.s. futures. and they do indicate and point to a lower open in the united states when markets re-open after that president's day holiday, on monday. dow futures down 1.53%. nasdaq futures losing 3.7%. s&p 500, down almost 2.5%. also, monday, we had that

statement from the white house, indicating that u.s. president joe biden plans to imposed sanctions on those pro-moscow separatist regions in eastern ukraine. that announcement has sent the price of crude oil soaring. what we have here is just growing volatility, growing uncertainty about the fate and future of ukraine and beyond. and the bottom line is this is not good news for the markets. in fact, i want to share a couple statements for you. this one, from a senior market analyst and a research note. he writes this -- quote, it feels like the situation can dramatically escalate at any moment and that is going to keep investors on edge for now. we may well be on the brink of something terrible happening and that's continuing to feed into the negativity in the markets. up quote. we also received a statement from west peck banking group from the head of fixed income lee search there. and he tells cnn quote i do think it's as much a short squeeze, as a fight to quality. today's move is clearly an

escalation that suggests the current risk rewards will favor lower long-end yields end quote and sure enough, it's driven up the price in gold. driven up the price in treasury bonds as investors continue to hunt and scramble to find those safe havens out there. michael, over to you. >> all right. kristie lu stout there in hong kong, appreciate it. thanks so much. and much more from ukraine, coming up. but first, let's take it back to rosemary in atlanta. rosemary. >> all right. thanks so much, michael. appreciate it. zplfrmts for more, i am joined by rana foroohar. she is a cnn global economic analyst, plus global business columnist and associate editor for "the financial times." thank you so much for being with us. >> thanks for having me. >> so, russia's actions are already having an impact on global markets and oil prices. if war breaks out, the economic ramifications will extend to ukraine, to russia, and right across the world. so, let's start with what an

invasion of ukraine would mean at the global level? what can we expect to see happen economically around the world? >> well, rosemary, you mentioned oil and energy is really the primary risk at the moment. you know, you are already seeing crude prices surging just off the back of -- of what we are seeing now -- troop movements, aggression, um, threats. i would say that you are probably going to see if there is proper invasion, a 20% increase in the price of crude that is going to trickle through to all kinds of energy inputs, price of gas, heating your home. europe is going to be the hardest hit, in the short-term. i mean, they are already really suffering from ennerergy price inflation and of course, they are incredibly vulnerable position. germans, in particular, depending so much on energy for -- for -- for russia on energy. um, the u.s. is trying to supply a lot more to europe. but its supplies are limited. so, energy inflation is going to be an issue, primarily in europe, but also around the world. and then, you are going to start

to see stocks, you know, waiver. we had already seen that last week. the dow bringing in some of its worst days of the year. um, i would expect to see a really, really turbulent global market at a time when you have already got -- you have to remember, you know, pull back and look at the context here. you got supply shocks from covid. you have deposit china, you know, having a lot of blockages still from the virus. lots of things happening in the global economy. this is just one more big thing putting kerosene on that fire. >> yeah, certainly the last thing the world needs at this time, right? so, the massing of russian troops at ukraine's border has already had a negative impact on that country's economy. so, what would be the consequences, if russian troops start moving into eastern ukraine, specifically into the two separatist territories that president putin has now recognized as independent states in perhaps the first steps of a large-scale invasion of ukraine? >> yeah. well, all right.

just looking at the size of the ukrainian economy, it is not a big deal within the context of the global economy. but you have to look at it in terms of a new-world aerd that is order that is taking shape here. you know, we have come out of 40 years of a neoliberal world order, in which the u.s. globalized, was leading globalization through the rest of the world. all boats were rising. then, you had the financial crisis. now, covid. and you can see that we are moving from a uni-polar world to at least a bipolar world, where you have the u.s. and china as sort of separate spheres of influence. and russia is very much part of that -- that china orbit. um, so, it starts to make you wonder well where is europe going to land in all of this? that kind of geopolitical -- um -- risk factor is not something that the markets like. and they don't really know how to price it. you know, i mean, we ehave to think about the fact that we haven't seen a troop surge like this in europe since 1945. markets are used to calm. they are used to order.

they are used to globalization. what we are seeing is just the opposite of that. um, it's -- it is eat movement toward a new, fragmented world and really the end of the old world order. i think that is going to bring market turbulence and i think it's very difficult to predict where the dominos are going to fall but it is going to be a volatile year. >> and, if russia invades, the west will of course apply what it has called the most severe economic sanctions ever with witnessed. what impact could those sanctions have on russia's economy? >> well, they could certainly have a huge impact. can't think about putin's actions in just economic terms. i mean, this is someone who believes he has, um, a kind of -- a -- a serious mission to create a new imperial russia. to reunite the russia of old. i think that he will be prepared to take a lot of pain and like most autocrats, be prepared to

run huge deficits. you know, china can probably come in and pick up some of the oil that will be off the market because of sanctions. you could see even some financial activity being taken up by china in the middle east. it is hard to say. certainly, it is going to hit hard but i don't think it is going to hit hard enough to make him pull troops out right away. >> yeah. watch to see what happens next. very delicate moment in the world's history, in fact, is where we stand right now. rana foroohar i thank you so much for staying with us. appreciate it. >> thank you. millions of americans are under some form of winter-weather alert with snow, sleet, and freezing rain from the northern plains to the great lakes. a live report from the cnn weather desk is coming up.

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