ah, ah ah, this is the w news live from berlin, russia orders troops into break away province. in easton, you cried. president putin is calling the deployment a peacekeeping mission. after he signed a decree, recognizing with hanson and in it as independent states, prompting international condemnation for so coming up england scraps its last remaining corona virus restrictions. even people with covey 19 will no longer have to isolate british prime minister says that to move away from government control to personal responsibility,

but not all medical experts. i convinced ah, i'm anthony how working at the program? russian president vladimir putin has signed a decree to st. what he is describing as peacekeeping troops into the separatist regions of lou hunter and annette's. the decision comes after putin recognised both regions as independent states and described ukraine as ancient russian territory. the move could mark a significant escalation amid fierce russia could soon launch a full scale invasion of ukraine and its allies had requested an emergency meeting of the un security council. to address the crisis. after a day of lashing out at nato, putin made an explosive announcement on state television. should though no credit. mm hm. but i think it is necessary to make

a long overdue decision to immediately recognize the independence and sovereignty of the daniel people's republic. and the lou hunter people's republic. but the soil took a space agent with a few strokes of his pen. rushes leader made a diplomatic solution to the ukraine crisis. seem even less likely. the decision could trigger massive consequences for his country. the use foreign policy chief had already said he was prepared to put a sanctions package to a vote. the, in the european council, if russia were to recognize the break away regions, which after a crisis meeting in washington, the white house announced sanctions against new investment, trade and financing into 2 separate regions. you k prime minister boris johnson, called russia's decision, a dark sign, or the ganske. ah, this is plainly in breach of international law. it's a violation of flagrant violation of the sovereignty, the integrity of the, of ukraine. ah, it is

a repudiation of the of the minks process from the minks agreements. and in key of residents, reacted with defiance to putin's announcement was, from what i see a please. now, why should russia recognize it? you have it as if neighbors come to you and say this room will be ours. would you care about their opinion or not? you know, it's your flat and it will always be your flat. let them recognize whatever they want. yeah. but in my view, it can also provoke a war, because normal people will fight for their country, which is a suitable little play. what hi, please night. let them recognize whatever they want, but we should not fall for it and react to this information. let them do what they want. i recognize someone organized referendums, but we and the whole society don't recognize it and shouldn't recognize. it was late. so in between of us a lot, a day that had started with hopes of a summit in the near future between us president joe biden. and vladimir putin

ended with a feeling that things are moving in the wrong direction. they doubly correspond that nick connelly is in kear forest. vladimir putin has ordered russian soldiers to cross the border into ukrainian territory. nick, how is the ukrainian government responding? tiffany: this is an escalation that has come very fast as we just heard there early on today . talk of new talks between foreign ministers, potentially a grand summit with vladimir putin. mccaul and biden. and now within the space of a day, we have not only the recognition of those self proclaimed republics, but also that are order. now, before, even that recognition has been legally processed through russia's parliament to send those troops in the ukrainians would say that russia's troops have been internet glanced since 2014 albeit m with unmarked uniforms operating under that

guys of those self proclaimed aerobics. now they're coming in in russian uniforms officially to mark that recognition from moscow. increasing worry here that given that the situation along the front lines between ukrainian troops and those russian back separatists and shelling and increasing debts that, that could soon turn into a pretext for war. if russia accuses ukraine of shelling of somehow causing damage to the swelling population that could then seen sue's soon, see russian troops crossing over into government, ukraine held territory. and you've got a much bigger region of elegance and j than yet. so much of which is still controlled by the ukrainian military and ukrainian authorities. so worried that this is not the end, but just the 1st step in this escalation. and is that pain discussed openly now, nick, does he cry? and believe this is likely to be a deployment within these existing boundaries of the 2 so called separate a states, or will they serve as a pretext for

a broader escalation. i think right now it's the very brave analyst opened it. who will give you any conclusive answer that question, i think it see feels like all the answers. all the potential options are on the table. it was an extraordinary speech from vladimir putin are full of gray since and a anger what he said had happened to russia, not only since the end of the soviet union, but even under communist rule, where he said bessie russia was a new stolen from was robbed by the communists who gave territory and resources to the ukrainians to better assist to all the other minorities in that soviet state. and that basically russia was robbed of its historic lands. and he took that ukraine being basically a made up country that had squandered what it was given from the soviet union. on the other hand, he said that ukraine was dangerous, that at potentially produce nuclear weapons. that would be a threat to russia. there was a rambling, pretty extraordinary speech that didn't seem to be aimed at and commit to any one

outside russia, certainly, but a sign of increasing frustration the kremlin, and a desire to really try and roll back the video order at the schedule in europe. that has been in place since the end of the cold war. nicky relied to us many times of last month how the people in ukraine were remaining calm as these tensions mountain. what now? i think definitely people living in don bass along those front lines. they've definitely seen an uptick in violence in the last few days shelling on a scale that hasn't been seen since 2015 people been left without electricity without running water. and they are definitely now getting a lot more worried that that could now translate into those russian troops that are coming into separate health areas coming also into government health church in the next few days. you hear on social media for people, they're getting very nervous hearing care for now. i think it just all feels a bit unreal. and people just can't really believe that this is true. i think most people up till now have been trying to commit themselves. this is just

a game of diplomatic poker, this is a bluff. and that in the end, this will kind of basically go away without much change to their daily lives. but you've heard from people now, when you speak them that they are making preparations, people taking money out of banks, getting bags ready in case they need to go with drawing cash. so definitely a sense that this crisis, after months of diplomatic are it new recommendations and deadlines is now moving to new phase and connelly and kia many thanks and now let's get the u. s. reaction from oliver salad in washington dc oliver. what has been the response from the white house? nancy, president biden. just a little while ago got off the phone with german chancellor, all of shawls and french president, manuel mccaul, in the 3 of them, issued a joint statement where they strongly condemned prudence recognition of the separatist areas. all saw the secretary of state anthony blinking about announce to some swift and fur of swift and firm response of the united states. and

a 1st set of sanctions has already been announced. president biden wants to sign an executive order banning u. s. person's investing in companies in the don bass region. so in those separatist areas. so u. s. companies and persons are not allowed to invest there anymore. you know, essentially the why it tells us saying this is, this comes as they have anticipated, as president biden anticipated. and putin was looking for a pretext for war, and that he's now essentially moving in and the concern is, of course, not only the situation in ukraine, but also those numerous troops that are currently stationed in bella. rows are country that she has borders with 392 allies. so this is not only about ukraine, this is about the broader security architecture of europe. it's a bold escalation from bruton, but one moscow had seemingly been planning for what does u. s. intelligence expect?

now, will happen next. well, the big question certainly is, how far are russian troops and how far russia will go? so as are we going to see the russians occupying the capital key or are we just going to see troops going into these separatist areas and present by and one of his press conferences, a little while ago when he misspoke already gave some idea on the possible outcome so depending on the scale of the invasion invasion, we will see either massive sanctions or sanctions that are not so drastic, so to speak. so we are looking at a range from cutting off russia from the financial system, like swift that has been on the table. of course, the infamous pipeline from russia to germany. north stream 2 is on the table. and then of course, targeting putin and other senior administration officials directly like the

european union has already announced. so that will certainly be a new level of sanctions that we haven't seen before and it will be a blow to the russian economy. however, it looks like moscow is willing to pay that price. oliver sell it in washington dc . thank you. will you retain latest, also preparing to take action. this is the letters from d doubly correspondent christina wound were in brussels. but an e, your official has said that the recognition of the independence of lou hans and dent donates is just the 1st step that they are expecting this e official said that they would likely be more steps. and so what the european union has decided to do is to wait out and to see what next steps are taken by the criminal before it reaches its conclusion about the exact a kind of sanctions that it is going to a po, impose on moscow and on the separatists, i in the region,

you can almost be guaranteed that it's going to be a difficult conversation because there are some e u. member states who are calling for sanctions to be imposed immediately they were calling for this even before this development. they would have wanted to see that in response to what we've already seen happen on the ground. and the fact that people in ukraine already being impacted by it, especially on in economic level. there will be some e member states who will perhaps push for the continuation of diplomacy and hence, perhaps softer sanctions on this news. but again, it all depends on those next steps. at that, the european union is, is, is, is anticipating what happens after this declaration of independence by the russian president vladimir putin. and that will give a better indication as to the kind of response, the kind of sanctions that we will see. and perhaps if member states will come closer together on what is the severity that that reaction needs to be as christina

wanda, in brussels. now another news, british prime minister burst johnson, has announced plans to scrap the last remaining corona virus restrictions in england. speaking to parliament, johnson said the country was moving from a strategy of government restrictions to personal responsibility. events to live with the virus, the biggest changes starting this thursday. people with code b 19 will no longer be required to so fossil it early, we spoke to our correspondent child at chil, some pill about johnson's new coverage strategy. and what help experts think about it. now there are some in the scientific community who say with who you into this wires, there is this rule of immunity, but there are others who consent. now, in a press conference earlier this evening, we saw the government scientific advisors standing find by slide to the 5 minutes the many trying to walk out from that body language and questions that were off how

they felt about it, what they supported to me. they were very keen to stress that if this maurice is towards anything, is that we shouldn't get cocky, they were warning that they could be a new variance which could cause significant problems and essentially injected a note of caution and sort of this. but the prime minister stress that surveillance methods will still be in place contingency plan should they need to re introduce measures to combat new variance resurgence of the virus. but of course, there is concern from some i expect that the day to simply isn't there to support this move going forward. and those who in the public who are clinic, the vulnerable looking at this. and as i'm sure you can imagine, extremely concerned, a solid cell, some fill in london. now, before we leave you this hour, some spectacular footage of italy's mount etna, which is once again, brought to life smoke and ash spewed from the volcano, tossing a nearby airport to close briefly. the when i reports of damage or injuries to

residents or tourists, a flock to the area that they were treated to an impressive display of edna's power, the 2nd eruption this month. wow. that's all the nice for now. i'm next, a special edition of date of the business beyond looking at rampant global inflation. that's coming up offer. she'll frank stay with ah, i'm to kill that. i want. that's hard and in the end is a me, you are not a lot of to you anymore. we will send you back her. are you familiar with this? with the smudges were lions of the what's your story? i mean wasn't i was women especially and victims of violence in take part in.