oh, ah, this is the w news live from good russia orders its troops to enter, break away provinces. in eastern you cried president putin is calling the deployment of peacekeeping mission. after he signed a decree, recognizing the hands and annette as independent states un security council is holding an emergency session to address the situation. meanwhile, ukrainian president the length, he addresses the nation in crisis. he says ukraine won't give up any of its land and is demanding, quote, clear support from the wit. ah,

i'm anthony howard walking with the program. the un security council is holding an emergency session to address the escalating crisis in ukraine. it comes after russian president vladimir putin said he would st. what he's calling peacekeeping troops into the 2 separate ost regions in eastern ukraine that he recognized earlier as independent states at the you, when the u. s. invoice said the russian claim of troops being used as peacekeepers was, quote, nonsense, and want of di, quanta, consequences for ukraine, europe and the world should brush a launch a fully fledged invasion. he went to political affairs chief added that the risk of a major conflict was real and needed to be prevented. a growing number of woke ladies have condemned russia's recognition of separate us areas as

a violation of ukraine sovereignty and a breach of international law. after a day of lashing out at nato, putin made an explosive announcement on state television shipper in your credit. mm hm. but i think it is necessary to make a long overdue decision to immediately recognize the independence and sovereignty of the don units, people's republic and the lu, hunting people's republic. but the sweetest message, and with a few strokes of his pen, russia's 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 recognise the break away regions, respecting. 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 chorus johnson

called russia's decision, a dark sign, 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 note, why should russia recognize that you have it? if, 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, are 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 as opposed to play like a high priest 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 as late . so in, in it will be, nevertheless, a date that had started with hopes of a summit in the near future between u. s. 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 will disney? this is an escalation that has come very fast as we just heard there earlier 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 silly population that could then seen sues soon, see russian troops crossing over into government, ukraine held territory. and you've got a much bigger region of elegance and jazz 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 is that pain discussed openly now. now, 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, and that'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 as full of grievance and the 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, would be a threat to russia. there was a rambling, pretty extraordinary speech that didn't seem to be aimed at and commit any one outside russia, certainly, but a sign of increasing frustration the kremlin, and a desire to really try and roll back the ve order at the security in europe. that has been in place since the end of the cold war. nicky relied 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 in optic 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're 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. 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 it recommendations and deadlines, is now moving to new phase and connelly and kia many thanks and ukrainian president vladimir lensky has delivered an overnight televised address to the nation after consultations with western leaders, he called moscow's decision to recognize the netscape, the hunter, a violation of ukraine sovereignty and territorial integrity. he went on to say

that ukraine would not give up any of its territory and call on the west to provide clear support in the face of potential russian aggression. well, d w reporter charles mc federal joins been out in the studio with more on president salenti reaction. charles, welcome. what were the main messages of his speech? anthony, i think that president zelinski had 3 audiences in mind as he delivered the speech . firstly, there was a reaction to vladimir putin and that very angry, someone say, very aggressive speech, which really sought to betray ukraine as, as somewhat of a fight country. now, voting me, zalinski replied, where proud people with the proud history we're going to talk about here. and now we're going to talk about how to prevent war. so for letting me put number one, number 2, he's trying to prevent a lot of demonstrations from voters in the east of the country. there are hundreds of thousands of internally displaced. people who've had to flee the fighting. many

of them will feel like they can't go home now after this announcement by lady mid peyton. so a lot of me zalinski said where peaceful people and i think he was talking to those voters. and thirdly, he had a message for the world, anthony, he said that where country with rights like anyone else, we could make our case in the united nations. but, but please don't write us off in that sense. we have all the rights of any other country. and did he chose signal or sight ukraine was likely to respond to the russian escalation with force. and i, that was not as all his message anthony, for weeks now, the message of the ukrainian government has been that ukraine is not going to ask light. it's going to pursue a peaceful pop, a diplomatic path through, along with its allies and through the united nations where we've got that meeting about to start as we speak. so a lot of ms lewinsky again, reiterated that message. of course, moscow has been accusing key of,

of being behind the escalations, which she crime denies. again, there was a com and there was an attempt to reassure the well, in fact that it's not you crazy, aggressive party here, it's russia. we talked about the nerves with nick connelly earlier of the ukranian people. do you think this midnight address to the nation reassures ukrainians? indeed, it was even lighter than midnight. it was, it was $230.00. i am in you crying when, when this dropped and would that reassure you. it's an interesting question and date, i think what would have reassured blood me is the lensky supporters who are growing in numbers is crisis. crisis is the presidents delivery. he's very familiar to the nation. he's been on t v for decades. he played the president before he became the president. and. and so there's an element of comfort when you say him and also an element of fantasy, you know, as a fan to the president before he became the real life one. so there was that on the one hand, but i think tomorrow people in care of are going to look at that speech from

vladimir putin. one of his certainly most aggressive about your crime yet. and that's going to be the speech that i remember flawed him, is the less kids given these lines before i there was not much knew what he had to say, anthony, just my federal, thanks so much. and the u. n. has been meeting in an emergency session to address russia's escalation in ukraine. they w correspondents, different siemens is in washington. has that angle of the story for us. we've heard stephan western countries, one after the other, condemned russia in new york. but is action now likely to follow not from the un security council. and you know, the absurdity here or ludovic. bizarre is that actually russia has the chair, the presidency of the un security council. so it is to be expected that the russians get an earful from the united states from america, from great britain and france and probably all other western countries who are

their chinese are expected to keep it down or calm and not utter any criticism. and that has to do, of course, with the growing intensity of friendship and corporation, between china and russia on the world stage. however, you have hinted to europe the western world as well as the united states. they are, i think, trying to wait what is happening or trying to watch closely and intensely what's happening in the next few hours from now overnight. and then tomorrow is expected that at least the, the white house, the by that ministration follows through with what they had said before. issue executive orders with hefty sanctions against russia. if president barden has also met with his national security team and as spoken with these european allies, do we have a clear pitcher yet of what the western response will be?

no, not in detail, but what we know so far is that the president, the president of the united states, has issued an executive order issuing sanctions financial and trade sanctions against the territories against the regions. the russians are cleared or flooded. me put in a clear, declared, now as independent don as leather, it's on the don bus region. and so there is no american now any more allowed, effective immediately to, to do any business or financial transfer into those regions. everybody expects here that's tomorrow or the day after the president will be for this up and will hit russia itself and letting me put you with hefty sanctions in terms of trait and financially with the lead us from washington dc, stephan, siemens. thank you so much. you're watching d. w. news is a quick reminder of the top story. we're following for you. this l. russia has all the troops into breakaway provinces in easton, g prime prison goodness,

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