coven special. every thursday on d w. ah, ah, this is d, w is coming to live from berlin, russia orders its troops to enter, break away provinces and eastern ukraine, unmarked military vehicles are on the move. president vladimir putin calling the deployment peacekeeping mission. after he recognized hans pen dynette as independent states, and a major escalation of the crisis, ukrainian president lensky addresses a nation on edge. he says, ukraine won't give up the territory and is seeking support from western countries.

western countries have condemned russia and are expected to announce sanctions. ah, hello, i'm terry march and good to have you with us. russian president vladimir putin has ordered troops to enter 2 separatist regions in eastern ukraine. he's calling it a peacekeeping mission after he recognized the nets. and look hans as independent states, ours after putins order in unmarked military convoy was seen on the outskirts of jeannette. the united states has called putins claim of troops being used as peacekeepers. nonsense and warned of dire consequences. fort ukraine, europe, and the world should rochelle, launch a full fledge invasion the like the middle. the united nations security council is held in emergency session over the crisis. a growing number of world leaders have

condemned putins recognition of separatist areas as a violation of ukraine sovereignty and a breach of international law. so a lucas, michigan. it's a message that sent chills down many spines around the world. vladimir putin again with little proof, blaming ukraine for fighting in its east and hinting that even more may follow. but if we could have been using it, we demand that key of stop, it's military operations immediately. otherwise, all responsibility for the potential continuation of blood had we fully on their conscience. mckinney good who agreement isn't this way because with a few strokes off his pen, freshest leader made diplomatic solution to the crisis. seem all but impossible and sent europe on a dangerous path. perhaps towards a major war the u. s. secretary of state said in a tweet that russia's recognition of the separatist regions would require

a swift and firm response. details on that response are still to be made public by ukraine's allies. the country's president followed in there, so lensky made a renewed plea for tough sanctions on moscow. not sure. what made it much ago we expect clear and effective support from our partners does largely will, will now look closely to see who our true friends and partners are, one of them and who will continue to try to scare off the russian federation with me words. ukraine says it will not give up its territories and accuse us russia of tearing up the men's growth map to peace. us cross over now to our russia, alice constantine eggers. he joins us from our live the way nivia in vilnius. vladimir putin has recognised the independence of the 2 brake way regions in eastern ukraine. constantine what's his motivation? what does he, what does it mean for ukraine?

well, terry, we know that and dislikes appearing week, or dithering. and i think that this discussion of possible, submits diplomatic touring and drawing. she thought that it's probably too much now and she looks as if you actually losing the ground to the west under the threat of thanks. and she moved. i think it's one of those moves he could have done before, but he's doing it now. you know, the not to live. we are in order to wrong, the west and so far i think i'm afraid for many people in kevin and western capital, this seems to have workers what. what about the timing of proteins, recognition of desk and lu, hans, why the protein wait to do it until now? well i think partly because he thought before in the previous weeks,

months that the west will lean on your crime and basically threatening with living alone and for some concessions on the misc agreements. wrong demons. and, and now it's now it didn't work and put in, decided to escalate. that's a very typical thing for the crime. and if we don't get our way, we check out detention. and we do this, what used to be called salamis locking tactic in which pressure is increased every day, every week by a notch saying whether the other side will make a concession. and i think this is the calculation now. and i think from now the response of the west is very, very important because pushing will judge the western capital, united states and, and western europe on the actions that will actually should follow or will not

follow today and tomorrow. okay, stay with us concerts. we're going to take a look at those to break away regions in eastern ukraine that are the subject of all of this discussion right now don, basque and lou. hans, let's take a look at what they are about reminders of war are everywhere and done yet. and new hunts. the 2 provinces lie in eastern ukraine, on the border with russia. both declared independence after the revolution in 2014, which most in the region did not support separatists voted to join russia. and had fought ukrainian forces for control ever since. around 4000000 people live in what's called the don bath region. it's known for heavy industry and coal mining, and it's large, russian, and russian speaking population. in the mean city done yet. banners read,

we are russian. moscow has handed out hundreds of thousands of russian passports, but life is tough caught in the middle. many who can have left most pensioners are stuck. others fight ukraine estimates. there are around 35000 separatist troops and accuses moscow a filling up their ranks with russian soldiers in 2015 a ceasefire. signed immense, helped end, full scale fighting but the conflict has dragged on, leaving more than 14000 people dead yet. so konstantin vladimir putin is now recognized the hans and denounced as independent of we're hearing reports of troop movement from russia into eastern ukraine. the costs of this move could be very high for moscow. more sanctions from the west are likely

what does protein gain from this? well, 1st and foremost of all, she thinks against domestic prestige because it is nearly 2 months. so probably tomorrow, since he delivered his famous demands or the people in the west scholars ultimatum to the west, in fact, demanding detail on natal decisions and nothing happened to produce nothing. so he's famously, he's famously nervous about his image and he thought you can't wait for a long time. secondly, so far there is no nasty reaction from the west. and we've seen the unnamed us administration official saying that this is not the massive invasion job. i was talking about before, and certainly yesterday of the extraordinary meeting of the security council, the former president and kind of the deputy head of security council dmitri mitt lydia said to delivering reports on the possible options that we did it in

2018, said meaning russia recognized a policy and saw the 2nd 2 regions of georgia as independent states. well, and eventually the world started talking to us again. so this is good to happen again, and i think that you basically expressed what people in the company think they think that there's going to be some st. joe's. okay, we've seen that before. reading the crime scene before, but eventually they will talk to us. we are a nuclear power. we are members of the permanent 10 o'clock members of the security council. so well, washington bell in paris will have to pick up the phone and talk to us. probably not tomorrow, but some day, not to part of the future. that's i think the calculations contain. thank you very much. as always. that was our correspondent in russia analyst konstantin. i got now let's get the latest from chia of our correspondence. fanny furniture is

standing by there in the ukrainian capital forest. fanny. tell us more about how ukrainians are reacting to these latest moves by russia. they were really taken by surprise here. nobody would have thought that. let me put you is going to recognize this to self proclaimed a republics at once, can don't? yes, they soon or at all people here already concerned, they really feel sandwich basically between ne to to the west and russia to the east. and they feel that this conflict is very, very soon going to play out here on the ground. while the general mood here in key for i am, is, is, is, is a feeling of being calm, but this is a tense call because as i say, people are really surprised by these declarations. yesterday, signing the decree, vladimir putin, that he's going to recognize as 2 states as independent states, which of course, to him means that's no longer ukraine. now president zalinski made clear this morning as he address a nation, trying to ease those 10 shoes that he still interested in peaceful negotiations

here. but he also made clear he's not going to give up any ukrainian land. he's not going to accept that. and he accused rush of violating the sovereignty, the territorial integrity of his country. the question really is walk through, the actions may happen be the next hour or next days that may even unleash are much big escalation and metaphorically really puts that escalator like home. and the steps are left on towards more escalation, until maybe a d escalation is no longer possible here. funny, what is you came through crane preparing for next us a government believe that russia will limit its deployment to the 2 separate us regents or is it anticipating a broader escalation or the hope would be certainly that said that they are still a, a window even though it's a narrow window for a diplomatic resolution of they so that there's no food escalation that maybe the whole but at the same, at the same time,

ross shows so announce that they're going to deploy forces to the approach separate pro, a russian separate his region to nuance and doing yes, they save to basically use them as a peacekeeping mission. they also accuse dra ukraine of a genocide. these are really big words, is a really hot accusations, actually from russia. and the question really is that full 100 kilometer frontline, there in eastern ukraine separating pro you crate ukrainian forces and pro russian separatists. what is going to happen in the next hour? us add that line. you have seen intense shelling a during the past days. what's going to happen and what is that going to provoke as a reaction from ukraine who maintained so far, they don't want to be provoked, and they still maintain. there must be a peaceful way to get out of this. a funny way we heard the ukrainian presence zalinski say he expects more than words now from ukraine's western partners. what

exactly is he hoping for from the west? but probably not only that, u. s. president biden simply expresses his solidarity, asked he did yesterday. after the recognition by vladimir putin was made that these 2 states are independent from the russia decision making, what really is the lensky wants? here is an effective, clear message towards russia that nato allies, the west international community, is ready to come up with tough sanctions. here not just limited sanctions that with regard to the region in easton ukraine, in doing boss, the question really is if that's going to happen, president zalinski expressed his frustration over what he calls a slow reaction so far there are no preemptive sanctions. either. he expressed his front frustration. the question is now this situation, these react politik by russia put forward yesterday. well, whether that's going to bring any change us and europe half single day are going to

be sanctions. the question is, how strong and how russia is going to react. because in that speech, president vladimir putin said yesterday he expect sanctions and to him, that's like black mailing a by the international community that to me kind of signals. also he is prepaid for those sanctions. as if he's really seems to be, i'm determined to possibly take for the actions for ukraine against ukraine. funny . thank you so much our correspond it funny punch. are there in chia? well, let's get some reaction from brussels now. here in europe are bureau chief, alexander phenomena standing by alexandra. how is that you likely to react to these latest moves by russia? while the european union reacted yesterday very quickly with a statement issued by the 2 senior fears here in brussels. you, commission president, was a funder lion and european council president shall michelle,

and they condemned to russia's recognition of the 2 break away regions in eastern ukraine, saying that this is a blatant violation of international law. and they also from is that the european union will react with firmness and with determination in solidarity with you could easily doroty with ukraine and what followed was a statement announcing sanctions against those involved in this illegal act. and the quick key questions now are, is letting me put in, going to be taught to be targeted by those sanctions. he is certainly directly involved. and the 2nd question is, are we just going to see an asset freezers and travel bands as usual? or is the european union going to impose more severe sanctions? and that is definitely something that the ambassadors are going to speak about and decide to day. okay, a nato is also a player in all of this. of course,

alexandra.