ah ah this is the w news live from bo, then ukraine tells it citizens in russia to leave as aggression increases. give officials prepare a state of emergency declaration and coal up reservists as fear of a further russian invasion groves. residents, lee parts of east and ukraine as separate as shelling continues, of correspondent visits, a village caught in the si, fi, or in the crossfire around. and this is the beginning of russian invasion ukraine. do as president biden announce as a 1st wave of sanctions against russia,

more countries joining, condemning moscow's recognition of separate estates in ukraine. ah and been fizzle and welcome ukraine has urged its citizens in russia to leave immediately. it says russian aggression is increasing and so to the threat of invasion after moscow's recognition of to break away regions as independent states . in other developments, ukraine is preparing a month long state of, of urgency, according to its top security official. the ukrainian parliament is approved to draft laure, allowing all ukrainians to carry firearms and to act in self defense. and kiev is cooling up reservists fighting and ukraine's east has intensified. al, corresponded but he is building, have filed this report from a village close to the line between ukrainian and separatist held territory. it is quiet at the moment

a good time to leave the days now the people in the village of rubica have been under fire. the villages in ukrainian government control territory and is being shared by separatists from the other side. you know, diligent deliberately and then the whole night forgot that some people are still in a cellar too scared to come out. did the kids spent the whole day yesterday downstairs, but at night we went upstairs but not but it was just too cold. downstairs a seller is a seller, but those people half of the village has already left the others are terrified. shells of come down, right in the center of the village. one shall hit the school yard while children were in clos. others have damaged people's homes. luckily, no one has been hurt so far, but the constant stress has taken its toll. electricity and gas have been cut off. now gas workers have come to patch up some of the damage or they,

when we fix the pipe twice already we came last week yesterday and today we're here again will because quite far away from the artillery positions of the other side, there are 15 kilometers between here and the front line, which is just the range of this artillery that they are using people who have not experienced this kind of fighting, even during the worst times a few years ago. lena micro encore and her neighbors have tried to make the most out of the cold and damp cellar. but the effect of the electric heater is limited. she is in and out of the basement constantly those days. but i need to go up now to take some stuff to my daughters place. she is finally leaving with her kids at

least to a place nearby. she would like to move further away until it becomes clear with the latest news from moscow inclusive me i don't know what to think now is i do not yet understand anything because i don't even know what to do next. it takes just a few minutes and the shelly begins again to our kiff correspond nicoli nic, ukrainian, president zalinski has officially announced a state of emergency. what does this move mean?

well, that is the plan that is, that still needs votes in parliament here, but doesn't seem to be any option where this wouldn't get voted through. i think it's a definite sign that people here in ukraine, especially ukraine's leadership, is taking this more seriously. thinks that a full scale invasion or some kind of escalation beyond what we've already had is now on the cards all through. this crisis has been a bit of a disconnect between very stalk warnings from washington, from london, other european capitals, and a sense here in care of that the government. he was trying to downplay things to prevent panic, to prevent damage to ukraine's economy. him was saying, basically that this was just all a big bluff for moscow and nothing more than that. so since now that here in ukraine, that interpretation of the threat, the situation is now drawing closer to the most pessimistic statement coming out of washington. and that, yes, ukraine is now preparing to limit of some basic freedoms in the hope of preventing any kind of a destabilization the situation. they've been warnings from washington that russia

might try to stoke protests or some kind of other destabilization here. so basically, some limitations on people going out to nights, limitations on strikes on protests, those now set to be on the cards in the next couple days. and ukraine has cold on it. citizens in neighboring russia to leave immediately is a russian invasion imminent. i think the question is one that we can put to vladimir putin. that is the scary thing. the situation seems like he alone is taking this decision alone with his own conscience. but it doesn't really seem like anyone in the russian government can really sway him or has any real chance to talk back to him or to dissuade him. and i think those picks me so from moscow, from the meeting with a cited to recognize those separatist republics really showed quite at what a system or what system in the coming is like and how and nervous his talk visuals are around him am. but people here in ukraine who for the longest time didn't think this was real, are now really starting to look where their nearest bomb shelters are to maybe pack

cases in case they need to live in a hurry, make sure they have foreign currency in small denominations all the kind of basic practical things that they would have to do. if indeed they will be forced to leave the homes to get away from fighting. can you tell us more about what's happening along that line of contact in easton, ukraine way? government insur separate his forces at flashing situation is really a lot worse than it was just a week ago. so basically, fighting is now back to some of the worst kinds of levels of insecurity for civilians that we saw in 2014, 2015. a lot of people without water, without power, without gasp, as of damage to critical infrastructure. people spending the longest time as we saw in that report now in their sellers in bomb shelters. because they just too worried that they leave the homes. they might be hit by at if no direct hit, but then by splinters or other debris. and this is even quite far away from that front line between ukrainian forces and separate his forces. some villages 10 even more than 10 clumps away frontline are now within the range of those shelves that

are coming across. so definitely a wider sense of instability and a sense that many people who thought they'd made their piece with a situation who's somehow getting by and now considering whether really it is time to leave the homes and move further away from those up to. so there is economy for us there in kiev, you doing some great reporting there. thank you very much. well, enjoy now by gabriella lance bagus. he's the foreign minister of lithuania. welcome . would you say that russia's latest moves already constitute an invasion into ukraine to use? you as president to biden's was absolutely, i concur, i with her position. and because what we're seeing is russian troops, russian tanks entering ah, what was what was previously ukrainian territory. now it is a territories are recognized as the independent by the russian russian life, by russian parliament. but that doesn't change the fact that it's still

a ukrainian territory that now has russian troops in it. we've seen weeks of high level diplomacy, but seemingly no effect on russia. has diplomacy failed? no, i think that if we had a different attitude towards so much diplomacy, it is clear now that the intelligence that was provided to us by the allies since last november was actually right. that means it has a plan he had, he was preparing to invade since so long ago, and therefore he was leading us into these conversations. and i think that what we need to have now in order to continue, maybe this possible to continue those conversations. but we need to have a bigger leverage. therefore we very much support the way of going the way of sanctions and strengthening them to the point where they would become a parent for the vision. are they the best means of trying to get president

putin back to talks? i mean, meetings have been called off as we, as we speak. and, and mister putin isn't really one to i discuss his intentions or even use diplomacy. i think that if, if the sanctions reach his inner circle where the people who help him make decisions or the people who financed him or the people benefit from his decisions that they are affected by the sanctions than we might see splintering of his inner circle and and his surroundings where people would start questioning his motives, questioning his decisions. this is and very important point we need to reach the 2nd thing, what can and should be done, is we need to support ukraine in any ways possible financially to support its economy. that is already under attack, we need to support it militarily,

and this is what you say, another baltic states on doing that ukrainians would have means to withstand and defend their country. you, as president biden announced yesterday, that he'd been sending more troops to the baltic states, including your country, with waiting to both the natives east and flanks. is that more of a help or a hindrance? i mean, is that a provocation, or is it showing support to nato's allies? i think that what, what we're seeing in on the other side of lithuanian polish lackey and bought embarrass, where thousands of russian troops are being amassed is. this is a provocation. and it's not only caucasian or to ukraine and not, not as not only a threat to your friend, but also location to nato. russia is showing that it can bring forces to natal morning and maybe even use it, pause some, some kind of adventure. let's take. so i think that the only reaction,

the baltic and baltic states need right now is reassurance and reinforcement. therefore, we very much applaud $300.00 the additional german troops that are being sent to the premium, as well as they present biden announcement about reinforcing the baltic states. it's not yet clear where the troops will be, will be stationed. we're still waiting for that confirmation, but in any case, these are very time they need and briefly lithuania is in a tricky situation. you sarah, a long border with a ruth where there are troops, also, station, thousands of russian troops, africa, and do you feel it? well, to be honest, we are worried and this is a new situation in which we haven't found ourselves for 30 years. so i think that all of us in europe, in the western world, we are participating in the creation of the new new security order

which, which mr. puts and decided to, to start writing and that. but we have to be very active in it so that no country would be left behind in this, in this new page. new order, as you heard that from couple younger son's back is foreign minister of lithuania. thank you very much for coming on the show. today. a russia appears to be continuing its military build up among ukraine's borders images from a u. s. satellite company claim to show an enlarged base in southern bell roast just a few 100 kilometers from key f. u. s. president biden says, russia's invasion of ukraine has already begun russian troops on the move. the heading towards ukraine's east and border as fighting between ukrainian and separatist forces continues. far away from the frontline, the upper house of the russian parliament voted to authorize the use of force

outside russia's borders. they also approved vladimir putin's recognition of the don yeske and lou. hence people's republics as independent states. but the russian president didn't stop there. he lay to renounce the borders of the 2 republics. include the ukrainian held territories, not just the rebel held areas, nor was it but his nell. we recognized that donates. and hans people's republics, which means we have recognized all the founding documents, including the constitution. and the constitution defines the boarders off the don yeske and hans regions at the time when they were part of ukraine. nobody mc again, you will have the civil crane. in response, u. s. president joe biden accused the russian leda of setting up a russian now to take more territory by force. this is the beginning of a russian invasion of ukraine as he indicated and asked permission to be able to do

from his duma. so let began to so i'm going to began to impose sanctions a response. far beyond the steps we and our allies and partners implemented in 2014 the us satellite company has released new images that claim to show military vehicles messing in southern belarus. even as western nations coordinate a unified response, many fear a full scale attack on ukraine is still part of russia's plans. o russian affairs analysts, constantine agates joins us from lithuania. vladimir putin has recognized all of don't yet scanned the once as independent, but ukrainian troops hold 2 thirds of that territory. what does that make? well, could explain what it means. yes. and then he said that she expect skia to settle

the old standing issues with the government school. both of these newly recognized entities on top of it. the lensky government has to recognize that crimea is washing. it has to publicly state that it cancels on old plans to join native probably that will mean and put his parlance, attending the training constitution to include neutrality loss. and finally, something that sounds to me straight out of you know, the better side, 3 tier 1918 through d minutes or off. what that could mean? i don't know, probably your grade should symbolically show that it's going to strengthen its on forces. for example, council, it's contract with the u. k for procurement up to more than destroyers, something like that. and if thesis fulfilled then extensively that will mean piece

from russia maybe. but as zelinski probably is not going to do it from the 100 percent, is not going to do it. as we've seen in an economy the report, then it means only one thing that eventually puts in a will say that the newly recognized states need to have their full territory or the control. and that means we'll have a real competition. real battle between russia and ukrainian force is very, very much possible to me. now at least the logic of this shows me that, but it doesn't get any of that. where, where does that leave him in the kremlin? i mean, he still, or he says he still wants a diplomatic solution. well, what he said today, which is ironically, defenders our father learned in russia what he said. she said we are open to diplomatic solution and talks. well, essentially i think, i think in such circumstances,

that means you do as you do as we say and then will accept it because as we've seen, neither joe biden laur, my manual macaroni blink can really wants to talk to moscow anymore. so i suppose that essentially this is just, this is just wordplay and frankly put in, we'll have to take a decision what he's doing next because the logic of the bushes him towards basically coming to the quote unquote on these new re recognize state and helping them secure the territory, the territory that like now all side of moscow's control is actually 2 thirds of these lists of these regions and is put in goes for there. that also will basically be the beginning of probably him going even further to build the land bridge between the russian territory and the crime in peninsula which is now completely isolated from russia, apart from one seabreeze constantine. many thanks for the analysis.

relations between ukraine, russia are at the lowest point in years he have, has recalled it's ambassador for moscow and is considering ending old diplomatic ties. it wasn't all that long ago that ukraine had a pro russian president 8 years ago. vladimir putin had a friend in t f. president. victor young coach, hadn't pro russia president, was very important for russia man that a lot of the forms look is thought it meant that any union with the west would not be possible. and in 2013, when young coverage refused to sign an association agreement for closer ties to the you, the people rebelled. scores died, hundreds were injured in the might on revolution. yona coverage was ousted and a new pro you government formed the kremlin, answered back with tanks and annexed ukraine's crimean peninsula.

moscow also through its support behind separatists, in the pro russia don baths region war broke out. as the 2 eastern provinces don yeske and nuanced declared independence, european leaders brought the 2 sites together for the men's peace accords. but the war ground to a stalemate, a development far from the battlefield, also spiked tensions. june 2015. russia announced the nordstrom to gas pipeline. it's route under the baltic. c would bypass ukraine, meaning key f would lose billions in transit fees. another turning point in 2019 was brought him year zalinski as ukraine's president. he vowed to restore the don bath region and renewed calls for nato membership. he bought the lead, the many leaders hint slightly that ukraine shouldn't take the risk of talking

constantly about membership of the alliance. because this rescued connect you to russia's reaction most of them, but that was a red line for moscow, which it was a nuclear. no one thought that if you crane create such threats for russia, we create similar threats for herself. what to do at the sure? well, but also conclude, it was one of prudence justification for the russian true filled up around ukraine's borders. but unlike 8 years ago, ukraine is a battle harden nation that's vowed to resist. germany's foreign minister adelina bare bach has been meeting with her french counterpart addressing the russian moves against ukraine. deborah had this to say. there was a ship president, the russian president is trying to turn back the wheel of history and eastern ukraine at the expense of his neighbors. met with power, with military force,

with absolute contempt for everything that defines the legal and peaceful order in europe. in over us and not least with indifference towards the faith of the people affected on both sides. debit hoffman and mention of biden's eye. germany still diplomat. and now to political correspond belinda crane. what do you make of what the foreign minister said? well, she was meeting with her french colleague, foreign minister lit leon, and both of them were at great pains to put on a very resolute display of unity. and after that statement, she went on to essentially lay out the goals of the sanctions that were imposed by the you yesterday. and which include the momentous decision by germany to defer certification of the north stream to gas pipeline from russia, which will impose pain in russia, but also some real economic hardship for germany as well. so is she said,

the goal is not simply to deter russia from further escalation. yes, that's important. but beyond that, it is to reinforce important norms of international law like territorial integrity . and she went on to say, and i quote, we are ready to pay a high price for a free and sovereign ukraine. and you know, sometimes the norm of territorial integrity can sound like an abstraction. but let's listen to chancellor, olaf, schultz of germany. explain what would happen in europe if we simply sweep aside norms and rules that have in place since the 2nd world war. then to assist along a not good not. so if you look back far enough in history, you will find many borders that were different back then. yes. and if we reopen discussion on all of them, we will face very troubled times. that is why we must urgently return to this principle. state sovereignty is respected borders are not violated. what putin in

his parliament have decided is a breach of international law that we cannot and will not accept. so what role is chancellor shelters govern playing in addressing the prices? well, and not only foreign minister bear buck, but also her french. a colleague both said very clearly that these sanctions are simply a 1st stage. both are aware that there could be further escalation measures by germany, by russia, and that they would, by no means necessarily only be in the form of a full invasion, but could take other forms as well. for example, a cyber attack. and yet the foreign minister, the german foreign minister and chancellor shelters government as a whole, has been very clear that diplomatic outreach remains a necessity. and she said, no. the fact is that we have said to russia,

come back to the table. we do not accept that they have simply thrown out the process of talks called the normandy format, that they have ripped to shreds the minsk agreement that was supposed to try to find a solution to stabilize eastern ukraine. and nonetheless, we say we are ready to talk and then she said in english, we said to russia, you need to come back to the table. it made any difference if he should sit at the russian. belinda crane, thank you very much for the analysis. now to some of the other stories making news around the world, more than 60 people are dead after an explosion at a market in the west african nation of booking affair. so the blast was so powerful that brought down a by homes. investigators suspect that happened in a store selling explosives and chemicals and have detain the owner. the lawyer for uganda, an author, a cleanser care of a she says he's arrived in germany. the writer says he was tortured, wiling,

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