this hotel, they register here at the check in desk, but they also have several other things they have to do here. this is a coven, 19 testing station, actually. and the workers here have agreed to tell us a little bit a bit about what they do here. but because he to but also the jim resistance and you might this a vision c p before you call that express tasks. people got the results in 15 minutes. all tasks we have done are negative. there are no positive tasks so far. and we have done around $100.00 tests today. okay, so that was the area where they're doing coven tasks for the evacuation that are coming through these doors. as she mentioned just there, there have been no positive tests recorded in this location. and also we spoke to other other we spoke to staff at other temporary housing facilities. it also said that these are the, the rate of positive cova tests is actually been very low. another thing i want to show you right here, you can see these people working at computers. this is the area where the people

from danielle and logan's officially register with their passports from the self proclaimed people's republics. and they're also, we heard from several people that they're able here to receive or apply for the 10000 roubles that the russian government has promised to every person coming here from the don boss, people's self proclaimed people's republics. that's about $130.00. so this is the lobby and like i said before, there are a lot of other places throughout roster of region that have been set up as temporary housing shelters. and it's not just hotels. it's also places like childrens former childrens day camps, summer camps, and even a, a sports school. actually we earlier went to a children's sports school that has a big gym that's been outfitted with beds, a clinic, and everything people need basically to live on their way to other russian re. so

let's take a look at what i was able to cover earlier in the day. while western leaders, as certainly being quick to condemn putin signing of a degree to recognize the dom bus republics, which is pm boys, johnson has dismissed the move as a violation of international law, while french leader boundary micron cold on the european block to impose sanctions on russia, in light of the recognition ortiz shoddy, was dusty in london and policy and berlin have more that european reaction. well, we're getting a lot of reaction. the latest is a joint statement from the iraq piano commission and the european council. no surprises there. them saying that this is a blatant violation of international law and at the same time of territorial integrity and immense agreements, the you and its partners and am am quoting, will react with unity, firmness and determination. in solidarity with ukraine and the united states. the nato secretary general has condemned russia's recognition of low guns. and the next

we hearing from stoughton berg, that this undermines settlement if it's in ukraine, and that this will be, or could be used as a pretext by moscow for an invasion. now all of this coming as we hearing from the latvian prime minister that beat rick admission is a continuation of the attack on ukraine's independence sovereignty and territorial integrity that began in 2014 by to quote, unlawfully changing borders in europe. or we hearing from the latvians is an urgent to the international community to stop quote russian aggression and offer assistance to ukraine. not latvia has also announced that it will be delivering javelin anti tank missiles to ukraine to be from tomorrow tuesday. at the same time, we are hearing from the ukrainian foreign ministry, they have said that the european union, andrew crane has reached a preliminary deal to conduct military training in ukraine at the same time that

you will send inside the experts to ukraine. the e u. we know earlier approved a, an emergency package to the tune of 1200000000 euros in financial assistance for ukraine. not all of this happening as we hear also from the italian foreign minister saying that this recognition by moscow hinders the resolution of the crisis. so diplomacy and also that it contradicts lindsey agreement is the president of estonia has said that he will never accept the the illegal decision that moscow is not serious about diplomacy. here in germany, what's happening is the german foreign ministry has said that the recognition is a gross violation of international law. that is also running any kind of diplomatic efforts. the german foreign ministry has urged for the decision to be reversed

while to product. quite frankly, the message from london is that this is now a step closer to or if not a guaranteed move. forest. johnson has reacted just as expected, calling putins decision and l. o. many dark signed. this is plainly in breach of international law. it's a violation of flagrant violation of a sovereign to the integrity of the of ukraine. ah, it is a repudiation of the, of the minks process in the mix agreements. and i think it's a very ill omen and a very doc sign, it's really being interpreted as a significant escalation in the crisis. a substantial change in moscow's present position, particularly referring to the minsk agreement. but most notably a pretext, paving, the way half a russian troops to cross the border. so boys johnson is seeing this as an illegal act and undermines ukraine. serenity are now in terms of diplomacy. is there any

diplomacy? is that an option on the tables of ours? johnson, he simply says it cannot be, the significantly narrows or that window of opportunity. and in fact, the feeling here in london is that an attack from the east is pretty much set in stone. now already then, in the last few i minutes, really his already reconfirmed the u. k. commitments at to supporting ukraine and has said that the u. k. will not i'll be thinking what more it can do. so what has the u. k. already done? it's threatened sanctions against russia including new powers to target, any individual entity or even in the common today. artie was brought up at that point, links to the russian state. that's the minute a single russian coca enters what seen as the ukraine's territory. c then reiterating that today saying it's become clear, we need to start applying as much pressure as possible because he really feels that

the situation is not going to improve. of course, we also know in terms of troops based on the ground that's already been something leak as being moving toward sending troops to ukraine. also sending weaponry as well. and he always long said that he would be happy to send even more troops and weapons as and when need be, the reaction from the u. k. always been bad. in fact, the was a force johnson just a few days ago saying that any escalation would be the biggest war since 1945. today, earlier, the government was reiterating such comments, saying that there would be a retaliation if payton didn't retreat. so from the united kingdom, i suspect as a lot was to come recognition of the independence of the 2 region has given a residence, something to celebrate. amid the daily ordeal of sheltering from shelling or corresponding broadcast, dia brings is the latest on life in the just recognizable that i've done. yes. there is still a lot of tension as it's curfew. now,

there's no without in the streets. but as vladimir putin declared, russia's recognition that marshal would recognize the breakaway provinces, regions of the new gods. there were fireworks here which, which caused quite a stir. i could say it was the right decision, perhaps, but understandable people were afraid that this was a renewed round of shelling, understandable, given the rumble of tillery shelling, mortar rounds fooling on. vignettes can and the outskirts of the past few days, especially which is where the most, when the most a dramatic escalation occurred at some point that was seconds between blocks that you could hear for coming from different directions we, we saw this ourselves today when we went just a little had a half hour drive from the nearest west woods, the front lines to report into film, the consequences adopt him off the fatal shelling there.

ah! presented and tragic happened here just west of danielle city to shelves launched from the ukranian side made. ah, impact one there, another crater here and everywhere here you'll see bloodied bits of clothing as a zer ha mine his outfit. he was on his way to a mine shaft where he works. this is one of the 2 shelves that landed here. again, we aren't going to spend very long here because there are still incoming shelves and exclusions the be here. i in close proximity. this dramatic escalation that we have seen in the near cath, i also said, has occurred across the entirety of the front lines in the trenches that snake their way along them. we know that in le ganske today, there was said

a parrot saturation attempt to a car bombing, perhaps targeting elegance, official who was responsible for coordination in the us. seeds, fire, compliance, office monitoring and compliance office. here in the breakaway republics, his cob you up, he was injured. his driver also today shell struck in lou ganske up north. i a power station depriving again thousands of for electrical electricity at the time when it is cold. here it's badly needed here in the near it's a water pumping station was also struck the product tens of thousands of for access to water further south. we've also seen reports of vicious battles, but there has been this disturb matic escalation. and what, what was this happened is people were evacuating people who feared the worst. they believe the rece escalation is it is allowed to continue a could result in

a bull that is even worse than the one we saw in 2014, 2015. yes, this is to smith and i am now waiting to die. i think that if it all starts up again, i will be killed and that'll be that. but i'm ready. cleanable i thought exam he crane wasn't ready for war in now it's ready because it's received weapons from here and we'll use them here in the matter of weeks the situation. he has escalated to the point that we, we had the you when come out today and cool for an immediate cease fire saying that heavy weapons that have been deployed by both sides. and that shouldn't be within the, within the area of the front lines of the conflict, so to pull them back to remove them and to de escalate to return to a to allow. but we've seen here over the past few years. nevertheless, it remains to be seen how russia's announcement that it is recognizing the self proclaimed republics, their independence,

and how that will affect the situation. because the situation is such that a huge number of troops along with heavy weapons and on the ukrainian side, deadly precise new weapons delivered to them by nato. they're all still there. they are poised for military action. it means to be seen where the piece here will return and whether it will be respected earlier today, russia's security council discuss the need to recognize the don barza publics to ensure their residents safety artes southgate. taylor has more while it was indeed an emergency session of the security council. it was convened by president picking himself and i think, given the very rapid deterioration that we have witnessed in the last few days alone in eastern crating, it was upset. no doubt. what was going to be on the agenda was going to be around the crisis in ukraine, but really, i think what probably triggered this emergency session was on monday, just a couple of hours before the security counts convened. we actually got direct requests from the heads of the to break away,

but public saying we're off new pays president putin considered this. we need your help. we need your support. we need more cooperation. and what we did here from me was that if i do indeed go forward and say yes, i recognize you told me of your face as it is because it's only with a heavy heart. it's because i was driven to it because he was saying hoary. he has failed that every single time to keep twits promise and abide by those 2015 missed agreement. he of authorities that don't want to engage in direct dial, like with the republics, they said they want to do it by dialogue with russia. and as soon as russia offered certain steps to sampled within the framework of the course, and they started saying that rush, his interest hearing with internal affairs of ukraine, was the biggest thing. and this is what we just thought from president payton is point 113013 point that pretty simple. they have to be followed in order to point 11 is a big sticking point. and not as the one that specifically states that kids must

grant these 2 separatists republics, quote, a special status and not just like, oh yes, i give you a special status that has to be tried in the constitution that made an eagle 70. as on that obviously hasn't happened. and what's more presidents lensky has 4 administer to have flat and he said, i'm not going to do it. it's not just that i'm not going to, so i'm not even have a dialogue. i'm not gonna engage in any kind of discussion with these people. i'm some say it's because the government is currently under pressure from fall, right national, who in increasing, in recent years to excite what he would say is undue influence on policy shaping presidents. lensky said, i do worry for instability, and i worry riots if i go forward at this point 11 of that of the agreement, the nation of the sci fi. i do want to point out that landscape, despite claiming that these are his citizens, had stopped paying that pension. he stopped paying them social benefits and he has essentially imposed an economic blockade. so they were in a difficult situation. there need more di,

situation now. and that was exactly what president putin. she said it was the 1st thing she said she opened, the counselor said we all had to talk about the fate of people to talk about people who have been living in basements, who are being shelled. we are here to talk about whether we think that those people have a right to live in peace. so see that it was up for them. i mean, there are growing revelations by western me or secret documents negotiated at the end of the previous century, bar west and colleagues with one another, as well as with russia. and these documents clearly show no intention by the way to expand nato. yet natal fix to general you installed. some book continues to simply deny obvious facts declassified by british archives and released by the beagle news magazine. they are still vehemently opposed to loosening their open door policy despite many public denials of the existence of such a policy. well, before i say this is what we're going to talk about a bit later. what we heard from president lumber off is, i think there is going to be a total lack of recognition from the west that they have

a part to play. and what is currently unraveling in ukraine? first and foremost, 5 ops you no doubt that this will be picked up by western media as a full flag or as russia implementing the 1st stage of invasion. we've already heard from the u. s. representative t o. s e, that's organization security and cooperation in europe. he says that be considered a violation of ukrainian sovereignty. so i repeat, it's nothing to do with the for publics entering the russian federation. it is just a recognition of independence. what's almost false cobo is, but now are, you can read an article from the bbc. the headline is 5 reasons why people might not invade. so yesterday they were cutting offset. it's already a done deal and patient's already given the orders. now he's got 5 reasons not to invade, not just one. the john chancellor already recognized or indicated that any recognition of the republics would be tantamount to russia putting out of the agreement, of course, conveniently forgetting. but he has failed to press yes,

to abide by the agreement itself. one option show that we're going to head to continuation about rhetoric. regarding specifically what foreign secretary law sets up. let's not forget that those ukrainian forces who are current shuttling innocent on on civilians in dumbass, who as we heard not fast women who said i, i welcome this because it finding means that i can baton home and it will be peaceful. they are armed with nature weapons, with hundreds of millions of weapons that are being sent by the u. s. and it's nato allies, heavy duty stuff, like charlatans, even and nato's insistence to continue welcoming members to the block. and it's lights are not only, obviously, it total and disregard for russia, security concerns, but also a direct violation of the promise that was made back in the ninety's. you know, about saying we will not inch 11. we will not go one and eastward of the, with alba and germany, but unfortunately, that is not what we're seeing,

even though he's at what level was pointing to. he said they've completely living in a passage and july, well, in terms of penalties, putin a previous he said it doesn't matter what we do. we're going to be functioned anyway. but we know whether that's going to be north stream to the gas pipeline. this obviously cause to worry, we talk about this the whole time, whether it's going to be about cutting brush off from swift, all these on the table. but what's very soon, what we did here at the council was former prime minister museum of saying, you know what? we're ready. we knew that this was going to come, no matter what we do. we have been slowly preparing ourselves, getting us ready. you know, bring it on the situation that we have now is in a way more complicated, but also maybe the simpler i'd like to explain. it is more complicated because the scale of potential conflict can be compared to what we face in 2008. and that's a fact keeping in mind the estimation given to us by defense minister just

now. but on the other hand, it's easier for us because big then we didn't know that miss potential reaction. we're all kinds of talks. i talk some bits report and also talk to president bush, but now we know we know what is going to happen and we know with all the possible problems possible difficulties of them all the sanction ideas that we can hear now, broadcast from the average domestic bustle, appliance, we know that there will be a lot of pressure, but at the same time we know how to withstand this pressure. and i thought need, the cabinet is white in the sense that it has built a somewhat fortress economy by kind of winning itself off the dollar by doing deals, for example, in euros, by building off its gold resolves walls than a foreign currency in dollar. so yes, it is absolutely right that it's kind of built the shield that will protect it. but i think for me, the main message that came out of thought was and i think you'll probably agree.

essentially what those security council members was saying is, we know that we're going to be hit by penalties that's already kind of, you know, done thing. but we think that we're willing to pay the price because of the people on the ground. and because we think that they have a right to live in peace and they are not a bargaining chip as kids is using them, they are people who dissolve to have peaceful sky. so i mean the situation on the grounds, there's apps, you know, the word for it, it is deteriorated so rapidly. i don't think anyone quite expecting to be the spot . the something that we're at has been talking about. he's and tony at the moment and the figure that the defense secretary came out with. he said we've got around 50000 troops on the ukrainian side of the conflict line. got a 100 tanks. we got heavy duty stuff. like i said, a lot of thought for an alms shipped over by the us apparently defensively. but as you just said, now the see daily reports come in that clearly not being used defensively because we've even got reports of auto re lansing,

even on the russian federation. which is where the russian federation was the contact line. you know, there are hundreds, not 1000 plus the this is all of course, a direct violation of the midst protocol, something that enough is just not talked about in mainstream media. and other thing that ca shy group, the defense actually said, what even more concerning is that a lot of the stuff news in the hands of fall right nationalists who have proved to be very unruly and very difficult to actually control. and one of the things that i think i want to listen to what you said about the specifically he said the most terrifying thing that has possibly come out of the last few days is president sealants. get the munich security conference saying that he will renee, potentially, on the budapest memorandum and re arm ukraine with nuclear weapons. i would also like to draw the attention of the members of the security council of the statements made by mistress landscapes of the south bay years ago. and would like to

return was the status of the nuclear country. and i want say nuclear power, but country that is very denture seen, says go save them 1st because we saw them, there was more wildly we're part of the soviet union. and i was in lawyer when they have the necessary infrastructure to build such weapons. not only weapons, but carriers for such weapons recruits and i took it to the your my name. earlier we talk to earl rasmussen, executive director of the erasure center, who says that the initial us goal was to get closer to russia's borders while paying no attention to the safety of the people living the i knew there was not going to be any invasion. i pretty confident that unless something really tragic, happened to drop in and obviously there's been the west has been trying to look for food and into invading and, and, and the not going to happen but,

but they are looking for something and i agree with them. they are looking for some reason to what thanks and it surprised me to some degree, but at another way it didn't. i mean, let's face it, i me, those regions are not ever go to vote for, for mr. lindsey or anyone that's, that's put in place there from the u. s. with there are not have approval to, to be present the sensually that's the whole. busy math of millions of electoral votes of electron volts that would not side with. yeah, i think, well, obviously valerie will probably be involved on that side and recognize them and then some other countries that, that will as well. china essentially will see, are china elise, not going to be completely against that, or at all. the u. s. will probably be negative for overall objectives. have always been to basically move nato closer to the russian and pain rust even more.

so, you know, they really don't care about the people and they really don't care about the ukrainian people, neither the, you know, afraid or with that. it's all about politics. and this is, this would just be another, another mechanism to create hardship in the region in the worst relation yet with, with russia. yet, it actually creates a work environment for economic development for europe, a better economic development for europe would be peace within the area. a strong business relationship with russia and also with those region people settlement and ukraine would promote and improved economic opportunity for all of your and, and i do not believe that the u. s. really has that been at heart, that will create a competitive economic walk and maybe not work. well, we also got reaction from 2020 libertarian, u. s. vice presidential candidates by cohen who believes us involvement in the crisis can only worse than the current situation. that i think that vladimir putin

is the head of state of one of the least militarily, one of the largest powers on, on the planet. and of a, one of the, one of the larger economy, the former member of the ga and, and i'm, i'm sure this does weigh heavily. i'm not sure that anything that could potentially lead to a hot military conflict, especially when we're already seeing, showing, and things like that wouldn't weigh heavily on him. i'm sure, honestly, i'm sure this is weighing heavily on everyone on all sides that are having to make these kinds of decisions. which is, i'm hoping that, that weighing heavily in, that desire to try to avoid conflict will lead to you know, the, the tensions receiving from this and from just respecting the rights and autonomy of people to make choices for themselves and their own local governance. whether that will happen or not, totally remains to be seen. europe actually has

a history of this, right. there's a history of, you know, things that happen as a result of thousands or hundreds of years of history that often lead to long simmering tensions boiling to the surface. and as an american, again giving an american perspective on this. this is a perfect example of why i don't want our government even remotely involved in this, because this is something that isn't going to end with this. however, this ends up ending and hopefully it ends peacefully and hopefully, and 2 people respecting each other's rights in their sovereignty. but however, this end, it isn't going to end with this. and having the involvement of a superpower that's clear on the other side of the planet, i don't see how that does anything but, but inflamed tension even further i, i suspect that what's going to happen next, if he, if he does move forward with, with recognizing the or it sounds like he already has move forward with recognizing these to break away nations or, or break away people for those who don't think a new nation has been form. i think that there is already, there were definitely going to be sanctions coming from europe and apparently from

the u. s. and, and probably canada and other countries as well. i hope that this can remain in this realm in the realm of, you know, of saber rattling and political posturing. and i'm not a fan of thanks and i think sanctions separate people. the 1st thing you want to do if you want to create a war is remove any of the relational or financial incentives that people would have to not have that war, which is why they always start with sanction. but i hope it there have to be thinks and or, or anything like that. it ends with that. and that this doesn't turn into a hot war because not only just the lives that are loss anytime that there's any kind of military conflict. but the fact that this is the conflict between multiple nuclear powers, and although i don't think anyone wants to go there, there's always that real risk that if some one or another side feels at that there's an existential threat here, that it could go far past the hot war into a much hotter war, and i hope we can avoid that. we're just going to take a very short break now, but we'll be back again in just

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