we had heard yesterday or the day before again, people are ah, people are, are to out in the street. people are sitting inside waiting was out. many of them. well, remember the war in 2015, 2014. when the best thing you could do was find the bomb shelter and stay there. plus there's also a curfew which is about to be lifted at 7 am. and so so, so the things are developing very, very rapidly here. thank you very much for that report from the ground. murat, gasdio of archie, senior correspondent, i'm sure recording, but you throughout the day as the situation unfolds. thank you. and now again, for a recap of the latest breaking news here in russia, not in person has announced a military operation in don barza during an address to the nation. just moments ago, the president said that there would be no occupation of ukrainian territory,

and he is also called for ukrainian troops to lay down their arms. he says, rush, his goal is to bring to justice. those who committed numerous crimes against civilians, including russian citizens. this comes out of the people's republics of don bass, turned to russia for military assistance. meanwhile, report just to in artillery can be heard in the dumbass republics and in ukraine. local say that sounds of explosions in the area of voice awful. airport near care have also been heard. now ukrainian president's volume is zalinski has pleaded for peace amid the alleged russian threats. he made an emotional appeal to the population of both countries and said that he tried to call the demon fruits in but received no response. however, he did say that if you crane comes under attack, they will fight back earlier the kremlin did confirm that he

received a request from the heads of the la guns canden. yes, republics for quote help with curbing aggression form ukraine. ukraine has reacted by branding its an escalation on setting up an emergency un security council meeting, which we did turn to just a moment ago as well. um, it's still underway as far as we know, and we will keep you posted on any information as and when we get it. ah, the assistance was asked on the basis of treaties they signed with moscow this week . and he comes after reports of an escalation in the region. this video from new guns were shared exclusively with r c and appears to show the aftermath of a bombardment. local officials say 2 civilians were killed when a car was hit by nancy tank missile. and this exclusive video shows artillery

fire hitting done yet. local authorities say 3 civilians have been killed by the ukrainian military in the last 24 hours. now for more on this developing a situation with ukraine, we can cross live now to political analyst. michael maloof was a former security policy analyst, or the secretary of defense. thank you. and for joining us on the program, in your opinion, what was this military operation inevitable? it was, it's unfortunate, but it was, and mr. brewton warned about how he was concerned about the security of the federation with the encroachment of nato, as and the possibility of assistance to ukraine through with, with nato. busy assistance and, and given the history of russian and previously soviet union

and especially coming through ukraine, it's understandable why he would feel threatened why he would feel that his country was threatened. because it was nowhere else to go. and of course, the united states and nato countries are coming from half way around the world to, to do this. and this is what's really unfortunate, but it is what it is at this point. now we have already heard no sanctions of or to be imposed on quite a few russian individuals and entities. how do you expect the west to react to this latest development? well, i think there will be an increase sanctions. of course, i would not put it past the biden to try to, to impose sanctions on mister putin. personally. of course, that would be an attack upon the sovereign state of russia when you go after the

president of the country personally. and i think as a consequence, i, i envision that diplomatic relations between the 2, between russia and the united states could be ruptured for, for a period of time. and that would be unfortunate. do you think the cutting russia off from the swift financial system will be back on the table now? well, that's going to be difficult because for, for the european countries themselves who have a major reliance and on russia, i think swift would be the ultimate could grow on their part of their be actually committees separate, cooper themselves, if they did that at this point, considering the dependency, they're not prepared to with alternatives, particularly for energy. they have exports that they have to deal with. they've got to live in that region. unlike the united states, the united states has been leading this charge. they're the ones who posted all

based upon a hoax. that russia is bad. and now this hoax of russian collusion in the us elections as has been imposed even upon the e u. a nato allies, to the point where they, they, they are, they're now caught in the middle of it all as well. and, but the united states is a half a world away and it's, and it, while it will feel a pinch, particularly for energy inflation that we're going to be realizing it, we're not absorbing physical damage. that, that your, even the european countries will be hard pressed. because of and much, much more severely i think than the, than even the united states because of the dependency on russia for many, many things. now you have to step on the diplomatic response and the, the sanctions that's likely will likely be imposed on russia. we've already seen

hundreds of millions of dollars worth of lethal military aid pumped into ukraine. do you expect that to continue or to ramp up given this developments? well, it's going to be difficult to, to, to provide any more assistance if the country is under attack already. i think it's going to be difficult to, to move any more supplies in unless certain corridors are. but i think mr. newton and has probably already calculated that this military strategist already figured that out and basically will cut off that logistical support very, very rapidly. given what we're seeing right now the, the country itself is, is surrounded and, and the tax are coming from all directions. i think it would be very difficult to move the military equipment that they would need to, to and anyway, but be so called defensive equipment. but sometimes defensive equipment can be

offensive, but an anti tank and, and ground the air missiles. i mean, there's been talk about that moving in. i don't know how you going to, how you are going to get it in at this point, unless it's done with aiding and abetting by european countries. now, previous guess the typical analyst alessandro bruno, he said that the west only appeared to remember about the existence of the men's agreements around 40 hours will before this moment. do you think they're also dead in the water now? well, i think that that's probably why mr. newton decided to take action when he, because that was the last resort. the implementation of minutes to ukraine was not interested. washington basically, is at once again, it coerced, ukrainian leadership not to go along with it. and. and again, it's,

it. the leadership of the country is not in control of its own destiny. it's really controlled from the outside. and this was another manifestation of that. there wasn't agreement. and it's just one more agreement in a whole list of agreements that were ignored or violated. and mr. newton clearly felt that he was left with no other choice because and what's not being reported on this side of the atlantic is what we just heard about the extent of bombardment going on. now in the, in the, in the don boss region, i mean, we're only here about keys now being bombed and, and military forces moving in. but we don't hear that other side from the, in, in washington for example. and that's, and that's not,

that's not good. that's why we're not getting, that's why we're, we process control. they are, they are definitely working on behalf of this administration and it's, it's all part of the corporate press that just wants to feed people certain information on this. and we can only imagine what the press will be saying about this development. now obviously we've talked a lot about the west reaction to this and, you know, versus the military operation in don't both. how do you think here is going to react? it's not present volume is lensky cold for peace, but he also said that they will defend the country in lights of what he perceives as this aggression president putin. dick called on ukrainian soldiers to lay down their arms. now i know it's difficult to make predictions in such a fluid situation about you see this play an outs? well, it's very fluid. i don't know what mr. ultimate game plan is. i don't know what his military strategy is. and i think he,

i think ultimately he may just want to go in and if he's attacking, keep already that's an indicative of going after the leadership. and i don't think he really wants to occupy the country so much as to maybe install another government ultimately because of the speech. and he gave last week. and he just basically felt that that ukraine itself was part of russia. and he made it very clear what his view views were, and it was just a question of time before he acted that we knew even that. well, thank you very much. so your insights into this, as we just said, very fluid situation, i'm sure we'll be hearing from you again very shortly. that's micro mom, a former senior security policy analyst. now again, for a recap of our breaking news here, nazi international, that even person has announced a special military operation in don bos during his address to the nation. the

president said there would be no occupation of ukrainian territory. and he also called for ukrainian troops to lay down their arms. he says, was, his goal is to bring to justice, those who committed numerous crimes against civilians including russia, citizens. this comes out of the people's republics of don basset turned to russia for military assistance. meanwhile, reports just in to say that artillery can be heard in the dumbass republics. and also in ukraine. locals say that sounds of explosions near the area of bar estoppel airport near keith can be heard as well. now the ukrainian military command, posing kevin harker, had been hit by rocket attacks, report say, now we can cross live again to our senior correspondence, muradi gast df mirage. what is the situation on the ground? well, the sounds, exclusions of artillery and of rocket artillery are ceaseless at this point that

have been in the, in the past 10 minutes, several loud explosions within the city itself, most likely meaning incoming shelves. we saw last on we spoke on in our site. we saw the power go out and in an entire area off the allowed explosion. so perhaps a sub station was hit here in logan's go, perhaps power lines damaged. nevertheless, the sound of artillery here is at this point at ceaseless. so every 2nd we're hearing multiple explosions coming from from the north, from the north east and from the north west, which is where the frontline is the city itself is very quiet. this practically new cards out in the streets and absolutely no civilians that we've seen on foot of the past, the hour and a half people here are well versed in what war ease was the sort of

fall tillery barrage and exchange at ease. they're all hiding in basements, taking cover, embalm shelters, keeping out of harm's way. nevertheless, as i say, that the majority of, of the fire, the, the shelling, the shooting, is coming from, from the blow from the front lines which you just scant kilometers. you know north of lou ganske city, but we are hearing explosions periodically. here in the city itself. i'm ortiz, senior correspondent, rods gasdio. thank you very much. the old dates on the ground and make sure you stay safe over there as well. and now for a recap of the main news, obviously this, our vladimir putin has announced a miniature operation in dumbass. during his address to the nation. the president said there be no occupation of ukrainian territory. he also called for ukrainian

troops to put down the weapons, who says rushes goal is to bring justice for those justice to those who committed numerous crimes against civilians, including russian citizens. this comes after the people's republic of don bus turned to russia for military assistance. meanwhile, reports just in artillery can be heard in the dumbass republics and in ukraine. local say that sounds of explosions can also be heard in the area of boy supple airport nikki, of ukrainian military command post in care of have also reportedly been attacked by rockets. now ukrainian president volume is zalinski has pleaded for peace. amid the alleged growing russian threats, he made an emotional appeal to both the populations of russia and ukraine and said he tried to call the main piece in but received no response. he did also say however, that if you crane comes under attack, they will fight back. let's

cross live now to our teeth correspondent caleb more been who's in new york? caleb, there's just been the un security council meeting initiated by ukraine. what can you tell us about what happened there? sure. well, russia is acting as the rotating president of the un security council, so it was russian ambassador. and then zia, who convened the meeting, ah, and we heard from various countries. now the united states used very accusatory language, some of which was kind of echoing the statement that was recently made by joe biden, blaming russia for the entire situation, saying that all those suffering that's taking place and, and a result from this is all the fault of russia we heard from the united kingdom that was similarly accusatory other allies, united states. now, when the russian ambassador took the floor and began speaking,

not in his role as president of the security council, but rather in his role. busy as the ambassador of the russian federation, he pointed out that for the past 7 years since the mens agreement was signed and not implemented, people have been dying in don boss. i talked about the shelling, he talked about the restrictions on the language and the speaking of the russian language. he talked about other violations that have taken place. and he pointed out that it seems like all these international leaders that are now worried about peace are unconcerned about the peoples. busy of the dawn at people's republic and the lugens people's republican, what they have been enduring since the united states over through the government in kiev, and 2014 and brought in all this conflict and unrest in the country. he also pointed out that russia does not intend for this to be a long term military operation. the idea is that the people will be protected. they

will ensure that the peoples of lugens and don ask are protected, and then they hope that their aid can demilitarize and turn into civilian aid. and that the intent is not to maintain a military presence in the region for a very long time. this is simply about securing these peoples and that they have been requested in the peoples of these repub legs that were declared and 2014 had asked for russia's presence in the country. and they are asking for this protection . and russia has proceeded to give this protection so that we heard the benzo make these remarks. and then the meeting ended rather abruptly. a lot of accusations were held at russia. russia had an opportunity to refute those accusations and talk about the actual situation in the regions in question. and then the meeting was brought to an end and has concluded. and this late night emergency meeting of the un security council is no longer in session. ortiz can more pain from new york.

thank you very much for dots, old daytime show will be coming back to you throughout the day as the situation unfolds. thank you. now, we're continue with our rolling news here on our t international. vladimir putin has announced a military operation in don boss during his address to the nation. the president said there would be no occupation of ukrainian territory. he also called for ukrainian choose to put down their weapons. he says, wish his goal is to bring to justice. those who committed numerous crimes against civilians, including russian citizens. this comes out of the people's republic of dom boston to russian military sites and to russia for military assistance. meanwhile, reports just in suggest the artillery can be heard in the dumbass republics. and in ukraine itself, local say the sounds of explosions can be heard near bar estoppel airport, which is near key f ukrainian military command post in kevin. hark of also

reportedly appears had been attacked by rockets now ukrainian president followed him. is there lensky has pleaded for peace amid the alleged growing russian threats, he made an emotional please of the populations of both countries and said that he tried to call the russian president vladimir putin, but got no response. he did also say, however, that if you crane comes under attack, ukrainians will fight back ah, the assistance was asked for on the basis of treaties they signed with moscow this week and comes after reports of an escalation in the region. this video from luke guns was shed exclusively without sea and appears to show the aftermath of a bombardment. local officials say 2 civilians were killed when a call was hit by nancy. thank you miss io on this exclusive video shows

artillery fire hitting done yet. local authorities say 3 civilians have been killed by the ukrainian military in the last 24 hours. now we've got the 1st reaction from the u. s. on this ongoing military operation in ukraine. prison biden has condemned vladimir putin decision. the prayers of the entire world are with the people of ukraine tonight, as they suffer an unprovoked and justified attack by russian military forces. president putin has chosen a premeditated war that will bring a catastrophic loss of life and human suffering. russia alone is responsible for the death and destruction this attack will bring, and the united states and its allies and partners will respond in a united and decisive way the world will hold russia accountable. the secretary general of nato, has slum to russia's decision to recognize the break away. don boss,

republics speaking a few hours ago, yet still to beg accuse moscow of disrupting global security. there is much at stake in today's crisis. the risk of conflict is real. russia is using force in ultimatums, not only to reach old board is in europe, but to try to rewrite the entire global security architecture. well earlier we spoke with independent war journalist patching lancaster, who is on the ground in done yeske. yesterday when we were at the sight of the id is to revise explosive device attack on the road. going from done yesterday to lift. we were documenting the aftermath and as we were there more shells started coming in. it was a little bit of a nervous situation. thing definite increase in the showing coming from ukrainian territory and increase in the use of improvised explosive devices.

and yesterday there were 3 civilians killed on the highway where tween don, yes, can go look. and this morning there was an explosive device outside the tv station . the main tv station headquarters here just exploded and knocked out almost every window in the building. luckily, there was no civilian casualties, but this shows a definite increase in the hostilities from ukraine and increase in the targeting of civilians. the fact that they are showing areas, this is something that they've been denying to the last, almost 8 years now. they've never admitted that they were showing civilian areas. so i don't think we can expect them to admit it. but the fact is, it's happening after the announcement of the recognition by the population here is really got to take emotions. and they were very happy about the recognition and

hope that this means soon russia is going to come and help. let me putin announced the move while making an address to russians. the stress of the goal is not to occupy. ukraine said, this is a safety said, dear richard with a quote as to the article, $51.00 in the 7th chapter of the un charter, with the sanction of the federation council. and according to the friendship and mutual help treaties with the nets. and luc gant's republics, i have decided to conduct a special military operation. the goal is to protect the people who for 8 years suffer bullying and genocide from the key of regime. and for this, we aim for the demilitarization and the next, if a cation of ukraine will bring to the court, those who committed multiple sanguinary crimes against civilians, including russian citizens. we do not plan to occupy ukrainian territories.

according to local reports, explosions can be heard across ukraine, local say that blasts of rock, the city of car curve, which is in east and ukraine. locals also say the sounds of explosions near the boy's supple air for which is near here. can also be heard. ukrainian military command posts, i've also been attacked by rockets according to reports. now we continue with our rolling coverage of the developing situation in ukraine. vladimir putin as announced a military operation in dumbass during his address to the nation. the president said there would be no occupation of ukrainian territory. he also called for ukrainian troops to put down their weapons. he says that russia's goal is to bring to justice, those who committed numerous crimes against civilians, including russian citizens. it comes after the people's republic of don been turned

to russia for military assistance. meanwhile, as we've already mentioned, there are reports that artillery can be heard in don bass and in why do ukraine as a whole local say the sounds of explosions near the area of morrisville airport near keith have also been heard ukrainian military command post for senses air fields in care of and hark of have been hit by rockets attacks, report say local media said that's not evil on a desa, they're also bursts all explosions there as well. ukrainian president vladimir zalinski has pleaded for peace amid the legit growing russian threats. he made an emotional appeal to the population of both countries and said that he tried to call russian president vladimir putin, but got no response. however, if ukraine does come under attack, he said they will fight back now with the life becoming increasingly dangerous in don barza due to the shelling there,

a huge number of people have been fleeing to russia. ortiz at don, a call to reports from a temporary shelter for arrivals. around the recent estimate suggests that around 100000 evacuees from the don boss region have made their way into the russian federation. since this evacuation began and right behind me, you can see the border actually between the russian federation and specifically the lugens people's republic that was just recognized as independent by russia. there's also the dynamics, people's republic, but that's a bit farther away. now you could see i'm wearing a bullet proof vest here. the border situation is fine it's, it's very actually safe. but there have been a couple instances of shells falling on to artillery shells falling on to russian territory. so, you know, it's just for protective measure, but like you said, there is also a temporary housing facility here, just about 500 meters away from where i am right now from this border where the

evacuees are being sent to for just a number of hours to basically register and for the authorities to find out if they have family members that they can go live with in the russian federation. and if not, they are issued an address of another temporary holding fee of housing facility enrol, stove region, where they can go to for perhaps a day or 2. and then they're going to be moved on to other russian regions for longer term stay. now, we have also seen here a lot of people still coming out from the lugens people's republic into the russian federation. we've seen people traveling on foot in groups. we've seen cars coming even buses. so obviously a vacuum are still making their way into russia. but we did hear something interesting yesterday tasks reported that the rate at which the evacuees are coming to the russian federation had decreased for the 1st time since the evacuation. and

actually we have seen some groups of people coming from the russian side into the logan's people's republic side. and we saw several buses make their way there and ask actually one woman if she was returning home. and she said yes. so that is something we've seen here that we can't confirm it. that's why everyone, if that's why all the people going to the look on side are doing that. but it could be a good sign. it could mean that people are finally are starting to see that the situation is perhaps better and that they can return to their homes. but of course, we can't confirm that. that's just what we're beat, what we've been seeing at this border and it's just a one border checkpoint of many that that are on the border between the longest people's republic against people's republic and russia. now the un security council is just finished on emergency meeting, which was held at the request of ukraine, thus, after the dom bus republics asked russia to provide them with military assistance.

with nearly this morning, russia announced the thought of a special military operational group. now for the latest on this, we can cross live now to ortiz. caleb moore's been who is in new york. caleb the, your school council meeting has come to a close. what's the main takeaways from? it's sure. well, russia was acting in its rotating role as the president of the security council. so russia convened the meeting, and as the meeting began, we heard many accusations leveled against russia. now the u. s. representative basically repeated what joe biden had said earlier, a blaming the entire situation on russia as if this entire situation was all simply the fault of russia that ukraine was completely blameless, and had not provoked this in any way. i here is what joe biden said in his statement that was released around the time the security council meeting was taking place the prayers of the.