this system, early this morning, russia announced the start of a special military operation, blue green. now for the latest on this, we can cross live now to our cheese. caleb morphine, who is in new york. keller, the, your school council meeting has come to a close water. main takeaways from it's sure, well, russia was acting and it's 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. the u. s. representative basically repeated what joe biden had said earlier, blaming the entire situation on russia as if this entire situation was all simply the fault of russia. ukraine was completely blameless, and had not provoked this in any way. 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 entire world or 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. now, after various other countries spoke, ambassador and ben z, a transition from his role as the president of the security council, to his role as the ambassador representing russia at the u. n. and when he spoke, he refuted a lot of what was said against russia by the other speakers. he pointed out, for example, that the people of the don bass region have been enduring, shelling and attack and food blockade and suppression for speaking their own language. he pointed out that the minced agreement that was signed way back in 2015

has not been implemented. and that the peoples of don ask and lugens have not been been able to basically transition into being part of the government of ukraine. and that in response to that, russia felt it was necessary to take action. and that these republics that were proclaimed in 2014, that they have now received recognition from russia, which they've been asking for for quite some time. and in response to their glasses or protection from the shelling that they are currently in during russia is responding. he emphasized that russia does not seek for this to be a long term military engagement. they want to demilitarize the aid they provide, provide more civilian aid. however, at this moment, it is necessary to protect the peoples of this region. i described the refugees that are fleeing. he also went on to talk about how it seemed that all these voices that were speaking in such harsh condemnation of russia and seemed to have so much empathy for ukraine. don't really seem to care about what the peoples of the don

boss regions have been suffering for all this time. since 2014. when the nighted states, the stabilized ukraine toppled the government since that time people have been dying. $14000.00 total over $14000.00 have died since this conflict began with their lives just don't seem to matter to these western voices that are suddenly full of moralism. now, the meeting ended rather abruptly. russia spoke in their capacity as a representative of russia. there were some exchanges. at one point the ukrainian representative directly asked a question to the russian ambassador, which he then answered to which the ukrainian representative said, don't interrupt me. and he said, well then, don't ask me questions while you were speaking. after remarks were made, the meeting ended very abruptly. it was a rather short meeting. countries made their statements. ukraine made their statement. germany made their statement. russia made their statement, different members of the security council had their opportunity to give their perception of events. and then it was over. it was kind of an abrupt late night

meeting that just ended at the security council hall at the un headquarters in manhattan. moved to stay at c r t. keller, more been. thank you very much for the reaction state side. i'm sure we'll be getting more from you as and when the reaction comes into these latest developments, i've always kept him up in life from new york. now to discuss this news further, i am also joined live now by former marine corps intelligence officers, gods writ. scott, welcome to the international. obviously we have a very fluid situation here, but in your opinion, it was putin as decision to launch this special miniature operation inevitable? absolutely. i mean, it could have been prevented. it could have been prevented the 2 days ago a day ago. all that needed to happen was for a ukraine to say, we will not be part of nato and we will comply with minsk and then i believe this

would not have happened. but that was never going to happen. the united states and nato had been dangling the false promise of nato membership, ukrainian government, and the ukrainian government. or now they're paying the price. now we've already seen the west reaction a day or 2 ago they've imposed sanctions on many russian individuals on a number of banks here in russia. what do you anticipate further from the west in terms of sanctions? well, it is clear that the united states and the european union have additional what they call tranches of of sanctions. they may implement them all now because there's no reason to hold back. the russian government has made it clear that this is a decisive operation. now, it's going to be militarized, the ukraine,

that implies a scope and scale greater than the simply our operations and don't boss ok. so the, you know, i think it's going to be no, no holds barred when it comes to sanctions. the danger here is a, in listening to the ukrainian ambassador on this talk of article for um, under the united nations. and i, and then also, you know, an article for discussion under nato. i think present, put, made it clear that any external intervention in what's going on will be responded to in a decisive manner. um, you know, i think right now we have a lot of people who are very emotional and some people feel frustrated that, you know, they didn't think this is willing to happen. now that it's happening. they're frustrated that sanctions aren't, you know, not only didn't stop it, but are going to stop it. and they're, they're looking for other things that can be done. and they might try some muscle

flexing. this is a very dangerous situation. so, you know, it's, it's a little late to be thinking about flexion muscle now. well, yes he was, i what was widely seen as the ultimate sanction was cutting russia off from the swift banking system. do you think that's on the table now? you know, there, there is a debate, i think that people would like to do it. but i think there's also been some people saying that there could be her risk ramifications for the economy of europe and indeed the united states. if this transpires, so we'll find out, like i said, emotions are writing high right now, and there's a lot of pressure on politicians to be seen as doing something decisive and swift is very decisive. but, you know, if calmer heads prevail, recognize that you'll be doing more damage yourself than russia, for instance, by, by imposing this measure. maybe they won't. now we've seen as well,

the west has pumped in under the millions of dollars of lethal aid to ukraine. do you expect to be wrapped up in lights of this development? there won't be any more military going into ukraine is over by look, this is i believe that this is going to be a very large scale operation that encompasses the totality of the territory of ukraine that will fulfill the objective set by president burden in the demilitarized ing and russia is going to inherit about a $1000000000.00 worth of western weapons that are sitting in warehouses right now . those that are destroyed by russian strikes and it's over aim said match. you know, it was a silly game that the west was plain and probably new grain up with a false promise of lethal weapons. there's no least ality to these weapons. these weapons are in warehouses. if they're in the hands of any ukrainians groups, they're going to be dead. that's just the reality of war. well,

talking about this military conflict of potential military conflicts. on the one hand, we had to president putin, he was asking ukrainian, so just to lay down their arms on the other. have president william is lensky who has called for police a piece, but said that he would fight back a given what he calls us. russian aggression, would you expect kias response to be i think this is out of kim's hands or the, you know, eventual unfold rapidly. and you know, i'm not going to denigrate the courage of the ukrainian soldier, but when you have no ability to communicate, when you have no ability to maneuver and when you're confronting certain death, surrender is the, is the option of choice. and i think that the russians are going to be processing far more ukranian prisoners of war than they will be killing ukrainians. but of those who choose to fight will die, are they they,

they stand no chance. and hopefully they're listening to the russian president admonition and they, they will put their weapons down and go home and do the key of government literally has no cards to play. they can't communicate with their soldiers right now. they can't communicate with anybody. so they're just, they're, they're sitting wherever they're sitting and doing nothing because that's all they can do. a previous guess i spoke to about 10 minutes ago, the political analyst alessandra bruno. he said that the west appeared only to remember the existence of the minsk agreements about 24 hours. so i 48 hours for this situation. do you think that's true and are they getting the water now? the minsk agreement, as it currently exists, is dead in the water. it's a non player, it's not going to happen. it's been, you know, overcome by events. and yes, i agree. the, the west i suddenly remembered mence can say, hey, we need to do this. well, you know, you had 7 years to do it, and you didn't,

it could have pressured ukrainian government to implement it. you didn't, and now you're paying the price. now, that doesn't mean that i'm a min mence, type of you know, agreement won't be revived once ukraine has been demilitarized. and in this situation, because at the end of the day, a decision is going to have to be made about the future of the nets. in the luggage, are they going to remain independent or will they be reintegrated into ukraine? that respect, you know, their autonomy and in the rights of the russian know, speaking population of who knows what the the in game will be. there might be a role for a minch type of agreement down the road, but the current ment agreement no, it's finished. well, a former marine corps intelligence officer, scott with a thank you very much. feel take almost a very fluid situation. i'm sure be hearing from you in the not too distant future as it unfolds. thank you. now for a quick recap of our breaking news in our rolling coverage at the moment that he

may, putin has announced a miniature operation in dom bus. 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. it says russia's goal is to bring justice to those you committed numerous crimes against civilians, including russian citizens. this comes after the people's republic of don bos turned to russia for military assistance. meanwhile, reports just in suggested arts and every can be heard in the dumbass republics. and in ukraine as a whole. local say that explosions sounds can be heard in the area of boys phil airport, which is near key f. ukrainian military command. post air force control senses and air fields in care of have been hit by rockets attacked area bombardments, according to local reports, local media. i've also said that multiple in odessa of also been subject to some

sort of bombardments you. cradle authorities claim that the russian forces have landed in odessa. reportedly, the ukrainian president volume is a lensky intends to gather the state security council. and martial law is expected to be implemented. russian media has said that ukraine has closed its s space to civil aviation. moreover, all flights from the rust of airports has been cancelled. and here is what the russian president said in his address today earlier to the nation. says this is a set you digit dear, which is where the court is to the article, 51 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 denette 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 notification 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. earlier. ukrainian president volume is the lensky pleaded for peace amid what he called, the alleged growing russian threat. he made an emotional appeal to the population of both countries via c v message and said they did try to contact russian president vladimir putin, but received no response. however, he did stress that if you crane comes under an attack, they will fight bike the assistance was asked for on the basis of treaties early assigned with moscow this

week and comes after reports of an escalation in the region. this video followed ganske were shared exclusively with archie and the 1st to show the aftermath of a bombardment. local officials said 2 civilians were killed when a car was hit by nancy tank missile. and this exclusive video shows artillery fire hitting done yet sc local authorities say 3 civilians have been killed by the ukraine military in the last 24 hours. well, according to the local pause, explosions can be heard across ukraine. local say that blasts wrought the city of cork, of which is in the east of the country. local reform also suggests this sounds of explosions have been heard. neither boris or. busy skill airport, which is in here. ukrainian miniature command post have also been hit by rockets the tags. reportedly. we've also got the 1st reaction from the u. s. on the

ongoing millichef operation in ukraine, president biden has condemned bloody mid person's decision. the prayers of the entire world are with the people of ukraine to night, as they suffer an unprovoked and justified attack by russian military forces. president putin has chosen a premeditated ward 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 slammed russia's decision to recognize the breakaway dom bus with public's speaking early. again. stoughton beg accused 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 redraw boulders in europe, but to try to rewrite the entire global security architecture. ah, well,

we can cross live now to our t correspondence roemer, casa of who's in don. yes, roma. what is the situation on the grounds? well, good morning. i had the moments as were standing on this embankment offer this river . i can hear the sounds of artillery, but it's happening very, very far away. probably it is on the front line than night itself. it was really difficult to sleep or because we were getting reports that ukraine was using multiple rocket, launching a systems against the military here of the, the next people's republic. so they were sleeping for half an hour awake for 10 minutes. so that's how it was for the, for the entire night, of course. so when the news came about the operation of our russian forces in dunbar, so we went off,

went outside to see what's going on. i've been wanting to ring a local social media as well. a lot of people are indeed happy that this operation had began and in many are saying that this is a will probably be the safest day for the people are offered anesco of in the entire 8 years of this conflict that it's been happening out. and because now the people are feeling a lot safer from what i can see on the street right now, people are going about their business and municipal transport is working. and i can even see people with kids are here in the bank when i saw joggers and as well . so ah, perhaps this, hey, this is the moment where people will find the feel a lot safer and their hopes for peace will finally be materialized. well, roman caceres in the done yet. republic,

thank you very much. solve dates and make sure you stay safe there. i'm sure we'll be hearing from you again as the situation unfolds with life becoming increasingly dangerous in don't bust you to the shelling there. a huge number of people have been fleeing to russia, se donald call to report from a temporary shelter for the rivals. around the recent estimate suggests that around 100000 evacuated 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 onto artillery shells falling on to russian

territory. so, you know, it's a 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 confirm at. that's why everyone, if, 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 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 are on the border between the longest people's republic against people's republic and russia are. we're continuing with our

rolling news coverage of that ongoing military operation which vladimir putin announced during his address to the nation. the operation is, of course, in don boss. the president said there would be no occupation of ukrainian territory . he also called for ukrainian troops to put down their weapons. he says, bush, his goal is to bring to justice, those who committed numerous crimes against civilians, including russian citizens. this comes after the people's republic of dom buses turned to russia for military assistance. meanwhile, according to reports, artillery can be heard in the dawn bus of public's and in ukraine itself. locals say the sounds of explosions have been heard near morrisville airport, which is near here. ukrainian military command posts air force control senses air fields in kiev, uncork of of also reportedly been hit by rocket attacks as well as aerial bombardment. local media have also said that explosions have been heard in multiple

and odessa. ukrainian authorities claim that russian forces have landed in odessa, reportedly, the ukrainian president followed him is the landscape plans to gather the state security council? a martial law decision is also expected to be taken as to whether it will be imposed. russia media says that ukraine has closed his space, so civil aircraft. moreover, all flights from the roster of airports have been cancelled. and here's what's the russian president said in his address to the nation earlier today. meanwhile, russian media says that russian defense ministry has denied all claims over rockets, air attacks, and military attacks on ukrainian cities. the ministry is added that there were no threats to the civilian population in ukraine. said with a court as to the article. 4 51 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 ganske 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 the militarization and the notification 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. residency blasts of rock, the city of kirk, of which is in the east of the country. explosions of also been reported in the area of the boris full airports near ki, of ukrainian military command, post report coming under rockets attack as well. but meanwhile,

the russian defense ministry has denied all claims of rockets and air attacks on ukrainian cities. administered both 1st and said that there are no threats to the civilian population in ukraine as high precision weapons are incapacitating military infrastructure including defense facilities. we're just going to take a very quick break now, but nicky are and will be taking over to continue with our rolling covering of that unfolding russian military operation. ah no more than 20 years have passed since one of the world's deadliest terrorist attacks that took thousands of lives. people started to scream. there was a waiver that came over us. that was like opening up an oven door, but not all wounds of heel. the survivors and responders have increased rates of

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awe breaking news. hey, all t international, vladimir putin has ordered a special military operation in don't saying the aim is to protect the people that the russian defense ministry says. there is no threat to civilians and you crave. and the russian president stressed russia had no plans to occupy its neighbor will bring it, i have decided to conduct a special military operation. we do not plan to occupy ukrainian territories with earlier they don't yet look down people's republics off to russia for quote, help in repelling the you.