of those forces this week. the u. s. and nato have repeatedly called out russia on saying one thing and doing the opposite. today, the u. s. secretary of defense, so that they are now up to a $190000.00 russian troops, positioned all along the northern, the easter and the southeastern borders of ukraine. we've got russian troops now in the black sea crimea north of the border in to bellow roots the pentagon, saying that this is the largest military mobilization that europe have seen since the 2nd world war. and in the last 24 hours, these breakaway reaches that we were looking at, they've become flash points. ukraine claims that russian back separatist have fired across the frontline, numerous times even hitting a kindergarten separate as leaders today ordered the mass evacuation of civilians, claiming that the showing the area has seen preludes of an invasion by the ukrainian army. now, the leader of the self proclaimed, don't ask people's republic, issued a statement saying that preparations have been made to shelter people across the border in russia, which he says that women, children, and the elderly will be evacuated. first. russia has c

u. s. secretary of defense, the secretary of state as well, has already been in contact with nato's secretary general, talking about the share response to this. and of course, we know that the pentagon proactively over the last few days, had already configured some troop movements within europe itself. moving more us infantry personnel into the baltic states toward the eastern flank, i and, and, and, and, and anticipation of any defensive posture that needs to be taken were russia to expand its invasion further. and heidi, in terms of the domestic implications of this for president by jan, how he handles this crisis, which many people see it could spiral into the bloody is conflict that europe has seen since since world war 2. it is going to have profound implications, isn't it for his political fortunes and us relations with the world? i think absolutely, but biden has been clear that he does not want to engage us forces in combat against russian troops. he wants to avoid that in all scenarios, and there is no appetite for that. among the american public either of course, spied and just with

u. s. secretary of defense has been making the point that there are more ah more reinforcements, more forces, both troops and equipment around all borders. the russians are, but by no means are they returning to the garrison. so coming back to the situation on the ground here, it is incredibly tense in the don bass region now, which has seen a shelling over a, a 48 hour period. it particularly intense on thursday and of was one incident involving a kindergarten at witcher was a, was a false like operation according to the ukrainians in which a few people were injured under simmons and kept thanks so much for the update that us cross over to our diplomat to get it to james basie standing by the meaning security. convers, obviously an incident still in its early stages and being investigated. james won that. diplomats and politicians will be keeping a very close eye on where you are in munich. obviously the un secretary general had very a clear warning of his concerns as did the secretary of state. yeah, i think what we're seeing in east in ukraine is clearly being monitored very, very closely

u. s. secretary of defense. thank you for your time today. only 18 all the countries have been granted the status. what does that tell us about how the u. s. fees, katha 17 other countries it's, it's a very important symbolic and political thing. i mean, you know, within the last 5 years we had an american president who was going with the idea of supporting regime change. and so to see cutter, you know that she what is a pretty rare distinction is, is significant politically. and what about kathy, how does it benefit from this little status? well, primarily by prestige and all that. there are some of the benefits that come to countries designated as major non nato allies. things like expedited review periods for weapons sales. the possibility of collaborative research and development possibility of basing of u. s. war stocks of expandable items like ammunition on their soil that could be used by this country. and also priority in receiving excess u. s. defense articles used u. s. military equipment. oh, so things won't apply to cut or either

those fears have been raised at a meeting of nato defense ministers in brussels, u. s. defense secretary lloyd austin, warned of russian provocation. we and our allies will stay vigilant. we will watch for the so called false flag operations, where russia, manufacturers at a dramatic event to justify and attack a play that we've seen them running the passion. and we will continue to explore ways to enhance our amos as united states and others have done with additional troop deployments to nato's eastern flight. but russia continues to deny it plans to invade you crime. it says it's withdrawn. 10 convoys of troops from crimea. there, nato says it hasn't seen any evidence of that pullback me back. i has been following developments out of brussels where the nato meeting has been held. although to succeed general, obviously as head of the alliance was keen to reiterate the importance of standing firm and standing together in the face of russian aggression. the alliance is facing a huge existential threat, given the biggest build up of russian forces around ukraine. since the cold war, and it

u. s. state department talking of fabrications is palpable. we are not surprised by the new creative scenario outlined by the press secretaries of the u. s. department state and the u. s. department of defense on february, the 3rd about russia's alleged preparation of an operation under a false flag against ukraine. this is typical of united states. the international community remembers the forgeries, the u. s. use for their military interventions around the world, including the well known vial of calling pow oh yes we, when man by the u. s. is backed up by solid evidence pretext to invade to rock and the subsequent north of almost 200000 civilian lives. but do we also remember how and why the white house paid a p. r firm over $500000000.00? back in 2016. the work consist to the 3 types of products. the 1st was television commercials portraying al qaeda in a negative light. the 2nd was news items which were made to look as if they had been created by a big tv. the 3rd and most sensitive program was the production of fake al qaeda propaganda. films u. s. marines would take the cd on patrol and drop them in the chaos when they rated targets. yes, net price at the state department would know e

secretaries of the u. s. department of state on the u. s. department of defense on february, the 3rd about russia's alleged preparation of an operation under false flag against ukraine. this is typical of united states. the international community remembers the forgeries, the u. s. use for their military interventions around the world, including the well known file of colin powell. we now have us intelligence officials who are coming forward and saying that russia is planning to develop a propaganda video. now the state department spokesperson was pressed on this specific evidence supporting the video claims on ned price said that once the white house is sure this information is accurate, then they will disclose what evidence they have. now, there has been a barrage of headlines and accusations from western leaders against russia over the last several weeks. and russia has responded with com to many of these allegations . now, at this point, we've got kremlin spokesperson dmitri past gob who has pointed out that there had been so many claims over the last few wee

secretaries of the u. s. department of state and the u. s. department of defense on february, the 3rd about russia's alleged preparation of an operation under a false flag against ukraine. this is typical of united states. the international community remembers the forgeries, the u. s. use for their military interventions around the world, including the well known vial of colin powell. that vases refer to that was used as a prop for when american made this case to attack iraq, which the white house at the time claimed had chemical weapons. a claim that later turned out to be unsubstantiated me, while the latest allegations of left, some journalists unimpressed. what is the evidence that you had that suggested that the russians are even planning with matt? i'm not saying that they're not, but you just come out and say this and expect those just to believe it without you showing a shred of evidence that it's actually true other than when i ask, or what anyone else asked what the information you said, well i just gave it to you, which was just you making a statement.

secretaries of the u. s. department of state and the u. s. department of defense on february, the 3rd about russia's alleged preparation of an operation under a false flag against ukraine. this is typical of united states. the international community remembers the forgeries, the u. s. used for their military interventions around the world, including the well known vial of colin powell. well that via that was just refer to there was used as a prop when the u. s. made his case to attack iraq, which the white house claimed at the time was creating chemical weapons claims that later turned out to be completely unsubstantiated. meanwhile, the latest allegations are left, not just the russian side concerned. journalists that the media conference were also an impressed my lack of evidence. what is the evidence that you had that suggested that the russians are even planning with matt? and i mean, i'm not saying that they're not, but you just come out and say this, and they expect us just to believe it without you showing a shred of evidence that it's actually true. other

of the atlantic. and immediately after russia began this assault on ukraine, we know that the u. s. defense and state secretaries were on the phone with nato's secretary general, talking about a united response to this, talking about the importance of shoring up this alliance, and how to defend nature with eastern blanks. again there the u. s. officials, reiterated the country the iron, iron clad commit, and as they say to defending all nato territory, and president biden himself has said that the us would come to the defense of every inch of nato territory. of course, the important reminder here is ukraine is not a nato member, and the u. s. has long ago ruled out any sort of deployment of us troops into ukraine or different direct confrontation with russian troops. so right now sanctions still the weapon of choice. so to speak from the u. s. as we're hearing from you as well, with more details on this more strong round of us sanctions to be expected in the hours to come in date. and it is spent about 2 30 in the morning there in washington, dc. and we appreciate you talking to us in the, in the small hours the

u. s. targeted the ice, a leader for threats he allegedly posed to us interests and crimes committed in iraq in 2014, including the enslavement of edi women. the raid comes a week after the defense secretary ordered the u. s. military to do more to protect civilians in combat operations often largely forgotten in the west postilion may be the only silver lining of this is it has brought back media's attention to the conflict and syria seems from their perspective that no one really cares. so a one advantage in a sense is that this is now go to your back into, into the news. despite efforts to limit casualties. some members of congress are now calling for an investigation into the civilian deaths to ensure that every reasonable step was akin to protect innocent lives. kimberly helped get al jazeera, the white house, another news turkeys president has offered to mediate between ukraine and russia. russia tay berto on his way in care for talks with ukraine's present voting me zalinski, who welcome the offer. the signed a series of economic deals including one to produce turkish shrines in ukrainian factories, china's leader, she ging being will meet russian president vladimir 14 in beijing a

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u. s. targeted the ice, a leader for threats he allegedly posed to us interests and crimes committed in iraq in 2014, including the enslavement of his edi women. the raid comes a week after the defense secretary ordered the u. s. military to do more to protect civilians in combat operations often largely forgotten in the west postilion. maybe the only it sort of a lining of this is it has brought back media's attention to the conflict and syria seems from their perspective that no one really cares. so a one advantage in a sense is that this is now go to your back into, into the news. despite efforts to limit casualties. some members of congress are now calling for an investigation into the civilian deaths to ensure that every reasonable step was taken to protect innocent lives. kimberly helped at al jazeera, the white house. ah. all right, listening and our guests from washington, d. c, y l a z at ceo of m gauge foundation. he was a senior policy advisor on syria for the former us ambassador to the un, samantha power, and a syria outreach coordinator for the u. s. department of state from doha. my one couple on head of policy analysis at the arab center for research and policy studies. and fr

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have accused each other of shelling their positions, fears the arrest could spark a full blown war were raised at a nato meeting earlier in brussels, where the u. s. defense secretary lloyd austin, ward of russian provocation. we and our allies will stay vigilant. we will watch for the so called false flag operations, where russia manufacturers a dramatic event to justify and attack a play that we've seen them run in the past. and we will continue to explore ways to enhance our amos as united states and others have done with additional troops. deployments, tornadoes, eastern flight, but russia denies it plans to invade ukraine. it says it's withdrawn. 10 convoys of troops from crimea, though nature says it hasn't seen any evidence of a pull back. well, we have full correspondence on the story in a moment, we'll be hearing from andrew simmons in kiev. ne parker has the latest from that nato meeting in brussels. dasa jabari is standing by in the russian capital, moscow professors cross over to washington dc, and ross, georgia and rose. i mean, what reaction from the state department can we assume that you're not going to be happy at this news? while the usaa state de

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of something much bigger. in brussels, the u. s. defense secretary lloyd austin, said the situation and don bass will be watched closely. and the president himself reiterated his warning that russia may cause an incident as a foreigner for an invasion that they are gay, fall flag operations every indication we have with that with the violence in easton, ukraine has undoubtedly wasn't an already tense situation here under simmons al jazeera keith, are desirous child stratford is in new york, and he spoken to some of the people living in the dumbass region. we've been traveling in some of the air is along the 420 kilometer contact line to day on stopping off on the way in the town of idea of care. a town often described as a flash point, very close to the separatist controlled donnette sc airport. we spoke to residence in abdi if they indeed said that they had heard shelling in the morning shelling that they described being a lot heavier than in recent weeks. they said that they were unsure as to whether the shelling was incoming or outgoing. no report