the russian president vladimir putin says he has authorised military operations in the donbass regions on national television came as the security council met to discuss the crisis with the secretary general urging him to give peace a chance. minister princeton has warned anyone interferes in the operation would face retaliation. minutes after mr putin's street was broadcast, a number of explosions were heard in the ukrainian capital. there are also reports of explosions and other ukrainian cities. volodymyr zelenskyy appeared directly to the people of russia for peace. the united states and its allies will respond in a decisive way and will address the nation on thursday on consequences for russia over ukraine. with me in the newsroom our reporter, mike lobel the newsroom our reporter, mike lobel. extraordinary things we are seeing and hearing. what is the latest? we are seeing and hearing. what is the latest?— are seeing and hearing. what is the latest? we have been trying to work out _ the latest? we have been trying to work out since _ the latest? we have been trying to work out s

that was its ordinary _ operation of donbass.s ordinary exchange _ operation of donbass. that was its ordinary exchange between | its ordinary exchange between the ukrainian representative in the ukrainian representative in the russian representative at that un security council meeting a little bit earlier. it was of course pretty dramaticjust minutes really dramatic just minutes really after dramaticjust minutes really after president putin had announced he is moving troops into ukraine. let's go live to singapore now and speak to our asia business correspondence marico oil. how have markets been reacting to this news? this been reacting to this news? as ou can been reacting to this news? is you can imagine, the stock market here in asia are trading lower between two to 3%, but more notably we have seen oil pricesjumping above more notably we have seen oil prices jumping above $100 more notably we have seen oil pricesjumping above $100 a barrel for the first time in seven years. traders and investors are very much concerned abou

in the donbass-_ donbass.ass. still so many imponderables, thank| donbass. still so many. imponderables, thank you donbass. still so many- imponderables, thank you so much for talking to us. well as i say the ramifications are coming thick and fast. not least in the financial world. mariko joins us from singapore. the markets taking a degree a hurt? , hurt? indeed, the first reaction _ hurt? indeed, the first reaction we _ hurt? indeed, the first reaction we saw - hurt? indeed, the first reaction we saw was i hurt? indeed, the firstj reaction we saw was in hurt? indeed, the first. reaction we saw was in oil prices, currently trading at the highest level for seven years, traders very much concerned about possible disruptions to the supplies of oil energy and many other commodities. then we have asian stock markets reopening for trade, we havejust beenjoined by india's stock market opening 2% lower, their fifth straight session of losses and elsewhere let's show you how the japan nick kay is trading, down by mor

so, one is the issue of the donbass. we often talk about an invasion of ukraine as if it's an all-or-nothing prospect. there is still the possibility that russian forces could move into donbass, this separatist-held area, where russia already has troops. and there was a vote today in the duma, basically, kicking the can up to putin, recommending that putin officially recognize the independence of donbass. and now, he said, that he is studying that law, or that bill, that has been put up to him. so it is possible that he could decide to recognize donbass, and move in russian forces, officially, as peacekeepers, to prevent this so-called genocide, that is taking place against the people of donbass. now, as you say, we have never seen any evidence of a genocide. i spent weeks with ukrainian troops up and down the borders of the separatist areas. we didn't see much activity. we didn't see any discrimination. we didn't see any violence towards the separatist pro-russian population. and we certainly didn't see any evidence of

as the russians have been lying about their military presence in the donbass area for years. we'll see with the actually do, accordingly but our response as we've already indicated is going to include significant sanction steps starting tomorrow. >> okay, we know that there is an emergency meeting at the un security cat counsel, that's happening shortly. what are you hoping to get out of that? and what's the tenor among those nations that sit on the security council on this hour? >> well, erin, it's the foremost and national -- for peace security in the. world russia sits as you know for as a permanent member of that security council which means it can veto resolutions, formal statement by the security council, the light can't do stop the security council from meeting. and stop members of the media -- calm russia out from the actions it's taken. and forcing russia to defend itself. and what it's done is fine for the indefensible. so, tomorrow the united states joined by other country will be calling for such a meeting and russia will be called to account to explain its action

the ukrainian provocation against those in donbass a not only has not stopped but has intensified. the leaders of the lpr and dpr turned to us to provide support in line with bilateral cooperation agreements, agreed at the same time as recognition. this is a logical step which is a consequence of the actions of the ukrainian regime. during this meeting, the president of russia spoke with -- said that he made a decision for a special military operation in donbass. we don't know all of the details today but briefly i would like to inform you that from his status, the occupation of ukraine is not in our plans. the aim of this special operation is to protect the people who for over eight years have been suffering genocide from the kyiv regime and for this we will deem -- the genocide of ukraine. also support those and hold accountable those who carried out so many crimes against civilians. this decision was made in line with article 51 of the u.n. charter and section of the russian federation and fulfilling the agreement and recognition. we were receiving a lot of information and we wi

though, the silence should be in the donbass. we are separated by more than 2000 kilometers of mutual borders along with 200,000 of your soldiers and 1000 armored vehicles. your leadership has improved their step forward on to the territory of another country. this step could become the beginning of a big war. the cause could come up at any moment, any provocation, any spark, a spark that could burn everything down. you are told that this flame will liberate the people of ukraine, but the ukrainian people are free. you are told we hate russian culture. how can one hate a culture? neighbors also enrich each other culturally, however, that does not make them a single hole. it does not dissolve us into you. we are different. but that is not a reason to be enemies. listen to the voice of reason. the people of ukraine want peace, the authorities and ukraine want peace. they want it and are doing everything they can for it. but if we are attacked, if someone attempts to take away our land, our freedom, our lives, the lives of our child

vladimir putin announcing now a military operation in the donbass region, urging soldiers in eastern of course been response from around the world, including the united states, the us presidentjoe biden vowing that the world will hold russia accountable, predicting major loss of life. president biden will be addressing americans on thursday today about the consequences he says that russia will face. russia, just a bit of breaking news, russia's defence ministry has denied attacking ukrainian cities, saying it is targeting military infrastructure, air defence and air forces with high precision weapons stoppages according to the country's state agency, citing the ministry. let's cross now to steve rosenberg. actually. we have david willis here. david, we had the statement from president biden and he said the world is praying for ukraine, while president putin praise on ukraine. president putin praise on ukraine-— president putin praise on ukraine. , ., ukraine. yes, indeed and the liuhts ukraine. yes, indeed and the lights are _ ukraine. yes, indeed and the lights are still— ukraine. y

russia state media also continues to make 20 allegations of a genocide taking place in the donbass. they push fabricated claims warning about ukraine's attack on russia, without any evidence, -- all of these are consistent with the playbook that the russians have used before. to set up a false justification to act against ukraine. this is also in line with the pretext scenarios that the united states and their allies and partners have been warning about for weeks. >> now, russian president vladimir putin said earlier today that he's still open to diplomacy. but if, as it now seems quite likely, or at least the president seems to think so, a full invasion is imminent, that window seems to be closing rapidly. and the msnbc news reporter matthew wagner joins me from moscow. matthew, thank you so much for joining us tonight. there is a lot of talk about folks that are in russia, and whether scene on russian media, because that is also seen as an indicator of which way things are going. tell us about what things are like there right now. >> thank you, chris, i think we rightfully pay ten

>> reporter: start with the first one on this recognition of the donbass region as independent states. that passed through russian parliament today but it took a different form than we were expecting. this draft legislation yesterday looks like it was going to go to the foreign ministry for kind of consultations at the ministerial level first. today it passed and went straight to putin. he first acknowledged it at that press conference after his meeting with chancellor scholz today, saying he was just hearing about it. so he didn't really lean into it. but this is an important one to keep an eye on because it's kind of now given putin an option to kind of flip the board in a way if he wants to take things that way. the german chancellor pointed out an astute observation on this. say putin exercises this option and recognizes donbass as an independent state, it would invalidate the minsk agreement. what russia wants, they've been harping on and minsk and ukraine, minsk as a path to peace, but part of that is a reintegration into ukraine. so, again, flipping the board. as for what we're

it is no longer just about separatists in the donbass.om: what is a single statistic that shows the angst of international relations? jonathan: i've got to say, away from crude, the front-end of the bond market. how that develops is going to be critical. a monster move at the front end. we have priced and more fed hikes. what happens from here for this federal reserve? that is the number one question for market put this up and's, for markets this morning. for you, for me, for lisa, the people of ukraine absolutely paramount. this is a painful and powerful story for ukraine this morning. tom: it is a war on three fronts. one of those fronts is identified by blinken and yellen the night at 6:30 p.m., the response of washington. lisa: they want to defend nato, they want to stick with their allies, but they still are importing oil. they want to do with gas prices that are absolutely surging, and they are facing an economy that has not fully recovered from the pandemic. how much do we get something further beyond just the sanctions that were e

the donbass, by the way, is a complicated region. it's easy to call it a separatist, area because donbass also encompasses certain parts of ukraine control territory. in the separatist-controlled areas, it's really like entering russia. you need special permission to get there. they use robles, there's about 2 million people that live there, they have their own autonomous authority. there are russian troops already on the territory. so, we don't have free visibility or free eyes on what's going on there. there are some journalists, who put out some video, very bravely. it's not easy to operate there. and, the separatists, themselves, have been putting out videos of buses heading towards raw stock of. by the way, the buses appear to be quite empty in the videos. they have put out videos of people stocking up on gas. people emptying orphanages, all heading out of the region because of this supposed attack that is underway and set to build up and wipe them out. >> when i say wipe them, out that's how they're describing it, they're descr

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this morning, just after 9 am local time, this kinder garden at donbass was hit by mortar shells. about 20 children were in the building at the time. ukrainian president zelensky called a mortar attack a big provocation by pro-russian forces. the kremlin spokesman, dimitri peskov, told russian state media said, it's clear that the situation and donbass is ramping up. the situation at the borders of russia may ignited any moment. the highest level u.s. diplomats are now fanned out across the world, attempting to push this towards a diplomatic off-ramp. where do things stand in moscow? what is the sense on the ground there, as to whether or not russia is really ready to go to war? joining us now is and cnn's, for the wall street journal. and, thank you very much for getting up so egregiously early for us, once again. >> thank you for having me. >> let's ... we have so little perspective from moscow. how does this all playing out in moscow? are the russians themselves buying putin's claims of moscow 's claims of ukrainian aggression, including this new formal 45-page report that the

we have since seen numerous false flag events, staged along the lines of contact in donbass.cy meetings at the highest levels of the russian government. we also all saw this on monday, with the state televised meeting with president putin, an orchestrated moment in which the russian government decided to recognize as, and i quote, independent states, unquote, sovereign territory of ukraine controlled by russia's proxies since 2014. they literally violated ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity on live television before the world. we said that false proclamations would come, declaring russia's need to defend russian speakers in ukraine. we got that and much more from president putin speech on monday. and during the speech of the russian ambassador in the general assembly today. no one could have predicted just how dangerous, exciting and far-reaching president putin's speech would be, with putin arguing for taking the world back in time to a world of empires and colonies. finally, we said that the attack would come next. that we could expect communications to be jamme

russia votes to send more troops into the separatist luhansk -- separatist donbass region. >> if theye, how much of ukraine does presint want to take? michelle: germany suspends the nord stream 2 pipeline and the u.s., britain, and the eu announce i natural measures. >> as russia contemplates their next move, we have ours planned as well. russia will pay a steeper price if they continue this aggression, including additional sanctions. michelle: a jury in the united states finds three white men who murdered ahmaud arbery guilty of federal hate crimes. ♪ michelle: welcome to "bbc world news america," on pbs and around the globe. president biden announced sanctions at the beginning of what he described as a russian invasion. the u.k. and eu have announced sanctions against moscow. the head of nato says that there is evidence that russian troops are moving into separatist held areas of eastern ukraine in that there is every indication russia is planning a full-scale attack on ukraine. donetsk and luhansk are self-declared republics held by separatists backed by moscow. russia has approved

they're using the russian forces and russian backs effort is to dachshund donbass.he goal is to isolate ukrainian forces where most of them are located and destroyed as much of them as possible. the second re movement is focused on the capital coming down either side of the river, -- the goal to surround the capital, going to the capital, forces are already on the ground. the goal there is to topple the newly elected government of ukraine. here we are, we are seeing a massive historic combined arms assault on a major capital in europe by any authoritarian power trying to overturn a democratically elected government. host: what represents the most important resistance that ukraine has been able to put up so far? are they able to defend against this kind of assault? guest: the russian military is one of the premia militaries in the history. they are formidable on every metric of power. they are more capable than the ukrainian forces. but the ukrainian forces have dramatically improved since 2014. in these early days and hours we are seeing ukrainians are fighting. the

and what is at stake it just donbass, not just ukraine. at stake is the stability of europe and the whole international order, our peace order. president putin chose to bring war back to europe. in a determined and united response, the european union will make it as difficult as possible for the kremlin to pursue its aggressive actions. ros: one of those who spent a long time trying to persde vladimir putin to not invade ukraine was the french president emmanuel macron. you will remember them sitting at either end of a normal stable in moscow. this is his reaction to what has happened today. >> by breaking his word, by refusing the diplomat root, by choosing more, president putin has not only attacked ukraine, he decided to flout the sovereignty of ukraine, carrying out the most serious attack on peace and stability in europe indicates. ros: we have heard from nato, france. next, let's hear from the u.n. generally secretary general who has reiterated his appeal to president putin to stop this military action. >> we know the toll of war. wi

and donbass in the east, not very far from where i'm standing on the other side of the front line, thereould be similar attacks. it is important to note that the russian-speaking population here is the majority. 75% is russian speaking here, as is the case in the donbass. they have been given russian citizenship. there are concerns there could be some instant there could provoke a wider land grab or consolidation of the donbass, to annex is maybe part of putin's plan. people are trying to second-guess the move he is going to make for a relatively low investment. he only has 120,000 troops scattered across the borders here. >> sam kiley moving to quickly in ukraine we can't even keep track of you. natasha, thank you so much. >>> this morning, dangerous winter storm wreaking havoc from the gulf coast to canada with heavy snow, icy roads, tornado threats. 300 customers without powers this morning. the line is covered in freezing rain and ice. several have been blanketed with a foot of snow. 9,000 u.s. flights have been canceled. the storm is now moving northeast. it's coming for us here, pr

meeting actor let him or putin said russian troops will conduct so-called peacekeeping exercise in the donbass region of ukraine, which putin today formally recognized as independent. here's the united states ambassador. lindathomas-greenfield at the security council tonight. >> putin wants the world to travel back in time. to a time before the united nations. to a time when empires ruled the world. but the rest of the world has moved forward. it is not 1990. it is 2022. >> vladimir putin signed a declaration today recognizing the donetsk people republic and the mintz people republican called by putin anyway. recognized by independent, when in fact they're part of eastern ukraine, but have been revolting against the government of ukraine since russia started supporting that revolt in 2014. in a rambling statement to the russian people today, which was televised around the world, vladimir putin said, let me emphasize once again that ukraine for us is not just a neighboring country. it is an integral part of our own history, culture, spiritual space. over 190,000 russian troops massed at the 120

they did it in 2014 where they seized crimea -- now they have seized this eastern donbass region, were part of it. i don't think this is over. i don't think -- the bulk of the russian army on three sides of ukraine, just to take this very small corner of ukraine. i'm afraid that we will see more of the same in the coming days and weeks. >> david, i want to give you an open microphone to react to the day's events. >> i think they're extremely serious. putin's speech was more angry and more unhinged, frankly, and people expected. he not only decried the history that took place during the post soviet era, he decried the history that took place during the soviet era. he said russia should sort of revert back to the view empire that it had during this arrest period over 100 years ago. he also said he does not care about sanctions. he does not see any reason for further negotiations. he posed a threat, not just to ukraine, but to anything that was part of the soviet union. anything part of russia. and so those states, the baltic states, poland, czech republic, slovakia, it's that era, almost

on friday, putin called what was happening in the donbass today, genocide. to be clear, he is talking about russian-speaking people being killed in eastern ukraine. there is no indication of a genocide happening in the donbas, nor has russia presented any evidence of that. but it does present a reason for russia to invent ukraine. russia's post invasion plans are quote, the united states have contained intelligence that the russians planned to -- russian dissidents living in exile should move forward to plans to invade ukraine. by the way in this instance, when they say targets, they mean arrest or assassinate. the stakes are high. the ukrainian president, vladimir kalinsky is continuing to try to find a diplomatic resolution. at the security conference yesterday, he even proposed meeting with putin. president biden did not attend the munich security conference this weekend. he will be convening a meaning of the national security council today, to continue discussions of russia and ukraine. for more on the latest here is me now is nbc reporter erin maclachla

donbass there. let's get some of the day's avenues.by reporters into the banking giant, credit suisse, appears to show that its accounts held assets worth billions of dollars on behalf of clients with links to crime. the journalists found that the swiss bank held millions of dollars for heads of state, businessmen subject to sanctions, and alleged human rights abusers from across the world. rescue workers and volunteers from several brazilian states have arrived in the city of petropolis to help recover the victims of tuesday's floods and mudslides. the authorities have said the chances of finding any survivors is now very slim. 171 people are now known to have died. more than 120 are still missing. police in the canadian capital 0ttawa have cleared a protest site which had been occupied by demonstraters for the past three weeks. they've defended the use of pepper spray, saying officers faced aggressive resistance. more than 170 people have been arrested and 38 vehicles seized. the dominican republic has begun the construction of a new

furthermore, russia's campaign in donbass continues and russia carries out full fledged energy war against ukraine. this is of course combined with the ongoing information war fought through multiple media outlets, online and the traditional ones. as you know multiple rounds of security talks with russia over the past few weeks ended in a rejection of its outrageous ultimatums. today advisors are meeting again but no breakthrough is expected . and although the negotiations to continue suggesting some cautious hope for diplomatic resolution the growing security , concerns called for a number of urgent steps to be made and we believe first and foremost they call for strengthening ukraine's own integration -- euro-atlantic integration efforts. this means accelerating up -- implementation of long overdue reforms which are increasingly difficult to secure right now as the president's team is starting early preparations to the next elementary and presidential elections of 2023-2024. this is complicated by the fact ex-president poroshenko has almost reached president zelensky's level of popular s

caroline, the russian president, vladimir putin, announcing a military operation in the donbass regionom russia today about the justifications for this action, and what is happening next? victoria, it is to 8:30am here in russia, though at the moment we have heard nothing further from the kremlin following this announcement. the comments that james was just talking through about the comments from the foreign ministry again saying that they were targeting precisely these aviation military bases and they would not target civilians, but as james says, that is of little comfort given russia's men's because of the last few months of saying it has no intention of saying it has no intention of invading, and currently it is invading —— launching an offensive against this country, against ukraine. in terms of what else we know, we know this morning that the russians stock market, stock exchange has stopped for the moment, and we are waiting to have more information from the kremlin about this and exactly what is planned next. we heard from steve earlier, health vice president prudent lending to

it also fits the narrative that is emerging inside russia, in russian media that russians in donbass are being mistreated by ukrainians, i heard from a russian ambassador that 18,000 russians had been killed by ukrainians in donbass. this is the narrative that they want to put out there which i think is part of a pretext for them eventually having to come in. >> lieutenant general ben hodges, matt bradley, matt wagner, and julia yafey, thank you to all of you. >>> up next, president biden giving the green light for more information going to the committee. >>> plus, the brutal killing of a woman in her new york city apartment that is sparking a debate about bail reform, and how to keep our cities safe. that's ahead. that's aheadctive psoriatic art. some patients even felt less fatigued. serious allergic reactions may occur. tremfya® may increase your risk of infections and loyour ability to fight them. tell your doctor if you have an infection or symptoms or if you had a vaccine or plan to. emerge tremfyant® with tremfya®... ask you doctor about tremfya® today. what happens when we we

what if there actually is an invasion of ukraine beyond what we've already seen in the donbass?incursion into ukraine? would you still say that the west should not impose sanctions on russia? scoffs. my question is the same one — if russian forces go into ukraine, will you support sanctions? crosstalk. joe biden wants the most punitive sanctions, severe economic measures. would you support them? madame marine le pen, before we end, i'd like to get a sense of what you feel you have achieved in french politics. politics is about winning and you haven't won. this is your third presidential election campaign. you've lost two, the polls suggest you are not going to win this time either. laughs. i accept that — we should be careful. but i'm just wondering for you, does it feel like this has to be the last campaign? if you can't persuade the french people this time around of your vision for the future of france, will it be time to take the le pen name out of politics? marine le pen, it's been a pleasure talking to you. thank you for being on hardtalk. hello there. we've got the battle

i think it's a larger goal here than simply nato, or simply the donbass or anything like that, he has history on his mind. >> what is the option left to the west, right now. one thing that is very clear, is that america had very good intelligence about this. we even heard the president of ukraine, in recent weeks, saying, is not as bad as americans seem to think it is it seems like everything the white house expected to happen, is happening now. given that we had this intelligence, what do we do? >> remember, exactly, the russian officials in the past few days and weeks, used words like hysteria, and misinformation, and false information to describe the american warnings that russia would invade. and here we are, in the early morning hours of today, in fact they have invaded certainly, they have begun an assault on their neighbor, with military casualties i think it is hard for the west to deter or engage in diplomacy, with somebody, who, as we just discussed, who has a historic mission. it's not about achieving certain diplomatic achievements, it's not having a certain strategic succ

explosions have been continuing in the eastern donbass region. drills in belarus were meant to end with russian tanks rolling back to their bases. but all this firepower is now staying put, indefinitely. not far from ukraine's border. in a crisis that is all about signalling, this is russia refusing to de—escalate. let's really take a moment to understand the significance of what we are talking about. it has been over 70 years and through those 70 years, as i mentioned yesterday, there has been peace and security. we're talking about the real possibility of war in europe. russia is talking up the danger too. helping evacuate women and children from the breakaway regions of ukraine it controls, claiming kyiv is planning an attack there. so president macron phoned vladimir putin today. the kremlin did agree to continue seeking a diplomatic solution but its troops are still in place despite the threat of sanctions. we have to accept at the moment that vladimir putin is possibly thinking illogically about this and does not see the disaster ahead. and

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i want to include in a list of those who have perished over the years in donbass. all human lives are valuable. let's not forget that either. >> latest domain, let's stand a moment in complete silence. thank you. thank you very much. let's move on. [applause] let me continue with my statement. i'm saddened, however, that there is a small handful of members that seem to be still tolerating the war. any historical context could not be used to justify what's going on. and i may say to some, it is exactly the safety of your nationals right now in ukraine, that you should be the first to vote to stop the war, to save your nationals in ukraine. and not to think about whether you should or should not vote because of the safety of your nationals. nothing could justify missile showings of kindergartens. and an orphanage. hospitals. that happened today. in fact, one of my relatives -- this person could not be evacuated. he's in the hospital in the city of kyiv. these attacks are war crimes and violations of the rome statute, whether you were pretty twitter not. we are collec

it's called a special military action in the donbass. >> mr. president. we meet at the very moment of a military escalation we have not experienced in europe for over a generations time. the president of the russian federation announced a military operation on ukrainian territory. we condemn this in the strongest possible terms. we call upon all members of the security council and the united nations to stand up for ukraine and against a shameless breach of international law. two days ago, russia's decision to recognize the self-proclaimed people's republic was harshly rejected in this counsel. it had a really dealt a devastating blow to the principal and international order that the united nations stands for. russia has not listened and it turns out it was not prepared to listen. it has continued its massive military buildup and we observed and observed cyber directed against ukraine and now russian military is moving into ukraine indian territory. by the actions of this unprovoked military action, russia is vital -- violating corporate's bulls the charte

this is a special military operation in the donbass. the scene last night from the un security council meeting. according to the very end of that meeting, here's how that meeting ended. [video clip] >> called putin. call lavrov. stop aggression. i welcome the decision of some members of this council to meet as soon as possible to consider the necessary decisions that would condemn the aggression that you launch on my people. there is no purgatory for war criminals. they go straight to hell, ambassador. >> i wanted to have a conclusion that we are not being aggressive against the ukrainian people, but against the power in kyiv. there are no more speakers on the list. this meeting is adjourned. host: if you want to watch the security council meeting in its entirety, you can do so on c-span.org. one tweet to show you from the u.s. embassy in kyiv, there are alert to u.s. citizens saying there is ongoing reports of military and fighting throughout ukraine. u.s. citizens being advised to shelter-in-place and seek cover immediately if you hea

but the ball's defense ministry sided with the escalating situation in donbass, for the reason for keeping those russian forces. really just hours away from kyiv, the capital, where i am. now in terms of the situation in eastern ukraine. the violence persists. doubling in recent days and separatist leaders accusing the ukrainian military of planning some sort of attack, something that the ukrainian military denies. separatist leaders evacuating thousands of women and children. and they were also calling on the men in donbass, to carry arms in preparation for a fight. , now ukrainians are saying that they believe that this is a pretext, a potential pretext for escalating the safety. tense situations with you i have left on this one, lifted -- the manual macron had a phone call with putin. he's following that one up with a phone call with president zelensky. and there's another meeting scheduled for later. between sergei lavrov, the russian foreign minister, and the u.s. secretary of state, anthony blinken. that means it will only happen if there's no invasion. >> and. one of the conversatio

follows of course are illegal seizure of the crimean peninsula back in 2014, and a hybrid war in the donbass that has been going on now for over eight years. as a senator from alaska, estate that is clearly most proximate to russia, we are all too familiar with russia'ssi aggressive tactics. they routinely fly in our airspace. they sailed through our waters. the test our defenses and reactions. in august of 2020, a flotilla, a russian warships and military aircraft, encroached into our economic, exclusive economic zone there in the bering sea. the repeatedly harassed our fishermen, , forcing them to lee their waters from which they very livelihood flows to the fishermen were shocked. just stunned with what they saw, and it literally left millions of dollars of fisheries at this out on the line. provocative actions, and we felt, we felt that provocation. they are disturbing, alarming, but they are also perhaps some smaller maybe symbolic actions i can also be a little unsettling. it was several years ago now we were at annc arctic conference d the russian delegation gave me a diplomatic gift

in the past week we have seen shelling increase in the donbass . the russian government has perpetrated cyber attacks against ukraine. we saw staged political theater in moscow. outlandish and baseless claims that ukraine was about to invade and launch a war against russia. that ukraine was prepared to use chemical weapons. that ukraine committed a genocide without any evidence. we saw flagrant violation of international law in attempting to unilaterally create two new so-called republics on sovereign ukrainian territory. and at the very moment that the un security council was meeting to stand up for ukrainian sovereignty to stave off invasion, putin declared his war . within moments, moments, missile strikes began to fall on historic cities across ukraine. then came the air raids. followed by tanks and troops rolling in. we have been transparent with the world. we shared classified evidence about the russian plans, cyber attacks, and false pretenses, so that there could be no confusion or cover-up about what putin was doing. putin is the aggressor

fallen soldier held since russian president, vladimir putin, announced that he was recognizing the donbass in eastern ukraine as two independent states. signaling that he was about to launch a full scale invasion on ukraine. today, after the funeral service for the soldier, there was a demonstration in kyiv, protesting adam's decision to send troops into the country. they held signs saying, never surrender. don bus is ukraine. and we choose europe, not russia. there is a big protest in the city of mariupol today which is in the part of ukraine that putin says is no longer recognizing as being part of ukraine. there they flew the ukrainian flag through the streets, and the russian side with a big tax on it. there were protests outside of ukraine as well, this is in prague, czech republic. they were flying a giant ukrainian flag on the city square. look this is the russian embassy in paris. it's as, long live aid for ukraine. this man, marching with his fist in the air with the colors of the ukrainian flag around his neck. despite a unified call in the western world, despite an outcry for th