and a _ autonomous republic of crimea and a city— autonomous republic of crimea and a city inf violations of international law, _ of violations of international law, including the un charter that require accountability. we call an— that require accountability. we call an old un that require accountability. we callan old un member that require accountability. we call an old un member states and un— call an old un member states and un bodies to prevent the bending — and un bodies to prevent the bending warand put and un bodies to prevent the bending war and put a stop to the violations against the state _ the violations against the state and people of ukraine. the requests were military assistance to moscow from the so-called — assistance to moscow from the so—called people's republic of donetek— so—called people's republic of donetsk and helen dansk announces a very dangerous step against _ announces a very dangerous step against ukraine public —— luhansk _ against ukraine public —— luhansk. it would risk thousands of lives. it follows a decision by president putin to recognise

ancy, we're going underground on ukraine's day of resistance to occupation of the autonomous republic of crimea in the city of so vast of all this at the end of a week in which british politicians have been seemingly attempting to interfere with the independent regulation of broadcasting by calling on you k p. m. bars. johnson. to shut down this channel effectively ending press freedom in the u. k. johnson. the former journalist himself claims the doing what the british labor policy want him to do, would amount to be being as bad as russia, with nato nations in the u, condemning. russian president vladimir putin for authorizing what russia calls a special military operation against ukraine. after antony blinkin canceled his meeting with russian foreign minister counterpart, sergey lever of nature. nature media is talking about the whole new era and geo politics. let alone nuclear weapon use here in our t and had going underground. we seek the question more, as well as provide viewers with all sides of any debate. we have been reaching out to pro ukrainians to hear their side of the ukraine inva

nancy, we're going underground on ukraine's day of resistance to occupation of the autonomous republic of crimea and the city of so vast of all this at the end of a week in which british politicians have been seemingly attempting to interfere with the independent regulation of broadcasting by calling on you k p. m. bars. johnson. to shut down this channel effectively ending press freedom in the u. k. johnson, a former journalist himself claims the doing what the british labor policy want him to do, would amount to be being as bad as russia, with nato nations and the u condemning. russian president vladimir putin for authorizing what russia calls a special military operation against ukraine. after antony blinkin canceled his meeting with russian foreign minister, counterpart, sergey lever of nature. nature, media is talking about a whole new era and geopolitics. let alone nuclear weapon you here in our t and had going underground. we seek the question more, as well as provide view. as with all sides of any debate, we have been reaching out to pro ukrainians to hear their side of the ukraine invas

and at the most republic of crimea, the means process is now being within the part of the territory controlled by separate. so no other options are considered. so a ukrainian territory is in its entirety. there are military forces are prepared to make sure they know each of each of ukrainian land is occupied by separate is now officially supported by russian for forces. so these preparedness is, it is there, but we understand that now and you can see it by the recent statement of russian following today. they manipulate with the scope of recognition of the independence where they would be with the separate this control area within the whole territory . of mover and done. yes. and again, a putting pressure on russia would be the decision, which would, let's say, lead to the final decision russians would take. but for us, it would change no situation because we're clear and opposition that it's our territory. it have always been our territory and it will be through regardless of any decision that was put in what state. but what is essential that knowing that frame quite or is it territory charit

include the full territory of ukraine, including the region of log on and, and at the most republic of crimea, the means process is now being within the part of the territory controlled by separate. so no other options are considered, so a ukrainian territory is in its entirety. there are military forces are prepared to make sure they know each of each of your cranium. lamps is occupied by separate, is now officially supported by russian for forces. so these preparedness is, is there, but we understand that now you can see by the recent statement of russian following today, they manipulate with the scope of recognition of the independence where they would be with the separate this control area within the whole territory of mover and and again, a putting pressure on russia would be the decision, which would, let's say, lead to the final decision russians would take. but for us, it would change no situation because we're clear and now position that it's our territory. it have always been our territory and it will be our territory regardless and decision, which would but what is essential that k

in 2008, the russian federation and russian president medvedev on the need to recognize the republic of crimeathe presidential decree with the recognition adopted on the 20 sixth of august 2008. don't call it a mere appeal by zuma. i think the secretary of state, mister blinken, his powerful statement of february 16th on the issue of the decision. the foreign minister, for his clear statement. the minister cleverly, for his statement today, i thank norway, ireland, albania, and many other partners and responsible members of the international community for their statements on this issue and the secretary of the security council to make my letter part of the proceedings dated february 16th. it is important however because the soft and feeble reaction of the un in 2008 resulted in lasting occupations of parts of the georgian territory. i will not quote what the secretary said and what the pga said at that moment. we hope the un leadership today learned a lesson from the occupation. we all, both members and the secretariats are more hopeful on depending on the un charter. i address my letter on th

certain demands on ukraine that are fairly unreasonable to accept and recognize the, the republic, the annexation of crimea, but also to formally denounce its bid to join nato as well as to de miller, a top demilitarize ukraine. there is absolutely no way that the key of government is going to demilitarize eyes. ukraine has received significant support from the u . k, from the u. s. from turkey and other allies in order to defend itself against russian aggression. and it would not give up without a fight. and if the demand from moscow or that ukraine becomes a de miller to rise area, clear, really, this is not going to stop just in. don't ask and look, hans, can we have really significant reasons to fear an escalation? so let's look at the weapons that the, the west are prepared to use at this stage. sanctions, i just like to read you this quote from russia dumbasses to the u. s. responding to those new sanctions from the u, the u. k, the u. s. and germany. he said it is hard to imagine that there is a person in washington who expects russia to revise its foreign policy under threat of restrictions. and kr

they effectively have done is recognize independence of the two separatists republics, which is different from what originally happened with crimea. there are number of other separatist regions that russia recognizes as independent, including -- without actually annexing the territory. important to recognize russia recognized the claim of luhansk and donetsk republics and that is -- could be a main point of contention in the coming days. matt: we just showed a map and it is important to point out we show luhansk and donetsk and there is a shaded. that shows where the russian independence is, how far they have come now. can we move that shading to cover the entire territory? are you going to see rusch s russian military bases in the area that are currently under ukrainian control or were yesterday? >> there are several options that russia -- and can be just placing the troops in the luhansk and donetsk -- potential escalation along the existing line to exceed to the russian side. could be the movement of troops across without holding the territory. finally, it could be the movement of troops into these territories -- several optio

. >> putin's actions against the republic of georgia, putin's actions attacking the ukraine and annexing crimeathey were regional acts. it basically convinced putin that he could do whatever, and why not go for the biggest prize? >> reporter: to threaten putin's authority is to risk one's life. putin accused of silencing his critics through violence, including alexei navalny, once called the man vladimir putin fears most. he's led anti-putin rallies across the country where he's been publicly beaten and nearly blinded when a green substance was sprayed in his face. "nightline" was there in a russian courtroom in 2017 as navalny was once again facing jail for opposing putin. navalny continued to be an outspoken critic of putin until two years ago, when he was poisoned. passengers on his flight recording the sounds of his moans. he was exposed to the deadly nerve agent nova chock, developed as part of a secret soviet chemical weapons program. >> putin's feeling is you should crush dissent at the earliest possible moment. so he is very sensitive to people who might be rivals. the use of poison cer

republic of georgia. six years after that, eight years ago in 2014, he and next crimea -- he annexed crimea. also he appeared -- reappeared in many parts of the world. my doors arrived because of support from russia and we can see putin's military and oligarchs boosting activities across the african continent. it is all about putin and we should recognize that putin is an existential threat not just for america or europe or ukraine, but to the very principle of the free world because he does not believe in self-determination and universal freedom. what he thinks should happen is division of the world between free and unfree and people like him are in their rights to exploit people they control and nobody should intervene with their criminal activities. host: you also wrote about what is going on. "sanctions must come now before putin invades again. if we do not call his bluff, it is not a bluff at all." talk about his approach to dealing with russia and ukraine and how effective that might be. guest: when we hear the word sanctions, people get confused. sanctions have been implement it eight

the independence of large parts of ukrainian territory, the to break away republics, so called in the east plus additional territory around them. and they want ukraine, crimea to be confirmed as well recognized by the ukrainians as part of russia off. it was annexed in 2014. the ukrainians are not going to exceed wholesale. to that, either very low expectations. president lensky said, going in that he didn't expect a breakthrough, but he said, we'll go, we'll listen to the roger i. russians have to say best. anybody suggest that we are not doing everything we can to secure peace? and besides that, look, this is happening in battle ropes on battle roof and territory just banner was fast becoming more and more of a player in this whole conflict. because alexander lucas shank of the president has just announced this morning that a snap referendum confirmed, approved the lifting of bella versus non nuclear status. that paves the way for russia to be able to move new nuclear weapons into battle, roasted things escalate, appallingly in that direction. and he is also said to be by american sources, preparing potentially the hand over his forces to the russian side

day is nothing less but a bis repetitive of what we have seen in georgia in 2008, and with crimea in 2014, meaning, an aggression by fabrication of phantom republics. who is next. every you and member state should be alarmed and realize ice wide open the consequences of instrumental ization, of national minorities as a weapon to undermine solving states, threatened regional and national peace and security. we should not accept the made in russia model of this doubly zation be exported to other parts of europe or any was here. we reiterate our demand for the removal of the military troops on the ukrainian border and from the occupied territories of ukraine, including troops disguised as peacekeepers when they are simply aggressors how they know calls on the russian federation to stop. it's fed a complete policy, revoke it's a legal decision and engage seriously and in good faith with diplomatic talks, and give a chance to the mince agreements. your colleagues, this is it another critical moment for the crane. the un should remain actively engaged and committed together with which milligrams asians to the right of ukraine, people to live in peace an

of what we have seen in georgia in 2008. and we're crimea into then 14 meaning and aggression by fabrication of phantom republics. who is next. every you and member states should be alarmed and realized, i swayed open. the consequences of instrumental is ation of national minorities as the weapon to undermine solving states, threatened regional and national peace and security. we should not accept the middle russia model of this w zation be exported to other parts of europe or anywhere. we reiterate our demand for the removal or military troops from the ukrainian border from the occupied territories of ukraine, including troops disguised as peacekeepers when they are simply aggressors. we're just going to cut away from that un general un meeting to move on. some of the news now the canadian parliament has passed an emergency which keeps extraordinary powers in place to bring an end to protest against covian measures that at one point had the sense of the country's capital. at a standstill, the convoy received global support on us truckers have now jumped on board at least $1000.00 american activists name themselv

of crimea. but particularly given where we are now, i don't see how recognizing those republic it's in the middle of this, this crisis is, is going to help the russian situation. he's recognizing the minister agreement solution. well, either the misc agreement, you know, is obviously, you know, one means of resolving this. you know, there's been back and forth, you know, in terms of who's, who's acting in good faith and who isn't. but yeah, that's, that's one means because of course, the best means of resolving things diplomatically enough for the use of force. you know, one way is to minsk agreement. the other thing, of course, is that you have the, i think it's called the budapest agreements in 2014, the, where the united kingdom, united states and russia, a great respect the, you know, the sovereignty and the security of ukraine. i know presidents landscape has made yet another demand that there be consultations under that agreement. and anything that involves the leaders of these countries talking to each other, something that i've always encouraged, including perhaps a potential summit. pres

continues to occupy 20% of the territory of another neighboring country t rep, the republic of georgia, and he's still sitting in crimea, claiming illegally that it belongs to russia, and there's this other war that's ongoing in another part of ukraine. so we can't let russia get away with this. frankly, what i wrote in that piece is that russia is a rogue state like iran, like north korea, and it's high time that the entire global community started treating russia that way. not as, like, something to be dealt with, you know, have a crisis, and then move on as soon as it seems to be off the front pages or, you know, kind of died down. we need to have a sustained effort so that the russian government stops with this aggressive foreign policy. >> yeah, colonel leighton, before we lost you, i think you were sort of urging caution because we don't know yet who is behind the cyberattack. so, how does the u.s. -- how does ukraine, how does nato respond now that there has been this cyberattack? >> well, i think if we attribute it to the russians, then we can certainly respond to it and i think evelyn is right in this part whe

of democracy needs to be acknowledged by the west. that's for example, the referendum that happened in crimea or the referendums from 8 years ago in the people's republic of dawn as can the people's republic of logan's, when the people said that they want more autonomy or even independence. certainly, you know, why should happen from the science products when we, if we consider a fruition situation saddled and women in long term perspective, so that the situation come down and we wouldn't talk about any conflict, especially aren't conflict, correct. and so i didn't think it's a secret and she was there is nothing secret value at the 1st. and that must be done by everyone is to recognise the will of the people who leave and set us topple and crimea, no. going to stay with them. and i have said that i met with you, but many times. so how different is these? when you, jim, has these referendum, why and in customer this will expressing this will. how different is it from what happened cost? because there was a referendum there and i would like to reiterate $1.00 more time to which the grammy review. no one did that at gunpoint, no one for them to go to the

of crimea. except in this time in the case of the republics, he has recognized them as independent states.t means the minsk process, which was signed under duress by ukraine and russia during 2014 and again in 2015 is dead and that might have been one possible roadmap for a negotiated solution to this. putin by recognizing donetsk and luhansk republics has killed the minsk process and that is going to make finding a diplomatic solution much more complicated. judy: angela stent, pick up on that if you will because the reaction we are hearing not just from the united states but the countries who belong to nato is this is going to trigger drawing reactions from each one of them. they are looking at sanctions as well. why is it sanction worthy what he has done? >> because this could be the prelude to a larger conflict. this as the second time if we look at georgia but there were other conflicts. russia has flouted international law, international norms. centrally marching into another country again and declaring part of ukraine independent entities. i'm glad they're going to meet and talk abou

republic of georgia. and in 2014 we saw russia occupied crimea, and take that peninsula. we're seeing when we come to eastern ukraine, declare the independence of these regions and potentially they may annex them as well. so, it's anybody's guess what russia is going to do five years from. now if there's not a strong forceful reaction that actually does serious damage, that deters future action from russia, we should just expect this whole place to replay itself down the line. >> it's proving to be a winning strategy, being able to do this with impunity. i wonder for the punitive part of this. sanctions, the white house has talked about this a second ago. it's holding on to this larger package of sanctions if and when putin takes more aggressive action. does that do anything to putin? he's already spoken explicitly, he's expecting them, he know that they're countering attacks to the west. does this have any kind of cooling effect on what he's planning in the next couple weeks, or months, or whatever the timetable is? >> well the white house's is playing its part is pretty

he now has done what he did in 2014 with the illegal annexation of crimea, except this time in the case of these two republics he has recognized them as independent states. that means that the minsk process which was signed under du res by ukraine, russia, france and germany in 2014 and again in 2015, is seblly dead and that might have been one possible road map for a negotiated solution to this. putin by recognizing donesk and lohensk essentially killed the minsk process and that will make finding a diplomatic solution more complicated. >> woodruff: pick up on that if you will, because the reaction not just from the united states but from the countries who belong to nato is that this is going to trigger strong reactions from each one of them. they're looking at sanctions as well. why is it sanction-worthy what he has done. >> well, because this is-- could be the prelewd to lots of conflict. this is the second time, if we just look at georgia, there are other conflicts, that russia has flowted international law, international norms. he is essentially marching into another country again. and declaring part of

republics of don bass. mister proven, went on to talk about how important these decisions are in the context of the actual will of the locals. and he went back to talk about how the referendum in crimea happened. when overwhelmingly the population there voted to join russia. we remember that about to 7 years ago that the peoples of don ed scan lugens, these 2 don bass republics voted to be separated from ukraine. so mister putin reminded the west of how important it is to listen to these people and called it the highest form of democracy. referring to these referendums, the 1st thing that must be done by every one is to recognise the will of the people who leave in service topple and crimea. i'm no good, i said with them. and i have said that unmet which in many times so how different is this when you, jim has these for a friend and watched and cost with his will you expressing this will? how different is it from what happened kosovo? because there was a referendum there, and i would like to reiterate one more time to review. no one did that at gunpoint, no one for them to go to the voting stations. they did it voluntarily, and they made the decision to joined russia. and we should r

crimea and to the separatists. the self declared separatist republics of eastern ukraine. ah, charles traffic is in mary o pole in southeast in ukraine has been reporting to us from there all morning. charles, give us an update of what you're seeing and hearing there right now. oh yeah, there has been sporadic shilling earth that is continued over the last hour all so we are just outside marianna bowl. now this checkpoint that you can hear see behind me is a checkpoint that sir is just before the road that hits either to, to lead pro, which is north west or for the answer which is a. busy so, so that further what further west, sorry, i'm getting my record notes muddled up, but the reason why we stopped chair, i'm just gonna turn the camera around as soon as we have shutting in this area in the last. so 25 minutes so. so it may be a bit longer than that. i can zoom in, i don't know whether this is going to work. no, but you may or may not be able to. oh, so see smoke coming from the center of the field there that we understand is a military installation that has been hate t

and of course, eventually, over very soon, in fact, that became russian troops arriving and then crimea became part of russia. you go to recognition of these to break away republics. all those going to very soon have russian troops and be subsumed into russia in georgia. of course, the situation was again, the same with breaker republics and then the georgians pushing back on that militarily. and that's why i think you seeing in salzburg in his news conference praising and you heard it from other western leaders, the ukrainians for not responding to provocation because they don't tend to think that the russians can say, well, it was the ukrainians folk because they opened fire, but he does your right create a very, very difficult, high hurdle for any diplomacy in any meeting. what can be achieved by a meeting? and i'm sure that it is a discussion that's going on right now in the state department. we at the moment think that that meeting, but it's supposed to take place in geneva between so get off the russian foreign minister and until you blink in the us that could restate it all. but will it be on? i think that's one of the things you might hear from president

republic of luhansk and donetsk. they have been a flashpoint since 2014, when russia annexed crimea.year russian-backed re seized luzhanska and donetsk -- luhansk and donetsk. we know at least 14,000 people have died in the conflict. there have been attempts on asus bar, for example, the minsk agreement. here is the minister speaking about that. >> the minsk agreement is what the whole normandy format is based on, and the russian president single-handedly destroyed it. he signed up and now says it is not worth the paper it is written on. even in the most serious crisis, we want to avoid war. we all want to avoid war. >> the head of the donetsk people's republic have been speaking to the press today. denis pushilin: [speaking non-english language] translator: we have been waiting for this for a very long time, not even for eight years but for 30 years, since the collapse of the soviet union. we are forbidden to honor our history. we did not agree to this, and of course we had to defend our opinion. >> while all of this is going on, russia has been amassing military power near the ukra

what happened today is nothing less but a repetition of what we have seen with crimea meaning an aggression by fabrication of phantom republics. who is next? every u.n. member state should be harmed and realize eyes wide open the consequences of this as a weapon to undermine sovereign states, threaten regional and international security. we should not accept this be, ported to other parts of europe or anywhere else. we repeat our demand for removal of military troops from the ukrainian board according those disguised as peacekeepers when they are aggressors. albania called on the russian federation to stop the fait accompli policy, revoke the decision and in good faith and give a chance to the minsk agreement. this is a particular moment for ukraine. the u.n. should remain actively engaged for the right of the ukraine people to live in peace and freedom. we echo the inspector general call to practice diplomacy to address all issues as the only way to move forward. thank you. >> i thank the representative of albania for his statement. i now give the floor to the permanent representative of france. >> >> president, i would like

republics of don bass. mister proven, went on to talk about how important these decisions are in the context of the actual will of the locals. and he went back to talk about how the referendum in crimea happened. when overwhelmingly the population there voted to join russia. we remember that about 27 years ago, the peoples of don eds can lugens these 2 don bass republics voted to be separated from ukraine. so mr. newton reminded the west of how important it is to listen to these people and called it the highest form of democracy. referring to these referendums junior. the 1st thing that must be done by everyone is to recognize the will of the people who live in sylvester poll. and crimea, and i have said that many times and want to underline it once again. how is this reverend worse than what happened in kosovo? nothing was in kosovo. they made a decision through the parliament and here through a referendum. and i want to underline it one more time. no one did that at gunpoint, no one forced them to go to the voting stations. they did it voluntarily, when they made this decision to join russia and we should respect this decision. now something else that was very important that mister

he'll carve out a strip of land that would run from russia down to the crimea, he'll liberate those breakaway republics, effectively, he'll crack the sovereignty of ukraine. but he won't take on the extreme difficulty of managing the entire country. and then the final one in four, jose, on the hopeful end of the sp spectrum, would be that there can be a negotiation here. i think there's still opportunities for that. macron, i think, advanced the process somewhat by going to moscow. let's hope vladimir putin goes for door number three, so to speak. >> and erin, while the ukrainian government has been downplaying the overall threat at least publicly, there are concerns from within about different kinds of threats. >> yeah, that's right, jose. while the ukrainian government officials have been downplaying the prospects of an immediate invasion, they're very concerned with the hybrid warfare tactics, they say that have been happening here in ukraine, for at least the last eight years. but in the last few weeks, according to hybrid warfare expert i've been speaking to, they've been seeing an increase in the

keep, because this taking away of some other self-proclaimed republic, the russia republic, to keep them in southern states, in a sense, southern parts of ukraine, and crimeathat's his plan, and yesterday when he spoke with boris johnson, prime minister of great britain, did say he didn't like any aspect of the minsk agreement but there is no choice right now. it's still better than a very good war, as they say, so i think that is putin's plan, and we'll see how joe biden can bite off just little pieces of putin's result. >> it's hard to wrap your head around this it as a good solution, somebody just bullying and breaking through all the norms in the process. nina khrushcheva, good to have you on. thank you. >> thank you. >> that's what russia did by invading crimea, to do it again. that has huge implications for europe. >> and giving putin an ultimate win. he twwent to crimea and got the wins. who knows when he'll stop. >>> what whoopi goldberg said to be suspended. that's coming up. delightful chew with pepto bismol chews. your record label is taking off. but so is your sound engineer. you need to hire. i need indeed. indeed you do. indeed instant match

of territory, isn't it? between crimea which, which russia controls and those separate just republics come to the east, which yeah. russia has is the independence they have, they have recognized now. so is it, it's strategically quite important, isn't it? that's right. hm. yes, i mean analysts any military and this will tell you exactly that. the reason why it is strategically a one, it is obviously a whole city on the as of c. but many, many, many analysts will say, i'll just ask the driver to stop here because there is a check point not too far. i think the credit military would be perfectly clean on this building this, but yeah, memorial plan is important because there is a theory that, that says that any kind of push by russia rushing back policies coming out of the east, coming out of the dumbass region, could well, head south in order to be able to join up with potentially russian forces coming out of northern crimea to create a corridor. and that would include murray or pull cord or between crimea. and that eastern section of don bass would create a corridor that would take him to mario take, take, in

then you got those true republics in the donbas region in ukraine. you've got crimea, the black city ofl by russians at this point. all you've got is poland, some black ear, hungary, and romania. at this point, whether it's days or weeks, the ukrainian borders on that side are still controlled by ukrainians. so this would be the moment if you are going to get anything to them? >> maybe. you could drive over the border. you could put the equipment on ukrainian trucks. that would be possible. the problem is timeline. kyiv is fighting for its life today, getting supplies there next week maybe too late. >> let's talk about the air force. the air support. the air around ukraine. essentially a close to all civilian aircrafts, but there are ukrainian planes and russian planes fighting out there. ukrainians have been asked for a no fly zone in force by nato. is that something that -- >> it's a total nonstarter. a no fly zone is an act of war. if they wanted to impose, that they would be going to war with russia. we would have to send out over a massive amount of aircraft. they would tangle with

there will be an invasion, it could very well be a small invasion of the breakaway republics, claim land there in the way he did with crimeaunce any desire to join nato. i don't think it means a blitzkrieg, a full occupation. they've had that experience in afghanistan and they saw what an insurgency can do to their military. i don't think he wants to do a full scale invasion because like the dog that caught the bus, what's he going to do with it after he's taken it? >> like the dog that caught the bus. i like that. and i hope you're right, general. thank you so much for all of your expertise. >>> well, coming up, the parents of daunte wright expressing their anguish and disgust after the judge gives their son's killer a two year sentence. why they are calling it a spit in their face, next. frank is a f fan of pepcid. it works in minutes. nexium 24 hour and prilosec otc can take one to four days to fully work. pepcid. strong relief for fans of fast. ever wonder what everyone's doing on their phones? they're banking, with bank of america. the groom's parents? they just found out they can redeem wards for a second honeymoon.

of ukraine. we start with crimea and now this. it's not going to stop there. i think it's highly, highly likely that the so-called leadership of the two republics, quote, unquote, would invite in russia for protection, and the ukrainian government is going to go have to decide if they will let it be or attack. to me the bigger question is whether if and when the russians go into the eastern republics, whether that's a prelude to something much larger, and that's bad, and in this case, it could get much, much worse. >> what is the next course of action for nato and for the biden white house after the announcement from russia if things play out the way you suggested there, what happens next from the allied side? >> several things. basically much of what we have been threatening should come to pass. sanctions should be introduced, maybe not all of them, maybe keeping some on reserve should russia invade the entire country. we want to strengthen ukraine's ability to exist and continue to transfer arms as well as money. we obviously want to strengthen nato, and we also want to get our story out. putin is speaking as we speak, putting out his flawed narrative about

finally, probably he wants to ukraine to accept the, the, your jurisdiction of crimea, and maybe all the dot net scandals bounced republics. i think this is the m game. it doesn't mean that this is not necessarily the line to maybe he will equity on something less. but this is something that he would probably advance as his bargaining position. so a is this, the position then is his people are, are taking to the talks that have just ended now and the bell russian border and from what we understand there could be a 2nd round at some point because there was no breakthrough earlier today. well, we don't know the details of the negotiations which happened today, but of course the fact that they lasted for more than 5 hours. so he's a positive sign because you've day only exchanged official positions that wouldn't have lasted for so long. so there might be some progress, but definitely we cannot expect any breakthrough because as the starting point saw very far apart, definitely it's very difficult if possible, to reconcile the vision on the situation. and i also believe that both sides believe that that time is with them, tha

remember, one of russia's early objectives was to create a land bridge from crimea and then expand their control towards the russian—declared republicsansk. they've also made gains in the north—east, but as yet, they've been unable to take the main cities there, like kharkiv. now, let's look at their advances from the north. russian forces are continuing their efforts to surround the capital, kyiv. but, again, they're meeting fierce resistance. last week, russia claimed that it had taken hostomel airport, but british military intelligence today said it's still being held by ukrainian forces. western officials believe the invasion so far is not going according to plan. i'm joined now by sascha—dominik dov—bachmann. he is professor in law at the university of canberra and has academic expertise in military and war studies. it's great to get you on the programme. let's start by picking up on some of the points in my colleague possibly report where he has said that this invasion is not going to russia's plan. how was it meant to for russia?— going to russia's plan. how was it meant to for russia? good morning and thank you _ meant to for

republics of lu ha nsk and donetsk. they're part of the donbas region in eastern ukraine. they've been a flashpoint since 2014, when russia annexed crimea declared independence. they've been controlled by russian—backed separatists since then. at least 14,000 people have died in the conflict. there have been attempts at a ceasefire — the minsk agreements. this is the german foreign minister speaking about that earlier today. the minsk agreement is what the whole normandy format is based on and the russian president single—handedly destroyed it. he signed it but now of course it is not worth the paper it is written on. even in the most serious crisis, we have to leave a window for talks permanently open. we want to avoid war. we all want to avoid war. this from the people's republic. we have this from the people's republic. - have been waiting for this recognition for this decision for a very long time. i would say not even for eight years but for 30 years since the collapse of the soviet union. we were forbidden to remain ourselves, forbidden to honour our history. we did not agree to this and had to defend our opinion. let's get more f

crimea peninsula. that is now part of russia. they have unilaterally decided that these two so-called break away republics have been declared independent and recognized by the kremlin allowing what is by any thought an invasion into sovereign territory. they're fiddling around because they are still being synonymous in their response. they were not allowed to get ahold of lethal military aid to defend itself during a year period of war which is ongoing and expanding. the real question for ukraine, to what extent is this the limit of ukraine apes watch. is this, for example, the changed belief and having additional targets and therefore at what point will the international community actually acknowledge that russian tanks across the ukrainian border. it is absolutely extraordinary from the ukrainian border. we will hear loud comments as this sinks into ukrainians. the united states is pussy footing around the definitions which are frankly absurd from the perspective here. >> yeah, indeed. define invasion. one manage it's foreign boots crossing on to a sovereign nation's territory. sam kiley, appreciate it. thanks so much. >>> let's brin

of those republics where the ukraine forces are employed. phase 3, probably a pause and does he go in to the rest of the donbas region in eastern ukraine and down towards the land bridge with crimea. that is speculation. and phase 4 is what we're all talking about, he has multiple options how to topple and put pressure on the kiev government. so i think these phases are going to unfold. they are deliberate. sanctions are going to have absolutely no impact on the plan that putin is executing. >> martha: would anything have an impact? president biden had this moment to speak moments ago. i want to play a little bit of what he said and ask you what can be done really at this point. watch. >> who in the lord's name does putin think gives him a right to declare new so-called countries on territory that belonged to his neighbors? this is a flagrant violation of international law. it demands a firm response from the international community. >> martha: general, we know that putin doesn't see it that way. he detailed in great exhaustive essay all the reasons that he thinks ukraine is part of russia. he blamed former soviet leaders for giving it away. interesting from a historic perspectiv

in 2008 it occupied republic of georgia and an unsolved issue. in 2014 annexed crimea.st time to grab land and said it was theirs. no one did that using military force since world war ii and don then donbas. but we need to stand up to russia internationally. i think shannon made a good point that this is about the global order. >> i want to bring in ambassador michael mcfaul. ambassador, this is a good place to pick up with you because evelyn was talking about georgia and crimea. right now you have vladimir putin saying to the west, if you guys agree not to invite or allow ukraine into your nato fold that would be important to us. and he is changing the narrative into whether or not that's a reasonable thing to agree to or not to agree to when, in fact, all of this other stuff is unaddressed. russia in crimea is unaddressed. russia in georgia remains unaddressed. russia's naked expansionism remains unaddressed. >> you said it better than i did. that's exactly right. he wants to change the channel to focus on this fictitious threat of ukraine joining nato. nato never att

of those former states. in 2014, he recognized crimea and the next day, he annexed crimea. what he did over the weekend in recognizing self-proclaimed republicsthat was the fourth time he has done this. what you can view from president putin, incentive getting into his mind is studying actions. lisa: are we seeing more cohesion or the opposite? when it comes to action, nobody can agree on something more severe. everybody takes cosmetic measures. annmarie: except for olaf scholz. he helped the u.s. out yesterday. every official i either spoke to on the record or off work saying, we told you nord stream 2 was going to get benched if there was an invasion. the german economic minister is saying this does not mean it will never see the light of day, but at the moment, they are taking this political decision. there is already gas in the pipeline. it is just not turned on. this struck a chord with the russian. dmitry medvedev was there over the weekend at the meeting. he said prepare europeans for a brave new world of higher energy costs. lisa: in the u.s., is there a similar message? president biden did not allow expedited oil permitting in the u.

independent republics with the neighboring nation of georgia followed by a conflict that forced nearly 200,000 people to flee their homes. six years later, russia did the same thing? invade crimea that resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths and more displacements. now russia is doing the same thing in these regularons. it's unclear whether the conflict will be just that part of the region. a large part of the troops remain north in belarus. following the russian war games in belarus that significantly expanded the military mite, ukraine is surrounded. will it look similar? is this somehow different? how is the response going to different from what we've seen in the past. most thought what we saw was insufficient to doing this again? how does the world expect to repeat what happened in crimea and georgia? joining me now, the former nato supreme allied commander. msnbc's chief diplomacy analyst. thank you for being here. i know you keep getting asked these questions over and over. putin is playing three dimentional chess here. he's declared these two areas to be independent going forward. how do you see this? >> i was the dean of toughs university leading international relat

people's republics. nearly 8 years after they declared themselves independent of ukraine. ahead of the announcement, the mo x tumbled 11 percent marking its worst day since russia annex crimea. back in march, 2014. now this move increases the possibility that nato allies could move toward announcing new sanctions against russia without an invasion, even taking place with the use foreign policy chief saying on monday, quote, if there is recognition, i will put the sanctions on the table and the ministers will decide there has also been hopes of more direct talks between the u. s. president joe biden and russian president vladimir putin. but while the white house said in a group, it agreed in principle to a meeting the kremlin. there are no plans yet for a summit. secretary of state anthony blanket said on friday that any move to recognize the damage region would necessitate a swift and firm response from the united states, while white house press secretary, japanese saki on monday, said the president would sign an executive order that will quote, prohibit new investment trade and financing by u. s. persons to from or in the regions. joining us not just is blue bus co host an

crimea happened. when overwhelmingly the population there voted to join russia. we remember that to about 7 years ago, the peoples of don ed scalable gods. these 2 don bass republics voted to beach, separated from ukraine. so mister fulton reminded the west of how important it is to listen to these people and called it the highest form of democracy. referring to these referendums, certainly kiera doesn't want to know, should happen from both sides or from, from keith. so that we considered through the situation saddled women in long term perspective. useless. so that now got you the situation. calm down and we wouldn't talk about any conflicts, especially aren't conflicts. so i don't think it, sir. secret the truth. there is nothing secret about that. the 1st thing that must be done by every one is to be recognized the will of the people who lived in service topple and crimea, you know, get us it with you. and i have said that unmet which in which many times schools. so how different is these when you cham, has these for a friend and watched and cost with this will be expressing this will. how different is it from what happened kosovo? because there was a referend

crimea happened when overwhelmingly the population there voted to join russia. we remember that to about to 7 years ago, the peoples of don ed skin lugens, these 2 don bass republics, voted to be separated from ukraine. so mister putin reminded the west of how important it is to listen to these people and called it the highest form of democracy. referring to these referendums suddenly, kiera doesn't want to know should happen from both sides from, from keith. so that we considered through the situation saddled women in long term perspective. useless. so that now got you the situation. calm down and we wouldn't talk about any conflicts, especially aren't conflict. so i don't think it, sir. secret the truth. there is nothing secret about that. the 1st thing that must be done by every one is to recognise the will of the people who leave and save us topple and crimea. i'm no good as it with you can. i have said that on met which with many times. cool. so how different is this, when you cham, has these referendum wives and costs with this will be expressing this will. how different is it from what happened kosovo? because there was a referendum there, and i would like