every time the president goes on national television and threatens vladmir putin or anyone like vladmir, everybody's eyes roll, including mine. we have a weakened and indecisive president. president obama nedz to do something. how about this? suspend russian president in the g 20 starting right now and for every day they stay in the crimea, add to the suspension. do something. jon: joining us now is bret baier, host of "special report" here on fox news channel. we heard secretary of state kerry say that the u.s. and its allies are determined to stay united, bret, but what do you do after that? united about what? >> well, jon, the main focus is on economic pressure on russia and there are a number of different levers they can pull. senior administration officials saying that they can, as you just heard senator graham say, threaten the membership to the g 8 and they're already pulling out of preliminary meetings to attend the g 8 summit in sochi, russia, in june. that is significant. if they get allies to do the same thing. they're stopping trade talks with russia. they could also freeze

i say, don't let vladmir putin be your financial manager. here is why.you sold stocks on monday, then, when they rallied back, you lost all that. regular people should not be. regular investors like you and me should not be trading geopolitics. it is a fool's game. we don't know what will happen next. plan on retirement based on how old you are, stocks, bonds, asset allocation. >> you don't let vladimir putin get under your skin. christine romans is talking about what effect this is going to have on americans right now. this has a much bigger impact, much more direct on everyone in europe. >> of course, not only is it on their doorstep but if you take countries like germany, they have the biggest cross border flows between europe and russia. which commodity is most at risk, gas, oil, gas lines go through ukraine on to europe. so not only is this hiking the price of gas to the ukraine. that could disrupt supplies to countries from as far north as finland all the way down to the mediterranean. many countries, particularly in the eastern europe, get faster

i mean, this is on vladmir putin.hat you're dealing with a state that's right now an economic basket case. it has dependency on russian gas, its credit ratings are worse than gross and ukraine is going to be in some measure of disfunction for a long time to come. that's going to make it easier for vladmir putin to meddle and to enhance russian influence, particularly given russian ethnic minorities in ukraine and in crimea. so unless by some magical moment or wand ukraine ended up being unified politically, you're going to end up with a go ahead deal of uncertainty and a lot of russian meddling over the course of the next six months. jenna: so in your opinion is it inevitable at this point? >> certain thing are unavoidable. you're going to have a referendum on march 16. whether he chooses to recognize it as legitimate is another manner. he did in georgia. he did not in other places. he has an option there. there's an off ramp presumably if he wants to take it. for the most, this is a guy who essentially is riled up, h

as we've been reporting vladmir putin deform mali annexing crimea as part of the russian federation butea all he wants? growing concerns that this might not be the end of putin's land grab. >>> the world is watching what is happening in russia. the impact of u.s. sanctions and credit downgrade on moscow. how are markets here reacting? so far wall street to like this friday. [ male announcer ] meet mary. she loves to shop online with her debit card. and so does bill, an identity thief who stole mary's identity, took over her bank accounts, and stole her hard-earned money. unfortunately, millions of americans just like you learn all it may take is a little misplaced information to wreak havoc on your life. this is identity theft. and no one helps stop it better than lifelock. lifelock offers the most comprehensive identity theft protection available. if mary had lifelock's bank account alerts, she may have been notified before it was too late. lifelock's credit notification service is on the job 24/7. as soon as they detect a threat to your identity within their network, they will alert y

it will send a message to vladmir putin because vladmir putin really believes that based off the obama'sstration policy, he thought it would take forever. jenna: let me ask you about that. there's the actual material hitting the market, right? natural gas hitting the market and us being a player but then there's the expectation that it's coming. and with the expectation that it's coming, would that cause an impact in russia and prices around the world almost immediately? >> it will. especially when you look at the back end of the futures contracts and the way people sign contracts. even today, the threat of u.s. imports are actually impacting how eastern european nations are negotiating with gas problems today. they're saying, why should i sign a long term contract with you when i'll be able to get natural gas cheap from the u.s. in a couple of years? they're already using that as leverage to get a better deal with the state owned company with russia. they were already feeling the impact even though it could be years away. jenna: very interesting. thanks for the conversation. it's been a

of the two parties against vladmir putin.ut the first list. make dick durbin can make the second one. we don't anticipate this being any time soon. >> you're not on there jenna: i was planning to summer in st. pete peso i'm glad i cano that. right now the fate of osama bin laden's sobl hangs in the balance. he made a surprise appearance, testifying about a conversation he had with osama bin laden after the 9/11 attacks at his trial in new york city. jonathan is live with more on this. >> the al qaeda member may soon learn his fate. closing arguments in this case are likely to begin monday, could be tomorrow, and then his fate will be placed in the hands of the jury. that jury was, according to our courtroom producer, suddenly energized yesterday by the surprise appearance on the stand of the defendant himself, something no one expected and a clear gamble by his defense team. he admitted meeting osama bin laden on the night of the 9/11 attacks, having been summoned and then driven two to three hours to a cave in afghanistan. h

who realizes what vladmir putin is doing and takes necessary steps to try to check vladmir putin in ukrainereally does do something, something more serious than has been willing to do so far, to stop putin from completely redrawing the post-cold war order in europe. jenna: some listening to you though and thinking, if the young kids in crimea want to be part of russia, who are we to stop them? what do you think about that? >> i think that support for the softsoviet past is very much skin deep. these kids do love their iphones. they do, a lot of them have traveled, to turkey, to the west and if vladimir. jon: part of the reason vladmir putin is doing this now. russian economy is very weak and he has no other way to mobilize support and done it well here. suddenly if russians day-to-day lives feel the economic pain not only of western sanctions or vladmir putin's fairly awful economic policies that support is going to disappear. no one there wants to go back to what the soviet union really was. jenna: so you see the emptiness potentially in propaganda you're talking about. that being said, we

while the west cease vladmir putin's move as military aggression, one journalist says, we are not he a return to the hold war. >> i think the whole idea have o putin bashing is something very much in the context of cold war. i think america is reacting in that context. if it is russia, it is cold war and the enemy. i think they are overdoing it. i don't think sanctions are going to help anybody, certainly not the united states. russia will somehow manage. >> is the u.s. seeing this as another cold war crisis? i bring in my guest, douglas brinkly and michael hirsch. doug, let me start with you. if it is not the cold war, what is it then? at a certain level, it is a classic battle about spheres of influence. >> it is not the cold war that putin is stalin massacring his own people. he is not in 1956 where he could run into hungary and we would do nothing. russia is part of the g-8. we have tools to punish him in a different 21st century way, a noncold war wear, economic sanctions t was devastate russia. just yesterday, the russian stock market was starting to tumble. which can start iso

>> what i mean is, you know, vladmir putin has one vision.ot agree with it but he has an idea of what he can accomplish, what is under his control, what it means when he puts 20,000 troops on the border with eastern ukraine. it may not mean he plans an invasion. unintended consequences, though, are the things that he inspires on the ground. when he convinces local separatist leaders that moscow has their back, they may do things but the russians are not directly ordering but they may create consequences that actually bring both russia and ukraine much closer to the brink of war. we've seen a little bit of that very recently when you have -- finally have casualties on the ground in crimea. you poo you tell that much weaponry, that much armor, that many motivated people in the same small area, accidents are going to happen and no matter how effective a grand strategist vladmir putin is, he'll not have the consequences. jenna: we've also heard russia talk about the native russian speakers in other countries as well and wanting to support them. s

who vladmir putin is. ay president bush also did not read putin well. bill: in 2008 on the georgia matter you believe. >> right. bill: either put teen doesn't care or he is not listening or both. what is it. >> putin does not believe there is any price to pay. that's why, i watched the sunday shows, including fox. well, sort of happened. this sort of happened, you know. stuff happens. it is all got to do with putin's conviction that, confirmed belief which is verified, he can do whatever he wants to do and i predicted this back many years ago. in fact i said exactly, watch crimea because he was not going to give up that major russian naval base which gives russia access to the mediterranean. bill: you mentioned the sunday shows. robert gates was on with chris wallace. he was asked this question right here. >> i do not believe we're going, that crimea will slip out of russia's hand. >> you think crimea is gone? >> i do. bill: is it lost? >> i'm afraid so. i'm very afraid. now watch -- bill: if that is the ca

he said that would get vladmir putin's attention.hat do you make of today's move and, you know, by the way, are republicans offering much better? >> many republicans have said that these targeted sanctions, freezing these accounts, at host starting out this way is a positive move, a positive step to try to put the screws to vladmir putin. it's blefed that his inner circle feeling the pinch this way, freezing assets and not only the passport violations that you would be able to stop issuing passports but also freezing of accounts would really start to have an effect. you're right. there are many more people outside the list of 11 that the administration has targeted so far but you heard the president saying he could -- they could step up the pressure if russia didn't respond to this initial round. gregg: sometimes there are problems in a world that just cannot be solved. u.s. can't be, you know, the policemen of the world and sanctions may not work here and nothing may alter the course of vladmir putin. are there really, in truth, ver

handling russia saying he doesn't understand the geopolitical threat. >> it is time we woke up about vladmir putin time the administration got real and we are on the verge of possibly seeing a move to reassert the old russian em tire which -- em which is mr. putin's lifelong ambition. this president does not understand vladmir putin or his ambition. >>> a g-8 summit is in june unless they change their position. >> oo u.s. counter sertism officials are involved in the frantic search for this woman, heather umarova. she failed to return to chechnya last year. she is seen in a photo here. they fear she became radicalized. she has been posting jihad type photos to social media sites. >>> day three of the oscar pistorius trial is underway. today the de sense challenging a couple of testimonies they heard screams and gun shots coming from his house the night that he shot his girlfriend reba steenkamp. his next-door neighbor broke down on the stand recalling the screams she heard. pistorius put his hands over his ears muffling the sound of that testimony. he could go to prison for at least 25 years. >> h

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nations have traditionally fought over or tried to defend, historically that is what matters to vladmir putinmething to that argument. we're living in this kind of virtual world where supposedly barack obama's condemnation is enough to shame the putins of the world. jenna: let me show our viewers what is happening in crimea today. we actually just video in where we're seeing billboard go up in crimea. as you know there's a vote this weekend about what crimea is going to do. so the billboards are saying, here's the choice essentially between russia, and the nazis. the nazis i guess, being referred to as the demonstrators in kiev. it is interesting, bret. we heard the comparisons between vladmir putin and hitler. and do you think that is where this is coming from? is russia using our own criticism of vladmir putin against public opinion? >> this is soviet-style propaganda, that all the capitalists nations, free nations are fascists and nazis. that is what they're fighting against. this is the crudest propraganda. before russia or russian forces without insignias, seized the parliament in the re

some good analysis about what vladmir putin might do next tnches putin's actions really scrutinized by people including image and movement analyst karen bradley. >> assist i -- he is a very stressed person in this video. he's looking away, not connected with the commander at all. very much involved with his own thoughts and feelingings right now. >> jon: body language you are trying to figure out body language from lady godiva over here. body lange -- language is what you are looking for? what do you have? >> putin is not giving anything away. it will be his terms. he is determined to win. >> jon: he is playing it close to the vest. guess what? he doesn't even own a (bleep) vest. he walks around make naked halfe time. thank god we have the best intelligence apparatus in the world and even though it's mostly been used on us it could turn and use the highest tech algorithms, the most intrusive spy capabilities the world can muster that will give us good analysis. >> pentagon officials tell us they've done body language studies on putin. >> joe: o my god -- >> jon: oh, my god. what is wit

don't like vladmir putin. there are ethnic ukrainians, and most of all the crimean tartaglias, that -- tar tars. that shoulded be 12% of the population. some demonstrate oars in support of the military doesn't really tell you what people feel about the russians being there. jenna: that is interesting in your column. you said there were even russian buses sighted in the area of crimea, maybe that they were brought in to protest on behalf of the russian government. quickly here. i only have a minute. you say crimea is an appetizer and putin is interested in something far greater. what is that? >> he wants to control or detablize this country but -- destablize this country but more importantly that ukraine does not turn to nato or go to the e.u. it's a threat to him and his system which is authoritarian, corrupt system, for a country which is so similar to russia and which many russians think is almost like a little russia to become a western democracy and he wants to do that by saying he declared i am going to i

while russian president vladmir putin's approval ratings are high at home, tens of thousands took to moscow and this may be the first sign there is a domestic backlash. in terms of that incursion into another part of ukraine, well, there is a misconcern russia may plan to krip chip away. it would be the gas installation. it's not clear in the russian troops took it because it's close to crimea and it's a critical infrastructure there or it does signify they are movening deeper into the ukraine. >> amy kellogg live. tanks very much. >> extreme weather alert now don't put away the heavy jackets and snow shoes just yet. there is more snow and could headed for folks along the east coast. meteorologist janet dean is live with the extreme weather on your behalf. i want to say to our viewers, don't shoot the messenger. >> i know, i need a bulletproof vest t. amount of times we said that, same trip, differ day. we are dealing with the potential of severe weather, though, with this storm event. the potential for hail and damaging winds and isolated tornado. so we had a severe thunderstorm wat

this aggression it looks like putin has gone heil tit-ler. [ laughter ] which makes you wonder if vladmir putin he was even paying attention at the olympics, remember, vlad, the brotherhood and spirit of cooperation or did you consider the parade of nations a browsing opportunity? i like that uniform i'd invade them. need it, need it, want it. puty is this because you have more golds than anybody else? you realize olympic wins are not internationally binding, right? unless norway was three gold medals away from embarking on a pickled herring quest for world dom in addition. did you learn nothing? did you learn nothing from the innocent tears of your own crying bear? [laughter] wait a minute, zoom in on that bear's tear -- it's a russian platoon! no! [cheers and applause] putin! the old -- it's the old bizarre animatronic trojan bear gag. it began when ukraine's russian leading president yanukovych. a new ukrainian president came in and russia has invaded crimea. russia would contest two of those points i made tnch in a russian city across the border vic cuc thu tran insist -- viktor yanukovych

have a russian journalist and author of the book "the man without a face, the rise and rule of vladmir putin for joining us. was mitt romney right in 2012 when he said russia, i think he was referring specifically to the lead deership of putin. >> i don't know if he was right about that. i certainly think that president obama has gone too easy on putin. part of what we are seeing now is not just united states. the west failure to respond to putin's systematic violations of international law which should have been last week. >> what should the u.s. do that would have credibility with putin? >> at this point, it is very difficult to give any kind of advice. at this point, there is nothing that can work strategically. economic sanctions will ness ses tait greater ability and encourage the effort. it will result in greater immobilization. anything less would embolden him further. there is no way to think strategically. we have to think about what the right thing is. >> you have done a lot of work on putin, who is he, what's he about, where is he from, where is he going. we heard the secretary of

she says vladmir putin is ukraine's number one enemy. finally inner national monetary fund announcing today a massive loan bailout for ukraine, something like 14 to $18 billion, much-needed. the economy here is in very bad shape as the u.n. general assembly is expected to meet and vote to rule that russia's annexation of crimea is invalid. that is pretty much a moot point now, that the peninsula is very much in moskow's hand but maybe a shot across the bow in case moscow is thinking about other moves. back to you, jenna. jenna: a lot of discussion here at home amongst lawmakers in congress. greg, we'll be talking more about this. thank you. jon: there are new clues in the search for what happened to malaysia airlines flight 370. a thai satellite detecting 300 objects floating in the indian ocean, a day after a french satellite showed more than 100 objection in the same general area. they believe the jet crashed far off the australian coast. steve centanni is live in our d.c. bureau with mores. steve, have they received any objections in

it is that vladmir putin thought the split up ofhe soviet union was one of the worst things at hand if not the worst. this is the beginning of his long time ago to exert russian influence in what was formally the soviet union. >> do you believe or does the unites believe in world domination. it's like saying the united states is still harboring designs for, same kind of spear see theory. >> rose: you're saying clearly it's not true and it's not true to suggest it. >> that's not true but very open end frankly, what we have been saying that we need to exercise, to utilize advantages about regional integration. we have created the customs union between kazakhstan. they are joining the union and think some other countries in central asia may join the union and we are offering memberships to the union for ukraine. they could not make up for their mind, they could be figure out how that could be coordinated. >> rose: you don't have any objec to ukraine having a good and positive relationship for the european union period. >> our objective is for all of us to have relationship between all of

it's our opponents it's vladmir putin. if the american people see that vladmir putin sees that. >> when it comes to safety 49 percent of americans see america safer. 41 percent of the voters think the u.s. has been too weak on its stance. >> fireworks on the hill as they wonder why they have handed over e-mails of lois lerner. >> she could be found in contempt of court in the near future. >> the document clearly responsive to the subpoena are clearly not committed. >> we never said we would run p. >> i am asking you yes or no? >> we are going to respond to the subpoena. >> we will talk to the justice department the guys that give us the e-mail won't give us the e-mail. >> he says it will take years to hand over the e-mails. she has taken the 5th the past two times she has testified on the hill. trey gowdy laid out what he wants to see happen next. >> this is what i would do if i was running the show. commissioner you are going to come back next wednesday and you are going to sit at the table until we get the documents. one

. >> ukraine is not giving up its fight for crimea even though russian troops are there and vladmir putin is annex crimea and even though they raised the russian flag over the ukrainian navy building. the acting defense minister says ukrainian forces will not withdraw from crimea. he says quote, no, we will stay. viesz president biden is saying they will defend them. he warn pd putin the west is ready to put more pressure on russia. >> the political economic isolation will only increase if it continues down its kurr p rent path and it will in fact see additional sanctions by the united states and the eu. >>> ob monday they imposed sanctions on russia and crimea including freezing assets and banning international travel. one top putin aide is not impressed. he said quote the only things that interest me in the u.s. are two pack shakur, allen ginsburg. i don't need a visa to access their work. >> one of the president obama's critics back home says the president doesn't seem to have a strong international strategy. >> this president is not prepared has not anticipated and is not active. on l

prime minister, do you think these sanctions will change vladmir putin's calculation, cause him to back down? do you see -- where do you see a russian red line where if they go any further, into eastern ukraine and moldova where options beyond sanctions have to be considered? >> thank you. >> well, jonathan, i think if the premise of the question is that whenever the united states objects to an action and other countries don't immediately do exactly what we want, that that has been the norm. that would pretty much erase most of 20th century history. i think there is a distinction between us being very clear about what we think is an appropriate action, what we stand for, what principles we believe in versus what is, i guess, implied in the question, that we should engage in some sort of military action to prevent something. the truth of the matter is that the world has always been messy. what the united states has been consistently able to do and continue to be able to do is mobilize the international community around a set of principles and norms and where our own self-defense may not

talks tough as vladmir putin consolidates his hold on crimea. emanded russian forces withdraw and go back to their bases. putin refusing to budge saying his moves are consistent with international law. new video this morning shows the chaotic scene in crimea. a female protestors being dragged away by her hair. lawmakers in crimea have voted to leave ukraine to join mother russia. >> new poll numbers are out and they are showing what americans really think about obamacare. the enrollment deadline is fast approaching. a new report shows obamacare's key demographic isn't going for it. how the administration is now trying to get more people enrolled. good morning, doug. >> good morning. you can almost feel a sense of panic at the white house now that we are three weeks away from the enrollment deadline. now they can make a difference. >> i can take a lunch break, i can take an hour. i am happy to be here. >> this is part of an official white house video showing the president meeting with digital influence stars of youtube and other web sites and foll

. >> russian president vladmir putin also not budging. his push for crimea will remain a part of the ukraine or to join russia. >> kentucky senator rand paul looking forward to 2016 after the zik tory in the cpac sprau poll. that is nearly three times the total of his nearest competitor sex texas senator ted cruz. he will talk about the future of the republican party. >> can we do things different to get the party bigger? is tlur always ways to make it bigger i don't spend any time trying to criticize others in the party i realize the party has to be bigger not smaller. >> his next mission winning over younger voters who helped put president obama in office. >> it was just like 2012 all over again inside jacksonville international airport. mitt romney tweeted out this photo of himself with ryan and the family. the two were returning from an event. ryan tweeted out a similar photo. >> after a string of snowstorms and the low temperatures many are kicking off the workweek with milder weather. >> it was nice this past weekend in some places.

will vladmir putin listen to him or is he plotting his next move? >> an honor student who doesn't want to follow the rules. the 17-year-old is suing her own parents for college tuition. you will hear both sides of the fachly drama. >> he delivered pizza to the most famous actor in the world. now we have the answer to the question everyone is asking, did he get a tip? fox and friends first starts right now. ♪>> good morning to you. that is outside new york city this morning. it is march 4th. two-days away from ash wednesday. hard to believe spring is around the corner. >> i am ainsley earhardt. >> i am heather childers. half past the top of the hour we begin with a show down in the ukraine. at this hour secretary of state john kerry on his way to that region to put pressure on putin to stand down. >> will diplomacy be enough? doug luzader in live with more. >> another good morning. mixed signals for russia as the dangerous standoff continues. as u.s. secretary of state john kerry prepares to head to the region after overseeing pro have beening tive m

president obama slapping new stations on vladmir putin's inner circle.ussia responding with its own list of sanctions targeting congressional leaders. putin will open an account and the pank targeted. >> this is pure foolishness what's going on now. nobody should operate under the illusion that they are saying they couldn't get it it has no effect on the behavior. >> russian sanctions bar nine from john mccain, mccain tweeting this. i guess it means my spring break in siberia is of oh. secret bank account in moscow is frozen. >> a search is underway for a child that virginia police say is in extreme danger. they have issued he was last seen at leb blon -- lebanon and middle school. police say he was likely taken by his father in a turm truck with a company name snow bird trucking painted on the side of the truck. it has virginia license plate 784-71 py. police say they could also be in a burgundy powered diesel truck headed toward virginia or ohio. if you see this little boy you are asked to call police. >> three teenagers accused in a slil kill pleading

they want to make sure these are key political players and cronies, people close to vladmir putin. to emphasize that. this is hitting at the heart of russian government and the action that has been taken. some of the people not named on the new executive order included in the prior round of sanctions include the former president and prime minister of ukraine, as well as the acting prime minister of crimea. today, the eu sanctioned individuals as well. 21 of them. in total, the u.s. has sanctioned 11 people. if the u.s. is so much in coordination with the eu, as the cord has continued, why would those lists be so different. officials said that they are very well coordinated and that these lists overlap. with so many governments contributing together with the european union, they had some categories of sanctions that the u.s. hasn't tackled but could. >> one of those listed, victor yanukovych. the former u cain yan president that has now sought and received refuge in russia, in the stage, yanukovich is being designated for threatening the peace, security, sovereignty of ukraine and f

it's interesting, even though vladmir putin toutles himself as a report lead er he has all thee other concern, all these other documents are we are getting killed that will get them to calm down when you are losing money like that. >> it will get anybody's attention, part of him obviously goes back to the whole old russian thinking. we will do what we got to do to win. this guy is taking the cash as well. believe me, when you blink after you won something without firing a shot. does the markets matter? >> not the markets in russia. the markets in investment by russian billionaires in the west. in miami real estate, in u.s. stocks, in european stocks. hidden in swiss bank accounts. that's how you toppling. you make them angry. you make them toxic. >> you go to putin and say we don't like what you are doing. >> you are messing with our money. shoot, he owns the brooklyn nets. >> that's his problem. >> he had a problem with putin because he got caught with the hookers in switzerland that time, that saved him. >> remember the hooker scandal? >> this gets down to having kwuts, it's really

we have 130,000 dead syrians now vladmir putin does seem to have intense resolve to move forward. does he push the president's hand? because the president has been perceived and called out for being weak on foreign policy do you see that scenario playing out if. >> i think you put it exactly correctly. there is one president on this stage who has resolve and unfortunately it is not barack obama. putin has his number. he has seen that despite an agreement for syria to give up its chemical weapons, an agreement by the way that russia brokered, syria has given up 11% of its chemical weapons. what has barack obama said? absolutely nothing. putin believes he can occupy and even annex crimea without obama doing anything. that is the lesson so far. cheryl: you wrote in a piece this morning that you say american interests are in america. that is how this president is operating. american interests has been in america and that is why he has been so weak on foreign policy fair enough. this is different from what in , and syria we have economic interests. russia of course is exporting natural

saudi arabia's king for the third time before receiving a phone call from his russian counterpart vladmir putin. the white house said that putin had called to discuss a u.s. proposal for a diplomatic resolution to the ukraine crisis. obama reportedly suggested that moscow respond in writing. the country's foreign ministers have already spoken on the phone to discuss further contacts. the developments come as u.s. fears were mounting that russia might be preparing to invade eastern ukraine following its annesmation of crimea. >> you've seen a range of troops massing along that border under the guise of military exercises but these are not what russia would normally be doing. and it may simply be an effort to intimidate ukraine or it may be that they've got additional plans. >> the u.s. has made it clear such an invasion would be unacceptable. >> there will be further consequences that will hurt russia even more and further isolate them diplomatically economically or military. >> on friday putin praised the russian's military's actions in crimea. they ordered ukrainian troops who wished to serve