peace. earlier today in a highly choreographed event he met with his country s top security officials floated the idea of recognizing sovereignty of russian separatists groups in donetsk and luhansk. pro russian groups control about a third of those provinces in eastern ukraine. then in a televised putin at light his vision for ukraine. he described the country as a historical part of russia calling it part of our culture. and said it was run by a quote puppet regime controlled by the west. he then signed a decree recognizing the independence of dynastic and lungs. condemnation was swift. the white house announced an executive order amounting investment, trade, and financing with the breakaway regions. secretary of state antony blinken wrote, this decision directly contradicts russia s claim commitment to diplomacy. and it is a clear attack on ukraine sovereignty and territorial integrity.
regrets germany s suspension certification and hopes the delay is temporary. the former russian president has tweeted the german chancellor is issued in order to hold the process. well. i that means he is unimpressed. welcome to a new world where europeans may seem, and he goes on, will continue world where europeans may soon pay 2000 euros for a one cubic metre of national gas. europe does rely on russia for 40% of its natural gas. let s look at oil. this wasn t its level since 2014 after moscow ordered troops to breakaway regions. this was a short while ago. it reached $99, 50 cents earlier in the day. fears that russian energy exports could be disrupted by any conflict and best sanctions. european gas futures rose by as much as 10%. to what extent did russia anticipate the sanctions? let s talk
we are out of time. thank you! i love you, america. and texas! shannon: welcome to fox news @ night. i m shannon bream in washington. troops go to breakaway regions in eastern ukraine. united states is evacuating its embassy staff to western ukraine relocating to poland. tensions are escalate in that region. we have a breaking report seconds away.
the breakaway regions inside ukraine are seen as a powder keg located over the russian border 3. million people live there and speak russians an hundreds of thousands already hold russian passports. russian state television airing a tsunami of propaganda, at times sounding like conflict has already about, but on the streets of moscow russian people we spoke to still hoping to avoid war. do you think there will be a war in ukraine? i love russia. i love ukraine. peace of peace. reporter: you want peace? yes. i think it is not in the interest of russia, and it s not in the interest of usa. joining us now from nbc news foreign correspondent matt bradley. matt, i ve been watching your coverage for week. you ve been seeing this evolve firsthand. i m curious. what s your assessment of what s
peace. earlier today in a highly choreographed event he met with his country s top security officials floated the idea of recognizing sovereignty of russian separatists groups in donetsk and luhansk. pro russian groups control about a third of those provinces in eastern ukraine. then in a televised putin at light his vision for ukraine. he described the country as a historical part of russia calling it part of our culture. and said it was run by a quote puppet regime controlled by the west. he then signed a decree recognizing the independence of dynastic and lungs. condemnation was swift. the white house announced an executive order amounting investment, trade, and financing with the breakaway regions. secretary of state antony blinken wrote, this decision directly contradicts russia s claim commitment to diplomacy. and it is a clear attack on ukraine sovereignty and territorial integrity. secretary general the united nations said quote, the un remains fully supportive of the soverei