lit on is to do with the fact that the eu has started sanctioning 27 people and entities. they include the chief of staff to putin s residual executive office and the defence minister, so not exactly unlikely names in there. the question will really be is 27 individuals and entities enough? yes and somehow there have been questions here about whether the british government should have gone further, questions from the opposition parties and a number of conservatives, too. opposition parties and a number of conservatives, too. clearly concern from across conservatives, too. clearly concern from across the conservatives, too. clearly concern from across the house conservatives, too. clearly concern from across the house and - conservatives, too. clearly concern from across the house and the - from across the house and the conservative back benches if you mentioned as well as labour and the other mentioned as well as labour and the other parties in westminster and there other par
interest in retaking. yes, and we have heard within the last hour. interest in retaking. yes, and we l have heard within the last hour or two of this apparent separatist appeal to russia which could be the pretext that obviously i wonder if these from pages will actually change because this is clearly moving at the moment, but honestly we also had to be very careful about the information that s coming out. yeah, and if you say is difficult to know yeah, and if you say is difficult to know exactly what s going on on the ground know exactly what s going on on the ground when we are clearly not there ground when we are clearly not there but ground when we are clearly not there. but very concerning reports about there. but very concerning reports about the there. but very concerning reports about the letters that had been sent to president putin asking for help to president putin asking for help to deal to president putin asking for help to deal with ukrainian aggression and t
who held off on mobilising troops has called up the reservists and we hear ukrainians are buying more guns, and some world leaders i met in munich last week said, i don t think president putin is going to attack, they are changing their mind and their language. the big, consequential questions are still hanging over kyiv tonight. how far is president putin prepared to go? how far is the west prepared to go to stop him or at least to try? lyse doucet, our to stop him or at least to try? lyse doucet, our chief to stop him or at least to try? lyse doucet, our chief international correspondent. much to ponder. that s it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. have a very good night.
the guardian report the situation in ukraine a state of emergency as the us warns putin is ready to invade. the i also report on the state of emergency in ukraine as it feels a knot of fear . the ft says that brussels hits putin s inner circle as us hardens it s invasion warning to russia. meanwhile, the metro report that putin has gone full tonto in response to comments made by defence secretary ben wallace over the russian president sending troops into ukraine. meanwhile, the telegraph say that chancellor rishi sunak vows to slash the tax burden. but not just yet. the daily mirror simply say, welcome to hell. so, let s begin. with the guardian if we can and operate let s begin with you because the front page is leading with ukraine. it is still moving with developments obviously coming in all the time on this. but everyone is warning of a potentially imminent threat here. warning of a potentially imminent threat here-
warning of a potentially imminent threathere. , ., , . ., threat here. yes, actually. we have had us intelligence threat here. yes, actually. we have had us intelligence last threat here. yes, actually. we have had us intelligence last week- had us intelligence last week indicating they thought they would be an attack imminently then and obviously the suggestion still is that that could come very soon. white house officials are saying in the next 48 hours because they say the next 48 hours because they say the way that president putin has moved his troops mean that they are all going to have to start getting very tired quite soon. so they think he is going to have to launch is offensive. obviously ukraine is also having to gear up to prepare for the threat of invasion and some the report here tonight are about reservists being mobilised, about 3 million ukrainians who were living in russia being told to try and come home, so it s one of those very messy situations where it s hard f