bags in front of the kremlin so that everybody can see what is really going on and his information machine can t hide that from his own scitizens. yeah, you started a recent cnn op-ed by asking what s the only real deterrent to a ukraine ukraine invasion by putin? so so what is the answer to that, given the the situation right now? it is his public. it s his defeat mechanism. the public in russia, for where this war is not really popular. and i don t think we understand that in the less. this is not something people are necessary hi rallying around the flag for. they have to see what is really going on. they have to see the real pi pictures in ukraine when the shooting starts and they have see that there are real russians that are coming back as casualties. and then the sanctions need to hit, and essentially need to say to the russian public do you want this guy leading you? right? is this what you want? is this the future you want?
latest with living with covid, ending restrictions just as the more contagious, and potentially more deadly subvariant of omicron takes hold. welcome, everyone. the russian president, vladimir putin, has now ordered troops into parts of eastern ukraine controlled by russian-backed separatists. the u.s. says russian troops could mobilize within hours. and the state department is moving diplomats in western ukraine, over the border to poland for the night. mr. putin s deployment order came, just hours after he signed a decree recognizing those breakaway regions as independent republics. separatists there have long had backing from the kremlin. u.s., ukrainian, and nato officials say moscow supplies
ukraine. the president says this move denies russia the chance to profit from its blatant violations of international law, as he put it. and the u.s. will continue to chosely closely consult and allies and partners, he said, including ukraine on next steps. meantime, america s top diplomat antony blinken had this warning for russia quoting here kremlin recognition of the so-called people s republics as independent requires a sbift and firm response and we will take appropriate steps in coordination with partners, unquote. for more reaction, let s bring in cnn white house correspondent arlette saenz. arlette, bring ups up to date o the white house s position, and what actions it s taking and what actions it s not yet taking. well michael, the white house continues to sound the alarm ant a threat of a further invasion into ukraine, especially following those moves russian president vladimir putin took
th red there on your screen. and russia s u.n. envoy says they won t allow a bloodbath. ukrainian authorities denied any such attack. vladimir putin called on them to immediately halt hostilities and said if they don t, any bloodshed would be their fault. now, the russian president claims the forces deployed in the breakaway areas of eastern ukraine are part of a peacekeeping mission. cnn s matthew chance has a closer h closer look kremlin s perspective. this is the moment vladimir putin further escalated this dangerous standoff with ukraine. signing a presidential decree that would unilaterally redraw ukraine s borders and set back any prospects of diplomacy. translator: i consider it necessary to make a long-overdue decision to immediately recognize the independence and sovereignty of the people s republic. for years, those self-styled
ambassador denounce what russia is doing bringing in so-called peacekeepers into the two regions in eastern ukraine. well, most of the countries here on the security council denounced what was done and condemned moscow. the russian ambassador said, look, there is not gonna be a b bloodbath in eastern ukraine. he called it a verbal assault in the security council, from the amount of countries that were denouncing moscow. china played it straight down the middle, as it always does. appealing and calling for restraint, no violence, and diplomacy. the united kingdom joined the u.s. in saying they will be revealing new sanctions on moscow. the ukrainian ambassador, when he took his mask off due to covid rules, says there is a virus that is coming from the kremlin and the u.n. is sick and it it just depends on if the united nations now will succumb to what russia is doing. michael. all right.