ground in ukraine. we also heard from a statement from the g-7 saying they are suspending preparations ahead of the g-8 summit in sochi, russia. at the moment here in brussels, the mood not exactly one of optimism but there is hope for a long-term diplomatic solution. kate? erin, thanks so much. this morning u.s. and world leaders, as erin was laying out, really considering all options. what are those options, especially in the near term? to discuss, i m jiend by christiane amanpour. a lot of questions remain. there are no easy answers to what the u.s. can and should do at this point. what do you think when you look at the dynamic as it stands today? what s the most likely immediate move that you could say? well, first and foremost this is the most serious east/west conflict since the end of the cold war, make no mistake about it. this is an absolutely critical crisis that s going on right now and it is really challenging everybody. you heard what erin said, that
allegiance to ukraine. secretary of state john kerry will visit kiev tomorrow. he s warned russia it faces eviction from the g-8 and other measures if the troops don t pull out of crimea. what is the situation there on the ground? joining us from kiev is cnn s anderson cooper, the host of ac360. thank you for joining us. what have you been able to figure out on the ground? reporter: well, it s obviously an incredibly tense situation here in kiev. as you said, the government here, this is a shaky government at best. there s an interim prime minister and interim president. they re only recently taken command of the country. this is the last thing in the world they wanted to be facing, a military incursion, or what appears to be certainly russian troops on the ground, in effect in control in the crimea. as you said, in the last 24 hours, even overnight hours here sunday night, we have seen
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to her black sea fleet, and the treaty that she has with ukraine expires in 2017. this is not the way for russia to plod her way forward in that region of the world. so it s a very unfortunate set of circumstances, very dangerous and one in which the world community is rightly taking a deep interest. so i commend the president for his work with i d like to say g-8 but it looks like g-7 at this point. i m glad the president is talking along with mrs. merkel of germany to president putin. those discussions need to continue, but the world community has to pay attention, support ukraine s military in its effort to defend its homeland. now, let s pick up on that, former ambassador. even though the congresswoman is rightly referring to russia as
thank you both for joining us this morning. congresswoman, let me start with you. interesting contrast for you in this situation. your family emigrated from ukraine, you had an uncle who was in the gulag for 20 years, yet you say with the benefit of perspective you understand russia s military posture in crimea. why? well, first of all, i join with all of my colleagues and president obama in condemning the incursion of russia into crimea in violation of all treaties of all alliances that she has. as a permanent member of the united nations, this is absolutely the most serious test of our alliances since the cold war ended. this is a very dangerous situation. ukraine is a weak state and russia is taking advantage of that. having said that, crimea is home