we do not think that we need to panic. we think these risks are indeed very high because we have more troops, 150,000 troops on our borders. yes, indeed, that s a big risk. but a very big risk if we respond, if we do respond to one provocation or the other. and although on the temporary occupied territories we have a lot of provocations, and we see them, we see how through the mass media they re disseminating different provocative information. we need to preserve our stability, we need to keep calm and be adults. in this time, ukraine s army is more adult than others. we have a team of reporters all around the world following every moment of these fast-moving developments. we have more from the white house and the security countries in munich, germany. i want to begin with jill dougherty in moscow.
outside observers there reporting a sharp escalation in cr sees fire violations along the front line. this is where many fear a russian provocation could take place. for its part in a document sent to washington today moscow denied that russia was planning to invade but warned it would be forced to take, quote, military technical measures if its demands on rolling back nato expansion are not met. so there is that. there is moscow s expulsion of the american chief of mission, the bridge that was there yesterday but is gone today. a big security conference gearing up in munich, and much more. as only cnn can we ve got live coverage across the board. kaitlan collins at the white house, clarissa ward in kyiv and senior contributor jill dougherty in moscow. reporter: the ukrainian military has brought us nearly
you don t see any polling showing that they want a war. it is more the feeling that war is being forced on russia. but in any case, there is some protests and that it is continuing. a couple things there, jill, i mean, one is if that is the attitude among many russians, that this conflict is being forced upon them, that is a sign that russian propaganda is working with a significant portion of the population. but at the same time, we re looking at these images in st. petersburg where russian police are getting physical with these protestors. and it says to me putin cannot keep a lid on this in his own country, jill. reporter: that is true. i mean, you know, these people are very brave because over the period of actually a number of years, people have gone into the streets but the police have taken different techniques and initially they would arrest everybody. back in the 2012, pretty much,
they re stopping short of calling this an invasion. they re trying to keep people calm. but there is a sickening sense of dread, i think, developing among many people. you hear anecdotally of a lot more people looking into potentially leaving or at least exploring their options. and i think the question that some have now is that while ukrainian leaders say they still favor a diplomatic peaceful solution, it s not clear at this stage what the off ramp is. how on earth does this situation now de-escalate? we have seen that meeting canceled between blinken and lavrov. what is the next opportunity for diplomacy to play out? because at this stage, there s no real inkling that russia any longer has an interest in participating in that process. and jill, vladimir putin said some outrageous things on tv, speaking to the russian people and the world. i m curious, and the russian stock market fell today. there have been sanctions issued today. i am curious what the reaction
you hear anecdotally of a lot more people looking into potentially leaving or at least exploring their options. and i think the question that some have now is that while ukrainian leaders say they still favor a diplomatic peaceful solution, it s not clear at this stage what the off ramp is. how on earth does this situation now de-escalate? we have seen that meeting canceled between blinken and lavrov. what is the next opportunity for diplomacy to play out? because at this stage, there s no real inkling that russia any longer has an interest in participating in that process. and jill, vladimir putin said some outrageous things on tv, speaking to the russian people and the world. i m curious, and the russian stock market fell today. there have been sanctions issued today. i am curious what the reaction among the russian people has been. the russian people seem to be probably i would say half are