continuing video on russian tv and cnn s reporting of people loading up women and children, loading up on buses and going off to russia. so at this stage, you know, a diplomatic track, but i think arlette covered that quite well, and it does not seem to be leading to anything specific, at least at this point. yeah. certainly no signs of de-escalation. jill dougherty in moscow, jim sciutto on the ground in ukraine, arlette saenz at the white house. thanks so much. in eastern ukraine the buildup of troops on the border escalated tensions. a town was visited there. its name new york and he spoke with a family who fear a russian invasion is imminent. reporter: in a small town called new york in eastern ukraine, and a short flight for a mortar bomb from rebel territory lies this street. after eight years of war so close to the front line, homes
the president saying that putin is creating a rational to take more territory by force. joe biden says he has no intention of going to war with russia. but the united states and its allies will defend every inch of nato territory. that is the second of state tony blinken cancels a summit with russian s foreign minister warning democracy is under attack and calling this the greatest threat to security in europe since world war ii. his plan all along has been to invade ukraine, to control ukraine and its people, to destroy ukraine s democracy which offers a stark contrast to the autocracy he leads, to reclaim ukraine as a part of russia. that s why this is the greatest threat to security in europe since world war ii. we have around the world coverage here on cnn. let s get to cnn s m.j. lee, at the white house, oren liebermann at the pentagon, jill dougherty in moscow, and cnn remilitary analyst, retired air force colonel cedric leighton
sergey lavrov saying russia has not been serious about diplomacy but left the door open if it might prevent all-out war. meantime, germany put certification of the nord stream 2 pipeline on hold. germany is russia s largest gas customer. f-35 fighters and apache attack helicopters already in europe are being redeployed to the baltic states and poland, and u.n. secretary-general gutierrez called russia s actions so far a violation of ukraine s sovereignty and territorial integrity and characterized russian forces as a, quote, perversion of the concept of peace keeping. back home as well, politics entered the equation with mitch mcconnell and others saying the administration s botched pull-out from afghanistan signaled weakness and encouraged vladimir putin s aggression. we have a lot to cover tonight, starting as only cnn can, in all the hot spots. clarissa ward is in kyiv. contributor and criminologist jill dougherty in moscow, and in
foreign weapons, at zelenskyy said, he needs more of those. he was offered by a chance from the europeans and americans to evacuate, he said, i don t need a ride, i need weapons. he said, not tomorrow, but now. jim? all right. alex marquardt, stand by. flag for us if you see any more or hear any more gunfire. i want to go to jill dougherty in moscow. i ve been really anxious to talk with you, jill. russia s disinformation campaign continues. they won t report casualties that they sustained in this fight. they don t want to acknowledge that the ukrainians are putting up more of a resistance than previously anticipated. we shouldn t even say we now know, but we ve known for a long time not to trust anything they
meeting, the french came out essentially saying that they are more worried, you know, about esca escalation. in fact, a spokesperson said there are good reasons to fear that civilians will be targeted more massively and without precautions by the russians. so that is coming after the conversation between president macron indirectly with putin. it s a very worrying sign. jill, oren, phil and matthew, please stand by. thank you so much. the world has turned upside down in ukraine in just a matter of days. now a couple who got married just hours after russia invaded their country, they are fighting to defend ukraine. you re going to meet them next.