that ukrainian forces are putting up a fight where you are. a fight where you are. well, yeah, we are in south-eastern a fight where you are. well, yeah, we are in south-eastern ukraine i a fight where you are. well, yeah, | we are in south-eastern ukraine in we are in south eastern ukraine in dnipro, on the river, a very important spot in this country, because the river dissects the country into east and west, and in the east of ukraine there has been a war for some 80 years now. the front line has been firm, but now the militia are being backed by russian troops. we know there has been significant fighting along that line for some time, and that is why, with russian forces attempting to move this way, and from the south and north too, that is why i am this blood bank in dnipro city, and you can see behind me there is a queue of people that has formed. you know, ukrainians, young, many of them, older people too, but i spoke to it workers and students, they have come here because th
is eerily quiet. then. the whole of is eerily quiet. then. the whole of luhansk- is eerily quiet. then. the whole of luhansk and - is eerily quiet. then. tue: whole of luhansk and don is eerily quiet. then. tte: whole of luhansk and don yates, which represents. mr whole of luhansk and don yates, which represents. . . which represents. air raid sirens wail. which represents. air raid sirens wail. we which represents. air raid sirens wail. we have - which represents. air raid sirens wail. we have just. which represents. air raid - sirens wail. we have just heard sirens wail. we havejust heard a siren go for the first time, we haven t heard that before. this is a very worrying warning for people in the capital city, and beyond. this is what the fear had been all along. after weeks of uncertainty, - fear had been all along. after| weeks of uncertainty, russia s president, vladimir putin, addressed the nation, around 6am moscow time. translation: we will strive for the demilitarisati
irrational? shannon, it s a great question. it depends on the costs imposed on putin on this current endeavor. we have got to make him pay. he s got to pay any number of ways. he s got to pay economically. he s got to pay politically. the difference between this invasion and the 2014 in crimea is the russians were excited. they were happy about that invasion. now there are protests at home for putin. that s what he s got to face. that s my biggest concern as it relates to eastern europe is if we don t shore up the nato alliance and prove that we are serious, he might take back turn to a nato country. like you said, that will trigger article five and that s the best way to stumble into the war. that s the problem altogether with the biden administration. under president trump, we operated under the reagan doctrine of peace through strength. america first. our adversaries understood that
europe, so that something as he heard mr blank and talking about is one of the key things that they have been talking about all along that they will make sure they are showing that they are committed to nato and they will help to beef up the forces of nato to reassure allies on the russian ukrainian border, and also send the message that nato is standing together and standing strong. standing together and standing stronu. , ., strong. i m sure you heard the re ort strong. i m sure you heard the report from strong. i m sure you heard the report from our strong. i m sure you heard the report from our colleague - strong. i m sure you heard the report from our colleague a i strong. i m sure you heard the - report from our colleague a moment to go with a clip from anthony blinking saying we want to ensure these troops don t go beyond ukraine, but i m sure people in ukraine, but i m sure people in ukraine are wanting america to get more involved in the fact that russians are there in t
following day municipal workers will come and pick them all up and take them. look, another no war sign here. another picture of boris nemtsov here as well. he was a leading opposition politician, a problem for the kremlin when he was shot and killed. and for the first time so far since the invasion of ukraine began, the ministry of defense here in russia admitting that some of their soldiers have been killed and some of them wounded. but these end to the war protests, they re continuing. they re going on. so many people here opposed to the war. not everyone. a lot of people still support president putin. but many, many are coming out to say they don t. nic robertson, cnn, moscow. i m michael holmes live in lviv, ukraine. i will be back at the top of the hour. anna coren, though, picks up on the roast telephone day s news after this quick break. i ll see you in a bit.