the border to have them continue to do so, perhaps seize some terrain on the ukraine side of the border and ask for russian assistance. that would be difficult for us, too. remains to be seen what putin will do and as i mentioned putin himself maybe doesn t know what he s doing. the state department ordering all nonemergency workers to leave the u.s. embassy in kyev. what does that signal to you? the administration is concerned with something of a repeat of what happened in afghanistan. the worst situation to have americans trapped inside ukraine. we re not sending troops in to get them out because then we re fighting the russians. the sooner the americans get out of there, the easier it is for the administration if the russians conduct a full-scale
you are live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta. we start with breaking news on the effort to avoid a global crisis as u.s. officials warn russia could invade ukraine at any moment. a critical phone call today between joe biden and putin failed to address russia s main security concerns according to a russian presidential aide. biden warned of severe conse consequences for my misstep but an official tells cnn they may attack regardless. the u.s. secretary of defense has pulled some u.s. forces out of ukraine, moving them elsewhere in europe. the state department has ordered all nonemergency staff to leave the u.s. embassy in kyiv and they have warned americans the time to get out is not now, but it s passed time. no one s coming to your rescue once the conflict is underway. that according to american officials. but inside ukraine, the message
critical supply route to the u.s. are now defying a judge s order and could be forcibly removed. new day starts right now. we re always so grateful to have your company on this saturday, february 12th. thank you for waking up with us. good morning to you, phil. good morning, christi. it s not a slow day. it s a packed one. let s start with the crisis in ukraine. the state department is warning all nonemergency staff to leave kyiv. they re urging all americans to get out of the country. we encourage all american citizens who remain in ukraine to depart immediately.
mauritian government, in a very bold, some would say provocative move, has come here under its own steam, insisting that it has the right of exercising its right to visit what it considers its own territory. so this is a really important moment in the tug of war between britain and mauritius over these incredibly isolated, but strategically very important islands. mauritius insisting they are theirs. you can hear there, a campaigner who has campaigned for so long in british courts for the right to return to live on these islands. very angry, getting worked up, criticising the british government saying it is long overdue that britain announces its sovereignty and let the people of chagos return to live here. the us government are confirming that the us embassy in kyiv is ordering nonemergency staff to leave
a critical supply route rout to the u.s., now defying a judge s order and could be forcibly removed. and a dream quarantined. the athletes who finally made it all the way to the olympics only to be taken out of competition by the coronavirus . good morning and welcome to your new day. it s saturday, february 12th. and, christi, there s a lot going on. there certainly is. let s talk about, first of all, the major new development in the ukraine crisis, phil. yeah. the state department has now ordered all nonemergency staff to leave the embassy in kiev. the u.s. officials have already been urging u.s. americans to get out of the country. president biden calling for all u.s. citizens to leave. american citizens should