need our help. they ve asked for our help with this regard. from the seventh charter, from the u.n. charter of the territorial assembly, agreement on prenfriendship and assistanc with the people of donetsk, the people of luhansk, a decision has been made of a special military operation. its aim is to defend the people who for eight years put up with terrible humiliation. that happened just before 10:00 eastern here just before 7:00 a.m. in ukraine. i want to bring in now general wesley clark to respond to all of this. he is saying that they strive to demilitarize and denazify ukraine as well as repeating this baseless claim of genocide in the country s donbas region
sense to go forward with that meeting at this time. so tonight, the world is waiting to see what vladimir putin will do next. earlier today, he spoke to the russian press about his demands, saying he wanted ukraine to renounce its ambitions to join nato, to demilitarize, and to recognize russia sovereignty over crimea, the region that putin illegally cry the remarks came just minutes after the use military force abroad. and this evening, a ukraine, president is a lewinsky called up the military reserves, urging his people to fight for the country and their freedom. nbc news correspondent matt bradley joins us live in the east in ukrainian city of kharkiv, which is 25 miles from the russian border. matt, what has the military presence and buildup in like in your area where you are right now? as you mentioned, alex, we
from ukraine. smoke rising from the embassy in kyiv after staff was seen carrying in what appeared to be boxes of documents. despite kremlin denials that russian troops have already deployed into the east of ukraine, images have emerged of what seem to be russian tanks and armored personnel carriers there. putin issuing three demands. that ukraine abandon it goal of joining nato. to demilitarize. and to negotiate with the separatists. none of this is likely to be acceptable to the ukrainian government. president zelenskyy issuing a strong and defiant message, saying, we want peace, but we have a right to self-defense. in a rousing address to the nation, he said, we are on our land and we owe nothing to anyone. it s a view shared by the mayor of kyiv, vitaly klitschko, a former world heavyweight boxing champion. he may have hung up his gloves a long time ago, but he knows that the time may soon be here where he has to fight once more.
saying he wanted ukraine to renounce its ambitions to join nato, to demilitarize, and to recognize russia sovereignty over crimea, the region that putin illegally cry the remarks came just minutes after the use military force abroad. and this evening, a ukraine, president is a lewinsky called up the military reserves, urging his people to fight for the country and their freedom. nbc news correspondent matt bradley joins us live in the east in ukrainian city of kharkiv, which is 25 miles from the russian border. matt, what has the military presence and buildup in like in your area where you are right now? as you mentioned, alex, we are 25 miles away from the russian border and just over the border, we are hearing from technologists, not verified by nbc news, and other analysts groups were seeing attack helicopters, the sukhoi attack jets, and we are starting to see self propelled houser s, tanks, lots of dynamic
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