blood type, know where there are shelters and hiding places near you. and information also and plans on evacuations and stuff like that. i will say, as for the people, there is a sense of anticipation here. you know, created by, you know, russia s troop mobilization of course, but the dire u.s. and other western nation warnings of what they call possibly action on the ground. perhaps this week, although they have offered no hard evidence of that. i will say day to day ukrainians are getting on with life. usual daily routines they are continuing given the language and the troop movements and people here i would say are concerned, but not by any means panicking or showing anything like fear. they are aware. they are concerned. they are worried, but getting on with it. as i said, ukraine s leaders continue to urge calm while at the same time they are emphasizing their own preparedness for whatever might
more now on the breaking news from ukraine where government officials say a russian invasion has begun. cnn reporters have reported explosions near the capital of kyiv. president volodymyr zelenskyy is introducing martial law and urging ukrainians not to panic. russian president vladimir putin announced a special operation in the donbas region in eastern ukraine. dramatic military escalation by vladimir putin has been swiftly condemned by many world leaders, including the u.s. president, who said it was an unprovoked and unjustified attack. live to the pentagon now and cnn reporter. what s the latest assessment from the pentagon on the extent of the russian troop mobilization? reporter: talking to my sources both in washington and in the region, at this point we understand it is still very much the fog of war. the defense department and the u.s. intelligence community are
Separatist leaders in eastern Ukraine ordered a full military mobilization amid a spike of violence in the war-torn region and fears in the West that Russia might use the strife as a pretext for an invasion.
seen as a major victory at the time for u.s. diplomacy here. it looks like leader kim jong-un who says he s angry about new sanctions and the ongoing war games happening not far away, he seems to be undoing any signs of progress made in the past. that said, experts are still calling this plant the reopening of a more symbolic it was partially destroyed, it s going to take years to rebuild and to reopen. meanwhile, peter, we re at day three of the effectively declaring a war by kim on south korea and the u.s. and we have so far seen no signs of north korean troop mobilization, any sign of imminent attack at all. back to you. jim, one follow-up question quickly. there was a lot of conversation now specifically from experts on that region that there are some calculus behind this for kim jong-un, specifically that