in rabid hands is that the kremlin trust him and that putin knows he is not going to cause trouble. putin knows he is not going to cause trouble. within 48 hours of putin meeting cause trouble. within 48 hours of putin meeting his cause trouble. within 48 hours of putin meeting his oligarchs, the yacht was on the move. eye walked past the yacht was on the move. e2 walked past the birth the yacht was on the move. e12 walked past the birth of galactica super nova and she was gone. galactica super nova and she was gone- was gone. two days after the invasion of was gone. two days after the invasion of ukraine, - was gone. two days after the j invasion of ukraine, galactica super nova sailed from the port of barcelona. she passed around the coast of italy and arrived in montenegro on i the coast of italy and arrived in montenegro on 1 march. but within 24 hours she set sail again. within 24 hours she set sail aiain. ~ , within 24 hours she set sail aiain.~ , again. we see galactic
two-thirds of the donetsk and luhansk lands to be enough to push crippling sanctions on putin? putin is trying to see you while we have a weak president, while the situation in europe is changing because of the energy situation, how far can he go? i think we may get past this conflict, but wondering what will putin do you next year after he takes the other two-thirds of his territory? what will he do next? sandra: i m just getting rough translation in my ear of some of what vladimir putin is saying. acknowledging the separation, ukraine is our brother, he has said. i will get more for you as it comes in. but we don t have an immediate translation. we will get more for you, fred. at trouble putin that ukraine is going that it is becoming
second largest city is defended in this moment, and just over the border from russia, whether that would be more of a likelihood for putin to come in and invade. the big area of concern right now is the east. you make a great point. there are a number of ukrainian cities that have very few defenses around them, including the capital. we see what they estimate to be nearly 200,000 russian troops surrounding this country, so president putin is known as a leader and a military operator who can make last-minute decisions. this is by no means set in stone. he is trying to probe the west to see what the response will be. will this decision to recognize the independence of these two areas triggers sanctions, and if it doesn t, well the west and even president biden still be open to meeting later this week? he is testing the water to see
have got to pull the trigger and pull the trigger quickly. and if putin, if his intent is to do more of a limited military invasion, just into eastern ukraine, and we don t know that s the case, it s likely going to be more than that, but if it is just that, the biden administration cannot say well, we prevented the full occupation of ukraine. and therefore back off on some of their intent to really cripple the banking system and cut off foreign investments. and actually sanction some of the key leaders around themselves. and also deal with various industry sectors. if they back off of that at all, i think their credibility would be absolutely destroyed. john: general, the united states response has been to what they believe would be a
united states to slap sanctions on putin to try to stop him from launching an invasion. saying earlier that if you slap sanctions on a person for something that they have not done yet, it takes away the impetus for them to not do it. might as well go ahead. the security council meeting in russia was broadcast far and wide. have you heard anything there in ukraine officially about the potential of this announcement to declare donetsk and luhansk as independent? i think ukraine has really been battling disinformation. trip side trip with wild accusations from the russian side about unusual attacks from the ukrainian milim saboteurs who have been crossing over the border. just wild, reckless, unsubstantiated. they are not even taken seriously. that whole security council meeting in the kremlin really