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
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 movements just over the border. and actually, this is some of the most dynamic movements we have been seeing, along the entire rim of ukraine. it s very threatening because here in kyiv, it s one of these places, it s a russian speaking city, one of those places that vladimir putin probably feels like because it s a russian speaking place, that they will rally to did the events of moscow. that s one of the things we heard in that speech he made last night. the sort of imperialist new imperialist ideology he has been putting forward, this idea that ukraine is not a state in the sense of other states, that
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