Hitting civilian areas, sending people into their basements for shelter. there s no electricity, no cell phone signal, and nobody cares about us said this elderly lady. and today the ukrianians buried two of their fallen soldiers, killed in a conflict that s torn this country apart. u.s. officials say moscow is arming the spreatists, and there are fears that the surge in fighting could be used by russia as a justification for its own military action. norah. o donnell: holly williams, thank you. let s turn now to cbs chief foreign affairs correspondent and mod later of face the nation, margaret brennan. all right, margaret, on the diplomatic front, those meetings that were supposed to take place, those seem to be done. i mean, is diplomacy dead? reporter: well, this was already a diplomatic hail mary pass, and clearly it s not going anywhere. vladimir putin had very low regard for the idea of even talking. what we know is that the war is already under way, and vladimir
Repeating tonight that the bestr ukraine to drop its aims to join nato and international recognition that crimea is part of russia. ukrianians agree that the russian invasion is already under way. with the russian parliament giving putin the green light to use military force outside the country, the fighting in the east could trigger a full-scale invasion. the mood in the capital is more subdued than normal tonight. all the people around me, they re worried. they are, like, oh, my god. we re going to die, or something. but i m okay. reporter: tonight, ukrianians are staring down the barrel of a gun and the only hope they have is that new sanctions will stop vladimir putin from pulling the trigger, a strategy that has not worked so far. norah. o donnell: charlie d agata, well said. thank you. well, we go now to the front lines in eastern ukraine, where