bridge to crimea. that just shuts eastern ukraine. ukraine off from the east it does. now, nuclear forces, capable it capable-forces that is not about kiev government, this is about us, he is signaling to us, if we want to try to escalate, he is ready for anything, he knows we'll back down, 8 bank brigades -- tank brigades that tells me he is getting ready for a third big bite, crimea, and eastern ukraine, and you know, putin has a great strength and a great weakness, that weakness he does not understand economics, and strength is he does not understand economics, high does not give a dam, the ruble is crashing, his attitude, is russia suffered worst, we'll get 3 thisthrough this and this juss him more aggressive. >> i wish we had more time. i won't ask you to speculate on the outcome. we have no idea. i want to under line everything that we're talking about here is from general breed love the nato commander, the news is not good, we should not make too much of it, but at the same time this is a balanc

does russia now have nuclear weapons inside crimea? >> they have the delivery systems inside crimea. these are 22 bombers and mi g-iii 4 fighters. it is not clear if they have nuclear weapons onboard those planes or if those planes are deployed there permanently and it is viewed nonetheless as a provocation and comes as russia has also sense in it these large convoy carrying heavy weapons into eastern ukraine ending the hard-fought cease-fire initiated just this past september. russian forces on the move again into eastern ukraine. preparations, ukrainian officials tell cnn for a new offensive by pro-russian separatists. >> we have seen columns of russian equipment, primarily russian tanks, russian artillery, russian air defense systems and russian combat troops entering into ukraine. >> and nato says they've observed something even more alarmi alarming. russian warplanes capable of carrying nuclear weapons deployed to crimea. >> annexed by russia illegally earlier this year, if confirmed the step could violate multiple international t

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general breedlove also said russian forces already deployed in crimea are being reinforced, that russia is sending what he called nuclear capable troops into the disputed territory with heavy weaponry. the general made it clear as well, that nato has not yet assessed nor confirmed that russia is sending nuclear weapons for positioning in crimea. also tonight, russian defense minister announced that russia will be returning to the cold war era of more than two decades ago as it's set to reinstitute long range bomber patrols approaching u.s. territory, interests and our military present throughout the western hemisphere. those patrols will likely be stretching from the arctic region into the gulf of mexico, a threatening and confrontational extension of military power by russia that hasn't been seen since the fault of soviet union. the pentagon today, however, responded to all of that with constraint. almost passivity to this latest round of provocative actions by president putin. pentagon spokesman colonel steve warren said, quote -- for more now on russia's growing military presence and

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providing to crimea and what they'll continue to provide to crimea. if ukraine switches off the at a of taps to crew maya, that could increase the pressure on southern parts of ukraine, a long seen as a prize for pro-russian separatists, a land bridge to crimea. that could be seen as an invitation of another assault on that town. an assault in september did not succeed in taking it. on the political side and on the military side we're seeing risks of further escalation after this two-month cease-fire. >> thank you very much. harvey fawcett propering live from donetsk. now thousands of people in georgia are protesting in the breakaway province. they believe the agreement with bolsters a moscow's annexization plans of the black sea region. we have more. from the capitol. >> it's been a quiet couple of years in georgian politics until now. last week there were major resignations in the government they came together to say that they fear georgia is in danger of losing its commitment towards european integration and nato membership. this uncertainty for th

. >> in a speech putin gave to russia's parliament, announcing annexation of the crimea, he announced moscow would activity protect what it considers its sphere of influence. >> there was one part in which he warned russia's colleagues if you compress a spring tall way to its limit at some point it will spring back hard, right? that's the new foreign policy of russia. springing back hard against the encroachment of the west. >> gorbachev weighed in, saying all contributed to the collapse of trust between russia and the west. >> the world is on the brink of a new cold war. some are even saying that it has already begun. >> the stairk stakes of this ned war are about more than just territory and influence. they're also about money. here on the top of the world, the battle is being fought over energy. the arctic is home to 13% of the world's undiscovered oil and a third of its natural gas . eight nations lay claim to this fast-melting landscape including russia, canada an the united states. they along with china are pursuing huge reserves of oil gas and coal. >> subarctic if they are to

. >> in a speech putin gave to russia's parliament, announcing annexation of the crimea, he announced moscow would activity protect what it considers its sphere of influence. >> there was one part in which he warned russia's colleagues if you compress a spring tall way to its limit at some point it will spring back hard, right? that's the new foreign policy of russia. springing back hard against the encroachment of the west. >> gorbachev weighed in, saying all contributed to the collapse of trust between russia and the west. >> the world is on the brink of a new cold war. some are even saying that it has already begun. >> the stairk stakes of this ned war are about more than just territory and influence. they're also about money. here on the top of the world, the battle is being fought over energy. the arctic is home to 13% of the world's undiscovered oil and a third of its natural gas. eight nations lay claim to this fast-melting landscape including russia, canada an the united states. they along with china are pursuing huge reserves of oil gas and coal. >> subarctic if they are to s

once again it has as we saw in crimea and now the only one and create priority to conflict in sovereign states create bid russia in its interests. that is why ukraine and the community will never recognize the illegal referendum in crimea and in other areas. and whatever outcomes of these elections. ukraine leadership has already expressed its deep concern in violation of these by russia and ring leaders it controls in the east of ukraine. illegal elections continues so far regime violations by militants as well as sharp increase in illegal supplies by russian federation of weapons and movement across the border have seriously undermined this process of peaceful settlement. it questions the trust to those significantries who do not keep their word. nevertheless, kiev confirmed its commitment to continue to observe the regime of ceasefire in line with minsk agreements and called all involved in the process to safely resume settlement efforts. we try to make use of full possible mechanisms to forge a peaceful solution to the situation. we call on russia, the eu, and the united states to m

i'm going to give back and rearm these guys in eastern ukraine and am looking to push toward crimea very soon or he'll have to wait until next spring when the weather gets better. >> he wants to keep that land bridge or establish a land bridge from russian proper all the way across to crimea so they don't have to reopen force crimea by air. >> and he's building up an armed fortress or operating base in the east to be a con strant threat to the new pro-western government in ukraine itself. >> and i assume his conclusion is that the u.s. and europe will simply lack the will to respond forcefully enough. >> well, yeah, especially since he invaded europe 40 times. the sweeps think they found a sub in their waters, undoubtedly russian. they just reported the lowest wage of growth since 2000. the rouble is very low. they are experiencing capital flight at home, which makes him more dangerous because he has to figure out a way to take the minds of the russian people off their own problems and cokops trait on the other problems occurring. >> if the u.s. and europe did you night to really increas

, so they don't have to reinforce crimea by air. more importantly, he is building up a kind of armed fortress, operating base in the east that will be in constant threat to this new pro-western government in ukraine itself. >> i assume, dan, his conclusion is with u.s. and europe will lack the will to respond forcefully enough. >> he especially since he invad european space four times and think they have submarines in the water. they just reported the lowest rate of growth since the year 2000. the ruble is at 11-year low. they have been experiencing capital plight there. he's got real problems at home which probably makes even more dangerous, he has to figure out a way to take the minds of russian people off their own problems and concentrate on the slights -- >> falling oil prices, a huge chunk of russian budget revenue. if the u.s. and europe did unite to really increase sanctions and put the pressure on. how would that affect putin's mentality? >> i think there's a danger here of the cornered rat syndrome. he may be actually more

although there was no voting and crimea and parts of dunbass under rebel control, elections were held throughout the rest of ukraine in a manner which oisc welcomes as upholding democratic commitments. yesterday, the central electoral commission announced official results of the election. mr. president, discussions are underway for the formation of government and we are hopeful the leading coalition will be committed to a rapid implementation of the comprehensive political, legal, and economic reforms to which the ukrainian authorities have committed themselves. clearly, the ability of the leading coalition to work constructively alongside the opposition bloc will be key for the unity and stability of the ukraine. starte to see an urgent to a comprehensive national dialogue to rebuild cohesion and address all outstanding critical national issues. mr. president, these elections have been condemned as being outside the constitution and law. following the elections, there has been inflammatory rhetoric and they declared themselves as defective independent from ukraine and threatened to e

they annexed crimea back in march. it's very difficult to resupply that peninsula with food and equipment. the russians are doing it by ferry. it would be much more sustainable for them to have a land corridor connecting russia to crimea. and perhaps that's what the military objective is in the medium term. >> the russian president shows no steins at all of backing down when it comes to ukraine. if anything, that situation is clearly escalating. do you sense -- you're in moscow, that these western u.s.-led sanctions, the reduction in the cost of oil, for example, which is a major russian exporting item, is having any impact on the russian government? >> it doesn't seem to be, does it? there are been plenty of scout for the geopolitics of an impact, because the ruble is at record lows against the dollar. gdp growth has been estimated to be completely flat, zero percent for the next year. so there are enormous economic problems. at moment, the russian population are tolerating that. putin is still an extremely popular po

president putin's invasion of crimea, the annexation of crimea by the russian duma, the consistent effort by president t putin and the russian government to destabilize eastern ukraine over the last nine months, and the reaction by the west, by the united states, canada and europe and by the nato countries, the sanctions, the building up, the baltic countries and pulled the ring and the standoff there continues to this day. we do that based on the book that we are publishing today i think all of you have copies. for those of you on c-span, and c-span is televising this event, this is a book published by the aspen strategy group about the crisis with russia. the aspen strategy group in its 30th year met in early august in aspen, colorado, as we do every year to take on a big subject. and this year is nonpartisan group, republicans, democrats, independents, mostly american but joined by several european and asian leaders met to discuss what the west should do in response but i do commend this book to you. it contains a lead essay by strobe talbott. i will introduce strobe in a minute for da

president putin's invasion of crimea the annexation of crimea by the russian duma, the consistent efforts by president putin and the russian government to destabilize eastern ukraine over the last nine months and the reaction by the west by the united states, canada and europe in by the nato countries, the sanctions, the building up of american and nato power in the baltic countries and poland and romania in the standoff that continues to this day. we do this based on a book that we are publishing today and i think all of you have copies. for those of you on c-span and c-span is televising this event this is a book published by the aspen strategy group about the crisis in russia. the aspen strategy group in his 30th year. back in early august aspen colorado is weaker for you to take on a big subject in this here this time partisan group republicans, democrats, independents independents mostly americans but joined by several european and asian leaders met to discuss what the west should do in response. to commend this book to you. it contains a lead essay by strobe talbott and i will intro

so that is why we saw the troops coming to crimea. initially out insignia. russia said it wasn't their troops, little green men appeared over crimea, and we saw the annexation of crimea. >> exactly, now we see incursions of pro-russian forces in eastern ukraine, and it seems no matter what the international community does to get a peace agreement, which doesn't seem to be working or slapping actions on russia, it seems as though none of that is causing russia to back off. >> well, the risk is high. i mean, we have seen russia is sending in thousands of troops into ukraine. we are seeing the n.a.t.o. pictures, that there's military equipment brought in across the boarder, and there are thousands of russian soldiers fighting in ukraine. the question is where does russia stop now, will it look into nations, lathe wania, latvia, and this is extremely significant. as joe biden said in kiev yesterday, it's unacceptable that in 21st century europe, an aggressor can innovate an independent state with sovereignty and territorial integrity, russia must be stopped. the

connecting crimea to russia except for a ferry that's constantly backed up. people trying to get to crimea from mainland russia are waiting for days to get across. so they need this to supply the peninsula with water, with food, with electricity, et cetera. so, you know, i think in many ways events of the last month, last month or two have shown that effectively this region has broken away from kiev. kiev no longer controls it. they have their own elections. it's only a matter of time. >> a sad reality on the ground. i wonder do we see these difference, these divisions between washington and europe in terms of raising the cost for rush again. angela merkel saying no new sanctions now. does this mean the western response of this is now frozen, in effect? >> so that was last week. then we saw the new invasion, you know, the umpteenth invasion by yuk, russian military vehicles. again you're seeing russian soldiers in russian uniforms without any identifying insignia. angela merkel said at the g-20 they are thinking about ramping up those sanctions. the sanctions

although there was no voting in crimea, the elections were held throughout the rest of ukraine in a manner which osce observe as largely upholding democratic commitments. yesterday 11 of november, the central electoral commission announced the official results of the election. mr. president, they are under formation of government and we are hopeful that the lead iing coalition will be committed to a rapid implementation of the comprehensive political, legal and economic reforms to which the ukrainian authorities have committed themselves. clearly the ability of the leading coalition to work constructive constructively alongside the opposition block will also be key for the unity and stability of ukraine. we also hope to see an urgent start of a comprehensive national dialogue to rebuild cohesion and address all outstanding critical national issues. mr. president, on 2nd of november, rebels held their own elections in defiance of the ukrainian government. in which were deplored by many of the united nations community. these elections have been condemned as being outside of the framework of

it is his first visit since february, the same month russian troops enter crimea. tensions threaten to escalate further. frank-walter steinmeier warns a dangerous situation was developing. >> 25 years after the fall of the wall we are threatened by speechless and is instead of dialogue. closing off instead of exchange. confrontation instead of corporation. >> there were signs of progress. he says both sides have agreed to stick to the cease-fire signed in september. >> regarding the discussions that we had about the ukrainian conflict, we agreed the accord should be the basis for it and it should remain, efforts in diffusing the conflict as soon as possible. >> whether that will come to anything is unclear. he continues his long day of diplomacy by meeting vladimir putin. >> chancellor merkel has warned that the annexation of crimea has raised the threat of more conflicts in europe. especially in countries with a concentration of ethnic russians. >> in estonia people are aware of that possibility. 30% of the populaton is russian. some are not full estonian citizens

. >> we see forces that are capable of being nuclear that are being moved to crimea, whether they are or not, we do not know. but they have the kind of equipment there that could support that mission if required. >> crimea, they basically annexed. it's now part of russia. but if they're moving nuclear military equipment or military equipment capable of using nuclear material, tlald hat wou an ominous new development. >> on a whole bunch of levels. this is based on russia moving in both mig fighter aircraft as well as bombers into crimea which they annexed illegally. it is not known that they have nuclear weapons on board having been observed by u.s. satellites. but they're nuclear capable. this has always been the issue. they know what russia is capable of doing but don't know if they have the intent to deploy nuclear weapons there. speaking with ukrainian foreign ministry officials, this is what they believe is happening. the conventional forces going across the border into eastern ukraine to prepare for a new offensive by pro-russian separatists, these moves in crimea to tell the uk

there is a land bridge to supply crimea, and it would be a cut off russian enclave. there is a real danger of escalation, and this highly i am perfect cease-fire that has been holding over the last couple of months is very much under threat. >> thank you for that live update from donetsk. >> they've grade to improve cooperation between the two countries. during ashraf gandhi' ashraf gandhi first trip to prime minister sharif. >> the trip has gone very well. the 30 years of mistrust have been removed by three days of talks. the afghanistani prime minister has shown the prime minister that it was in their interest to see a stable afghanistan. pakistan wants to create links to central asia. and saying that he wants to connect south asia to central arab t asia to afghanistan. so much improvement as far as relationship between islamabad and kabul is concerned. however, there are challenges security challenges and of course the most important one will be how effectively the unity government is able to do its business, and whether it is able to control an insurgency in many

the story thinking with crimea was a very big mistake of our government. have today is a continuation of this mistake. >> it is a view that got him pelted with tomatoes and insults. protests, but not at home. this crowd tried to stop her show in london. lines have been jurong. in the battle for the russian stage, she is the clear winner. even cultural success now depends on syncing for the right tune. mentor, one of the all-time greatest stage and film directors. that is how steven spielberg remembered his friend mike nichols today. he has died at the age of 83. over his career, his credits included everything from "who's afraid of virginia woolf?" to "spam-a-lot" and "the graduate ." ♪ because a vision softly creeping ♪ >> an aimless and confused benjamin braddock in "the graduate." >> you are trying to seduce me. aren't you? on the best director oscar for it. he gave dustin hoffman the lead role, a bold move described as a courageous piece of casting. it was typical of nichols. a brilliant and inspired director, whose skill was to elicit performances

but in crimea when troops were put in crimea. everyone says this is russian. and russians say this has nothing to do with us. and after crimea was back with them, then they said yes, it was us. >> the security council is meeting late to discuss the situation in ukraine. what can we expect in light of the latest developments? >> well, this is an emergency meeting from the u.n. security council. it starts 90 minutes from now. diplomats have been concerned about the situation in ukraine for a long time, concerned about that shaky cease-fire ever since it came to force. increasingly concerned in the last week or so as they have heard reports of russian troops getting near the border. possibly crossing the border. they have been debating and calling the meeting photographer the last week. it's the u.s. they have now decided to call this meeting. the idea is to show russia what they're doing, and they mark the fact that they're doing this, of course there will be no action from the security council. there will be no action because russia will be at the meeting one o

what are you hearing about what's going on in crimea? >> reporter: what's going on in crimea, what we are hearing is that it is a very dire situation. human rights are being rolled back as they are in rumpbl more importantly, the indigenous muslim people who live in crimea are being systematically repressed. these a group of people who you may remember were deported by stalin in the '40s, who had just returned at the fall of the soviet union. and now again they're seeing soviet style repression aimed at them. it is a dire situation. people who are being denied rights to property, fired from jobs because they refuse to take on forced russian citizenship. it is a very, very serious situation and the world needs to stay focused on it. >> you heard in the report from jim sciutto that now four months later, after that malaysian plane was shot down over ukraine, there are still getting remains, they're finding remains of that crash, at that crash scene. what's going on over there? this is beginning to sound, not only awful but horrendous. >> r

russia says 14 of its jets are now in crimea as part of a squadron of 30. two brothers have now become the first britons to be jailed in syria. and were jailed for 4.5 three years respectively. they were intercepted on their return to england in september. they had brought back bullets and pictures of their training in syria as trophy. more than 500 girls in northern iraq are being held as slaves by islamic state. many are being treated as wives and others are repeatedly raped. very few have managed to escape and their stories are harrowing. there has been very little attention to this story. changean is trying to that by mounting a campaign for their release. she spoke to me earlier and i survey by asking her what exactly had happened to these women and girls. by asking her what exactly had happened to these women and girls. >> the girls are being sold to arab men as six slaves. also, these girls have been forced to convert to islam and have had to mary isis men or be raped and sold as sec slaves. >> -- as sexist slaves. -- you yourself have not met them,

i continue thinking the story with crimea was a very big mistake of our government. and all we have today is a continuation of this mistake. >> it is a view that got him pelted with tomatoes and insults. he has faced protests, but not at home. this crowd tried to stop her show in london. lines have been jurong. in the battle for the russian stage, she is the clear winner. even cultural success now depends on syncing for the right tune. >> a muse, a mentor, one of the all-time greatest stage and film directors. that is how steven spielberg remembered his friend mike nichols today. he has died at the age of 83. over his career, his credits included everything from "who's afraid of virginia woolf?" to "spam-a-lot" and "the graduate ." ♪ because a vision softly creeping ♪ >> an aimless and confused benjamin braddock in "the graduate." >> you are trying to seduce me. aren't you? >> nichols won the best director oscar for it. he gave dustin hoffman the lead role, a bold move described as a courageous piece of casting. it was typical of nichols. a brilliant and inspired

now as far as the world is concerned, crimea now belongs to russia. everybody's painting it red in their maps, even in the west, no one disputes that crimea belongs to russia. now worried about the eastern ukraine. ashley: so what about the u.s. response to this? obviously, mr. putin seems to do what he wants to do. we impose sanctions and speak a good game but what's it going to take to get him to stop in his tracks? >> so interesting, i talked to everyone in washington on both sides of the aisle, in the civilian side and on the military side, active and retired. those that are pro-obama and those against him. and i'll tell you, ashley, i can't find a single person who can explain to me or to anyone why we haven't helped the ukrainians. there's no down side and there's infinite upside, and yet after months and months and months of dempsey and hagel and others begging the white house to send weapons and units and materiale and aircraft into the ukraine and baltic states and poland would be enough to face down putin, and for reasons that nobody can exp

are more than 430,000 internally displaced persons inside ukraine, including those from crimea. humanitarianthe crisis, particularly as winter approaches. mr. president, the plan and the minsk documents provide a road normalization. elections oftary 26 october have brought about a atmosphere.tive this will foster the empowerment of society. ae secure environment remains significant constraint. constant cord nation to ensure proper security personnel. the they will continue to monitor regions.astern of ukraine. but also to entire regions, up to and at the state border between ukraine and russian federation. to --ey continue a sustainable cease-fire can only be reached by all involved. will continue to cooperate nations onceed again, we need maximum restraint . monitoringontinue and objective reporting. we ask all concerned to commit implementation of minsk bringnts designed to peace and stability to ukraine. thank you, mr. president, for your attention. >> i thank the ambassador for his briefing. the floor toe ambassador tagliavini. you.ank mr. chairman, lady and gentlemen, i've

observed something more alarming, russian warplanes capable of carrying nuclear weapons deployed to crimea. annexed by russia illegal leighly this year, if confirmed the step could violate multiple international treaties. >> we see forces that are capable of being nuclear that are being moved to crimea. whether they are or not, we do not know, but they do have the kind of equipment there that could support that mission. >> reporter: russia's foreign ministry immediately denied the claims calling them, quote, unfounded. the new weapons, accompanied by renewed fears of fighting has all but ended a brief, shaky cease fire. pressing alarm in public and private. ukrainian officials say they are preparing to fight. >> translator: we expect unexpected actions from them. i see it as our main task to prepare for military action. >> reporter: at a u.n. security council session on the situation in ukraine, ambassador samantha power condemned russia's actions. >> russia negotiated a peace plan and systemically undermined it at every step. it talks of peace but fuels war. >> reporter: the best u.s. ass

. >> nay speech putin gave to russia's parliament announcing the annexation of crimea, he outlined a new vision for the kremlin. moscow would actively protect it considers its sphere of influence. >> there was one part in which he warned russia's western colleagues if you compress a spring to its limbing it's, at some point it will spring back hard. and that's the new foreign policy of russia. it's springing back against this perceived slights and encroachments by the west. >> in november former soviet leader mikhail gorbachov weighed in saying the expanse. of nato and war in the middle east have all contributed to the collapse of trust between russia and the west. >> translator: the world is on the brink of a any cold war, some are even saying that it has already begun. >> the stakes of this new cold war are about more than just territory and influence. they are also about money. here are the top of the world the battle is being fought over energy. the arctic is home to 13% of the world's undiscovered oil and a third of eights natura of its n. eight nations lay claim to this vast me

the ruble is in bad shape and to he pays a price for this very serious incursion and he has made in crimea. i don't believe we should treat him as an equal but the worry that i have what happens in ukraine can escalate and i hope we continue a very strong response of nato deployments. but putin right now was at the height of his ego mania. lou: he has taken crimea with his invasion of ukraine , nato, president of obama are all absolutely afraid to call it an invasion even though his troops are in ukraine. it approaches the level of the coup d'etat as well. and faye accompli. there is no will to try to reverse course. >> it is very hard right now with troops. we can put traders and make nato strong were. but the good positive development is a very strong speech by into lumber called -- by into lumber called that is the key of the natural gas exports has some leverage on the germans but if they turn on the russians to say stop this, i think right now putin is doing a lot of bluffing and i think the ambassador is a bluff but we don't want an escalation where he takes over more territory. plac

he's taking back crimea, now effectively part of russian territory and eastern ukraine he may not have the same intention but having that constant presence there, you, therefore, prevent -- you make it more uncomfortable for western companies to invest in ukraine. it's seen as a risk. that is one of the goals. you also make it impossible for ukraine to join international organizations, to talk about association agreements with the eu, et cetera. that's their goal and frankly their tactics so far have been working. >> all of the indications we're getting, fareed, is that putin is still very, very popular inside russia right now. in fact, if anything, what he's been doing along the border of ukraine is elevating his stature, is that right? >> oh, absolutely. putin has created a kind of almost a new ideology of power that combines a certain kind of social conservatism, the anti-gay stuff, certain amount of hyper nationalism, the crimea and stuff with eastern ukraine, and blatant anti-americanism and anti-westernism which has been a strain in russia. he is using this very effectively. his

they showed up in crimea. they have played decisive roles in the battle for eastern ukraine as well. and the government in ukraine believes based on their experience of dealing with these sorts of irregular forces and the points at which they have shown up, they believe this latest influx points to an imminent military operation, a widened offensive by separatist forces backed by russia, they say. what they say they don't know is the scale and the intent of the operation, whether it could be just and limited operation to try and seize key pieces of infrastructure, like the airport outside the main city of donetsk, or perhaps a bigger push through the south to try and form something that russia doesn't yet have, that is a direct physical connection, a land bridge between the crimean peninsula and the russian mainland. these are just some of the scenarios that have the ukrainian government worried. and all of this in the context of what is very much an ongoing conflict despite a ceasefire that was declared back

when russia invaded ukraine and took crimea, everybody said that is really bad that you could have crimea. but if you take another step, we will really get mad. he keeps doing it, and the sanctions have not been that serious. when they are organized, sections can be very effective. >> we're going to see what the twitter followers are saying. >> let me share one with you -- iran. i cannot read that. sorry. >> iran would not be on the table but-for the question spared >> a second tweet -- it is a real criticism. >> yes, it is true. iraq, iran, and all those places, these environments that are constrained, it is the most advantage for people with smuggling routes. >> another answer from a twitter follower -- only if you get the world on board or diligently severe ones. halfhearted sanctions are just feel-good initiatives. >> i completely agree. iranu have the examples of and russia. have we learned anything about rest practices? we keep relearning best practices. what the twitter person just said is they need to be coordinated and smart. everybody needs to be on board to it when they do that

russia war planes capable of carrying nuclear weapons to crimea. we have matthew chance with the latest. what is the russian response? >> reporter: the russians, john, have been categorically denying they are taking part in the fight underway in eastern ukraine. they call it propaganda. the representative to the u.n. saying that it is propaganda and doesn't reflect the reality on the ground. despite the fact that international observers have been observing military vehicles coming from russia to donestk. we are talking about large movements of military vehicles and equipment. five of the trucks with towing artillery pieces. other trucks were towing multiple rocket launch systems. we are talking about significant bits of hardware which is russian by origin at the very least. according to nato, actually from the country of russia as well as combat troops. significant movements going on. also fighting going on as well. fuelling these concerns that the whole region of eastern ukraine is on the brink again of full-scale hostility. watching it closely. >

. >> we see forces that are carab capable of being moved to crimea. whether they're capable, i don't know. but they do have equipment that fits that which is required. >> we haven't seen indications of nuclear -- there has been allegations of for for russ weapons. was referring to crimea, and we're not even permitted to gradual there. poppy, i have to also point out there is a glimmer of hope if you can in this time of very, very bad coming out of ukraine. this is kind of an informal ukraine of russian staff. we're monitoring their activities, and they just announce thad will aim to promote a cease-fire within a few days. whether it will work or not, we don't know. but it is interesting this formation is busy, trying to get a last-minute deal together. >> thank you so much for the view from the ground there. many knot don't this vikal. . good to see you. >>> well, bill cosby has seen his reputation ripped to shreds this week. you're going to want to hear how he responded to the allegations. that's next. >>> but first this is the last weekend to vote f

crimea has been annexed to russia outright, and russia threatens to cut off energy supplies mid went. government infighting has delayed getting money to them. such is ukraine, one year after prowestern protests erupted against the then prorussia leader. sparking the biggest east west crisis sings the last cold wars. to show support for ukraine's embattled leaders, joe biden flew to ukraine, in all, u.s. has given ukraine $118 million in so-called nonlethal military aid. so far, the u.s. has hesitated to send actual lethal aid which would be viewed as a major escalation by the russians. these increased tensions or ukraine have kicked off a new era of tensions between the nato alliance. it's not just europe that these tensions are being felt, it spread to the arctic, gaining foot holds in the north, that is said to hold 13% of its undiscovered oil and 30% of its natural gas. three factors matter most in both real estate and geopolitics. location, location, location. and for those interested in waterfront property, with breathtaking views, plenty of wildlife, and the potential for future