Ukraine Declares State Of Emergency

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🗓️ 24 February 2022

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Ukraine declares a state of emergency amid the threat of full-scale Russian invasion that the U.S. warns is "imminent". Ukraine’s President Zelinsky says he tried to call Putin today, but received “Silence” adding, “If we are attacked, we will defend ourselves”. That, as CNN brings you coverage of the U.N. Security Council’s emergency meeting on Russia.Major General James “Spider” Marks (Ret.) joins to give his perspective on Russia’s military capabilities vs Ukraine’s, and how a conflict could roll out in the days and weeks to come. Bill Taylor is the former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine. He Joins Wolf to discuss what Putin is thinking, what happens next, and gives his view on Trump's words of praise for the Russian President’s actions.Hosted by Wolf Blitzer. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The news continues.
0:03.0	Want to head over to Wolf Blitzer in CNN Tonight.
0:05.4	Wolf.
0:06.4	Anderson, thank you very much.
0:07.4	We want to welcome our viewers here in the United States and around the world.
0:10.6	I'm Wolf Blitzer, and this is CNN Tonight.
0:13.7	4 a.m. right now in Kiev.
0:15.4	Ukraine tonight is under a nationwide state of emergency.
0:19.4	The country remains on high alert as the United States warns the Russians are ready, ready
0:25.2	for a full-scale, imminent invasion.
0:28.6	The Ukraine's president Zelensky told his nation tonight that Russian leadership has
0:32.8	approved an incursion.
0:34.7	He tried to call Vladimir Putin today but was met with ominous silence.
0:40.2	We are now awaiting an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council and
0:44.4	open session tonight, convening at the request of Ukraine.
0:48.3	It's scheduled for a half an hour or so from now 9.30 pm, Easter, and we will, of course,
0:53.5	monitor that.
0:54.5	We'll go there once it begins.
0:56.7	Here's the latest assessment from the Pentagon.
1:01.2	Russian forces continue to assemble closer to the border and put themselves in an advanced
1:11.4	stage of readiness to act virtually anytime now.
1:15.7	We believe that they are ready.
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