>> Laura: STAY WITH US.
ON THE PHONE NOW IS JENNIFER
GRIFFIN.
FOX NEWS NATURAL SECURITY
CORRESPONDENT.
WE ARE HEARING SPIRALING OUT OF
CONTROL THIS IS EXTREMELY
DISTURBING OUT OF THE U.N.
WHAT CAN YOU TELL US?
>> I AM WATCHING IMAGES IN
DOWNTOWN KYIV WHERE REPORTERS
ARE HEARING CLOSINGS IN THE
CAPITAL OF KYIV.
THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE EXPECTED.
WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT ONCE THE
AIR STRIKES AND MISSILE STRIKES
BEGIN THAT ALL OF UKRAINE IS
VLADIMIR PUTIN’S SIGHTS.
I WANT TO READ YOU WHAT PUTIN
SAID IN HIS SPEECH AT 6 A.M.
THIS MORNING WHEN HE ANNOUNCED
THIS MILITARY ACTION INSIDE
UKRAINE.
IT’S MOMINOUS.
IN A WARNING TO THE U.S. AND
NATO HE SAID A COUPLE OF WORDS
FOR THOSE WHO WOULD BE TEMPTED TO INTERVENE.
TO INTERVENE.
RUSSIA WILL MAKE SURE YOU HAVE
CONSEQUENCES.
WHY THE U.S. HASN’T PUT TROOPS
ON THE GROUND.
IT’S A DIFFERENT SITUATION WE
FIND OURSELVES IN TONIGHT.
THESE ARE TWO NUCLEAR POWERS.
THE U.S. AND NATO KNOW WHEN YOU
ARE TALKING ABOUT RUSSIA AND
RUSSIA GOING INTO A SOVEREIGN
COUNTRY LIKE UKRAINE, YOU CAN’T
PUT YOUR MILITARY ON THE GROUND
AND RISK IT ESCALATING INTO
A NUCLEAR WAR.
THEY ARE TELLING PUTIN WE KNOW
WHAT HE IS DOING.
THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS
SINCE OCTOBER.
THE NATO ALLIANCE WORKED ON THIS
TOGETHER.
SANCTIONS WILL BE ROLLING OUT IN
WAVES. BECAUSE THEY KNEW THEY HAD VERY
BECAUSE THEY KNEW THEY HAD VERY
FEW CARDS TO STOP PUTIN.
VERY IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER
THAT’S WHY TROOPS ARE IN THE
BALTICS.
THEY DON’T WANT THIS TO SPILL
OVER INTO A WAR BETWEEN TWO
NUCLEAR POWERS.
GO AHEAD.
>> Laura: JENNIFER GRIFFIN, THE
QUESTION HERE IS WHERE ARE OUR
NATO ALLIES IN TERMS OF JUST
STATEMENTS?
WE HAVE NOT SEEN STATEMENTS FROM
GERMANY, FRANCE, ITALY.
IT’S SURPRISING.
I HAVE NOT SEEN ANYTHING COMING
OUT FROM THE BIGGEST POWERS?
>> YOU MEAN THIS EVENING?
>> Laura: YES.
>> THIS JUST HAPPENED IN THE
LAST FEW MINUTES.
EVERYBODY SUGGESTED THAT TONIGHT
WAS THE TIMING OF WHEN WE
EXPECTED THIS TO BEGIN.
IT WAS AN OPEN SECRET. THE U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL IS
THE U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL IS
DOING A DANCE WITH THE RUSSIANS.
THIS IS THE GREATEST DANGER TO
EUROPE SINCE WORLD WAR II.
THIS SAY TURNING POINT IN TERMS
OF WHAT WILL BE UNLEASHED OF
PUTIN GOING INTO UKRAINE.
THIS IS NOT A EUROPEAN CONFLICT.
THE WORLD IS TOO INTERCONNECTED.
PRESIDENT XI IS WATCHING.
THIS I REMEMBER THE IMAGES AT
THE BEGINNING OF THE OLYMPICS
AND PUTIN WAS SITTING THERE.
HE LEANED BACK AND CLOSED HIS
EYES AND HAD TOTAL DISDAIN.
HE WOULD NOT STAND FOR THE
UKRAINE TEAM AS THEY WALKED IN.
YOU KNEW THAT PUTIN DECIDED TO
INVADE UKRAINE.
HE WAS JUST LYING IN WAIT.
AND STOOD FOR THE RUSSIAN TEAM.
IT WAS ALL ABOUT THE PLATFORM
THAT THE OLYMPICS GAVE TO
PRESIDENT XI AND PUTIN TO CARVE
UP THE WORLD.
YOU BETTER BELIEVE -- PEOPLE
BETTER REALIZE THAT PRESIDENT XI
IS WATCHING.
THE STATEMENTS COMING OUT OF THE
CHINESE LEADERS, HE HASN’T
CRITICIZED PUTIN OR RUSSIA.
HE SAID SAID THAT INTERNAL
MATTERS SHOULD BE HANDLING
INTERNALLY.