![]() > narrator: and trump was echoing putin's talking points on the key battleground of ukraine. > narrator: inside the administration,Īsking, "what good is nato?" > once again questioning the entire point to one of america's oldest alliances. we have eyes, we can see." and putin would just move on, as if nothing had happened. and obama would say to him, "vladimir, we're not blind. and it was striking and flat-out lying about russia's presence in ukraine. tony blinken was in the oval office for those calls. > narrator: on the phone, obama confronted putin about his forces in ukraine. > how do you deter behavior when the other side is basically denying that it's evenaking place? when the other side is saying, "i don't even know what you're talking about, we're not involved"? > president obama says he's deeply concerned about that. > narrator: at the white house, president obama was struggling to respond. that kind of aggression is not something we should tolerate anywhere in the world. > a sovereign nation is invaded by another country. and rekindled fears about russia's intentions in regard to its neighbors. > the west is going to complain about it, but they're not really going to do anything to stop it. chaos and carnage to mourning, with questions of what's next for the country. > and in ukraine, he gambles that the west isn't really going to do anything about it. > an average of 36 people a day were killed in the conflict. > he felt emboldened, and felt he had been able to make his move in georgia, and nobody tried to do anything about it. > frightened residents have been warned to stay indoors. > the humanitarian crisis in ukraine is getting worse and worse. ![]() ![]() > narrator: it was just the start of what would become an unrelenting focus on finally taking ukraine. > we are seeing a very gross violation of international law. > ukraine crisis looks pretty similar to world war ii. putin claimed, "there are no russian forces in this war." but, in fact, he was organizing the whole thing behind the scenes. > he used another form of deception, which was to send in irregular forces, mercenaries who had been recruited. he opened another front in ukraine's east. > narrator: he seized crimea and said it was now part of russia. occupying sovereign territory that belongs to ukraine. sending these russian soldiers without insignia into a neighboring country, into crimea, was such a shock. > more russian soldiers have reportedly arrived in crimea. > that invasion, sending these little green men. > russian forces in the thousands seizing territory. wearing russian-style combat uniforms, but no insignia. and they were clearly, by the way they handled themselves and their weapons, professional military. > they moved in with what the ukrainians called little green men. > narrator: his campaign began with the arrival of unmarked russian soldiers. armed russian troops arrived in the crimea region. > narrator: in the ukrainian territory of crimea. > ukraine is stuck very much in the middle. > narrator: putin extended his offensive beyond russia. "we're a peaceful nation, and that we look forward to working together." "and we're not your enemy- surely we can work together. i'm going to look him right in the eye and say, "you're no longer the enemy. ![]() putin, and explaining my point of view, and my attitude about the post-cold war era. > i look forward to working with, you know, mr. big texas howdy to the new president of the united states. > narrator: and the winner had expressed optimism about being able to get along with putin. > narrator: it was the start of a new presidency in the u.s. > literally, one of the clost elections in american history. that's an old-fashioned russian autocrat that we saw, and should have seen from the very beginning. piece by piece, he is dismantling the structures of democracy, fragile though they were, that had been put in place, reconsolidating control in the kremlin. he tries to show you that he's the alpha male in the room through the way he spreads his legs, through the way he slouches a bit in his chair, > putin conveys a huge amount through body language. > narrator: putin was wary the american president, who had championed the spread of liberalization and democracy in russia. > two presidents, one near the end of his term, the other beginning a new era. he wanted to meet him in the, in the kremlin as president. > president clinton wanted to get a little bit of a feel. > arriving at the kremlin for their first presidential encounter, both leaders want. > narrator: as president, putin carried his simmering grievance with the united states into his first meeting with president bill clinton. > president clinton arrived in moscow carrying a message of cooperation. > (speaking russian) > if that is your ordained mission, then there aren't a loof limits on the means you can use to achieve that goal. And to lead russia back to, to greatness. ![]()
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