I hate to tell everyone, but right now, President Putin has just ordered this invasion.
A. Wess Mitchell: “I hate to tell everyone, but right now, President Putin has just ordered this invasion.”
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Andrea Mitchell discusses the emergency meeting at the Security Council and the invasion ordered by President Putin.
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