territory this morning. these statements should be viewed with skepticism as the russians and russian-backed sprittists have provided very little evidence to show proof of ukraineible attack. amid fears of a larger russian invasion "the washington post" reports the united states wrote a letter to the united nations saying, quote: we have credible information that indicates russian forces are creating lists of identified ukrainians to be killed or sent to camps following a military occupation. the biden administration is honing to deter russia from invading with the threat of sanctions as pentagon press secretary john kirby reiterated yesterday. >> we have said all along that these are going to be crippling sanctions, sanctions the likes of which we have not put in place before. they are going to be unprecedented and we mean this as a very strong mess stooge mr. if you pull the trigger on that deterrent, well then it doesn't exist anymore as a deterrent. >> in the past sanctions have not worked to deter the behavior of russian president putin but the region hoping that this last-ditch effort will work to