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>> as of this moment im convinced hes made the decision. we have reason to believe that. >> to be clear you are convinced -- you are convinced that president putin is going to invade ukraine? is that what you just said a few moments ago? >> yes, i did. >> what reason do you have to believe hes considering that option at all? >> we have a significant intelligence capability. >> other sign russias preparing for invasion a u.s. defense official telling cnn nearly half of russian forces surrounding ...

Russias black sea fleet, which conveniently, have been study based on the crimean peninsula in ukraine. russia has we scheduled their annual nuclear military drills, only one other time in recent memory. back in the year 2014, to time it with russias annexation of crimea. so you can read into that what you will. but these nuclear exercises will come on the heels of what has been an incredibly tense 24 hours, on the border between russia and ukraine. u.s. sources say they believe russia has now a...

Equipment within miles of ukraines border. u.s. officials tell cnn about 50% of russian forces are now in attack position. what does this tell you about how soon they can invade? >> they could invade any time now. look at your watch. they can invade in five minutes. the forces there. the capabilities are there. the long-range strike capabilities were this to be a full fledged invasion are in position to start an operation right now. those forces in the donbas region, russians have been in the do...

>> you never had to guess where linden johnson was coming from. he was coming from that growing up in the hill country of texas. >> the cnn original series "lbj triumph and tragedy" premieres this sunday right here on cnn. thanks very much for watching. erin burnett out front live from ukraine starts right now. out front next, breaking news. president biden says putin has made up his mind to invade ukraine as were learning nearly half of putins forces surrounding this country are in attack pos...

A city of nearly 3 million in the coming days. >> russia can still choose diplomacy. it is not too late to deescalate and return to the negotiating table. >> reporter: there are no signs russia is backing away, defense officials say russia has moved half of its forces into attack position. u.s. intelligence suggests russia has up to 190,000 forces near and in ukraine. for weeks, biden has predicted russia could use addition information, false flag operations and cyber attacks to goad ukraine int...

Ukraine. that only happened so long as it was safe to do so, so long as there was no risk of encounter with russian forces. do they continue the flights? thats what were looking for. the u.s. says putin acted as was expected when it was expected. the question now, is this the beginning or just the justification for a wider invasion? thats what many officials here believe and thats what theyre looking for as they monitor continued russian movement. a reminder on 48, it was 40 to 50% of russian gr...

President biden said about putins decision. >> reporter: and do you have any indication about whether or not president putin made a decision to invade? do you feel he was confident to have made that decision already? >> as of this moment im convinced hes made the decision. we have reason to believe that. >> reporter: you are convinced that president putin is planning to invade ukraine, is that what you just said a few moments ago? >> yes. >> reporter: is diplomacy off the table then. >> no. unti...

To that a little while from now, you see the picture at the bottom of the screen. what would it be like for the pentagon receiving the satellite imagery, how aggressively is the pentagon trying to track down every movement to determine when those -- when the troops may be moved into attack position considering this wednesday, the 16th day, zelensky is now citing? >> they know a realtime. when they see this, they have realtime feeds inside the pentagon. they can pull it up or the computer screens...

After, and he said that assessment is based on intelligence, and showing that half of russias forces around ukraine are now in the attack position. secretary of state lloyd austin traveling to lithuania saying that they are prepared to engage. what you have seen engage in the last few weeks or days is that they are telegraphing what they have seen putins moves, and the intentions they believe the moves that he is take, and you have seen the moves of that clarity put out into the universe. this w...

The one thing that has to happen is putin has to tell his commanders go. and until he says go, they wont go but boy, they are ready to go, clear listening to john kirby. >> trace: seems we are playing a game of semantics here, general. the pentagon and the state department have both said they are not in attack position but they have also said they are certainly gathering and massing at the ukrainian border which to everybody in the world seems like an attack position. whats the fine line that we...