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Hes promised and see if they will keep him in post. —— that reset. additional us troops have arrived in poland as part of a new deployment to bolster nato forces as tensions with russia remain high. the soldiers from the 82 airborne division of the us army landed in the south—east of the country not farfrom the ukrainian border. the biden administration announced this week it will send 3,000 additional american soldiers to eastern europe. russia has massed more than 100,000 troops on its b...

To their bases. that is what he said would happen. but he pointed out russia at the right to remove its troops around around its borders whenever it wanted to, not necessarily a sign of de—escalation. ukraines leading channels are carrying a patriotic tv marathon this morning to mark unity day, declared by president volodymyr zelensky amid reports that today could be the date of a potential russian invasion. ukrainians paraded a 200—meter—long national flag at the national olympic stadium ...

In poland, and thats come from germany, from us bases in germany. the 82nd airborne division, which you mentioned, is based in north carolina, and 1,700 troops from that division will be arriving in poland over the coming hours and days. and this deployment, while that number, 1,700, is not particularly large if you compare it to the 100,000 russian troops that have massed on the borders with ukraine, it is a significant political gesture to send this many troops to poland, because it actually i...

Different way. but the atmosphere here in eastern ukraine which is, remember, not far from the line of conflict with russian-backed rebels and indeed from crimea. theyre used to a steady state of a war essentially with russian-backed rebels is i have to say completely relaxed on this very sunny winters day, brianna. >> very interesting, sam, thank you so much for that report. joining me now cnn military analyst, retired air force colonel. thank you for being with us. the word from the russians...

American people. why it still worth doing that given the stakes and this moment. tchs a it was a critical component of this speech given the moment were in. >> colonel, we heard earlier today from the russian side, from the kremlin, that they had some of the troops had gone back to their home bases. some people wondered is that a sign of deescalation. the president said we have not verified russian military units are returning to their bases. your thoughts when you heard that. >> i thought it re...

Other people followed. it has ballooned and internally, spotify�*s employee base which has been in crisis over rogan, they are having a town hall right now over the city. when neil young offered the option of spotify of young or rogan, so far, spotify have chosen rogan. he has millions of followers on social media and let me give you an idea of what his podcasts are like. sometimes conversations can be very long, over three hours. this is one with elon musk last year which drifted onto the que...

Putins actions have made us even closer in working with european allies and the e.u. and in nato. and in talking to our other allies in asia, other than china. we are talking in a consistent bases. before i visited kyiv, i stopped off in brussels just to have dialogue and conversation with them. they are more appreciative ha we are back at the table and working and negotiating with them than ever. so what i have found putins actions, other than with china, but with democratic countries across th...

Talking about reinforcing that number in estonia but they are looking at other countries as well in the alliance, again, to send a clear message to russia. they are not saying these troops are anything but for the defence and deterrent but for the defence and deterrent but they want to send a message to russia and indeed the secretary general said yesterday because of russias military build—up they will be long—term security consequences and the alliance will respond. thank ou ve and the all...

International committee delaying the medal ceremonies for the team ice skating competition in beijing. one of the skaters tested positive for a banned heart medication. ioc sites what it calls legal issues for the unusual delay. russia beat out the u.s. and japan in the team event earlier this week. in belarus, russian and belarusian troops and weapons systems are gathering in ukraines nextdoor neighbor for a large-scale -- were told -- are military drills with top russian commanders arriving ...

Both become members of nato at some point. that was unprecedented. it was not that they were given a membership action plan and a clear timeline for application they were told that they would become members because that happened in the past and in many respects it was a compromise formula which was to address the fact that most of our european and nato allies were reluctant to give ukraine action plan for nato in 2008 but president george w. bush working to support the ukrainians when they asked...