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Analyst and retired air force colonel cedric leighton. good evening to you. four battle groups were added in the last 24 hours and three of those went into the donbas area. how significant of a force is that? >> pretty significant, don. good evening. what were talking about here, 82 of these, each one of them has up to 1,000 men associated with it so these units would be basically stationed along this area right here and they would move in like this toward the other areas. so if we go toward don...

You will either see a pause in conflict, orjust protracted ongoing war. that depends on both sides. it depends ultimately how well the russians do or dont do against the ukrainians there. it will define whether putin settles for what he has got at that point, or whether they think, we have destroyed the heart of the ukrainian military now, we have shown the nato supplies are not enough to hold us off, and we as russia can keep coming, keep ticking other parts of the country, they have still got ...

More brutal, obviously, considering his background, under his leadership. >> thats right, don. you can chase his background all the way back to grosnia, actually, which we talked about in the past. he was dubbed the hero of syria, the butcher of syria. hes been rewarded. i think hell move on to be the head general of syria. the leader fortunate world can only do so much with how much the loss of morale, the casualties, how many battle groups theyve lost. hes going to be pushing these units, and ...

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The eu has not, do we know something that the eu does not? first the eu has not, do we know something that the eu does not?— that the eu does not? first of all, i want to thank _ that the eu does not? first of all, i want to thank our— that the eu does not? first of all, i want to thank our ambassador . that the eu does not? first of all, j i want to thank our ambassador in kyiv, ourwonderful i want to thank our ambassador in kyiv, our wonderful staff there, they have done an outstanding job...

Threat from russia. the british embassy remains open and will continue to carry out essential work. the intelligence is very clear that there are 60 russian battle groups on the borders of ukraine. the plan for a lightning war that could take out kyiv is one that everybody can see. we need to make it very clear to the kremlin, to russia that that would be a disastrous step. officials at the foreign office said the decision was a response to the growing risk of a russian incursion, not the result...

Near the ukrainian border. nato is bolstering its forces sending fighter jets and ships in the region and placing troops on stand by. >> we are considering to further enhance our presence in the eastern part, this could include employment of additional nato battle groups. these deployments are proportionate and in line with our international commitments and they reinforce european security for all of us. >> now the pentagon says russia is showing no signs of de-escalating and is actually sending...

Some western powers now fear the worst. the intelligence is very clear that there are 60 russian battle groups on the borders of ukraine. the plan for a lightning war that could take out kyiv is one that everyone can see. invading ukraine from a russian perspective is going to be a painful, violent and bloody business, and its very important that people in russia understand that this could be the new chechnya. that was a reference to the war russia fought in its southern republic of chechnya in ...

The face of moscows ongoing aggression to ukraine, would be similar to the battle groups already stationed in countries like the baltic states and poland. lets get to natasha bertrand who worked on this story with me. natasha, it seems the military responding to this criticism that support moves should be taken before aggressive moves instead of afterwards, and theyre focusing their attention on the east flank of nato. >> reporter: thats right, jim. there are a number of critics who have asked w...

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