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What we are seeing on the ground and our intelligence analyst had picked up our intelligence analyst had picked up that we are sending this clear message. it remains a message that we have now been sending for some time. yes, it is an urgent message because we are in an urgent situation. because we are in an urgent situation-— because we are in an urgent situation. , ., . ., , ., situation. just to clarify, you now believe that _ situation. just to clarify, you now believe that russia _ situat...

De-escalation, this despite russia claiming they are drawing down troops. today, the ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky looking to fend off a war with russia as his country faces a growing threat. all this as president biden has sent a direct message, one of peace, to the russian people. >> were not targeting the people of russia. we do not seek to destabilize russia. to the citizens of russia, you are not our enemy. and i do not believe you want a bloody destructive war against ukraine. >> ...

Have gone up to assessing, there are approximately or more than 148,000 troops in total ground air and sea from the russian armed forces, poised near that border region. that brings it more in line. we have president biden said, yesterday, it was 150,000 there. so it seems they have got the same intel on that issue. >> the question, perhaps not yet if theyre on the same page, 150,000, were aware, we saw the pictures of the various capabilities, do ukrainian officials say at some point in the nea...

To bases close to ukraine. western officials say they want to see other units being moved much further away before there can be any meaningful talk of de—escalation. although russia has announced that it is moving its forces back to garrison, we have yet to see that. in fact, we see more forces moving into that region, that border region. in eastern ukraine, a potentially dangerous escalation. ukrainian soldiers inspecting the damage from yesterdays explosion at a kindergarten. exchanges of fi...

We want to begin with cnn senior international correspondent matthew chance. here with me in kyiv. you have new reporting about the ukrainian militarys view of russias capabilities along the border. >> yeah, thats right. we have got exclusively to cnn this morning, ukrainian military intelligence assessment of the disposition of forces around the region. what it is saying centrally is that it does not believe ukrainian military that the russian military contingent near the ukrainian borders is s...

Its not just the troops. theres 150, 000, we heard of 110 but talented tickle groups. thats not what they are concerned with. they are really worried with some of the capabilities that hes amassed there. one of the things we hear a lot about his muscles. we heard recently hes brought in some additional naval power. they have land attack cruise missiles on them. the russian military has amassed a large number of missiles that could potentially be fired into ukraine and, in literally a matter of l...

In some additional naval power, those have land attack cruise missiles on them. the russian military has amassed a large number of missiles, that could, potentially, be fired into ukraine, and in literally a matter of less than an hour, they could take out major ukrainian military capabilities. some of them are concerned about targeting ammunition depots of the ukrainian military, their air forces, their airfields. the ability for the ukrainian military to defend itself. what russia has amassed ...

Here where its hard to imagine that that would have been incoming fire. that also sounded like something really, really big was just shot into the direction of ukraine. that of course is after the past couple of days. weve seen a massive military build-up here especially in the belgorod area. of course we are very close to kharkiv, very close to where clarissa is. and as weve been coming in here weve also been seeing that military activity by the russians. we drove in here and all the military t...

Russias military exercises in belarus are almost over, designed to show off moscows raw power in the most unambiguous way. 0ther drills, out in the black sea. rarely has russia displayed its military might in so many places at the same time. its mesmerised and profoundly alarmed the west, and perhaps thats the point. some equipment is going back to bases close to ukraine. western officials say they want to see other units being moved much further away, before there can be any meaningful talk of ...

Russians military exercises in belarus are almost over, designed to show off moscows power in the most unambiguous way. other drills out in the black sea. rarely has russia displayed its military might in so many places at the same time. it has mesmerised and profoundly alarmed the west, and perhaps that is the point. some equipment is going back to bases close to ukraine. western officials say they want to see other units be moved much further away before there can be any meaningful talk of de�...