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Placed another 1000 troops on standby to respond to any humana —— humanitarian emergency we all fear is increasingly likely. while the most alarming and the most visible threat is the massing of russian land forces on ukraines borders, look at the naval build—up in the black sea which threatens to blockade ukraine! look at the massive cyber attacks and the incoming tide of disinformation! this crisis extends into every domain, which is why the uk is providing nato with more land, sea and a...

This is a theatre. the russians had been pumping out pictures, first of all, showing the build—up, and is now showing the apparent withdrawal of the forces. this is all messaging. they wanted the west to believe that there was a real threat building up there, even though they continued to say they have no intentions of attacking ukraine. now they want to present a slightly different image, that they are reducing their forces command the same, as they did some time ago, that these exercises wou...

Capital of a sovereign european state in the year 2022. and the u.s. believes russia not only has the forces to take over this capital, but now, the russian president has made the decision to do so as well. thats quite a moment in these weeks, frankly, a build-up to the threat of ukraine. >> lets not forget where you are, the city of kyiv, a city of almost 3 million people right now. and we just heard president biden say that city is about to be attacked by the russians. abby phillip, give us a ...

Listened to. >> what is the disconnect here, ann? they want it to be on the table that nato is dissolved? i mean, what is the credible and realistic thing they would like america to negotiate on? >> well, for the russians, theyve made clear that the red line is that they want written security guarantees. they want something thats binding, because the kremlin has said that for the last several years, russia has been trying to convince nato and the u.s. that basically, you know, they are concerned...

Months, additionally more than 20 russian battalions, it changes the situation at our borders as well. thank you very much for your time today. the latvian defence minister. the president of estonia has said they will never recognise... moscow should immediately _ they will never recognise... moscow should immediately and _ should immediately and unconditionally withdraw its forces from the territory of ukraine and its immediate state. we strongly condemn all military and hybrid actions against ...

>> yeah, well, actually, i think theres a bit of fear and weakness and thats the one thing putin enjoys exploiting is weakness. they have to show that theyre not bluffing, that theyre serious. the sad thing thats happening right now anyway is ukraines economy, travel industry, is being totally battered right now. just over this weekend. lufthansa group and its sister airlines canceled groups to major ukrainian cities, sas just pulled out, klm. so the country is feeling more kind of cut off at th...

Putin decides to escalate. i do urge the administration to do more than just the sanctions on american people for these two regions in ukraine. >> in his hour-long speech today, and i listened to it. putin essentially questioned ukraines right to exist as an independent state. is it naive to think that putin would stop in eastern ukraine, in these areas where he recognized their independence today. will he try to take over eventually the whole country? >> if you follow putins speech, what hes ba...

Again— reason why we are deploying it to again prevent any miscalculation, any misunderstanding that we are not ready— any misunderstanding that we are not ready to _ any misunderstanding that we are not ready to protect and defend all allies — ready to protect and defend all allies. and of course, this is something all allies have agreed to do. something all allies have agreed to do but. _ something all allies have agreed to do but. of— something all allies have agreed to do. but, of co...

The russian people must know that the kremlins war on ukraine will not make — the kremlins war on ukraine will not make russia more secure. it will not make russia more secure. it will not make _ not make russia more secure. it will not make russia more secure. it will not make russia more secure. it will not make russia more respected in the world — not make russia more respected in the world. it will not lead to a better— the world. it will not lead to a better future for your children. ...

And, unfortunately, the worst is yet to come. new satellite images show a major build-up of russian forces just miles outside of the capital city of kyiv. and earlier today, u.s. officials addressed this movement. >> clearly, we continue to see russian forces move on or move -- try to move closer to so they can move on kyiv from the ground. we still assess that they are outside the city center. mr. putin still has at his disposal significant combat power. he hasnt moved all of it into ukraine bu...