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Numbers, hes is -- hes well north of 100,000 and continues to grow. but what is important is not just the numbers. its the capabilities. what we see is that he is really putting in place robust -- what we would call combined arms capabilities in belarus and along that border with ukraine in russia. that means not just infantry or tracked vehicles but artillery and long range fires and air and missile defense as well as special operations. i mean, he has a full suite available to him. i continues...

Believe that diplomacy continues to be viable. >> despite the top diplomat saying talks should continue and talk for just plummet if not been exhausted, no sign of the escalation. >> he continues to do with the things that you would expect one to do if one was planning on a major military action and that is to sharpen the readiness and and to add to the capabilities of his force. >> the state department pulling out keys and the threat of a possible airstrike it anytime. about 300 mouse west towa...

Tonight. >> after weeks of down playing any possibility of a russian invasion, ukrainian president zels visited frontline forces in the east. a low level war has simmered here for 8 years. today russian-backed separatists shelled a kindergarten in the town while students were out of the building. according to the ukraine military, two teachers were injured and half the town lost power. zelensky called the attack a big provocation. nato officials are still trying to derive putins end goal. >> we ...

This gray zone in a security vacuum so to speak. what else can we do now? we can continue the effective support of ukraine and its defense capabilities providing european perspective, providing the support to the candidate countries and specific time lines for ukraine possible membership in the alliance. we need support for the transformation in our country to create stability and restoration from the land lease program, supplying new armament and equipment to the army which is protecting the wh...

But at the same time, in this white house, foreign policy has moved back in many ways to the state department. of course, through the national security adviser, the white house also, but it was really centralized in the trump administration in amassing a power around foreign policy in a different way that weve now seen move back to those other agencies. >> i want to come back to that. he was vice president in the obama administration which was widely criticized as being too soft. as letting -- t...

And he got putin wrong? answering to this particular question, its important to understand that we might lack some military intelligence. again, for example, our international partners, the uk, the us, you are more advanced in terms of your capabilities to get this intelligence, but modern wars, not even modern, all wars... im not talking about whether or not its right to say that war is imminent, im talking about the fundamental position that zelensky sold to the ukrainian people that if they e...

In the united states air force. he also served as natos supreme allied commander in europe from 2013 to 2016. russia annexed crimea in 2014. general, thank you very much for being with us here on bbc news. what do you make of the rhetoric coming out today from president putin saying that an invasion could happen at any moment? do you agree with that assessment?— that assessment? actually come i think it wasnt _ that assessment? actually come i think it wasnt president - that assessment? actual...

Attributing the information to foreign intelligence and media. while the u.s. says it is sharing intelligence with ukraine in realtime, both the pentagon and state department denied putin had decided to invade on wednesday. >> we are not saying that president putin final decision. we have not communicated otherwise to our partners. we believe that diplomacy continues to be viable. >> despite russias top diplomat sergey lavrov talks continue and possibility for diplomacy have not been exhausted n...

Theres still time and space for diplomacy. we believe theres a past forward that should be pursued. mr. putin can easily deescalate the tensions by taking that force presence away, which is certainly within his power to do that. did that answer your question? sorry i didnt recognize you with your mask on. >> have you seen any evidence that putin is planning to use or deploy hypersonic weapons? >> i dont see any indication of that at this time. were watching this very closely. >> can you rule it ...

On the eastern flank of ukraine, but also put troops into belarus, which is only 50 miles from kyiv, the capital of ukraine, and also naval and amphibious assets in the black sea. i dont know if putin is planning an invasion or not, or what kind of invasion he might be planning, but he is certainly giving himself an increasing number of options when it comes to intimidating ukraine or potentially invading it. this will be worrying to nato planners. the united states has been sending a lot of wea...