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Bearing in mind that within nato itself, particularly on the eastern border, for the last few years theres been quite an increase in theres been quite an increase in the other countries in that area investing in their own defensive capabilities. because this threat we are seeing from russia now isnt new, its been a very clear element for the past few years. the uk and the rest of natos allies have a clear understanding of that threat from russia. so its notjust what nato is doing now, its the in...

Re belarus over the course of the weekend. well over 100,000, but not just the numbers but capabilities, combined armed capabilities from armor to infantry, special operations forces from cyber and air and missile defense. hes got an impressive array of military capabilities that are all at his beck and call should he choose to do it. >> according to this new reporting, john, the russian plan that jim sciuttos reporting on includes after air and missile attacks, then includes plans to encircle k...

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>> it is good to be with you, everyone. i am ayman mohyeldin. for nearly a year now, we have been healing all about the effort that the u.s. has been putting into restoring the 2015 iran nuclear deal. we have been told how important it is that time is of the essence that the iranians are being stubborn, but that we are being closer to restoring the agreement, president trump killed back in 2018. in fact, just last month, thats a little bit of the headlines were saying. but now, that whole narrat...

Importantly, more capabilities that get him closer to the ability for a large scale invasion of that country. now why are these troops going? its not because they would move into ukraine. its not because the u.s. is looking for fight with russia specifically. but rather they would go to poland who is a nato ally to help shore up the defenses there and help provide some kind of security that if in fact putin were to decide to move somewhere beside ukraine, the u.s. there would be there to help wi...

Hundreds i called them an element of. the secretary held them in reserve and decided now is the time to send them. >> also weve seen the u.s. arrive in the united arab emirates, how are they helping with the missiles? >> these f-22s are going to join a range of joint coalition and allied partner capabilities that are already based across the region so theyre additive to the air power we have in the region. jen. >> can i go back to a question that jim asked. im confused by your answer. do you hav...

You, chris. this is significant because president biden does not always stop and talk bum he chose to do so today, giving an update where he says he still believes the threat of an invasion is still very active and real in the next several days. he also indicated to reporters that he has no immediate plans to talk to vladimir putin, and he believes that diplomacy still has a path to work, which is part of why he has dispatched antony blinken, his secretary of state. of course we also know the vi...

That military action could happen any day, and you heard from the nation security adviser making it clear that it certainly could happen before the end of the olympics, maybe even this week. we have shared with our allies and partners and that includes ukraine our assessment of the information that we have been receiving and certainly have reflected in those conversations our deep concern about the continued capabilities that mr. putin has at his beck and call. so, i wont get into a specific dat...

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...

Private companies have been called on to make sure they are equipped. >> we have exercise the maximum government authorities to mandate the steps needed. we know that should anything occur we will work closely with the private sector to rapidly respond and recover prey. >> officials advise there is no specific credible threats to the u.s. homeland at this time. but intelligence agents have identified the russian government as the likely force pride widespread cyber attacks on ukrainian banks thi...