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Cancellations and delays on rail lines across britain. vladimir putin is to oversee military exercises involving russias nuclear and missile capabilities, as world leaders meet in munich to discuss security. coming up on bbc news, plenty to bring you at 6:30pm in the sport. in beijing gb had guaranteed themselves a second medal of the games. great britain lose their four by 100 metres relay medal after a test for a banned substance. harry maguire has denied he is being undermined by cristiano ro...

U.s.? >> the necessary next swept is the "swift" transaction system. cutting russia off from that. president biden said we are not ready for. that means the e.u. countries are not yet on that point. thats one of the next step. you get the top 25 oligarchs around putin. you do have to be a bit careful going after the leader himself calling him a warcorner. you dont want him totally in a corner and the only way out is lashing out with their capabilities. they are moving along and escalating and "s...

And therefore sort of more limited hold seems less likely and he is likely to go for what he views as that cultural capital of greater russia which is kyiv. and even then, how far does he want to go? from his calculus, potentially stopping if he can. this of course all depends on the morale, the ukrainian army and their reserves and willingness to resist, of course. but potentially his calculus is he wants to go beyond kyiv if he can and establish a buffer zone with the west of the country split...

Of forces. confirm a real withdrawal. it has been up and down, back and forth all the way but the trend the last weeks and months has been a steady increase in the russian capabilities close to ukraines borders. >> reporter: this is one of the videos issued by russias defense ministry on units beginning, it claims, to go home followed up on wednesday with more footage of the tanks loading onto trains, destination unknown. back in crimea the much advertised pullout involves units whose bases are ...

>> well, thank you for having me. it seems as though russia greatly underestimated the level of resistance and also did not use any of the key capabilities that they had in the tool shed. you saw the first tank army. most ready element of russian military forces used against clark if, instead of against kyiv for example. you are seeing scripts that are pouring out of some of the personnel carriers, these young men. captured by ukrainians. and that they were under the impression that they were go...

For an invasion, however, it said that putin has not yet made the decision. what are the indicators here that this is going anywhere other than across that border? do you believe it is still a question of if and not just when? >> i do. to answer your question directly, what are the indicators that putin would pull back and they dont exist. all of the indicators, the indications in warning that matrix of intelligence that is collected, the amount of warning time you would need if something were t...

2014 and 15. when russia first invaded ukraine the germans led the effort to prevent delivery of even defensive lethal equipment. theyve now turned 180 degrees. theyre ready to help the ukrainians with significant capabilities that are going to help the ukrainians extend these tanks we were just seeing and make sure they dont reach their target. of course following the decision to halt the nord stream 2 pipeline to russia as well. >> how much of the calculation do you think by nato countries to ...

Done in the past in 2015, 2016, they took out their energy sector, the energy grid, shut down the country. in 2017, a ransomware attack. russias capabilities are very good. united states as well. were direct peers. this is a warning shot saying, hey, its not just military. we have all these other options on the table as well. you know, youre basically being warned if we go to war it will be painful in every way, not just a military capabilities perspective. >> and, david, the biden administratio...

Ukraine? is he preparing to go into ukraine? the truth is it depends on the news of the day at this point. i dont think our administration has any better handle on it than most americans do and thats the concern that we have. >> todd: joey for the last month we have been talking about the geopolitical. the upper echelon strategy. what are the troops on the ground. the guys and gals that you served with that may potentially have to go overseas, what are they saying about all of this? >> well, let...

Poland is doing vital work to respond to this crisis. it has hosted an increased nato presence, supported the robust eu sanctions against russia and it has done a great deal to facilitate security assistance to ukraine. as nato allies were defence cooperation between poland and the united states it is fair to say is closer than ever. sincejanuary we it is fair to say is closer than ever. since january we have doubled our number of military personnel to no more than 10,000, including a brigade of...