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Western officials is the presence of new encampments of russian troops close to the ukraine border. so perhaps what they might try to see if theres going to be a concrete sign of pull back of the troops to places further away from the border, again its very difficult to say. american officials do believe that theres about a sortd of a 70% capability of troops and material there. in belarus positioned close to the ukraine border. if russia and if russian president vladimir putin does decide and h...

He also said this was a testament to americas reaching capability, essentially no matter where terrorists are, the u.s. will find them and hunt them down. this is a question the president has faced as the u.s. has made its military footprint smaller in certain parts of the world and including in syria. he said we will remain vigilant, we will remain prepared. again, sort of sending a warning shot that this is the first of what could be many if the u.s. feels it needs to conduct other operations ...

>> he has the capacity to do that. >> he says putin has the capacity, the estimates have been 70%. where in that 48 hours old. are we now at 100? have things changed that quickly? >> i dont think were at what we would think he would need for 100 100%. its difficult know what hes doing. he has added forces in just over the course of the weekend in the last 48 hours. he continues to and we think there are more battalion groups on their way to belarus and with the border to ukraine. what the presid...

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I think what the administration is doing is prudent. because it does take time to move troops, even a move, it takes time. the striker squad to germany is ideal. a lot of capability. and of course, you know, france has declared a battle group to romania as well. so, this is not just the united states. and finally as courtney nose, up in baltic region, estonia, latvia and lithuania, theyre enhancing groups, germany, denmark, canada, its very prudent. every one of the diplomatic positions look lik...

>> reporter: a first strike on ukraine may start with a barrage of air and missile attacks. but according to u.s. officials, it is ground troops like these, russian marines moving across the ukrainian front. as tensions mount, these latest images released by the russian defense ministry are further jangling nerves. may have the capability, in moscow, a decision to attack does not yet appear to have been made. in fact, this carefully choreographed scene on russian state television shows that dipl...

Our secretary of defense has said, and its a wait and see. i would not believe that until the units have significantly moved away from ukraine. and were just not seeing that right now. >> is it just an emphasis thats insignificant, or do you see any significance in what matthew chance was just talking about which has been clear disagreements when the biden white house was saying an invasion could be imminent, the ukrainians were saying we dont see it that way. the biden administration says 150,0...

Exactly departure date and exact arrival. obviously, it will be obvious when they get there and certainly, well try to keep you informed all the way. >> i just want to say, youve made it clear, several times, that these troops wont be brought into ukraine and that they wont be in combat. but can you rule out that any of these troops, specifically some from the 82nd airborne, might be brought into ukraine in the coming days to help with the non-combatant evacuation. is it possible they could be u...

Question? do you think they would put 70% in place for a full-scale invasion if that werent going to happen? >> i do not think that would happen in that way. i think that -- i think that if you put 70% of his capability, or his forces are 70% capable of doing something like this, the chances are very high that he wants to do this. and have to look at it from a very, you know, worst case scenario perspective. you know, and hope for the best. but in this particular case, i think its very possible ...

With what the u.s. is saying. >> macron is looking for a diplomatic way out, and hes pretty much in lockstep with the americans and allies broadly in terms of strong deterrence against russia if they engage in any military incursion, so he is involved in sending material and both defense equipment to the ukrainians and forwarding deployments to the baltics and allies to defend them, and hes strong on potential economic sanctions that would be tough and directed towards russia if theres direct mi...