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Ukraine has agreed to hold talks in the coming days with a russian delegation — without preconditions — on the border with neighbouring belarus. in another major development — president putin has ordered russian military commanders to put the countrys strategic nuclear forces on special alert, their highest level. he says its in response to nato aggression. the move has been condemned by the white house — and nato says putins threat is �*aggressive�* and �*irresponsible.’ in the ...

There is debris, the twisted metal of these vehicles. this is obviously just a truck carrying supplies. we saw the armored vehicle in front there. i mean, looking around -- look at this. what kind of knew admissions does it take to do that to a car, to a vehicle? you know, i know that ive been to the local ukrainian commanders here, they say they were using western anti-tank missiles to attack these columns. look. so recent, the battle. this vehicle is still smoking. theres still smoke coming ou...

The one thing that has to happen is putin has to tell his commanders go. and until he says go, they wont go but boy, they are ready to go, clear listening to john kirby. >> trace: seems we are playing a game of semantics here, general. the pentagon and the state department have both said they are not in attack position but they have also said they are certainly gathering and massing at the ukrainian border which to everybody in the world seems like an attack position. whats the fine line that we...

Human rights but he pals around. and then to eliminate womens sports. >> you have done such a great job we have to leave it there. thank you for watching. we will see you next sunday on "the next. ♪ ♪ trey: good evening thank you for joining us, i am trey gowdy, it is "sunday night in america," tensions are high in eastern europe, as russia continues to threaten ukraine. there is intelligence that russian commanders have received order to proceed with an invasion, more than 150,000 russian t...

>> rachel: he may be waiting on the weather to get better. >> steve: colder. >> rachel: colder. there is no question and you spoke with general tata and he says that the russians are calling the shots. here he is obvious russians are calling the play here. strategic decision to be made. up to the tactical and operational commanders cecials and sergeants captains and measures on the ground and when conditions are right they will begin to inch into the areas. that putin wants. in eastern ukraine i...

The sea. i would look at the swing of the black sea fleet. are they going to try to put forces ashore behind the ukrainian lines? the ukrainians had a fairly static defensive perimeter set up. if putin can get behind it from the sea, that would be a very effective tactic for him. number three, and finally, i would watch closely where his commanders are. are they up in belarus? do we see the general who is the supreme commander, the russian forces, he has been there for a week to ten days oversee...

Cannot say. we have seen some ambulances go down there, and also quite frankly a lot of soldiers being moved into that area as well. we saw a lot of armored vehicles the last couple of days. now seems a lot of personnel and support vehicles going to kharkiv and big operations in the air also. were hearing jets in the sky regularly and also rocket fire in the sky also. >> have you been able to interact with those russian forces or commanders or anyone and get a sense of their morale, how theyre f...

Crisis. the u.s. continues to warn moscow could strike ukraine at any moment. still holds out some hope diplomatic efforts will prevail. meanwhile, violence continues to escalate in ukraine. officials say more than 100 cease-fire violations in the eastern part of the country recorded just this weekend. stoking even more fears that an invasion could happen soon. right now its estimated as many as 190,000 russian personnel are in and around ukraine including the breakaway regions in eastern europe...

New satellite images show russian troops moving closer to ukraines border. and u.s. intelligence indicates that orders have already been given to russian commanders to proceed with an invasion. nearly 75% of russias conventional forces are now postured against ukraine. the fears of an invasion are leading thousands of ukrainians to flee, buses to leave their homes. but lets begin our coverage with cnns jim sciutto live in western ukraine near the border with poland with his new reporting. hi, ji...

Plenty of combat capability. and at any point, they could unleash it against ukraine. that is so important to remember. this whole thing in the beginning stages, far from over. but for right now, it does appear that these troops north of kyiv are stalled and not getting the support that they need from their own commanders. >> i was talking with steve hall earlier who talked about how people among putins supporters are actually feeling about this. what are you learning about morale among those ru...