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Do they have to do with re-strikes? there at the point really where they can pull the operation together. its a more complex and more diabolical campaign than anything russia has tried to do before and it depends on getting all the commanders synchronize together. it is not that easy. i think they are meeting more with distance than they expected and not a battle of the airport is just as good example of whats going on. ♪ ♪ >> trace: use a more resistance, they expected -- does not often lea...

Forces. speaking in russia, pleading to them to not trust their commanders. save your lives and leave. joining me now is anastasia idol, a russian born writer and social historian who works at the university of california uppercuts lifelong learning institute. she is the author of russia, putins playground. anastasia, thank you for joining us this evening. talk to us a little bit about why you see this war as -- >> look, between thank you for having me. between my husband anna. we probably have ...

That appears to be a big ask. because new satellite images show intense russian troop activity close to ukraines northeastern border. the u.s. also has intelligence suggesting orders have already been sent to russian commanders to move forward with an attack on ukraine. >> a white house official says secretary of state blinken and sergey lavrov will discuss a biden-putin summit when they meet on thursday. but there are concerns an invasion could begin before then. this morning, 75% of russias co...

Russian commanders have received their orders to attack and they are getting ready for battle. today, russian military exercises in belarus near ukraines northern border were scheduled to end. but now, they have been extended. and late today, president biden held an emergency meeting with his national security council at the white house. at the nearby lincoln memorial, ukrainian americans rallied in solidarity with families and friends back home. many of them demanding vladimir putin face punish...

Years. diplomacy remains on the table, and we have all these punishing sanctions in place if he invades. has it been perfect? no. no lead-up to war is perfect. jennifers reporting is so critical. if we intercepted this kind of communique with the mid and upper-level commanders, and an invasion is imminent, i think its clear that putins real concern here is hes losing ground. his relevance. he has to try to assert and inject himself. and what better way than to do this. china is the audience that...

Vice president harris vowing a swift and severe response as president biden meets with the national security council promising unprecedented economic costs if russia does not choose diplomacy. >> the west is united and resolved. were ready to impose severe sanctions on russia if it further invades ukraine. im pamela brown in washington. you are live in the "cnn newsroom" on this sunday. we begin this hour with breaking news in the russia/ukraine crisis. the u.s. has intelligence indicating ord...

You can see this is a bridge actually. theres an access point to the northwest of kyiv, the ukrainian capital. and the russian column that has come down here has been absolutely hammered. were in a very exposed situation right now. 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 ...

Problems within the military structure of russia. >> well morale is something that tends to be something that we cannot necessarily measure but it is formidable. there is low morale. i want a my first experience started six years when i was overseas, two of them in the middle east. one off the coast of israel. we used to go up close into the black see where the russians would have their navy harasses, but our military at least from my standpoint, it if you had a sense of you could last long, and...

Jim. >> thank you, jeremy diamond for that, as we work on jims feed. also this morning, u.s. intelligence i understand crating orders have been send to russian commanders to proceed with an attack, this as new satellite images show intensified activity with russian units close to the border. cnn international correspondent matthew chance and frederik pleitgen are on the ground in moscow. matthew, those new satellite images show russian forces moving even closer to the ukraine border. what more a...