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Came out of that, surprising because it was unclassified, so usually more out of the unclassified briefing through your sourcing, but not a whole lot this morning in the way of movement, just the only sort of interesting point that sullivan reportedly told lawmakers that the reason why germany had not vocally made any commitments on nord stream 2, some politics at home they need to be aware of but conveyed to the administration felt comfortable that nord stream 2 would not come online. and we ar...

Commitments we made to nato. we still believe that russia is poised to go much further in launching a massive military attack against ukraine. i hope im wrong about that and i hope were wrong about that, but russia has only escalated its threat against the ukrainian territory including the major cities and the capital city of kyiv. there are still well over 150,000 russian troops surrounding ukraine. as i said, russian forces remain positioned in belarus to attack ukraine from the north, includi...

Committed by one country, one big, powerful country against its neighbor, against its sovereign neighbor. >> im anxious to hear what the u.s. ambassador to the u.n., linda thomas-greenfield, is going to say. shes there, and shes going to be delivering a major statement on behalf of the united states government, on behalf of president biden. bi well be listening very carefully to her words, right? >> we absolutely will. the security council has met before. she gave a great speech. secretary blink...

>> i have authorized additional movements of u.s. forces and equipment, already stationed in europe, to strengthen our baltic allies, is tony, a latvia, and lithuania. let me be clear, these are totally defensive moves on our part. we have no intention of fighting russia. we want to send an unmistakable message though, that the united states, together with our allies, will defend every inch of nato territory, and abide by the commitments we made to nato. >> biden concluded his remarks with a fra...

All along with france, germany, ukraine and russia working to implement the agreements. and throughout ukraine has worked very hard to make good on its commitments. russias done just the opposite. but what weve seen now in the last 24 hours would seem to be the final repudiation of minsk by russia. but again, you would have to ask president putin. with regard to what comes next, as i said a moment ago, and as weve said all along, if russia pursues its aggression against ukraine, it will face the...

Sanctions. it will have a military component as well. the president biden was careful to describe this as purely defensive action. >> i have authorized additional movements of u.s. forces and equipment, already stationed in europe, to strengthen our baltic allies, is tony, a latvia, and lithuania. let me be clear, these are totally defensive moves on our part. we have no intention of fighting russia. we want to send an unmistakable message though, that the united states, together with our allies...

In effect, it is a slush fund that helps those people in times of trouble. so the more difficult it gets, and the more sanctions there are, the more counter of sanctions there are, and the more money goes to the supporters and the friends of vladimir putin. so its kind of the, you know, pernicious system. but and, yet, this is really about what the west can do other than gigantic war. and that certainly is not what anybody, at least in the west, wants. >> speaking of that, oren liebermann, presi...

Assurance to americans, but the u.s. is not going to war with russia. >> we have no intention of fighting russia. >> reporter: biden signaling full support of american allies, announcing sending additional troops to fortified nato presence in europe. >> the united states and allies will defend every inch of nato territory, and abide by the commitments we made into nato. >> reporter: u.s. allies are responding to russias latest incursion into eastern ukraine. united kingdom announcing sanctions o...

And republicans, the house, the senate, the congress and the white house on our resolve against mr. putin if he incurs into ukraine. there is strong support for unified position in this country to stand up to this attack on the security of europe. yes, there is some of us who say that russia already violated many commitments and already additional sanctions should imposed. if we do that, the president could have additional leverage to use diplomacy to try to avoid the military incursions. so the...

Made into nato we still believe that russia poised to go much further. and launching massive military attack against ukraine. i hope i am wrong about that. hope we are wrong about that. but has only escalated his threats. there are estimate well over 150,000 russian troops surrounding ukraine. and as i said, russian forces remain positioned to attack ukraine from north. and including war planes and offensive missile systems. they moved troops closer. russia naval vessel are in black sea to ukrai...