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Analyst petri makela. we cross over to finland now, which of course, shares a border and speak to the military analyst, what are we to the military analyst, what are we to make of this?— to make of this? nato isnt convinced _ to make of this? nato isnt convinced that _ to make of this? nato isnt convinced that russia - to make of this? nato isnt convinced that russia is i to make of this? nato isnt i convinced that russia is really scaling back, and the russian ministry of defence is saying th...

Gold battalion brought closer to the border, according to the intelligence were saying. mixed signals, i think at the moment. in the meantime, diplomatic efforts to engage with russia continue. we saw the german leader olaf scholz meet with vladimir putin in moscow earlier today. this is mr scholz speaking after that meeting. translation: i expressed that the troop build-up - is seen as a threat. than 100 thousand russian troops on the border with ukraine and we find this incomprehensible. so we...

To basis. how far away are they are basis from the ukrainian border? some of the bases are very close to the ukrainian border. some are along that border, so it will not change anything. on the other hand, 9000 km away from their own basis. those units are still staying in the ukraine. ~ . ., ., ., ukraine. what about what we have been seeing _ ukraine. what about what we have been seeing in _ ukraine. what about what we have been seeing in terms _ ukraine. what about what we have been seeing in...

Of the pullback. the us ambassador to the un said... its estimated that more than 60% of russias ground combat power is currently at the border. satellite pictures like these have shown a dramatic increase over the past few months. and we also know large scale military drills are continuing. these pictures are from crimea — the region russia annexed from ukraine in 2014. this is the assessment of the uk prime minister. we are seeing russian open to conversation. on the other hand the intellige...

The intelligence that we are seeing today is still not encouraging. we have more battalion tactical groups being brought closer to the border with ukraine according to the intelligence that we are seeing. so, mixed signals, i think, at the moment. what does it all mean for the international reputation of russia ? the image of russia right now in the west is of a country which is ready to use force. it is a problem of the image makers from the west. for them, russia, its a threat because they kno...

Negotiations. this now over the course of these negotiations-— this now over the course of these neuotiations. ~ . , ., negotiations. well, the west remain sce tical of negotiations. well, the west remain sceptical of any _ negotiations. well, the west remain sceptical of any real _ negotiations. well, the west remain sceptical of any real de-escalation, l sceptical of any real de—escalation, nato is saying its seen no evidence. all this as the russian opposition figure, navalny back in cour...

His whole career struggling to avoid, fighting to avoid, another war on the european continent. we dont know the ramifications of this, mike. we dont know what happens next because war once it is started is horrible and unpredictable. will nato stand strong? at the moment, yes. we heard jens stoltenberg about an hour ago saying, reinvoking article five, making it very clear. he said, had is a message to mr. putin, an attack against one is an attack against all. i expect you will see a step-up on...

Russian leader vladimir putin if putin holds off on invading ukraine. that does appear to be a big if. new satellite images show activity intensifying at ukraines eastern border. and u.s. has intelligence indicating orders have already been sent to russian commanders to proceed with an attack on ukraine. a white house official says secretary of state anthony blinken and sergey lavrov will discuss a possible biden-putin summit on thursday. russia has close to 75% of its conventional forces posi...

Because i had the right to keep that private and discreet. but as i see there is a lot of wrong conclusions and assumptions out there, i think its important to speak up about that and justify certain things. on december the 16th, djokovic tested positive for covid but only found out, he says, after mixing with young tennis players the following day. when he arrived in australia on january the 5th, he was held at the border. onjanuary the 6th, his visa was cancelled and he was detained. four days...

One above kyiv the capitol, the other above kharkiv. and then one coming up from the south from odessa, which russia occupied back in 2014. and near crimea, excuse me, crimea, which russia occupied. and odessa. right now, i am in dnipro. the sort of like the central east area of the country. this hasnt really come under a lot of fearsome attack, but just yesterday, i was up in kharkiv, which is in the northeast of the country. now, that area is seeing quite a lot of fierce fighting. its the seco...