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Their -- >> reporter: absolutely. >> i was just going to ask about belarus in particular. theyve moved into belarus to the north has to be particularly alarming. >> your making an important point and one we share. which is whatever the russians are saying in television and print and the press, were making assessments based on what theyre actually doing. what theyre doing on the ground is a continued build up. yes, we have significant concerns about their force posture in belarus. theyll say its ...

Responses to russias concern. >> we hope and expect that russia will have the same view and will take our proposal seriously. >> delivery of a document had been agreed when secretary blinken met russian foreign minister lavrov last week and laid out where the u.s. hopes agreement can be reached. limits on military exercises. force posture in ukraine. arms control and missile deployment. off the table however is any discussions on nato expansion. >> i cant be more clear. natos door is open. remai...

And ship movements all pointing in one direction, and on the diplomatic front, that theres no diplomatic talks right now... the us and europe have engaged with russia to try and open up diplomatic talks and theyve been rejected by the russians, so i think theres a difference of perspective. i think zelensky has to try to keep calm, wants investors to stay in. hes hoping that russias deterred and this is all a bluff. and so i think both leaders are just coming at this from a different perspective...

That? >> not to outline from here. >> the president changed 130,000 we believe amassed on the border to closer to 150,000. how long does the united states believe russia can maintain that kind of a force posture? >> he also said including in belarus and en circling ukraine to be clear. in terms of their ability to maintain that, im not going to get into intelligence. >> no judgment -- >> nothing to outline from here. >> c.i.a. station closer to the border of po land, outside of kyiv, is the u.s....

Alert posture i announced last week. those 8500 are not currently deployed but ready to move if called for the nato response force or as needed for other contingencies as directed by the secretary or president biden. we continue to review our force posture in the situation in europe, and we will make adjustments as the situation warrants. i also want to take this opportunity to correct some misconceptions around last weeks announcement. nato as an organization does not have veto power over troop...

Those 8,500 are not currently being deployed, but remain ready to move if called for the nato response force, or as needed for other contingencies, as directed by the secretary or by president biden. we continue to review our force posture in the situation in europe and we will make adjustments as the situation warrants. i also want to take this opportunity to correct some misconceptions around last weeks announcement, nato as an organization does not have veto power over u.s. troops deployments...

In the united states on heightened alert posture that i announced last week. those 8500 are not being deployed but remain ready to move if called for the nato response force or as needed for other contingencies as directed by the secretary or president biden. we continue to review our force posture and the situation in europe and will make adjustments as the situation warrants. i want to take the opportunity to correct misconceptions around last weeks announcements. nato is an organization does ...

All pointing in one direction, and on the diplomatic front, that theres no diplomatic talks right now... the us and europe have engaged with russia to try and open up diplomatic talks and theyve been rejected by the russians, so i think theres a difference of perspective, i think zelensky has to try and keep calm, wants investors to stay in. hes hoping that russias deterred and this is all a bluff. and so i think both leaders are just coming at this from a different perspective, but for the unit...

Traditional force posture, we should not be deploying united states forces to ukraine. we obviously have had a training mission there with oftentimes national guard or reserve troops who have been training the ukrainians as we do in many other countries we partner with. but this is not a situation where we should have the u.s. military directly involved. however, that does not mean that we should not be doing everything we can to make enclosure to vladimir putin that there will be swift and seve...

And so i think both leaders are just coming at this from a different perspective, but for the united states, it has to take certain steps, whether to close its embassy or remove demo medic personnel, so itsjust an unfortunate or remove demo medic personnel, so its just an unfortunate situation that they are not quite on the same page, but i think we will see in the coming weeks if russia begins to de—escalate, because its not going to be able to maintain his current force posture indefinitely ...