going to start floating ideas to get paul whelan out. we did hear from the special envoy that said the united states still has cards to play. we re just watching to see which cards they put forward and which cards the russians agree to. the. russia appears to be facing more setbacks in its war on ukraine. a senior u.s. military official say their supply of ammunition is rapidly deteriorating. they re using 40-year-old artillery. that s why russia is reaching out to iran and north korea to try to get more weapons. the russian president might be trying to avoid questions about the long, grinding war. the kremlin says vladimir putin won t be holding his year end news conference. in previous years he s held a marathon question and answer session but the kremlin did not reveal any date for those events. ukrainian aid conference is underway in paris. dozens of allies and
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by people who are in opposition to president trump with a view to shed a negative light on what president trump is doing and for me it is very bizarre. so that, of course, was russian president vladimir putin in his annual end-of-the-year press conference in moscow. he was answering questions about his country s alleged meddling in the u.s. presidential election. this year just as a little color on that news conference, 1600 journalists invited to attend the presser that went four hours long. a lot of people in the audience to get the president s attention had signs they held up. it was quite the scene. nbc s keir simmons has more. reporter: good day to you, you ve been there when there is a news conference when president putin is holding forth. you know how he commands the room. he did it again today. a marathon question and answer session, a mountain of questions from journalists he directly
supporting those militias. the president issuing this warning to vladimir putin. what i ve said consistently is that each time russia takes these kinds of steps that are designed to destabilize ukraine and violate their sovereignty, that there are going to be consequences. they re not interested in any kind of military confrontation with us, understanding that our conventional forces are significantly superior to the russians . so, putin just said in a marathon question-and-answer session that russia is only acting to protect its people. let s go live to eastern ukraine and cnn s phil black. phil, what s the situation on the ground there this morning? can you hear me, phil? what are you seeing around you this morning? i think phil is not hearing us right now. we can tell you, though, that the russian president, vladimir putin, is in this really interesting last year it was