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And walk away with and the ukrainians and nato member states could be happy with. thats the proposition that i think the united states and european leaders need to continue to test because the stakes are just so high. the fact though that russian forces continue to build on the border, were ticking through a number of concerning military indicators that suggest that an invasion could be coming soon. theres ample reason to be pessimist ikic and i think that why we hear the biden administration re...

High-stakes diplomacy. go for it, lets see how -- on the other hand, you are basically giving her a tough thing, and she could come back with russia already invading ukraine and germany saying "we are not going to close the north," and that could go worse. >> geraldo: i wanted to mention that they cant rescue americans in the ukraine when the russians are occupying. you cant put american forces and russian forces in the same neighborhood. >> jeanine: they will start fighting. it will be war. >> ...

High-stakes diplomacy. go for it, lets see how -- on the other hand, you are basically giving her a tough thing, and she could come back with russia already invading ukraine and germany saying "we are not going to close the north," and that could go worse. >> geraldo: i wanted to mention that they cant rescue americans in the ukraine when the russians are occupying. you cant put american forces and russian forces in the same neighborhood. >> jeanine: they will start fighting. it will be war. >> ...

Union. is putin, you know, putin is a scholar of soviet history. he was a former kgb agent. might he be planning a long, prolonged effort to strangle the ukrainian people? >> thats certainly an option. but given the array of forces that he has,s i wouldnt anticipate that. i believe that what hell do is take some sort of action thats quick, decisive, can make his point whether he invades from the north, the east, the south or all three simultaneously. and, again, really the only person who knows ...

Circumstances than trying to wait with them for several hours on a border in the cold trying to keep them happy and then trying to figure out where theyre going from here. its just heartbreaking to see. >> im sure. for sure it is. and just as they hope this is such a short period of time and it is so uncertain how long it will be. now for the perspective from russia, vladimir putin has made many opportunities to make his thoughts known today. nic robertson joins me from moscow tonight. nic, what...

>> john: thank you, lets bring in jack keane, retired four-star general, and fox news strategic analyst. among the screen, i want to start add to the eastern part of ukraine where the military is in outline. this by the blue line is the donbas and donetsk region. so far russia occupies this section in here, and the question is might those forces move out this way to take the rest of the donbas region? and if they do that, might they further go into ukraine itself in a larger scale invasion that ...

Russian government. >> director brennan, is putin -- its hard to ask this question this way, but is he more dangerous if the offensive in ukraine doesnt go as hed intended and the reception in his own country is, at best, mixed but very polarized? >> i believe he is. i think his political fortunes are tied to how this whole initiative turns out. and if he sees that its not going his way and the tide is turning against him, i think as a lot of these authoritarian leaders do, they will opt for des...

Specifically will you be sanctions putin specifically? he sort of dodged that question. so today do you think president biden has gone far enough? >> i think this is the largest invasion in europe since world war ii and these are the harshest sanctions any country has experienced since world war ii as far as financial, travel, energy resources. there will be more to come. but i also think we have to build a sentiment, alisyn, in the united states, so that people understand why putin is a bad guy...

Wants are sanctions. >> i dont think they accept anything yet. i think what theyre doing from talking to an administration source is letting this play out and so far they believe that its playing out the way they thought it was going to play out. they were telling us in real time giving us intelligence, what putin was ready to do and when he was ready to do it and that played out pretty well. i think what theyre focusing on right now is keeping the allies onboard. showing strength through unity ...

The president. and right now he actually had a meeting with russian business people and made that argument this goes way beyond ukraine and that it was an exist egs threat from russia. the quote is amazing, its hard to xre hence how our country could have continued to exist. now you ask yourself could ukraine be that threat? no, hes talking about nato but what hes saying to the business people there will be some damage and effect on the economy but you have to be patriotic and support this missi...