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Ukraine taking place between the u.s. and russia directly. which of the talks that just wrapped up nearly eight hours of talks. then theres expanded talks between nato and russia. theres talks going on between ukraine and russia. theres talks within european states about russia and ukraine. so this week were seeing a flurry of diplomatic activity. and u.s. officials have said that they dont anticipate major breakthroughs going in. and based on what were hearing so far about todays first round of...

Deter russia from invading ukraine. laura and christine. >> live in geneva. thank you. it is time for three questions in three minutes. lets bring in nic robertson. while the u.s. and russia talk about ukraine, tell us more. >> reporter: yeah. ukraine saying it wants to be able to have that option as a sovereign state to be able to join nato if it so desires. it rejects russias troop buildup. its been concerned about the efforts to destabilize them politically inside the country. we heard from...

Serving in their armed services. so right now sending in defensive equipment, sending in as much as we possibly can as quickly as we can, getting them trained and getting the folks set up in ukraine to defend their own sovereignty, i think thats the right thing to do and i think that makes mr. putin reassess whether or not its really worth it to actually invade or not. >> so -- and i understand the scenario youre laying out does not involve u.s. troops, it would involve u.s. weapons and support ...

Demands to allies could not be considered as negotiating position. aggressor is not in a position to put conditions until the russian tanks are out of the ukrainian border. we see as russia attempts to shift the discussion by threatening with a new war without moving any step forward for a peaceful settlement. what russia is doing is trying to impose its agenda instead of returning to the negotiating table. lets look at how ukrainians feel about this escalation on their border. these are picture...

There could also be measures targeting russias sovereign wealth fund or restrictions on banks converting roubles into foreign currency which would hurt the countrys ability to operate in financial markets. speaking to american television, the us secretary of state, antony blinken said imposing sanctions now would undercut the wests negotiating position. the most important thing we can do is to use them as a deterrent, as a means of dissuading russia from engaging in further aggression. dissuadin...

North korea could be using the tests to force the u.s. into a weaker negotiating position. for more on all of this, lets bring in ivan watson in hong kong. good to see you, ivan. first of all, tell us what were learning about that missile launch and what north korea says it was. >> yeah, its described as an intermediate range ballistic missile that flew a distance of about 800 kilometers at an altitude of about 2,000 kilometers. it was launched sunday morning, and its part of this missile launch...

Return to the us north korean negotiations but i dont think thatis negotiations but i dont think that is going to reduce north korean nuclear threat. if anything it has shown greater incentives, greater intention to keep its weapons and also to continue to use them to increase its negotiating position. increase its negotiating position-— increase its negotiating position. increase its negotiating osition. ~ ., position. when you look at the kinds of weapons _ position. when you look at the kin...

Most powerful missile in years. the seventh test this month alone. raising anxiety in south korea and washington. the biden administration says kld like to return to diplomatic talks with pyongyang. theyre waiting for an official response. one official says north korea could be using the test to force the u.s. into a weaker negotiating position. lets bring in hong kong. what are you learning about the missile and what north korea says it wants? >> well the missile was launched sunday morning. it...

Call this a negotiating position. i mean, this is a guy thats shown up with an army to the negotiation, if you will, and refuses to take the army back off the line, but then at the end, he dead throw that bone out, that diplomatic bone, if you like, by saying that he hoped he could be having face-to-face conversations with president macron of france in the coming days, hes had two phone calls with the french president over the 35s couple days and the kremlin is indicating this could be the path ...

The north koreans we really need to understand the motivations from kim jong—un and for that i dont think that hes going to want to fight —— opportunity if is not going to make significant gains in his negotiating an nuclear issue. we might see of course a return to 2018 negotiations but i dont think thats going to reduce the nuclear threat, if anything kim has shown greater incentive, a greater intention to keep his weapons and also to continue to use it to increase his negotiating positi...