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Operation is underway. cnns nic robertson is monitoring and joins us from moscow. nic, give us a sense of what youre hearing from sources on the ground. the violence and protests are ongoing. >> reporter: yeah, there is still a great deal of uncertainty on the ground, according to residents about whats happening. they described the situation on the streets in the center of the city as being scary quiet, that the authorities, as you say, have warned them to stay indoors because in certain areas a...

Military aid to ukraine. they are saying that is not enough. it remains to be seen what exactly comes out of the talks and whether the ukrainians are satisfied by what the two sides decide. >> natasha, nic, we will you will be keeping a close eye on this. thank you very much. up next, one year since the attack on our capitol. whitney wild is live with more details why former president trump wants the supreme court to read interview in his bid to block hundreds of documents. cold coming on? z...

All or whether theyll take steps to de-escalate and they wanted to convey to the russians that there would be consequences if they did not de-escalate. was it successful? well, the russian side as nic said is saying that the u.s. seemed very open to their concerns and hearing out their concerns. and seemed much more kind of conciliatory than the u.s. frame of it, which is that we made it very clear that we are not willing to compromise when it comes to nato, when it comes to each countrys abilit...

Those are his words. and at the moment, the picture today remains very unclear because the internet services are down, the phone services are down, the president said that they would be opening up the internet in some parts of the country and warned people if the government does that, then there will be punishments for anyone publishing false information there. it is all very deeply troubling. >> incredibly and stunning pictures. nic, we know youll continue to keep an eye on this, thank you. b...

Tensions between the u.s. and russia, high dark stakes meeting in geneva has wrapped up for the day. on that agenda, an effort to avert a feared invasion of ukraine after months of heightened tension. russia, of course, has amassed troops on ukraines border. cnns diplomatic editor nic robertson joining us now from geneva. so how did things go after these talks today? any progress here, nic? >> marginal. i think thats the best way to explain it. the russians have said that the talks were difficul...

Russians for her perseverance during the pandemic. cnns nic robertson has been following it, nic, for good reason, russians have been suffering quite a bit during the pandemic. they just surpassed a record for the month of november. in terms of the tone from putins address, what did you make of it? >> reporter: yeah, it was an internal message, rather than external. yes, well defend the security of the country and the security of the nation, and the security of the citizens consistently, thats w...

Security and cooperation in europe is meeting in vienna. it will host the third round of talks this week aimed at solving the ukraine crisis. it follows talks on wednesday between russia and nato that ended in deadlock. you are looking at the moment at live pictures out of vienna. meantime, the u.s. says it has finalized sanctions options should russia decide to invade ukraine. one senior u.s. official saying they are ready to be issued as soon as tanks cross that border. lets get more on the ...

Military response. this is very tough language. so in answer to your fundamental question, have things really changed? probably not. the common ground just isnt being taken up by the russian side. that would be arms controls agreements. >> both sides still very much entrenched. nic robertson for us this hour. thanks very much, nic. now, russian-led forces are set to begin withdrawing from kazakhstan in a process expected to last up to ten days. they came at the kazakh presidents request during...

At "the washington post." nic, first, how is russia responding? >> well, the foreign money industry, they have called essentially president bidens estimation that russia may invade, they have called this part of ukranian and western media effort to sort of get up some big campaign thats going to cover what they describe as a big provocative action by the united states and nato, so they are playing that up. slightly more diplomatic response from the kremlin spokesman dmitry peskov who said, look,...

Commission president today saying, again, as he said before, as so many european leaders have said, that if russia acts with aggression in ukraine again, there will be consequences, financial and economic, she said. >> so important to hear that. nic, thank you so much for that. joining me now is another key voice in this crisis and any path to return to stability there, nato secretary-general jen jens. you have a distinction in the response to a minor incursion as he described it by russia and...