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Cnns nic robertson is on the ground for us in moscow this morning. nic, this second call in just a month, what can we expect in the talk today? -- from the talk today? >> reporter: well, the kremlin hasnt said precisely why vladimir putin asked for this phone call. the white house has said very clearly it doesnt see at the moment de-escalation of russian troop tensions along the border with ukraine. and it has said very clearly as well, that if russia wants to achieve its goals and get some clar...

Through the cracks. >> on december 6th abdullahs wife. his baby was born with a club foot. and the government refunded settlement agency could not help. save our allies got him an appointment at childrens hospital in greenville, south carolina. the u.s. government only commits to providing support for the evacuees for 90 days. it provides $1,225 per evacuee. they also loaned them the money to fly to their final destination. that money needs to be paid back. nic, another veteran, described the ca...

But we also need to get the message that invading ukraine from a russian perspective is going to be a painful, violent and bloody business. and i think its very important that people in russia understand this could be a new chechnya. >> uk today telling its foreign secretary to meet with nato secretary general in brussels as well. just to button up the unity. really tightly. >> nic, thank you so much for that. all of this has president biden weighing his options now as well. possibly boosting tr...

The campaign of misinformation and pursue a path of diplomacy. as the uk and our partners said, any russian military incursion into creukraine would be a mass mistake with severe costs. so, this is a very strong statement from the british foreign secretary, and a very precise and strong piece of information from the foreign office. its not often that the british government releases information like this, tonight they have. >> right, i mean, thats what is so stunning about this one british securi...

Embassies and consulates here in ukraine and so far, only four countries have elected to reduce or scale down some of their personnel. the statement reads, we are grateful to our international partners for soberly assessing the situation and not resorting to the premature evacuation measures. this is a real manifestation of solidarity, giving you a very strong sense that they are not pleased about this at all, jake. >> and nic, russia is also trying to downplay accusations of an imminent invasio...

A crisis. thats not necessarily something that should be a trigger for russia, but what i will tell you is that the military has also -- watching various triggers in terms of what the russians will do. their capabilities adds nic said earlier, their capabilities are pretty monumental right now on three sides of ukraine but we dont know the intentions. on the ukrainian side, they have had a massive transformation of the ukrainian army over the last six years and, in fact, i think they are very we...

Ground, a provocation on the ground that will necessitate or could lead to violence. and she pointed rather -- she pointed less to the diplomacy thats going on, and more to the actions of british military, she said, have been shipping in weapons over the past few days to ukraine. she described that as nato dragging ukraine into nato. these are words and language that will resonate at home. you see how the complexity, the muddied waters are now sort of in a way thwarting this very, very intense d...

The u.s. wanted assurance russia will pull its troops back from the ukraine border amid fears of a possible invasion. while russia demanded guarantees ukraine will never join nato. neither got what they wanted, but russias deputy foreign minister insists his country has no plans to attack ukraine. more talks are set between russia and nato in brussels, and that is happening on wednesday. monitoring all this for us, our international diplomatic editor nic robertson who joins us live from gentleme...

Capitol of kiev and nic robertson is in geneva, switzerland. nic, these are high stakes talks. what are the challenges ahead of finding ways to avert war? >> reporter: the challenges are extreme, and i think theyre exemplified with the positions both parties go into. deputy secretary of state wendy sherman coming into the same room as sergei rebekov. theyre including diplomats and military officials. that tells you something about the nature of these talks. the united states is coming into these...

Well, if russia has no intention to invade ukraine, why not pull the troops back to their barracks and dont like the military actions near ukraine. they are concerned about that threat. the russian per specuperspectiv they dont intend to invade ukraine. peskov said the u.s. threats of sanctions, potential sanctions is not constructive, not constructive around the dialogue thats going on, isa. >> nic robertson for us this morning in geneva, thanks very much, nic. now, new details on whats thoug...