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Of ukraine over the next month. during the month of february. now, later this week, secretary of state tony blinken expected to speak with foreign minister lavrov of russia, expected to be tomorrow and then later in the week, all senators are going to be briefed on this crisis. so there is a lot this week, but clearly, the biden administration setting the tone here that they think the stakes could not be higher. >> absolutely, kylie. thank you so much for that. now lets go to russia where vladim...

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Being illegitimate is in direct proportion to us not being able to get these, these reforms passed. >> all right. we have team coverage from every angle this morning starting with nic robertson in moscow. nic, clearly the presidents remarks in ukraine did not go over well in kiev or moscow. >> reporter: yeah, one ukrainian official described it as an effective green light for president putin to invade ukraine. this was not the language that they were expecting, not what they were prepared for. t...

Prepared to challenge them on their propaganda. i think that will try to get to some of the specificity the u.s. will discuss what it sees on the ground. russia on its position, this demand that they de-escalate and move troops back to base has been going on for sometime and russia has so far resisted. still appears to be on track to continue with its military exercises. >> nic, stay with us. i want to go to melissa in kyiv. melissa, we have seen a flurry of meetings in the last several weeks, b...

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Strong military buildup around ukraine is a threat, that its a viable force that could -- that has the potential to invade. putins read on that is going to be one that the united states is maneuvering for the potential of an escalation towards conflict in ukraine. how does that shape his intent at the moment? its very, very hard to see. its very, very hard to know what president putin is thinking right now. but i think what one can read into his intent is it hasnt really changed over the years. ...

Were just hearing from nic, exactly whats in the mind of vladimir putin to the response hell give. >> very much everyone waiting for the responses by putin. melissa in kyiv and nic robertson in moscow. we mentioned the growing russia military presence. new satellite images really help tell the story. the first shows russia building eight new army compounds in a town less than 200 miles from ukrainian border. the compound highlighted there in green contain roughly 460 vehicles, trailers as well...

Rise with it are something that the kremlin can exploit. the ball is essentially in president putins court at the moment because hes waiting for those written responses from the united states and nato. so at the moment it really -- the sense here is that the kremlin is pushing the blame on ukrainian authorities for building tensions in the east of the country. >> were waiting to see what those written responses include and whether it meets any really of the guarantees that russia was seeking. ni...

Of course, since 2014. and so, going forward, you are not going to be hearing the white house use the word imminent, according to jen psaki today. >> kaitlan collins, appreciate it. thank you. on the diplomatic front, french president emmanuel macron and german chancellor olaf scholz today raised the possibility of traveling to moscow to meet with putin. nic robertson is there for us tonight. he has got new reporting to the troop deployment. so, how is the kremlin responding so far, nic? >> not ...

Our correspondents are covering all the developments for you. nic robertson standing by in moscow and melissa bell is in paris for us. nic, let me start with you. weve been hearing the last few minutes that uk is withdrawing some of its embassy staff and are following on from the united states as well. how do you interpret these moves? is it just prudent planning, nic? >> reporter: i think there are several ways to interpret it. it is prudent planning. thats whats being said. i think slightly th...