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Any sense that theyre about to reduce their troop strength around ukraine at all. >> all right, nic robertson in moscow for us. thank you, nic. meanwhile, president biden is vowing to cut off that critical gas pipeline between russia and germany if putin invades ukraine. >> but after the presidents meeting with the german chancellor yesterday, its unclear if germany is on board with that. germany is heavily dependent on russian energy. cnn chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins is wit...

At northwestern mutual, our version of financial planning helps you live your dreams today. developing at this hour, the u.s. and nato offering no concessions to russia on its demands for resolving the ukraine crisis. the kremlin confirming vladimir putin has read the u.s. and nato written responses, but the kremlin also warning, quote, there are few reasons for optimism. cnns nic robertson live in moscow with more for us this hour. nic, whats the latest from there? >> reporter: yeah, said for...

Potential diplomacy. the kremlin is saying a potential light for diplomacy. >> nic, thank you so much for that. boris johnson with some of his own words for putin. >> what i think president putin is trying to achieve here. i think that he is trying by holding a gun, as it were, to the head of ukraine by intimidating ukraine to get us to change the way we look at something that was absolutely fantastic. >> cnns melissa bell joins us live from kyiv, ukraine. what was behind johnsons meeting with...

Thinking about putting away our rain coats, aka, our masks. the level of community transmission in the u.s. is still very high nearly everywhere, including colorado, a state which relaxed its mask mandate today. do you think that was a mistake? >> i think they should have waited a couple more weeks. infection number are plummeting across the country which is really good news. but youre right. at this moment, infection numbers are still high compared to what weve seen in other ways of the pandemi...

Nato, rather, reaching out to nato and the usc for clarifications but demanding urgent answers. so at the moment, it doesnt seem as if this session at the u.n. security council is in any way going to convince russia, despite putting what its doing in the spotlight and global attention, is going to get russia to change what its doing. >> nic, thank you so much. joining me right now is retired u.s. army major general and glasser. we got a statement from president biden himself on the united nation...

Europe, its not russias fault and that it is natos fault for getting so many weapons to the ukrainians. ben wallace, at a press conference going on just a few minutes ago was asked this question. sergey told you that russia has no intention of invading. do you believe him? and the british defense secretary said, look, i take his word but look at whats happening on the ground. 130,000 troops. he said this is not a normal posture for military training. his concern that, really, the window is shutt...

>> nic, thank you so much for that. cnn learning new details this morning about russias appetite for war with ukraine. indicating some russian officers are expressing doubt about a full scale invasion. cnns alex marquardt covering this in kyiv with the latest. tell us more about what youre learning here. >> reporter: kate, the u.s. and others said if russia were to launch a wide scale invasion, it would be extremely bloody and horrific. one of the biggest questions is whether russian president v...

Invasion in europe since world war ii. >> we believe theres a very distinct possibility that vladimir putin will order an attack on ukraine. it could take a number of different forms. it could happen as soon as tomorrow or it could take some weeks yet. he has put himself in a position with military deployments to be able to act aggressively against ukraine at any time now. >> another potentially troubling development. new satellite images appearing to show russias military has also advanced its ...

Putin will be having his third telephone call with the french president thursday. this is the third call in less than a week. just yesterday, president putin said he was looking forward to hopefully meeting soon with the french president, potentially here in moscow. we know president macron is having a phone call with president biden. all of this seems to hint at a possible french spearheading diplomatic track. too soon to say, but theres a little bit of momentum in the french/russian dialogue. ...

Standing by in kyiv. and nic robertson joins us from moscow. nic, are we expecting anything to come from these latest talks? >> reporter: certainly, this has been in beijing a good moment for president putin to have very strong and poly very influential support. its certainly got the backing of president xi on the narrative that the united states is the one destabilizing eastern europe. when it comes to the conversation with emmanuel macron, the elysee is quoting the kremlin, saying its gay good...