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Clark, the former nato supreme allied commander. he is now cnn military analyst. nic, let me to the go to you first, there in miss moscow. the u.s. is laying out, this is remarkable, in pretty striking detail the intelligence they have on this likely invasion. how is russia responding at this point? are they still claiming there is nothing to see here? >> they are. you know, the united states is clearly trying to interrupt president putins decision-making at a very critical moment, when he has e...

Quickly these soldiers had to be deployed. >> the soldiers are always ready as americas contingency corps. theyre ready to mobilize on a moments notice, to deploy in support of whatever operation it is. >> reporter: those soldiers do not know how long they will be serving their in europe. the pentagon has not ruled out that they could send additional troops. amara? >> isabel, thank you. nic, to you in mos kcow, even wh the u.s. troop deployments in eastern europe and russias positioning of its t...

With the main goal of deescalating the situation along the russia/eukraine border. >> nic, when is this main reply from russia expected? and what more is it going to say? >> reporter: its expected when president putin thinks its the right time to announce it. thats what the kremlin spokesman said today. today we got a couple insights into whats going on. obviously the phone call today the foreign minister here and the state news agency here is reporting that the main topic of the conversation is...

Tensions are or a real reduction, you know. the palace is giving it a little wiggle room. the reality is president putin is committing himself and forces in such a way to create the impression if he doesnt get what he wants at the table, then there are military alternatives. his senior officials over the past month have said similar things. so its in this environment that president macron is coming. and even his office say, dont expect rapid results today. how long they meet, thats going to be i...

Things going on in and around ukraine is distracting from the olympics in beijing and this is creating in her words, you know, a very disturbing picture. so the russian -- from the russian perspective, all of this is trying to undermine them. all of this is trying to sort of put them and their allies like china in a worse light. but i think practically, the thing to look forward to here at the moment is monday and thats the french president coming for talks. no immediate indication that diplomac...

Consequences will be horrific. >> cnn is there. melissa bell is in ukraine. to nic robertson live in moscow. take it away, nic. >> reporter: yeah. what were expecting for that phone call, it will be a conversation perhaps that will get to some of what russias final response -- full response is going to be to the united states, response to russias demands last week. its still waiting in the wings to happen. the presidents spokesman at the kremlin said that it was going to happen. the response wou...

Expensive," she says. "but ill just earn more." but optimism here belies the pressures on putin. if diplomacy fails, hell have a heavy lift prepping russias people for the pain that could come their way. all those critical decisions going on just yards from the fun fair and president putins office behind the kremlins high red walls. nic robertson, cnn, moscow. >> all right, nic, thank you very much. if you ever miss our show, you can find the latest episode shortly after it airs. you can find it...

Said it was causing a panic among his people and they disagree with the white houses assessment that it was imminent. theyve been living in this fear of a russian invasion or aggressive russian moves since 2014. so going forward you are not going to be hearing the white house use the word imminent according to jen psaki today. >> kaitlan collins. they both raised the possibility of traveling to moscow to meet with putin and nic robertson is there for us tonight and he has new reporting to the tr...

Now, saturday did produce one modest diplomatic success. the russian navy announced it would relocate planned naval exercises in the north atlantic after irish fisherman complained the warships and munitions would disrupt their fishing. cnns melissa bell is standing by in kyiv and nic robertson joins us now from moscow. so, nic, whats the latest? >> everyone waiting for president putin to decide how hes going to respond to those letters that arrived wednesday, this past week, from the united sta...

"of course food becomes more expensive," she says. "but ill just earn more." but optimism here belies the pressures on putin. if diplomacy fails, hell have a heavy lift prepping russias people for the pain that could come their way. all those critical decisions going on just yards from the fun fair and president putins office behind the kremlins high red walls. nic robertson, cnn, moscow. >> all right, nic, thank you very much. if you ever miss our show, you can find the latest episode shortly a...