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Left coming together. weve seen small number of civilians going out to learn how to fight and train and use live ammunition. but men and women, and here, which is a major industrial base. they are frantically rebuilding tanks, refitting t-64 tanks from the 1960s into sparkling new tanks with new technology to try the take on a russian invasion, if it comes to it. a great deal of diplomatic effort is going into this. and there is a hope here, jake, that the diplomacy may stall long enough for the...

Mr. putin saying, hey, were trying to do this diplomatically. we dont want to go to war. and they are doing a good job of it as nic said. its a continual effort. not only the u.s. but many of the french nations, the uk, french, german, italian, romanians have approached putin saying we are unified in this approach, and russia is trying to deny it. second, information. russia has failed to control the information environment, which they have attempted to do so many times in the past. they are on ...

U.s., they dont disagree on what theyre saying in terms of intelligence. the question is the intent. the ukrainians do not seem to be sold this idea that russia is as close to invading as the u.s. believes russia is. the europeans to some extent are a little more in the middle. but no one believes actually that putin has made up his mind. whether to launch an invasion or not. we are starting to hear some interesting things. i was speaking to a senior european official who said that their assessm...

From the united states, but as nic was just saying, from the united kingdom now as well, with the prime minister saying that the united kingdom will be sending extra troops, extra resources as well to the eastern flank of nato countries. and yet, those diplomatic hopes still continuing. emmanuel macron hoping that the normandy format talks will bring some sort of resolution. so both tracks continue. but essentially, a fairly dangerous time, where it would take a spark on the front line, really, ...

Exercises around ukraine kicked off today in belarus. its very tense right now. >> all right. nic robertson in moscow. thanks, nic. at the same time any potential russian invasion in ukraine could get bogged down in mud. cnns melissa bell is live in kyiv, ukraine. the weather may affect their strategy? tell us more. >> thats right. even as the world waits to see the type of weaponry given the geography. its flat marshy terrain. it is a few degrees more than it is at this time of year. normally...

During their joint press conference monday, president biden said the nord 2 stream pipeline wont go forward if russia invades ukraine. >> but the german chancellor stopped short of saying it will be called off. that is critical leverage potentially. countries like the u.k. and france are focusing more on diplomacy trying to de-escalate the military threat to ukraine. >> president biden advising american citizens in ukraine to leave before its too late. >> i think it would be wise to leave the co...

Held even as vladimir putin was holding his own. it appears that window for diplomacy appeared to be narrowing. weve heard from the french foreign minister who represents another school of thought within nato. the infrastructure may be there, but we have yet to hear about the russian presidents willingness. interesting as nic just said, he should have spoke about meeting with emmanuel macron. they spoke twice in the span of four days. it is clear the french represent with their german counterpar...

Forward. i think that is where some real progress was made. it is what moscow has long been calling for. the french president quite clear this does not mean bringing into question natos open door policy. but it does mean that further conversations can be had with russia about what guarantees each might ask of the other within europe about their respective security arrangements. so that is the progress on which he wants to continue. we know the two men are due to have more conversations in the ne...

They were making sure to get money out of the bank before there was a run on the banks. this is the kind of thing that zelensky wants to head off. but when you see who has chosen to withdraw diplomatic staff and chosen to order, urge their citizens to leave, it started with the five eyes, the people who share intelligence most closely, thats the u.s., britain, canada, australia and new zealand. and then it spread from there. that tells you that theyve intercepted something pretty grim. pbs repor...

Nic, what is the latest from moscow and what they are saying about the diplomatic efforts? >> you know, i think you get a clue, john, the way both leaders decided to characterize the meetings. putin said that they were businesslike, that they were interesting, that they were useful. whereas, macron described them as lively and substantial. substantial, they were. they lasted more than five hours. but really, in the press conference afterwards, it seemed to be president putin who was landing most...