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Today. so, theres a lot there for the president to update the world on, update the united states on, on what he believes is essentially the status of this situation, because just yesterday, we have been hearing from sources that they believed an attack was more likely than not and if it did happen, it would more likely be significant than insignificant so whether or not that is still the case or if theyve seen evidence of de-escalating on russias behalf, those are the big questions for biden. >>...

He is working to increase the capabilities of the army. they are preparing. theyre training civilians, training the territorial defense forces. you have been reporting on this. they are preparing, not panicking. they need to have the support of the united states and nato and getting it in terms of weapons, getting it in terms of commitments on the sanctions. nic nic and kylie mentioned the attack, should it come, im hopeful it wont come, that putin will decide to take off. if it does come, it wi...

Russian president vladimir putin has allegedly been planning here. of course, the russians deny they are planning a major incu incursion. but people on the ground see it differently, what people have been able to glean from the conversations, that there are doubts among the officials there. >> natasha, thank you. now, for more on the major meets today in washington and moscow. nic robertson and jeremy diamond join us now. nic, lets begin with you. macron is trying to take a lead european role he...

Essentially, what the russians are saying is the ukrainians arent engaging. theyre not trying to solve this. and even worse that the united states is goading them, you know, provoking them, to take some type of military action. so theres a lot of action there. if you think, lavrov and blinken, putin and biden. and putin is going to be speaking with the french president macron as well. then the highest military officials, general milley and gerasimov. and its not going anywhere diplomatically. an...

Sending american troops into ukraine. the u.s. also trying to protect american interests in the country evacuating most of the non-emergency personnel at the u.s. embossy in kyev. theyve warned americans need to leave the country immediately this weekend, as the security situation could continue to devolve in the coming days. the question is what are these next steps. president biden has said, the house says in that call president biden says he and his team will remain in contact with russia ove...

Now, rights groups have slammed the i.o.c. for what they say is the organization legitimatizing the chinese governments narrative. rights glroups say the i.o.c. should be pushing for a transparent investigation into the sexual assault claims. christine? >> thank you for that report from beijing. laura? in ukraine, taking on urgency with russia appearing to gear up for an invasion. just hours from now, french president macron is in mou moscow meeting with vladimir putin. later biden meets with ...

Kim dozier, a cnn global affairs analyst, a contributor to "time" magazine, and she spent many years as a foreign correspondent. what is your assessment, especially with positioning of russian troops around ukraine? you heard the question, its unclear even with the talks that are supposed to start on monday, is putin ready for a conversation? >> reporter: well, putins goal all along since he became leader of his country has been to restore it to the superpower status it once enjoyed when he was ...

The interesting thing about that, though, president biden and the nato allies have all said any additional incursion from the 2014 attacks into ukraine would be considered an attack. so hes looking to gain leverage, and as nic robertson just reported, watch very carefully two things. number one, the cyberattacks. and any kind of indicators that russian troops or actions in the donbas or in crimea are spiking a little bit. because that will give mr. putin an excuse in his mind to go in to protect...

They show russian camps hundreds of kilometers away from planned joint exercises and close to the ukrainian border. meanwhile, the eighth u.s. shipment of military aid arrived in ukraine on sunday, but ukraine is downplaying the threat. the foreign minister urged people not to believe in what he called apocalyptic predictions. well, cnn correspondents are tracking the developments. melissa bell is in kyiv, but first lets turn to nic robertson who joins us live from moscow, so, nic, as these di...

A clear insight in the way president putin thinks about all of this. >> nic, thank you so much. lets go to ukraine now where french president emmanuel macron is projecting some optimism actually after meeting with ukraines president, but does president zelensky feel the same i think is a good question right now. cnns melissa bell live in kyiv for us. melissa, what else did macron and zelensky say this morning? >> reporter: well, they were talking about the need for deescalation and grasping for ...