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Evacuation. and where to seek shelter and reassuring them that communication and power systems will be kept going in the event of some kind of assault. >> sam kkiley, we appreciate it. were learning that sergey lavrov and secretary of state antony blinken spoke a smart time ago. we heard, nic, before this call that the secretary of state was going to threaten sanctions if invasion by ukraine. what are you hearing from these two? >> reporter: yeah, we got a readout from minister of foreign affa...

Looked into the eyes of our soldiers at least once is sure there will be no repeat of 2014. the aggressor will not capture either kyiv, odessa, or any other city. do not doubt that the armed forces of ukraine are absolutely ready to fight back and will not give up ukrainian lands." that is oleksiy reznikov. weve been hearing frustration with travel advisories from countries saying dont come to ukraine and embassies that are drawing down. the spokesman for president zelensky saying the security s...

The consequences of what this invasion would have potentially on their lives. saying it would not be a painless invasion, just somewhere far away in eastern europe that wouldnt affect them. saying there could be cyberattacks on american companies. hes putin about and warning what it could do the energy market. >> nic to you in moscow. russian lawmakers today passed a resolution asking for vladimir putin to recognize the two regions in eastern ukraine as essentially break away pro russian regions...

And in terms of message, when we talk about that toneship, when we talk about the warnings growing more and more dire, we know as sam and nic just spoke about, the message from anthony bli blinken, secretary of state, to his russian counterpart today was urging diplomacy. so i think it is fair to say that that could be a message that president biden delivers to putin. but, again, we are waiting now from confirmation from the white house to see when this call does start, if it did start on time, ...

That the threat of an invasion remains distinctly possible because of where they have the troops on the borders, that we can still see positioned. and he did increase the number from what previous assessments had been, 130,000 russian forces surrounding ukraine. he now said that was at least 150,000 forces. so the president coming out saying they will continue to try to pursue diplomacy here but warning, this idea that weve been talking about the last several weeks now, that an invasion could ha...

Bryan and a friend and it quotes bryan saying happy bootlip day, here with me, nic valencia who was in the courtroom. nic, good evening to you. these messages are stomach turning. what was the reaction to the testimony in the courtroom from the defendants, the jurors, and the arbery family? >> yeah. i sat directly behind ahmaud arberys family, don, and they were noticeably disgusted by what they heard. a lot of us in the gallery were disgusted by what we heard but specifically, ahmaud arberys fa...

Being moved towards those southern towns in belarus. now, there are joint military exercises that are underway in the country and it will continue. a second phase is due to begin later this week. the united states and nato believe that some 30,000 russian troops could be on their way to the country overall, but it is those last two days of troop movements, movements very far to the south that have particularly worried, not just washington, but the rest of the world, watching the troop movements ...

And that is alarming because it suggests a more full-scale invasion if he chooses to go do it. >> and lets talk about the ukrainian viewpoint, nic. an adviser to ukraines president said this today on state media. the situation is completely under control. one way or another, we are not reducing the activity of diplomatic work to ensure a sustainable and full-fledged de-escalation. why does ukraine seem less concerned about this, or at least on the outside? is this about -- is this about calming ...

Of other nations. and that really speaks not only to the ukrainian issue but to their broader understanding, russia and china, that is, that they want to continue to cooperate in a mutual way and present a united front against other parts of the world that they believe tend to impeach much on whats happening within other countries. and to go too far. and that specifically, of course, speaks to nato expansion that russia has been so concerned about as nic just explained. so it was an important un...

But hes not showing how hes going to get around it, and thats still the conundrum. >> nic, please keep us posted. just ahead, a new photo and reminder there is joy in this world tonight, and he shares a name with anderson cooper. more on the newest member of the cnn family ahead. trong i am ♪ ♪ i put my armor on, ♪ ♪ im unstoppable today ♪ ♪ im so powerful ♪ ♪ im unstoppable today ♪ ♪ unstoppable today... ♪ pre-order now and get up to $200 samsung credit and a free storag...