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Ignored but he also said diplomatic talks should continue. As we speak, members of two key Senate Committees are gathering for a closed door briefing by defense secretary lloyd austin, and secretary of state, antony blinken, were expecting russia to be a very big part of it. In ukraine, the countrys Foreign Minister is kicking off a news conference, one day after president zelensky warned if a conflict breaks out, it will not be just between ukraine and russia but a full scale war in europe, the...

Ignored but he also said diplomatic talks should continue. As we speak, members of two key Senate Committees are gathering for a closed door briefing by defense secretary lloyd austin, and secretary of state, antony blinken, were expecting russia to be a very big part of it. In ukraine, the countrys Foreign Minister is kicking off a news conference, one day after president zelensky warned if a conflict breaks out, it will not be just between ukraine and russia but a full scale war in europe, the...

Ignored but he also said diplomatic talks should continue. As we speak, members of two key Senate Committees are gathering for a closed door briefing by defense secretary lloyd austin, and secretary of state, antony blinken, were expecting russia to be a very big part of it. In ukraine, the countrys Foreign Minister is kicking off a news conference, one day after president zelensky warned if a conflict breaks out, it will not be just between ukraine and russia but a full scale war in europe, the...

Ignored but he also said diplomatic talks should continue. As we speak, members of two key Senate Committees are gathering for a closed door briefing by defense secretary lloyd austin, and secretary of state, antony blinken, were expecting russia to be a very big part of it. In ukraine, the countrys Foreign Minister is kicking off a news conference, one day after president zelensky warned if a conflict breaks out, it will not be just between ukraine and russia but a full scale war in europe, the...

And they are saying slap those severe sanctions on russia before putin makes his next move. >> this has been a passive deterrence, right? i dont see putin changing his course of action. it is getting very aggressive. the noose is tightening around ukraine. the ukraine president says he wants the sanctions now. we can always remove the sanctions if it deters putins bad behavior. if you reward that and there are no consequences it will continue. if we dont do something strong right now im afraid h...

Russian tool kit. it runs the gamut from a large conventional invasion of ukraine to these kinds of destabilizing activities in an attempt to topple the government. >> reporter: republicans including the top gop lawmaker on the foreign affairs committee warning president putin isnt taking the u.s. seriously. >> i think this has been a passive deterrence, right? i dont see putin changing his course of action. its getting very aggressive. the noose is tightening around ukraine. >> reporter: jake, ...

Serious threatful will this potential troop deployment, could that change his mind? >> i think it helps. im glad the administration is finally listening. weve been urging them to do these joint exercise operations with nato, in these nato countries like poland, the baltic states, bulgaria. that would be a showing of deterrence. prior to this, it has been a passive deterrence. with respect to the 8,500 troops, remember, it is very conditioned on nato requesting, but secondly, only until after an ...

>> the near term is now. ambassador, were fortunate youre still here. we learned whats happening. tell us what it means, what do you think? >> stephanie, i think it means that deterrence is working, that the active deterrence, not just saying were going to do something if president putin sends those troops into ukraine, thats passive deterrence. active deterrence is when you actually take steps. when you actually deploy troops, and president biden is actively deterring president putin from that ...

Worked. your thought on that. >> a lot of talk and no action. no deterrence. passive deterrence at best. weve been advocating for active sanctions. its an act of provocation even before an invasion. why did he wave nord stream 2 pipeline sanctions that congressman dated in the national security of the united states allows putin to build his pipeline in to europe? this was the beginning of this down fall. then we had afghanistan. putin looked at that and thought now is the time. president xi in c...

0 sure that personnel are safe amid this very uncertain time. national security officials are warning of war. the next few days are extremely uncertain, trace, sandra. >> sandra: trey, live in kyiv, thank you, and thank you for joining us. continuing coverage here on the fox news channel. im sandra >> martha: thanks very much. good afternoon. im martha maccallum at fox news headquarters. a lot of briefings this afternoon on breaking news. the pentagon says that vladimir putin continues to advanc...