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Forces, that means you are closer to doing a dramatic military operation and i think they are looking at taking a hunk out of eastern ukraine to give themself a huge land bridge between crimea and russia proper, the bridge over the black sea, so i think they are gearing up to go and i think it should be very, very worrisome. my concern is that i dont think we are taking it very seriously. what i mean by that, president biden, seems like hes always a step behind when it comes to national security...

Border. we know hes willing to sabotage to force the pretext so he can go over the line and go over the border and invade and this thinning out of the embassy personnel looks to me like a concoction. i was looking at the post telegram which the public board and the russian foreign ministry there is saying we are under threat of ukraine and thats why we are leaving. that sounds like a propaganda and a pretext to quote on quote "protect your personnel." >> putin is going to call the bluff of the w...

Increasingly convinced vladimir putin may be ignoring those warnings. state department correspondent benjamin hall has the latest tonight. good evening, benjamin. >> good evening, bret. yes, the state department and the rest of the administration say they are ready for any eventuality whether that is for diplomacy or russian military escalation. everything we have seen and heard today suggest the latter is increasingly likely. russian troops ready, and the stage is set. all putin needs now is th...

Of novak djokovic vs the countrys immigration minister. the tennis star is appealing the decision to revoke his visa in the hopes of avoiding deportation so he can defend his title in the australian open. the british prime ministers office has apologised to queen elizabeth, over two rule—breaking late—night parties that happened in downing streetjust before her husbands funeral. at the time britain was in a period of national mourning and also under covid restrictions. lawyers for virginia g...

Occupied and annexed by russia. so ukrainian troops almost on a weekly basis are being killed, despite the fact there was supposed to be a cease fire. theyre already at a heightened state of alert. there is a great deal of activity going into training of reserves, planning for stay-behind units to operate behind russian lines to make an insurgency against russian invasion. and the expectation it could happen at any moment. >> we shall watch events from there. its good to have you on the ground i...

And now the pressure -- in just hours president biden convenes a secure call with european leaders, and the president weighs on deploying military to europe. the hope that new pressure forces putin to back off a potential invasion, the risk that the are you familiar leader uses more forces as a pretext for invasion. >> reporter: this call will be president biden and the leaders of europe to talk about the standoff, that it -- it has escalated in recent days.

This is bbc news, the headlines: the australian government is arguing that novak djokovics continued presence in the country is undermining their covid vaccine strategy. lawyers for the world number one tennis player are contesting the cancellation of his visa, for the second time. the matter will be heard on sunday morning. one of borisjohnson�*s ministers has called his behaviour unacceptable, after downing street apologised to the queen for number 10 staff lockdown parties on the eve of pri...

Months with diplomatic talks failing, putins ultimatum demanding nato push back. of course, that was dismissed. but that has given him the pretext to actually say there is an aggressor and that he must act. he has actually boxed himself into a corner, because so much effort has been put into this. but he also recognised that he will never again be as strong as this to take advantage of the wests weakness. i suspect an invasion is now imminent. russia sparked this diplomatic conflict. this week, ...

That putin was 10 feet tall. but the speed at which the white house had to go clean up the comments on a minor incursion versus a bigger one, shows theyre concerned that the terminology would make the president seem weak or give putin a pretext. >> i think that may be what stings the white house the most, susan. the president has a comprehension of that region. you got the impression that putin got it too. there was a tacit understanding between these two men about a tougher stance in some ways ...

Russia is making moves to justify an invasion. mike pompeo will be here in a minute. first, to benjamin hall with the very latest from the state department. >> yeah, russias military is set up and ready for an invasion. two things that vladimir putin still needs. he needs to persuade the russian people that its warrantand justified and he needs a pretext to do so. and intelligence says hes doing both things to move ahead. according to numerous officials, russian intelligence operatives are in ea...