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Justify his invasion. howard: right. theres been a lot of media chatter about why didnt president biden prevent invasion, why didnt he send troops to the border of ukraine in advance. is that a reasonable critique? >> i dont think so. i think if you look at what you are dealing with, this did not surprise the western intelligence. back in october they got an indication of it. they began working behind the scenes to come up with a strategic plan that did not end up with nato, the u.s. and russia ...

Like we mentioned, oanother woud of winter weather could impact the big cities in the northeast in a large krchunk of the count. >> thank you. the top of brand new hour on cnn newsroom. good to have you with me. a moment ago russian president vladi vladmir putin designed decrees that represented two self-republics as independents. u.s. has been warning could set up a pretext tied but the u.s. is seeing no slow down in russian military preparations. just days after president biden said he belie...

Will leave no diplomatic stone unturned and requesting a meeting next week with his russian counterpart, sergei lavrov. but today, we also saw russia put up a road bloc in the face of those diplomatic hopes. in a written response to the united statess response to russias security demands, moscow insists, quote, there is no russian invasion of ukraine. and says that its proposals for a freeze on nato expansion were ignored. the possibly imminent attack on ukraine by russia is where we start this ...

We need deeds to trust the words we have heard. we will not let our guard down. have heard. we will not let our guard down-— have heard. we will not let our guard down. have heard. we will not let our uuard down. , ., guard down. this morning there were re orts of guard down. this morning there were reports of renewed _ guard down. this morning there were reports of renewed fighting _ guard down. this morning there were reports of renewed fighting between l reports of renewed fighting between ...

Certainly using belarus and coming in from russia. there will be economic consequences that will be huge. it will affect the world. certainly affect all of europe. certainly affect the united states. energy production, power grids. there will be nothing untouched here. if he fulfills the intent of what he said he may do, although they are playing the typical game of, no, we had no intention of invading. and we just know thats not true. >> and so the u.s. has been trying to go toe-to-toe with thi...

These as a pretext for invasion. you should note that the official reporters -- i did not for the alleged a troop buildup. -- what is a incredibly -- overall desperate to make sense of. joining us now on this quest to make sense of what is happening is ben rhodes, former secretary adviser to obama. he was in that post when ukraine invaded russia in 2014. ben, its always good to see you in catatonic this, my friend. >> thanks, alex. so, lets first talk about this latest assertion from the white h...

Fabricate a pretext, point to that pretext, use that pretext as a reason to take aggression against ukraine. the reason were being so transparent with the american people, with the international public, we want everyone to go into this with eyes wide open. we want people to know that when russia says x, it certainly doesnt mean thats the case. we have seen the russians engage in disinformation. we have reason to believe they may be planning to do so again here. >> remember the little green men f...

Ukrainian government. we dont know exactly. it could be a fabricated so-called terrorist bombing inside russia. the invent of the discovery of a mass grave, stage drone strike against civilians, or a fake, even a real attack using chemical weapons. >> tucker: so theyre going to use chemical weapons but it wont actually be them. it will be those diabolical russians. drunk on aftershave. once again, there is zero evidence that any of this is true. this is clearly some sort of intel op being filter...

Security council was no less blunt and remarkably specific about how it would start. >> first, russia plans to manufacture a pretext for its attack. second, in response to this manufactured provocation, the highest levels of the russian government may theatrically convene emergency meetings to address the so-called crisis. next, the attack is planned to begin. weve been warning the ukrainian government of all that is coming. and here today we are laying it out in great detail with the hope that ...

Given what you have seen in the intelligence? i think it is very important to just describe the facts. the facts are that we have russian armed forces amassed at the border of ukraine, that are ready to invade without any warning time. and that is a very dangerous situation. a great danger lies here, eastern ukraine, now a wasteland along russias border, where russian backed separatists exchange fire with ukrainian forces. last nights shelling was some of the worst in years. ukrainian troops ins...