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Secretary of state antony blinken is headed there warning how russia might make up a pretext to invade. with this warning from president biden today that the clock is ticking. listen. >> it is very high. i sense this will happen in the next several days. >> new warnings of a russian false flag operation after ukraine accused pro-russian separatists of shelling a kindergarten. and a top diplomat kicked out with russia delivering a sharp response to the u.s. accusing the government of stone call...

Has continued, adding about 7,000 russian forces along the border of ukraine in just the last few days which is contradictory to what russia has said, that theyre pulling back some of those forces. >> kylie will stick close because we wait from the secretary of state. from all the headlines and developments, its clear something shifted here. well get back in a bit but over to eastern ukraine. officials say pro-russian forces are responsible for a shelling that hit a preschool in the disputed don...

Into a fight to create a pretext that would allow russia to move in under the guise of protecting those separatists. >> andrea, its against that volatile backdrop that this meeting is convening in munich. you flew in in the middle of the night and you have experience covering meetings like this one. give us a sense of the mood and whether you sense anything in the international community that theres still a feeling this could possibly be resolved peacefully. >> reporter: i would say its hopeful,...

Including ground troops, aircraft, ships, are preparing to launch an attack against ukraine in the coming days. we dont know precisely how things will play out. but here is what the world can expect to see unfold. in fact, its unfolding right now today as russia takes step down the path to war and reissued the threat of military action. first, russia plans to manufacture a pretext for its attack. this could be a violent event that russia will blame on ukraine or outrageous accusation that russia...

Deescalation and. the standoff continues. >> president biden sensing time for diplomacy is running out and a russian invasion is near. >> my sense this will happen within the next several days. >> is there any diplomatic path still available. >> yes, there is. >> tensions rising dramatically over the last 24 hours. russia adding 7,000 troops to border. despite claims its withdrawing. newly declassified intelligence reportedly indicating russian hackers military, energy and computer networks. pos...

Book, 2034, a novel of the next world war. it is also good to see you and we just heard the defensive retiree say, you dont do these things for now reason. but, is it out of the realm of possibility that vladimir putin is waiting until the very last minute to make a decision, or, do you think he is creating a clear pretext for an invasion and is committed to an attack? >> chris, i think both are true. in other words, he is in fact not quite certain there are a couple other key indicators that co...

Are seeing happening. ive never seen quite anything like it. and i would like you to talk about the thinking behind this approach and strategy. >> theres really two audiences for this, chris. >> theres really two audiences for this, chris. the first one is the world. the international community, the hope is that, if they expose these potential what they are calling false flag operations, that it will deter russia from actually carrying them out and having this pretext to invade. so, weve heard v...

Weapons and no evidence of ever trying to build its own. and saying it allowed the united states to put nuclear weapons and other arms into russia on its territory. none of this is true. all is a pretext to roll in. . >> except, by the way, im sorry to interrupt, volodymyr zelenskyy, when things were looking quite desperate, said we will look a lot budapest and try to start our weapons. . >> he didnt say he would develop but relook at this memorandum, the central swath of which was ukraine gave ...

Several months declassifying and sharing our intelligence in real time and exposing president putins lies, we were ready. in fact, one reason we are seeing the unifying response now is because we expressed the playbook we thought russia would follow. i went to the u.n. security council last year and walked through step by step the pretext for war and the subsequent military invasion he planned to order. thats precisely what he did, while russian officials continue to deny it right until the inva...

75% of its conventional forces within striking distance of ukraine. it is surrounded on three sides and now a disturbing new development from belarus to the north. russia is extending its military drills there. they were supposed to end today. the kremlin cites a weakened spike in violence in eastern ukraine. ukraine says russian-backed separatists in the eastern part of the country violated the ceasefire at least 74 times just today. moscow, in the meantime, continues to encourage ukrainian cit...