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Threatened because it is not in nato, but there is nothing the west does is considered a provocation by russia. we heard about the deployment of the us lethal aid, just to ensure it is all about the defence, it is not about any threat to russia but ukrainians are concerned to be left behind when this crisis would be perceived as just something very local depending on the ukrainians. it is not like they feel betrayed but of course this moment that the west is probably not the strongest at the mom...

Provocative. the thing ukrainians most need and want our stinger missiles and antiship missiles and they werent getting them and what is showing up now i think is too little, too late. >> shannon: so to the idea of a -- the messaging what is -- a risk that washingtons risk messaging which includes putting 8500 troops on alert for possible deployment, could provoke the kremlin further or at least be use to justify a more aggressive posture. on tuesday, the kremlin spokesman said moscow was watchi...

When you consider there are at least another 130,000 russian troops that have already been positioned in other areas, mainly in russia, near to the ukrainian border, potentially poised to come in. so, very disturbing new developments in terms of that ongoing russian deployment in the region of forces and threatening ukraine, anderson. >> whats the response been to the u.s. claims about russia plotting some sort of video, fake video attack, to -- as a pretext for invasion? >> yeah, pretext, provo...

Allies. >> sir, weve got time for just one more. >> yeah, lets go to louie from abc. >> p. >> reporter: hi, sir. thank you to both of you for doing this briefing today. id like to go back to something that lita asked at the top and the way you framed the response about the provocations and how theyre perceived by russia. typically you do not disclose prepare to deploy orders, particularly when youre talking about large number of forces like the 8,500 that you put out this week. of what the calcu...

It more likely in your view that putin is going to invade? >> i dont think it speaks to whether its more or less likely. i think it speaks to the fact that, as always, russia develops lots of different options for doing things including in ukraine, and this is one of them. its something that people have to be aware of. similarly, weve warned about the possibility of so-called false flag operations. that is russia manufacturing a provocation and justifying anything it does in terms of responding ...

But a conversation with senior ukrainian officials, including president zelensky, when i hosted him here several months ago, they want more military assistance. because they know that we are not gonna fight for them. needles not gonna fight for them. everybody is crystal clear about. that so they want to have the ability for themselves to try and deter a russian escalation of the military intervention. lets remember, 14,000 ukrainians have already died in this russian ukrainian war. >> yes, this...

The kremlin angriyily dismissed the allegation as misinformation and a provocation. but theres no sign that some 100,000 russian forces are backing away from that ukrainian border in what the west fears is, in fact, a prelude to another invasion. now, if conflict breaks out, energy consumers right around the world, including right here in the united states, will take a big hit. the reason, oil prices, you see them there, have already reacted, shooting up to near seven-year highs in recent days. ...

Abandoned diplomatic rules and had been seeking to undermine our country with unilateral sanctions as well as military pressure on russia with mean rivers along the russian borders. they are trying to draw kyiv into provocation. joining me now is james nixey who is the director of russia & eurasia programme at chatham house. we have the rhetoric, we have the diplomacy, we had the military build—up. looking at the latter specifically, how do military analysts think this situation is going to ev...

States, all a provocation, indeed a threat to russia. simultaneously with that, ukrainian foreign ministry saying that if the russians are serious about any kind of diplomacy then they need to move back from their positions which look threatening on ukraines eastern borders but also in belarus to the north just two or three hours north of here. kyiv, the capital of ukraine, fred. so in that context, meetings at the u.n. are unlikely to produce anything more than potentially an agreement to keep ...

It appears over the past six or seven months the number of cyberattacks at least here in the u.s. have been diminished incredibly that weve heard about. how much concern would you have about that increasing yet again, senator? >> it would be an act of war. if a foreign power blows up a power plant it is an act of war against the american people. if you shut down a power grid or water supply that would be an act of war whether you use a bomb or cyber techniques, all the same consequence to us. i ...