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Suspicion that the [inaudible] pretext to invade. [inaudible] that it is possible that he rolls tanks into kyiv and that he is disappointed that his previous invasion of ukraine did not change ukraine. it continues to move towards the west philosophically and politically. it wants to be part of europe and not the eurasian union and under the thumb of putin. sadly, i think that this is likely. the administration is doing everything possible, i think, to deter putin by sending ukrainians, by movin...

Invest in the military capacity going forward to fulfil these deficits. so... so, hang on... i want to be very, very clear. all right. so, what is your message to vladimir putin, then? hes made — the russians have made it plain that they regard nato military presence on your soil as an unacceptable provocation, and they want a nato pull—back from bulgaria. it sounds like youre prepared to provoke putin. i want to say very clearly another very important point. we do not believe, in bulgaria, ...

Is experienced. he goes to moscow. hes going to solve this problem. he went down to see president zelensky and told them get those minsk accords implemented immediately. well, there is a lot of going back and forth in ukraine on this. essentially those minn minsk ac will have civil discord and civil disobedience andrieiots and other things. zelensky will be looked at as a traitor. this is kind of the scenario putin wants in this phase, if he can break zelensky or the ukrainian government, thats ...

Problem of a russian military invasion as a way to alert others and to bring others on board. while i was skeptical a couple weeks ago, i have to say i think it is putting pressure on putin in a you week way without deploying military troops into ukraine, without military support, which might be seen as a provocation for war. i think it could work out to be quite successful and will pave the new way, which is the more information thats out there about putins true intentions, the better the rest ...

The russians, who continue to expand their troop presence in the east and importantly in belarus. but at the same time, anderson, theyre also saying, now we need some serious strategic weapons, in particular surface-to-air missiles. so far the only lethal aid theyve had from the u.s. and uk have been antiarmor missiles, nothing that would make a great deal of difference in the long term, anderson. >> and whats the kremlin said about the developments? >> reporter: the kremlin have said that this ...

Clark, the former nato supreme allied commander. he is now cnn military analyst. nic, let me to the go to you first, there in miss moscow. the u.s. is laying out, this is remarkable, in pretty striking detail the intelligence they have on this likely invasion. how is russia responding at this point? are they still claiming there is nothing to see here? >> they are. you know, the united states is clearly trying to interrupt president putins decision-making at a very critical moment, when he has e...

Provocation being formed. im sure he has a couple more up his sleeve. how about 40 russian soldiers dressed as ukrainians, killed 20 belarusians and then you can say, ukraine cant control their armed forces. we have to go in. or a big demonstration in kyiv, false blood thrown everywhere. it is out of control. somebody stands up and says the president has been assassinated. zelensky says no, im not. the media shuts down and the ukrainian armed forces are told stay in your barracks, were the peace...

Mourners and images of destroyed locations as well as military equipment at the hands of ukraine of the west even to the point where some of the equipment would be made to look like it was western-supplied ukrainian -- to ukraine equipment. >> reporter: this is part of a series of disclosures to blunt the impact of any potential russian provocation that would justify in its mind an attack on ukraine. they say that russia has been planning a number of scenarios to justify, to create a pretext for...

Nato partners and allies. >> sir, time for just one more, one more, sir. sir. >> can i follow-up on that? >> lets go to louie from abc. >> thank you to both of you for doing this briefing today. i would like to go back to something that lita asked at the top and the way that you framed the response about provocations and how they are perceived by russia. typically you do not disclose prepare to deploy orders, particularly when you are talking about large numbers of forces like the 8500 you put o...

Takes out his wire brush today and deals with the chancellor on this. so the american people really understand im not sure many people recognize how far merkel moved toward russia and how this chancellor will move as well. he has no intention of ever firing a shot at russia. think of that. that is what he has said. many of the people are his insiders. if russia went into the baltics it is unlikely germany would attack russia as a result of that kind of provocation. they made the same decision th...