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Happening. hours before moscow announced that pullback, a u.s. defense official said troops were actually headed closer to the border, not away from it. with video seeming to back it up. here is pentagon spokesman john kirby. >> mr. putin has added military ability along the border and continues to advance his readiness. should he choose to go down a military path here. should he choose to invade again he is doing all the things you would expect him to do to make sure he is ready for that option...

Will it require more troops? and could that potentially, we dont know the answer, mean additional u.s. troops, going to eastern europe, to help with that deterrent and reassurance mission. but right now, fundamentally, as you are pointing out, the facts on the ground for the u.s. have not changed. they do not believe that russia has substantially in any way withdrawn troops from the front line positions towards the ukraine border. they dont believe there has been any substantive pullback in the ...

Prime minister that russia has actually done something here. i imagine theyre watching very closely right now but what would you need to see to believe this is a genuine pullback by the russian president as opposed to a temporary one like weve seen him do before? >> right. well, the big question is, do you actually see significant amounts of russian troops move away from ukraine? as i understand it, what the russians are talking about now is withdrawing some forces in crimea back to their home b...

Not a member of nato, which is the heart of whats going on, but its not yet a member of nato. the forces moving toward the nato eastern flank should russia invade the country, they are at a high alert, high preparedness, and the question would be what would they be looking out for. should russia go so far as to determine attacks on members or any influx on refugees across ukraines borders, kate. >> thank you for that. joining me on this is former ambassador to ukraine, john hurts, and kimberly d...

Russian claims yesterday that they were potentially engaging in a partial drawdown. instead the white house coming out today saying that they have seen no evidence of a de-escalation and in fact they believe they are adding to the forces that theyve already amassed on ukrainies border. >> there is a difference between what russia said and does and what were seeing is no meaningful pullback. >> more russian forces, not fewer, are at the border. and they are moving concerningly into fighting posit...

Administration. an unmistakable message to the kremlin as the world waits and russia watches for russias next move. president biden issued a new warning to putin as after russia said it started a partial troop pullback from the ukrainian border. late today, the president said the united states is ready for anything, and painted a bleak picture of the consequences of russian military aggression. >> the united states is prepared, no matter what happens. the russian difference minister reported tod...

De-escalation. >> theres what russia says and what russia does. >> a second day of russia troop announcements. >> were seeing no meaningful pullback. >> a second day of skepticism. >> we continue to see not only the forces match, we see critical movement toward the border, not away from the border. >> urgency, crisis, showing no signs, as 150,000 troops continue to ring the border. >> we have heard signs from moscow about readiness to continue diplomatic efforts. so far we have be seen any de-es...

You can catch me on msnbc from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. eastern. coming up shaun white joins my colleague, andrea mitchell, next. ♪ good day, everyone. this is "andrea mitchell reports" in washington as president biden warns a russian invasion of ukraine is, quote, distinctly a possible and that u.s. would respond with crippling sanctions. >> if russia commits this breach by invading ukraine, responsible nations around the world will not hesitate to respond. we do not stand for freedom where it is ...

Good morning to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. it is thursday, february 17th. im john berman with brianna keilar. and moments ago, we heard from defense secretary lloyd austin in brussels where hes meeting with nato leaders. hes calling out russia, questioning all of the kremlins claims about a pullback of forces from the border of ukraine. >> the russians say they are withdrawing some of the forces now that exercises are complete. but we dont see that. quite the...

Back and the s&p 500 end about 11 points lower but given the escalation in tensions between the west and russia and the escalation in the conflict on the ground in ukraine, you might have expected to see a bigger pullback than that. a lot of debate about what has propped up equity markets as of late. number one, potentially the fact that so far it looks as though the west has carved out energy, so energy hasnt been targeted in as harsh a way as it might have been and perhaps that will happen dow...