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Secretary, john kirby. admiral, good to have you back. thanks for your time. >> you bet. thank you. >> so what triggered this decision? is it what has changed or what has not changed? >> i think maybe its a little bit of both. we continue to see mr. putin add to his military capabilities in the western part of his country and in belarus, he continues to have maritime forces in the mediterranean and north atlantic. he has shown no signs of deescalating and weve been watching this for weeks and we...

Theres more to flow in. that will happen over the coming days. >> who are you? >> pete from bloomberg. >> all right. i assumed he was a reporter. i havent seen you in here. >> [question inaudible] >> so heres what i would say. even in just over the course of the weekend, we saw mr. putin add to his force capability along that border with ukraine and in belarus. without getting into specific

It would be a big boost to russias economy. meanwhile, new satellite images shared with cnn show new russian military buildup in belarus. heres more now from the pentagon. >> even just over the course of the weekend we saw mr. putin add to his force capability along that border with ukraine and belarus. not getting into specific numbers. he is -- hes -- hes well north of 100,000 and it continues to grow. >> nathan hodges is standing by live in moscow. we begin this hour with melissa bell in kyiv...

And what happens next, according to the voices im speaking to here, will determine in their minds the course of this conflict, hallie. >> erin, thank you. stand by matt and mike and jim. i want to go to the pentagon where secretary john kirby is talking to reporters now about this crisis. we will listen in for a minute. >> heres what i would say, just over the weekend we saw mr. putin add to the forces along ukraine and belarus.