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♪ ♪ as russian forces close in on kyiv, its not just the west that opposes the war on ukraine, a lot of russians do as well. russians turned out by the thousands overnight and today again, and every one of them defied warnings from the russian government they would face jail time for their opinion. nato has activated elements of its response force in the coming days. short of war nato has limited options to protect a non-nato member, and experts warn that

The world stage is that the congress is not with him, that handicapped our ability to lead in this much critical moment. thats the shame fullness of the faction within todays republican party, that gives voice to the greater gop. >> former congressman, david jolly. as always, thanks for joining with us. amna, youre sticking with us. next, nato activating its response force for the first time in history. what it tells us about this moment? and natos role in rolling back russia. our live coverage ...

The total number in that rapid response force is 40,000. we dont know how many will be actually sent out. the key to remember, these forces are not going to be sent into ukraine. at least thats the plan out of now, the nato secretary jens stoltenberg and president biden making it clear that they are not sending troops into ukraine because it is not a member of nato. ukraine now saying, look, we have been asking for many, many months and years when our country might be able to join nato. we are f...

. 50 past the hour. nbc news has been granted an exclusive look where natos response force has been deployed for the first time. u.s. services members are training beside latvian forces. josh, what more can you tell us about the u.s. presence there? >> well, jose, the u.s. and its nato allies regularly hold military exercises here in latvia. but they have taken on fresh relevancy and urgency. ukraine is only about 120 miles to the east of here. some of the u.s. service members from the 173rd a...

Sniping at them is one way to give a bloody nose to the russian army and its a way to massively cause casualties among the civilian population. will zelenskyy declare kyiv an open city as macarthur did with manila, or will they fight street to street? the jury is out. our ability to influence events inside ukraine now is duh minimus. nato is standing to the task, and i am very proud of the announcement today to activate the response force, and u.s. troops is flying to europe, and the third infan...

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Could be captured by russian forces within days. >> and weve continued to see russias progression even as weve seen resistance on the ground. russias military continues to advance toward kyiv so this is that real possibility. >> reporter: the two leaders speaking after zelenskyy publicly suggested his country is not receiving adequate support from the u.s. and that sanctions are not enough to stop russias intensifying invasion. >> translator: russia was hit with sanctions yesterday but these are...

That includes anti-tank weapons and stinger missiles, this news has just come in to us at msnbc, and it comes as nato is moving forward with a historic deployment to bolster the eastern flank. josh lederman is in brussels with the latest on this unprecedented decision. josh to you. >> in the nearly two decades that nato has had a response force, it has never had to activate it for the deterrence against the adversary or defense of the alliance, but now, nato secretary general stoltenberg says th...

Approved a constitutional amendment committing to join the european union and nato. three years later, it is a member of neither. nato is bolstering its forces in eastern europe in nato countries not ukraine for the first time in its history nato mobilized its response force. its a defensive group of up to 40,000 troops. nato says it has 100 warplanes on high alert and 120 ships at sea mr. there must knob space for misunderstanding. we will do what it takes to defend every ally. and every inch o...

Very closely as vladimir putin has ordered the troops under the guise of peacekeeping into the regions to monitor whats going on. i realize this is just in the few hours after vladimir putins declaration, there is no change to u.s. force posture in europe and it remains some 5,000 troop from the 82nd airborne in poland as well as 80,000 troops spread throughout europe there in the force posture where they remain at this point. but again, officials are watching this very closely. what are we look...