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Only one person knows whether the ukraine crisis will lead to war, the man who started it, vladimir putin. but so far the biden administration has reacted to putins military escalation intelligently, with an appropriate mix of deterrents and diplomacy. it has rallied european countries to stay together, provided more weapons to ukraine, and put some troops on heightened alert to signal greater resolve. its also publicized the kinds of hybrid warfare russia is engaging in and signaled the sanctio...

Ambassador to moscow delivering americas official response to russias security demands. a critical moment in this crisis that could potentially make the difference between war and peace in ukraine. the kremlin had insisted it needed written responses to its demands that ukraine will never join nato. tonight, the biden administration saying there will be no such guarantees. >> we make clear that there are core principles that we are committed to uphold and defend, including ukraines sovereignty a...

That but also the security arrangements that have predominated europe since 1997 retreat to pre-1997 lines. so positions that are so far apart they will once again no doubt dominate these discussions and show us once again how difficult its going to be to come to any compromise on these matters. now, beyond that meeting at the security council later today there will also be a flurry of diplomatic activity here in kyiv over the course of the week, rosemary, with visits from the british foreign mi...

But first, here is my take. only one person knows whether the ukraine crisis will lead to war, the man who started it, vladimir putin. but so far the biden administration has reacted to putins military escalation intelligently, with an appropriate mix of deterrents and diplomacy. it has rallied european countries to stay together, provided more weapons to ukraine, and put some troops on heightened alert to signal greater resolve. its also publicized the kinds of hybrid warfare russia is engaging...

Morning. >> thanks for having me. now to the crisis in ukraine. the white house approving plans for u.s. troops to help americans leave ukraine if there is a russian invasion. in the last 24 hours moscow has added 2,000 more combat troops to the border. cnns nic robertson is here. what are we hearing from the kremlin? >> reporter: were living jencks to a briefing, sergei lavrov is meet willing with liz truf. the week when he said you dont mess with putin. they have not found common ground. lis...

Forward. i think that is where some real progress was made. it is what moscow has long been calling for. the french president quite clear this does not mean bringing into question natos open door policy. but it does mean that further conversations can be had with russia about what guarantees each might ask of the other within europe about their respective security arrangements. so that is the progress on which he wants to continue. we know the two men are due to have more conversations in the ne...

Be to protect our critical health and financial risk. and it would be at risk and wed have to start to think about the security arrangements. >> how long can he sustain troop on these borders? >> longer than we think. thats been my take for a long time. i think it would be foolish to think he couldnt sustain it for a significant amount of time. >> and top biden officials are working around the clock, knowing that once shots are fired, if a war did begin, inevitably people will die on both sides....

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Russia over the long haul. then we have to start of our security arrangements of the kind you doo with adversaries. important discussion. >> how long can he sustain that troop formation on these borders? >> longer than we think. thats been my take on him far long time. we apply western metrics to an individual like him and we say the economy is going to go south, the demographics are bad, he cant keep doing this. longer than we think. not forever, for sure, but i think it would be foolish to thi...

Summit in 2010 and the 1994 budapest summit in 2010 and the 1994 budapest summit declaration which says that each participating state has an equal right to security. we reaffirm this inherent right to be able to choose or change security arrangements including treaties and alliances. that statement is contained in all those declarations and has been signed by both western governments and the russian governments and the russian government is in the past, obviously most recently in 2010. the gover...