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I was listening in real time, it was pretty jarring when president biden says hes now convinced president putin has decided to invade ukraine. defense secretary lloyd austin backed that up saying an attack on ukraine could come in short order. in moscow, what has the response been for the president -- president biden, being so overt essentially about what he believes the intensions of russia actually are at this point? >> reporter: you know, phil, really as theyve been doing with all the deadlin...

Join nato if it would make all of this away. but then they denied some of those things. so are you seeing any off-ramps at this point? >> good to be with you again. first of all, it is a split screen going on between what erin designed, which is accurate, but between what you see here on the streets in kyiv. it is valentines day here and restaurants are full of valen valentines dates and talking to friends an contacts, a lot of anxiety. on the nato thing, i know the former foreign minister of uk...

Most significant thing, fredricka. in a way, were looking at this kind of split screen, the military side and the diplomatic side. at least from here in moscow. and as you said, those major military exercises that have been going on for quite awhile were supposed to be over. people would be sent back to their bases. and maybe even equipment sent back. but that isnt happening. and the explanation for it is that they are going to continue readiness checks. thats how their mission is described. and...

Wednesdayful are people there not worried? >> i think it is fair to say the atmosphere, it is like a bizarre split screen from what were hearing in washington and what were seeing and hearing on the ground. people feel theyve been living under the threat of russian aggression for eight years. it is something they have become accustomed to. if you go out on the streets during the day, it is very calm. it is valentines day here. there is a big party going on in our very hotel full of red heart bal...

Jill dougherty with that part of the story. >> reporter: just as there is a military standoff, there is also an information war raging. and you could think of it as kind of a split screen with three different images. the first image would have to be vladimir putin in the situation room in the kremlin, next to him, the president of belarus, alexander lukashenko, as they watched these strategic forces exercises, including some of the most sophisticated weapons that russia has. including hypersonic...

Across ukraine. air raid sirens rang out across kyiv, and officials reported cruise or ballistic missiles sergeanted control centers. the "new york post" with this headline today, "war in europe." the ""los angeles times"" ukraine under attack. and "the new york times" a photo with the headline "russia attacks as putin warns the word, biden vows to hold him accountable." joining us live from lviv, ukraine, nbc news correspondent cal perry. cal, what are you seeing and hearing on the ground there...

Are expecting to hear him talk about the economic and military assistance america is giving to ukraine. we are expecting to call vladimir putin out deliberately blaming him for the wall in ukraine and understand the maybe a possibility of a split screen showing the ongoing bombing happening in ukraine. —— war. but he will focus on a lot of domestic policies as well, touching on issues affecting americans such as inflation and he will use it as an opportunity to remind them of things he has a...

Third largest city, odesa, a strategic port. scarred still from a war for the last generation. horridly con verdicted food holes, the youth know this is their turn. this is like hipster paradise. >> two days we organized a small chat. firstly it was five people and after that in two days its the biggest humanitarian help in odesa region. >> reporter: food, fuel, history fuel them here. they stack sand bags outside the nearby opera house fortified like it hasnt been since 1941. the split screen c...

Country, how are they making those decisions based on what information? >> that is the impossible thing. and it is -- your life is suddenly the life of a refugee. everything changes because your house is being child. no one wants to leave their life behind and flee. so, people wait until the last minute. the president here, president zelenskyy,, before the war started, was playing down the threat. washington was playing up the threat. -- part of the information flow is starting with him. you kno...

Plays? these are questions that are going to be answered in the coming days, depending how wide this conflict gets. >> let me get back to your reporting as well. we turn to moscow. this is putins claim, that theyre trying to purge nazis from ukraines government. zelenskyy is jewish. his grandfathers fought the nazis. he lost relatives in the holocaust. putins warning is transparently a lie. >> reporter: thats right. i think theres a split screen in russia between what is going on behind the wall...