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Forces flooding the zone and putting a lot more forces up in the eastern nato countries. the u.s. has put significant forces on the ground as a political trip wire. so final question, will the ukrainians fight or not? to some extent they already are. the jury is out on whether this will be a serious resistance, yes or no. >> some embassies have been moved from kyiv to where you are. what are you seeing on the ground. talk about the safety of where you are right now? >> lviv was always the backup...

Demarishes, if you will, if he recognizes the independence of the russian speaking provinces of ukraine that that is a violation of the previous accords, all of the previous agreements, the so called minsk agreements, thats a trip wire, and belarus, the exercises did not end as they claimed they would, the forces are moving closer. so how are you seeing the situation on the ground? >> well, its hard to read this. every element for an air, ground, sea attack on ukraine is in position, and from th...

Emergency committee. not usual for them to meet this early but that gives you a sense of how quickly things are moving. first of all they will want to get a collective picture agreed about what they think is a chilly happening on the ground near where caroline is. then i think they will want to decide what the prime minister does today, what calls does it make to world leaders, downing street is not ruling out a maybe international travel later on. they will also look at domestic implications of...

Insulin, looting by russians and locals too desperate to get some kind of food in the collapse of the society there and also, a chilling video thats emerged backing up a statement by local officials showing trip wire mine laid on one of the roads there. theyre unclear who laid it. they suggested it was russian troops but another sign of how dark its frankly getting for residents there, as well too, further east on the other side of the crimean peninsula in the sea of ersov, appear to be encircle...

Our president must take the lead for the alliance to work. >> lets talk about the broader picture here. you talked to me about possibly broader ambitions for putin. if he occupies much of ukraine. ill use the green here for that. he can use that possibly as a base to establish a land route to -- where they have a big naval presence. >> thats a trip wire. i dont think hell want to do that. but there is a chance he wants to reestablish the former warsaw pact countries, lithuania, romania, bulgaria...

Of offensive cyber options presented to president biden to respond to the russian invasion, the large-scale invasion in ukraine. and they are -- they include things like potentially targeting infrastructure in russia. so were talking about potentially going after sort of the train system. now, we are talking about things that would be temporary. they would not have a long-term or permanent impact on any of these russian capabilities or russian infrastructure. but the fact that the u.s. administr...

To the mediterranean. including three strike carrier groups. >> jesse: even with the additional forces being deployed its clear there is a lot more nato needs to do to hold putin in check. joining me now brigadier general blain holt. blain, our sources are saying that if he does secure ukraine, he may go north and try to sever the baltic united states toe countries from poland. what would that take and what can nato and the united states do to prevent that? >> well, its a pleasure to be with you...

And pro-russians and ukraine army is 4 30 kilometer long and there are thousands of people stranded there without infrastructure, electricity, shops, administration. and i wanted to give voice to these people. thats why i wrote "the gray beast." but i didnt expect this situation. >> yeah. it is a pleasure to speak with you, andrey, a famed author here in this country. ironically known for comedic work as well. this is not a laughing matter. its been wonderful to speak with you. andree kurkov. th...

Remembered only for the ukraine part of the speech. you cannot really remember very much about any particular state of the union address other than one thing. thats what it will be remembered for. i think the actual moment that may loom the largest was when he warned about the trip wire in the nato countries. he said, in the event that putin moves west -- when hes talking like that he is talking about world war iii. >> i understand. >> and basically saying, do not cross over into these nato coun...

They have is to continue and trying to devastate ukraine but i think as the ambassador said this is only going to lead to i think putins unravels in terms of position in russian government. what will be the trip wire in terms of pressure on oligarchs and the russian people and commodities is unclear but i believe putins days are nubbed and maybe in the double digits. >> wow. ambassador nancy soderberg and drerk john brennan, thank you for helping us understand the days events. switching topics...