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As promised still with us is former united states ambassador to russia michael mcfaul. ambassador, i want to play something that lieutenant colonel alexander vindman said about u.s. allies in the region, very worried about what might happen. lets listen. >> we have very anxious allies along ukraines western border. those allies are going to want some assurances that article 5 actually means something. we should be doing more. we should be doing more. positions troops in europe after an escalatio...

Boris johnsons thing to look out for is how does borisjohnson�*s performance go down amongst mps in a few hours time. does any more evidence emerged of parties that could sway more people, and does that add up to the number of 54 letters, and we will only know that number has been hit when graham brady summons us all to a press conference to tell us. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has arrived in ukraine for urgent talks, amid warnings that russia could carry out an attack on the co...

Because of the significant build—up we have seen the russian forces near the ukrainian border. no provocation, no reason, except that we have a very significant force, we know that there are plans in place to increase that force even more on very short notice, and that gives president putin the capacity, also in very short notice, to take further aggressive action against ukraine, and that, of course, has got not only our attention, but it has got the attention of virtually all of our allies a...

And we shouldnt be just be considering a diplomatic track. theres also a pressure track that makes a lot of sense. we have very anxious allies along ukraines western border. those allies are gonna want some insurances that mean something. we have allies that have already said theyre ready to pony up weapons and support to ukraine. that already is some seepage to nato not being involved, at least bilaterally, or unilaterally. they are going to make some commitments to ukraine, because of their ow...

So what are you suggestic nato do at this point? >> well, something we should have all done years and years ago, so theres collective blame here, but natos expansion didnt have a clear end point and as a result, weve got a number of countries, moldova, belarus, ukraine, ajerbaijan caught in a gray zone between natos eastern border and russias western border and that ambiguity is something putin is playing on right now. so while nato develops a strategy to deter putin from taking aggressive actio...

Donald trump and then president elect zelensky that led to donald trumps first impeachment. joining us now is retired lieutenant colonel, alexander vindman. colonel, good to see you. thank you for being with us again. i want to explore with you this argument that vladimir putin and people like and around him are making, that there are russians speakers and pro russian people who live in a lot of these countries along russians western border, including ukraine. and they want to extend their umbre...

Russia. >> now, that comment, raised all kind of concerns. immediately about the response about minor incursions, from ukrainians. the white house then releases statement, after a press conference, saying, if any russian military forces move across ukrainian border, thats a renewed invasion, and it will be met with a swift, severe and you know the response from the united states and our allies. -- army lieutenant colonel, whos director of european affairs. he was removed from that position by do...

Trump and then president elect zelensky that led to donald trumps first impeachment. joining us now is retired lieutenant colonel, alexander vindman. colonel, good to see you. thank you for being with us again. i want to explore with you this argument that vladimir putin and people like and around him are making, that there are russians speakers and pro russian people who live in a lot of these countries along russians western border, including ukraine. and they want to extend their umbrella of ...

Welcome back to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada, and around the world. im kim brunhuber. this is "cnn newsroom." the threat of a russian invasion of ukraine has been build for months, but the u.s. and its allies fear it could happen very soon, as diplomatic efforts stall. the uk foreign office says british observers with the organization for security and cooperation in europe are being withdrawn from ukraine for their own safety. u.s. observers have also been told to lea...