us on this interactive show "getting answers." we will be here every weekday at tonight, breaking news as we come on the air. the pentagon tonight saying on vladimir putin and russia, we believe they are ready. that there are signs a full-scale russian invasion of ukraine is imminent. my interview just moments ago with secretary of state antony blinken, what are they seeing in ukraine right now? a senior u.s. defense official telling abc news russia now has about 80% of its fors in forward positions, ready to move in. more than 150,000 russian troops amassed among ukraine's borders, the north, the east, the south. and late today, in the middle of the night moscow time, russian state news now reporting that those two accept are cyst regions inside rue crane have now requested help from vladimir putin and the russian military in taking on ukrainian forces.