responses, it continues to build its forces along its border with ukraine and in belarus. a western tlens official tells nbc news russia has already deployed 120,000 troops to the region and more are on the way. even though russia keeps insisting it has no plans to invade ukraine. with me now from kyiv is nbc news foreign correspondent matt bradley. matt, western intelligence officials believe that within the next couple weeks russia could position enough troops along ukraine's borders to mount a full-scale invasion. what is ukraine doing to prepare for this? >> reporter: jose, that's one of the more mystifying aspects of this whole drama, both the ukrainians' public messaging to the ukrainian people and their military posture seem at odds with what we're hearing from the west and what we're seeing on the ground, not just in russia, but in belarus and to the south in the black sea.