destroyed locations as well as military equipment at the hands of ukraine or the west. >> good morning. welcome to "morning joe." the united states accuses russia of planning to film a fake attack video and use it as justification for invading ukraine. we'll discuss whether russia really thinks that would work. that as russian president putin meets this morning with the leader of china, reaffirming their alliance. speaker nancy pelosi has a warning to u.s. athletes in beijing competing in the winter olympics. your free speech doesn't travel with you to china. we'll play for you what she said. also this morning, new signs of ex-president trump's hold over the republican party. today the rnc will vote on censuring two of the most vocal critics of the former president, liz cheney and adam kinzinger. we will read for you their preemptive ponces. we will get to that and much more on this friday, february