CNN The Lead With Jake Tapper February 3, 2022 21:59:00
As matthew chance reports, the u.s. is hoping coming forward with this alleged scheme will blunt the impact of any possible fake pretext that russia might use to invade ukraine. >> reporter: this is the latest front in russia's unrelenting buildup near ukraine's borders. joint military drills in neighboring belarus, a close kremlin ally, where nato says there's been significant movement of an expected 30,000 russian troops in recent days. it's the biggest deployment there since the end of the cold war. this, as the kremlin tells cnn, more u.s. forces in eastern europe simply pump up tension in...