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Belarus and the black sea. what is the goal of those drills? >> well, the official goal is that these are exercises, as the russians would say, to demonstrate and integrate russian and the allied forces with belarus in the face of what they claim to be growing nato aggressions. that's not how nato sees it. not how the ukrainians see it, and the arrival of the general, the commander of the russian armed forces in belarus, has reassured nobody. he is the author of the doctrine which we've seen played out and attempts to interview politically -- to interfere politically. trying to break up europe...

Kiley is live in ukraine. >> so much has been ontate department's plate over the course of the last several months. what are you hearing from officials there this morning about how they expect all of this to play out? >> a state department official explained why the state department made this decision to withdraw most of the u.s. diplomat from ukraine saying they have to prepare for the worst-case scenario here which is in the realm of possibility. that would be russian aggressions into ukraine and on the capital city which is where the u.s. embassy is located. they explained that russia has a...

About the west solidarity in its reaction, response to the russian aggressions along the border with ukraine. many other topics also on the table. >> let's bring in pentagon correspondent oren liebermann. he said he's engaging in non-stop diplomacy to try to prevent the russia/ukraine tensions to tamp down and said he would like to mak non-nato major allies. >> first' dressed russia and ukraine off the top. he's aware of what is going on at the un security council and underlied nato and europe which is if russia decided to invade ukraine, if vladimir putin makes that decision, they stand unite...

You made it clear these forces will not fight in cukraine. is the concern that this will spillover that putin will turn his aggressions to nato members or is this primarily about beefing up nato forces there to try to deter putin? >> it's difficult to know exactly what's in mr. putin's head. obviously we don't know and we don't think he's made a final decision one way or another with respect to military action in ukraine. but it is because he has shown no sign of deescalating that has led to concerns particularly on the flank bordering russia that that sort of prompted these decisions to move ...

He just got back from a trip to ukraine. it's going to have you with us. your response to putin blaming the u.s. for its aggression against ukraine? what do you make of that? >> the ambassador had it right. it's the aggressions that put the 100,000 troops on the border of ukraine. it's the russians that started working in belarus and having, from what i have seen by satellite, hospitals and places where people may be injured to go. it's the russians who are clearly the aggressor. and there was not anyone in ukraine that was bringing up weapons or threatening russia or anything of that nature. ...