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>> as of this moment i'm convinced he's made the decision. we have reason to believe that. >> to be clear you are convinced -- you are convinced that president putin is going to invade ukraine? is that what you just said a few moments ago? >> yes, i did. >> what reason do you have to believe he's considering that option at all? >> we have a significant intelligence capability. >> other sign russia's preparing for invasion a u.s. defense official telling cnn nearly half of russian forces surrounding ukraine are in attack position tonight. i want to go live now to ukraine where cnn international...

Russia's black sea fleet, which conveniently, have been study based on the crimean peninsula in ukraine. russia has we scheduled their annual nuclear military drills, only one other time in recent memory. back in the year 2014, to time it with russia's annexation of crimea. so you can read into that what you will. but these nuclear exercises will come on the heels of what has been an incredibly tense 24 hours, on the border between russia and ukraine. u.s. sources say they believe russia has now amassed close to 200,000 troops at the ukrainian border. one u.s. defense official told nbc news th...

Equipment within miles of ukraine's border. u.s. officials tell cnn about 50% of russian forces are now in attack position. what does this tell you about how soon they can invade? >> they could invade any time now. look at your watch. they can invade in five minutes. the forces there. the capabilities are there. the long-range strike capabilities were this to be a full fledged invasion are in position to start an operation right now. those forces in the donbas region, russians have been in the donbas for over eight years now so those lines of communication, that road network, the rail head tha...

>> you never had to guess where linden johnson was coming from. he was coming from that growing up in the hill country of texas. >> the cnn original series "lbj triumph and tragedy" premieres this sunday right here on cnn. thanks very much for watching. erin burnett out front live from ukraine starts right now. out front next, breaking news. president biden says putin has made up his mind to invade ukraine as we're learning nearly half of putin's forces surrounding this country are in attack position. is there any hope for diplomacy? plus exclusive new images of putin's military buildup out ...

A city of nearly 3 million in the coming days. >> russia can still choose diplomacy. it is not too late to deescalate and return to the negotiating table. >> reporter: there are no signs russia is backing away, defense officials say russia has moved half of its forces into attack position. u.s. intelligence suggests russia has up to 190,000 forces near and in ukraine. for weeks, biden has predicted russia could use addition information, false flag operations and cyber attacks to goad ukraine into war. the white house says that's exactly what's happening. >> we believe the russia government is ...