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The lay of the land there? i think in recent days, for example, have some of the ground units that were in larger assembly areas moved in or out closer to the border in what might be attack positions, other movements in the last 24 hours or so? >> what i would say, bob, even in the last 24 to 48, over the course of the weekend putin has added military capability along the border of belarus, and he has naval units in the black sea. he continues to add to his readiness and give himself more options should he pursue a military path here. i would like to refrain from getting into specific movement...

Along ukraine's border, and pentagon spokesperson john kirby says that putin has added at least a half dozen landing ships in the black sea with the purpose of putting troops onshore. they are talking diplomacy but advancing into attack positions. >> right. this is a moment of maximum pressure against ukraine. so he's got the military machine moving. he's moving it to its attack position. the world is on edge. people in ukraine are starting to take this seriously. it could be very damaging. what he wants is the collapse of the government in ukraine or president zelensky say, we give up on nato...

The coming days. that assessment, he says, is based on u.s. intelligence, proposed indicating that putin has amassed up to hundred 90,000 troops on ukraine's border, with roughly half of the ground forces in attack positions. biden's top officials continue to push for diplomatic resolution, but promise a, quote, severe consequences if russia invades. now, back to dateline. >> it was the middle of the night when j.j. rush's daughter, meghan, was awakened from a deep sleep. >> 3:00 a.m. knock at my door from the detectives. >> what's that like? >> the scariest thing that you will ever go through...

>> if president vladimir putin has made the decision to invade ukraine as president joe biden suggested or believes, then the forces are there in place. a u.s. defense official says that 40% to 50% of russian troops near ukraine are now in attack positions, and you get a sense on the map thereof where those troops are arranged basically not far from many of ukraine's population centers. and a raid against the country on three different sides, in the north in belarus where they're conducting joint exercises between russia and belarus, a side from eastern ukraine and russia there and in occupied...

Place in the days after invasion, and we heard the national security adviser, jake sullivan talking about this, and kyiv having multiple days of aerial bombardment. people have not been prepared for this level of conflict in many cases for decades. and some people who are living here, the younger population have never seen something like we are seeing today. >> sandra: thanks for your reporting on the ground there, get this in, trey, we brought this up at the top of the hour telling our viewers that it was something we had not confirmed, as a network but out there that there was the satellite ...