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Laura? and thank you so much. i am laura coates, and this is "cnn tonight." there's what russia says, and then there's what russia does, according to the white house. and tonight there are new assessments from high up that putin's trying to play the west for fools. according to a senior u.s. official, there is, quote, every indication, unquote, that russia is privately mobilizing for war, while of course publicly offering to talk. this official tells cnn the russian claims of pulling forces back from ukraine and deescalating, well, they're all false, they say, when, in fact, putin's amassed ...

Assessments from high up that putin's trying to play the west for fools. according to a senior u.s. official there is, quote, every indication, unquote, that russia is privately mobilizing for war while, of course, publicly offering to talk. this official tells cnn the russian claims of pulling forces back from ukraine and de-escalating, well, they're all false, they say when, in fact, putin's amassed approximately 7,000 more troops at ukraine's borders in just recent days. these new buildup estimates would now place the number of russian forces that are circling around ukraine at around 157,0...