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Assessment of just how imminent a potential invasion is. >> so, we have the same facts but a different perception or a different estimation. >> reporter: the difference is on the question of intention. you don't believe they intend to invade? >> i hope that in kremlin they didn't make their decision still. >> reporter: but chernobyl is only ten miles from the border with belarus, where russia has been holding joint military exercises. these, just some of the 30,000 russian combat troops that nato has warned on their way, welcomed with bread and salt and open arms. to the east of chernobyl lies...

Didn't want. if you read the papers, he didn't want increased forward presence and increased forward presence and increased forward presence and increased forward capability and that is what we are now doing. as well as other nato nations, by the way.- nations, by the way. thus, general. — nations, by the way. thus, general, doesn't _ nations, by the way. thus, general, doesn't doing - general, doesn't doing precisely what president putin doesn't want risk further escalation in the region, given that moscow has called this deployment destruct give and makes it seem like the time for talking ...

Presence of combat troops right near the border with ukraine in the last two weeks. somewhere in the 100,000, 130,000 range and they've been moving closer to the border in field camps. they've been moving up. the kinds of resources that you would need to actually make a military attack and so i think to talk about de-escalation is not where we're at right now. doesn't mean it's impossible to foresee but it's not happening right now. >> president biden has said several timss that if russia invades, then the nord stream 2 gas pipeline from russia to germany won't go ahead. listen. >> if russia i...

Scope and the amassing of forces than anything we've seen in recent memory and i think you'd have to go back quite awhile into the cold war days to see something of this magnitude. they do annual exercises. we watch those closely, but this is different. so we'll continue to monitor very, very closely. but, yes, it does feel different. >> we'll come back to the room and go out to david. >> since the president has ruled out sending u.s. troops into ukraine, does that mean that the u.s. military would not be used if an evacuation of kyiv became necessary? >> as you have indicated, david, the pres...

They've got ground forces, air. they have air defenses. they have some very serious capabilities along that border. they have very serious capabilities here but this isn't the first time that they have built up capabilities in this way. but as general milley said, this time feels different, not just the scope but what they have there now. that was something that i think just the tone was very important to point out. i also thought once again they've reinforced what president biden has said, there will not be any combat troops moving in there. one thing that we didn't hear today is why they fee...