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Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says NATO will not send combat troops to Ukraine, but no compromise on bloc?s expansion NATO is finaliz

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An option that remains out there as well as what the other european allies can do. so the economic activity playing out in that front as well as the military activity playing out behind the scenes as well. >> all right. shannon, thank you. let's take a look militarily at what's happening on the ukrainian border. the biden administration threatens sanctions meant to discourage russia from taking military action against ukraine. right now there are more than 100,000 russian combat troops during the ukrainian border. richard engel is on the other side of the border caulking to ukrainian troops ...

>> reporter: this 30-year-old lieutenant has been serving on the front for eight years. >> putin i think not stop in ukraine. >> reporter: do you think russia is going to do it? >> in our language, we have some words like hope for the best and get ready for the worst. >> reporter: president biden has effectively ruled out sending combat troops to ukraine. so it is highly unlikely that you would see american soldiers in positions like this going toe-to-toe potentially with russian forces. but the u.s. and other countries already send military advisers to ukraine, offering specialized training. ...

The situation, saying they're ready to fight back. the white house reaffirming support for ukraine's sovereignty ahead of president biden's scheduled virtual meeting with president putin on tuesday. here's abc's white house correspondent maryalice parks. >> reporter: tonight, the white house preparing for the call between president biden and russian president putin. these recent satellite images show russia's military gathering on the eastern border of ukraine. and tonight there's fears of a possible pending invasion. >> i've seen the intelligence. the threat is serious. if russia does decide ...