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In putin's mind. he said obviously these remarks by president biden were based on intelligence. he said we should all pay attention to the more important meaning of the words of the u.s. president who said there was still a chance for diplomacy, and we in ukraine intend to use that chance. and so ukrainians are still determined to try and find a peaceful way out of this crisis. they have not resolved to the idea that vladimir putin has decided to commit those tens of thousands of forces that you just described to a -- to a military incursion into this country. there is some concern, though -- ...

That is to exercise, influence control over the political situation in ukraine. we all look at it the necessary step to do that requires a military invasion. look, he's established this incredible force around ukraine. he's threatened ukraine and putin is looking for concessions. show what could happen? when you look at that imagery of the donbas incredibly compelling to me. those rail heads exist, road exists, network exists to support that. that's been ongoing. so what has happened now is you now see the movement of forces into the donbas to increase that presence now by a factor of, what, 0...

>> 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 ...

This is first time they've said they're convinced he has made his decision. as for that intelligence the president referred to both frightening and sobering because biden said putin is going for a massive attack. >> we have reason to believe the russian forces are planning and intend to attack ukraine in the coming week -- in the coming days. we believe they'll target ukraine's capital kyiv, a city of 2.8 million innocent people. >> now, biden said that he is revealing putin's planning and tactics as the united states knows it because she's trying to shutdown any reason putin might give to jus...

Without some western assistance. what it could look like is what we saw in the 1980s in afghanistan, that is cia, u.s. department of defense support to resistance efforts against ukraine -- against russian forces in the country. that's feasible. it could be against -- it could be to support ukrainian conventional operations, fighting russian forces. so what this assistance could include may vary. it may include economic assistance and humanitarian assistance, but i don't see you crane really being able to hold out for too long without some continuing western support. >> no. meaning there would...