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President biden and russian president vladimir putin will meet in the coming weeks? >> so, you know, jonathan, even as we prepare to impose costs on russia if they take further military action in ukraine, even as we prepare force posture adjustments in front line nato states and security assistance nor ukraine and these massive sanctions packages we've been talking about now for weeks, our strong preference is if this situation be de-escalated diplomatically, that's why we have engaged with our allies and russians. it is up to the russians whether they are willing to de-escalate the situation ...

Come and have another land war in europe. and that is why we want to continue to pursue a diplomatic path forward here. we don't believe that vladimir putin has made a final decision to launch yet, another invasion, or encourage into ukraine. we still think there's time and space for diplomacy. there is not going to be any push in the united states out of europe. we have a very sizeable force posture there >> the pentagon press secretary responding to warnings from former intelligence officer, that russia is hoping to infect the u.s. from europe. here's what she wrote in today's new york times...

Potential off-ramp to the con flint, such as transparency around force posture in europe and placement of nuclear capable missiles within the continent. but barring ukraine or anyone else from nato is still a no-go. it is not like there's a shift in u.s. position reflected in that and there's not a shift from the russian side either. the only thing shifting in the last few days is more and more russian troops towards the border into belarus as well. that's the reason that the white house, as you point out, willie, really feels like it is moving in the direction of a military conflict even as t...

Necessitate russian military involvement. the pentagon has not spoken on the record about the tense standoff since tuesday. >> there's no sign, no indication that the russians are willing to deescalate. he clearly is building up a force posture there that provides him multiple only shuns. it's difficult to know right now what options he's going to choose. we still don't believe that he's made a final decision. >> martha: all eyes remain on the large-scale number of russian tanks and troops that entered belarus this weekend allegedly for military exercise. the largest the pentagon has seen in y...

These units that he is putting on prepared to deploy will be ready to gone on a shortened time frame. again, no final decision has been made to deploy them. the secretary will continue to consult with the president and the united states will maintain close coordination with allies and partners as we review our force posture and make decisions in europe. as always we remain in close coordination with allies and partners as well as nato and other multi-lateral organizations as we continue to review our force posture as we make decisions regarding potential movement of forces into europe and as w...