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In just, what, the last 24 hours. but what has really changed on the ground on that? has that really had an impact in what we're seeing day to day on the ground there? you're in lviv. what are you seeing? >> so far on those eastern battle front lines, no. no impact. i've spoken with two u.s. officials familiar with the latest intelligence assessments. they say there's been no significant really measurable exchange of land in this first few days of this conflict. it is early. but they have also not seen any substantive changes by russia and all those things that held them back in the north, dif...

Begin, a major military action could begin by russia in ukraine any day now. that includes this coming week before the end of the olympics. >> reporter: later today, kate, there will be a classified briefing for top senators, top members of the key committees to provide specific intelligence about what the administration sees. so we'll see, kate, if that leads to any resolution between the differences among the parties about how the united states should respond if that invasion were to occur. >> much more to come from there, manu, thank you. let's get over to the pentagon. press secretary john...

In days if not hours. both the russians and ukrainians continue military exercises. yesterday ukrainian president zelensky watched as his national guard conducted drills. we're less than 15 mile from the border of crimea right now where the ukrainian national guard and local police are conducting military exercises. the biden administration is warning that a russian invasion could start at any moment. the ukrainians conduct canned more drills today but seemed to have a different view on the current intelligence assessments. ukraine's president said this when i asked him about situation: >> the...

He mentioned, we're not putting out this intelligence in order to start a war, we're putting out this intelligence in order to avert a war. that was a pretty clear reference to the 2003 invasion of iraq by the bush administration and the intelligence that was used then as a pretext to invade. this administration seems to be taking pains to differentiate them from those intelligence assessments. but, still, i got to tell you, alex, here in ukraine, those intelligence assessments that we've been hearing over the past couple of weeks are viewed as without substance. and the administration here of...

Beginning. >> reporter: yeah. i mean, we're already starting to see something like that beginning to the east of where i'm standing now, right on the border of the evidence is declare, that russian-backed separatist enclave that was cleaved off the country. that timeline that secretary blinken laid out for the security council, that's a play book and that's something that we've seen before in georgia back in 2008. >> right. >> reporter: and it's something that we know is part of the russian play book, almost a formal part of something they've used in the past. again, it's troubling and, you kn...