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Committed by vladimir putin against a free people in ukraine. the united states cannot afford to sit and do nothing and so sanctions are appropriate, all the other measures we are taking now, i believe, are fully appropriate, though, as i said earlier, we need to be on full alert for some form of possible action by vladimir putin directed against the united states. and i'm sure we are. >> jeh johnson, john cipher, thank you both very much for your expertise. well, germany aligns with the european union, and now supports a russian oil embargo. ahead, how this could reshape the war in ukraine....

>> well, erin, those talks will be continuing and broadening out throughout the course of this week. russian -- russian officials are meeting nato officials in brussels on wednesday. the day after, there will be meetings with the european security organization. only after that, by the end of the week, are we going to get a clearer picture of whether russia is determined to press ahead on ukraine, or whether it can be convinced to step back from the brink. >> matthew, thank you very much. reporting from the ground in moscow tonight. i want to go now to john cipher, former cia deputy chief of ru...

Right, putin invaded then and -- and now, he is massing on the border. didn't happen during the trump administration. and i am wondering why you think putin is choosing to do this now, to test no you? now. >> well, a couple reasons. one is, you know, he is essentially losing in ukraine. in 2014, he -- you know, people there wanted a democratic future. he pushed back, he invaded, he took crimea. teek the eastern part of the country. um, and since that time, he has tried to undermine their politics. he has tried subversion, he is tried cyberattacks, a number of all sorts of things and none of th...

Deputy chief of russian operations john cipher. thank you for being with us this morning. we heard from admiral kirby talking about the situation there. we also know that the ukrainian view of the conversation that president biden had with president zelensky is different than the u.s. view of it. why is that? >> well, you know, i wouldn't put too much stock in this. there is really different perspectives and it is understandable. the main difference they this is over sanctions, i think. so president biden wants to hold sanctions over president putin's head to use in case there is a reinvasion ...

Intelligence here at home. >> john cipher, there has been such a strategic use of the intelligence products and "the new york times" has some great reporting from the weekend by reporters about how this has been a concerted effort to avoid war. that declassifying this information is designed to keep putin on his toes. if that's even achievable. your reaction. >> i think that's exactly what's happening here. the administration is sort of wisely trying to use all of its tools to avoid war. and so there are deterrence. they're working with all of our nato allies and other allies. it's interesting...