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But when you were talking about the diplomacy today, it was quite shocking, and i know you have two other esteemed guests that could talk about this with personal experience. it was almost like they were talking about two different subjects. when you heard the russian representative and the representative from belarus, it was almost like what troops, they wanted to talk about internal conflicts in ukraine, western hysteria, that the west is creating this crisis out of nothing, and they didn't want to talk about the forces that are amassed around ukraine. >> you were so correct about that. it w...

Thank you very much. and richard engel and ben rhodes, and ambassador mike mcfall, and joining me now, connecticut democratic senator, chris murphy, a member of the foreign relations committee. senator murphy, thanks very much. what is your take, is putin going to go in? do you think there's some window for the diplomacy that secretary blinken and the other foreign ministers are trying so hard to pull off? >> that was an excellent panel you just had, and i agree with ben rhodes take on the state of negotiations. so far we haven't seen any level of seriousness about vladimir putin sitting down ...

Efforts to try to keep the allies together? >> well, it's difficult. and, you know, i don't think either washington or kyiv likes the back and forth publicly. but i think, you know, i'm impressed by what the biden administration has done in terms of unity, not the other way around. yes, there's noises, yes, there's differences between different allies, presidential macron floating his peace proposal in the middle of this, reminds me of georgia, 2008. and yet, you know, compared to what, i think it's a pretty unified front. they have made their proposals, and now the ball's in putin's court, an...

>> reporter: well, it is very hard to know what is part of the psychological war and what is preparation for actual war. they have moved in a lot of forces. it is expensive to keep these forces here. once you start moving in medical supplies, blood, perishable goods, it shows a degree of seriousness, whether that is because they intend to use them or more of the psychological campaign, well, we will see or we won't see fairly soon because the military activity does seem to be escalating, and will escalate over the next couple of weeks even further as those military exercises will ramp up in be...

Equipment, already stated in europe, to strengthen our baltic allies. we believe russia is poised to go much further. i hope we're wrong about that. joining me, mike memoli, richard engel from ukraine, and mike mcfall. richard, let's go right to you, and walk us through what you're seeing now. >> reporter: definitely seeing an early shelling today. while we were there, the separatists started firing. before you play the clip, it's important to understand the context here.