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Meeting as well. good morning. i'm bianna golodryga in new york. >> i'm jim sciutto. officials say despite the latest talk of diplomacy, the u.s. sees, quote, no slowdown in russian military preparations and readiness. the national security adviser jake sullivan weighing in this morning saying that russia could still attack in days or even hours. >> the likelihood there's a diplomatic solution given the movements, the troop movements of the russians is diminishing hour by hour. >> take a look at these new satellite images. this morning they show russian troops bolstering their activity close t...

Joining me now beth, cnn national security analyst. beth, you served as deputy director of national intelligence during the trump administration. what do you think about a possible summit to avert an invasion? do you think it's realistic at all? >> well, i think it's something that you have to do. it would be diplomatic malpractice if you didn't go ahead and do this sort of thing. i do think that at this point i, you know, i lean toward this being more of a delaying tactic. we still haven't seen that large pretext. we see a building pretext but we don't have that one event that helps justify g...

Suggest there will be an even greater form of brutality because this will not simply be some conventional war between two armies. it will be a war waged by russia on the ukrainian people to repress them, to crush them, to harm them. >> frantic attempts at a diplomatic solution to the crisis are continuing. secretary of state antony blinken revealing to me on "state of the union" that president biden would be open to a summit with vladimir putin, but only if russia does not invade ukraine. and today, a senior u.s. official is telling cnn that the u.s. sees no slow down in russian military prepa...

That appears to be a big ask. because new satellite images show intense russian troop activity close to ukraine's northeastern border. the u.s. also has intelligence suggesting orders have already been sent to russian commanders to move forward with an attack on ukraine. >> a white house official says secretary of state blinken and sergey lavrov will discuss a biden-putin summit when they meet on thursday. but there are concerns an invasion could begin before then. this morning, 75% of russia's conventional forces are now in position to attack ukraine. that is enormous proportion of a very lar...

This just in. we're getting new satellite images of russian troops on the move. they were taken earlier today by the imaging company maxar showing intensifying units close to ukraine's northeastern border. we'll have those images for you in just a moment. joining us now to talk about this is cnn national security analyst and former direct osh of national intelligence james clapper. good to see you. how much impact might these images have in adding to u.s. confidence that an invasion is truly now eminent? >> well, pam, i think it's kind of over but the shouting. there are not many more indicati...