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Sympathizer. we are getting statement from the national security council. this kind of plotting is deeply concerning, the ukrainian people have the sovereign right to determine their own future and we stand with our democratically elected partners in ukraine. this morning former secretary of state mike pompeo spoke to shannon bream on fox news sunday. >> vladimir putin has wanting to put key leaders and all the kinds of things, state craft that are not overt. david: uncovering of alleged plot days after diplomatic officials met from the united states and russia in geneva. the talks yielded no ...

Of force, how does it play out? where are we this morning? >> yeah. it doesn't surprise me, i assume that the u.k. reporting isal. vladimir putin has wanted to put russian-friendly leaders many control of the country for an awful long time through political gamesmanship and coercion, all the kinds of things, the tools of state craft that are sub rosa, not overt. he appears to be massing troops not only inside of western russia, but inside of belarus as well, a short run down into ukraine from there, preparing a course of force, the capacity to change what the ukrainian people want from where t...

Of force, how does it play out? where are we this morning? >> yeah. it doesn't surprise me, i assume that the u.k. reporting isal. vladimir putin has wanted to put russian-friendly leaders many control of the country for an awful long time through political gamesmanship and coercion, all the kinds of things, thels of state craft that are sub rosa, not overt. he appears to be massing troops not only inside of western russia, but inside of belarus as well, a short run down into ukraine from there, preparing a course of force, the capacity to change what the ukrainian people want from where they ...

Iranian -- excuse me, to the ukrainian people who have demanded the simple thing, to have their own sovereignty and democracy in their country. shannon: just months ago a, we had a disastrous withdrawal from afghanistan. people across the political spectrum agree on that. we lost an additional 13 lives because of the way that withdrawal was done. so, of course, there are many americans who are very wary about us getting involved in anything else. over at the cato institute, this piece says ukraine is, at best, a peripheral u.s. interest. the ukrainian people are entitled to set their own cours...

It is because biden's state craft has given putin pause. what do you think of that? >> i think there's good, bad, and a little uncertainty here, too. the good news is we've seen ukrainian resolve. that's going to be key although as what i'm not sure is going well, unity amongst the allies. i think we'll see over the next couple of day, it's going to be important to see the public statements made by european and u.s. leadership. here's the uncertain. has the u.s. done anything that has given putin pause? anything we've done or said in private or signalled quietly to putin in terms of sanctions ...