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The number and intensity of these discussions are clear indicator of just how high the stakes and the tensions are right now. meanwhile, the washington post reports that according to u.s. intelligence, russian government hackers have likely infiltrated ukrainian military, energy, and other critical in come pewter networks. it reports that russia could potentially disrupt those systems if a military assault is launched. nbc news has confirmed the white house has held tabletop exercises to game out responses to the invasion of ukraine. and tonight, along with his warning to the kremlin, the pres...

Are, it is about reducing the amount of time needed to respond effectively. that's what the tabletop exercises, two in december, are designed to do to help the u.s. respond more quickly should a russian invasion move forward. >> a new strategy perhaps even surprising russians as well. jeremy diamond, thank you. right now the u.s. is preparing to receive americans who are currently evacuating ukraine. the u.s. embassy in ukraine opened a welcome center near the poland/ukraine border. the state department is telling all u.s. citizens in ukraine and neighboring belarus to get out right now. kyl...

Weeks. what exactly are we learning today? >> reporter: these efforts began in the fall after the united states noticed that russia was making these troop movements near eastern ukraine, deploying many of its forces there, forces that have now mounted to over 130,000. they conducted what are called tabletop exercises to game out potential scenarios for everything from a full scale russian invasion to a more limited series of russian military actions. these tabletop exercises were coordinated by alex vic at the national security council and it involved officials from a range of agencies, everyt...

Former officials who have been in previous administrations have been doing these kinds of tabletop exercises in preparation for crises. here you've got a real crisis, so the biden white house was doing exactly that, at least twice that "the washington post" reported on and updating these with possible scenarios. so we were relying on a nonprofit think tank, silverado policy accelerator, and they came up with scenarios that were very similar to what's really happening now in the run-up to a possible invasion and how to counter that, how to deter it. here's what happened with some big names from...

Give the diplomacy every chance to succeed. that sentiment evident today in moscow were german chancellor schultz met with vladimir putin, it comes a secretary of state anthony blinken spoke by phone with rush informant esther lavrov. blinken also spoke with the french, germany, and british foreign ministers about a response in the event of an attack on ukraine. the white house said french president macron and president biden also spoke by phone today. the number and intensity of these discussions are clear indicator of just how high the stakes and the tensions are right now. meanwhile, the wa...