u. s. president joe barton has approved the deployment of 3000 troops to eastern europe. moments ago, the pentagon's spokesperson said the soldier are being sent from bases in germany and the u. s. to poland and remain young expected to arrive later this week. this announcement is, in addition to the 8500 us troops are put on alert. last my last friday, while the pentagon says the personnel will not fight in ukraine, but are being sent to reassure nato allies, amid rising tensions with russia. the current situation demands that we reinforce the deterrent and defensive posture on nato's eastern flank. president biden has been clear that the united states will respond to the growing threat to europe's security and stability. our commitment to nato article 5 and collective defense remains ironclad. as part of this commitment and to be prepared for a range of contingencies, the united states will soon move additional forces to romania, poland, and germany. on that, sir, go straight to washington to find out more about these waking developments. city w. correspondence over salad is on the stor

u. s. president joe barton, u. s. military forces successfully undertook or counter terrorism operation. thanks to the bravery over armed forces, we have removed from the battlefield of able to him all how she me all color she the leader of isis. that is the tweet that has come out form president joe biden. all right, well this will certainly come on the heels of news that there was a strike in syria. one that we know many people wondered why in fact the united states was still even there or why the u. s. president continued the trump era policy of keeping troops in syria given the fact that they had been asked to leave by not only syria, but the kurds themselves. and so there is no question that the u. s. president will have some questions to answer, but it certainly were getting some clarity now. but why the united states was there obviously, that the leader of isis was killed. and also, just to carry on this statement from the president is last night at my direction, the u. s military for.

u. s. and russian president spoke for an hour on the phone. afterward. joe barton warned that russia will face swift and severe cause if it invades ukraine. vladimir putin has dismissed us warnings, us hysteria. meanwhile, ukrainians have rallied to support their government, which is calling for calm, even as many foreign nationals leave the country. a shoe of unity and ukraine's capital. the brave faces here, though belie growing fears about her rush, an attack on their country. e. we must, are we afraid would probably yes, i feel the anxiety inside me like others are already plotting their escape if, because i'm here. so we will try to peel back them evelyn, to prepare all documents, and making plans for their children to wear them countryside, ukrainian forces training near the black sea. these are been warfare exercises, hence at the kind of unrest. they are preparing for president se lensky, however cold for come head to prevail. the best friend for enemies that is benny in our country and all this information that tells only for benny doesn't help us during a

u. s. and you are so far opting not to us president joe barton saying the decision could be reconsidered. dominey cane, join me live now from berlin. so dominic, what's at stake? why is the e u at this point, staying away from blocking russia from swift? will some in the you want it to happen? let's be clear about lat foot on the other side of the argument. you have country such as germany, particularly with the italians also. and some sources in the german government say there is some consent to from the french government. the reason is because this swift payment system is used to pay for bills as it were, that companies in germany, in italy around the you might have with, with russian companies. and so if you immediately freeze access from russia and russian institutions to the swift payment system than it could potentially throw a really serious spanner in the works as it were for all sorts of transactions, both governmental and from private industry. these are the links with russia and so forth. and that's why you see, as i say, the governments in rome and in berlin having real issues about p

speaking to us. president joe biden, following recent events. caleb, your in new york, president barton a believe is you to speak in the coming hours on ukraine. what's been the response from the u. s. so far in terms of sanctions and other actions? sure. what we expect to hear from joe biden, in just a few minutes, he is scheduled to speak on this issue of ukraine and russia, etc. the monitor of the biden administration that has been repeated on social media is laying the shoulders of this conflict squarely on russia shoulders, saying that russia is the only country that bears any responsibility for the situation in ukraine. right now. that has been the monitor of the vitamin ministration. this is what we heard from biden in an earlier statement. brush a loan is responsible for the death and destruction this attack will bring. and the united states and its allies and partners will respond in a united and decisive way the world will hold russia accountable. now we understand that biden has been engaging with the g 7 countries about the possibility of sanctions and what kind of sanctions will be imposed. we expect that new sanctions on russia will be announced when joe biden speaks.