u. s. dads buy the fundamental right of ukraine to it's sovereignty. now both the men entity blinking and his ukraine, a counterpart held a press conference o d u s. message saying that there is no talk about ukraine without a ukraine taking part of it, due to his ukrainian counterpart, actually reaffirming alter no decision about ukraine without you k being part of it . but behind that, i think that the under ukrainian side, you get a says that there is a sort of urgency. you craig would like to see those sanctions that the u. s. and the you have been warning about to happen sooner rather than later. if you recall, at the end of last week, it seemed that any hope for us diplomatic solution was old, but dead in the water. and after that you so shoot russian juice, movement. stewards, ukraine's nowhere new order border with bella russo, the other side, russian saying that that's actually in preparation of joint exercises. that should happen very soon. well, the americans are saying, well, actually it shows that russia could be ready for an imminent military escalation at any time soon. but still the u. s. is sticking to the diplomatic route after a big and

u. s. stands by the fundamental right of ukraine to it's sovereignty. now both the men anthony blinking and his ukraine, or a counterpart held a press conference o d u. s. message saying that there is no talk about ukraine without ukraine taking part of it to do that. his ukranian counterpart actually reaffirming also no decision about ukraine without you came being part of it. but behind that i think that done, do you crean inside you get a says that the is as sort of urgency. you craig, would like to see those sanctions that the u. s. and the you have been warning about to happen sooner rather than later. there was right. they would like to see actually quite tough sanctions against russia. at some point, there were rumors that may be of the u. s. was mulling expelling russia from the surf system, which is basically the global system to send and receive money, especially germany, a big against that. now ukraine saying that if you know, stop talking about that, but let's do it. so russia sees that this side is actually serious on the other hand, and to the big can going on about diplomacy, saying that that would be the best solution. if you recall, at the end

now both the men entity blinking and his ukraine, a counterpart held a press conference o d u s. message saying that there is no talk about ukraine without a ukraine taking part of it due to his ra, ukrainian counterpart, actually reaffirming alter no decision about ukraine without you came being part of it. but behind that, i think that done the ukrainian side. you get a says that there is a sort of urgency. you craig would like to see those sanctions that the u. s. and the you have been warning about to happen sooner rather than later. if you recall, at the end of last week, it seemed that any hope for us diplomatic solution was old, but dead in the water. and after that, you so shoot, russia juice, moving stewards, ukraine's nowhere new order border with bella ruse or the other side russian saying that that's actually in preparation of joint exercises. that should happen very soon. well, the americans are saying, well, actually it shows that russia could be ready for an imminent military escalation at any time soon. but still the u. s. is sticking to the diplomatic route after a big a

d. c for us. so the message has been delivered. the russians have responded. what does the white house do next? well, what we understand is that the u. s. president is set to have a telephone call with the ukrainian leaders, the landscape that is set to take place. we understand roughly around 20 g m t and aides clear that there are discussions about next steps. the united states has been very clear that it will support in conjunction with nato, any attempt by vladimir putin to invade ukraine, to that end, it would encompass a number of components that defense would be both military, as well as punishing financial sanctions. a how that would play out is still unclear. we know that the u. s. president has been gaming this with his national security council for some time, including this past weekend at camp david. we suspect those talks are still, i'm going in discussions as the white house prepares to move forward. but the white house press secretary very clear that in all communications, whether it be through the president, whether it be through the secretary of state, as he discussed a with in coordination and discussions with chinese

u. s. o. defense department is observing of usa glittery move sooner on that spring in alan fish is joining us now. live from washington. d. c. a clear message, i guess you trying to send there that they will stand with their nato allies like ukraine. it's refreshing the message that has come out from the by the ministration over the last several days. that war is not inevitable. that is still the chance of diplomacy, but if called a point, then the united states will support all natal actions. it was interesting that the defense secretary was talking about how he'd spoken to both his polish and romanian counterparts in the last couple of days. we know that joe biden is going to make a decision about whether or not to move 8500 troops in to europe. they wouldn't go on to ukrainian soil, but there would be based on the countries neighboring ukraine, which of course, are romania and poland. i. it's clear that the americans believe that there is agitation and some level of agitation that there is this information from the russian side, that they are using this as a pretext to move in and start moving troops across the border. but there is a ver