now that joe biden is president let's bring in jonathan katz from the german marshall fund he joins me tonight from washington it's good to see you again jonathan. what does washington make of the buildup of russian troops near the border with ukraine well i think there's a deep concern in washington about the build up it's not only on the dons boss but it's also in the black sea see it as of crimea and i think there's increased concern of course today you saw that u.s. ambassador is coming back to washington for consultations the u.s. has been very clear that he deescalate this situation and i think that if washington were taking it taking it very seriously right now that this is the biggest military buildup they've seen since 2014 and i think everybody including both in washington brussels on the european side is taking it very seriously what can u.s. president biden do even with his allies because at the end of the day he you know ukraine is not a member of nato. that's that's true and the president has said that the u.s. nato will not get involved militarily again this is about dip

mail that joe biden is president let's bring in jonathan katz from the german marshall fund he joins me tonight from washington it's good to see you again jonathan. what does washington make of the build up of russian troops near the border with ukraine well i think there's a deep concern in washington about the build up it's not only on the dons boss but it's also in the black sea see it as of crimea and i think there's increased concern of course today you saw that u.s. ambassador is coming back to washington for consultations the u.s. has been very clear about to be to deescalate this situation and i think that it washington we're taking it taking it very seriously right now that this is the biggest military buildup they've seen since 2014 and i think everybody including both in washington brussels or the european side is taking it very seriously what can u.s. president biden do even with his allies because at the end of the day you know ukraine is not a member of nato. that's that's true and the president has said that the u.s. nato will not get involved militarily again this is a

now that joe biden is president let's bring in jonathan katz from the german marshall fund he joins me tonight from washington it's good to see you again jonathan. what does washington make of the build up of russian troops near the border with ukraine well i think there's a deep concern in washington about the build up it's not only on the dons boss but it's also in the black sea see it as of crimea and i think there's increased concern of course today you saw that u.s. ambassador is coming back to washington for consultations the u.s. has been very clear about that be to deescalate this situation and i think that it washington we're taking it taking it very seriously right now that this is the biggest military buildup they've seen since 2014 and i think everybody including both in washington brussels or the european side is taking it very seriously what can u.s. president biden do even with his allies because at the end of the day the new ukraine is not a member of nato. that's that's true and the president has said that the u.s. nato will not get involved militarily again this is ab

now that joe biden is president let's bring in jonathan katz from the german marshall fund he joins me tonight from washington it's good to see you again jonathan. what does washington make of the buildup of russian troops near the border with ukraine well i think there's a deep concern in washington about the build up it's not only on the dons boss but it's also in the black sea see it as of crimea and i think there's increased concern and of course today you saw that u.s. ambassador is coming back to washington for consultations the u.s. has been very clear about the need to deescalate this situation and i think that it washington taking it taking it very seriously right now that this is the biggest military buildup they've seen since 2014 and i think everybody including both in washington brussels on the european side is taking it very seriously what can u.s. president biden do even with his allies because at the end of the day the new ukraine is not a member of nato. that's that's true and the president has said that the u.s. nato will not get involved militarily again this is abou