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the increase in western military presence, an increase in military collaboration between ukraine and the united one hand and ukraine and various european capitals on the other hand. moscow is also concerned about the use of new military systems and technologies such as the drones that have been in use in ukraine in recent months. russia is also concerned that its policy toward ukraine, designed to get ukraine, you know, in one form or another back into russia's fear has not been working --sphere has not been working. by making these moves and by toughening up its rhetoric, moscow is trying to squeeze out concessions from the west, especially from the biden white house. it is hoping that the biden white house will give in, at least on some points. moscow understands full well nobody is going to give it written guarantees that no new nato members will be accepted. russia at least once some concessions, as far as military and the possible construction of military bases. russia sees american and british in ukraine as a redline and would like to limit cooperation between ukraine and western partners

received a russian citizenship. meanwhile, there are, of course, people who are also coping for united ukraine once again. but those numbers are very small, i would say in significant to the numbers of people that want to be with russia now ukrainian officials, they're still hoping for a united country, but people in the government. so there are just as many opinions regarding this, the solution of the conflict as there are officials. but the very often they contradict each other in their methods, their ways how to unite the country. once again. for example, just recently, their foreign minister said that the only way to stop the conflict is not dialogue, but it is through force. so there advocating violence once again. meanwhile, our president zalinski earlier on saturday, he did not exclude a referendum regard regarding the status of both crimea and don bus. so even in t, if there isn't a single opinion. so meanwhile, the people continue to suffer in van, but yeah, and have certainly very strong sense of despair as you've described to us. okay, thanks for a minute. was our teeth roman casa i

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in western military presence in ukraine inc, and increase in military cooperation between ukraine and the united states. on one hand and ukraine and with europe and capable some of the other hand it is all moscow is also concerned about the use over new military systems. and technologists such as the by iraq are the ones that have been in use in ukraine in recent months. russia is also concerned that it's policy towards ukraine designed to get green one form or another back into russia. your interest has not been working. so by making these tough moves and by tougher than got its rhetoric. moscow is trying to squeeze out confessions from the west, especially from the by the white house. it is hoping that the bite in white house will, will give in, at least on some points, moscow understand full well that nobody is going to give it a written guarantee. is that no, you might need the members are going to be accepted. but russia at least once some concessions as far as military the construction, the possible construction of military bases, american, british, or others on the territory of ukraine. r

ukraine. and he says that the united states is going to provide ukraine with the sort of weapons it needs to fight back. this is in their latest film called just just now release. just now, whatever weapons those will be is anyone's guess. the united states and various european nations have already provided ukraine with an arsenal from, from boats to vehicles, to artillery to night vision equipment, javelin, very advanced, very expensive anti vehicle missiles. they have provided a whole host of weapons. the united states, i believe, has just approved hundreds of millions of dollars more worth of military aid to ukraine until the end of 2020 was over december and in its new military budget. is there anything that could have on well to night with any kind of russian response of the ship had continued its charity and gone up to that important a borderline? i'm. is there anything that happened that would have drawn in america nato, the west or not? would they stay out of it? look, they have said time and time again, that they have no obligation to come to the defense of ukraine. if there is a conflict

ukraine. a combined arms formation with 700 to 900 personnel. typically it is waste around -- based around a tank unit with supporting attachments. tanks and tank companies and supporting assets. they are made by contract soldiers. they can apply -- deploy on short notice. intelligence found them near ukraine now and they expect up to 100 to be there. russian military is 168 in total. it is less than one third of russia's total ground power. if they go up to 100 it would be two thirds of russia's total ground power. this is supported by reservists. a new program but unclear how it is working but appears to be new in the summer. one of the most concerning aspects is russia is moving units based far away with heavy equipment. the things that take time to move. what it means is from moscow and beyond. they are pre-position that now and the concern is that if russia decides to invade the next steps will be faster with less warning. they can move units that are later it is easier to deploy troops and heavy equipment. worship is moving military unit two ukraine for the possibility for a large ground invasio

ukraine. now, to that, and there have been big questions here in the united states about just how far the united states is willing to go in terms of its support. we know that it is supporting nato. should there be an invasion by russia into ukraine? the question becomes, will the military option in terms of us support and sending us troops b, a one of those options. the president is prepared to use the white house. not saying much about that at the moment, simply saying in the words of the pentagon spokesman john kirby, there's no need to come to blows over. this diplomacy is the preferred option. kimberly, but won't come to us. you might say, threaten russia waves, if this threat from russia over ukraine continues, now, it continues to be a real worry about those. yeah, there's no question that there already is a plan in place. should russia escalate things further? and that is the fear of the united states based on us intelligence, the united states, in our partnership with its european allies and tends to a level very punishing sanctions on russia economically financial sanctions that would b

ukraine. a combined arms formation with 700 to 900 personnel. typically it is based around a motorized tank unit with supporting attachments. air defense systems, electronic or fair, -- electronic warfare, tanks and tank companies and supporting assets. they are exclusively made by contract soldiers. they can deploy on short notice. intelligence found them near ukraine now and they expect up to 100 to be there. to put it in perspective, russian military is 168 in total. right now the force is a little less than one third of russia's total ground power. if they go up to 100, it would be two thirds of russia's total ground power near ukraine's orders. this is supported by reservists. they have a new program with contract soldiers. it is unclear how it works, but appears to be new in the summer. one of the most concerning aspects is russia is moving units based far away with heavy equipment. the things that take time to move in a very public to move. it means scrutiny from subarea in moscow and beyond. they are pre-positioned now and the concern is that if russia decides to invade the next steps wi

actually, there are other ways that the united states and ukraine could interact. there could be some other agreements between the united states and ukraine that would not require other nato allies to be on board, to agree. right now for ukraine to join nato, which again is not on the table immediately, but as it stands now, all other nato allies would have to agree, whereas, if the united states were to have a relationship, some kind of a stronger relationship with ukraine that addresses their security, we could do that ourselves. >> ambassador, thank you so much. i'm just getting a couple more notes from the control room on what president biden was saying as he was leaving the white house just now, saying the united states would not unilaterally use force against russia for invading ukraine. president biden also saying he is confident that putin got the message. so much more to come on that. ambassador, thank you as always, really appreciate it. >> thank you, kate. >>> still ahead for us, much more on the breaking news from pfizer saying its coronavirus booster wi

ukraine? i mean, obviously, the united states is not going to go to war with russia in order to defend ukraine. everybody keeps saying that up and down. but short of war, the united states presumably has more options than we have exercised in the past. is this an effort to flesh out what those might be and do you sense that the biden administration will be willing to do things that they haven't been willing to do before to dissuade this aggression? >> you're right, rachel. you framed this in the right way. this is what putin is doing. he is probing and testing. he is making it clear that if he decides it is necessary, he will keep us guessing whether he has made that kind of a decision, that he is poised to do much more damage to ukraine. and the forces we see right there, and there's all of this available information from public satellite imagery, for example, we can see he might be poised to, for a major invasion of ukraine. and that's the goal he is trying to push into thinking he would do this. and again, we have to treat it seriously because he's done things like this in the past, as you

united states endorsed in 2015. it would bring together -- you were talking about european allies. it would bring together germany, russia, ukrainerolele for te united nations, and it wou essentially demilitarized the eastern part of ukraine and return federal language rights, which has been a big issue. it would possibly put crimea into a u.n.-moderated referendum situation, but not clear at all. minsk is a way forward that would reduce tensions, that would lead toward a better situation in ukraine. what is not reported, again, are very rarely, 13,000 lives have been lost in this proxy war stop and i think we owe it to families, others in ukraine to try to find a way to halt this military conflict. amy: it is not only biden. looks like democratic house of representatives is going in the same direction. passing the 768 balloon dollar military budget -- $768 billion military budget, higher than requested from biden, and some of that money will be going to countering china's power, building up the nuclear weapons arsenal, and sending weapons to ukraine. >> this is such a tragedy. i moment that we have slowly emerged from a pandemic

pointed out that they keep talking about these things because ultimately for anyone, for ukraine, for the united states, for europe, for russia, ukraine's continuing to be caught in that era of conflict, and not resolved conflict is very dangerous. so eventually somebody is going to have to resolve it, and there have been, you know, there's the normandy format, the minsk agreements, which have not been carried out. they're sitting there uncarried out, and that is the one key i think that everybody feels could ultimately solve this. so to put it on the table, and to i think as biden said, we're willing to discuss it, but you have to stand down, you cannot take military action. i think it's actually probably the best outcome that you could expect. i wouldn't know, by the way. we haven't heard anything from the kremlin. and that to me is significant because usually they're, you know, the jump ball is in their corner, they're usually on it, and they have something to say, but so far they're not really saying too much of anything, and we'll be listening to see what they have to say. >> ambassador, ca

that ukraine and russia must be one. the unitedy, but doesn't nearly have the same emotional and strategic connection to ukraine that russia does. it is just an imbalance of power. there putin understands that. if you testing how far the united states or allies will go to defend ukraine? obviously the united states is not going to war with russia in order to defend ukraine. everyone keep saying that up and down, but short of war, the united states presumably has more options than we have exercised in the past. is this an effort to flush out what those might be, and you sense the biden administration might be willing to do things that haven't been done before to dissuade this type of aggression? >> well look, you are absolutely right rachel. you framed this exactly the right way. this is what putin is doing. he is probing and testing. he is making it very clear that if he decides to keep us testing about whether he has made that kind of decision, that he is poised to do much more damage to ukraine. the kind of forces that we see the

the only question is how does intervening in ukraine help the core interests of the united states. that is the one question no one in washington is asking. watch the pentagon's flak. with so little dignity he will say whatever he's told to say. brag about the equipment we're sending to ukraine. watch this tape that he never thinks about explaining why we would be sending that military equipment. >> we have provided millions of dollars worth of lethal and nonlethal assistance to ukraine in just the last ten months, 11 months. nothing has changed about our commitment to making sure that ukraine has what it needs to defend itself. >> tucker: so say what you will about donald trump and his twitter account, maybe you liked him, maybe you were appalled by his personal style. in retrospect, if there's one thing that donald trump deserves eternal credit for is keeping idiots like that in their box for four years. there were no pointless wars under donald trump. that is not a small thing in recent history. it's rarely happened. but to unwavering determination for which he's not gotten credit

ukraine against, aggression. given europe's resolve putin may want to reconsider this is a critical time we must be clear and united what awaits russia if they choose thatt path i look forward to hearing about the diplomatic efforts including a readout of the call my president biden i look forward to how we are supporting ukraine's military. i look forward to how we are leading a sanctions effort with allies. let's not mince words. this is not a time for half measures. if putin does decide to act and invades ukraine the response will be swift and unequivocal. he doesn't get to redraw thepu map of europe. europeans should think about that. he doesn't get to bully the people of an independent nation into submission. he may dictate the course of events inside russia but not yet in ukraine. ukrainians won't stand for it and neither should we. finally the critical moment calls for unity of purpose with our partners and kiev and allies especially those who value democracy and the rule of law and among yourselves as we have in past instances to send a clear and strong message that unwarranted aggression will not stand for

united message. russia mus de-escalate, pull back forces, and return to negotiations. if russia attacks ukraine we will be united in imposing severe consequences on moscow for its actions including high impact economic measures we have refrained from using in the past. at nato we are working closely with allies to reinforce nato defenses on the eastern flank as needed. none of us seek confrontation or crisis. certainly the russian people don't need it as they come out of a different covid period. diplomacy remains the best route to settle the conflict and address any other problems or grievances. the minsk agreements offer the best basis for negotiations and the u.s. is prepared to support a revived effort if the parties welcome that. more broadly, president biden continues to believe that a more stable and predictable u.s.-russia relationship is in both countries' interests. we will continue to have very deep disagreements with the kremlin on human rights, on mr. navalny's treatment, press and ngo treatment, on belarus, cyber threats, election interference, detained american citizens and on em

so we had mr. lincoln the other day saying that if a rationalist attack, ukraine of united states would put heavy sanctions on russia, medical sanctions and not a military response. because of course, ukraine is not a member of nato. so on the one hand, the c nato kind of egging crane on a bed and, and lending it support and on the other hand, backing off as well, which is probably no desperately good combination. alexander, i can help, i get the feeling that nato, and particularly the leader of the, of the alliance. united states wants some kind of military conflict because at the end of the day, this is a entry ukraine conflict that needs to be resolved. and there's actually a road map for that. it's called the minsk accords here, which of course western diplomats don't like to make much reference to it last spring. they said, oh yes, yes, we believe in them in sca a process, but then they kind of drops out of the rhetoric here. it, it seems to me they will. there's a kind of a nudge, a hinge to zalinski and cab. you know, we've got your back, but as we just heard from paul, if there

the united states would gain precisely nothing from taking over ukraine. would we want to do that? at best, we would be driving russia and we are in fact deeper in to the arms of the government of china. now it would be disaster for the united states and a disaster for the world. t so why are we doing this? why is the u.s. government pushing ukraine to join nato? well, god knows why. but we are doing this, both parties are doing this. the neocons around joe biden are for it, as they are nor every sinister and stupid idea. so is former secretary of state mike pompeo, a smart man.pi so is ohio senator rob portman. so are many republicans. so this is a bipartisan sort of insanity. the question is can joe biden stand upni to it. the answer is come on, biden has always been more lobbyist than leader. once it was the credit cards in delaware that wrote his scripts. now it's the neocons at the state department.. it's the same idea. biden spoke with vladimir putin by video call. according to the white house, he informed the russian leader that the united states pl

we have, we have seen of the united states, specifically pumping weapons into ukraine for the ukrainian military. and these are weapons b, b, b, they a javelin miss are supplied by the united states or by dr. drones supplied by turkey. these are, these are weapons that are flowing into ukraine and immediately going to the conflicts of where the civil war is being fought in the east of ukraine. there are more than 2000000 civilians are trapped in the conflict soon in east than ukraine. and they're just having to break it out, people going to sending their kids to school. they will have to worry about a tang cello, a mortar round landing there on the grounds of the school. vladimir putin is like and what is happening to a war cra? so she, i should say that russo foby as the 1st step towards genocide. what's going on and on bass now very much resembles genocide. we see it and we know about it, or we hear about is these potential plans emanating from the she i of the white house, the british government. these plans that no one previously knew about that russia was planning to invade. a huge

, if ukraine goes under, that doesn't really affect the united states. have no vital interest in ukraine. we need to limit our resources, especially our military resources, to things that really matter to the american people. ukraine goes under, it doesn't affect the american people at all. host: what would you classify as our vital interests? where are the places you think we up need to focus our resources? caller: i think we need to focus our resources on our own people. we have problems here that extend far beyond the military, and certainly we don't need to go butting into other people's businesses and trying to prop up governments that are not even friendly to us. we do that all the time. host: what about governments that are friendly? how do you feel about the nato alliance? caller: i think the nato alliance needs to pay more for their own expenses. i think we need to belong to nato, but certainly we should not be the majority contributor there. we're not the ones that's most in danger. i think we need to start using our resources for american prior

ukraine. he made clear of the united states and its allies and partners will respond decisively if russia further invade ukraine. president biden expressed support for diplomacy. and then you went on to say that the president reiterated that substitute process, and these dialogues can occur only in it, in an environment of de escalation rather than escalation. we also now have a response from the russian side. there was a news conference in moscow in which europe who shock of assistant to the president said one conclusion was underscored if the security and negotiations are successful, it should naturally lead to certain normalization of relations and perhaps an improvement and bilateral relations. the conversation was entirely focused on the issues of security guarantees. he said and went on to say that us bilateral, both presidents agreed that this would be continued at a us bilateral agreement. meeting in geneva, one in between russia and nato in brussels, and one between russia and european leaders in vienna. those are all going on between january 10th and 13th. we do know what the demands ar

united states. and the diplomatic boycott is certainly appropriate. host: ukraine, president biden set to hold the high-stakes call today, what does he need to say? guest: i think he needs to say that the united states is firm and its resolve to ensure that the -- that russia will not expand further into the ukraine, and will not violate ukraine's territorial integrity more than they have because we know that they already have, and that we will be ready to defend our nato allies even though ukraine is not a nato ally. i think it is important that we demonstrate will, and i think it is also important that we convey that we will fully support the ukrainians, whether it is advisors or equipment, but nobody wants to pursue war, escalated war. it would be costly in terms of cost of human lives, the cost of dollars, but, i think the sure way to demonstrate to vladimir putin how costly it would be is to demonstrate the united states' resolve to support ukraine in or against any action taken by russia. host: is there a scenario in which you can see u.s. boots on the ground

and of course, there are also people that are dreaming of a united recruit ukraine once again. but that's a very insignificant minority if you will, but the people, once again, they're asking me like, when is russia going to recognize our independence as in the case with the south? the says here and up here. and i don't know many times. so you know what to tell them, but it just, you know who my to speak right. but they are, they are hoping that so very soon their independence will be recognized by again, you know, there are many people and many different opinions, but sir, ah, one general, the majority are general majority are linking their future with russia. yeah. and sounds like all of them have a very strong sense of despair at the moment. roman good to talk to that was, are artes, roman, coastal now jonathan, ortho, thomas fast, bender told us that there is a risk in his opinion of a full scale european war. there is. so something that has not been here for decades. that is the perspective, the ria perspective or for a major european war. so he and now the key for a poten

s. concerns with russian military activities on the border with ukraine and reform, reaffirmed the united states support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the ukraine. it's also an opportunity to discuss a range of topics in the u. s. and russia relationship including strategic stability, cyber and regional issues. uh, but you can certainly expect that ah, the are our concerns about the military activities on the border will be a prominent part of the discussion. vladimir putin is denied that an invasion is planned, blaming nato, for the need to position his military as a boa against its expansion eastwards. he is likely to demand security guarantees from biden on 2 men lost, met face to face in geneva in june. when the disgust improving it diplomatic relations, but pushing the spokesmen admits relations is still pull her merger look good to them. we would need to discuss the agreements made in geneva and have a brief look at those implemented and ones which require further attention. of course, the bilateral relations will be discussed, which is still in the mental state c

ukraine. and the united states and its allies and partners will respond decisively of russia further invaded ukrainert of that response with extensive sanctions against moscow. president putin morning russia would sever ties with the united states if any punishment against his country occurred. a stock putin aid, to get security guarantees from the west, the buildup of russian troops near ukraine's border, tension at an all-time high. in early january lower-level conversations will continue to be there but officials in moscow advising the biden and ministration not to make any mistakes ahead of those meetings. >> reporter: biden has noted escalation continues, western countries will adopt sanctions in economic, finance and military areas. it would be a colossal mistake with grave consequences. >> of diplomacy prevails a war between russia and ukraine on a broader level would be extremely deadly and costly, something that is not good for either country. todd: happy new year. house armed services committee member michael walsh with this morning. >> those are his demands. he wants to dictate where we p

ukraine. they are demanding concessions from the united states, from nato, saying that nato must guarantee himthat it will not offer membership to ukraine and other former soviet countries. and it must roll back its military deployments in central and eastern europe. what happens if nato does not agree? putin says that russia will weigh military options. in fact, he told russian state tv that russia's response could be diverse. it will depend on what proposals are military experts submit to me. it is against this tense backdrop that president biden spoke to vladimir putin today. a call that we should note was requested by putin. this is a photo from that call. their conversation reportedly lasting just under an hour. and according to the white house, in its readout, president biden urged russia to de-escalate tensions with ukraine. the white house says that the president also made it clear to president putin that the united states will respond decisively if respond -- further invades ukraine. though it sounds like the kremlin had a different take. they issued their own statement after the call

we have, we have seen of the united states pacifically pumping weapons into ukraine for the ukrainian military. and these are weapons b, b, b, they a javelin miss. are supplied by the united states or by dr. drones supplied by turkey. these are, these are weapons that are flowing into credit and immediately going to the conflicts of where the civil war is being fought in the east of ukraine. and they are making life horrific for the people that ukraine has boosted about how it is used all it's, it's shiny new toys. unfortunately, the people on the receiving end very often are civilians. there are more than 2000000 civilians are trapped in the conflict soon in east than ukraine. and they're just having to break it out. people going to sending their kids to school. they will have to worry about a tang cello, a mortar, round landing. they're on the grounds of the school bats in the classroom, where the kids are. people going to work must always worry about tang grounds flying into the bus. they're in the public transport, deliver the car into the house. vladimir putin is like and what is