are conducting in belarus, near the ukrainian border — these pictures were provided by the russian defence ministry. has vladimir putin decided to order these troops into ukraine? the us say they simply don't know but they believe he is in a position to do so, so they are escalating warnings military action could be imminent, possibly within days. now, we can't pinpoint the day at this point and we can't pinpoint the hour, but what we can say is that there is a credible prospect that a russian military action would take place even before the end of the olympics. borisjohnson and other european leaders joined a call convened by president biden this evening, along with nato chiefjens stoltenberg, johnson urging allies to have ready punishing economic sanctions against russia. with fears that aerial bombing and missile attacks against kyiv could precede any ground invasion, brits in ukraine are being urged to leave. ..leave now. america's warning its citizens us forces will not go into ukraine to rescue them. that's a world war.