the president saying that putin is creating a rational to take more territory by force. joe biden says he has no intention of going to war with russia. but the united states and its allies will defend every inch of nato territory. that is the second of state tony blinken cancels a summit with russian's foreign minister warning democracy is under attack and calling this "the greatest threat to security in europe since world war ii." >> his plan all along has been to invade ukraine, to control ukraine and its people, to destroy ukraine's democracy which offers a stark contrast to the autocracy he leads, to reclaim ukraine as a part of russia. that's why this is the greatest threat to security in europe since world war ii. >> we have around the world coverage here on cnn. let's get to cnn's m.j. lee, at the white house, oren liebermann at the pentagon, jill dougherty in moscow, and cnn remilitary analyst, retired air force colonel cedric leighton