they show russian camps hundreds of kilometers away from planned joint exercises and close to the ukrainian border. meanwhile, the eighth u.s. shipment of military aid arrived in ukraine on sunday, but ukraine is downplaying the threat. the foreign minister urged people not to believe in what he called apocalyptic predictions. well, cnn correspondents are tracking the developments. melissa bell is in kyiv, but first let's turn to nic robertson who joins us live from moscow, so, nic, as these diplomatic efforts move into overdrive, the french president is poised to meet with president putin in moscow next hour in an effort to find an off-ramp. what is achievable during these talks? >> reporter: not a lot. the officer-involved shooting of president macron says the kremlin describes him as a quality inter-locutor. there is so much heavy