russian forces that have already gone into the donbas area. despite that vladimir putin seemed to say in his press conference today that that had not happened yet. people we spoke to on the ground said we saw today the amount of military that we saw on the ground. there was. more. in area a couple days ago. the folks who live around that area, who are there every day, say they believe the troops have already passed into donbas. it is circumstantial but it is certainly the vibe that you're getting on the ground from people when you speak to them. >> all right. live in russia for us near the ukrainian border. thank you. i want to bring in kaitlan collins at the white house and nic robertson in moscow. secretary of state blinken said he will no longer be meeting with the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov. what is the message the biden white house hopes this will send? >> i think when they agreed tom meeting and they set it up, they were very clear that it was dependen on a russian invasion not happening yet. based on the standard they set