have come up with a battery of new sanctions they claim will cripple russia's economy if it moves further against ukraine. putin's goal for the call is unclear. yesterday he was playing hockey with the president of belarus. the russian leader is in the process of strengthening a political union with belarus and may want to add ukraine to russia's expanding domains. russia says it has no hostile intentions for ukraine and is merely trying to defend itself against nato expansion. u.s. and ukrainian officials do not agree. >> richard engel, thank you very much. i'm joined now by nbc news white house correspondent mike memoli and former undersecretary of state for public diplomacy, member of the biden transition team and msnbc analyst richard stengel. president putin believes he can come to some sort of agreement