out and saying, look, unless some other court intervenes today i'm putting these out. we'll all be waiting to see what is included in this release. >> garrett haake, thank you so much for that. let's head overseas now where the white house is warning that a russian invasion of ukraine could be imminent. as we speak, secretary of state antony blinken is in kyiv where he met with ukrainian's president even as russia troops continue to amass on the border. secretary blinken will meet with his russian counterpart on friday. he said this morning moscow is fully aware of what's at stake. >> we've made very clear to moscow if it chooses to renew aggression against ukraine, it will be met and it will face very severe consequences and again, that's coming not just from the united states but from countries across europe and beyond. >> richard engel is nbc's chief foreign correspondent. he is in kyiv right now. where do things stand?