in eastern europe as the crisis between russia and ukraine shows no signs of letting up. this as moscow continues with its military buildup, while ukraine is preparing for a possible invasion. nbc news chief foreign affairs correspondent richard engel has more. positive signs from french president's macron's marathon diplomacy, meeting for five hours with president putin. macron arrived in ukraine meting president zelensky and sounding optimistic. saying putin had told him he won't be initiating an escalation of the crisis. and that russia will pull its forces out of belarus soon. though, the kremlin says no deals were made. a breakthrough, maybe. but according to the pentagon, russian troops are still increasing on ukraine's borders. especially now in crimea in the south.