session of the united nations security council in new york where the us secretary blinken was clear about the scale but let me be clear. i am here today not to start a war, but to prevent one. so moscow maintains there are no plans to invade ukraine but large scale military drills are still taking place. the us claims that at least 150,000 russian troops are now postioned translation: we are very - disappointed by the ostrich-like position of our western colleagues who are trying not
with violating george floyd civil rights takes the stand. in minneapolis. plus, new york city asian american community on edge. after a young woman is followed into her apartment and killed by an assail ent. the latest in a string of violent crime. we have a will the to get to tonight. live to ukraine where cnn international correspondent is live for us. hello to you. thank you for joining us. really appreciate it. russia claim it s withdrawing some troops from the border. does anyone in ukraine believe that? president biden says there s still more than 150,000 russian forces on three sides of the country. that s a good point. it s certainly a case of mixed signals. it s a few thousand troops pulling back to bases after russia says they finished their exercises. but they re not moving far. that s significant. they re going back to bases that were close to the border anyway. these aren t the troops that traveled a cross the country to
decision to confront russia, given its aggressive posture right now and the necessity to push back and try to get alliance as close as possible as they move forward and pushback. i think this is a great point. i think this underscores why there is a view by some that it was important to lay this out. not all republicans are there right now. that has been a shift, guys. well, erin burnett, phil mattingly, retired colonel cedric leighton, really great to get your insights. the president says 150,000 russian troops there along the border with ukraine. and he says that the west will be prepared no matter what happens. the lead with jake tapper starts after a quick break. move your high-interest debt to a sofi personal loan. you could get out t of debt sooner and feel what it s l like to get your money right.
evidence of that. in fact, president biden saying 150,000 russian troops are now on ukraine s doorstep. invasion he says remains distinctly possible. in some of the clearest terms yet, mr. biden laying out what is at stake, the human cost to ukraine, the strategic cost to russia, and a potential jolt to the american economy from disrupted energy supplies. we re covering it all from washington to ukraine where we start with richard engel. reporter: tonight president biden s bleak warning about the looming russian threat on the ukrainian border. an invasion remains distinctly possible. reporter: he laid out two paths, promising punishing sanctions if president vladimir putin invades, while saying the door to diplomacy is still open. we should give the diplomacy every chance to succeed. and i believe there are real ways to address our respective security concerns. reporter: it comes after a day of mixed
probably we have 150,000 russian reservists, and it is thejudgment of nature that they will fight and resist very strongly and they have been helped in their preparations for something as catastrophic as this with a lot of training ukrainian reservists. 22,000 ukrainian reservists. 22,000 ukrainian soldiers and in the last two or three months we have sent some anti tank weaponry, 2000 of them. we will consider what more we can conceivably offer but i have to tell you that the ukrainians are well prepared, there are things we have offered that they do not seem to need because they think they have them in enough numbers already. i do not want to rule this out, but at the moment we think that the package