regional dispute or another example of russian bullying, but at stake again are principles that made the world safer. reporter: russia claims it s threatened by aggression from the west and it s demanding security garn teas to diffuse this crisis, including a ban on ukraine joining n.a.t.o. that s something the u.s. says it will never agree to. ruia says has nons to invade ukraine, while some believe russia s president vladimir putin is playing a high stakes game of brinkmanship, ratcheting up . in ukraine, they re prepared for a russian attack with bomb shelters like this one. they re already fighting are russian-backed rebellion in the country s east a conflict raging for over seven years that s killed more than 14,000 people. we were in the trenches this month with ukrainian forces trained and equipped by the u.s. they re in little doubt about
assignments. o donnell: of course she didn t. kris van cleave, thank you so much. we learned in the last 24 hours, there has been an increased russian buildup of troops on the ukraine border. also the u.s. military naming the ten u.s. bases where some 8500 troops are on heightened alert to deploy to eastern europe. cbs s holly williams reports from ukraine s capital of kyiv. reporter: the ball is now in russia s court and today moscow continued its buildup near ukraine s nrthern boarder in belarus for what it says are military trills. russia s demanding security guarantees incl including the rg back of n.a.t.o. forces from eastern europe and a ban on ukraine joining the alliance. the u.s. and its n.a.t.o. allies say they cannot agree to either. the american ambassador to russia hand delivered a written response yesterday. today the kremlin said the u.s. had not addressed its main concerns and likened the current
journalists that ukraine is not the titanic, and he accused foreign leaders of sowing panic by warning of a possible invasion, thereby doing damage to ukraine s economy. zelensky did not rule out an escalation by russia and he said he was grateful if are american support. that s included plane loads of munitions arriving here in kyiv in recent days. but ukraine s government has consistently urged calm, clearly are withed that the threat of invasion could be destabilizing. now, russia maintains it has no plans to invade its neighbor and claims it s the real victim, threatened by alleged aggression by the u.s. and nato. it s demanding security guarantees, including a ban on ukraine ever joining nato. the u.s. and its allies say they cannot agree to that. ukrainians do not seem to be panicking, and perhaps that s because they ve been living with russian aggression for years, including an ongoing war in eastern ukraine against russian-backed separatists that s claimed more than 14,000
very little boarding that is possible. you d have to go back a while into the cold war days is something of this magnitude. he said last week he does not want to see panic over the situation. white house official told fox news this week and while they understand president zelensky s attorney and the pressure he is under the risk of invasion should not be downplayed. so once again it is very unlikely any official action will take place at tomorrow s un security council meeting, one that russia has called a pr stunt, erica. eric: alexandria a half the white house thank you. arthel: russian ministers accusing nato of trying to drag ukraine into the alliance. a ban on ukraine joining with nato has been a key sticking point and russia s talking points. we talk with the west but let s go across the atlantic now to steve harrigan as he is
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