is to keep sounding that alarm. the media is part of that. keep pushing the pressure on the part of the kremlin. make it clear america is not taking its eye off the ball. we ve seen before the minute people start to relax, start to turn their gaze, the news caravan moves on, that s the moment where putin tends to use the moment. clarissa ward, fantastic reporting, thanks very much. bianna? we heard president biden address the russian people there, saying they are not their enemy and they, too, would not want a bloody war. the secretary offense ministerial opened this morning. what are the priorities being laid out, barbara? during this meeting, what they are looking at front and center is what is happening on the ukraine-russian border.
in the vanguard against ukraine continuing to be at the border, to amass at the border. reporter: this morning i m told by a senior u.s. official that the u.s. is watching the donbas region of ukraine very closely, making claims of ethnic crimes there. they recognize the region as independence has the u.s. fearing russia may use this as a pretext to further invade eastern ukraine. and there s new exclusive reporting. according to the intelligence assessments, the ukranian government believes that russia does not have enough troops near its border to effectively invade this country. senior chief correspondent clarissa ward is with me in kyiv, of course barbara starr standing by. first to you, clarissa. the ukranian military once again, frankly, on a somewhat different page of the military
biden administration, that there is no solid evidence putin has pulled back on his military capability, so they continue to watch for what his intentions may be. bianna? and once again the u.s. showing a sign of unity with its nato allies. barbara, thank you so much. jim? joining me now to discuss, spokesman ned price. thank you for joining me this morning. thanks for having me, jim. last week we heard urgent concern from u.s. officials, yourself included, that military action by russia in ukraine could happen as soon as this week. here we are on wednesday. is it still the u.s. view that an invasion is imminent, or is ukraine less at risk today than it was a number of days ago? well, jim, put very simply, our concern has not abated a single bit. in fact, we ve seen, as you heard from the secretary this
armistice halting the korean war. go to our pentagon correspondent barbara starr standing by. will ripley standing by in beijing, alexander field in seoul, south korea for us. barbara, first of all what do we know about the reported launch? for example, what type of missile was launched today, do we know? and different than the last launch that took place on july 4th? reporter: all the things we are awaiting the pentagon to tell us, wolf, on this day, as once again world threats intervene on washington politics. the north koreans fired this missile about 10:45 this morning each coast time. according to the pentagon it was quickly detected. the u.s. has satellites and other intelligence gathering systems that can quickly detect ballistic missile launches, especially out of north korea. there had been a lot of indicators that they might be getting ready to launch. what we re looking for now is the announcement by the pentagon about what kind of ballistic
exclusive economic zone. a very worrisome development where this missile landed at the same time. barbara, stand by. we ll get back to you. following the breaking news. also following president trump. about to address a large crowd out on long island as questions swirl about the future of some of his top aides. live coverage. stand by.