ukrainian, launched a new members state borders. [end of translation] russia, for its part, is still spreading the lie that they re open for democracy, to diplomacy. but the numbers speak for themselves. they ve amassed over 200,000 troops at the border, as many as 50% of those troops are now in an attack position. this is a story that s evolving by the moment, and who better to discuss this with that former u.s. ambassador to russia, and msnbc international affairs analyst, michael mcfaul. ambassador mcfaul, thank you so much for joining us. don t start just right out of the gate, getting your assessment of where we are right now at this hour. you can almost feel the tension, sort of, building up a bong american diplomats and spokesman about where this thing is. how do you see it? well, i think yesterday s speech by president biden was a major escalation, and a major