russia is understood to have more than 100,000 troops currently near its border with ukraine. 0ur diplomatic correspondent james landale sent this report. more russian forces on the move, surface to air missiles in the country s far east due to join what moscow says are military exercises near ukraine, part of the growing build up of troops and equipment shown by images close to the border, what western powers fear may be preparation for war. but for now, the diplomacy continues, too. america s and russia s top diplomats met in geneva and at first couldn t even agree how to greet one another, with one question on everyone s lips. is an invasion likely, as president biden suggested? mr lavrov seemed to suggest it was up to the united states and later dismissed talk of invasion as hysterical rhetoric
of troops and equipment shown by images close to the border, what western powers fear may be preparation for war. but for now, the diplomacy continues, too. america s and russia s top diplomats met in geneva and at first couldn t even agree how to greet one another, with one question on everyone s lips. is an invasion likely, as president biden suggested? mr lavrov seemed to suggest it was up to the united states and later dismissed talk of invasion as hysterical rhetoric designed to provoke ukraine. what does russia want most, an unstable, dependent ukraine or a new sphere of influence in eastern europe? translation: we are not trying to get a sphere of influence, - but what nato is doing shows it considers ukraine to be a part of its sphere of influence.
and what western powers fear may be preparation for war. but for now, the diplomacy continues, too. america s and russia s top diplomats met in geneva and at first couldn t even agree how to greet one another, with one question on everyone s lips. is an invasion likely, as president biden suggested? mr lavrov seemed to suggest it was up to the united states and later dismissed talk of invasion as hysterical rhetoric designed to provoke ukraine . what does russia want most an unstable, dependent ukraine or a new sphere of influence in eastern europe? translation: we are not trying to get a sphere of influence, - but what nato is doing shows it considers ukraine to be a part of its sphere of influence. to the west, ukraine is an independent, sovereign nation. that means it has a right to self determination, free from russian control. and if it wants to join nato or any other international
and wants guarantees that the organisation will pull back from its borders. speaking after the talks in geneva russia s foreign minister sergey lavrov said the dialogue would continue and his country had no plans to attack ukraine. russia is understood to have more than a hundred thousand troops currently near its border with ukraine our diplomatic correspondent james landale sent this report. more russian forces on the move, surface to air missiles in the country s far east due to join what moscow says are military exercises near ukraine, part of the growing build up of troops and equipment shown by images close to the border, what western powers fear may be preparation for war. but for now, the diplomacy continues, too. america s and russia s top diplomats met in geneva and at first couldn t even
with russia over ukraine. the us wants russia to pull its forces back from the ukrainian border, which western countries fear are preparing to invade. the us has promised to provide a written response to russia s security demands, which include a ban on ukrainejoining nato. our diplomatic correspondent james landale has more. more russian forces on the move. surface to air missiles in the country s far east due to join what moscow says are military exercises near ukraine part of the growing build up of troops and equipment revealed by images of strategic locations close to the border what western powers fear may be preparation for war. but for now, the diplomacy continues, too. america s and russia s top diplomats met in geneva and at first couldn t even agree how to greet one another, with one question on everyone s lips. reporter: is - an invasion likely, as president biden suggested?