regions of ukraine. at a security council in germany this weekend. the vice president previewed what else could happen next. as the president has said, we believe that putin has made his decision, period. the decision to invade ukraine based on classified information. we have significant intelligence capability. republican senator lindsey said graham is describing putin s announcement today as both a violation of the agreements and a declaration of war against the people of ukraine. it will be a war waged by russia on the ukrainian people to repress them, to crush them, to harm them. president biden agreed in principle to meet with putin soon as long as he doesn t invade ukraine. but republican critics charge that s pointless unless ukraine s president gets a say. president ben sasse says give zelenskyy a seat at the table or don t go. there are also new questions about why president biden didn t sanction putin before he could
no reporter asked the obviou question which is why is this a deep concern to america. why is that more important in but some did ask why we can trust biden s assessment when the previous assessments were wrong and here was his answer. do you have any indication o whether president putin has mad a decision on whether to invade. as of this moment i m convinced he s made the decision . i have reason to believe he has. you were convinced that president putin is going to invade ukraine, is that what yo just said a few minutes ago? what reason do you have to believe he is considering that option at all? we have significant intelligence capability. may be they are right, we have no idea, may be russia is invading right now, the point is , why is this the president central concern?
reporter asked the obvious question , which is why is this of deep concern to america? why is that more important than inflation or homelessness or fenton or our border? no one asked that , but some did ask why we can trust w biden s assessment when all his previous assessments were wronger. here was his answer. and if you have any indication about whether president putin has made a decision on whether to invade, you do feel confident that he hasn t made that decision already as of this moment, i m convinced he s made the decision. you are convinced that president putin is going to invade ukraine? is that what you just said a few months ago? yes, what reason do you have to believe he s considering that option at all? there was significant intelligence capability. we have significant intelligence. just trust us . i mean,, maybe they re right. we have no idea. maybe russia is invading right r now. in the point ist why is this thes president s central concern
battlefield is easy to do for a technology, based intelligence capability that the united states has. we re tracking that. we re not only taking pictures of it but listening to their operational nets, the text call nets, et cetera. we have a sebs of what they re doing. if they move out of those administrative motor parks that we ve been taking satellite photos of and move in to assembly areas where they get gunned and gassed and move in to attack positions, that is telling you something. clearly we re monitoring all of that activity. charles: to that point, general, i heard reports that now the manpower, the russian manpower up to 190,000. to put it in perspective, this is the largest assembly of a military force since world war ii. this is major. this is potentially a major
is the former president about to be in serious legal trouble? let s go out front. and good evening, i m erin burnett. out front tonight breaking news on the ground here in ukraine tonight. president biden saying he s convinced based on the intelligence he s received, putin has made up his mind and will invade this country in the coming days. as of this moment i m convinced he s made the decision. we have reason to believe that. to be clear you are convinced that you are kwconvinced tha president putin is going to invade ukraine? yes, i did. what reason do you have to believe he s considering that option at all? we have significant intelligence capability. this is the first time that president biden or anyone in the united states government has said definitively that they are convinced that putin has made his decision. it was always imminent but we don t know if he ll do it.