Pentagon says this is a temporary deployment and that no u. S. Troops will be on the ground in ukraine. Vladimir putin has amassed more than 1,000 troops along the border in the ukraine and that includes 5,000 troops in belarus which would give a direct route to the ukrainian capital. U. S. Officials also say russia is moving keep medical supplies to the border, further suggesting a plan to invade. But given how hard it is to determine russias true intentions, the United States isnt taking any chances. Do you have any evidence that potent plans to move beyond it ukraines borders . Why are you bolstering these Eastern Flank allies if you do not have evidence of that . Because its important that we send a strong signal to what mr. Pruden end up frankly to the world at that nato matters to the United States. What we see, jenna, is clear evidence every day that he continues to destabilize the environment by adding more forces in the western part of the country and along belarus. He clearly
3,000 u. S. Troops to europe as the threat of a russian invasion looms over ukraine. Hello, welcome to America Reports for a wednesday, john roberts in washington. Sandra, good to be back with you. Sandra great to see you. Welcome back. Sandra smith in new york. Additional forces are deploying to poland, germany and romania, all of which are nato members, on top of the 8500 troops already on high alert and ready for deployment if needed. John the pentagon says the u. S. Is committed to defending nato allies as tensions rise, and new Satellite Images reveal the extent of russias military activity in the region. Sandra steve live in kyiv, what is putin doing now . Whats he doing now and whats he going to do, the question many World Leaders are asking themselves. Putin kept quiet about ukraine for a month, he broke the silence yesterday in classic passion. Twisted it around saying the u. S. Was trying to drag russia into war in ukraine, not mentioning the massive buildup of Russian Forces
New jersey, new york, all over. The Philadelphia Police officers were there out in force. They were there for if funeral of wilbert mora. It was officiated by cardinal dolan. Mayor adams, a former nypd officer he was and his Police Commissioners and said we have your backs to the Police Officers of this city. They pledged a partnership to make this city safe once again. This execution devastates a family, rocks the soul of a department, touches heart of a nation. Tests the faith of this city. The nypd stands tall. We always do. We are going to give you the resources to fight this senseless violence. Its New Yorkers Tag killers, and we will not lose. Martha a heart breaking jump in the number of officers killed in the line of duty. Last year, the defund the Police Movement and at that point you had many of these same officers that were out there today, back then they turned their backs on mayor Bill De Blasio in protest because they felt like they didnt have support from the mayor in th
Ignored but he also said diplomatic talks should continue. As we speak, members of two key Senate Committees are gathering for a closed door briefing by defense secretary lloyd austin, and secretary of state, antony blinken, were expecting russia to be a very big part of it. In ukraine, the countrys Foreign Minister is kicking off a news conference, one day after president zelensky warned if a conflict breaks out, it will not be just between ukraine and russia but a full scale war in europe, the likes of which we have not seen in 80 years. I want you to look at this new satellite imagery, it shows the build up of russian forces. This shows tents and equipment in belarus, to the north. And this one in crimea, you can see the massive numbers of fighting vehicles lined up, ready to go. On the other side of the border, Ukrainian Forces are digging in, getting ready for a fight. I want you to look at this picture, it says it all. The ukrainians are now using Vladimir Putins face for their t
News chief white house correspondent, peter alexander. Nbc news foreign correspondent, matt bradley in eastern ukraine, jonathan la mir, Politico White House bureau chief as well as host of Way Too Early here on msnbc. And he lane cooper, the New York Times pentagon correspondent. Both jonathan and helane are msnbc contributors. Peter, what more can you tell us about the president s decision to u. S. Moves troops already on standby to europe . Reporter thats exactly right. We have now learned that its a total of 3,000 u. S. Troops who will be moving, about a thousand of them already in europe will be going to romania, a native member nation. Another 2,000 presently here in the u. S. Will be going to germany and to poland, as well. This comes, according to a Senior Administration official at the president s direction, and following the recommendation of the defense secretary, Secretary Austin. I think youre going to hear this officially from john kirby, the Press Secretary at the pentag