more information coming out from the ministry of defence in russia about what is happening with these military drills. let s take it back to last week, that is when the kremlin spokesperson said when these deals were finished, those russian troops would go back to their bases. plenty of people said, we will believe it when we see it and now russia providing footage of what it says are these troops moving back. yesterday we had some footage, it wasn t clear that geographical location, the russian side these were western military districts they were finishing with their drills and returning to the bases. today we ve had more footage which looks like it is filmed overnight, of tens of tanks leaving what russia has said, leaving crimea, going back to its bases in russia. in terms of what this tells us, we ve had a lot of scepticism about these troop movements from the west. we ve heard from borisjohnson, we ve heard from the defence secretary, ben wallace, talking about the fact they haven
wasn t clear that geographical location, the russian side these whether western military districts they were finishing with their drills and returning to the bases. today we ve had more footage which looks like it is found overnight, of tens of tanks leaving what russia has said, leaving crimea, going back to its bases in russia. in terms of what this tells us, we ve had a lot of scepticism about these troop movements from the west. we ve heard from borisjohnson, we ve heard from the defence secretary, ben wallace, talking about the fact they haven t seen any evidence of a de escalation and we heard from president biden saying something similar. exactly what this might mean for the peace process, for diplomatic processes is difficult to know. the other thing to bear in mind is that same kremlin spokesperson who spoke last week was also asked about this again yesterday and he said, yes, this wasn t surprising to some returning
districts and were returning to their military bases. today, we ve had more footage which looks like it was filmed overnight but it is found that night time of tens of tanks leaving once russia has said, leaving once russia has said, leaving crimea and going back to its basesin leaving crimea and going back to its bases in russia. in terms of what this tells us, we had a lot of scepticism about these two movements from the us, we ve heard from boris johnson, we have heard from the defence secretary ben wallace this morning talking about the fact they hadn t seen any evidence of a de escalation and we heard from president biden saying something similar. exactly what this might mean for the peace process, for the diplomatic processes is difficult to know. the other thing to bear in mind as well is that same kremlin spokesperson was also asked about this again yesterday and he said, yes, this wasn t surprising that troops were returning to their bases. that is what he said would happen. h
look, you may want to send a message. you may want to say to australia, we re not going to accept these refugees. we have a little bit of a different idea than the obama administration. but to attack over the phone in your first conversation is probably not the best way to get business done. and corker was saying, look, donald trump is a businessman. he s use this is the way he s used to dealing with people. but when you re president of the united states, maybe you need to kind of think the way you deal with other foreign leaders. especially a close ally like the prime minister. with whom you share intelligence. very close relationship as phil can testify. mark preston, some mixed messages coming out as far as russia is concerned, very tough statement from the u.s. ambassador to the u.n., nikki haley at the u.n. security council, sanctions will remain in effect until russia leaves crimea. they show no intention of leaving crimea. at the same time the treasury
the game for these allies. the question being what should and can be done about it? if escalation will lead to more action by the west, what exactly at this point is escalation? is it russia staying there? and by the statement token, what would be the deescalation that the west is looking for because russia shows no sign of leaving crimea. critical conversations and negotiations ahead. what else does the president have on his docket? i imagine he s trying to take advantage of every meeting, every encounter. reporter: yeah, and this is a big deal. it s become bigger in light of ukraine. but he s also going to stop in rome and meet with the pope, more on a personal level, something he s been wanting to do. then he ll stop in saudi arabia to meet with the king to discussion america s position in the gulf, as well as south africa, obviously another source of tension for that reason. michelle kosinski, we