russia/ukraine front this evening. the u.s. state department has issued a do not travel warning for ukraine due to growing fears of a russian attack on the country. nonessential staff and families of american embassy personnel have been asked to leave ukraine. joe biden is also considering deploying thousands of u.s. troops and military assets to the baltics and eastern europe, but not to ukraine itself. meanwhile the uk s foreign office put out a statement saying they ve uncovered a russian plot to install a pro-kremlin leader in ukraine, a claim russia has denied. we know there are more than 100,000 russian troops at various locations surrounding the border with ukraine. president biden has pledged some assistance but says the u.s. won t militarily intervene, not with booted on the ground if russia invades. of course there s still a glimmer of hope for a diplomatic solution, but we need to understand what putin actually wants and what we, the west, might be getting wrong.
what this means. but what i m hearing today in the cleanup effort, ari, is, you know, if it s an assembled ukrainian military invasion. so it needs to check a number of boxes in order to say oh, yeah, that s an invasion. i know it when i see it. there s one right now. can you imagine, martha, ronald reagan who said the bombing begins in five minutes. what would ronald reagan have said? he would have spoken with clarity, an invasion is an invasion and the world needs to join and stop russia from invading. if there s an invasion, we re going to arm the new nations to nato and do everything we can to defend ukraine by providing them with the weapons that they need. this is what leaders would say if they mean it. now, i think if joe biden wants to make the case that ukraine is not a nato nation and if russia invades, i would like it but we re not going to do
ukrainians the weaponry that they need now. i mean, if we were in the trump administration right now and this first of all, russia wouldn t have put 100,000 on ukraine s border with trump in power. that s a different subject. let s say they did. he would have his third impeachment if we didn t send the sort of anti-tank weaponry antimissile weaponry that the ukrainians need now. we are telling ukrainians if russia invades. again just playing defensive ball around the world. reacting to crises instead of stepping up and being in control of the narrative around the world. steve: right. finally morgan and briefly, it s taken 11 years and finally perhaps some justice for border patrol agent brian terry who was murdered after that botched fast and furious weapons trafficking. yesterday mexico charged seven, including the top cop in mexico, this thing went right to the top, finally some justice for
of western military instructors, said lavrov. both sides agreed to keep talking even as military equipment keept flowing in. russia sending fighter jets to belarus, near ukraine s capital kyiv. a rivalry reminiscent of the cold war that could soon turn very hot. yeah, lindsey, the white house is in a bit of a pickle. they re trying to keep russia at bay while at the same time managing expectations. and the biden administration, already kind of tied their own hands when they announced that they wouldn t be sending u.s. troops into the ukraine even if russia invades. lindsey? matt bradley, thank you so much. and for more on these rising tensions this eastern europe, we are now joined by former u.s. ambassador to ukraine, william taylor, ambassador, it s wonderful to have you on this morning. thanks for being with us. thank you, lindsey, good to be here. so ambassador, with no apparent movement here on either side, during these negotiations,
they ll need more than that. i was thinking you would say that. let s start with the hot chocolate. it sounds like it will be a while. allison chinchar, thank you. so listen the top u.s. general is painting a grim picture that moscow has built up on the ukraine border. warning that the civilians in russia will suffer immensely if russia invades. stay with us. made my joints stiff, swollen. painful. emerge tremfyant®. with tremfya®, adults with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. .can uncover clearer skin and improve symptoms at 16 weeks. tremfya® is the only medication of its kind also approved for adults with active psoriatic arthritis. serious allergic reactions may occur. tremfya® may increase your risk of infections and lower your ability to fight them. tell your doctor if you have an infection or symptoms or if you had a vaccine or plan to. emerge tremfyant®