russia calling the report, quote, misinformation. this comes as the first u.s. shipment of weapons arrived the in kiev. raffa sanchez is live in london. walk us through the latest here. reporter: alex, we are seeing that russian military force on ukraine s border continuing to grow and grow. by some estimates there are now more than 120,000 russian troops to the north, to the east and to the south of the ukrainian border. the latest edition is a squadron of fighter jets deployed to neighboring belarus. the navy saying those are there as part of a training exercise, not part of a potential invasion force. despite the looming military threat, secretary of state antony blinken has been on the sunday shows today saying he has not yet given up on the possibility of a diplomatic breakthrough. remember, russia has put forward a series of proposals, you can say demands, that the u.s.
as a huge russian military force sits waiting on ukraine s borders the us and russia hold frank talks about moscow s intentions. with russia continuing to send troops to the area it insists it won t invade the us warns of massive consequences if it does. if any russian military forces move across ukraine s border, that s a renewed invasion. it will be met with swift, severe and a united response from the united states and our partners and allies. as those talks conclude, we ll be looking atjust what russia might be planning. also tonight. a campaign to persuade four million people in the uk to be vaccinated against covid. we speak to some with reservations about the jab.
are to cut off cities and surround them, but not to go in house to house. these battalion tactical groups russia assembled, there s a lot of teeth and not much tail. good for attacking but not for occupying. to get occupy a city, you have to get out of the city and get out of your vehicles and go in and know the population, and it s different than cutting off a city or country or roads and attacking military targets and forcing a government collapse. yes, the russian military force has a lot of power, a lot of power to overwhelm this country should they choose to do it, but occupying it is a different prospect and would involve russia send more troops and set up a local administration. most analysts i have been speaking to is more likely they want to change the government by pressure from within and pressure from outside as well,
bill: military invasion can take months of preparation. the case of ukraine russian troops have been closing in since october. what now amounts to a huge russian military force started out with just a few existing units before the build-up. on the screen you can see for yourself. scattered around at bases and training areas near ukraine s outer perimeter. the white dots showed their locations in the month of october. dana: by the end of december it was a much different picture. check out here the red dots show the position of additional russian units to the north and southeast including troops, tanks and heavy artillery. bill: january 25th you can see a massive military build-up including fighter aircraft, dana: last weekend russia had ukraine surrounded with troops in north ready to
where else might the united states benefit from engagement, in turkey, india, some of these other countries that may have a way into, perhaps, influencing the kremlin? yeah. well, the indian position here is very surprising and very interesting. they have refused to take a clear position in support of ukraine. they re continuing to do trade and business with russia. i think engaging india to say this is very inconsistent with your long-standing principles about state sovereignty. i think we all would be able to have a better dialogue with india about what they re doing. in terms of influencing the kremlin, i think probably the chinese have the most influence, but they re not going to be helpful and few others really do. the most important thing we re doing, and this, i believe, is actually having an impact, is helping the ukrainians defend themselves. hold off that russian military force which they have now done for over three weeks. and i think the tide has turned a little bit in th