operation to have an excuse to go in. every indication we have is they are prepared to go into ukraine, attack ukraine. is your sense that this is going to happen yes. my sense this will happen within the next several days. the president s comments came after kyiv said a kindergarten school in eastern ukraine was shelled with heavy artillery weapons by moscow-backed separatists while the separatists accused the ukrainian army of firing on the tear toe they control. nbc news could not confirm the details of the incidents. russia expelled the deputy chief of mission at the u.s. embassy in moscow. the state department has the move was unprovoked and an escalatory step. this as the u.s. finally received russia s written response to its security proposals for deescalation. moscow s response is the u.s. refused to meet the core security commands and rea farms
secretary of state antony blinken. but president biden, everyone is calling it into question. we ve also heard today from russia now issuing its long-awaited written response to the united states response to russia s security proposals or demands. this has taken three weeks for russia to write this all down. and what they are saying is that because their core security concerns have not been met, they will have to take steps that may include military, technical measures. now this is a sort of language they were using many weeks ago when implying that if they didn t get their requests for their concerns over ukraine being able to join nato, nato going back to 1997 levels, then these military technical levels would be an option. now to put it in the context now. this is their now considered response. after weeks of consideration, they are again threatening those military technical measures. john? nic robertson, keeping track
efforts. they will advance on key targets that have already been identified and mapped out in detailed plans. and force their hand in what may be a last ditch effort. today we are laying it out with the hope that by sharing what we know with the world we can influence russia to abandon the path of war and choose a different path while there s still time. just hours after defense secretary listed his own ominous warning. we see them stocking up their blood supplies. vice president kamala harris set to land in munich all as russia after weeks of silence delivered its response to u.s. security proposals meant to spark talks but by all
expelled the u.s. embassy s second ranking diplomat and rejected security proposals from nato and the u.s. reiterating demands that ukraine and georgia be barred from nato. membership be rolled back to 1997 levels and arms shipment to ukraine stop immediately. also asking the u.s. and nato to withdraw what s already there. including troops in eastern europe and the baltics. biden with a dire risk assessment. it s very high. but it did not stop the president from traveling to ohio, a state he lost by 8 points where senate midterm race could determine the balance of power. biden touting the infrastructure law he signed three months ago announcing a billion dollars project to clean up the great lakes but not sticking around long after his remarks. the reason they tell me i have got to head out. i hadn t planned on going immediately because of weather going back to washington and there is a little thing going on in europe right now. the white house dispatched the vice president to
decision to travel to the u.n. late tuesday night. a surprise and high-stakes move on the biggest international stage. russian missiles and bombs will drop across ukraine. russian soldiers will advance on key targets that have already been identified and mapped out in detailed plans. reporter: and force their hand in what may be a last-ditch effort to salvage a diplomatic path. today we are laying it out in great detail, with a hope that by sharing what we know with the world, we can influence russia to abandon the path of war and choose a different path while there s still time. reporter: just hours after defense secretary lloyd austin in brussels to meet with nato allies listed his own ominous warning. we even see them stocking up their blood supplies. reporter: vice president kamala harris set to land in munich for her own high-stakes diplomatic engagements, all as russia after weeks of silence delivered its response to u.s. security proposals meant to