russian-backed separatists already in eastern ukraine. as well as the draw-down, take a look. evacuation of u.s. diplomats families and nonessential workers from here in kyiv begins as early as today. experts tell us the move is something about the u.s. is thinking of a possible russian invasion. signals to me the threat to ukraine is real, it s immediate and also a realistic possible a russian offensive could target kyiv. john, the u.k. and australia also looking to draw down their diplomatic staff. ukrainian government says the moves are premature, they also tonight say they don t see a major full-out invasion any time soon from russian. let s hope, back to you. john: that would be a good thing. we do appear to be raising the stakes for putin, and greg, thank you. sandra. sandra: morgan now, former
overreacting at the wrong time, so we will see how this plays out. again, they have no specific intelligence that an invasion is imminent. john. john: if it were big enough for kyiv to fall, that would be a huge, huge incident, no question about that. thanks. do any of you feel like the economy has gotten better in the past year? it s almost $400 just to go to the grocery store for three people. i mean, that s insane. we got a lot of problems, high inflation, we have supply chain issues, i don t think he s listening to liberals. sandra: americans on both sides of the aisle sounding off against president biden s economic agenda, prices for everything have gone up and have done so for the past year. brand-new fox news polling show 48% of voters blame government policies.
take a piece out of ukraine. he has the ability to push pressure across the entire front. and people need to understand. border of belarus is only 90 miles from kyiv, putin moved a lot of forces from the east, the eastern part of russia and these are all first line units. s35 jets, top of the line, s400 air defense batteries, missiles, top of the line armor. so, what you asked is a direct question. i think he s prepared to go in a week if he wants to go. i think, if i had to time it, what i would do if i was him, i would hit it about the time of the olympics, that keeps a lot of the world focussed on the olympics, he s heading south and north to all different directions in the ukraine. still an ability to get out of this, to negotiate out of it, but that s up to europe.
we are monitoring the podiums at the pentagon and state department as briefings are set to get underway soon. all over fears of an imminent russian invasion into ukraine. we will take you to those briefings live when they begin. both likely to face questions about the evacuation of families of american diplomats and nonessential staff from the u.s. embassy in kyiv, a move the ukrainian government blasted as premature. former national security advisor keith kellogg is here with advice for the administration, but first, to greg on the ground in kyiv, approaching 9:30 at night. what s the situation there? john, some new developments here in kyiv since we lost spoke. ukrainian officials are watching with great concern the deployment of russian troops in neighboring belarus, tanks and
economists. sandra: and the ukraine, a russian invasion could come at any moment. the state department is warning americans in ukraine to get out now before it is too late. sandra smith in new york. hello. john: good to be with you another week, sandra. state department says families of u.s. diplomats at the embassy in kyiv need to leave now and other americans in the country should go as well. the u.s. military sending nearly 200,000 pounds of lethal aid to ukraine over the weekend and fox news confirming president biden has been given options for u.s. troop deployment in support of nato allies in eastern europe. sandra: comes as the russian troop build-up continues. 137,000 russian troops are posted at a dozen points along the border.