WASHINGTON - The NATO alliance will consult next week on its next move in response to Russia's "large and unusual" troop buildup near Ukrai
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top u.s. and russian generals are staying in touch amid serious concerns about the russian troop buildup near the border with ukraine. they spoke by phone on tuesday. fears are growing that a border standoff could escalate into all-out war. the kremlin is warning that a u.s. plan to send weapons and military advisers to ukraine would only aggravate tensions. satellite images appear to show russia gathering close to 100,000 troops along with tanks and military hardware near the border. cnn s international diplomatic editor nic robertson is live this hour. he joins us from london. good to see you, nic. what more are you learning about this tense situation involving russia, ukraine, and the united states? reporter: it does seem to be an effort between the united
nato, as he sees it, encroach further into areas that he thinks are sort of russia s historic domain. we heard that from dmitry peskov, his spokesperson speaking on russian television telling nato to not continue with its advance towards russia s borders and its military and political intentions. he s called for discussion we re having about this troop buildup right now and other discussions along these lines, he s called it a western buildup of hysteria about this issue. the reason that the concern is being raised is not because a border incursion could be imminent this week or next week. the estimation it could be as early as next year, but that nato would have to organize itself and be prepared and be able to show president putin that an incursion he would not be able to get away with an incursion, it would not get the results that he wants. so that s all on the table, it seems at the moment, rosemary.