absolutely. they continue to adeyeye tallian tactical groups to the western to their western border, to the border with ukraine and in belarus as well. numbers there are increasing so they have not only shown no signs of de-escalating but they are in fact adding more force capability. ukraine s leader is trying to calm nerves inside of the country telling citizens there s no need to panic as authorities work for full deescalation of the situation. we are also learning the marines has bolstered security at the embassy. additional measures were deployed recently but didn t say how many were sent. this came one day after the state department announced it was reducing staff. cnn s oren lieberman is at the pentagon with more on the latest. reporter: the pentagon is making clear first that diplomacy is still the number one option when it comes to