briefing where john kirby announced that lloyd austin has ordered a range of active duty military units here in the united states to be placed on heightened to deploy order if activated to support nato s response force. the troops and their families are told that they could be called up in a matter of days. the numbers of forces that the secretary has placed on heightened alert has come up to 8,500 personnel. the troops would be under general todd walters. if requests, the nrf could draw up to 40,000 troops and placed on the easter flank as a deterrent to russia. the pentagon says the troops would not be going to ukraine. if nato is a defensive alliance and if these troops are activated are defensive and for front line nato states, how does it stop putin from going to ukraine? it s designed to re-assure our nato allies. we re taking how does it protect ukraine? it sends a clear signal to mr. putin that we take our responsibilities to nato seriously. the troops w
as early as this week. secretary of state blinken is meeting virtually with members of the european union right now as the united states is trying to coordinate its next move with our overseas allies. while all of that is going on, the administration is not taking any chances with the americans still inside ukraine ordering diplomats families to start leaving the embassy and giving the diplomats themselves the green light to come home. let s discuss and bring in nbc s josh letterman covering the white house, matt bradley inside ukraine, matt boughner covering the russian side and joe rubin, former assistant u.s. secretary of state. how close are we to sending real troops to eastern europe? closer than we were a few days ago, stephanie. president biden hovering over the weekend with his national security team. he was briefed via secure video conference by lloyd austin about potential options to shore up u.s. military resources in the region, including, according to our coll
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of the best selling of all time, has died at the age of 7a. the us and russia remain at a diplomatic stand off with their military assets standing by. after months of escalating tensions, the two superpowers have been holding talks about ukraine, which nato fears is the next sovereign territory moscow wants to seize through force. remember, it s less than a decade since russia annexed crimea. russia says it s concerned nato is sending weapons and military expertise to ukraine and wants guarantees that the organisation will pull back from its borders. speaking after the talks in geneva, russia s foreign minister, sergei lavrov, said the dialogue would continue and his country had no plans to attack ukraine. russia is understood to have more than 100,000 troops currently near its border with ukraine. 0ur diplomatic correspondent james landale sent this report. more russian forces on the move, surface to air missiles in the country s far east, due to join what moscow says are mi
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