invasion in europe since world war ii. we believe there s a very distinct possibility that vladimir putin will order an attack on ukraine. it could take a number of different forms. it could happen as soon as tomorrow or it could take some weeks yet. he has put himself in a position with military deployments to be able to act aggressively against ukraine at any time now. another potentially troubling development. new satellite images appearing to show russia s military has also advanced its deployments at several locations in belarus within about 30 miles of its border with ukraine. cnn s international diplomatic editor nic robertson is in moscow, and cnn political and national security analyst david sanger is in washington. he s also a correspond for the new york times and the author of the perfect weapon. welcome to you both. nic, let s start with you and as we well know, the m.o. for
with justin trudeau of canada, spoken with president biden, spoke today with boris johnson, the british prime minister, the nato secretary-general, stoltenberg, the president of poland a couple days ago. so there s a lot of effort going in to bring a message to president putin that there is an opportunity here. but at the moment, there s no indication that president putin s going to take that opportunity. if he continues to keep his troops where they re positioned right now, the signaling, the diplomatic signaling is that he s not ready for a conversation. as he has said so far, his core, core demands that ukraine can t be allowed to join nato, that just hasn t been answered. so this is an opportunity, but even president macron s office says this is not going to happen quickly if at all in these conversations monday. very interesting. all right, nic robertson in moscow, isabel rosales, thanks so much. let s talk more about this with
allies in eastern europe in response to russia amassing troops on the border with ukraine. all in all, the u.s. has put 8,500 troops on high alert for deployment to eastern europe. cnn s international diplomatic editor nic robertson is in moscow, and isabel rosales is at ft. bragg, north carolina. isabella, we ll start with you. what else do we kn about the deployments happening this weekend? reporter: amara, good morning to you. i got off the phone with a contact at ft. bragg and she made it clear that deployments are still happening. but in terms of the timing, how many troops are moving out of the base, that time line, they are keeping that close to the chest. as you can unction for operational safety measures there. president biden s official order came down on wednesday, and they moved very quickly, less than 24