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implications. that country is a major oil producer. it shares long borders with russia and china. what started as a small protest movement with high energy prices really at its core here, has grown into what seems to be a national revolt. and now a military alliance led by russia is getting involved. russian troops on the ground. cnn s nic robertson live in moscow. nic, explain to us what s happening here in kazakhstan. reporter: yeah, very scary words coming from the president of kazakhstan there. the reports at the moment still don t add up properly. what we re hearing from officials, 18 police officers killed. more than 700 injured. the official police line is that 26 protesters, as they call them, you know, bandits and terrorists without offering any evidence, 26 of them killed and saying that just 14 were injured. those numbers don t add up at
equipment inside ukraine. i think the narrative is beginning to sharpen and focus. the question for president putin now, is if he continues on his track it s going to have a negative impact of drawing in more nato troops closer to his border and that s the thing he feels most sensitive about. where the negotiations go at the moment is wide open, ryan. nic robertson live in moscow. thank you for that report. back here at home 2022 is getting off to a chilly start. some states are getting hit hard with snow and freezing temperatures. let s get a check on the forecast with allison chinchar. good morning. good morning. we re talking about snow, ice and even the potential for tornadoes. let s focus on the winter side first. we have winter weather alerts that stretch from arizona up to maine, so this is a pretty wide-stretching storm. most of the snow is going to be focused across the eastern
cnn s nic robertson live in moscow with more here. this telephone call incredibly important. do we know what president biden is suggesting the u.s. and its allies would do? you know, you could isolate russia out of the international banking system. there could be more sanctions. energy industry sanctions? are there any specifics? reporter: they re not saying any specifics publicly because that s the idea of the sanctions, i guess, to keep president putin guessing to a degree, but there s also a military component to what would happen if russia invaded ukraine. that is to ramp up nato troops on the eastern borders of europe. that s what president putin wants to avoid. he wants them to roll back the presents in eastern europe. we ve gone to see how the u.s. russian talks could go when the representatives sit down a week from now in geneva.
the pentagon that up to 8500 quote combat capable u.s. troops have been put on alert in the event that putin decides to invade ukraine. tens of thousands of troops have amassed along the border. with us is cnn pentagon correspondent and nic robertson live in moscow. what do we need to know about the orders for these troops? well, these aren t yet deployment orders. no u.s. based troops are headed oa over the europe but it is one step closer to that happening. some of them were on heightened