russian invasion of ukraine. vladmir putin directly if russian forces enter ukraine. watch. this is all putin. i don t think his people know for certain. would you see yourself personally sanctioning him if he did invade ukraine? yes. you would? i would see that. cnn has this story covered from multiple angles. what did he say? he said those troops could deploy in the near term. he didn t offer specifics own when they might deploy or to where they might deploy. the u.s. right now still keeping it options open. the pentagon came out yesterday and said as many as 8500 troops got prepared to deploy orders which is a heads up of get ready, you may deploying soon to europe. the pentagon is keeping options open saying it might be more troops and wouldn t just be in it was in response to the nato response force activating the bolster eastern european allies there but the pentagon and the white house could also see and move unilaterally here if they see fit. what were t
omicron variant. then the one test that could derail olympic dreams. athletes take us there you the intense covid protection process that one doctor calls a public health extreme. welcome to the lead. we start with the world lead. president joe biden saying he would consider leveling personal sanctions on russian president vladimir putin if putin gives the order for russia to invade ukraine. sanctions directly on putin himself, he means. this as the kremlin maintains some 100,000 russian troops strategically positioned near its border with ukraine. the white house says a russian invasion appears imminent. in the meantime, russia is accusing the u.s. of escalating tensions by putting 8,500 u.s. service members on heightened alert. they re on stand by. not ordered to deploy. though the biden administration says two factors could quickly change that. one, if nato decides those u.s. service members are need in the eastern europe, and two, the actions, of course, of vladimir p
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