of staff and the us special envoy to northern ireland. hello, and welcome. joe biden says he will talk to vladimir putin on friday, to try and persuade him to step back from conflict in ukraine. the united states is preparing to send 8,500 troops to eastern europe to bolster nato defences. on top of that, the administration has signalled it will retaliate by cutting energy exports to europe, should russia invade, and they will consider imposing santions on president putin himself. there will be enormous consequences if he were to go in and invade, as he could, the entire country. or a lot less than that, as well. for russia, not only in terms of economic consequences and clinical consequences, but enormous consequences, but enormous consequences worldwide if he were to move in with others forces, it would be the largest invasion since world war ii. it would change the world. move in with those forces. let me bring you up to speed with some the other development. in the u
In the murmansk region in the far north of the country, and crimea, which it annexed from ukraine in 2014. meanwhile, the german newspaper bild has reported that the us is planning to block global exports of raw materials from russia if it invades. the newspaper reports us sanctions will target oil, gas and other raw material that will cost the russian economy more than $50 billion. and a third shipment containing equipment and munitions has arrived in ukraine, part of a new $200 million in security assistance directed to the country from us presidentjoe biden. caroline, when you put all that together, everything we are hearing in europe, you might think that war is inevitable. do you think it is? well, i hope not. i hope that the efforts are being made within nato and beyond to try and get some unity of action in regard to russia s aggressive intentions with ukraine
Reporters don t see ukrainian troop movement or people moving to the front does it feel to you, sitting there in kyiv, like we are on the brink of war? there in kyiv, like we are on the brink of war? ., ., , , ., ., brink of war? no, absolutely not. to be frank, brink of war? no, absolutely not. to be frank. it s brink of war? no, absolutely not. to be frank, it sjust brink of war? no, absolutely not. to be frank, it sjust paranoia brink of war? no, absolutely not. to be frank, it sjust paranoia and - be frank, it sjust paranoia and hysteria be frank, it sjust paranoia and hysteria in be frank, it sjust paranoia and hysteria in western be frank, it sjust paranoia and hysteria in western media. - be frank, it sjust paranoia and - hysteria in western media. people here have hysteria in western media. people here have just hysteria in western media. people here have just noticed hysteria in western media. people here have just noticed it. - hysteria in western media. pe
Is that it s a democracy, and russia is not. is that right? it is that it s a democracy, and russia is not. is that right? is not. is that right? it is, i think russia is not. is that right? it is, i think russia went on - is not. is that right? it is, i think russia went on to - is not. is that right? it is, 1 | think russia went on to say is not. is that right? it is, 1 - think russia went on to say that think russia went onto say that tucker think russia went on to say that tucker went on to say that there are other tucker went on to say that there are other places tucker went on to say that there are other places around the world that are under other places around the world that are under stress that we aren t talking are under stress that we aren t talking about. tucker is an entertainer, but he s a very talented entertainer, but he s a very talented and bright guy. he was asking talented and bright guy. he was asking a talented and bright guy. he was asking a very
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