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planning significant military action against ukraine. this is, as russia amassed more than 100,000 troops on the border with ukraine despite conversations with western lea le leader about easing the crisis. cnn white house correspondent natasha bertran, tracking these developments, joing us by phone. what exactly are you learning and what prompted it, natasha? yes, pam, state department with statements earlier this evening, they have operated the departure of u.s. employees, those are nonessential employees, nonemergency personnel there and also ordered the departure of their family members so it s mandatory for nonessential personnel and mandatory for family members. also u.s. citizen and ukraine should begin deporting now using the available options, all comes on the backdrop of a major russian escalation on the borders that sparked fears of an invasion. the department saying that in their explanation, the move is coming because there are reports that russia is planning s
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from d.c. to brussels as covid-19 continues to kill. plus, what s the good wordle? the five-letter pop culture craze that s become an addiction for many of us. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. good to have you with us. us president joe biden is set to be discussing options to bolster troop levels in eastern europe amid fears of a possible russian invasion in ukraine. at the same time, the u.s. state department says it will be reducing staff levels at the embassy in kyiv starting with nonessential staff and family members. according to ukrainian intelligence, russia has now amassed more than 127,000 troops in the region. and as tensions remain high, america s top diplomat has issued one much his strongest warnings yet. if a single additional russian force goes into ukraine in an aggressive way, as i said, that would trigger a swift, a severe and a united response from us and from europe. and, again, there are other things that russia c
of lethal aid arrived in ukraine. 80 tons of weapons reinforcing the country s defenses against the russian forces amassing on the border. also top brass presented the president with the option to bolster forces in the baltics and eastern europe. repositioning 5,000 u.s. troops. cnn is covering the story from every angle as only cnn can. nic robertson in russia, jasmine wright in washington, d.c., and melissa bell in paris. we begin with nic in moscow. good morning. how is the kremlin responding to all this? reporter: i think we re going to get an update on that in the next hour or so. the kremlin spokesman is due to speak. there is so much has happened. russia has been accused of backing a former, a former ukrainian member of parliament to become the new leader in kiev. that s something we can expect to hear more about. but i think the announcement from president the announcement over the weekend that president biden is considering sending up to 5,000 troops is somet