That window for possibility of dialogue to be found is narrowing, as we watch these troop buildups that get more and more worrying by the day. christie and boris? yeah, i want to talk about what the french president, emanmanuel macron, can do in tes of his flinfluence. when we hear about this massive buildup, is there any question that we know what putin wants to do? reporter: it is being pushed back upon by russian officials, day after day. we ve been hearing from a tweet from russia s deputy ambassador to the united nations, laughing at these latest american assessments, but you re quite right. the point about this buildup is that at some point, it kind of makes no sense to have all of this ability, all of this capability on the borders when you don t intend to do anything about it. it must be said that the assessment from ukrainian officials, very senior one heres, is that the point of this buildup is to rattle nato, to divide it, to challenge it, and