how the white house reacting? reporter: the white house is expressing solidarity with ukraine but also expressing concern with this russian intelligence russia may be planning to establish a pro-russian leader in the ukrainian government. i want to read you a statement from the security spokesperson emily horn who said this kind of plotting is deeply concerning. the ukrainian people have the sovereign right to determine their own future, and we stand with our democratically elected partners in ukraine. now, sources have told cnn that the u.s. also has similar intelligence. this all comes as the u.s. is trying to pursue that diplomatic route to try to encourage russia to de-escalate when it comes to that tension with ukraine. but still the united states is seeing all of these warning signs about what exactly russia is planning to do. it was just earlier this month that the u.s. had warned that russia had placed operatives to