i may be moving some of those troops in the nearer term. this would be the largest if we were to move in with all of those forces the largest invasion since world war ii. it would change the world. mr. biden is willing to impose sanctions on putin himself. bipartisan talks are underway should russia invade. more on that in a moment. in less than an hour top diplomats from europe, ukraine and russia will sit down in paris for talks about how to avoid war. cnn has reporters around the world covering this story. melissa bell in paris, nic robertson in moscow. let s start with sam kiley live in ukraine. sam, good morning. the white house is calling an invasion imminent. officials in kyiv is saying it s not imminent. why aren t they on the same page? reporter: i think it s a very different approach in terms of national reassurance from the perspective of the foreign minister making statements to reinforce his own president s statement. there is an exitent threat of invasio
u.s. troops have been placed on heightened alert for possible deployment to eastern europe. pentagon spokesperson john kirby says despite calls for russian president vladimir putin to step back from ukraine, he s actually sending new troops to the border. they continue to add tactical groups to their western border, to the border with ukraine. and in belarus as well. they ve shown no signs of de-escalating but they are adding more force capability. president biden held a conference call on the crisis and touted total unanimity. hi, nic. hi, christine. we ve just heard from dmitry pes could have, president putin s spokesman talking about that potential deployment of 8500 u.s. troops towards eastern europe. the kremlin s position on this is they are concerned because this is building tensions. this is what they ve heard in the last month or so, that it is the western allies. nato, the united states who are essentially trying to build up a pre pretext. they say the ukrai
world, it is tuesday, january 25th. i m brianna keilar with john berman. we do begin with the drum beat of war. the united states placing up to 8,500 troops on heightened alert for possible deployment to eastern europe. a russian invasion of ukraine appearing all but certain and imminent, and according to the pentagon, the u.s. troops will be ready for any contingencies. president biden held an 80 minute secure video call with european leaders. we are told they discussed preparations to impose, quote, massive consequences and severe economic costs on russia if it invades ukraine. again, that s after the fact. the president said there is total ewe nam anymorety the u.s. and its allies frankly there s been questions about ancon september that vladimir putin has been testing. the world seems to be testing president biden. breaking this morning, north korea test fired two cruise missiles. this is according to the south korean military. this is the fifth such action this year by
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