weeks yet. he has put himself in a position with military deployments to be able to act aggressively against ukraine at any time now. if they choose to go down the path of escalation instead, it will come at enormous human cost to ukrainians, but it will also we believe over time come at real strategic cost to vladimir putin. the u.s. shipment of military aid arrived in ukraine on sunday. the u.s. embassy called it another 80-plus tons of solidarity. some of the first u.s. reinforcement troops have arrived in poland. washington is also prepared with economic sanction. on a daily basis, russian financial institutions do $46 billion worth of financial transactions around the world. 80% of those transactions are in dollars. they are connected to the u.s. financial system, but their biggest trading partner is in europe. more than $200 billion of trade is with europe each year.
hold joint exercises starting thursday. but images show russian camps hundreds of kilometers away from the exercises, and close to the ukrainian border. here is how the white house describes the threat. we believe that there is a very distinct possibility that vladimir putin will order an attack on ukraine. it could take a number of different forms. it could happen as soon as tomorrow or it could take some weeks yet. he has put himself in a position with military deployments to be able to act aggressively against ukraine at any time now if they choose to go down the path of escalation instead, it will come at enormous human cost to ukrainians, but it will also come we believe at real strategic cost to vladimir putin. the eighth shipment of military aid arrived in ukraine on sunday. it called it 80 tons of plus
they show russian camps hundreds of kilometers away from planned joint exercises and close to the ukrainian border. meanwhile, the eighth u.s. shipment of military aid arrived in ukraine on sunday, but ukraine is downplaying the threat. the foreign minister urged people not to believe in what he called apocalyptic predictions. well, cnn correspondents are tracking the developments. melissa bell is in kyiv, but first let s turn to nic robertson who joins us live from moscow, so, nic, as these diplomatic efforts move into overdrive, the french president is poised to meet with president putin in moscow next hour in an effort to find an off-ramp. what is achievable during these talks? reporter: not a lot. the officer-involved shooting of president macron says the kremlin describes him as a quality inter-locutor. there is so much heavy
reporter: the protests here against the covid-19 measures started in ottowa, but have spread right across the country. sunday was much quieter than saturday, but you still had hundreds of tractor trailers and other trucks and thousands of people spread out from one side of the country to the other, demanding an end to those covid-19 restrictions. now, this started out adds a truckers protest. they were against vaccine mandates to actually cross the border into the united states. but this has turned into so much more. people saying that they are fed up with the mask mandates, the vaccine mandates, the lockdowns, the health restrictions. they just want it to end. it s a minority, but it is a very vocal minority. and here in ottowa, it has really taken this city to a point where the mayor and police chief are worried that they just can t handle it any more. city of ottowa has declared a state of emergency, but i really want you to listen to the police chief here when he spoke this weeke
can be vetoed by the butchers but nonetheless it is a forum where all of those member states can discuss their positions on the matter and their positions on the matter and the americans are looking to happen on sunday. that is all i have. a single line coming from diplomats speaking to news agencies to get further details of his that how the americans want to discuss ukraine on sunday. of course, are you know. of course, are you know. svitlana zalishchuk is foreign policy adviser to the ukrainian deputy prime minister and a former ukrainian mp. she joins us from near the ukraine hungary border. thank you very much indeed for your time. i understand you ve left the capital since the invasion. tell us about your decision to do that. i left my home. it about your decision to do that. i left my home- about your decision to do that. i left my home. it is devastating, of course, left my home. it is devastating, of course. but left my home. it is devastating, of course. but it left my ho