invade, we have to wonder if it will sway his thinking. president biden said in the news conference he does not think putin has made up his mind what he s going to do next yet. i think right, sandra. threat of sanctions is there, the folks on the ground here from president zelensky on down says they have to put the sanctions in now, put them in before he invades, and they also want more military aid before he invades as well. they are ready but they want more help and it s a tense time. sandra: thank you on ground in ukraine. gregg will report on any we have spoke to many leaders, one keith kellogg at the top of the next hour, believes it s only a matter of time and that yes, putin will move in. john: and we will talk with
ukraine, lavrov saying they did not intend to invade, and russia says for nato to stay out of ukraine. u.s. probably appreciates a clearer line, zelensky was critical of biden s comments, and approve of another aid to ukraine, they want more aid and sanctions against russia right now. sandra, the u.s. says it will put its answers to russia s questions in writing next week, and then there is an indication there will be another blinken-lavrov meeting. more talk maybe buying just a little more time for now. sandra: think back to the news conference, so many moments, questions he took on the growing conflict on the border there. big question would be noting that we are hearing from the white house and others about the strict sanctions that would be put on p utin if he were to
past eight years. this is one of the reasons when we talk about how remarkably relaxed the you krapians are and from president zelensky on down everybody seems pretty cool about what everybody else in the world is really freaking about. that s been a big mystery. they ve been fighting against ukrainian separatist who is are backed by russia. i was just in the trenches on the frontline of this. i spoke with some people. it was kind of ragtag like a world war i-type feeling, trench warfare. again, this has been going on for a long time. but they ve never had this amount of firepower and manpower to bear. i spoke with one very elderly soldier in the trenches today. here is what he had to say.