and what is sherman's talked about today, because i said the russian responsibility is to prove that it is that they are not going to escalate the situation that term and said that it is russia's responsibility at the more that's the story is described as we are a witnessing now, and especially folks, and you said sherman, that russia is not going to attack, how will you approve it? because you say there is no trap from you to the american. so americans don't trust russia either and questioned out around there were some rumors that there could be some agreements regarding the iranian nuclear program. so some sanctions can believe to the by the us from we ran can you with a confirmed that some progress has been made in this regard? they are but they know what process i will start from the last question to go. what are the talking in vienna earlyhood, so they are going to chance and we're seeing the chance achieve the job to find an agreement applying to. and what about the, what is, what do you present lucia within the framework? the address around of what happened before 6 rounds, be

they were of straight forward again, wendy sherman's language. but she said this wasn't a negotiation. this was really the attempt, she said, for the us and for russia to take the measure of each other's concerns. since the meeting last summer, between president slide amir potent and joe bite, and the president of the european parliament to david sicily has died at the age of 65. his spokesman says he'd been in hospital since december 26 after a serious complication related to his immune system. certainly had been the president of the parliament since 2019 steadfast and more from amsterdam. fall ill of a very severe case of pneumonia in september during a plan recession of the european parliament. he was out of office for 2 months. he wasn't there when there was a prominent state of the union address of the european parliament back in september . then he recovered, but then he went into hospital again in december for what his spokesman called and immune deficiency. there wasn't a serious problem with his immune system. and now he suddenly died in

we welcome wendy sherman, the u.s. deputy secretary of state, and the diplomat who led the most recent talks with the russian federation. welcome, and also welcome my fellow board members. united states plays a key role in protecting the principles of international law, and for the right of every nation to choose their own way into the future. secretary sherman, what can you tell ukrainians and europeans, what is our way forward? sec. sherman: thank you so much. really, did an extraordinary job as president of your country. thank you for that warm welcome and kindly agreeing to serve as our moderator for today's discussion. i am looking forward to our conversation. i also want to thank yalta european security for hosting this virtual event. and to acknowledge the chairman of your board, former polish president. for nearly two decades yas, has been an important form for building ties between the ukraine, the united states, and the wider world, and organizing substantive conversations like this one today. last week secre

and according to wendy sherman, the had of the you asked delegation here at the main goal of the meeting today was to sit together for each side to voice their concerns and to listen to each other that. and that is what happened. she is cried the talks as frank and forthright and so difficult, and that is, was the hat of the russian delegation. ca recall also said about to the talks, but let's have a listen to what he had to say. but which one? yeah, you would actually be to go to negotiations around russia. security proposal. you guys are very difficult. go, wearable slaughter mill. long. do you very professional watching, but if you, sir, man, deep, good boykin and concrete. concordia ma'am beers, without any attempts to gloss over or avoid any difficult points about you got either or through glee, we were left with the impression that the american side will take on russia's proposal or very seriously not wishing to use them. but ashleigh crashes can put it loving him so significant in short but possessions. alexandra remain entrenched. yes, he writes, leila, and the problem is that th

good morning, congressman sherman. my question is, or my feeling is, ipo have been watching the ukraine situation d over the la month or so, and to me, it is the most important issue of the day. thes filibuster, the january 6, it's all noise compared to this. and whatc. i'm seeing is presidt biden slow walking us into a confrontation with russia, which could beti catastrophic. and he's making some mistakes. i think one big mistake was to announce whatce his sanctions would be, and not realizing that if he imposes sanctions, the price of gas in america will probably triple. and so what is he thinking when he's going to put hardships on the american people to combat russia? i just think he's making blunder after blunder. he's going to back himself into a corner, and what has he got to do exceptt fight? i'm really just really concerned about the ukraine issue. and i just don't see president biden doing anything positive right now to avoid it. >> all right, john. congressman usherman. >>>> well, biden didn't wake up one da

now this is a situation where sherman says, the u. s. is very steadfast, that it is opposed to an invasion of ukraine, although it was not specifically discussed at monday's meeting. she did say that the u. s. is trying to find a way to resurrect the intermediate of missile a treaty, that the u. s. and others say that the russians have broken by stationing of medium range missiles around its territory aimed at western europe. been. she also said that one thing is not going to change the idea that nato is not going to open its membership to countries that want to be members. she said that would be infringing on those countries right? to decide how to conduct their foreign policy. she did say there's a lot of work to do, but this is just the beginning and whether the russians are trying to basically create a situation to justify an invasion of ukraine. she said, well, we'll just have to see what they're actually doing. russian president vladimir putin has claim victory and defending neighboring kazakstan from what he called a foreign backe

you mentioned that no break through so far on any issues and to talk seem to be very difficult, wendy sherman, they had of the you asked the location you just mentioned that described than and as frank and forthright and sir, at the head of the russian, a delegation figured cough was also talking about very deep and professional, but also very difficult discussions. nearly 8 hours of talks, but positions alexander still remain entrenched. well, you right layla, we don't have any indication that either you as or russia would be willing to compromise on the one of the main issues here. and i have found it quite interesting that sir, the russian deputy foreign minister of coff made it to clear that russia is not thinking about breaking down on their demands. and they were described by the u. s . assa absolutely nonstarter demands. the russians are saying that it is imperative for nato to rule out that ukraine can ever become a member of the alliance. there are saying that nature has to pull out its troops from eastern europe thumb, the former soviet republics. there that are now independent stat

now, this is a situation where sherman says, the u. s. is very steadfast, that it is opposed to an invasion of ukraine, although it was not specifically discussed at monday's meeting. she did say that the u. s. is trying to find a way to resurrect the intermediate term missile a treaty, that the u. s. and others say that the russians have a broken by stationing on min medium range missiles around its territory aimed at western europe. been. she also said that one thing is not going to change the idea that nato is not going to open its membership to countries that want to be members . she said that would be infringing on those countries right? to decide how to conduct their foreign policy. she did say there's a lot of work to do, but this is just the beginning and whether the russians are trying to basically create a situation to justify an invasion of ukraine. she said, well, we'll just have to see what they're actually doing yet just to focus on that more rosalind. i mean, as you said, no talk or other countries joining nato. of course,

s. deputy secretary of state, wendy sherman said the talks couldn't be considered negotiations under current terms and that russia must deescalate. now, if moscow wants to keep talking, russia has been massing soldiers near the ukranian border for weeks, causing concern for russia. denies any intention to attack russia's deputy foreign minister called the talks professional. but he says moscow remains firm on a central point to we on the score that for us is absolutely mandatory to make sure that the ukraine never, never, ever, becomes a member of nato. and the answer to that from brussels. the door to nato remains open for ukraine due to memorial renew. it is for ukraine on the 3rd to nato allies, to decide when ukraine is ready for membership. no one else has and there are 2 same thing. multiple experts suspect that for rushes, president putin. the uncompromising wrangling in geneva is about more than ukraine, if staggered us, i think in the end what he can get is a process which could take longer and could work towards negotiating a new european security order, and one of an annoy

wendy sherman's assessment was that to the meetings on monday about 8 hours worth of talks. with the survey rubric coffin, his delegation were useful. they were frank heard language, they were of straightforward again wendy sherman's language. but she said this wasn't a negotiation. this was really the attempt. she said for the u. s. and for russia to take the measure of each other's concerns. sense of the meeting last summer between president slide amir potent and joe biden, or russia president has claim victory and defending neighboring kazakhstan from what he called a foreign backed uprising. more than a 160 people were killed during last week's anti government protests. the u. s. on european union have imposed new sanctions on nicaragua and officials after elections that have been described as rigged at times on the same day. president daniel ortega is set to be sworn in for a 4th term. china star novak joke of it says he's now focused on playing at the australian open after winning a court battle to stay in the country. he treated a picture of himself back on a tennis c

but you've seen just this enormous outreach to the europeans by wendy sherman and by other us officials to keep talking to the europeans. right up until the last minute they walked into those bilateral talks. then wendy sherman came to brussels yesterday and spent all day debriefing. nato allies, debriefing european union officials meeting with the top leadership in the e. u, as well as in nato, even before heading into these nato. russia talks now. so the u. s. is definitely trying to keep true to its word that it won't discuss anything about europe without europe, anything about ukraine without ukraine. we just had 4 years of the trump administration, wanting to disengage with nato getting if you will, show me with russia the have that left in the permanent scars, that data i think it has. and this, this, this outreach, i mean honestly, almost too much outreach. it sometimes seemed like you know, more than 100 meetings or something like this. this is partly a legacy of the trumpet ministration, where the europeans had no clue from day to day, except by looking at twitter, what the u.

not nita went out nato, wendy sherman speaking. there, nato is scheduled to have its own sit down with russia this coming wednesday here to expectations are low and the talks will take place without ukraine at the table . now the fact that the kremlin insists on bilateral talks with the biden administration 1st. and then 2nd talks with nato. it does not help the situation today. ukraine's deputy prime minister made it clear on which side of the g o strategic divide they want to be the euro. atlantic integration is enshrined in our constitution and supported by the majority of ukrainian citizens. it's not a subject to negotiation or bargaining aggressor is not in a position to put conditions until the russian tanks is out of ukrainian border. while at the border, ukrainian soldiers have literally dug in their positions with russian troops just kilometers away. take a look at this. this is recent footage from the don't ask region, the front line of ukraine's 8 year conflict with pro russian separatist in these muddy trenches. there's

s. diplomat, wendy sherman. she described that today's talks as constructive, but she said there were no breakthroughs of ukraine or any future security arrangements in eastern europe. we will not allow any one that slam closed nato's open door policy, which has always been central to dando alliance. we will not wear go bilateral cup cooperation with sovereign state that which to work with united states. and we will not make decisions about ukraine without refrain about europe without your birth. not, nita went out nato. wendy sherman's speaking there. now neither was scheduled to have its own sit down with russia this coming wednesday here to expectations are low and the talks will take place without ukraine at the table. now, the fact that the kremlin insists on bilateral talks with the biden administration 1st. and then 2nd talks with nato. it does not help the situation today. ukraine's deputy prime minister made it clear on which side of the geo strategic divide they want to be. the euro. atlantic integrati

they were of straightforward again wendy sherman's language. but she said this wasn't a negotiation. this was really the attempt. she said for the us and for russia to take the measure of each other's concerns. since are the meeting last summer between president vladimir putin and joe biden. the president of the european palm and david cecily has died at the age of $65.00. his spokesman said he'd been in hospital since december 26 after a series of complications related to his immune system. saucily had been the president of the parliament since 2019 said lawson has more from amsterdam. yes. fell ill of a very severe case of pneumonia in september. during a plenary session of the european parliament. he was out of the office for 2 months . he wasn't there when there was a prominent state of the union address, so of the european parliament back in september. then he recovered it. but then he went into hospital again in december for what his spokesman called an immune deficiency to was an a serious problem with his immune system. and now he sudde

. >> wendy sherman's assessment was that the meetings monday, about eight hours worth of talks with serge -- and his delegation, were useful. they were frank, straightforward , again, wendy sherman's language, but she said this was not a negotiation. this was really an attempt for the u.s. and russia to take the measure of each other's concerns. since the meeting last summer between presidents vladimir putin and joe biden. >> russia's president claims victory in neighboring kazakhstan for what he because a foreign backed uprising. more than 160 people were killed during last week's protests. the u.s. and european union have opposed new sanctions on nicaraguan officials after elections that have been described as rigged. it comes as the same day president daniel ortega is set to be sworn in for a fourth term. tennis star novak djokovic says he is now focused on playing the australian open after winning a court battle to stay in the country. he tweeted a picture of himself back on the tennis court and said he was grateful the judge overturned his removal. the immigration minister could stil

this is a situation where sherman says the u.s. is steadfast that it is opposed to an invasion of ukraine, although it was not specifically discussed at the meeting. she did say the u.s. is trying to find a way to resurrect the intermediate missile treaty that the u.s. and others say the russians have broken by stationing medium-range missiles around its territory aimed at western europe. she also said that one thing is not going to change, the idea that nato is not going to open its membership to countries that want to be members. she said that would be infringing on those countries right to decide how to conduct their foreign policy. she said there is a lot of work to do, but this is just the beginning. whether the russians are trying to basically create a situation to justify an invasion of ukraine, she said we will have to see what they are actually doing. >> kimberly martin is professor of political science at bernard college. she says it is good that the sides are talking, but these meetings may not mean much to lowering tens

they were of straightforward again wendy sherman's language. but she said this wasn't a negotiation. this was really the attempt, she said for the u. s. and for russia to take the measure of each other's concerns . sense of the meeting. last summer between president slide amir potent and joe biden. russia's president has meanwhile claimed victory in defending neighbor kazakhstan, from what he calls a foreign backed uprising, letting me put in, deployed russian troops to castanan, as promised. leaders of other ex soviet states that a most will lead military alliance would protect them to more than a 160 people were killed during last week's anti government. protests hasn't stands, president says the unrest was attempted coup. a port in myanmar has sentenced the ousted leader, uncensored cheat to a further for years in jail. so she was on trial for illegally possessing walkie talkies and breaking corona virus restrictions. the sentence is on top of a 2 year jail term handed down last month. it's fear that she could spend the rest of her life in j

this just happened in the last hour or so, and this is from wendy sherman, who's the under secretary of state to actually lead the us delegation talks in geneva early this week as well. she was at those talks in nature today, and one point that she made was quite interesting. she said the u. s. family wants to reassure that its stance is nothing about he without you, whether that's ukraine, whether that's europe, where that's nato. an interesting point given that stilton burke had already said that ukraine was one of the major discussions of the day, despite the fact that ukraine wasn't in those discussions, a very confusing message coming there potentially from the under secretary of state . she also, once again accused russia of aggression saying, the countries building up troops on the bully that continues at something we also heard from you in stilton berg too, and said that russia essentially is preparing to invade. this is something that has been denied over an over by russia. however, russia has said what it needs to deescalate the tensions that is surrounding many different i

secretary of date wendy sherman will talk about the ukraine conflict. until then, the washington journal. >> a shot of the capitol in washington d.c. across washington, policy officials will gather at the walter washington convention center to talk about issues looking at automobiles and, in fact, it's their public policy day at the auto show. joining us to start a series of conversations with the auto show is john o'donnell, he's the president and ceo of the washington area new automobile dealers association, mr. donald, thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> live now to a discussion with deputy secretary of state wendy sherman on the russian-ukraine conflict. this is live coverage on c-span2. >> the diplomates who led the most recent talks with the russian federation. madam secretary, welcome and welcome, also, in the name of my fellow board members. the united states for protecting the principles of international law and for the rights of every nation to choose their own way into the future. secretary sherman, what can you tell ukra

well, the deputy secretary of state wendy sherman, was not going to say that this meeting this 8 hour long meeting with us sergey rubicon, and his delegation was a success. she did say that the conversations were frank were blunt, aware, quite forthright. and that both sides o spelled out their concerns. now the question, according to deputy secretary sherman, is whether the russians will take up the americans offer to try to talk more to try to continue these discussions. what did not come up was the question of what to do about ukraine, except for the russian a vowel that it wasn't going to invade that country. she essentially said that we'll have to see what happens. and as far as all these big issues are concerned, it is the realization that we think rose on the part of both sides. that if they break down the big issues in some senses, it might be easier to deal with individual issues one at a time. well i think that the u. s. certainly recognizes that all of these issues are distinct issues, even though they are all gonna conflated and certainly they are being conflated in the yo

we heard from when sherman the under secretary of state for the united states, saying that the u. s. s. position was that they wouldn't be talking about any one without them in the room. we then had also already heard from insult him. the thing that you bring was a big issue. of course, ukraine wasn't in the room at native today. begs the question whether the u. s. is a bit of double speak, but for the moment, no concrete break breakthrough on these negotiations. but it is some might say at least something that for the 1st time in more than 2 years, the nato, russia council has actually met. yeah, at least said something showed up in the sky there in brussels, bringing to the extensive coverage of these massive talks today. thanks for now. come back later. bad day again. far as johnson, the britain's prime minister is admitted that he did attend to downing street policy at the back garden of number 10 at the heights of the 1st national cove locked in 2020. and it was a tough lockdown to at the time for everyone else. he apologized to britain's then who at the time we're not even a

now we have the problem of ukraine tend to, they're extremely high and it's clear according to wendy sherman and her press conference yesterday, that nato is not willing to shut the door. they're going to maintain their open door policy. and it's up to countries that they really want to apply to nato, that they're leaving the door open. and this is something that president putin has been clear that he was a treaty outlining that neither ukraine nor ga could ever join nato. so this is something i don't know how they're going to get around. so this is kind of an intractable point right now. and many analysts have wondered, did put, make these maps melissa request to see how much he would get in return. so this is a rose and clear about what put in his doing. he has it. we have fallen if, if his demands include all you other countries that join nato was 1987 would have to leave. and so in many respects what he is doing by surrounding you came with a 100000 soldiers. some haven't seen that as black mel trying to get negotiations, but others in russia feel that finally were being heard. so it rem

that's more important than, than an event and understand the perspective from their sharing people to sherman government. but australian government and the victorian government should have been clear on what is going to happen beforehand. and i think it's not very fair to 4 person to come here and not be able to play. i yeah, i think that all this could have been avoided like we like, we've all done by getting vaccinated and doing all the things we had to do to come here in australia because everybody knew very clearly that the rules the united states is warning that russia is preparing possible sabotaged efforts in ukraine that could justify potential new invasion. us intelligence officials say moscow would then blame the government in kiev as a pretext to launch new attacks against the country. it comes after a week of talks between russia and the west, failed to diffuse a tense situation that began with russia, began massing troops on ukraine's border. here's pentagon spokesman john kirby. we have information that they preposition, a group of operatives to conduct what we call a false flag

reassured just by the fact that 30 allies in russia sat around a table because of the russians, as wendy sherman said, did not commit to de escalate. there were, were, was no indication they would pull back any of these tens of thousands of troops from ukraine's border, nor discuss deescalate in eastern ukraine. so really as we, as we discussed before, nothing was achieved in a tangible way at this point. and that's going to be felt very keenly in here at the same time. they are going to be very reassured in, in a, in another sense, that 30 ally sat around the table and complained to russia about his behavior in eastern ukraine and in and along the entire border with russia. so i mean a little of this and that, but i would imagine that he is not feeling so confident at this moment yet. so what's the way forward now for both sides of it. if you build up what both sides would like to see is that the other side, of course, come around to their way of thinking that's not going to happen on many of the proposals that russia laid out, of course, on nato, promising not to expand further east to never g

emily sherman has more. the a city turned into a war zone. this is cause ox downs, commercial center almighty. in early january. what started as anger of a rising fuel prices soon escalated into full blown riots. arson and looting. many locals tell us they're still in shock. most boy, what were they even trying to take your ice cream? bought a goes, said the mit of us apartment is right on the corner of almighty's republic square. the location of the city administration building and the at the center of the recent unrest. out of her window, she witnessed peaceful protests turning violent. cuz i guess i went a bit nuts. i opened my window and started shouting at the riders. you should be ashamed of yourselves. what are you doing? the people who opened these shops are people just like you rebuilding will take time. the authorities estimate the value of the damage to local businesses in the country at over 150000000 euros. nearly 2000 shops suffered at the hands of the rioters artist and designer. meaning you need sca has been picking up the pie

m o . sherman moscow there. thank you emily. tom, now to have look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world who see rebels and yemen have claimed responsibility for a drone strike in abu dhabi. the kill 3 people, united arab emirates vowed reprisals for the attack which targeted an oil refinery who these are at war with a military collision in yemen that is backed by the way, medics in sudan, se several protest. this was shot dead at demonstrations against military coup leaders. thousands of people turned out for the largest of the protests in the capital cartoon. monday's release come ahead of a visit by u. s. delegation this week meant to revive efforts to return the country to civilian rule. a prominent mexican photojournalist has been killed outside his home in the northern border city of tuana. margarita martinez was known for his work covering organized crime in the violence place city border. the u. s. is the 2nd journalist to have been murdered in mexico this year. one of the was deadliest countries

is saying there are going to discuss just by a literal issues, a bill today in geneva with when be sherman the hat of the you as delegation here saying that nothing will be discussed about the european security without the u. s. allies. however, there has been a lot of criticism, and we also have to add that a representative of the ukrainian government is to day in brussels. it to holds talks with nature in a clear signal that ne, till is a supporting ukraine. at the same time, russian troops have been deployed because it's done in the past week to help put down protests there. what impact of any is that having on the talks this week? well, i think that it could have an impact, even though we of course, have to stress that the situation in kazakhstan doesn't have anything to do directly with ukraine or with the threat that the russian troops of the ukraine border are posing to ukraine. but some critics are saying that the fact that there are now russian troops in kazakhstan, even though they are invited upon the request of the causes them government, is just yet another example how russia

wendy sherman's assessment was that to the meetings on monday about 8 hours worth of talks. with the survey rubric coffin, his delegation were useful. they were frank heard language, they were of straightforward again wendy sherman's language. but she said this wasn't a negotiation. this was really the attempt. she said for the u. s. and for russia to take the measure of each other's concerns. sense of the meeting last summer, between president slide amir potent and joe biden. russia's president was claimed victorian defending neighboring kazakhstan from what he called a foreign backed uprising. more than a 160 people were killed during last week's antique government. protests, monica, when president daniel ortega has been sworn in for a 4th through his inaugurated comes in the u. s. on the you impose new sanctions on nicaraguan officials in response to novembers disputed election. the united nations held meetings and cartoon to find a way to end the political deadlock.

w. cit, deputy secretary of state, wendy sherman said, is that she hopes the russian delegation after its talks at the o. s. c e to morrow. and vienna will go back to moscow and convey everything they've heard to russian president vladimir putin. and that he will decide that diplomacy is the way forwarded forward, instead of continuing to send more resources, more troops, more weaponry, to the border with ukraine that remains to be seen. but again, the fact that the russian side did not rule out a continuing a series of talks with nato is being seen as a very positive sign. i just talked to this nato official who said that they do expect to hear back from moscow on whether they're willing to continue talks. so dialogue is the way forward, according to nato, and it looks like there just may be a small opening that this could happen is every course, one on terry shows reporting on the year, russia, nato talks in brussels. terry, thank you. british prime minister boris johnson has apologized for attending a party during long down in may 2020 after days of speculation. mister johnson admi

i have seen some of the readouts from deputy secretary of state wendy sherman. and we've been clear from the beginning, and president biden has been clear from the beginning, that russia has to deescalate. they have to pull back the forces that they've amassed along the ukrainian border. and if they take aggressive actions in terms of military invasion, that they will face very punishing sanctions. not only from the united states, but importantly, with our allies, because that multiplier effect on sanctions is so important. so you're right. this was sort of the opening day of back and forth. but the united states has been very clear that when it comes to the nato alliance, nobody is going to dictate. russia is not going to dictate to the united states, our allies, or other countries about who can join and who cannot. >> and you know, at the same time, what she's saying is they may have to pull back and go into their bare racks. they can't just stay on russian soil amassed in more than 100,000 in numbers with heavy equipment tanks and the like and say that is not

this combs as the deputy secretary of state that wendy sherman said, but as far as the united states source, they could see russia using force against ukraine before me to february. this, of course, something russia vehemently denies. we also heard from wendy sherman saying that nato had as of yet not made up a firm decision on what to do when it came to the situation regarding ukraine. very keen to see what anthony blinking has to say all very new news. this developing it of course, soon as we hear anything from gans, dalton book coming out of brussels as well be bringing you all of the latest here. what we have in terms of coming what's come out of europe so far. with relation to the, the german side, i'm seeing gay from berlin. there is a continuation of the message from germany that they will not send weapons directly to ukraine. they are sending age to ukraine, though of course there's part of the european union that will be sending perhaps part of a $1320000000.00. a financial aid package not still to be signed off by a lot of people though. but when it comes to, to immediate 8

oh, interesting with zoom in our briefing with wendy sherman. it was all so what do you mean by d escalating on the border with ukraine? m. how? because after all these russian troops are in russia, is a russian troops in russia. how on earth can the west say, move your troops around when this is but it's, we're rushes to the us over the country. and when the showman, when pressed, was quite interesting, actually, because she said when she, when i talked about the escalation, she means returned the troops to barracks. and this is new, or tell us what exercises are on going and what their purposes russia. keep saying, these are just military exercises that are going on at the border that seem to be a bit a bit new from wendy sherman, that it's not necessarily a get the troops back to barracks or else, but actually be more transparent about what exactly those troops are up to share frequency with the latest from washington d. c. she had thank you. or meanwhile, russia's president has claimed victory in defending neighbor kazakhstan from what he ca

after seven hours of meeting, wendy sherman said the u.s. was willing to discuss limits to military exercises in eastern europe. russia's deputy foreign minister meanwhile claimed russia has no intention to invade ukraine. he made that claim, though, despite this. russia's buildup of more than 100,000 troops along the border with ukraine. a move that alarmed the u.s. and the nato allies. not to mention the ukrainians. our chief foreign correspondent spent time in the krenchs literally with ukrainian troops preparing for a potential russian invasion. >> ukrainians are welcoming 2022 by preparing for a possible russian invasion. digging new trenches by hand in the frozen earth. lined by mine fields, the trenches stremp for miles. defenses that have changed little since world war i. a ukrainian soldier says he'll fight to the end. but of the talks, he adds, my opinion is wars have always been resolved through diplomacy. we expect our leaders will solve these issues. maria, a forward scout, didn't see her four-year-old son for christmas, and may

sherman says the u.s. made clear to russia de-escalate the situation at the border or face severe sanctions. sherman refused to tip her hand, not going into any detail of what those sanctions might be. russian officials downplayed the potential invasion fool you got you in no way. do we plan or intend to, quote, unquote, attack ukraine? >> and all the arrangements regarding the combat readiness of the armed forces are made within our national territory. >> russia is amassing more than 100,000 troops near its border with ukraine and says they're there for training today. sherman says if that's true, then it's time to send those troops home. >> and they can prove. that, in fact, they have no intention idea the lighting and returning. >> the u.s. and its allies threatening the toughest sanctions yet against russia. an effort to head off what could be a widespread regional conflict triggered by a potential russian invasion a little today. ukrainian officials separately made their case in a meeting at nato head