archived recording 1 A top military official says intelligence shows nearly 100,000 Russian troops — archived recording 2 Russian troops have massed on the border of Ukraine. Ukraine doesn’t have the missile defense and air defense systems that could prevent a huge shock-and-awe campaign at the beginning of Russian military action. So Anton, the question right now is will President Putin actually carry out an invasion of Ukraine? Polling doesn’t really bear that out, but Putin really seems to be convinced of that. Because as we speak, President Putin and President Biden have just wrapped up a very closely watched phone call about all of this.

Source: New York Times February 17, 2022 08:14 UTC