National Security Council meeting as tensions escalate in Ukraine

Russia on Sunday rescinded earlier pledges to pull tens of thousands of its troops back from Ukraine's northern border, a move that U.S. leaders said put Russia another step closer to what they said was the planned invasion of Ukraine. Residents of Ukraine's capital filled a gold-domed cathedral to pray for peace.
Posted 2/21/2022, 4:47:41 AM

STATE WITH A DEGREE OF

AGRICULTURAL BUSINESS

MANAGEMENT.

>>> NEWSNIGHT, THE BIDEN

ADMINISTRATION HAS AGREED TO

MEET WITH RUSSIAN PRESIDENT

VLADIMIR PUTIN IF RUSSIA DOES

NOT INVADE UKRAINE.

COMING AFTER THE PRESIDENT MET

WITH THE NATIONAL SECURITY

COUNCIL TODAY.

THERE'S GROWING CONCERN THAT

RUSSIA COULD INVADE UKRAINE AT

ANY TIME WITH A SPIKE IN

VIOLENCE IN EASTERN UKRAINE.

AARON McLAUGHLIN HAS THE LATEST

FROM UKRAINE.

>>> THE SITUATION IS TENSE.

THE UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT SAYING

ONE CANNON FIRE, ONE SHOWING

COULD POTENTIALLY LEAD TO WAR

THIS MORNING.

WE HEARD FROM THE DEFENSE

INDUSTRY AND IT'S EXTENDING ITS

MILITARY EXERCISES, THEY WERE

EXPECTED TO HAVE BEEN COMPLETED

TODAY.

CITING THE SITUATION AS FOR THE

SITUATION IN EASTERN UKRAINE

THERE HAS BEEN SHELLING ALL

ALONG THE LINE OF CONTACT

ACCORDING TO THE UKRAINIAN

MILITARY WITH THE NUMBER OF

CEASE-FIRE DEMONSTRATIONS. AS

FOR A CENTRAL DIPLOMATIC

SOLUTION, THIS MORNING THE

FRENCH PRESIDENT CALLED

VLADIMIR PUTIN.

THERE IS ANOTHER MEETING

EXPECTED LATER IN THE WEEK,

BETWEEN THE RUSSIAN FOREIGN

MINISTER OF THE U.S. SECRETARY

OF STATE.

BUT THAT MEETING WILL ONLY TAKE

PLACE IF THERE'S NO INVASION.

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