Biden: I’m “Convinced” Putin Has Decided To Invade Ukraine

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🗓️ 19 February 2022

⏱️ 44 minutes

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President Biden said he’s “convinced” Russian President Putin has decided to invade Ukraine and believes Russian forces could attack “in the coming week” or sooner. Fiona Hill is the former Senior Director for European and Russian Affairs on the National Security Council. She joins AC360 to discuss Biden’s comments and says the President sounds “pretty confident” Putin has made up his mind. Plus, the National Archives confirmed they’re talking to the Department of Justice since classified records were found in boxes at Mar-a-Lago after former President Trump had left office. Maggie Haberman is a Washington Correspondent for The New York Times and a CNN Political Analyst. She tells AC360 “there’s a lot of unanswered questions” surrounding the boxes and the documents in them. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	President Biden says he is convinced that Vladimir Putin has made up his mind to invade
0:06.4	Ukraine and that it will happen within days.
0:09.8	The president gave specifics about a possible attack, including that it will target the
0:13.4	country's capital of Kiev.
0:15.6	I'm John Burman, Infra Anderson.
0:17.4	This is by far the most definitive we have heard President Biden about the plans and the
0:22.0	scope, especially about Kiev, a city of millions.
0:25.8	Just twice, this is what President Biden said about Putin's decision.
0:30.0	And do you have any indication about whether President Putin has made a decision on whether
0:33.7	to invade?
0:34.7	Do you feel confident that he hasn't made that decision already?
0:39.0	As of this moment, I'm convinced he's made the decision.
0:41.7	We have reasonably done.
0:42.9	You are convinced that President Putin is going to invade Ukraine.
0:47.2	Is that what you just said a few more years ago?
0:48.7	Yes, I did.
0:49.7	Yes.
0:50.7	So is diplomacy off the table then?
0:53.3	No, it's all until he does diplomacy is always a possibility.
0:58.3	What reason do you have to believe he's considering that option at all?
1:02.6	We have a significant intelligence capability.
1:06.7	Now no one can state definitively that an invasion will occur, only Vladimir Putin could
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