U.S. Embassy Moves Diplomats Amid Fears Of Russian Invasion

Laura Coates Live

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🗓️ 15 February 2022

⏱️ 41 minutes

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The Pentagon warns Russia could invade Ukraine "With little to no warning", as the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv moves its remaining diplomats West amid fears of a Russian invasion. What would a war in Ukraine mean for America? CNN Senior International Correspondent Matthew Chance, joins to give his perspective.In a major development in the trial of Sarah Palin versus the New York Times, the judge overseeing the defamation lawsuit says he will dismiss it, as her team did not prove a key element of its case. Plus, the prosecution rests in the civil rights trial of three ex-officers involved in the murder of George Floyd, Hip-Hop takes centre stage at the Super Bowl halftime show, and the Congressional inaction on gun violence four years after the Parkland massacre.Hosted by Laura Coates. 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	The news continues to let's hand it over to Laura Coates and CNN tonight.
0:05.8	Laura.
0:06.8	Thanks, John Burman.
0:07.8	Nice to see you on our Monday.
0:08.8	Happy Valentine's Day.
0:09.8	You too.
0:10.8	I am Laura Coates and this is CNN Tonight.
0:13.8	There's a heavy feeling in the air.
0:16.3	Russia has a mass force.
0:17.5	It's on three sides of Ukraine with an estimated 130,000 troops.
0:23.5	And now, according to the Pentagon, this could be the weak Putin strikes.
0:30.0	I won't get into a specific date.
0:32.6	I don't think that would be smart.
0:34.2	I would just tell you that it is entirely possible that he could move a little to no warning.
0:40.3	It's a scary thought, but there's still so much uncertainty.
0:44.5	And the U.S. isn't taking any chances.
0:47.2	They're now closing our embassy in Ukraine's capital of Kiev and temporarily relocating
0:52.1	the remaining diplomatic personnel to a city now in the western part of the country.
0:57.2	The only one, frankly, who knows what Vladimir Putin is going to do is Vladimir Putin.
1:03.8	And the only one who knows what Putin actually wants with Ukraine is Putin.
1:10.0	He staged a televised meeting with his foreign minister Lavrov today.
1:13.7	By the way, another awkwardly long table for some reason saying Russia is still open
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