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The Lead with Jake Tapper

U.S. & NATO: No Proof Of Russian Pullback Despite Kremlin Claims

The Lead with Jake Tapper

CNN

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3.51.7K Ratings

🗓️ 17 February 2022

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

The Russian government claims it is starting a troop drawdown. But, does one quick Russian government video constitute sufficient proof? What the White House is now saying about Vladimir Putin’s plans to possibly invade Ukraine. Plus, CDC guidance on masking is coming soon. But, is it too little loo late as states and cities are continuing to pursue their own policies? 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

Should the U.S. now be saying don't trust, but verify, the lead starts right now.

0:09.0

The Russian government claims it is starting a troop drawdown, but does one quick Russian

0:13.9

government video constitutes sufficient proof?

0:16.9

What the White House is now saying about Vladimir Putin's plans to possibly invade Ukraine

0:21.0

plus coming soon new CDC guidance on masking, but is it too little too late as states and

0:26.8

cities are continuing to do their own thing and a shocking surprise.

0:31.3

An eagle-eyed police officer looks under the stairs of a home willing to find a little

0:35.2

girl who's been missing for two years.

0:42.7

Welcome to the lead object taper and we start today with our world lead and signs that

0:46.6

Russia might not have been telling the full truth when it claimed to be removing troops

0:50.8

from the border with Ukraine.

0:52.1

Today, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the U.S. has seen no meaningful pullback

0:57.1

of Russian forces, despite videos such as this one we're showing you right now from

1:01.4

the Russian Ministry of Defense claiming to portray at least a partial drawdown and a

1:06.5

Ukrainian intelligence report obtained exclusively by CNN shows the Russian troop buildup is

1:11.5

still continuing, though the intelligence report does note that Ukraine does not believe

1:16.2

the current level of Russian forces is enough to effectively stage a full invasion of

1:21.4

that country.

1:22.4

As CNN's filmaddingly reports for us now members of the Biden administration, today

1:26.4

talk with allies around the globe as they all look and pray for science Russia is serious

1:32.1

about de-escalation.

1:35.1

There's what Russia says and there's what Russia does.

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