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>>> WELCOME BACK TO "THE LEAD."
TAKING CRIMEA WAS JUST A START
AS RUSSIA BEEFS UP ON THE
BORDER.
U.S. INTELLIGENCE IS UPPING THE
CHANCES THAT RUSSIA WILL INVADE
EASTERN UKRAINE.
NOW THAT VLADIMIR PUTIN HAS
ABOUT 40,000 TROOPS AND HARDWARE
ON THE BORDER, DOUBLING THE
TROOP PRESENCE JUST IN THE PAST
WEEK.
THE U.S. SAYS THAT'S WAY MORE
THAN YOU NEED TO TEST YOUR
MILITARY'S READINESS, AS RUSSIA
CLAIMS IT HAS BEEN DOING.
ONE OFFICIAL SAYS THE RUSSIAN
BUILD-UP REMINDS THEM OF
MOSCOW'S MILITARY MOVES BEFORE
IT WENT INTO CHECHNYA AND
GEORGIA.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE RUSSIA'S
MUSCLE FLEXING HAS GOTTEN A LEFT
FOOT AND RIGHT FOOT TO WORK
TOGETHER IN CONGRESS AFTER BEING
BRIEFED ON THIS NEW INTEL
GENERALS, THE HOUSE AND SENATE,
BOTH PARTIES PASSED MEASURES TO
HELP UKRAINE FINANCIALLY AND
COME DOWN ON RUSSIA AND VLADIMIR
PUTIN HARD WITH NEW SANCTIONS,
INCLUDING A $1 BILLION AID
PACKAGE APPROVED BY THE SENATE.
THAT'S ON TOP OF AN $18 BILLION
BAILOUT FROM THE INTERNATIONAL
MONETARY FUND.
NOW, I'VE SPOKEN WITH
INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS THAT HAVE
BEEN BRIEFED ON THE LATEST
INTELLIGENCE AND THE PREVAILING
VIEW IS THAT THE RUSSIANS HAVE A
CAPABILITY OF GOING IN AT A
MOMENT'S NOTICE.
BUT THERE HAS ALSO BEEN
CRITICISM.
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN ADAM
SHIFT IS TRAVELING TO UKRAINE
THIS WEEKEND AND SAYS THAT U.S.
SANCTIONS HAVE NOT BEEN STRONG
ENOUGH.
THEY HAVE BEEN MORE ENCOURAGING
THAN DISCOURAGING.
JIM
>> I'VE BEEN VERY CLEAR IN
SAYING THAT WE ARE GOING TO DO
EVERYTHING WE CAN TO SUPPORT
UKRAINE AND THE UKRAINIAN
PEOPLE.
BUT I THINK THAT IT'S ALSO
IMPORTANT FOR US NOT TO PROMISE
AND THEN NOT BE ABLE TO DELIVER.
>> CNN'S KARL PENHAUL IS LIVE
NOW.
KARL, I WANT TO START, IF WE
CAN, WITH THE NUMBER OF RUSSIAN
TROOPS INVOLVED.
THERE'S A DISCREPANCY.
WHY THE DIFFERENCE?
>> Reporter: REALLY, THEY ARE
BASING THIS ON INTELLIGENCE THAT
THEY'VE RECEIVED OVER THE PAST
FEW DAYS.
I BELIEVE WHERE THE DISCREPANCY
IS COMING FROM IS BECAUSE THE
PENTAGON SOURCES ARE TALKING
ABOUT RUSSIAN FORCES ON THE
BORDER THAT COULD BE A CROSS
INTO UKRAINE WOULD ZERO WARNING.
THE UKRAINIAN FIGURES TALK A
LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT OTHER
RUSSIAN UNITS WHO ARE FURTHER
BACK BUT COULD BE DEPLOYED IN A
SECOND WAVE COMING ACROSS INTO
THE COURT SHOULD THAT INCURSION
OCCUR.
NOW, JUST TO SET THE SCENE FOR
YOU WHERE WE ARE, WE'RE JUST A
FEW HOUSES TO SPEAK OF AND THIS
IS ON THE UKRAINIAN SIDE, THE
RUSSIAN SIDE.
IF YOU CARRY ON A FEW MILES
NORTH, THAT IS WHERE THE RUSSIAN
TOWN IS AND THIS IS WHERE THE
UKRAINIAN GOVERNMENT HAVE SAID
THAT TWO TRAINS PULLING 60
WAGONS HAVE ARRIVED THERE.
THEY ARE BRINGING WITH THEM
TANKS, TROOPS AS WELL.
AND WHAT THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT
SAYS IS THAT ON THAT SIDE OF
BORDER, A NUMBER OF ATTACK
HELICOPTERS ARE READY AND WHAT
THE PENTAGON AND UKRAINIAN
GOVERNMENT ARE SAYING IS RIGHT
NOW THEY DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT
THE RUSSIAN INTENT IS.
THEY DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHEN OR
IF THOSE TROOPS ARE GOING TO
ROLL INTO EASTERN UKRAINE.