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Talk about, but maybe we need to put some forces into moldova. again, not nato forces, not a battle group like weve done in the baltics but maybe a coalition of the willing of the european countries that will put forces into moldova to make sure he doesnt go in that direction. its -- we -- i think we probably need to do more in terms of stingers to take care of the aircraft. stingers have their limitations. were not going to send them patriot missiles and this type of thing, but we need to do mo...

Chernobyl power plant. thats up here just north of kyiv, but its all part of that main route the forces came down. how close they are, we dont know, but it looks like when we thought the big push was coming last night and its almost nightfall in kyiv, it may come tonight. we just have to wait and watch. and then lastly, neil, i just want to show you one more thing and thats the big picture. president biden clearly meeting with nato leaders, discussing the ramifications of if, indeed, putin were ...

Already three battle groups, one in each of the countries, thats a small force but a very significant force. much more than symbolic because if they set foot across those borders and attack on one is an attack on all. thats the article v, thats the co cornerstone. >> youve served under both republican and democratic presidents. a remarkable dynamic here that as russia invades a sovereign country without provocation, we have americans cheering putin, praising him, including a former president in ...

Presidential adviser who says he thinks they will achieve concrete results in the next few days. i wonder why the optimism. what do you think? >> well, the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelenskyy, said in an interview yesterday that he is now cooling to the idea of joining nato. he says nato doesnt want them. if you talk to nato officials, theyll tell you privately they cannot take on board as a member a country that is even partially occupied, much less in the middle of a full-blown war, becau...

Those are very, very long interior lines. so i believe that we do need to outpost the baltics. i believe we need low combat power into poland and i believe we have plans to do just that. that is a requirement. article v is sacrosanct and those are signatory to that pledge. so at risk, yes, but we have mobile combat power and we start thinking about return of forces to germany, but this time, further east. >> its a brave new world, a harrowing new world. major general, paul eaton, thank you so mu...

Reaffirm the commitment to collective self-defense. article v of the nato treaty, any attack on one is an attack on all. that will be very clear. but what putin will be listening for, what does this mean about ukraine? what is nato prepared to do? what are they not prepared to do? and here i think nato needs to send some very serious messages to putin, particularly about civilian casualties and about reframing from the use of any nuclear or chemical or biological weapons. >> obviously its so imp...

Under article v, but not a country thats actually living that out under it true spirit. and the fact is, this will be a broader audience. it will be to the whole country. and i think that it will give the rest of the world to see what we saw in that zoom call a week ago and the presentation to the british parliament. very powerful. hes ukraines secret weapon and hes been as valuable in this effort as anything weve seen. >> one of the extraordinary things, if there is something good or i guess ju...

Back here in brussels, where leaders will be meeting on the ukraine crisis just hours from now. nato finds itself at a crossroads, a gut check moment as it confronts the very kind of threat it was designed to meet head on [ sound of gunfire ] >> reporter: drills like these have always kept nato forces prepared for a possible attack. and tonight, the threat from russian president vladimir putin may be the most tenuous moment for nato in decades. admiral jame stavridis is natos former allied comma...

Seem to cozy up to them way too often in our foreign policy. >> on that very theme, the white house announced president biden is off to europe next week. he is heading to nato for this extraordinary session theyre holding there. expected to talk to the european council. there is chatter, perhaps, a stop in poland, as well, but thats not set in stones. officials are considering it. what do you expect the presidents message will be next week when he is meeting with the allies? >> the message is on...

Strike hit. poland a full-fledged member of nato. article v of the nato treaty said an attack on one, is an attack on all. one errant missile that close to the border landing on polish territory that would bring nato directly into this war. will, pete, rachel. will: thank you, jonathan. so to, i think illustrate exactly how close jonathan was talking about, how dangerous that is, in relation to the polish border, lets go to pete he has a map that can show us. pete: thats right, guys. this is the...