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Deployment of four additional battle groups to protect the alliances eastern border. that would increase the number of nato forces in those eastern nato alliance countries from 20,000 to 40,000 within days, doubling that number. were watching all of this unfold very, very closely. >> we are. thank you for joining us this hour. im poppy harlow. ukrainian president zelenskyy addressed nato ahead of these critical meetings delivering an impassioned plea for even more military assistance. listen. >>...

Extraordinarily significant. the battle groups just announced, for example, there are 1500 to 2,000 troops, and they are multinational, and in addition to battle groups that stretch on the northern flank, now you have them going on the southern flank which is just critical, hungry, slovakia, hungry and romania. vladimir putin is waking up in the kremlin this morning and its everything he doesnt want to see. its a unified appliance politically and diplomatically, but one that is showing its milit...

The four new battle groups headed to the four new battle groups headed to the eastern flank of nato and the international community has never been more united that it is today, the opposite of what vladimir putin wanted. he was asked about chemical weapons and this was an interesting response because he was asked what with the response be if chemical weapons were used and he said we would respond, in terms of the nature of the use. deliberately vague around what sort of red light actually exists...

Ukraine. that said, everyone agreed russia not everyone agreed that russia should be expelled from the g 20 and the next summit in november. western leaders were keen to show they are united against moscow and preparing for any worst case scenario. >> our top military commander, general walters, activated nato chemical bio logical and nuclear defense elements. and allies are deploying additional chemical and nuclear defenses to reinforce the existing new battle groups. >> cnn has all the diploma...

Growlers coming out of wouldby island. its based on constant conversations with our nato allies. >> are those marine nato response force committed or are they just individuals? >> right now these are individual decisions based on avail able capability that we had and in talking to our nato allies. i dont -- as you probably saw in the nato summit, they announced another four battle groups and the nations are filling them out. were leading the one in poland. other nations, france, is leading roman...

You back in, this week cnn reported that an official with the supreme headquarters of the allied powers of europe said putins war in kraeukraine has the nato alliance and its nations absolutely at risk. you have president biden saying nato is as strong as ever. how does that square? >> well, clearly there is a risk. and weve talked about it today. if one of these chemical attacks or something went across a border, now we have an issue. but what -- i think what the good news is, is we are now mor...

Pulled out all of the churchill references but i will pull out one more, which is churchill in the run-up to world war ii saying to roosevelt, give us the tools, we will finish the job. i think at the end of the day putting those weapons in the hands of the ukrainians across the spectrum of violence is crucial. second and final point on this, joe, it is not just about what we do in ukraine, to ambassador mcfauls excellent point, it is also what is nato doing. and, oh, by the way, we just added b...

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Listen to the speaker. if russia is to succeed in ukraine well move to attack other european countries. you know russian officials are talking about the need to destroy poland and baltic states after ukraine. jonathan: how dangerous is it for the rest of europe? is that a genuine concern that western europe should have? >> yes. nato is obviously concerned. thats why they deployed four additional battle groups around the eastern flank and why we have more military forces there. as this war goes b...

It is necessary to transform and strengthen NATOs deterrence and defense posture in the long term, especially on the Eastern Flank and the Black...