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Countries ukraine borders. interpret it for us. >> we did not hear secretary -- while they both said they have not started moving any troops from the united states into the region, that remains a very real possibility. and that is both under the auspices of nato and potential live union lat israelly for potentially for some sort of noncombatant evasion wakes or hoping america get out if an invasion is imminent. there were a couple of things in the tone of general milley that really stood out to ...

And for both you and general milley, both of you have been military officers for four decades, you served in the gulf war and iraq and afghanistan after 9/11, youve seen more iran pursue nuclear ambition. im wondering, does this feel different to you? how would you characterize this crisis with ukraine and russia in terms of the potential to spark a great power conflict? >> in terms of whether or not he has enough forces to conduct a full scale invasion, helene, you heard the chairman say he has...

Then why do they feel the need to potentially reassure them? i am curious why they feel that need. is this really just a matter of nato showing a united front here and the u.s. being a part of that or is it something else? is there some -- is this meant to be a real deterrent or a message to russia to accepted these additional forces into the region. unfortunately i didnt get a chance to ask that. >> i guess the only other question i would have had is should we make much of a distinction if nade...

Throughout ukraine with a high density on the eastern section and line of contact in the dombas region. ukraine maintains air defense, tanks, and a highly regarded peoples militia. their combat capabilities have improved since 2014 when russia annexed illegally crimea but they need additional help to defend themselves, particularly from a force the size it amassing. there is a small contingent of u.s. and nato advisers and trainers currently in ukraine. the united states has zero offensive comba...

Vaccines. on friday, mitchell wrote on her web site, "irresponsible people are spreadig lies that are costing people their lives." spotify has not responded to cbs news request for comment. the united states is sending urgent alarms about the dangers of of a possible russian attack on ukraine. moscow has moved tens of thousands of troops to the border region. cbs holly williams is in the capital kyiv. >> reporter: president biden believes there is a distinct possibility that russia could invade ...

Question. as we look at that number of troops and that amount of hardware thats in the border region, far and away exceeds what we typically see them do for exercises, and so its very concerning. where this could lead us in terms of a type of conflict or where it could put the region in terms of, you know, future activities, i wont bother to speculate on that helene. i would just say that we are focussed on making sure that we do our part to provide the president options to support and reinforce...

Could you explain a little bit more? you mentioned, for example, the capital of kyiv. how disastrous could it be in your assessment? are you looking at massive civilian casualties or massive refugee flow if the scenario were to come true that you laid out. >> in terms of our reassurance efforts, barb, as you know, we have had a number of forces in the region training with the eastern european countries. those forces -- and thats been going on for quite some time. and those forces provide great v...

To -- live up to our commitment to nato should the nato force be activated by nato. this putting our forces on a shorter string enables us to get there in a shorter period of time. and, again, i think that provides reassurance to nato that were ready to live up to our commitments. in terms of what putin thinks and the way he feels about things, again, its hard to predict. we take those kinds of things into consideration but, again, if you look at the forces that he has moved into the region and ...

Supporting this theme and topics of the repeated warnings by american officials, and they make it as acute and burning as possible. in my opinion, this is a mistake. "but just a few hours after the embarrassing dressing down, the gloom and doom twins issued another dire warning. >> this is larger in scale and scope in the amassing of forces than anything we have seen in recent memory. >> the number of troops and the amount of hardware at the border region, is far and away exceeds what we typical...

Far as deterrence goes. and to chairman milley, if president biden respond, how do you anticipate that russia will retaliate? how are you prepare are for potential retaliation in europe and how are you preparing for potential retall yag against the home laupd by perhaps use of cyber warfare? thank you. >> thanks. i wont speak lit on what or how, that if he did something like this, what would he possibly want to achieve? so i wont speculate on that. i would say that our focus is to make sure that...