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Preparing to conduct these false flags, the provocation. we also know that the russians have been in touch with kind of russian-oriented ukrainian politicians. so the russians have this playbook. they have information warfare, they have cyber warfare. she knows, we know, that the russians have these kind of capabilities and we need to be prepared. we need to be prepared in order to defend and then -- defend ukraine and then deter president putin from making this decision and implementing some of...

But we have contributions to that response force as do other nations. as i said, it is 40,000 some odd strong. our contributions dont come near the 40,000 number. the other nations will have to contribute as well. but for our part, unilaterally with you wanted to make sure we were ready in case that call should come and making sure that units that would contribute to it are as ready as they could be on a short of note is as possible. >> what capables do the u.s. troops bring to europe, these 8,5...

Indefinitely. >> what are the capabilities of the ukrainian forces? i read theyve improved a lot over the last several years. and obviously, the u.s. and others have been sending over javelins and other more high-tech weaponry. what would a fight look like? >> well, i was listening to clarissas report earlier. shes right there in those trenches. she has a feel for what it looks like in that particular segment. but ukrainian armed forces have improved significantly since 2014. the united states, ...

Short—range missile launchers. what is most interesting about this launches the way it was presented inside north korea. the national leader was not present to guide this launch. he was present every time it was tested in 2017. in their internal party newspaper, the launch was not even front—page news. so i worry that north koreans are entering a dangerous new phase where they regularise this kind of missile testing but it is carried out as it is in so many countries including here in the un...

Some small arms, so a various amount of both lethal and non-lethal aid are in that $200 million package thats now being delivered to ukracht its also very important to point out where we are in this situation, craig, and that is that russia continues to flow more forces in to the border area around ukraine, so they are not de-escalating, but, in fact, they are escalating the situation just in the past few hours and days. we heard a little bit about that from press secretary john kirby yesterday ...

The u.s. embassy in ukraine. again, sort of an ominous sign. russia did that with family members of the people who work at their embassy in kyiv last week. now the united states has done it with family members with the staff from their embassy. thousands of u.s. troops are on heightened alert, they are considering significant troop deployments to help allies in the region that could put happen on short notice. we are sending all sorts of military aid to ukraine to help them box up their own mili...

Letter. sergey lavrov said there is not much cause for optimism. if you are looking at it from the white house right now, do you agree with that statement? >> katy, look, i dont think the administration expected their responses to russias demands to yield to deescalation because russias demands went far beyond ukraine to include things like the united states and nato essentially pulling back, pulling troops out of eastern europe. and, so, i think the administration wanted to be seen going the ex...

Over—outsourcing that its done to, for example, consulting companies, to the big four, but also to the circas and the gas—s. what he meant was not to blame those consulting companies, but when the state no longer invests within its own brain, it doesnt do too well. and the nasa folks knew that. i mean, this is why i look at apollo, �*cause theres so many interesting parallels. there was the head of procurement, ernest brackett. let me just tell this story �*cause i find it fascinating. h...

That is something that were still trying to get the answer to here. but its important that the united states maintains 10s of thousands of troops and equipment there in europe that could be moved around within the theater if necessary. the kinds of capabilities that we expect to get more detail on, that are on prepared to deploy orders that could be moved around within the theater are things like aviation support, logistics, medical capability and support and intelligence and surveillance. the a...

Means theyre sending in roughly on the magnitude of 1 battalion tactical group, hundreds of soldiers, of troops, in just a weeks time. but theyre also sending in new capabilities that has them on an even more concerned footing in the past several days than they were just a week or two ago, craig. and just beyond that, the pentagon said that and they expect them to continue to move in at this steady pace, but were also hearing that theyre coming from sort of the further out areas around russia. s...