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Hopefully it wont come to that. conflict is not inevitable. there is no reason for there to be ongoing conflict in ukraine or anywhere else in the europe can continent, and mr. putin can go a long way to serving that end by taking seriously the proposals we have put forward diplomatically and by deh deescalating and moving some of those troops away. >> is there anything youre seeing that those troops that are outside ukraine might carry on to poland and romania? >> what we see, jen, is that he c...

We all remember their growth and rapid acceleration across iraq and syria. this is a isis is not the threat of the same significant nature that they were back then but they still remain a viable threat. weve talked about that many times. this is a group that wants to reconstitute its strength. wants to continue to attack and kill and maim and terrorize. and hajji abdullah was very much involved in trying to resuscitate the group and grow their capabilities. they remain dangerous. they remain a t...

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...

The last year alone we have provided many millions of dollars of worth of capabilities to ukraine, 60 million over the course of the spring and december, president biden authorized another 200 million, and thats on top of work that two previous administrations have been doing to help bolster the self-defense capabilities of the ukrainian armed forces. there is no 11th hour at all. we have been watching the build-up over time. we are looking at ways we can accelerate some of the shipments that ar...

Any troops that we deploy, if we deploy troops to the region are those troops that are already in the region have multiple capabilities, and so as we conduct our planning, we always look at a range of options that, you know, we may have to pursue, but again, to the point that you made earlier, david, the president has been clear about not employing troops in ukraine for combat purposes. >> does that rule out using u.s. troops for evacuation purposes? >> i wont speculate, david, but i would say w...

Needs of security and our obligation to be transparent, and well provide you information on these and other movements as available and as appropriate. as we long have said, we are continuously reviewing our posture, so there may soon be posture positions to announce, including ongoing exercises. this is not the sum total of deterrence actions we will take or those to reassure our allies. i think it wont surprise you we take a theaterwide approach to deterrence and defense, and we welcome the add...

Allies, the united states and other, vocal in denouncing the russian build-up that those countries may also be on the receiving end on a cyber attack and may come in the early stages of an invasion and incursion as a way to take everyones attention from whats going on in ukraine to focus on whats happening domestically and something that officials are concerned about and they still -- the paramount thing is the very real concern about the newer capabilities that putin has along the border and sp...

More american troops complete a journey to europe soldiers from fort bragg, north carolina, begin their mission to reinforce polands defenses today president bidens national security advisor with a grim warning >> an invasion of ukraine could happen at any time. >> reporter: returning to the white house today, i asked the president about putins intentions. >> do you think theres any particular thing that vladimir putin is looking for, sir,hi things he cannot get. >> reporter: western allies have...

Capabilities are and one way they do that is by showing force and moving a lot of aircraft in that direction. other thing that one could say, this particular development over the weekend is one in which the chinese are possibly responding to u.s. deployments in the south china sea. there are two carrier battle groups that the u.s. has that are active right now in the south china sea. the chinese of course see that as a provocation to them. and that is probably why theyre also demonstrating their...

That we just woke up to the fact that they had been building forces. we have been talking about this now for a couple of months what we have been seeing on the ground, and there has been lots of conversations with us and our nato allies, as well as our ukrainian counterparts. we have read all those out, you can go look at the read-outs. its not like any of this came as some sort of shock, but we have, as we have continued to see the accumulation of combat power and as we have now seen that so fa...