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Good in the information space with cyber and were beginning to see that the united states and the uk, our joint capabilities are catching up and in some way they cant create the pretext they wont. it doesnt mean they wont invade because if they want to invade they will. thats still the largest issue. are we doing enough to deter them? i think the thrust of u.s. policy over the past few weeks has been very good. i dont think putin counted on the kind of response he is facing militarily, diplomati...

>> and what were seeing in plain sight, it could continue accumulation of russian military capabilities along the border of ukraine and belarus, continues to add forced capability well up over 100,000 right now and actually over the last few days even more and number two, i think a mosaic of the intelligence that were seeing, not speaking to it specifically, but, you know, we have good sources of intelligence and theyre telling us that, you know, that things are sort of building now to some sort...

>> were hearing that individuals at the state department are calling u.s. citizens in ukraine telling them to leave immediately, not an automated message, fareed, a real person. does this show the concern level here how worried they are this could turn into a mess like happened in afghanistan? >> i think it shows that they are aware that there is a significant possibility that this goes to war. and they wanted to do two things. be sure that nobody says you were caught flat footed. by the way i t...

Talking about this as an imminent foregone conclusion as some u.s. officials are here but i hear a similar sentiment that we heard from congresswoman cheryl right there which is ukrainian citizens they have been under threat and under attack from russia for years and have the very strong will to fight back and to push back. the ukrainian military is trained for the last eight years or so. they have a lot of weapons. many provided by western and nato alliance members. they have the ability to pus...

Efforts but also crucial in bringing allies together. how long it can last is the real question, getting the united nations together, keeping that at the forefront of peoples minds, boris. >> melissa bell, we appreciate you so much. thank you. so officials in the u.s. -- i dont know if you know this -- are bracing for potential cyber attacks from russia as a potential attack on ukraine. government agencies have warned large banks, utility companies, state and local governments of russian cyber...

Preliminary steps to future ones that we might take. and to your other question about, you know, is that enough, again, i will remind you that rom romania, as a solid state, has their own troops and a very capable one at that. as i said earlier, the french will be sending additional troops out. ill let them speak to what theyre going to do and what timeline and how much. as i also said in my opening statements, other countries are likewise moving forward to provide bolstering capabilities to nat...

Throughout ukraine with a high dense oit the east end section and line of contact in the donbas region. ukraine has other units and they maintain artillery, air defense, airfields, bases, depots and they have a highly regarded territorial force and peoples militia. their combat capabilities have improved since 2014 when russia annexed illegally crimea. but they need additional help to defend themselves. especially from an invasion force the size that russia is currently amassing. if russia choos...

Ultimate consequence, nato members would feel and fear and worry about what is next and i think that is why it is important to signal we are serious, that is why the united kingdom has offered to nato a range of capabilities including more air policing, more ground forces and more readiness as a way to act as a deterrent and we will obviously be in the hands of nato and the secretary general and the supreme allied commander of europe and how those would be deployed but we stand ready to do our b...

And know many of my german partners there, and i believe that germany is firm in its support to nato and what nato stands for. so, general, where do you see things going from here? now with troops on the ground in those nato countries and with russia saying that this is a destructive deployment? so, i think that the good news is that we are still negotiating. russia sent us a couple of papers which, if youve seen them or heard about them, they were pretty strident. in fact, we are pretty sure th...

A decision to further invade ukraine. and if he does further invade ukraine, obviously theres going to be consequences for that, but he has many options and capabilities available to him as to how he might do that and we simply dont know. >> so these forces, which at the moment, are generally land based forces aimed at trying to shore up these allies and present a unified picture of improvement and back up and reassurance, if you will, to their military capability, but the very sensitive point t...