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It because i think it sent a message we were not intending to send, which was that we knew that the president said it could happen at any time. is it imminent? are we not using that word? >> i think there was -- i think the way translates in ukraine, i think maybe led to some confusion what we meant by imminent. what we have said consistently is that he has the capabilities, and that he could -- he could launch operations, militarily operations at any time right now. now, we dont know that it wi...

Much more degraded organization than they were in 2014. they -- they have definitely lost a lot of their resourcing, a lot of their authorities, and certainly a lot of their capabilities. that said -- and we have seen this over the last year or so -- they have been trying to reconstitute, trying to grow, trying to get stronger, trying to metastasize outside the region and social certainly we have seen indications they have designs on attacking the west and even our homeland. and he was a very ha...

Close ally, belarus. its the latest stage in the military buildup in ukraines borders adding to fears that moscow might soon invade its neighbor. and the pentagon says it sees no signs vladimir putin is ready to negotiate. >> hes exploring additional military capabilities available to his use, should be able to do that. no sign of de-escalating touches. no signs of sitting down seriously and negotiating a path forward. thats alarming to the west and the nato alliance, and have to treat this seri...

Judgments on is what theyre actually doing. i shouldnt say judgments, our expectations, based on what theyre actually doing, what we are seeing them do. and they continue, whether theres dissension in the ranks or not, they continue to add to their capabilities if they want to conduct another invasion of ukraine. >> quick question. >> you have been listening, of course, to the pentagon press secretary john kirby taking questions from reporters about the topic of the hour here, right, its been th...

Claims diversity, equity, inclusion are necessary in the u.s. military. former dod advisor under president trump joins me now, corey, great to see you as always but isnt the military already pretty darn diverse? >> it is extremely diverse. again this is more wokeness setting in with military and the administration. we are starting to focus on inclusion and equity and diversity over what i used to remember the ability to shoot and communicate. you know those are at a loss hear it again no adversa...

Concerns. andrea? >> thanks so much to kelly, and thanks of course to richard engel and joining us is the pentagon press secretary john kirby. thanks very much for being with us. well, weve seen certainly the pace of warnings from secretary blinken in his calls and the fact that his conversation with sergey lavrov got nowhere in terms of their demand about nato and ukraine and are saying that that is a non-starter and the russians also saying that secretary blinkens proposals on arms control wer...

On the ground any movement of russian forces back towards their garrisons, — russian forces back towards their garrisons, and that is a scepticism reflected — garrisons, and that is a scepticism reflected among western leaders including borisjohnson. tonight the uk chief— including borisjohnson. tonight the uk chief of defence intelligence edge. _ uk chief of defence intelligence edge, contrary to their claims, russia — edge, contrary to their claims, russia continues to build military c...

Path of war and choose a different path while theres still time. now, im mindful that some have called into question our information, recalling previous instances where intelligence ultimately did not bare out. but let me be clear, i am here today not to start a war but to prevent one. the information i presented here is validated by what weve seen unfolding in plain sight before our eyes for months. and remember that while russia has repeated derided our warnings and alarms as melodrama and non...

Of the geopolitical battle, so, yes, i am close to the president. and he got putin wrong? answering to this particular question, its important to understand that we might lack some military intelligence. again, for example, our international partners, the uk, the us, you are more advanced in terms of your capabilities to get this intelligence, but modern wars, not even modern, all wars... im not talking about whether or not its right to say that war is imminent, im talking about the fundamental ...

Choose. three or four weeks ago, the russian forces were parked almost in administrative positions almost like they were parked so that the satellite could see them, to sort of stir up the hype. but sadly, what weve seen across the last three or four days and certainly the last week is that those forces have been moving into more tactical formations and tactical locations and weve seen those enabling capabilities coming from the rear areas. the one you hear the most about is the blood, its just ...