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Ongoing crisis there along that border with ukraine and secretary made clear our continued concern, deep concern about the continued russian buildup of forces along that border and in belarus. and our strong sense this would be disastrous for russia, disastrous obviously for the people of ukraine, and he made the point that if one of the things president putin says he doesnt want is a strong nato and strong nato on his western flank, hes exactly going to end up with that result as we have contin...

We have had not only the united states, but other nato allies moving force posture into central and eastern europe. you heard the president last night announce that the u.s. is putting an additional 7,000 troops into europe. and we will have a summit today, a snap virtual summit where all the heads of state of all 30 allies will sit down and determine what else is necessary in the days and weeks ahead. >> look, if vladimir putin has already invaded ukraine, which he has, if there are signs he co...

>> i want to ask colonel leighton, the sanctions didnt work as a deterrent, so now what? what more can be done at this point? >> thats really a tough question, don. i think a lot has to do with how putin interprets our force posture. by that i mean our position of u.s. forces and nato forces arrayed around the eastern periphery. and this is what we have to in essence what the president has done is move troops into the baltic states. they, of course, there are troops in poland. and romania, and t...

The few people that could have access to him have been encouraging him in doubt. find encouraging him in doubt. and when you _ encouraging him in doubt. and when you think of _ encouraging him in doubt. and when you think of that chilling speech— when you think of that chilling speech he gave on television, two days— speech he gave on television, two days ago, when he said he was not — two days ago, when he said he was not being moved from his conviction— was not being moved from his co...

Outlast this current buildup. the fact is that it is simply militarily unsustainable to keep that kind of force posture on the border indefinitely. thats why i will breathe a deep sigh of relief if we start to get certainly deeper into march, because all those helicopters, planes, need and require maintenance. those personnel that are ready have low morale based on the reporting of drinking and ka rousing and covid running rampant in the camps. those forces cant be kept in the field forever. aga...

And the few people that could have access to him have been encouraging him in that. and if i may add to that, when you think of that chilling speech he gave on television, putin, two days ago, when he said he was not being moved from his conviction that the two countries are siblings, as it were, one nation. and to think that when that is his awareness, that they belong together, to punish them in this atrocious fashion, it reminds me of a sort of mad reaction of somebody who is, by hook or by c...

Consequences. >> reporter: on the same day secretary of state antony blinken declared the u.s. has assessed that members of russias forces have committed war crimes in ukraine. u.s. officials now pressing for an unequivocal show of western unity, and new measures to ramp up the pressure on russian president vladimir putin including sweeping new sanctions on russian officials and oligarchs. four new divisions set for deployment. >> were going to have to make a series of ongoing assessments about ...

5. which would result in conversations about defending that country in a broader war against russia. a very high stakes here and of course secretary of defense lloyd austin the u.s. is coming here to brussels tomorrow. meeting with defense ministers to discuss reenforcing that troop posture in eastern nato countries. adding to that force posture that was activated earlier this month. the rapid reaction force. and shoring up the surface air missile missile defense systems. just in case a russian ...

Could have access to him have been encouraging him in that. and if i may add to that, when you think of that chilling speech he gave on television, putin, two days ago, when he said he was not being moved from his conviction that the two countries are siblings, as it were, one nation. and to think that when that is his awareness, that they belong together, to punish them in this atrocious fashion, it reminds me of a sort of mad reaction of somebody who is, by hook or by crook, determined to must...

Successfully taken a major city. fur putin only talking to advisers and not the svr chief or sergey lavrov or the other people on the scene and isolated yourself then i think its important for the international community to be prepared for putin to do irrational things and phenomenally important the united states maintain this force posture. >> i wanted to ask, i believe the bbc is a news organization that left moscow on friday when this new law passed and the new law i think made it a crime pun...