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Methods and this information they released yesterday is as far as theyre willing to go because it was declassified in order to prevent russia from actually doing something like this. we have to remember that this is just the latest in a series of disclosures the u.s. has made to try to blunt the impact of any potential russian action, provocation they would use to serve as a pretext for an invasion. false flag attacks in eastern ukraine, to having people waiting in the wings to serve as governme...

Austin says he doesnt trust putin. president zelensky tried to tamp down fears of an invasion. he didnt see any immediate worry. >> the risk is that theres too much of them. that there could be any provocation and the probable escalation could be triggered. accidental provocation or nonaccidental. >> sanctions shouldnt wait. that the u.s. and others should put them in right now to try to stop russia. also that he needs more aid including military aid right now. still gave a bit of a knock to the...

Administration is doing everything possible, i think, to deter putin by sending ukrainians, by moving u.s. troops to nato countries, by disposing intelligence about russian plans for a false provocation, and russian plans for a puppet regime, as the british have disclosed. and make it very clear to putin that we will move nato assets closer to russia, not further away, if they go through with this. all of that, i think, is exactly what the biden administration should be doing. and it may not be ...

And their decision making. i would just make two points and you raised this earlier. we havent actually moved any troops. we put troops on higher alert. and the second point that i would make is that even if and when we do move troops, the purpose of those troops deploying would be to reassure allies or directly in support of nato or both. so i think that, again, before we make any decisions on readiness or movement of troops, we always take those things into mind, what other leaders, the impact...

Well, yes, those reports about moving blood supply to the borders are concerning. but at the same time, even though they point to the possibility of troops fighting, casualties, they could also be consistent with the russian narrative that they are not planning an attack, but they dont discount fact that ukrainian soldiers may try some sort of provocation. and people have been saying all along that an outright invasion is not the only way for russia to assert control over ukraine if it so choose...

Threatening ukraine and russia is the tool to circle and weaken russia, a lot 6 provocative statements, and they took president bidens putting 8,000 troops on alert as a provocation, opposed to the 120 troops he has surrounding ukraine, and what does putin want to gather? they are not going to simply agree -- the west is not going to agree to limit natos membership, even though they dont plan to admit ukraine anytime soon, they believe it would be a bad move on principle, they believe, and they ...

To -- live up to our commitment to nato should the nato force be activated by nato. this putting our forces on a shorter string enables us to get there in a shorter period of time. and, again, i think that provides reassurance to nato that were ready to live up to our commitments. in terms of what putin thinks and the way he feels about things, again, its hard to predict. we take those kinds of things into consideration but, again, if you look at the forces that he has moved into the region and ...

Putin do all sorts of things. we saw putin, according to almost every independent analysis, use poison against a former agent in the uk, against his main opponent in russia, alexei navalny. we didnt see donald trump make a big noise about that. we didnt see donald trump make a big noise about russias activities in syria and, indeed, we didnt... hang on, let mejust finish this point. we didnt even see donald trump make a big noise about what china is doing to the muslim uyghur minority in xinjian...

But that comes with refugees heading west into the e.u., that causes his own problems for europe and that could be a consideration as putin for a weapon. and one of the key questions an we heard both austin and milley address this quickly, that is a question of would there be a imminent deployment or a call up or an activation of either 8,500 troops in the u.s. or troop movement in europe in response to europe. that was answered fairly quickly. >> that hasnt happened yet. but both made it clear ...

And weaknesses... right. ..invite nato partners, and then, interestingly, invest in the military capacity going forward to fulfil these deficits. so... so, hang on... i want to be very, very clear. all right. so, what is your message to vladimir putin, then? hes made — the russians have made it plain that they regard nato military presence on your soil as an unacceptable provocation, and they want a nato pull—back from bulgaria. it sounds like youre prepared to provoke putin. i want to say v...