continue. first and foremost, we have worked in very close coordination with allies and partners to develop and make clear to russia the consequences from renewed aggression against ukraine, and that is an important component of deterring and dissuading russia from engaging in that course. at the same time, we have proceedd with, providing ukraine with significant defensive military assistance. in fact, in this yaear alone, more than at any time since 2014. that continues. allies and partners are doing the same. and finally, we've worked very closely with allies and partners to begin to plan for the r reinforcement of nato itself on