invasion have seen steady progress and obviously, the ukrainians have put to good use the stingers and the javelins that have been provided by the u.s. and allies. one of the interesting things that's happened in the last month, really, is the total internationalization for support of ukraine. the statistic i heard last week, that before this latest invasion a month ago today, there were three countries that were providing direct military assistance to ukraine. over the last month, that number has gone from 3 to 30. it's really an unprecedented international effort to support ukraine and the war of self-defense. >> as you correctly point out, what the russians have done is totally unify, unite this 30 member nato alliance. very impressive, what's been going on. as you heard our reporting, a senior administration official, ambassador, has told cnn that the white house has actually authorized a team of officials to quietly, behind the scenes, map out potential ways, potential ways the u.s. could