troops into ukraine to help the ukrainians fight the russians. the ukrainians have been fighting the russians, yasmin, as we know, for eight years, since 2014 when they first invaded. they've been -- so the ukrainians know this fight. this is a bigger force than the ukrainians have had to face in the past, but they know this fight and they know that nato is not prepared, is not ready, doesn't have to, is not obligated to send military troops in to help them fight. and yasmin, the ukrainians have not asked for u.s. troops. they know that they've got to fight this on their own, and they're preparing. they're preparing to defend as well as they can. they've got a smaller army, undoubtedly, than the russians. the russians have a great capability. but if the russians attack, if mr. putin decides to attack, the ukrainians will exact a high price. there will be many, many russian soldiers who will die in this, and they will go home to russian towns and villages across the country, and again, there will