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Brigadier general and the deputy director for mission integration. beth, i want to start with you. you have the united states again releasing what it says is putin's war plan. we have seen this over the past several weeks. declassified information, then released by the white house and other intelligence agencies to reporters talking about what putin is up to. at this point saying that he has a plan. it would start with missile attacks. take out airfields and other key systems. is there value in that? are they trying to essentially say, mr. putin, we're watching your every move, tracking your e...

Best. and after all, a military buildup and threat from russia are something they have learned to live with over the course of the last years. on the other hand, what you've heard over the course of the last few days from american officials briefing both european partners and american lawmakers, has really been the most dire assessment of the threat posed by russia so far. particularly, when you look at those satellite images of what's happening over the border in belarus, rosemary, where those military exercises have already been held, the first phase has been held. the second phase is to beg...

Fight. u.s. and nato leaders are keeping a close eye on developments as they immediate in munich to present a united front against russian with the vladimir putin. vice president kamala harris delivering a stern message. >> and we will not stop with economic measures. we will further reinforce our nato allies on the eastern flank. in fact, together, we have already taken steps to strengthen our deterrence and collective defense. we have deployed an additional 6,000 american service members to romania, poland, and germany. we have put another 8,500 service members in the united states on a heig...

It's not just the troops. there's 150, 000, we heard of 110 but talented tickle groups. that's not what they are concerned with. they are really worried with some of the capabilities that he's amassed there. one of the things we hear a lot about his muscles. we heard recently he's brought in some additional naval power. they have land attack cruise missiles on them. the russian military has amassed a large number of missiles that could potentially be fired into ukraine and, in literally a matter of less than an hour, they could take out major ukrainian military capabilities. some of the things...

Much more kinetic, catastrophic and horrific than we've seen in modern warfare with this amount of force going in. it's a combination of ground maneuver forces like tanks mixed with the preliminary rounds of artillery and ballistic missile barrages but we will add to that this time much like russia did in chechnya and georgia they will use cyber activities. there's anticipated parachute drops into kyiv facilities like airfields and major cities. so you will see the potential for the use of the whole spectrum of the russian military in these kinds of attacks if they use it. last thing i'll say,...