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Detailed description of the lay of the land there in terms -- in fact in recent days for example, have some of the ground units that were in larger assembly areas moved out toward closer to the border into what might be attack positions, other movements over the last 24 hours? >> so i would say, bob, is even over the last 24 to 48, over the course of the weekend, mr. putin has added military capability along that border with ukraine and in belarus. and he is exercising his units on the ground there in the south as well as naval units in the black sea. to he continues to add to his readiness an...

Can you give a little bit more detailed description of the lay of land there, and back in recent days, for example, have some of the ground units that were in larger assembly areas moved into, moved out closer to the border into what might be attack positions, other movements over the last 24 hours or so. >> what i would say, bob, over the last 24 to 48, mr. putin has added military capability along the border with ukraine and belarus, exercising some units on the ground in the south, as well as naval units in the black sea, so he continues to add to his readiness, gives himself more options s...

100,000 troops there. and it's just been an every day, more and more troops, as i just read out at the top. so, we are certainly open to having conversation. and seeing a de-escalation. but right now, this is -- that door is open for diplomacy. and this is up to president putin. he has to make that decision. it is his decision to make on which direction he wants to take this. >> so, in terms of the troop buildup, there's reporting citing a u.s. official that russian units near ukraine moved into attack positions. is that for the understanding of this administration, what you're seeing there? >...

Helicopter brigade. coming along with that is at least 4,000 people, pilots, maintenance, crew, fuel. so you talk about expanding that to additional battalions, different artillery battalions, and you quickly go from 130,000 to 150,000. and i think that's what the intelligence community has been watching over the last several weeks, several days of an increase coming into different attack positions or different assembly areas that would contribute to that number that we're talking about now. >> even with this increase, general, as you have looked at this, your opinion has been that you are not...

Diplomacy. it seems not only has he not removed troops from the ukrainian border, but added several thousand troops to it. he's built a bridge over one of the rivers that is abutting ukraine. in addition to all of that, it seems his troops are being put into attack positions. so what happens in the eastern part of ukraine appears to be another false flag operation where russian troops or troops given a different status in terms of what they look like, but they're russian troops, ultimately create an attack against ukrainians in that part of the section to draw ukrainians into a conflict and th...