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Them. they have suffered losses. they have suffered casualties. they have lost platforms and systems whether it's aircraft or tanks or armored personnel. they still have quite a bit of capability. they are concentrating that in a smaller area in the donbas but also the south. they are trying, as i answered earlier. they are trying to overcome some of their logistics and sustainment. they won't have to as far to go in the donbas to resupply, refuel their forces in the donbas. they have a long border with that part of ukraine. they are adding combat capability in that part of ukraine. it's small...

They have suffered losses, they have suffered casualties. they have lost platforms and systems, whether it's aircraft or tanks. you've seen destroyed russian platforms on the side of the road but they still have quite a bit of capability left. they are concentrating that capability in the donbas specifically but also in the south. so they are trying to overcome some of their logistics and sustainment, their interior line of communication problems, if you will. they won't have as far to go in the donbas to reinforce and resupply, refuel their forces in the donbas, because they have a long borde...

Limited effectiveness. russian doesn't have repair parts for the vehicles showing up there. so the ability to refit the weapons, the systems and the vehicles that they is not going to be there to improve the combat capability when they start using them in the east. so yes, the numbers are large. mass tanks are on their own in combat. it's not sufficient to carry this day in my opinion. >> martha: we hear about this general, the butcher of syria as he's called. we know there's been an effort on the part of russia to bring in syrians and chechens to help them to fight these battles. their person...

Possibility. >> so you mentioned russian troops amassing on the border. this is a trend. yesterday, you said they amassed. you had seen more of it over the past 24 hours. has that trend continued since yesterday and how much has that buildup increased? >> well, i'm not going to get into specific numbers for the last 24 hours, what i can tell you is what i said yesterday stands. mr. putin continues to add combat capability and forces along the border with ukraine and in belarus. and he's been doing it in a fairly consistent pace now here for the last several weeks, if not the last couple of mon...

What i can tell you we are not sure mr. putin has made a final decision here. we are watching that closely. number two, he continues to add to his combat capability around ukraine and in belarus. every day he is adding more forces which means every day he has more options available to him. that is what we are trying to discern, what options he might endeavor to pursue. i will tell you we still think there is room for diplomacy. here at the defense department we would like to see that succeed. . >> it seems like the immense here is for february. why has the u.s. assessed february for an invasio...