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Or reason to change our deterrent posture at this time. that's really about as far as i can go. on the chem-bio thing, i don't have anything to report with respect to specific russian chem-bio capabilities inside ukraine. i would only say this is a country who has a reputation for using those kinds of weapons on people and we know they have a program. and, two, we continue to watch for the potential, and i want to stress the word potential, potential that they could be banging this drum with the intent of creating some sort of false flag event that they could use as an excuse to escalate the c...

Developments or changes on the nuclear front? are you seeing any indications that russia may be considering planning for the use of a tactical nuclear weapon and on the chemical and biological weapons, are there any indications they've been bringing any of those into ukraine to potentially prepare to use? >> on the nuclear stuff i want to be very careful in talking about intelligence assessments. i would just say and this is something we look at every day, that we are confident in the strategic deterrent posture that we have in place in order to defend the homeland, our allies and our partners...

Any more in the room? ok, that will close us out today, thank you very much. >> sandra: quite a lengthy update on a friday afternoon, john kirby speaking from the podium at the pentagon saying putin can stop this war now. blood of the war is on vladimir putin's hands. and the threat of nuclear weapons, nothing that gives us cause or reason to change our deterrent posture at this time. they are constantly concerned and worried about escalation, power is in the east vast majority are in the east. >> john: and warn about the false flag event around chemical or biological weapons in ukraine to try...

Romania, in those other eastern countries. that will add to the nato deterrent posture. i think nato will be encouraged by the reports from the battlefield that the ukrainians are making some advances, but one should be careful with so much russian military power gathered to not overstate those. the toll by pentagon officials that the ukrainians advances are in part their ability to use what military figures say combined arms. artillery, ground forces in a coordinated way. the kind of thing russians have simply not been able to do in this conflict. i'm told further at every level of the russia...

>> update on two things. one, any developments or changes on the nuclear front like are you seeing any indications that russia may be considering planning further use of a tactical nuclear weapon, and then on the chemical and biological weapons, are there any indications they have been bringing any of those into ukraine or into the area to potentially prepare to use? >> the nuclear stuff again, i want to be very careful here and talking about intelligence assessments. i would just say, and this is something we look at every day, that we are confident in the strategic deterrent posture that we ...