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Ongoing crisis there along that border with ukraine and secretary made clear our continued concern, deep concern about the continued russian buildup of forces along that border and in belarus. and our strong sense this would be disastrous for russia, disastrous obviously for the people of ukraine, and he made the point that if one of the things president putin says he doesn't want is a strong nato and strong nato on his western flank, he's exactly going to end up with that result as we have continued to add now some force posture to poland specifically. >> so, you know, it has been reported th...

We have had not only the united states, but other nato allies moving force posture into central and eastern europe. you heard the president last night announce that the u.s. is putting an additional 7,000 troops into europe. and we will have a summit today, a snap virtual summit where all the heads of state of all 30 allies will sit down and determine what else is necessary in the days and weeks ahead. >> look, if vladimir putin has already invaded ukraine, which he has, if there are signs he could take over this entire nation, what do you think there is to keep him from turning his sights to ...

>> i want to ask colonel leighton, the sanctions didn't work as a deterrent, so now what? what more can be done at this point? >> that's really a tough question, don. i think a lot has to do with how putin interprets our force posture. by that i mean our position of u.s. forces and nato forces arrayed around the eastern periphery. and this is what we have to in essence what the president has done is move troops into the baltic states. they, of course, there are troops in poland. and romania, and those troops are going to basically be the limit at which putin can act. and if he was beyond that,...

The few people that could have access to him have been encouraging him in doubt. find encouraging him in doubt. and when you _ encouraging him in doubt. and when you think of _ encouraging him in doubt. and when you think of that chilling speech— when you think of that chilling speech he gave on television, two days— speech he gave on television, two days ago, when he said he was not — two days ago, when he said he was not being moved from his conviction— was not being moved from his conviction that the two countries are siblings, as it were, one _ countries are siblings, as it were, ...

Outlast this current buildup. the fact is that it is simply militarily unsustainable to keep that kind of force posture on the border indefinitely. that's why i will breathe a deep sigh of relief if we start to get certainly deeper into march, because all those helicopters, planes, need and require maintenance. those personnel that are ready have low morale based on the reporting of drinking and ka rousing and covid running rampant in the camps. those forces can't be kept in the field forever. again, if we don't see this turn within the next several days into a violent military confrontation -...