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60,000, 70,000 u.s. troops. it's expanded dramatically, hasn't it? >> it has. and you're about right. those are the numbers i was seeing, that was about 14 years ago. since then, during the obama and trump administrations we drew down even lower. we were probably in the range of 30,000, to 35,000. so this is a dramatic rampup. it's important because what it's showing, nato's commitment for defense, to protect all of the allies, including the baltic states including romaine yashgs i romania, it's serious, robust and resourced. we have to make sure that putin is stopped there so he knows that he...

Eastern ukraine. this is all very different to what western governments and experts believe that russia has been trying to achieve here. the common assessment is that russia believed it could essentially win a lightning invasion within a few days very quickly taking the capital. that hasn't capped. so in that context, it's difficult to accept these latest explanations at face value. they could simply be an explanation, or messaging if you like to a russian domestic audience over the limited recent progress on the ground by the russian military. it could be yet another diversion. s or there is ...