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Operations forces and others about a month ago. but, you know, let's not overstate these comments by president biden, because the simple fact of the matter is we are following substantial aid in the ukraine, providing support, cyber support, intelligence support, a lot is going on. we can and must do more, we need to significantly ramp up the aid and i've been very clear with the administration on that point. we can do more, we have to up the costs, to putin, to try to prevent an invasion, if he does invade, make it very painful, but here's the other piece of this -- ukrainians have things the...

Luhansk and and crimea on the other. side of the border. -- but they have reserve forces, to where they could do a lightning blitz into this country. that does not mean that they are going to be able to go very far. the ukrainians are very proud and they will fight and we have seen that will to fight, even though they have relative inexperience and a non-technological savvy combat force. but just look to afghanistan how well that went. russia could make great inroads into this country. they could even try to take the capital to use special operations and airborne forces. but they are going to ...

No sense of crisis here. no sense of crisis for the ukrainians. they have been at war for eight years, as far as are concerned in blue hands and done it's. and crimea as well. but the russians have a military force that has the logistic legs, the pipeline of food, ammunition, blood, clothing, extra soldiers, reserve forces, to where they could do a lightning blitz. that doesn't mean that they are not going to be able to go very far. the ukrainians are very proud and they will fight and we have seen that will to fight, even though they have relative inexperience and are a non technological savv...

What he is saying is the nation manpower is important to defend the soil of ukraine. and i think that's a critically important thing. right now. it's certainly probably came as a shock. most of the older men had probably served in the old soviet army. when they were younger. most of the younger men who are in the reserve forces had seen action over the last eight years in the don bas. they have a good what i will call national guard in ukraine. and in fact repeated service in the don bas over eight years. i think it's a smart move by the president. he's pulling out all stops and the russian ar...

Are russian tanks in the street, make no mistake these civilians will be talked to and even the soldiers that up and called up from reserve forces say that they will stay and they will fight and that they are willing to die for the country. we have heard that message again, and again. not only here in the capital but also when we were visiting the front lines in the eastern part of ukraine. >> you been covering this wonderfully all week long with the forces in the east when you were fire, if you manage to stay in communication with those forces in the east? you know what the resistance is like...