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>> well, i think they're looking at this as part of this new phase already beginning. i think what we're seeing is these troops, according to this u.s. defense official, they were some of the first to leave northern ukraine, they're reappearing in the east, which is where we're expecting this new phase to begin. we're not talking about a huge number of troops yet. we're talking about some aviation support, command and control, some artillery units, basically it seems, according to this official, that russia is pushing in capabilities that will allow them to ramp up and support large numbers of...

Some coastal defense missile capabilities. we in the latest package are offering them some coastal defense -- unmanned surface capability. and, three, the issue of mines. we know that mines have been a factor, particularly south of od odesa. some of those mines could be free floating. therefore not moored to a specific area and could affect a navy's ability to freely maneuver in that maritime space. so while they certainly -- from just a purely naval perspective, the russians have superiority in the black sea to the ukrainians, more ships, more fire power, certainly more naval capability, we w...

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