biden and his team. we're faing one of the greatest crises in national security of u.s. interests since world war ii. putin has done step one. battalion team, seized the separatist areas. that's not it. he's trying to reintegrate ukraine into mother russia. the next step, undoubtedly, will be to expand these areas, which will require confronting 250,000 ukrainian soldiers. we're on the verge of a massive, violent event in the heart of europe. billions of ref you dpu billions of ref you gees fleein the west. the biden team is doing a remarkable job in trying to unify nato and signal through economic tools, at a minimum, their opposition to national aggression. we need domestic support. it is really a shocking situation. >> let me ask anne applebaum the