discuss or address the idea that intelligence reports had suggested that russian troops had actually moved closer to the ukrainian border. he wouldn t get into that. he wouldn t confirm it. he wouldn t deny it. but he did say that the buildup continued. that ground units are moving. there are naval forces, substantial naval combat forces in the black sea. including forces that have the ability, that have amphibious vessels that can move troops ashore for a possible landing, on that front as well. so, a very worrying array of russian military power and absolutely no sign of that buildup being pulled back or scaled back in any way. and it is that troop buildup, mike, that has the u.s. government relocating essentially operations farther west? yeah, that s right, hallie, we heard that from secretary of state tony blinken this afternoon, in a statement
0 so, we continue to see that being added. did that help? yeah. toni. what steps are being taken to make sure that the entire 82nd airborne s immediate response that you re sending to poland, that they re staying away from any harms way, in case there s an invasion? will there location be pretty much central poland and nowhere near the border? i ll let the commander talk about where he s going to put the troops, tony. they re sent over there for a range of contingencies. they re multi-mission capability, as you know. and as we talked about, if one of the contingencies are, if one of the needs are to help with evacuation assistance on the polish side of the border, as people come across that border, should they come across that border and need help, they ll be prepared to do that. if that s the mission to conduct, you re going to be somewhere near that border, right? but again, i won t get ahead of leaders on the ground and what they re doing. but, i do want to just i know we