we pursue diplomacy at the same time. do you see any scenario in which more u.s. service members become involved here? one of the things we ve been very clear about, besides the massive economic, financial consequences that would befall russia if it further commits aggression against ukraine is the ongoing continued buildup of defense capacity in ukraine and equally continuing to build up nato s defensive capacities including on the so-called eastern flank, the countries near russia, and the alliance is looking at very practical and important measures that it would take in the event of further russian aggression. so you mentioned different kinds of aggression. let s talk about one specific potential. russian-backed forces currently occupy part, but not all, of the donbas region in eastern ukraine. would seizing or recognizing the entire donbas region qualify as an invasion and result in the
border. and now those troops are pouring in. here in ukraine, the u.s. embassy is telling measures, it americans,it s time to leave. no time for air evacuation for u.s. citizens here in ukraine once there could be a russian invasion into ukraine. they are ordering family members of embassy personnel to leave. ukrainian government officials are pushing back saying such a move is clearly premature at this point. president biden is considering a number of options. including sending 3,000 to 5,000 u.s. military personnel to eastern europe and comes as you mentioned when nato is already sending warships and aircraft to the region. the secretary of state has been asked repeatedly will there be u.s. boots on the ground in ukraine? do you see any scenario in which more u.s. service members become involved here? one of the things that we have been very clear about is the ongoing continued build up of defense capacity in ukraine.
we ve been going against those inside ukraine trying to destabilize the government. we re taking concrete action. you re not imposing the sanctions. when it comes to sanctions, the purpose of those sanctions is to deter russian aggression. so if they re triggered now, you lose the deterrent effect. all the things we re doing including building up in a united way with europe massive consequences for europe is designed to factor into president putin s calculus and deter and dissuade them from taking aggressive action even as we burr sue diplomacy at the same time. do you see any scenario in which more u.s. service members become involved here? one of the things we ve been very clear about, besides the massive economic, financial consequences that would befall russia if it further commits aggression against ukraine is the ongoing continued buildup of defense capacity in ukraine and equally continuing to build up
involved in? what are the sayings we ve been very clear about besides a massive economic financial consequences if further commits aggression against ukraine is ongoing continued buildup of defense capacity and ukraine. abby: had this been cleared? what your translation of that? tomi: it s really unclear i to say the american people are going to be very upset and afghanistan that was a disaster another talking about the u.s. boots on the ground our involvement for the american soldiers and ukraine dealing with russia, coming from a place of weakness, this president has been weak in his entire administration has been weak and other nations around the world are enemies looking at her inability to secure our own southern border and obviously there be emboldened by that, we cannot even protect our homeland and your allies will be confident will be able to protect them let s start home
d you you see any scenario in which more u.s. service members become involved here? one of the things we ve been very clear about is the ongoing continued buildup of defense capacity in the ukraine and equally continuing to build up nato s defense capacity looking up very practical and important measures that i would take in the event of russian aggression. kt, russia s government are our enemies. they are not friends. they are geopolitical enemies. president biden didn t make russia but a hundred and 27,000 troops along the border so he can invade, but as the ukrainian foreign minister said to come he gave them a green light. i was still saying that? i don t know what the president is doing. last week he seemed to give them a green light for something other than invading ukraine, now i troops reinforcing our nato