take out a communications tower when they can t even do the basic work on the skills that we expect them to do. the concern among nato allies, particularly those in the east, those facing russia is that ukraine is not the end of putin s ambitions. when you listen to what he says not just about ukraine, but about the baltic states, whether they are actual nations that should be independent, you can understand that concern. 500 more u.s. troops going to the baltic states, you had some other moves of aircraft, et cetera. are those sufficient moves in your view? i think they are for the time being. we need to get more troops, more boots on the ground. the 500 people there are going to provide additional planning capability, intel jeligence analysts and logicsticians. our logistics capability is a
cherniviv. and there s an eastern front around a city called kharkiv. there s been tremendous fighting since the beginning of the campaign. but also they re having a hard time taking control of that city, even having a difficult time encircling it. the south, though, is a very different operational picture. the russians have made pretty quick progress down there, moving in from the sea. and one of the major reasons, you can see on that map right there, they re trying to encircle the city of mariupol now. and they re moving west towards odessa. they re having an easier time because of the logistics capability that they have inherent in there right now. there are russian forces inside crimea and donbas. they have a much easier ability
putin could be planning some sort of an invasion into ukraine and among the more concerning things that defense officials have seen recently is this increase or influx of some logistics capability into the area. so, medical and fuel. the kinds of things that actually can sustain a conflict. that s been a big source of discussion here today. the other major issue is china. we re expecting to hear from the secretary of defense, lloyd austin, in just a little bit and officials say that one of the major things he will talk about is the asia pacific region and specifically china. of course he just returned from the region from meetings in south korea, but he is expected to talk about the growing military threat and concern emanating from china. there s been a lot of attention to the hypersonic missile tests that they have conducted over the last several months, but beyond that, the u.s. military now says that china is trying to grow its nuclear arsenal, up to a thousand nuclear warheads by
disheartening and border line sickening to be honest with you. but the way we make up for that is focusing on what you just said, getting those people that we made promises to, getting them out of afghanistan. i believe that s the turn-around we need to do right now. i spoke with an interpreter who worked for the u.s. military for a number of years. he s in hiding because of fears for his safety, his family s safety. he put a real pin on it when he said to me, when they needed my help, i helped them, speaking of the americans, now they should help me. you said the u.s. has an obligation to get them out. does it have the ability though given what we re seeing on the ground there? they control the airport, but not much else. nobody does logistics better than the united states military. that s exactly what we should be doing right now, the full force of our logistics capability to get in there and get people out. we have a very difficult situation with this country.
in the process of shipping in now. this is going to be a huge challenge. we re working with search and rescue teams and talking to u.s. military about what assets we might be able to bring in. the world food program and other partners have logistics capability. we re working with them. we don t have great visibility yet on areas in kathmandu. close to the epicenter, there s not been a lot of coverage. you mentioned aftershocks. i imagine that s one of the big concerns. absolutely. talk a little about that level of concern. big challenge of aftershocks is things that are still standing. we re seeing they re causing avalanches. road routes that are passable may not be. it s making logistics more difficult. you talk about the fact so many people want to help but don t know how to. what is your advice for those