i think it may be likely that the russians may, indeed, offer a ceasefire here arthel: yeah, because that s his prize, right, general keane? yeah, because mariupol is putin s trophy, right in so he s like, good, i m done. i got what i wanted. he gets away with it. well, no, he wants the entire, he wants the entire southern coast, is what he wants finish. arthel: right. mariupol is certainly central to that. but i think he would see it to his advantage to offer a ceasefire because he s repositioning forces. he s got significant amount of forces that have been so badly damaged that they re combat ineffective, probably about 30% of his forces, ask and he tries to reconstitute that. a ceasefire will help him do that and help him gain some tactical advantage. putin always uses ceasefire. we ve tracked him historically in syria and also in eastern ukraine in the past to gain with positional advantage and, in other words, to cheat and also
of its troops, contractors and non-diplomatic personnel from afghanistan no later than may 1st, 2021. in june 2020 the u.s. troop levels reached 8600. in october president former president trump tweeted we should have a small number of remaining brave men and women serving in afghanistan home by christmas. in november 17, 2020 then acting secretary of defense miller announced we ll implement former president trump east order to continuing repositioning forces from afghanistan. and the 2500 u.s. troops who remain there by january 15th. on january 15th he announced there were 2500 troops left. on january 20th biden became president. 2500 troops were then in
0 of its troops, contractors and non-diplomatic personnel from afghanistan no later than may 1st, 2021. in june 2020 the u.s. troop levels reached 8600. in october president former president trump tweeted we should have a small number of remaining brave men and women serving in afghanistan home by christmas. in november 17, 2020 then acting secretary of defense miller announced we ll implement former president trump east order to continuing repositioning forces from afghanistan. and the 2500 u.s. troops who remain there by january 15th. on january 15th he announced there were 2500 troops left. on january 20th biden became president. 2500 troops were then in afghanistan. on april 14th president biden announced his intention to continue the withdrawal all regular u.s. troops by september 11th. four months after the pre-planned may 1st deadline. on july 2nd italy and germany withdrew their troops on july 17th we have had specific testimony here on what then happened from july 17th on. a