he s been told that no troops will enter ukraine. what has been made clear is that there will be severe economic consequences and the international community will respond as well. the purpose of these troops is to bolster and re-assure nato allies. that s what they would do. martha: they would be there to prevent russia going further than ukraine? we don t know what he has in mind. this is designed to make sure that we re meeting our commitment to the nato alliance. martha: what about our ukraine embassy? what are the plans? would the u.s. military be involved removing people from the embassy? we don t have plans to do that right now. some family members have been ordered to leave in kiev. i ll let the state department speak to that. there s no military role in that at this time. martha: there s movement of some materials, support for
we have supplied the ukrainian military with equipment to help them defend themselves. we provided training and intelligence for the same person. make no mistake, the united states will defend every inch of nato territory with the full force of american power. an attack against one nato country is an attack against all of us. the united states commitment toarticle 5 is sacrametal. we will ensure deterrence along the eastern flank. we will conduct military exercises with our allies and partners to enhance defensive readiness. if russia invades, we will take further steps to reinforce ours presence in nato, re-assure for