ukraine to make sure they are in a the best possible position to defend themselves against russia. for the latest from ukraine here s our chief international correspondent lyse doucet in kyiv. welcome to the ukrainian capital where ukrainians know all too well what we just heard from jens stoltenberg, the secretary general of nato. as the president put it last week if there is an escalating war here in ukraine it is the ukrainian armed forces and all the many volunteers signing up that will have to do battle with the russian forces. but ukraine welcomes every offer, every measure of support offered by nato allies, including a signal they say will be shown when borisjohnson visits this region and the concrete support presidentjoe biden announced, 81 tonnes of ammunition,
were thank you. the secretary said forces were offered by the uk to nato, we are not were offered by the uk to nato, we are not talking about a of 1000. what are not talking about a of 1000. what i are not talking about a of 1000. what i said is that the force we offered what i said is that the force we offered to what i said is that the force we offered to nato is at least this capabie offered to nato is at least this capable or at least as capable as this one capable or at least as capable as this one in capable or at least as capable as this one in terms of capabilities. maybe this one in terms of capabilities. maybe i this one in terms of capabilities. maybe i should just clarify because i think there is some confusion, we have offered to nato not to a particular country but to nato, a force ranging from more typhoon fast jets to a battle group that can be deployed plus more readiness forces. we have been specifically offered to any one country, we have done it t
and it would include continued support to ukraine. the president held a secured video conference today with key allies and partners to coordinate our approach to this crisis. the participants were the u.k., france, germany, italy, canada, poland, romania, the secretary general of nato and the presidents of the european union. we have achieved a remarkable level of unity and common purpose from the broad strategy, down to the technical details. if russia proceeds, it s long term power and influence will be diminished, not enhanced by a invasion. it will have to make more concessions to china. it will face massive pressure on its economy and export controls that will erode its defense industrial base and face a wave of condemnation from around the world. if on the other hand russia
hundred thousand troops there. i think we re in a waiting game. i think there s stretching this out to see how much you can get. who s going to break first. is it the ukrainian government, armed forces? nato? some country in nato like germany? who s going to be the weak link in all of this? and he s going to play this until he s played it out then he has to make a decision, what s my military option? what s the best option. he want to create confusion. he wants to see who breaks on this side. out of the chaos. mr. ambassador, let s talk about the diplomatic effort now. we heard from the secretary general of nato that he sees signs that russia wants to continue the diplomatic route. we saw chancellor shults speak with putin. president biden had a virtual meeting with him. these readouts now start to sound the same day after day.
intelligence . he showed his people to study ai, same with xi. that is a major situation that was going to actually affect the way their militaries were postured against ours. colonel, let me stay with you. we heard from the secretary general of nato while we re discussing the 100,000 russian troops, he s keconcerned about those in belarus. sw why is that fraction of forces a large number considering those we re seeing in russia.