risks with no guarantee that there will be any other opportunity to leave. and no prospect of a u.s. military evacuation in the event of a russian invasion. if a russian attack on ukraine proceeds, it is likely to begin with aerial bombing and missile attacks that could obviously kill civilians without regard to their nationality. a subsequent ground invasion would involve the on onslaught of force with no notice arrange a departure could be severed and commercial transit halted. no one would be able to count on air or rail or road departures once military got underway. carley: yeah. so the u.s. position is that the military will not save americans in the event of an invasion. is that the right call? well, we don t have that capacity. and the president biden has made it clear that we don t want to
force. with virtually no notice, communications to arrange a departure could be receiver and commercial transit halted. no one would be able to count on air or rail or road departures once military action is underway. again i m not standing here and saying what is going to happen or not happen. i m only standing here to say that the risk is now high enough and threat is immediate that putin s demands that it is the time to leave now. while commercial options and commercial rail and air service exist while the roads are open. the president will not be putting the lives of our men and women in uniform at risk by sending them into a war zone to rescue people who could have left now but close not to. so we re asking people to make the responsible choice. with that, i m happy to take your questions. thank you. i know you don t want to get into the intelligence, but can you give us any sense of what has changed over the past 24 or 48 hours to lead to their new level of concern?
ground invasion would involve the onslaught of a massive force with virtually no notice, communications to arrange departure could be severed and commercial transit halted. no one would be able to count on air or rail or road departures once military action got underway. now again, i m not standing here and saying what is going to happen or not happen, i m only standing here to say that the risk is now high enough and the threat is immediate enough that prudence demands that it is the time to leave now. while commercial options and commercial rail and air service exists, while the roads are open. the president will not be putting the lives of our men and women in uniform at risk by sending them into a war zone to rescue people who could have left now but chose not to. so we are asking people to make the responsible choice w. that, happy to take your questions. i know you don t want to get into the intelligence, but can you give us any sense what has