these are extremist activities. i want to make sure that it is very clear we are talking about activity, not what is going on between somebody s ears, what they are thinking or feeling. it is about what they act on extremist ideology that puts the force at risk and to some of it can lead to violence. there s a whole range in the course of the 100 that we talked about, whole range of activity, some more severe than others. the numbers are really small when you think about it, 3.5 million men and women strong, 100 cases over a year is not very much. we are certainly not surprised by that at all, but even the small numbers can have an outside impact when it comes to unit discipline. we look forward to whatever it is that you are able to do with those new rules and an update on that from you. meanwhile, the state department is warning against travel to ukraine as russian troops are gathering along the border. are we getting any immediate indication that putin planned to invade?
been initialled by us and other countries trying to stop putin of yet another invasion by one of his neighbors. we just saw a bipartisan group of seven u.s. senators travel to ukraine to show solidarity with that ally of ours in that dangerous time. today we saw the u.s. secretary of state fly to ukraine as well. now we re told that on friday secretary blinken is due to meet with his russian counterpart yet again to try to stop russia from starting this war that they are threatening. but again, nobody knows russia s real intentions other than the fact that we all definitely know that they are loving the attention, loving the uncertainty and upset they re causing and loving the way they re terrorizing the ukrainian people and allies into expecting russian tanks to start rolling at any moment. watch this space. watch this space
we saw a bipartisan group of seven u.s. senators travel to ukraine to show solidarity with that ally of ours in that dangerous time. today we saw the u.s. secretary of state fly to ukraine as well. now we re told that on friday secretary blinken is due to meet with his russian counterpart yet again to try to stop russia from starting this war that they are threatening. but again, nobody knows russia s real intentions other than the fact that we all definitely know that they are loving the attention, loving the uncertainty and upset they re causing and loving the way they re terrorizing the ukrainian people and alies into expecting russian tanks to start rolling at any moment. watch this space. start rolling at any moment. rolling at any moment. watch this spaceled for the third time. orrr. you could use slack. and work faster with everyone you work with, together in one place. slack. where the future works.
of seven u.s. senators travel to ukraine, to show solidarity with that ally of ours. in this very dangerous time. today we saw the u.s. secretary of state fly to ukraine as well. now we are told that on friday secretary blinken is due to meet with his russian counterpart. yet again, to try to stop russia from starting this war. that they are threatening. but again, nobody knows russia s real intentions. other than the fact that we definitely know they re loving the attention. lovingly uncertainty and upset that they are causing. and of course they re loving the way that they are trying the way that there are terrorizing ukrainian people and their allies. russian tanks ready to roll at any moment. watch this space. roll at any moment watch this space
point people directly to the russian people telling them that u.s. and nato pose no threat and do not view them as our enemy. even saying i don t believe you want a bloody war against the ukraine a country and a people that you share such deep ties of family, history and culture. why was it important for the president to directly address the russian people? well, i think he knows full well some things from our intelligence service that likely there is there s a number of people by the houses in russia that travel to ukraine regularly. the idea that their military is going to start killing ukrainian people i think is pretty abhorrent to many russians and no justification for it. i applaud the president for dealing directly with that issue. the other thing is, i thought his tone here and his firmness