A barrage of rockets reportedly hit a military facility housing US occupation forces in Syria’s oil-rich northeastern province of Hasakah, but the casualties and the extent of the damage was still unclear.
the u.s. has begun pulling personnel from its embassy in kyiv. what has changed over the past 24 or 48 hours to lead to your new level of concern? i m not going to get into intelligence information, but if you look at the disposition of forces in both belarus and in russia, the russians are in a position to be able to mount a major military action in ukraine any day now. reporter: a u.s. official tells cbs news russia has now arrayed nearly 80% of the forces it needs to launch a full-scale invasion of ukraine with more toops en route. that s up from 70% just a week ago. the first u.s. military convoy reached neighboring romania this week, as the defense secretary ordered 3,000 more troops to in an interview with nbc news, the president was asked what circumstances would prompt him to send troops to ukraine itself. there is not. that s a world war. when americans and russia start shooting at one another.
helicopters, attack helicopters. so the two things that really stand out to me in this announcement, lindsey, one is the f-35s. that is the u.s. military s most advanced fighter aircraft. that sends a real signal to the russians that the u.s. is moving these in. they have a strong surveillance capability into addition to the fact that they are attack aircraft. they have the ability to conduct air strikes. by that, i was very struck by the 32 apaches. these are attack helicopters. they only carry two people, the crew on board. they are frequently used for attacking the ground. so in like a conflict area you would see them often doing route clearance or they would be flying over a military convoy in a dangerous area making sure that no attacks come in and target a u.s. military convoy. they re also they can be used for border, luke they could be