has it begun? i m not going to talk to the ukrainian military. i think you heard them say earlier today they are conducting some offensive operations but i won t go beyond that. what i can speak to is how hard we prepared them to be ready. so whether it s starting now or soon, wherever they decide to step up and whatever they decide to do, the president s confident we did everything we could over the last 6, 8 months or more to make sure that they had all the equipment, the training, the capabilities to be successful. back to china. do you think, though, all of these incidents are sort of an effort to intimidate or impact other channels of communication that you are trying to keep open or do you see them compartmentalizing the military from you guys trying to send blinken over there, and yellen
we re going to keep standing up to that international law and keep flying and keep say sailing and operating where international law allows us to. it s important concept, freedom of navigation whether on the air o r sea an important concept that the united states will continue to stand up for. thank you. on ukraine, what is your understanding of whether the counteroffensive has begun? has it begun? i won t be talking fbt ukrainian military. that s for them to speak to. you heard them say earlier today that they re conducting offensive operations, but i won t go beyond that. what i can speak is how hard we worked to prepare them to be ready. whether it s starting now or starting soon or when mp they decide to step up and whatever they decide to do, the president s confident that we did everything we could over the last six, eight, months or more to make sure they had all the equipment, the training, the capabilities to be successful. thanks. back to china, do you think all