after, and he said that assessment is based on intelligence, and showing that half of russia's forces around ukraine are now in the attack position. secretary of state lloyd austin traveling to lithuania saying that they are prepared to engage. what you have seen engage in the last few weeks or days is that they are telegraphing what they have seen putin's moves, and the intentions they believe the moves that he is take, and you have seen the moves of that clarity put out into the universe. this was yesterday. take a listen. >> we are doing everything in our power to remove any reason that russia may give for justifying invading ukraine, and