ukraine. that only happened so long as it was safe to do so, so long as there was no risk of encounter with russian forces. do they continue the flights? that's what we're looking for. the u.s. says putin acted as was expected when it was expected. the question now, is this the beginning or just the justification for a wider invasion? that's what many officials here believe and that's what they're looking for as they monitor continued russian movement. a reminder on 48, it was 40 to 50% of russian ground troops around ukraine already in attack position. so he was ready for this. >> certainly it was all very, very ominous indeed. thank you very much from the pentagon. much more on ukraine coming up. there's other important news we're following in "the situation room." deliberations have begun in the federal hate crimes trial of the men who killed ahmaud arbery. joining us from brunswick, georgia, you were there in the courtroom. tell us what you heard.