at the facts on the ground. so, you are looking at satellite images. there is a massive russian troop buildup along the ukraine border. russia has erected supply lines, medical units, and fuel. and the sources familiar with the latest u.s. intelligence estimates say that that those fuel lines could sustain a drawn-out conflict if moscow chooses to invade. and then, let s get to the number of troops. u.s. intelligence now estimates up to 175,000 russian troops 175,000 russian troops amassing near the border. i mean, to state the obvious, you don t do that just, you know, to hang out. military offensive could happen in a matter of months. here is how the director of the cia, william burns, puts it. we don t know that putin has made up his mind to use force. but what we do know is that he is putting the russian military, russian security services in a place where they could act in a pretty sweeping way. and 175,000 troops.