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they say they are in any case going stand their ground. they are had he modernizing their navy and in general their military, but building a lot of infrastructure as well. here s what we saw. on patrol in some of the most contested waters in the world. ukraine s navy took us on an artillery boat in the sea of azov. our main goal is to defend and keep the sovereignty of ukraine from the sea. warning allies, a large-scale invasion could happen soon. the ukrainians believe if russia decides to launch an attack it could be one of the main battle grounds. ukrainians are modernizing their fleet but also their infrastructure on land as well. the coastline holds a strategic value to russia. . it would allow president
is the ally of putin anyone that region. there are concerns by the belarusians not only could there be increase of the belarusians trying to bring migrants across the border as they have been doing with poland, but also an attack if it were launched might happen on the border with belarus as well. what ukrainians have done is started exercise he which they say involve anti-tank units, pretty big hardware they re using. also airborne units as well. they say that is, in part, to strength ebb the border they have with belarus. they also have that border with russia in mind as well. the u.s. says, allies say and ukrainian government says russia has been amassing troops and they ve been doing that not only in the east of ukraine, but, of course, also in the south of ukraine as well. one of the places that could be one of the main battle grounds, we managed to get on a patrol there with the ukrainian navy on artillery boat. they flat-out said they are modernizing their navy and they
i m curious what you saw on the front lines. reporter: taking it extremely seriously. you have the one situation in the east of ukraine where the troops have been amassing. we have to keep in mind that alexandra lukashenko a big ally. you have the sea of azaf, there have been standoffs between the russians and ukrainians. we went on patrol with an artillery boat of the ukrainian navy. they understand they would be out gunned but they will stand their ground. at a port town the ukrainians are constructing a newport. they just announced they ve accelerated the construction of that port because they need to stage more ships there to be ready if something like an invasion were to happen. of course, one of the things we also saw is some satellite images came out that seemed to show big concentrations of
thank you. take care. you as well. we re following a tense situation on the the border between russia and ukraine. a build up of troops is prompting deep concern inside the pentagon. the joint chief chairman held a phone call to discuss. fred pleitgen has this report. reporter: on patrol in some of the most contested waters in the world, ukraine s navy took us on an artillery boat just as tensions with with russia have reached a boiling point. the goal is to defend the sovereignty of ukraine from the direction of the sea. russia has been massing troops near the borders, the u.s. says, warning allies a large-scale invasion could happen soon they believe if russia decides to launch an attack, the sea could be one of the main battlegrounds. that s why they are modernizing their fleet and also their infrastructure on land as well.