border with ukraine, that this will be economic. but i think the message that s coming across now and it s certainly one that is being heard at the kremlin is not only is it economic, there will be a military price to pay. i think some analysts had looked at the situation earlier in december and said neither united states, nor its nato partners, were willing to send troops into ukraine to support the ukrainians and that was something that president putin would see as a weakness. what we heard from president biden yesterday reaffirming clearly that if russia invades ukraine, then nato, including the united states, obviously, would increase their presence in europe, which is the complete opposite of what putin is trying to achieve. putin wants to see nato rejuice its presence on the eastern borders of europe, it wants commitments from nato that it won t allow ukraine to join and won t base troops and military
days hoping to swallow an independent country whole via violent force. earier today john kirby announced that president biden has approved a request from lloyd austin to place 8500 u.s. base troops on high alert for potential deployment to eastern europe. i don t think anybody wants to see another war on the european continent and no reason that has to occur. this could be solved easily by the russians deescalating and moving forces away. which they haven t done. and so nato, as a defensive alliance and it is a defensive alliance has a responsibility to its members to make sure that they re able to defend themselves if needed. if deploy the troops would be folded into an existing nato led response force, which would decide where they go and what they do, no troops are intended
but listen, i mean, it was unfortunate. the president shouldn t have said it. there was an update on it. we will talk about it. but jim acosta, thank you very much. we look forward to democracy in peril. we will see ya tomorrow night. have a good evening. this is don lemon tonight. thank you so much for joining us, and the president speaking of, joe biden facing four huge challenges right now. four huge challenges right now. here at home and thousands of miles away quite frankly. there is a showdown with vladimir putin at ukraine s border. as many as 8,500 u.s. base troops on high alert tonight preparing for a possible deployment to eastern europe. that serious. the pentagon says no final decision to employ the u.s. troops has been made but there are more and more russian troops on the border every single day. need to pay close attention to that. the white house telling american citizens inside ukraine to get out now as the state department orders families of embassy personnel to lea
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