the move. such a force could be part of 40,000 nato allied troops if mobilized under todd walter, the supreme commander to defend the easter flank. that decision has not been taken. the pentagon was clear. the u.s. troops would not be going to ukraine. not ruling out any unilateral u.s. troops. also inside europe or going to europe to both bolster our allies and re-assure them. it s about credible combat power for the alliance. nato says they will deployed four f-16 fighter jets to lithuania. spain has offered to provide fighter jets to bulgaria. france has offered troops to romania and the netherlands is sending two f-35 fighter aircraft to bulgaria in april. germany says they plan to send a $6 million field hospital but
i m not surprised to hear the russians react that way. we have been nothing but transparent from before this invasion started that we would continue to look for ways to ukraine to defend itself. it s not just the united states. it s countries around the world that are looking for ukraine to help defend itself. that will continue as long as we can do it. they are very much in a fight for their country. so again, we ve seen the russian rhetoric. we ve made it clear we re going to continue to do that. we also made it clear that we re going to continue to look for ways to bolster nato s alliance and nato s defensive capabilities particularly on the easter flank. we ve devoted thousands of soldiers from the united states to europe. to make it clear to mr. putin how seriously we take our collective security requirements under the nato alliance. neil: still, you re talking about providing military aid and giving them the resources to fight the fight. the latest news is that four
ukraine s air force before they could fly the migs to any effect. the pentagon says other capabilities being provided to ukraine are having a greater effect. the u.s. has transferred 17,000 man portable air defense systems in to ukraine in recent weeks. these weapons are flowing like water. one lawmaker visited the easter flank told me, this remain a ground war with russians relying on artillery. if used, the migs would have to bomb belarus where the air defense systems are located that could draw nato in to a direct conflict, in other words a war with russia, bill. bill: jen, thank you. back to you momentarily. thank you. retired general philip breedlove, former nato supreme allied commander. thanks for your time. you were stationed in germany. poland is offering to send the jets there. is that the best resolution that we can come up with?
the eastern flank. some of our allies are not on the easter flank. we ll see where it goes. clearly the security situation, the frame work here on the european continent has changed. i think everybody will have to deal with that going forward. the national defense strategy is supposed to come out i m not going to get ahead of the document, louis. we re still working on that and there s been a lot of effort put in to the national defense strategy. so i don t want to pre view it. i would only say that, as i said before, certainly the strategy will have to be informed. it will be informed. it is being informed by what s going on in the ukraine. yeah. the briefing earlier with the senior defense official
the harry s truman and her strike group will stay in the area awhile longer. the combat brigade those are the two big muscle movements and ten ablers that went with the 82nd are also staying as you might imagine. we don t have additional. decisions to speak to today. again, first of all, none of them have been there that long already. it s been six, eight weeks in some cases. it s not been that long. he s going to make decisions in consultation with the chairman and general walters to make sure the deterrence and defense posture that we re trying to make sure is in place on the easter flank is preserved and transparent and that our allies