nuclear weapons and forces out of those countries? and, david, we know that s just not going to happen, which is why it raises the question whether putin wants an off ramp at this point in terms of what goes on and ukraine, and as we heard from the deputy foreign minister of russia yesterday say that russia has no plansen separating ukraine, but things look quite different on the ground. i want to read from your own reporting from the new york times that in addition to the 100,000 military personnel surrounding the border, there are now aircraft that have been spotted there as well. what does that tell you about russia s intentions? it hasn t built up the number of troops, but the addition of aircraft could suggest they are in fact planning something immentally. that s right, bianna. we are trying to figure it out. you are, the u.s. intelligence community is. there are a couple of possibilities here. one possibility is that putin simply hasn t made a decision about whether to do