. that would be completely unacceptable. but in terms of potential military hostilities, you have said. you said today that the u. s will always support the taiwanese in defending their freedom. you said that after the meetings does that mean that the u. s now needs to make clear that american forces will defend taiwan military in the event? of a chinese invasion. that is something president biden, as you know, has said several times and then the white house has walked it back that promise of us involvement. well you know, under the taiwan relations act, we have to have the capacity to resist force to change the status quo to resist coercion or military aggression. and so that s why we are always going to be prepared. but more than that, under the taiwan relations act, we are legally obligated to help supply the articles of defense necessary for taiwan to defend itself. and so that is, um of paramount interest to us and besides that, at this point
i share i can t confirm the numbers, because i don t have it in front of my eyes, but i do believe this is a large crisis. also part of the truth is, for a long time, we didn t have an access to the entire territory of the country, because of the ongoing military hostilities, because of the access issues. now that we have an access to the entire territory of the country, including those areas who are controlled by taliban, we are seeing a far greater need, because in those villages and remote areas high in the mountains and in hard to reach places, we re not able to reach before. and what we have there is a total lack of services. in general, afghanistan s current situation, the problems they re facing in afghanistan, are the problems of all of us collectively not being able, for the last 50 years, to address the issue of development of rural areas of afghanistan.
Same time we are not going to deploy american troops in ukraine. i think the president has made that clear, nor should we. the american people don t want that, and i think it would by escalateory. i think that it s important for the president to kind of lay it out there and basically make it clear to everyone, including our friends, americans in the ukraine, as well as to the russian leader, that we know what they re up to, and also to get him thinking we might know more than what he thinking we know, including about subsequent military hostilities. the russians are constantly
Past the point of a diplomatic resolution. putin has eliminated the last realistic off-ramp for the crisis. he signed away the possibility of achieving his political aim of veto over ukraine s geopolitical orientation without a military offensive. only real bad diplomatic options remain. one of the major parties must now cap i.t. late to avoid military hostilities. the west would need to abstain from responding today s major attack to the international system and concede to russia a veto over european security. ukraine has no diplomatic path, with russia as the minsk format is dead. russia would need to recognize ukraine as a sovereign state. putin mocked the very idea, and return 100,000 troops to bases without achieving his main objects and while facing the risk of major sanctions. with the stroke of a pen, putin has locked in a collision
The circumstances of the biden administration. each and every mm-hm? keep going. i just i think it s important to underscore that, you know, each one of those bodies has its own story. some people might have been killed through summary execution, like the young men whose execution we documented. some people might have gotten caught in cross fire. remember there were lots of military hostilities in bucha. some people might have been killed by russian forces just shooting them as their cars were trying to escape. we documented another case in bucha of a man who was killed because he was in his home and russian soldiers came up to the house and just shot through the door. and he died of you know, he bled out and died. so, there are many different circumstances under which people were killed. and each one of those is a potential crime scene, and each one needs to be thoroughly and impartially investigated. thank you so much for your work and for your time this evening.