the position and maintain the position we have that we will not commit to keeping ukraine out of nato simply because vladimir putin is demanding that we do that. i don t think we make that commitment. instead, we demonstrate our resolve to nato by sending the troops that we have, 5,000 from the united states, moving some troops from germany into eastern europe, because putin only knows one thing, and that s force, economic and military force. i m not suggesting the u.s. military should engage or would engage in direct combat with russia but increased presence in europe, increased presence of our european partners in eastern europe is what we need to demonstrate to putin and to deter him from any invasion into ukraine or beyond ukraine. well, while i have you, i want to ask you about legislation in your home state. top maryland lawmakers vowed on tuesday to ban what is called
idea that putin s aggression towards ukraine and his demands for nato are a huge bluff. what are your thoughts on that and what do you believe putin s intentions are here? well, look. putin has always stated his concern and his desire, actually, to reestablish the boundaries of the former soviet union. the baltic states, lithuania, latvia, estonia, i visit all those nations and i can tell you the leadership in those countries understand putin s attempt and desire to reestablish those boundaries so i think it s important for the unix to take the position and maintain the position we have that we will not commit to keeping ukraine out of nato simply because vladimir putin is demanding that we do that, i don t think we make that commitment, instead, demonstrate our resolve to nato by sending
shouted about the sanctions. what are you waiting for? when the bombs are falling on us, it will be too late for sanctions. and he s absolutely right. these our ally. putin is making up this crisis so he can try to build his legacy by reclaiming russian sovereignty over ukraine, which is just a fiction. so i think it s really time now for the u.s. and europe to be extremely tough on putin before it gets worse. neil: senator, very quickly. the kremlin is now saying that vladimir putin is ordering russian forces to maintain peace in eastern ukraine. maintain peace. what does that mean to you? right. you can t believe anything that he says. again, he says this whole thing is about keeping ukraine out of nato. gnaw toe is a defensive alliance. he knows that nato doesn t threaten him. he is looking for an excuse to
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solidify the defacto of separation under russian controlled leadership so that in the future those regions of ukraine will vote forever to keep ukraine out of nato. so we will see a lot of cyber-attacks, political destabilization and god forbid but i think a military operation at least in donbas. mike: i want to play a clip from the a russian official and i want you to respond. there s no innovation and no such plans. russian troops are on sovereign russian territory. we don t threaten anyone. mike: russian ambassador to u.s. saying, nothing to see here, your thoughts? it s utterly ridiculousment you don t deploy 130, 150 or 190,000 troops on the border of a country not in a threatening way. by definition, not only is that threatening it s illegal. it s contrary to russia s own pledges under numerous