it's aimed to prevent more between solver and countries, the 75 years of europe and history without a war. that's the ultimate expression of a successful alliance. then on february 24th 2022, russia launched a full scale invasion of ukraine. war had returned to europe. ukraine itself is not a needle member, but russia's actions have prompted the question. is the western military alliance capable of defending itself? how strong is nato? the russian president vladimir putin viewed the eastern expansion of nato as both a threat and betrayal of a purported promise, and put in size. it was a breach of trust that justified russia's attack on another country. he made that clear and an address to the nation 3 days before russian troops invaded ukraine. the scene is gonna be just keep close enough to being able to diagnose loan. that's kind of based on a need, but i would like that i substitute existing my position, you does that process as a project. right. and they say that again, sort of, i mean we weren't supposed to be speaking into that process. the more since the new guy? no, not at the