And they're essentially kidnapping men off the streets now and forcing them to fight and making it so that those who fled Ukraine because they didn't want to fight in this war being forced to come back into the country. Russia has already rebuilt and reconstituted their military to a point where they are stronger now. both in hardware and in manpower than they were when they, when they started this war. When they invaded Ukraine, which obviously was, was wrong, but this is the reality that, that we are facing. (02:34–02:41)
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Asserts that Russia has strengthened its military since the start of the Ukraine war.
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