army forces command, and elizabeth neumann, a former homeland security official.secretary of state blinken told the u.n. security council today that russia was preparing to launch an attack in the coming days, bluntly saying a combination of bombs, tanks, soldiers, and cyber attacks could cause havoc across ukraine. can you explain how lethal the plans sound? >> the russian military, highly modernized. and president putin has postured about half his force, somewhere in the 130,000 to 150,000 troops level, on three sides of ukraine. so from the east, from the south, and from the north, with troops stationed in belarus. this is a highly capable, highly lethal formation. so if there is a ground invasion of ukraine, in one or more places, we're going to see massive destruction, massive loss of life, and a huge number of displaced ukrainian citizens trying to get out of harm's way. so this is a very dangerous place to be in right now. >> sobering. elizabeth, next question to you. ukraine has reported cyber attacks on the websites of several government entities and majo

elizabeth neumann, former homeland security official. steve, i'll start with you if i may.xplosions have been heard in eastern ukraine, but also outside of kyiv. is this the worst case scenario? >> we'll have to wait till the sun comes up. we're hearing all sorts of reports from around the country. different cities being hit. we know that kyiv, that the airport is under attack and there's a fight going on right now with russian special forces. so it's going to take the sun coming up and some time to figure out what's going on on the ground. but it sure seems like the whole country is essentially under attack. >> elizabeth, several ukrainian government and bank websites fell victim to cyber attacks today, likely launched by russia. what's the greater goal, to disrupt the country, or instill fear? >> the cyber attacks are just a -- one more element of the battle plan to bring chaos and cause confusion. the nature of the initial attacks were ddos attacks, they weren't that sophisticated, not that big of a deal. later this afternoon we learned they launched a malware attack, wh