I base that assessment on the public intelligence data the American government is making known in terms of the total number, which I believe might even be 140,000 Russian troops around Ukraine in Belarus, Russia and occupied Crimea.
We have to understand that the best indicator of future behaviour is past behaviour. In the case of Vladimir Putin, he has said on many occasions that he had no plans to invade Ukraine; he had no plans to invade Crimea; he had no plans to invade Georgia. It would be foolish for us in Canada, in the west and among our NATO allies to assume Putin has 140,000 troops roaming around the borders of Ukraine with no mal-intent.
I would respectfully say that we should be concerned about the numbers. The rhetoric of the Ukrainian government, I think, is meant to calm the fears and economic panic of its citizens.