Russia has spent weeks building up military forces near eastern Ukraine, amassing more than 150,000 troops in Belarus and on the Russian side of the border, according to U.S. officials, before it invaded, striking several cities and military bases in Ukraine, including Kyiv, its capital. Last week, as U.S. officials warned about an invasion and the escalating conflict, President Joe Biden addressed the American public and again made clear the U.S. will not send troops to support Ukraine. But he promised to defend "every inch" of NATO territory, already deploying several thousand more troops to Europe, and to support the Ukrainian people and their government with lethal defensive weapons, economic aid and crippling U.S. and allied sanctions on Russia. But an agreement was formed with Ukraine years ago, stating that they must give up their nuclear weapons and they would be able to apply and join NATO. This did not happen, clearly. This is a betrayal to Ukraine and to any other potential nato allies. Aside from this, officials claim to be staying out of it to keep peace and avoid world war, but what faith is had that Russia will stop at Ukraine when invading it is so clearly a play to reinstate themselves as a global powerhouse. Hundreds of civilians had died in Ukraine because of this war, where is the line draw? Only when it crosses nato borders?