 I RALLIED A COALITION OF 15 NATIONS FROM EUROPE TO ASIA TO HELP UKRAINE DEFEND ITSELF. MY FOREIGN POLICY, MANY FOREIGN POLICY EXPERTS THOUGHT AS PUTIN AMASSED RUSSIAN FORCES JUST 100 MILES NORTH OF KYIV, THE CAPITAL OF UKRAINE, BUT HE THOUGHT, HE, PUTIN, THOUGHT IT WAS THE MOTHER HOME OF RUSSIA. THE CAPITAL WOULD FALL IN LESS THAN A WEEK. BUT UKRAINIAN PEOPLE, BACKED BY A COALITION TO HELP BUILD, STOPPED