undermanned

According to Mr Kessler, such an operation would further stretch an already overburdened and undermanned Secret Service.

"It's unempowered, it's undermanned and the quality of staff and magistrates is below par," she said.

The Lakers, who have lost three in a row, close out a trip Friday in Denver — another tough game where the Lakers will be severely undermanned.

They needed heroics from LeBron James and Reaves in the fourth quarter to drag the team to a tight win against a struggling and undermanned Nets team.

With its forces undermanned and outnumbered, it is believed the Ukrainian military withdrew from Novohrodivka to strengthen its defence of Pokrovsk.