you assured me then that russia was winning the war and was going to win the war. here we are in march of 2023, you have not even yet taken bakhmut. and the losses incurred by the russian military are staggering. tens of thousands of soldiers have either lost their lives or been taken out of action with wounds in that fight for bakhmut over many months. and you still have not taken the city. can you honestly sit here today, so many months after we last spoke and say that you are still confident russia is winning this war? i am strongly sure that we are going to win this war, of course. you left us no other chances. we must win because it... why do you think mr prigozhin in just the last couple of days has been extremely pessimistic about the fighting?