strong. so even if they do, even if the belarusian soldiers are made to cross the border and walk into ukraine, i doubt that this will be a force that ukraine will really have to reckon with. and i'm pretty sure that most of the belarusian soldiers will just be very happy to lay down their arms and to be taken hostage by the ukrainian military. >> given the success that ukrainian forces have had on the ground against russian forces, are you concerned that russia may just try to do to kyiv what they have been doing to mariupol? essentially just try to destroy the city? >> that is one of the most difficult questions that i have heard over the last weeks. and unfortunately, i have to answer that yes. russia, the war tactics they are employing, they are absolutely barbaric. some call it in the formal