he would be well aware that invading a country is one thing. holding it is another. in that sense, what do you think he is calculating? what is he weighing up? >> a lot of factors here. you know, weather, sanctions, things like that. but i think that the west right now, the only real powerful thing they have in their arsenal right now are the sanctions, i don't think the russians are taking it very seriously. hence, i'm beginning to lean in with zelensky, thinking that maybe some of those sanctions should be unleashed right now. especially, for example, lifting those golden visas that so many russians got in the united kidnapping come, things like that. that kind of thing would get back to putin right away. >> what do you make of the increasingly frequent clashes along that line of contact east of thor country in the donbas, fire being exchanged. how much of a flashpoint could that be in the context of what might spark a full-on conflict? >> michael, i have a really, really horrible feeling about this. i have been in the donbas, i