zelenskyy's government who would be willing to leave kyiv and set up elsewhere to maintain that continuity of government, should kyiv fall, and should zelenskyy be unable to flee the capital. now, all of this planning comes as the situation on the ground obviously has gotten much worse with civilians being targeted with the russians kind of targeting infrastructure indiscriminately, as they have brought in heavier weaponry and tried to sustain this bombing campaign and kind of bombard these cities indiscriminately as they have had trouble maintaining hold and taking hold of the cities across ukraine, particularly kyiv. the european commission president has said that the u.s. and europe are determined to help the ukrainian leadership in any way they can because this is not only existential for ukraine, it is existential for europe and the west. >> all right. appreciate the reporting. natasha bertrand. >> not only a fight of --