the white house is not answering in kind interestingly. they are saying that this is essentially a manufactured threat that doesn't exist, and that u.s. forces, nuclear forces, are sufficient the way they are right now. but it is definitely very provocative. and i have to mention also today in the military realm that briefing by the spokesperson for the ministry of defense who for the first time admitted that russia actually has lost people dying and wounded, no numbers, but this is the first time that they have actually admitted that, in the same breath the general who was briefing said it is far fewer than the ukrainians. but this is another important moment. and i'll give you one more quote, just kind of like that slamming of the door by moscow to the west, the former president medvedev, i'm sure you remember him, he said why do we