russia. overall messaging is that russia doesn't want war. it has no intention of attacking ukraine. but there is kind of a caveat. but if there is a reason, if we, or more specifically, our compatriots who live in that eastern part of ukraine, the russian speakers and the donbas region. president putin years ago made the case for protecting russian speakers wherever they may be. and so he's laid the case. he's actually, i would say, a legal case to protect those people. so i think what they would set up now is that if they are attacked, we have a sacred duty to protect them. that would mean they could go in and protect. that's kind of i think what's going on. up with of the complications here is that you know, in all of these diplomatic discussions with the united states, nato,