threatened. what do you make of those comments? >> this is real fearmongering. clearly, russia knows it's on the ropes. that it's losing this war, at least that it is not making the progress that it expected to. and it's hoping to scare everyone into stepping back and allowing it to continue to progress in ukraine. you know, it's possible. i wouldn't rule out the possibility that russia would use some of the smaller tactical nuclear weapons that it has developed. that would be extraordinary. it would be crossing a red line that has not been crossed since the use of nuclear weapons at the tail end of world war ii. i think it would change the game completely. it would be absolutely devastating. but i continue to hope that this is an effort by putin to try to get the west to step back and not provide the kind of support to ukraine that ukraine is hoping for, including migs and other kinds of high-value weapons that seem to be likely