don't even know what's going on. >> i think it's an enormous indictment of the commander in chief of the russian federation of vladimir putin. that he is not even getting the ground truth from his own troops. so, he therefore is not able, in any way shape or form to command the operation on the ground. he doesn't know whether or not his troops are succeeding or failing. he doesn't know where to drive resources, he doesn't know whether or not his troops are actually more in danger than they're claiming. he's shooting the messenger. not willing to hear any bad news and this show cases exactly how broken his chain of command is. why they've been having major failures on the battle field. i think the west and ukrainians can exploit this, two ways. by disrespecting further the command and control, by engaging it in operations that confuse and confound the military leadership. but also significantly, i would