ukraine without facing any fighting, we are seeing now that is just not the case. the ukrainian people are defending their own country with bravery and courage and dignity and we are helping them with weaponry and supplies and will continue to do that. he also miscalculated if he thought that the united states and our partners and allies around the world were bluffing when we said that the russian economy would face massive, massive consequences, putin to go forward with these plans. president biden likes to say big nations don't bluff. the united states was not bluffing. we have made good on what we said we would do and the russian economy is now in free fall. the ruble is at its lowest point in years. the russian stock market has been closed for days now in an effort to fore stall capital flight, essentially a no go zone