forces right now is very largely in the form of security assistance which continues to flow and gets in to their hands. >> can i just follow up on the question from the "new york times"? is the u.s. a signatory to the 2008 cluster bomb -- >> no. >> and if not, why not? >> we aren't and again, we're still going through a policy review on this, so i don't have anything to update you on that. >> phil stewart, reuters. >> hey there. real quickly, what message would you have to american citizens including retired u.s. military personnel who may want to go and fight in ukraine and also could you comment on the "new york times" report about an apparent russian request -- chinese request to russia that it delay the start of this war until after the olympics? thank you. >> on the second question, phil,