ukraine is winning. i said this a number of times. i stand by this. we have to remember this is not a film. this is not an action movie. in films, it s really simple. the first act, the aggressor swarms across the border and the ukrainians defend themselves. in the second act, there s a diplomatic effort. the international coalition of support. we give arms, equipment and training. and the third act, they get this decisive break through, they get to the black sea coast and the credits roll and, you know, the leading act is kherson. we wait for oscar night. in the real world, the russian forces spent the winter digging in. they riddled the southeast with minefields, trench systems, physical barricades. the ukrainians are regaining