noticeable notable, rather, because what we have heard from russian generals over the past couple past couple days is part of their military goal here in ukraine and they said this public hi for the first time will be to take southern ukraine, which puts a city like odesa that s largely been spared some of this fighting directly in the crosshairs of the russian military. matt rivers thank you so much for that. latte continue to conversation. se cedric leighton is cnn military analyst and retired u.s. air force colonel. thank you so much for joining us, colonel. so we know russia has captured small towns in eastern ukraine but british officials are saying and this is interesting they say russia has not made any major gains in the last 24 hours. how important is battlefield momentum at this point? pamela, it is usually important. battle field momentum is, in essence, the lifeblood of an army, especially if it is doing these things so what the british are talking about her