really hard to fight against it. and the u.s. has said it is a tell when at the suggest something, it is a false flag and usually they follow up. so i wanted you to know from our reporting at least out of the pentagon that nothing is imminent for you and your colleagues and of course the besieged population there in kyiv. good. thank you so much, richard engel. and joining us now, correspondent carol lee, former boast to nato, and also barry mccaffrey and also peter baker. barry, the ukrainian ground forces continue to go on offense near kyiv, but now the russians are introducing hypersonic missiles in to the arena. i ve been told that that is battlefield bluff, there is for you tilt on the battlefield for it, just trying to show off their weapons and show more of a threat as vladimir putin gets cornered and doesn t make progress. give me your military analysis.