wrong. blinks on and off like a light bulb. right now a million barrels a day coming from kazakhstan stopped at the black sea when the storm, maybe took out some marine terminals there is a lot of things that can interrupt supply. when you start burning your strategic reserves in hopes that you are going to come out the other side at low price environment. that s a big bet. bret: kevin, thank you so much for your time. thanks for having me, bret. bret: russian forces are pressing their attacks in several parts of ukraine tonight despite promises to pull back in some areas. this comes during a pause in peace talks. meanwhile, efforts to continue to evacuate people from the besieged port city of mariupol. and that s been slow. we ll have an in-depth interview with ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy tomorrow night on special report. talking about the russia situation. right now, correspondent jeff paul is in lviv. good evening, jeff. yeah. bret. over the past 24 hours, u.s.