burning tons of fuel. if you have big logistic problems, oftentimes roe has are the good place to do it. they are separated from major urban centers, which are very difficult to secure. so i think there s several factors here that we re seeing. the one that i m most worried about is, would putin go to this level? i think the answer is increasingly, yes. he would do something catastrophic and unprecedented. ambassador, what is your take on all what we are seeing here? i agree with my colleagues, it s very unnerving. it follows a pattern where putin increasingly takes riskier, and riskier behavior. that s a pattern that goes back years, by the, way not just in this conflict. but it s scary, it s just he s not acting rationally. we have lots of questions about whether he is rational or not. i think that s the wrong framework to think about. how he frames the way he pursues his interests and his ideas, and this is just another