this is in the russian occupied city of kherson in southern ukraine. the blast was caused by three missiles fired by ukrainian forces. we have not had any con fir nafirmation from ukraine. joining me now is nadia bashir. good morning to you. clearly another threat from vladimir putin. how much should the u.s. position that ukrainians went in and they want the russians to weaken here. we are hearing putin stepping up of the rhetoric, looting of the use of tactical weapons. we heard from john secretary describing these remarks from president putin as irresponsible