preparing for this contin citizen say. we contingency. they are not able to use their slush fund to pay down some of their debt and buy rubles on the international market. the best word or strongest word from the kremlin is they re working on what to do about the sanctions. they ve said they will respond internationally as well. what they re going to do about that isn t clear. the biggest problem seems fixing the economy at home. yeah. all right. nic, thank you so much for putting it into context. they are real ramifications putin has to contend with. now incredible footage just into cnn. matthew chance is on the front lines of the capital of kyiv. reporter: there has been a ferocious battle here on the outskirts of kyiv. and this is one of those russian soviet era vehicles which is completely burned out.