of cease-fire negotiations that much more difficult if there ever was a russian commitment, a putin commitment, to negotiate something here. yeah. andr andrea, thanks for letting me be on your show today. my pleasure. what we see is when russia gets in a bind, when the walls start to close in on them, and trust me, the walls are closing in on them, today you have the u.n. secretary-general that s at the doorstep of president putin. you also have 40 countries in germany meeting with the secretary of defense trying to figure out an equipment strategy for the ukrainians. not just for short-term, but for the long-term. then you have the ukrainian forces that are standing up pretty well against this attack that is happening in the east. so when you look at all that, putin has only one thing left.