not seen that yet, of course, it s very difficult to get information in russia right now and very dangerous to go out and protest. kate. excellent point, it s good to see you, thank you very much. retired army brigadier former secretary of state for political military affairs and a former deputy and national intelligence officer for russia and eurasia. we ve heard today from the british prime minister boris johnson. he said that in hess view, it is a realistic possibility that vladimir putin my win this war. now, the united states disagrees with that assessment. do you think there is a realistic policy putin can win? well, i think it s the definition of when. if putin now is convincing his population that a win is to seize and fold the donbas, now we have a path from russia through crimea and mariupol. that s his definition of