he replied in a kind of a hollywood one-liner, i need ammunition, not a ride. so this was his whole thing, he was staying in ukraine, he was always going to remain there, and it says something about the state of play here on the battlefield, that now, there s been so much success over the past couple of months, ever since summer, beating back the russian lines, that now, he s able to go and to give, you know, basically show gratitude, and that gratitude was shown from the ordinary ukrainian people, as you said, was very genuine, i see that and the streets here in kyiv. he was able to come to washington, show that gratitude, and then ask for more. because here, in ukraine, the battle really is at an impasse. there hasn t been any real movements on the front lines for the past several weeks. that fighting in bakhmut is furiously raging. but none of the front lines are moving. it is static right now. and that s why they re looking for a game-changer and they re also worried, the ukrainian