war in ukraine, but it doesn t tell you everything. there is a lot more going on below the surface, and in terms of close allies to president putin, i was listening to you talk to general m mccaffrey befe the break and there is one close ally of president putin that i believe is worth a brief focus on and that is a ukrainian oligarch and leader of the opposition in ukraine, and get this, katy. president putin is godfather to his daughter. now, that tells you some really important things. firstly, potentially, it tells you that president putin may be getting information, intelligence from this man in ukraine who he s incredibly close to. he may be telling president putin that ukrainian people will rise up, want the russian forces there, those kinds of things and that may not be turning out to be the case. another aspect too, though, it really underscores the close ties between the russian people and the ukrainian people, even the president himself is godfather to a ukrainian