ukraine stands together against this russian aggression. meanwhile, john, as you heard from many of our colleagues, life is continuing normally for many ukrainians. there is not a hint of panic. people continue to go to work, they continue to go to school, even continue to come out here and walk along the beach, even though it is the dead of winter and pretty darn cold. it is ukraine. alex mar qquart, thank you for being there for us. julia loffe has long been covering this threat. give us a sense of where you see these latest moves affecting things, where is the trajectory of war, are we moving towards it or away from it? i think we re kind of running in place. as alex pointed out, many other people pointed out, the troops being moved, if they are being moved are the ones that are most