he went on to say that russia s economy had, in fact, withstood international pressure, saying inflation was stabilizing and the ruble exchange rate is back up to early february levels. meantime, ukraine s president says international sanctions could make things difficult for russia s military in the months ahead. he says producing new planes, helicopters, and artillery will be a daunting task, and missile stockpiles will suffer too. listen. translator: the russian army is not slowing down the use of missiles against ukraine although it should have realized that it will be extremely difficult to restore its missile stockpile in the face of even existing sanctions. without imports, they can t even do that. and when all the loopholes used to circumvent sanctions are closed and even tougher sanctions are imposed, restoring russia s missile capabilities will be unrealistic. now, volodymyr zelenskyy s