states. so zelenskyy s under a fair amount of pressure to hold tough and to wait to see to determine how many additional games ukraine can make against the russians. so sadly, the time for talking is not yet here or serious talking leading to agreement is not yet here. so can ukraine make the kind of gains possible to help end this conflict if it s not in the cards that putin would, you know, give up? you know, i think the next two to four weeks will be critically important phase one of this operation. russian effort to sort of thunder strike, decapitate the current government in ukraine. shell and occupy kyiv. and other major populations here. that has not proven to be the case. the russians may be learning from their mistakes to some degree, but i know you talked to