to increase, while the civilian casualties in ukraine are also, unfortunately, increasing. >> let's talk more about this quote, unquote repositioning. the pentagon says they've seen 20% of forces around kyiv repositioning, some heading into belarus. but there's been no letup, really in the bombing campaign. what do you think those troops are likely to be used for? >> first you have to consider they're not coming out as complete units. they have been mauled. in fact, some of the films i've seen of those forces that are repositioning are the airborne troops. the vvk. they are forces that were in the initial assault. they've now been in the field in ukraine for 30 days and in belarus for four months before that. these guys are fatigued and have sustained casualties, i would say, that are very high. you just don't pull a force out and send it somewhere else that's been mauled like that. you have to attempt to