have no means of escape. that's an area i've been washing very closely. when you don't have the ant to resupply soldiers to escape or withdraw, it's difficult for ukraine to capture a great many of those soldiers and take them completely out of action. >> feeding meat to a meat grinder, wow, that's tough. notably there have been indications from both republicans and democrats in congress there are doubts about maintaining the level of support with ukraine that we've seen thus far. are you concerned with what support for ukraine might look like after the midterm elections going into a new congress next year? >> yeah, i am, boris. i'm concerned about the narrative some are presenting. what you're talking about is a nation fighting for its sovereignty and independence. the west has supported ukraine very well some of far they're increeing -- the president has