re-express his feelings that the european union should have a voice at the table. the french president has always wanted the eu to have a more united defense position, a defense policy. so this, this complexity has allowed the waters to become muddied, and undoubtedly the assessment, you know, from western analysts is that if the kremlin -- president putin will be able to look at that muddied waters and perhaps find an opportunity there to exploit the situation as he wants to do in ukraine. what we're hearing from the kremlin today or at least foreign ministry spokeswoman today, saying that all this talk about an invasion that is being -- she implied heightened built up bayou cranian and western media is in russia's view a cover to build the pretext for something on the