made increasingly pessimistic predictions. that is the same message we are now hearing from president zelensky on down as the u.s. has issued its most dire warning yet. now, president zelensky in that clip you played, he was down south in the southern part of the country observing ukrainian military exercises that not at all coincidentally are taking place at exactly the same time as russian military exercises are taking place in belarus. president zelensky says he still needs to analyze all of the information and casting some doubt about the certainty of the prospect of a russian invasion. fred, at the same time, we are hearing a more rousing statement from ukraine's defense minister who said that this is a different country, this is a different military than the one in 2014 when ukraine was invaded and crimea was annexed without firing a single shot. i want to read you part of the defense minister's statement. he says, "everyone who has