to russian escalation. do you think direct conflict to russian forces if they cross certain red lines? >> on that no fly zone, i don't agree with brent stephens. this has been not an air superiority problem. they have not flying aircraft over ukraine. they're afraid of losing them to the anti-aircraft missiles the ukrainians have. so what we have here is a missile defense problem. the missiles that are hitting the theatre, for example, are fired from russian or belarusian territory. i'm not sure which. they need air defense help. i was glad to see that the slovakians, for example, are looking to send air defense systems to ukraine. that's what they need right now. >> those s-300s that iey've bee asking for some time. thank you for waking up early on the west coast. >> sure, thank you. ukrainian civilians paying the ultimate price for putin's war. up next, you'll hear from